Archive - Jun 2012 - News Article
June 6th
City officials welcomed the new and thanked the departing during their meeting Monday. Valley Cityâs new police chief Fred Thompson was present to meet the commissioners while they welcomed him to the city.
âWeâre really, really happy to have Fred on board and part of the team,â said City Administrator David Schelkoph.
The commission also thanked Mark McDonald for stepping up and taking the interim police chief job at a difficult time.
âHe did a stellar job,â City Commissioner Jon Wagar said.
June 5th
Scholarships
Paul Viland, son of Reuben and Beth Viland, Valley City, received the North Dakota State University Honor Award Scholarship in the amount of $2,000 and the Textbook Scholarship in which he will receive $1,000 credit for textbooks for his first year at NDSU. The scholarships recognize high academic achievement.
Thomas Face Painting has been at every major street fair in North Dakota as well as numerous festivals throughout North Dakota and Minnesota, and it all started right here in Valley City. Former Valley City resident Thomas Huus is the founder and owner of Thomas Face Painting, which is now based in West Fargo.
Huus started painting faces about eight years ago as an artistâs way to make ends meet.
âI went to Disney World and saw the face painting stands they had there, and I knew something like that would work in North Dakota because no one else was doing it,â Huus explained.
Valley Cityâs Saturday farmers market has been given a new name in honor of Rose Boggetto, a farmers market regular who died April 20.
From now on the market will be called ââRoseâs Valley City Saturday morning Farmers Market.â We just did the new signs,â said Becky Huber, who manages the market with brother Arlen Huber.
Roseâs husband, Jon Boggetto of Valley City, presented the market with a $540 check Saturday in her honor.
âShe was a big fan of the market and worked at the market registering people,â Boggetto said.
June 4th
Special to the Times-Record
The United States entered into the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade AgreementWith a proclamation from President Barack Obama, prompting the American Soybean Association to congratulate the governments of both countries for their collaboration and cooperation in the interest of trade expansion.
âThe free trade agreement with Colombia holds a great deal of potential for Americaâs soybean farmers,â said ASA President Steve Wellman, a soybean farmer from Syracuse, Neb.
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Barnes County Extension
Here are a number of wonderful low cost summer activities for kids and families that help families keep their hard-earned money in their pockets.
With each of these ideas, you might fashion âwhat to doâ boxes. Create two boxes - one for âoutsideâ and one for âindoorsâ - containing index cards with activities written on them. Rotate who in the family gets to pick the card for that day. This is a great way to avoid activities that cost a lot of cash and a fun way to create a family plan.
Some tense moments wrapped up the month of May for local law enforcement officers. The month also saw a new police chief hired and one of the wilder Memorial Day weekends.
Fred Thompson, a recently-retired police captain from Henderson, Nev, was chosen from 39 candidates that were whittled down to 10 phone interviews and five face-to-face interviews. Thompson is a 29-year veteran of the Henderson Police Department.
As sewer work was underway in downtown Valley City on Thursday, May 31, workers uncovered a gas line on the south side of the high school.
June 1st
The chaplain at my work witnessed it. I came to my office and stood in the doorway of the conference room where most of my co-workers gathered.
âMay I have your attention please? I have an announcement to make,â I announced in my best announcement voice.
The room hushed as they all turned their conversations off and their ears on. They took their stare off the glare of their computer screens in order to properly delve in to the proclamation I was about to proclaim.
Special to the Times-Record
MEDORA, N.D. â Whether you enjoy fitness, nature, entertainment or food, Medora is the place to be the weekend of June 8-10.
The 2012 season of the Medora Musical kicks off Friday, June 8 at 8:30 p.m. MDT. This professionally-produced, high energy, Western style revue is set in the Burning Hills Amphitheatre in the North Dakota Badlands. It features nightly performances through September 8.
Valley City and Jamestown law enforcement personnel joined others from across North Dakota this week in the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics North Dakota.
The Special Olympicsâ website reads, âThe Torch Run is a running event in which officers and athletes carry the Flame of Hope to the Opening Ceremony of local Special Olympics competitions.â
The Special Olympics Summer Games will be held Friday and Saturday in Fargo.
Kathleen Meagher, President of the Special Olympics North Dakota, said that they try to link cities through the run.
