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| RHS takes State 2014 in Golf Photo by Tammy Calder |
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| RHS Girls take second in State 2014 Golf Photo by Tammy Calder |
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| Congratulations! |
Saturday, May 31, 2014
RHS Takes State In Golf
"AMAZING
ANIMALS" GARDEN CITY LIBRARY SUMMER PARTY
JUNE 18th at 11:00 a.m.
Kathie B.
Anderson, Reporter
Rich County
Times
Spend time with your child (for ages 3-10 years old)
learning what animal families we find in Utah .
Our guest presenter, Kathi Robertson will be with us again this year.
Last year she gave a presentation on dinosaurs.
The children will especially like the taxidermy porcupine and
snake. She will show a grizzly footprint
and a skunk skin. This presentation has
almost every family represented. A light
lunch will be provided.
Please register for this FREE event at the Garden City Library. SPACE IS LIMITED!
Friday, May 30, 2014
Lost Pup
This pup has been wondering around in Garden City since
Memorial Day weekend. She does have a safe place to be until we can bring her
in. She is with Shea from Fish Haven 208 221
5218
Could you please share with all your lake contacts.
We're hoping she just wondered away from home. Or maybe someone will be back
this weekend to look for her.
Thanks everyone.
Thursday, May 29, 2014
2015 School Curriculum Programs
Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
RANDOLPH, Utah. May
21, 2014. School curriculum decisions
have been made for the coming school year.
The middle school Principal Kip Motta organized a committee to work on
the math program for the North Rich elementary and middle schools. Last year the middle school went with the
Digits program. This year K through 5
will adopt the Go Math program. These
programs will be used for the next six years.
The cost of the elementary program for this time period will be
$29,200. The student text is consumable,
and there are many on line materials that will be available to the
students. There are many teacher
resources and intervention materials to assist those having problems. The teachers are excited about the program
because students will be taught multiple ways to solve problems.
The High School math program presents a dilemma. It has been a three-year wait to be able to
get a program that is close to the State core choice of an international
model. The text selected fits the core
the best. It is from Pearson
Publishing. There are some really good
materials. There are hard copy textbooks
as well as on-line texts and software. A
combination of both hard copy and software will be used. There is also a math excel program that will
be used as supplementary material.
Again, the choice was made for the next six-year time period at a cost
of $19,999. Six years of the Digits
program will be $9,800 because it does such a good job in working with the SAGE
test problems. Also, the opportunity to
analyze problems at different levels is available. The total amount comes to $49,050 which is
approximately $8,000 per year.
The teachers and administrators are excited about the
program. They had to wait three years to
get materials that will work well. The
longer the students have to move through the program, the better and easier it
will be. It is going to be a good thing.
Principal Larsen worked with the adoption of a language arts
program. The high school will be
adopting the Journey Program. It goes
from K through 8 which is mainly reading.
There needs to be a writing and grammar program. The Zaner-Blouser program will cover the
writing portion in scope and sequence.
Also, the school will purchase the Collections Program put out by Houton
Mufflin.
So far a writing grammar program has not been found for the
high school. The high school students do
well with writing and have strong results on the SAGE tests. Their reading scores are strong. The Explore and ACT programs have been most
helpful in both of these areas. However,
the challenge is grammar and sentence structure. The students struggle with this part of the
exams. Thus, a grammar component still
needs to be found.
It was decided to buy ten hardback copies of the books and
digital copies for everyone of the Houton Mifflin materials from K through
12. This is the latest and best
resources that are available. Currently,
the 6th grade class is large.
The school will buy what is needed by the other classes and get extra
copies as this class moves up through the school.
The Principles thanked the School Board for the money spent
for good curriculum materials. They have
allowed the schools to stay current and up-to-date. The Zaner-Blouzer programs should help where
students are weak in writing. The
Journeys language arts program is especially good, and the staff really likes
this program. The same company produces
both Journeys and Go Math.
The motion was made and passed by the Board to accept the
recommended Curriculum programs.
Summer School Repair Projects
Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
RANDOLPH, Utah. May
21, 2014. A list of the summer
maintenance projects, along with final bids, had been given to the Board
Members. Mr. Limb was present to answer
any questions the Board members may have.
It was noted that three schools will be getting new bleachers. They will be up to code and hopefully last as
long as the previous ones. They will be
electrically moved in and out, have railings, and wheelchair cut outs. They will be made or plastic since it is
easier to clean.
The gym floors also need to be refinished. It has been long enough since the floors were
done completely, they will need to be sanded back to the wood, and all markings
repainted. Cross Beck Floors from Salt Lake City did not
have the lowest bid, but appeared to be the best qualified to do an excellent
job. Gary Beck came and looked at what
needed to be completed and said he would make sure the best job possible would
be done.
Mr. Limb will be doing several projects as well. He will be doing the cement work, installing
hot water heaters in some of the lines, upgrading on the truck, and making sure
needed ladders are available. There are a
couple of white boards that need to be replaced in the North Rich Facility. South Rich Elementary would like to go with
white boards as well.
Mr. Limb requested that a skidster be purchased. It is really the best option since
attachments can be rented when special jobs and projects require specialized
equipment. He noted that the walls in
the gyms need to be painted prior to doing the floors and installing the
bleachers.
There has been a carryover of $147,000 which will be used on
the bleachers. By the time roofing, the
fire alarm system, and carbon monoxide detectors are to be purchased, budget
transfers and changes will have been made to take care of those items.
The Board approved the summer projects.
Trustland Funds Allocated
Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
RANDOLPH, Utah. May
21, 2014. Each of the principals has
made plans on how to use the Trustlands Funds that are available to the
schools. Principal Motta noted that the North Rich
Elementary School
The second goal will be math improvement. This goal will also require professional
development, supplies, and text books.
The third goal is to increase student exposure to science after school,
at science assemblies, and will require certain supplies. The total amount received for the elementary
is $28,775.
The primary goal for the middle school is to increase
reading and writing scores. Monies will
be used for salaries, professional development, supplies, texts, books for the
library, and software for the AR (accelerated reading) program. The second goal is to improve technical skills
in the classroom. Monies have been held
over from the past two years. It will be
spent along with this year’s funds for hardware (computers) for the students. The Trustlands Fund this year is $22,000 and
the carryover is $25,000.
Principal Larsen reported that South Rich Elementary has
decided that math improvement is their main goal. Students will be using Apple IP devices with
apps that follow quite closely the Utah
core. The second goal is to improve
reading with a technological emphasis. Monies
will be used to purchase texts, materials to enhance the AR reading program,
supplies, apps, and needed devices.
There are carryover funds of $15,000 and $27,000 from Trustlands for a
total of $42,000.
Principal Larsen noted that the Wednesday lab will no longer
be needed. The money generally used for
the lab will be used to begin moving toward one-on-one technology. Funds will be used to increase the AR reading
program, and for tests, and books.
In the High School the Lagoon incentive has been very
successful in encouraging students to do additional reading. Reading time is done on a school wide basis
and has worked especially well.
Trustlands Funds will be used for new laptops. Also two printers will be purchased for
placement in two classrooms. The past
year has been very positive and the school needs to continue to make and use
technology. During the last year, one
computer was dropped making it unusable.
Three screens were broken but could be repaired, and there were a few
other minor repair problems. The $40 per
student insurance fund more than covered the problems leaving a balance of
about $3,500 in that fund. The newer
computers seem more rugged and durable which will help during the coming year.
The computers used during the last year have been checked in
for the summer and will be assigned in the fall to the same students who had
them last year.
The motion was made to accept the plans for the Trustlands
Funds.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Bear Lake Monster Ride
June 21 Century Ride
The Bear Lake Monster Century Bicycle Ride Is a fun bicycle ride for cyclists of all abilities. We offer three different distances for riders. With the ride part in Idaho and Utah this will bring in riders looking for a great Idaho century bicycle ride or a Utah bicycle century ride.
NOTE: Due to restrictions from Bear Lake County and the Idaho Transportation Department, mass cycling events will not be permitted on state or county roads beside the lake between Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends. That means we can’t go around the lake. Instead, we visit many of the towns and roads in the Bear Lake Valley.
CENTURY RIDE – JUNE 21
Summerfest In Logan
Summerfest Art Faire will be held on the Logan Tabernacle grounds on Main Street in Logan, Utah June 12-14. This 30 year celebration features Utah artists and craftspeople as well as interesting food and wonderful music from jazz to classical music.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Rich Middle School Honor Roll
Third Trimester Honor Roll 2013-14
6th grade
Ellianna Brown
Jordan Erickson
Sydney Hatch
Colton Hislop
Stetson Huffaker
Allison Jarman
Cora Lamborn
Sage Rothlisberger
Flynt Silva
Maddi Staheli
Alaine Thomson
Joseph Trujillo
Kyler Wilson
7th grade
Jared Andersen
Lindsay Barker
Ieshia Caldwell
Shireen Handley
Charmayne Huffaker
Fallon Johnson
Kirina Johnson
Trason Lutz
Jaden Nelson
Taya Peterson
Miranda Slusser
Jordan Stacey
Lauren Thomson
Kasin Trenery
Rachel Wamsley
Emalee Willis
8th grade
Kamren Calder
Kinnen Clark
Kaylee Cornia
Kaitlyn Dyson
Daniel Gifford
Kierra Groll
Julia Hopkin
Nicholas Jarman
Reesha Larsen
Taleesha Larsen
Jacilyn Leifson
Aaron Linkogle
Sierra Malm
Kimalie Nye
Savannah Peart
Mariah Sellers
Aaron Smith
Amberlee Smith
Tailor Tingey
Porter Weston
Administrative
Asst.
North Rich
Elementary
Rich Middle
School
435-946-3359
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435-946-3366 -
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Monday, May 26, 2014
The Mudled Male
The
Hitchhikers
By Bob
Stevens, The Muddled Male
Devils Slide, where I lived for most of
my growing-up years, was a small cement plant town located up Weber Canyon at the
junction between what is now Interstate 84 and highway 158 to Croydon. The town lay nestled in the bend of the Weber
River just downstream of its confluence with Lost Creek. The town was one block wide and three blocks in
length with one side of the three blocks bounded by the Weber River and the
other side by the Union Pacific railroad.
The name “Devils Slide” came from a rock formation that looks like a
giant slide on a facing mountain northwest of the town and on the other side of
the railroad tracks and the river. The town
was owned by the cement plant, and the houses were rented only to families
where at least one family member worked for the plant.
Devils Slide is a ghost town now and
most of the buildings are gone, but in its earlier days it was a baseball
town. I don’t mean just a baseball town,
it was a BASEBALL TOWN. Some said that the plant hired workers based
on how well they played baseball. Others
claimed that the plant hired baseball players that could do some kind of work
at the plant. Either way, they had a
great ball club. The company even built
a ball diamond in the middle of a lush pasture in a wooded area just east of
the plant. Besides a legal ball diamond,
they built a concrete dugout for their team, the Red Devils, and another
concrete dugout for the visiting teams. The
company also built a grandstand right behind home-plate to hold all the
townspeople who came to cheer for their team.
The Red Devils played teams all over the area until they reached their
peak in 1940. That year, although the
Red Devils had been rated as underdogs, they worked their way up the win column
to finally beat the Denver and Rio Grande Team from Salt Lake to take the Utah
State Semi-Pro Championship.
Fast forward to the late forties. As companies are wont to do, budgets are cut
and things that used to be worth the cost go by the wayside. Maybe the championship was the peak and
everything was downhill from there. Maybe
the good players of the earlier years had gotten older and could no longer play
at a semi-pro level. Whatever the reason,
the ballpark in the pasture was in disrepair and no longer in use. But kids still liked baseball and the County had
set up a County youth-league with ball teams organized in all the little towns
around the County, including Devils Slide.
The games were played at the fairgrounds in the County seat, ten miles down
Weber Canyon from Devils Slide. Each
team was responsible for their own transportation. The Devils Slide team barely fielded nine
players, we had no coach, and sometimes no transportation. Our weekly practice was the league game we
played each week at the fairgrounds, and our transportation often was our
thumb. Nine thumbs to be exact.
Imagine
that it is the late 1940’s and you are driving from Evanston toward Ogden, traveling
on what was then a little, narrow highway winding through a series of canyons
alongside the Weber River. You have just
driven through Henefer and reached the turnoff to Croydon and Devils
Slide. As you crest the small hill just
past the turnoff you see nine boys strung out along the highway that leads to the
County seat and then on to Ogden. They
are striding quickly with their thumbs sticking out in the universal sign that
says, “Please pick me up. I will be late to my ball game if you don’t
give me a ride.” A couple of the
boys are carrying baseball bats, some have baseball cleats with shoelaces tied
together and hanging around their neck.
All are carrying mitts and wearing baseball hats, and one boy (me) is
wearing a catcher’s mask. Somehow, every
week we made it in time for the game, although we might have to start warm ups before
the stragglers managed to get to the park.
If
you were driving that route in the 1940’s, which of the boys would you consider
picking up? If you were one of those
boys, into which car would you have been willing to climb? Luckily the 1940’s were a time before
kidnappers and serial killers, so neither the drivers or the boys worried. Occasionally the boy would notice that a
driver had been drinking and declined the much needed ride while thanking the
driver for stopping. The biggest worry
we had was that we were never able to play up to the standard of the Red
Devils. Today if I start to bemoan that
fact to Ann, my wife, she will comfort me by saying, “Quit whining, you may not have been able to play as well as the Red
Devils, but being from Devils Slide you certainly qualify as a devil.”
It is times like that when I have to remind myself that she was a
farmer’s daughter from Porterville and probably didn’t understand
baseball. She only married me for my
hot, leaded-in, underslung, 1939 Ford and my cool Zebra skin shirt.
Sunday, May 25, 2014
GARDEN CITY
LIBRARY SUMMER READING PROGRAM
The Garden City Library Summer Reading
Program kicks off on June 2 and will run
until July 12th. (6 weeks) The list of rules will be given to the
participants upon signing up.
Participants under 18 years old must sign by June
2nd at the Garden City Library. Participants need to meet the weekly reading
requirements ( 20 minutes a day, 5 days a week = 1 ticket for every 10 days), to be eligible for the Kindle Fire drawing. Two Kindle Fires were donated by
Barbara Bradley. The drawing will be held at the conclusion of the reading
program. Children under 5 years old will be entered into a book drawing.
Children 5-18 years old will submit a 1 page book report if they wish to compete
for 3 additional entries. Reports must be submitted by July 19th. Those who
meet the reading requirements for all six weeks will be invited to a pool party
July 30th from 3-5 p.m. If you have any questions, contact the Library at
(435) 946-8761.
Library Rummage Sale June 13-14
ANNUAL LIBRARY RUMMAGE
SALE
It is again time for the Annual Garden City
Library Rummage Sale! The sale will take place on June 13 and 14 from
8:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. at the Garden City Park.
This year
there will be a Pre-Sale on Thursday, June 12 from 7:00 p.m.
until 9:00 p.m. at the Garden City Park. A $5.00 entry fee will be assesed for
that evening only. World Mark Resort has again donated
many items including 60 new T-shirts (many colors, and sizes available), new
playing cards, first aid kits, DVD players, ice cream makers a camera, and many
other items.
Several gently used toys, furniture, and a sail boat have been
donated. Many local businesses in Garden City are also participating by
donating great items! We are looking forward to a great rummage sale
again this year, so don't miss out!
If you have any questions, or items
you would like to donate to this worthy cause, contact Doris Mellor,event chair,( 435) 946-8956, Kathie Anderson, Library Chair- (801)518-5172, Robert
Peterson, Board Member, (714) 875-9955, Elaine Negus, Board
Secretary, (435) 757-3461, or Cathie Rasmussen,
(435) 881-8761, Garden City Librarian.
*Remember- no clothing, beds, bedding, or large
electrical items.
Garden City Library Party
"AMAZING ANIMALS" GARDEN CITY LIBRARY SUMMER PARTY- JUNE 18th at 11:00
a.m.!!!!
Spend time with your child (for ages 3-10 years old) learning what
animal families we find in Utah . Our guest presenter, Kathi Robertson will be
with us again this year. Last year she gave a presentation on dinosaurs. The
children will especially like the taxidermy porcupine
and snake. She will show a grizzly footprint and a skunk skin. This
presentation has almost every family represented. A light lunch will be
provided.
Please register for this FREE event at the Garden City Library.
SPACE IS LIMITED!
New Teachers Hired
NEW EMPLOYEES FOR THE
RICH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
May 21, 2014
Reported by Anita
Weston
Anita Weston, ReporterRich Civic Times
RANDOLPH, Utah. May
21, 2014. The Rich County School Board
accepted the letters of resignation from five faculty members.
Superintendent Lamborn presented the following names to be
hired for the coming school year. For the North Rich Elementary 4th
Grade, Jamie Owen was hired. She was
highly recommended and has five years of teaching experience. Jessie Calder has had five years teaching experience as well, he will be the Special Education Teacher for
K-8 at North Rich Elementary/Middle Schools.
Three teachers for the high school have been chosen. Logan Stayley is a graduate of Western
Governor’s University. He will need to
take some additional work to become certified to teach both Business and
Math. Tricia Turley will be teaching
social studies and is a Utah State University Graduate. She is a first year teacher. She does speak Spanish and will help students
with an introduction to that language.
Matthew Wahlquest will be teaching English. He is a graduate from Utah
State University
and is currently working on his master’s degree at Weber State
Peggy Feller has been hired as the head cook for the
Randolph Schools. Interviews will be
held this next week to fill her previous position. The motion was made and passed to accept the
new employees as presented.
Rich High Students Excel
Anita
Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
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| McKay Jarman, Erin May, Danielle Huefner, KaYlee Rowe Picture by Amy Rowe |
RANDOLPH, Utah. May
21, 2014. The School Board requested that the students who were on the golf
teams or finishing up their associate degrees attend the School Board meeting. This gave an opportunity to the board members
to congratulate these students and encourage them to continue moving forward in
a successful manner.
There were eight students from Rich High School who were
able to complete all work required for an Associates Degree while finishing up
their high school curriculum. The following
students were invited to take part in the Utah State University Commencement:
Dakota Clark , Amanda Cook,
Chelsea Errington, Isaac Hopkin, Cami Lamborn, Erin May, Angelica Meyer, and
Richard Sellers. The Board Members offered
congratulations to these students.
The golf teams from Rich High School Erin
May, Anglica Meyer, and Kaylee Rowe. The
Boys team included Winston Ames, McKay Jarman, Mitch Jarman, Tyler Nichol,
Britt Stacey and Payson Willis. Michael
Williamson was their faculty advisor.
Utah State Park Events
UTAH
STATE PARKS EVENTS
Contact: Hollie
Brown, 801-537-3477
May 23 – 26 Antelope Island
State Park – Syracuse
Annual Cowboy Poetry and Music
Gathering: Join us to celebrate the West with music, poetry, wagon rides,
children’s activities, food and more. 801-649-5742 or visit www.Cowboylegendsai.com.
May 24 Snow Canyon
State Park - Ivins
Lava Tube Hike: Join us at 9
a.m., for a two-mile, round-trip hike and the chance to explore the unique
formations of a lava tube. Space is limited and registration is required.
435-628-2255
May 24 and 26 Camp
Floyd/Stagecoach Inn State Park and Museum - Fairfield
Civil War Encampment: Visitors
experience camp life and participate in several activities performed by soldiers
of Johnston's Army. Events include reenactments, encampments, storytelling,
stagecoach rides, firearm and cannon demonstrations, marches, drills, 1861
period games, and photos in period uniform. 801-768-8932
May 24 Antelope
Island State Park - Syracuse
Bugs! There are many bugs on
Antelope Island in the spring. Join us at 11 a.m., and again at 2 p.m., in the
visitor center to learn all about the insects that call Antelope Island home.
Learn which are harmless and how to protect yourself from those that bite.
Entrance fees apply. 801-721-9569
May 25 Wasatch
Mountain State Park - Midway
Bird Program: Join us at 7 p.m.
in the campground amphitheater to meet Newman the raven. Come learn about these
birds and what makes them so smart. 435-654-1791
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