Rolette, ND

How can we encourage our alumni and others to come back to live and work and thrive in their hometown?  This was the same question Patti Knobbe and the rest of the folks who formed the Norfolk Area Recuiters of Norfolk, Nebraska asked themselves and came up with a good answer:  Recruit! Recruit! Recruit! They have developed a recruiting program that has worked very well for their area, and Patti was in Rolette April 9 to present to all who gathered at the Valle Lutheran Church, what they did and how they did it.   We all went home not only with good food in our tummys–prepared by the Rolette Dollars for Scholars–but with good food for thought.  Through her presenation we learned several ways to begin a “Back to North Dakota” recruiting program in all our hometowns. 

It has been a few years now since Pat Beaver came up with the idea of having a book exchange in the Rolette Mall. It has been well received by the community and the people in the area. Four and sometimes five shelves of books are available free to the public for the taking. The books range from westerns, to thrillers, romances alnd everything in between. Even Reader’s Digest books if that lifts your kite. Just leave one or two or take one or two. Everyone is welcome and the books have been enjoyed by all ages. Stop by during mall hours and join in the fun.

The American Legion Thursday nite bingo is getting out of hand.  The pot is big and so is the crowd. They need people to be floor walkers, help with clean up,  bingo card sales, and the concession stand. The Legion does so much for the veterans and their families and not to mention how much they support our students.  If you are free for the next thursday and want to help. Please contact Gordy Boucher; lets help them have a great great bingo nite for all they have done for us; our community and our country.

I attended the Sr. play last week.  It was very entertaining.  “Birds of a Feather” showed off the Sr. class talent.  I am sure the parents of the cast members knew they could be “dramatic” but the rest of us were very impressed. There were 3 showing.  I attended the evening show and as far as I know things went without a hitch. 

Congratulations to Cast and Crew.  And congratulations to Mrs. Walsh for another successful Sr. Class Play.

How do you teach the children about money?  This is hard to begin with but if you have poor management skills to begin with it is even harder.  This Horizons group, thanks to the efforts of Janie Jung, Pat Beaver and the local school are going to tackle this problem.  Janie found the game “Cash Flow” and brought it to the director asking the group to purchase it and she would teach it to the children.  Pat Beaver volunteered her family to be the guinea pigs over Easter weekend; and thank goodness she did. The game is more involved then the advertisements lead you to believe.  Janie then took the game is and hooking up with the 21st century/ boys and girls club to “play” the game after-school at the school.  This will give the kids a snack, and Janie a stipend to play it with them. So all are happy so far! We will keep you posted.  I, personally, plan on playing a few rounds to try and pick up some better habits.   May I will be the next millionaire in Rolette…… wait maybe I would be the first….Ha! Ha!