City of Tekoa Newsletter
June 2009
June 2009 Calendar of Upcoming Events…
June 1 - City Council Mtg - 7:00 p.m. - Council Chambers
June 2 - Ambulance Mtg - 6:00 p.m. - Ambulance Bldg
June 5 - Chamber of Commerce - 7 a.m. - Feeding Station
June 8 - Jaycee Club Mtg - Jaycee Club
June 9 - Park and Rec Mtg - 7:00 p.m. - Council Chambers
June 10 - Tekoa Fair Assoc. - 7:30 p.m. - Prairie Grain Off.
June 10 - Caregiver Coffee - 10 a.m. - Tekoa Ret Apts
June 15 - City Council Mtg - 7:00 p.m. - Council Chambers
June 23 - School Bd Mtg - 7:00 p.m. - District Board Rm
June 25 - Dist. Commodities - 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. - City Hall
June 29 - Ambulance Board Mtg - 7:00 p.m.- Amb Bldg
COMFORTS OF HOME & CURRIER GARDENS OPEN JULY
4th for MARY JANE BUTTERS "FARM FAIR"
Follow the signs to the Best Sales in Town. Signs will say "Barter
on Bridge Street." which leads to Currier Gardens and Comforts
of Home. Follow Highway 27 through downtown Tekoa and head
to Oakesdale. As you cross the bridge, look for the Comforts of
Home sign. Turn right on Water Street. Follow Hangman Creek
for two blocks. The road turns left on to Bridge Street. Currier
Gardens is immediately on your right. Comforts of Home is the
country lane straight ahead with a tan barn/greenroof and a butter
yellow farmhouse.
Currier Gardens will be hosting a garden tour and a vendor sale.
Look for antiques, birdhouses, candles, knick-knacks, perennials
plants and soaps. Currier Gardens is owned by Jay & Cheri
Currier.
Comforts of Home will have a dozen vendors for your shopping trip.
Amy Warwick is signing her new book Summer Snow. Vendors will
be selling antiques, honey, homemade jams, jellies, produce, and
gourmet dips. Northwest photography will adorn the porch along with
arts and crafts items including dolls, egg art, hand knit sweaters,
aprons, purses, towels, quilts, hand painted scarves, signs, scrap
booking, woodcrafts and more. Comforts of Home is owned by
Doug & Wendy Sienknecht.
Welcome to Bridge Street & Celebrate the 4th of July with us!!
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*NOTICES*
-As some of you will notice, we did not put any garbage overages on this
months billing. Because of Empire Disposals new billing cycle, we do not
receive the overages until the second week of the month. Any overages will
be reflected on July’s bill.
-Tekoa Swimming Pool will be opening for the summer at 1:00 p.m. on
June 8th.
-Whitman County Library in Tekoa is gearing up for the Summer Reading
Program again. The theme this year is “Be Creative”. Come join us for some
reading, crafting and all around fun. The Teens/Adults program will run from
June 1 – August 15, and the Children’s program will meet every Thursday for
6 weeks beginning June 18th. Drop by the library for more information.
See you there!
~TEKOA EMPIRE THEATRE NEWS~
Valerie Wolf Hughes (vocalist), and Junie Tonkin (pianist),
will perform “CELEBRATION,” music of the 30’s, 40’s, and 50’s
honoring our Lives, our Loves, our Land, and our Liberty, at the
Tekoa Empire Theatre on Saturday, June 20th for this year’s
Slippery Gulch afternoon show. Valerie and Junie performed in
Seattle together for a number of years, in addition to working
separately with several groups, and as soloists. Delighted with
the audience response to their World War II tunes at the
Theatre last year, Val and Junie are thrilled to return with a
new program chock-full of great tunes to tug at your heart,
keep your toes tappin’, and remind you that we do indeed live
in a great country! Show starts at nearly 1 pm (after the
Slippery Gulch ‘egg toss’.) Adults $10.00 Students $5.00
~CHRISTIAN AMERICANA ARTIST BUCK STORM~
Buck has become a favorite both as a singer/songwriter, and
worship leader, in venues across the country. His reputation is
one of integrity, as a communicator of the Gospel, an advocate
for the poor, and an encourager of the Body of Christ. Buck is
a storyteller, and his songs flow out of those stories. Show will
start at 7:00 p.m., Saturday, June 20th.
NEW MEMBERS!!
Dean and Donna Gumm Wes and Frances Wagner
Chris and Liz Smith Ken and Michelle Hay
Joel and Jennifer French Pat McHargue
Dan and Karen Kiefer Harry and Connie Brandt
Gary and Julie French Jim and Sherry Klaus
Carol Fischer Terry Thomas
American West Bank
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~Messages from the Mayor~
~~ I have quite a few items to report so excuse the length
of my many messages! First, people living on gravel roads
and eat dust all summer will get their roads oiled! It’s a
spendy project (est. $9,000) but those living on gravel roads
deserve a little of the street levy funds. Next summer we
plan to again chip-seal some roads and also prepare a couple
blocks of gravel roads to be chip-sealed. Only paved roads
can undergo this process.
~~ We plan to allow a “pigeon catcher” to come to town to
do his thing! The man works at night to catch pigeons that
seem to multiply each year. I’ll report on how many he
caught in the next newsletter.
~~ As you know, I try to promote part of our Slippery Gulch
Celebration in each newsletter. The Celebration Committee
is planning the first ever Tekoa American “Idol” Contest. The
contest will be in the Theatre beginning at 4:00 p.m. and
there are cash prizes for the 3 winners. If you know someone
who can sing, let them know about the contest. There are
applications at the Post Office. Also, there will be a feed at
6 p.m. and a dessert auction at 7 p.m. on June 6 at the Jaycee
Club to help fund our fireworks display.
~~ Thanks to Bob Zehm and Mark Gaines for putting up our
summer banners!!
~~ We had quite a discussion at our last Council Meeting
concerning billing all owners for homes/buildings the $20.00
sur-charge for water and sewer. This would include vacant
buildings, homes with no current habitants; basically any
structure that has a water/sewer hook-up. Next year that
surcharge would increase to $30.00. We are still deliberating
the suggestion of including lots that are developed with
sewer/water hook-ups. The next council meeting is June 1st!!
~~ There will be no major projects this summer in Tekoa. As
part of the City’s plan to replace the water/sewer lines and
reservoir, and treatment plant, we need to have a cultural
resource survey completed. That survey will be done this
summer. The city crew (Duane and Rob) plan to install water
meters and fire hydrants this summer after needed repairs on
our city streets.
~~ We can all appreciate the efforts of Cheri Currier with some
help from husband Jay and Monte Morgan as she has transformed
our city rock into a very attractive entrance into town. Thanks
Cheri and those that contributed funds to buy the trees and
other materials.
~~ One reason the billings are going out early this month is so I
can let patrons know that if they are interested in filing for one
of the council positions and/or the Mayors positions, you must do
so before June 6. There is a $10.00 filing fee that is sent by mail
or delivered to the Whitman County Auditor. If you have concerns
with the direction our city is going, here is your chance to become
actively involved. I believe all council members up for election
plan to file as well as myself. However, wouldn’t it be interesting
to actually have a contest for the Mayor’s position in Tekoa!!
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