Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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Saturday mornings in Sheyenne aren't as quiet as one might think. In fact, at the corner of U.S. Highway 281 and Richter Avenue, it is down right busy with foot traffic as market-goers make their way to the Sheyenne Farmers Market. For some it's become a tradition, to show up early with a hot cup of coffee and enjoy fresh baked goodies. Others hone in on the variety of fruits and veggies freshly harvested from the garden fields of Doris Griffin, Joanna Larson and the Myhre family. And if that...
The 4th Corporation Self Advocacy Club hosted its second annual Pet Show on Friday, July 20. The show featured 20 pets, including dogs, cats, a gecko and even a goat! Congratulations to the the following pets and their owners for winning prizes. There were seven entrants in the dog division. Ollie, a lab cross owned by Brenda Bachmeier, was named Cutest and Best of Show. Perdita the cocker spaniel owned by Nick Hovey, was chosen for having the best hair and longest ears. Talcum the Chinese...
The cemeteries of New Rockford received some much needed help from North Central Granite in recovering from the damages incurred in the July 8 storm. On Monday, July 16, staff from North Central Granite, a Devils Lake company specializing in granite memorials, loaded up their equipment, hoists and tools and drove from Devils Lake to New Rockford to clean and reset grave markers and monuments that had been displaced by wind and uprooted trees. The team set and straightened a total of 41...
Gerri Makay, Community Forestry Program Manager, ND Forest Service. This article is the first of a series on Storm Response and Recovery efforts as related to the loss and damage of trees in New Rockford. While the communities of New Rockford and Sheyenne continue to recover from the July 8 storm that struck the area a few weeks ago, we feel blessed that no one was seriously hurt. We can repair buildings. We can replace vehicles. However, it will take years to replace the trees that were...
With an August 10 deadline looming, Eddy County commissioners combed through the annual budgets of county departments at the special meeting on Tuesday, July 24. As reported in last week’s New Rockford Transcript, the commissioners had also reviewed budgets at their last regular meeting. All submitted budgets included the cost of living adjustment and step increases that the commissioners had previously approved. The budgets reviewed at this meeting included the following: • The Clerk of Court...
Locally owned and operated by the same family since 1980, that's the story of Mick's 281 Service on U.S. Highway 281 in New Rockford. This month, the New Rockford Area Chamber of Commerce has named Kenny Thompson, the hard-working second generation owner, its Employee of the Month for his service to the community. Mick's 281 Service is one of just two automotive repair shops in New Rockford. Thompson's services include scheduled maintenance such as oil changes, battery replacement and tire r...
On Saturday, August 4 Ostlie's Sunnyside Acres will host their fourth annual Hops Harvestour on the farm located 9 miles south of Carrington. The Ostlie’s will provide a tour of the farm and hopyard, and also demonstrate their small farm equipment, including a Bine Implement hops harvester. In addition to the tour, the Sunnyside Goods farm store and gift shop will be open. In addition, guests will be treated to beer samples from Fargo Brewing Company and a catered pizza lunch from Jonny B's Brickhouse. Simple Coffee & Espresso of Carrington w...
Help to build, share and preserve North Dakota history by participating in the upcoming ScanDay event at the Eddy-New Rockford Public Library! ScanDay is an event hosted in libraries, schools and institutions across the state, in partnership with the Digital Initiatives staff from the North Dakota State Library. ScanDay brings scanning and photography equipment into rural communities with the mission to digitize historical photographs, documents and objects, which will later be displayed online on Digital Horizons. Items to be scanned for...
The New Rockford High School Class of 1978 held their 40th Class Reunion in New Rockford on June 30, 2018, at the New Rockford Golf Course. The class also enjoyed a class picnic in the City Park on July 1, 2018. Members of the class who attended are pictured above, from left to right, back row: Jerry Boyer, Philip Gisi, Robert Wishart, Albert Pfeiffer, Wayne Trudeau, Kenny Reis, Greg Wishart, Frank Klein, Jani (Richter) Seifert, Arthur Allmaras, Linda (Dablow) Fenske, Cheryl (Applegate) Flick,...
NDSU Extension is offering a Home Food Preservation Workshop to area residents on August 14, 2018 at 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Community Activities Center (CAC) Building located on the Foster County Fairgrounds. Extension is your trusted source for accurate and safe food preservation guidelines, basing all programs on research. Food preservation guidelines have changed through the years. Recipes passed down from generations or found in old church cookbooks often contain outdated and unsafe procedures. In this workshop you will learn the science...
The Veterans Honor Flight of North Dakota/Minnesota is pleased to announce the dates for the next flight! As you may know, we take U.S. Veterans to Washington, DC free of charge to see the memorials built to honor their service and sacrifices. Preference is given to WWII Veterans, Korean War Veterans an veterans who are terminally ill (from any service era). The next flight will depart Hector International Airport in Fargo on Sunday, September 30, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. and will return on Monday, October 1, 2018 at 7:50 PM. Approximately 90...
Ervin Longnecker enjoyed a visit from Tony Rademacher one evening. Thursday afternoon visitors at the Charlotte Koepplin home were Susie Semmens and Mindy. They brought fresh blueberries and cherries for Charlotte and in return Charlotte sent them home with some fresh baked banana cupcakes. Thursday, Jimmy Indergaard was a visitor at the Ervin Longnecker home. The fellas drove into New Rockford on errands, took a drive to Prairie Home Cemetery and stopped at Bird Dawg on the way home for a treat. Kathy Anderson stopped Sunday at the Margie...
Saturday evening visitors at the Martin and Janelle Koepplin home were Aaron Koepplin, Danielle Beckly, Carter and Chevelle, and Danielle's mother. Friday evening visitors at the Ken and Marvis Holte home were Cody and Amanda. Calvin Packard stopped in Sunday morning at his mother, Shirley's. Tuesday, Candy Jensen accompanied Charlotte Koepplin to Devils Lake where they did some shopping and enjoyed a lunch before returning home. Ken and Marvis Holte drove to Jamestown Tuesday where they did some shopping, picked up daughter Fayette Hardy, and...
Correction for news item last week: Bob and Nora (Evenson) Simonson, Don and Linda Evenson, all of Washington state, arrived in Sheyenne the week before the Fourth of July to visit and help out at the home of Dick Evenson. Jena (Clifton) Brown of Sun Prairie, Wis., arrived via Amtrak on Saturday morning, July 14, for a visit with her mother Patti Clifton and brother Jared in Sheyenne. Patti picked her up at the station. Sunday afternoon, Patti Clifton and Jena Brown attended Forever Plaid at the DPRCA's Old Church Theatre in New Rockford....
Sunday, July 22 was Pastor Natasha Woitzel-Kolles’s last service at Calvary Lutheran Church in Oberon, as she has accepted a call from Zion Lutheran Church of Minot. We wish her and her family the very best in their new home. Services at Calvary will continue as scheduled. Tuesday dinner and overnight guests at Betty Rushfeldt’s home were Mr. and Mrs. Chad Sundberg from Minneapolis and their children Thomas, James, Ruby, Morgan and Genevieve, and Betty’s sister, Janet Bartz of Fargo. The group joined together for a dinner at the home of Sharo...
Nitasha Tiku of Wired reports on three lawsuits against JUUL Labs, makers of the JUUL e-cigarette device. The unifying complaint, in brief, is that nicotine is addictive, that the users are addicted, and that their addictions are the company’s fault. There are quite a few problems with these lawsuits. First, we’ve known for decades, if not centuries that nicotine is addictive. The U.S. government made it official in 1988 with the Surgeon General’s report “The Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction,” but my parents were certainly tel...
Yes, President Trump screwed up in front of the whole world at the Helsinki Summit. But Democrats and the anti-Trump media have a much more serious long-term problem - they’re still out of their minds. They still actually think the Great Russian Collusion Hoax is going to win them the House and chase President Trump out of the White House. It hasn’t been widely reported, but after last week’s indictment of Russian intelligence officers by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office for trying...
Last week, northern Montanan rancher and United States Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) Board Member Maggie Nutter testified before the Food and Drug Administration at a public meeting held to discuss Foods Produced Using Cell Culture Technology. The meeting was convened by FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition to hear more from stakeholders on the use of animal cell culture technology as a method of food production, including the manufacturing of laboratory-grown protein, or “fake meat”. As the only producer voice in the room, N...
The annual Life Savers in the Park event, the beginning of school and also the start of harvest are all things we associate with August here in the New Rockford and Sheyenne community. First we have the Life Savers in the Park event on August 9, which is sponsored by the Community Ambulance Service of New Rockford. School starts on August 21, bringing the appearance of young children around the school. They may be walking safely to and from school or be darting between cars and busses. Please drive with care and diligence when near the school....
North Dakota Farmers Union Insurance based in Jamestown, N.D. announced that Donn Frahm of New Rockford, was the top producer of Life Insurance Premiums for the month of May. Frahm has worked for Farmers Union Insurance for 39 years. He began his time here in New Rockford in 1982....
Robert "Bobby" Biel, 45, of Carrington, N.D., passed away July 23, 2018, at Sanford Health, Fargo, N.D. A Celebration of Life will be held August 5 at 4 p.m. at his home. Robert Henry Biel was born May 9, 1973, in Medina, N.D., to Robert and Anna (Somma) Biel. He attended school in Carrington and graduated from Carrington High School in 1991. Bobby had a passion for cars, and he could often be found in the garage tinkering with them for hours on end. Bobby was a collector of all antiques, each...
Wilfred (Willie) Charles Anton, 92, passed away on July 17, 2018 at CHI St. Alexius Health, Carrington. Funeral services were held July 25 at St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church in Sykeston, N.D. Burial followed at St. Elizabeth's Catholic Cemetery. Fr. Terry Dodge officiated and special music was provided by Jon Polries and the Celebration Singers. Casket bearers were: Eric Iverson, James Speldrich, Tom Speldrich, Tim Speldrich, Doug Heinze, David Heinze, Larry Hetle and Blair Froiland. Honorary...
The theme for the last full day of the ELCA youth gathering was "Hope changes everything." In a world where it is so easy to become discouraged, this is a message that we all need to hear. I understand that we all have different personalities, beliefs, values and even ethics. A study of ethics can guide us to understand one another better. In fact, we all fall into different categories based on what kind of ethics we have. For example, I fall into the situational ethics. Even so, I find myself...
In 1903, a family from Arne Township needed to baptize their baby in their home, as there weren't any churches in the area at that time. Rev. J. A. Pederson from the St. Petri and Bethany parishes in Harvey conducted the service. While in the area, Rev. Pederson noticed that some Christian work was needed in this rural area, so he made arrangements to preach at the Arne Schoolhouse. Rev. Pederson conducted the first worship service on record on September 13, 1902 with a good attendance. Julius...
On October 26, 1901, J.L. Roffler came in from eastern Wells County. Frank Goodrich was in town. Toller M. Huff came in from his farm on business. William Erdelbrock was in from his farm west of town; he had just finished completing several new buildings on his farmstead. I.W. Sheldon left for Sterling, Ill., after a telegram informed him of his father’s death. Ed Stitzel finished his season’s work and brought in his two big threshing rigs. Sheriff J.E. Bennett arrested Charles Fuller on cha...
