I picked up my first library card since highschool! I uhhh graduated in 1989…read more The staff were super helpful. I hate to admit it, things have changed JUST A BIT since I was last in a library. They don't even have those little cards anymore... Staff gave me the info on how to pull up books and movies at the touch of a button, as well as audiobooks - why read when your phone can read to you? For freeeee! When I think of the money I've been spending on my Kindle app, ugh... oh well, live and learn.

Gosh, why am I the one writing all these new reviews? social media is here, even in little Minot…read more Ok, I have done this before and I can do it again. What a sweet little library this nice town has. Books for kids, teens and ok, even adults I guess. Great children's section downstairs, very private or away from the adults/teens upstairs. But the upstairs is also very cool and friendly. A very awesome media area in the back for teens (and adults), lots of new books and their books on tape section is very good. Dean Koontz and I are going to take a looong drive over to visit Kalispell in a few weeks. I am a big fan of public libraries, were would we be without them? I grew up with a beautiful Carnegie Library in my small rural town and yes, Minot has a Carnegie over off Main Street. What's a Carnegie Library? well, good question. Come to the library and look that up. : )

Velva PO rocks!!! I've dealt with the Oceanside CA post office regarding a lot Macbook and after a…read morebunch of lame excuses and NOT EVEN TRACKING IT, they told me to wait longer and refused to even offer me a plan of action. I've insured this for $1500 and Oceanside wouldn't even tell me what to do. I called Velva (cuz I shipped it from there) and Brad is on it!!!! Keep in mind also, this was after a 2 minute phone call. I had been on the phone on hold for over 2 hrs in Oceanside and stood at the PO over 40 minutes only to get shuffled along and blown off. So glad Velva has a real honest hard working proud Postal worker who is happy to help

Rarely busy but always a ton of workers. Usually, there are staff in training. I'm not sure if the…read moresmall size makes it a great training facility for people heading elsewhere or if turnover is that high. There is one point of entry, pre-check to the left, everyone else to the right. Sometimes the ask you to scan your boarding pass, so, i keep mine handy. On average, security is -5min, even if they check your bag. Interestingly, I've had quite the mix of very thorough checks of every day items & items I expected to be pulled over for go through without a hitch. Today we were pulled for a set of coasters we had in the carry-on to take to my MIL. They were very careful with the check & repack, to the point the supervisor told them to just give it to us to put back before we miss our flight. (We were still ok on time, but it probably wasn't a 3-man job.) On entry, you're directed to 1 of the 2 scanners. Precheck gets a laminated card & goes through the walk through scanner. The new equipment scanning bags is painfully slow, though it's said to be more efficient. I can't imagine how it would go in a busy hub. Well, that's today's experience. Time to get on the plane to MSP.

Pretty normal TSA security. Gets a tad backed up depending on the time of day. Generally thirty…read moreminutes before flights otherwise it's fairly dead. One officer fields boarding passes for pre check and the normal line. Sometimes it maybe faster to go through the regular line regardless of your pre check status. Just saying. Staff has always been polite. But I'm proactive about not carrying twenty bucks in nickels on my person. Removing shoes and belt before etc. Metal detectors. A body scanner. Benches after to put your shoes back on. Onto your gate to board within two minutes. The TSA lines with more workers are slower! People ARE actively being reviewed or trained. Seems counter intuitive but choose the lines with one person working. They can handle the load by themselves and you will be through much faster than the line with four TSA people. Trust me.