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March 9th, 2012
The Barnes County Municipal Airport on the southern edge of Valley City has received the â2011 General Aviation Airport of the Yearâ award, said Tim Thorsen, president of the Airport Association of N.D.
The award was presented by the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission.
The award was presented March 6 at the Upper Midwest Aviation Symposium held in Bismarck. The award is sponsored by the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission in conjunction with the Airport Association of N.D.
This award is for excellence in maintaining safety, project management, and community awareness.
As far as roots go, Cal Schaefer is literally, and figuratively, rooted firmly in place at the North Dakota Winter Show.
âIâve had a booth right here since â73, in the same exact spot,â Schaefer said, pointing to the ground of the Main Exhibit building.
Schaefer began working at the show in 1963 doing general labor.
âI worked in the barns, wherever they needed help: cleaning, setting up all the rodeos and stage shows.â The job didnât pay very well, as Schaefer recalled, âIt was only a dollar and a quarter an hour.â
As of Wednesday, the city has received 11 applications for the open Valley City Chief of Police position.
City Administrator David Schelkopf reported that the opening was posted ten days ago, but that no local candidates have applied for the job so far. All current applicants are from out of state.
âIt looks like a couple others are talking about it locally, I just had a city officer come in and talk to me about it yesterday, so Iâm pretty certain there will be local people applying for this position,â he said. âWeâre going to have a large group of people to look at.â
The Barnes County Water Resource District Board will meet Monday, March 12, in the Barnes County Highway Department Conference Room.
The meeting will take place at 8 a.m. instead of the regular time of 9 a.m.
AGENDA
Call to order
Revenue & Expenditure Report
Minutes
Stewart-Anderson Assessment Drain
Steele County Snagging & Clearing
Upper Sheyenne Retention project report
Tile Drainage permitting-policy discussion
Drainage complaints:
Meadow Lake Township-
Ten Mile Lake-inspection reports
Board member reports:
Project reports:
Meadow Lake
Sanborn Lake
March 8th
Esther Keeling was one of the first people in Valley City to be tested by computer for her General Educational Development certification Wednesday when the new program was unveiled at Valley Cityâs Sheyenne Valley Career and Technical Center.
Keeling âtold me it was simple, fast and easy,â after taking the computerized test, said Allison Jennings, program manager for GED Testing Service based in Washington, D.C.
âYou should have seen the look in Estherâs face when she saw she passed,â said center director Jeff Bopp.
Pictures can be found in your Thursday, March 8, 2012 printed edition of the Valley City Times-Record.
The Times-Record got out and talked to a wide variety of Winter Show attendees on Wednesday, asking them where theyâre from and why they came out to the show.
Cleone Genre and Larry Junker of Valley City danced their socks off at Senior Dance Day Wednesday. âHaving fun? You bet,â said Junker of the polka-themed music of Marv and the Moonlighters. âWe like âem all, but we do prefer a good two-step.â
Lunch was served at the annual North Dakota Winter Show Tasting Bee on Wednesday at the National Guard Armory on Winter Show Road.
With everything costing only a quarter, the line for change stretched out the door shortly after the two-hour event opened at 11 a.m.
âWe had 50 rolls of quarters; we have one roll left but a lot of people bring their own,â said Marge Bessette of the NDWS Womenâs Division, which puts the Tasting Bee together.
While hundreds turned out for the popular event, Bessette said it is still not the largest affair the division handles.
March 7th
Joe DeMasi has shared his love of music with listeners all over the United States, and now he is setting out to reach an even wider internet audience with a new childrenâs musical show produced for web TV.
âThe Forever Friends Showâ stars DeMasi, his twin brother John, and Chris Burke, an actor with Down syndrome best known for his role as âCorkyâ in the hit ABC-TV show âLife Goes Onâ.
âThere are many childrenâs shows out there,â said DeMasi, âbut thereâs never been a childrenâs show with a main character with a disability.
Duane Burchill, Rural Route 2 mail carrier for the Valley City Post Office, was recently recognized by the Dakotaâs District of the United States Postal Service for his role as a Road Test Examiner/Trainer and Facilitator.
He received a letter of appreciation from the District commending him on his role in training new hires to our organization, said Valley City Postmaster Sherry Johnson.
Burchill said he has been working as a Road Test Examiner/Trainer and Facilitator âfor four or five years, and with the post office about 25 years.â
A new, centralized, $14.5 million facility for the Barnes County North School District is one step closer to becoming a reality, as the Barnes County Commission approved the use of a County Auditorâs Lot in Uxbridge Township for the construction of the new building, pending the approval of the County Planning and Zoning Board, which will review the issue on Thursday.
