Wagner, SD

The Horizons Beautification plans are moving ahead. An application for a grant from the South Dakota Community Foundation was filled out, signed, and mailed March 15th. We have applied for funds to purchase concrete blocks to put around the two organization signs on the east and west ends of Wagner. One is by the Armory, and the other one is on the west side of the Gus Stop. We are going to plant perennials and some annuals the first year to get it started. The City workers will assist us in watering and we will take care of the wedding and maintenance. We also plan on applying for a portion of the funds for this project to our Wagner Community Foundation. Deadline for that application is May 1st.

On March 11, 2008 the Wagner Strategic Visioning Committee will meet to discuss our continued efforts and chart progress toward our established goals.  The meeting will be at noon at Two Spurs.

The group met in February with Dave Olson.  The meeting was attended by Linda Soukup, Barb Johannsen, Matt Cerny, Patty Frei, and Dawn Bures.  The major topics covered was Community Beautification committee, and another round of Study Circles.  The community beautification committee decided to meet on Feb 27 @ 7pm at the home of Linda Soukup.  The meeting was set to discuss with the entire committee the ideas of those involved and make a plan for how it will all come together.  Dawn and Linda will continue to lead the committee until it is established.

Patty informed us that the dates for facilitator training for the Study Circle facilitators will need to be moved and the new date for that is April 4 and 5 at the Wagner Fire Hall.  Patty will try to step in while Rita Kocer deals with a family emergency. 

 Dave Olson had some informational items he shared with the group.  There are a couple of training classes and events being held in the near future that might be of interest to our community members.  Matt has expressed interest in going to on that will be held in May in the Mlps area.  I will try to get a list of these and post them on here as there might be others interested in attending. 

 Dawn

Some interested citizens in Wagner have formed an assisted living committee to look into the possibility of starting an Assisted Living Facility in Wagner. After a successful first assisted living committee meeting held at Heritage Court in November, I hope we can build on that momentum and have a successful follow-up discussion. The next meeting will be on January 21^st, at 12 p.m. at Boom’s. At this meeting, we will try to pinpoint and summarize what the residents of the Wagner community really want and need from an assisted living facility. We will also discuss scheduling visits to different assisted living centers.