Lidgerwood, ND

Well we survived the election process and we have the official results. Some of you have read them in the paper but if not here they are. Bonnie Bubach, Gary Scheffler, and Ruben Medenwald were all elected to the 4 year terms they ran for. Bruce Lynn also won his 2 year term. We are still waiting on the write in for the open two year term. Kathleen Schultz won the Judge, and our two Park Board positions will be filled by Diane Aker and Carie Illies.
The election process was great. I enjoyed running the voting tabulator. I like machines. I was surprised at how quick and easy it is to keep your privacy with the macines. I hope to see a few use the auto mark machine to mark their ballots next time. It was the best way to see our government in action. Everyone can have a voice regardless of age, class, race or ability. I’m looking forward to the November election. I hope that all the ladies will be back to take another go at the Election process. Thanks to all who voted and gave us some work!!!!
See you in November!!!!
Kristin

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.

A visit from Jodi was the kick start we needed. We met with Jodi on Tues for our “rest break” meeting. Shelby and Rosalie were with us too. We visited and listened as Jodi told us of projects and accomplishments from other towns, The most exciting to me was the business card talking about the blog site. If you are reading thes, then you know what a blog is. Congratulations. Ronda showed up at my door in just a few hours. She had completed our page in the Horizon book and produced our Blog Cards. Our local distributor immediately began to blanket the town with our cards to help promote our blog and our community. Great job Ronda.
Kathy

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

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!!!

Do you know where Madagascar is? Students at Lidgerwood had a chance to show off their knowledge. Mary Orth organized a geography bee. This gave the kids a chance to show off their stuff. By being knowledgeable about other cultures we can appreciate the life we have in America.