Linton Lion President Virgil Hulm presents Linton Park-board member Ken Schneider with a $2,000 check as part of the club’s pledge toward the swimming pool improvement fund. The Lions run a variety of projects raising money for many causes in the community. Last year the pool was redone, and the new water slide will be open this spring.
It’s Easter Time will be held at the Linton Community Center on Saturday, March 22 for ages 10 and under. Register for a chance to win an Easter Basket from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Have fun Face Painting and Body Stamping. Sponsored by Linton Chamber of Commerce and Linton Lions Club.
The Emmons County Ministerial Association is again hosting the Easter Cantatas on Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday.
The Easter (March 23) presentation will be at Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Strasburg and will begin at 7:00 p.m.
Offering will be for a mission work called, “Faith Comes by Hearing.”
The Rev. Lane Keister will be directing the Cantata this year.
Grandma’s Kuchen of Westfield, ND was featured on the 12/12/2007 airing of New Morning with Kimberly Whitfield (Hallmark Channel). This video is the segment of the show about Grandma’s Kuchen and Westfield.
Update on 03/08/2008: One of the men in the video, Jerry Van Beek, passed away just recently. His wife, Marilyn, has now moved away. With that, Westfield lost a big chunk of its population and has only two or three permanent residents left. I was going to describe Jerry as the one with the cowboy hat, dark glasses, and deep voice - but it’s easier to say he is the only man speaking throughout the video segment.
The 2008 Livestock Judging Season is underway! Judgers have already competed in two contests, with one to go and then it’s on to State! The youth have been doing well. Highlights include a 1st place individual finish in the junior division and a 4th place individual finish in the senior division at the Little International held in Fargo. Judging teaches youth life skills that they will use forever! Communication, Memorization, Organization, and Visual Evaluation are all skills being sharpened by the judgers. If you or your children have an interest for livestock agriculture, get them involved by contacting your local Extension Office or FFA advisor! Judging kids typically go on to be leaders in the industry and take active roles in their communities because of the skills they have learned as youngsters. Be a part of forming our future community leaders and enroll them in the judging program today!
Meidinger was nominated for the award by students, colleagues and administrators at LHS and Great Western ITV. She has built a wonderful Spanish program for the Linton School. She initiated and continues to handle a foreign language essay program. She’s taken Linton students and several from other schools on trips to Mexico and Spain.
The ECI has set aside $1000 to help provide funds for groups working toward promoting healthy lifestyle choices for any age group. Programming is meant for targeting areas of prevention of alcohol, tobacco and other drug usage, health and safety, parenting, and economic development. Applications can be picked up at the Emmons County Social Service Office or the NDSU Extension office of Emmons County. Applications must be made by March 20.
Nodak Homes provides low-income and elderly housing in 4 units in Linton. The grant will be used to update the shingles, siding and windows on the three 4-unit buildings.
October 10th, 2007, the citizens of Linton had the opportunity to take part in a state of the art community chat. The NDSU Group Decision Center was on hand to set up their bank of computers to gather public opinion. In the afternoon the high school students had the opportunity to use the technology to talk about their hopes and dreams for Linton. The students expressed a great deal of community and school pride.
At 5:30 the rest of the community was invited for a Horizons sponsored meal at the school. Those in attendance were than invited to use the bank of computers to gather their ideas and opinions about Linton. The popular vote from the meeting showed that there should be a more adequate senior center, the movie theater needs to be brought back and improvements need to be made to Seeman Park so it is better utilized by the public. There were also many positive comments about Linton’s LIDC Director, the outstanding teachers, the great school system and overall community spirit. GO LINTON!!
A number of community volunteers have stepped up to work on many of the issues discussed at the community meeting. Keep watching for more progress in Linton.
The Emmons County Commissioners have approved the installation of an elevator and upgrade of the main floor restrooms. This will shape the courthouse to comply with American’s Disability Act (ADA) requirements for public buildings.
Construction will begin within the next one to two months.