Wow! Wasn’t the smoke this last weekend intense? Looking across the street last Sunday morning the neighbor’s house looked fuzzy. That is smokey! I guess that is one more reason to wear a mask. It is also the reason the State Dept. of Environment Quality has placed a ban on all burning for now.
As you are probably aware, the 2020 Census is still in process. As a State, Idaho leads the nation in responding to the census. The latest online data shows that 73.3% of Weiser residents have responded. If you have not, you still have time, but it is getting close to the Sept. 30 deadline.
Completing the census is a simple process that can be done in one of three ways,
1. Go online to 2020census.gov, follow the instructions, and complete the questionnaire.
2. Call 844-330-2020, for English language, or 844-468-2020, for Spanish language, to answer the questions verbally.
3. If you received a questionnaire by mail and can still find it, just fill it out and mail it back in.The census determines where literally hundreds of billions of dollars of your federal taxes are spent on roads, schools, police, fire, and in a myriad of other purposes. If an accurate count is not made, we stand to lose our fair share of the benefits we pay for with our taxes. So please, if you haven’t already done so, take a few minutes now to help yourself and our community and answer the census questions.
On another note, if you have not already seen the article in this week’s paper, a recent Weiser graduate was a hero over the Labor Day weekend! Brody Von Brethorst saved a young man’s life in Missouri! Way to go, Brody! Be sure to read the details elsewhere in this paper.
Speaking of the story about Brody, notice the byline of who wrote the article. The Signal American has a new editor, Mary Phipps! Mary is a recent graduate of the U of I majoring in journalism. She is also fairly local in that she graduated from high school in Fruitland. If you have a chance, please stop by and welcome her to Weiser! This community is fortunate to still have a local newspaper keeping all of us informed and up to date. Thank You, Mary, for starting your career here in Weiser. And Thank You to all of the staff at the Signal-American for what you do!
In City news this week, the Street crew is continuing to work on E. Commercial between E. 9th and E. 11th. This is quite a project. Originally there was no base laid under the asphalt, so the road, consisting of just a few inches of asphalt on dirt, was soft and subject to breaking up. The Street crew has now removed asphalt from the worst section, set the asphalt aside, and dug down and removed 16 inches of dirt from under the street. This will require around 200 truck-loads of dirt to be removed. They will use the asphalt removed, as well as gravel, to fill in the 16 inches to form a new solid base under the road. When completed, this section of street will be able to stand up for quite some time without major work to it.
The City would have liked to have done this with more of E. Commercial, but that is all we have funds for in this fiscal year.
Well that’s it for this week. Please pray for rain to stop the fires and clear the skies.
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