Find Tom Turkey in Boulder businesses. Check the back page of the Boulder Monitor for details!
Join in Good Ole Fashioned Fun! Start at the Boulder Fitness Club on Main Street and chase Tom Turkey all the way to the Racing Burger for treats and games! Nov 15 Sat
EVERYBODY DANCE!
Boulder POOL BENEFIT
Friday November 21st
6:30 p.m. -9:30 p.m.
Boulder Grade School Gym
205 S. Washington
Traditional Fiddle Music by AM STRINGBAND
Dances for EVERYBODY! called by STEVE BRAUN
No streetshoes on gym floor (clean soft soles or socks)
For further info: Lynn Price 465-7283
The Boulder Area Chamber of Commerce
proudly Sponsors
The 1st Annual Country Music & Art Festival in Boulder
Saturday, September 13th 2008 in Veterans Park
11AM-7PM
Music Headliners
Ruf Cut Grass
Erik “Fingers” Ray
Ron Kane & Meghan Merker
Lynn Marie & the Wobbly Boy
* area musicians * local artists * food vendors
Family Friendly Event
Contact Colleen 465-8589 or Cristina 465-2106
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;
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.
Make appointments as soon as possible! Go to St. Catherine’s Parish Hall on Thursday Aug 14.
How could your Boulder Community Group use this blog? Let me count the ways…
1. Create a web page (free) and post your meeting minutes (Look to the right ==>)
2. Start a discussion here that you think will dominate an entire meeting and have the discussion online, on the blog, instead, then recap the discussion at the face-to-face meeting.
3. Publicize the wonderful work your group is doing by making your group’s affairs public.
4. Post pictures of your group having so much fun that others are compelled to join you.
5. You can use the blog in any way that benefits your community group. Your imagination is all that is limiting you.
How do you learn to blog? Contact the Connie or Daryl Grenz 225-3288.
On June 9th, Community members representing the 23 dedicated Horizon Committees met at the Ranch House Bakery for several hous to provide feedback on the 18 month Horizon Project.They answered Question 11 regarding: Taking Action on Community. The answers appear below.
MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH DIFFERENT PROJECTS The projects are a skateboard park, a new Parks & Rec committee, a community resource guide, and more community events are happening. This will help low income because so many of these individuals can not travel to Helena or Butte to get needed services.A new Committee has been formed to bring all the committees together so that people are working together and not repeating the same things. This will also allow people to volunteer for things they are not aware of.Gerold Craft president of Parks & Rec Committee Carmen Craft Boulder Chamber of Commerce president
MORE AWARE OF OUR NEEDS We are more aware of our needs and have had a chance to work with everybody to set goals together. It seems that we are all working together to decrease the level of poverty.More people are helping us with our 21st CCLC program, farmers market, tour business.We are not only a community but a team!!! I see more groups working together,the animal shelter, has worked with the 21st CCLC the Heritage Center has worked with all groups in improving the image and restoring the history of Boulder, The skate park has worked with the school and the 21st CCLC. When applying for grants we all try to assist each otherEllen Rae Thiel, Nancy Alley, Mary Ellen Earnhardt, Denise Grove
MORE AWARE OF HAPPENINGS Boulder is more aware of what was happening in the community and has established new parameters for new programs coming into being. Some new non-profit organizations have been formed and have created partnerships with neighboring communities- SpaY and Neuter and Animal Shelter Committee works with Whitehall; Parks and Recreation works with Century 21 in grant writing for funds. Cheryl Haasakker, Skateboard Park Chair, Pat Cansler, Animal Shelter Committee, Barb Reiter, Horizon Steering Committee
MORE PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED THAN EVER BEFORE with some people getting to know new folks through the Horizons effort. A woman who came to the community very much down on her luck a couple of years ago received help at that time and was thrilled to hear that the community was working to make it easier for people to find out about resources in the human services area. “Can I join that committee,” she asked, and she did join and contributed useful information. The human resources guide and the effort to inform people about human resources service opportunities has opened the eyes of many. Partnerships: BCDO, BHAB, BACC, working with Whitehall on county animal shelter. Human resources providers working in Helena have been clearly informed that we expect them to provide services in our community, since they are funded with federal and state funds to serve our community. —Gary Craft and Jan Anderson
A STRUCTURE THAT WAS CREATED TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY COMMUNICATE BETTER AND TO BE BETTER INFORMED ABOUT WHAT IS AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY IS OUR BOULDER COMMUNITY PHONE BOOK. EMILY MATIASON-GAIL LATTIN-COLLEEN TEELING
MORE PEOPLE KNOW EACH OTHER THAN BEFORE There are more individuals involved. The involvement has not looked at individuals by income level but by what they want to contribute. A Boulder Community Development Organization was formed by all of the committees which organized because of the Horizons Program. One or two individuals from each committee have been elected to sit as board members of this new organization. There is a new community phone book which was organized and produced by the Boulder Chamber.One if the best things that has occurred since the Horizon’s program is that when you walk down the street, more people know each other than before.A public meeting is scheduled for June 18 to teach people how to reach out to low income and present services available and how to fill out applications to take advantage of the services. Reaching out and involving low income people is a continual process with our committees.Sally Buckles, Dick Norden, Dawn Smartnick
DIVERSITY The Horizons Program has brought together a diverse group of folks who have continued to work together on various projects: such as Animal Shelter, Headstart Program, Parks and Recreation and a committee working to bring back Human and Social Services to Boulder. The excitement and pride in our community is once again alive and well. Pat Cansler, Animal Shelter Committee Cheryl Haasakker, Chair of Skateboard Park and former City Council Member Barb Reiter, Chamber of Commerce and Steering Committee
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION Over 85 people participated in the study circles listing the strengths and assets of our community. Many remarked on how surprised they were of the extent of resources in the community. People are more open to meeting with different types of people – no more cliques, a willingness to get together with each other to accomplish goals. Better ability to listen to different opinions. We did not really learn about other communities like ours because we were so busy learning about our own, but we did learn a lot about what we have to offer and where we can go to get services. We published a community resource guide, which was also summarized in the local phone book, to inform people about human services available in our community and from other communities. We encouraged the city to meet with Midwest Assistance, which they did, to discuss funding options for our water and sewer projects. — Gary Craft, Boulder Community Development Organization, Jan Anderson, Boulder Monitor publisher and Boulder Housing Advisory Board, and Linda Norden, Realtor, Steering committee chair and BCDO
INDIVIDUALITY With the diverse number of people that participated in Horizons, each individual brings their own ideas and strengths to the project. An example of this is that a High School student has committed himself to the Skateboard Park. This young man has no desire or love of skateboarding but feels that the youth of Boulder needs “something to do” He has in fact headed the committee, something that he has never done before. This committee has been approved by City Hall & has also received some grant monies to help complete the project.Gerold Craft, Pres of Boulder parks & Rec committeeCarmen Craft Chamber Pres, Horizon Steering Committee member, business owner
COMMUNICATION Since the Horizons program began communications in the community seem to have improved. Everyone seems to be working towards one goal, improving poverty in the community both emotional and financial. Benches built and set along the sidewalks of main street have allowed people of all ages to sit and enjoy each others company and conversation while enjoying looking at the beautiful flags along the main street.Mary Ernhardt, 21st CCLC, Nancy Alley, education & image & events committee, Ellen Rae Thiel, image & event committee, Denise Grove, image & event committee