Archive - Aug 14, 2012
When the Barnes County Sheriff's Deputies and the Valley City State University freshmen played in the first annual Vikings vs. Deputies touch football game on Shelly Ellig Field at Lokken Stadium, it wasn't just the VCSU players making their public debut.
On the west end of the field, a video screen above the scoreboard lit up and spent the night displaying graphics as touchdowns were scored, interceptions caught, and big plays were made.
Area Students Receive VFW Scholarship
Special to the Times-Record
Area college students Cassandra Kunze and Leah Haak have each been selcected to receive a $250 scholarship from the VFW Post No. 2764 for the month of August.
Kunze is the daughter of Myron and Kathy Kunze of Dazey and attends Valley City State University. Haak is the daughter of Tim and Linda Haak of Valley City and attends North Dakota State University.
Shane Ost Receives V-500 Scholarship
Special to the Times-Record
Thirty local people volunteered their time to help gather the 13,452 signatures required state-wide to put an initiated measure on the general election ballot in November. Valley City petitioners collected almost 700 of the more than 21,000 signatures that were sent to Secretary of State Al Jaegerâs office for approval on August 2.
âThatâs seven or eight thousand signatures more than required collected in just six weeks; this spread just like a prairie fire,â Vicki Voldal Rosenau, tobacco coordinator for City-County Health District and supporter of the measure said.
Valley Cityâs Monday and Thursday Farmers Market will feature free samples of grilled vegetables on Thursday, Aug. 23 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Pamida parking lot.
Dr. James Buhr, physician at Sanford Health in Valley City and Jerdan Ruff, a UND medical student working with Buhr will be the guest chefs.
Samples will include grilled zucchini squash, onions and peppers. In addition to the vegetables, there will be free samples of locally grown beef prepared in a crock pot and served on whole wheat buns prepared by members of the Farmers Market.
