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Farm Bill meetings to be -x
held in Walsh County
PARK RIVER, N.D. -- There
will be three opportunities for
area farmers to get the update on
the 2014 Farm Bill.
2014 Farm Bill Informational
Meetings will be held Monday,
Dec. 8 in Minto at the Commu-
nity Center at 10 a.m. and in
Lankin American Legion at 2
p.m. and on Monday, Dec. 15 at
the Park River American Legion
starting at 4 p.m. followed by the
Crop Improvement Meeting and
supper at 6 p,m. Guest speaker at
the meeting will be Dwight
Aakre, ND State Extension Serv-
ice "Using your Farm Informa-
tion to make an Informed Deci-
sion on the Farm Bill Options.
Walsh County FSA, NRCS,
and Extension Service are pre-
senting the informational meet-
ings.
They are encouraging produc-
ers to plan to attend one or more
of these very important meetings.
Exchange program
looking for community
members to join team
FARGO, N.D. -- ASSE Inter-
national Student Exchange Pro-
gram (ASSE) is seeking repre-
sentatives to work with volunteer
host families and international ex-
change programs in the United
States for high school students
from around the world. Students
are 15 to 18 years of age, have
passed a series of academic and
character requirements and are
awaiting an opportunity to em-
bark on their American adven-
ture. Local Represrntatives also
have the opportunity to support
American high school students in
their journey abroad.
Area Representatives recruit
and screen prospective host fam-
ilies, supervise the exchange stu-
dents in their community
throughout the year and interview
American students who wish to
live and learn abroad. Area Rep-
resentatives are compensated
based on the number of students
they are supervising.
ASSE's primary goal is to con-
tribute to international under-
standing by enabling students to
learn about other languages and
cultures through active ,participa-
tion in family school,and com.,
munity life. Through sharing
their home, host families and
communities also gain new
knowledge and appreciation of
other cultures and languages.
ASSE's Area Representatives are
the cornerstone of the organiza-
tion,, making all of this possible!
For more information about
ASSE or becoming an Area Rep-
resentative, please call the Mid-
western Regional Office at 1-800-
736-1760, email us at
asseusamidwest@asse.com or go
to host.asse.com to learn more.
We look forward to welcoming
you to the ranks of Area Repre-
sentatives nationwide-striving to-
wards a world of understanding,
one child at a time!
ASSE International (formerly
American Scandinavian Student
Exchange) is a non-profit, public
benefit organization. ASSE is of-
ficially designated as an exchange
visitor program by the U.S. De-
partment of State, was founded
by the Swedish Ministry of Edu-
cation, cooperates with the Cana-
dian Provincial Ministries of Ed-
ucation, and the,New Zealand
Department eflEducation,
Grant Opportunity
available for Recreational
Trails Program (RTP)
BISMARCK, N.D. -- The
North Dakota Parks and Recre-
ation Department (NDPRD) is
seeking Recreational Trails Pro-
gram (RTP) grant applications for
2016,
NDPRD will have approxi-
mately $930,000 of federal grant
monies available for motorized
and non-motorized recreational
trail projects through the Recre-
ational Trails Program. The
Recreational Trails Program is an
80/20 matching grant program
that provides funding for both
motorized and non-motorized
recreational trail projects. The
RTP is administered at the state
level through the North Dakota
Parks and Recreation Department
with guidance from the Recre-
ational Trails Program Advisory
Council (RTPAC), and federally
through the Federal Highway Ad-
ministration (FHWA).
Applicants may request grant
amounts ranging from a mini-
mum of $10,000 up to a maxi-
mum of $200,000 and project
sponsors must have at least 20
percent match available at the
time of the application. Eligible
projects consist of construction
of new recreation trails; restora-
tion of existing trails; develop-
ment and rehabilitation of trail-
side and trailhead facilities and
trail linkages; purchase and lease
of recreational trail construction
and maintenance equipment; land
acquisition/easements; trail ac-
cessibility assessment. Priority
will be given to construction of
new trails. Projects are required to
commence in 2016.
Applications for 2016 will be
online at http://www.parkrec.
nd.gov/, click on the grants tab.
The application cycle will open
Dec. 1, 2014 with a deadline of
Jan. 30, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. CST.
Photos: Larry Bid
Top: Joe and Irene Espelien have a lot to be thanldul for this Thanksgiving. Their daughter Jody has returned from Honolulu, where
she lived for 33 years to care for them. The three enjoy a thanksgiving meal at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Park River. Bottom Leit: '
Wow look at that will you, a father and son team does dishes. That's what David and Jackson Hankey were doing at the Thanksgiv-
ing meal at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Bottom Right: Xander Dahlgren feels the effects following a big Thanksgiving meal.
Local Good Sam receives recognition
PARK RIVER, N.D. -- Good Samaritan
Society - Park River, earned the tier two recog-
nition as part of the American Health Care As-
sociation/National Center for Assisted Living
Quality Initiative Recognition Program, for
achieving the following Quality Initiative goals:
safely reducing hospital readmissions and safely
reducing the off-label use of antipsychotics.
In honor of this achievement, AHCA/NCAL
presents a special badge ribbon to staff. This
award commends the Good Samaritan staffon
their commitment to quality, demonstrated by
attainment of the Quality Initiative goals and
improving the lives of the individuals in which
they serve.
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U.S. Postal ervice offers a holiday special return
PARK RIVER, N.D.- North Pole Postmarks Encourage cus-
tomers to give their child an unforgettable gift - a personalized letter
from Santa! The U.S. Postal Service can help keep the enchantment
of Santa Claus alive by delivering a letter from Jolly Old Saint Nick,
post-marked from the North Pole.
Here's how:
1. Write a personalized letter to a child from Santa Claus and sign
it "From Santa."
2. Insert the letter into an envelope, and address it to the child
3. Add the return address: SANTA, NORTH POLE, to the enve-
lope.
4. Ensure a First-Class Mail stamp is affixed to the envelope.
5. Place the complete envelope into a larger envelope, with appro-
priate postage, and address it to: North Pole Postmark Postmaster,
4141 Postmark Drive, Anchorage, AK 99530-9998
"Letters from Santa" must be received by the Anchorage, AK Post-
master no later than December 15, 2014. Santa's helpers in Anchor-
age, AK will take care of the rest!
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and that means we have avc W long relationship with the rich
soil that our farm caJstomers call their oftice Just like an
experienced farnwa; we've seen and heard it all, and that
means we know how to overcome pretty nmch any
chalk'nge that ag throws gmr way - because
we\\;:e done it betbre.
When it's time to get to work, you
need a bank that rolls up its sleeves.
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