Meals on Wheels driver needed

 The Hull's have sold their home and will be moving soon. Ken Hull will no longer be able to deliver the Meals on Wheels to the northern part of the county. The delivery position is open to any adult that might be interested. Here are some pertinent details:

Deliveries are made on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Typically there are 20-25 deliveries.

The delivery person will be provided an all wheel drive vehicle to be used for deliveries only. The county covers maintenance and gas for the vehicle.

Paid time begins when you depart your home, and ends when you return. The meals are picked up in Randolph and delivered to Laketown and Garden City areas. It typically takes 3 1/2 - 4 hours to complete the deliveries each day.

Pay is $10.50 per hour. No benefits.

If anyone is interested in applying for this position they should contact Commissioner Bill Cox rcaging@allwest.net or (435) 757-8248

Utah's rent assistance

Utah  has about $150 million in federal funding to help tenants with outstanding rent, utility payments and other expenses. The state had paid out $41 million in rental assistance by the end of July, according to the state Department of Workforce Services.

The money can go toward rent and other expenses, like utilities and past-due rent. Renters who make 80% of the area’s median income and have financial hardship or instability because of COVID qualify. There is some assistance available not related to COVID. Landlords can also apply on behalf of their tenants.

People who need help paying rent can apply for emergency assistance at rentrelief.utah.gov.

Reflections on the Journey

Ed Note:  Leslie struggles with brain chemistry issues and is sharing her amazing journey as a wonderful wife, mother, friend and colleague.

By Leslie Scott

Things that make me want to hide in a closet and cry:

Waking up in the morning

Going to bed at night

Getting dressed

Going to work

Coming home from work

Doing homework with my kids

Not doing homework with my kids

Making meals

Laundry

Being with my kids

Not being with my kids

Talking to people

Not talking to people

My cat's meow

My dog being outside

Taking a shower

Brushing my hair

Looking at a text message

Not looking at a text

Moving to a new house

Staying at the old house

Looking into the future

Not being able look past the next thing I need to do in a day.

Can you tell I'm a mess?! As I laid there last night, wanting to hide in a closet and cry, the only words in my mind were, "The Lord loves effort!" Maybe this was meant to be a comfort....maybe I was supposed to feel better because everyday I'm making an effort.....but I don't think so.

The only way for me to make it through this is to figure out, WHY! Why do I feel this way, why are some days worse than others, why now at this point in my life?

Sure, there are some things I'll never understand. I'm not a doctor. I don't understand hormones and brain chemistry. But maybe I can find patterns, maybe I can listen to my body more, maybe, maybe, maybe......

If "The Lord loves effort," then that's what He's going to get. I will give it my best. Even if my best somedays is putting one foot in front of the other and that's all I can do. And until that time when I can answer WHY, I'll take it ONE DAY AT A TIME!

Sidenote...things that don't make me anxious......"The Office."

Storm on the Lake

Photo by Taffy Earl Lovell

 

Garden City public survey

 Garden city has a public survey for the new general plan. Everyone concerned with the changes such as the 500+RV resort should go to the city website and complete the survey. Also the commercial zone is being updated at the August 4 P&Z meeting, please attend and make your concerns known! https://gardencityut.us/

Rich County School information

School will start Monday,  August 23.  Kindergarten students will be given an individual screening test during the first days of school.  Parents of kindergarten students will be receiving a letter, from the teacher, with specific information relative to the testing schedule and the start of regular classroom activities. School will begin at 8:00 a.m. and end at 3:21 p.m. for all students.

The middle school bus will leave the high school at 7:15 a.m.  The high school bus will leave Rich Middle School around 7:15 a.m.  If you have any questions regarding the time your bus leaves, contact your bus driver or Robyn Esterholdt at BTC 435-793-4501 x 300 or 435-881-2690.

Any new students attending North Rich Elementary or Rich Middle School, not already registered, should call 946-3359. RMS students are preregistered and class schedules can be found on Aspire.    If students have any questions or concerns about their individual schedules, they are asked to contact Principal Motta.

High school students are already registered.  Any new high school students should call Principal Larsen at 793-2365 starting August 2. A letter containing information about sport practices and coming back to school can be found on Rich High School under news. 

New students attending South Rich Elementary not already registered should call 793-2135 ext 100.

Bear Lake Sky

Photo by Carol Ann Dyer

 

Bear Lake's Rendezvous Beach Day-Use Area Night Sky Event

Our park has exceptional views of starry skies and is currently applying to be certified as an International Dark Sky Park!

Join us on August 5th for a dark sky program followed by stargazing with high-powered telescopes provided by park staff and volunteers. Bring your own binoculars or a camera for astrophotography!

Meet at the Rendezvous Beach Day-Use Area. Utah State Parks recommends masks for this event and attendees should practice social distancing with those not in your household group. Park entrance fee applies to attend. Call the park office for more information, (435) 946-3343.

Raspberry Days are here!

 

EVENTS SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, AUGUST 5TH

ZUMBA 8:30 AM-9:30 AM - FREE ENTRY

LOCATED ON STAGE AT HERITAGE PARK. CAROLINA LINKOGLE WILL GET YOUR BODY IN GEAR FOR THE DAY! COME HAVE FUN AS WE DANCE AND GET MOVING! HERITAGE PARK VIEW MAP

MAIN FESTIVAL AND FAIR 10 AM-8 PM

HERITAGE PARK 300 WEST - NO SMOKING ALLOWED. NO PETS ALLOWED.

BINGO 11 AM-12 PM

HERITAGE PARK WEST OF THE STAGE

PARADE 6:00 PM

THEME – RASPBERRY DAYS AMERICAN PRIDE 2021. GRAND MARSHALL DAN & DEBBIE MOLDENHOUER.

LIVE CONCERT “FENDER BENDERS” 6:00 PM

 

FRIDAY, AUGUST 6TH

ZUMBA 8:30 AM-9:30 AM - FREE ENTRY

LOCATED ON STAGE AT THE CRAFT FAIR AT HERITAGE PARK. CAROLINA LINKOGLE WILL GET YOUR BODY IN GEAR FOR THE DAY! COME HAVE FUN AS WE DANCE AND GET MOVING!

MAIN FESTIVAL AND FAIR 10 AM-8 PM

HERITAGE PARK 300 WEST - NO SMOKING ALLOWED. NO PETS ALLOWED.

PIE EATING CONTEST 11 AM-12 PM

PRESENTED BY CHAD’S RASPBERRY PRODUCTS. MAIN FESTIVAL STAGE. $5 ENTRY FEE. THREE HEATS WITH POSSIBLE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND. ALL ENTRIES RECEIVE A FREE T-SHIRT. PRIZES FOR WINNERS. YOU CAN PRE-REGISTER UNTIL JULY 20TH. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT CHADSRASPBERRYKITCHEN.COM.

LIVE CONCERT: “SUMMER BLOOM” 12:00 PM        

BINGO 2 PM- 3 PM

HERITAGE PARK WEST OF THE STAGE.

LIVE CONCERT, BROTHER CHUNKY 3:00 PM

BINGO 5 PM–6 PM

HERITAGE PARK WEST OF THE STAGE.

LIVE CONCERT “BREAKFAST KLUB” 6:00 PM

 

SATURDAY, AUGUST 7TH

5K FUN RUN 8 AM

RACE STARTS AT LAKETOWN PARK. REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION AT WWW.RUNNERCARD.COM

PANCAKE BREAKFAST 8 AM – 10 AM

HERITAGE PARK VIEW MAP

BINGO 10:30 AM-12 PM

HERITAGE PARK WEST OF THE STAGE

GOLF SCRAMBLE 8 AM- 2 PM

BEAR LAKE WEST GOLF COURSE (4 MILES NORTH OF GARDEN CITY)

CALL 208-945-2744 FOR REGISTRATION 4 PERSON SCRAMBLE. SHOTGUN ARRANGEMENT.

ZUMBA 8:30 AM-9:30 AM - FREE ENTRY

LOCATED ON STAGE AT THE CRAFT FAIR AT HERITAGE PARK. CAROLINA LINKOGLE WILL GET YOUR BODY IN GEAR FOR THE DAY! COME HAVE FUN AS WE DANCE AND GET MOVING!

MAIN FESTIVAL AND FAIR 10AM-6 PM

HERITAGE PARK AT 300 WEST - NO SMOKING ALLOWED. NO PETS ALLOWED                                                                                        

LIVE CONCERT “MASON JARR” 3:00 PM

LIVE CONCERT “JORDAN MATTHEW YOUNG” 6:00 PM

BOAT LIGHT PARADE PROVIDED BY THE BEAR LAKE YACHT CLUB 9 PM

RUNS BETWEEN MARINA AND IDEAL BEACH  

FIREWORKS APPROX. 10 PM

Logan Regional wary as COVID makes Cache Valley comeback

Herald Journal

By Charles McCollum staff writer Jul 26, 2021

Logan Regional Hospital Medical Director Taki May addresses COVID concerns in a video interview on Monday. 

Intermountain Logan Regional Hospital Medical Director Taki May is expressing concern as coronavirus cases climb back up in Cache Valley. “Right now we have high volume of patients in the hospital and we’re really nervous about our COVID numbers because we remember what it was like when it was really bad, and I fear that we’re heading there again,” May said in a video interview distributed Monday by Intermountain Healthcare. 

Statewide, hospitalizations from COVID rose 18% to 343 over the past four days as case numbers continue to rise. The seven-day average number of daily cases in Cache County has more than doubled in the past month, from 9.3 to 20.9. The vast majority of the new cases both locally and statewide have been identified as the new, more infectious Delta variant of the virus that is sweeping across the world. 

Bear River Health Department epidemiologist Caleb Harrison said that among the positive Cache County COVID tests sent to the state lab for sequencing, 94% so far this month have been the Delta variant. “The Delta variant is definitely one of the reasons we’re seeing cases tick back up and why we’re bracing for another wave to come late summer, fall and winter,” Harrison said. 

Asked if Logan Regional is prepared for another onslaught of cases like what hit the hospital in 2020,May responded: “We are ready because we have already dealt with this. The difference is that the stress of the pandemic really did hit health care providers in a significant way. Some nurses have moved into other areas of healthcare, some have left the profession, some have gone back to school. So here in Logan as well as across the state and across the country we’re seeing a real staffing problem. We’re bursting at the seams, and if we have more patients with COVID coming in, that’s really going to stress us out.” 

The Logan Regional medical director said the hospital has seen one instance of a patient contracting COVID after receiving a vaccine, but she cautioned this should not be interpreted as proof that coronavirus vaccines aren’t working. “I think as variants become more diverse, they are going to escape our vaccines, but right now all the vaccines that we have are still very effective, and we really need the entire population to participate in the vaccination effort because that’s how we stop the virus in its tracks,” May said. “We hear about them (breakthrough cases) because they are unusual. … We hear about the scary stuff because it’s scary. We don’t hear about the mundane stuff, which is millions of people successfully vaccinated avoiding COVID.” 

According to data from the state of Utah, the percentage of the adults in Cache County who have so far been vaccinated against the coronavirus is 57 percent, which May characterized as “good but not great.” She said the hospital has admitted many non-vaccinated patients, but to date none of her patients have expressed deep regret about foregoing the vaccine — something being reported daily in the national news. “I personally haven’t experienced any of those stories, but I know that those patients with COVID that I have taken care of, they recognize now that the vaccine would have been an opportunity for them,” she said. Both May and Harrison said they believe the current local COVID caseload is being under reported because a lot of asymptomatic virus carriers are not getting tested.

Good Stuff!

HVAC and appliance help for Bear Lake

By John Brown

It’s rough when your A/C, heating, and major appliances conk out. 

Who can you get to repair them? And do a good job? Especially up here in Bear Lake. 

Today I wanted to share my recommendation of two companies that have done a great job for us. 

The first is JM Mechanical out of Hyde Park for HVAC work. 

We love these guys. 

We have in-floor heating. And the boiler we had installed when we built the house gave us nothing but trouble. It was constantly conking out. There’s nothing quite like freezing cold showers in the winter at Bear Lake. It was like we were in some kind of mad training camp to be Stoics.

And we tried to get it fixed. We worked with the company who sold us the dang thing. We worked with the original manufacturer. We spent thousands of dollars on technicians from Salt Lake, Park City, Ogden, and Logan. They were all nice guys but they could never fix the problem. 

After years of this, we’d had it. We needed a fix. 

Luckily, we’d had a recommendation for JM Mechanical from another person in the valley with in-floor heating. We called. They gave us a competitive bid, installed a new boiler, and it has run like a dream. 

No more cold showers. 

No more freezing inside the house as well as outside in January. 

Just heat when you need it. 

We liked their friendly service so much, we called them to see how they could help us with A/C. Again, we received a competitive bid, friendly technicians, and A/C that works like a dream. 

If you need help with your HVAC, JM Mechanical comes up to Bear Lake one or two times per week. They provide great service. Their number is (435) 563-6267.

The second recommendation is for Cache Appliance out of Logan for appliance repair. 

First of all, it’s owned by a man named Josh Sackett. The family legend is that Louis L’Amour was in Beaver looking at gravestones, saw the name, and rest is history. 

But of course, could this Sackett save the day like the Sacketts in story? My experience is that they can. 

We had two issues with our oven and range. Whoever installed it put in the jets for natural gas, not propane. Later, our oven’s heating element stopped worked. We thought about purchasing a new range, but, holy schnitzel, that’s thousands of dollars! 

Couldn’t we just get a repair? 

Some of you he-men are asking, well, why don’t you just fix it yourself? The answer is you don’t want me fixing appliances. I’ll burn the house down. Even with YouTube videos. 

So we searched high and low for someone to help. We finally found Cache Appliance, which used to be part of another company in Logan. A friendly technician drove over and got our stove running like new. 

We later had an issue with our dishwasher. Again, instead of purchasing a new one, we called Cache Appliance. It was a quick repair from a friendly technician at a reasonable price. 

If you need help with your major appliances, call Josh Sackett of Cache Appliance at (435) 465-5962. 

Summer Fields at Sunset

Photo by Donelle D. Sleight

 

Menlove Family Rescued From Capsized Boat During Storm On Bear Lake KSLTV

BY MATT RASCON & MADISON SWENSON, KSL TV | JULY 23, 2021 AT 6:27 PM

UPDATED: JULY 24, 2021 AT 10:34 AM

BEAR LAKE COUNTY, Idaho — A boat carrying 14 people, including 11 children, capsized on Bear Lake Thursday night due to stormy conditions. Luckily, the family was rescued by park rangers after spending some time in the rough water.

They are experienced boaters, but park rangers said waves reached up to six feet that day.

On Friday, the family told KSL-TV they are still shaken, but grateful for what they describe as divine intervention that helped bring them to shore.

When you’ve been in rough water, you know and appreciate the calm.

For the Menlove family, nothing will compare to the rough water they experienced Thursday night.

“And very quickly, the lake got very wild,” said Marisha Menlove.

Last picture of boat sinking

Conditions started out just right.

Marisha Menlove had her 3-year-old twins in her bother-in-law’s new 2021 Malibu boat, with two other adults and seven other children.

They surfed and wakeboarded, but Menlove said she is most thankful they brought the tube with them.

“The wind started to come up, and we thought, ‘Ah, we better get back to the beach,'” she said.

Around 6 p.m., they started heading back to shore for dinner, but they didn’t get very far. Waves crashed and the engine shut off.

That’s when Menlove grabbed her twins and went for the tube.

“To have a storm like that, where the waves are crashing into this huge boat — hitting the driver, knocking people over in the boat — and then to be on this little tube with 10 kids inside and 4 people holding on, how does the tube not capsize? How does it not deflate?” she said.

Menlove expected the boat to drag the tube down with it because they couldn’t get the rope untied, but it came loose on its own.

“We’re just in a water park, rolling with the waves. It was just peaceful,” said Menlove. “Curtis wasn’t scared. I wasn’t scared. The kids didn’t seem scared. It was just like we had this bubble around us keeping us safe.”

After about 15 minutes in the water, park rangers saved them.

Looking back, Menlove believes someone else was also looking out for them.

“He said, ‘I don’t know how that happened,’ but I do. We all know how that happened and we’re grateful. Our family saw a miracle,” she said.

Everyone was wearing life vests, and park rangers stressed how important that was.

“We’ve definitely seen people get stuck out there, and unfortunately, people have lost their lives on this lake,” said Aaron Nelson, the park ranger who came to rescue the family. “I want to make sure that people aren’t only having fun, but that they make it home at the end of the day.”

Summer Night

Photo by Carol Ann Dyer

 

Garden City Park gate closes at ten

Don't get locked in!

Garden City has installed an automatic gate at the park on Bear Lake Blvd. The gate will close promptly at 10 pm and will reopen at 6 am every day. 

If you are lucky enough to get locked in after it closes you will be in for the night so we hope you enjoy the night sky. Please pass this on as it has been quite a few years since we have closed the gate to the park and we really, really don't want to lock anyone in. We hope you all have a fun and safe holiday weekend.