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SINGLE COPY $1.00 VOL. 134 • ISSUE 44 • PARK RIVER, NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2017
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Park, River
Area
Elementary
hosts
invention
convention
By Kelli Johnson
PARK RIVER, N.D. -- On
Friday, April 28th, the Park Riv-
er Area Elementary first graders in-
vited other classes, parents, and
grandparents to come and Check
out their inventions at an Invention
Convention Open House. Yes, we
have some very creative and clever
inventors right here in Park Riv-
er!
For the past few weeks the
first graders were reading and
studying about inventors, their
inventions, how inventions make
our lives better, and how original
inventions have been improved.
The kiddos were excited to read
about and study inventors like"
Thomas Edison, Alexander Gra-
ham Bell, the Wright Brothers,
Ben Franklin, and Garrett Morgan
to name just a few. The kiddos
Inventors
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Photos: Larry Bid
Right: Eli Beneda, son of Jodi and Abe Beneda, shows his invention, the Pringle Elevator, a unique way
to get the pringles out of the can. Above: Isabella Swartz impresses her family members with her invention
a Super Step. Family members are (l-r) Elaine Swarlz (grandma), Mike Swartz (dad) Denise Bata (aunt)
and Jennie Swartz (mother)•
By Allison Olimb
of The Press
PARK RIVER, N.D. -- In 2011 Park Riv-
er began what would be know as the Park Riv-
er Farmer's Market. A small committee worked
to offer Thursday nights in the Little Park that
would provide a chance for people to sell and
purchase garden produce, baked goods, crafts,
and socialize at weekly fundraiser meals.
Through the years the committee dwindled
leaving only the NDSU Extension Service of
Walsh County, located in Park River, working
to coordinate the event.
Last year, Walsh Cotmty Family Consumer
Science Agent Jamie Medbery approached the
Park River Community Club to notify them that
it would be the last year that Extension would
manage the farmers market, as she would like
to transition the responsibility to another
group.
"J really didn't want it to end," Medbery
said.
She said that this job did not fit the role of
Extension and when the Community Club
The market will be held in the Little Park in Park
River onThursday evenings June 15-Aug. 31 from
5:30 to 6:30 p.m.with a bell signaling the start
of sales.
stepped up to the task, it was a good match, market vendors to get the word out about the
Medbery added that the Extension Office is al- transition. She asked all interested parties to
ways happy to be used as a resource for the contact her for a vendor packet, which includes
market and its vendors, a market registration form, rules and guidelines,
"I think it's a bet.ter fit for the Community and health and safety codes, as they have to
Club," Medbery said explaining that they stick to state regulations. Information also is
have a wide base of members to help with the available at Gate City Bank and the Park Riv-
different aspects of the event, er City Office.
Community Club members Lara Carlson of In addition to the market itself, Miller said
the Good Samaritan Society and Ashleigh that they really hope to make this more of an
Miller of Grafton/Park River Chiropractic event. With Park River Community Club of-
have stepped up as market coordinators. Carl- feting the first market meal and many return-
son is handling the organization of the week- ing organization stepping up to serve meals
ly summer event set to start on June 15.
Miller is coordinating the market's social me- Farmers Market
dia presence.
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GRAFTON, N.D. -- Kristie
Wolff of the ND American Lung
Association was in Grafton on
April 18, 2018 educating students
and adults on the dangers of e-cig-
arettes. She gave a presentation to
Grafton 5th, 6th and some 9th
graders plus had a booth set up at
the Grafton School health fair.
According to a recent Surgeon
General's report, e-cigarette use
among youth and young adults is
a public health concem because the
use of products containing nicotine
in any form among youth is unsafe.
Many e-cigarettes contain nicotine,
which is highly addictive. A recent
e-cigarette study published in the
Journal of Pediatric Nursing de-
termined that over half (51%) of
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the labels on e-liquids did not ac-
curately reflect the levels of nico-
tine found in the products. So
even if a product label states thal
it has no nicotine, the statement
may not be accurate.
The brain is the last organ in the
human body to develop fully.
Brain development continues un-
til the early to mid-20s. Nicotine
exposure during periods of sig-
nificant brain development, such as
adolescence, can disrupt the
growth of brain circuits that con-
trol attention, learning, and sus-
ceptibility to addiction. The effects
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Valley-Edinburg honor roll
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