The great shake out - April 18 10:00 a.m. Are you ready?
There have been a number of earthquakes in Utah over the last couple of months. They seem minor but it is not "if", but "when" the big one hits along the Wasatch Front. Check out the April Newsletter for activities on April 18 to help prepare you for an earthquake event. Also, check out this website https://www.shakeout.org/utah/ for information, videos, quizzes, and other resources to see just how prepared you are.
South Willard Water Company Annual shareholer meeting April 25, 2019. Please come join at 6:30.
Willard City is accepting proposals for the construction of a park restroom facility. For plans and the scope of project contact Bryce Wheelwright at 435-734-9881 or email at brycewillardcity@gmail.com. Sealed bids will be accepted at the Willard City Office, 80 W 50 S. Willard, UT until 1:00 p.m. on April 5, 2019.
4th of July volunteers needed the theme this year is “Only in America!” The Patriotic program will be held on July 2nd. If you are interested in participating, contact Marjorie Ross (435-730-0465) or the Willard City Offices 435-743-9881 for a vendor booth, please sign up at the city offices during office hours. Cost will be $20 a booth. Join the Parade!!! Plan now to get your business or family together to be a part of the parade! There is always a need for volunteers who can give just a couple of hours on the 4th to help with a kid's game. If you can do that, please contact Marjorie Ross 435-730-0465. If you want to help in anyway, with breakfast, be on the stage show, donate bingo prizes, etc., or just have questions, please contact Terry Ross (435-740-0889), Marjorie Ross (435-730-0465) or the Willard city offices at (435734-9881).
CITY CLEAN-UP April 22-27 - City Clean-up There will be many visitors through the area the first part of May and especially on May 10, 2019 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad at the Golden Spike. We have been requested to urge residents to help in sprucing up the community. To help we will again be holding a City-wide clean-up April 22-27. Dumpsters this year will be located in the parking area at the City Shop 160 E 300 S. and will be monitored. Please be ready to show identification that you are a Willard City resident. The hours will be from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., April 22-Saturday April 27. There will be a trailer for metals and batteries. This is a service to the residents of Willard and to continue we need residents to abide by the following:
Dominion Energy has sent out a notice to “Current Residents”. If you threw it away it was a notice they will be replacing a gas line from 1100 S in Brigham City to Center Street in Willard. The construction is scheduled to begin in April and there will be some temporary lane restrictions and road closures along Highway 89. They anticipate completion in the fall/winter of 2019. Please be patient and careful around work crews. For more information visit the project website at https://www.dominionenergy.com/FL
GREAT UTAH SHAKE OUT - Willard City Officials and Willard City Emergency Response Personnel would like to encourage every Willard citizen to participate in the annual Great Utah Shake Out activities. Practice Drop, Cover and Hold On at 10:15 a.m. The Fire Siren will sound at that time as a reminder.
Community members are asked to display a Colored Paper (Red, Yellow or Green) from their Emergency “Take Action Packet” in a location that is visible from the street at their home. Display the colored paper during the day until 8 P.M. (Need a “Take Action Packet” for your household??? Contact any CERT Member or Sue at the number below)
CERT activities will include FRS Radio (9-11) and HAM Radio (Simplex 146.440) “Check-In” at 10:20 A.M. and 6:30 P.M. All CERT members are encouraged to “Check-In” with their CERT Phone Tree Captains sometime during the day.
CERT members are asked to mobilize to Willard City Hall at 6:30 P.M. Come dressed in your CERT personal protection gear and bring your charged/working FRS Radio. Plan to practice your CERT skills and participate in disaster scenarios. For additional SHAKE OUT information and activities visit shakeout@utah.gov.
We ask that each of us take this opportunity to practice. We encourage you to think about and discuss what you would do for yourselves, families and others around you before, during and after an event such as an earth quake (or any other disaster). Are you prepared to take the actions you discussed? The better prepared we are prior to any event, the better we will be able to handle the effects during and after any situation. (Don’t have a Family “Take Action” Packet? Pick one up at the Willard City Offices)
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY!!! STOP THE BLEED All CERT members and Community members are also encouraged to attend the “Stop The Bleed” Tourniquet use training class. The class includes new, updated information and training for using a Tourniquet. The class will begin at 7:30 P.M. at Willard City Hall. Please register for the Stop the Bleed class by April 15th. The Class is FREE! To register: Call/Text Sue Anderson at 801 589-8270 or call the awesome ladies at Willard City Hall 435 734-9881.
