Lidgerwood, ND

May 4, 2008, found the Council 4778 Knights of Columbus members, family and friends helping make the roads to Lidgerwood a more welcome sight. The Knights and the helpers cleaned six miles of highway, three on Highway 18 North of Lidgerwood and three on Highway 11 to the West of Lidgerwood. As I approach from the west, I can truly enjoy this cleaner view into town. The knights have been part of the Adopt-a-Highway program in North Dakota for many years. We can all be grateful and enjoy the time and effort that they have put into this for all of us to be able to see the difference that it makes.

April 18th the Knights of Columbus hosted a blood drive through United Blood Services. Being a recipient of blood in the past, I am greatly appreciative of this effort to help out a very note worthy cause. This action shows a great respect for life and health and I salute all those who donate and who do the phone calling to line up donations. All of this takes work and time. Thank you! especially to Mike and Kathy Skroch and to Dave Breker for all your phone calls and preparation work. Thanks also to the Knights of Columbus for proving a great facility and lunch for the doners.

The Library Board along with the Womens Club and other volunteers will be sponsoring a summer Story Time in Lidgerwood in June. This is a chance for all the kids to gather and listen to wonderful stories and do projects together. Last year the kids had a great time.
My grandkids are looking forward to seeing their friends and working at the tables. Making the library a fun place to visit is so important to the kids. Gives them a good foundation for visiting their library for other services. Thanks so much everyone.

A meeting on June 3, 2008 will explore the idea of starting a friends of the library group.
Other communities in our area have support groups for their libraries. The groups provide support in funding, program ideas, and collection improvements. Our group will start at the beginning. We will work with the library board to identify needs and then move to help accomplish some exciting things for our library and community.

What a difference a few days makes. Just recently several city council people resigned. Our community needed new leaders. The word got out and we have more that a few new people ready to accept leadership in our community. Every community needs willing people to help and take the time to make their town better. Hats off to all the folks who will be on the ballot in our city election in June.
Kathy

February 16, 2008, friends, family and neighbors got together at the KC Hall in Lidgerwood for a fund raising extravaganza to help Virgil Woytassek pay medical expenses. Many members of surrounding communities joined in for the festivities. There was great food, a live auction, many silent auction items and raffles going on throughout the evening. Virgil was called on at the end of the evening to say a few words. I wasn’t the only one with tears in my eyes. It was so wonderful to see all those people working together!

When I took this job as City Auditor I knew that I would meet many new and interesting people. I met such a person the other day and I think you would like to hear about it. This gentleman came in to pay a bill and left with a mission. He is very concerned with poverty in our community. He said he was hungry once and he doen’t want others to be in the same situation. He asked that I descretly ask around for anyone in the community who may be needing a little help. He asked me to keep his name out of it but he would like to hlelp in any way he could. I was touched. I would like to thank him in advance for all the help he is willing to give.

The date has been set for our first computer class. We are so excited to have this going for our community. The date is March 25th 2008. the class is free and open to anyone who would like to learn. This is going to be a very basic beginner class. You do need to register by calling 642-7793. We will have a short break with refreshments provided. The Lidgerwood Public School has ben very generous in allowing us to use one of the computer labs for the class. Please feel free to join us or let someone who needs some new skill know this is available at no charge.

My name is Kathy and this is my first blog.
I love birds and Lidgerwood is a great place to watch our feathered friends. I was fortunate enough to participate in the Cornell University bird count. It is amazing the kind of birds we have in this area. Please look at the site to see what others have counted. Birding is such a wonderfull pastime. Any one can do it and you don’t need any special equipment. A pair of binoculars comes in handy for identification of diffrent species but they are not necessary. I would encourage anyone to stop for a minute and look to the skies, you may be amazed at what you see.

Kathy Skroch has been involved in the Horizons project from the begining. Computer education is an area she and many others in our community are intrested in having. Our Richland County Extension Agent has been helping her accomplish this.
12 laptop computers are available for use by county residents in an education program. Kathy is working out the details to offer this program to our Senior Citizens and many others in our community who don’t have access to this knowledge. This program should be available this winter into spring. Way to go Kathy!!!