New officers, 2018 events, sign update occupy Pateros Chamber meeting

PATEROS – The Pateros Chamber of Commerce got the new year off to a productive start with a full agenda of items including introduction of 2018 officers and board members, the 2018 event schedule, Pateros sign update, and report from the mayor among other items.
New officers for 2018 include: Libby Harrison, president; Leigh Anne Barth, vice- president; Jeanette Palmer, treasurer and Joni Parks, secretary. John Roberts, Karen Wagner, and Angela Van Eysinga, are board members
The chamber’s 2018 event schedule (with chamber chairperson) includes the following items, a few subject to review and/or change:
April 1 - Easter Egg Hunt, 1 p.m. (Jeanette Palmer).
June 14-17 - City Wide Yard Sale (Joni Parks).    
June 17- Kids Fishing Derby, Father’s Day (Joni Parks).    
June 24 – Junk Stops Here Vintage Faire (Libby Harrison).    
June 29 - Pateros Chamber and Alta Lake Golf Resort Tournament (Leigh Anne Barth and Libby Harrison).
Oct. 31 - Trunk or Treat, 4:30 p.m., downtown (this will be revisited) (Libby Harrison).
December - Christmas in the City with Santa (this will be revisited) (Chairperson TBA).
As soon as warmer weather permits, the letters for the new Pateros sign can be installed. The letters are large at three feet tall, but have ample room for placement on the 20-foot-by-20-foot sign. Solar lights may be added to facilitate night viewing.
Pateros mayor Carlene Anders reported that state budget funds have been released to allow the city to proceed with its well water development and storage project.
Anders told chamber members that the new well sites delivered two pieces of welcome news in the form of higher-than-expected water output and lower-than-expected manganese content.
Anders said she hopes to schedule a city-wide town flush in the fall, when the new wells and reservoirs come on line, to help clean existing manganese deposits out of the city and residential lines. City residents are responsible for the maintenance and replacement of water lines from the city meter hookups to houses.
Pateros city librarian Shari Houck announced a new mid-week program called ATLAS (At The Library After School) with activities for school children every Wednesday starting in about two weeks.
The next Chamber meeting is at 9 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 1 at the Pateros Fire Hall.