Boulder, MT

The annual performance by Shakespeare in the Park will be Macbeth!
Monday nite 6pm at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds.
Donations will be accepted!

Sunday August 10, 2008 Senator Max Baucus will visit Boulder and support other candidates for election. A Free Burger Fest will be held at the Veteran’s Memorial Park / City Park on Main Street at 3pm in the afternoon. The Public is invited!

The Boulder Area Chamber of Commerce

proudly  Sponsors

The 1st Annual Country Music & Art Festival in Boulder

 Saturday, September 13th 2008 in Veterans Park

 * area musicians * local artists  * food vendors

additional info with details and musical HEADLINERS to follow…soon

Watch This Space !

IT’S OFFICIAL! S.A.V.E.’s community electronics recycling event has been finalized. Just hold on to your old computers, stereos and accessories for a few more weeks and then bring them to the K-Mart parking lot to be responsibly recycled. There will be a charge to accept many of the items. Prices and details will be available at Savemobile.org as the date approaches.
HOW DO I RECYCLE ELECTRONICS?
The answer to this and similar questions can be found on the DEQ Recycling Web Pages: www.deq.mt.gov/Recycle/index.asp or call 1-800-433-8773
In 2006, Seven Montana communities recycled 169 tons of Electronic Equipment. That means over 338,000 pounds of re-usable materials were kept of of Montana landfills. Valuable natural resources, such as gold, copper, palladium and lead weere recovered to be used again, along with metal and plastic components.

American Red Cross Sponsored-Boulder Comunity Blood Drive

** Aug 14 ** 2pm to 6pm

@ St Catherine’s Pastoral Center Fellowship Hall. 214 S. Elder, Boulder, MT 59632

To be a blood donor you must meet the following basic requirements;

• weigh at least 110 pounds
• be in good general health
• be at least 17 years old (UT/MT must have a signed Red Cross parental consent form)
• not donated in the last 56 days

The blood donation itself takes 10 minutes, the overall process takes approximately 1 hour and includes 4 steps;

Registration* Mini-physical and health history *Collection * Refreshments

Deb Gabse and Connie Grenz have setup the Blood Drive, but due to prior committments ask you to Schedule appointments, or gather more information by calling Colleen Teeling 465-8589 or The American Red Cross @ 1-800-448-3543  as soon as possible! Walk Ins are Welcome ! Donor ID is required.

The need for blood is ongoing. During the summer months, your gift is especially important. Thank You for making an appointment to donate today. If you have questions about your eligibility to donate, please contact donor health counselors and American Red Cross collection staff @ 1-800-737-0902 prior to your scheduled appointment.

The Heritage Center’s next fund raiser: BACKYARD HOOTENANNY!

An informal gathering in support of the Jefferson County Heritage Center.

Come join in with local musicians for an evening of music, laughter and fun. We will also enjoy readings by local authors.

Appetizers, Beer, Wine and Dessert will be served.

Tuesday, August 12 at 7:00 PM - 307 N. Jackson - Corner of Jackson & Leslie across from baseball field in Boulder - $20. per person

FREE - EVERYONE WELCOME On July 17th in the Boulder Basin Senior Center at 7pm

Jefferson County Genealogy Society will be featuring Lois Lonnquist, author of the history, “Fifty Cents an Hour: The Builders and Boomtowns of the Fort Peck Dam.”

Lois and her husband Del will tell the story and sing her songs about the Fort Peck Dam Project in northeastern Montana during the 1930’s Great Depression. The dam, built by the Army Corps of Engineers, provided jobs for thousands of unemployed workers during the severe drought and hard times of the 1930s. It is still the largest hydraulically filled earth dam in the world. Of the eighteen boomtowns that sprung up around the project, only one remains.

Following the presentation, Lois will answer questions about her research and how her unique approach to promoting “Fifty Cents” can be used by others to share local history. Autographed books will be available for purchase.

The business meeting will be held following the program.

The director of the 21st CCLC program, Maryellen Earnhardt is scheduled to speak at the July 1st, 2008 Commissioners Meeting. Mrs. Earnhardt will be requesting the support of the Commissioners in placing a mill levy request onto the November 2008 Election Ballot.The mill levy could then sustain the Boulder 21st Century Community Learning Center’s 5 year program after the grant ends in June 2008, as well as fund additional programs in other community centers and schools throughout the county.

The 21st CCLC offers programs to enrich children and adults academically and economically within the community. With approval and passing of the mill levy ballot by the public it would support, the additional programs and resources would be available as long term solutions to reducing poverty within the community.

On April 10, 16 pre-registered participants attended the initial training at Jefferson High School for community citizens to look at problems affecting the community. The trainings continued over several weeks and included a diverse group of participants. Skills that were developed and enhanced included looking at problems affecting the community, seeing them from different perspectives, sharing opinions as well as solutions and projects that would greatly impact the community.
One of the participants that completed this training, Jason Craft, son of Boulder Chamber of Commerce Members Gerald & Carmen Craft, went on to develop the idea for a Skateboard Park in Boulder. Jason and supporters created a plan of action that included the following success; surveying youth in the community; acquiring approval of the Jefferson County Commissioners and Boulder City Council for donation of land to build the park on; skateboard park members attended a Horizons sponsored Grant Writing workshop and received 2 grant awards after this; rallied ongoing volunteers and supporters to form partnerships to achieve the skateboard park dream.

The recent Pancake Breakfast fund raiser for the Skateboard Park in Veterans Park was a complete success. Many of the participants were happy to be nourished, prior to partaking in the Chamber of Commerce City Wide Garage Sale. Matching funds for the grants are continuing to grow as is community excitement in completion of this project.

“The committee dealing with resources and services for the Boulder community have been very active in researching and talking to the appropriate people to get much needed services back into the community. Boulder seems to have been forgotten by the state and this dedicated group of individuals have decided that the people in the Boulder community are not going to be forgotten! “

BCDO has stepped forward to reach out to the community. First a Community Resource Guide was developed and published by Jan Anderson of the Boulder Monitor. It listed 23 active Boulder Area committees partnering for change within the community. The resource guide includes the original Horizons vision focus strategies, actions, solutions, time lines, and supporting resources. It is available at the Boulder Monitor and is called Connection the Community, a Human Resource Guide for Boulder Residents complete with community county state and national listings. A tri-county area directory is included. The Horizon’s Partnership list is included to link leaders, groups and organizations to residents that may require services.

On June 18th, a workshop was held taking action to increase awareness and bring Helena resources closer to the town of Boulder. It encouraged community leaders to assist needy residents to complete complicated government forms and remove the stigma of asking for help.
Leaders were updated on resources and contacts available from Lewis and Clark Co. This will be one of many actions to effectively close the gap identified between services not perceived as available and their impact on the poverty levels within the community.