By Jolene FarleyThe Hills Community Club is once again on the critical list because of a lack of participation in the group and a lack of interest in sponsored events. Despite only one new member attending last Tuesday’s meeting, the group opted to keep the Community Club going, but severely curtailed the list of events the group sponsors. Only two events survived the chopping block, Hills Friendship Day, scheduled for Saturday, June 12, and Old Fashioned Saturday Night, usually planned for the end of summer.The list of casualties is long… the Valentine’s Supper, Easter Egg Hunt, Halloween Party, Santa Claus Day and Customer Appreciation Day. "Now we can focus on the two main events," said three-year member Amanda Rozeboom. Notices were published for two weeks prior to the meeting asking for "new individuals or groups to take over planning events.""If no interest if shown, it will be in the best interest of the Community Club to close its doors," the notices said. "It kind of seems to go through this every few years. It dies down then builds back up again," Rozeboom said. Community Club members chose to continue Friendship Days because they didn’t want the town’s celebration to die, according to Rozeboom. The Old Fashioned Saturday Night tradition continues because it is a membership drive for the Community Club and an outside, summertime family-orientated activity.Kelli Hellerud was voted in as the group’s new president, Robin Spath the new vice-president, Coleen Martens the treasurer and Amanda Rozeboom the secretary.The group invites new members to attend the next meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2, at the Tuff Village."Hopefully, we get some people to think about it," Rozeboom said. "Hopefully, they see that we need some more support."
