The Olson's loaned their original Rosemeade paperweight to the potters so they could make a mold from it. Therefore the commemorative is an exact copy of the original but about ¼ smaller. On the bottom are the words NDPCS 1998-2009 Wahpeton ND along with the potters logo, a frog for Ted & Nedra Hoberg Frog Point Pottery of Grand Forks, ND. The gold #1 commemorative was raffled off with the silver #2 and Bronze #3 being auctioned off at the banquet on Saturday night. These were the same as the regular, but with gold, silver or bronze on the edge of the pages of the book. The bottoms had the additional markings Special with #1, #2 or #3. The winner of the gold was Lorraine Williams. The winning bidder of the silver was Jeff Fratzke and the bronze was Brad Bird. Enclosed with the commemorative was a copy of the original base label.
 

        The Chahinkapa Park Visitor's Register is the second piece of pottery that Laura Taylor created for the Wahpeton Pottery Company. The register was publicized as the world's largest book. It is 33" high, 58" wide, 9½" thick and weighs 507 pounds. It is displayed by the door at the Richland County Museum and is still in use today.

 
     We would like to thank the potters (Ted & Nedra) for doing a wonderful job on the commemoratives. Also a thank you goes out to Ann Christman and Father Krystosek for helping with the commemoratives at the convention.