What makes a small town tick?  It is the people that have put in their time, talent and energy.  Since we are an agricultural based economy, we take pride and thank the farmers and all people involved with the farming industry.  We also are thankful for school staff and our educational system, our many coaches and directors who provide leadership for all our extracurricular activities, and our many service clubs and organizations and the churches that sponsor and have many functions for our children and adults to enjoy. 

I need to give a huge thank you to all the people that helped finish the Argyle Historical Depot Museum addition and the playground and soccer unit at the school.

Congratulations to our new councilman, David Gunderson, and the re-election of Roger Lehrman.  Our thanks goes out to Rick Neuschwander and his years of service on the city council and Melanie Nelson for the interim. 

The City of Argyle is undertaking a major water and sewer construction project.  The nearly three million dollar project is 60% complete at this time and final completion date is set for August 15, 2011.  $2.3 million is to be financed through the USDA and a grant of $600,000 from Rural Development.  I know our streets will be an inconvenience for the spring and summer, but having a reliable water and sewer system for years to come will be beneficial to all. 

Wiktel has almost completed installing their high speed internet and fiber optic cable system for the residents of Argyle.

On behalf of the City of Argyle, I would like to invite everyone to visit our community and attend our annual "Meet Your Neighbor Day" festivities held on the weekend of June 25, 2011.

Sincerely,
Bob Clausen
Mayor

          COMMENTS FROM...THE ARGYLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPER

The cover of this year's newspaper was a fun one to put together.  History repeating itself in such a unique way for a small town was fun to research.

Darlene (Erickson) Stoner lives in Modesto, CA, and Donna Erickson lives in Antioch, CA.  Derell was living in Texas at the time of his death.  Tom and Ted Yutrzenka were born in Duluth, MN, and moved to Argyle when they were 3 or 4 years old.  Tom and Ted both live in Argyle.  Bonnye (Carlson) Sorenson and Barbara (Carlson) Spicer were born in St. Petersburg, FL, and moved to Argyle when they were 8 months old.  Bonnye lives in Argyle.  Barbara lives in Grand Forks, ND.  They all enjoyed their Class of 1955 reunion during Meet Your Neighbor Day 2010.

Jace, Kory, and Liam McMahon were born the Tuesday after our 2010 Meet Your Neighbor Day weekend and live in Argyle.  Danica and Ryan Swanson moved from Moorhead and now live in Argyle.  Liam and Luke Kasprowicz live in rural Stephen.

I have been very busy writing grants for the Argyle Historical Society and the City of Argyle.  I have been writing grants for the Save the Bridge project.  I have spoken with Senator Stumpf about funding for projects that the City of Argyle needs to address.  But, like our economy, money sources are tight.

We are so lucky in Argyle to have the commercial and industrial businesses that are located here.  I encourage shopping locally with our merchants.  There is nothing like hometown service.

Many area residents have enjoyed the fruits of Jerry Hapka's truck farm labor.  Don't forget to look for Jerry's strawberry and other fruit and vegetable ads this summer.  He had to create waiting lists for his excellent pick-your-own strawberries last year!

The Argyle Rural Economic Development Authority and the City of Argyle welcome the new home owners, new business, and are pleased to see the business transactions occurring.

 Sincerely,

Colleen Radeke
Economic Developer

                          WELCOME FROM THE A.R.E.D.A. BOARD

The Argyle Rural Economic Development Authority (A.R.E.D.A.) Board has been committed to improving the the business and residential climate of Argyle. They meet once a month and are working on a number of projects in the Argyle community.  One of their priority projects has been the campaign to market Argyle.  They are delighted with the response to the marketing effort and WELCOME all new residents to the community of Argyle.

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