Chillin' At The Lake

Photo by Kristin Kaufman Buys

Garden City Fire District

The Fire District meeting was held on Wednesday, March 16 at 6:00 PM instead of Thursday due to conflicts with training classes held in Logan.  Next month’s meeting will be back on schedule and will be held on April 21 at 6:00 PM.

The board reviewed the updated section of the Policy and Procedure section dealing with the Emergency Vehicle Policy.  The board asked Randall to reword when the IC truck would be transferred to the Vice Chief.  The current draft said it would be transferred if the Chief was not available for 3 days.

The board discussed the Chief’s request to upgrade the rescue boats outboard motors to 250-300 hp.  The current motors have to work really hard to maintain course and speed in rough water.  Both new and used motors will be considered.  The Chief would like authorization to purchase two motors within a specified budget so he doesn’t miss out on a really good deal.  The board asked if the boat was used more or less than Brush truck 40 which also needs some overhauls.  The Chief reported the boat was used more times than the truck.  He is also working with a company to purchase a reusable winter cover for the boat instead of a onetime shrink wrap cover.

Gary Points and Brian House provided copies of their Public Meeting training certificates for the file.  This will be the first time all board members have verified training certificates on file in several years.

Rich Law Enforcement Honored By North Rich Elementary

On Thursday, March 10^th, the North Rich Elementary students and staff recognized and honored  Rich County Law Enforcement Officers by inviting the officers to join them for lunch.  Headed by Mrs. Owen and her fourth grade students, the officers from the Rich County Sheriff’s Office, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Utah Highway Patrol and Utah State Parks and Recreation along with retired officers from Logan, Utah and Bakersfield, California were introduced to the students and honored for their sacrifice, service, and dedication for the safety they provide to our community.  North Rich Elementary students and staff would like to thank Pugstone’s, Quick N Tasty, Dee’s Service and Summit Inn Pizza for the donations they made to the officers’ gift bags.

February Sheriff's Report

RICH COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORT

February, 2016

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT
Nature of Incident	Total Incidents
Agency Assistance	2
Alarm	6
Animal Problem	7
Citizen Assist	8
Civil Process	3
Criminal History	10
Domestic Disturbance	1
DUI Alcohol or Drugs	4
Finger Prints	1
Fire	1
Fraud	2
Juvenile Problem	1
Medical Emergency	7
Traffic Accident with Damage	1
Search and Rescue	1
Suspicious Person, Circumstance	3
Threatening	1
Traffic Hazard	12
Transportation of Person/Property	1
VIN Serial Number Inspection	2
Welfare Check	1
Total	75

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT BY LOCATION
Location	Total Incidents
Garden City	32
Laketown	9
Out of County	1
Randolph	24
Woodruff	10
Total	75

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT, GARDEN CITY
Nature of Incident	Total Incidents
Alarm	5
Animal Problem	4
Citizen Assist	2
Civil Process	2
DUI Alcohol or Drugs	1
Fire	1
Medical Emergency	5
Suspicious Person, Circumstance	2
Threatening	1
Traffic Hazard	7
VIN Serial Number Inspection	1
Welfare Check	1
Total	32

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT, LAKETOWN
Nature of Incident	Total Incidents
Alarm	1
Animal Problem	1
Citizen Assist	1
Fraud	2
Traffic Accident with Damage	1
Traffic Hazard	2
Total	8

  

TOTAL INCIDEN REPORT, OUT OF COUNTY
Nature of Incident	Total Incidents
Agency Assistance	1
Total	1

  

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT, RANDOLPH
Nature of Incident	Total Incidents
Animal Problem	1
Citizen Assist	4
Civil Process	1
Criminal History	10
Domestic Disturbance	1
DUI Alcohol or Drugs	2
Finger Prints	1
Medical Emergency	2
Suspicious Person, Circumstance	1
Transportation or Person/Property	1
Total	24

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT, WOODRUFF
Nature of Incident	Total Incidents
Agency Assistance	1
Animal Problem	1
Citizen Assist	1
DUI Alcohol or Drugs	1
Juvenile Problem	1
Search and Rescue	1
Traffic Hazard	3
VIN Serial Number Inspection	1
Total	10

TOTAL TRAFFIC CITATION REPORT By AREA
Location	Citations	Violations
Garden City	5	5
Randolph	4	4
Woodruff	4	4
Total	13	13

TOTAL TRAFFIC CITATION REPORT BY VIOLATION
Description	Total
Speeding	13
Total	13

TOTAL TRAFFIC WARNING REPORT BY AREA
Area	Warnings	Violations
Randolph	2	2
Woodruff	1	1
Total	3	3

TOTAL TRAFFIC WARNING REPORT BY VIOLATION
Description	Total
Speeding	3
Total	3

Ada Moss, Barbara England's Mother, Passes Away

Ada Mary Shirley Moss, 96, of Idaho Falls, passed away on March 23, 2016, at her home.

She was born April 21, 1919, in Salem, Idaho to James Frederick Shirley and Sarah Frances Virgin Shirley. She grew up and attended schools in the area, graduating from Sugar Salem High School. She attended Ricks College in Rexburg before transferring to Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah where she received a Master’s Degree in Education. For three years during the service she lived in the Eastern States.

On July 7, 1943, she married William Francis Moss in the Logan Utah LDS Temple. They made their home in Idaho Falls. Ada was a devoted wife, mother, and homemaker and worked as a school teacher for over 30 years. William preceded her in death on November 17, 1980.

Ada was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She served missions to San Jose, California and Louisville, Kentucky and was a Temple Ordinance Worker in the Idaho Falls Temple for over 20 years. She enjoyed genealogy, participating in the Spanish Extraction program, needlepoint, gardening, and being at the cabin in Island Park. She also loved traveling around the world with the "Golden Girls".

She is survived by:
Son: William F. (Joy Williams) Moss, Jr. of Rexburg, ID
Daughter: Barbara (Bill) England of Garden City, UT
Daughter: Shirley (Mike) Gneiting of Idaho Falls, ID
Son: Del (Amy Braunschweiger) Moss of Idaho Falls, ID
Son-in-law: Dennis Strong of Centerville, UT
23 Grandchildren and 67 Great Grandchildren

She was preceded in death by her husband; a daughter, Jeri Moss Strong; and 10 brothers & sisters.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at Wood Funeral Home East Side (963 S. Ammon) with Bill England officiating. The family will visit with friends on Tuesday from 10-10:45 a.m. prior to the services at the funeral home. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Musings Of A Muddled Male

One-Eyed Jack, er Bob

By Bob Stevens, The Muddled Male

       Many of you have asked how we are doing since we moved down off the hill and away from the many perks that came with living on Sweetwater Hill.  Perks such as snow in the winter, mud in the spring, and dust in the summer.  We freely admit that we miss you all.  But we also admit that living in town has some undeniable benefits.  Like being really close to multiple suppliers that can meet the many needs that always seem to crop-up late at night in the middle of a project that just can’t wait until morning.  I admit that convenience is a bigger drain on our budget since I have a hard time going to the hardware store without also stopping at the A&W stand for a root beer freeze, and/or Taco Time for an order of Mexi-Fries.  But our bill for gas to run the car is considerably less since we aren’t driving up and down the canyon in an attempt to complete the same errands.

       And something new resulted from our move.  For the first time in our life Ann, my wife, and I have registered to participate in a presidential caucus this coming Tuesday.  We were a little hesitant since the party for which we plan to caucus is experiencing a little turmoil this election year, but we felt that we needed to become involved and have at least a little say in who should have a chance at being our leader for the next four years.  To protect ourselves from the possibility that the opposing party might try to send in some hooligans to break up our caucus, I am wearing my concealed carry permit on a chain around my neck.  For emphasis I am also wearing a card with a quote from Al Capone, “You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.”  As you know, I don’t own a gun, but since my card says, Concealed Firearm Permit they won’t know whether I don’t have a gun or I have one but it’s concealed.  Besides, I have Al Capone on my side so nobody will want to take a chance and mess with me.

       Moving here has caused me a problem, however.  Those of you who know Ann, know how carefully she shops.  She reads all the labels to check for partially hydrogenated anything, for dangerous dyes, chemicals with strange sounding names, and for fat, calories, and carbohydrates.  When she checks the bananas she carefully looks at each bunch to make certain that there aren’t any signs of even a minor bruise and that the level of ripening is such that they can be stored at home without any banana becoming over-ripe right up to the time that the last one has been eaten.  Grapes get even closer scrutiny.  Each grape in a bunch must be gently squeezed to make certain that no grape has started to go soft.  Going shopping is a little like going to the library together and waiting while Ann reads a novel.

       I have taken to walking way behind her so that anyone who notices us will assume we aren’t together.  Sometimes I go stand in front of the donut display hoping that people will think that I am just standing there ogling sweets.  The thing that really worries me are the fruit and vegetable displays.  The workers in this department spend a lot of time carefully arranging the displayed items in a tall stack so that their shape or texture or color form an appealing pattern that will catch the eye of a shopper walking by.  The problem comes when Ann has inspected the entire display and decides that the best vegetable or the best fruit happens to be the one located exactly in the center of the pattern.  That means that she has to take one of lesser quality off the top of the display to carefully insert in place of the perfect one she is about to remove from the middle of the stack so that the whole display doesn’t come crashing down and go rolling across the floor.

       I have decided that the only thing I can do to keep from being recognized as an accomplice in that situation is to start wearing a Burqa with only one veiled eye opening so that there is no recognizable part of me that shows.  However, if you happen to see someone in a Burqa with the only thing showing being a scruffy pair of men’s’ size 12, double wide Sketchers footwear showing below the robe as he is being drug away from the donut display by a pair of “The Donald’s” bodyguards with deportation on their mind, please start a riot and stop them because the person being dragged will likely be me.  And I don’t want to miss the caucus and my chance to be a good citizen.