HBA publishes 2009 membership directory, guide

F-M Metro Area - The Home Builders Association of Fargo-Moorhead has published its 2009 Membership Directory & Buyer’s Guide. It is available free of charge for consumers at several locations across the metro area and at the HBA office at 1802 32nd Ave. S, Fargo. Visit www.hbafm.com and click on “Member Directory” to view a list of current distributors.

Growing raspberries in the back yard

When we first moved into our present home, we were blessed with a raspberry patch in the back yard. We enjoyed their sweet abundance for many years, but then decided to build a garage on that space.

Advertising topic of May Round Table

West Funeral Home’s next Nostalgic Round Table will be held on Tuesday, May 6, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. The topic of discussion will be advertising then and now, focusing on TV commercials and magazine advertising during the1950s to 1970s.

Starting plants indoors gives head start

The growing season is the time between the last freeze in spring and the first freeze in autumn. The average last occurrence of temperatures 32 degrees or lower for Fargo is May 15, and September 26 is the average first date in the fall when the temperature drops to 32 degrees. This means that Fargo has a mean freeze-free period of 130 days. Although this is 10 days longer than in Minot, it is still short compared to southern states. Because those dates are average, there is an equal chance that the temperature could fall below 32 degrees a few days sooner or later than those dates.

Lake Agassiz Habitat for Humanity dedicates twin homes

Several community organizations have come together to help two Iraqi families build a new home and a better life in America. Volunteer soldiers from the North Dakota Army National Guard and Air National Guard, Lutheran Social Services, WDAY-AM 970 radio, and Congressman Earl Pomeroy’s office, partnered together with Lake Agassiz Habitat for Humanities to build a twin home in West Fargo. The twin home will become home for an Iraqi widow and her seven children on one side. Her refuge brother and his family will live in the adjacent home.

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