Fargo takes home
“Best Tasting Drinking Water” award
FARGO, N.D. (Oct. 16, 2014) – When Fargo residents drink a glass of tap water they’re enjoying the best tasting water in North Dakota. The City of Fargo is the recipient of the 2014 American Water Works Association’s (AWWA) “Best Tasting Drinking Water” award. A total of eight ND cities competed for the award, including:
Fargo, Grand Forks, Bismarck, Mandan, Valley City, Wahpeton, Mayville, Lisbon.
The blind taste test was conducted at the ND AWWA annual conference and all attendees were given an opportunity to vote. The votes were narrowed down to the top three which were then judged by a panel including the national AWWA Vice President and local media. “Our Water Treatment Plant employs an advanced ozone treatment process to improve the taste of Fargo’s drinking water,” said Troy Hall, Fargo Water Utilities Director. “We’re proud of this recognition and the opportunity to provide great tasting water for our residents.”
Fargo will now move on to the national competition with will be held this June in Anaheim, CA. You can learn more about Fargo’s water treatment process online atwww.cityoffargo.com/Water.
Fargo Air Museum Truck Raffle
to be held Saturday, October 25th
The Fargo Air Museum’s 2014 Ford F-150 4X4 XLT Pickup Raffle to be held on Saturday, October 25th at 11:00 a.m. The first place winner is also awarded a Honda Rancher 4X4 ATV. Second prize is a ride in the historic P-51D “Mustang” fighter. Other prizes include a Winchester 12-gauge shotgun, a Browning rifle, plus cash prizes and Air Museum family memberships.
Tickets can be purchased for $50.00 each at the Air Museum located at 1609 19th Avenue North in Fargo, or by mail with a check or money order payable to the Fargo Air Museum. Tickets can also be purchased at Luther Ford, U Motors, Scheels Gun Shop, or Thermo King in Fargo. Winners need not be present to win.
Net proceeds from the raffle will be used to help fund the Beck-Odegaard wing of the Fargo Air Museum, currently in the final stages of construction.
Details at: www.fargoairmuseum.org or by calling (701) 293-8043.
Bethany to Host Long
Term Care Planning Seminar
Bethany Retirement Living will host a seminar titled “Preparing for Long Term Care: A Gift your Family Deserves” at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, October 28 at Bethany on 42nd (4255 30 Ave S, Fargo.)
The seminar will be led by Dena Bennett, a Financial Associate with Thrivent Financial. It will address developing a long-term care strategy that will help preserve independence, protect income and assets, and reassure the family about the future.
The seminar is offered at no charge and lunch will be provided. No products will be sold, though tours of Bethany on 42nd will be offered.
Reservations may be made by calling 701.478.7139 or emailing dena.bennett@thrivent.com.
Friendship bracelet craft
events for kids, teens & adults
Area adults, teens, and school-age kids are invited to share some time with an extra special friend or family member and learn the basics of tying friendship bracelets at the Fargo Public Library this week. Two sessions are scheduled; the first is set for Thursday, Oct. 23, at 6:30 p.m. at the Dr. James Carlson Library. A second session is set for Saturday, Oct. 25, at 10 a.m. at the downtown Main Library. Instructions will include the basic half-hitch knot and two different patterns. All materials will be provided. Space is limited; pre-registration is required. Register online at www.fargolibrary.org or call (701) 241-1495 or (701) 241-1492 for details.
Fargo Public Library events are free and open to the public; adults must accompany children ages 9 and under. For more information regarding the Fargo Public Library and a calendar of upcoming events, visit the library’s website,www.fargolibrary.org.
Nobel Peace Prize
Laureate to speak at Concordia
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Leymah Gbowee will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, in the Centrum, Knutson Campus Center, Concordia College.
Gbowee, a member of the Lutheran church in Liberia, is a peace activist who brought together Christian and Muslim women in a nonviolent movement that ended Liberia’s civil war in 2003. The events of that time are chronicled in her memoir, “Mighty Be Our Powers,” and in the award-winning documentary, “Pray the Devil Back to Hell.”
Gbowee helped organize and then lead the Liberian Mass Action for Peace, confronting Liberia’s president and rebel warlords, and even held a sex strike. Gbowee, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011, emerged as an international leader who changed history, marking a new wave of women taking control of their political destiny around the world.
Gbowee’s documentary will be screened at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, in the Centrum.
Both the documentary and the lecture will be free and open to the public. The event is sponsored by the Forum on Faith and Life.