Newell

The Newell Cub Scouts will be holding their annual Pinewood Derby at City Hall on January 20th at 2pm.

New this year is a business class, local businesses are being challenged to build a car and compete against one another.

In part this is a fundraiser, to compete you will need to purchase a $25 car kit from the local scouts, you need not be present to race, but must be at City Hall for the weigh in at 2pm.

For more information or to purchase a kit contact Scout Leaders Jim Anderson or Kurt Olson.

Join in and support your local scouts!

On Tuesday, January 8th Dr. Thom Flamboe will be speaking at Austin Auditoriom from 2:15-3:45pm. His program “I Am Somebody” is free and the public is invited to attend.

Horizon’s offers Regional Seminar #1 

REGIONAL COLLABORATIONS & COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS
Mon. Jan. 28, 2008
Mitchell Technical Institute, 6:30 pm 

Click below for more information on this event

www.southdakota.community.blogs.us

If you shopped out of town for Christmas gifts, or at any time in the past year - why?

One of Horizons Strategic Goals is to implement a “Gator Card”  - a type of Shop Newell incentive to encourage citizens to spent their money in our community rather than out of town or county.

It might be beneficial to explore the many reasons that folks do go out of town to shop. Are there products that Newell just doesn’t offer? Is it because you can find it out of town more affordable? Are you working out of town and it’s easier to do your shopping there also? Simply explain why you shop out of town, maybe the feedback can help Horizons and local business owners to work to serve more of our citizens.

To read more about the Gator Card idea, click on Newell Stragetic Plan on the right toolbar and read through the many goals Horizons has set for themselves! If you would like to join in to help see some of these goals through, contact Amanda Keller for more information.

Click below to see more detailed results from this poll

http://www.vizu.com/poll-results.html?n=65453

Our newest restuarant in town officially opened today, hours will be 5:30am-10pm everyday, with possibly extended evening hours as the crowd dictates. Formerly known as the Royal Oak, the building sat empty for over two years before current owners Jeremiah and Tracy Heath bought, remodeled and opened the business.

During the recent Newell City Council mtg the finance officer reported that Martin Trucking had paid the city $20 per ton for the scrap metal he crushed , and compacted from the city rubble site, meaning the city received a payment of $1,795.60! Newell Horizons played a large part in getting this much scrap iron to the rubble site, they lined up volunteers, machinery, and dump trucks to help haul items out of town and the surrounding area. They took time out of their busy schedules to take calls and make numerous trips to the site.

The clean up projects have helped to gain awareness of one of the strengths Newell possesses - we are able to pull together to get things done. By recognizing that not all folks have the means, physical ability, or vehicles to bring items to the rubble site area residents worked to make sure anyone that needed help received it. The awareness of the diversity within our community helped to ensure that needs were met and projects were completed to the best of everyone abilities.

TJ’s (formerly known as the Royal Oak) opened their doors this evening for a private meeting of the SD Stockgrowers Association. For more information on the SDSGA check out their website

http://www.southdakotastockgrowers.org/

As if our teachers don’t give enough, they’ve gone one step futher this year - this is the letter students brought home recently:

Newell’s Lutheran Church put on a lunch, craft bazaar, bake sale, and even had entertainment provided by the Slim Butte Boys on the afternoon of December 1st. All proceeds will go towards crisis intervention in our community.

Newell 5th graders listen to guest speaker Meade Co. Deputy States Attorney Wendy Kloeppner during their graduation from the DARE program on Friday night.

!!!!CONGRADULATIONS!!!!

December 8th, 2007

4:30pm Christmas Tree Lighting at South Park shelter

5pm Christmas Caroling in City Hall

5:30pm SANTA arrives at City Hall

Register for a free bike to be given away! Chili Supper and Popcorn Balls

5:30-7pm Turkey Bingo (25 cents per card) Cake Walk (25 cents per card)

All proceeds benefit Horizons beautification projects.

6:30 Santa draws for two FREE bikes!! One lucky girl and one lucky boy will win, but they must be present to win.

This event is co-sponsored by Newell Community Club & HORIZONS.

On Saturday, December 1st stop in at the NVN Center from 9am-2pm for a craft bazaar. From 11:30-12:30 the Slim Butte Boys will be providing the entertainment, and many different food items will be available.

If you haven’t purchased today’s edition of The Valley Irrigator you’re missing out (ok, I’ll admit my opinion might be slightly biased), as the Horizons/City Clean up made front page news. Appoximately 5 tons of buried rubble, 5 tons of scrap metal, 150 refrigerator items, 130 misc white goods, 2 cars and 1 ton of branches were hauled to the City Rubble Site on Novemeber 3rd - all this in ONE DAY! All in all they estimate 100 tons of scrap iron will be crushed, compacted and hauled on outta town when everything is said and done.

If the numbers alone don’t prove there’s been some serious structural changes in many areas (leadership, community, and povery), I’m not sure what will. Many attributed the days success to Horizons, City, and other residents ALL working together towards a common goal. Who says change is a bad thing?!!!

Are you a hunter that wants to help area families in need? Or is your family in need of meat? The SD Sportsmen Against Hunger (SAH) can help, this year they are issuing processing certificates worth $50 (limit of 4 per person) to hunters that donate all the meat from an antlerless deer for processing and distribution to needy families.

$50 will cover the entire cost of processing at Newell’s Tri-County Lockers. Hunters can fill out the processing certificate forms at the locker to use as payment. For more information on the program visit www.sdgfp.info/Wildlife/hunting/Info/SAH/Index.htm

After being processed, the locker donates the meat to the NVN Ministerial Association who runs the Newell Food Pantry. If you could use the meat, visit the pantry at the NVN Center which is open every 1st and 3rd Thursday from 1-4pm. If you cannot make it during those hours, contact Assembly of God Pastor Nathan Keller and he’ll make arrangements to open it up at a more convenient time.

Another shining example of how leadership from those in the community can help those in need, and also raise awareness of how we can work together to combat poverty in our area.

On the evening of November 18th the NVN Ministerial Association put on a Community Thanksgiving feast, followed by a  Steve Desmond concert. Hundreds of area residents attended, friends and families came together to worship and enjoy the company of their neighbors.

On the evening of November 17th at the NVN Center the Butte County Historical Society held a pancake supper and silent auction to raise funds for continued restoration of the 1884 Hillside School, which is now west of the BF Police Dept. Originally it was located SW of Nisland. President Gwenn Vallery said anyone with an interest in history is welcome to join, dues are 5$ a year - contact any of the more than 70 members for additional information.

On Wednesday, November 28th from 8:30-3:30 there will be a blood drive at the Newell High School sponsored by the National Honor Society. Total Donor Goal is 48, local contact is Betsey Burtzlaff at 456-2393. For additional info visit www.unitedbloodservices.org

Save a life - donate blood.

On Saturday, November 17th at the NVN Center from 5-7pm the Butte Co. Historical Society will be hosting a pancake, egg, and sausage supper and a silent auction. Freewill donations will be accepted, all proceeds will go to the Hillside School Historical Restoration Project.

Over the past couple of weeks Horizons has continued to get phone calls to help people move out old fridges, water heaters, stoves, and other miscellaneous scrap metal. There have been lots of loads to the rubble site since the main cleanup day held on Saturday, November 3rd. Thanks to the people who have continued to volunteer equipment, time and muscles!

Nope, not a misprint - according to organizers of the latest clean up day (11/3) the City Rubble Site had to stop collecting tires mid afternoon due to the fact that they were at their allowed quota. 700 tires were collected within 4 hours!! Loads and loads of snowmobiles, motorcycles, and appliances large and small were just some of the various other items also taken to the Rubble Site.

Three local churches are participating in Operation Christmas Child this year. You can help - fill a shoebox with gift items for a girl or boy in one of the following age catagories 2-4, 5-9, or 10-14. Then along with $7 for shipping, drop the filled box off at the Newell Baptist Church on 11-11 from 4-6pm or 11-12 from 5-6pm. The Newell Christian Fellowship will be packaging boxes on 11-12 starting at 1pm, and the Prairie Home Church will be accepting boxes on 11-11 during church services. These boxes will be shipped to children in more than 100 countries that wouldn’t otherwise receive a gift for Christmas. For more information contact Pastors Sean Carney, Mike Petts, or Roger Monson or visit www.samaritanspurse.org

During the Celebration Event on November 9th Horizons members presented the Newell Strategic Plan to the community. The five basic goals are to put up new signage, improve the attractiveness of town, creat a stronger more unified sense of community, promote local businesses while raising funds for community improvements, and to build an assisted living facility. Guest Speaker was Kari Fruechte our Horizons Project Director, many local Horizons members also spoke.