Bovill, ID

Who is Angie Vanhoozer?

ecarney — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:48:00 +0000

You may have noticed her walking around town, peering into old buildings, and poking at shrubbery….She’s Bovill’s graduate student summer intern from the University of Idaho! Angie is a student in Bioregional Planning and also has a degree in landscape architecture. After gathering background information and meeting and talking to Bovill residents in the past few weeks, Angie has come up with many ideas for improving Bovill, which she presented at the Bovill Horizons graduation celebration on June 21st at the community center. She surveyed community members to determine what the community would like to see accomplished and which items should take priority. So far, it looks like there is a lot of interest in seeing better signage for the community and in renovating the old corner gas station into some sort of a cooperative business/community space for coffee and groceries.

Angie is also investigating the Rails to Trails program and has been networking with various regional resource providers to determine the best way to make things happen.

This internship opportunity came about because the Bovill Horizons Community Pride group saw a need and made a request to the University of Idaho Extension for a student intern.

Student Success Committee

ecarney — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:35:35 +0000

At the Rural Schools Trust conference in Alabama this spring, Sabrina Myers and Erin Stevenson worked with rural community folks from all over the country to form the Rural Schools in Challenging Circumstances group to continue the work begun at the conference and to provide support and networking. Sabrina and Erin also helped form a subcommittee of that group, the Student Success Committee. Sabrina is chairing this subcommittee and its goal is to define what success is in rural communities (it is not necessarily the same as in urban schools) and to determine what is needed to see that success occur. The committee is made up of rural community representatives from different states, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Arkansas, and Washington D.C.

Erin and Sabrina reported what they learned to the Horizons steering committee. This conference was a great opportunity for Bovill - Let’s support Sabrina and Erin in the their continuing efforts!

Pick A Part

ecarney — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:54:22 +0000

Karen Eggers and the Community Pride action team came up with a great approach to community action: in their meetings, they each “pick a part” to play in the actions they want to accomplish rather than “picking apart” each other and the community.

This is a wonderful way to reinforce the importance and power of cooperative teamwork! And this also reminds us of the power of positive thinking and constructive work.

KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED

shirleye — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:46:43 +0000

Bovill Horizons has been working to get a cell tower in Bovill.We don’t know if this will happen but we are keeping our fingers crossed. One of our State Representatives is working with us toward this goal. He has already helped Upriver and Emida get an agreement to have towers installed and has graciously agreed to help us as well. Stay tuned.

-Shirley

Bovill’s Community Leadership is Expanding

ecarney — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:44:42 +0000

Bovill Horizons is helping build leadership in our community, even beyond the Horizons program. For example, Shirley Easterday was inspired by her involvement in the Leadership Plenty program and by what she has learned as a Horizons Community Builder to become involved in community government. She ran for Bovill city council last November - something she had never tried before! She lost to the incumbent but got one third of the votes.

Erin Stevenson, Hope Hobbs, and Sabrina Myers have all taken new leadership roles for the first time as part of the Horizons program. Many others, such as Jean Childers and Karen Eggers have provided leadership as well.

Do you know other people who are taking on new leadership roles? Write in and let us know!

Spring!

ecarney — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:16:19 +0000

After a hard winter, Bovill is seeing green - and purple, and white and other wildflower colors. Here is a photo that Hope Hobbs provided for the blog showing last year’s spectacular field of camas blooms near Bovill. Here’s hoping for another beautiful spring and summer!

Blog Questions Week 9

MJ — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:36:54 +0000

Congrats to Judy of Cascade, she’s our weekly winner! Thanks to all the new bloggers who’ve signed up. If you’re part of the steering committee, hopefully these questions will help you work on the final report that is due June 30. Please let us know if you have any questions about the blog or the report.There is a Blogging Handbook available on our Horizons website at http://extension.ag.uidaho.edu/horizons/coaches.htm at the very top of the page… Thanks to MJ for writing this beginner’s guide! Also, for those communities that may be looking for a little more training, please contact MJ at merijoz@uidaho.edu / 208-885-8949 to see how she can help you.Rules: Post your answers on your blogsite by Tuesday, June 3 by midnight and be entered in the drawing for one of our book titles… I will be at a conference May 27-30 so this will give you a whole extra week…NOTE: Please enter your answers as either a comment to the original question OR as a brand new entry on your blog so that the answers are easy for people to find.Reflective Questions:

Of all the things you have done during the last 18 months in the Horizons program, of what are you most proud?

Scavenger Hunt Question:· Which Idaho Horizons community is working with the University of Idaho to help with their vision to “rebuild a community center to assist local families fight back against the ravages of poverty. They are looking to the future when they will have a center that provides central business offices for the city, a town library and public computers with Internet accessibility, expanded recreational facilities for youth and adults, a hall for future leadership and life skills training.”The winner will receive a copy of the book: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People will Follow You by John C. Maxwell.

A PIECE OF HISTORY

shirleye — Sat, 17 May 2008 15:29:10 +0000

Bovill library has cd’s and dvd’s made by Karen and Manley Waldron of John Anderson’s Potlatch logging photos on sale for $12,00 or two for $20.00. So hurry on down now and help support our community and own a piece of history.

Clean up

shirleye — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:20:46 +0000

Clean up day is coming soon so lets all get out our garbage bags and start picking up any trash we see laying around our lovely town , lets keep it beautiful.

WELCOME

shirleye — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:18:28 +0000

Welcome to Jackie Hartman, our newest Bovill resident and member of Horizons. Jackie just returned from Boise where she took a grant writing course, which will be very helpfull to our community. She will also be doing some maintainence for the city .