What happened: Secretary/Treasurer Valerie Gregory reported criminal mischief at the Terre Hill Community Memorial Park. The October and November incidents involved a recycle bin being burned and melted to the concrete; toilet paper removed from a restroom, rolled out and burned in the parking lot; a soap dispenser in a restroom broken, spilling soap all over the floor; a pillar light with glass panels broken; smashed pumpkins; big rocks thrown and denting a large storage container. A video surveillance camera captured some of the vandalism and both teenage perpetrators have been identified.
PIERRE — The South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs will be hosting a State Bridge Dedication Ceremony to honor U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Gregory Wagner.
The ceremony will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, at the Hanson High School Gymnasium in Alexandria (600 Juniper St.).
The South Dakota Highway 38 bridge over the James River east of Mitchell will be dedicated to SSG Wagner.
Wagner graduated in 1989 from Hanson High School in Alexandria, and soon after enlisted in the South Dakota National Guard. His unit was deployed to Iraq in October 2005. On May 8, 2006, he died when his convoy was attacked in a Baghdad neighborhood. He was a member of the…
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – A Madison woman spends hours every day in the streets of her neighborhood, getting food into the hands of those who need it most. Now her community is returning the favor with an outstanding gesture.
Debra Childress overcame homelessness several years ago. “I was in a homeless situation years ago, so I know what it’s like to be homeless, living in the street, you don’t know where your next meal is coming from. You don’t know how you’re going to make it through the day,” told Childress.
Now she volunteers her time at several organizations, including hosting a weekly pop-up pantry in her own neighborhood of nearly 30 years, Allied Drive. She calls her ministry Fruits of The Spirit.
“I’m just really giving back what was given to me,” said Childress.
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – The Grant Student Council, which is comprised of 30 student representatives from fifth and sixth grade, has been busy since the start of the 2020-2021 school year planning and running virtual events and organizing community initiatives to keep students involved and engaged.
Student council reps are selected by class vote in the fall with one from each homeroom charged with relaying important information on events and activities back to classmates. Members meet with advisors Megan Basile (sixth grade math) and Alyson Oller (fifth grade ELA/social studies) twice a month and, since the start of the year, have been working together to brainstorm ideas for school wide activities, themed spirit days, and more.
So here we are on the last part of our “Community Management” blog series. We are hoping that you have read our previous two blogs about building a community and tactics to engage with members. If yes, then you are on the right path and you will be seeing results anytime now. But, is this enough? A plant is sown, manured but afterwards also it has to be taken care of on daily basis. Likewise, your community is built and active but should be maintained for never ending results. Community management can also be understood according to the layout of five stages.
Assuming that your community has reached maturity, realised its its maximum potential and is self-sustainable now, it’s time to find activities that will help take it forward. As at the maturity level engagement can come…
