Rolette, ND

At the July 9 celebration, North Dakota Horizons Project Director Lynette Flage recognized the communities that have completed the program; Anamoose, Bowdon, Cando, Cooperstown, Dodge, Gackle, Grant County, Harvey, Hazelton, Lidgerwood, Linton, Maddock, McKenzie County, New Town, Rocklake, Rolette, Rutland, Sheyenne, Stanley, Steele and Walhalla.

Governor. John Hoeven congratulated the representatives for providing the leadership their communities need to develop not just economically but also socially. Vice President for Agriculture and University Extension D.C. Coston explained how the communities’ work melds with NDSU’s Grow 21 efforts of working towards three essential attributes for healthy communities; (a) a diverse, resilient economy, (b) effective, efficient infrastructure, and (c) leadership. 

What is the status of Rolette Counties 911 service being managed by operators in Rolette County???  Aren’t there enough phone in Rolette County to make it profitable to run the dispatch by Rolette people???  What kind of service satisfaction  does Devil’s Lake guarantee???  Are all the counties serviced by Devil’s Lake Happy?????  Is the Devil’s Lake equipmentup today????  Does Bottineau County offer a solution.  Is the cut .60 for personnel and .40 for equipment rental????  With that cut we should be able to pay operators $8.24/hour.  Not a bad pay rate.  Don’t we want JOBS like that in Rolette county???  Can we assume that operators in the County can process 911 calls better and FASTER?????  Please comment. I am sure I have some misinformation .  Enlighten me!!!

Holly of the “Entrepreneurial Center for Horticulture” in Bottineau is compiling a list of interested people who want to take some continuing ed classes this winter and produce vegetables next summer.  If you are interesting in operating a garden plot for profit give her a call at 228-4032 and get on the mailing list.  Holly is talking about using “high tunnels” to extend the growing season and getting the produce to market safely.  People on the list already are Iren Scott, Howard Lemieux and Jo Gilje. 

Call Holly at 228-4032

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. 

The e-bay class at the Rolette Technology center was a great success.  Dan from Bowbells was a great teacher with real eBay experience.  He show how to research items to set the right price, add an item to sell on eBay with a good picture and how to use paypal and ship the item that was sold.  So much useful information.  This class taught students how to make a little extra money selling items.  Items sold were new and old, big and small, expensive and cheap.  Congratulations to the students for learning a new skill that they can pass along to others.  Thank you to Dan for bringing all of his experience to Rolette and sharing it.  It would not have been possible without the efforts of Karen Armstrong who organized the class.eBay

Here is a link to the latest news artical about the hog barns in Wolford.

http://www.in-forum.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=190965

Please comment.  It will bring JOBS.

One of our goals is to promote business and job growth in the Rolette area.  In support of that objective, we are planning to produce an inventory of available business locations.  There are numerous buildings or (portions of buildings) in Rolette that are available for a business to rent (or possibly buy) and get started with lower startup costs than building a new facility.  The business location inventory will be posted on the Rolette web site when it is complete.  If you have a property that would be suitable for a business to move into and would like it listed in the inventory, please contact Joellen Gilje.  We will include pictures of the building and contact information for the owners.

A Gathering Place is being planed for Rolette.  This place will be a “coffee house” style meeting place for all ages.  One goal is to expand a current business of Rolette.  A gather place is one of the Action Items from the Action Forum which is a result of the Horizon’s Study Circles.  The Horizon Directors believe the the skills learned in the Leadership Plenty training can be used to make this action item a reality. 

They blend into the woodwork as their much needed help is appreciated and welcomed by those who benefit from them. Every so often I hear someone say I didn”t realize they had been volunteering all those years and I said i didn’t know that either. So if you bump into Jim on the street thank him for playing his fiddle at the nursing home weekly or Rocky who plays his quitar and sings at nursing homes regularly. Anyone we can think of who goes the extra mile is worthy of our praise because they continue to make this town a wonderful place to live.

With all the hard work everyone has been doing I thought a little reflection would be nice.  Here is the group of 4Hers and the two adult volunteers (Sue Best and Lois Hesford) who spearheaded one of our goals. They were caught in the act of painting the Town. Using fluorescent paint and templates, our swifty walkers painted the fluorescent grins around town on the predetermined path. The kids quickly dubbed it the “smile mile”.   After a quick hot trip around town and a stop at Pastor and Lois Hesfords house for refreshments,  the mile was marked.  Karen Armstrong graciously plotted out the map and made brochures.  These brochures can be found at the mall in town.  Thanks to the quick thinking of these fine people we have a safe, user friendly by all walking path in town.  If you see these folks please stop them and give them a heart felt “ Thank you!” they certainly deserve it.