Sunday, November 7, 2021
Veterans Day Nov. 11, 2021
Veterans Day Nov. 11, 2021
Make this a
day to talk to your families about why Veterans Day was created and how we can
thank the people who served our country.
This holiday started as a day to reflect upon
the heroism of those who died in our country's service and was originally called Armistice Day. It
fell on Nov. 11 because that is the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice
that ended World War I. However, in 1954, the holiday was changed to
"Veterans Day" in order to account for all veterans in all wars. When first celebrated as Armistice Day, the day
marked the end of World War I, formally recognized on the “11th hour, of the 11th
day, of the 11th month” in 1918.
According to
the American Community Survey there were 134 veterans living in Rich County
between 2015 – 2019.
Check out
the names on the Statue of Robert Calder in Garden City and another group at
the Rich County Courthouse in Randolph.
Preliminary Voting Results in Rich County
Preliminary
Results of the Garden City Municipal Election:
Mayor:
Andrew W. Stokes: 84
Michael I. Leonhardt: 140
Town Council (2 seats):
Melissa Spuhler: 79
Martell Menlove: 147
Brian House: 87
Kenneth Hansen: 122
Official results will be published after the canvass November
9th.
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Preliminary
Results for Laketown Municipal Election:
FOR MAYOR four year term:
Burdette Weston 124
FOR COUNCILMEMBER four year term (2 seats):
Delora Wight: 84
Brandon Willis: 111
Kristen H. Hodges: 72
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Preliminary Results for Woodruff
Municipal Election:
Mayor Scott Dee Sabey 69
Council:
Seiko Webb 46
Monika Schulthess 59
Heather McKinnon 30
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Preliminary Results for Randolph Municipal Election:
Mayor:
Sim Bell: 118
Melanie Limb: 80
Council Member:
Brandon Hatch: 154
Frank Sano: 131
Cullen Pace: 70
Chris Adams: 22
Redistricting in Utah and how it affects Rich County
One our readers asked Chris Wilson, our representative,
about the redistricting that is going on in the State of Utah and how it will
affect our county. He suggested that we go to redistricting.utah.gov and take a
look at the maps presented. Better Boundaries has worked several years in
researching and mapping Utah. We may only have a small voice, but remember The
Who in Dr. Suess’ book.
Garden City Planning & Zoning Nov. 3, 2021
Synopsis:
Chairman Dan Kurek, board members: Kendra Bjoralt, Joey
Stocking, and Susann House were present as well as City Code Enforcer, Glen
Gilles. The secretary was Sharlene Millard.
There was discussion on final approval for the Kimball
Commercial presented by Kimball Strickland which is located on Kimball Lane.
They have to figure out the ingress and egress for the development. Questions
were about sharing a road to manage the frontage, and how deliveries were to access
the store fronts or backs, a possible sidewalk for easy access to various
stores, sanitation was discussed, and a retention pond. They were denied as
currently presented.
Discussion was held on the rezone for Blue Vista Hills. This
property is located west across from the Chevron. They will bring a
preliminary/conceptual plan within a year.
Another discussion represented by Zach Swensen centered on
the 5 lot subdivision between Solum’s and 250 S. A flood plain discussion was
held to make sure the water flows into an area that will hold runoff. This
passed the preliminary and they will come back for the final approval.
Matt and Amber Larsen presented a plan to build 4 commercial
steel buildings with apartments in the building on the property located to the
south of Monster Storage. This was discussion only.
Spinnaker Point asked an amended approval to change the name
condo on the plat to townhomes. The townhomes have been inspected to comply
with the name townhome. The owners will need to separate a water hookup that
serves to townhomes so that they can be individually metered. Passed with
contingencies.
Water’s Edge continued development was denied as currently
presented.
If you can’t come to the meetings then dial in to listen to
the proceedings. OR go to Utah Public Notice, then click on UT.Gov, then click
on Cities, then click on Garden City, then click on any entities (body) that
you would like to see the information for the next meetings. You will need to
add your name and e-mail to each to receive the agendas and minutes every
month.
Things coming up
Nov. 9, 2021 Bear River Health Dept. has the Moderna Booster shots available in the County. Randolph Bldg. in the morning and Garden City bldg. in the afternoon. Bring your ID and previous card.
Nov. 12, 2021 Youth Choir from Paris & Montpelier Stakes at Paris Tabernacle. 7:00 PM
Nov. 18, 2021 Garden City Town Council 5:00 PM
Dec. 1, 2021 Garden City Christmas Celebration 7:00 AM Pancake Breakfast
Dec. 1, 2021 Randolph P&Z 7:00 PM
Dec. 8, 2021 Randolph Town Board Meeting 7:30 PM
Nov. 30, 2021 Laketown P&Z 7:00 PM
Dec. 1, 2021 Laketown Town Council Meeting 7:00 PM
Dec. 2, 2021 Woodruff P&Z 7:00 PM
Dec. 7, 2021 Woodruff Board Meeting 7:00 PM
Rich County School Board
Oct 25, 2021 Rich County Board Meeting Summary:
·
Football Realignment: WY
will not allow us to play in postseason for at least 2 years and even then we
would need to appeal to be allowed (most likely slim chance). Principal Larsen
feels we have a decent chance to get UHSAA to let us go independent and still
play for postseason. This would allow us to join the WY league for a few years
but still play for postseason in UT. We would have to go in as the lowest seed
in UT postseason if they even allowed us. Board voted to go ahead with
telling WY we will be joining them but make it conditional on UHSAA allowing us
to play postseason in UT. We will know more come Nov board meeting
·
Vaping Litigation: Board
voted to join the nationwide vaping litigation more as a statement against
vaping but not expecting much money to come out of that case since we are such
a small school and any financial winnings from the case will be paid out based
off student size in the schools that have joined. If any money does come from it,
we will decide how to best spend that in combating vaping (education,
counseling, etc.)
·
Policy 511: School
board approved 1st reading of new policy which basically gives the teachers and
administration more options on disciplining for cell phone use instead of
jumping straight to the teacher/administration having to take the phone
·
Winter Sports: Board
approved the schedule for RMS and RHS winter sports. I asked the administration
to bring these schedules to the board when they are initially created rather
than right before the season.
·
Bus Quote: Board voted to
purchase a new bus. Also, it was mentioned that the old bus that this new bus
will replace was sold for a few thousand dollars on a surplus site. The fleet
will get by being a bus short until the new bus comes (mid-summer of 2022).
·
URS Audit: Want to give a
shoutout to Jennie Sorensen
Johnson and others that help her. This audit was quite the pain in
their side but because of her hard work and others around her the school
district passed with only a couple items which were handled right there in the
audit.
·
Staffing: The board went
into closed session to discuss staffing
·
Nov Board meeting: Will
be held Nov 22nd at 12pm at District Offices.
If
you want to listen to the whole meeting you can go to https://www.richschool.org/en-US/board-info-77b56176 and
either listen to the audio recording or watch the video.
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Nov 2, 2021
Karl Raymond Peterson
of Providence, UT passed away peacefully, from natural causes due to old age,
on October 30, 2021 with his beloved granddaughter, Paige, by his side. Karl,
the eldest child of Raymond Parley and Zora Poulsen Peterson, was born January
9, 1934, at the family home in Montpelier, Idaho. He was the first grandchild
on both sides of the family. His life education was on the small family farm
where he farmed with horses, milked cows, and contributed to the welfare of his
parents and five siblings.
He graduated from Montpelier High School in
1952 and then attended Utah State Agricultural College in Logan, Utah where he
remarkably played football for two years before serving an LDS mission in the
Eastern States.
It was there that he met Donna Jean Brown, a
sister missionary, from Manti, Utah who became his eternal companion. After
they completed their honorable missions, they were married for time and all
eternity on March 17, 1956 in the Manti Temple
Services will be held at 12 noon on Saturday,
November 6 at the Allen-Hall Mortuary Chapel at 34 East Center, Logan.
Condolences may be expressed online at
www.allenmortuaries.com
Robert Wells Moffitt, 88 years old, passed
away November 3, 2021, in Mesquite, Nevada. He was born March 25, 1933, to
Bryant Andrew Moffitt and Rhea Reid in Orangeville, Utah. Bob had three
sisters, Lorna, Beth, and Joan and one brother, Reid. They grew up in
Orangeville with their mother, after losing their father when Bob was 11 years
old.
Bob had completed his freshman year at
Utah State College when he married the love of his life, Connie Rae Van Buren,
on June 3, 1953, in the Manti Temple. Bob and Connie lived in Orangeville when
their first child, Barbara (Bobbie), was born the following March. Three years
later, in July, Molly was born and a year and a half later, Clark was born in
January. Their family was complete.
Bob went to work for Utah Power and Light
Company in lines and services in Price, Utah. He was then selected for a
position at the Carbon Power Plant. Almost as soon as he completed building a
house in Orangeville for his family, he accepted a position in Kemmerer,
Wyoming, where he eventually became a control room operator for the Naughton
Power Plant.
Bob enjoyed spending time in the outdoors
fishing, hunting, camping and riding snowmobiles. He volunteered for the Search
and Rescue and even tried his hand once at raising pigs! He was a member of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and served as the ward clerk for
several years while living in Kemmerer. One of Bob’s favorite words was
“Copacetic.” When asked what the meaning of that word was, his reply was
always, “Plum, level, and true,” which is how Bob lived his life.
In 1972, Bob moved his family to Ogden,
Utah, where he worked at the Little Mountain Power Plant. Bob and Connie made
many lifelong friends while in Ogden and loved their nearly 50 years spent
there. They loved to dance together, especially the Jitterbug, but on Friday
nights at the Ogden Elks Lodge, you could find Bob dancing with the ladies
whose husbands weren’t as light on their feet as he was. On weekends in the
fall, you could hear him shout, “Sack the Quarterback NOW” at the Weber State
football games, where everyone in the stands knew and loved him.
After 35 years of dedicated service to the
power company, Bob and Connie hit the road in their motorhome, visiting every
state in the continental United States. They made lifelong memories of all the
places they visited and would talk about these good times for years to
come.
Bob loved his family more than anything
else and always wanted the “kids” around. He and Connie spent their summers at
their home in Garden City, Utah. Their children, and now
their grandchildren, have carried on that tradition by purchasing homes
near their home. Weekends at the lake are full of family time because, after
all, “Where there’s heart room there’s house room.” Bob and Connie spent the
last 4 winters as snowbirds in Mesquite, Nevada, passing time in the sunshine
and watching cowboy shows on TV.
Bob is preceded in death by his parents, sisters and brother, and great grandson Keifer Deamer. He is leaving behind his wife Connie, his three children Bobbie (Richard) Hymas, Molly (Dennis) Landrie, Clark (Vickie) Moffitt, grandchildren Jessica (Brandon) Rogers, Jaclyn (Brendan) Dahl, Tyler (Tori) Deamer, Parker Deamer, Zachary (Gabe) Moffitt, Sara Moffitt,Joshua Landrie, Heather (John) Love, Phillip Moelter, Rissie Carson Moelter, Charles “Chuck” Moelter, Steven (Brittany) Moelter, and Camden (Allysa) McArthur, 29 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews who loved him dearly and will miss him greatly. Bob’s family would like to thank Atlas Hospice (Kylie and Natalie)in Garden City, Mesa ViewHospice in Mesquite, and all the wonderful Resident’s Assistants and Med Techs at Mesa Valley Estates in Mesquite. Your kindness is immeasurable.
The family invites you to leave a message or memory on their Guestbook page at virginvalleymortuary.com.
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