September 15, 2011

Not much in news this week except for a few announcements. On Friday, September 23rd the Max Senior Citizens will be having their potluck and meeting at 6 p.m. After the potluck, there will be a speaker from Washburn telling us about the subject of "Who Gets Grandpa's Gun and Who Gets Grandma's Pie Plate". Each member is asked to bring a treasured heirloom or heirlooms and tell a bit about them. It promises to be an interesting meeting.

Saturday, October 29th is the Max Civic Club Annual Steak Fry and Dance. Get your tickets early. Only a certain amount are sold.

Refer to the back of your Community Calendar for freezers and score boards that are for sale at the Max Public School.

Animal lovers, please remember to log onto http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com and vote for Souris Valley HS - which is Minot's Souris Valley Humane Society located north of Schatz Truck Stop in Minot.

On the Max website, maxnd.com there are pictures of the new bins for the elevator. Pictures of the various stages of construction. Look around in the website - you will find interesting pictures of other happenings in Max, like moving the Max Cafe, and also pictures in the Photo Gallery. Spend some time 'In Max'.

On Wednesday, Margaret Zaderaka visited with Carol Olson Stolt, sister-in-law of Max Stolt. Carol and Margaret are classmates, graduating from Minot High School in downtown Minot. Carol is married to Max's brother, Harold. Yes, it is a small world!! While in Minot, Margaret viewed the two-bedroom FEMA trailer parked in the back yard of the house where Marlo Zaderaka lives. And also the three-bedroom FEMA trailer parked in the back yard of Dean Zaderaka's house. It will be a challenge for those trailers to compete with the North Dakota winters! But we will hope for the best. Both of these houses have been cleared out, down to the studs. The fate of the house where Marlo lives is debatable at this point, depending on what the city is going to do. Before rebuilding it, the house will have to be jacked up so the foundation can be repaired from the flood damage. It is right on the river. Dean plans to rebuild his house, back to the cozy home it once was.

Take a drive in Minot - so much traffic - so many people - fast food places and restaurants have waiting lines - even the fast food drive-throughs have lines of vehicles waiting to get to the window. But mainly, you will see all the destruction, loss and sadness. It is hard to comprehend even with our family's destruction and loss, because we can come back home to our favorite recliner and it will be there, not soaked and smelly from the flood.

"All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence." Martin Luther King, Jr.

--The Max News is written each week by Margaret Zaderaka.  To have your information  included, contact her at emz@rtc.coop.