Vice-President Traci Hatch opened the meeting in the absence of Leanne Perin. Members present were Rita Morris, Esther Koch, Shirley Kimball, Jackie Franks, Les & Jane Iverson, Alfred Reiner and Barbara Lael Reiner, Teresa Crane, Betty Holloway, Glenda Noggles, Robin Znetko from Loon Lake Motel and Kathlene Knight from Loon Lake and Krisan LeHew. While we introduced ourselves to the new guests Esther Koch ran home to print more photos for our Moses Lake Poster.
Teresa Crane volunteered to print our needed 3 X 5 cards to display at Moses Lake. They will show: Valley In Progress “VIP”, P O Box 111, Valley, WA, 99181 plus valleyinprogress@gmail.com and President Leanne Perin, Vice President Traci Hatch and Treasurer Jane Iverson’s phone numbers.
We were reminded of the Colors Workshop Training Tuesday, March 16th at the Valley Grange from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Presently there are about 25 people signed up for this workshop.
Treasurer Jane Iverson announced that we received our first $1,500 from Horizons and that we need to open a VIP bank account. After some discussion a motion was made by Betty Holloway and seconded by Teresa Crane to have President Leanne Perin, Vice President Traci Hatch and Treasurer Jane Iverson as our VIP signers on the bank account. Each check will require 2 signatures. The motion to open a bank account at Chewelah’s American West Bank was made by Betty Holloway and seconded by Les Iverson since American West has been very supportive of Horizon projects and communities. This motion passed by majority.
Krisan reported that grants were obtained for the WSU Horizons Program for the year so she can continue to work with us for which we are all greatful.
The Huckleberry will be discussed and planned at a later meeting leaving more time to complete our poster.
The 1023 form to request our 501c3 status needs to be filled out and submitted. Jane, Krisan, Jackie, Betty & Glenda have some experience in completing these forms and will be available to help, but it was decided to bring in Scott from WSU Extensions to help get this form properly completed and ready for the boards approval.
The Tourism Workshop was very enlightening and well attended by our people. Jane Iverson took extensive notes and has a few copies to share with those who were unable to attend.
We were Reminded about an upcoming Grant Writing and Fund Raising workshop to be held Friday, April 2 at Chewelah Peak Learning Center from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Those interested in attending were encouraged to sign up with Krisan.
Community problems of drugs and alcohol along with a review of the Top 10 Issues of concern from our Community were discussed. Also the progress we have seen since we started the Horizons training was discussed along with numerous improvements around town. Areas still needing improvement were cleaning up litter/garbage and more signs to direct travelers into Valley for services. A new mode of transportation through our community is in the planning in the near future, running from Kettle Falls to Spokane.
We then adjourned to work on our Community Poster for the Moses Lake Conference. After some coordinating and arranging, it was decided more supplies were needed to make it look nice. Some photos would be reprinted and some colored paper for backgrounds was needed. Several volunteered to meet at the Valley Café to finish the poster this Friday, March 12 at 2:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Glenda Noggles, Secretary
