We Celebrate the Newsletter!

Klickitat's Community Newsletter the Horizon's has been an action item since the Study Circle's of March back in 2007. Our first Newsletter was hand-delivered for that personal one-on-one connection to our community neighbors in April of 2007.

We have partnered with the Klickitat County E.D.A. to make all copies and we are very greatful for their support. Allie Spino drives 30minutes to Goldendale were the Klickitat County EDA is located to drop off the draft and returns to Klickitat waiting for the okay to pick-up the finished newsletters. Once she returns home she connects with Renee Kessinger, Debbie Pyle, Laura Bales, Judy Lamping, Rhonda Vogt and a few spouses along the way and the folding begins. Each news crew member then carries out bundles of newsletter to deliver to the whole community.

Starting with around 250 copies we have increased to around 570 copies and now are getting past community members responding to the publications as well as writing memory articles of their own and saying thank you!

So in return..."Thank You to all for this opportunity it has been really rewarding connecting with everyone who cares about our rural town in Klickitat, Washington!"

KLICKITAT VISIONS

On November 11, 2007 the community is brought together by the Klickitat Horizons. This has been a very long day, but a very hopeful day. Nearly 40 community members attending and about five attended for the first time. Our actions have a very big impact for the future of Klickitat: A Clean-up Committee, Police Presence Committee, Community Youth Center Committee, and an Expanded Businesses Committee. Thank You to all those who have participated and have a dream for making Klickitat a better place. Also thank you Klickitat County Commissioner David Sauter for coming to support Klickitat.

BINGO For Horizon Surveys

Klickitat gets 60 residents to fill out surveys.

The residents of Klickitat always love BINGO Night.

"B-4" residents play Bingo for free they were asked to bring their completed surveys in. Klickitat was very willing and enjoyed the hour and a half of listening for their numbers and possibly winning a prize. It was a excellent night with all the support and collaboration, and they are ready for the next meeting. Do you think we'll make the cut?

Klickitat Celebrates July 17th, 2007

On July 17th, 2007, our Horizon group joined together to celebrate their successes. We as a whole have been involved with the Horizon Project for nine months.

Back in October of 2006, five local residents went to the Horizon Spotlight. At the Spotlight presented by Washington State University Extension, the instructors developed small classes to educate small rural communities about the diverse effects of poverty.

“The Horizons program is about the changes a community can make to move from poverty to hope, from population and economic decline to prosperity. This initiative is for rural communities of fewer than 5,000 and with poverty rates of at least 10 percent”, explains the WSU website.

Klickitat is one of 23 communitiues in the State of Washington who have been participating in the Project and whom have set small goals that we have accomplished.
We have completed the Study Circles and the LeadershipPlenty Curriculum. And we owe it to everyone who has participated and all of Klickitat who have a great love for our community. It all takes love, pride, commitment and a vision for Klickitat to strive for prosperity.

Klickitat has accomplished the Klickitat Community Horizon Newsletter, in fact, the group has published five volumes and it is improving every edition. The copying has been very important and we couldn’t have done it without the Klickitat County EDA. Personalizing the touch in Klickitat, individuals express the importance of hand delivering the newsletters to every resident in walking distance.

You to can get involved with the Klickitat Horizon Project, the Community Visioning Phase will begin in August with a survey to all Klickitat residents. Please fill it out and return it.

Keep a look out for signs for the next upcoming meeting. We hope to see you there!

Klickitat takes Action!

Saying thank you isn't always enough. In the Horizon's Study Circles our participants thought it would be thoughtful to help clean-up areas of our community.
On April 8th, 2007 a local organization, The Ladies Auxillary had an annual Easter Egg Hunt for our youth. But the Klickitat Horizons wanted to say Thank You. And that's just what they did.

Klickitat Enjoys LeadershipPlenty!

Three community members from Klickitat join the LeadershipPlenty team to learn the skills to help our communities have success in the Horizon Program.

On the left, Cheryl Steindorf has been living, breathing and dedicating many years of her life in Klickitat. Cheryl was raised in this rural community and also raised her children there. In the middle, Allie Spino has lived in Klickitat since 1980 and is currently raising her family here also. On the right, Becky Moss has dedicated her heart and time, she has lived here with her family for more than fifteen years. Rhonda Vogt and Seth Davis were unable to attend, but they have put in a great deal of time during this Horizon's Project as a whole. Many of these individuals have not only been to the LeadershipPlenty, but have been in to the Facilitator Training and are part of the Steering Committee.

Thank You, Klickitat for participating during the Study Circle Groups.

You all Care and therefore we "Klickitat" will make change.

Practice Makes Perfect

While in the Leadership Plenty in Moses Lake,Washington 23 rural communities in and around the state are learning important skills to bring back to our communities. Amongst the 23 communities 20 of them are currently involved in the Public Relations Program. Our teams are building blogs on our new community websites. Thank you Horizon's Program presented to us by WSU.