Archive - Feb 2013 - News Article
February 14th
Special to the Times-Record
National Wear Red Day, the kick-off to American Heart month was Friday, Feb. 1 and the Sheyenne Care Center took the challenge in more ways than one. On Feb. 1, most of the staff dressed in red to remind staff, residents, and visitors to choose a heart healthy change to reduce their risk of heart disease.
February 13th
Valley City doctor Madeline Luke and Physicianâs Assistant Russ Kaufmann have problems with a plan by Mercy Hospital to end use of physicianâs assistants in the hospital and provide 24-hour, seven days a week emergency room coverage by a doctor through a contract with an out-of-state company.
Dr. Luke, who works as a doctor three days per week at the Sanford Clinic, said Tuesday, âIâm concerned we will have a variety of physicians come through with no local tiesâ once the contract takes effect.
Area ice fishermen have a much better year for the popular winter sport than they did last year, and theyâll get a chance to participate in a derby this weekend at Lake Ashtabula.
The new owners at Ashtabula Crossing are gearing up for their first annual ice fishing tournament this weekend.
Patty Hoff, who owns the resort and restaurant located at the East Lake Ashtabula crossing with her husband Scott and sister Mary Jean Cuffe, said, âweâve had lots of people requesting to have tournament here, so we did.â
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service encourages students to participate in the annual Endangered Species Day Youth Art Contest to celebrate the eighth annual Endangered Species Day on May 17.
âEndangered Species Day honors a national commitment to recovering endangered species and their habitats and provides an opportunity to learn about what efforts are being made to conserve them,â said Leith Edgar of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in California.
February 12th
Valley City State University is offering special entertainment this week that should mesh in perfectly with the traditional romantic holiday â Valentineâs Day.
Both the VCSU Theater and The Cafe on the campus are working together to provide something special for couples, and could work perfectly for people staying close to home due to snowy and windy weather during the week, said director Jenni Lou Russi.
Local law enforcement and snow removal crews were busy Monday dealing with the aftermath of nearly a foot of heavy, wet snow that fell on the area Sunday.
According to the National Weather Service, eight to 10 inches of snow, equal to four to six inches of moisture, fell from Sunday morning to Monday morning in Valley City with more snow recorded south of the city.
Travel became treacherous on Sunday with icy roads and blowing snow causing white-out conditions. Interstate 94 was closed from Jamestown east to Alexandria, Minn. from Sunday afternoon to late morning on Monday.
Valley Cityâs Another Time restaurant will soon serve authentic and homemade Mexican food from owner and head cook Abel Turrubiates.
Turrubiates, a native-born Mexican, said he will eventually call his restaurant Mi Pueblito, which means âmy little town.â
âThe reason I call it my little town, is Valley City is a little town, and I have my children who live here, and I thought of adopting his little town as âmy little town,ââ he said.
Turrubiates took over the business from former owner Tanya Hurlimann, who recently decided to move to Florida.
Special to the Times-Record
The North Dakota School Counselors Association recently awarded Judi Hillier, currently K-3 counselor at Jefferson Elementary School in Valley City, the North Dakota Elementary School Counselor of the Year Award.
Mrs. Hillier has implemented programs at Washington and Jefferson Schools, which include organizing the first fifth and sixth grade Career Fair and Kindness Week activities.
Most recently at Jefferson, Judi organized the Third Grade Test Tip Pep Rally, Honoring Children Military Program and the Autism Awareness Classroom activities.
Special to the Times-Record
Valley City, Feb. 7, 2013 â A team of middle school Mathletes from Valley City Jr. High won the Barnes County MATHCOUNTS competition. The top individual was Erik Johnson, son of Scott and Amy Johnson, from Valley City Jr. High. Second place was Evan Haglund, son of Bret and Toni Haglund, from Valley City Jr. High. Third place was Sam Richman, son of Matt and Jenni Richman, from Maple Valley. Fourth place was Dustin Kasowski, son of Randy and Lori Kasowski, from Maple Valley.
February 11th
âGirls with guns.â Thatâs what my shirt says. I got it from a girl with guns. The shirt makes me feel protected. A friend of mine taught me how to shoot so the saying on my shirt wouldnât be a lie. Feeling safe is what I told that husband of mine was the most important thing before we got married.
Iâm not mentally ill and neither are my many friends with guns. Iâm guessing if the government attempts to take any more control of things they have no business peeping in to, perhaps mental illness will be the norm. In the slightest of ways it is already happening.
