Estelline, SD

Horizons Alumni Grant provides for 3 visits by the CES Development specialist;  our new coach is Martha Landes.  I met her at the Grassroots and Goundworks conference and  have spoken with her since in Brookings where her office is at SDSU.  She’ll also be able to help us arrange two funded events aimed at community development or poverty reduction to be completed before March 31st 2009.  So…… thanks again to NWAF for supporting our community!  and let’s hear your suggestions on the blog and at the next monthly meeting Nov 18th.

Main Street Bar and Grill, 6:30 pm, Nov 18, 2008  All welcome, supper provided.

The October meeting was held on Tuesday the 21 at the Main St Bar and Grill. The Can Trailer emptied the trailer this last month with the load coming to $238.77. The trailer was moved down the block so it is no longer right on HWY 28. A motion was made and seconded to give this load and the previous load totaling $496.82 to the Frisbee Gold Course. The Food Pantry is using a recently donated refrigerator which is working well for their needs and has come in handy. The Horse Ride/Food Drive was a success despite the weather as 2 tables full of food and supplies were collected along with good fun. Boxes for additional donations have been put in the town churches and Ward’s Store. A whopper feed was held before the football game on October 10 which raised an additional $219.50 toward the Frisbee Golf course cost. Two grant applications have been sent off. One to Lowie and the other to the Sanford’s Legions for additional funding. A Lake Poinsett resident brought an idea forward to have a welcome back for the lake people next spring. Several ideas were discussed with more input needed from others. David will also talk to the Economic Development also about this. Since the computer from Horizons was originally to go to the Tech Center it now has no home. It was suggested to loan the computer to the Library/ Historic Society till such time that it would be needed by our organization. The Historic Society was the group that got Estelline involved in the Horizons Project by attending the 1st area meeting for Horizons and completing the application process. The next meeting is November 18 at the Main St. Bar & Grill at 6:30.