Submitted by Barb Rees Bachman, secretary/treasurer, Monteith City Council
Editor’s note: Monteith is an unincorporated community in Guthrie County. Residents in or around the area gather monthly to share updates on projects and celebrate milestones. Following are the “minutes” from the affectionally named “Monteith City Council Meeting.” We are pleased to publish these as submitted.
Mayor J.D. Kuster started the meeting by leading with Pledge of Allegiance.
Birthdays
- Jeff Derry
Anniversaries
- Mike Dideriksen and Carrie Dideriksen — 8 years
Upcoming events
- Sunday, Nov. 16. Decorate the Monteith Cemetery and Guthrie City Park 1:30 p.m. Meet at Bachmans.
- Friday, Nov. 28. Zoning commission, 1 p.m.
- Date and Time TBD. Park and Rec making Christmas Cards for three nursing homes.
- Tuesday, Dec. 16. Christmas Meeting and Dinner at Monteith Event Center 6 p.m.
- Friday, Dec. 26. Zoning Commission, 1 p.m.
Old news report
Vanessa Branson reported that Park and Rec did 155 Thanksgiving cards for nursing homes. Also that Jim Smith is doing better. Please keep Jim and Dee in your prayers. Rich Bachman, Barry Branson and Jeff Derry picked out a rock for the Monteith City Park to replace the tree that was taken down. Rich and Barry later took the rock up to park. Rich and Barry then looked over the stored Christmas decorations and determined that we do not need to do any repairs or painting at this time.
Discussion of the following topics
Plaque for Rock. We determined we want to just put Monteith on the plaque and established date. Vanessa Branson is going to get a couple of quotes for the plaque.
Monteith sign on the east side is in need of repair. Jeff Derry and Natalie Derry are going to get a couple of quotes. Carrie Dideriksen is going to seek some area grants.
Christmas Meeting/Dinner Dec. 16. We decided to have a meal to be held at the Monteith Event Center. 6 p.m.
So far this is what some of our members are bringing.
- Vanessa Branson — ham balls
- Barb Rees Bachman — potatoes and rolls
- Carrie Dideriksen — dessert
- Natalie Derry — vegies
- Deanne Sewell Sheley — green bean casserole and strawberry pretzel dessert
After dinner, we will play games.
It was decided that instead of a gift exchange, we will Adopt a Family for Christmas. We will shop for them, and it was suggested that we get them a gift card to Hometown Foods for a very special Christmas dinner. I’m sure we can pull it off and make some family a very merry and blessed Christmas.
We had a very successful meeting, and feel we got a lot accomplished. Oh, we did have fun, too, and had some great food as always. Highlight of the evening was all of us getting to witness the Northern Lights. Gorgeous! Many great photos were taken and shared.