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Saturday, December 30, 2017
Cisco Sonar
By Bryce Nielson, Cisco Kid
This is from a 2013 column with memories of the late Ivar Aker.
I am just going to ramble a bit this week. Things have quieted down at the Bear Lake State Marina. I helped pull a sailboat out this weekend that was frozen in the ice. Time had just gotten past the sailor and with the water depth only 3 ½ feet and cold weather, the circulators that Parks and Recreation installed could not keep up. Luckily some die-hard whitefish anglers had broken a trail out to the lake the day before so the ice was not as bad as it could have been. There is still one sailboat in the slips that will stay there the winter with a “bubbler” by it to keep the water open.
Ivar Aker, who is the resident, Norwegian/sailor/boat builder/record keeper of the lake elevations on the pilings and I were talking about boats freezing into the water. There is a misconception that if a boat freezes in the water that the ice will crush the hull. Actually, if the ice does not move, it expands outward and will do no damage. Think about aluminum cans frozen in the ice left by some thoughtless litterer. If they are in the water, they survive to thaw, untouched, without a dent. Ivar agrees with me but is not about to let his sailboat, “Norseman”, freeze in to test the theory.
The Bonneville whitefish started spawning right on queue last week. Any place there was rock in the water, they were present. Fishing has been good from both boat and shore off the Marina and Cisco Beach. Fishermen have started catching more Bear Lake cutthroat trout recently and they follow the whitefish and Bonneville Cisco into the shallower water. Fishing for trout should only get better as December progresses on. Just be careful if you are in a boat. At this time of year if you go over board you have 15 minutes to hypothermia and death. That old life jacket stuffed under the front seat that you never wear may give you just enough time to be saved but if no one is around at least we will be able to recover your body for the family.
The “low water” ramp off the south end of Cisco Beach was extended last week. Money from Wildlife Resources Access Fund was used to buy the concrete. Ken Hansen and Brad Weston of Bear Lake Sails to formed a 16’ x 20’ x 6” slab on top of the existing ramp and Ray Lutz and the Rich County Road crew pushed it in with a Cat. Hopefully, the ramp will not have to go any farther.
I have been asked why this ramp does not have concrete up to the road. In order to get a Corps of Engineers permit to construct it on this critical spawning habitat, it had to be designed so that it was exposed only during extremely low water periods when other ramps were out of the water. At normal lake elevation, it will be completely covered and the wave action will move substrate back onto the concrete reestablishing the habitat. The ramps at First Point and Rainbow Cove can be used most of the time.
There is still some water coming into the lake and the elevation is at 5903.5, up about five inches from the low in October. If you are interested in checking the elevation anytime go to www.bearlakewatch.com. There is a lot of other great information about Bear Lake there also.
This is from a 2013 column with memories of the late Ivar Aker.
I am just going to ramble a bit this week. Things have quieted down at the Bear Lake State Marina. I helped pull a sailboat out this weekend that was frozen in the ice. Time had just gotten past the sailor and with the water depth only 3 ½ feet and cold weather, the circulators that Parks and Recreation installed could not keep up. Luckily some die-hard whitefish anglers had broken a trail out to the lake the day before so the ice was not as bad as it could have been. There is still one sailboat in the slips that will stay there the winter with a “bubbler” by it to keep the water open.
Ivar Aker, who is the resident, Norwegian/sailor/boat builder/record keeper of the lake elevations on the pilings and I were talking about boats freezing into the water. There is a misconception that if a boat freezes in the water that the ice will crush the hull. Actually, if the ice does not move, it expands outward and will do no damage. Think about aluminum cans frozen in the ice left by some thoughtless litterer. If they are in the water, they survive to thaw, untouched, without a dent. Ivar agrees with me but is not about to let his sailboat, “Norseman”, freeze in to test the theory.
The Bonneville whitefish started spawning right on queue last week. Any place there was rock in the water, they were present. Fishing has been good from both boat and shore off the Marina and Cisco Beach. Fishermen have started catching more Bear Lake cutthroat trout recently and they follow the whitefish and Bonneville Cisco into the shallower water. Fishing for trout should only get better as December progresses on. Just be careful if you are in a boat. At this time of year if you go over board you have 15 minutes to hypothermia and death. That old life jacket stuffed under the front seat that you never wear may give you just enough time to be saved but if no one is around at least we will be able to recover your body for the family.
The “low water” ramp off the south end of Cisco Beach was extended last week. Money from Wildlife Resources Access Fund was used to buy the concrete. Ken Hansen and Brad Weston of Bear Lake Sails to formed a 16’ x 20’ x 6” slab on top of the existing ramp and Ray Lutz and the Rich County Road crew pushed it in with a Cat. Hopefully, the ramp will not have to go any farther.
I have been asked why this ramp does not have concrete up to the road. In order to get a Corps of Engineers permit to construct it on this critical spawning habitat, it had to be designed so that it was exposed only during extremely low water periods when other ramps were out of the water. At normal lake elevation, it will be completely covered and the wave action will move substrate back onto the concrete reestablishing the habitat. The ramps at First Point and Rainbow Cove can be used most of the time.
There is still some water coming into the lake and the elevation is at 5903.5, up about five inches from the low in October. If you are interested in checking the elevation anytime go to www.bearlakewatch.com. There is a lot of other great information about Bear Lake there also.
Garden City Council Meeting
Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
GARDEN
CITY, Utah. December
14, 2017. Richard and Stacie Layton
requested a business license to open a carwash business called Garden City
Carwash. It is located at 150 N 300
W. The request was granted. They also asked for a business license for
the storage sheds which are located next to the carwash. The license was granted with the stipulations
that no outside storage would be included ,because the zone close to Third West
is C1 which doesn’t allow storage facilities of any kind.
Allen
and Sherry Taylor requested two lots be encumbered. One lot is lot 4 in the Bear Lake Meadows
Subdivision, and Lot 9 is located in Triangle Estates Subdivision. The two lots are adjacent to each other. Some conditions must be met in order for this
encumbrance to be accepted. There are
some storage pods on the property. These
pods must be moved to the center of the lot and closer to the home. A cement pad needs to be poured where the
pods will be placed. A building needs to
be built around the two pods with a slope roof.
The building must meet the building code. This request must be completed by August,
2018.
Resolution
#R17-03 is a resolution to update water rates for anything larger than a ¾”
meter. The Commission passed the resolution.
The
Commission discussed ordinance #17-17 that is adding storage sheds as a
conditional use permit in the C-3 Zone.
They also talked about Ordinance #17-18 which changes the term
“accessory building” to “accessory structure.”
Both of these items will be put on the agenda for January when the
Commission can act on these two ordinances.
Carl
Stock appeared before the Commission asking that the Lake Meadow Lodge gate be
left as is. He noted that he would like
to buy the City property in that area so that things can remain the way it has
been over the past several years.
However, the City noted that there needs to be some kind of turnaround
or area where cars can turn around if they go too far east. Also, the amount of traffic will increase
tremendously when Water’s Edge continues building in the area to the south of
this road. Mayor Spuhler suggested that
the new Mayor take the next two months to look at this situation and then make
a decision concerning this item.
The
City Council Members made the following appointments: Lindsey Thompson to the Planning Commission,
Dan Kurek to the Appeals Authority Board, Travis Hobbs will become the
Administrative Judge, and Ronda Menlove to the Library Board.
The
Financial Report for the fiscal year of July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017 was
represented to the Council by Gary Tuescher, CPA. He stated that in his opinion, the financial
statements referred in the report are presently fairly, in all material
respects, the respective financial position of the governmental activities the
business-type activities, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund
information of the Town of Garden City as of June 3- 2917, and the respective
changes in financial position, and, were applicable, cash flows for the year
then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America.
One
item of particular interest was the revenues received by the City. For the Town as a whole, total revenues
increased by $256,950 compared to the previous year, while total expenses
increased by $260,893.
Governmental
activities revenues of $1,491,399 is an increase of $133,151 from the previous
year. Governmental activities expenses
of $1,120,761 is an increase of $242,062 from the previous year. While general government and highways and
improvements expenses increased, public safety and parks and recreation
expenses decreased.
Business-type
activities revenue of $1,289,069 is an increase of $123,799 from the previous
year. Business-type activities expenses
of $804,681 is an increase of $18,830 from the previous year.
Tuescher noted that the Financial Highlights are as follows:
Total net position for the Town as a
whole increased by $855,025
Total unrestricted net position for
the Town as a whole increased by $280,732
Total net position for governmental
activities increased by $364,316
Total net position for business-type
activities increased by $490,708
Commercial Building Inspector Report
Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
GARDEN CITY, Utah. December 14, 2017. Glen
Gillies, Commercial Building Inspector and Ordinance Officer, reported that
he has given out a couple of citations.
One individual will pay. The
other citation requires some changes, but the individual will have to take care
of this and will eventually have to pay.
A
trailer on 200 North west of Bear Lake Blvd. has been condemned. It is past the point of appalling. The owner
has been given 60 business days to get the item removed and out of the
City. The trailer is full of mold and
it has been over nine plus years since anyone had lived there. The water was turned off that long ago. If the owner doesn’t get the trailer moved,
the City will do the job, and the owner will have to pay the costs. The deadline is January 25 when it must be
gone. Gillies said he would call and
remind the individual before the deadline.
Gillies
is currently working on five different commercial buildings that are in the process
of being built. There is a lot of growth
taking place in the City this fall and winter.
The
City pool has had a lot of improvements in the last week, but more needs to be
done to get the pool is good condition.
Garden City Public Works
Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
GARDEN CITY, Utah. December 14, 2017. Riley
Argyle, Supervisor of the Public Works Department, noted that the Garden City
Fire Department is going to add onto the current building this coming
spring. There are four trees on the west
side of the building that are going to have to be taken down. Riley suggested that the City get the four
trees and plant them at Heritage Park.
It would cost of City about $3,500 to dig the trees and move them to the park, they are about 15’-20’
high and would add to the park. The City
is going to have to get even more trees for the park, and the moving expense
are all that these four will cost the City.
The
water treatment plant has a problem with the flow switch. It keeps blowing out. Argyle contacted IFM in New Jersey for help
with the problem and got a new switch.
There were still issues three days after it was installed, and it also
blew up. Argyle found the individual who
put the flow switch in originally. His
name is Patrick Hayes, and he lives in Boise. Argyle has called and left message with him hoping that he will be able
to help out. Argyle suggested that in the
future, items purchased need to have local service available so that when
problems like this occur, help can be obtained.
There
was another problem at the Water Treatment Plant. There is an automatic arm that moves across a
screen to clear it. The arm slipped and
went too far. Argyle ordered the parts
that limits the switch brake so that the arm doesn’t go beyond the area it
covers. He was able to put
the
parts in place so that it is now working properly. The parts cost $4,500.
The
Public Works Department has been working on the dump truck that has a snow plow
mounted on the front. They are trying to
fix it so that the sand won’t shift when they are plowing snow.
Argyle reported that Chuck Stocking was able to pull all of the GIS information from
the old computer to a new one after the old one died. Everyone thought the information would be
lost when that computer went down which would have caused hours of work redoing
all required GIS information. Argyle is
always adding new GIS information so that updating is happening all of the
time. He will print the information and
put it in a book and make sure the information is on file in case something
happens to the new computer.
Some
employees have been working on the lake access south of Legacy. That access is about 75 percent
complete. These employees have been
pulled off the project because it gets dark so early. The City will try and hire someone to
complete this project. A bid needs to be
put out to hire someone to finish up the fencing and retaining wall on this
access. Three individuals had been
hired, but they didn’t get the work done.
It needs to be finished.
All
of the accesses that go to the lake that have been turned back to the
subdivision need to be recorded. The MOU
that was made put this responsibility onto the City. But so far, the City hasn’t taken care of
this matter. It should be done soon.
An
air compressor at one of the water pumping areas quit. The parts needed were ordered and have
arrived. Argyle will get it fixed as soon
as possible.
The
pellet stove at the water treatment plant needed to be replaced. A new one was purchased and installed. It is running well now.
The
heater in the building at the bottom of Elk’s Ridge broke. It will need to be replaced. There are some options on this item. There are a lot of high tech items that have been built into these types of heaters that make them very efficient. This is the direction the City should go as
they purchased the new heater.
The
parking area at Heritage Park is fixed.
There was a moisture problem that has been resolved.
Garden City Engineer Report
Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
GARDEN CITY, Utah. December 14, 2017. Zan
Murray, City Engineer, noted that the Stone property acquisition has been completed. The City was planning on building a barbed
wire fence along the area. They have
requested that it be a plastic fence with three rails so that it will match the
others fences in Buttercup. The distance
is about 475 feet which will be extremely expensive. The original agreement had a fixed
price. The Council agreed that this
would take a lot of money. The fence
will be the biggest item. There will
also be a culvert under the main road and perhaps another going into their
property. The time line is getting
short—could be into March.
The
property acquisition plan is ready for review.
The City has 60 days after acquisition.
This needs to be done as quickly as possible.
The water project is moving forward. Another
request has been made to the USDA for another funding grant.
A
contract for engineering for the 300 West alignment needs to be done. The road will continue across Shundahi and
Hansen’s property. Some of the roads are
pretty steep and may need some changes.
The road will drop down into Hodges Canyon. This area is also pretty steep. There is a large gully on the north side of
Hansen’s property. More information will
be gathered by next month concerning this road.
The
USDA funding needs interim financing by the City. The City doesn’t know for sure where to get
this money. Murray indicated that the City
needs to look at short term loans and their interest rates. They shouldn’t go over 2% - 3% interest rates. It was noted that Zions Bank has some really good
interim funding on bridging funds. Murray encouraged the City to check and get some options so that they will have a
choice of what would be the best for Garden City.
Elk’s
Ridge is done. All the easements are
done except one, which will be completed soon.
This subdivision is finally wrapped up.
The Contract Agreement for the water project specifically is being
checked for wording to make sure everything meshes with the funding terms.
Saturday, December 23, 2017
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas from the Rich Civic Times Staff !
Bobbie Coray
Anita Weston
Randall Knight
Joey Stocking
Drill Team Denied Early Morning Practice
RANDOLPH, Utah.
December 19, 2017. In the last
month’s school board meeting the board accepted the recommendation of Principal
Rick Larson on practice times in the late afternoon and evenings for the Rich High Drill Team as a compromise position.
Ruthann Jarman, Rich High Drill Team coach, accompanied by team parents, told board members that
while she appreciated the practice policy that was decided upon, it will not meet
the team needs. She would like to appeal
for early morning practice for the girls in the regulation gym.
Point by point she made the case for the needed practice in
the gym that will mostly resemble the gyms they will be competing in. Practicing in the lunch room or the smaller
gym makes precision drills almost impossible as the lines change from gym to
the ones they painted on the lunch room floor. She said that practice needs to
be on a consistent surface.
Early morning practices make the most sense because there
are no other teams using the main gym at that time. Jarman cited several examples of other
schools which allow early morning practice for their drill teams. Not only that, the schools allow parents to
take the girls to the practice which Jarman said would be done by team parents without needing
earlier buses.
One objection to early morning practice was the length of
the school day and its effect on school performance. Jarman said that making the girls practice
until 7 p.m. also lengthened the day and also cut from family time. She said that the girls and their families
preferred an early morning practice for the next six weeks.
Another was that on snowy days the roads might not be plowed
for a 6 a.m. practice. However, she
called Ben Negus who plows county roads and he indicated that they are required
to plow the roads by 3 a.m. “It is no darker at 6 a.m. than it is at 7 a.m.”
Jarman said.
Other drill teams practice 10 to 15 hours a week. The Rich team practices 8 to 10 on inconsistent
floors and the competition judges’ comments reflect that. They are often criticized for not getting
spacing right because they are practicing in non-standard places. The girls are willing to practice more and
longer and give their all, Jarman reported.
She asked the Board to let her try for the next 6 weeks.
The Board then asked for an executive session which included
Principal Rick Larson and Superintendent Dale Lamborn. After a period of time, they were sent from
the session and Jarman was asked to go in.
The Board returned to open session and said only, “We will
keep the policy made at the last meeting.”
Friday, December 22, 2017
Legislative Issues That Affect Schools
Bobbie Bicknell Coray, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
RANDOLPH, Utah.
December 19, 2017. Representative Logan Wilde, District 53, told school
board members that the legislature was concerned with how the changes to the
federal tax just passed would affect Utah.
It will have consequences for small schools. The conservative Utah Taxpayer Association
and Senator Howard Stephenson are for equalization but Wilde has districts in
his area, which includes Rich, Morgan, Summit, Daggett and Duchesne, that do
not want equalization since the formulas for rural schools may penalize them.
There are already over 300 bills written for this year and
1000 more are proposed. The legislature
is codifying the code for schools to make rules the same across the state. New bills will have to meet the new
code. The school board association has
proposed this.
“Everyone wants to fix something in schools,” said
Superintendent Dale Lamborn, “A lot of
problems are anectdotal and solve one person’s problem in one district and
really aren’t state problems and could be solved by local school boards. It probably doesn’t need to be state law.”
Wilde agreed school boards should propose the rules for
their districts. Utah Now is a
proposal which may be on the ballot this year.
It has been proposed by business leaders to add more funding for schools
so that business and industry will have well trained workers. It has caused a backlash among some
legislators who are writing punitive bills against the schools if it
passes.
Governor Herbert says
that the initiative is a double edged sword, if it passes the
legislature will feel out of the school tax loop and if it doesn’t they will
see it as the electorate doesn’t care about education funding.
Lamborn said, “if they pass it and the legislature takes away
WPU monies it will make it a wash. And some legislators are offended by that
initiative.”
“Statewide,” Wilde said, “there is a big variance in
opinion”.
Letter To The Editor
To the Editor:
The board is considering building a gym, stage and additional rooms at the middle school. Below is a letter to my fellow board members regarding options we should consider that I sent several weeks ago and was referred to during the meeting.
This is the the link to the audio of the board meeting. The discussion begins around 58 minutes and lasts until about 1:30. You may be interested in listening.
http://win2016.richschool.org/min/dec19/dec19.mp3
http://win2016.richschool.org/min/dec19/dec19.mp3
Fellow Board Members,
On my way to Richfield for the boys tournament Friday, I will be stopping at the school in Delta to look at their new gym. Sorry I can't ride with you all but this saves me a lot of time. I have made a few notes on the building and future planning issue and have added an item we have not discussed which I believe should be part of the discussion.
The middle school gym is heavily used all school year and especially during winter season and it is basically scheduled from 8 am to 8 pm most days and on snowy days it is a challenge for elementary recess time. On Saturdays during mid-November through mid-February, many parents and children spend hours watching basketball as 2 each 7th & 8th grade teams play throughout the day. Because there is only one gym, when students play on multiple teams, parents watch games their own children don’t play in as they wait for the next game their child does play in. This makes for a long day for visiting teams and all parents and families who don’t live near the gym. We could also use some middle school classroom space and elementary classes are fairly full. There is one classroom available for growth in the elementary but if two or more classes increase beyond allowed students per class, we will have another problem to solve.
I see 4 options we can consider. The fourth option has been brought to my attention several times and I think it needs to be explored along with the first three.
1) No change.
No building, no program elimination.
2) Eliminate Middle school athletics.
Least cost to the district. We are the only middle school in the state that has a middle/jr High School athletics program. Our program exists partly due to our location and lack of club programs and also because we can play Wyoming schools. The Wyoming schools really don’t like to come to Rich Middle School to spend all day playing in one gym, so there is some pressure to provide better facilities. The Saturday middle school games could possibly be scheduled to play at the high school where two gyms are available. This option does not help the class room issue.
3) Build a new gym and additional classroom space at the middle school.
Greater than $4 million, plus cost of additional class room space. This would require asking the public to pay for a bond. We have asked an architecture firm to do some preliminary plans and cost estimates. The potential classroom structure has not had a preliminary done.
4) Plan for the future by buying land in Garden City and build an elementary school there.
No formal cost estimate but I am sure this option would be the most for initial cost but if we are going to spend 4-6 million dollars on a gym and expanding classrooms, then we should instead, consider building an elementary with a gym in Garden City. As of fall enrollment, 83 out of 120 (69%) children attending North Rich Elementary come from Garden City and the growth trend indicates Garden City will continue to grow. I looked at 2000 and 2010 census data and found children ages 5-19 in 2000 in Garden City was 111 children, in 2010 it was 173 children. I can’t find data but from my memory when I graduated in 1990, I think there would have been 70-80 children from Garden city. That makes a 30 year trend. Will this growth continue?
I hope we can be wise and judicious with public funds, provide good facilities for public education, and prepare for the near and distant future for the entire district.
Thanks for your consideration,
Bryce
Sunday, December 17, 2017
Pickleville Philosopher
Holiday Memories
By Jim Stone, The Pickleville Philosopher
To me being thankful started when I was just a little
boy. I was living with my grandmother. She had been through the depression and some
really lean times in her life with the way the world was back then.
It was Thanksgiving and we were all hungry, looking forward
to eating to our hearts content. Well, me and my sister Susie Stone started to
look around to see what was in the cupboards and cabinets that grandma was
going to prepare. There was like nothing that looked good.
Grandma came in to the kitchen and asked us kids to go do our
chores and go play. She said Thanksgiving
supper would be ready by three o’clock sharp .
Me and Susie asked her what are
we going to have. There was not much food in the house.
Grandma sat us down and wanted to tell us
kids about the days in the depression when her and granddad had nothing to eat
the day before Thanksgiving so they could have a nice meal on Thanksgiving day.
They had 2 potatoes, a handful of carrots,
some old dried up corn and a small bag of flour.
“And Jim we were thankful to have every single speck of it,”
she said.
Grandma said it was late and a very bad storm had set in;
you couldn’t even see out the front room windows. "We were hungry and sitting together under the
blankets when we heard a bang, bang, bang on what we thought was the front door."
“Your grandad went to answer the door and no one was there, but
what was there were two dead Canada geese that couldn’t fly and navigate in the
bad storm. It was a blessing that to
this day I see so vividly, all the sudden we had not only a grand Thanksgiving,
we had food for days. We both felt bad
that the geese lost their lives,” she
said.
“You kids that’s when we were the most thankful we’ve ever been. You kids have it easy compared to how we had
it back in those days. Now go do what I
told you and supper at 3.”
Susie and I went out and sat on the porch for a minute. All we herd was clickity clank bang, bang,
boom, boom, it was a lot of commotion going on with grandma in the kitchen.
“Susie did you believe grandma’s story about the geese
flying into the house,” I asked. She
said, “I do.” I said I did too.
Well we got our chores done and headed home. Before we got to the kitchen we could smell
fresh bread, steamed vegetables and a giant turkey with all the trimmings that
we couldn’t find earlier when we thought there was gonna be no Thanksgiving.
We were both speechless.
We never said a word to grandma but to this day that’s where I became
thankful for what we had been blessed with.
Also to me, maybe not only being thankful but giving to
others, kinda like the geese flying into the house giving their lives up on
the night before Thanksgiving .
Laketown Cemetery Fees And BRAG Report
Bobbie Bicknell Coray, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
RANDOLPH, Utah.
December 6, 2017. McKay Willis reported to the commissioners on
The Laketown Cemetery and the BRAG human services committee. Willis wants to put small headstones on
unmarked graves. Some are old, but some
are persons whose families do not want to or cannot put on a headstone. Willis wants to put the headstones on and then
put a lien on the person who owns the grave or the families of the
deceased.
It is still unclear if they can attach the taxes of the
family. Commissioner Norm Weston
suggested that there be a cemetery district fund built to pay for unknowns and
unmarked graves. Commissioner Bill Cox
said the graves do need to be marked.
As of January 1, 2018, there will be a $300.00 opening and
closing fee for graves. Up to now it has
been free. There will be a $500 for non
tax payers who need a grave opening.
Willis attended the BRAG meeting. He said there are over three hundred people in
Rich County considered to be living in poverty. Twenty percent are under 18. BRAG forecasts the population of Rich County
going down this year, but remarked that there have been new families moving in
and more homes being built.
Meals on Wheels is going
well, but the new van is needed. Willis
said that BRAG was not aware of the bus being wrecked this fall. Commissioners felt that they could replace it
after the first of the new year.
The Commission is still up in the air about what kind of van
to buy. After the first of the year,
there will be a new state contract let for vans and trucks. Cox
said that he was trying to decide if a smaller van would be better. However they did need to have a wheelchair accessible
van or else they would not be compliant with ADA regulations and would lose
their funding. That kind of vehicle can
run $110,000 to $117,000 and the company said that they are 180 days out on new
orders.
Empty Nester Party
Inviting EMPTY NESTERS in Garden City
To a Pot Luck Dinner
Upstairs at the City Offices Lake View Room
6:00 p.m.
Monday, January 8
Speaker Senator Lyle Hillyard on upcoming legislature
RSVP with what you are bringing to Randall Knight at Knightrh1@gmail.com
Come at 7:00 if you just want to hear the speaker.
We want all the Empty Nesters in the area to get acquainted so come!!
Bear River Mental Health Finances.
Bobbie Bicknell Coray, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
RANDOLPH, Utah.
December 6, 2017. Reed Ernstrom
and Rob Johnson, Bear River Mental Health, told county commissioners that the
audited financial statement was a clean audit.
They show a loss of million dollars this year mostly because they had
transferred 15 apartments used for Mental Health clients because it is more BRAG competency.
They need to estimate
how many people will be in the hospital each year. This year $1.5 million was spent for
inpatient mental health stabilization.
More people have been admitted for longer stays and more acute
needs. They think with more case
management the hospital stays can be shorter. Medicaid revenue was down $167,000, but they
still are in a strong cash position because the four previous years they had gained a million dollars.
Suicide is a big topic being discussed in the State Legislature. Teens are more at risk. Ernstrom said that “hopefully by having
therapist in school might identify students who are struggling.”
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Rich County Sheriff's Report
Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
November,
2017
TOTAL INCIDENT
REPORT BY NATURE OF INCIDENT
|
|
Nature of
Incident
|
Total
Incidents
|
Abandoned
Vehicle
|
3
|
Agency
Assistance
|
4
|
Alarm
|
5
|
Animal
Problem
|
8
|
Booking
Prisoner
|
1
|
Burglary
|
1
|
Citizen
Assist
|
7
|
Civil
Process
|
3
|
Carbon
Monoxide Poisoning
|
1
|
Criminal
History
|
6
|
Domestic
Disturbance
|
2
|
Fire
|
2
|
Fraud
|
1
|
Juvenile
Problem
|
1
|
Lockout
|
1
|
Medial
Emergency
|
10
|
Missing
Person
|
1
|
Traffic
Accident with Damage
|
7
|
Search
& Rescue
|
1
|
Suspicious
Person, Circumstance
|
2
|
Theft
|
2
|
Threatening
|
1
|
Traffic
Hazard
|
2
|
Transportation
of Person/Property
|
1
|
Trespassing
|
2
|
Vandalism
|
3
|
VIN
Serial Number Inspection
|
8
|
Welfare
Check
|
4
|
Total
|
90
|
TOTAL INCIDENT
REPORT BY LOCATION
|
|
Location
|
Total
Incidents
|
Garden
City
|
37
|
Laketown
|
12
|
Out
of County
|
1
|
Randolph
|
28
|
Woodruff
|
12
|
Total
|
90
|
NATURE OF
INCIDENT IN GARDEN CITY
|
|
Nature of
Incident
|
Total
Incidents
|
Abandoned
Vehicle
|
2
|
Agency
Assistance
|
1
|
Alarm
|
3
|
Animal
Problem
|
3
|
Citizen
Assist
|
4
|
Civil
Process
|
2
|
Carbon
Monoxide Poisoning
|
1
|
Domestic
Disturbance
|
2
|
Fire
|
2
|
Juvenile
Problem
|
1
|
Medical
Emergency
|
2
|
Search
& Rescue
|
1
|
Suspicious
Person, Circumstance
|
1
|
Theft
|
1
|
Threatening
|
1
|
Vandalism
|
1
|
VIN
Serial Number Inspection
|
6
|
Welfare
Check
|
3
|
Total
|
37
|
NATURE OF
INCIDENT IN LAKETOWN
|
|
Nature of
Incident
|
Total
Incidents
|
Alarm
|
2
|
Animal
Problem
|
4
|
Medical
Emergency
|
2
|
Traffic
Accident with Damage
|
1
|
Theft
|
1
|
Trespassing
|
1
|
VIN
Serial Number Inspection
|
1
|
Total
|
12
|
NATURE OF
INCIDENT OUT OF COUNTY
|
|
Nature of
Incident
|
Total
Incidents
|
Agency
Assistance
|
1
|
Total
|
1
|
NATURE OF
INCIDENT IN RANDOLPH
|
|
Nature of
Incident
|
Total
Incidents
|
Booking
Prisoner
|
1
|
Burglary
|
1
|
Citizen
Assist
|
3
|
Civil
Process
|
1
|
Criminal
History
|
6
|
Lockout
|
1
|
Medical
Emergency
|
6
|
Missing
Person
|
1
|
Traffic
Accident with Damage
|
2
|
Suspicious
Person, Circumstance
|
1
|
Traffic
Hazard
|
1
|
Transportation
of Person/Property
|
1
|
Trespassing
|
1
|
Vandalism
|
2
|
Total
|
28
|
NATURE OF
INCIDENT IN WOODRUFF
|
|
Nature of
Incident
|
Total
Incidents
|
Abandoned
Vehicle
|
1
|
Agency
Assistance
|
2
|
Animal
Problem
|
1
|
Fraud
|
1
|
Traffic
Accident with Damage
|
4
|
Traffic
Hazard
|
1
|
VIN
Serial Number Inspection
|
1
|
Welfare
Check
|
1
|
Total
|
12
|
TOTAL TRAFFIC
CITATION REPORT BY AREA
|
||
Area
|
Citations
|
Violation
|
Garden
City
|
2
|
2
|
Laketown
|
3
|
3
|
Randolph
|
4
|
4
|
Woodruff
|
1
|
1
|
Totals
|
10
|
10
|
TOTAL TRAFFIC
CITATION REPORT BY VIOLATION
|
||
Description
|
Total
|
|
Speeding
|
8
|
|
Drive
on Denied License
|
1
|
|
Passing
on Double Yellow
|
1
|
|
Total
|
10
|
TOTAL TRAFFIC WARNING
REPORT BY AREA
|
||
Area
|
Warnings
|
Violations
|
Garden
City
|
2
|
2
|
Total
|
2
|
2
|
TOTAL TRAFFIC
WARNING REPORT BY VIOLATION
|
|
Description
|
Total
|
Speeding
|
2
|
Total
|
2
|
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