* July 2011 Newsletter *
Calendar of Events.....
July 5 - City Council Meeting 7:00 p.m. - Council Chambers
July 5 - Ambulance Meeting 6:00 p.m. - Ambulance Building
July 12 - Park an Rec. Meeting 7:00 p.m. - Council Chambers
July 12 - Senior Pinochle Tekoa Community Church
July 18 - City Council Meeting 7:00 p.m. - Council Chambers
July 25 - Ambulance Board Meeting 7:00 - Ambulance Building
July 26 - School Board Meeting 7:00 p.m. - District Board Room
July 26 - Senior Pinochle Tekoa Community Church
July 28 - Distribute Commodities 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. - City Hall
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* City Hall will be closed Monday, July 4 for Independence Day.
Garbage pick-up will be on Thursday due to the holiday.
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* There will not be a Chamber of Commerce meeting until September 2.
* Volunteers are needed to help run the recycling center. Please call Dave Tysz at 284-6026
if you are interested. Recycling center will be open the first Saturday of every month, starting
this Saturday, July 2, from 12 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
* The Tekoa Pool has a new phone number. It is 284-2383.
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* Feral Cat Solutions: Trap, neuter and return program of the Humane Society of the Palouse
in Moscow, Idaho. SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC: August 28. For feral (wild) and barn cats
ONLY. No house cats allowed. Cost is $30 per cat. Includes spay/neuter, FeLV/FIV test,
FVRCP/rabies vaccines, & ear tipping for identification. Advanced reservations necessary.
Email hsopfcs@gmail.com or call 509-334-7099.
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* The Tekoa Community Church is hosting their annual Ice Cream Social on July 21 at the
Tekoa High School from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Lots of homemade pies and goodies means a
fun evening for the whole family. Everyone is welcome!!
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* The John Wayne trail riders were here in Tekoa the first weekend of June. They celebrated
their 30 year anniversary.
* All summer long the Palouse River Ropers will be here the 3rd weekend of the month from
now until August.
* The first Saturday market will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. now through October.
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Tekoa Empire Theatre Presents:
~Spare Parts~
Saturday, July 9, at 7 p.m.
Playing all the songs you know, but will never hear other bands dare to do. This versatile
acoustic group is heavy on individual vocal and instrumental talent and brings it all together
in a collective sound that is guaranteed to please and entertain.
With a song repertoire that pulls from five decades of popular music, Spare Parts leaves no
musical stone unturned in the pop/rock/folk/country genres. If you enjoy acoustic guitars and
tight harmonies, this group will earn your undivided attention.
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Volunteer in Focus
By: Kathy Hutton
Tekoa is a wonderful community and I think many of us take it for granted. One thing that
makes our town great is the people who volunteer to keep it beautiful, run the organizations,
help the less fortunate, etc. I will be writing monthly articles for the City Newsletter to
showcase these volunteers. Following is the first of my articles:
I hope everyone got a chance to see our wonderful community float and the beautiful young
ladies who represented Tekoa at the Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade in
Spokane. If not, maybe you got the opportunity to see them at the Slippery Gulch Parade.
There are very few small towns that have been able to keep the tradition of a community float
alive. In fact, to march in the Lilac Parade a band must accompany a float. Tekoa, Oakesdale,
Waitsburg, Washtucna and Kahlotus band members have combined to become a mass band
and accompany the Tekoa float through the parade. Tekoa has the good fortune to have a
very talented, hard working, creative, Royalty and Float Committee. These people put in
countless hours to organize the Miss Tekoa pageant and create an original parade float each
year. Representing the community as Miss Tekoa or one of the princesses is a wonderful
experience that gives these young ladies great opportunities. Tekoa is fortunate to have a
program that represents our community in such a positive manner. The members of the
Royalty and Float Committee are Jim and Marianne Gordon, Rob and Melinda Wilkins, Bob
and Linda Zehm, Hillary Lawson, Robin Harp and Karen Blomgren.
PLEASE GIVE THEM THANKS.
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* Messages from the Mayor *
Slippery Gulch Days is over, and one can truthfully state that the weather didn’t rain on our
parade!! But it was close!
I want to thank many people who made our Celebration Day such a success. Five ladies
immediately come to mind; Melinda Wilkins, Linda Zehm, Becky St. John, Joyce Hansen and
Sandy Dehan. There are others, and I will try each month to identify with the event and those
responsible for planning and running the particular event.
As I have mentioned before, if you purchased a shirt, a duck or a raffle ticket, you too
contributed, because these three fund raisers helped finance much of the celebration.
You have noticed the two large bins just below the Feeding Station. One of those bins is for
corrugated cardboard; the other is for mixed paper. Mixed paper includes phone books,
magazines, junk mail and packaging or any kind of paper other than corrugated cardboard.
It’s been said that 33% of your garbage can be classified as mixed paper. Dave Tysz is
coordinating our recycling effort, and he will be working with volunteers to help with this
project.
We are sending out letters to property owners who are not adequately maintaining their
property in Tekoa, indicating that they are in violation of a city ordinance if they allow weeds
etc, to grow unattended on their property. You may get copies of this ordinance at City Hall.
Lastly, I want to thank the volunteers and city employees, Duane and Rob, who worked
diligently prior to our Celebration Day in order to have our community center ready for the
day’s festivities. We are not finished with the cleaning and remodeling, but what is left will be
accomplished by, again, city employees and volunteers!! I have to add that Tara and Kynda
were not satisfied that the painting was “visitor friendly,” so they came to work with their
painting attire, and their final touch did make a big difference. You would have to see the
“before/after” to truly appreciate it!!
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