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As the area leapfrogged through the seasons, seeming to skip spring entirely, when the streets of Langdon left unfinished last fall would be completed was a question everyone wondered. The Langdon City Commission and Moore Engineering’s Andrew Aakre were planning and ready for favorable weather to complete street projects as soon as possible. “Much of the time in our part of the country, we are just at the mercy of when conditions are fit to begin working on construction projects again. That can range from early April to late May,” Aakre shared. As residents get set for summer, Aakre shared that there is good news when it comes to the projection for completion dates. Spruce Valley, the contractor for the Phase 2 project which began in 2019, has made good progress thus far through mid-May and is on schedule to complete the project on time for the midJune deadline. The work remaining on the Phase 2 project with Spruce Valley is located primarily on 11th
Avenue, 3rd Street, 5th Street, and 8th Street. The remaining work for the contractor to tackle is some concrete items curb and gutter, valley gutters, sidewalks and driveways, but a vast majority of the work left to complete is the asphalt paving and the site restoration/seeding. “The original plan was to
to drive on through the winter and spring as well as to allow the trenches, where the pipes have been constructed, experience a freeze/thaw cycle and hopefully realize the majority of any trench settling that will occur. That way, major deficiencies can be corrected prior to the final paving being completed.” However, the unpredictable
complete all the concrete and the bottom lift of the asphalt paving last fall then wait until this spring to finish with the final top lift of asphalt paving,” Aakre said. “The reason the paving had been planned to be split over two construction seasons is to have a paved surface
North Dakota weather brought an early, large snowfall event. This was followed by inclement weather conditions that prevented construction to be able to completed and still get a quality product for the residents of Langdon to drive on over the winter. With that weather delay,
Anna Spivey named ND American Legionnaire of the Year You know her when you see her. What many may not know is that a common figure in the Langdon community was nominated by Langdon Post #98 to be the North Dakota American Legion Legionnaire of the Year. Anna Spivey was announced as the 2019 recipient of the Legionnaire of the Year Award in the March issue of the ND American Legion News publication. “I knew they had nominated me, but I was surprised I had won. I feel that people must appreciate what I do, but I just try to do for the Legion and the community what I can with no expectation of reward,” Spivey said. Anna has 23 continuous years of membership with Post #98 following a long involvement in military life as both an active duty member and spouse of an active member. She hasn’t been as active as she has been in the past with involvement in the county museum, Frost Fire, and, of course, veteran-related activities such as American Legion and veter-
an services. “I do these things, and I’m always trying to promote and make people aware of what is available in the community. The Legion has all these youth programs. I try to make sure that information is put out. I just try to benefit the community,” Spivey shared. Anna was raised in the Wales area and graduated from Lang-
don High School. Upon graduation, she entered the US Army and attended basic training at Ft. McClennan, Ala.. Upon completion she was trained in the medical field at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, then on to Ft. Benning, Ga., where she worked as a health nurse and in preventative medicine.
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“My duty assignment was army health nurse. We taught prenatal classes for parents and did all the immunizations for military dependents of our service members. The army health nurse would do basically what a public health nurse does,” Spivey explained. During her time in the military, she met Linwood Spivey, a career soldier who was also in the medical field as a combat medic. They were married and became proud parents of two sons. Linwood served two tours in Vietnam, one in Korea and was stationed in Germany twice. Over the course of her husband’s career, Spivey was active and involved in their military lifestyle wherever they were stationed. “I have always tried to be helpful to people. On the last tour to Germany, I was part of like the advisory board for our commissary which would be like our grocery store. I was asked to be on that board. I was active with the Red Cross, cont. on page 2
the remainder of those items had to wait until this spring. In preparation for the completion of the work in the next few weeks, the contractor is preparing the aggregate base for paving operations and repairing some soft spots and areas that were hit especially hard with the spring snowmelt. “The contract date for substantial completion of the work is June 12, and currently, the contractor is on schedule. Their current plan is to be paving the streets the week of Memorial Day,” Aakre said. Meanwhile, Phase 1 work that is left is more than what was hoped for two years after it was suppose to be done. There is still quite a number of outstanding correctional items on the Phase 1 project with Quam Construction that primarily involves 7th Street and 12th Avenue. Generally, the remaining items can be described as concrete and asphalt repairs. There is some curb and gutter, valley gutter, and 7th Street concrete panel repairs on the concrete portion. There are some asphalt corrections to be made as well, primarily on 12th Avenue. “The schedule of when this cont. on page 2
Lafrenz Seed Solutions now serving area For Austin Lafrenz, the seed business is family tradition. When the opportunity for re-entering the trade was presented, Lafrenz took it as a chance to, once again, have a part in the agricultural community of Langdon. “I was pretty much raised out at the seed plant when I was growing up. There is just
the business until 2007. When the location came up for sale, Lafrenz saw the opportunity to rekindle the family tradition of providing quality seed services to the area. “This is the chance to step back into the business, hopefully grow it, and service Cavalier County customers,” Lafrenz said.
a lot of history up there, and I always loved the business,” Lafrenz explained. The Lafrenz name has been a part of the ag sector since the late 60's when Lafrenz's grandfather was part of the seed business. This continued with his father operating
Lafrenz is ready to create the relationships with producers that will make for longstanding customers. Lafrenz shares that he is available day or night to assist producers and meet their needs. That personal relationship will be stronger cont. on page 3
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