Valley News
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October, 17, 2013
The rainy, cold weather
has had a negative effect
on family fun at Pumpkin
patches locally. If I had been
smart enough to visit the first
week in October I wouldn't
be facing this dilemma! I
may have to turn to photo
opportunities infront of
Lumbar Mart's seasonal
display.
October 3rd:
Championship Tae Kwon
Do Assn. held 'testing' for
students. GrantVold, 7 (Matt
& Maggie) & Chris Marciniak,
Reg ular Activities
Noon Potluck - The First Sunday of Every Month at the
Sugar Bowl Senior Center. Everyone welcomel
Bone Builder Exercise Class Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays beginning at 1030 a.m.
Bingo - Every Monday at 2 p.m.
Cards (Spite and Malice) Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m.
Health Maintenance Clinic (Foot Care)4th
Monday of each month from 8:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
BLACK CATS I1Wv'ADE STORY HOUR
Pussin Books "Beware of
cats at Octobe
stories about MARSH LOW,
SCARED SILLY an
feet to one of these sessions: October 21st
Care at 10:00 a.m. ; October 2
12:30 p.m.
October 10th - St. Thomas Preservation Society
Annual Bake Sale - 5:00 to 7:00 p.m, at the St. Thomas
Legion Club.
Western Avenue, Grafton, ND. Turkey and Ham and all the
Trimmings. Adults - $10; Children 5-12 - $5; 4 and under
Free. For Take Out Meals call 352-0499. Raffles with five
$100 cash prizes. Tickets at door or from members'.
October 20th - Minto Sacred Church
Annual Fall Dinner - 11 a.m. to 3 p.m, Minto
Community Center. Ham, Meatballs, Potatoes and
Gravy, Carrots, Sauerkraut and Pork, Homemade Rolls
and Pies and Desserts. Adults - $10; Children 5-12 - $5; 4
and under Free. For Take Out Meals call Helen at 701-520-
9810 or Shelly, 701-520-1525. Also, Bake Sale, Mini-Raffle
with Chances for a Queen Size Quilt and other prizes.
October 26th - Annual Booster Club Halloween
Party - At the Drayton Public School from 5 to 8 p.m.
December 7th Drayton's Old Fashioned
Christmas
- Really, it's not that far off. Vendors start
planning, idea folks, let's hear your ideas, early. Everyone
else, plain on attending. Everyone welcome to pitch in.
After all, it is Christmas. ost. Interests,ideas, projects,
programs and the like, email this paper at valleynv@
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Pembina County
Public Transportation Schedule
September 2013
Transportation for people of all ages for medical
appointments, shopping, visiting, banking, hair
appointments, etc.
Local Transportation In Drayton- Fare $3
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Transportation to Grafton- Fare $6
Monday Through Friday
Transportation to Grand Forks - Fare $12
Wednesdays
For Reservations Call 454-6586
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8 (Sara Ann) advanced to
orange belts. Chris broke
board on first attempt! Kiara
Aasand, 8 (Mike & Jessica) &
Claire Thompson, 6 (Matt &
Kayla) advanced on blue belt
status. Blue belt represents
sky or heaven meaning that
skills are growing strong.
Great job kids!
October 3rd: Anthony
Stellon graduated from UND
with Bachelor of Science
degree in Aeronautics;
majoring in Commercial
fixed wing aviation. Anthony
is son of Jim & Elizabeth
Stellon (Minneapolis, MN),
& grandson of Irene Stellon
& Lillian Heine.
October 4th: Pat & Del
Palloch (Moorhead, MN)
visited Ruth Tully for the
afternoon; enjoying lunch at
Hastings Landing. Sunday
afternoon, Golda Bauer (GF)
& her son Allan (Devils Lake)
treated Ruth to lunch at
Hastings Landing.
October 5th: Neil & Mavis
Keena, great niece Sarah
Hanson, 12, & grandson
Trenten Keena, 4, spent the
afternoon exploring Papa's
PatchnearArgyle, MN. Papa's
Patch offers an assortment of
family fun activities including
corn maze, pumpkin patch,
barrel & hay rides, & many
children's games & activities.
Mark your calendars for next
year!
October 5th: Sheila
Peterson met up with
girlfriends Betty Staskivige,
Marlene Aasand, & Glenda
Erickson to attend the EGF
Arts & Crafts Sale. The arts
& crafts sale is one of the
biggest craft shows in the
,wesmont
by Saralee
Saralee Hoselton drove
to Iowa Sept 28th where she
visited Joe, Terri, Erica and
Myles Johnson at their rural
Audubon home. On Sunday
Donna Smith took Saralee
and Terri out for dinner. On
Monday Sept. 30th Saralee
drove to Lafayette, IN, where
she spent a week with her
sister in law Carol Martinez.
They went to a Methodist
Women's Retreat Oct. 5th
& 6th at Twin Lakes Camp.
The theme of the retreat was
"Caf6 Chocolat". The next day
Carol and Saralee went out
for dinner at The Crossroads
with Jack and Bev Dwiggins.
October 13th Saralee went to
Cresco, IA, where she spent
the night with another sister
in law Helen Bateman and
her daughter Kathy. On her
way home Saralee stopped at
the Geoff and Hope Hoselton
home in Fargo.
John Styles visited Richard
and Gayle McConnell Sept.
30th.
That day Jim and Laneta
Kochevar of Gheen, MN.
came to visit for several days
with Merv and Phyllis Holter.
On Wednesday Phyllis and
the Kochevars visited with
Mildred Flach at Maplewood
in Grand Forks after which
they returned to their
respective homes.
Chester and Donna Kalka
visited Richard and Gayle
McConnell Oct. 3rd.
Friday Oct. 4th Merv and
Phyllis Holter attended the
dinner, short film "Mayberry
Dreams" and the concert
put on by the Rodney Dillard
Band held at the Heritage
Christian School in Karlstad.
Merv and Phyllis Holter,
Marvin and Clarice Mosolf
were among those attending
the funeral for Ralph Juhl
held in Grand Forks Oct.
5th. That evening Marvin
and Clarice had supper with
Doris Jensen in Grand Forks.
The next day Merv and
Phyllis Holter took Elizabeth
Homstad out for dinner at
The Station in Hallock where
the hospital auxiliary was
having their Apple Dumpling
Day.
On Sunday Steve and Ellen
Marciniak and Dean Young
were among those attending
the monthly pot luck dinner
at the Sugar Bowl Senior
Citizen's Center.
Ruth Green and Ruby
Dybedal came to visit Steve
and Ellen Marciniak Oct. 8th.
Ruby, Ruth and Ellen went
shopping in Grafton.
That day Kriss Tucker
came out to have coffee
with Richard and Gavle
McConnell.
Richard and Gavle
McConnell went to the Good
Samaritan Nursing Home
Oct. 10th and Richard played
as a member of Poppler's
Second Wind Band.
That day Saralee Hoselton
and Lynette Restemayer had
lunch at the Cedar Inn in
Cavalier.
Merv and Phyllis Holter
took A.D. Duncklee to the
concert put on by the Popple
Ridge Pickers at the Kittson
Memorial Nursing Home in
Hallock Oct. 1 lth.
That day Mike. Rachel
and Ava Wittrock of Fargo
came to spend the weekend
with Richard and Gayle
McConnell.
Mike and Judy Stellon and
Dan and Ross Mapel had
dinner at Hastings Landing
that evening.
In honor of Richard
and Gayle McConnell's
60th Anniversary Ben and
Kriss Tucker and Mike and
Rachel Wittrock entertained
at dinner Saturday night.
Other guests were Neff and
Joyce Hanson, Betty Hanson
Ava Wittrock and Ella
McWilliams.
Saralee Hoselton met
Geoff Hoselton in Grand
Forks where they had lunch
Oct. 12th and went to the
Lincoln Park Course to attend
the EDC Cross Country Track
Meet in which Faith Hoselton
to part as a member of the
Fargo South Bruins.
Merv and Phyllis Holter
had dinner with Roger and
Lois Pankrantz at the North
Branch Bowl and Grill in
Hallock October 13th.
DRAYTON CHIROPRACTIC
J. Hen
Gerlrute Frog Says,
"1 subscribe to the Valley
News and V'u ws simply
because if tastes so good.
And it doesn't strain my
eyes."
area; featuring 120 booths
at EGF Civic Center & VFW
Memorial Ice Arena.
October 6th: Dave
Englund (Lisa Osborne),
daughter Addy, & girlfriend
Savannah Lopez visited
Nelson's Pumpkin Patch in
Emerado. Open through
Oct. 31st, Nelson's Pumpkin
Patch boasts alarge pumpkin
patch, small & 10 acre corn
mazes, Greusome Granary
Haunted House, & hayrides.
October 7th: Matt Linster,
Adam Hoselton, & John
Kostelecky 'set their sights'
on big game elk at Grassy
Butte, ND. Even though
Matt didn't 'bag' an elk, he
appreciated the precarious
landscape. 'L..at one point I
was afraid for my life & was
worried we might need to
call a chopper. Four hours
& ten giant hills later...I can't
wait to do it again tomorrow."
Matt stated.
October 12th: Jim &
Elizabeth Stellon. & mother
Irene Stellon spent the
day at Minnehaha Park,
MN. On the shores of the
Mississippi in Minneapolis/
St. Paul. Minnehaha Falls is
its' most popular attraction
& measures 53 feet. The
falls is the waterfall of
poet Longfellow's "Song of
Hiawatha."
October 12th: Tara
Staskivige (Grand Rapids.
MN) attended the 47th
annual Fall Festival of the
Arts on the streets of Red
Wing, MN. 90 artists display
their work & draws 9000+
people over the weekend.
A pit stop at Twice Blessed
thrift shop on her way home
was her most valuable find.
"I picked up a 'Geiger' wool
coat for $20; retail $425!"
Way to go Tara!
October 12th: On this
day 33 years ago, Rev. Leroy
Aufenkamp gave his first
sermon at Assembly of God
church in Drayton. "Time
flies when you're having fun."
Leroy says. Congratulations!
October 12th: Trish
(Long) Wiste enjoyed dinner
with hometown friend Jeff
Elliot & girlfriend Kathy in
Chicago, IL. Joe's Seafood,
Prime Steak, & Stone Crab
overlooks the Chicago River
& features an extensive
selection of seafood (flown
in flesh daily) & has quickly
built a reputation as one of
Chicago's top steakhouses.
Jeff Elliot is a 1981 graduate
DHS.
October 13th: Jennifer
Marciniak (Dave &
Marybeth) & Corey Merrill
(Robert & Linda Merrill)
were just two of the 30,000
undead roaming West Bank
of Minneapolis for brains
& settling for booze. The
annual Zombie Pub Crawl
has become a business of
sorts; featuring a 50-foot-tall
inflatable zombie Phil. Last
year's crawl set a Guiness
World Record for largest
gathering of zombies.
October 13th: Clarence,
Leslie, & baby Robert
Erickson went camping
at River Pines RV Park/
Campground (Allendale,
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