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City Council Meeting - Thursday January 17th 7:00 PM at the Creswell Township Building. City Officials: Listed on the HOME page. E-mail Addresses - If you receive the newsletter by U.S. Mail and have an active e-mail address, please advise the City Clerk at firebaughfam@isp01.net of your e-mail address. Some residents may have changed ISP providers, and e-mail address, and not advised us of the change. Thanks. Newsletters - There were no newsletter eligible items in November or December, so we did not send a Newsletter. Itís good to have no problems or major concerns. Cottonwood Roads Update - The project is totally completed, with the last check cut to GilmoreBell, the Bonding Company, on December 31st. After all of the numbers were crunched and the papers were shuffled, the city-at-large did not have to contribute to the project. In fact, $298.90 of leftovers from the Road Work Fund will be credited to the Bond & Interest Fund. Once again, many thanks to the Cottonwoods Committee (John Dziedzic, Kevin Myers, and Keith Stultz) for their work on the project. It ís done, except for 10 years of payments by the 16 property owners. Cans Collection - Keep the cans coming. Drop them off next to the Mayor's mailbox. Thanks to those who do drop cans off. The two trips made to Ponca Iron, by Mara Lynne and Leroy Schmitz, have netted $336 for our Building Fund. Keep the cans coming. What's Happening - We'll add a newsletter paragraph of notes of changes in our community. Resident Moved: Nina Gee, who was our Most Senior Resident, sold her home and moved to an Ark City retirement home. She will be missed. New Resident: Michael Walker, father of Mike Walker, who lives on Birch Avenue, bought the Gee home. Cleanup: Kyle Tilson has Ranger cleaning up his treed lot on Vine Avenue. Home moved: The vacant mobile home on Vine East of Robinsonís has been moved out of Parkerfield. New Resident: The vacant Vardy home on Vine Avenue has been purchased, is being repaired, but is not yet occupied. |
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Date: Feb 17, 2008 9:28 AM
City Council Meeting - Thursday February 21st 7:00 PM at the Creswell Township Building. City Officials: Listed on the HOME page. E-mail Addresses - If you receive the newsletter by U.S. Mail and have an active e-mail address, please advise the City Clerk at firebaughfam@isp01.net of your e-mail address. Some residents may have changed ISP providers, and e-mail address, and not advised us of the change. Thanks. Cans Collection - Keep the cans coming. Drop them off next to the Mayor's mailbox. Thanks to those who do drop cans off. City /Community Building - This will be discussed at the February Council Meeting. We only work one major project at a time. Since the Cottonwoods Road Project is done, we are ready to tackle a City/Community Building which has been discussed often over the last three years. Pam Moore, with the Legacy Foundation, will be at the February Council Meeting to discuss tax free handling of the project, so we should be able to have cash or land donations usable as a tax write-off by donors. We will also discuss what we want to build, and need all citizens input. Help-Help for Land and funds - We need 1-2 acres of land for the City/Community Building, and funds to get started. We have set-aside $15,000 in this year's budget to begin the project. The $336 in can cash collected so far is just a start. We all would appreciate the donation of land, an offer of land at a low price, or cash donations. Voter Registration - Earlier this month, the County Clerk issued new voters registration cards with incorrect addresses as "Arkansas City" and corrected the address to Parkerfield within a week. Karen Brooks, the County Clerk has assured me that all Cowley County Systems, including County Clerk, County Treasurer, and County Appraiser have most of our addresses as Parkerfield 67005. City Addresses - All mail coming to Parkerfield from government entities such as Cowley County or the State of Kansas should arrive as Parkerfield, not Arkansas City. Please advise Mayor Mike of any mail which arrives as Arkansas City. We will follow up to ensure we are recognized as a City. We are currently working to assure all utilities, such as gas, electric, and cable, come as Parkerfield. As hard as we fought for independence, we cannot let our name be ignored. |
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Date: Apr 12, 2008 8:25 PM
City Council Meeting - Thursday April 17th 7:00 PM at the Creswell Township Building. City Officials: Listed on the HOME page. E-mail Addresses - If you receive the newsletter by U.S. Mail and have an active e-mail address, please advise the City Clerk at firebaughfam@isp01.net of your e-mail address. Some residents may have changed ISP providers, and e-mail address, and not advised us of the change. Thanks. March Newsletter - We skipped March, as there was no news of consequence. Cans Collection - Keep the cans coming. Drop them off next to the Mayor's mailbox. Thanks to those who do drop cans off. Small bags or large, we'll take them all. $350 received so far, and probably $200 more in the Mayor's barn. City /Community Building - We are reviewing possibilities and will generate a Special Newsletter to get the opinions and suggestions of our residents. Community Bulletin Board - We have had little current response to placing ads on the Community Bulletin Board at www.parkerfieldks.org. Contact Steve Jelf at skj@hit.net if you have something to sell, give away, want to buy, or you are available for work or are looking for services. It's free, so use it. |