ADAMS

Hettinger - Adults in Hettinger want to recreate the experience of a night at the outdoor theater at 9 p.m. Wednesday, and kids older than 13 are invited to the band shell at Mirror Lake, where a comedy movie will be projected onto a 16-foot fabric piece for nighttime movie fun. Bring blankets and lawn chairs. The event is free and sponsored by the Youth Pillar Project.

- Adams County Record

BILLINGS

Medora - The Board of School Lands will hold an oil and gas lease auction at 9 a.m. Aug. 5 at the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Medora. Call 328-2800 or go to www.land.nd.gov for a list of tracts being offered at the auction.

- Billings County Pioneer

BOWMAN

Bowman - John Hoganson, an expert in North Dakota paleontology, will present "Prehistoric Life in North Dakota," at 7 tonight in the Frontier Room at the Pioneer Trails Regional Museum in Bowman. The alley entrance will be open.

Reeder - A Shakespeare Acting camp will be held from 9 a.m. to noon today through Friday at the Reeder school for students grades seven through 12. Call Michelle Engraf at 853-2823 for availability.

- Bowman County Pioneer

DUNN

Halliday - Halliday is looking for parade entries for its Aug. 9 all school reunion and fall festival. Also, the town is looking for crafters and home based businesses for a show the same day in the Triangle Bar. For information, call Sandy at 938-6195.

- Dunn County Herald

EMMONS

Linton - The Emmons County Farmers Union annual picnic will be held at noon Sunday at the Seeman Park in Linton. Hotdogs and hamburgers will be provided and everyone is asked to bring a salad or snack to share. The camp bus will leave the park at 12:45 p.m.

Emmons County - A special election for Emmons County Commission districts 1 and 5 will be held Aug. 12, either by mail-in ballot or by polling at the Emmons County Courthouse in Linton. The special election is being held because improper ballot instructions were included on the primary ballot.

- Emmons County Record

GRANT

New Leipzig - The New Leipzig crop variety tour will be held at 6 tonight at the Daryl Birdsall farm south of New Leipzig. Supper will be served. Sponsors include the Grant County Ag Improvement and North Dakota State University Extension Service. Also, the Grant County Soil Conservation and Natural Resource Conservation Service will hold a riding range tour starting with saddle-up at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Blue Hill Ranch, 17 miles south of Highway 21 from the Leith turnoff. The tour will include grazing specialists and supper. Call 622-3381 for information and to attend.

- Grant County News

HETTINGER

New England - The Public Service Commission will hold a public hearing at 10 a.m. July 29 in the Memorial Hall in New England on a request for a time waiver and consolidation application by Basin Electric Power Cooperative for a 74-mile 230 kV transmission line from Belfield to Rhame. For information, call 328-2400.

Regent - A special meeting of the Mott-Regent School Board will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Regent gym. The agenda includes a possible motion to rescind a vote to close the classrooms at Regent, along with re-adoption of a supermajority vote to implement major changes and a public apology for some board members' comments made at a June 30 meeting.

- Billings County Pioneer, The Herald

KIDDER

Steele - The Kidder County District Health Unit will conduct a free child's car seat check from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday at the health unit office in Steele. New car seats also will be available. Seats will be checked for recall, safety standards, installation and appropriatness for child's age and weight.

- Steele Ozone and Kidder County Press

LOGAN

Napoleon - The Logan County Farmers Union will hold a potluck picnic at noon Sunday at the Napoleon City Park. Hamburgers, drinks and food service items will be furnished. The bus leaves from the picnic to camp at 2 p.m. and the Farmers Union will pay the bus fee.

- Napoleon Homestead

MCINTOSH

Ashley - "The Fourth Wall," a murder mystery theater, will be presented at The Hayloft in rural Ashley at 7:45 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Tickets are $10 and reservations can be made by calling 288-2190.

- Ashley Tribune

MCKENZIE

Keene - The Keene Volunteer Fire Department will serve hotdogs and hamburgers at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Keene Park and host games for children and adults. Proceeds will go toward new emergency pagers for the fire crew.

- McKenzie County Farmer

MCLEAN

Washburn - The Washburn Municipal Airport Authority will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Aug. 11 at the Washburn City Hall to receive comment for an Environmental Assessment on a project to construct a 5,000-foot runway, with turnarounds, lighting, signs and markings at Washburn. The project involves purchase of up to 200 acres and abandoning about 2,400 feet of public section line. The existing runway would be removed from service. Information on the project is available at the Washburn Public Library and city hall.

- The Leader-News

MERCER

Hazen - The sixth annual Praise on the Prairie gospel festival will be held Friday and Saturday at Riverbend Ranch, five miles northeast of Hazen. For more information call Steve Hildebrand at 748-2269, or go to www.praiseontheprairie.com. Stanton - Anyone who wants to attend the Stanton all-class reunion banquet Aug. 2 at Stanton can call Karen Miller at 745-3303, or Jane Clayton at 745-3702. The reunion is scheduled July 31 through Aug. 3.

- The Hazen Star

MOUNTRAIL

New Town - The New Town Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing at noon July 22 in the New Town City Library to hear an application from Kyle Waliezer, Eagle Production Services, to rezone an 80-acre tract one mile east of New Town from agricultural to commercial. The land is within the city's one-mile zoning jurisdiction.

Parshall - The annual meeting of Dakota Quality Grain Cooperative will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the American Legion building in Parshall. Registration starts at 6 p.m.

- New Town News

SIOUX

Fort Yates - A "fun in the sun" recruitment day will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Sitting Bull Community College science and technology center at Fort Yates. The day will include a $500 scholarship drawing for any new students who register. Lunch will be served.

- Teton Times

STARK

Belfield - A final ride for your pesticide through Project Safe Send will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday at the Department of Transportation building in Belfield. The collection is free for people who need to dispose of old or banned pesticides and other chemicals.

Taylor - The 15th annual Taylor Horse Fest will be held July 25-27 at Taylor, including the Taylor Horse Fest Musical at 7:30 p.m. July 25 and July 26, a parade lineup at 9 a.m. July 26 and a pancake and sausage breakfast at 7 a.m. July 27 at the Taylor Opera House. Exhibits and demonstrations of horse drawn equipment will be held throughout the festival.

- Bowman County Pioneer, The Hebron Herald

WELLS

Fessenden - The annual meeting of the Farmers Union Oil Company will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the American Legion Hall in Fessenden. A supper will be followed by a business meeting and election of two directors. Jim Wiesz is secretary.

Harvey - Project Safe Send, a program to collect unused pesticides, insecticides and other chemicals will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the North Dakota Department of Transportation maintenance yard at Harvey.

- The Herald-Press