COUN'I'Y
WEDNESDAY, FE,. ....... .-,, 2012 ISSUE NUMBER 34 • PARK RIVER, NORTH DAKOTA SINGLE COPY $1.00
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Members of
the Paul
Farup
American
Legion Post
#147 of Park
River and
the
Novotny-
Kachena
American
Legion Post
#208 of
Pisek made
up the Color
Guard at the
Region 2
Boys
Basketball
Tournament
last week in
Grand Forks
at the Betty
Engelstad
Sioux
Center.
Color guard
members l
are (L-R)
Roger
Johnson,
Eugene
Kachena,
Rodney
Kadlec and
back Marvin
Collins.
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Health and Wellness Fair scheduled
PARK RIVER, N.D. --
WOW2 (Wellness Outreach
Without Walls) will sponsor a
Health and Wellness Fair
Thursday, March 1, from 1:00
p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the Park
River Elementary Gym in
Park River, ND.
The Health & Wellness Fair
will feature exhibits for those
of us who are older, those of
us who are younger, and those
of us who want to continue to
feel young!
The theme for this year's
Health & Wellness Fair is
"Healthy, Wealthy & Wise -
Making Wise Investments For
A Healthier Future."
The Health Fair will in-
clude health and wellness
screenings, education about
fitness, eating healthy, safety
issues, and other activities.
There will also be a selection
of wellness products, interac-
tive activities, and door
prizes. Area businesses and
organizations have been in-
vited to participate in the
Health & Wellness Fair and
will provide free health
screenings, information and
demonstrations.
Everyone is invited to at-
tend the Health & Wellness
Fair and will be eligible to win
a Wii Console and Wii Fit
Plus Bundle. Children must
be accompanied by an adult.
WOW2 (Wellness Out-
reach Without Walls) is a local
collaborative effort to pro-
mote healthy lifestyles and
provide wellness services.
Stenvold elected President of RRRC
PARK RIVER, N.D. -- Dan
Stenvold, Mayor of the City of
Park River, was elected President
of the Red River Regional Coun-
cil during its January 26, 2012
meeting. Mayor Stenvold has
represented the Mayors of Walsh
County on the Regional Council
for the past 6 years.
The Regional Council pro-
vides servme to local govern-
ment, profit and non-profit
entities within Grand Forks,
Walsh, Pembina and Nelson
Counties.
The services relate to the man-
agement of the Economic Development loan
pools, management of the Nelson and Pembina
County Job Development Authorities, the
Pembina and Walsh Counties
Historic Preservation Commis-
sions, administration of a re-
gional Riparian program, Hazard
Mitigation, and Small Business
Development Center. The Coun-
cil also manages the Housing
and Urban Development Com-
munity Development Block
Grant (CDBG) for the four
county areas.
Chairman Stenvold assists the
Regional Board in making pol-
icy decisions that affect regional
efforts to assist in making the
area a better place to live, work
and play. The Council office is located in the
Chase Building, 516 Cooper Ave, Ste 101,
Grafton, ND; 701-352-3550.
Park River Public Library extends digital lending to local patrons
By Katrina Hodny
for The Press
PARK RIVER, N.D. -- Armed with their e-readers, a small
group of avid readers spent an hour learning how to borrow li-
brary books via the web from their local library on Feb. 16.
The Park River Public Library joined 13 other North Dakota
libraries to become a part of a consortium that brings the power
of digital media to their local communities.
"We were looking to add some e-readers to our library, and in
the process of searching for them, I came across this consor-
tium," said Rochelle Kovarik, Library Media Specialist. "I
thought it would be something our patrons would be interested
in."
After making some inquires, Kovarik was able to bring this
idea to join the consortium of libraries to the Park River School
Board and the City of Park River.
Both entities approved joining the group and it went live Nov.
30, 2011. The school and the city do share an annual fee to be a
part of this program; however, it is free for the public to use.
Sarah Matusz, a Field Services Librarian for the North
Dakota State Library, presented information to the group of
readers on how to utilize this program through the Park River
Library.
For anyone in the audience who did not own an e-reader, Ma-
tusz went over the basics between e-readers on the market today
to include the more popular Apple iPad, Amazon Kindle, and
Barnes & Noble Nook.
Matusz explained the process on how to sign up, download
software, checkout books, and, if necessary, transfer books onto
the e-reader device.
Under the model that the Park River Library purchased, it
functions much like a physical library: patrons must have a li-
brary card at one of the participating libraries; once a book is
checked out it isn't available until it is returned; a waiting list is
available; if the waiting list is long for a particular book, more
copies are purchased for use; patrons can opt for a 14 day or 21
day lending period; a book can be returned early using proper
steps on the program; a patron may check out five books at a
time; a patron may only place three items on hold.
A patron will be notified via e-mail when a title they placed
on hold is available and they have three days to check it out.
In addition to e-books, e-audiobooks are also available
through this program. At this time, with all 14 libraries, there
are 3,965 titles available for e-books and 2,012 titles available
for e-audiobooks.
The publisher of the book makes titles available to libraries.
According to Matusz, most publishers try not to make their con-
tent available to libraries so that patrons will buy instead of bor-
row.
"It isn't the librarians fault if a specific author isn't available
at the library," said Matusz. "The publisher places restrictions
on their books."
Matusz recommends informing a publisher if you want their
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