HomeMy WebLinkAboutNewsletter City_December 2014Mayor’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 4
City Council Meeting
December 3rd & 17th
@ 7pm in the council
chambers
National Tribute
Band, December 11
Arts and recreation
sign ups now through
January 6, 2015
Shop with a Cop Sat-
urday December 13
All City Offices will be
closed December
25-26 & January 1st
Garbage Pick up
schedule
Commercial pick up
will be Wednesday
December 24th
Residential pick up
will be on Friday De-
cember 26th
Merry Christmas,
Happy Holidays, and
Happy New Year!
As of this writing, tomorrow will be Thanksgiving. I love this time of year. We do have much
to be thankful for and it fits in well with the coming Christmas season. I remember that in my
early years Thanksgiving was a big thing. It was a big thing in our school, with skits and plays.
We definitely knew who the pilgrims were. We learned how the Native Americans taught
them how to plant corn and how to fertilize it. The pilgrims were helpful and were invited to a
“Thanksgiving Feast”, theirs and our first. Those pilgrims came for religious freedom and a
chance to pursue their dreams. They came to better themselves. It makes me think of the
people who moved across the “Great American Desert” for religious freedom. They were pil-
grims as well. They were seeking freedom and the opportunity of pursuing their collective and
personal dreams. A few years later there were hearty and adventuress people that made their
way into this Upper Valley. I like to brag that they were the best of the best. They were pil-
grims again. They were the founders and the builders of communities in places such as
Rexburg. Those were hard times but they were a people equal to the task. They excelled, they
did not just survive. They built schools, churches, mills and extensive irrigation systems.
They did this all almost immediately after their arrival. They also created the Bannock Acade-
my, the first higher education facility in the State of Idaho.
Today its successor, BYU Idaho is the largest university in the State of Idaho. This area was
and is successful because of a “can do it” attitude that stemmed from those original pilgrims.
They were dreamers and builders. They were innovators and inventors. They were pioneers in
many ways.
They have given us a legacy. It is ours to preserve and honor. Our legacy and duty as citizens
of this area is to continue to be pioneers in education, innovation and entrepreneurship. Our
legacy and duty is to have visions and dreams for the future and for our youth. We call our-
selves Americas Family Community. We can be so. We can begin by giving thanks to those who
were here before. Then we must move forward with faith in ourselves and our community.
We are a “can do it” people.
Rexburg is well. There are some who need a little help with utilities and such at this time of
the year. You can make a much appreciated donation included with your utility payment.
There are other ways of expressing our thanksgiving as well. Thank You All!
-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
Check out our new City Calendar
rexburg.org/pages/clerks-city-calendar
Garbage Pick up Schedule
Christmas Residential Garbage for Thursday the 25th
and Friday the 26th, will be picked up Saturday, Decem-
ber 27 and New Years Day Residential Garbage will
be picked up the Friday after (January 2nd)
Christmas Day and New Years Day Commercial
Garbage will be picked up the day before, Wednesday
December 24th and Wednesday December 31st.
The Madison Library Foundation is excited to an-
nounce the creation of the Friends
of the Madison Library group. For a
small yearly fee you can become a
member and help support our local
library! We help purchase comput-
ers, activity kits, and worn out circu-
lation materials. If you have bene-
fited from this great community resource, please consider
joining to show your appreciation and make our library
even better! Our members only kickoff event will be held
Saturday, January 17, from 10 am to noon; and we'll be
having a meet and greet story time with some of your
children's favorite characters! If anyone has a superhero,
princess, or other type of costume and would be willing
to help with the event, please contact webmas-
ter@madisonlibfound.org
For more info or to sign up please see
www.madisonlibfound.org/friends
December 12, 13, 19, 20 and 22
The Nashville Tribute Band
December 11, 2014 @ The Tabernacle
7:00pm Tickets available at Rexburg.org
The Shop With a Cop program joins children who are in
need with local law enforcement officers, providing the chil-
dren with money to shop for Christmas presents for their
families and themselves. The program is funded completely
from donations. Underprivileged children who participate 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 vehicle, with
lights and siren. First they enjoy a breakfast donated by
McDonalds and, in years past have gone to Kmart to shop,
however, due to the closing of the Rexburg Kmart we are
now excited to have the opportunity to shop at the Rexburg
Walmart.
Not only do the children get a chance to purchase Christmas
presents that they otherwise would not be able to buy, but
they also get a chance to build a positive relationship with law
enforcement.
The program benefits children in Madison, Fremont, Jeffer-
son, Clark and Teton Counties.
Fundraising and donations are done throughout the year to
insure that funds are available at the time families and children
are selected for the yearly shopping event. We appreciate any
donation you make to this program at any time of the year.
All donations go to the Shop with a Cop program to help pro-
vide Christmas for children in need.
If you have questions regarding the program, please con-
tact Lt. Colin Erickson or Sgt.
Colette Davison at the Rexburg
Police Department (208) 359-
3008. Donations to the program
can be made at the Rexburg
Police Department