Annual April Laketown Bonfire

Photo by Gary McKee

Rich High Sterling Scholar Representatives.

Back Row: Daniel Jessen, Kyler Clark, Bryce Petersen, Rudy Barker, Mitch Jarman; Front Row: Jayden Winter, Samantha Cook, Rachael Meek, Lilia Brown, Haily Rex, Katey Johnson, Samantha Caldwell, Kristina Petersen, Emily Hopkin.

Calling Local Crafters For Raspberry Days

If you are an artisan/crafter living in the Bear Lake area I'd like to invite you join us at the Bear Lake Valley Craft Fair during Raspberry Days this year. This is

the local crafters venue that's held indoors at the Garden City complex.

The application and agreement are posted at www.gardencityut.us under the Raspberry Days tab. Just scroll down to Bear Lake Valley Craft Fair. The agreement explains the requirements, cost, times, location, etc. Please share this if you know of anyone who might be interested. 

Musings Of A Muddled Male

French Cuisine

By Bob Stevens, The Muddled Male

I have always wondered why women, including Ann my wife, are so fond of cooking Lasagna. I finally decided that it is because Lasagna (or Lasagne as it can also be spelled) is an easily made Italian dish with a name that sounds decidedly French if pronounced quickly with a stuffy nose and puckered lips. French cooking is important to women because in the world of culinary bragging, “Italian” brings up visions of blue-collar dishes like pizza and spaghetti, while “French” brings up visions of blue-nose dishes like vichyssoise and escargot. Cold soup and snails, by the way, are the reason all French words tend to be spoken with a nasal sound. It is hard to sound any other way when one is trying to speak and eat while holding one’s nose.

While escargot is claimed to be a delicacy, I am guessing that the real reason for escargot is that someone was having trouble keeping the snails out of his or her vegetable garden and decided to feed them to house guests as a slick way of getting rid of a pest. My suspicions were confirmed by a 1993 article I was reading from the Mother Earth News written by Gail Damerow (gender unknown). The article was titled Escargot From Your Own Backyard and includes this statement:

"After years of battling snails in my garden while cooking up escargots purchased at a premium from a local import shop, I finally got wise. As long as I was gathering garden snails, why not harvest them for dinner? … When I served garden snails to my friends their invariable reaction was “yuk!” But when those same friends thought they were eating escargots from France, I got rave reviews."

Unlike French Cuisine, however, Lasagna is an easy dish to “jazz up.” Adding the pièce de résistance” as we say in French. Jazzing up Lasagna, by the way, means different things to different genders. In our family the difference exists because Ann, my wife, and I are at war over my stomach. Not the size, mind you, but the contents. The fighting line has been drawn directly in front of my mouth which is, of course, the entrance to the curvy trail that leads to the real battleground, my stomach. That is "Stomaque" to you French speakers. Ann prefers to add blue-nose things like spinach, or mushrooms, or broccoli. She says it is because those are healthy for me. I think it is to force me to keep my portion size down by ruining the taste. My choices would tend toward Italian sausage, or pepperoni, or even old hot dogs, if that is the only thing available.

Now if none of those sound appetizing to you, I did find additional recipes in the Mother Earth News article I was reading. After several paragraphs to explain the types of snails available from the garden, how to lure them, how to de-slime them, and how to cook them, there was a couple of paragraphs on Insect Cuisine and a recipe for Earthworm Patties. If you are really interested, you can find the article at:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/real-food/escargot-zmaz93jjztak.aspx?PageId=1

And if you need any help with the preparation I suspect that you can get some guidance from my two mountain men friends Bryce and Scott who are experienced at living off the land. As for me I plan to just continue chug-a-lugging TruMooTM strawberry flavored milk from the bottle I keep in the fridge. If it would impress you more, I could occasionally drink it from a demitasse.

Watch Out For After School App Cyberbullying

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION

Over the past few weeks, the administration has been made aware of troubling electronic communications occurring between students. The concern ranges from a downloadable app. called “After School” which allows, and perhaps even encourages, students to make anonymous comments about other students to group specific Facebook accounts where inappropriate pictures, comments, and videos are posted. These are just representative samples which cause concern.

Rich School District does not wish to assert ourselves into the parent role of monitoring personal devices (we do intend to control, monitor, and regulate district devises to the extent practical), but feel that personal devices are the responsibility of the student and parent. However, the State of Utah has code which affects our responsibility to protect students from exposure while on school premises or when it affects a student’s performance/safety at school, regardless of where or when it may happen. (Utah Code Ann. 53A-11-904).

If you wish to view Rich School District policy regarding “cyberbullying” or “electronic communication devices”, you can access the respective policies, 510 and 511, from the district home page.

We encourage parents to be involved in monitoring any and all electronic devices which are accessed and used by your child.

Rich School District  www.richschool.org

April Citizen & Student Of The Month - Rich Middle School

April
Citizen of the Month
8th                                  7th                                            6th
Alaine Thomson        Jaycee Cornia                      Ellie Johnson
Sydney Hatch             Nuley Cornia                      Brooklyn Anderson
                                                                                Kesley Hunting

Student of the Month
8th                                7th                                            6th                                                                    
Corgin Conk               Rebecca Wamsley              Tayla McKee
Randy Trujillo             Logan Muirbrook                Riley Dean

Glass Lake

Photo by Lauriann Wakefield

Rich County Sheriff's March Report

Anita Weston, Reporter

Rich Civic Times

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT BY NATURE OF INCIDENT
Nature of Incident	Total Incidents
Agency Assistance	1
Alarm	5
Animal Problem	9
Attempt to Locate	1
Bomb Threat or Attack	1
Child Abuse or Neglect	1
Citizen Assist	14
Civil Process	6
Criminal History	1
Finger Prints	3
Fraud	2
Harassment	1
Medical Emergency	4
Traffic Accident with Damage	5
Attempted Suicide	1
Suspicious Person, Circumstance	9
Theft	2
Traffic Hazard	5
Traffic Violation	2
Transportation of Person/Prop	5
Trespassing	1
Vandalism	1
VIN Serial Number Inspection	5
Welfare Check	1
Total	86

  

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT BY LOCATION
Location	Total Incidents
Garden City	36
Laketown	7
Out of County	1
Randolph	26
Woodruff	16
Total	86

  

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT BY INCIDENT FOR GARDEN CITY
Incident	Total Incidents
Agency Assistance	1
Alarm	4
Animal Problem	1
Attempt to Locate	1
Child Abuse of Neglect	1
Citizen Assist	6
Civil Process	3
Fraud	1
Medical Emergency	2
Attempted Suicide	1
Suspicious Person, Circumstance	4
Traffic Hazard	3
Transportation of Person/Property	1
Vandalism	1
VIN Serial Number Inspection	4
Welfare Check	1
Total	36

  

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT BY INCIDENT FOR LAKETOWN
Incident	Total Incidents
Animal Problem	4
Citizen Assist	2
Harassment	1
Total	7

  

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT BY INCIDENT OUT OF COUNTY
Incident	Total Incidents
Traffic Accident with Damage	1
Total	1

  

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT BY INCIDENT FOR RANDOLPH
Incident	Total Incidents
Alarm	1
Animal Problem	2
Citizen Assist	4
Civil Process	2
Criminal History	1
Finger Prints	3
Fraud	1
Medical Emergency	1
Traffic Accident with Damage	2
Suspicious Person, Circumstance	2
Traffic Hazard	1
Traffic Violation	1
Transportation of Person/Property	4
VIN Serial Number Inspection	1
Total	26

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT BY INCIDENT FOR WOODRUFF
Incident	Total Incidents
Animal Problem	2
Citizen Assist	2
Civil Process	1
Medical Emergency	1
Traffic Accident with Damage	2
Suspicious Person, Circumstance	3
Theft	2
Traffic Hazard	1
Traffic Violation	1
Trespassing	1
Total	16

TOTAL TRAFFIC CITATION REPORT BY AREA
Area	Citations	Violations
Laketown	1	1
Randolph	6	7
Woodruff	3	3
Totals	10	11

TOTAL TRAFFIC CITATION REPORT BY VIOLATION
Violation	Total
No Proof of Insurance	1
Speeding	10
Total	11

TOTAL TRAFFIC WARNING REPORT BY LOCATION
Location	Warnings	Violations
Laketown	1	1
Woodruff	4	4
Total	5	5

TOTAL TRAFFIC WARNING REPORT BY VIOLATION
Violation	Total
Speeding	5
Total	5

Fund Raiser for Pets & Strays

The ANH bear lake spay-getti dinner is April 23rd 2016. from 2 to 6 at the Grace Thiel community center, 115 S. 4th street , Montpelier. $8 for adults and $4 for kids. The ANH bear lake has sponsored and supported this program for 9 years. This program helps residents of Bear Lake and Caribou Counties!

The pet owner pays $30, the ANH then picks up the balance so the vet clinics are paid in full. If you would like to make a difference or if you have received an ANH spay/neuter certificate to help with your pets please come and support us ,so together we can help someone else. Together we can eliminate the sad problem of unwanted litters.

Thank you for your generosity of heart.
The volunteers of the ANH

If you have any questions about this program and how it works please call Lorrie Jensen 208-339-0130 or Susie Bunn 208-317-1509.