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By Allison Olimb
of The Press
HOOPLE, N.D. — The Hall
familyhasbeenabig narneinthepo—
tato business for decades, growing
and shipping fresh market products
across the country. Now they‘ are
leading the world in technological ad—
vancements in the field as well.
This fall they became one of the first
to implement the Compac sorting
machine as a new standard in pota-
to grading.
T.J., Taylor, and Jackson Hall run
the day-to-day operations for the
farm and at the washplant on Tator
Ave. in Hoople, ND.
' Jackson explained that it was
T.J. who first introduced the ideas.
T.J. said that he first saw this ma-
chine being highlighted at the trade
shows. The company, Compac, since
bought by TOMRA Fresh Foods, is
based out of New Zealand.
“He’s been talking to their sales-
people going on a couple of years,”
Jackson said. “They were looking for
someone to be the first.”
VOL. I39 - ISSUE 2| - PARK RIVER, NORTH DAKOTA
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 202|
PARK RIVER, N.D.
With the holiday Sea—
son right around the cor-
ner' Park River Area
School wanted to come up
with a project for the
whole school to give back
to the community. The
Pony Pride Committee
communicated with the
county food pantry about
their needs in terms of
food that they needed and
cereal was one of their
main needs. The Pony~
Pride Committee part-
nered with the PRAS Stu—
dent Council from the
high school to make this a
school-wide event. The
week ofNov. 15 started a
cereal drive at the school
with each class collecting
boxes of cereal to be do-
nated to the local food
pantry. Students inPre—K—
12 were encouraged to
bring in boxes of cereal all
week.
Thursday of that week,
the fifth and sixth VGrade
boys basketball team had
a “Cereal Box Scrim-
mage” where fifth and
sixth grade boys were split
up into, four different
teams: The Rice Krispies,
Cheerios, Lucky Charms,
and Apple Jacks. Each
team was coached by a
pair of high school boy
“ students that volunteered
their time and enthusi-
asm to help make this
event possible. The stu—
dents and spectators were
encouraged to bring cere-
al to donate while watch-
ing the scrimmage, this
event alone brought in
over 40 boxes.
On Friday, Nov. 19,
. r ‘ " students in K—6 all gath-
' ered in the elementary
n r gym to watch the Knock"
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schedule set in PR
By Allison Olimb Miller andAmber Helt presented the
ofThe Press final plans during the Park River
PARK RIVER, N.D. The Community Club’sNovembermeet-
- , . One of the big shifis is that the
plans for Park River 5 2021 Super mg . .
Santa Saturday were in the works eventuallbestartingatNoonandroll
long before the temperature dro i on through the evenlng hours w1th
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and brought along a Winter won- a tree lghnng ceremony and fire
derland to set the scene. The Park
River Community Club is bringing
works to cap off the day.
The traditional craft fair will be
held at the Park River City Hall from
back the holiday celebration on Sat-
urday, Dec. 4 with a few big changes
and a little more holiday magic.
Committee members Ashleigh
Area School Business
Managers Recognized,
April Howatt awarded
BISMARCK, ND. The North
Dakota Association of School Busi-
Super Santa
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made during the North Dakota
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