SINGLE COPY $1.00 ISSUE NUMBER 52 • PARK RIVER, NORTH DAKOTA TUESDAY JULY 3, 2012
A Hillclimb catcller's job is never done
The annual Hillclimb near
Fordville took place on July
1 with hundreds of bikers
attempting the trek to the
top. Ready, as always, were
the hillclimb catchers. Top
Left: Sometimes the riders
helped the catchers pull the
bike up the hill after coming
so close to making it. Bottom
Left: Catchers converge on
this bike, which didn't make
.................... it all ft(#wayto the topl
Right: Catchers ready to
retrieve this airborne rider
and bike. More photos on
page 5.
Park River High School dL,)ir students
rake the Windy City by storm
PARK RIVER, N.D.
-- On May 30 at 5:30 in
the evening, 70 mem-
bers of Park River High
School Choir along with
12 chaperones, loaded
two buses and departed
for Chicago, the "windy
city". After traveling all
night, the choir arrived
at the Illinois Veterans'
Home in Manteno, Illi-
nois. As Sheldon Weltz,
choir director men-
tioned, "The kids, along
with everyone else on
the buses, were pretty
bleary-eyed. But once
we moved into our first
song, the excitement of
performing for a whole
new, appreciative audi-
ence chased away the
tired eyes quite
quickly."
After the perform-
ance, the choir went into
the city for almost three
full days of education,
sight-seeing, bonding
and just plain fun. Al-
though a light rain fell
most of the day, every-
one enjoyed the Mu-
seum of Science and In-
dustry, Chinatown, and
exploring the Navy Pier
before heading to the
hotel for a much needed
Top: The Park River High School Choir in front of the Buckingham Fountain.
Bottom: Left to right Chaperones: Suzie Void, Darren Void, Betty Koenig, Shel-
don Weltz, Shanna Forester, Mary Weltz, Marsha Johnson, Jeff Johnson, Lau-
rie Larson, Roberta Francis, Sue Brummond, Julie Rostvet (Photos:
Submitted)
good night's sleep.
Friday and Saturday
continued with seeing
and touring many of
Chicago's famous land-
marks: Adler Planetar-
ium, shopping on the
Magnificent Mile, the
Gangster Tour, Shedd
Aquarium and Ocea-
narium, Lincoln Park
Zoo, Hard Rock Caf6,
and going to the top of
Willis Tower, formerly
Sears Tower, for spec-
tacular views of the
Chicago skyline and
Lake Michigan. Stu-
dents were thrilled by
the observation deck ap-
proximately 105 floors
to the top of the tower.
In recent years, they
have built four "step
out" sections of the ob-
servation deck. These
areas are built entirely
of Plexiglas, including
the floor. Many creative
pictures were taken in
this area where you can
look down between
your shoes, hundreds of
feet to the ground be-
low! Saturday evening
ended with a stop in
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Captain Bruce and Dawn (aka Betty Koenig, Joan Larson,
Bruce Heggen and Lorrie Hylden) will perform classic rock
music at the Aggie Alumni dinner at the PRHS gym July 3rd
at 6 p.m. (Photos: Submitted)
Cztltltihntg all Aggies ,, ,,.
Alumni event set for July 3;
PARK RIVER, N.D. -- All
Aggie Alumni, teachers and
friends are encouraged to meet
their classmates and friends at
the annual Aggie Alumni get
together at the Park River High
School gym Tuesday, July 3.
Dinner begins at 6 p.m.
The Aggie Alumni Associa-
tion, thought to be the oldest
high school alumni group in
the state, holds its 65th con-
secutive banquet this year. A
choir group of twelve 2012
graduates which has received
the North Dakota state music
festival's highest honor, a Star
rating, in each of the past four
years will entertain visiting
alumni. Another favorite vocal
group, Captain Bruce and
Dawn, will sing classic rock
and golden oldies.
Aggie memorabilia will be
on display in the Aggie Alumni
Room beginning at noon and
Obituaries
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Public Notices
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