Sugar City's new park signs

Sugar City, Idaho – Mayor and councilmen approved the posting of and design for city park signs at the Sugar City Council meeting Thursday June 23.

In 2003 the current mayor and council approved the names of the parks in Sugar City and the

council today wanted to remain true to the names given then and respect the council’s decision.

Councilman Bruce King proposed there be a policy put in place to be helpful for the future in the chance of park names wanting to be changed. Sharen Bell the city clerk said that the council, back in 2003 when they approved the names of the parks, wanted the matter ended and for the names not to be changed.

The Mayor Glenn Dalling also said that he thought the council needed to make a decision but also be careful about it. Councilman Harold Harris had a concern because of the proceedings in 2003 were they even allowed to change that motion and rename the parks. Smith, Moon and Neibaur parks in Sugar are named after people but the council would like to shy away from naming any future parks after people.

The current park names remained intact and it was proposed to place signs and plaques at each

park explaining how the parks were named.

The city parks receiving the new signs are Heritage Park, Thomas C. Neibaur Veteran's Park, Lyle H. Moon Park, and Smith Park. The sign for Heritage Park will be placed on Center Street about midway on the lot. The sign for Neibaur Park will also be placed on Center Street near the corner of Center St. and Maple Ave. The sign for Moon Park, located between South Front St. and Railroad Ave, will be placed on South Front Street midway around the bend in the road. For Smith Park the sign will be placed at the intersection of E. 3000 North and S. 7th West on the North West corner.

There was concern however about the name of Smith Park and it being confused with Smith

Park in the neighboring city of Rexburg. But a motion was carried to keep the current park names.

A motion was also carried for the design of the signs with a background of a silhouette of the

Teton Mountains, with 4 lines of writing with the park name shadowed in red.