Completed statistics for 2012 showing incidents of reported crime in the City of Moorhead are released.
Part I Offenses reported to the Moorhead Police Department show an overall increase of 8% for 2012. Part II reported crimes show a reduction of 12% for the 2012 reporting period.
The 2012 crime statistics have been made available to the public on our website at www.moorheadpolice.com
Residents Reminded to Discharge Sump Pumps Outside
FARGO, N.D. (March 26, 2013) – With the potential for increased flow in the sanitary sewer system this spring, Fargo residents who have bypass waivers are asked to divert sump discharge outside. City regulations require that residents discharge their sump pumps into a yard or a storm sewer from April 1 – September 30.
Learn more about the Sump Pump Program at www.cityoffargo.com/sumppumpprogram.
HCSCC at Hjemkomst Center Closed Easter Sunday
The Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County museum at the Hjemkomst Center will be closed March 31, Easter Sunday. They are open regular hours on Friday, March 29, Saturday, March 30 and Monday, April 1 from 9 am to 5 pm.
Moorhead Public Library Accepting Donations for Used Book Sale through April 12!
Moorhead Public Library is now accepting donations for their Friends of the Moorhead Library Used Book Sale.
Donations of new or gently used books, CDs, videos and DVDs are welcome. Proceeds from the book sale support programming for children and adults at Moorhead Library. Book sale donations will be accepted at the Moorhead Public Library during regular hours through April 12.
The Used Book Sale at Moorhead Public Library will run on Saturday, April 27 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, April 28 from 1 to 4 p.m.
For more information on this and other programs, please call 218-233-7594 or visit your library at 118 5th St S, Moorhead. Information is also available online at www.larl.org. Moorhead Library is a branch of Lake Agassiz Regional Library.
PBS Kids Go! Writers Contest deadline is approaching
The submission deadline for the PBS Kids Go! Writers Contest is approaching! All entries must be postmarked by April 9, 2013 for consideration in the contest.
The contest is open to children from kindergarten to third grade, who are encouraged to write and illustrate their own stories. Entry forms, complete rules and contest writing guide are available from Prairie Public online at www.prairiepublic.org or by calling 800-359-6900.
Entries are judged locally, and every child who enters the contest receives a special Certificate of Achievement and positive comments from local judges. First place winners will receive a special prize from Prairie Public. Above all, the contest is meant to be fun and an opportunity for children to be recognized for their creative efforts.
Prairie Public is a non-profit community licensee that provides public television services throughout North Dakota, northwestern Minnesota, southern Manitoba, and parts of Montana and South Dakota, and public radio service to North Dakota. In addition to broadcasting services, Prairie Public Broadcasting provides a wide range of educational and technological services to communities and individuals across its coverage area.
FARGO AIR MUSEUM TO RAFFLE FORD MUSTANG BOSS 302
The Fargo Air Museum will raffle a 2013 Ford Mustang Boss 302. Other prizes to be awarded is a flight in a historic P-51D «Mustang” fighter, a Beretta 12 gauge shotgun, an Apple I-Pad, a 47” HDTV plus cash prizes. Only 3,500 tickets will be sold.
Proceeds from the raffle will help finance the Air Museum’s new aircraft hangar addition. This new hangar will be named the Beck-Odegaard Wing to honor two founding members, Gerry Beck and Robert Odegaard. Raffle tickets can be purchased at the Fargo Air Museum or by mail. Price is $50.00 each, cash or check, payable to the Fargo Air Museum located at 1609 19th Ave North, Fargo ND 58102. The drawing will be held September 14, 2013 at the Fargo Air Museum.
www.fargoairmuseum.org
CONCORDIA LIBRARY TO PRESENT FILM AND DISCUSSION IN CONNECTION WITH MUSLIM JOURNEYS BOOKSHELF COLLECTION
The Carl B. Ylvisaker Library will present a viewing of the film “Koran by Heart: One Chance to Remember,” by Greg Barker. It will be followed by discussion with Dr. Mona Ibrahim, Dr. Ahmed Afzaal and Dr. Yahya Frederickson from 6:30-9 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, in Jones A/B in the Knutson Campus Center. The event features the resources in the Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys, a collection of materials from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the American Library Association (ALA). The event is free and the public is encouraged to attend and use to the Bookshelf collection.
The Bookshelf program aims to familiarize public audiences in the United States with the people, places, history, faith and cultures of Muslims in the United States and around the world.
Major support for the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf was provided by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York. Additional support for the arts and media components was provided by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art. The library is working in fellowship with Concordia’s Forum on Faith and Life.
The Carl B. Ylvisaker Library is one of 840 libraries and state humanities councils nationwide receiving the Bookshelf and hosting programs for public audiences featuring the materials. The library is located just west of the bell tower on Concordia’s campus.
For look at the collection, please visit ConcordiaCollege.edu/Academics/Library/collections1.php or contact Virginia Connell at vconnell@cord.edu. To check out Muslim Journeys books or films, please visit the library. Community members may obtain a community user library card for a one-time fee. For more information about community user library cards, please visit ConcordiaCollege.edu/Academics/Library/Help/faqs.php#card.
Concordia German Club’s Deutsches Fest
On April 17, 5-7pm, the Concordia College German Club, together with students and faculty of the Concordia German Program, will celebrate the first ever Deutsches Fest. In this festive celebration of modern German culture, students will display their enthusiasm for German culture through short skits, performances, and presentations. Activities will take place at the Concordia College Knutson Center in Moorhead.
Germanophiles in the Fargo/Moorhead community and surrounding communities are invited to join in the festivities.
German-inspired cuisine will be served buffet style.
People interested in German culture should also save the date of Sept. 28, 2013 for a free family friendly German Culture Day at the Hjemkomst Center, 10am-4pm. For more information, contact Tim Jorgensen at tim.jorgensen@ci.moorhead.mn.us or 218-299-5511.
N.D. Youth to Attend National 4-H Conference Four North Dakota youth have been selected as delegates to the National 4-H Conference in Chevy Chase, Md., on April 6-11.
The four are Tyrza Hoines of Morton County, Casondra Rutschke of Emmons County, Andrew Ternquist of Walsh County and Taylor Zimprich of Griggs County. LuAnn Stromme, a member of the North Dakota 4-H Foundation board and 4-H volunteer, will accompany the youth.
The conference will provide the delegates with opportunities to engage in personal development experiences that increase their knowledge, resources and skills. They’ll also be able to join 4-H’ers nationwide in providing a voice on issues affecting youth and communities.
In addition, the conference will empower and mobilize 4-H youth to create positive social change in their communities in a meaningful and genuine way.
During the conference, 4-H youth will be able to:
* Participate in roundtable discussions and provide the youth perspective to 4-H’s federal partner agencies
* Go sightseeing in nearby Washington, D.C.
* Meet with North Dakota’s congressional delegation
Youth earn their selection as conference delegates through their 4-H leadership
efforts.
All four North Dakota delegates are or have been an officer in their 4-H club. The four also have been involved in a number of 4-H programs and activities.
“I really like showing cattle we raise on our farm, livestock judging and agronomy,” says Ternquist, a senior at Fordville-Lankin High School.
Hoines is a junior at Century High School in Bismarck. She has participated in Communications Arts, Buy and Show, Project Expo and Consumer Choices, and was a member of her county’s Consumer Choices team that took third place in national competition in 2012.
“The best part of my 4-H career by far was when I was chosen to be a North Dakota state 4-H ambassador at Extension Youth Conference in 2012,” she says. Rutschke, a sophomore at Zeeland High School, is a 4-H ambassador, junior leader and president of her 4-H club. Zimprich, a sophomore at Griggs County Central
High School, has held several offices in her 4-H club and attended the Extension Youth Conference.
The delegates look forward to attending the National 4-H Conference.
“I’ve enjoyed attending 4-H Citizenship in Action and interacting with our state legislators, so I’m really excited to see our federal government at work and having a chance for our youth to be heard,” Zimprich says.
“I would like to thank 4-H for giving me the amazing opportunity to go to Washington, D.C.,” Rutschke says.
The North Dakota 4-H Foundation provides the financial support for the delegates to attend the conference.
Absconded Sex Offender Update
The Fargo Police Department would like to update the public on an absconded sex offender: Paul Rock Alcorta
Alcorta, a Non-Compliant, Level 2 Sex Offender, has been captured and is in custody in the Grand Forks County Jail
Born in 1969, 5’9”, 203 lbs.
Brown eyes, Black hair
Offense Background: Alcorta was convicted in Comanche County, OK of Second Degree Rape in 1991. His victim was a 17 year old acquaintance.
More information regarding this Sex Offender can be found here: http://www.cityoffargo.com/CityInfo/Departments/Police/CitizenResources/SexOffenders/