Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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Every spring, I love when the stores start bringing out the Easter decorations. With pretty pastel colors, vibrant spring flowers, beautiful Easter eggs, soft furry bunnies and fluffy yellow chicks, Easter decorations are undeniably adorable. Of all the holidays, Easter decorations probably win the award for the cutest decorations. So, even if I’m not buying anything, I usually like to browse through the stores and look at the new decorations. However, this year I haven’t found the same joy in...
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s 2018 bighorn sheep survey, completed by recounting lambs in March, revealed a minimum of 283 bighorn sheep in western North Dakota, up 7 percent from 2017 and equal to the five-year average. Altogether, biologists counted 84 rams, 161 ewes and 38 lambs. Not included are approximately 20 bighorns in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Big game biologist Brett Wiedmann was pleased to see an increase in the survey, following a decline in 2017. “The increase in the 2018 count reflects les...
Outdoor notes: *April 22: Earth Day. Fishing: *Devils Lake elevation, April 16: 1,448.67 feet above mean sea level (MSL). *Stump Lake elevation: 1,448.62 MSL. *Lake Sakakawea elevation: 1,845.54 MSL; 12,900 cubic feet per second average (CFS) Garrison Dam daily releases. *N.D. Game and Fish Dept. Dist. game wardens: Little to no activity on east-central area lakes as anglers wait for ice-out. Devils Lake slowly starting to open along the edges but not much activity. No Missouri River System...
It’s that time of year again to gear up for summer activities with the New Rockford Park District. From 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 25, the New Rockford Park District will host a registration for summer activities at the Eagles Club. A free-will taco-in-a-bag meal will be served until 7 p.m. Registration will be open for the following activities: • Swim passes: single $75; family $200 • Swim lessons: ages 5 and up, levels 1-6 $40 • T-Ball: ages 5-8, $50 • Coach Pitch: ages 9-10, $50 • Cal Ripken: ages 11-12, $80 • Babe Ruth: ages...
Earlier this month, New Rockford-Sheyenne High School educator Jordan Brown was selected for the opportunity of a lifetime. This international teaching liaison trip took Brown and 11 other North Dakota educators to Europe. Their first stop was in Amsterdam, where they visited the Anne Frank House, a biographical museum dedicated to Jewish wartime diarist Anne Frank. During World War II, Frank hid from Nazi persecution with her family and four other people in hidden rooms at the rear of the...
The flexible modular schedule (“flex mod”) that educators plan to implement at NR-S High School next year is not new. It is actually a novel “retro” concept making a comeback. Flex mod dates back to the late 1960s, a schedule that scraps the standard grid in favor of a custom-built learning plan to meet the needs of the students and staff instructing. With a flex mod schedule, teachers can schedule an hour-long science lab one day, and a 45 minute lecture the next because they aren’t tied to a...
The North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) recommends people take precautions against ticks and the diseases they carry. “The highest risk of tickborne disease transmission occurs between late spring and early fall,” said Laura Cronquist, an epidemiologist with the NDDoH. “The key to preventing tickborne diseases, such as Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever, is to avoid tick bites and find and remove ticks promptly.” The NDDoH offers the following tips to help reduce the risk of tick bites: • Use Environment...
The season has ended for the Wonder Lanes Junior/Majors bowling league. This year we had 12 bowlers in this league which consists of students 12 years of age thru high school, both boys and girls. The annual awards banquet was held on Sunday, April 7 at Wonder Lanes. The winning team was the King Pins team consisting of Haydon Meier and Zander Anglebrandt. Second place team was "The Duo", with bowlers Justyne Klocke and Ashley Schuster. The girls high game was bowled by Ashley Schuster with her...
Cordell and Weston Myhre are proud to announce the arrival of their baby sister Brooklyn Rose Nicole, born on Feb. 1, 2019 at 7:02 p.m. She was 6 lb. 10 oz., and 20 inches long. Proud parents are Shirley and James Myhre. Grandparents are LaVonne and Nyle Myhre of New Rockford, Anna and Tom Six of Steele. Great Grandparents are Thelma Myhre of New Rockford and Nick Duppong of Glen Ullin....
New Rockford hosted a blood drive with Vitalant on March 26 at First Lutheran Church, which helped collect a total of 49 units of blood for patients in need. A total of 41 individuals volunteered to donate blood and 39 individuals were able to donate on March 26. A total of seven donors donated Power Red Cells (2RBC), a process which collects two units of red blood cells while returning platelets, plasma and a saline solution back to the donor. There were three people who volunteered for the first time. The National Honor Society, led by Rita A...
Join the Eddy-New Rockford Library book club on May 21 at 6 p.m. May's book club selection is "My Name is Not Easy" by Debby Dahl Edwardson. Luke knows his I'nupiaq name is full of sounds white people can't say. He knows he'll have to leave it behind when he and his brothers are sent to boarding school hundreds of miles from their Arctic village. At Sacred Heart School things are different. Instead of family, there are students – Eskimo, Indian, White – who line up on different sides of the caf...
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