NovemberRose

  August 22 Ashton Two vehicles were reported sitting in an odd place at a vacant house on 875 North. There was a two vehicle accident just north of Ashton on Highway 20.  A noise complaint was filed for a neighbor playing loud music late at night on Maple Street. A truck pulling a trailer with no lights on that was hard to see was reported on 1100 North.  Island Park Dirt bikes were speeding and spinning cookies on Teton Avenue. A cow was reported outside the fence line on Flat Ranch. Extra patrol was requested at Highway 87 for speeding vehicles including semis. A man and woman were reported yelling at each other in the parking lot at Macks Inn. The man was in the drivers seat of a vehicle possibly drunk and the woman was sitting on the curb.  An accident was reported on Highway 20.  August 23 Ashton Someone received a fraud alert through Experian on 4775 E.  Someone came on a property on 3300 East, opened their gate, let their horses out and beat their g...

  August 16 Ashton A vehicle was unsafely passing other vehicles on Highway 20 causing others to have to pull over to the side of the road.  Police assisted a driver broke down on the side of Highway 20. An ambulance was called for a 71-year-old man having a heart attack at the Ashton Travel Plaza.  August 17 Ashton An ambulance was called for a woman in her 80s who fell in the bathroom and may have hit her head at the Ashton Nursing Home.  Someone walked out of 511 without paying. An arrest was made for reckless driving on Highway 20.  Island Park Two men with flashlights were caught by a woman going through her vehicle late at night on Grandview Road. She yelled at them, and they took off.  Someone hit a cow in a Razor ATV at Old Shotgun Road and Green Canyon Road. A vehicle was reported going 100mph and passing on the double yellow line on Highway 20.  A 51-year-old man about to go through a divorce threatened suicide on S Chief Joseph Drive. A...

  August 8 Ashton A driver pulled over on Highway 20 when a boulder hit his windshield.  A vehicle ran off the road at Fishermans Drive and tore up the front bumper and under carriage.  Possible vandalism over the weekend was reported on Main Street. Glass was shattered, possibly shot out. An arrest was made for battery on Main Street. A civil standby was requested for a business on Highway 20 for a disgruntled employee to come pick up his or her stuff. A 10 year old boy was attacking his family on 5th Street.  Island Park A vehicle hit an ATV on Highway 20. A man asked to press charges against a woman who offered sex for housing in Pinehaven. He reported she had also broken into his home last winter. A welfare check was called for a 40 year old woman who had left her cell phone at the AirB&B. August 9 Ashton A vicious dog was reported coming out on the Ashton Tetonia trail.  An arrest was made for a DUI at Upper Mesa Falls. Police were called for an aggress...

  July 11 Ashton A welfare check was called in for a man on Golden Eagle Drive by a woman in Oklahoma. A grass fire was called in on the north side of Ashton by the railroad tracks.  Island Park An ambulance was called for a 2-year-old boy with a fever and shivering at Springhill Suites. An ambulance was called for a man parked at a bar in Island Park. The man had had a headache and neck pain earlier in the day. After drinking a Rockstar and finishing his construction job he began to experience extreme pain in his head and began vomiting. An ambulance was called for a possible broken hip on Cherokee Road. A man in Utah who owns property on Huckleberry Lane asked police to check his property for squatters due to his power bill going up despite nobody being there. A report was made from Last Chance General Store about panhandlers in vehicles who left headed North. An ambulance was called for a 74-year-old woman who fell and had gashes and skin tears and needed help getting up. J...

  July 5  Ashton An arrest was made for driving while possessing on Highway 20.  The boyfriend of a woman on 1300 North called police from Salt Lake City that he thinks she may have shot herself. A vehicle ran someone off the road while headed north up the Ashton hill.  A vehicle was all over the road and changing speeds between 50 and 80 on Highway 20. Island Park An arrest was made for driving while possessing on Highway 20.  Someone called police to tell them a vehicle was riding his bumper.  July 6 Ashton Someone turned in a wallet at Jacksons Food Store. A traffic complaint was called in for a truck with a camper headed North from Chester.  Island Park Police conducted a welfare check on a man on Henrys Lake Road when his brother let police know he had expressed suicidal thoughts and had not checked in for treatment like he said he would. A welfare check was called in for a couple living in a 5th wheel not suitable for people to live in on Quakie ...

  July 8 is Math 2.0 day which celebrates the importance of Math. The first math ever used would have been knowledge of numbers using animal bones to count objects. Egyptian and other civilizations beginning to use algebra and other more advanced mathematics.  While many kids can struggle in this subject and begin to dislike it, math can be fun. Solving a math problem can be like solving a puzzle or a riddle.  "I like being able to use what I know to figure out what I don't know," Ashton Elementary School principal Collin Stewart said. "For me, that is what math is all about." Connie Day, teacher at Island Park Charter School, loves teaching her students the subject. "Math is not about following rules or steps to get answers," Day said. "That's boring! Math is about thinking - using what you know and solving problems, learning new strategies, and finding shortcuts. Learning and practicing math stretches our brains and helps us to see things in...

  1. What is your goal for this year? Learn all the student's names and develop positive relationships with them 2. What do you look forward to this year? Meeting new people and getting to know the community 3. What is your favorite thing about being a principal? This is my first year as principal so I'm not sure what my favorite thing is yet but I would say working with kids. 4. What is your biggest challenge as a principal? To be completely honest, parents who want exceptions made for their children when there has been a blatant disregard for rules 5. What advice would you give to students? Do your very best every day. 6. What do you love to do on your days off? Spend time with my family 7. What is your favorite TV show and movie? TV show- I don't watch much TV but I like Monk. Movie- I have a lot of favorites depending on the genre but my all time favorite movie is Empire of the Sun 8. What is something most don't know about you?  I have an eye condition called kerat...