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January 3rd, 2013
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Not ces
Valley News
& Views
A Look Back At 2012
March predictions has
been simple. Should it come
in like a lion, it will go out
a lamb and visa versa• This
year is different. Normally
tomorrow would be March
1st, but this year, a leap year,
tomorrow is February 29th.
March 8
If you remember last week's
edition, the residents of the
Animal's Republic of Robbin
were trying to get a long
term handle on the March
forecast by determining if it
came in like a lion or a lamb.
We were right on the edge of
a storm system that pretty
much failed to materialize in
our sector, on February 29th.
As a result, the following day
was fairly decent, but the day
after that was quite stormy.
Normally that would have
been March 2nd. However,
in an unprecedented move
by Republic President Haggis
M. Lee, Jr., this leap year was
given two extra days, with
one day subtracted from the
month of March.
Therefore, February 30th,
was quite nice, but March 1st,
stormy, bringing the month in
like a lion and setting all the
residents at ease for a while.
Drayton Chiropractic is
now open for business at
the old Originals building,
operating Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Walk-ins are welcomed.
Call 454-3555 or 218-436-
4264 to make appointment.
April 5
Over 1,500 Northern
Valley volunteers gathered
in the Grand Forks Public
Works Building March 23-25
and packed 303,264 meals
for starvation-impacted
children at the Mission of
Hope in Haiti.
Churches, civic
organizations, schools and
individuals throughout
the Northern Valley raised
$72,000 to pay for the special
ingredients required for the
Continued From Page I
the point that planners are
now taking applications
from potential operators, to
operate by mid-June.
May 24
Graduation was held
Sunday afternoon for the
Drayton High School Class
of 2012. The ceremony which
was held at the Drayton
School.
The graduating class
batted 100°7o, graduating
eleven out of eleven. Not
a major feat really for this
community since, as in Lake
Wobbegon, all our kids are
above average.
June 7
Locked out union workers
gathered in Drayton last
Thursday to begin a 200
mile journey to American
Crystal Sugar headquarters
in Moorhead. Traveling by
hay wagon and on foot, the
group planned to visit all the
American Crystal factories
along the route. East Grand
Forks, Crookston and
Hillsboro, in addition to the
Drayton start and Moorhead
factory finish.
Once again it's vacation
time at Valley News and
Views, which means that the
real newspaper people will
be coming in this week to
take over for a bit.
From the west, Jane Earle
and Sarah Duncan, will be
arriving this evening. Dick
Johnson is already here and
terrorizing the town. Dick
Conway will be arriving here
from Washington state on
Wednesday or Thursday.
From the east, Jennifer
Wollerman will be flying
in from the Big Apple to
continue to document the
whole fiasco.
July 12
The morning of the 4th, the
sky turned turned so black
that it looked like midnight
at 9 in the morning. Actually,
it was darker than it had been
In no time, we had well over
an inch of rain.
July 26
Although this year's
Riverfest celebration was
slightly smaller than previous
years, it still proved to provide
excellent entertainment
throughout the weekend.
I think the Valley Cruiser
Car show, which started
the festivities on Thursday
evening was one of the best
seen to date.
August 12
It's tempting to correlate
unusual events with the full
moon. Last Thursday night
and early Friday morning
was one such night, with two
disruptions of the "calm"
happening within hours of
each other.
Thursday evening, a
gentleman visiting from
somewhere in Minnesota
was backing up to our
very popular fish cleaning
station.
As he was drawing close, he
went to step on the brake and
accidentlyhit the accelerator,
knocking the station off its
footings, causing an as of
yet, unknown amount of
damage.
Later in the night, it
got a little bizarre as a
man, not from Drayton,
identify withheld pending
investigation, broke into
the Your New Image/Main
beauty shop complex.
Apparently he was very
drunk as upon his arrival he
lost his lunch and it seems he
fell into the mess he had just
made. As a result he removed
his soiled clothing.
Later, the naked man
wandered back out the rear
of the building and the word
is he had a snooze by the
railroad tracks. Even later yet,
he managed to come up with
-a pair of drawers and made it
back to his residence at the
Red River Resort Motel.
Some citizens in Dunn
Codnty have been trying
to initiate a grand jury to
consider the conflict of
interest involved in campaign
contributions to Governor
Jack Dalrymple by energy
companies regulated by the
Industrial Commission.
They allege that such
contributions are a form
of bribery intended to buy
influence in the Governor's
decisions. The same issue
has also been raised in regard
to members of the Public
Service Commission.
Those on the receiving
end of these contributions
have denied that campaign
contributions have influence
on their decisions. However,
Ed Bender, executive director
of the National Institute
on Money in State Politics,
disagrees.
When corporations make
contributions, "it's a business
decision, not a political
decision," he claims.
So while the recipients of
these contributions argue
that these contributions
have no influence on their
decisions, the contributors
are thinking otherwise. As
hard-nosed businesspeople,
they aren't dissipating the
company's resources on
politicians without expecting
some kind of payback.
From their perspective, the
intent of these contributions
is unmistakable - to reap
more than they plant. After
all, they are not charitable
organizations. They expect
an investment in politicians
to return much more than
the contribution.
This claim can be
validated when we see that
contributions only to
project.
April 26
Progress has continued
on our new restaurant to
m
January 1st, 1893
Drayton Echo
(Taken from the "Back
When Section of the January
3, 1913 Drayton Echo)
The steam fire engine was
taken to the river Tuesday to
pump the new tank full of
water. It worked all right.
The new drop curtain and
scenery just added to the
stage in the Columbia Hall
are just about as handome as
you find in any of the cities of
this golden Northwest. The
scenery includes a beautiful
landscape, street, parlor and
kitchen representations,
while "drop curtain"
bears representation of a
captivating scene in Venice,
surrounded by cards of
leading business firms of
Drayton. All very neat.
J. H. Jamieson captured a
live butterfly at his residence
a few days ago and made the
Echo family a present of the
same. The "bird" is still alive
and with us and apparently
doing well.
Tuesday evening, Geo.
Johnston and John Peter
Johnson who were "keeping
house" at Geo. Colley's
at midnight the night before.
As ominous as it looked, we
did pretty well here. It wasn't
long before the torrential
rains started coming down.
August 23 go
politicians who can influence
Tuesday marked the first .business operations. Elected
dlay of school at Drayton.. officials holding offices that
There wasIotsofexcitement, have no economic impact
Continued on Page 3 on corporations get no
contributions.
Take the office of state
treasurer, for example.
Candidates for this office
do not attract campaign
contributions because they
don't make decisions that can
place over the river, took
it upon themselves to fool
with a revolver which they
thought not to be loaded But
unfortunatelythe instrument
"went off" while in the hands
of Johnson, the bail taking
effect in young John Peter's
ribs near the center front of
his body, skipping along on
the face of one rib to the right
side where it lodged and was
cut out by Dr. Musgrove.
John Peter thought he was
a goner, and while young
Johnston mounted a swift
horse and hastened to
town for the doctor, Sjure
Aufienson, who was called
in, calmed the spirits of the
former by reading numerous
choice passages from the
"Good Book". Close call for
John Peter though he was
not materially injured. Won't
fool with revolvers anymore.
100 Years Ago Today
January 3rd, 1913
Drayton Echo
The rush of the holiday
season will soon be over and
the people of Drayton and
vicinity will have a chance to
advertise this section of the
country.
The right way to start this
movement is for everyone
to "get busy" and boost for
our town and its institutions.
Don't wait for the other
fellow to start. You start and
keep it up.
We have the finest city in
the county to live in. Let us
make it better. There are a
very few vacant houses in
the city and our town is still
growing. Our schools are so
crowded that the board is
kept busy trying to keep up
to the requirements. Tell your
friends about Drayton and
our farm lands, the biggest
little city and the best land in
the world. Every new family
in our city and on our farms
helps the town.
Make the strangers feel at
home. Tell them about the
advantages of living in a good
community, the fertility of
the soil and about the stock
raising. Don't know the other
fellows land because you
think yours is as good as his.
For that will not only kill the
sale of the two farms but will
hurt the sale of land in the
entire community.
We have the climate, the
soil, the water and the fuel.
good things and throw the
hammer away for a while.
We have the best churches
and preachers, schools
and teachers, mercantile
establishments, business
men, hospital and doctors
in this section of the state, all
of which go to make up the
very best kind of town.
The improvements of our
city are not exceeded by any
town its size in the state. We
have miles of cement walks
and sewers, a potato elevator
doing a flourishing business,
and the finest steel bridge,
which connects Drayton
with Minnesota, that crosses
the Red river anywhere. Our
streets and residence sections
will compare favorably with
the best in the country.
These few things how that
Drayton is prospering• We
have a classof educatd and
enlightened citizens who are
working together to make
Drayton a better town. Are
you doing your share?
Those taking part in the
Concert at the Methodist
church watched the Old year
out in a jolly party at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Healy. Music and gayety,
with refreshments added
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reward a contributor. The
same is true about the state
auditor and, to some degree,
the tax commissioner.
The low level of
contributions to offices
without economic decision-
making authority tells us that
campaign contributions are
a matter of business and not
politics. So it is appropriate
to worry about conflicts of
interest.
But it is unfair to single out
the Industrial Commission
or the Public Service
Commission because
conflicts of interest are more
widespread than just a few
state offices.
Every official with the
capacity to make decisions
with economic impact has
a conflict of interest when
accepting contributions.
This includes state legislators
as well as county and city
governing board members.
The first cure that comes to
mind is to outlaw campaign
contributions by businesses,
unions or others that could
benefit from governmental
decisions. If we could pass
laws prohibiting corporate or
organization contributions,
there probably would not
be enough money to run a
decent campaign.
The idea of public funding
of campaigns has been
around for a long time.
Several states are doing it.
But this is North Dakota and
our frugal taxpayers would
never countenance the use
of public funds for political
purposes.
Considering all of
the political, legal and
constitutional restraints
involved in eliminating
conflicts of interest created
by campaign contributions,
it makes sense to turn to
something that is achievable
- instant disclosure of
campaign contributions.
Our present campaign
reports are too slow to be
useful in political campaigns.
By the time a suspicious
contribution is reported, the
campaign is over and the
receiving candidates escape
accountability.
With the high-speed
Internet, it has become
feasible to require daily
posting of reports of
campaign contributions.
This would make it possible
for improper contributions
to be a matter of debate
during the campaign.
Voters could then consider
whether or not a candidate
has created a conflict of
interest serious enough to be
turned down in an election.
NOTICE OF BOND SALE
$3,150#00
DRAYTON PUBLIC SCHOOL D1STRICI" NO. 19
PEMBINA AND WALSH COUNTIES, NORTtt DAKOTA
GENERAL OBLIGATION SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS
SERIES 2013
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Dm>'ton Public School District No. 19, Pembina
and Walsh C(mntics, North Dakota will receive sealed bids at the office of Public Financial
Management, lnc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, until 12:00 noon, CT, on January 14, 2013. for the
purchase of the above Bonds. The School Board will meet thereafter on January 15, 20t3 at
7:00 A.M. to consider the bids. The Bonds will be dated February 5, 2013, mature on August 1
in the years and in the amounts which follow, eald will pay interest on each Fel, ruary I and
August 1, commencing August 1, 2013.
Y e Amount 'ear .9.unt
2(113 $ 70,000 2023 $160,000
2014 140,000 2024 160,000
2015 140,(XX) 2025 165,000
2016 145,000 2026 170,000
2017 145,000 2027 175,000
2018 145,000 2028 180,000
2(119 150,000 2029 180,000
2020 i 50,000 2030 185,000
202 l 150,000 2031 190,000
2022 155#30 2032 195,000
Bids fi)r the Bonds may contain a maturity schedule providing for any combination of
serial bonds and term bonds, subject to mandatory redemption, so long s the amount of principal
maturing or subject to mandatory redemption in each 3,ear conforms to the maturity schedule set
forth above.
The Bonds maturing on August l, 2021, arid thereafter are subject to optional redemption
on August 1,2020, and any day thereafter at a price of par plus accruc'd interest. The Bonds will
be general obligations of the School District for which the School Dismct will pledge its full
faith and credit and unlimited taxing power.
Sealed bids of not less than $3A24,800 (99.2% of par) must be received prior to the time
specified above for opening bids, A God Faith Deposit in the form of a cashier=s check or
wire transfer in the amount of $31,500 (1%) payable to the order of the School District is
required lbr each bid to be considered.
FARMLAND FOR SALE
DRAYTON TOWNSHIP, PEMBINA COUNTY ND
THE ELIZABETH (BETTY) JOHNSON FAMILY
offers for sale the following-described property
located in Drayton Township, Pembina County,
North Dakota:
The South Half of the Northwest Quarter
(SV=NWIA) of Section Eight (8), Township
One Hundred Fifty-nine (159), Range Fifty-
one (51), reserving 50% minerals.
Bid Procedure: Written bids will be received at
the law office of Steven C. Ekman, Bremer Bank
Building, 910 Hill Avenue, PO Box 70, Grafton
ND 58237 until 2:00 p.m. on Tuesda¥ January
8 2012, Bids will be opened at that time and
place. Please mark your envelope "BID FOR
JOHNSON LAND". Bids should be in the total
amount and not per acre. Persons having
submitted reasonable written bids will be allowed
to remain and participate in oral bidding. The right
is reserved to waive irregularities and to reject any
or all bids.
.Terms: 10% of the purchase price will be due
upon acceptance of a bid, and the balance due
thirty (30) days later.
For further information, contact:
Steven C. Ekman
Atttorney at Law
910 Hill Ave, PO Box 70
Grafton ND 58237
(701) 352-0916 (Telephone)
(701) 352-1855 (Fax)
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January 3rd, 2013
& i
Not ces
Valley News
& Views
A Look Back At 2012
March predictions has
been simple. Should it come
in like a lion, it will go out
a lamb and visa versa• This
year is different. Normally
tomorrow would be March
1st, but this year, a leap year,
tomorrow is February 29th.
March 8
If you remember last week's
edition, the residents of the
Animal's Republic of Robbin
were trying to get a long
term handle on the March
forecast by determining if it
came in like a lion or a lamb.
We were right on the edge of
a storm system that pretty
much failed to materialize in
our sector, on February 29th.
As a result, the following day
was fairly decent, but the day
after that was quite stormy.
Normally that would have
been March 2nd. However,
in an unprecedented move
by Republic President Haggis
M. Lee, Jr., this leap year was
given two extra days, with
one day subtracted from the
month of March.
Therefore, February 30th,
was quite nice, but March 1st,
stormy, bringing the month in
like a lion and setting all the
residents at ease for a while.
Drayton Chiropractic is
now open for business at
the old Originals building,
operating Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Walk-ins are welcomed.
Call 454-3555 or 218-436-
4264 to make appointment.
April 5
Over 1,500 Northern
Valley volunteers gathered
in the Grand Forks Public
Works Building March 23-25
and packed 303,264 meals
for starvation-impacted
children at the Mission of
Hope in Haiti.
Churches, civic
organizations, schools and
individuals throughout
the Northern Valley raised
$72,000 to pay for the special
ingredients required for the
Continued From Page I
the point that planners are
now taking applications
from potential operators, to
operate by mid-June.
May 24
Graduation was held
Sunday afternoon for the
Drayton High School Class
of 2012. The ceremony which
was held at the Drayton
School.
The graduating class
batted 100°7o, graduating
eleven out of eleven. Not
a major feat really for this
community since, as in Lake
Wobbegon, all our kids are
above average.
June 7
Locked out union workers
gathered in Drayton last
Thursday to begin a 200
mile journey to American
Crystal Sugar headquarters
in Moorhead. Traveling by
hay wagon and on foot, the
group planned to visit all the
American Crystal factories
along the route. East Grand
Forks, Crookston and
Hillsboro, in addition to the
Drayton start and Moorhead
factory finish.
Once again it's vacation
time at Valley News and
Views, which means that the
real newspaper people will
be coming in this week to
take over for a bit.
From the west, Jane Earle
and Sarah Duncan, will be
arriving this evening. Dick
Johnson is already here and
terrorizing the town. Dick
Conway will be arriving here
from Washington state on
Wednesday or Thursday.
From the east, Jennifer
Wollerman will be flying
in from the Big Apple to
continue to document the
whole fiasco.
July 12
The morning of the 4th, the
sky turned turned so black
that it looked like midnight
at 9 in the morning. Actually,
it was darker than it had been
In no time, we had well over
an inch of rain.
July 26
Although this year's
Riverfest celebration was
slightly smaller than previous
years, it still proved to provide
excellent entertainment
throughout the weekend.
I think the Valley Cruiser
Car show, which started
the festivities on Thursday
evening was one of the best
seen to date.
August 12
It's tempting to correlate
unusual events with the full
moon. Last Thursday night
and early Friday morning
was one such night, with two
disruptions of the "calm"
happening within hours of
each other.
Thursday evening, a
gentleman visiting from
somewhere in Minnesota
was backing up to our
very popular fish cleaning
station.
As he was drawing close, he
went to step on the brake and
accidentlyhit the accelerator,
knocking the station off its
footings, causing an as of
yet, unknown amount of
damage.
Later in the night, it
got a little bizarre as a
man, not from Drayton,
identify withheld pending
investigation, broke into
the Your New Image/Main
beauty shop complex.
Apparently he was very
drunk as upon his arrival he
lost his lunch and it seems he
fell into the mess he had just
made. As a result he removed
his soiled clothing.
Later, the naked man
wandered back out the rear
of the building and the word
is he had a snooze by the
railroad tracks. Even later yet,
he managed to come up with
-a pair of drawers and made it
back to his residence at the
Red River Resort Motel.
Some citizens in Dunn
Codnty have been trying
to initiate a grand jury to
consider the conflict of
interest involved in campaign
contributions to Governor
Jack Dalrymple by energy
companies regulated by the
Industrial Commission.
They allege that such
contributions are a form
of bribery intended to buy
influence in the Governor's
decisions. The same issue
has also been raised in regard
to members of the Public
Service Commission.
Those on the receiving
end of these contributions
have denied that campaign
contributions have influence
on their decisions. However,
Ed Bender, executive director
of the National Institute
on Money in State Politics,
disagrees.
When corporations make
contributions, "it's a business
decision, not a political
decision," he claims.
So while the recipients of
these contributions argue
that these contributions
have no influence on their
decisions, the contributors
are thinking otherwise. As
hard-nosed businesspeople,
they aren't dissipating the
company's resources on
politicians without expecting
some kind of payback.
From their perspective, the
intent of these contributions
is unmistakable - to reap
more than they plant. After
all, they are not charitable
organizations. They expect
an investment in politicians
to return much more than
the contribution.
This claim can be
validated when we see that
contributions only to
project.
April 26
Progress has continued
on our new restaurant to
m
January 1st, 1893
Drayton Echo
(Taken from the "Back
When Section of the January
3, 1913 Drayton Echo)
The steam fire engine was
taken to the river Tuesday to
pump the new tank full of
water. It worked all right.
The new drop curtain and
scenery just added to the
stage in the Columbia Hall
are just about as handome as
you find in any of the cities of
this golden Northwest. The
scenery includes a beautiful
landscape, street, parlor and
kitchen representations,
while "drop curtain"
bears representation of a
captivating scene in Venice,
surrounded by cards of
leading business firms of
Drayton. All very neat.
J. H. Jamieson captured a
live butterfly at his residence
a few days ago and made the
Echo family a present of the
same. The "bird" is still alive
and with us and apparently
doing well.
Tuesday evening, Geo.
Johnston and John Peter
Johnson who were "keeping
house" at Geo. Colley's
at midnight the night before.
As ominous as it looked, we
did pretty well here. It wasn't
long before the torrential
rains started coming down.
August 23 go
politicians who can influence
Tuesday marked the first .business operations. Elected
dlay of school at Drayton.. officials holding offices that
There wasIotsofexcitement, have no economic impact
Continued on Page 3 on corporations get no
contributions.
Take the office of state
treasurer, for example.
Candidates for this office
do not attract campaign
contributions because they
don't make decisions that can
place over the river, took
it upon themselves to fool
with a revolver which they
thought not to be loaded But
unfortunatelythe instrument
"went off" while in the hands
of Johnson, the bail taking
effect in young John Peter's
ribs near the center front of
his body, skipping along on
the face of one rib to the right
side where it lodged and was
cut out by Dr. Musgrove.
John Peter thought he was
a goner, and while young
Johnston mounted a swift
horse and hastened to
town for the doctor, Sjure
Aufienson, who was called
in, calmed the spirits of the
former by reading numerous
choice passages from the
"Good Book". Close call for
John Peter though he was
not materially injured. Won't
fool with revolvers anymore.
100 Years Ago Today
January 3rd, 1913
Drayton Echo
The rush of the holiday
season will soon be over and
the people of Drayton and
vicinity will have a chance to
advertise this section of the
country.
The right way to start this
movement is for everyone
to "get busy" and boost for
our town and its institutions.
Don't wait for the other
fellow to start. You start and
keep it up.
We have the finest city in
the county to live in. Let us
make it better. There are a
very few vacant houses in
the city and our town is still
growing. Our schools are so
crowded that the board is
kept busy trying to keep up
to the requirements. Tell your
friends about Drayton and
our farm lands, the biggest
little city and the best land in
the world. Every new family
in our city and on our farms
helps the town.
Make the strangers feel at
home. Tell them about the
advantages of living in a good
community, the fertility of
the soil and about the stock
raising. Don't know the other
fellows land because you
think yours is as good as his.
For that will not only kill the
sale of the two farms but will
hurt the sale of land in the
entire community.
We have the climate, the
soil, the water and the fuel.
good things and throw the
hammer away for a while.
We have the best churches
and preachers, schools
and teachers, mercantile
establishments, business
men, hospital and doctors
in this section of the state, all
of which go to make up the
very best kind of town.
The improvements of our
city are not exceeded by any
town its size in the state. We
have miles of cement walks
and sewers, a potato elevator
doing a flourishing business,
and the finest steel bridge,
which connects Drayton
with Minnesota, that crosses
the Red river anywhere. Our
streets and residence sections
will compare favorably with
the best in the country.
These few things how that
Drayton is prospering• We
have a classof educatd and
enlightened citizens who are
working together to make
Drayton a better town. Are
you doing your share?
Those taking part in the
Concert at the Methodist
church watched the Old year
out in a jolly party at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Healy. Music and gayety,
with refreshments added
Valley News and Views
Periodical postage paid at
Drayton N.D. Permit (#679-990).
Member of the North Dakota
Newspaper Association.
Official newspaper for the City of
Drayton and Drayton Public School
District No.19.
Published every Thursday at
Drayton, North Dakota.
POSTMASTER: Send address
changes to: Valley News & Views,
PO Box 309, Drayton, N.D. 58225-
0309.
Valley News and Views welcomes
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reward a contributor. The
same is true about the state
auditor and, to some degree,
the tax commissioner.
The low level of
contributions to offices
without economic decision-
making authority tells us that
campaign contributions are
a matter of business and not
politics. So it is appropriate
to worry about conflicts of
interest.
But it is unfair to single out
the Industrial Commission
or the Public Service
Commission because
conflicts of interest are more
widespread than just a few
state offices.
Every official with the
capacity to make decisions
with economic impact has
a conflict of interest when
accepting contributions.
This includes state legislators
as well as county and city
governing board members.
The first cure that comes to
mind is to outlaw campaign
contributions by businesses,
unions or others that could
benefit from governmental
decisions. If we could pass
laws prohibiting corporate or
organization contributions,
there probably would not
be enough money to run a
decent campaign.
The idea of public funding
of campaigns has been
around for a long time.
Several states are doing it.
But this is North Dakota and
our frugal taxpayers would
never countenance the use
of public funds for political
purposes.
Considering all of
the political, legal and
constitutional restraints
involved in eliminating
conflicts of interest created
by campaign contributions,
it makes sense to turn to
something that is achievable
- instant disclosure of
campaign contributions.
Our present campaign
reports are too slow to be
useful in political campaigns.
By the time a suspicious
contribution is reported, the
campaign is over and the
receiving candidates escape
accountability.
With the high-speed
Internet, it has become
feasible to require daily
posting of reports of
campaign contributions.
This would make it possible
for improper contributions
to be a matter of debate
during the campaign.
Voters could then consider
whether or not a candidate
has created a conflict of
interest serious enough to be
turned down in an election.
NOTICE OF BOND SALE
$3,150#00
DRAYTON PUBLIC SCHOOL D1STRICI" NO. 19
PEMBINA AND WALSH COUNTIES, NORTtt DAKOTA
GENERAL OBLIGATION SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS
SERIES 2013
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Dm>'ton Public School District No. 19, Pembina
and Walsh C(mntics, North Dakota will receive sealed bids at the office of Public Financial
Management, lnc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, until 12:00 noon, CT, on January 14, 2013. for the
purchase of the above Bonds. The School Board will meet thereafter on January 15, 20t3 at
7:00 A.M. to consider the bids. The Bonds will be dated February 5, 2013, mature on August 1
in the years and in the amounts which follow, eald will pay interest on each Fel, ruary I and
August 1, commencing August 1, 2013.
Y e Amount 'ear .9.unt
2(113 $ 70,000 2023 $160,000
2014 140,000 2024 160,000
2015 140,(XX) 2025 165,000
2016 145,000 2026 170,000
2017 145,000 2027 175,000
2018 145,000 2028 180,000
2(119 150,000 2029 180,000
2020 i 50,000 2030 185,000
202 l 150,000 2031 190,000
2022 155#30 2032 195,000
Bids fi)r the Bonds may contain a maturity schedule providing for any combination of
serial bonds and term bonds, subject to mandatory redemption, so long s the amount of principal
maturing or subject to mandatory redemption in each 3,ear conforms to the maturity schedule set
forth above.
The Bonds maturing on August l, 2021, arid thereafter are subject to optional redemption
on August 1,2020, and any day thereafter at a price of par plus accruc'd interest. The Bonds will
be general obligations of the School District for which the School Dismct will pledge its full
faith and credit and unlimited taxing power.
Sealed bids of not less than $3A24,800 (99.2% of par) must be received prior to the time
specified above for opening bids, A God Faith Deposit in the form of a cashier=s check or
wire transfer in the amount of $31,500 (1%) payable to the order of the School District is
required lbr each bid to be considered.
FARMLAND FOR SALE
DRAYTON TOWNSHIP, PEMBINA COUNTY ND
THE ELIZABETH (BETTY) JOHNSON FAMILY
offers for sale the following-described property
located in Drayton Township, Pembina County,
North Dakota:
The South Half of the Northwest Quarter
(SV=NWIA) of Section Eight (8), Township
One Hundred Fifty-nine (159), Range Fifty-
one (51), reserving 50% minerals.
Bid Procedure: Written bids will be received at
the law office of Steven C. Ekman, Bremer Bank
Building, 910 Hill Avenue, PO Box 70, Grafton
ND 58237 until 2:00 p.m. on Tuesda¥ January
8 2012, Bids will be opened at that time and
place. Please mark your envelope "BID FOR
JOHNSON LAND". Bids should be in the total
amount and not per acre. Persons having
submitted reasonable written bids will be allowed
to remain and participate in oral bidding. The right
is reserved to waive irregularities and to reject any
or all bids.
.Terms: 10% of the purchase price will be due
upon acceptance of a bid, and the balance due
thirty (30) days later.
For further information, contact:
Steven C. Ekman
Atttorney at Law
910 Hill Ave, PO Box 70
Grafton ND 58237
(701) 352-0916 (Telephone)
(701) 352-1855 (Fax)
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