Archive - Apr 2012 - News Article
April 23rd
Several dozen turned out for the Annual Volunteer Appreciation Tea Banquet at the Sheyenne Care Center on Thursday.
The annual event sponsored by the Mercy Healthcare Foundation, Faith in Action of Mercy Hospital and the Sheyenne Care Center honors the valiant efforts, both big and small, of the many healthcare volunteers in the area who work hard just to make anotherâs life a little better.
âThere is no greater gift that anyone can give, than to give of your life and your time,â said Mercy Hospital Director Keith Heuser who spoke briefly to the banquet crowd.
Time to stop and take a deep breath. On the Move 2012 wrapped up on April 15 after three and a half months of encouraging diet, exercise and healthy lifestyle decisions among residents in Barnes County, and organizers report the program has had its biggest year to date.
âIâd say it was a huge success. We had the largest membership weâve ever had,â said Andrea Winter of the Young Peopleâs Healthy Heart Program, an On the Move Partner.
April 20th
Special to the Times-Record
Families--try the unthinkableâgo screen free for an entire week! April 30-May 6 is Screen Free Week. The Young Peopleâs Healthy Heart Program at Mercy Hospital is inviting any family who would like to go âscreen freeâ to call them at 845-6456 for more information and ideas.
Why go âscreen freeâ? The facts are amazing. Students ages 8-18 spend 7 hours each day in front of a screen:
* an average of 4.5 hours watching TV,
*1.5 hours using computers (outside of homework),
*over one hour playing video games.
It doesnât take much to get me to wondering. In this case all it took was a song I heard on an AM radio station. Speaking of heard: The name of the song was, âYou canât rollerskate in a buffalo herd.â It was written by a Mr. Roger Miller. Iâm supposing that if there were ever a person deceased that Iâd have liked to have met before they arrived it would have been him. Some of you may know the song and I invite you to hum along as I share a bit of it with you. Here goes:
âYou canât rollerskate in a buffalo herd.
You canât rollerskate in a buffalo herd.
Temperatures this weekend may be on the cooler side than what people would prefer, but following a strong chance of rain in the area tonight and a cloudy weekend, temps are predicted to be in the upper 60s and 70s next week.
National Weather Service meteorologist Peter Rogers said today would be âpretty cloudy for a good chunk of the dayâ with overnight thunderstorms moving through around midnight.
âMost of the precipitation should move off by morning,â he said. âThe rest of Saturday looks mainly dry with increasing cloud cover.â
A large amount of copper wire was stolen from Hi-Line Electric Tuesday evening, said Amy Anderson, wife of Brad Anderson, who owns the business with Chad Zaun.
Thursday Anderson said the copper wire was valued at âless than $25,000, but itâs a lot.â
She added, âpeople who own copper wire have to be very careful.â
She said the business was broken into Tuesday evening.
âThey covered the windows and even used our forkliftâ in order to steal the metal, Anderson said.
âThey knew how to run the forklift,â Anderson said.
Valley Cityâs City Park bandshell has sat unused since 2008, and is now facing an uncertain future. A recent assessment by city engineers Kadrmas, Lee and Jackson put the estimated cost for repairing the 80-year-old building at a quarter of a million dollars, and the hefty price tag has the Valley City Park District wondering if the historic structure can or should be salvaged.
April 19th
Kristy Winings grew up in Valley City and was a member of the VCHS class of 1991. Kristy lost the use of her legs 4 years ago in a rollover. This past year, a massive infection resulted in the loss of bone and muscle, and the doctors have told her that she is now restricted to only one hour in her wheelchair twice a day; the remaining 22 hours of her day, she will be bedridden. Kristy is only 39 years old and she has handled her disability with a grace beyond measure. She is far too young to face being bedridden for the rest of her life. She needs our help.
Car Wash at Sheyenne Valley Area Career & Tech Center,801 Valley Ave. SE 701-845-0256 Date: April 20th 2012 Times: 9:00AM-12:00PM AND 1:00PM-7:00PM FREE-WILL Donation, Funds will be used for students competing in StateSkills.
Two students at Valley City High School are among five finalists for the billboard competition in the North Dakota Department of Transportationâs ND Teen Driver Contest, however their names will not be released until the contest is over.
This will be the third annual contest the NDDOT has put on in partnership with AAA North Dakota and the North Dakota Safety Council, and VCHS students have become a common sight in the finals.
