Gooding Community Newsletter

After 25 years of faithful and honorable service, Sgt. David Kiger will be retiring on May 1, 2023. We wish him a very happy retirement!

If you know of a child who is 3 or 4 years of age and will not be turning 5 before September 1st, who may have individual needs that result from disabilities or developmental delays, please contact Gooding School District at (208) 934-4941 to set up a screening time.

The child will be screened for vision, social, fine and gross motor, adaptive, cognitive, speech and language delays. They must qualify for the program. These children may have difficulty walking, talking, hearing, or learning, or even may display behaviors that appear different from other children their age.

Las evaluaciones preescolares se llevaran a cabo para el Ano escolar 2023-2024 en la tarde la manana del 16 de mayo y la manana del 17 de mayo de 2023.

Si conoce a un nino que tiene 3 or 4 anos de edad y que no cumplira 5 anos antes del 1 de septiembre, que puede tener necesidades individuales como resultado de discapacidades o retrasos en el desarrollo, comuniquese con el Distrito Escolar de Gooding al (208) 934-4941 para establecer un tiempo de proyeccion.

El nino sera examinado para detectar retrasos visuales, sociales, motores finos y gruesos, adaptativos, cognitivos, del habla y del lenguaje. Deben calificar para el programa. Estos ninos pueden tener dificultades para caminar, hablar, escuchar o aprender, o pueden mostrar comportamientos que parecen diferentes de otros ninos de su edad.

Support the local Ravenous Raptor Grill. They serve grilled cheese sandwiches, tomato soup and chili cheese nachos every Thursday.

All proceeds benefit the IESDB Post Secondary Transition Program.

Look for the truck on the southeast corner of 13th Ave E and Main Street (by the LDS Church) in Gooding.

If you would like to sponsor the project or would like to help with this beautification project contact City Hall at (208) 934-5669 or Mary Hollenbeck at (208) 219-4353.

Gooding County is remodeling the courthouse and jail. The County is using the American Rescue Plan (ARPA) funds for the construction.

The first phase will enclose the front of the courthouse. Until that phase is complete, please us the entrance by the Sheriff's Office in the back of the building.

As many of you have probably noticed, we have finally been able to clear the playground equipment that was damaged in the fire. We are now waiting on the contractor to reinstall the new equipment. We appreciate your patience and we realize that this has taken much longer than anticipated.

The City has partnered with the National Fitness Campaign and several local donors to purchase an outdoor fitness court. The outdoor fitness court promotes good health and encourages exercise in an outdoor environment. The court will be located on the corner of 9th Ave W and Idaho St. Please stay tuned for the groundbreaking ceremonies this summer.

The City Crew has been putting the final touches on a new park located next to the RV Dump Station on 2nd Ave W. The City received a grant from the Idaho Parks and Recreation Department to upgrade the water supply at the RV Dump Station. The upgrade allows us to protect the water from freezing and allowing use later into the year to support late season campers or hunters. We were also able to create a green space for travelers to rest and let their dogs stretch their legs before making the journey home. This park is available to the community and their dogs. The park includes an ADA compliant picnic table, dog waste station and trees and green grass. We hope to have the park open in a month or so as long as the weather cooperates and allows us to get it hydroseeded.

Hello Gooding,

Hopefully spring has arrived! The temperature is supposed to rise this weekend and hopefully we can begin planting. With the temperature rising and the snow melting please be mindful of the waterways.

The streets department has been working hard on cleaning up our streets. They have been working on replacing the street sign poles and sweeping the streets.

The crew has also been busy getting the Dog Park ready. They have been planting trees and shrubs and will be hydroseeding it within the next few weeks. This will be a great area for citizens to let their dogs run.

On May 4th we will be celebrating Arbor Day. We will be hosting the event with the Wood River Soil Conservation District at the USDA office on Main Street at 10:00 am. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Spring clean up week is coming. Please take advantage of the crews coming around and picking up the yard waste. We will be working on getting alleys cleaned up. We have some alleyways that are getting inaccessible for our garbage truck. We appreciate your help.

Have a great Mother's Day & Memorial Day!

Diane Houser, Mayor

The Gooding Community Newsletter is a publication designed to share the positive happenings in our community. If you have an event or news item you would like to share, please send along your information to the email address listed below. Should you have an idea you think could improve our community, we encourage you to bring those ideas to the city council with plans on how we can work together to make our city even better. Thanks for listening and sharing!

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