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Monday, September 9, 2019

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A Clear Eyed Look at Our Founding Fathers
By John Brown

When it comes to politics, we frequently talk twice as much as we should and listen half as much as is deserved. With our mouths open so much of the time, we fail to get the facts. And this often leads us to paint things in hyperbolic black or white.

One area where we seem to do this regularly is with the Founding Fathers. Depending on our side, we label the Founders as devils or demigods and the constitution as a wicked document or holy writ.
Is it possible we’re distorting the truth?

Joseph Ellis, one of the nation's foremost scholars of American history, suggests that we are. He has written an excellent article for the online Encyclopedia Britannica called “Founding Fathers” that points out both the amazing things the Founders achieved with the birth of this nation and some of their most egregious failures.

I don’t know about you, but I find clarity a good thing. I think it helps us have more productive conversations. If you agree with me, I think you’ll enjoy the clarity Ellis brings to the Founders and the nation they set up. Read his article here.

For my part, I think the Founders set up an awesome system. Not because it was perfect at birth, but because it was a system that got enough right to allow us to get where we are today. Look at how far we’ve come! And it got enough right to allow us as a nation to get even better in the future.
Just consider what the Founders implemented that was in no government at that time. The ideals of individual liberty, the separation of powers, the ability for a huge swath of citizens to elect their leaders, the ability to change the constitution itself, the separation of church and state, and the engine of democratic capitalism that has lifted more people out of poverty than anything else the world has seen.

The Framers didn't create the Constitution in a vacuum, but nowhere in the world had anyone set anything up that went so far. There was nothing like it, no real examples to follow. And many thought it would fail, just as France's attempt in their revolution failed just a few years later.

As for things they got wrong. Well, they themselves soon recognized the way we elect the president and vice president didn't work and adjusted it. Their idea that political parties wouldn't form was wrong. Their idea of a militia for common defense didn't work. Their compromise on slavery was a festering sore that came to a head before the Union was 100 years old. Their treatment of the Indians was awful. Their reasons for excluding women and those not owning land was bone-headed.

So, yes, they got some things wrong. Some of them held some beliefs that we find appalling today. And the nation has not implemented their stated ideals as well as we might have hoped. However, the Founders got so many things right. And what’s more, they did it as men living in the times they lived, having grown up with the beliefs and values of that time, not those of 2019!

While we as a nation have progressed from some of their failures (thank heavens), in other ways the Founders may be are our betters. There are a great many lessons to learn from them, both from their successes and failures. One is their humility—they knew what they'd created wasn't perfect. Let's not imagine that we or our ideas are perfect either.

If you’re at all interested in politics, I recommend Ellis’s article and its view of the Founders. 

Last Days of Summer at Pickleville Playhouse


Editor, RCTonline and Pickleville Cast

Sanitation fee for short term rentals


Bobbie Bicknell Coray, Reporter
Rich Civic Times

RANDOLPH, Utah.  September 5, 2019.  There has been a lot more garbage generated in Rich County since the growth of short term rentals according to both the County Treasurer and the Sanitation Supervisor. 

Lou Jean Argyle, Treasurer, and  Lynn Weston, Sanitation Supervisor, asked Commissioners to clarify the fees for short term rentals.  Currently, rentals with an occupancy of less than eight people pay the same rate as a private home.  That rate is $70 twice a year.  It will cost $105 twice a year for two cans and then if they need more cans it will cost more.  In July there is an extra charge of $9 per person.  Currently if the rentals do not want the cans year round, the county will pick them up at the end of the summer for no charge.

Weston said that some people, in an effort avoid paying for extra cans, are dumping their cans into dumpsters around Garden City which costs the dumpster owners more as they pay for each dump.  Weston said that they are now running seven days a week and make at least two runs a day in the summer.

Bear River Heritage Area

Bobbie Bicknell Coray, Reporter
Rich Civic Times

RANDOLPH, Utah. September 9, 2019. The Bear River Heritage Area straddles the Idaho-Utah border where the Great Basin and the Rocky Mountains meet. It is home to the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, a strong agricultural economy, history-laced landscape, Mormon history, the Oregon Trail and abundant natural beauty.

Lisa Duskin –Goede, Bear River Heritage Area coordinator,  passed out several travel brochures which outline historic sites, cemeteries, museum and pioneer trails in a loop from Logan, Utah Highway 89 to Soda Springs, Idaho and back to Logan through Preston, Idaho on Highway 34

The website  www.bearriverheritage.com is a  guide to a fascinating variety of natural, historical and cultural experiences found within the Bear River Basin of Northern Utah and Southeastern Idaho.

She is also working with Paris, Idaho to highlight the extraordinary pioneer architecture still in use today. She also works with the Bear Lake Convention and Tourist Bureau  bearlake.org.

Bike path may be delayed


Bobbie Bicknell Coray, Reporter
Rich Civic Times

RANDOLPH, Utah.  September 5, 2019.  Mitch Poulsen, Bear Lake Regional Commission, and Tyler Stewart, Engineer, came once again to the County Commissioners to inform them on changes made to the bike path plans.  Instead of a bridge over the wet lands which will cost about $200,000 more they are looking at going back to the original plan and making a path over a culvert that will be cut through the wetlands.  That will give them leverage with State Lands in getting a new grant to get to the first rest stop after Epic.

It is going to cost $313,000 to get to Epic from Ideal Beach.  They have $400,000 so they will use the remaining money to put down road base to the rest area and then next year apply for a grant to put down asphalt.  The existing grant must be used by December 31 of this year.

The chain link  fence at Epic needs to be removed and replaced as they do the construction.  Commissioner Bill Cox said that the Road Department cannot do that, they will need to get another contractor for that.  He said the Road Department  can and should do the sub-grade work.  Poulsen said that the department is booked out and cannot do it in time to satisfy the deadline.  Cox said, “If they cannot find the time to do it then we will take the money for someone else to do it out of their budget.” The Road Department had initially agreed to put in the sub-base.

Concerning the house just east of Epic,which is right on the State Right of Way, Stewart said that they had gotten a design exemption from UDOT to just put in asphalt over the existing gravel keeping it at the same grade for about eleven feet. It is also adjacent to a wall that was built a long time ago.  The house is being used as a short term rental and has added parking on the property.  They have been notified that there can be no parking on the bike trail.

Phase one of this project is to Epic.   Phase two will be to the rest area along the state lands. Poulsen will try to extend the grant again to next spring.  But there have already been extensions on the grant.  They will also have to post the bids for the projects for the next three weeks which will put the starting construction date in November not October and weather may prevent construction.


Summer Rocks

Photo by Alma Rosa Rosales

Sunday, September 8, 2019

A real copy shop! New business in Garden City

This is a place where you can bind or print your project and have a waffle too on the Logan Road located in the Waffle Den in Garden City. Bear Lake Printing should be a boon to people who have had to go to Logan for specialty printing and copy.

Because it is right in Garden City,  you can save time and money. Many things they are able to print while you wait.  They offer quick service, depending on the type and quantity of service needed.

They offer many different types of services such as copies, printing, coil binding, laminating, or cutting and more

They have a new digital printer / copier to give your job the best quality possible.

They can also print from a file which is the most preferred since it has better quality and sharpness, esp. if the print job has pictures. These files can be brought in on a thumb / jump drive or emailed into bearlakeprinting@gmail.com.

They can scan pictures (to save as a jpeg file) and other papers (to save as a pdf file)  in to get a better quality product. These scans can then be saved to your thumb / jump drive or emailed and can print your flyers, coupons, brochures, advertising, calendars (small, stapled or coiled), books, and more.

They make saddle stitch booklets, or stapled booklets, or brochures and can print and fold your letters.

Printing and coil binding makes a nice book. Coil binding is our preferred method of binding. A coil binding allows you to lay flat your book, or fold the book back. They can take a manual, or cookbook and cut the spine off; then coil bind it to make the book so much easier to use. Coil binding works really great for family histories. They are quick and easy to produce, and make nice gifts and family keepsakes. This is the most inexpensive way to make a nice book.  They will also know some great places to send the books out to get soft or hard bound books as well. They have in stock coil binding from 5 pages up to 100 pages and can get larger coils with advanced notice.

They laminate signs, pictures, and the such to make them more sturdy.  We offer hot laminating, that is hard. Great for signs, school projects, recipe cards, flash cards, and so forth and can also round corner punch.

You can buy reams of paper (20# - regular paper) as well as some other weights of paper for sale. They have from 20# white, to 110# paper (card stock-heavy) white; as well as 28# color paper (green, yellow, blue, orange or red). Many other weights of paper also available. They can get other types of paper with advance notice. We can also print labels with advanced notice.

They can help you print off your advertising piece and then help you get your advertising piece in the mail for less than 25 cents per piece. That is a great deal, and it will go to every household with an address. (Printing charges plus 25 cents for mailing)

They have a nice cutter, that will cut 150 sheets of paper at one time, plus some smaller cutters for just a few pages.

They make notepads. After you design your notepad (personal, school, business), then they print off the pages, and put the note pads together. (makes great inexpensive gifts);. This is also referred to as padding.

In early 2020,they will be adding to our machines a really nice Large Format Printing. They can get earlier if the demand is there.  This printer will print 44" wide and as long as you need it. With the large format printer, we will be able to print larger signs, banners, calendars, pictures, plans, and more.  They will be able to print on paper, vinyl, or canvas. Vinyl signs can come with grommets to help you easily hang your signs.

Typing services: They can also help with getting those hand written pages, typed up and saved into a file (digitized) and can help you get your paper pages scanned in and ready to print.

With advance notice, they can get speciality paper for printing your newsletters, invitations, cards as well.

The services are almost endless. "Bring in your ideas, and we will see what we can do to help you. If you think it up, we can print it for you.  We are excited to be your home town printer for all your printing, coiling, laminating, padding, folding, stapling; and more," said Diane Foerster, owner.

She added, "If you have any questions, please give me a call. Diane 801-360-2730 or come past at 70 West Logan Rd. We are inside Waffle Den and Bakery.  Enjoy a cinnamon roll while you wait for your job to be printed. We are open Tuesday through Friday 2 pm to 5 pm; and Saturday 10 am to 1 pm. We also are printing by appointment, so give us a call."

Lionel Bob Cox 1929 - 2019


Lionel "Bob" Cox, age 90, passed away peacefully September 3rd, 2019, at his home with his wife, Betty Lou, (Louie) and special hospice nurse, Arla, by his side.

Bob was born November 26, 1928, in Woodruff, Utah to Leonard Henry Cox and Maud Dean Cox. He was the 8th of 9 children. His father gave all of the children nick names. Bob was given his name as an infant and was known by "Bob" his whole life. He was quite fond of his Woodruff home and his associations from his childhood. His father died of leukemia when Bob was four years old (in the middle of the depression) leaving his mother to raise the nine children. Bob adored his mother and often talked about her with admiration and reverence. Reminiscing about being raised by her he said, "my mother was told in her Patriarchal Blessing that she would never hear her children cry for want of bread, if she was true and faithful. The Lord was true to His promise and we never went hungry."

As a youth, he loved sports. He wrote, "I loved to play basketball almost more than life itself." His love of all sports lasted throughout his life.

He worked on farms and ranches and "learned to do many things that were required in those places of employment." He had some pretty humorous and sometimes enlightening stories about sheep. Maybe his skills and love of barbering began with the shearing of sheep.

He attended school (grades one through eight) in Woodruff, Utah. He was bused ten miles away to Randolph for grades nine through twelve. He graduated from South Rich High School in a class of 20. They were a close group and remained so.

Bob joined the Navy in 1948 and became an aircraft mechanic. He served four years in the Navy. Fourteen of those months were served in Japan. He said that it was in the Navy and through a good buddy of his that he became associated with the Gospel again.

In 1955 he entered Barber College and learned the profession that would occupy him for the remaining 32 years of his working life. He eventually opened "Bob's Barber Shop" in Magna Utah and cut hair, visited, and built friendships there until he retired. He fondly shared stories about the barber shop.

July 3rd , 1956 he married Vera Nielsen Rasmussen…mother of two sons, Allen and Bob Rasmussen in Evanston, Wyoming. Shortly after their marriage, they moved to Magna. They enjoyed Magna and had many wonderful friends. In 1971, Bob and Vera were sealed in the Salt Lake temple. They had been married for 33 years when Vera passed away. He expressed how grateful he was for their many wonderful years together. They enjoyed family, working, taking care of their finely manicured yard, laughter, bowling, traveling (taking several cruises), and had a happy life. During that time, Bob served as a veil worker in the temple, served on the high council, served in various capacities in the Sunday School (Vera served as secretary for his Sunday School callings), served in a Bishopric and then as Bishop of their ward for four years.

After Vera's passing, Bob married his neighbor, Betty Lou (Louie) Fields Anderson……mother of six children, Ronald, Russell, Renee, Ronda, Rayla and Ryan. The man was not afraid of a challenge! Bob and Louie were married in the Jordan River Temple. Just as he loved Allen and Bob from his first marriage, he loved Louie's six children as his own (and we all loved him back). They have been married for 29 years.

Bob and Louie served 3 missions together; Nigeria, Philippines and a literacy mission at the Utah State Prison. They also served as temple workers for 23 years. Bob was ordained a sealer in 1996 and worked in that capacity for 21 years. It was extra special for many of the grandchildren to have their grandpa seal them to their spouses. Bob and Louie enjoyed traveling and visiting temples and children together. Theirs was a happy union.

Bob enjoyed golf, sheep, woodworking, BYU sports (and almost all sports really), reading (even the dictionary), collecting fun quotes and interesting articles to share, jokes and humor, yard work & gardening, singing in choir, playing harmonica, doing puzzles of all kinds, playing scrabble, traveling, family, and his Savior, Jesus Christ.

Bob seemed to know someone everywhere he went and had a smile for every person he greeted! He was a people person and genuinely enjoyed getting to know people and making friends. He was a light and a joy to be with.

He was a good story and joke teller….always having one ready to share. He was a great listener. He was approachable and lovable……he had kindness in his heart and soul. He made everyone feel special. He had a strong testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Everyone loved Bob. We will miss him greatly.

Bob is survived by his wife and friend, Betty Lou (Louie) Cox; a daughter-in-law, Lara Rasmussen; his children: Bob Rasmussen, Ronald (Kari) Anderson, Russell (Fern) Anderson, Renee (Nick) Jackson, Ronda (Russell) Bishop, Rayla (Justin) Dee, and Ryan (Angie) Anderson; his sister, Ivy Peart; 30 grandchildren, and a whole slew of very loved great and great, great grandchildren.

Bob is preceded in death by his parents, Leonard & Maud Cox; his wife, Vera Cox; seven siblings: Doris, Melvin, Leonard, Ellen, Shirley, Wilford and Delora; his son, Allen Rasmussen; and his grandson, Danny Rasmussen.

Special thanks to so many friends, neighbors, ward and family members (especially our sister, Rayla), who have been helping care for Bob and Louie this last year and longer. Also, special thanks to Arla at Intermountain Home Care and Hospice who made things so much easier for Bob (and Louie) in his decline.

Funeral services will be held Monday, September 9th, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. at the Highland 2nd Ward Building located at 9800 S. Dunsinane Dr. (3845 West), South Jordan, UT. The family will receive friends at the
same address Sunday evening, September 8th from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. and Monday, September 9th from 9:00 – 10:45 prior to the service.

Interment will be at Valley View Memorial Park located at 4335 West 4100 South, West Valley City, Utah

Sunday, September 1, 2019

Marie Weston is ONE HUNDRED years old!


Marie Pope Weston, whose home is a Garden City landmark, turns 100 this week! She was born in Garden City in 1919, just around the block from where she now lives.  Her colorful flowers on her long white picket fence are a tourist attraction and a blessing to the community. Her daughter Anita Weston said “Mother has always planted flowers along the fence from the day she moved into the house.  When we lived in Pickleville, she had flowers everywhere there as well. Mother loves flowers.”


As a matter of fact, Utah folk art painter Eric Dowdle, painted the Weston home in one of his early works.  You can see Marie and Anita standing together with their hoes for planting. This home was built by Anita’s great great Grandpa, Robert Calder.  He came to Garden City in 1879.  He was asked to move from Randolph to Garden City to be the first Bishop in Garden City.

Marie and her husband, Benjamin Early Weston, farmed on Sweetwater Hillside for many years when it was part of a real city named Pickleville where he was the mayor of the city.  Their three children, Dale Weston, Carolyn Weston Davidson, and Anita Weston were born in Garden City.

The cattle range was up and over Sweetwater Hill and a bit further into the mountains.  When people started building homes on Sweetwater Hill, they didn't like the cattle going up through that area.  They were trying to have lawns and flowers.  The cows enjoyed the green grass and flowers as well as the owners of the lots on the hill.  It became too difficult to be good neighbors because of the cattle.  The cows had gone over that area so long that Ben E. would only have to open the gates and let them go in the spring.  When it was getting fall, the cows knew enough to come home.  They would come down Sweetwater Hill.  It got so the cows were getting nervous in traveling that trail, so they would come through there at night.  They decided that the ranch would have to move. 

He bought the Ranch between Cokeville and Kemmer, it was called the BQ Ranch. Anita tells stories of her mother making several loaves of bread every day with hearty beef stews to feed the ranch hands dinner and huge breakfasts of eggs and pancakes.  She also took time to take the three children  arrowhead hunting in the wild and searching for wild berries for jams that she bottled giving them a love for being outside.  They went to Logan for supplies a couple of times a year but most everything they ate or needed was either hunted or grown and bottled on the ranch.  Marie is a crack shot too.  When her husband passed away, Marie moved back to Garden City and into the oldest existing building here.  It used to be a hotel and has many secrets in its walls. Now it is filled with beautiful antiques and hundreds of amazing orchids.

Marie was not only a rancher, she was also a painter.  Her oil painting of  Bear Lake is a treasure hanging in her living room.

But her true artistry comes out in her intricate hand pieced quilts.  At 100, she is still creating amazing patterns and colors. 

She shared her love of quilting for years being in charge of the Bear Lake humanitarian quilting, first held in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Garden City and later moved to a special room for the quilters above the Garden City Library still ongoing.  Once a week 8-10 quilts were tied and bound by friends in Rich County and sent to LDS and other humanitarian groups.  For this long term effort she was awarded two statewide awards for civic involvement.  She was also involved in the first library in Garden City decades ago.

Her wry sense of humor and love of the history of this area has entertained many visitors and friends as well as her 8 grandchildren and 38 great grandchildren.  And now there are 15 great, great grandchildren.

Happy birthday dear Marie!



Saturday, August 31, 2019

Rich County School Board Meeting in August

Kathie B. Anderson, Reporter
Rich Civic Times

RANDOLPH, Utah. August 20, 2019. The Rich County School District Board of Education held its regularly scheduled meeting.   Rich High School Principal, Rick Larsen, introduced his new employees and their families to the Board:  Jared Davis, his wife Haley, and four children.   Jared will teach welding, auto mechanics, carpentry, and all vocational classes.  Jared and Haley reside in Randolph, Utah.  Travis Eborn, his wife Lindsay, and four children.  Travis will teach the business and computer classes.  He is taking over Logan Davis’ position.    Travis and his wife reside in Snow Meadows Subdivision in Garden City, Utah.  Travis previously taught in Cache Valley for many years.   Danelle Wasden, her husband Dustin, and five children.  Danelle will teach special education at the high school.  Danelle and Dustin live just outside of Randolph, Utah. Lacey Morse, her husband Dusty, and four children.  Lacey is filling the vacated position of Carrie Pugmire and will teach nursing, CNT, EMT, and pharmacology.  Because it is an Outreach Program, Rich High School will pilot the only EMT Program in Utah.    Lacey and Dusty reside in Randolph, Utah.  Principal Larsen expressed his enthusiasm in being able to have some of the best and brightest former Rich High students come back and teach at the school.

Policy 604.2 (Extra Duty Pay) was discussed.  A motion to approve the Policy was unanimously approved by the Board.

A motion to accept Ty Tingey as the new girls’ basketball team assistant coach for Rich High School was approved unanimously. Former Coach McKee’s resignation was accepted with a vote of thanks by the Board.

Policy HB 391 (Code of Conduct/Appropriate Behavior Policy was adopted.  All of the basics of HB 391 were presented at the Opening Institute of the school district.  All who attended were required to sign a form regarding this policy.  All new staff will be required to complete this training within ten days of being hired.

 Scott Christopher from Utah County was the “kick- off” speaker for the Opening Institute.  Christopher ‘s talk dealt with happiness and finding ways to be happy.  Those in attendance felt he was motivating, and was an excellent speaker for the Opening Institute.  Many teachers gave positive feedback.  School Board Member, Cyndi Caldwell, did a very professional job speaking on behalf of the Board.

The Rich Rodeo Club received a donation of $100.00 from the Rich County School District Board.

 Richard Limb, Physical Plant Director, reported on the progress of building projects, and provided the updates.  Forty- five yards of concrete have been put in the ground in an encased sleeve.    Sod has been an issue.  It settled about 12 to 28 inches.   Limb is still working out issues with the sod.   If the propane tanks were buried it would save the District quite a bit of money.  New tanks would be costly to begin with, but they would pay for themselves within a couple of years.   Limb will do more research and provide information to the Board.  He will also try to salvage the old propane tank.  The Board will make a decision by next month.   While digging, a plastic line with steel wrapping around it was found. It was old and nothing came out of it, Limb stated that every day, there is a mystery in every scoop!   Limb is working with the foreman every day so the work can be completed before the ground freezes.  Students have been really good about not going into construction zones.    Summer projects are on schedule. New door handles that are ADA compliant  are being installed.   Work is also progressing on the PA system that is being incorporated into the building.    Limb said a 10 foot by 20 foot shed just outside Bridgerland Technical College is for sale.  It is almost all tin, and not quite finished. 

Davis would like to salvage the wood out of the welding mechanical part of the building.    Right now, it is not a healthy or safe environment to work. As of now, the wood will be placed at the District office.   There is a plan this year for the students to build little cabins that will be totally self- sufficient.  This project will give the students experience in all aspects of building.  Principal Larsen said that a local buyer may be interested in buying them. 

A closed executive session was called "student concerns".

The September School Board meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, at 6:00 p.m.

Chasing the Seagulls

Photo by Lauriann Wakefield, Little Starling Photography

1929 Improvement Era article about the Bear Lake Monster



Friday, August 30, 2019

Update on truck safety measures

Bobbie Bicknell Coray, Reporter
Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  August 29, 2016. Mayor Mike Leonhardt announced that several more signs about brake checks have been installed. Law enforcement has been awesome and will continue. Utah Highway Patrol has stopped at least 14 trucks this week with brake issues and UDOT is working hard on the runaway truck ramp design.


Photo by KSL TV
Leonhardt said that, "Our goal is to have it in place by spring.The mandatory brake check is working well and  there is a speed limit change for all trucks over 10,000 GVW."

Leonhardt praised UHP, UDOT, our Legislators and the Governor's office for helping expediting the signage and brake check area.


Rich School District meals and fees

 

School Meals

The District offers a breakfast and lunch program for all enrolled students.  Elementary students will pay $1.50 for breakfast and $2.25 for lunch.  Secondary students will be charged $1.75 for breakfast and $2.75 for lunch.  Adults will pay $2.25 for breakfast and $3.75 for lunch.  
 
Remember that you can apply and submit on line when you log into your Aspire contact account for free or reduced price meals.  A paper copy will be sent, if you prefer to apply with a hard copy.  The District will make every effort to insure that all free and reduced participants are kept confidential. If you have questions or need help filling out the form, please fill free to contact Peggie Feller at 435-793-2323 extension 119. Click here for more information or http://www.richschool.org, District information, Meals/Free&Reduced.
 

George Terrill Weston 1947 -2019

George Terrill Weston, 72, of Lander, Wyoming died peacefully on
August 27, 2019, at his home surrounded by his loved ones. The first Visitation will take place at 11 am – 12 noon, Tuesday, September 3, 2019, in the Chapel of Mount Hope, Hudson’s Funeral Home. The second Visitation will be 2 pm, Wednesday, September 4, 2019, in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 115E 100S, Laketown, Utah. The Funeral Service will then follow at 3 pm with burial to follow in the Laketown Cemetery.

George was born March 29, 1947, to George Wesley Weston and Theda Mattson in Logan, Utah. He has been a part of different organizations and was a man of many talents having completed the Ranch Veterinarian Program in Fort Collins, Water Master of Laketown, and Mayor of Laketown. He also enjoyed fishing and hunting with family and friends.

George is preceded in death by his father, George Wesley Weston; brother, Samuel Weston; sister, Christine Webb; and grandson, Dane Hutchinson.

George is survived by his wife, Cathy Weston; mother, Theda Weston; daughters, Sherrie (Jeff) Rees, Lisa (Justin) Hutchinson, and Rebecca (Bryan) Thomson; son Terrill (Breanne) Weston; and 10 grandchildren.