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NR-S freshman Kelsie Belquist has made her mark on N.D. Class B track and field. One of the three New Rockford-Sheyenne track athletes to compete in the NDHSAA State B Track and Field Meet in Bismarck on May 28-29, Belquist came home with two state championships. Without having a track season in 2020, Belquist knew she had to work hard to achieve her goal of becoming a state champion. In 2019, Belquist competed in the state track meet as a seventh grader. She finished seventh in the 300-meter...
The goal to reopen Wonder Lanes by fall is a little bit closer to reality. While work on the interior has been in progress for nearly three months, the more visible exterior upgrades have just started to take shape over the past two weeks. "We've been working really hard on interior and exterior updates," Project Manager Sarah Smith Warren said Tuesday. New flooring, decorative shelves and lighting have been installed, and the exterior brick walls were sandblasted to remove the multiple layers...
New Rockford-Sheyenne High School held commencement exercises for 20 graduates of the Class of 2021 on Sunday, May 30. The fancy round tables for each senior's family replaced the rows of chairs on the floor again this year, one "new tradition" brought on by last year's COVID commencement....
Law enforcement got the bulk of commissioners’ time at the June 1 meeting. Sheriff Paul Lies discussed several matters with commissioners. He reported that he had obtained a $2,400 quote to install new surveillance cameras in downtown New Rockford. The current camera on the southeast corner of Central Pharmacy is not operable. The proposal calls for three new cameras to be installed, which will effectively cover the downtown area, including the alley, as well as a DVR recording system for playba...
Members of the American Legion Raymond B. Thorn Post 30 gather by the veterans monument at the Prairie Home/St. John's Cemetery north of New Rockford on Memorial Day. Pictured from left to right: Paul Fortney, Ron Anderson, Dale Rosenberg, Jim Ludwig and Garry Coon. Memorial Day services began at 9:30 a.m. in All Veterans Memorial Park near the James River, then ended at the cemetery....
CARRINGTON, ND (May 28, 2021) – The Garrison Diversion Conservancy District’s (Garrison Diversion) Recreation Committee recently awarded a $5,750 matching recreation grant to the New Rockford Park District to construct a warming house and boat rental building at the All Veterans Park. The Recreation Committee awarded matching recreation grants to 24 projects totaling $625,162, the largest award at a single meeting to date. Grants may be requested for new recreation facilities or enhancement, ADA renovations or expansion of existing facilities....
Thomas Arnold Wetzel, 73, of Sheyenne, N.D., lost his battle with COPD on Friday, May 28, 2021 at CHI St. Alexius Health Medical Center in Carrington, N.D. Funeral service was held on Friday, June 4, 2021 at Evans Funeral Home, New Rockford. Burial was held at the Hillside Cemetery, Oberon, N.D. Rev. Amy Kippen officiated the service. Honorary bearers were all of Tom's family and friends. Military honors were provided by VFW Post #6547, Fort Totten, N.D. and the North Dakota National Guard...
Sheyenne Fire Chief Elvis Thumb contacted the Transcript to request clarification regarding the change in procedures which resulted from the May 13 meeting at Ostby Hall, which had been reported in the May 24 issue. The Sheyenne Fire Department does not rely on the sirens to notify them in the event of a fire. Sheyenne volunteer firefighters carry pagers, and they have used eDispatch to receive cell phone notifications as long as New Rockford has. The procedural change simply involves the order in when each is activated. “Since I’ve joine...
On Arbor Day, which was observed in New Rockford on May 28, 4th Corporation residents Cheryl Sandager, Roxanne Thomas, Jason Ehni and Nathan Olds assisted Christina Sabot of Eddy County Soil Conservation District in planting a hackberry tree at the 4th Corporation headquarters in New Rockford. The hackberry is one of the trees being planted along New Rockford's streets as part of a Family Forest Grant from the N.D. Forest Service. Christina Sabot took great care of the trees and personally...
The Loe cousins held their annual "eating on the graves" last week, along with tending to family gravesites. Friday, beautiful keyboard and violin music filled the Sheyenne Senior Center, as Dakota Blende played for those in attendance. Always a good time! Jim and Marjean Woodrow of Grand Forks stopped in for a visit at the center on Friday. Saturday evening, Patti Clifton attended graduation open house celebrations for Carrington High School graduates, Cade Lura and Kiara Geiszler, at the Crossroads Golf Course....
Margie Anderson, Janet Laube and Charlotte Koepplin met Jerry and Carol Clancy at the Bird Dawg on Thursday at noon, and enjoyed a visit over dinner which was Jerry’s treat. The Clancys had driven over from Thompson to place flowers on their loved ones’ graves at Prairie Home Cemetery in honor of Memorial Day. Charlotte Koepplin sent her congratulations to grandniece Zaylie McMonagle, way down in Goodyear, Arizona, where she proudly graduated from kindergarten. Zaylie is the daughter of Jay and Trisha (Koepplin) McMonagle. Margie Anderson dro...
Area folks extend sympathy to the family of Lori Himmelberger. Brief visitors one afternoon at the Candy Jensen home were Rick Koepplin and his granddaughter, who were enroute to Bismarck to visit his son Rick Jr. and family. Saturday visitors at the Janet Laube home were MarJean Pfau and her sister Emily. The Shirley Packard home was abuzz over the Memorial Day weekend with family guests and visitors throughout, one being her daughter Cindy Toben of South Dakota. Cindy picked up her brother, Craig Packard, at his home in Anoka, Minn., and...
The Internet is most certainly part of our lives these days. We use the Internet for banking, work, social interaction, dating, shopping and much more. However, scams, hacks, identity theft and many more dangers on the Internet are real and all too common. Most parents are aware of the dangers for young people, but without Internet safety, as adults, you are also at risk every time you use a smartphone or Internet-connected device. Identity theft, getting into trouble for posts made on social network sites, and cyberbullying are just a few pote...
Facebook decided this week it’s no longer “misinformation” to wonder whether COVID-19 was manmade by Chinese scientists in a biolab in the Wuhan Institute of Virology. But it’s not just Facebook. The national media and President Biden have just done a similar 180. On Wednesday, the same guy who had ordered the shutting down of the Trump administration’s investigation into the origins of COVID-19 told the U.S. intelligence community to redouble its efforts to find out how the coronavir...
I just got another scam phone call from someone pretending to be from the Social Security Administration, and my blood is boiling. When I answered my phone — from the 480 area code in Arizona, far away from Pittsburgh — a recording said, “Your Social Security number has been compromised. Stay on the line and an agent will be right with you.” When the agent, speaking in broken English, asked for my name and address, I got even madder. Why? First, having done cybersecurity assessment and communi...
With the school year ending and the economy slowly reopening, let’s reminisce about the illustrious history of summer jobs. I’m sure many of you worked your way through high school and college by flipping burgers, mowing lawns, performing lifeguard duties, working on an assembly line (I worked three summers in a cosmetics factory), or clerking in a retail store. Or maybe you considered yourself part of show business, while being paid to stand in front of an establishment twirling a sign. (I mus...
Kim "Sarge" W. Grace, age 67, of New Rockford, N.D., passed away peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, at the Lutheran Home of Good Shepherd. Mass of Christian Burial was held Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at St. John's Catholic Church, New Rockford. Burial was held at the St. John's Catholic Cemetery, New Rockford. Fr. Reese Weber officiated the service, with special music by Heather Klocke. Casket bearers were Erik Grace, Carter Richter, Jacob Danduran, Chris Danduran, Luke Danduran...
Myron J. Runge, 69, of Alexandria, Minn., died unexpectedly, on Thursday, May 27, 2021, at the St. Cloud Hospital. A funeral service was held on Thursday, June 3, 2021, at Alexandria Covenant Church in Alexandria with Pastors Trinity Opp and Jay Jenson officiating. Interment took place at Zunker Cemetery, Carlos, Minn. Pallbearers were his grandsons. Myron Joel Runge was born on April 28, 1952, to Ralph and Jean (Mahoney) Runge in Dickinson, N.D. He rode horse to country school through the...
Charles "Ray" Raymond Kaiser, 77, Carrington, N.D., formerly Blaine, Minn., died Jan. 25, 2021 at Golden Acres Manor, Carrington, N.D. Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, June 12, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. at the Presbyterian United Methodist Church, Ellendale, N.D. Ray was born at home on Oct. 30, 1943 in Clay County, Kan. to Elmo and Grace (Phelps) Kaiser. He lived on the family farm near Miltonvale, Kan. until 1951, when at the age of seven, he moved to North Dakota when his parents...
Patricia Rose Howard, 89, passed away on Friday, May 28, 2021 at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd. Patricia was born on July 31, 1931, in Ukiah, Calif. Her family moved to San Francisco where she grew up and married Gordon Howard. They raised two daughters. Patricia and Gordon were married for 66 years. In 2017, New Rockford, N.D. became their new home. Patricia dealt with a debilitating disease the last several years. It was in her nature to be a fighter, and she proved that even when...
Over the past weeks, I’ve shared about a simple five-step nightly faith practice called FAITH5. FAITH5 is a nightly ritual that helps families grow closer to one another and to God, one night at a time. All that benefit and it only takes just a few minutes! Each night at bedtime, families “Huddle Up” to check in. Here are the five steps of the FAITH5 Home Huddle: 1. SHARE your highs and lows 2. READ a Bible verse or story 3. TALK about how the Bible verse might relate to your highs and lows 4. PRAY together 5. BLESS one another with the sign o...
The art of hairwork is far more intricate than you might imagine. The Eddy County Museum holds two unique specimens of this craft. Both were created as a symbol of love and devotion from a wife to her husband. Throughout the Victorian Era, hairworks were popular tokens to signify affection, and came in the form of intricate mementos. Hair was formed into bracelets, brooches, earrings, rings, chains, necklaces, bags, bookmarks and so much more. The popular lady's magazines of the era often p...
On Feb. 23, 1904, J.R. Engberg was up from Barlow on business. Frank Bailey came down from the H. Peoples farm on the Sheyenne River. Mr. and Mrs. P.B. Anderson and family left Sheyenne, where he had operated a lumberyard, to go to Minot to live. That afternoon, Mrs. W.O. Baird had the high score at “Ladies’ Day” at the bowling alley. That evening, a large crowd enjoyed a basket social and a dance at Mr. and Mrs. M. Reames’s farm south of New Rockford. On the morning of Feb. 24, a son was bor...
Throughout our nation’s history, the 10th Amendment to the Constitution has been misconstrued for the purpose of advancing state sovereignty, at the expense of the Supremacy Clause. Some have invoked it as a second Supremacy Clause. The language of the amendment is tantalizing for advocates of state powers broader than those actually vested in state government, but the text requires a close reading. The 10th Amendment provides: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are res...
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