Issue 6: July, 2017
You Can Help Improve City of Willard
Are you a bike rider? Or would you like to see improvements to our trails through Willard? With the new highway project, expanding 160 to four lanes from I44 to highway AB, now is the time to submit your comments on how to improve our trail through Willard.
Please take a moment to visit OTOTrailStudy.com and provide your feedback and ideas! Simply visit the website, click on ‘Contact’ at the top right-side of the page, and then enter your email address and comments in the areas provided.
Please take a moment to visit OTOTrailStudy.com and provide your feedback and ideas! Simply visit the website, click on ‘Contact’ at the top right-side of the page, and then enter your email address and comments in the areas provided.
PARK NEWS
August marks the end of summer for Willard Parks and Recreation, so we try to pack it as full of fun stuff as we can. The Kid-Venture Camp will be bowling, painting, going to Incredible Pizza, and Partying in the Park to wrap up Summer Camp. At the Aquatic Center, we will be celebrating back to school with an end of summer blow out with a live DJ rocking the party! We will have our annual Doggie Dive celebrations following the end of the public pool season. Baseball will just be wrapping up our first season in our renovated
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complex, check out our new concession stand and get a delicious Icee® to help beat the summer heat while you watch the game on the freshly resurfaced field. The Rec Center will host our annual back to school dance, a “Cowgirl Queens and Dusty Jeans” themed party for the area middle schoolers. Lastly, youth soccer and volleyball registrations are in full swing, and can be registered for online @ www.registration.willardparks.com.
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Upcoming Dates
Kid-Venture
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Aquatics
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Rec Center
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We've been busy this Summer with Freedom Feast and ribbon cuttings!
Our BBQ tasting was a huge success!
People's Choice winners were: 1st: Smokin' Engineers 2nd: Up Sauce Creek 3rd: Lucky Q |
New Businesses
· Haven Physical Therapy · No Doubt Restaurant & Saloon · Norma’s Carriage House · Wildflower: A Vintage Market
Pictured above: Ribbon cuttings for Wildflower: A Vintage Market and Haven Physical Therapy.
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Summer Safety Tips
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Grill Safety:
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Pool Safety at home:
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Reminder – the Willard Fire Protection District is here to serve you. If you have an emergency, call 911. If you have questions, please call us at 685-3114. If you would like a tour of the facility, our normal office hours are 8am to 5pm, lunch from noon to 1pm.
Meet Battalion Chief Jeremy Bumgarner
In May, we promoted two of our captains to Battalion Chief and this month you get to meet the other one.
Battalion Chief Bumgarner joined the fire service 15 years ago and began working at Willard Fire four years ago.
Bumgarner was awarded Career Firefighter of the Year for 2016 just recently received his diploma from OTC, Associates in Fire Science.
What was your reason for joining the fire service? “To be perfectly honest, I joined because I was bored with my job and with college. I didn’t really have much direction in life or a plan in regards to life after high school. One day I was out driving around wasting time when I saw a sign at a local fire district asking for volunteer firefighters. I pulled up to the building, signed some paperwork, and about two weeks later, I was on an engine company, responding to calls. It took about 30 seconds and I was hooked for life. Six months later I was hired as a full time firefighter. It has been a great career. In 15 years I moved up the ranks to Battalion Chief in a great district. Looking back I don’t think I would have done anything different.”
What is your favorite hobby away from work? “fishing, hiking, camping, and hanging out with my family.”
If you were stranded on a desert island, what three items would you want to have with you? “eyeglasses, compass, and a knife”
Battalion Chief Bumgarner joined the fire service 15 years ago and began working at Willard Fire four years ago.
Bumgarner was awarded Career Firefighter of the Year for 2016 just recently received his diploma from OTC, Associates in Fire Science.
What was your reason for joining the fire service? “To be perfectly honest, I joined because I was bored with my job and with college. I didn’t really have much direction in life or a plan in regards to life after high school. One day I was out driving around wasting time when I saw a sign at a local fire district asking for volunteer firefighters. I pulled up to the building, signed some paperwork, and about two weeks later, I was on an engine company, responding to calls. It took about 30 seconds and I was hooked for life. Six months later I was hired as a full time firefighter. It has been a great career. In 15 years I moved up the ranks to Battalion Chief in a great district. Looking back I don’t think I would have done anything different.”
What is your favorite hobby away from work? “fishing, hiking, camping, and hanging out with my family.”
If you were stranded on a desert island, what three items would you want to have with you? “eyeglasses, compass, and a knife”
Summer School
We’ve just wrapped up another great year of summer school where approximately 1,600 kids enjoyed exploring and learning new things through the month of June!
July is a big month as we welcome our new Superintendent Dr. Matt Teeter, our new Assistant Superintendent of Academics Dr. Chris Templeton, and Assistant Superintendent of Operations Dr. Derrick Hutsell! Please feel free to stop by District Office this summer and welcome these new faces to our community. As we gear up for Back to School please continue to check www.willardschools.net for announcements and information before the big day, Thursday, August 17th!
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From Left to right: Dr. Derrick Hutsell, Dr. Matt Teeter, and Dr. Chris Templeton
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Contacts
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Meeting Dates
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Mayor
Corey Hendrickson…………….…..............417-234-4713 Board of Aldermen Donna Stewart………..………............…....417-493-9894 Sam Baird……………….…….....…………..417844-0636 Samuel Snider…………..……........……....417-839-9444 David Roggensees…………..........….…....417-742-1169 Larry Whitman…………............……….…..417-343-0994 City Administrator Bradley Gray…...………………….......…...417-742-5304 City Clerk Jennifer Rowe.…..……..….........……..…..417-742-5302 Chief of Police Tom McClain …………….......…..….….….417-742-5341 www.cityofwillard.org |
Board of Aldermen
July………………………………10th & 24th Planning and Zoning July…………………….…………..………25th Park Board July….……..………..……………...…....27th Economic Development July……………...…………….………..…17th *Reminder all meetings start at 7:00 p.m.* |
