Monday, July 1, 2024

Garden City Fireworks Restrictions

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Your 4th of July review of the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

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Garden City Planning Commission

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Garden City Planning Commission will hold their regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. at the Garden City Lakeview Building, located at 69 N. Paradise Parkway, Building C.

AGENDA

1. Roll Call

2. Approval of Minutes

a. Public Hearing

b. Regular Meeting

3. Discussion/Approval of Subdivision Plat, Final Approval for Crystal View Estates Phase 1 and 2. (Elk’s Ridge Phase 3 also formerly The Fell). Elevate Development Group, Tim Aalders, and Lance Anderson.

4. Training

5. Miscellaneous

6. Adjournment

NOTE: The order of this agenda may be altered by those present if necessary.

The conference phone number is 1-866-347-5097.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations (including auxiliary communicative aids and services) during this meeting should notify the Garden City Office at (435) 946-2901, at least 3 working days before the meeting. The Garden City Office is open Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Posted this 27th day of June 2024.

RICH COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING JULY 3, 2024

AGENDA

* PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

10:00 Mitch Poulsen – Administrator, Planning & Zoning • Recommendation from Planning & Zoning on Alternative Energy Ordinance

• Plat Amendments:

o Steven Scott/ Combine Sweetwater Subdivision Lots 80 & 81 – 2214 Serviceberry Dr.

o Scott Call/ Combine Swan Creek Subdivision Lots 90 & 91 – 815 Buff Silt Ct.

o Tim Frodsham/ Combine Lots 5 & 6 of El L Co Terraces Subdivision – 1450 N Cisco Cir

• Development Agreement for Sweetwater Storage Units

10:30 Cloyd Cornia – Select Health Insurance • Insurance Benefit Rates

11:00 Kim Wilson – Assessor • Personal Property Exemptions • Board of Equalization • Ambulance Credit Cards

11:15 COMMISSION BUSINESS • Approve Expenditures • Approve Minutes • Reappointments of Regional Commission Members

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John Brown - Our local writer reviews "24 Hours"

This time I’ve got something terrific for those who love history and learning about other cultures.

Part of the joy of reading epic fantasies is being transported to larger-than-life times, places, and events. Part of the joy of being an author of such books is developing those epic settings.

And there’s a secret to developing such worlds. A little trick that every pro writer I know uses. For example, J.R.R. Tolkien used it in The Lord of the Rings. George R.R. Martin used it in Game of Thrones. John Flanagan used it in the Ranger’s Apprentice and Brotherband series. The trick is to not start from scratch, but to use a real-life time and place as a guide and inspiration.

The setting of The Game of Thrones was inspired by the real-life War of Roses. The setting of The Lord of the Rings was inspired by many things in the real-life Europe. Ranger’s Apprentice was set in a fictional version of England. I know a pro author who used India as the inspiration in one of his series. Another one used Florida. I used the East Coast of America as the creative start for the setting in my first epic fantasy.

Starting with a real place is a wonderful method for coming up with a world. You learn things about a time and place, then take those details and let your imagining run wild. And I’ve been doing that with a new series. It’s called The Drovers, and the world is inspired by the area of The Black Sea during the height of the Roman Empire.

This means I get to read all sorts of things about ancient Romans, barbarians, and pirates. As a writer, I’m particularly interested in the details of the daily life of those living in that time. What was it like to be there? What did they eat and drink? What were the dangers and concerns? Now, I’ve read and enjoyed a lot of historical daily-life books. But I recently read one that was unlike any other I’ve read in this genre, and it was a pure delight. I couldn’t put it down.

It’s called 24 Hours in Ancient Rome by Philip Matyszak. And it shares a day in the life of the people that lived there, but Matyszak does it in such an entertaining way. Most of these types of books are purely informational. They’ll having chapters on eating, travel, sleeping, hunting, going to market, etc. It’s a topical approach full of facts.

Matyszak, on the other hand, doesn’t list out the facts. Instead, he tells factual stories from the points of view of twenty-four different people in that society. There’s a chapter telling a vignette about a watchman during one hour of the evening, the baker during another, the carter, the slave girl, the mother with a sick baby, the senator, and more. Each person gets one hour of the day. Each story transports you to that specific person’s world so you feel like you’re there.

And these aren’t boring stories. I was on the edge of my seat, gobbling each up. When you finish, you feel like you actually traveled into the past. It was amazing. Matyszak layers in tons of facts and quotes. You get all the interesting details you read these types of books for. You just get them in such a fascinating way.

If you love history and learning about other cultures, if you’ve ever wondered what ancient Rome was like, I’m positive you will love 24 Hours in Ancient Rome. Give it a try. When you finish, you might actually find yourself going back to read it again and share unexpected bits with friends and family.

John D. Brown is a local, award-winning novelist who writes action-packed thrillers and epic fantasies. Find his latest at johndbrown.com

Sunday, June 30, 2024

Republican Primary

Republican For US Senate

John Curtis

Republican

47.23%

367

Jason J. Walton

Republican

4.89%

Brad Wilson

Republican

28.06%

218

Trent Staggs

Republican

19.82%

154

Republican For US House 1

Paul Miller

Republican

18.12%

139

Blake D. Moore

Republican

81.88%

628

Republican For Governor

Phil Lyman / Natalie Clawson

Republican

38.10%

296

Spencer J. Cox / Deidre M. Henderson

Republican

61.90%

481

Republican For Attorney General

Derek Brown

Republican

58.24%

431

Frank Demcy Mylar

Republican

14.46%

107

Rachel Terry

Republican

27.30%

202

Republican For State Auditor

Ricky Hatch

Republican

46.78%

341

Tina Cannon

Republican

53.22%

388

Republican for County Commissioner C

Vote for 1

JONATHAN LEE

Republican

68.91%

543

MICHAEL I LEONHARDT

Republican

31.09%

245

Republican for Recorder

Vote for 1

KAIA BOWDEN

Republican

39.77%

315

JEM LARAY WILSON

Republican

33.59%

266

MAYDI KENNEDY EASTMAN

Republican

26.64%

211