SINGLE COPY $1.00 VOL. 133 • ISSUE 8 ° PARK RIVER, NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 201S
Above: Johnson Farms, Russell and Rosford Johnson, Park River,
harvest a field of spdng wheat along
Highway 18 soulheast of Park River.
FARGO, N.D. -- This August over much of the State, accord- nificant rain the past few weeks quate, and 4 surplus. Subsoil grees below normal were re-
has created ideal condiions for ing to the USDA's NationalAgri- have caused varying amounts of moisture supplies rated 3 percent ceived in many areas, according
smaUgrains, allowing some area cultural Stalistics Service. This al- stress to the row crops across the very short, 28 short, 65 ade- to the USDA's National Agri-
farmers to speed through harvest, lowed small grain producers to State. There were 6.6 days suit- quate, and 4 surplus, cultural Statistics Service. Much
Forthe week ending Augustmake considerable harvestable for fieldwork. Topsoilmois- Forthe week ending Augustneeded rain ofup to an ineh cov-
16, 2015, very hot, dry, and progress. However, these same ture supplies rated 6 percent 23, 2015, strong winds and cool eredmostoftheState, aidiiagcrop
windy conditions were received conditions and the lack of sig- very short, 35 short, 55 ade- temperatures of six to eight de- development. There were 5.8
Photo: Lany Bid
days suitable for fieldwork. Top-
soil moisture supplies rated 3 per-
cent very short, 27 short, 65
Harvest Report
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BISMARCK, N.D. -- Tax North Dakota's taxable sales and
Commissioner Ryan Rauschen- purchases," stated Rauschenberg-
berger announced recently that er. "An increase of 2.26 percent is
North Dakota's taxable sales and a good sign."
purchases for the first quarter of Nine of the 15 major sectors re-
2015 saw a slight increase over the ported taxable sales and purchases
first quarter in 2014. Taxable sales gains when compared to the first
and purchases for January, Febru- quarter a year ago. The most no-
ary and March of 2015 were $5.826 ticeable increases were to the retail
billion, a 2.26 percent increase trade industry with a $43.5 million
over those months in 2014. increase (3.12 percent increase), the
"With declining oil prices in the
first quarter of this year, we ex- Economy
pected to see negative economic Cor] page 2
impact including a decrease in
By Kevin Skavhaug
of The Press
PARK RIVER, N.D. -- By everyone's ac-
counts, the new school building project in Park
River "is going well and is on target for our com-
pletion dates."
This is according to Park River Area School
Superintendent Kirk Ham who commented on the
progress at a meeting last Wednesday morning.
"We are very close to where we need to be
right now and are looking forward to moving back
into our classrooms this week," he said.
Superintendent Ham was speaking about the
renovation portion of the project. Most of the
classroom renovation and resizing took place in
the elementary portion of the building.
"It's hard to believe that it was just last May
when the first crews came in and started the dem-
It's hard to believe that it was just last May
when the first crews came in and started the
demolition and now, just two and a half months
later, we are real clOse to being school ready.
olition and now, just two and a half months lat-
er, we are real close to being school ready," Ham
said. "I've been real pleased with the quality and
amount of work our contractors have done this
summer," he con "tmued.
There still will be odds and ends that need to
be taken care of but for the most part, the reno-
vation part of the project is "substantially done."
"We will have a lot of cleaning to do as weget
ready for school and some last minute projects
to complete but we should be ready for school
as planned," Ham said.
Besides the classroom makeover the ele-
mentary received, there was also update work
done on everything from electrical systems to wa-
ter and plumbing to heating and ventilation. One
major portion of the infrastructure rework was a
sprinkler system throughout the building and all
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