BEAR LAKE and BEAR LAKE STATE PARK Conditions, 3/13/2023

 

WATER (LAKE) TEMPERATURE:

Lake Temperature: @ 32.0 degrees as measured in the Bear Lake State Park Marina.

The lake is frozen over as of February 1, 2023. Ice thickness varies. Take caution when venturing out onto the ice.

 

Garden City Fire District report by Leonard O'Reilley

 

The board meeting was held on the second Wednesday due to board member conflicts. 

 Rich Schaeffer was sworn in as a new board member after being accepted by the Commissioners. 

The main discussion was about MOU’s with the surrounding agencies. The main issue is with the use of the boat being used in emergency situations and accidents just over the summit in Cache county.  The department is financially secure even with the decreased impact fee income

The responses for the month were:

1 - Structure/Electrical fire

13- CO Calls

3 -  Fire Alarms

5 -  Medicals

16- Short Term Rental Inspections

8 -  Business Inspections

Zions Bank info

 

Not seeing images? View this email as a web page. Dear Zions Bank Client: As you undoubtedly know, the past few days have been stressful and highly eventful in the banking world. The failure of two large banks, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in Santa Clara, California, and Signature Bank, in New York City, have rattled the markets as well as many people’s nerves. Yesterday afternoon, the Department of the Treasury, together with federal banking regulators, announced steps they’ve taken to protect the depositors in these institutions and to contain the risk that the concerns that took hold among depositors at these banks would spread to the wider banking system. Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank had singular characteristics that proved to be unstable, particularly in the current environment of rising interest rates. What set these banks apart was their extremely high growth rates in recent years, and their concentrations of large, uninsured deposits from clients in the technology and cryptocurrency industries, respectively. While the government’s actions should put to rest concerns about the ability of the banking industry to fully and timely meet their obligations to every depositor, we want you to know a little about Zions Bancorporation’s – and our affiliated local banking brands’ (including Zions Bank's) – liquidity. Our deposits are held in 1.4 million accounts, and these accounts overwhelmingly tend to be smaller in size and operational in nature. Notably, the average balance of an account at Silicon Valley Bank was about 22 times the size of the average balance in a Zions account, which made Silicon Valley Bank much more susceptible to the kinds of outflows they experienced last week. The situation was similar at Signature Bank. As an analyst at Bloomberg wrote over the weekend, “In the wake of SVB and Signature's swift demise, it's important to view deposit granularity, or having lower balances per deposit, as a sign of more funding stability, with Zions and Regions leading peers on this measure.” Zions Bancorporation has access to tens of billions of dollars of readily available liquidity, without having to sell securities. The credit quality of our loan and securities portfolios has been outstanding in recent years, and our capital remains strong. We appreciate the longstanding relationships we’ve built with such a large number of families, small and medium-sized businesses, and many others like you over our 150-year history. Sincerely, Scott Anderson President and CEO Zions Bank

Garden City Town

 Garden City Town Notes

The meeting was called to order.

Dan Kurek was presented as the emergency contact person for Garden City and he was voted on and approved  by the council.

30 Short Term Rentals have met the town's criteria and were approved by the council.

(This was the shortest meeting of the year)!

Cisco Sonar by Bryce Nielson

 

Spring Flooding in Rich County

 

We are all sick and tired of the snow, cold and constant winter.  There is nothing we can do about it except bear it.  It started to warm up this week and people are thinking about flooding and sandbagging.  Mayor Leonhardt pushed a message out of Facebook on Friday letting everyone know that there sandbags and sand available for the public to fill for themselves.  Garden City is also planning to have a day for filling sandbags to put on pallets and store in the City’s public works building for immediate emergency response.  Preparation is the key to a successful response. 

 

This will be my 49^th spring at Bear Lake.  I have seen many flooding scenarios play out.  The valley is unique with weather patterns that are a direct result of Bear Lake.  When they are planting flowers and mowing lawns along the Wasatch Front we will still be in winter.  Snow will continue with cold temperatures mixed with periods of rain.  When warm air comes, most of it is reflected and cooled by the huge expanses of white, snow. The elephant in the room, of course, is the big, block of ice covering the lake.   I have seen that persist into May.  I always thought ice melted from the heat of the surrounding air.  After years of watching it, I have finally decided that the lake ice melts from the bottom up.  Once the Bear River starts to melt, the floodwaters are diverted into the lake.  The water temperature is higher and the interface of warm water and ice results in melting. The elevation of the lake increases creates areas of open water along and edges and wind then begins to move it around.  The ice will turn blue gray, break into huge icebergs and then one morning it will be gone.   Bear Lake’s two week, muddy, spring the arrives.  It will then be summer.

 

I wish I knew when all of this will take place so we could prepare, but I don’t.  It all depends on the weather.  There will be more flooding than we have seen for years, so prepare, take care and be safe.

 

Dee's Super Service Activity

 

USU Extension - Rich County

 

Rich Middle School 2nd Trimester 2023

 

6th Grade
Emma Casillas
Brady Cornia*
Bailey Douglas
Jett Downing*
Ashlyn Eborn
Karsyn Groll*
Aubrey Hatch
K C Huffaker
Kaeda Lundgren
Bailey Marshall
Emma Mason
Whitley Payne
Naomi Roskelley*
Damon Wasden
Lillian Weston
Tibbs Weston
Grant Willis
Sloan Wooden*

7^th Grade
Jack Bjoralt
Quincee Call
Nathan Carver
Vallen Cornia
Kira Hoffman
Dax Jolley
Jackson Jolley
Wyatt O’Mealy
Christian Rees
Hazelle Scott
Cori Stacey
Zaxton Stocking
Emmary Thornock*
Max Weston
  
8^th Grade
Alyssa Allen*
Conrad Carrillo
Sophia Catalini
Stetson Douglas
Ninavah Dyer
Addi Huffaker
Jaylin Lutz*
Dottie Morse
Bode O’Mealy*
Hudson Parry*
Braylyn Pugmire*
Lyda Taylor*
Chris Wahlberg
Sarah Wamsley
Bailey Weston
Molly Weston*
 
*4.0 gpa

Rich County Sheriff's Office

 

Obituary-Maryanne Mclellan Stevens

 

Maryanne McClellan Stevens (56) of Liberty, Idaho, passed away in her home surrounded by family on March 4, 2023, after a year-long battle with cancer. She was born Jan. 22, 1967, to Don and Bess McClellan in Salt Lake City, Utah, as the sixth of seven children. She lived in Utah until she was 7. Her family moved to Riverton, Wyoming, where she lived until she graduated high school. She then attended Rick’s College, where she met Lane. They were married in the Salt Lake City Temple on May 7, 1987. Lane and Maryanne lived in Magna, Utah, for 7 years where they welcomed 4 children into their family. They then moved to Fish Haven, Idaho, and resided there for 2 years and welcomed another child. They moved to Liberty, Idaho, where they welcomed their last 2 children. They have lived in Liberty for 26 years.

Maryanne worked for Bear Lake County Extension as the 4-H coordinator for 18 years, and she touched the lives of many of the youth in the valley.

Maryanne was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where she served in many callings faithfully throughout her life. She left a legacy of faith and service.

She is survived by her husband Lane, her seven children and their spouses, 12 grandchildren, her parents, her siblings and their spouses.

Funeral Services were held in the Liberty Ward chapel on Saturday, March 11th at 11:00 am.

 

Obituary-Jaimee Elliot

 

A bright radiant light blessed our lives by joining us on August 23, 1982. That same bright light left this earth unexpectedly on February 9, 2023, leaving the world darker with her passing. Our sweet Jaimee had the biggest heart full of unconditional love for everyone with whom she encountered. Sadly it was this same heart that was no longer strong enough to withstand a recent illness.

She was involved in dance and tennis through her high school years, but skiing was always her passion. Her ski-instructor dad taught her to ski at the young age of 3 and by the time she was 6 years old she would beg to help in his classes. By age 12 was allowed to be a peer instructor. She was determined and worked hard to pass all the required tests to become the youngest ski instructor ever at Beaver Mountain at the age of 14. Jaimee was an excellent and talented skier. Her power and grace to aggressively attack the mountain looked like a well-choreographed dance impressing any that would watch. Her heart loved the challenge of the steep slopes and chutes. After graduating high school, Jaimee crated up her dog, shouldered her backpack and headed to Alaska to teach skiing at Alyeska (Girdwood, Alaska), then returned to attend SUU and taught at Brian Head, then Snow Basin, and finally at Snowbird. She was certified in both alpine and adaptive skiing to help the disabled ski. She was a gifted teacher with a magnetic energy that made the learning process a game of pure fun for children and adults.

Jaimee grew up mostly outdoors whether it was at Beaver Mt. in the winters, or Blue Water Beach at Bear Lake, Utah in the summers. She preferred a tent to any other form of accommodation. From a young age, Jaimee helped in the operation of her parent’s business and became extremely efficient at managing Blue Water Beach, a resort full of swimming pools, campground, yard work, hotel, restaurant, and boat rentals. She always had a smile on her face, a pruning shear in her hands, and a well-organized plan of how to improve the resort experience for guests. After graduating from college with her bachelors in business administration, she wanted to explore the world and secured a job as a flight attendant for Delta Airlines. Flying allowed her to expand her love of exotic places and “odd” foods. Who else do you know has canned squid and seaweed in their pantry? She loved the flexibility and options for exploring the world, and yet would come back often to the lake to work on her days off.

In 2016 Jaimee fell in love and married Jason Bart Fife. They immediately connected over the love of skiing, camping, the outdoors, and dogs. They often would travel and take their dog, Stanley. Jaimee was like the “dog whisperer” as she seemed to share a common soul with most animals. Before “Stan the Man”, there was Sadie, Jaimee’s first dog. Jaimee loved all of Gods creations—people, plants, pets large and small, seashells, rocks, you name it (ok maybe not spiders, which terrified her). 

Jaimee was an adventurous, fun, free spirit with a touch of mischief and a lot of wit filled with dry humor and zest. She could quote lines from almost every Mel Brooks movie and any film with Leslie Nielsen. Especially her favorite movie, Airplane. She loved to mountain climb, mountain bike, hike, cross country ski, sail and paraglide with her family (even if she ended up landing near, or in, a tree). She even tried skijoring and has now become one of the photos they use to advertise the event. With any occasion, or even none at all, Jaimee would always carry a bag of “dress ups”. She and her cousins instigated the wearing of tu-tus and butterfly wings and/or arm swim floaties whenever you go skiing, which is now a tradition we will continue.

Jaimee always had a charitable heart and deeply cared for those less fortunate. She often would go out of her way to walk among the homeless and give them of her food and clothing. She treasured the humanitarian trip we took as a family to Mexico and hoped to do more in the years to come. Because of her amazing heart, she could easily relate with everyone and was often the “glue” between people. She was described as “a beautifully bright ray of sunshine even in the rain” and had the gift to make all feel welcome and valued.

Jaimee leaves behind her husband of 5 years Jason Bart Fife, her parent’s Ray and Cathy Elliott, siblings Michael (Dorine) Elliott, Mark (Jessica) Elliott, Laycee (Cody) Mozingo. Her niece and nephews, Evelyn Elliott, Wesley Elliott, and Callum Elliott, who will miss her loving touch immensely. Also her many close cousins and dear friends who are sharing in our ache. She is happily reunited with her grandparents Mark and Donna Heyrend, and Bob and Ruth Elliott.

*As per Jaimee’s and Jason’s wishes, we will have 2 spreading of her ashes. We welcome you to please mark your calendars to come share either or both events with us.

1. March 19, 2023 at Beaver Mt. Ski Resort up Logan Canyon. At 12:30 pm We will meet at the base of the Dream Lift to ride to the top and then spread her ashes there. We will then ski down Gentle Ben while being led by her adorable niece, 5 year-old Evelyn, who will be wearing a tu-tu and butterfly wings just as Jaimee had taught her. (all are welcome to wear the same if you would like). Behind Evelyn will be Jaimee’s sister Laycee who will be skiing Jaimee’s favorite skis. We will end up at the yurt near the Dream lift which will be available all day for those who don’t ski and just want to gather and enjoy the mountain air. Skiing is $60 for all day, $45 for ½ day, or a single ride ticket is $10. You are welcome to come share the day with us in honor of Jaimee.

2. June 24, 2023 will be at Bear Lake. We will meet on the Aspen Creek Meadows Beach that will be well signed. It is located roughly 2 miles over the Utah/Idaho border in Fish Haven, Idaho on Highway 89 just after Loveland Lane Road, (1/2 mile before “downtown” Fish Haven as you travel north). It will be a potluck gathering starting at 1:00 pm.