Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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Youth are the stars of the show in DPRCA's "A Christmas Story: The Musical" on stage now thru Dec. 15. From 10-year-old Kaci Weisenburger starring as Ralphie to 13-year-old Kelsie Belquist playing the role of Flick, these kids know how to put on a show! Get one of the last available tickets by calling DPRCA at (701) 947-2174....
Before you drive out of town or reach for the computer for this year's holiday shopping, take a moment to consider if you can make your purchase in town and keep those dollars local. You'd be surprised how many treasures we uncovered while just visiting just a few of the retail stores in New Rockford. (There are many options to consider. We're just sorry we didn't find the time to visit more of our retailers.) Every item featured in this gift guide is (or at least was) available to purchase...
There are many opportunities to shop, mingle and celebrate in our community this holiday season. Below is a sampling of the local happenings scheduled throughout the next few weeks. The New Rockford Transcript, New Rockford Area Chamber of Commerce and local merchants encourage you to make it a hometown holiday! Thursday, Dec. 5 Miller’s Fresh Foods’ Taste of the Season: From 3 - 6 p.m., Miller’s Fresh Foods hosts its annual tasting fest, featuring samples and recipes for a variety of delicio...
There's a new place in town. Maybe you've noticed. Right across the street from the Eagles Club, in the old Montana-Dakota Utilities building, is The Hair Studio. The history of the salon is simple. New Rockford native Taylor (Cook) Weber returned home in 2014. She had studied at Josef's School of Hair Design West Academy in Fargo and later worked in a salon specializing in men's styles. However, there wasn't space available back here in New Rockford for her to set up shop. Even if someone wante...
The yo-yo weather has posed challenges for many of us. Park District Manager Dennis Nybo shares similar frustrations, but in regards to the opening of the ice rink located at the corner of 11th street N and 3rd ave N. He says that with any luck, the rink should be open by mid December. Nybo also still accepting applications for warming house attendants at the rink. Applicants must be 15 years and up. Other things Nybo is looking forward to this winter include an adult basketball tournament at the New Rockford- Sheyenne gymnasium on Sunday,...
It was Muddy Tracks for the win at the 6th Annual Eagles “Run for the Roses” Stick Horse Calcutta on Saturday, Nov. 23. Crappy Harvest was the theme, and bidders were in ample supply. Auctioneer Mike Ostrom of Rugby started the bidding for each horse at $100. In a rousing competition, each horse fetched $1,800 or more. When just one horse remained, two horseless teams vied for their chance to get in the race. Sand Bag was the horse’s name, and she fetched $2,250 for the local charity. Once...
The Eddy County Sheriff's Office is at it again. On Thursday, Dec. 12, deputies, highway patrol, and other law enforcement officers from around the area will be hosting the annual Shop with the Sheriff event. This program not only gives youngsters an "unique shopping experience" but also fosters positive relationships with law enforcement. Here's how it works. After signing up, participants will report to the Eddy County Courthouse at the designated time. From there, kids climb into the back of...
Volunteering is the ONE way to make a BIG investment in your community without spending a DIME. All you need is a little TIME. The value of that “little time” is more than you might think, too. Volunteers are worth on average $24.14 an hour according to an Independent Sector Study. When you think about it that way, if every resident in Eddy County volunteered for just one hour, the value of that time would be more than $55,000. That’s quite a boost for any rural economy. Add to that the impac...
Selections provided by Eddy-New Rockford Librarian Susie Sharp Book summaries courtesy of goodreads.com The Night Before Christmas This poem first appeared in a newspaper in Troy, New York, USA, on Dec. 23, 1823, as "A Visit From St. Nicholas". No one claimed authorship until 13 years later. Clement Clarke Moore, a professor and poet, said that he wrote the piece for his children. Unbeknownst to him, his housekeeper had sent it to the newspaper to be published. However, the family of Henry...
Producers and others will have an opportunity to learn about the latest farm bill, crop marketing and feeding poor-quality wheat and corn to livestock, as well as other agricultural issues, at NDSU Extension's Central Dakota Ag Day. It is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 5, at the NDSU Carrington Research Extension Center (CREC). The workshop will begin at 9 a.m. with coffee and doughnuts. Kevin Wolsky from Central Ag Alliance will open the workshop with a presentation titled "Can We All Get Along? The Power of Farmers Group Purchasing." Several...
The New Rockford community hosted a blood drive with Vitalant, formerly United Blood Services, on Nov. 14, at First Lutheran Church, which helped collect a total of 57 units of blood products for patients in need. A total of 59 individuals volunteered to donate blood and 52 individuals were able to donate at the Vitalant blood drive on Nov. 14. A total of five donors also 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. There were...
On Sunday, Nov. 17, the Trail Riders 4-H group held a meeting at the Grace Lutheran Church in Sheyenne. All of the club’s 11 members were present. Old business included planning for the annual Helping Hands event at the Lutheran Home on Dec. 1. On that day, all the area 4-H clubs come together to decorate the Christmas trees at the home. New business including planning the club’s Christmas party. The group came up with many good ideas before finally deciding on the movie theater. With any luc...
Janet Laube and Yip Yip took a quick trip to Jamestown Tuesday morning, did some shopping and enjoyed dinner before returning home. Tuesday Amanda Bickett enjoyed conversation over tea at the Ken and Marvis Holte home. Weekend guest at the Lillian Gedrose home was son Orrin of Tioga. Doris Leik was also a visitor one day. Janet Laube was happy to get catch-up phone calls from niece Shelly Nelson of Oklahoma and grandson Travis Laube of Fargo Sunday. Friday found Ken and Marvis Holte driving to Jamestown where they did some shopping and later...
Last week, Amanda Hegland spoke at the New Rockford-Sheyenne National Honor Society induction at the school. Jake, Amanda, Fallyn and Piper went to Fargo last Saturday, Nov. 16. Jake and Fallyn went to the Bison football game and Amanda and Piper found things to do around Fargo. Donna and Johnny Grann spent Monday morning in Grand Forks getting Johnny’s wisdom teeth removed. Ouch!! Bobbi Grann headed for Texas Tuesday, a day before the snowfall. She and her horses safely arrived in Stephenville late Wednesday evening. Bruce Engelhardt from M...
We have one passion: helping students succeed. When you donate to New Rockford-Sheyenne Dollars for Scholars, you support our local students. As our local chapter celebrates 15 years of providing scholarships to NR-S High School graduates, we have set a goal to raise $5,000 through Giving Tuesday. Giving Tuesday is a Global day of giving. Each year the day follows the Tuesday after Black Friday and is a wonderful way to encourage donors to donate to non-profits rather than give a gift. This...
In the National Honor Society article on page A7 of the Nov. 25 issue, there was an error and an omission. Andrew Presnell was inducted, not Nicholas Presnell. Also, Alyssa Thumb was omitted from the list of inductees. She was not present for the ceremony and was therefore not pictured. We apologize for the errors....
What’s the best gift you ever received? Whatever it was, it surely wasn’t a material item bought in a store. An experience, rather than a material good, is the best gift to receive. That’s what University of Toronto professor Cindy Chan and University of California professor Cassie Mogilner discovered in a study they conducted in 2018. “The reason experiential gifts are more socially connecting is that they tend to be more emotionally evocative,” Chan told PsychCentral. “An experientia...
A political writer's annual Thanksgiving column can be easy to write, or incredibly difficult to put together. It can also be inspiring or banal. The two are probably connected. It's always a difficult one for me; its quality is a matter of your opinion. But hey, it's time to talk about being thankful. Please bear with. Yes, like you, I'm grateful for family, friends, neighbors, the absence of bankruptcy or prison time, yada, yada, yada. All in all it's been a good year for me, and I hope it's been a good one for you as well. On the political e...
Dale and Diane Rosenberg stopped in at the Ervin Longnecker home one day with some homemade knoephla soup and other goodies. Thursday afternoon Todd Koepplin was a brief stopper at the Charlotte Koepplin home. Jimmy Indergaard enjoyed a recent visit at the homes of Mervin Indergaard and Judy Swanson. Saturday afternoon he stopped in at the Charlotte Koepplin home. Charlotte Koepplin took a country drive Friday and found herself at the Dale and Diane Rosenberg home on Circle Trail Ride business and enjoyed coffee and a yummy apple bread. Merle...
Food. It’s part of the holiday tradition. Think soups, kuchens or oven-baked bread. Don’t forget the jams and sauces, pickles and relishes, chocolate truffles or tamales. Oh my. The list goes on in so many directions depending on your background or preferences. Unfortunately, not all of us are skilled or able to prepare such delicacies to grace the holiday table. So where would one find a gourmet jelly or a freshly prepared rhubarb-strawberry cheesecake? You’d probably start asking around. If you’re lucky, you’d be directed to the right per...
Congratulations to Joan Cudworth and Richard Hoffner on their retirement from Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd. Joan Cudworth has been a dedicated and valued employee of LHGS for more than 30 years, working in the Nursing and MDS departments. Joan will especially miss the relationships she has made with the staff and residents but is excited to spend more time with her family and friends. Richard Hoffner has been a dedicated and valued employee of LHGS for 25 years. Richard started as a...
This Advent season I am struck by how many dreams and visions are part of the story leading up to Jesus’ birth. Take one of Joseph’s dreams for example: “An angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 1:20). Put yourself in Joseph’s shoes. It appeared that Mary had been unfaithful, that she had disgraced Joseph. What else could it be but unfaithfulness? She was pregnant and Joseph wasn’t the father. I...
The holidays are usually a time for families to gather and celebrate. However, when a loved one is missing from the family circle, the festive time is mingled with sadness. The 20th annual Candle Lighting Remembrance Service will be held at 6:45 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 8 at the Chapel at CHI St. Alexius Health- Carrington Medical Center, 878 5th St. N., Carrington. (If we need to reschedule due to weather, the service will be held at the same time on Tuesday, Dec. 10.) The World-Wide Candle L...
On Nov. 7, 1902, Roy Treffry and Chauncy Bryant left to hunt deer and moose in the woods of northern Minnesota. That evening Miss Lillian M. Phelps of St. Catherine’s, Ontario, Canada, lectured in the Tiffany School, sponsored by the Tiffany WCTU; a collection of $12 was taken up, part for the North Dakota WCTU and part to the Florence Crittenden Home in Fargo. Two honorary members joined the Tiffany WCTU. Also that evening there was a dance in Barlow in the new hall, with supper at the Hotel B...
In honor of its 100th season, the NFL is inviting everyone join Huddle for 100, an effort to inspire a million people to volunteer 100 minutes of their time and help shape what our communities will look like for the next 100 years. In addition, each month, the NFL club with the most volunteer minutes will receive a community focused grant from the NFL Foundation, with one $100,000 grant awarded as a grand prize for a community project at the end of the year. Get involved and make your 100 minutes count by sharing your volunteer experience. H...
