Graduation Celebration
YOU’RE INVITED!!
WHO: Everyone from Artesian, Forestburg & Letcher
WHAT: Sanborn Central Horizons Graduation Celebration
WHERE: 4-H Building in Forestburg
WHEN: Saturday, July 26th at 7:00 p.m.
Volunteers Paint South Dakota
Fifteen volunteers helped paint Missy Hoffman’s house in Letcher on June 28th as part of the Paint South Dakota program. This annual event is sponsored by the Letcher Community Club and the South Dakota Housing Development Authority. The Paint South Dakota program buys the paint and volunteers do the painting on a Saturday in June. This is the fourth year that the Letcher Community Club has participated in the program.
What Artesian Means to Me
A writing contest was held for Artesian’s 125th celebration. Students in the 6th through 12th grades from the Artesian area wrote essays entitled, “What Artesian Means to Me.” The winning entries can be read in this article from the Sanborn Weekly Journal.
Horizons III Project
IMPORTANT NEWS!
SDSU’s Cooperative Extension Service is seeking 15 new communities for the Horizons III project!
The application deadline is August 5, 2008. The Horizons project is open to communities with populations of 5,000 or less where the poverty rate is 10% or greater.
To apply or get more information, communities should call Horizons project director Kari Fruechte at (605)688-4946 or email her at Kari.Fruechte@sdstate.edu.
Capitol Cornerstone Dedication
On Friday, June 20th a ceremony was held in Pierre to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of the State Capitol. Over 200 Masons from across the state attended the event. Letcher’s own Masons Grand Master, Denny Robinson, rededicated the cornerstone. Click here to read about the celebration.
Team Horizons
Sanborn Central Horizons is having t-shirts made to wear during Horizons events (such as the Fourth of July Parade, fundraisers, clean ups and the graduation celebration). Click on the picture above to see the design created by Martha for the t-shirts.
This will be a way to show that you are involved with Horizons and invite others to get involved and join “TEAM HORIZONS.”
If you would like to have a t-shirt printed, just purchase your own white t-shirt in whatever size you want and get it to Velma Kneen (home 495-4391, cell 354-5063). She will print a transfer and iron it on your t-shirt for you.
Planning Meeting
A Horizons meeting has been scheduled for July 16th at 7:00 p.m. at the church in Forestburg. Committee members will give updates and the upcoming graduation celebration will be planned.
Join the Horizons team!! 
Paying it Forward
Thanks to the generosity of community members and their donations for the two community rummage sales that were held, the Good Stuff Committee was able to “Pay it Forward” to several other organizations. In addition to the $500 that was raised to help families and individuals in need, the leftover items were donated as follows: household items, books, etc. donated to Goodwill in Mitchell; women’s and kids’ clothing, games, toys, books, and bedding donated to the Mitchell Area Safehouse; 2 pair of crutches went to people doing physical therapy who have a need for them; and soccer-related items are being donated to the school’s soccer program. Thanks everyone!
Save These Dates
May 4th - Mt. Pleasant Cemetery clean up in Artesian at 1:30 p.m. Contact: Wendy Peer at 527-2321
May 14th - Westlawn Cemetery/St. Scholastica Cemetery clean up in Letcher at 6:30 p.m. Contact: Sally Olson at 248-2393
May 17th - Town Clean Up in Letcher at 8:00 a.m. (meet at the Community Center) Contact: Mary Luckett at 248-2466
May 17th - Town Clean Up in Forestburg at 9:00 a.m. (meet at the ballpark) Contact: Margo Edwards at 495-4366
May 18th - Town Clean Up in Artesian at 1:00 p.m. Contact: Karen Lambert at 527-2265
May 31st - Community Rummage Sale at the old Forestburg gym starting at 8:30 a.m. Contact: Dawna Van Overschelde at 248-2419
June 8th - Art in the Garden in Letcher from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Contact: Cindy Gregg at 996-5402.
June 14th - City-wide rummage sales in Letcher. Contact: Tiffany Hoffman at 248-2235
June 28th - Paint SD work day at Missy Hoffman’s house in Letcher. Contact: Kim VanWalleghen at 248-2204
June 28th - Paint SD work day at Arlene Dorris’ house in Artesian. Contact: Karen Lambert at 527-2265
July 26th - Sanborn Central Horizons II Graduation Celebration at 7:00 p.m. at the 4-H Building in Forestburg.
If you have other dates to add to this list, just leave a comment and we’ll get those dates posted too.