Small Town Delights

I went home this last weekend. It was fun. There was drama, frustration, relaxing, love from the animals(a lot of love from pookie), rock band, walks, delicious chocolate-covered raspberries, bashing in walls and tearing off lathe and plaster (a very dirty, gruesome job, but also satisfying as you slam the mallet into the wall as hard as you can), pie eating, pizza eating, Olympic watching, and book reading. And then, this little jewel. As we watched the olympics Saturday night and Chris tried to stick with us despite absolutely no interest in the games, he opened up the local newspaper and began to read. Boy howdy, that thing is amazing. I shall be giving you weekly installments, so you can appreciate the wonder of small town writing.

The first exposure-a very witty and timely look at the emergency response capacities of Bear Lake's search and rescue team. Enjoy.

"Trainers hone emergency skills"

Some things were very similar-it was foggy, it was cold, and victims had to be found with safety the number one priority. Other things, however, were better than ever before.

This was the situation during the seventh annual Winter Search and Rescue Training Exercise organized by the Bear Lake County Sheriff's Office, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and ambulance teams, Search and Rescue (SAR), Portneuf Life Flight, and Department of Homeland Security.

Also at the training were several members of the American Search Dogs, BEARS Radio, and "victims" that would be found before the day was over....

Lance...has been one of the driving forces behind organizing this and other training exercises like it for several years. Its purpose, he explains, is to get the area Emergency Medical Services working together to accomplish things they could never accomplish alone, such as successfully rescuing injured persons in the back country in winter conditions. Because the Bear Lake region has so many miles of back country recreational areas, [Lance] believes it is vital to train in the same types of situations in which emergencies can occur, to work together and coordinate resources."

To be continued...

(If you find the story boring, stop reading. But for those who, like me, can't help but mock such delightful attempts at English grammar, this story will be continued shortly. I do have to say, I have been having an exceptionally hard time stringing two sentences together. I'm blaming it on my mom's dropping a piece of wood on my head from her perch on the ladder when we were demolishing the house. I got a huge bump, and things just haven't been coming together quite right. At least, I'm hoping I can use that excuse for the pathetic paper I turned in today for school. "