Hokah, MN

The land acquisition committee is making some progress and hopes by May they will have a couple of property deals between Hokah and Mound Prairie.  We will wait until May to have our next meeting.  I will be working on a couple of trail route items between now and then. 

Also, there will be an event later this month for interested parties in Houston and Fillmore counties to listen to representatives from the International Mountain Bike Association (IMBA) and Human Powered Trails (HPT, La Crosse group).  The event will most likely take place in Rushford on April 20^th…more to follow.  It will be an educational session on the tourism potential and trail building, If anyone wanted to pursue hiking or mountain biking trails in their community or County, IMBA and HPT are the experts.  I am exploring options in Hokah for a couple of short hiking and mountain biking loops.  La Crescent and Rushford are doing the same.

Enjoy!

due to today’s blizzard. New time:
Wednesday, December 16th
7:00 p.m.
Hokah Fire Station

Please be safe if you are traveling during this Christmas season.

The community website now features a section for recreational activities in our area.  Go to www.hokah.info/recreation/ to check it out!

I will be adding more as time goes on.

The City of Hokah and the Community Leadership Committee (CLC) are Partnering with the University of Minnesota (U of M) in a planning effort to enhance natural resources and outdoor recreational sites in the City of Hokah. The U of M program supports projects that foster sustainable community development, and provides technical assistance and establishes partnerships of learning and action between community leaders, citizens, organizations, and U of M faculty and students.

This fall, a University of Minnesota team will be working with our community to create a planning document which will summarize our existing recreational areas, create a vision for the future, and establish goals for making improvements. Your feedback will be helpful to the process.

This survey has been mailed out to many of you already, but if you haven’t gotten it, click here to download a copy.

I was down at the Falls last night, and I got some nice pictures.  The slideshow is below.  The park is really looking nice again after all that happened to it in the flood.

is next week, August 3-7, 2009; 8:45-11am.  All are welcome!

All children age 9-17 in Houson County are welcome to participate: you don’t have to be a member of 4-H!

Children age 9-17 are invited to create their own poster and slogan to promote eating at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables daily. Please use paper/poster board, with dimensions of no less than 8.5×11″ (letter size) and not greater than 8.5″x14″ (legal size). Any materials may be used to create a colorful, eye-catching message. This group will also be divided based on age for prizes.

Entries will be on display, as space allows, in the 4-H building at the Houston County Fair from August 12th to August 16th.

IMPORTANT: the constestant’s name, age, phone number, and address should be written clearly on the back of their project!

Entries can be submitted to the Houston County Public Health Office from now until 4:30pm on August 11th. If you’d like to mail yours, send it in by Friday, August 7th. Contestants can also bring their entired directly to the 4H building at the fair by 4pm on Wednesday, August 12th.

The winners will be posted in the 4H building on Thursday, August 13th, where the prizes can be picked up.

Mail or Bring To:Houston County Public Health

611 Vista Drive, Suite 1

Caledonia, MN 55921

*Any questions about the contest can be directed to:
Liz Kiebel (phnintern01@co.houston.mn.us OR 507-725-5810) or to Heather Myhre (Heather.Myhre@co.houston.mn.us OR 507-725-5810)

Actually, it’s been open for a couple weeks now.  If you haven’t had an opportunity to go down there yet and swim, I would recommend it.  They have redone the bottom of the pool - taking out the weeds and putting in a liner under the sand to keep them out, and they put in a vollyball net.

The pool is open from 12-5pm Monday thru Saturday.  Regular admission is $3.

You can also get single person memberships for $40 or family memberships for $85.

Wednesday nights from 5-7pm, everyone gets in for $1.

This week might be a bit cool, but it does make for a great way to cool down on hot summer days.

See www.hokah.info/recreation/pool.html for more info.