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ANOTHER YEAR AND ANOTHER SUCCESS

The Ola Reunion has wrapped up for another year. This year's reunion was as successful, if not more so, than years passed. With 115 attending this year, people from all over came to enjoy the food and share their memories of our Ola Valley. Some of the attendees became acquainted with relatives they didn't know they had and were able to visit their old homesteads, thanks to Sharon S. Thanks to the Ladies Club for the hard work they put in to make this annual event possible.

CHECK OUT THE NEW LINK

Gem County GenWeb is the new link, off to the left. Check it out!!

Thank you Sharon M. for providing this information.

CHECK THIS OUT!

Now you can start earning $$ for the Ola Community just by clicking the Badge off to the left. You can easily access the GoodSearch search engine or shop GoodShop right from the Newsletter.

The Ola Community Center and Church is already earning money from those of you using the sites. Thank you very much!!

And thank you Alan for making life simple!

UPDATE**

According to the Channel 7 website, 9,600 marijuana plants were confiscated on Tuesday from two different fields. One of the fields was in Gem County, the other in Valley County. Estimated street value about 19 million.

LAW ENFORCEMENT MOVES IN

Law Enforcement moved in early Tuesday morning, setting up their command post at Sutton's corner. The helicopter arrived about 8:00AM and the search was on. After flying around our valley, a marijuana field was discovered about 4.5 miles east of Ola. Throughout the day, the helicopter was bringing bundle after bundle to the corner. The marijuana was then loaded into a large dump truck to be disposed of at another location. The bundles contained plants that were at least 6-8 feet tall.

UPDATE: All was wrapped up at 7:15PM. Thousands of plants were recovered and will be destroyed.

COUNTY COMMISSIONER MEETING LAST NIGHT

The County Commissioners were at the Hall last night to meet with the Ola residents. Attendance by the community wasn't great, but for those of us that were there it was well worth our while. The Commissioners brought with them a person from Health and Welfare and an Environmental Health Specialist. Both spoke about the minerals and toxins that can be found in our wells, toxicity levels and the areas of which they are most concerned. They provided information, along with sample bottles so that we can get our water tested. Jim, the well driller, was present. It was interesting to hear him discuss the different levels of soil, rock, minerals etc. encountered when digging a well. As far as anything new....Alvin Davis is now working in Emmett and was replaced by Roger Walker, and there was some discussion about doing something with High Valley Road (so much dust) but due to cost, that's not likely. We appreciate our Commissioners, and thank them for coming up to Ola.

THIS IS SOOO EXCITING!!!!

I ran across a great way earn $$ for your community just by using your computer. WWW.Goodsearch.com is a search engine powered by Yahoo, and by using this, every search you make earns money for the Ola Community Center and Church. Shopping online also earns money for your community. WWW.Goodshop.com has many retailers that you may regularly use, Amazon, eBay, Barnes and Noble, Macy's, Expedia and so many more. I ask that you go to www.goodsearch.com, choose Ola Community Center and Church as your charity. Please review the site, if you have any questions, please feel free to call Kim 584-9030, I can walk you through adding Goodsearch as your toolbar.

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FLU SEASON APPROACHING

With fall approaching so is flu season. This has been forwarded to me and I thought that you might find this information valuable. Log on to http://www.flu.gov/. It is a helpful website with answers to any questions about the flu.

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I understand that some of you are relying on your e-mail for the updates on the Newsletter. This is great, however, there seems to be about a 24 hour delay from the time I post new information and you get it in your e-mail. This is not a problem for most information, but sometimes 24 hours could be too late. Therefore, you might benefit from making the Newsletter your home page or bookmark it so you can easily pull it up everyday.

Have a Great Day!!

OLA COMMUNITY RECIPES

Yes, I finally created a link for us to share our favorite recipes. This will allow the recipes to remain for future reference, as well as, plenty of room for more favorites. Each recipe is labeled at the bottom, by clicking on the label, you will get all the main dishes or desserts etc. The link to the Ola Community Recipes is off to the left. Enjoy!

Please submit your favorites by e-mailing me at marvu2@speedyquick.net

CAN ANYONE IDENTIFY?

This tree carving was found by Marvin on the Carlock place off of Nesbitt Lane and Second Fork. Can anyone identify who these initials belong to? Please comment if you have any ideas.

A DAY OF HUCKLEBERRY PICKING

I now know what Huckleberry picking is all about. It's getting together with good friends, having a nice picnic, enjoying the cooler temperatures and picking some berries.

Friday AM, a few of us got together and went Huckleberry picking. Thanks to Pat and Shannon for sharing the location of their secret spot, which yielded lots of berries. It was fun listening to everyone talk about what they like to do with their berries. Pies, pancakes, pudding, muffins and jam, it seems the sky is the limit. It was a good time!

HOME SAFELY!!

The Ola Ladies that attended the weekend retreat in Stanley, returned home safely last night. It sounds like everyone had a great time and enjoyed each others company. It's great to have you home and it's nice to have my walking partners back.

INTERESTED IN SAVING $

Check out the website http://www.hip2save.com/. It's a great website to help you save money on anything from groceries, restaurants, shipping, clothing store sales and much more. This website has lots of useful information on couponing and illustrates the possible savings. Although not all the stores and restaurants are available to us in the Boise area, a great deal are. Take time to play with the site, it will definitely be worth your while.



Hip2save is the creation of Susan Jacobus' daughter.

WHAT A GREAT WAY TO SPEND A MORNING!!!

Thursday morning was Hummingbird banding at Norma's and what a beautiful morning it was!! Fred Bassett of the Hummer/Bird Study Group banded about 110 of these fascinating little birds. Fred's extensive knowledge of the Hummer made this is fun and educational experience.

If you are feeding a large number of Hummers, Fred would love to band your little friends. He can be reached by emailing him at fhound@AOL.com.

Thank you Fred and Norma for sharing this with us.

THAT WAS A GOOD TIME!!!!

Four wheelers, a pickup and a jeep took a tour up Timber Flat. There were about 32 of us in all, each enjoying the wonderful weather and the breathtaking scenery. With dirty faces and sunburned arms, we listened to Sharon Sutton talk about the old homesteads and times of the past. After this great tour, everyone met back at the Hall where we enjoyed a potluck lunch.

Everyone had such a good time that plans are being made for next year.

Thank you Ladies Club and Sharon Sutton

a special thanks to Cinderella, you know who you are.