Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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Thursday evening, Dec. 12, Jeff and Denise Labrensz traveled to Mobridge, S.D., to attend the funeral for Jeff's aunt on Friday forenoon; always sad but sharing time with relatives and friends helps to ease that sadness. From there, they traveled to Bismarck for some shopping and spent the night, returning home late Saturday evening. Jan Loe and Steph were in Fargo one day last week. Peter and Patti Larson were Eddy County delegates to the State Farmers Union Convention on Friday and Saturday at the Bismarck Event Center. Professors and guest s...
Monday morning, Dec. 2, the Main Street Christmas decorations were hung on the light poles through town. The old truck on the loading dock got its Christmas decorations and tree on Saturday. Wed., Dec. 4, Curtis Larson delivered fruit boxes to the Sheyenne residents who ordered from Olivia for a school fundraiser. Community quilters Karen Birkeland, Randy Keller, Bonnie Deegan and Patti Larson finished a couple quilts and started two more last Wednesday. Jan Loe and Pastor Jeff joined them for coffee before the confirmation class showed up on...
Monday, Nov. 25 was the day! Sheyenne GRIT moved the Seastrand house into Sheyenne at 10:30 a.m. It was cold but the four-person crew from Carrington House Moving orchestrated the cribbing, beams, cables and jacks wearing hooded sweatshirts! It was interesting for spectators to watch the process. The crew knew what they were doing and got done just before dark. Early Monday morning, Nov. 25, Ian Gilley drove to Max to catch a ride with his co-worker out to Williston, where the two led a Market Place for Kids activity. Groups of kids were able...
It was a beautiful day Monday, Nov. 18, and many Sheyenne residents were seen in New Rockford at the Vitalant Blood drive. Eunice Throlson again volunteered at the registration table. The Eddy County Farmers Union annual meeting was held at the Eagles Club in New Rockford Tuesday evening, Nov. 19. Peter, Patti and Joanna Larson and Ian Gilley attended from Sheyenne. Resolutions and delegates for the state convention and other updates were part of the discussion facilitated by Jessica Haak from the Jamestown office. When the winter switch...
Saturday, Nov. 9, Marge Anderson, Patti Larson, Neil and Laurie Westby and many residents of Sheyenne, Minnewaukan, New Rockford and Devils Lake communities attended the funeral service for Myron Jury. Besides his superintendent role in our schools, he also was very active in each community in which he lived. As recent as this summer, Patti visited with Myron about the stone pit restoration project in Sheyenne. An experienced stone mason, he was more than willing to share his expertise. Sheyenne offers condolences to Mary and the Jury family....
Margie Anderson and Patti Larson attended the celebration of life reception at the New Rockford Golf Club after gravesite services for Scott Turcotte on Monday. Sheyenne sends condolences to Dick and Mary Ellen Turcotte and their family. Mauritz Carlson stopped at the Larson farm on Sunday. He asked for Joanna's help translating his grandmother's letters handwritten in Swedish. Joanna will get in touch with someone who can do it. Flickertail Wind, LLC's new office open house on Thursday was attended by several Sheyenne area residents. Four...
Last Wednesday, Jan Loe's niece Marcia Bollingberg of Courtney met Jan, Steve and Steph for supper in Jamestown. Halloween night was calm, dry and not very cold so a good number of Trick or Treaters covered the streets of Sheyenne on Thursday night. Tea Cup, the parade cow, had a costume and was seen on the east end of town. Corn harvest was in full swing last week. Lots of pink chaff from the corn (often called bee's wings) lines the edges of Main Street. On Saturday, Nov. 2, Open Season Lodge and Event Center was the venue for a large pool...
Several people from the Sheyenne community attended the funeral of Shirley (Larson) Gillig at Evans Funeral Home in New Rockford Tuesday, Oct. 2. Our condolences to Shirley's family and friends. Pumpkins along Main Street and decorations for Halloween in several yards around town brought a smile to many. Another pleasant week weather-wise allowed construction projects to buzz along. The basement walls are taking shape at 301 Pleasant Avenue. If all goes well, the house move will happen the second week of November. The last bingo of this year...
On Wednesday, Oct. 2, Patti Clifton had noon lunch and a visit with Peg Clifton in Carrington. Later, Patti did a few errands before returning home. Eddy County Public Health had a steady stream of area residents for the vaccination clinic at the Sheyenne Senior Center Thursday morning, Oct. 3. We greatly appreciate Danette and Lisa doing this each year in Sheyenne! Jason Stenberg, Brocket, was out and about on his motorcycle on Sunday, Oct. 6. He stopped in Sheyenne for a visit with Jan and Steph Loe. First Lutheran Church, Sheyenne, will...
On Sunday, Sept. 22, Dave Karlsbraaten and Ken Ames were two of 215 veterans who were on the North Dakota/Minnesota Honor Flight. They were greeted at the Fargo airport with bagpipes playing patriotic music and motorcycle veterans thanking the vets for their service. Upon landing in Baltimore, Md., they loaded buses and the first stop was Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine. This was the birthplace of "The Star-Spangled Banner" written by Francis Scott Key. They were able to see the cannons and bunkers from the War of 1812 and...
Patti Clifton kept a vehicle appointment in Carrington last Friday. While the car was being worked on, Patti and Deanna Erickson had lunch and a visit at Pizza Ranch. Later, Patti did some shopping before returning to Sheyenne. Dianne Hanson called bingo for Sheyenne Civic Association Saturday night, Sept. 21. Bob Hanson and Kathy Albrecht sold cards and Darlene Kolstad served the lunch. Since blackout did not go, $250 will be the amount for Sheyenne Fire Department on September 28. Patti Larson was surrounded by other Sheyenne residents when...
Tiffany Harr called bingo on Saturday, Sept. 14 while Denise Labrensz and Randy Keller sold cards. Patti Larson, Sharon Whitmer and Sandra Larson served lunch. Blackout will be $225 Saturday, Sept. 21, when Sheyenne Civic Association hosts. Gavin Brown had a full crew on Sunday, including his dad and sister, to help remove lathe and plaster inside as well as three layers of shingles outside at the old Sinclair Station on Main Street. The Sheyenne community is cheering him on! First Lutheran Church Council met at 10 a.m. on Sunday before...
Patti Larson visited Marilynn Kruger at Room 6, Grace Lane, Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd in New Rockford on Wednesday. Later in the week, Joanna and Patti helped Margo pick melons and tomatoes at the Kruger farm. Eddy County 4-H Roundup awards night and supper was held this year at the New Rockford Eagles Club. Several Sheyenne families attended as the youth were recognized for their achievements for the year. 4-H'ers will be serving a roast beef dinner at the Central North Dakota Steam Threshers Reunion the weekend of September 21. It wa...
The $250 blackout had a lucky winner when Dianne Hanson called bingo last Saturday night. Other volunteers for Sheyenne Civic Association were Tim Hartl and Randy Keller selling cards and Darlene Kolstad serving lunch. Saturday, Sept. 7, when Sheyenne GRIT hosts, the blackout will be back to $175. The Sheyenne area saw another 1.80 inches of rain last week on Wednesday night. Combines didn't get rolling again for a couple days after that. The beautiful Labor Day weekend saw a lot of boat traffic on Sunday due to calm winds. The Sheyenne...
Jeff Labrensz called bingo for the Sheyenne Fire Department on August 24. Dave and Bryan Rieger sold cards. Becky Ames and Diane Karlsbraaten served lunch. Blackout was $250 on the last Saturday in August (31st) when Sheyenne Civic Association hosted. Trucks are starting to bring the wheat harvest in as area farmers began combining small grains. Cement trucks, gravel trucks and pavement crews were also seen working on projects in Sheyenne. Garden produce of sweet corn, tomatoes, cucumbers and more brought three growers to the Sheyenne Farmers...
The Hunger Free Community Garden has onions, potatoes, cucumbers and tomatoes. Help yourself. Please pull a few weeds as you pick. Mother Nature's ample rain has made the Hendrickson Park tree planting project a joy this year. Only a few times all summer did the 20 new trees get watered. The park looked especially nice to welcome many campers for the Sheyenne Stampede weekend. Peter, Patti and Joanna Larson, Ian and Jon Gilley and Marge Anderson took in the Lifesavers in the Park supper. Many Sheyenne residents attended the event and are so...
Wednesday afternoon, August 7, Patti Clifton and Jan Loe were in New Rockford where they had coffee at Rockford Café and did a little shopping and other errands. It was a busy week in Sheyenne when it came to cement work. Eddy Shop concrete pour took place on Friday. The same day, Joseph Concrete completed the basement footings at the Sheyenne GRIT 301 Pleasant Ave. location. Bobby Hoffner and crew from Esmond finished the concrete phase of the stone pit near Ostby Hall. After taking July off, some of the Sheyenne quilters met on the first...
A week ago, Jan and Steph Loe joined Jim and Marjean Woodrow and Pam Hill for a drive up to Sarles and Calvin to check on the Woodrow/McBain family gravesites. Sheyenne condolences go out to family and friends of Donna Weber whose graveside service was held last Wednesday at the Nystrom Cemetery, rural Sheyenne. Sorting and marking rummage items kept the 14 Sheyenne residents who are having a sale busy. Patti Larson continues to receive calls from vendors. Ed Houston of Sutton, one of the original "Good Junk & Stuff" flea market vendors, will...
The tomato plants at the community garden are struggling to come back after the hail storm on July 16. Michelle Gilley and Patti Larson picked off about five gallons of damaged fruit so the plants could focus energy on new blossoms. The setback will be significant before new ripe tomatoes are seen. A couple of large tree limbs at both Hendrickson Park and Warsing Dam also fell victims to the strong winds of that hailstorm. Eunice Throlson volunteered at the sign-in table of Vitalant Blood Drive in New Rockford last Monday. Patti Larson was one...
Some of the lush crops and garden plants in the Sheyenne area took a hit last Tuesday afternoon when the brief hailstorm with a strong north wind and heavy rain came through about 4 p.m. The onions and tomatoes at the Hunger Free Community Garden really got beat up. Stan Kruger and Patti Larson had been there weeding the evening before, when the onions, potatoes and tomatoes looked so amazing prior to the hailstorm. Last Tuesday evening, Dylan Rue began digging out and around the cement fire pit next to Ostby Hall to prep the area for the...
After the July 4th weekend, mowing went into full gear in and around Sheyenne. There was a stretch of good haying weather since the overnight rain on July 8. Monday, a new steel roof replaced the shingles on the shop and store of Route 281 Station. The work was part of the Rural Slum and Blight Removal Grant offered by N.D. Chamber of Commerce to make improvements to mixed-use Main Street businesses. Patti Clifton joined family members for the graveside service of Marla Nelson at the New Rockford Cemetery on Tuesday afternoon. Marla was a...
Many households in the Sheyenne community welcomed families home for the 4th of July celebration. Last week started out wet. It rained Monday evening, so the community garden volunteers didn't meet. Any time is a good time to pull weeds in the cucumber, corn or onion rows. The potatoes have been hilled up and are shading out the weeds. Tomatoes are mulched. Stop by anytime and pick cherries that are plentiful in the Prairie Dawn Orchard. Steve Loe, his daughter Madison and her friend Joe, all of Lincoln, Neb., arrived in Sheyenne on June 30...
Last Sunday, Bonnie Deegan and Jan Loe had breakfast at the American Legion in Minnewaukan. Bonnie went back to Sheyenne while Jan stayed in Minnewaukan to spend the afternoon visiting with Brian and Pam Hill at their summer home there. As the Sheyenne community prepared to host another Independence Day, more scraping, painting, mowing and trimming took place the past week. The last blighted house and a few more scruffy trees came down in Sheyenne, which completed the Rural Workforce Housing Grant expenditures. Dave and Nathan Rue of NCZ...
Four youth gardeners helped lay drip tape and straw mulch on June 17. Youth Garden Club will continue to meet with Michelle Gilley at 3 p.m. each Monday for a lesson in gardening. Rain every few days has the Sheyenne Hunger Free Community Garden looking lush. The potatoes, tomatoes and onions are especially nice this year. Ian and Michelle Gilley, Joanna Larson and Dianne Hanson planted onions, seeded cover crop and put down mulch just ahead of the rain last Monday. Many around Sheyenne have been mowing, trimming and sprucing up ahead of the...
The Sheyenne youth garden club met Monday at 3 p.m. (note new time each week) to finish planting their garden. This week, mulching will be the lesson. In the main Hunger Free Community Garden, more onions were planted and the sweet corn replanted due to poor stand. The potatoes, onions and tomatoes look great. Mondays at 6:30 p.m. continues to be the time for volunteers to work in the community garden or anytime you wish to weed! Greg and Cindy Hegland and Peter and Patti Larson finished putting fences around the remaining new trees planted at...
