Upriver, ID

The UpRiver Community United folks met a week earlier than previously planned since one of our officers is going to be out of town next week. We are getting closer to adopting a mission statement and have decided on a logo including a motto! It reads, “working together for a better life for all”. The holiday decorations have been taken down and there was plenty of positive feedback from the community for our efforts! Thanks, Lorelie for all your community spirit this holiday season! I would like to add that this was truely a community effort and to recognize that there were many donations and contributions from several parties. It is amazing what a group can accomplish when we get together on a single project! In January there is a lot happening UpRiver! Starting with free technology classes at the CAF building in Fernwood. The first session is on January 14th and it will cover Word Processing. On January 21 come learn about data tables using Excel. Then on January 28th there will be a class on Digital Photography, with Micrsoft Picture Maker. All classes will be at 3:30-5:30. Now with the holidays over we are planning to heat things up and sponser our first Chili Cook-Off on January 30th at the Community Center in Fernwood (CAF building). There will be 1st and 2nd place cash winners, and a “People’s Choice” category. We will serve up the winning chili (along with everyone elses) at noon until 3 PM. Homemade cornbread, rolls and coffee all for $3, children under 7 free. Plan to stay and play some Bingo, win some 50/50 raffles and have lunch from 12-3 PM. See if you have what it takes to be the winner of our Chili Cook-Off! Everyone is invited, for more information call, Joanne at 245-4903, Lorelie, 245-9251 or Debby, 245-3097. Look for more classes in April on Financial Literacy. These classes are offered through the University of Idaho Benewah County Extension and UCU, no experience required. Our next UCU board meeting will be on February 11th at 6:30. We welcome newcomers always!

It’s offical, the 1st annual UpRiver Chili Cook-Off will be on Saturday, January 30th at the Fernwood Community Center (CAF). Bring your already cooked pot of chili in for judging at 11:00 AM. First and second place winners will receive a cash prize! There will be a “People’s Choice” category as well. Judging will be from 11:30-12:00. We will be serving up the winning chili and more to the public at noon. Homemade cornbread, rolls and coffee will be available for $3, children under 7 are free. Come play some Bingo, have lunch and win! 50/50 raffles throughout the afternoon. Help support community wide events like this and in the future! Lunch will be served from 12-3PM. The weather is cold outside and what better way to beat those wintertime chills than with some good hot chili and a little fun competition. Everone is invited. For more information call; Joanne at 245-4903, Debby, 245-3097 or Lorelie at 245-9251. Hope to see you there!
Joanne

With the fall in the air, and an energetic loyal group of 7(minus 1) in attendance we had a very lively board meeting! Our secretary couldn’t make it since she is now representing the UpRiver community as our school board representative. As in most small communities we all wear various hats at any given moment! I took the place of secretary and gladly recorded the minutes of our meeting. We all agreed that our Pioneer Day celebration was a success in many ways and that we had learned a lot! There were reports from the building committee, community pride, entrepreneural and communications. As far as our building concerns, we have plenty of vision for what we’d like our community center to provide. We constructed a list of needs for the inside and outside of the current building and prioritized them as a group. From plans for a covered picnic area, to the addition of decks with wheelchair accessibility, no one was short on ideas for improving our facilities. Community Pride is going strong with Lorelei’s enthusiasm and drive! We discussed lighting up the town this holiday season, starting with the community building.
Our annual meeting will be on November 12th at 6:30 PM at the CAF building in Fernwood. We invite everyone to come and be a part of making a difference in our communities. We are currently working on a business logo and mission statement to define who we are and what we do. Reducing poverty, improving lives through education, and building community are all part of our vision. The UCU, Inc. is a non-profit group and we meet every 2nd Thursday of the month at the CAF building in Fernwood at 6:30 PM. We welcome new members and encourage people of all ages to help make a difference in our communities.

A couple of Thursdays ago, we got together for our monthly community meeting. Upriver Community United (UCU), remembering our past and looking to our future.

Building Committee: Our plans for building a new community building have been shelved temporarily due to a lack of volunteers willing to work on the project. We talked about needed improvements to the CAF (Community, Ambulance & Fire) building and grounds, everyone should bring a list of suggestions to the next board meeting.

Community Connections Committee: We have put our Wild Blue Internet service at the CAF building on suspend to save money for now. The service can be reactivated at any time we need it. A Website Editor volunteer is desperately needed. We have changed our meeting night so our newsletter & blogging volunteer will be able to attend the monthly board meetings. The University of Idaho Extension office will be helping our community by offering many of the classes requested by our upriver residents. These classes will be held at the CAF building. More information will be provided as it becomes available. The Flea Market has been suspended until there are more interested vendors.

Community Pride Committee: We reviewed our first annual Pioneer Day festival and started planning for next year. Everyone should bring a list of possible improvements for next year to the next monthly meeting. As always, what we can do is limited by the volunteers who are willing to do the work.

UCU Historical Society: Our booth at the fair was a huge success, we won a Grand Champion–Community Booth. We have begun planning for our 2010 calendars which will be printed in October. The next UCU Historical Society meeting will be held September 28th at 6:30pm at the CAF building.

We discussed some possible fund raisers, possibly a Poker / Snowmobile ride in January. The annual meeting for UCU is coming up in November. Our next Monthly Community Meeting will be on September 14th at 6:30 pm in the CAF building, everyone is welcome.

3rd Annual Cleanup Day—April 25

Warm weather is again exposing the earth, along with all the debris that has accumulated over the winter months. Spring is cleanup time and the third annual Cleanup Day is set for April 25th.

Since we started Community Clean-Up Day three years ago, many of the miles between Emerald Creek Garnet Mine and the far side of Emida have been ADOPTED. That is so exciting! However we do still have many miles to spruce up to make our community sparkle after a long winter.

Beth Halvorsen will be coordinating volunteers for this effort. Please call 245-6726 to claim a mile or find out where you could be helpful. She will be getting the orange garbage bags and disposable safety vests for all volunteers to have whether you have adopted a mile or are helping with unclaimed miles.

Large Highway Safety Signs will also be set-up along the highway from 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
To set this all off, Ron Halvorsen Insurance is sponsoring a coloring contest at UpRiver School. There will be three age groups and the winner in each group will win a $15.00 gift certificate.

This is a great day for those who have adopted highway miles to join others who are cleaning the unclaimed miles in making a clean sweep of the area. We will have fun and camaraderie while improving our scenic byways. Join your friends and neighbors in restoring the beauty of our community on the last Saturday of April.

Thank you all in advance.

The Entrepreneurial and Communications Committees have merged and changed their names to Community Connections. Current leadership consists of co-chairs, Rosemary Niemier and Judi Heicksen.

Come to our new Community Connections meeting, where we are “networking for success,” Sunday, May 3, at 7:00 p.m. at the CAF Building in Fernwood. This new time is temporarily necessary because the Drifter’s will be closed at our regular time. We will see how this works for people who are interested, but have been unable to come to our morning meetings.

We are working on scheduling interesting classes for the community, grants for continued outreach, a possible food bank, and other ideas for improving resources in our local area~~share your thoughts with us.

Call Richard Pullman, 245-9183, or Rosemary Niemier, 245-1459, for more information.

The upcoming community festival titled Pioneer Days is developing as different organizations have offered to take on a variety of activities from food booths to horseshoes and other games. The main emphasis is that the day will be a family-friendly festival, which will encourage participation by all members of the community, down to the youngest family members.

The PTO, Girl Scouts, and 4-H will be sponsoring activities along with the Senior Center, Church, Library, Fire Department, and others. Plan to attend and participate in the judged parade.

We are looking for a Grand Marshall and will take nominations addressed to the Upriver Community United, PO Box 341, Fernwood, ID, 83830. Think Pioneer Days and consider people who have a special connection with our historical roots.

The Historical Society reported that they have a small balance of money in reserve from the sale of the calendars and memberships. They have published their second quarterly newsletter this month. They have gotten access to the Benewah County archives of school reports which detail general information about school enrollment, attendance, the needs of the children, and so forth. The records go back as far as 1915 and indicate that there were 30 schools in the county at one time. The society has also obtained photos of the Fernwood Train Depot being moved.

They would like to start inviting local “elders” who have a lot of knowledge of the area to their meetings and record the “chat” sessions.

Two students from UpRiver School’s yearbook committee were given a tour of the photos in the CAF building. At school they went from class to class sharing the source of the calendars that were donated to the school. There was a lot of interest generated among the students as they got a glimpse into their roots.

The historical group hopes to find grants and do more fund raising to support their work and the cost of restoring and displaying the numerous photographs and artifacts that they are accumulating.

Delegates to the grant-writing workshop (Richard Pullman and Judi Heicksen) reported that they not only learned a lot about grant writing and came away with a lot of resources, but they also wrote a grant for creating a dedicated computer lab at the CAF building. This grant is a work in progress right now. It was created to experience the actual process of grant writing and was based on a plan visualized on the spur of the moment.

When brought back to the Entrepreneurial and Communication Committees, Rosemary Niemier brought up the vision that others had of creating a community food bank in the CAF building, if permission could be obtained. This idea, merged with the computer classroom idea, alters the space requirements, costs, etc. The Board concurred. They have a vision of a future food bank as well, and envision the possibility of making any space alterations in the building temporary and transportable so that they can be reused in any future location we might acquire, while leaving the present location available to any future plans of the county.

As the grant is developed Richard will continue to work on the financial piece while Judi works on the narrative. We will continue to look for grants that can benefit the Historical Society, a food bank, community garden, and other activities to benefit the area.

You probably noticed this listed in the classes below (under Computer Classes), but we wanted you to take notice that there is an opportunity here to develop a resume and search for job possibilities with an experienced guide.

Sign up for this class for FREE ( a change in fee from that listed in the newsletter and on registration forms that have been sent out previously!)

The time has also changed to evening for those of you who cannot make it during the day because of other obligations. It is now scheduled from 6:00-9:00 PM on March 5.

Register by calling the Extension Office at 245-2422.

*Note:  The limitation of 7 students is due to the number of computers we have available. This number may be flexible if you have a wireless capable computer that you can bring to the class. 

Bring your own wireless ready computer or use one of ours for these classes. Register by calling Richard Pullman at 245-9183 or mail registration to the address given. You will be contacted to confirm registration. 

 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS, Richard Pullman instructor, Tuesday and Thursday, February 24th and 26th, 1:00pm to 2:30pm, cost $10, limit 7*.

Intro to Computers is a two-day class (1.5 hours each) designed for the beginner. It will include such basics as turning your computer on and off, exploring the various uses of the computer, definitions of commonly used words, and answers to commonly asked questions. The second day will provide an opportunity to finish up any areas not covered by the first day and give time to practice with guidance what was learned in the first session, answering any questions that have arisen in the meantime.

LANDING A JOB IN THE E-WORLD: how to use your best resource (THE INTERNET) to land a job and launch a career, Ashley McFarland instructor, March 5th, 6:00pm to 9:00pm, No Cost, limit 7*

. Landing a Job in the E-World is a 3-hour class designed for the job searcher. It will cover job searching on the Internet and resume construction. Topics covered will be: Online Job Searching; Tools To Find The Job You Want;  Online Applications; Resume Building; and Communicating With Employers. You will have in-class assistance to find jobs and write resumes You should have a background in word processing (preferably MS Word), have an idea what kind of skills you have, and what types of jobs you might like. 

More classes will be scheduled in the future.  If there is enough interest in the courses some may be repeated.

We value feedback and will be finding instructors and scheduling classes to fit the need. 

*Note:  The limitation of 7 students is due to the number of computers we have available. This number may be flexible if you have a wireless capable computer that you can bring to the class.

UpRiver Community United has had an immensely busy and profitable time since the last newsletter. We received the grant money for which we applied and have made major changes at the CAF building.

·      We hired an electrician to upgrade the wiring to bring it into compliance with code in the kitchen and make the main room useable for a computer lab. While he was doing that, he made sure that the wiring for the ambulance room downstairs was also protected.

·      A plumber fixed the ladies’ and men’s bathrooms so that the fixtures work properly, replacing the sinks and vanities, fixing the toilets, repairing the mildewed walls and floors.

·      Doors have been fixed to add security to the room that will be used to house our equipment and to the front door.

·      We subscribed to WildBlue satellite Internet service and they have installed the dish.

We have also purchased a desktop computer and wireless capable printer as well as software, wireless adapters, and thumb drives for our computer classes. A laptop computer lab is on loan from the U of I Extension Service so that we have 6 laptops, in addition to the desktop, on which class attendees can train. The router is in place and we seem to be ready to offer computer classes!

Thank you to all those who have helped make this happen:

      Charlie and Christine Ashmead, Richard Pullman, Joanne O’Dwyer, Rosemary Niemier, Ashley McFarland,  and Rusty Nail Construction

After hours of preparation, (thanks to Chris and Carol Lee), the collection of local historical photos were framed and ready to hang for this week-ends public viewing! Friday afternoon Chris, Carol Lee and Joanne met at the Fernwood community center to create a gallery-like atmospere in which to show off the 40+ photos that were part of the beginnings of the UpRiver history.

“I have really enjoyed this project!”, exclaimed Chris Ashmead (who is now the chairperson of the newly formed Historical Society.)

The walls were draped with black felt that created the backdrop for the photos that were on display on Novenmber 8th.

“Over 70 people came through the door to view the collection and many bought membership in the Historical Society!”, Carol Lee who manned the table was pleased to say.

Calendars were also on sale that featured the theme, “Now and Then”. We had visitors from as far away as Spokcane, Wallace and Coeur ‘d Alene come to reminience. One such visitor, who donated several of the photos, grew up in Fernwood in the early 1900’s. Her daughters escorted her and stayed for the coffee, homemade cookies (thanks to the volunteers who baked for the event!) and company. You see, Ruth (Sinrud) Cunningham’s father was Peter Lewis Sinrud, the superintentdent of the Blackwell Lumber Company from 1921-1934. Needless to say his photo was proudly on display which gave the family a feeling of belonging. That’s what this is all about, as the conversations in the community center seemed to be telling. People all have a story to tell and it helps to define a community.

I want to give credit to the many people who have come forth with photos and stories: the Issacson family, Bud McCall, Gertude Gray, Bud Harvey, Shirley Harvey, Charlie Peel and Terry Rogers to name a few. The UpRiver Historical Society hopes to continue to document the colorful past of the UpRiver area and we welcome new members! Our long term goal is to secure a location for our artifacts. As for now we have stimulated a lot of interest and have met many interesting folks!

The UpRiver Historical Society is affiliated with the non-profit group, UpRiver Community United, Inc. We meet every last Monday of each month at the CAF building in Fernwood.

…That is what the Entrepreneurial Committee is all about. At least that is how I see it.

We are committed to making UpRiver a good place to live and to that end, we want to make living here more comfortable and a little easier. That means that you need to have access to some of the resources that others take for granted because they live in bigger communities.

Stretching your money, time, and space are things I think would help most people.How can that be done? How can outsiders help individuals accomplish these things? Those are the kinds of questions we have been brainstorming. These thoughts are what produced the surveys that we generated and circulated. We think if we can connect you to resources that will help and inspire you, then you will be able to go farther and do more than you ever thought you could.

We are excited about our new status as a non-profit organization that will help us raise funds for these activities and now we have a grant that is helping us move forward. At the last meeting of the Communications and Entrepreneurial (may I change that name?) Committees, on Monday, October 6, we discussed having speakers come to a community dinner to give us all a “shot in the arm.” We are looking at the possibility of early December in order to locate a presenter. We also were reminded of the Open House the new Historical Society intends to offer in November. (More details will certainly be coming.) We are talking to instructors for various classes that will soon begin to be offered at the CAF building.

We are still brainstorming ideas for reaching everyone with useful and inspirational assistance and welcome all comers with their ideas. Bouncing ideas around causes them to pick up momentum and creativity. Your input is valuable and needed. Please pick a meeting date, time and place that works for you and drop in. We have meetings all through the month focusing on different topics. All meetings are open to UpRiver folk and we encourage, encourage, 

encourage

you to come! Check the calendar until you find one that fits your schedule, then come on in!

The Saturday Flea Market was doing well up until the last several weeks. The weather has been so nice that many people around the area are holding their garage sales at their homes recently so that there has not been the steady visitation or the number of vendors we had earlier. Because of this, Rosemary has decided to have the Flea Market once a month–the first Saturday of the month until further notice.

Start getting your Holiday Crafts stocked up and plan on selling them in the months of November and December. We would like to give everyone the opportunity to display their wares and give local families the opportunity to do their Christmas shopping right in “downtown” Fernwood.

Remember–Christmas is right around the corner!

Yes, that’s right, we have been granted the 501 (c)3 status that makes us officially a non-profit organization. It means we can function tax-free and donors may contribute to help us pursue our goals while deducting the amount as a contribution on their taxes! The news came from the IRS the day (August 27) that we were completing the write-up of a grant requesting money to help the committees promote their work and to provide funds so that the Entrepreneurial Committee could organize some classes in our community for people to improve their business and personal survival skills in our economy.

Now we are waiting for the results of the grant application.

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.

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.

Our Group met at the Hide out on May 19 with a goal in mind of reassembling the committee.Lorelei volunteered to be note taker for the meetings. Joel had resigned as co-chair and Richard had stepped in, but said that he needed someone else to releive him, as he is already involved in and co-chairing numerous other committees. Lorelei said that she would take over. Community Pride is responsible for History Awareness, Signage, Community Day, and Clean up Day. There was discussion about a Community Day and it was suggested that we try to join up with the two other Upriver Communities and make it a weekend event with the various organizations hosting different activities. It was reported that Bud will be putting fences up around the dumpsters. Nancy asked for someone to take over the sign project as she does not have a phone nor internet access. It was reported that there is still money for restoring and copying historical photos that will be framed and displayed in various places. Our next meeting will take place June 23rd, 6:30 @ Hideout. We are looking for more people to join our committee, pass the word on to anyone you know who is interested in being involved in these important activities.

Several members of the community showed up Wednesday, the 28th of May, bringing with them lawn mowers, weed eaters, pruners, and other various cleaning supplies. Sandy and Daryl Hindman were hard at work by nine O’clock in the morning along with Carol Sheahan and Dawn Ahonan, mowing lawns and sprucing up the trees, bushes and landscape on the grounds of the CAF Building. Later Lorelei Dockery pitched in for a little while and after a lunch provided by Horizons at the Hideout, Carol, Dawn and Audra Anderson returned to scrub the inside of the building. Chris Ashmead and Debby Powell are going to fix up the horse shoe pits with sand. If I left anything out, sorry, feel free to add it in. It is looking wonderful! Thank You so much to everyone for all your hard work.

Our group met at the Emida Community Center on May 16th at 6:00 p.m.  We have been discussing sprucing up the CAF Building in Fernwood and decided to set a clean up date for May 28th from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.  The horizons program will purchase cleanning supplies and a meal will be provided to all workers at the Hideout.   We discussed restoration of old pictures of the Upriver Community to display throughout our communities.  A couple of members of our group toured the Nazarene Church Gym Facility to get ideas on building and financing options.  We are making arrangements to tour other community centers and gym facilities and hope to have some dates next meeting.

Congrats to Judy of Cascade, she’s our weekly winner!  Thanks to all the new bloggers who’ve signed up.  If you’re part of the steering committee, hopefully these questions will help you work on the final report that is due June 30. Please let us know if you have any questions about the blog or the report.There is a Blogging Handbook available on our Horizons website at http://extension.ag.uidaho.edu/horizons/coaches.htm at the very top of the page… Thanks to MJ for writing this beginner’s guide! Also, for those communities that may be looking for a little more training, please contact MJ at merijoz@uidaho.edu / 208-885-8949 to see how she can help you.Rules: Post your answers on your blogsite by Tuesday, June 3 by midnight and be entered in the drawing for one of our book titles… I will be at a conference May 27-30 so this will give you a whole extra week…NOTE: Please enter your answers as either a comment to the original question OR as a brand new entry on your blog so that the answers are easy for people to find.Reflective Questions:

•  Of all the things you have done during the last 18 months in the Horizons program, of what are you most proud? 

Scavenger Hunt Question:·         Which Idaho Horizons community is working with the University of Idaho to help with their vision to “rebuild a community center to assist local families fight back against the ravages of poverty. They are looking to the future when they will have a center that provides central business offices for the city, a town library and public computers with Internet accessibility, expanded recreational facilities for youth and adults, a hall for future leadership and life skills training.”The winner will receive a copy of the book: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People will Follow You by John C. Maxwell.

Entrepreneur and entrepreneurial seem like such big words to me and maybe not everyone knows what they mean or thinks that the words refer to them. Well, if you like to figure out how to make money (other than printing it) you are an entrepreneur!

The UpRiver Communities decided that you are some of the most important people in our community because you help make it live and grow. Therefore a special committee was put into place to help you and everyone else make a living here and help you thrive.–We call it the Entrepreneurial Development Committee. If you’ve been reading these pages you’ve already seen it, but may not have thought you were invited to participate or that it could do anything for you. You ARE invited to attend the meetings and provide your input. You also ARE invited to attend the “business person’s breakfast” (is there a better name for that?) on the first Monday of the month at the Drifters Cafe in Emida. Watch for times (they will start earlier in June).

At the last committee meeting we decided to propose to the board that we have an UpRiver Flea Market on Saturdays at the CAF building. SHHH, don’t tell anyone, yet, because we haven’t gotten it approved, but we hope to be open on the first weekend in June. Watch for further details. (Yes, there would be a charge for having a booth, which will benefit the UpRiver Community’s ability to fund future trainings and other projects.) We proposed the idea of a flea market to make it more comprehensive than a farmer’s market. Perhaps someone with a budding business can try the market here before going on to bigger things. Let’s see what happens. . .

Congrats to Andrea of Grangeville, she’s our weekly winner!

Thank you all for the interesting responses about your community and what makes it ‘unique’ to you compared to other rural communities in Idaho.

I grew up in a small farming community in Idaho near the Utah border and I still think about it every day, the views and colors and smells and intense farm work we did (pulling rye, driving around and around in a tractor for 12 hours a day, herding cattle, etc) helped shape my life and world view. It’s that sense of place that helps define who we are and how we relate to the world around us.

I hope you’re all getting comfortable and familiar with the blogging process. Mary, MJ and I thank you for all the time and hard work you’ve devoted to this part of Horizons and know it’s just a small part of what you are all doing in your communities.

Please let MJ (merijoz@uidaho.edu) or me (dgray@uidaho.edu) know if we can help you with any questions you might have about blogging.

A ‘how to blog’ handbook is now available on our Horizons website at http://extension.ag.uidaho.edu/horizons/coaches.htm at the very top of the page…

Reflective Questions:

As we near the ‘end’ of this phase of Horizons, take a moment to look back on the past 18 months to answer these questions.

Has your community sought any additional resources outside of Horizons for your projects? 

How has your community partnered with communities and/or organizations beyond Horizons?

Scavenger Hunt Question:  Which Horizons community has an organization sponsoring a ‘Volcano Breakfast’ and what IS a Volcano Breakfast?

This week’s winner will receive a copy of:

One Nation, Underprivileged: Why American Poverty Affects Us All / Mark Robert Rank

Rules: Post your answers on your blogsite by May 20 (midnight) and be entered in the drawing for one of our book titles…

NOTE: Please enter your answers as either a comment to the original question OR as a brand new entry on your blog so that the answers are easy for people to find.