Bowdon, ND

What a kick! I was wandering around the house this morning getting ready for church and I started thinking about our situation with the grocery store and locker. I thought to myself, “You know, if people need to invest as a community to keep our store going, would that be so bad?” I calculated that if I had to drive to Fessenden, Carrington, or Harvey once a week to buy groceries, it would cost between $5.00 to $10.00 a trip, and that’s at today’s prices for gas. At that rate, including the 00ps-I-forgot trips, I’d get back a $1,000.00 investment in two years just in fuel savings.

Then, lo and behold, I opened today’s Bismarck Tribune and read an article that was reprinted from the Grant County News. It confirmed in a very vivid and factual way what many of us have been saying all along:  shopping at home makes sense. There is very little price difference in town and out of town, and the cost of fuel negates any savings. In fact, it makes out-of-town groceries prohibitively expensive. If we want to make sure that people on fixed or limited incomes–and I’m one of the fixed–can afford to feed themselves with healthy and nutritious foods, we must work to keep our local grocery store and locker plant open and thriving. 

Be sure to attend the 7:30 p.m. June 3rd meeting at the Community Center to see how you can be involved.

Pam Stewart is the new web master for the Bowdon Website http://www.bowdonnd.com/.  Be looking for a new look and a facelift to our site.  Also, don’t hesitate to send suggestions or additions for the website to pam at stewpj@daktel.com.  Lets make sure that our local events are posted so everyone can have a central place to find the place and times of each event.  Look at the Events page…. You’ll find a slide show of the 2007 Duckfest pictures. 

I can link and/or include events, lists, newsletter, other websites, etc.  Please don’t hesitate to send an email or give me a call.