Rich School Board Precinct Redistricting

The State of Utah has approved the redistricting proposal, as submitted by the County Commissioners, following the work of the redistricting committee. A map of the “Local Board Districts/Prescient’s” can be accessed on the Rich District home page.

Subsequent to that approval, Rich School District will be appointing a new school board member to represent district #5.

This voting district represents the northern part of Garden City. As some have examined the map, there has been a question relative to the “finger like” south jog and exactly what area it includes. The jog represents a turn south on 100 west and continues to 350 south where it turns east to the Lake. This jog was an intentional action of the committee, designed to add population to District #5.

Scott Sabey will continue to represent district #1. Pete Cornia will continue to represent district #2. Monte Weston and Eric Wamsley will both be residents of District #3. According to statute, both men will finish out his term of office. Lots will be drawn to see who “officially” represents the district and who will serve as an at large member of the board. Both men will remain voting members, therefore, the process of drawing lots, does not substantially affect the workings of the Board.

Any adult, who is a primary resident of District #5, is welcome to submit a letter of interest to Superintendent Dale Lamborn on or before 12:00 noon on November 4. (A notice and a map can be found in the navigation bars located on the left side of the home page, or written notices have been placed in public buildings in Garden City.) Candidates will be interviewed, in an open meeting, on the morning of November 5, beginning at 9:00 a.m., in the District Office Board Room in Randolph, Utah.

We encourage interested individuals to submit letters of interest to Superintendent Dale Lamborn, as specified in the announcement.

Coming Events At The Lake

Upcoming events

8th Annual Can you Believe it?! Community Talent Show
8th Annual Can you Believe it?! Community Talent Show

November 13, 2015 7:00 pm - 10:30 pm
n the 8th installment of this popular event, the Allinger Community Theatre assembles more excellent local talent for your enjoyment. Come see your neighbors, family and friends perform on stage. ...

It's a Very Merry Karaoke Christmas!
It's a Very Merry Karaoke Christmas!

November 27, 2015 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Singing Christmas carols is a joyous activity shared the world over. And now we will hold our inaugural Karaoke Christmas event as part of our annual Christmas Arts and Crafts Fair!


Bar J Wranglers Christmas
Bar J Wranglers Christmas

December 18, 2015 7:00 pm - 10:30 pm
You loved them last year, so how about some Christmas flavor this year! Some folks call it a western music show; some call it a stand-up comedy show with masterful cowboy music.

Musings Of The Muddled Male

The Fussy Eater

By Bob Stevens, The Muddled Male

       When I was a little boy I was, I admit, a very fussy eater.  Among my “do not eat under any circumstances” items were beets, fish, certain wild game, and mushrooms.  I loved to go fishing, which could have been a serious problem had my dad not been willing to eat my catch.  Beets were another matter.  My parents loved fresh beets out of the garden and my mother would cut them into small pieces and cook them slowly in a fry-pan until they were lying there bubbling in their own purple sauce.  To avoid the possibility that I might damage my palate, I would sneak one small beet when my parents weren’t looking, rub it around on my plate to leave a large and obvious beet stain, and then wrap the used-beet in something and slip it into my pocket so that my parents thought I had already consumed my share of what they considered a delicacy.  

At least I thought that they thought that I had eaten my share of the beets.  One time to teach me a lesson regarding my beet scam my mother placed a plate of fish on the table and told me that I couldn’t leave to play until I had eaten at least one full piece.  Well I whined and pleaded and complained that I would die if I had to eat fish, but my mother showed no mercy.  After sitting there squirming in my chair for an hour trying to convince her that I would surely expire if she persisted, I finally acquiesced.  Each fish had obviously been de-headed, de-tailed, and then filleted.  In an attempt to make them appear more appealing my mother rolled the pieces in flour and fried them so that they were completely encased in a light brown crust.  When I finally stopped crying and cut off a piece of the dreaded fish to eat, I found that the fish wasn’t a fish at all.  My mother had sliced large carrots lengthwise then breaded them and fried them to make them look like fish.  I didn’t like cooked carrots either, but compared to fish they tasted like cake.

       I hate to disagree with my friend Cisco regarding his “delicious deer claim,” but my one time experience with deer hamburger scarred me and all the people living on our block in Ogden, Utah for life.  My dad never hunted, but my mother’s brothers faithfully went out every deer season in their attempt to supplement their meager winter provisions.  They once gave us a couple of pounds of deer burger to eat, which my mother dutifully tried to fry.  The odor was so bad that we were all forced to not only exit the house for air, but we had to cross to the other side of the street and cry, “Unclean, unclean” whenever we approached a neighbor walking toward us.  I admit that I did like the occasional quail my uncles bagged.  The only problem was that quail hide until you are almost on them then they take off so fast and in such a flurry that the startled hunter barely has time to raise a weapon and shoot in the general direction of where the birds were thought to have flown.  If you were lucky enough to hit one, the shot that brought the quail down often removed a significant portion of what little meat there was available on that tiny carcass in the first place.

       My experience with mushrooms came at the hands of my parents’ friends the Crouches who lived on their ranch just north of Croydon, Utah as you head up Lost Creek.  I was about four years old and my parents decided to buy a new car by traveling to Detroit, purchase a new 1939 Ford off the assembly line, and drive it back to Croydon.  They left me with the Crouches and my sister, who was not quite two, with the Londons.  The Crouches, who had no running water in the house, grew much of what they ate and I was okay with that except for the special crop that grew itself in their sheep pens.  I didn’t know anything about mushrooms, but these were the leafy kind (maybe Chanterelle) that they cooked in kind of a broth.  It was one of the worst experiences of my life in that it was almost more than I could handle.  That was seventy-six years ago but my throat still constricts just to think about the experience.  The closest I can describe it was that they tasted like liver, which also makes my throat constrict just to remember.  I also don’t like fat.  Nor do I like the meat that touches the fat.  So when I trim a piece of meat it is normal for me to throw away a significant portion of the good part just to make certain that what remains was far enough from any fat to not damage any part of my delicate digestive system.  The closest I get to fat now are French Fries boiled in it.

        I am happy to report, however, that to make up for the culinary mistakes of my youth I have turned over a new health leaf.  I am in the process of inventing a special green food-coloring that if used carefully will make Ann, my wife, think that the Mexi-Fries I love, are made from broccoli. 

Lake Color

Photo by Amber McKee

October Fire Board Report

Chris Coray, Reporter

Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  October 15, 2015.The Garden City Fire District board held its regular monthly meeting in Garden City.  All members were present.

Chief Wahlberg indicated that efforts were proceeding to meet the criteria established by the ISO to keep the district fire rating where it currently is.  He sees no problem with completing each of the items necessary.

A draft budget was presented for 2016 and is not materially different than that of 2015.  A public hearing on the 2016 budget is scheduled for Dec 4, 2015, at the fire station.

Board member Randall Knight expressed a desire to update and modify the department’s policies and procedures manual, observing that many items should be examined and/or adjusted, including the personal use of department equipment and vehicles.

It was a quiet month in departmental activity, with 3 fire alarms, 2 carbon monoxide alarms and 3 medical assists.