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On Sunday, May 27, 15 seniors at New Rockford-Sheyenne High School took their walk down the aisle to receive their diplomas during the school's Commencement Exercises....
If you've had any experience with Cassidy Clifton, you've likely been struck by her loving, thoughtful, giving nature. Let me tell you, this 17-year-old young woman is a fighter. Back in June of 2017, Cassidy was experiencing significant lower back pain. Not finding relief after chiropractor visits, or physical therapy, a weird MRI scan had her family doctor send her to the University of Minnesota. An Aneurysmal Bone Cyst (ABC tumor) had been forming on her spine, even growing into her bone. Rul...
John Scanson of New Rockford is a man who enjoys staying busy. Over this past winter, he made around 200 birdhouses and other wood projects to donate to people in the area. Of these projects, 24 of them went to the students in Mrs. Hager's fifth grade class. Scanson first met these students last fall, at the Central North Dakota Steam Thresher's Reunion in New Rockford. Many of Mrs. Hager's students enthusiastically helped him pick potatoes from the freshly loosened soil, and after a short...
On the evening of Tuesday, May 29 the main hallway of New Rockford--Sheyenne School was lined with community members who awaited a special School Board meeting that had been called by Board President John McKnight. Many of those in attendance held up signs and donned buttons in support of Superintendent Jill Louters. As President of the School Board, McKnight had been tasked with investigating three patron complaints the district had received against Louters. In conducting the investigation, McK...
Midco Foundation awarded more than $97,000 in grants to 66 nonprofits, schools and government organizations throughout Kansas, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. Two of those awards were made to local projects. First, Jamie Risovi wrote a grant on behalf of the New Rockford-Sheyenne School and received $1,000 for the archery program. Second, Reed Weisenburger submitted an application on behalf of the New Rockford Park District, that organization also received $1,000 for elevated pitching...
New Rockford city officials and their advisors at Interstate Engineering are preparing information about the proposed water and sewer infrastructure project to share at a public input meeting this Thursday. Information about the proposed improvements, financing plan and impact on taxpayers will be presented at the meeting, which will be held Thursday, June 7 from 5-7 p.m. at the Brown Memorial Auditorium. Anyone interested in learning about, discussing, and/or providing feedback on the city's...
Have you opened your “my Social Security” account yet? If not, you should! Scammers are now going to the Social Security Administration website and setting up “my Social Security” accounts of workers that are of retirement age in an attempt to steal their retirement benefits. People age 62 and older are most at risk. Scammers obtain personal information, including Social Security numbers, and head to the Social Security website to open a “my Social Security” account in victims’ names. They apply for funds, requesting a lump sum payout for an...
Community members, it’s time to roll up your sleeves and get gardening! After a yearlong hiatus, volunteers are bringing back the community vegetable garden, and help is needed to ensure that residents have access to fresh produce this season. The garden is located on 2nd Ave SE, just two blocks east of U.S. Hwy. 281. It is northwest of the NDSU Extension Eddy County Office, on the north side of the street. Planting is underway, thanks to the efforts of Carter Richter, who disced the ground, a...
Margie Anderson, Charlotte Koepplin, Leo and Janet Laube met Jerry and Carol Clancy at the Bird Dawg Wednesday and enjoyed visiting over dinner. The Clancys drove over from Thompson to tend to graves at Prairie Home Cemetery. Last Saturday Jimmy lndergaard visited at the Mervin Indergaard and Ervin Longnecker homes. Friday found Charlotte Koepplin and Candy Jensen tending to loved-one’s graves at Prairie Home Cemetery near New Rockford, then on to Grace City Cemetery. They enjoyed burgers at the School House Cafe and then were on to the C...
The Eddy County Commission met in a special meeting on Wednesday, May 30 to discuss an offer letter that was sent to Eddy County’s Emergency Manager candidate, Jess Earle, who is also the Emergency Manager for Foster County. In essence, the letter stated that Earle would be an hourly employee of Eddy County working about eight hours per week. Earle did have a request that Eddy County pay Foster County for half of her current cell phone bill so that she would not have to carry another phone w...
On Wednesday, May 30, New Rockford-Sheyenne High School Principal Avolt Baumbach recognized the following students for earning a spot on the 4th Quarter Honor Roll. “A” Honor Roll 12th Grade Gaius Arroyo, Jared Hartl, Wilson Howard, Miranda Johnson, Abby Makay, Micah Nicolai, Baylee Pfeiffer, Lauren Roscoe, Shayla Thumb and Nicole Willey. 11th Grade Theodore Allmaras, Keegan Anderson, Gretchen Berglund, Cassidy Holth, Sandra Larson, Pieter Louters, Klara Marxen, Ashley Schuster, Elizabeth Widmer, Luke Ystaas and Darica Ziebart. 10th Grade Bo...
Patti Clifton and Jan Loe were shoppers in Jamestown recently. Members of the Loe family continued the age-old tradition of "Eating on the Graves" on Wednesday, May 21. Attending were Roger and Betty Westby, New Rockford; Wayne and Elaine Retzlaff, Rapid City, S.D.; Chuck and Karen Erickson, Mandan; Silvia Hulbert, Fargo; and Jan Loe. Cemeteries visited with lunch at each, were Augustana, Warwick and New Rockford. They had a wonderful time catching up and reminiscing. Card Club was held on Thursday, May 22, at the Sheyenne Senior Center, with...
Art lovers take note- Thursdays in Jamestown just got a lot more exciting! The Arts Center invites you to join them for the Downtown Arts Market every Thursday in June, July and August from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The Downtown Arts Market is a celebration of art and community that will include artisan vendors and live entertainment at the Hanson Arts Park, located in the heart of downtown Jamestown, at the corner of First Avenue and Second Street SW. The Hanson Arts Park came into being after a fire...
Congratulations to all the graduates. On this Memorial weekend, we remember all those who gave their lives for their country as well as all the loved ones who have passed away. Amanda, Jake, Fallyn and Piper Hegland went to Spearfish, S.D., the weekend of May 18-20 to spend time with Amanda’s family. Saturday, May 19, the family helped Amanda’s nephew, Dylan Alexander celebrate his graduation from Newell High School. On their way home, the Heglands stopped in Hettinger and visited Jake’s grandma, Emily Stadheim. Last weekend, Dave and Linda...
Les and Janet Laube met Jerry and Carol Clancy, Margie Anderson and Charlotte Koepplin at the Bird Dawg Café on Wednesday. All enjoyed visiting over dinner. Later, the Clancys placed flowers on family graves at Prairie Home Cemetery. The Clancys are from Thompson, N.D. Wednesday, Shirley Packard treated Stanley and Connie Guler of West Fargo and Joan Prochnow of Fargo to lunch at the Rockford Café. The Gulers and Joan were in the area to tend to loved-one’s graves in honor of Memorial Day. Calvin Packard also enjoyed visiting over lunch. Mar...
By invitation of David Reiten, heir of the greatest show most Norwegians will ever see, the Norsk Høstfest is luring all of the rabble in Scandinavia to spread fear among the natives by coming to the USA for “pure scandimonium” September 26-29. Of course, the Høstfest attracts thousands of local Scandinavians and a sizable number of the unwashed. But that’s okay. We aren’t bigots except for people we don’t know. September 26 gives us four months to wall in vulnerable cities, e.g. Monango, Uk...
Though it’s cliche, Memorial Day reminds us that freedom isn’t free. It costs us, sometimes dearly. This is especially true when we find ourselves unprepared for a conflict we probably should have expected to be drawn into. America was not ready for World War I, for World War II, or for the Korean War. We weren’t even ready for the Iraq War, despite the fact it was initiated by the United States after all efforts at a negotiated settlement failed. As former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsf...
Last Tuesday night, the President of the United States held a campaign rally in Nashville, Tenn. Well—not a campaign rally, exactly: Trump’s next election is two years and five months away. Heavily orchestrated rallies like this one are held, according to many members of Trump’s own inner circle, to boost the President’s ego. You see, after he was elected and forced to spend most of his time in the White House, Trump realized that he missed the adoring, fawning crowds from the campaign trail, wh...
Thank you for the great article honoring the volunteers of the Women’s Auxiliary Cemetery Association. However, there was one omission: the W.A.C.A. was organized by our mother, Elizabeth (Libby) Wilson in 1954 following the death of our father. The women listed were, indeed, on the Board of Directors. The officers elected at the organizing meeting October 21, 1954, were Elizabeth Wilson, President; Lucy Allmaras, Vice President; Adeline Leske, Secretary and Jean Baeder, Treasurer. Our mother, Elizabeth Wilson, continuously served as f...
Vincent Salem Nicolai passed away May 18, 2018 at the age of seven. Mass of Christian Burial was June 1 at St. John's Catholic Church. Father Reese Weber presided and special music was provided by Heather Klocke. Casket bearers were Noah Nicolai, Seth Nicolai, Matt Nicolai, Myles Nicolai, Kendra Woodstead and Kyrie Nicolai. Honorary bearers were Isaiah, Micah, Rachel, Grace, Claire, James, Korinthia, Joshua, Jared, Josiah, Jonathan, Joseph, Krissa, Miquela, Julia, Asher, Katrina, Lucas, Isabel,...
Russell T. Hall, 44, New Rockford, N.D., formerly of Hermiston, Ore., passed away on Thursday, May 24, at his home. Funeral services were held May 30 at the Evangelical Free Church in New Rockford. Pastor Joe Greiner officiated and Erin Greiner provided special music. Urn bearers were his children Angelina and Theodore Hall and John Bullock. Honorary bearers were all of his nieces and nephews. Hall was born on April 16, 1974, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The oldest son of Gary and Roma (Huff) Hall. He...
Memorial means to “remember” and every year on the last Monday in May, we honor those who sacrificed their lives in the line of active military service. On Memorial Day we stop and pay our respect to the ones who were willing to stand in the gap between freedom and tyranny. The First Amendment was not only signed into existence with ink but with the blood of over 1.1 million Americans that have died in U.S. wars, along with many more that have suffered from physical and mental difficulties. Over...
Whom do you listen to? In times of desperation people have said to me, “I have prayed to God, and asked for God’s help, but I don’t understand why God has not answered me.” It might be good to remember that Satan is the enemy of our souls. It is Satan’s voice that whispers messages to discourage and condemn us. It is Satan’s voice that tells us we are not good enough, and that God could never forgive or love us. And it is Satan’s voice that accuses us of lacking of faith. Satan is having a heyday in our lives whenever we feel that God is far aw...
Spring 2018 Deans’ List This spring semester 1,338 students were named to the University of North Dakota (UND) Dean’s List. The Dean’s List comprises students whose grade point average are in the top 15 percent of the enrollment in each of the University's degree granting colleges and schools. A student must have completed no fewer than 12 semester hours of academic work for the semester, of which 8 semester hours or more must be graded work rather than "satisfactory/unsatisfactory." Local UND students named to the Dean’s List include Page An...
The New Rockford-Sheyenne (NR-S) boys and girls track team brought the season to a close at the North Dakota Class B Track Meet in Bismarck on May 25 and 26. The highlight for the Rockets was Bo Belquist's seventh place finish in the triple jump with a distance of 42-2. NR-S scored 2 points total, both from Belquist. The top 10 teams in the boys division were Dickinson Trinity with 80 points, Kindred 57, Hillsboro-Central Valley 55, New Town 50, Watford City 48.5, Des Lacs-Burlington 45,...
