Trade talk: Bud team coming to Valley City

The world-famous Budweiser Clydesdale hitch is coming to Valley City, N.D.

Expected to arrive June 12, the Budweiser horses will be in Valley City for the "Rally in the Valley" celebration June 17-19.

Valley Sales Co. Inc., area distributor of Anheuser-Busch products is also celebrating its 70th anniversary.

The Clydesdale team will be on display at the Youth Sports Complex on North Central Avenue in Valley City and will participate in the "Rally in the Valley" parade at 10 a.m. on June 18.

For more information contact Greg or Paula Spenningsby at Valley Sales at (701) 252-3950. The Spenningsby family has owned Valley Sales since 1936.

In Top 100

Fargo-based Sundog, a Web-based marketing and advertising firm, has been listed in Advertising Age magazine as one of America's Top 100 interactive firms.

Sundog made its debut on the list at No. 81, based on revenue generated from Web-based marketing and advertising work.

Its work with local companies that reach a global market, like Bobcat and Tecton, also played a role in Sundog being named to the list.

Sundog, 201 5th St. N., was launched in 1996 by

Brent Teiken and Chuck Duffie. The business merged with GL Ness in 2003.

Marketplace ideas

Marketplace for Entrepreneurs is holding several outreach meetings in search of ideas.

"Agriculture Commissioner Roger Johnson and I are collecting information from across the state about the prospects of economic development in our towns and rural communities," said Sen. Kent Conrad.

Johnson and Conrad are sponsors for Marketplace for Entrepreneurs which will be held Jan. 17-18, 2006 in the Fargodome.

The first meeting will be held at 8 a.m. Tuesday at the NDSU Research and Technology Park in Fargo in Room 148-154. For more information call 231-6542.

A second meeting will be held at 8:30 a.m. on

Wednesday at the NDSU Extension Service in the NDSU Alumni Center's Klefstad Room. Call 231-8944 for more information.

Another meeting will be held Wednesday at the Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation at 51 Broadway in Fargo. Call 237-6132 for more information.

At 9 a.m. Thursday meeting will be held at the Leidel Center Conference Room, 207 West Main, in West Fargo. Call 282-0315 or 282-4444 for more information.

Similar meetings will be held at 3 p.m., June 6, at Mayville State University's Heritage Room; 7 p.m., June 9 at Casselton City Hall; 10:30 a.m., June 13, at Chahinkapa Park Hughes Shelter in Wahpeton and at 9 a.m., June 14 at the Ottertail Community Room at Oakes.

For more information call Lynn Clancy at (701) 256-4848 or Joanne Beckman at (701) 328-4754.

Feeding the hungry

In an effort to help feed the more than 36 million Americans who go hungry every year, Red Lobster restaurants around the nation will begin donating unused food to charitable organizations through the company's new "Harvest Food Donation Program."

Starting this week, unused food at Red Lobster's more than 640 restaurants throughout the nation will be bagged, weighed, labeled, chilled or frozen, and stored so that it can be donated to charitable organizations. Red Lobster is partnering with Food Donation Connection, a national organization that teams food service companies with charities that feed the needy.

"The biggest benefit for all of these organizations is that they are receiving a free source of high-quality protein and nutritious food from Red Lobster," stated Bill Reighard, president of the Food Donation Connection. "These organizations can focus on their main mission of helping those in need, instead of worrying about the cost and preparation of the food product."

Several charities will benefit from the program, including the Salvation Army, food banks, homeless shelters and soup kitchens.

"Our goal is to nourish and delight everyone we serve," said Kim Lopdrup, president of Red Lobster. "Through the Harvest Food Donation Program, we will provide countless people in our local communities with healthy, nutritional meals. Even a small amount of food from one of our restaurants will go a long way to help people in need."

The Fargo Red Lobster restaurant, 4215 13th Ave. S., is participating in the program.