Kathie B. Anderson, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
RANDOLPH, Utah. May
20,2019. Rich High School students
Hannah Coburn, Jaden Nelson, Logan Johnson, Emily Willi, Lauren Thomson, Janica
Carver, Charmayne Huffaker, Kim Cubus, Taye Petersen, and Taylor McKinnon
received Associate Degrees from Utah State University. Fallon Johnson was awarded the Bridgerland
Applied Technical College Presidential Scholarship for Drafting.
On Thursday, May 30, 2019, Hogan and Associate will open bids
for the construction of the new additions to the local middle school and high
school buildings. Superintendent Dale Lamborn and Richard Limb
will be in attendance. An
Interest-based Facilitation will be held on Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 7:00 P.M. at
the District Office.
The (”USBE”), Brett
Baltazar, Auditor and Scott Jones, Deputy Superintendent of operations (
Financial Operation Section), sent a
letter to Dale Lamborn stating the USBE 2018 has completed its annual review of
LEA’s fiscal year Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), (APR), audited
financial report, single audit (if applicable), and management letter. These annual reviews are conducted a part of
(USBE’s) responsibility to verify audits of financial records in accordance with
state law. The reviews were conducted in
accordance with the Uniform Guidance Audit Act and are part of the Utah State
Board of Education’s responsibility for sub-recipient monitoring of federal
grant funds. No material
weaknesses, significant deficiencies, or other significant findings that
require follow-up for the fiscal year 2018 audit were identified. The
School District and its staff were congratulated with special thanks to Jennie
Johnson for her hard work in preparing this report!
Dr. Christie Kane was the keynote speaker for the Community
Coalition meeting held on May 7, 2019.
Her theme “Unplug and Connect” was presented to the standing room only
auditorium. Her main message was that
everyone, especially children, need hugs to connect. She teaches that you can counteract the
negative impacts of technology through human connection.
Research shows that screen time increases the
release of dopamine. Dopamine is released
by neurons in the brain’s reward center by drugs including opiates, alcohol,
nicotine, amphetamines and cocaine. Dr.
Kane’s research shows that the longer a child looks at a screen, the more the
brain produces dopamine. The build-up of
dopamine due to screen time increases aggression.
Oxytocin counteracts the effect of dopamine. The body naturally produces oxytocin from
human connection like hugs. Dr. Kane
teaches people that giving 8 second hugs, 8 times a day creates the human
connection that will make a big difference.
KSL did a feature study on Dr. Kane’s research through the eyes of the
Governor’s daughter-in-law Carmen Rasmussen Herbert. Carmen Herbert said that after attending a
seminar with Dr. Kane, she has implemented 8 second hugs, 8 times per day, with
her four sons, and it has made a world of difference.
The next School Board Meeting, including a Budget Hearing,
will be held on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at 6:00 P.M.
We just got back from one of our spring “Road Trips”. We try to do them during this time of year to
avoid all the crowds and kids. Now it is
mostly Baby We went down through Moab, onto Mesa Verde,
rode the Durango-Silverton Train and got caught in a blizzard going over Red
Mountain in the San Juan’s. Came down
through Delores, Grand Junction and on home.
One of my most favorite things to do is to tie flies. It’s pretty neat to make them homemade, and
then use them to catch a nice fish to put on your dinner table. When I started my first business I loved to
travel the western United States. It was
so much fun. Me and the dogs would
basically go float all the big name We had no money; it was all depending on
selling some flies to the guides and outfitters.
I’d take a pair of women’s pantyhose and stretch them around a homemade frame work made from sticks we found on the river bank, then I’d put the makeshift net downstream. At that
point we dogs would turn over the rocks and soil from the bottom of the river, it
would expose all the aquatic life from the river, and then we’d put the bugs
and aquatic life in a ten gallon fish tank and see all the different stages of
a bug’s life. Fish are just like us they like their dinner fresh, because it
tastes the best to them. So the tied flies should look fresh.
