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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNewsletter City_November 2014Mayor’s Message M AR K YO U R C AL E N D AR N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 4 City Council Meeting November 5th & 19th @ 7pm in the council chambers Classic Movies every Wednesday @ 7:00 Romance Theater Fall Clean Up October 20- November 17 Tabernacle Orchestra Fall concert Novem- ber 12 @ 7:30 Thanksgiving Concert November 27 10am @ the Tabernacle Happy Veterans Day Happy Thanksgiving All City Offices will be closed November 11 for Veterans Day, & November 27, & 28 for Thanksgiving I write this letter on the eve of Halloween. By the time you receive it, probably, all of the loose candy wrappers and chunks of broken, withered pumpkins will be gone. You will then be thinking of the coming of Thanksgiving and a fast approaching Christmas. We have so many festivities in the coming months that one celebration is often nearly forgot- ten. I am speaking of Veterans Day. It will be held November 11 th, which is a Tuesday, at Smith Park. There will be a wreath laying, music, and a fly-over. It is a good time to remember all those who have served. When I say this I am reminded of the pioneers of this community as well. I have read David L. Crowder’s great book, Rexburg, Idaho: The first one hundred years, 1883 -1983. There are many amusing as well as inspiring stories and great quotes. One from Deseret News says, “Rexburg is the largest town in Fremont County, having a population of about one thousand four hundred souls. It has two semi-weekly newspapers and the population grows daily. Saturday, and almost every day, the main street is filled with teams… The future of the ‘Burg’ is great and if you want your hat knocked off, just say otherwise. The people love their town and its coming greatness and The Snake River Country, which is in its infancy, no man at this time can foretell.” Another is from Crowder’s book that states, “The Rexburg citizens cer- tainly agreed with this optimistic assessment at the start of the twentieth century.” I agree as well in the sense that I think the thing that I appreciate most is the enthusiastic atti- tude of those early days. As we read the histories we get a sense of the greatness of the genera- tions that have passed before us. What will be our contribution? The City of Rexburg is doing well. I want to thank, our workers, all, who keep this ‘Burg’ run- ning. The waste water facility is in good hands! City Streets are much improved this year! I of- ten hear comments on how clean our town is: the parks, the streets, and the homes. These comments come from people outside our town. Thank you all! May we remember our veterans, may we remember the past, may we be re- minded that there are great things in our near future, and may we take part in helping our com- munity along. We can do great things as private citizens just like the early residents of this ‘Burg’ and the vets who helped to make the world a greater place. -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 FALL CLEAN UP October 20-November 17. Materials to be picked up must be out at the curb away from your garbage can. Our Street Department will try to pick up materials on your sched- uled garbage pick up day, but may be a day after. Please bag or bundle materials as much as possible so they may be picked up by hand. If the City has to use heavy equip- ment to load trees, branches, etc. you will be notified, and may be charged for equipment use. Limbs & branches should be bundled and cut no longer than 6' lengths. We will not be able to pick up bagged sod. Check out our new City Calendar rexburg.org/pages/clerks-city-calendar The Rexburg Tabernacle Orchestra will present their free Fall Concert Wednesday, November 12, 7:30 pm in the Rexburg Tabernacle and will feature the 3 B's of famous composers, i.e. Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. Dr. Kevin Call is returning from leave as the conductor of this community ensemble. It is sponsored by the City of Rexburg and the Rexburg Arts Council. Movie Classics every Wednesday night at The Ro- mance Theater 7:00 & only 50 cents! November Movies: 5th-Tangled 12-Frozen 19-Elf Annual Thanksgiving morning program at the Rexburg Tabernacle. 10-11 am. Community Choir, guest artists and seasonal message. This concert is FREE. Free vehicle inspection night, November 14, 2014 from 4:30-7:30PM in the Austin Building at BYU-I. This is a free event for the public to come and have their vehicle inspected, get some tips on vehicle maintenance as well as getting to know more about our automotive program. We have also been helping scouts get their auto- motive merit badge. We enjoy serving our community as it does so much for us. December 12, 13, 19, 20 and 22 Garbage Pick up Schedule Veterans Day 11/11/14 All Garbage will be picked up on Wednesday Nov 12 Thanksgiving 11/27/14-11/28/14 Residential-will be picked up Saturday Nov 29 Commercial Thursday pick up will be on Wednesday and Friday pick up will be on Saturday Marriage 101-Building Your Kingdom 2 Day Event– Nov 21-21, 2014—$75 @ City Hall Call or Text for Reservations 208-390-9383 At Marriage 101 you will gain empowering insights & tools to become a balanced, supportive &committed couple, resolve conflict & intensify happiness, strength- en you individually and as a couple, and much more.