Gershman, Mitzel make national magazine
Happy Harry's owner Hal Gershman and general manager Dustin Mitzel appear on the May/June cover of Beverage Dynamics magazine.
The two are shown amid racks of wine for a five-page article titled "Still Smiling at Happy Harry's."
Wallwork wins award
Wallwork Truck Center received Kenworth Truck Co.'s Gold Dealer Excellence Award, presented to outstanding performance dealers in the U.S. and Canada.
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According to a company news release, Wallwork Truck Center was one of only five dealers across the two nations to receive the award.
The Gold Award is based on 541 standards, which measure performance in terms of customer satisfaction, timed performance, management practices, trained personnel, parts, body shop and service capabilities, efficiencies and facility quality.
Wallwork Truck Center, which recently opened a new parts store in Fergus Falls, Minn., serves North Dakota and parts of South Dakota and Minnesota.
Brown Bag focuses on colors
Eric Giltner, business development specialist for the Small Business Administration, will present "Cool Colors for Business" from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at The Chamber, 202 North Third St. in Grand Forks.
The cost is $20 per person, including lunch. RSVP by Tuesday at info@gochamber .
org or call (701) 772-7271.
High Plains begins membership drive
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High Plains Cooperative will hold eight public meetings in June to allow producers of North Dakota-made products and services to join the new marketing cooperative.
The Grand Forks meeting is at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the C'mon Inn, 3051 32nd Ave. S.
The co-op is open to members of North Dakota's Pride of Dakota Program, which has been in existence for 25 years. If a producer of a product or service in North Dakota is not a member of the Pride of Dakota Program and wishes to join High Plains Cooperative, they will need to join Pride of Dakota as well.
"Pride of Dakota members may purchase one common stock in High Plains Cooperative," said Marlo Anderson, president of the new North Dakota cooperative. "Only 200 shares of common stock will be available."
Greg Kempel said High Plains Co-op treasurer, Lake Agassiz Regional Development Corp. of Fargo will provide low-interest loans to help members finance their stock shares. Kempel said there will be no penalty for early pay-off.
In addition to the 200 shares of common stock, the co-op will offer 140,000 shares of preferred stock to the general public. The minimum purchase is 10 shares.
For more information on the membership and equity drive, call Anderson at (701) 663-4155, (701) 391-8955 (cell) or e-mail marlo@awesome2
products.com.
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More information on Dakota Cooperative Association and High Plains Cooperative can be found at www.dakotaco-op.com .
AgriData supports Farm Rescue
AgriData Inc. of Grand Forks made a cash donation to Farm Rescue, a nonprofit organization that plants and harvests crops free of charge for family farmers who have suffered a major illness, injury or natural disaster.
Farm Rescue provides assistance to farm families throughout North Dakota, South Dakota, western Minnesota and eastern Montana. Assistance to these families is 100 percent dependent on sponsors and donations. All donations are used to pay for the expenses associated with planting and harvesting. Farm Rescue has helped 101 farm families through crises since 2006.
