Archive - 2013
June 18th
Dorothy Jane Young, 83, Valley City, ND
Dorothy Jane Trader was born October 3, 1929 in Oriska, ND to Charles J. and Emma (Priebe) Trader. She was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church. She attended Oriska Public School. At the age of 18, she moved to Valley City, ND and worked at Foss Drug, DeBolts Café, and the 21 Club.
Joseph Phillip Sadek, age 56 of Tennessee died there June 11, 2013. Memorial services will be conducted at 7 PM Thursday evening at the Sheyenne Care Center Chapel with Msgr Dennis Skonseng officiating. Burial will take place in St. Mary’s Cemetery near Dazey, ND.
The Vangstad Auditorium building on the Valley State University campus will be renovated with the help of a $3.5 million appropriation from the North Dakota State legislature.
Valley City State University President Dr. Steve Shirley announced the appropriation during a recognition luncheon sponsored by the Valley City State University Foundation Board Monday at Sabir's Dining and Lounge.
Shirley said the money has been awarded to remodel the Vangstad Auditorium and the building that houses it.
Read more in Tuesday's Times-Record.
Valley City Public Works will spray for mosquitos on Wednesday, June 19 beginning at about 8 p.m. and Thursday if needed, weather permitting.
Parents are advised to keep children and pets out of the streets and away from the spray machines.
Motorists are urged to used caution when traveling in the area of the operation.
For questions, feel free to call Valley City Public Works at (701)845-0380.
Flags burn in a dumpster outside the American Legion Friday after local Boy Scouts conducted a flag burning ceremony on Flag Day.
Boy Scouts from troop 560, under the direction of scout master Dave Gazeley, held the service Friday to properly retire flags according to the United States Flag Code.
James “Jim” Magill, 76, of Verona, North Dakota, passed away June 14, 2013.
Loren Nelson, 69, of Edgeley, ND, died Saturday, June 15, 2013 at St. Alexis, Bismarck, ND.
Loren L. Nelson was born on September 10, 1943, in Edgeley, the son of Louis and Dorothy (Goodrich) Nelson. He began working at a young age on the family farm, which his grandfather homesteaded in Willowbank Township. Loren married LaVerne Laning on June 21, 1964, at Wesley United Methodist Church, Edgeley. They lived on the Nelson family farm, raising grains and cattle.
He was a member of the Wesley United Methodist Church and served on the finance committee.
June 17th
Sunny and warm weather arrived just in time for the weekend's Rally in the Valley community days. Children pick up candy during a Saturday morning parade. See more photos from the weekend's events on our Facebook page: www.Facebook.com/VCTimesRecord.
The National Weather Service in Grand Forks predicts more severe weather in Barnes County including tornados in 2013 than in 2012.
Greg Gust, warning coordinating meteorologist for the Grand Forks office, said Thursday he expects a normal amount of severe weather including tornados this season, compared with a light year for severe weather last summer.
More in Monday's issue of the Times-Record.
Organizers of Barnes County's 2013 Relay for Life will be selling ballon-carried floating lanterns to be released the night of the annual event set for Friday.
This year's relay will take place in downtown Valley City from 6 p.m. to midnight, said Betty Pedersen, one of the board members of the sponsoring organization. Pedersen said it has not yet been decided where the floating balloons will be released, but it will be someplace on Central Avenue.
More in Monday's issue of the Times-Record.
