Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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It was a milestone moment for CenDak Cooperative on Friday, Sept. 20. The first truckload of fertilizer was unloaded into the cooperative's new fertilizer facility that day. Now farmers can look forward to faster loading, custom blending and better supply right here in New Rockford. Planning began during the summer of 2018, and cooperative officials approached the City of New Rockford last September with a proposal to buy land north of the airport, adjacent to the company's propane yard. The...
Even though heavy rain on Friday night put a kibosh to the traditional weekend parades and threshing demonstrations, there were still plenty of learning opportunities to be had at the 61st Annual Central North Dakota Steam Threshers Reunion last weekend. Over 200 students from area schools walked the grounds on Friday, known as Education Day. There they got to see the steamers up close and spent time among the seven historic buildings in Pioneer Village....
State Superintendent Kirsten Baesler applauded New Rockford-Sheyenne Elementary School and Harwood Elementary School on Thursday for being honored as North Dakota's two national "Blue Ribbon Schools" for 2019. "This is an exceptional achievement for two of our best rural schools," Baesler said. "This honor highlights the great teaching and learning that is going on in these schools, and across our state. "Reaching Blue Ribbon status is an extraordinary honor, and we have been fortunate to have...
Angie Hopfauf has been a licensed social worker since she graduated from the University of Mary in 1999. She began at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd in 2003 and continues to help families make big decisions about the future of loved ones. Her nomination for Employee of the Month came from a recent client, who said, "I was looking for placement for my mother who suffers from dementia. Angie was instrumental in reaching out to our family and bringing my mother to New Rockford. It is the...
The north end of New Rockford has been rife with activity the past two weeks. Crews from BEK Consulting of Dickinson began installing new water main on Third Avenue North Sept. 6. "Third (Avenue) actually went good," Wayne Kern of BEK Consulting commented during a construction meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 25. It was the second of many meetings in which representatives from the city, engineering firm, contractors and USDA-Rural Development will discuss progress, problems and plans as the project c...
Update 10/5/19- An Employee of Thomson Apiaries was inadvertently missed from the list. Kyle Quinton is also on the staff. We apologize for the omission. Thompson Apiaries, Inc. of New Rockford received the prestigious Member of the Year award from the Sioux Honey Association, Cooperative. The award was presented at the cooperative's annual convention in Sioux City, Iowa on Monday, Sept. 16. Thompson Apiaries was nominated by Dan Bauer of Fertile, Minn., the District 8 Director for the...
This Saturday, Oct. 5 there is fun in store all day long in New Rockford. First, Sarah Smith Warren's photography studio plays host to the Annual Fall Market from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Shoppers will find a variety of treasures, from Avon and Scentsy products to fresh produce and homemade craft items. John Scanson of New Rockford has been hard at work this summer growing pumpkins for kids to enjoy. Now the crop is in, and all are invited for his pumpkin giveaway from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday. There are...
New Rockford hosted a blood drive with Vitalant on Sept. 16 at St. Johns Catholic Church. A total of 41 units of blood products were collected for patients in need. That day, 37 individuals volunteered to donate blood. Five of those donors came forward to donate Power Red Cells (2RBC) which collects two units of red blood cells while returning platelets, plasma and a saline solution back to the donor. Four people volunteered for the first time. Vitalant expressed gratitude to Sharon Lesmeister, who coordinated the drive, and St. Johns Catholic...
This weekend, the Dakota Prairie Regional Center for the Arts’ Oktoberfest will be a one of a kind. Join the fun for the DPRCA original “The Crazy Bingo Show.” This spin off of the 2010 feature “We Gotta Bingo” will be hosted by “Let’s get Lucky” Bucky Fuller (Morgan Lies) and his hopeful apprentice Lenny (Peter Foss.) This extraordinary duo hosted the 2010 bingo show and are excited to entertain the audience with their outrageous reprise performance. Clad in tacky tuxedos, this duo will put the “wack” in wacky. “This year’s fundraising ev...
The Eddy-New Rockford Library Book Club selection for this month is "Boy Still Missing" by John Searles. It is June 1971 and Dominick Pindle, a tenderhearted but aimless Massachusetts teenager, spends his nights driving around with his mother and dragging his wayward father out of bars. Late one evening Dominick's search puts him face-to-face with his father's seductive mistress, Edie Kramer. Instantly in lust, he begins a forbidden relationship with this beautiful, mysterious woman. Before...
Elaine Thompson has been named by the New Rockford Area Betterment Corporation as the winner of the Yard of the Week. While it is true that she has a wonderful yard teeming with beautiful foliage and intricate landscaping, she also has something more- a very thoughtful granddaughter. Cassidy Bjerke nominated her grandmother to be recognized as having the Yard of the Week. Her nomination form says, "My grandma works extremely hard on her yard. Us grandkids help her a lot as she can't do as m...
CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington was recognized among the 20 highest ranked Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in the nation at the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) Rural Health Clinics and Critical Access Hospital Conference in Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 20. The determining factors for the top 20 CAHs are based on indicators of strength, including quality of care provided, patient outcomes, and financial stability as determined by iVantage Health Analytics. Other North Dakota hospitals receiving Top 20 recognition included Linton Hospital,...
The wedding ceremony of Elisa Buehler and Joe Wentz has been moved to Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Devils Lake at a different time. It will be at 3:30 p.m. The reception and dance will remain the same. Grace Ihry visited Hunter Buehler over the weekend. Lacey Grann spent the week in Mandan to attend training for her job. James and Irene Thompson from La Junta, Colo., stopped by to visit and have muffins and coffee at John and Donna Grann’s residence Friday morning. Friday evening, Johnny Grann fans, Jim and Nancy Meier, made the trip from Elg...
New Rockford and area folks extend sympathy to the families of Sylvia Kjos and Dale Nystrom. Thursday found Ken and Marvis Holte in Jamestown doing some shopping and enjoying a visit over coffee and treats with daughter Fayette Nelson. Thursday Martin and Eloise Lucht enjoyed a visit from Alan and Marge Stolz of Bismarck. A number of folks including Wayne and Phillis Topp, Wade Wipperling, Arlene Weber, Mr and Mrs Tom Ryan, Galen Borth and the family of Leo and Janet Laube attended funeral service for Leo Saturday afternoon at the First...
Dale and Diane Rosenberg were stoppers at the Ervin Longnecker home one afternoon. They enjoyed visiting and digging horseradish and returned home where tears flowed while grinding the horseradish. Margie Anderson, Gary Anderson, David and Karen Anderson and Peter Larson and Ervin Longnecker were among those who attended the benefit supper for Cam Pierson Saturday at Buck-It's Bar in New Rockford. Monday afternoon brief visitors at the Charlotte Koepplin home were Martin Koepplin and KC. They raided the garden at Taylor and Amanda Koepplin's....
Last Thursday, Patti Clifton picked up Jan Loe and they traveled to Grand Forks to do some shopping. While there, they met Pat Wetzel for a visit and noon lunch. Friday evening, Jeff and Denise Labrensz attended the New Rockford-Sheyenne homecoming football game. During the downpour, they listened to the radio broadcast from their vehicle. Congratulations to the Rockets on their win! Becky Ames, Diane Karlsbraaten and Jan Loe enjoyed the American Legion Corn Feed in New Rockford on Friday evening. Saturday evening, Steph Loe and Jan Loe were...
Ole Thornerson was wheezing and snorting as he stumbled up the last golden step to Pearly Gate 333. He expected a huge crowd of friends and relatives cheering him for making it but he was faced with only an 8-foot table from Walmart at which were seated a trio of saints– St. Peter, presiding, flanked by Saints James and John. James and John were not Peter’s first choices for deputies of registration but their mother had put up such a stink about good appointments for her two boys that Peter fig...
Got an embarrassing admission here. I was scheduled to summarize the Democratic candidates’ debate last week, but also had a deadline about the opening of the football season, and they kind of got mixed up together. Don't you hate it when two things vie for your attention at the same time? Must be what's making Donald Trump so irascible. Of course, when you get right down to it, the two do have quite a bit in common. Both politics and football are sports that don't finish until there's blood on the field. You cannot comment on either one w...
I never met my great-grandfather, although I've seen pictures of him. The one I treasure most is a family photo, similar to those images on an Ancestry.com commercial, where he is sitting with his wife and older daughters. (The sons would arrive later.) He's wearing a hat and a solemn expression, but you get the impression that he's content with the life he'd created since emigrating from Italy a few years before. You would be wrong, though. Some years after that photo was taken, this patriarch...
Here are my five favorite things about this sentence: (1) It grabs your attention, (2) It keeps you guessing, (3) It's not overly wordy, (4) It's something you might forward to friends, (5) It's part of the list-making trend that just keeps growing. The New York Times sent subscribers an email on August 11 promoting "12 new books our editors liked" and "10 best new recipes." There was also a report on "the 50 best TV shows on Netflix right now." 50! That's quite a list. I expect a follow-up in...
Harold "Dale" Nystrom passed away Sept. 21, 2019 at the Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd, New Rockford, N.D. A memorial service was held Sept. 24, at the First Congregational Church, New Rockford. Burial was at the Nystrom Cemetery, rural Sheyenne, N.D. Rev. Mindy Meier officiated with special music provided by JoAnn Leichtman and Kerstin Allmaras. Honorary bearers were John Winsky, Frank Walker, Noah Nicolai, Mike Leichtman, Shane Dinius and Zach Sager. Dale was born July 2, 1937, to Harold...
Sylvia B. Kjos, 93, New Rockford, N.D. was called home Sept. 20, 2019 at Golden Acres Manor, Carrington, N.D. The funeral was held Sept. 24, at First Lutheran Church, New Rockford. The burial was at Prairie Home Cemetery, New Rockford. Rev. Doug Nemitz officiated with special music provided by Doreen Taylor and Logan Kjos. Casket bearers were Jeremy Kjos, Tommy Kjos, Ryan Kjos, Evan Kjos, Jason Olund, Blake Kjos, Corey Borah, Casey Borah and Cody Borah. Honorary bearers were Roy Taylor, all...
Lawrence "Larry" Joseph Hesch, 81, of Carrington, died Sept. 16, 2019 at Golden Acres Manor Nursing Home in Carrington. The funeral service was held Sept. 20, at Grace Lutheran Church, Carrington. Burial was at the Carrington Cemetery. Rev. Richard Biberdorf officiated and special music was provided by Clara Edwardson and Darwin Solberg. Casket bearers were Wade Hesch, Perry Hesch, Jim Diede, Tim Schroeder, Jerome Greenshields and Eldon Redlin. Honorary bearers were all family and friends....
Darlene F. Willyard, 80, of Melville, N.D., died Sept. 20, 2019 at CHI in Carrington, N.D. The funeral service was held Sept. 25, at Evans Funeral Home, Carrington. Burial was at the Carrington Cemetery. Rev. Rick Loewen officiated. Darlene Frances Bellquist was born Nov. 6, 1938, in Carrington to Emus and Evelyn (Davis) Bellquist. She attended school in Cathay, N.D., and graduated from Cathay High School in 1960. She worked as a waitress before her marriage. Darlene and George Willyard were...
by Rev. Doug Nemitz First Lutheran Church New Rockford When I think about our New Testament reading for Sunday, Sept. 29 (1 Timothy 6:6-19), and the ever widening gap between the wealthiest Americans and the poorest, it seems to me that the Christian faith always lives in uneasy tension with wealth. On the one hand, we who follow Jesus recognize that wealth could be seen as a genuine gift from God to be used to bless others. On the other hand, as Jesus recognized in preaching so much about the dangers of wealth, it can be a devious tem...
