tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75245895112204923332024-03-12T22:58:58.827-07:00Grand Coulee, Washington Horizons Community BlogGrand Coulee, Washingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16037547545363284421noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524589511220492333.post-91182691516241776432011-07-29T14:59:00.000-07:002011-07-29T18:43:59.324-07:00The Way Through<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK9q-RvV74__OWDas8e-bw2ghnm_oW5HtHxNvcj_YyBlFUr21ByDepAmhtGzyF-7BvoU6NDX5nbrk3Avdk6KPQ_mE_P-x17t1c2WP52LUstm2M0d_UwagEp1gYLSU_vhtdtEBrg52d3pB/s1600/krukroadtobankslake.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:center; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuK9q-RvV74__OWDas8e-bw2ghnm_oW5HtHxNvcj_YyBlFUr21ByDepAmhtGzyF-7BvoU6NDX5nbrk3Avdk6KPQ_mE_P-x17t1c2WP52LUstm2M0d_UwagEp1gYLSU_vhtdtEBrg52d3pB/s320/krukroadtobankslake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634900103657761858" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Readers of this blog probably think it's the<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">end of the road</span></span> for our dreams and all the work we've done to develop a community center for our area.<br /></div></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Think again.</span><br /><br />Although time has passed with no updates here, behind the scenes leaders in this community have been putting their ducks in order to pave the way to our center.<br /><br />Leaders like Phil Hansen, commissioner of the Coulee Area Park and Recreation District , J. Scott Graham, Chief Executive Officer of the Coulee Medical Center, and Geary Oliver, a commissioner on both boards. The leaders of these entities have learned about and/or participated in the <a href="http://horizons.wsu.edu/">Horizons</a> community meetings; they are moving forward to find other leaders to join in making a community wellness center a reality.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwWCLFA8cTG2dYOV3YwOBGylQt7Gd3ugVgRxMAE143ht6mJ4P0hn4nil6NOJzfM7Y3bbrlFpe9vVrA-OucTd9VT6KY2BhUurB-ONbwP2MF4I8RMSB-PLvlKoRxfzenpkl9rvp7vfUM4UfK/s1600/kruksroadfrombankslake.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwWCLFA8cTG2dYOV3YwOBGylQt7Gd3ugVgRxMAE143ht6mJ4P0hn4nil6NOJzfM7Y3bbrlFpe9vVrA-OucTd9VT6KY2BhUurB-ONbwP2MF4I8RMSB-PLvlKoRxfzenpkl9rvp7vfUM4UfK/s320/kruksroadfrombankslake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5634901718759227666" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.grandcoulee.com/articles/2011/07/15/news/doc4e1ddb9c45890642418107.txt">The Star - Online Newspaper </a>shared Graham's idea: "Preventing illness rather than curing it, he said, is becoming an important part of the future of medical care. And a family-friendly, well-used wellness center, complete with fun, safe exercise options for year-round activities, would encourage a lot of prevention."<br /><br />It's not the end of the road; we've just turned around and found <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">the way through</span>.<br /><br /><br /><hr /><br />Photos:<br />Kruk Road to Banks Lake<br />Kruk Road from Banks Lake<br />Sheri Edwards<br /><hr /><br /><center><center>HORIZONS: Community Leaders Reducing PovertyWorking together to move from poverty to prosperity for all.<br />Mary Schilling at 633 3033 or email at <a href="mailto:mschilling@gcdsd.org">mschilling@gcdsd.org</a><br />Learn more about the Horizons program <a href="http://horizons.wsu.edu/">http://horizons.wsu.edu/</a></center></center>Sheri Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080876789496380734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524589511220492333.post-46551017748428794832010-08-26T12:31:00.000-07:002010-08-26T12:52:38.684-07:00Meeting August 26: WAG Strategic Planning<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN2xYB0KKPbYA04MhQwCo8DHi9TN41YrPVS5c7UM-pCWZvOJ62wif1W_91JAv6zZoAUWk9r3rkLyLENssCQY44Si-I3fXUDgslGeh1DqfZc5QYN7EYZ_OB0H77quQ2QyuSGOYhrOiLlBl5/s1600/horizonheader.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN2xYB0KKPbYA04MhQwCo8DHi9TN41YrPVS5c7UM-pCWZvOJ62wif1W_91JAv6zZoAUWk9r3rkLyLENssCQY44Si-I3fXUDgslGeh1DqfZc5QYN7EYZ_OB0H77quQ2QyuSGOYhrOiLlBl5/s400/horizonheader.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509808860858069554" /></a><br /><center><br /></center><center style="text-align: left;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #777777">The Wellness Action Group is a local community organization in it's infancy. Its sponsor is the Horizons Group and WSU with a purpose to reduce or eliminate poverty in this area. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Lucida Grande'; color: #777777; min-height: 18.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #777777">The focus of the Wellness Action Group is to build a community center for the Grand Coulee Dam Area. Our community has a major need for a comprehensive center to address the central issues associated with poverty.</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Lucida Grande'; color: #777777; min-height: 18.0px"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #777777">Most of the efforts so far include planning and background research and input from community members. Soon, the W.A.G. hopes to begin the process of coordinating funds and building the community center. At that point, the support of the entire community will be needed. </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #777777; min-height: 19.0px"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); ">Won’t you join now?</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #777777; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #777777; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><b>Tonight's Agenda:</b></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; 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mso-border-alt:.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">Review minutes from previous meeting</p> </td> <td width="356" valign="top" style="width:4.95in;border:solid black;mso-border-themecolor: text1;border:1.0pt;border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black; mso-border-left-themecolor:text1;mso-border-left-alt:.5pt;mso-border-alt: solid black;mso-border-themecolor:text1;mso-border-alt:.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:1"> <td width="122" valign="top" style="width:1.7in;border:solid black;mso-border-themecolor: text1;border:1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black;mso-border-top-themecolor: text1;mso-border-top-alt:.5pt;mso-border-alt:solid black;mso-border-themecolor: text1;mso-border-alt:.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </td> <td width="356" valign="top" color="text1" style="width:4.95in;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid black;mso-border-bottom-themecolor:text1;border-bottom: 1.0pt;border-right:solid black;mso-border-right-themecolor:text1;border-right: 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid black;mso-border-top-themecolor:text1; 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mso-border-top-alt:.5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid black;mso-border-left-themecolor: text1;mso-border-left-alt:.5pt;mso-border-alt:solid black;mso-border-themecolor: text1;mso-border-alt:.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:4"> <td width="122" valign="top" style="width:1.7in;border:solid black;mso-border-themecolor: text1;border:1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black;mso-border-top-themecolor: text1;mso-border-top-alt:.5pt;mso-border-alt:solid black;mso-border-themecolor: text1;mso-border-alt:.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">Old Business</p> </td> <td width="356" valign="top" style="width:4.95in;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid black;mso-border-bottom-themecolor:text1;border-bottom: 1.0pt;border-right:solid black;mso-border-right-themecolor:text1;border-right: 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid black;mso-border-top-themecolor:text1; 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margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.3in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span>Train the Trainer training for Futures Game</p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.3in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Mind Mapping Exercise</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:5"> <td width="122" valign="top" style="width:1.7in;border:solid black;mso-border-themecolor: text1;border:1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black;mso-border-top-themecolor: text1;mso-border-top-alt:.5pt;mso-border-alt:solid black;mso-border-themecolor: text1;mso-border-alt:.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </td> <td width="356" valign="top" style="width:4.95in;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid black;mso-border-bottom-themecolor:text1;border-bottom: 1.0pt;border-right:solid black;mso-border-right-themecolor:text1;border-right: 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid black;mso-border-top-themecolor:text1; mso-border-top-alt:.5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid black;mso-border-left-themecolor: text1;mso-border-left-alt:.5pt;mso-border-alt:solid black;mso-border-themecolor: text1;mso-border-alt:.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:6;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td width="122" valign="top" style="width:1.7in;border:solid black;mso-border-themecolor: text1;border:1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black;mso-border-top-themecolor: text1;mso-border-top-alt:.5pt;mso-border-alt:solid black;mso-border-themecolor: text1;mso-border-alt:.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">New Business</p> </td> <td width="356" valign="top" style="width:4.95in;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid black;mso-border-bottom-themecolor:text1;border-bottom: 1.0pt;border-right:solid black;mso-border-right-themecolor:text1;border-right: 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid black;mso-border-top-themecolor:text1; 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mso-border-themecolor:text1;mso-border-alt:.5pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;mso-border-insideh:.5pt solid black; mso-border-insideh-themecolor:text1;mso-border-insidev:.5pt solid black; mso-border-insidev-themecolor:text1"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td width="122" valign="top" style="width:1.7in;border:solid black;mso-border-themecolor: text1;border:1.0pt;mso-border-alt:solid black;mso-border-themecolor:text1; mso-border-alt:.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">Next Meeting</p> </td> <td width="356" valign="top" style="width:4.95in;border:solid black;mso-border-themecolor: text1;border:1.0pt;border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black; mso-border-left-themecolor:text1;mso-border-left-alt:.5pt;mso-border-alt: solid black;mso-border-themecolor:text1;mso-border-alt:.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">September 9, 2010</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">Time, Location TBD</p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!--EndFragment--> </span></span><p></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #777777; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #777777; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #777777; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #777777; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #777777; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><b>Minutes July 10:</b></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #777777; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Trebuchet MS'; color: #777777; min-height: 19.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"> <!--StartFragment--> </span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Trebuchet MS';"><div class="Section1"> <h1 style="margin-top:0in;line-height:normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Meeting Minutes</span></h1> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">July 15, 2010</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">Horizons Grand Coulee WAG Action Meeting</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">Pepperjacks Restaurant, 6:00 p.m.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoSubtitle">Present:</p></div> <div class="Section2"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">Scott Hunter</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">Sheri Edwards</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">Jenelle Ottmar</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">Christine Price</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">Lee Stockhorst</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:15.8333px;">Old Old Business</span></p></div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">Scott – After Tom Jensen’s idea from the hospital renovations, our community project can cut and paste from another community plan. See Ephrata, Bellevue plan from the Parks and Recreation District. How was it written? Merge them. This may be a good project for Lee. Find the digital version of these plans. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">Lee can also make a calendar of grants to apply for, adding this to our strategic plan.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">Lee – We can also host finger painting days and the like, sponsored by WAG to survey the market and earn community buy-in. Currently eleven softball teams are using the park (which is not being watered). Anything you can take your kids to hear is appreciated. We may also sponsor a financial planning workshop and job/scholarship application workshops.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">Jenelle – Horizons can easily sponsor a financial education workshop. This is one of the program specialties. We can offer babysitting as well.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">Scott – To partner with local government we may have to “shame” officials into participation. North Dam Park is being let go to waste. It is a huge asset. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">Lee – I will return from summer vacation on August 22. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">Jenelle – We will bring project supplies for Lee to our next meeting. I believe Nate Pitturaschatit or Amanda Poch are in possession of the project business cards. Kevin Lind may have the camera. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoSubtitle">New Business</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Mind Mapping Exercise scheduled for Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.</i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">Christy – The Gates Foundation is giving grants to support community foundations. You must be a 501c3 to receive this money. The application process and award criteria are very simple.</p> <table class="MsoTableGrid" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" style="border-collapse:collapse;border:none;mso-border-alt:solid black; mso-border-themecolor:text1;mso-border-alt:.5pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-table-lspace:9.0pt;margin-left:6.0pt;mso-table-rspace:9.0pt;margin-right: 6.0pt;mso-table-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-table-anchor-horizontal:margin; mso-table-left:left;mso-table-top:7.0pt;mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-border-insideh:.5pt solid black;mso-border-insideh-themecolor:text1; mso-border-insidev:.5pt solid black;mso-border-insidev-themecolor:text1"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes"> <td width="239" valign="top" style="width:239.4pt;border:solid black;mso-border-themecolor: text1;border:1.0pt;mso-border-alt:solid black;mso-border-themecolor:text1; mso-border-alt:.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap: around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin;mso-element-top:7.0pt;mso-height-rule:exactly">Next Horizons WAG Meeting</p> </td> <td width="239" valign="top" style="width:239.4pt;border:solid black;mso-border-themecolor: text1;border:1.0pt;border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid black; mso-border-left-themecolor:text1;mso-border-left-alt:.5pt;mso-border-alt: solid black;mso-border-themecolor:text1;mso-border-alt:.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap: around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin;mso-element-top:7.0pt;mso-height-rule:exactly">August 26, 2010</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap: around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin;mso-element-top:7.0pt;mso-height-rule:exactly">PepperJacks Restaurant, 6:00 p.m.</p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td width="239" valign="top" style="width:239.4pt;border:solid black;mso-border-themecolor: text1;border:1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black;mso-border-top-themecolor: text1;mso-border-top-alt:.5pt;mso-border-alt:solid black;mso-border-themecolor: text1;mso-border-alt:.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap: around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin;mso-element-top:7.0pt;mso-height-rule:exactly">Coulee Area Park and Recreation District (CAPRD) Meeting</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap: around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin;mso-element-top:7.0pt;mso-height-rule:exactly"><br /></p> </td> <td width="239" valign="top" style="width:239.4pt;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid black;mso-border-bottom-themecolor:text1;border-bottom: 1.0pt;border-right:solid black;mso-border-right-themecolor:text1;border-right: 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid black;mso-border-top-themecolor:text1; mso-border-top-alt:.5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid black;mso-border-left-themecolor: text1;mso-border-left-alt:.5pt;mso-border-alt:solid black;mso-border-themecolor: text1;mso-border-alt:.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:9.0pt;mso-element-wrap: around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin;mso-element-top:7.0pt;mso-height-rule:exactly"><o:p> </o:p></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Minutes by Jenelle Ottmar</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span></span><p></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 16.0px 'Lucida Grande'; color: #777777; min-height: 18.0px"></p><hr /><p></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); min-height: 18px; "><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); ">HORIZONS: </p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); ">Community Leaders Reducing Poverty</p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); ">Working together to move from poverty to prosperity for all.</p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); ">Mary Schilling at 633 3033 or email at <span style="text-decoration: underline ; color:#3266cc;"><b>mschilling@gcdsd.org</b></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); ">Learn more about the Horizons program <span style="text-decoration: underline ; color:#3266cc;"><b>http://horizons.wsu.edu/</b></span></p></center><center style="text-align: center;"><br /></center><center><br /></center>Sheri Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080876789496380734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524589511220492333.post-43334619742601539662010-06-11T09:48:00.000-07:002010-08-26T12:22:00.880-07:00What picture will we paint for our community?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj15bNeMUjT3WQevgW89viaPq6Ae2f7mivQl6ekR90kkUYJARNBFpnzz-yDzGjEnblTIikBLLVkbFtC-WUwekMbQNV_WAmbs4I5wxhg2lE1ivGyVA4L-pUDv8o-JQnupA28_Haqp8mksEYS/s1600/WAG+6.10.10-2_Page_1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj15bNeMUjT3WQevgW89viaPq6Ae2f7mivQl6ekR90kkUYJARNBFpnzz-yDzGjEnblTIikBLLVkbFtC-WUwekMbQNV_WAmbs4I5wxhg2lE1ivGyVA4L-pUDv8o-JQnupA28_Haqp8mksEYS/s400/WAG+6.10.10-2_Page_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509800316052324050" /></a><br /><div>WAG Horizons Community Meeting<br />6/10/10<br />6:30-8:30 PM<br />Center Elementary<br />Notes and Thoughts<br />Sheri Edwards<br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:15.8333px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:15.8333px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:15.8333px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:15.8333px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:15.8333px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Help us choose the next big steps to bring us from past poverty and divisions to future hope and unity...</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:15.8333px;"></span>Text:</div><div><br /></div><div><br />Christy Price<br />Paul Allen Foundation<br />Poverty<br />Fill gaps<br />Community needs<br />Build Capacity<br /><br />Barbara Engstrom<br />State grant-- maybe rotary<br /><br />Michelle --<br />Mark Neal, Architect<br />Tell the story<br /><br />Wellness center<br />Master plan<br /><br />Needs Assessment<br />Competition to community<br /><br />Daycare<br />Kids prepared to learn<br />Atmosphere<br /><br />The Package<br />The Story<br />The Evidence<br /><br />Ownership<br />See Handout<br /><br />Food Service-who, how<br />Bureau and others--<br />"Membership"<br />Hotel/motel tax<br /><br />Jenelle Ottmar<br />Impact Statement<br /><br /><br />Connections<br />School-- pool, fitness, conference rooms, health agencies;<br />Medical-- therapy pool, conference rooms, health agencies, elder help;<br />Daycare-- learning prep, safety, health agencies;<br />Parks and Rec-- pool, parks, funding, conference rooms, education;<br />Culture-- activities, education, shared history, conference rooms;<br />Daily health-- community and school access;<br />Tourism-- year-round access;<br />Conferences-- CCT, BLM, GCDSD, CCH, Others (church, Rotary, Chamber, Businesses);<br />Fiber--access for community<br />Community--cohesion, five towns/one home center, employment, youth activities, wellness, 1935-2010+, future vision reality...<br /><br />So...<br /><br />What picture will we paint?</div><div><br /></div><div><hr/></div><div><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); ">HORIZONS: Community Leaders Reducing Poverty</p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15.8333px; ">Working together to move from poverty to prosperity for all.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15.8333px; ">Mary Schilling at 633 3033 or email at <span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #3266cc"><b>mschilling@gcdsd.org</b></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(119, 119, 119); ">Learn more about the Horizons program <span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #3266cc"><b>http://horizons.wsu.edu/</b></span></p></div>Sheri Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080876789496380734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524589511220492333.post-5632351422041702002010-04-24T13:20:00.001-07:002010-04-24T13:20:21.292-07:00WAG Meeting 4/26<div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://media.shozu.com/cache/portal/media/514d159/33554441"><img src="http://media.shozu.com/cache/portal/media/514d159/33554441_blog" /></a></div><br/>The Wellness Action Group is a local community organization in it's infancy that is sponsored by the Horizons Group and WSU to reduce or eliminate poverty in this area. <br /> <br />The focus of the Wellness Action Group is to build a community center for the Grand Coulee Dam Area. There is a major need for a center here and much of the central issues with poverty could be better addressed with this type of facility.<br /> <br />Although at this time the majority of efforts and needs have been directed towards planning, in the very near future the W.A.G. hopes to begin the process of coordinating funds and building the community center. At that point, the support of the entire community will be needed. <br /> <br />For now it is enough to get the word out about what the goals of the W.A.G. are and let the entire community know to be ready to help however they can.<br /> <br />Thank you,<br /> <br />W.A.G.<br />Rick Morton, Member<br /><br />Next meeting:<br /><br />Monday, April 26, 2010<br />Grand Coulee Senior Center<br />6:30 pm<br /><p align="right" ><a href="http://www.shozu.com/portal/?utm_source=upload&utm_medium=graphic&utm_campaign=upload_graphic/" target="_blank" ><img src="http://www.shozu.com/resources/messages/logo_blog.gif" alt="Posted by ShoZu" border="0" /></a></p>Sheri Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080876789496380734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524589511220492333.post-5936477265730090022010-04-09T11:49:00.000-07:002010-04-10T09:02:54.902-07:00Funding Possibilities Meeting 4/8/10<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204); font-weight: bold;">What happened at the meeting?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">A Lesson in Self- sustainability: Outcomes That Change Communities</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Patrick Malone</span>, Presenter<br />WSUE Horizons Coach<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/04/09/964.jpg"><img src="http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/04/09/s_964.jpg" style="margin: 5px;" align="left" border="0" height="281" width="210" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">4/8/10</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Senior Center, Grand Coulee, WA</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Outcomes</span><br /><br />The most important aspect of funding any program is to focus on the <span style="font-style: italic;">outcomes</span> for people that you hope to achieve.<br /><br />What will change?<br />How will you know?<br /><br />How much? What is your budget? What will you fund? How committed are those involved?<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/04/09/965.jpg"><img src="http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/04/09/s_965.jpg" style="margin: 5px;" align="right" border="0" height="210" width="281" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Create the value in the community--</span><br />The Horizons group-- How can you generate own income?<br /><br />What about your core membership?<br />You as leaders?<br />Board members?<br />Have you shown your commitment?<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/04/09/966.jpg"><img src="http://blogpress.w18.net/photos/10/04/09/s_966.jpg" style="margin: 5px;" align="left" border="0" height="281" width="210" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fees for service</span><br />In today's economic times, be entrepreneurial in your design.<br /><ul><li>Social enterprise....Earned income. For what can you charge a fee?</li><li>Donors... individual are base -- 85% of all donations</li><li>Grants....hardest and slowest</li><li>Government earmarks... Yes, that word: pork. Think of the West Central Community Center, Spokane. What will catch the eye and heart of those involved?</li></ul><span style="font-style: italic;">Gap funders</span>...a<br />Again, what has the community given and developed to which the funders fill the gap?<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Ideas</span>:<br />Community garden members develop and sell a product from their produce (example: salad dressing in LA).<br /><br />Expertise from community members we serve (sales, accounting, art, etc.) provide the foundation for themselves and a new service --a thrift store, an art gallery with lessons, a local book). Jobs created and funds (social enterprise) reinvested.<br />........<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Other Topics</span><br />Nonprofits --membership fees<br /><br />Pricing-- think of our Horizons group as the business across the street.<br /><br />Marketable expertise. -- What skills do our members and our community have that can be marketed?<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">How about...</span><br />Art<br />Culture<br />Garden<br />Drama<br />Animal care<br />Story telling<br />Music<br />Poetry<br />Photography<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Resources</span><br /><br />Directory of community nonprofits<br /><br /><a href="http://www.grants.gov/">Grants.gov</a>. Funds<br />Earmarks - apply.<a href="https://www.cfda.gov/"><br />Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance</a><br /><br /><a href="http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/">Foundation Directory Online</a> <span style="font-style: italic;">ask library to subscribe</span> to the <a href="http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/">Foundation Directory Online</a><br /><br /><a href="http://foundationcenter.org/">Foundation cente</a>r...online search section...<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Federal funds</span> ... Own those items forever... Be prepared...<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Consider</span>: Public vs private money<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Foundations</span> don't want continued connection but <span style="font-style: italic;">DO want sustainability</span>. Remember to focus on and tell the stories of your outcomes.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Funder contacts</span>. Enjoy contact. People. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Relationships</span>.<br /><br />Build a culture of service ... Philanthropy<br /><a href="http://www.everyday-democracy.org/en/index.aspx"><br />Everyday Democracy</a><br /><br />....<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Needs</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Meshing and blending group goals</span><br /><br />Park & Rec district...<br />1st Monday, 5:00. Center School teacher lounge<br />New school needs more to obtain its original ideas<br />Letters---lots of letters<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Tourists</span> will be part of help--- need more to do, so our vision will add to their needs for which they will pay the fee to use our center.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Year round use</span>... Yes, the pool and more.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The vision</span>: community center: pool, child care, classes, etc.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">The message</span>:<br />How much will you help so we can make it happen together?<br />Our initial output will promote help for the community, market our community skills, and support the quest for further funding.<br />...<br /><br /><br />-- Post From IPad by Sheri<br /><p class="blogpress_location">Location:<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Senior%20Center,%20Grand%20Coulee,%20WA&z=10">Senior Center, Grand Coulee, WA</a></p>Sheri Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080876789496380734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524589511220492333.post-17710078591495839472010-03-29T20:34:00.000-07:002010-03-29T20:59:16.453-07:00Community Meeting: Bring a Friend<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1020/1305865144_2bfda17440_m.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 180px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1020/1305865144_2bfda17440_m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><center><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica, serif;">Let's get up to speed!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica, serif;font-size:medium;">The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica, serif;font-size:medium;"><b>Wellness Action Group (WAG)</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica, serif;font-size:medium;"> and community meeting is confirmed for Thursday, April 8, at 6:30 p.m. at the Senior Center in Grand Coulee. Bring a friend, bring a neighbor, hope to see you there!</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We will have a special guest speaker, <b>Patrick Malone</b>, <i>Horizons Community Coach and Microenterprise Assistance Project Team Member</i>, for a presentation on Nonprofit Fundraising Basics, followed by a question and answer session.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Let's find out how to move forward with the community vision, the strategic plan of which is <a href="http://www.horizons.wsu.edu/project/horizons3/documents/lH3%20Strategic%20PlanGrandCoulee.doc">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></center><center><hr/></center><center>Photo Credit: Flickr Creative Commons <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyjcase/" title="" style="color: rgb(0, 99, 220); text-decoration: underline; "><b>Great Beyond</b></a></span></center><center><br /></center><center><hr /></center><center>HORIZONS: Community Leaders Reducing Poverty<br />Working together to move from poverty to prosperity for all.<br /><br /><br />Mary Schilling at 633 3033 or email at mschilling@gcdsd.org<br /><br /><br />Learn more about the Horizons program <a href="http://horizons.wsu.edu/">http://horizons.wsu.edu/</a></center>Sheri Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080876789496380734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524589511220492333.post-46442463680215700332009-10-31T17:36:00.001-07:002009-10-31T17:36:56.222-07:00WSU Sociology Students at Work for You!Sociology 433, an undergraduate class at Washington State University, has been researching options and resources for topics that are important to your rural communities as you work to reduce poverty. Topics include: affordable housing, neighborhood safety, youth activities and much, much more.<br /><br />Your community may be in contact with one of these teams, but all of their research may be relevant to the issues you are addressing. Click to the Horizons website <a title="blocked::http://www.horizons.wsu.edu/project/horizons3/community.html" href="http://www.horizons.wsu.edu/project/horizons3/community.html">http://www.horizons.wsu.edu/project/horizons3/community.html</a> to read about their work.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524589511220492333.post-43464912393609812002009-07-14T22:59:00.000-07:002009-07-15T01:13:58.882-07:00WAG: Wellness Action Group Meeting<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/210/477332444_d13d24c9f7.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 316px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/210/477332444_d13d24c9f7.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The Wellness Action Group will meet in a third community meeting:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);">Senior Center in Grand Coulee Thursday night at 6:30.</span><br /></span></div><br /><br />The core WAG group has been busy getting an education in community centers and has come to believe things even I would not have embraced a week ago. Time to get everyone up to speed and get some working assignments out there for anyone willing to be involved.<br /><br />I'll have a video tour ready of three sites we've visited in the last couple weeks. Here's sneak peek:<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyrNuujJDHrFo4gQ6hEzLLZhkbLb2OsEghx9Bg5cLuce7gV8-E-YpNlwH1a2lL88tV0uZH_UzU4451l0DIxvA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="mailto:scottwhunter@gmail.com">Scott Hunter</a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Come on! Jump in and make a splash for your community! Get involved!<br /></div><br /><hr /><br /><center><center><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo Credit: Flickr by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/eole/" title="Link to Éole's photostream" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL"><b property="foaf:name">Éole</b></a></span></div><br />HORIZONS: Community Leaders Reducing Poverty<br />Working together to move from poverty to prosperity for all.<br /><br />Mary Schilling at 633 3033 or email at <a href="mailto:mschilling@gcdsd.org">mschilling@gcdsd.org<br /></a><br />Learn more about the Horizons program <a href="http://horizons.wsu.edu/">http://horizons.wsu.edu/</a></center></center>Sheri Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080876789496380734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524589511220492333.post-1415613876138551302009-07-14T22:29:00.000-07:002009-07-14T22:59:00.526-07:00WAG: Wellness Action Group Tours<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/181/485497421_f94eebfef8.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 206px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/181/485497421_f94eebfef8.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">WAG: Wellness Action Group Tours<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;">Community Center</span><br />Is it possible?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Yes! <span>The WAG tour group included Scott Hunter, </span><span>Bill Black, Michelle Campobasso, Phil Hansen, Tom Jensen, Troy Johnson, Rick Morton, Nate Piturachsatit, Jerry Sands, Jesse Utz and Christy Price.</span><span> <br /><br />The group toured impressive community centers that began with similar dreams as this community has envisioned. They visited centers in <a href="http://www.kalispeltribe.com/camas-center/">Usk</a>, Washington and <a href="http://www.hospitalsoup.com/listing/10650-coeur-d-alene-tribe-wellness-center">Plummer</a> </span><span>and<a href="http://www.kroccda.org/main.php"> Coeur d’Alene</a></span><span>, Idaho.<br /><br />Is it possible? According to a report of the committee in <a href="http://grandcoulee.com/articles/2009/07/08/opinion/editorials_and_columns/doc4a54db9259c9c089020110.txt">The Star Online</a>, "</span><span>First, the business side. The revenue sources possible to help pay for the ongoing expenses of a good community center are surprisingly robust. <a href="http://www.kalispeltribe.com/camas-center/">Usk</a>, about the size of the town of Coulee Dam, is drawing members to its YMCA-like program from as far away as north Spokane (over an hour’s drive) because the place is beautiful and functional...</span><span> the fact that they can do THAT, tells me that we can do SOMETHING to make our community more livable for ourselves and our children, more attractive to newcomers and more sustainable culturally and economically. If we pull together on this, we can.</span>"<br /><br />Click <a href="http://grandcoulee.com/articles/2009/07/08/opinion/editorials_and_columns/doc4a54db9259c9c089020110.txt">here</a> to read the full article, and when your community needs your help and ideas, please dive in so we can make this happen, for all of us.<br /><span><br /></span></div></div><hr /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo Credit: Flickr CC by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulnich/" title="Link to Paul Nicholson's photostream" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL"><b property="foaf:name">Paul Nicholson</b></a></span></div><center><br />HORIZONS: Community Leaders Reducing Poverty<br />Working together to move from poverty to prosperity for all.<br /><br />Mary Schilling at 633 3033 or email at <a href="mailto:mschilling@gcdsd.org">mschilling@gcdsd.org<br /></a><br />Learn more about the Horizons program <a href="http://horizons.wsu.edu/">http://horizons.wsu.edu/</a></center>Sheri Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080876789496380734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524589511220492333.post-16546320493001680172009-07-14T21:24:00.000-07:002009-07-14T22:28:51.226-07:00WAG: Wellness Action Group<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/76/217404155_29dae4ac4c.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 155px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/76/217404155_29dae4ac4c.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;">WAG: Wellness Action Group<br />Finding A Direction<br /><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">On </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Wednesday June 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Grand Coulee Senior Center,</span> community members took the next steps in moving towards a <span style="font-weight: bold;">common vision</span> for Nespelem, Elmer City, Coulee Dam, Grand Coulee, and Electric City.<br /><center><div style="text-align: left;"><br />The group included leaders from the community, including Coulee Area Park and Recreation district Commissioner Susan Chaffee, Grand Coulee Counclmember Solveig Chaffee, Electric City Mayor Jerry Sands and council members Rick Morton and Birdie Hensley. In addition several organizations were represented: PTA, Rotary, Lions, and Moose Lodge.<br /><br />The group dreamed a mighty vision for the community: a community center with a convention center, an auditorium, an aquatic center, day care, and more. Why? Because such a establishment would center the community with a gathering place that meets many needs: fitness, health care, day care, meetings, performances, etc. Such a benefit would keep families in the community and provide employment.<br /><br />How could this dream become a reality? The participants decided that a committee needed to bring all possibilities together. Several people volunteered, including some grant writers: Bill Black, Glen Raymond, Christy Price, Troy Johnson, Phil Hansen, and Scott Hunter, with alternates and resources to be Tom Jensen, Rick Morton, Jerry Sands, Nate Piturachsatit, and Jess Utz. The committee, The Wellness Action Group (WAG), would meet to tour several other small communities who built their dream centers.<br /><br />With a community vision focusing on wellness for the whole community, a definite benefit would be to provide resources that alleviate poverty.<br /><br />How do you think a community center would benefit our community -- all of our community, from Nespelem to Electric City? Are we moving in a positive directon?<br /><br />Please comment. Thank you.<br /><br /><hr /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Photo Credit: Flickr CC by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cafemama/" title="Link to cafemama's photostream" rel="dc:creator cc:attributionURL"><b property="foaf:name">cafemama</b></a></span></div><br /></div>HORIZONS: Community Leaders Reducing Poverty<br />Working together to move from poverty to prosperity for all.<br /><br />Mary Schilling at 633 3033 or email at <a href="mailto:mschilling@gcdsd.org">mschilling@gcdsd.org<br /></a><br />Learn more about the Horizons program <a href="http://horizons.wsu.edu/">http://horizons.wsu.edu/</a></center>Sheri Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080876789496380734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524589511220492333.post-59224676444601146852009-06-15T22:20:00.000-07:002009-06-15T23:10:07.147-07:00Visioning: Your Community Needs You<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qk5FBQsc5mJ3tMlbS2FHlHbIY7hpZ7U8oWqyGAzosTtxwL9lNJ2Kolg8Mn4hAwt9QaDd_dqbWg9xTi-01V09YSd6ucQXQMtXzOli80fMTWt2CtQXqmCPQu4G36N3XujEIEYJ1BMFhz5l/s1600-h/horizonflyerbanner.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 110px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qk5FBQsc5mJ3tMlbS2FHlHbIY7hpZ7U8oWqyGAzosTtxwL9lNJ2Kolg8Mn4hAwt9QaDd_dqbWg9xTi-01V09YSd6ucQXQMtXzOli80fMTWt2CtQXqmCPQu4G36N3XujEIEYJ1BMFhz5l/s400/horizonflyerbanner.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347797965768687282" border="0" /></a><br /><center><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;">What's Happened?</span><br /><br />On June 10th, the <a href="http://www.grandcouleedam.org/">Grand Coulee Area Chamber of Commerce</a> sponsored a community meeting at the Senior Center in Grand Coulee so community people could take control and offer ideas to reduce poverty and improve the community for everyone.<br /><br />The Horizons Project is moving into the Visioning phase. The article <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Community center meeting calls for another bigger one --Momentum builds for a new facility</span> <div style="float: right;"> </div> in the <a href="http://grandcoulee.com/articles/2009/06/12/news/doc4a32f1dc1486f265947895.txt">Star Online</a> notes:<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />"</span><span style="font-size:85%;">The goal of the meeting is to gain an approval in principlel for the community center goal from as many facets of the community as possible.<br /><br />Items up for discussion will include considering:<br /><br />• what types of facilities should be included in the overall plan, such as a swimming pool/aquatic center, small convention facility, daycare, gym, skate rink,<br /><br />• possible location sites,<br /><br />• funding possibilities."</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">What's Happening?</span><br /><br />Community members will address the ideas from the Action Forum and move forward with skills developed at <a href="http://www.pew-partnership.org/lpinstitute.html">Leadership Plenty</a> to form partnerships (like with the Chamber of Commerce, Hospital, Government, etc.), form a 501c3, and apply for grants to achieve the community's vision.<br /><br />Next week, <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Wednesday June 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Grand Coulee Senior Center,</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"> </span>come as a community member to take the next steps in moving towards a <span style="font-weight: bold;">common vision</span> for Nespelem, Elmer City, Coulee Dam, Grand Coulee, and Electric City.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">Please bring your ideas and join the future.<br /></div><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://grandcoulee-wa.pbworks.com/f/Grand+Coulee+Area+Horizons+Flyer.pdf"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 158px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJq8N7J0CokqNDTk5Pz876TUtQLKjp41CgApdTB-89JWjHQdib1hw8_FtDu9K8pX_KOorgMhkbGPC6WFfdX0UiYQ6UjWtBiseLeREAzQw7pv6o0ZThXeIBc_lg_msaYKwMKhQYkrY1Mfzw/s200/HorizonFlyerwsu.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347793642797552354" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Click image to download flyer.</span></span><br /><br />HORIZONS: Community Leaders Reducing Poverty<br />Working together to move from poverty to prosperity for all.<br /><br /><br />Mary Schilling at 633 3033 or email at <a href="mailto:mschilling@gcdsd.org">mschilling@gcdsd.org </a><br /><br /><br />Learn more about the Horizons program <a href="http://horizons.wsu.edu/">http://horizons.wsu.edu/</a></center>Sheri Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080876789496380734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524589511220492333.post-5145256879983281942009-03-22T18:42:00.000-07:002009-03-22T19:06:08.969-07:00A Step Closer: Community Center Meeting Needs Your Input<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1225/1212876827_f460f90a1e_m.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 180px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1225/1212876827_f460f90a1e_m.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>We're<span style="font-weight: bold;"> a step closer </span>to solving answers to these questions:<br /><center><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />Worried about access to child care?<br /><br />Interested in more activities for everyone, especially the youth?<br /><br />Want to create an active community?<br /><br />Would you want to see a focal point of community spirit?<br /><br />Join other community members from Nespelem, Elmer City, Coulee Dam, Grand Coulee, and Electric City at the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Coulee Dam Community Church</span> on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Thursday, March 26th at 5:30. </span><br /><br />If you step up to add your input, YOU can help make all of these a reality.<br /><br />Please leave your footprint on a positive future for our community.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3206/3147069163_1e4e519f05_m.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 240px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3206/3147069163_1e4e519f05_m.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><hr /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />Photo Credit:<br />Flickr Commons by szeretlek_ma</span> <span style="font-size:78%;"> beginning and <b>mattbuck4950 end</b></span><br /><br /><hr /><br /></div><br />HORIZONS: Community Leaders Reducing Poverty<br />Working together to move from poverty to prosperity for all.<br /><br /><br />Mary Schilling at 633 3033 or email at mschilling@gcdsd.org<br /><br /><br />Learn more about the Horizons program http://horizons.wsu.edu/</center>Sheri Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080876789496380734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524589511220492333.post-76434217090916090472009-03-22T18:29:00.000-07:002009-03-22T18:41:49.986-07:00Leadership to Action<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivDm6yAJS05pjZ0GE3HdUERxwhdavW1cpTP2mIY8QQuN62ppU63y48ij7wFynyHFO7BSTugBkSblYiLF5u0mzVwWIFSJD4QlOS97aNIlKS-Iu0SrCEUm-DLK8y2TwOb0VTd9fFfEFQI6pK/s1600-h/IMG_9593.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivDm6yAJS05pjZ0GE3HdUERxwhdavW1cpTP2mIY8QQuN62ppU63y48ij7wFynyHFO7BSTugBkSblYiLF5u0mzVwWIFSJD4QlOS97aNIlKS-Iu0SrCEUm-DLK8y2TwOb0VTd9fFfEFQI6pK/s200/IMG_9593.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316191404521662722" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><center><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Module 7 - Moving from Talk to Action</span><br /><br />Members of Leadership Plenty training group have completed their training and are ready to help the community move to action.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ask yourself:</span><br /><br />How does the organization work together to implements its goals in the neighborhood or community? What happens as a result of these actions?<br /><br />How do leaders of the organization know if they have accomplished what they set out to do?<br /><br />Do you sense a far-reaching vision for what the organization really wants to accomplish in the community? What is that vision?<br /><br />What kinds of knowledge and skills would enhance the organization’s ability to work together to plan for that vision?<br /><br />A main lesson from Leadership Plenty is that all of us in the community have qualities that guide leadership to action.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Will you join the spirit and add your expertise</span> as we progress to developing resources that help all of us. We can move from poverty to prosperity together.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7avNQO98dGAKc1EFRZNj9TpQmtoDUP76aqCbnI6A8DzRNfjvF9rhmnTAYVHeNOYjQQiYBCMkCCziL1Z3BCvUL94QZsYA6MPzW0N9tP0JnB6mQaTVUBsKSzPRISbw73Rokf1q-jzYMOO5-/s1600-h/IMG_9488.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7avNQO98dGAKc1EFRZNj9TpQmtoDUP76aqCbnI6A8DzRNfjvF9rhmnTAYVHeNOYjQQiYBCMkCCziL1Z3BCvUL94QZsYA6MPzW0N9tP0JnB6mQaTVUBsKSzPRISbw73Rokf1q-jzYMOO5-/s200/IMG_9488.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316190858003030290" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">CONTACT</span><br /><br />HORIZONS: Community Leaders Reducing Poverty<br />Working together to move from poverty to prosperity for all.<br /><br />Mary Schilling at 633 3033 or email at <a href="mailto:mschilling@gcdsd.org">mschilling@gcdsd.org </a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Another great resource with ideas from other communities is:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.everyday-democracy.org/">http://www.everyday-democracy.org/</a><br /></div></div>Subscribe to their newsletter.<br /><br />Learn more about the Horizons program <a href="http://horizons.wsu.edu/">http://horizons.wsu.edu/</a></center>Sheri Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080876789496380734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524589511220492333.post-37173970533733640502009-01-19T13:54:00.000-08:002009-01-19T16:04:53.928-08:00Community Center, Child Care, Leadership Meetings<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >Important Community Meetings --- </span><br /><span style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >Please come to one! Be part of the solution!</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SXUNblc_Q9I/AAAAAAAAAjI/Zw3j6Nv7rSA/s512/IMG_9297.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 165px; height: 121px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SXUNblc_Q9I/AAAAAAAAAjI/Zw3j6Nv7rSA/s512/IMG_9297.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"><br />January 21</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">st</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">L</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">eadership Plenty</span> 5:30-9:30 </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">5:30 Dinner</span><br /><br /></div></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Janu</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">ary 22nd</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">Community Center Meeting</span> 5:30 Dinner<br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">January 24th</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Child Care Needs Meeting</span> 2:00-4:00<br /></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">All at: Coulee Dam <span style="font-weight: bold;">Presbyterian </span>Community Church in Coulee Dam<br /></div><br /><hr /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);"></span></div><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">Leadership Plenty 3</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What</span>: the third session of leadership training – The first and second training sessions were very productive and engaging! Clock Hours available.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">When</span>: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 from 5:30-9:30<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Where</span>: Coulee Dam Community Church<br /><br />Dinner will be served at 5:30 pm and the training will start soon after. Remember, you can join in at any point in these trainings, you do not have to attend each one. They will be every Wednesday for the next 8 weeks or so; same place, same time.<br /><br />Childcare available. Money available to pay adult care in your home. You will need to arrange for your own care provider and then complete a reimbursement form at the meeting. Please RSVP to me, indicating the # of children, if you will be attending the meeting and will be requesting reimbursement. This will ensure that I have enough cash available.<br /><br />There is also gas money available if you need assistance.<br /><br />Thank you!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><hr /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);">Community Center Meeting</span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">What</span>: Focus on Goals<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Where</span>: The next meeting<span style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Community Center Action Team</span></span> will be held by the Community Center Action Team will be <span style="font-weight: bold;">January 22, 5:30 pm. at the Community Church in Coulee Dam</span>. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Dinner and Child Care provided</span>. Gas money available.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Why</span>: Our team believes that a centrally located community center would greatly benefit this area. We envision a facility that could offer social activities, learning activities, health and wellness programs, etc for all ages. We believe that this could have great potential to benefit all aspects of our community from the schools, to the senior programs, hospitals, clinics, even the police department.<br /><br />It is our hope that we will be able to come together in this endeavor to strengthen our community and possibly work toward consolidating many of our individual programs into one unit working together.<br /><br /><hr /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Child Care Town Hall</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What</span>: We will be holding a town-hall-type meeting on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday, January 24 from 2-4pm</span> at the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Coulee Dam Community Presbyterian Church in Coulee Dam</span> (across from the Tribal Museum). Free trained <span style="font-weight: bold;">childcare</span> will be provided at the church. Gas money available.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What</span>: The team is looking for community members to partner with us as we approach this broad, important subject. Our main areas of focus will be on the need for childcare facilities and additional preschool options. We need your ideas, experiences, concerns and expertise, even if you would not like to be directly involved long-term.<br /><br />This group is made possible by the support of the Horizons grant program for Grand Coulee. Please RSVP to Kevin Lind at <a href="mailto:kevinllind@gmail.com">kevinllind@gmail.com</a> or 631-0774 if you plan to attend or have any questions.<br /><br /><hr />Photo by Sheri Edwards: Snow Fort by Kids in Coulee Dam<br /><hr /><br /></div><br />HORIZONS: Community Leaders Reducing Poverty<br />Working together to move from poverty to prosperity for all.<br /><br /><br />Mary Schilling at 633 3033 or email at <a href="mailto:mschilling@gcdsd.org">mschilling@gcdsd.org</a><br /><br /><br />Learn more about the Horizons program<a href="http://horizons.wsu.edu/"> http://horizons.wsu.edu/</a>Sheri Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080876789496380734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524589511220492333.post-36828608804961656722009-01-19T13:36:00.000-08:002009-01-19T13:47:04.839-08:00Synergetic Strengths<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SXTUgZLd8AI/AAAAAAAAAiI/21IGowSJ0ws/s576/IMG_9371_2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 202px; height: 181px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SXTUgZLd8AI/AAAAAAAAAiI/21IGowSJ0ws/s576/IMG_9371_2.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Synergy</span>: the cooperation of members such that the resulting combined effect of their work is better than the effect caused by the effect of one member's work<br /><center><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Focus on strengths. What does that mean? It means that four towns and one tribe have five times the resources available; call on them. It means that diverse ideas provide more options. It means that many small events combined meet more needs.<br /><br />Module Two in Leadership Plenty helped attendees refocus limitations to reducing poverty through a lens of strengths. They found creative and nontraditional ways to work with leadership assets within the organization and the greater community for a synergistic effect.<br /><br />"Individuals, associations, and institutions -- these three major categories contain within them much of the asset base of every community." The evening event brought these avenues together while planning for economic development, resource books, child care, and a community center.<br /><br />"Deficit-based thinking discourages action, fragments communities, and encourages dependence on outsiders."<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SXTz8lJkl0I/AAAAAAAAAio/4l0_HUvZgG8/s512/IMG_9389.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 159px; height: 264px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SXTz8lJkl0I/AAAAAAAAAio/4l0_HUvZgG8/s512/IMG_9389.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Rather than worry about the problems created by different governmental agencies (towns, tribal, parks), instead focus on the resources available -- probably many more than other areas.<br /><br />Build strengths: find unusual partnerships, and bring traditional and nontraditional leaders together.<br /><br />What does that look like? Just one example from the synergy of the group brought forward by Janice Elvidge:<br /><br />Assimilate all the various school and church child care and after school activities under one umbrella in order to highlight for grantors all that we already do in separate venues, and the services of which would greatly improve under one community center.<br /><br />Real change will only occur when we engage the full community: school, church, associations, institutions, individuals. Won't you join us? Please contact:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Mary Schilling at 633 3033 or email at <a href="mailto:mschilling@gcdsd.org">mschilling@gcdsd.org</a><br /></div></div><br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fhorizon.gc.se%2Falbumid%2F5293055817221295361%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="400" height="267"></embed><br /><br /><br />HORIZONS: Community Leaders Reducing Poverty<br />Working together to move from poverty to prosperity for all.<br /><br />Learn more about the Horizons program <a href="http://horizons.wsu.edu/">http://horizons.wsu.edu/</a></center>Sheri Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080876789496380734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524589511220492333.post-50729089694764292072009-01-19T08:49:00.000-08:002009-01-19T09:00:20.536-08:00Life Stories: Steve<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SXSwIlAxLJI/AAAAAAAAAew/mhashctW2b4/s512/1019081701.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 183px; height: 243px;" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SXSwIlAxLJI/AAAAAAAAAew/mhashctW2b4/s512/1019081701.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Who</span>: Steven R. Carson<center><div style="text-align: left;"> <div><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Occupation</span>: Colville Tribes Parks & Recreation<br /><br /></div> <div> <span style="font-style: italic;">Years in Community</span>: I moved to Elmer City when I was 6 years old. I lived in the area until I was 23. My wife and I then moved to Florida for 2 years to attend college. After some training and experience we moved back to the area to raise our family. </div> <div><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Education</span>: High School Diploma 2001, Training at SEU Florida.<br /><br /></div> <div> <span style="font-style: italic;">Favorite community memory</span>: I am big on taking advantage of the great outdoors. I love fishing, hunting, camping, and hiking. My favorite community memory is before 9/11 we were able to fish below the Dam on the rocks, and above off the east side of the Dam. You could always see others teaching the kids how to fish.<br /><br /></div> <div> <span style="font-style: italic;">Hopes for community</span>: That we all could see and vision the potential our whole surrounding area has and can become.<br /><br /></div> <span style="font-style: italic;">Why I am part of the projec</span>t: To help be a voice and solution in bringing out that potential.</div><br /><br />HORIZONS: Community Leaders Reducing Poverty<br />Working together to move from poverty to prosperity for all.<br /><br />Learn more about the Horizons program http://horizons.wsu.edu/</center>Sheri Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080876789496380734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524589511220492333.post-44144155857006580022009-01-13T20:02:00.000-08:002009-01-13T20:31:51.944-08:00Working toward a Community Center<center><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Who</span>: Horizons Action Teams<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">What</span>: Three Action Teams have come out of the Horizons Program: A Childcare Action Team, Resource Action Team, and a <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Community Center Action Team</span>. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Where</span>: The next meeting<span style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Community Center Action Team</span></span> will be held by the Community Center Action Team will be January 22, 5:30 pm. at the Community Church in Coulee Dam. Dinner and Child Care provided<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Why</span>: Our team believes that a centrally located community center would greatly benefit this area. We envision a facility that could offer social activities, learning activities, health and wellness programs, etc for all ages. We believe that this could have great potential to benefit all aspects of our community from the schools, to the senior programs, hospitals, clinics, even the police department.<br /><br /> It is our hope that we will be able to come together in this endeavor to strengthen our community and possibly work toward consolidating many of our individual programs into one unit working together.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Agenda</span>: Focus on setting goals<br /><br /><br />Learn more about the Horizons program @ <a href="http://horizons.wsu.edu/">http://horizons.wsu.edu/</a> and follow our progress by visiting our blog site <a href="http://grandcoulee-wa.blogspot.com/">http://grandcoulee-wa.blogspot.com/</a><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3080/2292098756_02e2830809.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 307px; height: 230px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3080/2292098756_02e2830809.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Photo Credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thetapeartists/" title="Link to Tape Art - Education and works in progress.'s photostream"><b>Tape Art - Education and works in progress at Flickr Commons</b></a><br /><br />HORIZONS: Community Leaders Reducing Poverty<br />Working together to move from poverty to prosperity for all.<br /><br />Learn more about the Horizons program @ <a href="http://horizons.wsu.edu/">http://horizons.wsu.edu/</a><br /></center>Sheri Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080876789496380734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524589511220492333.post-36361433662790044902009-01-13T19:00:00.000-08:002009-01-13T20:46:45.707-08:00Reminder<span style="font-weight: bold;">What</span>: the second session of leadership training – The first training session was very productive and engaging!<br /><center><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">When</span>: tomorrow evening, Wednesday, January 14, 2009 from 5:30-9:00<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Where</span>: Coulee Dam Community Church<br /><br />Dinner will be served at 5:30 pm and the training will start soon after. Remember, you can join in at any point in these trainings, you do not have to attend each one. They will be every Wednesday for the next 8 weeks or so; same place, same time.<br /><br />Unfortunately, we will NOT have childcare at the next meeting. There is money available to pay for childcare/adult care in your home. You will need to arrange for your own care provider and then complete a Child Care reimbursement form at the meeting. Please RSVP to me, <a href="mailto:mschilling@gcdsd.org">Mary Schilling</a>, indicating the number of children, if you will be attending the meeting and will be requesting reimbursement for childcare. This will ensure that I have enough cash available.<br /><br />There is also gas money available if you need assistance.<br /><br /><a href="mailto:mschilling@gcdsd.org">Mary Schilling</a><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SWrJMgS4SsI/AAAAAAAAAdA/3Yi6kTDmcvg/s512/IMG_9255.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 199px;" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SWrJMgS4SsI/AAAAAAAAAdA/3Yi6kTDmcvg/s512/IMG_9255.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a>HORIZONS: Community Leaders Reducing Poverty<br />Working together to move from poverty to prosperity for all.<br /><br />Learn more about the Horizons program <a href="http://horizons.wsu.edu/">http://horizons.wsu.edu/</a></center>Sheri Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080876789496380734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524589511220492333.post-15480566347422523172009-01-11T23:21:00.000-08:002009-01-12T00:04:21.750-08:00Childcare Action Team to Hold Community Forum<center><div style="text-align: left;">Child Care Forum Press Release:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Childcare Action Team</span> to Hold Community Forum<br /><br />Do you have young children or grandchildren? Have you ever worked in childcare or early childhood development? Have you noticed a need for childcare and preschool in our community? <span style="font-style: italic;">We want to hear from all of you!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/28/46486528_383e057163_m.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 159px; height: 240px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/28/46486528_383e057163_m.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>The <span style="font-style: italic;">Community Childcare Action Team</span> is a group of community members who are concerned about our children, the availability of quality and lasting childcare options for them, and the opportunities for preschool in our community. As one community member recently said, “Children are the center of any community.” If we want to invest in our future, we ought to start by investing in our children.<br /><br />We will be holding a town-hall-type meeting on Saturday, January 24 from 2-4pm at the Coulee Dam Community Presbyterian Church in Coulee Dam (across from the Tribal Museum). Free trained childcare will be provided at the church.<br /><br />The team is looking for community members to partner with us as we approach this broad, important subject. Our main areas of focus will be on the need for childcare facilities and additional preschool options. We need your ideas, experiences, concerns and expertise, even if you would not like to be directly involved long-term.<br /><br />This group is made possible by the support of the Horizons grant program for Grand Coulee. Please RSVP to Kevin Lind at <a href="mailto:kevinllind@gmail.com">kevinllind@gmail.com</a> or 631-0774 if you plan to attend or have any questions.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Photo Credit: <a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/28/46486528_383e057163_m.jpg">Flickr: Creative Commons by </a><a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/28/46486528_383e057163_m.jpg" title="Link to doviende's photostream"><b>doviende</b></a></div><br />HORIZONS: Community Leaders Reducing Poverty<br />Working together to move from poverty to prosperity for all.</center>Sheri Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080876789496380734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524589511220492333.post-81574518903542771312009-01-11T22:50:00.000-08:002009-01-12T18:21:28.725-08:00Coulee Stuff: Resources when you need them<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://couleestuff.pbwiki.com/f/shellystwork07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 191px;" src="http://couleestuff.pbwiki.com/f/shellystwork07.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://grandcoulee-wa.blogspot.com/2008/12/stories-in-community-shelly.html">Shelly Stine,</a> Lake Roosevelt High School Resource Room Teacher and community member for almost thirty years, envisioned one place people could find information when needed. Situations arise in which health care, employment opportunity, or child care information is needed immediately.<h1 style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SWrJK8nGBoI/AAAAAAAAAc4/idVf8dB472w/s720/IMG_9252.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 167px; height: 124px;" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SWrJK8nGBoI/AAAAAAAAAc4/idVf8dB472w/s720/IMG_9252.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a></h1> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> With five towns, four counties, and a tribal government encompassing our area, people don't often know where the services exist.<br /><br />As part of her Masters Degree from Washington State University, she searched out that collection of resources for her hometown and the families that needed them. She published a booklet and disseminated the information. Yet, the information still seemed elusive.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><h1 style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SSO2UVFAsxI/AAAAAAAAAHw/xypf-AMyqkA/s512/100_0004.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 179px;" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SSO2UVFAsxI/AAAAAAAAAHw/xypf-AMyqkA/s512/100_0004.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a></h1> Shelly joined the HORIZONS Project and discovered that her work fed right into one of the group's goals: a centralized information area for people in need of services.<br /><br />An action team formed, comprised of Roberta Haines, Alan Cain, Sheri Edwards, and Shelly. After discussion during HORIZONS meetings and as a committee, the team created a wiki (<a href="http://pbwiki.com/">PB Wiki -- for Peanut Butter Wiki</a>) that could easily be updated collaboratively and available any place with Internet access. The team's dream includes kiosks and a published booklet. The goal is to provide information in a central as well as frequently visited areas so access is available for people who need to find the information.<br /><h1 style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SWrqkpEy2ZI/AAAAAAAAAd0/BJ2hlGGZDfM/s720/IMG_9254.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 178px; height: 133px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SWrqkpEy2ZI/AAAAAAAAAd0/BJ2hlGGZDfM/s720/IMG_9254.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a></h1> If you have information that needs to be added, or if you have a need for information, please contact <a href="mailto:shellystine@msn.com">Shelly Stine</a>, whose vision has provided not only the heart of the project, but also the focus for the future.<br /><br />And, please, visit the site and offer suggestions; we're just starting -- but what a start, thanks to Shelly. She's an example of a community leader committed to finding many ways to reduce poverty.<br /><br /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://couleestuff.pbwiki.com/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 481px; height: 268px;" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SWrrmPb-ZjI/AAAAAAAAAd8/sRYn9QFPJN4/s912/couleestuff.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></div><br /><center><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128);">Welcome to Co</span><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128);">ulee Stuff !</span></div> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128);">A resource guide for needed services for health, families, emergencies, etc.</span></p> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://couleestuff.pbwiki.com/">http://couleestuff.pbwiki.com/</a><br /><br /></div>HORIZONS: Community Leaders Reducing Poverty<br />Working together to move from poverty to prosperity for all.</center>Sheri Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080876789496380734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524589511220492333.post-48223831911743676952009-01-11T21:38:00.001-08:002009-01-11T22:50:14.927-08:00Crushed Red Pepper or Nutmeg?<div style="text-align: center;">HOPE Fueled by Action Sandwiches<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Next Meeting: Wednesday, January 14th<br />at the Coulee Dam Co</span><span style="font-style: italic;">mmunity Church</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SWrJJ7xg2jI/AAAAAAAAAc0/Uw0zhpZGmgE/s720/IMG_9250.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 430px; height: 322px;" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SWrJJ7xg2jI/AAAAAAAAAc0/Uw0zhpZGmgE/s720/IMG_9250.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SWrI_YkNHVI/AAAAAAAAAcA/w5O3CEn_OFw/s720/IMG_9233.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 134px;" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SWrI_YkNHVI/AAAAAAAAAcA/w5O3CEn_OFw/s720/IMG_9233.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.pew-partnership.org/lp/curriculum.html">Leadership Plenty</a> plans for just that: Leadership. Understand that:<ul><li>Everyone in the community has potential to be a leader.</li><li>Everyone possesses leadership skills that can serve to effect change in the community.</li><li>Leadership skils and techniques enable us to weave a shared vision and respond to a call to action.</li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SWrI6APgGYI/AAAAAAAAAbg/ZNtly6-vJrM/s720/IMG_9225.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 174px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SWrI6APgGYI/AAAAAAAAAbg/ZNtly6-vJrM/s720/IMG_9225.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a>Under the guidance of skilled local community leaders trained by <a href="http://www.pew-partnership.org/lp/curriculum.html">Leadership Plenty</a>, the participants spiced up their personal leadership qualities. <a href="http://grandcoulee-wa.blogspot.com/2008/12/stories-in-community-jesse.html">Jesse</a><a href="http://grandcoulee-wa.blogspot.com/2008/12/stories-in-community-jesse.html"> Utz</a>, <a href="http://grandcoulee-wa.blogspot.com/2008/12/stories-in-community-amanda.html">Amanda Poch</a>, and <a href="http://grandcoulee-wa.blogspot.com/2008/12/stories-in-community-nate.html">Nate Piturachsatit</a> led the groups in several activities that clarified the benefits of various leadership styles.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SWrI3oUzMFI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/oN6qWtCinBo/s720/IMG_9221.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 154px;" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SWrI3oUzMFI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/oN6qWtCinBo/s720/IMG_9221.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Think about it: Is your style crushed red pepper -- you take charge to get action? Or are you more like a pinch of nutmeg, a subtle reminder of either the big picture or the needed detail. Both styles of leadership encourage success in goals as they balance out the rush to act with pause for reflection.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SWrJK8nGBoI/AAAAAAAAAc4/idVf8dB472w/s720/IMG_9252.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 154px;" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SWrJK8nGBoI/AAAAAAAAAc4/idVf8dB472w/s720/IMG_9252.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a>As one member commented, "Poverty can be alleviated with good leadership." And through the <a href="http://www.pew-partnership.org/lp/curriculum.html">Leadership Plenty</a> modules of active learning, the participants developed trust and skills to help them obtain a vision for two of the community's needs (Community Center and <a href="http://couleestuff.pbwiki.com/">Resource Guide</a>) to which the leadership skills will provide the drive to action.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SWrJCrcOHJI/AAAAAAAAAcM/3rE_4toS1bw/s720/IMG_9237.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 158px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SWrJCrcOHJI/AAAAAAAAAcM/3rE_4toS1bw/s720/IMG_9237.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a></div><center><span style="font-style: italic;">Next Meeting: Wednesday, J</span>anuary 14th at the Coulee Dam Community Church<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span>Come and help create the vision to reduce poverty in our community. Your leadership style is needed.<br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SWrJI0O4eFI/AAAAAAAAAcs/fOIn5W7RpDI/s720/IMG_9246.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 191px;" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SWrJI0O4eFI/AAAAAAAAAcs/fOIn5W7RpDI/s720/IMG_9246.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fhorizon.gc.se%2Falbumid%2F5290261460637918961%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="400" height="267"></embed><br /><br />HORIZONS: Community Leaders Reducing Poverty<br />Working together to move from poverty to prosperity for all.</center>Sheri Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080876789496380734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524589511220492333.post-34029935759205785982009-01-11T21:01:00.000-08:002009-01-11T21:17:08.588-08:00Stories in the Community: Lisa<center><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><br />Who</span>: Lisa Carson<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Occupation</span>: Stay-at-home mom with two girls.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SWrJew9Fg1I/AAAAAAAAAdw/qDuV9kFRFEg/s512/Kylee%2C%20Mom%2C%20Layla.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 221px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SWrJew9Fg1I/AAAAAAAAAdw/qDuV9kFRFEg/s512/Kylee%2C%20Mom%2C%20Layla.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Years in Community</span>: eight-ish. I moved here after I graduated from high school in Neah Bay Washington. I grew up on different Indian reservations with my dad working for the Indian Health Services. My mom's roots are here on the Colville reservation (mine too) and I wanted to return here to learn more about my culture and to be with my family. I am now married to a Colville tribal member, and we have decided to raise our daughters here.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Education</span>: High school-year 2000. AA&S from Big Bend Community College, Some training from SEU FL.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Favorite community memory</span>: When I first moved here I was involved with a group from Nespelem that was called the HOPE group which meant Helping Our People Elevate. We held a few Fun-Nights for the kids up in Nespelem, and I remember one of those times when we met at the Nespelem Community Center. It was a great turn out and the whole gym was packed with kids running all over the place. There was so much going on that I didn't quite know where to jump in. All I remember is seeing a couple hula-hoops laying around, and the next thing I remember is cheering a bunch of kids on as we competed in the ultimate hula-hooping tournament! It was pretty amazing and I never laughed so much in my whole life; those kids are awesome! That whole evening was awesome. It's a great memory.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Also another great memory</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span> Spring Canyon! Honestly, what beats that? Spring Canyon is such a great place to go in the summer. It is always packed with tons of families, food, and fun ~ the recipe for greatness!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Hopes for communit</span><span style="font-style: italic;">y</span>: I would hope that our community from Nespelem to Electric City would be a place where every family could thrive.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Why I am part of the project</span>: I want to be a part of helping this community reach its potential. This is a great place to live, but I would like to see more community activities for the kids in school, and also for the young adults all the way up to the elders in the community. I'm hoping that this program can help bring in a community center that would be welcoming for everyone here, and I envision seeing people from all ages, all backgrounds and all walks of life intermingling there and sharing life together.<br /><br /></div><br />HORIZONS: Community Leaders Reducing Poverty<br />Working together to move from poverty to prosperity for all.</center>Sheri Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080876789496380734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524589511220492333.post-5001897938171871252008-12-29T18:57:00.000-08:002008-12-29T19:06:39.808-08:00Save this date: January 7th: Leadership Plenty<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pew-partnership.org/lp/curriculum.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 165px; height: 210px;" src="http://www.pew-partnership.org/images/lp_module_1.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>Please join the solution:<br /><br /><center><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Leadership Plenty Training provided by WSU and Horizons will be a thought provoking training, teaching future and current leaders how to accomplish group goals and tasks. This training is offered to everyone in the Grand Coulee Dam Area including (Nespelem, Elmer City, Coulee Dam, Grand Coulee, Electric City, Delano and outlying areas. This is being offered for free, dinner is provided, child care is available. Also Adult home care is also provided. Local instructors will guide and teach as we learn how to use the assets that are currently available in our community, break down barriers that exist and keep us from moving forward as a team, preparing action plans, having a vision and evaluations, and much more.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pew-partnership.org/images/lp_module_2.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 165px; height: 210px;" src="http://www.pew-partnership.org/images/lp_module_2.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a></div><br />This training is beneficial to Business owners, Council members, group organizers, employees looking to lead, High School Youth, and anyone else looking to further thier knowledge of Leading.<br /><br /><br />Event Details:<br /><br />First Meeting: January 7, 2009<br /><br /> <div>Contact:</div> Jesse Utz - <a href="mailto:production@couleegraphics.com" rel="nofollow">production@couleegraphics.com</a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pew-partnership.org/images/lp_module_9.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 165px; height: 210px;" src="http://www.pew-partnership.org/images/lp_module_9.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /> <div>Location:</div> Community Church in Coulee Dam<br /><br /><div> <div>Event Time:</div> <div>5:30pm - 9:30pm</div> </div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.horizons.wsu.edu/ppt/LP_Horizons.ppt">Link to PowerPoint about Leadership Plenty</a><br /><a href="http://www.pew-partnership.org/lp/curriculum.html">Leadership Plenty Modules and Images</a><br /></div><br />HORIZONS: Community Leaders Reducing Poverty<br />Working together to move from poverty to prosperity for all.</center>Sheri Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080876789496380734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524589511220492333.post-19878323311209099162008-12-12T20:45:00.000-08:002008-12-13T12:20:17.124-08:00All Things Are Possible<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SUM6GXUy6yI/AAAAAAAAAWI/4-AfGRV8PRk/s720/IMG_9057.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 110px; height: 76px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SUM6GXUy6yI/AAAAAAAAAWI/4-AfGRV8PRk/s720/IMG_9057.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/STypEf7wBlI/AAAAAAAAARE/ZU-Ufjp580A/s512/IMG_8995.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 88px; height: 114px;" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/STypEf7wBlI/AAAAAAAAARE/ZU-Ufjp580A/s512/IMG_8995.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a>On Thursday, December 11th,<a href="http://grandcoulee-wa.blogspot.com/2008/12/stories-in-community-jesse.html"> Jesse Utz</a> facilitated members of previous <a href="http://grandcoulee-wa.blogspot.com/2008/11/words-of-hope.html">Study Circles</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>to share the dialogues of the different group suggestions to move the community forward in an effort to reduce poverty. Each group presented its ideas.<center><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/ST8xbS4Vf_I/AAAAAAAAATM/i0VzDD25Oqo/pastor.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 78px; height: 76px;" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/ST8xbS4Vf_I/AAAAAAAAATM/i0VzDD25Oqo/pastor.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The Sunday group, led by <a href="http://grandcoulee-wa.blogspot.com/2008/12/stories-in-community-kevin.html">Kevin Lind</a>, imagined that our community could be <span style="font-weight: bold;">"A community welcoming opportunity and tradition."</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/ST8vjV6i7qI/AAAAAAAAASw/s9eQuVGuL7U/s640/100_0041_2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 75px; height: 62px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/ST8vjV6i7qI/AAAAAAAAASw/s9eQuVGuL7U/s640/100_0041_2.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://grandcoulee-wa.blogspot.com/2008/12/stories-in-community-mary.html">Mary Schilling</a> explained that her Thursday group envisioned this community as embracing the ideals of <span style="font-weight: bold;">"unity, harmony, growth, vision, and opportunity</span>."<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SUNVOaVCe2I/AAAAAAAAAYM/EWwIf6SISFc/100_0038_2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 89px; height: 96px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SUNVOaVCe2I/AAAAAAAAAYM/EWwIf6SISFc/100_0038_2.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a>Another Thursday Study Circle team, explained by <a href="http://grandcoulee-wa.blogspot.com/2008/12/stories-in-community-bob.html">Bob Lambert,</a> discovered that this community already supports many resources, including food banks and transportation systems, but that not everyone knows about them. People are unaware partly because of the many different entities represented by our community: <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101324807473045375926.00045c063157dd320799a&ll=48.048072,-118.992233&spn=0.543492,1.430969&z=10">five towns</a>, four counties, <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101324807473045375926.00045c063157dd320799a&ll=47.888723,-118.896103&spn=0.272584,0.715485&z=11">two park systems</a>, and the <a href="http://www.colvilletribes.com/">Colville Conferderated Tribes</a>. <a href="http://grandcoulee-wa.blogspot.com/2008/12/stories-in-community-shelly.html">Shelly Stine </a>already has created a resource book based on these areas.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SUM6HUC2WgI/AAAAAAAAAWM/paBMyBEjvg8/s912/IMG_9058.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 156px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SUM6HUC2WgI/AAAAAAAAAWM/paBMyBEjvg8/s912/IMG_9058.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a>The consensus of this grass-roots group of engaged citizens is to consider these possibilites: <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />a community center, economic development, child care, community resource guide, elderly care, and town consolidation.</span><br /><br /><br /><br />Next, the participants chose areas of focus to begin a process of problem-solving. Each Action Team/Task Force will recruit more people to be involved; the goal is to energize the community into actions needed to complete the solutions.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SUNWysldXsI/AAAAAAAAAYo/JU_ck3C6SRw/s512/IMG_9053.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 106px; height: 142px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/SUNWysldXsI/AAAAAAAAAYo/JU_ck3C6SRw/s512/IMG_9053.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Rick Morton's comment summed up the general feeling of hope:<span style="font-weight: bold;"> "If we can make a sense of community, then maybe we can progress to unity."</span><br /><br />With that idea, and with new members (hopefully YOU), these task forces will<br />begin the basic actions:</div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Future Action Meetings</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Community Center</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Focus Leader</span>: Mary Schilling<br />Amanda Poch<br />Steve Carson<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Next meeting</span>:<br />January 8th<br />5:30 PM<br />Siam<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Resource Guide</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Resource Center</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Focus Leader</span>: Shelly Stine<br />Alan Cain<br />Sheri Edwards<br />Roberta Haines<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Next meeting</span>:<br />January 8th<br />5:30 PM<br />Alan’s<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Economic Development</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Focus Leader</span>: Rick Morton<br />Scott Hunter<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Next meeting</span>:<br />January 8th<br />7:00 PM<br />Rick’s<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Child Care</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Focus Leader</span>: Kevin Lind<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Next meeting</span>:<br />January 24th<br />2:00 PM<br />Town Hall Meeting<br />Community Church, Coulee Dam<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Future Teams</span>:<br />Town Consolidation<br />Elderly Care<br /></div><span class="maintext"><hr /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/STypHlw1MzI/AAAAAAAAARQ/gROtNWwR9fM/s512/IMG_8997.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 91px; height: 89px;" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/STypHlw1MzI/AAAAAAAAARQ/gROtNWwR9fM/s512/IMG_8997.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a>Finally, <a href="http://grandcoulee-wa.blogspot.com/2008/12/stories-in-community-nate.html">Nate Piturachsatit</a> explained that the <a href="http://grandcoulee-wa.blogspot.com/2008/12/who-has-community-vision.html">Leadership Plenty Team</a> (<a href="http://grandcoulee-wa.blogspot.com/2008/12/stories-in-community-amanda.html">Amanda Poch</a>, <a href="http://grandcoulee-wa.blogspot.com/2008/12/stories-in-community-jesse.html">Jesse Utz</a>, and <a href="http://grandcoulee-wa.blogspot.com/2008/12/stories-in-community-nate.html">Nate</a>) will begin training community members in <a href="http://www.pew-partnership.org/lp/curriculum.html">civic skills</a> to identify problems and plan actions to solve those problems. Those meetings commence from<span style="font-weight: bold;"> January 7th to March 18 with clock hours available</span>. Come to some or all of the meetings at the Community Church to develop skills that will benefit you in many ways: personal, community, work, politics, etc.<br /><br />This is a process -- not all citizens have participated in every meeting, but each knows that the goal is to engage the citizens of this community to help solve the problems of poverty by participating on three levels <span style="font-style: italic;">as each citizen can</span>: individual, group, and community. The action/task groups above are starting points, and not all members will attend all meetings. <span style="font-weight: bold;">So, please, consider attending some of the meetings to help out.</span> Contact Mary Schilling at 633 3033 or <a href="mailto:mschilling@gcdsd.org">mschilling@gcdsd.org</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Come help develop the "<span style="font-weight: bold;">unity</span>" in "<span style="font-weight: bold;">comm<span style="font-style: italic;">unity</span></span>."<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> As Amanda Poch understands after her training, "<span style="font-weight: bold;">All things are possible</span>."<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/STypFUt1kJI/AAAAAAAAARI/oGI6JVCpjh8/s640/IMG_8995_2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 108px; height: 91px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/STypFUt1kJI/AAAAAAAAARI/oGI6JVCpjh8/s640/IMG_8995_2.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Join us:<br /><br /><hr /><br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Fhorizon.gc.se%2Falbumid%2F5279126910990542993%3Fkind%3Dphoto%26alt%3Drss%26authkey%3DsZVzCugSAyU" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="288" height="192"></embed><br /><br /><br /><hr /><br /><br /></div>HORIZONS: Community Leaders Reducing Poverty<br />Working together to move from poverty to prosperity for all.<br /><br />Contact Mary Schilling at 633 3033 or <a href="mailto:mschilling@gcdsd.org">mschilling@gcdsd.org</a><br /></center>Sheri Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080876789496380734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524589511220492333.post-65968785035955662472008-12-12T19:44:00.000-08:002008-12-12T19:47:56.458-08:00Stories in the Community: Bob<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/STyZ3qNrN_I/AAAAAAAAAPc/zYle7I0D8iU/s512/IMG_9002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 169px; height: 188px;" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_mDGGUSfr1e8/STyZ3qNrN_I/AAAAAAAAAPc/zYle7I0D8iU/s512/IMG_9002.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Who</span>: Bob Lambert<br /><center><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Occupation</span>: Minister, Grand Coulee Church of the Nazarene<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Years in Community</span>: 9<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Education</span> --- HS, Year; College, Year: Moreno Valley High School class of 1975, 3 years at Point Loma Nazarene University San Diego CA.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Favorite community memory</span>: The building of the original skate park<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Hopes for community</span>: That we will come together and truly be a community<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Why you are part of the project</span>: Hopefully to make a difference<br /></div><br /><br />HORIZONS: Community Leaders Reducing Poverty<br />Working together to move from poverty to prosperity for all.</center>Sheri Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080876789496380734noreply@blogger.com0