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Odin Earth Clean Up Day
Superintendent, Quinten Marcum of Odin Public
School coordinating with the Village of Odin & Odin Renewal and
Development Committee (ORDC) organized an Earth
Clean Up Day on the morning of April 22nd.
The group’s main purpose was to work together to clean up around
the school, community garden, Odin Park and the surrounding areas.
As the students cleaned up around Odin on the
morning of Tuesday, April 22 they participated in the Earth Cleanup
events celebrated on April 22nd (Earth Day). This event was part of
larger movements dedicated to environmental awareness and action,
encouraging people to clean up local areas, reduce litter, and raise
awareness about waste management.
The Mayor of the Village of Odin, Greg Smith, supplied gloves and trash
bags for students to put trash in. Teachers encouraged students to wear
older clothes/boots. After
attendance, the staff and students headed to their assigned areas around
the village. The Odin
students were divided into groups by age and location. The list below
gives details.
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Younger Students-Pre-K -5th
grade picked trash up around the school, playground, fences etc.
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Junior High Students- walked out to Odin
Park to pick up trash
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High School Students-sorted caps with
ORDC, at Hubbel Warehouse for future school picnic tables
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Ag Students- worked with ORDC to help
clean up community garden by weed eating, pulling weeds, cleaning up
tree limbs.
Lunch was burgers and hot dogs and followed a normal lunch schedule.
After lunch, the students returned to a regular afternoon
schedule.
Marilyn Gimbel, President of ORDC and Linda Williams, Chairman of the
Memorial Garden are very proud and want to thank the students of Odin
Schools. ORDC is a
non-profit organization that needed the FFA students and the work they
accomplished at the garden across from the school. Rebecca Klein, FFA
sponsor & students worked hard with Odin Village employee, Cory Simpson,
to tear down old fencing and junk and hauled it away.
Finally, Vice President Bruce Hubbell of the ORDC,
provides the location to recycle plastic CAPS at his warehouse, where
ORDC recycles caps for benches and picnic tables for the schools and
other organizations. Last year the students helped clean and sort over
600lbs of plastic caps to provide a picnic table for the school.
Sheri Uchitjil, Chairman of the CAPS program reported that ORDC
are close to having enough lbs. of CAPS for our second picnic table for
the Odin school.
A big thank you to all those that made the Odin
Earth Day Clean-Up a success!
HELP US GET A GERERAL DOLLAR STORE IN ODIN!
CLICK LINK ABOVE TO GET FORMS TO PRINT
URGENT INFORMATION FOR THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE VILLAGE OF ODIN OR IN ODIN TOWNSHIP
Starting,
12/18/24 the ORDC and the Odin Village Board have started a campaign
to convince the Dollar General Corporate Office to place a store in
Odin. Last month the
Village Trustees wrote a letter to the corporation and officially
asked for a store. A Dollar General representative contacted Mayor
Greg Smith several days later and said they would consider it but
that it is unlikely to happen because the Salem DG store is 4.6
miles away.
The Dollar
General Corporate website states, “DG is proud to be America’s
neighborhood general store.”
Our response is – Then please give us a neighborhood store,
in Odin!.
The people
of Odin do not claim Salem or Sandoval or Centralia as their
neighborhood. Odin is
our neighborhood and we have a site picked out on Highway 50 that is
perfect for a new store.
We have a large enough population to support a store. Odin
has people who want to work in the store. We have many people who
would willingly shop at an Odin DG store for food and household
items.
We are going
to convince them to give us a store. Today we began circulating
petitions for signatures and personal written stories that we will
mail to the DG Corporation the first week of January.
There are 1565 residents off Odin Township. We urge everyone
join our campaign by signing one of the petitions OR writing a
personal note about why you want a store, how it will impact your
family etc.
Here are the
two forms if you want to print your own. There are many copies at
the Village Hall and Pam will be encouraging everyone who enters the
building to sign it. The form is going out to the churches and ORDC
members have forms. We need your help.
Please
return the forms to Odin Village Hall by 10 am on December 30. Our
team will then send everything in a certified letter to the Dollar
General CEO. If you have questions please contact our team leader,
Vicki Vaughn at -- 618-231-5322 or send a message in Messenger.
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Click Final Report below for PDF of Report
If anyone is interested in
being part of a enjoyable group, ORDC is always needing committee
members! Visit
us on the internet to see what we are doing.
FINAL REPORT -3/20/23
ORDC--Odin Community Needs Survey
Community Needs Assessment of the Village of Odin and Odin Township
by
Odin Renewal and Development Committee
BELOW IS A STATEMENT FROM THE PREVIOUS GROUP PRIOR TO 2021
The Odin Renewal/Development
Counsel
(ORDC) was formed in 2002. The
Council consists of a group of Odin residents that meet
once
a month
for the purpose of improving conditions in our Village.
The group plans projects to improve the quality of life in our town; and
raises money through various fundraisers to complete these projects. We
average 6 or more community projects per year.
One of our largest projects was bringing a branch library to town.
Inside the library we have developed a History Room, with most of the
memorabilia being donated by two Odin historians. Our library is
utilized by many local residents and the host library is pleased with
its usage.
Another of our major projects was purchasing and renovating three
sections of Odin’s oldest buildings. Built in 1913, the building has
housed many businesses. We are operating a resale shop in one section
with proceeds going towards the renovation. Another section is used for
lectures, fundraising events, senior citizen activities, etc., with
future events in planning stages. The finished project
would have
housed
a
senior citizen center and banquet hall.
We celebrated Odin’s Sesquicentennial in 2010. The successful 3-day
event was coordinated by the ORDC. A 48 page History Book was published
for this event, with stories being written by various Odin residents.
Other activities include craft fairs, used book sales, craft classes, 5K
run, electronic recycling, dinners and annual family fun day. We have
started a garden club and memorial garden. We purchased and maintain an
LED sign for community events and information. We combined with other
nonprofit groups for various events.
Odin Renewal and Development Committee (ORDC) has been preparing the
Memorial Garden for the last couple months by trimming and grooming the
garden for its annual Santa’s visit.
Since Santa Claus is coming to town, we are decorating his workshop and
the memorial garden in preparation for his arrival. Many thanks to Wyatt
Capp’s Senior Leadership class from Odin High School that volunteered to
give ORDC a helping hand decorating the memorial gardens.
Pictured L to R - Front Row: ORDC member, Annette Schiro Boatwright,
Aaron Oliver, Trenton Simmons, ORDC Pres. Marilyn Gimbel. Carson
Parrish, Brandon Hamburg, Kyle Friend, and Mr. Wyatt Capps. Back Row:
Jada Simpson, Landon Jones, and Cailynn Hodge.
O.R.D.C. - Caps for Benches Project
