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Mike Miller taught a blogging update session to seven bloggers from around New Town early Friday afternoon, Feb. 15, 2008. Two bloggers from New Town and three from Stanley worked with us from McKenzie County.

Dorothy Reil of Alexander and I, Dale A. Swenson from Arnegard, learned much and practiced well in the computer lab. Doro planned on practicing Saturday. Everyone has something to do!

Readers! Please register on our blog site to become subscribers and leave comments for us, especially about Poverty reduction and Leadership development in McKenzie County, and how the topic of our blog works toward those goals. Thanks!

Anyone going to Bismarck with a pickup or a van?

update: the treadmill is repaired as of 3/28/08

Kathy from the Wellness Center is in need of someone to take a treadmill to Bismarck for repair under warrantee. We only need transportation to Bismarck for the treadmill-Scheel’s will unload it & order the parts after they inspect it.
If you know of anyone that plans to go to Bismarck in the near future, please let Kathy know. #842-6307

This would be a great way to lend a hand in keeping the people of our county healthy!

If it’s Tuesday, ladies are quilting at Wilmington Lutheran Church in Arnegard. Pictured are Phylis Hystad, Margaret Eikren, Ida Harmon, Margaret Hovde, Gen Bruins and Carol Mjelstad as they lay out fabric.

Ladies of Arnegard and Alexander Lutheran Parish meet every Tuesday to quilt for Lutheran World Relief, for people in the county who may have lost their homes to fire and for presentation to high school graduates who are members of the congregation(s). They sent quilts away last spring and resumed quilting Aug. 1, 2007. So far this winter they have 84 quilts prepared. They expect to send away more than 100 quilts this spring.

Lutheran World Relief is an international nonprofit organization that works to end poverty and injustice by empowering some of the world’s most impoverished communities to help themselves. With partners in 35 countries, LWR seeks to promote sustainable development with justice and dignity by helping communities bring about change for healthy, safe and secure lives.

The Horizons program in McKenzie County is just 16 months old, and is scheduled to end the end of June, 2008, compared to LWR, which has worked in international development and relief since 1945. However, the organizations are both nonprofit and work to end poverty.

Please read Our Vision statement on the right column at the top of this page by clicking on the words. You will see 22 strategies. Why not volunteer to help with one you favor most? Leave a comment to that extent, please.

I was visiting with Alan Sims in Alexander last week and he showed me a power chair that he is willing to give away.

It is 100% operational but needs a new battery.

The JAZZY 1103 Ultra runs thousands of dollars new but a new battery is only three to four hundred dollars.

You’ll find a picture of the chair here:

http://www.pridejazzy.com/1103ultra.shtml

Alan’s phone number is:

701-828-3546