Maddock

On Tuesday, April 29th, the Maddock Varsity Boys’ Golf Team traveled up to Cando for a day off from school. It was a good day, but really windy, there were gusts up to 40 mph and it didn’t let up any. There were six teams in all that showed up. I’d name them if I knew them, but I don’t. The meet lasted the entire day, we arrived in Cando around 9 a.m. and left at about 4 p.m. At the meet itself, the Maddock team did exceptionally well. Levi Slater placed third in the overall meet out of one billion individual golfers. After the meet, the team stopped at Dairy Queen where Ethan cut in line and got out of there in record time, but most of the team, instead of going to DQ, went to Cenex across the street and loaded up on junk food and pop. I purchased a water and a Canadian Bacon pizza. It was good. When we arrived back at Maddock Public School, everyone got in their cars and went home. The End…

Come to the “He Never Failed Me Yet” gospel show!!!   Where singers from the region present uplifting gospel music. The concert will be held in the New Rockford Gymnasium0  at 2:30 PM.     Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for students, free for Preschool, and a family ticket (2 adults and children) will be $25.  No reservations are being taken and open seating.

The Maddock High School, grades 7-12, were invited to the Fesseden School to listen to a speaker. When I first heard about this, I thought it was just going to be another boring lecture to sit through, but it was actually very good. It was about a girl that got killed in a school shooting nine years ago. The whole thing sent out a very good message that sometimes people nowadays forget-treat others the way you want to be treated. I think everyone that went enjoyed it. It was sad, but it did have a good message.

On Tuesday, Maddock students in grades 7-12 went to Fessenden to listen to speakers at the Fesseneden school. No one really knew what the presentation was about so when we got there we found out that it was about a girl that was killed in the Columbine shootings and about making the right life choices. One speaker was the girl’s little brother. The speakers talked about not falling into drugs and alcohol and also about being kind to others. The students enjoyed the presentation very much and I’m sure everyone learned something that day.

It is that time of year again, where several of the high school students participate in music contest. This year the regional vocal music contest was held in Maddock and the regional instrumental music contest was held in Langdon. There are several Maddock participants who stared at the regional contests, making them eligible for state, which is held on Saturday in Minot on the MSU campus. The students leave today, Friday May 2nd for an overnight trip to compete tomorrow. The public are welcome to sit in and watch the students’ use their marvelous talents and skills. Good luck too all participants!

Bethany AWANA – a Bible cenetered program where children and youth can learn about God and His Word, meet new friends, and participate in exciting games and challenging contests — ended this year with the annual Awards Night, Sunday evening,   April 27, with parents and friends joining the AWANA members from all over Benson County. Captian Paul Backstrom led the service. The students led in the usual Flags Opening cerimony and sang several songs.  Here you see the “Clubers” (3rd through 6th graders) singing.  Besides the awards given out there were a couple of “highlights”: a contest of lining up all the Books of the Bible (in order) with two adult teams and two AWANA teams.  The adults did beat, but it was close!! There was also an “Alumni Quartette” (all four members having gone through all the levels at Bethany AWANA  in years past), who sang for us.  Pictured here is the quartette: Ben Backstrom, Paul Rice, Levi Slater and Andy Backstrom. The evening concluded with an Ice Cream Social enjoyed by all. Look for AWANA starting again in the Fall.

Following the participation in the Housing Roundtable and several local initiatives inclding encouragement by the Horizons Steering Committtee, the Maddock City Council has approved the establishment of a Maddock Housing Committee. Larry Summers is chairing this committtee, with additional members being Judy Kallenback, Ralph Olson, Marilyn Allen, Kevin Winson and Wanda Terpening. This committtee held its first meeting Wed. evening, April 30 and considered some initial steps to take including contacting several vendors who do what is called Demand Analysis to give a better understanding of what the needs and opportunities might be for the next five years. Look for more information coming from this committtee in the future.

We recently renewed contact with Dave Scott. He and Maryann are on an extended visit to family and friends in CA and are getting settled into an apartment there. Dave was very instrumental in getting the Horizons program going in Maddock and I for one recognize his key position in setting it up. The two pictures are of Dave, Maryann and L  Louise Olson at one of the early Study Circles and the second is of Dave and Maryann at the initial blogging training that people from Maddock participated in at Harvey. They plan to be back in Maddock in time for the All-School Reunion.Their email address is: <lanscotservices@verizon.net> if anyone wishes to add words of appreciation.

Horizons of Maddock hosted an informational and Celebration Dinner at the Multi-Purpose Buiding at noon on April 27. This dinner was a cooperative effort of Horizons and various organizations and individuals who are making progress towards keeping Maddock alive and improving its chances of doing so. Two new initiatives were brought to the public’s attention with a Q & A time for further information. First, the proposed Mill Levi for the county Ambulance fund was explained in detail by Marne Stadum. Second, the newly appointed Maddock Housing Board was announced and chairman Larry Summers gave a few of the initial steps that they are considering. We celebrated together with a report of the After School Activities Program given by Kathy Daeley, an update on the Community Development Director by Lu Mathison, and recognition of others who are making significant contributions to the well-being of Maddock. Thanks to Sharon & Mark, Yvonne and others from Maddock Cafe and Lanes, a wonderful meal of ham, meatballs, mashed potatoes, corn and cole slaw was enjoyed by many and missed by others.

       Just recently, PJ’s sales started a website for selling CM Truckbeds. It is locally owned and operated by Preston Gilderhus from Oberon, ND. This website includes four different truck bed models available: SS Model, SK Model, TM Model, and ER Model. It also talks about the different tool boxes available and the prices of the truck beds and tool boxes. If you would like to learn more, go to www.pjssalesnd.com and see it for yourself. Have a great day!