HomeMy WebLinkAboutNewsletter City_March 2016Mayor’s Message
M AR K YO U R
C AL E N D AR
M A R C H 2 0 1 6
City Council Meeting
March 3rd & 16th@
6:30 pm in the council
chambers
Events/shows at the
Romance
Upper Valley Idol
Volunteer Opportuni-
ties
Happy St.Patricks
Day
Happy Easter
What a great place Rexburg is! People have asked me if I’m settling into my new job yet and I
reply, “There is no settling in here. It is go, go, go all the time and I love it”!! We have so much
to offer here. I had the opportunity to attend the Tabernacle Orchestra’s Russian concert re-
cently. What a marvelous and dedicated group of musicians they are! If you haven’t gone to
one of their concerts yet, you are missing out. I think people are discovering them…the Taber-
nacle was full almost to overflowing and those attendees were richly rewarded with beautiful
classical music and education.
I also love attending the many events at Madison High School and BYUI. The sporting events,
concerts, plays, debate tournaments, etc. are all worthy of time and attention. We have great
kids and we adults need to encourage and support them in doing great things. As I write this,
our boys’ basketball team is on their way to state and I’m going to go out on a limb and predict
a state championship…we’ll see how that goes by the time this comes out!
Recently I’ve been to two meetings regarding ideas for recharging the Eastern Snake Plain Aq-
uifer. The underground water level has been declining to a point that we need to be concerned
and take action to save it. Please be aware of excess water usage and don’t let your taps run if
not absolutely needed. We’ll have more water saving tips in a future message. Many farmers,
cities and heavy commercial users are banding together to come up with methods to capture
more of the escaping surface water and inject it back into the ground. We all need to work to-
gether to protect and preserve this marvelous resource that serves us all so well.
We are blessed with so many wonderful people and volunteers that work to do great things for
our community. Jessica Goudy and her team at Madison Cares did a great job promoting “Start
with HELLO” in Rexburg and Heidi Fransen and her team are working hard to organize a
great event featuring Tim Ballard, the founder of Operation Underground Railroad. His organi-
zation fights human trafficking and sex slavery. I encourage all of us to attend this event and
learn what we can to do to help prevent this horrendous crime against humanity. It will be held
at the Tabernacle on March 11th at 7 pm. Admission is free. Please come and bring friends and
family to support this worthy cause.
Thank you all for being such great citizens and helping to create the FRIENDLIEST CITY IN
THE WORLD. Go, Go Rexburg, “America’s Family Community”!!
-Jerry Merrill
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
You can now park on city
streets over night, beginning
March 1st
The Teton Flood Museum is looking for volunteers
Our volunteers’ time and talent are vital to the success of
the museum. If you are college-age or older, have some
free time during a week day or weekend day, and are look-
ing for a rewarding, enriching experience, then volunteer-
ing at the Museum may be for you.
Museum volunteers bring skills, life-experience, and ener-
gy to supporting the Museum's mission and the work of
our staff as they donate their time. The weekly hourly
commitment varies per position, but most volunteers
commit an average of two to six hours per week.
For more information please contact our Museum Cura-
tor, Jackie Rawlins at jackie.rawlins@rexburg.org
February 8-12 March 7-11 April 4-8 May 2-6 June 13-17 July 11-15
February 22-26 March 21-25 April 18-22 May 16-20 June 27-July 1 July 25-29
May 30-June 3
August 8-12 September 5-9 October 3-7 Nov 14-18 Dec 12-16
August 22-26 September 19-23 October 17-21 Nov 28-Dec 2 Dec 26-30
October 31-Nov 4
Upper Valley Idol
The Madison Senior Citizens
Center is seeking community
members to volunteer who are
available weekdays from
10:00am until 12:30pm for
Meals on Wheels lunch deliveries. Anyone inter-
ested can contact Dave Klingler at (208) 356-8442
for more information and details. Thank you!