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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNewsletter City_December 2015Mayor’s Message M AR K YO U R C AL E N D AR D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 5 City Council Meeting December 2nd & 16th @ 7pm in the council chambers Santa at the Carousel December 7th A Christmas Carol December 11-12, 18-19, & 21st Shop with a Cop Donations All city offices will be closed half day on December 24th and all day December 25th for Christmas and half day December 31st and all day January 1st for New Years Day Thanksgiving has gone by. It seems a little disappointing. There are so many dis- tractions. The terrorist attacks and the resulting fears concerning travel. Then the biggest distraction of all, BLACK FRIDAY! Whatever happened to the family gatherings, the games cousins played as kids, the sociality, the leftovers and late night snacks and finishing off the pies? Where I spent Thanksgiving, the mer- chants were open for business in the early afternoon of Thanksgiving Day until late in the evening. Some of them even called it black Thursday. Wow, times have changed! I long for the old days. Can we bring them back? I think not, but we as a people can hold to traditional values and observe Thanksgiving as a Day of Thanks, a special day, a day with sincere thanks given to our Maker for all the good things in life that we enjoy. I am thankful for our Veterans! I am thankful for their sacrifice. That sacrifice affords us the freedom to give thanks to our Maker. I am thankful for our City workers. They often don’t get to enjoy the holi- days. Crime and accidents do not respect holidays, neither do fires nor the need for emergency services. Mother Nature is no respecter of holidays and I am thankful for those who clean and maintain our streets. It is an amazing task. It must be done when the streets are empty, free of traffic. It is a dark, cold job and takes over eight hours. Their efforts provide us with safe streets; not only safe, but the cleanest streets in our area. Rexburg plows every street, both commercial and residential; Idaho Falls, Rigby, Blackfoot, St. Anthony, and others do not. I am thankful for all the City crews and staff. We have the safest and best tasting water available. Our crews work tirelessly to make our public drinking water safe. Changes have been made to insure that such an event as the Water Advisory that the Public Health Department issued late last month will not occur again. I never stopped drinking it. It was never unsafe! I want to thank the citizens of the City of Rexburg and surrounding area for making this such a great place to live. Thanks to you ALL and Merry Christmas! -Richard S. Woodland 35 N 1st E Rexburg, Idaho 83440 208.359.3020 / fax 208.359.3022 customerservices@rexburg.org Monday-Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Garbage Pick up days for December Holidays Residential Garbage pick up: If your regular pick up is on Friday, Christmas Day or New Years Day, you will get picked Saturday, December 26 & January 2nd. Commercial Garbage pick up: If your regular pick up is on Friday, Christmas Day or New Years Day, you will get picked up the day before, Thursday, December 24 & December 31st The Shop with a Cop program joins children who are in need with local law enforcement officers, providing the children with money to shop for Christmas presents for their families and themselves. The program is funded completely from donations. Underprivileged children who partici- pate in the program are chosen by law enforcement officers. Children and officers meet the morning of Shop with a Cop where they travel together in a law enforcement vehi- cle, with lights and siren. First they enjoy a breakfast do- nated by McDonalds and then go to Walmart to shop. Not only do the children get a chance to purchase Christ- mas presents that they otherwise would not be able to buy, but they also get a chance to build a positive relationship with law enforcement. Donations to the program can be made at the Rexburg Police Department 25 East Main Street Rexburg, Idaho 83440 (208) 359-3008 REXBURG VENUES Upcoming Events @ The Tabernacle and The Romance Theater Dec. 5th Rexburg Community Theatre Auditions for Arsenic and Old Lace – Tabernacle 9 am – Noon Dec. 7th – Upper Valley Women's Choir Concert – Tabernacle 7pm Dec. 14th – O.U.R. Christmas Concert – Tabernacle 6:30 pm Dec. 11-12, 18-19, 21st - A Christmas Carol – The Romance 7 pm Jan. 22nd/23rd – Upper Valley Idol Auditions - The Romance Theater Family Movie Night and Friday Theme Movie Night Starting in January – more in- formation to come. Parking Reminder: parking on City Streets over night is prohibited start- ing December 15th. Ordinance 1030: "It shall be unlawful for any person to leave or store any automobile, truck, bicycle, wagon or other convey- ance or vehicle, machine, implement or other item of personal property between the fifteenth (15) day of December of each year and the first (1st) day of March of the following year upon any street or alley in the City of Rexburg, Idaho, between the hours of 2:00 A.M. and 7:00 A.M.”