Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Sorted by date Results 926 - 950 of 1827
Dear Savvy Senior, What kinds of legal documents do I need to prepare to help my family after I’m gone? I would like to get my affairs in order but could use some help. Almost 75 Dear Almost, All adults – especially seniors – should have at least four essential legal documents to protect yourself and your family. These documents will make sure your wishes regarding your estate are legal and clear and will help minimize any conflicts and confusion with your family and your health care providers i...
On a recent mini-vacation to Minnesota, it was interesting to see how small towns across Minnesota promoted St. Patrick’s Day. I realized how little I knew about St. Patrick’s Day. Interestingly, my research showed that while St. Patrick was the patron saint of Ireland, many of the St. Patrick’s Day traditions were actually born in the United States. History.com tells us that the United States becomes an “emerald country” every March 17, wearing green clothes and drinking green beer. Green mil...
Brittin Buehler spent the day babysitting her Grandpa and Grandma Buehler on Friday. Elisa and Joe Wentz and Maynard of Bismarck, Breana and Michael Pacheco and Mavis and Waylon of Watford City and Grace Ihry of Fargo visited Todd, Nadley and Hunter Buehler over the weekend. Beau, Bria and Brittin joined the family on Saturday. Mark Thompson of Thompson and sister, Lois Delorme of Grand Forks stopped by for a visit at the Buehler farm Saturday afternoon. Jake, Amanda, Fallyn and Piper Hegland were in Fargo this week. Piper had a medical...
Sunday evening visitors at the Margie Anderson home were David and Karen Anderson. Leonard and Peggy Duchscherer were Sunday afternoon visitors at the Ervin Longnecker home bringing banana bread. Monday morning Charlotte Koepplin enjoyed a phone call from her Aunt Lucille Saldivar from Anaheim, Calif. A family and weather catchup and a thank you for the Valentine. Jimmy Indergaard and his sister, Ruth Braaten, enjoyed a Monday drive to Jamestown. Saturday afternoon and supper guests at the Charlotte Koepplin home were Janet Laube and Yip Yip....
Candy Jensen enjoyed Thursday evening and supper with Mindy Skjerva and fun time with Audrey Jo at the Skjerva home. Todd Koepplin, Taylor Koepplin, Corey Longnecker and friends returned Wednesday after a very successful fishing trip into Canada’s Lake Winnipeg. The weather was great, and the fish were big. Lois and Tait Feigert from Jamestown were recent visitors of Gary Lindquist. They came here for the funeral of Roger Semmens, which was at St. John’s Catholic Church in New Rockford. They left for home after visiting Gary. This week Jan...
Tuesday, Feb. 25, Denise Labrensz took a day of vacation to spend the afternoon at the Sheyenne Senior Center and enjoy a game of Mexican Train. Jan Loe returned home on Saturday after a week-and-a-half visit at the home of her brother Jerry and Susan Woodrow in Winter Haven, Fla. After deplaning in Grand Forks, Jan joined Brian and Pam Hill (Jan's niece) for brunch at a local restaurant. Saturday, Feb. 29, Denise Labrensz rode along to Devils Lake with Allison and Jase Pfeiffer and took in the District 7 boys basketball tournament games....
This creature, the short-tailed weasel also goes by the name of ermine and has a Latin moniker of Mustela erminea. Weighing in at less than a quarter-pound live, the ermine is known for its voracious nature. The ermine inhabits brushy or wooded areas, often making dens in ground burrows, under stumps, rock piles or old buildings. Ermines are active throughout the year, making the most of every opportunity to prey upon small mammals. The ermine hunts at night, but can be seen during the day. In...
The Jan. 30, 1903, “Transcript” said there had been snow during the week, including a considerable amount on Jan. 27 and 28, so sleighing was “…the best it has been for years.” An ad— City Dray and Express Line, P.H. West, Prop. Baggage Transferred, Express Handled, Contracts Taken For Free Ice Delivery Next Summer. Telephone 40a. Miss Helen Oliver had been ill all week with tonsillitis. Miss Belle Oliver and Miss Margaret Ford were ill with the grip [flu] of which there were many cases in to...
Dear Savvy Senior, Can you offer some tips to help seniors guard against census scams? With the 2020 census gearing up, I’ve read that there are a lot of potential scammers out there looking to take advantage of older people and I want to protect myself. Cautious Judy Dear Judy, Unfortunately, scams have become a persistent problem when the U.S. Census Bureau does its once-a-decade count of the U.S. population. Here’s what you can expect from the 2020 Census in the coming weeks, and how you can...
We’ve all had moments of feeling like we didn’t belong. Just imagine for a moment, being born into a world where fitting in was never an option. Michele Sullivan, who has a rare form of dwarfism, shares how her physical posture taught her the most effective relational posture with others. This knowledge helped her become one of the most powerful women in philanthropy. Michele has literally spent her life looking up. As the first female president of the Caterpillar Foundation, she has used that u...
Mary Gherty was a Saturday visitor at the Shirley Packard home. Martin and Janelle Koepplin, Jim and Fern Schuster, Tony Rademacher, Karen Koepplin, Frederick and Dianne Allmaras, Joyce Peters and Mike and Jackie Williams were among the many who attended funeral services for Roger Semmens Thursday morning at St. John’s Catholic Church. Monday, Eloise Lucht drove to Devils Lake and tended to business with daughter Heidi Schneider, Caleb and Callie. Shirley Packard stopped at Golden Acres Manor in Carrington for a Sunday morning and visited w...
Pam Schmid helped at the pancake feed in Maddock Sunday. Monday, Doris Griffin attended and helped with the carving group in Maddock. Anyone who is interested is welcome to join the group. They meet the first and third Mondays from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Memorial Home in Maddock. Doris attended the Region 3 Consolidated Plan Public Hearing put on by the North Dakota Commerce on Wednesday. Later on Wednesday, Doris attended the Mountain-Lake Human Service Zone board meeting. Thursday, Doris went to the North Central Planning Council meeting. Lacey...
Ervin Longnecker, Eileen Williams, Jay Cudworth, Nancy Ludwig and Charlotte Koepplin were among the many who attended the funeral service for Roger Semmens at St. John’s Catholic Church, Thursday morning in New Rockford. Douglas Cudworth was a Saturday afternoon visitor at his sister’s, Margie Anderson. They celebrated his birthday over orange bundt cake and coffee. Other Saturday visitors were Karen and David Anderson and Grandma Weston. Friday, Charlotte Koepplin enjoyed homemade veggie beef soup supper at the Janet Laub home. Ervin Lon...
Patti Clifton kept appointments in Carrington last week. She also did some shopping in Carrington and in New Rockford. Saturday Night Bingo resumes on March 7, 7 p.m. at Ostby Hall in Sheyenne. Don't forget to check out all the great reading material at the lending library at the Sheyenne Senior Center. The center is open on Tuesday and Friday afternoons, 1:30-5 p.m., with coffee and goodies served at 3:30 p.m. Everyone welcome....
Several weeks ago, Archival Anecdotes featured a picture very similar to this one. In fact it is quite likely that both photos were taken in the same day. Much like we ooh and awe (and even curse) a good spring snowfall, the people of New Rockford were captivated by the colossal storm that hit the area on March 15-16, 1902. In fact, this is just one of four photos that the Eddy County Museum has which features Central Ave with snow piled high. Each of these photos serve as a good reminder that...
The Jan. 23, 1903, “Transcript” contained a letter from owner C.J. Maddux dated Jan. 17 from Washington, D.C. Maddux talked of the slow progress on the treaty to open the Fort Totten Reservation to settlement by whites with a payment of $3 per acre to the Indians by Congress with settlers then reimbursing the government at $3.50 per acre. Maddux also mentioned that Francis A. Sebring, former New Rockford postmaster [Sept. 13, 1883-March 31, 1887], and cashier of the Bank of New Rockford, was...
Dear Savvy Senior, I will be enrolling in Medicare in a few months and would like to find out what they don’t cover so I can avoid any surprises. Almost 65 Dear Almost, While Medicare (Part A and B) covers a wide array of health care services after you turn 65, it doesn’t cover everything. If you need or want certain services that aren’t covered, you’ll have to pay for them yourself unless you have other insurance, or you enroll in a Medicare Advantage health plan, which may offer some additio...
Each month, Kate and Derek Ehnert, the owners of the Hillsboro Cafe and Bakery designate a cupcake flavor as the cupcake of the month and donate a percentage of the proceeds from those cupcake sales to the Hillsboro Public Schools unpaid lunch accounts during the past year. Since they started the program in 2019, they have sold 2,425 cupcakes to help pay unpaid lunch balances. According to a recent article in the “Grand Forks Herald,” the Ehnerts approached Hillsboro Public Schools Sup...
Last Sunday, Jake, Amanda, Fallyn and Piper Hegland went to Grand Forks to cheer on Amanda’s cousin playing basketball for the University of South Dakota against UND. The Heglands met up with Amanda’s aunt and uncle from Oneida, S.D., and took in the game. Tom and Pam Schmid visited Pam’s dad, Bud Hermanson, in Hampden last weekend. Tom and JD spent four days fishing at Lake of the Woods, Minn. Jakob Schmid was home from Bismarck for the weekend. Tom and Pam enjoyed the Williams and Ree show at the Spirit Lake Casino Saturday night. Jarvi...
Jimmy Indergaard enjoyed a visit over supper Sunday at the Andy and Ruth Braaten home. Margie Anderson was among those who attended the annual meeting of Kvernes Lutheran Church Sunday following church services. All enjoyed a brunch preceding the meeting. Later Margie was a dinner guest at the Gary and Kathy Anderson home. Tuesday afternoon little visitors at the Charlotte Koepplin home were grand nieces Kenna Lynn Lewis and Evelyn Jo Koepplin. Kenna’s grandmother Karen Koepplin and Evelyn’s mommy, Amanda Koepplin. The gals had fun esp...
New Rockford area folks extend sympathy to the families of Marlene Knatterud, Maxine Byrum, Martha Gross and Roger Semmens. Friday Todd Harrison was a visitor of his Aunt Shirley Packard. Ken and Marvis Holte were among those who enjoyed the annual Waffle Supper at the First Lutheran Church Sunday. Janet Laube was pleasantly surprised when a beautiful mixed bouquet of flowers was delivered on Valentine’s Day from her niece Robin and Scott Westall of Fargo. The traveling Gabberts, Dave and Cheryl, have driven to El Paso, Texas from Arizona w...
Perhaps the single most influential name in the development of communication technology is Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone. Bell's mother was deaf, and his father and grandfather were famous in England for their work in a field of speech development called elocution. This inspired Bell to study speech and communication as well. Just a week after his 29th birthday, Bell made the first telephone call using his most-well known invention. Bell became a professor in elocution at...
Dear Savvy Senior, Is there a good rule of thumb on when dementia patients should stop driving? My 82-year-old mom has early stage Alzheimer’s disease but still drives herself around town just fine. Inquiring Daughter Dear Inquiring, Most doctors agree that people with moderate to severe dementia should never get behind the wheel, but in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, driving performance should be the determining factor of when to stop driving, not the disease itself. With that said, it’s also important to realize that as your mom’s d...
The Jan. 16, 1903, “Transcript” mentioned the “Cooperstown Courier,” which had just finished its 20th year and the “Grafton News &Times.” An announcement said that George Brazee was going to put in a barbershop in John Wenz’s shoe shop at Villard & Dakota the next week; he had already ordered the fixtures. A note stated that Dr. L.P. Solsness, who had practiced medicine in Barlow the previous summer, had disposed of his practice to Dr. C.J. McNamara, who would take over after his return from h...
“Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” —Scott Adams Somehow I missed National Random Acts of Kindness Day this year until I saw it being shared on Facebook that day. Each year on Feb. 17, National Random Acts of Kindness Day grows in popularity, inspiring people every day to encourage acts of kindness. People everywhere are enjoying doing acts of kindness that not only bring joy to the receiver but spread positive reactions to...
