The shoppette will remain open 5 a.m. to midnight Sunday to Thursday and until 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday. A Grand Forks Air Force Base family member was recently selected to attend the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership conference in June. Bryan Eriksen, son of Col. Larry Eriksen, 319th Logistics Group commander, and a sophomore at Grand Forks Central High School, will travel to either Fargo, N.D., or Bismarck, N.D., to take part in the conference with other high school sophomores from throughout the state. High school sophomores are eligible to participate in the conference and are selected by evaluation of a resume, essay and interview.
Participation is voluntary.
Being new to the school, I knew it would be difficult to establish a leadership role right away. This program helped me establish some of that leadership. Bryan's long list of extra-curricular activities may very well also have helped him establish himself as a leader. Bryan lists his father and retired Lt. Gen. Kenneth Eickmann as his two biggest inspirations. Bryan's choice of inspirational leaders reflects his future plans.