Sister Cities

Idaho Falls Sister Cities Youth Meeting October 3, 2018 Attendees: Peter Cebull Tate Corbridge Sam Hawker Kenda Peck Whitney St. Michel Melinda Cebull David Eaton Lori Kidwell Dallin Peck Jackie Sugai Nicholas Cebull Katie Eaton Jorge Padron Nathan Peck Jackson Corbridge Kylie Eaton Gabe Padron Anna St. Michel Business Section of the Meeting Minutes: The September 17th meeting minutes were provided to the group by email. David motioned to approve the meeting minutes and Kendra seconded the motion. Adult Japanese Delegation Visit: The group will be hosting a dinner for the adult Japanese delegation on October 10th at the Park and Rec facility on Skyline Dr. The dinner will start at 6 p.m. Whitney has several Mexican decorations she will bring for our taco dinner. Kendra will contact people to let them know if she wants them to bring food earlier than 5:30. The facility kitchen is available to us all day, and there are refrigerators if you need to drop food off early. Another group will be using the room near the kitchen. David will make signs to help everyone get to the correct room. Kendra will bring student posters & slideshow items. A welcome speech will be given by Tate and Gabe. They will get the speech to Kendra by Saturday. A sign-up sheet was sent around for people to help with the meal. I can help (5:30 pm – 9 pm) Whitney St. Michel Tate Corbridge Jackie Sugai Kendra Peck Candice Aicher Melinda Cebull Peter Cebull Nicholas Cebull Gabe Padron Jackson Corbridge Brennan Corbridge Whitney St. Michel Jorge Padron Katie Eaton David Eaton Jo Gallegos Anna St. Michel I can bring: (Note: Plan to serve around 50 -60 unless we hear otherwise.) Taco Meat Cebull 5lbs -beef 5lbs – chicken Kendra Peck Spanish/Mexican rice Candice Aicher 2 or 3 – Serve 15-20 each Refried beans Whitney St. Michel 2 or 3 – Serve 15-20 each Grated Mexican/Cheddar Candice Aicher Cheese (5lb bag at Sam’s ~$13) Salsa Jackie Sugai (large size enough for 50) 3 lb Sour cream ($4.48 at Sam’s) Kendra Peck  Guacamole (~10 at Sam’s) Diced tomatoes, chopped Jo Gallegos onions, & shredded lettuce Flour Tortillas (taco size) Jackie Sugai (40 pack ~$5 at Sam’s) need 1 Hard taco shells Jorge Padron Tortilla Chips Jorge Padron Nacho Cheese Whitney St. Michel (Sam’s ~$7) ? Large Green Salad & Dressing or Katie Eaton Large veggie tray (each should feed 20) – need 2 Large Fruit trays Lori Kidwell (I have large trays) Desserts feed 20 Whitney St. Michel Katie Eaton (Mexican themed if possible) Desserts feed 20 Jo Gallegos (Mexican themed if possible) Coolers w/ Lemonade & Water Jorge Padron (1 of each) I won’t be able to help, but I’d Wendy Boring like to donate $ Cindy Ozaki asked if any of our student would be available to babysit on October 9th and/or October 13th. The adult group has a member with 4- and 8-year old boys. It would be difficult for them to attend the welcome and farewell parties. Anna and Kylie volunteered. JACL Bento Box Fundraise: The JACL has asked our group to help with their bento box fundraiser. The fundraiser will be on October 20th. Students learned how to fold samurai hats and cranes to put in the Bento boxes. Students took home origami paper and should bring the folded origami to the October 15th meeting. If you are able to sell tickets, bring the order form and money to the adult dinner on October 10th. The following people signed up to help. If you would like to help, contact David Eaton or sign-up at the next meeting. Early Shift: 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. Melinda Cebull Nicholas Cebull Peter Cebull Dave Archer Tate Corbridge Gabe Padron Later Shift: 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Candice Aicher Kohan Davis David Eaton Kylie Eaton Kendra Peck Dallin Peck Nathan Peck Elliot Boring Wendy Boring Taiko Drumming Class for Students Janet Youngblood has offered to provide a Taiko class for any interested students. She would like to have at least six students in the class. Kylie Eaton and possibly Dallin, Nathan, and Spencer Peck are interested. The group decided to wait until after the recruiting meeting to see if more people are interested. Janet did say she would be willing to teach parents too. Let David know if you are interested in the Taiko class. Recruiting New Members: The group decided to have an informational meeting on October 15th. Kendra received permission to hang flyers at D91 schools. Dave will ask at the D93 office. The following students will take flyers. Nicholas Cebull – Idaho Falls Sam Hawker – Eagle Rock Anna St. Michel – Skyline Dallin Peck – Compass Nathan Peck – Taylorview Katie Eaton – Shelly & American Heritage Kendra Peck – Watersprings Dallin Peck and Nicholas will present the information from a PowerPoint about our group. City Meeting People from the group met with P.J. and Mason from the Idaho Falls Park and Rec Department to find out how our groups could work together more. The city will let us use the ice ring from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on December 29th for our Winter Carnival. They discussed ways to promote the group and our Cherry Blossom Raffle Dinner fundraiser. It was suggested we try to schedule a Taiko in the park concert in conjunction with the raffle/dinner to have more activities the same night. If we want to do this, we need to get the information to P.J. and Mason in the January timeframe. Mason asked if the group was happy with the arrangements at last year’s rodeo. The group was very happy with the reserved seats. He said if we would like to do this next summer we should let him know by April. He also offered a behind the scene tour. The city has been very supportive of our group. They offered to provide tickets to the museums, zoo, and other city activities to support our raffle. Student Meeting Dallin explained how to fold cranes and other students helped people learn to fold origami. A motion to adjourn was made by Kendra and seconded by Katie.