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Staff, students and stakeholders celebrated New Rockford-Sheyenne's selection as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence for 2019 on Friday, Jan. 3. The carnival and award ceremony was capped with confetti, as students popped confetti cannons upon Superintendent Jill Louters' instruction. NR-S was one of just two schools in the state to receive this award. According to State Superintendent Kirsten Baesler, this is the highest honor a school can receive....
Eddy County Sheriff Paul Lies provided the Eddy County Commission an update on the memorandum of understanding (MOU) proposed by Spirit Lake law enforcement. What remains unknown is how all residents who live within the boundaries of the Spirit Lake Nation can be equitably served. The proposed MOU “intends to facilitate a cooperative law enforcement effort to provide mutual aid and assistance for public safety of the tribe and the county.” It does allow for Eddy County authorities to respond to calls for emergency service and requests for ass...
Eddy County Road Superintendent Todd Weber would like to be more consistent when it comes to maintaining the quality of winter bus and mail routes. Current policies state that the county will only clear township roads when a township supervisor has called in a request. Most often though, Weber said he receives calls from residents before he hears from the township officials. That gets tricky, because even if he sees the need to clear that road, he must first get township approval. Weber adds that it is the residents who know those roads best,...
Weather is often a topic of conversation here in North Dakota, considering the extreme temperatures, snow, wind and severe weather that residents experience. The talk gets even more prevalent in times such as last October when the area saw above average rainfall followed by a blizzard that brought more than 2 feet of snow. Events like that make journalists here at the Transcript even more curious about how the weather compares to other years outside of our immediate frame of reference. To get...
Jacob, Sarah and Milo Warren presented a $700 check to the New Rockford Area Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, Jan. 7 during their regular meeting. The funds were raised from the sixth annual Team Boyd fundraiser. Team Boyd was started as a memorial to Boyd Xavier Warren, Jacob and Sarah's child who died just a few hours after birth on Dec. 21, 2013. The first three years, the Warrens' family and friends gathered for an annual run/walk to remember Boyd, sporting Team Boyd shirts. Family and...
The Eddy-New Rockford Library has announced the next upcoming reads for its monthly book club. Both selections are possible through a partnerships with the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Network of Libraries of Medicine's Book Club Kits. Tuesday, Feb. 18 Vaccines Did Not Cause Rachel's Autism by Peter J. Hotez In 1994, Peter J. Hotez's nineteen-month-old daughter, Rachel, was diagnosed with autism. Dr. Hotez, a pediatrician-scientist who develops vaccines for neglected...
North Dakota Farmers Union bestowed its highest youth achievement honor – the Torchbearer Award – on Garret Schuster of New Rockford at the organization's recent state convention in Bismarck. The award recognizes students for their involvement in Farmers Union's youth education program, including five years of senior class work designed to enhance communication, leadership and teamwork skills, as well as business knowledge of cooperatives. Sixteen young people accepted the award during a spe...
There are plenty of opportunities to get involved in local government this election year, Auditor George Ritzke reported during the Jan. 6 New Rockford City Commission meeting. Four out of five seats on the New Rockford City Commission are open. The seats held by President Calvin Packard and commissioners Stu Richter, Kelly McKnight and Justin Ystaas will all be up for election in June. The terms for the president and two commission members are four years in length. Ystaas’ position is a t...
Rodeo enthusiasts from around the state gathered on in Minot on Saturday, Jan. 4. Sisters Lacey and Brittany Grann were among those in attendance who were recognized by the Roughrider Rodeo Association. Lacey took home the year-end Reserve Champion in Ladies Goat Tying. Brittany earned the year end Reserve Champion in Ladies Barrel Racing. Their sister Bobbi (not pictured) was the finals average Ladies Goat Tying Champion. Several other area cowboys and cowgirls ranked in the top 10 for their ev...
The Maddock Opera House Association is pleased to announce the return of the band Bacchus and 'Opera House Rocks' to the historic Harriman Building on Saturday, Jan. 25. 'Opera House Rocks' begins the evening with a 7 p.m. show that will feature a number of community performers and songs throughout the decades. Following the 'Rocks' show, Bacchus will play for ticket holders and additional wristband attendees. Formerly known as Night Prowler, this band of Maddock students took the current name...
At its December meeting, the Northern Plains Electric Operation Round Up board of directors approved grants totaling $9,600 to help support worthy causes. These charitable grants are made possible through the generosity of Northern Plains Electric Cooperative members who voluntarily elect to have their electric bills rounded up to the next dollar. The donated amount averages about 50 cents a month for each participating member, and raises approximately $37,000 each year. Eddy County 4-H/Eddy County was among the recipients, receiving gra...
Gene Woolley visited Lester Roberts on Monday. Lester’s Sunday visitors were his brother Roger, his daughter Lezlee Thorson, Midge Quam and her grandson and Chad Getscher. Doris Griffin and the Maddock wood carvers are starting the new year meeting on the first and third Mondays at 3 p.m. at the Maddock Memorial Home. Brittin Buehler stayed overnight with grandpa and grandma Buehler on New Years Eve. Randy and Charlotte Simon paid a visit to Todd and Nadley on New Years day. Nadley attended the funeral for Elaine Green in Maddock Saturday m...
Monday Jimmy Indergaard enjoyed a phone call from his sister Sharon Laxdal from Edinberg. Charlotte Koepplin took belated Holiday greetings to Margie Anderson Friday afternoon. The gals enjoyed visiting over coffee and goodies. Sunday visitors at the Margie Anderson home were Gary and Kathy Anderson, David and Karen Anderson and Jean Miller. Margie also visited with several residents at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd. Saturday afternoon visitors and supper guests at the Charlotte Koepplin home were Janet Laube and Yip Yip. Margie...
Sunday Dec. 29, Amber and Mitch Sylling became the proud parents of son number two, Boden Meric. He weighed in at 7 lbs, 13 oz., and joins big brother Weston. He makes David and Karen Anderson grandparents and Margie Anderson a great grand. Shirley Packard enjoyed a short visit Sunday morning with Edgar Duda at Golden Acres Manor in Carrington. Later Shirley and son Calvin took in the Knights of Columbus breakfast at St. John’s Catholic Church in New Rockford. New Rockford and area folks extend sympathy to the family of Ted Allmaras. Many f...
Jan Loe's granddaughter Maddy Loe and friend Joe arrived Sunday, Dec. 29, from Lincoln, Neb., for a short visit with Steph and Jan Loe. They left Wednesday after having lunch at Rockford Cafe with Stehanie, Jan and Steve Loe who had just arrived from Lincoln, Neb. Steve, Steph and Jan Loe met with Ellen Burthold, McVille and Marcia Bolingberg from Courtney and all were at the Lakota Nursing Home for a visit with Marilyn and Denise Stenberg on New Year's Day. Steve, Steph and Jan returned to Lakota for a visit and to play bingo with Marilyn...
When former State Representative Eliot Glassheim came to North Dakota in the early 1970s to teach literature at the University of North Dakota, he had three strikes against him: He was from New York. He was liberal. He was Jewish. Any of these could make him a target of conservative anti-Semitists. But the parade of speakers at his memorial used every positive adjective in Webster’s Dictionary to praise him. As his friend, I had written a list of virtues in the event I was asked to make a few remarks. This was a habit from the days of being l...
I'd just pulled up to the post office to mail a couple of packages when Delbert Eszlinger called to wish me a Happy New Year from his ranch seven miles northeast of Ashley. After we bragged about the size of our snowdrifts for a while, I asked him about the famous onion calendar he and Donna do every New Year's Eve, which predicts moisture for the coming year. The way it works is you slice an onion in half vertically to create 12 “cups” representing the months of the year. Then you add a teaspoon of salt to draw out the moisture from the oni...
On Christmas day, Greta Gerwig’s updated version of the young adult classic “Little Women” opened in theaters to great acclaim, fantastic reviews and strong box office numbers. And yet, some women found fault with the fact that not enough men were flocking to see it. In a piece for the New York Times, writer Kristy Eldredge observed that the film hadn’t garnered a lot of award nominations from the Screen Actors Guild (zero) and the Golden Globes (two) and mentioned that the audiences seemed...
A recent “Wall Street Journal” article touted New Year’s as one of the optimal “clean slate” times to draft a financial plan. (“Ahem…unless that plan involves something foolhardy like cutting back on a newspaper that costs four dollars an issue. Just wing it. YOLO.”) The Journal cited a survey from Fidelity Investments, showing that 67% of Americans are considering a New Year’s resolution that relates to their finances (especially saving for retirement). Alas, half the people who made such res...
Orville Odel Oster, 74, of East Grand Forks, Minn., formerly of Carrington, N.D., died Jan. 1, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family. The funeral service was held Jan. 6 at Evans Funeral Home, Carrington. Burial was at the Carrington Cemetery. Pastor Sarah Shanks officiated. Pallbearers were Troy Craven, Gary Edinger, Garrett Craven, Jakob Craven and Mark Oster. U.S. Military Honors were provided by the Army Funeral Honors Team. Orville was born Jan. 5, 1945, in Minot, N.D., he was the son o...
Bessie Frances (Brockway) Mauch passed away Dec. 22, 2019 in American Falls, Idaho. Chapel service was Dec. 29, followed by a committal prayer at Falls View Cemetery in American Falls. Bessie was born on September 29, 1919 to Lester Lee and Florilla Ethelinda (Lewis) Brockway in Warwick, N.D., in her aunt’s home. Bessie attended grade school in Ayrshire, Iowa. She worked her way through high school, as a housekeeper for room and board, and graduated from New Rockford Central High School with t...
People believe many different things about God and spirituality. Some are convinced that it is arrogant to assume that we can know God’s will or walk with the Lord personally, however, what most people never stop to consider is how could the creator ask his creation to accomplish something without knowing who he is or what he expects from them? The divine reality of absolute truth includes the concept that God sincerely desires to share his mysteries and to work alongside his children to help t...
This is from the devotional, “God is in the Manger” by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German Lutheran pastor who was imprisoned and executed for participating in a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ Or ‘What will we drink?’ Or Whatever will we wear?’ For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your Heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all the...
In the early days of the ice box, harvesting ice was a lucrative business. Small communities often utilized their fresh water sources during the late winter months to collect ice. Could you imagine teams bundling up to haul ice out of the river? Large blocks of ice were then stored in a cooling house and make available for sale. Families relied on the ice to keep the food in the ice box cool. How else could they enjoy cool drinks or ice cream during the warm summer months? My own...
Dear Savvy Senior, My husband, who lives at home, has dementia and I worry about him wandering off and not being able to get back. Can you recommend some monitoring technology devices or any other solutions that can help me keep tabs on him? Exhausted Spouse Dear Exhausted, This is a concern for millions of Americans caring for a loved one with dementia at home. About 60% of people who suffer from dementia wander at some point, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. For caregivers, this can...
