Message from the Mayor

Speech for the 2008 Alumni

AS PART OF MY JOB AS THE MAYOR OF POWELL I BECOME A RECRUITER. WE ARE LOOKING FOR SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE TO MAKE THEIR HOMES IN POWELL. WE ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO MAKE A SUCCESS HERE IN POWELL. AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE THAT TAKE PRIDE IN OUR TOWN.

THE ALUMNI ARE THE PEOPLE WE ARE LOOKING FOR.

YOU HAVE PROBABLY NOTICED SOME OF THE OUT OF STATE TRUCKS IN TOWN. THEY ARE PUTTING IN A COMPLETE FIBER TO THE HOME TELECOM SYSTEM THAT MAYBE YOU READ ABOUT. THIS TECHNOLOGY THAT IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN A HAND FULL OF COMMUNITIES WILL ALLOW INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESS GET AN ADVANTAGE OVER MANY OF THEIR COMPETITORS AND OPEN DOORS FOR NEW BUSINESSES.

FOR TEACHERS, THE ELUTION GROUP IS TEACHING ENGLISH TO STUDENTS IN KOREA. OUR FIBER OPTIC SYSTEM WILL ALLOW TEACHERS TO WORK FROM THEIR OWN HOME, MAKING A GOOD SALARY. SOME ARE TEACHERS ALREADY IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, SOME ARE RETIRED AND MAKING SOME VERY GOOD EXTRA INCOME.

THAT IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF WHAT THIS ADDED TECHNOLOGY CAN DO FOR YOU AND YOU’RE FAMILY IF YOU MAKE POWELL YOUR HOME AGAIN.

CONSTRUCTION WILL START NEXT MONTH ON OUR NEW AQUATIC CENTER. THIS FACILITY WILL OFFER A COMPETITIVE POOL PLUS A RECREATION POOL WITH A CONTINUOUS RIVER, OFFERING SOME RECREATION FOR THE LOCAL KIDS AND ADULTS.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS OPENNING THEIR NEW HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR AND A NEW GRADE SCHOOL ON THE SOUTHSIDE.

NOW, IS YOUR COMMUNITY DOING ALL OF THIS?

HOW ABOUT THE GAS PRICES? SURE, WE STILL DRIVE OUR PICKUP TRUCKS AROUND POWELL BUT WE ARE ALSO WALKING TO WORK, WALKING TO CHURCH, AND WALKING TO ONE OF OUR MANY PARKS. POWELL WYOMING IS STILL A HOMETOWN COMMUNITY, WHERE WE KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS AND WATCH THEIR HOMES, WHERE WE LOOK OUT FOR OUR FRIENDS KIDS, WHERE WE KNOW WHO GOT A NEW PICKUP TRUCK AND WHERE WE STILL GOSSIP ABOUT THE MAYOR.

I’M SURE WHEN YOU ARE BACK IN YOUR COMMUNITIES YOU STILL TALK ABOUT THE RECREATION THAT WAS BACK IN YOUR HOMETOWN OF POWELL. YES, WE ARE STILL JUST A STONES THROW FROM GREAT HUNTING, FISHING, SNOWMOBILING, AND HORSEBACK RIDING, PLUS, WITH HORSESHOE BEND NOW FILLED, BOATING IS NOW BIG IN POWELL.

AS YOU CAN SEE AS YOU DRIVE THROUGH POWELL, MANY NEW HOMES ARE STARTING TO GO UP. THE MESSAGE THAT I AM GIVING YOU IS NOT A SECRET. POWELL IS GROWING. BUT WE NEED YOU, THE ALUMNI. A GROUP THAT HAS A CIVIC PRIDE IN POWELL. A GROUP THAT KNOWS A LOT OF THE CENTURY OLD HISTORY OF POWELL.

SO WHEN YOU’RE STUCK IN THAT TRAFFIC ON YOUR COMMUTE NEXT WEEK, THINK OF US. WHEN THAT SIREN RACES BY YOUR HOME FOR THE UPTEENTH TIME, THINK OF US AGAIN. WHEN YOU DECIDE THAT LIFE WORTH LIVING WELL IS WHAT YOU WANT, COME BACK HOME. WE ARE HERE FOR YOU AND WILL GIVE YOU A HOMETOWN THAT YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR.

THANK YOU ALUMNI AND HAVE FUN THIS WEEKEND.

MAYOR MANGOLD

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