Senior of the Year Nominees Named
Eleven area seniors have been nominated for the 2014 Senior of the Year Award. The Senior of the Year Awards Dinner will take place on Thursday, September 25, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Fargo. A Social begins at 5:30 and the Dinner and Program at 6:30.
Nominees include Vivian Acuff, James Bastian, Roy Davis, Hiram Drache, Mary Ann Hansen, Sara Larson, Glenn Melvey, Betty Patterson, Robert Steffes, Judy Triebwasser and Harris Widmer
The Senior of the Year (SOTY) recognizes those aged 65 and over who have made an outstanding contribution to enrich the social, cultural or civic life of our community. Categories for SOTY awards include Business Person, Community Involvement, Education/Arts, Faith, and Healthcare/Wellness.
For additional information or for tickets, contact Grant Richardson at 701.478.8910 or grichardson@bethanynd.org.
25th Street South mill and overlay
Fargo, N.D.– On Tuesday, Sept. 2, crews began the mill and overlay project on 25th Street South from 23rd to 32nd Avenues. During this project there will be shifting lane closures and motorists should expect delays. Work is expected to take up to two weeks.
Find a complete list of road closures online at www.FargoStreets.com. Follow @FargoStreets on Twitter.
Three arrested at Fargo Police checkpoint
FARGO, N.D. (Sept. 2, 2014) – The Fargo Police Department, along with the North Dakota Highway Patrol, E.V.A.C., M.A.D.D., and Fargo Police Volunteers hosted a sobriety checkpoint on Friday, Aug. 29, 2014, from 11 p.m. to 2:20 a.m. The checkpoint was located in the 100 Block of 25th Street North. A total of 136 vehicles entered the checkpoint. 11 vehicles were flagged for further testing. Three drivers were arrested for Driving Under the Influence.
North Dakota law enforcement agencies are using sobriety checkpoints as part of an over-all driving-under the influence (DUI) enforcement program. The purpose is to increase the perception of “risk of apprehension” for motorists who choose to operate a vehicle while impaired by alcohol or drugs.
Since October of 2004, the Fargo Police Department has now conducted 62 sobriety checkpoints which have resulted in 179 arrests for Driving under the Influence.
Public Input Sought on
the Fargo 4th Street Corridor Study
Fargo, N.D. (Sept 2, 2014) – The City of Fargo is in the process of conducting a corridor study of 4th Street between 13th Avenue South and 1st Avenue North. The objective of this study is to analyze the current traffic operations and conditions for the 4th Street corridor, identify alternatives for the corridor, and analyze the impacts of each alternative with respect to: cost, traffic operations, transit, safety, parking, aesthetics, bicycling, and pedestrian movement.
The City will look to specifying a plan that emphasizes good overall results relative to traffic and pedestrian operations and streetscape improvements along the length of the corridor. Once the corridor study is completed, a roadway design that is most appropriate for the area will be recommended.
The current plan is to completely replace the pavement and most of the underground municipal services that serve this area in the next 5-8 years; with the portion between Main Avenue and 2nd Street to be under construction as soon as next year. The City of Fargo encourages the public to view the 4th Street Corridor Study page at Fargostreets.com and provide feedback by September 15, via a survey linked into the corridor project page.
A Relaxed Anglers Guide
to Catfishing on the Red River of the North
Two recent books are available for those interested in learning more about fishing channel catfish in the Red River: Relaxed Anglers Guide to Catfishing on the Red River of the North and Cracking the Channel Catfish Code. The Relaxed Angler’s Guide just came out this summer and includes 138 pages with loads of information about the River as well as catching catfish. It has chapters on the Red River and its fish community, channel catfish, regulations, equipment and bait, bank fishing and boat fishing, tournament fishing, guides and gourmets, and safety. There is even a chapter on turtles, trash, tree trunks, mussels, and mayflies. Readers will learn about the role of dissolved oxygen, water temperature, water current, and barometric pressure—perhaps more than they want to know! Most importantly, they’ll learn how easy it is to catch big Red River channel catfish. This book was written as a fundraiser for River Keepers, a nonprofit organization with a mission to advocate sustainable use of the Red River. It can be bought at their online store at www.riverkeepers.org. Cracking the Channel Catfish Code which came out last year and spends 150 pages describing in detail what makes channel catfish bite.
While some out-of-staters, and a few locals, have known about the world class channel catfishing in the Red River for many years, it has only recently been getting much attention. The Red River of the North is the premier fishery for trophy channel catfish in North America. The River, forming the state’s eastern border, runs 548.7 miles from Breckenridge, Minnesota, to Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba. As the river flows north and gets bigger, so do the catfish. Twenty-pounders are common in the lower reaches, 25-pounders in the middle stretches, and even bigger fish are caught below the Lockport Dam just south of Lake Winnipeg.
One big advantage of fishing channel catfish is that it is simple, requiring minimal equipment, and can be done from the river bank. Minnesota DNR fish surveys have shown that anglers fishing from the bank catch just as many catfish as anglers fishing in boats on the Red River. Anglers can learn how to catch catfish by browsing the Internet, watching others, hiring one of the many Red River guides, or just getting out and giving it a try.
There is no excuse for not trying catfishing on the Red River of the North!
River Keepers
www.riverkeepers.org
http://www.facebook.com/RiverKeepersFM