Newell

Newell MS Exploratory Class has been given the title of JR Horizons by the local newspaper. The class is committed to making a difference every day. This particular day they spent their classtime cleaning up roofing materials at the house of a lady who was unable to do so herself. Giving back to the community is a great lesson our schools are instilling in our youth!

 GO IRRIGATORS!

Nisland volunteers including City Council Members and the local CAT program put together a Halloween themed event like no other. The fairground pavilion was transformed into a foggy, cobwebbed delight that provided fun, prizes and screams throughout the evening. Upstairs featured a spookhouse, and a costume contest was held towards the end of the night. Many local businesses contributed, all funds raised went towards the fairground grandstand repair fund and food raised from the one can admission went to the CAT program who will distribute it to those in need throughout the NVN area.

Work done on clean up days have included mowing lawns, felling dead trees, scraping and painting, washing windows, and more. If you’ve got projects you need help with or would like to help yourself - contact Cheryl McCann and she’ll help line things up! November 3rd is the next Clean Up Day!!!

Horizons organized an area garage sale to help folks get a jump start on their fall cleaning, and maybe make a few bucks. For out of towners City Hall or the City Park was available for them to set up and sell their items. Horizons members put maps together so bargain hunters didn’t miss out on a single sale, and so foks unfamiliar with town knew where to go. A few local businesses participated by holding sidewalk sales that day.

Horizon’s first Hometown Festival held in the Newell City Park in July was a hit. Many locals brought in produce, crafts, artwork and other items to sell. Horizon’s also provided a free meal for the whole community to enjoy. A large display of the progress of the Horizons group was displayed along with photos of recent clean up day progress.

The importance of the sheep industry in our rural area is undeniable. Our community is constantly changing and growing, and the above survey is simply a tool to sample opinion to find out exactly how residents currently relate to the theme of Sheep Capital. With new signage coming into town a new goal, this will provide commitee members with valuable feedback on the issue. Feel free to comment to explain your answer in detail!

Was it the small town atmosphere? Family & friends? Whether you’re young or old, explain why you chose Newell to move to, or why you never left. If you’re still in school - why do you plan to leave, or stay?

The City of Newell is opening up the Rubble Site on November 3rd from 9am-5pm. They will be accepting anything that the site normally would take at NO CHARGE - for a list of accepted items contact the City Finance Office at 456-2737.

At the Special City Council Mtg on Oct. 24th, council decided to open up the rubble site to white appliances, cars, and other metal items at NO charge. A scrap dealer with a crusher will be visiting Newell soon and since the city will be paid by the ton he receives, it’s a win-win opportunity for everyone. Anyone in the area may bring metal items to the rubble site at no charge from now until November 9th during normal working hours - by appointment only. To make an appointment call the City Finance Office at 456-2737.

 The afternoon before Homecoming Horizons hosted a Festival that proved to have a little something for everyone to enjoy. Local clubs, organizations, teams, and businesses set up booths and fun activities to raise funs or awareness for thier causes.

Thanks to Thrivent, the Horizons Beautification fund, Boom Concrete, Newell City Council and the work of the Newell Volunteer Fire Department, we will soon have a new shelter in the North Park!  Families can picnic, swing, walk on the path, and enjoy a game of baseball while taking a break under the new shelter.  We thank those who are helping to make this project possible and greatly appreciate all of the donations and support!  We simply ask that you enjoy the new shelter and thank those that helped make this project a reality! 

Newell is seeing many changes this year, thanks to the Horizon Grant program through the Northwest Area Foundation.  Although, what we’ve seen are small changes and improvements thus far, the Visioining/Strategic Planning Group is on its way to planning big things for our city.  Stay tuned for more information and updates.  If you have an idea of how to improve your city, please email the Horizons crew at newellhorizons@hotmail.com!  Join us for our next community meeting on November 9, 2007 at the Newell City Hall!  See you there!

Blog Training attended by many SD community representatives started at 6:30pm at the Extention Office in Sturgis, SD on October 23rd. Over 15 people young and old, with differing computer literacy skills come to learn how to post blogs and manage their town sites. After the more than two hours of training folks were able to add posts and the new South Dakota Community Blogs were up and rolling.