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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNewsletter City_January 2013January 2013 Upcoming Events City Council Meeting January 2 & 16 at 7:00 pm Rexburg City Hall Reminder: As of De- cember 15 it is prohib- ited to park on city streets from 2 am to 7 am until March 1st Snow Fest Saturday, January 26th 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at Smith Park City offices will be closed January 21st For Martin Luther King, Jr Day Community Update Mayors Message: What a fun and joyful time Christmas is. The Mayan end of the world came and went and I no longer need to hide under my desk. There is so much candy, cake, specialty breads, and sense of good cheer here at City Hall that it is hard not to be affected. Christmas will be passed by the time you read this letter but, let me wish you all a Happy New Year. Let us all hope for the best, and then plan for it. We can plan for better and achieve it. We can set goals and fulfill them. It was in the early spring of the year that we used to get all of those seed catalogs. Oh! What beautiful pictures they contained. We would plan our gardens fill out our seed orders and mail them off. We would still go through those catalogs. It felt good to be excited as spring approached. I miss those days of hopeful anticipation. (I lived a long ways away from town) However I think that we can achieve the same today. We could go in together as neighbors and create gardens on those vacant lots here in town. Instead of unsightly weed patches or sterile earth, we could be looking at the verdant green of a beautiful vege- table garden. We could teach our children the value of hard work and the joy of the harvest. We could enjoy great tasting produce and maybe even store some away for the winter season. I can think if no better gift that we could give our children than the knowledge and value of being self suffi- cient. Can we do it? Yes! We can! Should we? I believe so. We could have a great deal of fun and get to know one another better. We could help to feed the poor and ourselves. Please email me: mayor@rexburg.org with your sug- gestions and ideas. Again Happy New Year -Richard S. Woodland Auditions February 1 & 2 Check the Romance Theater Marquee for more information Page 2 January 2013 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 Saturday, January 26th 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at Smith Park This year’s annual Snow Fest Celebration will include: Treasure Hunt, Sled Hill, Snowball target throw, Snow Graffiti, etc. Ages 12 and older may brave the cold and take the Polar Bear Plunge. Horse carriage rides also available. All for free. This year there will also be a Figure 8 car race at Riverside Park, behind K-Mart for a small entrance fee. 2013 Upper Valley Master Gardener Program Do you want to: Increase your home horticulture knowledge and skills. Give back to your community. Make new gardening friends. Then be a part of the 2013 Upper Valley Mas- ter Gardener Program! Details: Location: Fremont County Annex Building, St. Anthony, ID Dates: Every Wednesday, January 30—May 8, 2013 Time: 6:00 to 9:00 PM Cost: $75.00, (which includes the cost of the manual) Registration is now open. Final registration deadline is Jan- uary 28. To register please call the Fremont County Exten- sion Office at 624-3102, or you can download the registra- tion forms on the Fremont County Website under the Exten- sion Department, and then mail them into the Extension of- fice.