Kendrick and Juliaetta, ID

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Under “pages”, in the right hand column, find a quick way to check out what is happening in our community at Activity Quick Date/Time Check.  Also under “pages” information about the new community service group, Pug Marks, can be found.

Two of the most handy items recently added to “blogroll”, which are links to other sites, are Map and Weather Forecast. They are just what they sound like. At map find an interactive map, and at Weather Forecast find the forecast for today, tonight, tomorrow, the next 10 days, etc. They are both great sites to visit.

If you want to leave a comment on an article, just look for the small gray writing under the article. The last item you will see there is “no comments” or “1 comment“, something like that. Just click on the the “no comments” and you will be able to  leave a comment. It is through leaving a comment, or emailing the bloggers at www.kjand7r@gmail.com that you can give input on the blog, ask questions, and find out how to become a blogger. If you have a general question, just leave a “comment” on any article and someone will get back to you.

The most important things to know about the blog are:

1. It is a community resource, which means it is yours.
2. Anyone is welcome to share information on the blog.
3. It is your responsibility to help make it better, either by becoming a blogger or giving helpful suggestions to those already blogging.

Do you do handcrafts, have an artistic bent or just have too much stuff?  We are looking for people to rent tablespace or sell on consignment for our once a month sale.  We advertise in advance and bring in buyers and browsers from all over.  Our last sale was a huge success and we look forward to our February sale being even better!  For more information call 208-289-5313.

Donations are accepted for the Grange table sales also.  All proceeds directly benefit the Grange.    

Another added note: February 7, 2008 

Enough, already!

Added note: January 31, 2008

Okay!    So, *This* Isn’t Snow!

In case you in the valley haven’t been up on the ridges lately, thought you might like to see what it looks like.

The northern Idaho Horizons communities met at the Long House in Worley for The Idaho Horizons Summit: Bringing Communities and Partners Together. 

The communities of Bonners Ferry, Silver Valley, Coeur d’Alene Reservation, St. Maries, Up River (Fernwood, Clarkia, Emida), Bovill, Troy, Elk River, and Kendrick-Juliaetta presented progress reports during the summit.

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The Kindergarten and 1st Grade classes won the November and December Box Top and Campbell’s Soup Labels contest held at the Juliaetta Elementary School each month.  The students at JES brought in over 1400 labels in November and December bringing the total for the year to 4800.  The PTO has set a goal for 15,000 labels to be collected this school year so please “SAVE LABELS”.  The children in each class, along with their teachers Mrs. Tweit and Mrs. Brammer, will decide what reward they will be given for their great efforts in collecting so many labels. 

On Saturday, January 19, Kendrick Grange #413 in collaboration with Aunie’s Antieks, That Place and The WhatNot Shop were successful in drawing shoppers into town for our first monthly sale of the year.  It was a rousing success bringing in many more customers and browsers than anticipated!  All of the businesses and organizations involved benefited from the event as well as other local businesses as several shoppers stopped to eat lunch or have coffee while in town. 

This group plans to continue holding monthly sales. Any local business owners who wish to participate by joining in the fun while building their customer base are encouraged to call 208-289-5313 to get in on next month’s advertising.     

During the training session for nonprofit advocacy the KJ/7 Ridges Leadership Development Team also met Senator Gary Schroeder, as he gave an informative speech about lobbying.   Led by Bill Crim of United Way, the training focused on developing strategies, based upon sound research and information, for approaching legislators.  Senator Schroeder added to that with both his speech and accompanying handout.  A very interesting presentation!  

Again, anyone interested in further information can call 208-289-5313, we will be happy to answer any questions and also have a cd for reference. 

On December 13, 2007, the KJ-7 Ridges Leadership Team attended a grant writing workshop in Lewiston at LCSC.  The roads were treacherous along the way with icy conditions prevailing.  As we traveled through Juliaetta our vehicle spun out of control coming to rest facing back to whence we had come.  With our hearts pounding and our knees shaking we turned and continued on our quest for knowledge!

This very fun and informative grant writing training was provided by Bright Star Grant Consultants in connection with INDC and was facilitated by the dynamic Janet Bourque, M.ed.  We were guided through exercises where we were at times the grant providers or the applicants.   We learned the pros and cons of grant writing from both perspectives as well as the technical details involved.  A dvd was provided to us that includes the main elements of the class.   Now to put this training to work for our community!   

Anyone wishing further information can call 208-289-5313.  We will be happy to share what we have learned as well as lend out the dvd.  Direct link to Bright Star-brightstargrants@yahoo.com

~ by Josi K. McConnell-Soong

When the Horizons program first came to the Kendrick/Juliaetta community I volunteered to be a facilitator for the Study Circles. To be a faclilitator I needed to go to a training on how to facilitate a group in a productive way. I was a co-facilitator for a group of both teens and adults. It was awesome seeing how the adults wanted to hear what the teens had to say… and vice versa. Also in this process I met Pat Eck, at the time he was our “coach”, he kept us on track, was positive and helped out when ever he could. He is a great man that youth to look up to. I know I have and will for a long time. He also introduced me to the LCYAC and Kendrick/Juliaetta’s ACTION GROUP, which I am now a member of.

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The January “Live News Letter” was a very productive one. Three of our Horizons Action Teams were present and ready to work on their action plans. We started the evening with updates on upcoming trainings.

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Our community “Live News Letter” is a great opportunity to get acquainted with our neighbor and become involved in the planning of programs being developed to fulfill our Vision for the future.

We look forward to seeing you there, come as you are, for an enjoyable evening of getting to gather.

It’s never too late to join us, and if you can’t make it every time, come when you can, as your participation is very important.

Third Thursday of the Month, 6:00 PM, at the Kendrick Senior Center.

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No, nobody has gotten angry or has lost their mind (at least not totally) yet. This is actually about how we prepare the newsletter for mailing once it has been printed.

A group of volunteers has been getting together in an individual’s home where we fold, staple, count, and separate into routes the Community Newsletter. It was 3 people for the first newsletter and 5 for the second preparing the eleven hundred plus newletters for mailing.

We actually have a great time talking while our hands are busy. If anyone would like to volunteer to help us with the next newsletter in late February, please let us know at kjand7r@gmail.com. We’d love to increase our circle of friends!

(And a big “thank you” to Barb for hosting us - offering tea, juice, and even Alana’s famous Cream Cheese Danish once. You are wonderful! And to our fearless printer for his hours of work, another huge “thank you”!)

Fifth Grade Class President Jamie Britton is organizing Fridays are Hats. It will start Jan.18, 2008 and we are all excited about it. It will cost $1 to wear a hat to school each Friday. The money raised will go to the Kendrick Pool. So remember to wear hats on Friday. A big thank you to Jamie for this brilliant and fun idea!!
- By Isabell Bruce

Fifth Grade Class VP Isabell Bruce, along with fellow classmates, put together a bake sale called “Stirring up Sweets”. The sale took place on January 16th during recesses in the JES downstairs foyer. The money raised will be donated to the Kendrick pool.

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Kendrick-Juliaetta and 7 Ridges Horizons would like to let these students know how much their efforts on behalf of our community mean to all of us. Good job Isabell and fellow classmates! And thank you to Principal Kren for letting good acts of citizenship happen at the elementary school.

The communities of Juliaetta and Kendrick looked especially festive this holiday season with the many lights and displays placed throughout the area. It’s simply impossible not to get into the Christmas spirit driving through town or on our beautiful country roads with such wonderful sights to see!

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You can find the entire newsletter under pages in the right hand column. Look for “Newsletter”. This is where we will keep archives of entire newsletter news. I personally suggest you keep a file of them at home for their historical value, but that is just me. : )

The newsletter contains many articles on community organizations, volunteer opportunities, and upcoming events.

How to Get Articles Into This Newsletter

Our next publication is scheduled for March 1 and will cover news and coming events for March through May. The deadline for submitting articles is February 15. Send them by email to www.kjand7r@gmail.com or mail to P.O. Box 204, Kendrick ID 83537.

Friday —- January 11, 2008 —- 6-9pm
Saturday —- January 26, 2008 —- 9am-noon

Juliaetta Community Church basement

$5.00 fee per person

ph. 276-7071 or 276-3658

Do you remember the Visioning Rally? What we agreed we needed to work on? How we need to get all our arrows pointing the same direction?

Well, we want everyone who was there to know that there are people still working on this, and making progress. But, we could use more input. If you could find time in your busy schedule to come and check out what has been happening, those moving forward can tell you what we have accomplished, and where we are going from here. The place to do this is the Live News Letter. The following article gives more information.

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There will be a “Live News Letter” meeting the third Thursday, January 17th, 6:00 P.M. at the Kendrick Senior Center. Bring some finger foods, to go with our refreshments.

Everyone is invited to join us in making our Kendrick-Juliaetta & 7 Ridges Community everything that it can be for the present and the future.

Action Committees will break out into individual workshop sessions and than come back together as a whole group to share their up to date progress on the KJCDA Horizons program.

We have four Team Groups working on designated poverty needs recognized during our Amazing Race Rally. Group I Communications, Group II Building Bridges, between young and old, Group III Leadership Development, Group IV Creative Economics. The progress these teams make will create an opportunity to be eligible for the $10,000 grant funds provided by Northwest Area Foundation.

There is the learning and capacity building funds made available by the University of Idaho, limited to the implementation of the NWAF Horizons Program that we have available. This helps with the expenses acquired putting our programs together. When there is a financial need for child care, mileage, training, work shops and other designated options they are available through this resource.

It is never too late to become involved with our local Horizons program, even if you cannot devote time for the full schedule of meetings, don’t hesitate to attend when you can your participation is important.

Updated documents on activities that have taken place can be found on our www.kendrick-juliaetta.org website. We also are asking for your involvement on our blog http://kendrickjuliaetta.communityblogs.us let us know what you like about our Kendrick-Juliaetta & 7 Ridges Community.

Contact person is Lillian Howerton 208 289-4567

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WOW! It is just amazing how every Christmas program seems better than the last, and last years was great. It is a wonderful accomplishment that Mrs. Gertje is able to get all the students to give their very best!

Here are some photos from the program, some better than others. If you have any you would like added, send them to www.kjand7r@gmail.com

Merry Christmas!