Archive - 2012 - News Article
December 27th
The City of Valley City along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will hold a public meeting Jan. 10 to provide a status update to the public on the Valley City Sheyenne River Flood Risk Management Feasibility study.
The study is a cost-shared effort between the Corps and Valley City to evaluate alternatives for flood risk management in the area.
Since a state law prohibiting smoking in public places went into effect last month, area law enforcement hasn’t had any problems with enforcement, but bar owners and managers have vastly different opinions on how the law has affected their businesses.
According to Barnes County Sheriff Randy McClaflin and Detective Mark McDonald of the Valley City Police Department, neither of their departments have had any complaints about smokers.
Valley City High School Junior Aislinn Fogarty wore the same shirt for 30 days as a way to raise awareness of the fact many young people around the world only have one shirt to wear.
She hastens to add she washed the garment on a regular basis.
The effort was also part of a fund-raising campaign to help young people who can’t afford more than one shirt.
The 17-year-old daughter of Paula Fogarty said people “pledged 50 cents or a dollar for every day I wear the shirt.” They live in Valley City.
December 26th
Special to the Times-Record
Erik Johnson, a 8th grade student at Valley City Jr. High won the school-level competition of the National Geographic Bee on December 14th and a chance at a $25,000 college scholarship. Eighth grader, Hunter Olstad, was first runner-up. The school-level Bee, at which students answered oral questions on geography, was the first round in the 25th annual National Geographic Bee. This year’s Bee is sponsored by Google.
Nadine VanDyke has been named 2012 Mercy Hospital Auxilian-of-the-Year by fellow volunteers at the Valley City Hospital, said auxiliary Vice President Diane Heuser.
The award was presented by Donna Nelson, 2011 Mercy Hospital Auxilian-of-the-Year, Heuser said.
Heuser said the award was only created a few years ago, a suggestion of her own.
The wife of hospital administrator Keith Heuser, Heuser said, “Where we were before (coming to Mercy), they always had this type of thing (awards for volunteers).”
Betty Jorissen, who volunteers to listen to students read at Jefferson Elementary School, said good-bye to her students for a few months last week.
Jorissen’s last day volunteering for the year was Tuesday, and the students had their last day of school Friday, but Jorissen won’t return right away in the new year.
“We just had a tearful goodbye because I go away for the winter,” she said. She heads south from January through March.
But Jorissen plans to return as long as she’s able.
December 24th
Special to the Times-Record
MINOT, N.D. – Hope Village’s director Pastor Paul Krueger presented both the Recovery Warehouse and the United Way’s Unmet Needs committee with checks for $63,012.60.
The donation was taken from the proceeds of Hope Village’s “50k in 30 Days” fund-raiser that ran through November. Hope Village had chosen to donate 45 percent of the funds raised in the campaign to each of the two partners.
The remaining 10 percent ($14,002.80) plus developer Kent Busek’s original $25,000 will stay with Hope Village for its day-to-day operations.
“Mom, you make the greatest cookies in the world!” my 9-year-old daughter exclaimed with a dazzling smile.
I was flattered by her extreme compliment, but I knew she had ulterior motives. I was packing cookies into containers at the time. She was waiting for samples.
During the holidays, people tend to pull out their containers of flour, sugar and spices, measuring cups and bowls to sweeten the holidays. Special holiday recipes get used, and children often are eager to help.
Special to the Times-Record
Fredrikson & Byron is pleased to announce the addition of Katherine A. Peckham  and Katie A. Perleberg  to the firm’s Trusts & Estates Groups in Minneapolis and Fargo.
December 21st
