The Jamestown Sun hands out these bravos this week:
* Bravo to the news that Edgeley, N.D., is getting a brand-new community pool. The pool will have a 100-foot water slide, swimming and diving areas and a zero-entry wading pool for younger children. Its opening is set for June, which will coincide with the city's 125th anniversary celebration.
* Bravo to Dan Faust, of Valley City, N.D., and all the volunteers who helped him harvest 28 tons of produce that he donated to the Great Plains Food Bank. More than 200 Valley City State University students and other volunteers helped bring in the squash, potatoes, onions, carrots, beets and cabbage.
* Bravo to the Stern family, who received the Minnesota State University Moorhead's 30th annual L.B. Hartz Professional Achievement Award. It's presented annually by MSUM's College of Business and Industry to those who have created economic opportunities for others through innovation, entrepreneurship and community service. The family has been in business in North Dakota since 1879.
* Bravo to the 82-year-old Jamestown man who discovered an intruder in his home last week and held him at gunpoint until police arrived. Police haven't identified the man who defended his home and protected his wife.
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* Bravo to Bart Schott, the Kulm, N.D., farmer who recently reached the end of his term as president of the National Corn Growers Association. Schott worked to promoted ethanol nationwide during his tenure and helped arrange a partnership with NASCAR to promote the E15 ethanol blend.
(Editorials are the opinion of Jamestown Sun management and the newspaper's editorial board)
