Tuesday, August 31, 2010

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This incident just makes my heart hurt and makes me sick to my stomach.

Visalia, Calif. • A Mormon church official was shot dead between services on Sunday, and less than an hour later, the man suspected of the crime also died after a shootout with police.

Clay Sannar, 42, a lay bishop with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Visalia, southeast of Fresno, died after being shot in his office, said Visalia police chief Colleen Mestas.

Soon after the first shooting, a caller identified himself to police as the shooter. Police responded, and there was a confrontation with several shots exchanged, said Mestas.

The suspect was hit multiple times. He was taken to nearby Kaweah Delta Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. He has not been identified yet. No officers were injured, Mestas said.

Tulare County sheriff’s deputies are taking over the investigation of the shootout involving the police officers. The sheriff’s department did not immediately return calls for comment.

Visalia police continue to investigate Sannar’s shooting, but have not identified a motive.

“We have several detectives out actively investigating this so we can come up with answers, especially for the family,” said Mestas. “It’s just tragic.”

Sannar was the general manager of Soil Basics, a fertilizer company in Visalia, according to the company’s website. He had six children, including a 6-month-old infant.

Here is a picture of the Sannar Family.

It makes my heart ache to see these boys that lost their father. I can't even imagine what this family is going through.
A fellow Latter-day Saint, Connor Boyack, has set up a fundraiser for the Sannar family. Click the link below if you'd like to donate. Even if it's only a couple bucks, it'll help.

More camping!!

Another camping trip to Little Naches! This time (early June trip) we went with our good friends Ree, Leanne, their 2 boys, and Travis. We got the best camping spot EVER (literally). Right on the Little Naches river with a huge flat beach with sun exposure all day. From sunrise to sunset. Doesn't get much better than that.

Panoramic of the river from our campsite.

Jaime and I went for a ride the night we got there. Since it doesn't get dark til after 9pm we had a good long ride and got back to camp just as it was getting dark. The next day we got up and headed out again to try and ride up to see how the snow melt was going.

Ree handing off little Matthew to Leanne.


Me holding Matthew! He's so stinking cute!


About 10 minutes into our ride, Jaime had a really bad wreck. I saw the whole thing and it was really scary. I thought for sure his arm was snapped in half and we'd have to drive to the hospital in Yakima. But luckily, that wasn't the case! He hurt it pretty bad....bad enough that he couldn't continue riding (which has NEVER happened before). So me and him headed back to camp and Ree and Travis kept on the trail.

Thankfully we were camped on an ice cold river so Jaime was able to keep the swelling down by sticking it in the cold water.

Jaime laying with his hand in the river. Elliot, Matthew and Leanne sitting on shore.

Poor Jaime! He was in so much pain.

We wrapped it up and he was fine the rest of the weekend. But no more riding for a while. =( But it didn't stop Jaime from riding Travis' quad around the campsite a little bit.



He got it xrayed the day after we got home and it ISN'T broken. Just a bad sprain. Which is good because he won't have to wear a cast, but bad because sometimes they take longer to heal...which is kind of weird. Anyways, I hope it heals soon because I'm already itching to get back out on the trails!

Big campfire on our last night!