City of Pocatello decorating city streets with 48-inch Bengal paws; ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø supporters invited to sponsor them
August 15, 2011
Community members, ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø faculty and staff, and ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø boosters have been invited by Pocatello Mayor Brian Blad to support ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø by sponsoring the 48-inch orange and black Bengal paws that are being installed on Pocatello streets.
"On behalf of the City of Pocatello, ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø (ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø) and the CommUniversity Committee, I invite you to sponsor a Bengal paw as part of our efforts to support the University," Blad said.
The City of Pocatello will mark the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø campus entrances with Bengal paw prints. This year the paw prints will be installed on the roadway from the East Clark Street freeway exit to the intersection in front of Reed Gymnasium at the corner of Memorial Drive and Martin Luther King Jr. Way.
Officials are planning for this year’s Paws to be installed by Aug. 22, the day of the "Welcome Back Orange and Black" CommUniversity event. Scheduled from 3 to 7 p.m. in Old Town Pocatello, this event features free prizes to ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø students including a Bengal car and a $2,500 diamond. There will be about 60 booths manned by businesses and restaurants, which will provide free food samples, coupons and drawings to promote their goods and services.
Next year the City of Pocatello plans to leave Bengal paw prints from the South 5th Avenue freeway exit to the intersection of Cesar Chavez Drive and Martin Luther King Jr. Way in front of the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Administration Building.
"We believe the paw prints will visibly express our community's pride in ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø to all those who live here and pass through," Blad said. "We are proud to be the home of ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø, and now, everyone will know!"
Paw print sponsorships are $150 per paw and all donors will be recognized with signs displayed at City Hall and Reed Gym. Donors who contribute before Aug. 21 will also be acknowledged at the "Welcome Back Orange & Black" ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø student event.
For more information, contact Mayor Blad's office at (208) 234-6163.
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