Cando, ND

This has been a busy week for 46 or so Cando kids who have been involved in this year’s summer theater performance of The Velveteen Bunny. What an opportunity for all these kids as they learned to sing and dance and act! The performances were Friday night and Saturday morning.  Cando has so much for the kids who live here and for some of the Grandchildren of  Cando families who come to be a part of this.  Actually some of these kids had parents who were in the plays as they were growing up and now want their kids to have the same fun experiences!   This is great for everyone!!

Rain today! This is good for our garden’s! I see many garden’s starting to grow now that we are getting some rain.
Then we will be canning those veg’s soon huh! Does anyone have any good tips or recipes, that they would like to share?
Sharing ideas, tips, and recipes helps us all save money. I’m wishing for all to have a great growing season, good luck to all!

Where has the month gone?  Into history!  And what have we accomplished?  I like the thought that it’s not always what we have done, but what we’ve been that counts.

The positive response re: the Library was appreciated!  We are SO GLAD to know that there is support and our doors can remain open.  Another plus was over 80 hardcover books donated from the Bisbee School Library when they closed, and we were able to get a great buy on some children’s paperback books that we didn’t have.  Some shelves were also purchased; now to decide how to fit them into our Library!!

A special little thing happened last week at the Library: the 6 weeks of the Summer Reading Program was completed so we didn’t have a Story Time.  Two young girls (11 years old?) came and asked if they could do Story Time for 2 or 3 weeks!!  That’s leadership developing! and we are grateful.

Another note of interest for the summer is that the attendance at Farmers Market has been very good THE FIRST HOUR! and then, we wait!!!  Hours have been adjusted twice since the beginning of the Market to see if we can find a time that is best.  Maybe just being open 1 hour is the answer for our small community??    Any suggestions?

 
Cando celebrated the 4th of July with a big parade on the 5th of July.  It was quite a car show with around 60 cars entered plus 1 tractor and a motorcyle or two and one pickup closed the parade with a homemade lighthouse with red/white/blue flags in the back.

There were family reunions, class reunions and school reunions around and all these brought people to Cando.  Plus one Cando graduate of years ago and now a photographer from Colorado had a photo show in the Audi art gallery.  It was a hot day and just after the show and shine, there was a brief downpour with a few small hailstones.

Next year with be Cando’s 125th birthday so many BIG EVENTS are being planned. Just wait until then!!!

 Horizon’s has kept us busy for 18 months and there were times when the end didnt seem in sight and now today,  the 18 months are done.  And now we have to look back and see all that we have done.   We will see that there were things that we wanted to do and they didnt get done, and there are many things that we did get done.  So they weren’t big things, big projects etc. but we did do a lot of ‘things’.  And if all we did was to keep a positive attitude and work together and encourage each other and the town, well, that was something that cant be measured.   I know that I learned a lot, I attended a lot of events, I know that I benefited from all these 18 months of activities.  And I know there were others who did also.  So, let’s celebrate, and then let’s keep on doing what we can for our town and community.  Thanks Horizons for all that you did and gave our community of Cando. 

Dear Bloggers:
With our pride of our community, we have a better understanding, of our mission to inprove in knowledge and awareness, to help the development of our community.
We have just been informed, that our community horizon group, has been awarded a computer and printer, for all our accomplishments to this program.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!

The word is just in … Tuesday evening after the Primary Election.  The residents of the City of Cando voted to increase the mill levy for the Library from 4 to 12 mill so the Library CAN STAY OPEN!!

THANKS to ALL who support us in ANY way, Horizons group included!!!  It seemed we were looking into the dark hole of Poverty, but have seen hands held out, and we will do what we can to purchase the books, materials people want, making Cando, its residents and those in the surrounding community richer in knowledge and relaxation.

This evening we finished transplanting 2 acres of cabbages (at Johnstons).  It has been more drawn out with the rains we’ve had, but rain is better than drought!  Also several kinds of squash were transplanted, both slicer and pickling cucumbers; even a few watermelon and cantelope.  Now, we hope some of that will be ready before tooo long.  Mike Parker’s cabbages will be ready to transplant next week, weather permitting!

The Farmers Market here in Cando, at the City Park, is to start the first Thursday after the 4th of July; that would be July 10.  It was decided at a meeting the last part of April by vendors who could be there that we would change the hours from 5-7 PM so that those who work until 5 would have a better chance to get what they want.  No sales will be made before 5.  Another change is that a person can have half a table for $5.oo; a full table is $10.oo and those who don’t have many products felt they lost all their profit with a full table.

According to Market Manager Joleen Johnston, we will abide by ALL market standards (this excludes the sale of pickles, eggs, processed meat, salsas and a few other things), and prices are to be fairly even.  Jams, baked items, and hand crafted articles are acceptable.  The last Market Day (Sept 25)will be more like a flea market, allowing “home-party type products or individual consultant items”.

There will be door prizes each week, one name drawn from the list of those attending.    For more information, see the article Joleen is putting in the Towner Count Record Herald soon.  If you want to be a part of this activity contact her (Joleen Johnston) at 701-968-3035 or e-mail her at jmjohnston@gondtc.com

Cando has to  have the most beautiful welcoming view of any town in spring!  All along the west side of town, along highway 281, from one end of the town, north/south, the highway is lined with the beautiful blooming white snow crabapple trees!  They are as white as snow!  These were planted years ago by the Cando shade tree committee  volunteers.

The Shade tree committee continues to work to beautify Cando.  A block long row of old evergreens had to be removed as they were old and diseased, and now the Shade tree committee volunteers are working at clearing away the old roots and preparing the way for over 40 new trees to be planted.  It’s a fun group of people who like trees and aren’t afraid to put in some time and work, knowing that the trees planted will grow in beauty in the years to come.  We have only to look at that long street of Snow crabs.  What a sight!

A thriving, vibrant community is like a good cupcake recipe that has been handed down for generations.  A variety of people with different opinions and experiences are like the eggs, flour, sugar and flavorings. Community committees, organizations and councils that work together well are like the cupcake ingredients all mixed up and baked at the right temperature for the correct amount of time. A successful communty event is like a mouthwatering cupcake eaten right out of the oven.  But just as it takes a yummy, creamy, flavorful frosting to make a truly unforgettable cupcake, it takes willing and dedicated volunteers to make a community truly viable, valuable and unforgettable.  Shelly Lord (pictured) is just one of the many Cando volunteers who help this community bake up beautifully!  Yesterday Shelley and Rebecca Kingsley (not pictured) donated their day to judge the 4-H Communication Arts contest held in Langdon, helping 4-Her’s become better public speakers and demonstrators.  Thanks to all the many volunteers who give of their time and talents towards making Cando the Cream of the Crop!