Daily Events

Events listed for Dec. 9
December 9, 2008

• Soup Kitchen: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Christ Lutheran Church.
• Public hockey: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Maysa Arena.
• Public ice skating: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Maysa Arena.
• United Blood Services Blood Drive at Williston National Guard Armory: noon to 6 p.m., call Al or Bertha Axtman at 572-3495 or call the Williston Armory after noon at 774-0087 for an appointment.
• Crop Opportunities ‘09 crop management seminar: 1 to 3:30 p.m., Kenmare High School. Speakers will include Frayne Olson, NDSU crop marketing specialist, and Dwight Aakre, NDSU farm management specialist. Topics will include the new farm bill, the ACRE program and cover crop concepts.
• Jim Hill Middle School Chapel program featuring Judy Siegle of Fargo who was paralyzed at age 18 by a drunk driver: 1:58 p.m., school gymnasium, 1000-6th St. SW.
• Minot Christian Women’s Dinner Party: 6:30 to 8 p.m., Grand International Inn. The luncheon cost is $9 per person. The event is open to men, women and teenagers. Judy Siegle, Fargo, who was paralyzed at age 18 by a drunk driver, will speak. She is a wheelchair racer, author and motivational speaker, Music will be provided by Tanner Vix, soloist, Dale Kephart, saxophone player, and Debbie Olsen, pianist. For reservations call Linda at 852-7356 or Jolene at 721-1271.
• The Ward County Extension Service will hold a meeting on wind energy lease issues: 6:30 p.m., Kenmare High School. Dwight Aakre, NDSU Extension farm management specialist, will discuss what a landowner needs to consider before leasing the wind rights and entering into a contract for construction of wind turbines on their property, and contract terms such as duration, renewal and acreage amounts and financial arrangements that are typical to the industry. The meeting is open to anyone interested in wind energy.
• Elks Band Concert in Cando: 7:30 p.m., Audi Theater. There will be a freewill offering.
• 2nd Story Social Club’s general meeting: 8 p.m., 13-1st Ave. SW.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Minot Park Board Parks Committee: noon, Municipal Auditorium, Municipal Courtroom.
• Ward County Public Library Board: 3 p.m., Ward County Public Library, 405-3rd Ave. SE.
• Minot Mayor’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities: 3:30 p.m., North Central Human Service Center, Town and Country Center, 1015 S. Broadway.

YOUTH EVENTS

• Side by Side Story Time for children and their caregivers: 10 a.m., Minot Public Library’s Imagination Station. Call 838-0606 for more information.
• Youth For Christ Campus Life/JV for junior high and middle school students: 7:17 p.m., The Rock, 318-5th Ave. NW.