Happy Holidays!

The Horizon's Economic Development Committe sends you warm holiday wishes for you and yours this season.

Our next meeting will be held on Thursday January 17, 2008 at 5:30 p.m. at the Super 8 on Hwy 53. All are welcome and encouraged to attend!

Sliding Hill Grand Opening

When: January 1, 2008
Time: 2-4pm
Where: Behind the RRCC - Parking available at bottom of hill.
(Entrance is off Park Avenue across from cemetery.)

Bring your mode of transpotation.(Sled, cardboard,tube)

Bring warm clothes

Bring family & friends

Snowman building contest

Make it a family friendly afternoon

Bring your own props.(hats, buttons, ect.)

Be creative! 1st, 2nd, 3rd prize winners

Name that Hill contest

Take a ride down the hill!

Fill out the form with the name that best describes the hill.

If your entry is chosen you will have just made history!

Thank you to the Eveleth Parks Commission for co-sponsoring this event

How to Beat the Holiday Blues

How to Beat the Holiday Blues

With the holidays quickly approaching, it can sometimes be easy to forget that not everyone looks forward to the holiday season.
For many people, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s can often be constant reminders of all the things that are wrong in our lives. Perhaps there isn’t enough money to make ends meet or our relationships with our friends and family aren’t exactly what we wish they’d be.

Whatever the situation, it can have us seeing green (with envy) and red (with anger) while everyone else is singing yuletide greetings and spreading holiday cheer.

Here are a few tips to make the holiday season a little brighter:

• Do Your Homework: Not everyone celebrates traditional American holidays. The last three months of the year are chalk full of a variety of cultural celebrations from Yom Kippur to Christmas to Kwanza. Most of these activities feature a large array of community events.
  

• Find out what’s happening in your local community and make it a point to attend. If you’re looking to meet new people, make new friends, etc., they’re not just going to come knocking on your door. Mix and mingle. See and be seen. Who knows? With a little effort you could be sharing these tips with someone else who may be in need during next year’s holiday season.

• Do Something Special to Pamper Yourself: With all of the focus on gift giving during the holiday season we often forget about the special gifts that we can give ourselves.

• Volunteer Your Time: Whoever said it’s better to give than receive was definitely on to something. An easy way to lift your spirits and remind yourself of just how fortunate you truly are, is to volunteer your time and services to those who are less fortunate than yourself. Sickness, homelessness and the rest of the ills of society don’t take a break during the holiday season, so why should you? Volunteering at a local hospital, shelter or foster care facility during the holidays can brighten not only your day, but someone else’s as well.
  
  Have a safe and happy holiday season!

Eveleth Merchants Social

Eveleth Merchants Association Annual

HOLIDAY SOCIAL

Wednesday, December 19th
5:00 p.m.

Margie’s Roosevelt
All Eveleth Merchants and Friends Welcome!

*Complimentary
Hors D’oeuvres
*Cash Bar

Holiday Stress Tips – Management Tips for the Holiday Season
(www.acqyr.com/Holiday_Stress_Tips)

01: Do what you can
Too much food. Too much to do. Too much everything

‘Tisn’t the season of excess. At least it shouldn’t be. Having too much on your plate (literally and figuratively) will overwhelm.

Be aware of time constraints on yourself and your schedule. Don’t over-book yourself or stretch yourself (or your pants) too thin

02: Set a budget
Too little time. Too little money. Zero patience.

‘Tis the season of giving, but no one said giving had to be expensive. Set a budget and stick to it.

There is no greater gift than giving yourself, your time, and your full effort. What comes from the heart outweighs all else.

03: Creative
Pure imagination

‘Tis the season of imagination. Imagine making your own gifts. It’s not only more personalized and heart felt, but you’ll be de-stressing, too.

Arts and crafts, baking, or card-writing will get your mind off things. Plus you’re avoiding the stressful shopping scene and saving money.

04: Count your blessings.
All is calm. All is bright

‘Tis the season to celebrate. What do you have to celebrate? More than you think.

Concentrate on what you do have, not what you wish you did.

05: Expect the time crunch, not perfection.
Year end projects. Last minute shopping. Time pressures galore

‘Tis the season of the time crunch. With so much expected of you – family, work, social events, and more – it’s just not possible to meet every demand.

Unreasonable expectations will lead to great disappointments. Manage what you can with the time you have. There’s no use in stressing yourself out.

06: Beat the procrastination bug.
Make a list and check it twice.

‘Tis the season of much to do. Your mind may drift onto your long to-do list, but don’t let that distract you from the task at hand.

Get everything out of your head and onto paper. Once you do, stop worrying. Trust that things will get done in time.

07: Beat the shopping rush.
City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, dressed in holiday style

‘Tis the season of busy malls and parking lots with long line-ups and stress filling the air.

Avoid the hustle and bustle by planning ahead, ordering online or making personalized gifts. Don’t let the stress of others rub off on you.

08: Let Go
Little battles everywhere. At Home. In the Parking lot. At work.

‘Tisn’t the season of conflicts. Trying to win small battles may cost you health, happiness, and peace of mind.

Grudges, arguments, and fights waste energy and magnify stress. Instead, let go and seek peace in your heart.

09: Create new traditions.
Let nothing you dismay.

‘Tis the season of togetherness. Don’t let conflict create division among your family or friends.

Rekindle relationships by creating new holiday traditions that involve everyone. Taking a fresh look will give you all something to look forward to.

10: Eat, sleep, and be merry.
Sleep in heavenly peace.

‘Tis the season to be healthy. Bring good tidings to your body, mind, and stomach by managing your diet and sleep.

Good health starts with healthy food and quality rest. Otherwise you’ll feel bloated, tired, or cranky, and that just might rub off on others.

11: Be Jolly
O tidings of comfort and joy.

‘Tis the season to be jolly. Santa isn’t the only one who has the right to be jolly. After all, if he can be jolly with is workload, you can be too.

Remember what “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Holidays’ mean. Don’t perpetuate anxiety or fear. Instead, spread joy and happiness.

12: Laugh, dance, sing, and play.
Joy to the world.

‘Tis the season to be free from stress. There is much more to worry about, but there is much more to bring you joy.

Embrace each moment – good or bad – with a smile. Live, love, and laugh. All else will fall into place.

Oct / Nov 2007 Update

“A successful community-visioning process results in a better, more rewarding future. It is also a breakthrough in “people energy” to get things done. But, first, there has to be a vision. Otherwise, a community just condemns itself to a future fashioned by fate and reactionary impulses, rather than a future designed and achieved with intent and commitment.”
- Carl Neu (The Center for the Future of Local Governance)

Eveleth Has a Vision! – On November 1, facilitator David Beurle led discussions with students during the day and a wide range of community members in the evening based on research about rural survival. Participants ranked Eveleth on each criteria; they identified what is going well and what needs improvement on each of his top ten attributes for successful communities:
a. Evidence of strong community pride and inclusive culture - Eveleth’s ranking: 64 (strength) vs. 42 (not a strength)
b. Invest in the future – built to last! - 25(strength) vs. 38 (not a strength)
c. Participatory approach to community decision making - 3 (strength) vs. 42 (not a strength)
d. Creatively build new economic opportunities - 5 (strength) vs. 66 (not a strength)
e. Support local businesses - 23 (strength) vs. 54 (not a strength)
f. Deliberate transition of power to new leaders - 16 (strength) vs. 61 (not a strength)
g. Strong belief in and support for education - 132 (strength) vs. 4 (not a strength)
h. Strong presence of traditional institutions that are integral to community life - 59 (strength) vs. 7 (not a strength)
i. Willingness to seek help from the outside - 11 (strength) vs. 49 (not a strength)

j. Communities are self-reliant - 27 (strength) vs. 25 (not a strength)

Next, the group created a vision for the Eveleth they’d like to have in 10-15 years:

Our rich culture and history defines who we are. Our community is a safe, close-knit place where neighborhood values make Eveleth a great place to raise a family. We are a progressive, cohesive and collaborative community that works together to make our community thrive. We have a range of unique and exciting community events that attract people from across the world to celebrate our heritage, our history, and our culture. In particular, we are renowned for our world-class Hockey Hall of Fame!

Eveleth is a business-friendly community that builds on taconite, timber, and tourism. Our entrepreneurial economy is evident in our vibrant and bustling downtown that provides diverse opportunities for all. The fresh face on our historical buildings demonstrates community pride and innovation. Recreation opportunities provide welcoming ways for the young and old to come together.

Finally, volunteers signed up to work on the following committees: Economic Development; Blight/Beautification; Youth Activities/Involvement; Community Activities; and, Downtown Revitalization. Each of the committees have met and chosen projects to work on in the next six to twelve months. To get involved or to learn more about the exciting work of the committees, contact Heather at 218.305.4456.

“Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.” – Joel Barker, author, Future Edge

Learn to Skate- 30 children signed up and hit the ice – some for the first time - at the Hippodrome. Thanks to the City of Eveleth for making this possible with donated ice time. During the sign-up many items were donated by generous community members: games, warm winter clothing, blankets, skates, and hockey equipment. Fun was had by all at a Halloween party with children skating in their costumes. Thank you to the many volunteers who helped from organizing the event to coaching of the skaters on the ice.

Conference calls w/candidates - Eveleth Horizons volunteers are invited to participate in monthly conference calls with the presidential candidates sponsored by the American Medical Women’s Association. The Conversations with Candidates project is a bi-partisan series of conference calls with presidential candidates and their policy staff to discuss their plans for health care reform. If you are interested in joining the calls, contact Heather at 218.305.4456 for registration information.

Community Visioning - How do community members see the community?

The Community Visioning was held at the Eveleth / Gilbert High School:facilitated by David Beurle The community expressed their voices in whether they thought the community had a strength in an area or a weakness. Each was given red and greeen stickers. Red symbolized a weakness and green symbolized a strength. The tally is listed below:1. Evidence of strong community pride and inclusive culture.

Red (not a strength): 42
Green (strength): 64
2. Invest in the future, built to last!
Red(not a strength): 38
Green(strength): 25
3. Participatory approach to community decision making.
Red:(not a strength): 42
Green(strength): 3
4. Creatively build new economic opportunities.
Red(not a strength): 66
Green(strength): 5
5. Support local business.
Red(not a strength): 54
Green(strength): 23
6. Deliberate transition of power to new leaders.
Red(not a strength): 61
Green(strength): 16
7. Strong belief in and support for education
Red(not a strength): 4
Green(strength): 132
8. Strong presence of traditional institutions that are integral to community life.
Red(not a strength): 7
Green(strength): 59
9. Willingness to seek help from the outside
Red(not a strength): 49
Green(strength): 11
10. Communities are self-reliant.
Red(not a strength): 25
Green(strength): 27