Sac City, IA

       We decided our Horizons groups needed a little shot in the arm and planned a big meeting to be held at the Recreation Center.  All of the five groups were represented with their members plus there were a number of people present who hadn’t previously committed themselves.  So the groups were able to entice some new people to join them.      

     Carol Groen, president, gave an inspiring talk and then we split up into our separate groups and had a brainstorming session.  It’s amazing what fantastic ideas can come out of these sessions.    

     After we had brainstormed for awhile, a representative from each group got up and presented their ideas for the future and informed us of the things that had already been done and how far along they were in meeting their goals.  After each presentation, the audience was encouraged to participate and share ideas of their own. I believe this meeting was just what we needed to get our groups out of the doldrums and excited about what they were planning on doing.  The individual groups are now meeting on a regular basis and things seem to be getting done.  Sometimes it takes a little “shaking up” for things to fall into place and start running smoothly. 

 Sherrill   

The Steering committee has set a dinner meeting for April 21, at dinner being served at 5:30pm and meeting to start at 6:00pm, at the Sac Community Recreation Center. At this dinner meeting, all 5 committees that were established at the last visioning meeting will meet to discuss their visions for their goals.  There will be flip charts and a lot of discussions. Carol Groan set up a nice aggenda to keep all the leaders on task. At the end of the night, a quick description will be give by each committee on what their plan is and when their next meetingwill be. It should be a very eventfull evening.

     Our steering committee membership has been finalized with Chamber/Main Street, Sac City Council, County Services, Youth, and a member of each of the 5 work groups being represented.

     Election of officers included Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer.  Also, two reporters were appointed.

     There have been verbal reports from each of the work groups which consist of Senior Center Committee, Community Resource Center Committee, Volunteer Database Committee, Mentoring/Education Committee, and Scholarship Committee.  All of the committees have had a least one meeting and more are scheduled.  The reports from these committees have been very encouraging and things seem to be progressing as anticipated.

     It was decided that the 3rd Monday of each month would be an appropriate time for the Steering Committee to meet.

Sherrill/Amy