Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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Dear Savvy Senior, What tips can you offer on helping an elderly parent with their finances? My 84-year-old father is having trouble keeping up with his bills and insurance, and I just found out that he’s been making contributions to a suspicious charity. Reluctant Daughter Dear Reluctant, Many adult children serve as financial helpers to their elderly or ill parents. They provide services like paying bills, handling deposits and investments, filing insurance claims, preparing taxes and more. He...
The 2021 New Rockford Classic took place in the New Rockford-Sheyenne Gymnasium this past Sunday. A total of 19 teams in grades five through seven competed in the tournament. The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets boys team started the tournament off against the Belcourt Elite team. The Rockets defeated the Belcourt Elite 26-12. The Rockets played against Minot Air Force Base in the second game, and defeated them 31-27. The Rockets then moved on to the championship round to defeat the Minot Air Force...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Rockets youth girls and boys teams competed in the Valley City Recreation and Park District 33rd Annual Spring Shootout on Saturday, March 27. There were eight total teams in the eighth grade boys division and six total teams in the eighth grade girls division. The Rocket boys started off the day by playing the Casselton Squirrels. The Squirrels defeated the Rockets 29-24. The Rockets then went on to play the Fargo Titans. The Rockets defeated the Titans 38-30. For the third game, the Rockets took on the Bismarck...
Carrington Pitcrew had wrestlers compete in state duals, girls state, and state individuals for folkstyle wrestling tournaments on March 26 and 27. The small group dual team, with wrestlers in pre-k through sixth grade, went 2-2 overall. They started the day against Sundawg Wrestling with a win of 39-18, followed by a 18-39 loss to Beach. Pitcrew's small group defeated Gorilla Orange with a score of 35-16, and they ended the day with a loss to Bison Wrestling Club with a score of 12-42. The...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne Music Department held its first in-person concert since the pandemic hit one year ago. On Monday, March 29, the fifth grade band students performed a short concert for the public. The concert consisted of eight different musical numbers played by either solos, duos, trios or the entire band. There will be an elementary spring program on May 6, with both 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. performances in the New Rockford-Sheyenne Gymnasium. The junior high and high school spring concert...
Outdoor notes: *New 2021 fishing and trapping licenses now needed. *Spring turkey hunters need new 2021 hunting licenses prior to receiving their turkey license and tag. *April 8: Valley City Ducks Unlimited raffle & game night, Valley City Eagles, 5:30 p.m. Fishing: *Devils Lake elevation, March 30: 1,448.64 feet above mean sea level (MSL). *Stump Lake elevation: 1,448.43 MSL. *Lake Sakakawea elevation: 1,837.88 MSL; 18,300 cubic feet per second average (CFS) Garrison Dam daily releases....
The past week has been my busiest in the outdoors, more than it has been for the last eight years. There’s been more to get done than just loading up for pheasant opener at the farm. The checklist is far longer than the one leading up to the start of firearms deer season. Fishing, now simply the grabbing of a rod and a handful of tackle, and maybe towing the boat somewhere (compared to all the forethought I used to pour into the process), pales in comparison to the efforts I, and several d...
It was a sad week for E- sports. Alex Harrison, Stephen Merrick and Wyatt Dockter of team Phantoms suffered their first loss on Thursday, March 25. Turtle Mountain High School out scored New Rockford-Sheyenne three games to one, ending the Phantoms winning streak. Sentinels, Controlled Chaos & The Geeks did not play....
The great underwater mystery - despite all science and biology can tell us about what fish see, smell, taste and sense in ways that humans can't – remains as to what sets them off and turns on their instinct to feed. While the modern tackle industry has reached a new apex in providing both those lures that imitate nature to trigger that feeding reaction and those forms and colors that stray far from it yet still entice a strike, the mystery continues. Each season, each outing, even each h...
There's a curlytailed grub that's getting tougher and tougher to find, to the point where I have to order it directly from the manufacturer's site to ensure I have enough for the season. While it comes in standard white and yellow, two must-have colors for my spring fishing, along both sides of the twisting plastic tail of the thread-on body are three black dots. My theory is that these dots symbolize eyes underwater, and based on my research, serve as a predatory cue built into all aquatic...
