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Wednesday, 16 May 2007 |
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Page 1 of 2 By Buck Traxler, I-O Editor
Elementary and UMS school principal Craig Barringer, was the featured speaker at the Conrad Area Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday.
Before he spoke, CofC President Gerald Miller introduced Barbi Killion, the new executive secretary, and announced that $4,200 worth of new Christmas street decorations had arrived. Everett Breding and others would be checking them out at the Search and Rescue building to make sure they were all in proper order.
In other reports, city councilwoman Wendy Judisch said that alley clean-up was progressing and work was still being done trying to get funding for the lagoon project.
She also introduced Alan Serfoss, the new Conrad Postmaster.
He transferred up here from the Great Falls Post Office. He is a native of Colorado and worked for both Safeway and Albertson stores as a meat cutter and started his postal career in Fort Benton. He was a letter carrier for seven years in Great Falls.
Harold Olson, reporting for the Port Authority, EDC and Museum noted the depot building was now in the hands of the Port Authority and they were working on getting it fenced and looking for a tenet.
The EDC has had some requests for assistance and is still working on the meat processing plant project.
The museum is scheduled to open May 29. They are working on I-15 signing, both north and south, and the museum mosaic is just about complete.
Gale Gustafson commented further on the meat processing plant, saying the feasibility study showed this was a viable operation. The group has received a grant for $11,500 to help with an engineering study.
He noted that most hog plants in the state ship to Modesto, Calif. Transportation costs were upward of $70,000 a year and that was before $3 a gallon gasoline.
If you would like to comment, give input or have more questions, contact Gustafson at his law office.
He also noted that he is taking sign-ups for sheep riding and youth bull riding for Whoop-Up (June 9-10) and a permission slip is needed for each contestant.
There were no reports from the PMC, the county, public library, Dutton/Brady School, or legislation.
Barringer opened his talk with a couple of stories, one being that fourth grade teacher Kim Hofstad had one of her students look up the word Philadelphia, in hopes that he would come back with a definition that would show the significance of the, “City of Brotherly Love.”
Instead, the definition he wrote was, “the act of making love without serious intentions.” (Philander).
The elementary principal noted that, “Unlike other local community trends, our K-8 enrollment is up from three years ago. We had 396 students and now we have 408.”
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