Recycle...Where?

Bobbie Bicknell Coray, Reporter
Rich Civic Times

Recently Lynn Weston,  Rich Sanitation Director,  said that most of the dumpsters were filled with cardboard boxes and that is consistent with national information that 41% of waste is cardboard boxes and as we do more online shopping it will get worse.  According to  Recycle Utah:

One ton of recycled cardboard saves:
390 kWh hours of electricity.
46 gallons of oil.
6.6 million Btu’s of energy.
9 cubic yards of landfill space.
Cardboard and paper waste make up 41% of the municipal solid waste stream.

Recycling cardboard takes 24% less energy and produces 50% less sulfur dioxide than making cardboard from raw materials.  https://utahrecycles.org/get-the-facts/the-facts-cardboard/

Amazon has advertised a site for sending back the boxes filled with items you want to donate to charities for free. https://www.amazon.com/p/feature/xde6cauvpfp66o2 .  This reporter printed off a label and filled the box with donations.  I then took it to the post office.  The site promised that a donor would be notified when the donation was received and would be given a receipt for tax itemization.

Donating is as easy as 1, 2, 3:

1. Open Your Box: Unpack your merchandise from your Amazon shipping box.
2. Pack Your Box: Fill the box with usable clothing, accessories and household goods you no longer need and print your free shipping label from GiveBackBox.com
3. Send Your Box: Let UPS or the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) deliver your box of donations to charity for you.

In the summer the area around the lake has thousands of aluminum cans which go into the dumpsters, according to the same source:

One ton of recycled Aluminum saves:
14,000 kWh of electricity.
1,663 gallons of oil.
237.6 million Btu’s of energy.
10 cubic yards of landfill space.
Aluminum takes 200-500 years to fully degrade in a landfill.

Recycling aluminum takes 95% less energy than making aluminum from raw materials.
Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours.
There is no limit to the number of times aluminum cans be recycled.
Recycled aluminum can be returned to store shelves in as little as 60 days.
About 120,000 aluminum cans are recycled every minute nationwide.

In Montpelier,  Idaho,  there is a place to recycle which also helps the animal shelter. Sandi Gunderson Warner wrote. "You can recycle cardboard, paper, aluminum, and metal at Hennings on Bern road on the road to Montpelier. Turn where the round brick building and the ANH shelter are then keep going until you see the vehicle graveyard and buildings. It’s Hennings Salvage. While you’re there check out their yard barn. Glass has to go to Logan. A good reason to recycle aluminum and metal at Hennings is you can donate whatever they pay to the Animals Need Help Shelter which does add up when many of us do it."

In Rich County there are no places to recycle.  One can take organized recyclables to  Logan.

USU Resouce Recycling
1300 North 850 East, Logan, Utah 435-759-2011
Newspaper
Heritage Glass
130 West 700 South Bldg E, Smithfield, Utah 435-563-5585
Glass - ClearGlass - ColoredGlass - BlueGlass - BrownGlass - GreenGlass - All ColorsGrass Clippings
Mountain Fiber Insulation
1880 East Anvil Boulevard, Hyrum, Utah 435-245-4081
Cardboard - CorrugatedNewspaperPaper - Mixed
Valley Metals
45 North 1000 West, Logan, Utah 435-752-0571
Cardboard - CorrugatedMetal
Sunrise Recycling
Logan, Utah 435-753-8944
Cardboard - CorrugatedAluminum CansMagazinesTin CansGlass - ClearGlass - ColoredPlastic - #1 PETPlastic - #2 HDPEPaper - AllInkjet InkToner

There are skeptics.  "Not everyone agrees that recycling is worth the effort.   Recently, journalist and science columnist John Tierney wrote a piece for the New York Times called "The Reign of Recycling," challenging many of our long-held recycling beliefs. He provides recent research and statistics from institutions such as the Environmental Protection Agency which suggest that reprocessing everything we use (like plastic, glass, cardboard, and rubber) might not be as good for the planet as we think it is. "

https://www.bustle.com/articles/125641-is-recycling-worth-it-the-answer-might-surprise-you?utm_term=share

He did agree, however that recycling cardboard and aluminum cans does make economic sense.

Snowy Rocks

Photo by Lauriann Wakefield, Little Starling Photograpy

Painting Class & Hors d'oeuvres

February 23, 2018 at 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Cody's Gastro Garage

88 S Bear Lake Blvd

Garden City, Utah

COST: $50.00

CONTACT:  Debbie Batt,  435-946-3550

Reserve your Seats –

Paint Night – Bring out the creative in you!

Come join us for a fun night of painting and mingling –

$50.00 / person

Join us in Bear Lake for a special class taught by our best artist! Class includes heavy hors d’oeuvres and beverages. Don’t miss out on this adventure with us.

REGISTER NOW

Snowball Dance

29th Annual Hospital Auxiliary Snowball Dance. Lots of fun with live music, door prizes, raffle items, and goodies for the whole family. All proceeds go toward the purchase of an in-house MRI suite at Bear Lake Memorial Hospital. Tickets will be available at the Front Desk of the hospital or at the Thrift Store mid January.

February 17, 2018  at  7:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Bear Lake Middle School

Washington Street

Montpelier, Idaho

Cisco’s Sonar

By Bryce Nielson, The Cisco Kid

WHY THE LAKE WON’T FREEZE AND WHERE ARE THE CISCO?

Bear Lake is always full of surprises.  Just when you think you have figured it out, it changes.  Folks that have lived here for over 30 years have always expected the lake to freeze four out of five years.  In those days, we suffered through winds and temperatures down to -20F all winter long.  In the past few years, things have changed. The frequency of the Lake freezing has declined, obviously because of weather and lake elevation fluctuations.  Visualize Bear Lake as container of water in a freezer.  At a constant temperature, the container with less water will freeze quicker.    As the temperature of the freezer climbs, the slower the water freezes.

There are two types of water that comes into the Lake.  The consistent flow from tributaries and springs that come in at an average of 45F.  When the Bear River is diverted into the Lake through Mud Lake the temperature of the inflow water is considerably higher.  This water comes in and floats on the cold water in the Lake.  Add the increased heating from the warm summers and in the end, it all mixes together to make the entire Lake warmer.  For the Lake to freeze, the outside air temperature needs be cold for a long period of time.  The weather has been moderate in December and January, and we will have more cold temperatures in the future but not enough to freeze the Lake.  We have also not seen the valley full of fog which precedes freezing.

PacifiCorp is keeping the elevation of the Lake higher than normal for future changes in operation. 

In fact, I don’t recall the Lake being this high in January in the past 40+ years.  This along with the warmer water temperatures have impacted the spawning time for cisco.  Presently there is twice the normal spawning area due to lake elevations.  Spawning fish are not limited to Cisco Beach but can also use other rocky substrates (marinas and shorelines). Fishermen have been successful jigging them off the Rockpile albeit later than normal. Fishermen did start netting cisco off the State Marina Sunday morning.  There is no reason to worry about the cisco population being low.  DWR monitors the population every summer and there are still millions of them.  The Bonneville cisco are spawning but you just can’t see them.

Reflected Glory

Photo by Carol Ann Dyer

Chocolate Party

Put February 9, 2018  at 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm on your calendars.

There will be a chocolate party at Cody's Gastro Garage

88 S Bear Lake Blvd

Garden City

CONTACT:

 Debbie Batt

 435-946-3550

Come and learn how to work with some yummy chocolate while listening to one of Bear Lake’s favorite authors, June Marie Saxton! She will be sharing her secrets in strengthening and reinforcing your most important relationships! We will be making some amazing chocolate treats and you will be able to take home your own pound of chocolates! Call to reserve your spot today, space is limited! Cost is $25 per person

Super Blue Blood Moon

Stargazing above Garden City is a great place to see the stars with little obstruction from light pollution, Which also makes Bear Lake the best place to see the super blue blood moon eclipse in the early morning of Jan. 31 2018.

A Blue Moon is when two full moons happen in the same calendar month; lunar eclipses occur when the moon passes into Earth's shadow; and supermoons happen when the moon's perigee — its closest approach to Earth in a single orbit — coincides with a full moon. In this case, the supermoon also happens to be the day of the lunar eclipse.

Garden City Fire Board Members Begin & Church Capacity Discussed

Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah. January 25, 2018.  Randall Knight presided over the meeting.  Special thanks were given to Brian House for his years of good service as a member of the Fire Board.  Laura Cluff, the new board member, was asked to serve on the board by the past Mayor, John Spuhler, and the new Mayor, Mike Leonhardt.  The board members voted to accept Laura Cluff as the new board member. 

Howard Pope and Randall Knight were both accepted as board members to serve another term on the Fire Board.

Knight suggested to Cluff that she read through the updated manual that the Board has written.  There is a lot of information contained in this manual that will be helpful in making good decisions.  Cluff will need to pass a test on the manual, so getting well acquainted with it will help in taking care of this requirement.  There is a training plan that all board members need to take each year to be certified.  It was suggested that Cluff do the computer test that first time around.  It contains five different modules, and a certain grade needs to be obtained.  After the first year, Garden City sponsors a review each year and invites anyone serving on any boards for the City to attend and bring themselves up to speed about meeting rules and regulations.

The Fire Department Plan was to be discussed.  However, Knight asked that this item be on next month’s agenda.  Board members were asked to see if any changes and/or decisions need to be taken care of to make sure this plan is current and moving in the right direction.

Knight noted that Mitch Poulsen, Bear River Regional Commission, has a nice map for all the trails and roads in the county and surrounding areas.  He asked if Poulsen could also put the boundaries on the map showing the area covered by the Garden City First District.  He said he would be happy to do that.

Knight noted that the Garden City First District has an agreement with the County and with Laketown that makes it possible for Garden City to respond to calls in these two areas.  Chief Wahlberg noted that the Garden City Fire District can go into Idaho when they need help.  This agreement is different because neither the County and the other cities in the County can go into the Idaho area at all.  This is possible because Garden City has a different attorney, has their own insurance, and they have signed an agreement with Bear Lake County. 

Garden City doesn’t respond to calls from Cache County unless the fire chief in Logan requests that our fire people respond to problems that are closer to Garden City than Logan City.

The Garden City Fire Chief’s personal/vacation time can carryover until he has accumulated 400 hours.  The hours and time carryover must be documented at the end of each year.  The fire chief can accumulate a certain number of days each month as well as add 11 vacation/holiday days and overtime.  This year only 9 hours can be carried over which puts Chief Wahlberg at the 400-maximum number of hours accumulated.  Tiffany Walberg, CPA, keeps track of all this information for the Board and the Fire Chief.  It was also noted that when the Fire Chief is not available, the Captains have the responsibility to carry on and take care of any problems that may occur.

There were no vehicle/equipment/station service requests this month.  There was one purchase request for turn out fire gloves.  There are two volunteers currently in training that have very large hands, and none of the gloves available will fit.  The Chief will get the gloves for these individuals.

Everything in the equipment area are up and running.

There were 16 responses this month:  2 carbon dioxide poison calls, 4 carbon dioxide alarm calls, 3 fire alarms, 6 medical assists, and 1 vehicle rollover.

Mayor Leonhardt asked the Fire Chief to make sure that the Church occupancy maximum is not exceeded.  Chief Wahlberg noted that he will not do that.  He will be glad to check the building and determine the maximum capacity of the building.  He felt that the Bishops of the two wards need to investigate this matter and come up with some type of solution to make sure the building is not exceeding the capacity limit.  The Fire Chief would also be happy to write a letter than can be sent to all short-term rentals and summer people to inform them of whatever decisions the Bishop will make.

Five of the firemen in Garden City attended a training school in St. George.  It was a good opportunity to learn about arson investigations and advance arson investigations, advanced extrication, drone usage at fires, legalities of drones, and how effective drones can be at a fire.

It was noted that up to six people can go at a time.  Preference is usually given to those fire  fighters who have worked for the fire station for over a year.  Currently there are 24 volunteer fire fighters.  There are nine who have been trained as fire fighters 1. and the rest are certified as fire fighters 2.  To be a fire fighter 2 takes an additional 24 hours of training.

Cisco Disco & Winterfest Ice Lake Jumps

Eating fried Cisco and scones, trying to find Cisco (which didn't come into the shore this year, first time in years), enjoying Winterfest food and then watching locals and tourist jumping into the icy lake is a great way to spend a winter Saturday.

Rich County Sheriff's Report, December

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT BY NATURE OF INCIDENT
Nature of Incident	Total Incidents
Abandoned vehicle	2
Animal Problem	5
Booking Prisoner	1
Burglary	1
Citizen Assist	4
Citizen Dispute	1
Civil Process	5
Criminal History	2
Controlled Substance	1
Fire	1
Found Property	1
Fraud	3
Harassment	2
Lockout	2
Medical Emergency	4
Traffic Accident with Damage	8
Suspicious Person, Circumstance	5
Threatening	1
Traffic Hazard	7
Traffic Violations	1
Transportation of Person/Property	3
Vandalism	2
VIN Serial Number Inspection	3
Total	65

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT BY LOCATION
Location	Incidents
Not Defined	1
Garden City	29
Laketown	7
North County	1
Out of County	2
Randolph	20
Woodruff	5
Total	65

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT IN UNDEFINED AREA
Nature of Incident	Number of Incidents
Harassment	1
Total	1

TOTAL INCIDENT REORT FOR GARDEN CITY
Nature of Incident	Number of Incidents
Abandoned Vehicle	1
Animal Problem	1
Burglary	1
Citizen Assist	1
Citizen Dispute	1
Found Property	1
Fraud	2
Harassment	1
Medical Emergency	2
Traffic Accident with Damage	4
Suspicious Person, Circumstance	4
Traffic Hazard	5
Traffic Violation	1
Vandalism	1
VIN Serial Number Inspection	3
Total	29

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT FOR LAKETOWN
Nature of Incident	Number of Incidents
Animal Problem	1
Citizen Assist	1
Civil Process	2
Medical Emergency	2
Traffic Accident with Damage	1
Total	7

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT NORTH COUNTY
Nature of Incident	Number of Incidents
Traffic Hazard	1
Total	1

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT OUT OF COUNTY
Nature of Incident	Number of Incidents
Transportation of Person/Property	2
Total	2

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT FOR RANDOLPH
Nature of Incident	Number of Incidents
Abandoned Vehicle	1
Animal Problem	2
Booking Prisoner	1
Citizen Assist	2
Civil Process	3
Criminal History	2
Controlled Substance Problem	1
Fire	1
Fraud	1
Traffic Accident with Damage	2
Suspicious Person, Circumstance	1
Threatening	1
Traffic Hazard	1
Transportation of Person/Property	1
Total	20

TOTAL INCIDENT REPORT FOR WOODRUFF
Nature of Incident	Number of Incidents
Animal Problem	1
Lockout	2
Traffic Accident with Damage	1
Vandalism	1
Total	5

TOTAL TRAFFIC CITATION REPORT BY AREA
Area	Citation	Violations
Garden City	8	9
Laketown	1	1
Randolph	4	5
Woodruff	1	1
Total	14	16

TOTAL TRAFFIC CITATION REPORT BY VIOLATION
Description	Total
Expired Registration	1
Failure to Register or Expired	1
Expired Registration	1
Failed Stop—Stop Sign	1
Speeding	10
Fail to Observe Barricade	2
Total	16