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Dr. James Frisk, a longtime ear, nose and throat specialist at CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington, is retiring. While his practice (Plains Ear, Nose, Throat and Facial Plastic Surgery) is located in Fargo, Dr. Frisk regularly saw area patients through an outreach agreement with CHI St Alexius Health Carrington. Dr. Frisk particularly liked to work with children and was known for extending great care to his patients and their families. He specialized in hearing loss and rehabilitation, diagnosis...
Eddy County commissioners will be making a decision within the next two weeks about whether the county will join a lawsuit against manufacturers and distributors of opioid medications. Twenty-five other North Dakota counties have already signed on to the litigation, with five others in still deciding. Former state legislator Curtis Olafson of Edinburg met with commissioners, presenting the reasons that North Dakota counties and a few cities are joining the national lawsuit, which is being heard...
The pool log showed 450 more visits throughout its season this summer than last. New Rockford Park District Manager Dennis Nybo reported that and other details about the agency’s activities at the Sept. 3 city commission meeting. Annual swim passes were also up a fair amount, from 56 last year to 89 this year. The pool was open more than 80% of a possible 68 days, as they were closed 2.5 days due to staffing shortage and another 9.5 days due to weather. Nearly 100 youth participated in summer l...
As September is suicide awareness month, Eddy County Community Cares is planning its fifth annual Lights of Hope. This event serves to remember those who've died by suicide, and to bring awareness to the epidemic. This year's Lights of Hope will be held on Sunday, Sept. 29. Meet at the Rockford Theatre at 5 p.m. for the movie, "Suicide: The Ripple Effect." (More to come on the details of this eye-opening film.) Following the film, around 6:40, the group will begin to walk from the theater to...
Join the fun on Friday, Sept. 13, at the Community Social and Fall Street Market. Thanks to the New Rockford Chamber of Commerce and New Rockford Area Betterment Corporation, businesses from around the area will be coming together to offer great deals and unique items. Transcript Publishing has new fall Rocket gear for sale and is offering 10% off custom apparel and promotional item orders. Stop in at Bank Forward from 2-4 p.m. for a frosty root beer float. Grab a friend and head to Eagles Club...
Craig and Bonnie Voigt are the winners of hard of the week. They were nominated twice. “Their yards on both sides of the road are always well kept up. Wonderful gardens and flowers.” ~ Person who drives by it everyday. “Craig and Bonnie have a beautiful yard, lot to the west and east of their home and across the road to the south of their home. They have a huge garden with many beautiful flowers. Craig has planted more trees the past 10-20 years on their property than anyone else in all of Ne...
St. John’s Catholic Church is hosting a blood drive with Vitalant on Monday, Sept. 16 from 1:45 to 6 p.m. at the St. John’s Catholic Church Fellowship Hall to help ensure a safe blood supply in our community. The goal is to recruit 40 people to donate blood and collect a total of 30 units. Vitalant encourages anyone feeling healthy to consider donation. Donors can make a convenient appointment by calling coordinator Sharon Lesmeister at (701) 947-2728, or scheduling online at www.bloodhero.com. With each donation, donors receive a free tot...
Variations of old scams making the rounds across North Dakota are still finding new victims, said Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem. This year to date, 93 North Dakota residents have reported losses of more than $2.13 million to scams. Seven victims responded to robocalls supposedly from the Social Security Administration or the IRS. The “social security scam” warns individuals that their social security number had been compromised or linked to a crime in another state and they would be arrested if they did not comply. When the victims res...
by Spc. Krystal Heth, 116th Public Affairs Detachment Seventeen Army National Guard soldiers from across the state pushed through physical and mental challenges to try to outscore their fellow competitors during this year's Best Warrior Competition (BWC) Aug. 15-18 at Camp Grafton Training Center, near Devils Lake. Each soldier was tested on various warrior tasks over the competition's four days. When the winners were announced during the final day's awards ceremony, two Army Guard members...
The North Dakota Department of Agriculture has scheduled free training sessions for produce growers. “Fruit and vegetable growers and others interested in learning about produce safety, the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule, Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs), and co-management of natural resources and food safety should attend,” Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring said. “Attending a session will satisfy the FSMA Produce Safety Rule requirement that requires at least one supervisor or responsible party on a farm to co...
There was no news from Oberon last week because I was spending time with our son, Stacy Madson, who made a short visit home from Ranchester, Wyo. He attended the wedding, reception and dance for Jaycee Howard on Saturday in Lincoln, N.D. on Saturday, Aug. 24. Sunday, the birthdays of Dave Madson and McKenzee Madson were celebrated with Shawn and Cathy Caulfield of Jamestown, Stacy Madson, Melodie, Kennedee and McKenzee Madson of Devils Lake, Jay Prince of Colorado, and Dave and Linda Madson. Carrie Madson and Paul Prince hosted the party at...
Barb Eversvik and Jan Loe drove to Nebraska recently. Jan took Barb to Omaha to visit with her daughter and family and then Jan continued on to Lincoln to visit with her son Steve and granddaughter Maddy. While there, Jan helped Maddy celebrate her birthday. Jan returned to Sheyenne on Thursday evening. Patti Clifton kept an appointment and ran some errands in Carrington one day last week. On Saturday, Jan Loe and Steph were in Minnewaukan at Bud's Place to attend a reunion of the Woodrow cousins. Bob and Dawn Boyd recently enjoyed a week in...
Tuesday Amanda Bickett was a visitor at the Ken and Marvis Holte home bringing cake. All enjoyed cake and coffee and playing the Hand and Foot card game. Friday afternoon Janet Laube and Yip Yip were visitors at the Charlotte Koepplin home. They chatted over hot chocolate and treats. Doris Leik was a visitor recently at the Lillian Gedrose home. Calvin Packard and his mother Shirley were among the many who attended the funeral service for Lynn Schroeder Thursday at Grace Lutheran Church in Carrington. Terry and Sandy Koepplin celebrated their...
Jimmy Indergaard was a Wednesday visitor at the Margie Anderson and Charlotte Koepplin homes and was a supper guest at his sister Ruth and Andy Braaten home. Wednesday morning visitors and dinner guests at the Charlotte Koepplin home were Janet Laube and Yip Yip. Thursday Charlotte accompanied them to Jamestown where they did some shopping and enjoyed lunch before returning to New Rockford. While taking lunch to the harvest field Sunday, Margie Anderson enjoyed a roadside chat with Edgar Duda, his grandson Dustin and his daughter Maxine near th...
First, some disclaimers. When my son Gideon was in kindergarten and first grade, I indulged him by recording countless hours of hyperactive, unseen-outside-the-family DVDs he called The Gideon Channel. For more than seven years, we have made annual trips to the local radio station to cut commercials for my retail day job. But that's as far as I exploit him (outside of this column). So, I was flabbergasted to see a CBS News report about the phenomenon of "kid influencers" dominating Instagram,...
An invasion from outer space might do America some good. And maybe one's coming? In June, Politico reported a top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee sought details from the Navy about pilots reporting an "unidentified aerial phenomenon" that appeared to defy the laws of physics and aerodynamics. The same month, CNN reported on classified Navy briefings for U.S. senators, including the vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, that treated those reported Navy encounters...
Manifest Destiny was born in 1845 when U.S. politicians sought to justify the seizing of other countries’ territory as God’s plan for America, starting with the annexation of half of Mexico. Actually, we didn’t have a name for this land lust in 1803 when President Thomas Jefferson doubled the size of the United State by purchasing the Louisiana Territory for $15 million. The deal “outed” Jefferson as a Democrat when people saw he spent money he didn’t have for property he never saw. Spendthrift...
It is a sobering fact that 25% of businesses that close because of a natural disaster never reopen. Small businesses can improve their chances of successful recovery by assessing their risks and developing a preparedness plan, and the U.S. Small Business Administration can help. Following a declared disaster, the SBA assists in the rebuilding and economic recovery of a community by providing affordable, timely, direct loans to businesses of all sizes, nonprofits, homeowners and renters to cover uninsured losses. Any disaster can have dev...
Eileen Yvonne Aultman, 82, passed away on after a courageous seven year battle with cancer, on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, at Golden Acres Manor, Carrington, under the care of CHI Hospice. Funeral services were held Friday, Sept. 6 at 10:30 a.m. at the Federated Church UCC/UMC, Carrington. Casket Bearers included Dan Beckley, Roger Hasse, Terry Johnson, John Struxness, Larry Peterson and Ken Wobbema. Honorary bearers included Eilenn's grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Burial took place at the C...
Margaret Ann Coleman, 65, passed away in her New Rockford home on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. A Mass of Christrian Burial Service was held on Tuesday, Sept. 3 at St. John's Catholic Church in New Rockford. Burial was at the St. John's Catholic Cemetery. Father Reese Weber officiated the ceremony and Heather Klocke provided special music. Casket bearers included Andrew Syphanh, Angel Mila, Timothy Scott, Vincent Williams, Quintrell Coleman, Troy Hodges, Eric Williams and Daniel Sewell. Honorary...
Linda Fay Simmons, 70, of Lansford, died Sept. 2, 2019, at a Minot hospital. Her funeral was held Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, at Trinity United Church, Lansford. Her burial was at Lansford Cemetery. She was born June 7, 1949, in New Rockford, a daughter of Alvin and Irene (Baldwin) Paulson. She was raised in Riverdale, and later Pick City, where her dad worked on the construction of the Garrison Dam. Linda graduated from Riverdale High School in 1969. After graduation, she held various jobs. Linda...
Our assigned Old Testament reading for Sept. 8 is Deuteronomy 30:15-20. I find these words fascinating as we get to listen in on a few of Moses’ concluding words to the Israelites as they were about to enter into the Promised Land. After 40 years in the wilderness, the people of God are finally ready to cross the Jordan River, and Moses’ final words urge the people to do nothing less than “choose life.” This is huge. A constant theme in the book of Deuteronomy is that there is a loving God, and this God invites our love. It seems to me, as...
The Aug. 29, 1902, “New Rockford Transcript” said that Jack Griffith had been hired as a night watchman. P.J. Hester had taken up one bay mare, about 900 lbs., with white front legs below the fetlocks and branded “HR” on its left hip. Wagonmaker R.U. Austin had loaned a buggy wheel to a man whose wheel was broken on July 4; the wheel was never returned and Mr. Austin wanted it back, no questions asked. For sale by J.R. Engberg of Barlow: one Buffalo Pitts engine and one Minneapolis Separator. Bids were being received until Sept. 15 for excavat...
Long-haired Morgan During this week in 1884, a post office was established at Morganville on the old Bismarck-Ft. Stevenson stage route. In actuality, Morganville was nothing more than a farm located on the west edge of what is now Beulah, in Mercer County. The owner and postmaster was an unusual man who went by various names: Frank C. Morgan, Morgan Spencer and Long-Haired Morgan. Nobody seemed to know where he came from, but that he was well educated was apparent. Perhaps with a romantic notion of the western frontier, he had chosen a...
Dear Savvy Senior, What can you tell me about electric bicycles? A friend of mine, who’s almost 70, recently got one and absolutely loves it. He told me he rides more now than he ever did his regular bicycle. -Interested Boomer Dear Interested, Electric bikes have become very popular among U.S. baby boomers. They’re super fun to ride and easier on an aging body. Electric bikes, also known as e-bikes, are conventional bicycles with a battery-powered “pedal” or “throttle” assist. When you saddle up and push the pedals, a small motor engages and...
