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Layton Jacobson has done it again. He is a state champion in archery. He claimed the top spot in middle school boys' 3D for the second year in a row with a score of 285. Consistency and careful calculation have been the hallmarks of his championship run for two years running. His score improved from 282 in last year's state tournament. The North Dakota NASP State Tournament brought Jacobson and nearly 700 other archers to the North Dakota State Fair Center in Minot on Friday and Saturday, March...
Let's get this par-tee started! It might not be quite golfing weather, but you'll wish you were out on the greens this spring. Beginning next Friday DPRCA presents "The Fox on the Fairway," a charmingly madcap adventure about love, life and man's eternal love affair with ... golf. This hilarious romantic comedy pulls the rug out from underneath the stuffy patrons of a private country club. Filled with mistaken identities, slamming doors and over-the-top shenanigans, it's a furiously paced farce...
At a 90-minute city commission meeting on Monday, March 6, officials had further discussion on three proposals first brought before them at the February meeting. Proposed changes to the 15-year-old Housing Incentive Program jointly administered by the city and NRABC were first on the docket. The Housing Incentive Program is designed to encourage current and potential residents to invest in the city’s housing stock. They receive “perks” by purchasing or renovating an existing home or build...
I got my annual Girl Scout Cookie fix last Friday. One of my favorite two Girl Scouts, my niece Megan, showed up just before supper time to make her pitch. I was happy to take a full case (and a couple extra boxes) off her hands in support of a good cause. Now, a few days later, as I munched on a Tagalong while trying to come up with a topic for this column, I got an idea. Personality tests are popular these days, particularly in work settings. Companies want to know what motivates a potential...
Our physical and virtual worlds are colliding at a seemingly breakneck pace. Gaming recently joined the ranks of school-sanctioned sports. NR-S is in the middle of its third season of having a competitive team, and my son is a member of the Valorant II team. First introduced in 2019, Valorant is a team-based tactical shooter and first-person shooter game developed and published by Riot Games. Folks, this is quite a different experience than any other in high school sports. My son plays from the...
Harvey hosted its first NASP archery tournament on Saturday, February 25, and NR-S archers certainly made their presence known. The Harvey Eagle Eye Tournament offered both bullseye and 3D divisions, and dozens of NR-S archers took the opportunity to compete. In the bullseye division held in the high school gym, Layton Jacobson led the way for the Rockets. He scored a 285, first place among middle school boys and the highest boy's score overall. Right behind Jacobson was Koy Zieman with a 284,...
This past weekend I had the opportunity to do something a little different. The 4-H Shooting Sports and Outdoor Skills Club in Eddy County spent time in the Turtle Mountain region, particularly at Lake Metigoshe State Park north of Bottineau. The trip was organized by club leader Mike Brazil, who believes it's important to get youth outside, experiencing the outdoors. "I look at how we grew up, and then I see how our kids are growing up," Mike said to me Saturday, "and I want them to get...
NR-S archers competed at the Gackle-Streeter Bullseye Tournament in Gackle on Saturday, Feb. 18. Layton Jacobson was back on top, not only among his teammates, but in the whole tournament. Jacobson scored a 284, the best overall of the tournament among the boys. He earned the gold medal in the middle school boys’ division as well. Koy Zieman shot his highest score of the season, a 281, and finished third among the middle school boys. Lance Ziegler joined his teammates at the top of the middle s...
The Wilton Miners hosted their annual archery tournament on Saturday, Feb. 11. Archers competed in both bullseye and 3D, and there were some new competitors at the top of the ranks for NR-S. Senior Mark McDowell had an exceptional bullseye tournament, scoring 284, his personal best. He finished first overall in high school boys and was also named the top overall male archer in the tournament. Classmate Kyria Dockter earned a bronze medal in the high school girls’ division, scoring a 266. In t...
New Rockford appears to be heading the same direction as many other North Dakota communities. Amanda Hegland, Executive Director of the New Rockford Area Betterment Corporation, appealed to the city commission Monday, Feb. 6 to impose a new tax to support tourism. Hegland proposed that the city impose a lodging tax, which will be added to all hotel, motel and lodge accommodations within the city for periods of fewer than 30 consecutive calendar days, or one month. Payment of fees for extended...
I’ve seen a few Facebook posts from parents and grandparents showing their valentine box-making adventures recently, and just this morning we printed some artwork for one NR-S student’s valentine box. I can’t help but smile and cringe at the same time. I’m not particularly good at crafting valentine boxes, and I remember struggling to help my kids execute their ideas. I like wrapping presents, so the best I could come up with was to wrap an ample-sized box using the back side of some Christm...
Yet another home archery tournament is in the books for NR-S. A total of 275 archers representing 14 schools met in the New Rockford-Sheyenne School Gym on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 3 and 4. Layton Jacobson shot the high score for the Rockets, a 283, and finished second among middle school boys. His teammate Braylon Alfstad finished third in middle school boys with a score of 279. Koy Zieman brought home the fifth place medal in the division by scoring a 271. Bradyn Collier and Kyria Dockter...
Change is coming to N.D. high school basketball much like a freight train rolling down the track. Sports Reporter Erik Gjovik broke down the details of the latest proposal to move to a three-class system for basketball in a feature story this week. As he was unpacking all the information in the 22-page proposal, Gjovik discovered that the change would also greatly affect our newspaper coverage of area teams. Right now, the New Rockford Transcript primarily covers New Rockford-Sheyenne...
Carrington Public School hosted its annual archery tournament on Saturday, Jan. 28, and over 200 archers from 15 different schools across the state faced off in bullseye and 3D competition. NR-S archers led in both the boys and girls division of the bullseye tournament, held in the East Gym. Sophomore Bradyn Collier scored a personal best, 287, and was named the Best Overall Male Archer. Senior Kyria Dockter topped all the female archers in the bullseye tournament with a score of 272. Gavyn...
"You're in charge of everything from toilets to half million dollar boilers, and everything in between." That's how the Chamber's January Employee of the Month describes the role he has held for just over a year. Lucas Weisenburger, a 1998 graduate of New Rockford High School, is back roaming the halls of his alma mater. He began working as O & M Manager at NR-S in the fall of 2021. He was recognized by the Chamber for his excellent service to the school district, for the care he takes in...
Veteran newspaperman Allen Stock has been out of the Independent office for a few weeks now. This is the first time since I purchased the newspaper in October 2021 that he has been absent for more than a few days. Let me tell you, readers, it has been an adjustment. Over the past 45 years, he has answered the office landline in the evening and on the weekends. If he is there when it rings, he picks up the phone. He also drops by the office everyday, even if only to check the building to see...
Rocket archers were on target last Saturday, earning the top five spots in their season-opening bullseye tournament in Kensal on Jan. 21. Top overall male archer honors went to Layton Jacobson, the eighth grader who finished in the top 10 at the world tournament last year. Jacobson shot a 285 and finished first in the middle school boys division and first overall. NR-S sophomore Bradyn Collier was right behind, with a score of 282. He finished first in the high school boys division. Jackson...
Every penny counts. That’s certainly true for the City of New Rockford, which collected $388,536.66 in sales tax revenue last year, 3 percent more than in 2021. According to information obtained from Auditor Becki Schumacher, the total sales tax revenue has increased each of the last five years, after dipping down a bit from 2015 to 2017. Currently, one-half of 1 percent is used to pay off USDA debt for the water project, which has been collected since 2019. The remaining 2 percent is divided u...
Sheyenne GRIT (Growth, Renewal, Imagination, Teamwork) was the recipient of a Vibrancy Grant from the N.D. Department of Commerce’s Main Street Initiative in December. The $1,500 award was designated for improvements to Ostby Hall. “Sheyenne volunteers are known for working together to serve large quantities of homemade food. From our long running traditional Stone-Pit Barbeque Dinner every 4th of July, to spaghetti benefits for neighbors in need; we know how to bring people together over a gre...
We’re only a few days into the state legislative session, and North Dakota newspaper publishers find themselves thrust into a battle to protect the public’s access to information. Senate Bill (SB) 2143, a bill that would eliminate publication of insurance abstracts in newspapers, was heard by the Senate’s Industry, Business and Labor Committee last week. Insurance abstracts, or short briefs that illustrate the financial position of insurance companies that write policies in North Dakota, are pub...
Local entities ended the year addressing roof issues caused by heavy snowfall in December. The City of New Rockford held two discussions about the flat roofs at the Brown Memorial and the Eddy-New Rockford Library. The Brown Memorial roof had been leaking, so public works staff investigated potential solutions. Before Christmas, city workers cleared heavy snow from the flat roof. In the process, employee Jason Munson was hit in the head with a chunk of ice that had fallen from the roof. He...
We’re in the last week of holiday break for my college-aged daughter, and I’m wondering how it went so quickly. We’ve gone over her grades from her first semester as a full-time college student, and she’s looking ahead to her spring semester schedule. Over the past three weeks, she’s visited friends and family, helped me with a couple of projects at work, and done a fair amount of cooking and cleaning at home. Man, I’m going to miss that as soon as she’s gone again! By the time many of you read...
Locals know him as the "sandwich artist" at Casey's General Store. He also stocks shelves and handles customer checkout at Dollar General five nights a week, and keeps the fairways at the golf course groomed all summer. The three-job-wonder, Stephen Hottinger, was named the Chamber's December Employee of the Month for December. Hottinger has been a resident of New Rockford for six short years, and in that time he's certainly made an impression. "I've found a little niche in this town," he said w...
This Christmas was definitely one to remember for some, and not necessarily in a great way. Some didn’t make it home due to the ridiculous weather we’ve been having. Others I know were sick with COVID, or influenza, or RSV, or some other unknown respiratory virus, so they resorted to rest on the big day. We were fortunate. Everyone was healthy after a rough bout with sickness around Thanksgiving, and we only had to travel about five blocks to our Christmas Day celebration at my mot...
"It sounded like dynamite going off." That's how Manager Glenda Collier explained the sudden collapse of the Rockford Theatre roof on Monday morning, Dec. 19. Due to the intense snow load from the winter storm the week before, the entire roof from the screen to the projection room collapsed onto the main floor at about 10:30 a.m. that day. In seconds, the historic movie theater that has been a fixture in downtown New Rockford for more than a century was forced to take an intermission. Two...
