Grocery store opens on Ridge

November 20, 2008

 

Following a ribbon cutting the evening of Nov. 18, The Ridge Supermarket is open for business.

The Myers Group, which took only two weeks to remodel and restock the store, moved in after Village Foods IGA moved out. The new store has goods ranging from groceries to vacuum cleaners.

 

Maintenance worker Dale Danielson puts price tags on merchandise racks in the new IGA Ridge Supermarket.

Maintenance worker Dale Danielson puts price tags on merchandise racks in the new IGA Ridge Supermarket.

 

Read more

Principal gets to be ‘King for a Day’

November 20, 2008

 

If radio station 94.1 KMPS staff were to write a country song about Tim Nootenboom — principal of Cascade View Elementary School — they would write about how he knows the first, last and sometimes middle names of about 680 children.

Instead of writing a song, the radio station awarded him “King for a Day,” a monthly honor bestowed upon local people their listeners admire.

 

Jan Clayton from KMPS presents Principal Tim Nootenboom with a crown and treats from Burger King.

Jan Clayton from KMPS presents Principal Tim Nootenboom with a crown and treats from Burger King.

 

 

Read more