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ISSUE NUMBER 52 * PARK RIVER, NORTH DAKOTA
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Park River dishes up a destination celebration
Top left: Traffic was heavy Monday morning on Highway
17 between Grafton and Park River with Park River 4th
of July Parade entries. Bottom left: Kerry Schmitz (I-r)
and Todd Fee serve up burgers behind thaAmerican
Legion after the Park River 4th of July parade. Right:
Jim McGregor is reflected in the hood of his 1933 Ford
and the american flag also as he polishes it before the
big 4th of July Parade in Park River.
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Change comes to Little Park in PR
The idea for a sand
volleyball court was
introduced to utilize the space.
Park Board member Sherry
Currie was looking to revamp
the old court that had been
located by the baseball
diamonds.
"It is a good activity for
older kids and adults to get
exercise," said Currie.
The location of the park
and also the fact that there was
existing sand there, made it
possible for this to be the
perfect spot. Currie hopes to
get a summer sand volleyball
league started for people of all
ages to enjoy and also host
more tournaments,
"It was a needed step," said
Kjelland, "without action
everything is just talk."
Kjelland also recognized
the need for activities geared
toward older kids and the
importance of incorporating
physical activity.
As for the rest of the
equipment in the park, there
are no plans to remove it
quite yet.
In the future, however, th e
Park River Park Board
plans to replace it with
new, handicap accessible
equipment when they have the
funding.
By Caylee Hunter
: of The Press
PARK RIVER, N.D. -- Out
iwith the old, in with the new.
:The Little Park, located in the
:center of Park River, is now
.home to a sand volleyball
:court. Aer the removal of the
i.'playgroun.d equipment on the
east side of the park, there was
;-space available for a new
:addition.
The playground equipment
was outdated and not up to
code, according to Park
District Manager Todd
Kjelland. It was potentially
hazardous for anyone playing
:on it.
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Great Aeroplane Flight of 1911.
lived in Park River will remember the fireworks
at the ballpark with the family until the day she
or he dies. I wonder if other persons have
personal names for some of the fireworks that
they see, year after year--"macaroni", the
"green gianC', "the shooting stars", and others.
The fireworks memories really last.
But some memories, even memories of the
Aeroplane Flight
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By David Larson
for The Press
PARK RIVER, N.D. -- A Park River Fourth
is a special celebration. It commemorates a
national holiday; it brings together the
community; it also creates memories. Park
River's Fourth of July celebrations today are
spectacular community events: community
breakfasts, The Parade, the jets' fly-over,
baseball games, entertainments and dances,
and, of course, the culminating extravaganza,
The Fireworks. Every person who has ever
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Park River woman makes
optometric history
By Caylee Hunter
of The Press
PARK RIVER,
N.D. -- In June, a
Park River woman
became the first
female president of
the American
Optometric
Organization's 113-
year history. Dori
Carlson, O.D. who
practices in Park
River and Grafton,
accepted this position.
"It's a tremendous
honor, hopefully I am
the right person to
serve at this time in
our profession," said
Carlson.
Carlson is very well
accomplished in the
world of optometry.
She first was elected
to the AOA Board of
Trustees in June 2004,
re-elected in 2006 and
elected President-
Elect at the ll3th
Annual AOA
Congress and 40th
Annual AOSA
Conference:
Optometry's Meeting
Above: Dori Carlson is the cover woman for
Women in Optometry after becoming President
of the American Optometric Association.
in June 2010.
Prior to her election
to the Board, Carlson
was the first female
president of the North
Dakota Optometric
Association. She
served as chair of
North Dakota's
Managed Care
Committee, Hospital
Privileges Committee
and Mentoring
Committee.
As President-Elect
during 2010-11,
Carlson has served as
chair of the
Investment and
Personnel
Committees and is a
member of the
Agenda and
Executive
Committees.
She continues to
serve on the North
Dakota Blue Cross
Blue Shield Advisory
Committee and is a
long-standing
member of the North
Dakota Legislative
Committee.
After obtaining her
doctorate of
optometry at Pacific
University College of
Optometry, Dr.
Carlson completed a
residency at the
Carlon
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