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Sorry everyone, Wally was so busy around town, he didn’t get a chance to Blog. Stay tune for July and Wally will be updating.
Monday night May 12th the Walhalla Chamber of Commerce sponsored a meet and Greet the candidates running for city council and park board. The food was great and the evening was very informal but informative. There are 11 candidates running for city council and 4 candidates running for park board. 5 candidates were there out of 11 for city council and 3 out of the 4 for park board. Dorothy Robinson explained how to vote in Pembina County this year. I guess we have to send our votes in by mail I wonder if I get to vote?? Mr. Harvey Hope and his family were there, Mr Hope is running for State Senator in the 10th District. Kathy Stremick was also on hand, she is running for State Representative in the 10th District. Liann was the MC for the evening talking to all the candidates and Mayor Harvey Clark.
The 37th annual Brush Bunch Art Show was held Sunday May 4th at the American Legion in Walhalla. It was a beautiful day to get out and see the art. I have met a lot of people that were displaying art that day but I didn’t know I would meet Deirdre’s bird in the beautiful garden display, I don’t think he liked me very well. There is so much artistic talent in Walhalla someday it will be an art destination.
Friday May 2nd Jackson’s bar held the grand opening of their new building on Main Street. There was a ribbon cutting ceremony by Dale Jackson while brothers Dean and Don looked on. Here is a picture with Dale, Don, Chris, Dean, Scott and me of course. Many old friends turned out to see the new bar. Chris Jackson, manager showed me the bar area. Everyone had a great time and plenty to eat.
Arbor Day was held in Walhalla Thursday May 1st at noon with a history of Arbor day presented by Sharon Bartels and the 6th grade planting 3 new trees in Riverside park. After the tree planting the 4th,5th, and 6th graders spent the afternoon learning to climb trees with Bob Underwood, learning about the animals in ND from Marty Egeland, how to read rings and key out trees from Helen Schill and forestry tools from Dave Nowatzki. I even got to climb a tree with Morgan Mathisons help. Walhalla has been named a tree city for the past 13 years.
Wednesday morning came very early but off we went again, this time to Devils Lake to a grant writing class sponsored by North Dakota State University Center for Community Vitality. Helen, Deirdre, Shirley and Liann all went to the class with hopes of helping to learn to write grants for various organizations. Dr. Lynette Krenelka was a wonderful teacher with a great sense of humor. Lots of information was passed around among the people attending. I got to see Alyce Heer from Anamoose who said that Joe was getting married in June, I just might have to go. Do you think there might be shorter lady moose there for me? It was fun seeing friends from the Horizons program and meeting newfriends. Here are some pictures from the class.
North Dakota Tourism conference was held April 21 & 22 in Mandan and I got to go. I Went shopping for spring clothes don’t I look great. I registered at the main desk so that I could attend the sessions. The first day was the Governors Awards Banquet and the dinner was very good only I ate the Desert first. Walhalla was really excited at the awards banquet because Kathy Stremick won the state award for 2008 Travel Industry Leader. Congratulations Kathy!! Kathy’s parents Kenny and Martina Stagl were on hand to see Kathy recieve her award. I had my picture taken with Governor Hoeven and Kathy after everything was over WOW what an honor. Congratulations to all the winners. After all that excitement I was tired so I went to the room instead of singing Karaoke Monday night. All in all it was a fun conference. I can’t wait till next year in Grand Forks.
We traveled to Grafton on Saturday April 19th for a taste of home show. Kathy and Liann sure set up the nice display quickly. The day went fast with a lot of people visiting our tourism booth to see what the Rendezvous Region has to offer. I met a dog giving away dog biscuits, he was really tall compared to me. I was really tired at the end of the day.
Ashley along with a few students went all over town to businesses solving math problems and receiving clues to their next stop.