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VOL. 132 • ISSUE 6 ° PARK RWER, NORTH DAKOTA
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST
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Photo: Larry Biri
In commemoration of the Walsh County Fair's 100th anniversary, Confederate Railroad kicked off the celebration at the Park River Coliseum last Friday night. The band has a career that spans
six studio albums and numerous singles, most notably "Jesus and Mama, .... Queen of Memphis," "Trashy Women," and "Daddy Never Was the Cadillac Kind." Above: Bobby Randall points to
the crowd as Wayne Secrest plays on. More photos from the event on Page 14.
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Valsh County 4-H
seeks recipes for book
PARK RIVER, N.D. --Are
you a current or former 4-H'er
who received accolades at the
Walsh County Fair with your bak-
ing? Were you known for baking
the softest cookies, the flakiest pie
crust or the perfectly formed loaf
of bread? If so, there is a group of
4-H'ers looking for you.
Walsh County 4-H Ambassa-
dors are looking for award-win-
ning recipes from current and
past Walsh County 4-H members.
In recognition of the 100th Walsh
County Fair the county 4-H am-
bassadors are creating a cook-
book of some of the best cooking
that Walsh County has to offer.
Recipes can range from baking
to canning and simply require a
blue ribbon placing or better at a
previous fair. Submitted recipes
need to list the exhibitor's name,
4-H club they belong(ed) to, rib-
bon placing and source of the
recipe. Individuals may submit
multiple recipes.
Recipes can be dropped off at
the Walsh County Extension Of-
rice or mailed to Walsh County Ex-
tension, 101 County Road 12B,
Park River, ND 58270. Another
option is to email the recipes to
Kari Helgoe at kari.l.helgoe@
ndsu.edu or Emily Zikmund at
Emily.zikmund@parkriverk
12.com.
The final deadline for submis-
sion is August 15th.
If you would like more infor-
mation contact the Walsh County
Extension Office at 284-6624.
Park River prepaz00 for Critical School Inddent
PARK RIVER, N.D. -- Emer-
gency Services, first responders
and school officials from the sur-
rounding area will be busy re-
sponding to a simulated incident in-
volving an emergency event at the
Park River High School on Tuesday,
Aug. 19. City, county and region-
al first responders, along with school
officials and teachers, will be par-
ticipating in the event which will be
held in the morning followed by a
debriefing session. During this
time, the perimeter around the
school will have signs posted to in-
dicate to the public that the exercise
is in play.
The simulated emergency event
will have two main objectives to
test. The first is to assess the
school's emergency preparedness
plan and building security. A sec-
ond objective includes assessing the
response of local law enforcement
and other emergency services in the
area. This second objective focusses
on communication and operational
coordination among the school,
the dispatch center, and all law en-
forcement and first responders.
Through a Department of Home-
land Security grant, Park River is
able hold this full scale exercise to
assess emergency services, and the
school's response to a school emer-
gency. The public school system in
Grafton has also held school exer-
cises in the past.
The exercise is being coordinat-
ed by Wenck Associates, Inc., from
Mandan, North Dakota. Wenck As-
sociates, is an emergency pre-
paredness consulting and engi-
neering firm that offers training
programs to assist clients with risk
and hazard mitigation and response
activities.
Now showing; Lyric up and mnning00 but not finished
By Emily Laaveg
of The Press
PARK RWER, N.D.- Lately, the Lyric The-
atre of Park River has gone through quite a few
renovations. Thankfully, the end is in sight. The
Lyric Continues committee has picked a new
manager, made progress in acquiring a new pro-
jector, and is in the final stages of renovations.
Julie Johnston of Crystal was announced as
the new manager of the Lyric Theatre in early
July of this year. "I was looking for a job and I
was used to working on weekends," said Julie,
former owner of Out to Lunch Caf6, about be-
coming the new manager. "My husband is re-
tired and it fit both of our lifestyles to take this
job."
Almost all of the renovations to the Lyric have
been completed. The theatre has been made com-
pletely handicap accessible and new seats were
installed. They currently are finishing with
Lyric
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What is your dream job?
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"Life's a picture that you paint
With blues and grays and cans and can'ts
Heaven knows I'm not a saint
But l know."
Confederate Railroad
Good hoUsvow
See page 8
Babe Ruth at Stat Baseball
See page I I