Congratulations to Rich High Track 1A Girls & Boys Track Results

 

1A Girls State Championship

Girls team scores

1. Rich, 193

Girls individual results

100 meters — 1. Violett Taylor, Rich, Sr., 12.77; 2. Molly Weston, Rich, Fr., 13.33

200 meters — 1. Violett Taylor, Rich, Sr., 26.31; 2. Molly Weston, Rich, Fr., 27.40, 7. Nya Jolley, Rich, Sr., 28.70

400 meters--- 5 Lyda Taylor, Rich, Fr., 1:04.67; 6. Laci Mckinnin, Rich, Fr., 1:04.82

800 meters —3. Lyda Taylor, Rich, Fr., 2:27.28; 5. Paige Smith, Rich, So., 2:28.82

1,600 meters — 1. Paige Smith, Rich, So., 11:43.69, 5. Lyda Taylor, Rich, Fr., 12:09.22;

100 hurdles — 1. Violett Taylor, Rich, Sr., 14.99, 4. Rylee Mouldenhauer, Rich, Sr., 17.82; 7. Braylyn Pugmire, Rich, Fr., 18.55; 

300 hurdles — 1. Violett Taylor, Rich, Sr., 43.47, 4. Rylee Mouldenhauer, Rich, Sr., 51.25, 6. Braylyn Pugmire, Rich, Fr., 51.85

4x100 relay — 1. Rich (Peyton Cluff, Jr., Amilla Shinkle, Sr., Clare Shinkle, So., Nya Jolley, Sr., Molly Weston, Fr., Jainee Wallentine, Sr.)

4x400 relay — 1. Rich (Amilla Shinkle, Sr., Braylyn Pugmire, Fr., Laci Mckinnin, Fr., Nya Jolley, Sr., Peyton Cluff, Jr., Clare Shinkle, So.), 4:25.98

Sprint medley relay —3. Rich, 4:42.93

Long jump — 1. Ruthanna Wilson, 2. Molly Weston, Rich, Fr., 15′6.5, 5. Rylee Mouldenhauer, Rich, Sr., 15′0.75;

High jump — 1. Paige Smith, Rich, So., 5′4, 7. Laci Mckinnin, Rich, Fr., 4′11

Shot put — 1. Haydee Pugmire, Rich, Sr., 33′6

Discus — 1. Haydee Pugmire, Rich, Sr., 107′8

Javelin —4. Braylyn Pugmire, Rich, Fr., 110′

 

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1A Boys State Championship

100 meters —3. Hudson Parry, Rich, Fr., 11.74, 7. Samuel Leifson, Rich, Jr., 11.87

200 meters —2. Hudson Parry, Rich, Fr., 23.44; 

400 meters —3. Hudson Parry, Rich, Fr., 51.78

300 hurdles —3. Samuel Leifson, Rich, Jr., 43.18, 6. Jett Holmes, Rich, So., 45.06

4x100 relay — 3. Rich, 45.68; 4. Panguitch, 45.76

4x400 relay — 3. Rich, 3:45.10

Sprint medley relay — 6. Rich, 4:01.82

High jump — 3. Daniel Smith, Rich, Jr., 5′10

Shot put —3. Easton Eborn, Rich, So., 42′5.25

Newest Bear Lake Study by USU

 The Bear Lake Valley Chamber will be hosting several presentations completed over the past 6 months by a group of students and professors at Utah State University. I recently attended their final project and presentation and am excited to share it with our elected officials, business leaders, and all who have interest in Bear Lake. The study included the geographic area from Montpelier Idaho to Randolph Utah.

Their finished product was compiled from thousands of hours of interview, collaborative discussion with stake holders from elected officials to public land managers to vested residents as their home and or place of business and investment.

The presentation considers trails, infrastructure, community connectivity, preservation of traditions while embracing the continued growth pressures of increase visitorship as well as full time residents. It presents ideas on how to keep Bear Lake clean and preserve its unique ecosystem along with finding ways to allow for economic development and growth of communities.

Please come join me for the next presentation and hopefully the resulting ongoing discussions of how we as vested business owners and residents to this area can be apart of planning and having influence on the changes that are happening and that will continue to happen here in Bear Lake.

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Many presentations have been given over the years and the people of the Valley have appreciated the input. We can see from the General Plans for each community how the area has tried to incorporate some of the ideas.

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Another interesting article by Bryce Huefner 10 years ago. (He hadn't taken in the effects on the population changes due due to an LDS Temple coming to Montpelier).

https://docs.google.com/.../1-r1dYUS6kqeQPvOoMNhm8I7.../edit

The Family Place

 

Memorial Day Remembered

Memorial Day commemorates the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces, particularly those who died in battle or as a result of wounds sustained in battle. In other words, the purpose of Memorial Day is to memorialize the veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.

The custom of honoring ancestors by cleaning cemeteries and decorating graves is an ancient and worldwide tradition. In early rural America, it was usually performed in summer and was an occasion for family reunions and picnics. 

The ritual of visiting family graves and memorials was never a morbid tradition. Rather, it was an annual act of remembrance, as well as a chance to clean and decorate family memorials. Often, families would picnic as well; cemeteries were often the only open green spaces in crowded cities.

Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day, starting with the American Civil War. It’s believed that the tradition of honoring the dead was inspired by the way Southern states decorated the graves of both Confederate and Union soldiers with flowers, wreaths, and flags. 

“In Flanders Fields”

by John McCrae, May 1915

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.