Upriver, ID

Richard and Lorelei were in attendance at our meeting which took place at The Hideout in Fernwood. We had more discussion on how to go about planning our Community Day and decided to write up a plan to bring before the board on Sept. 24th at The Drifters in Emida at 6:30.
We are hoping to get more input and ideas at that meeting. We will then present our plan to the Organizations of the Community and see if they want to partner up and take over different activities as fundraisers, etc.
Chris appeared for a few minutes at the meeting to announce the passing of the 501c3 which means we are now a non-profit organization! It was very good news to hear. Thanks to everyone who worked hard on that and did a wonderful job!
Our next Community Pride Meeting will take place at the Hideout on Sept. 29th at 6:30.

Have you checked the UpRiver website lately for upcoming events? The calendar lists things happening throughout the month with dates, times, and places. If you live here or are visiting someone who lives here, you are invited to check out these activities for this week:

Monday, August 4–Businessperson’s Breakfast You’re invited to a no-host breakfast for an informal visit to get to know one another. Swap lies jobs and fairy tales. 7am at Drifter’s Cafe in Emida. For more information contact Fred or Rosemary Niemier, 245-1459 or Rudy Heicksen 245-5615.

Tuesday, August 5–Fernwood Rural Fire Protection District meeting on the second Tuesday of each month (usually) at the firehouse at 7:00 p.m. The meetings are open to the public. If you have any questions, please call Jay Trueman at the Fernwood Merc, or Carolyn Dudley at 245-6500

The calendar has details for other events coming up this month including a benefit for Joey and Sheri Gray on the 15th, the Friends of the Library meeting on the 18th, the UCU Board meeting on the 25th, Community Pride meeting on the 27th, and regular weekly meetings of the church, youth groups, bingo, flea market, etc.

Keep up with everything by visiting the calendar regularly.

UpRiver Community United “graduated” on June 30 from the Horizons sponsorship and now stands on its own. On Thursday, July 31st the board met at Emida and the treasurer’s report actually showed money in the account which has come from different activities such as the Saturday Flea Market in Fernwood and donations.

Yes, the Entrepreneurial Development Team reported that the Flea Market, in its infancy stage, has been showing good success. Now they are looking into the possibility of offering classes of various kinds in the community. Watch for their survey and respond as quickly as possible.

A simple project to collect and reproduce some historical photos has turned into something much bigger. So much inerest has been generated in this project that the board approved a new UpRiver Historical Society under the auspices of Upriver Community United. This new team is putting together a beautiful collection of photographs and other memorabilia including artifacts of the area. They plan to make and sell calendars to raise money to support their efforts. There will be public showings of the photo reproductions that have been made so far. Watch for more information on these developments in the future. They will also be having their own meeting, with dates to be announced, to discuss business and choose some leadership for the group. There is still time for you to get involved in this project!

Great things are happening and everyone is excited about the possibilities! You need to be a part of it all! It seems like there are no end of activities to stir the interests of young and old. One thing leads to another and before you know it new ideas are generated and new projects are taking off.

The next board meeting will be held August 25th at the Fernwood CAF building at 6:30 PM. Anyone who lives in the UpRiver communities of Emida, Santa, and Fernwood are welcome to participate in discussions and voting. The meetings are open to all.

The Entrepreneurial Development Team is trying to get a grant to offer classes in the UpRiver area. At the last meeting on July 29, the team discussed many possibilities. We decided to do a survey to pinpoint the areas of greatest interest to the people of the community.

The survey we created lists classes in household and family care, business, computers (from beginning to advanced), job skills, and junior classes for the younger set. There are about 45 different classes listed, with plenty of space to add others. There is also space to offer your services if you are willing to share your expertise

This survey will be printed out, attached to the UpRiver newsletter, and available in all of the local communities wherever we can find a place to put it. Be sure to fill out a survey and get it returned to us as soon as possible. We will be collecting them and compiling the results so that the grant application can be turned in by September 1.

Our next meeting is on August 12, at 7:00 PM at the Hideout. We will be discussing this important topic then and you are very welcome to attend!

Lorelei, Joanne, Richard and Rebbecca were present for our July meeting on the 28th at the Hideout.

Micheal Porcelli with Idaho Traffic Engineering will be scheduling a site visit for a Historical sign out of Mashburn. Joanne will stay in contact with the engineer. Some early history was dicussed that might be of interest for the sign.

There will be a Rendevous at Plummer, Worley, Tensed and Desmet on August 8th, 9th, and 10th that we discussed attending and observing how they involved all of the communities in their festival.

There was discussion on a Fernwood Festival for 2009. We talked about having a Parade, Horseshoe tournament, Poker run, Pioneer crafts, logging events, a breakfast, kids games, softball tournament and a dance with a band in the evening. Funding was also contemplated. A tentative date was set for the last weekend in July. We invite anyone who has ideas, or input to attend our next meeting August 27, 6:30, at the Hideout.