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Gov. Dalrymple names Langehaug to the ACOVA

By Scott Wagar

11/11/2014

Bottineau veteran, Myron Langehaug, has been appointed to the Administrative Committee on Veteran Affairs (ACOVA) as a director and will serve on the committee to assist veterans in their affairs.

According to Lonnie Wangen, commissioner of the ACOVA, Governor Jack Dalrymple appointed Langehaug to the ACOVA position, who received Langehaug’s nomination through the North Dakota AMVETS.

“While on the ACOVA, Myron will serve on several subcommittees which serve the veterans of North Dakota,” Wangen stated in a press release. “The ACOVA oversees the Post War Trust Fund’s interest earnings, legislative laws concerning veterans, North Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs and the Governing Board of Veterans Home.

“ACOVA is compromised of 15 voting members, each appointed by the governor, representing the five major veteran organizations in the state,” Wangen added. “Each year, the governor is to appoint one member from a list of two names submitted by American Legion, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, Disabled American Veterans, AMVETS and Vietnam Veterans of America.”

Wangen also stated that the committee is made up of three non-voting members who serve on the committee in an advisory capacity.

The three additional members include the North Dakota Adjutant General, the Center Director of the Federal Veterans Affairs and the Executive Director of Job Service North Dakota.

Langehaug was born and raised in Bottineau. He is a 1969 graduate of Bottineau High School and served in the U.S. Army and Bottineau’s National Guard Unit as a combat engineer with the 164th Engineer Battalion from 1969 to 1975.

Today, Langehaug is a retired U.S. postal worker and an active member of the North Dakota American Legion and AMVETS.      
Langehaug stated that he is honored to be a member of ACOVA and will be able to assist a number of veterans.  

“ACOVA has a lot of information that I can pick up directly and bring back to our veterans locally,” Langehaug said.

“And, ACOVA helps set the direction for a lot of the benefits and the other items we deal with on the committee. It’s a good deal.”