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VILLAGE PROJECTS
* Heldt Park Natural Playground is under construction. Please do not take anything from the site. When you upcycle, material may look like trash to some but will soon become something great. Be aware that some of our kids are drinking (Bud Lite to be precise) back in the corn field behind the park.
* FARMERS MARKET will have it’s final run of the year Tuesdays on Taylor in August. If you are in town and haven’t visited yet, what are you waiting for? Grab the kids, bring the dog, take a break and come on down! So far four tables of garage sale stuff will be available for purchase, and if time allows, you can still sign up to sell on August 2nd. Pie Day on August 9 will find pizza pie from Traxx, fruit pie from USA and a savory pie from the Monkey. MMMmmm good! August 16 will be Music at the Market, followed the next week by Pets at the Market. The Zucchini 500 race will bring the market to a close on August 30. More info can be found by going to our Facebook site.
*OKTOBERFEST planning is underway. This year’s theme is “The Good Ol’ Days” and there will be some changes this year. With the elimination of the carnival, lots more local food vendors will be here with a treasure trove of specialty food items. But as always, we are going to need a gang of volunteers to make this work. It’s a great way to meet people if you are new to town. We’ll need bartenders, token sellers, kid and teen game helpers, contest judges, and people who can
organize major events (like cycle challenges, tractor shows, food competitions and hay rides). If this sounds like a worthy use of a few hours of your time, please call 465-6531 and let us know. It’s even MORE fun if you bring a friend!
* Street Repair Bothfuhr to end of South Maple and one block of South Main to end at sewer plant.
WE KNOW. WE KNOW.
The parking lot at the Legion Park is odd. It had to be constructed in that footprint because the state owns the property from the curb to the asphalt. While we would have loved to have paved out to the curb, we were not allowed to by the state.

FREE
We have free MULCH available outside the sewer plant entrance.
(All the way south on Main)
Please take what you need.
WEIRD THINGS
Anything that is going on underground is puzzling to those of us above ground. Especially with water and sewer. We just fixed an unusual problem involving a tandem sewer tank. While it is resolved, it highlights the wacky things that continue to pop up. Including the discovery that a resident’s sink was not hooked up to the septic tank, but to a field tile that just wandered off under the house. That was also resolved. None of these things are readily apparent, and as strange things come up, we use your money paid in monthly sewer bills to fix problems as they arise. Thank you for your support and rest assured that that money pays only for the handling of sewage and storm water. The Grant Park Wastewater Treatment Plant takes care of YOUR business!
YOU MATTER
If you think that events that happen in Grant Park will do just fine without you, you would be mistaken. There are near 1,400 people in town. When 140 people show up to an event, that is only 10% of our population. YOU are important to the success or failure of every one of the attempts to engage the public. Please, if you can’t volunteer, attend, or support a local event, consider sharing the information about it with others. Literally NOTHING will happen without YOU.

August 2016
Volume 4, Issue 3

DATES TO REMEMBER
August
1 Village Board Meeting
6:00 @ Village Hall
“Garage Sales” at the
Farmers Market “3:30-6:30
“Pie Day” at the Farmers
Market 3:30-6:30
15 Young At Heart
Seniors Mtg 1PM till 3PM
@ Community Center
15 Library Board Meeting
5:00 @ Library
15 Village Board Mtg
6:00@Village Hall
15 School Board Mtg
7:00 PM, Middle School
“Music” at the Farmers
Market 3:30-6:30
“Pets” at the Farmers
Market 3:30-4:30
“Zucchini 500” at the
Farmers Market 3:30-6:30
BECOME A VILLAGE VOLUNTEER TODAY
Just call the hall to let us know what you want to do. Whatever you are good at we can use!
You can reach us at
465-6531
TREE REMOVAL
There are many dead trees on
the parkway in town. The
village will be cutting them
down as finances permit.
Please be aware once removal
begins there may be tree
trunks blocking the parkway
temporarily. The maintenance
department will remove the
trees over a few days.
Please be patient.
Trees located within the yard
are the homeowner’s
responsibility.