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This month's Employee of the Month award goes to Faith Presnell of Central Pharmacy. Her nomination comes from Stacy Benz who said quote, "Personal service is definitely shown and I would not find this out of town." For nearly 10 years now, Faith has worked the floor of the pharmacy. She has been there as her friends and neighbors stock up on the treatments best suited to knock the common cold to the ground. She has seen the same people stop in on better days, selecting gifts and cards for...
“It’s not as dramatic as we first thought,” Commissioner Dave Gehrtz said of the clean-up work required at the former Mill Pump property. He reported on his follow-up discussion with officials from the Department of Environmental Quality at the commission’s regular meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 19 Gehrtz said he learned that the fuel tank in question was installed in 1997 or 98 when the business was operated by the Guthries. The agency sent a letter to former tenant Trevor Lesmeister in 2017 request...
CenDak Cooperative has donated $30,000 to Lake Region State College's new ag education building project. With the gift comes the opportunity to name one of the office suite areas of the new center. "At CenDak Cooperative, we see the benefit and value of having such an amazing educational facility so close. We are proud to be a part of this exciting project," said Tony Gratton, CenDak General Manager. CenDak Cooperative, with locations in Niles, Leeds, New Rockford, Maddock and Harvey provides...
Community Credit Union recently donated to the Breast Cancer Gas Card fund and Cancer Assistance fund at CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington. The donation will help purchase gas cards for CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington patients who must travel to a larger healthcare facility for breast cancer treatments. Soon, additional support through donations like Community Credit Union's will also allow for patients to receive items such as food gift cards in addition to the gas cards....
Senator Joan Heckaman, Mayor Cal Packard, and Nancy and George Ritzke of the New Rockford Trees Board accepted the 2019 "Tree Celebration" Trees Award at the Trees Bowl and Awards Ceremony held in Fargo on Oct. 19, 2019. Nominations were received from across the state and the award winners were recognized by the North Dakota Forest Service and North Dakota State University. The 2019 celebration was a wonderful way to recognize the efforts of everyone in response to the July 2018 storm. This is an excellent example of how tragedy can bring out...
A message to the people of New Rockford from your American Legion Auxiliary: On Nov. 17, Veterans Day, we held a breakfast to honor our veterans. This has been an event in our town and community for at least 40 years. Raffle winners this year were: Gary Coon $100, Guy Klein $50, Ben Makay $50, Clarence Sanderson $25 and Sherri Abrahamson $25. Earlier this year we honored members who have served in continuous service in the ALA for many years, and we are proud to list them here. 70 years – A...
Pembina, N.D. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will adjust the hours of operation at the Antler and Carbury ports of entry (POE), effective Nov. 24, 2019. The hours at the Maida POE will maintain their current hours. The original proposal was to reduce hours at three POEs. Current hours at the Port of Antler are 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. The new hours of operation will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Travelers wishing to cross into the U.S. when the port is closed may cross at Sherwood, N.D., located west of Antler or Westhope, N.D., which is east...
A special tree will be brightened at Carrington Medical Center on Monday, Dec. 2, when Carrington Medical Center Auxiliary celebrates its 33rd annual “Tree of Lights” lighting ceremony. The program will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the south courtyard at Carrington Medical Center. Refreshments will be served in the south foyer hosted by CHI Health at Home. Pastor Keith Hurlbut will deliver an invocation, followed by greetings from Mayor Tom Erdman, VP of Patient Care Services Jodi Hovdeness and President of CMC Auxiliary Renee Riedesel. Special mus...
For anyone who has ever ventured into the world of genealogical research, you know dates are the key unlocking the past. Birth dates, census dates, enlistment dates, marriage dates, and of course— death dates. It can be overwhelming and exciting all at once, to find those dates and get one step closer to understanding the past. Now the task of sifting through local historical archives just got a bit easier thanks to one woman and her ambition to document the past residents of her hometown. This fall, Phyllis Schafer, now of Olympia, Wash., s...
Lester and Roger Roberts went for a drive together on Friday. Grandson, Ryan Thorson of Grand Forks visited Lester and had lunch with him on Saturday. Sunday visitors at Lester’s were Lezlee Thorson, Roger and Chad Getscher. Pastor Jeff Halvorson visited Todd Buehler Thursday afternoon. Friday afternoon, Dave Kenner visited Todd. Nadley Buehler joined Charlotte Simon Saturday afternoon for a fun shopping day in Carrington. Tuesday, Charlotte and Melodee Thompson went to Grand Forks to go to granddaughter, Elin Thompson’s gymnastic class. They w...
Saturday Jimmy Indergaard was a visitor and lunch guest at the Margie Anderson home bringing early Thanksgiving greetings. Todd Koepplin and Rowdy stopped in for a chat at the Charlotte Koepplin home Wednesday morning, Martin Koepplin was a Thursday afternoon visitor. Ervin Longnecker and his sister Lucille Saldivar enjoyed a visit by phone one day, catching up on the weather and family. Aaron and Danielle Koepplin, Kerigan, Carter and Chevelle and Martin and Janelle Koepplin were visitors over bread dough dumplings at the Charlotte Koepplin...
Heidi Schneider was a Thursday visitor at the Martin and Eloise Lucht home. Heidi drove the Luchts to Jamestown where Martin had a medical appointment. Monday evening Betty Westby picked up Shirley Packard and the gals were among other ladies to attend a meeting of the AmericanLegion Post #30 Auxiliary at the American Legion. Wednesday Ken and Marvis Holte and Amanda Bickett were in New Rockford on business and met at the Bakers Dozen for coffee and treats. Martin and Janelle Koepplin joined other family for bread dough dumplings Saturday at...
Patti Clifton enjoyed lunch with her sister-in-law Peg Clifton in Carrington recently. Jan Loe and Patti Clifton were in Devils Lake last Wednesday to do some shopping. The Eddy County VFW Auxiliary served an early Veteran's Day supper at the clubhouse in Sheyenne on Nov. 10. Veterans, along with their guests and auxiliary members, enjoyed the evening. Kathy Magnan and Jan Loe attended the New Rockford American Legion pancake breakfast at the New Rockford Eagles Club on Veteran's Day. Last Thursday, the Warwick girls met at the Sheyenne Senior...
As the champion for America’s small business, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) shines a spotlight on the importance of small business to our national and local economy. About half of all American workers are either employed by a small business or own a small business, and two out of three new jobs are created by small businesses. In North Dakota, 73,142 small businesses employ more than 198,000 workers. I encourage you to join me and many of our friends and neighbors as we show our support for our small business owners by ...
The Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program just released a study that casts serious doubt on President Trump’s insistence that the economy is improving, and that the employment market is strong. Brookings’ findings confirm that working doesn’t necessarily translate into earning a decent wage. Despite record low 3.6% unemployment, the Brookings’ report, “Meet the Low-Wage Workforce,” shows that 53 million Americans – 44% of all workers age 18 to 64 – hold low-wage jobs, earn median h...
According to an October Rasmussen poll, 38% of likely voters say they intend to vote for "someone other than President Trump or the Democratic presidential nominee" in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. In a three-way presidential race, 38% constitutes a winning plurality, assuming it's distributed among the states such that the Electoral College outcome reflects it. As a long-time activist in America's largest "third" political party, the Libertarian Party, I'm prone to find that number encouraging. On the other hand, I've seen numbers like...
The era of good feeling between Thanksgiving and Christmas is an excellent time to take a serious look at a country muddled in violence, bigotry, intolerance, polarization and hatred. And, on top of that, polls show that Americans are getting more miserable, too. Polls also show that the polarized Republicans and Democrats hate each other more than ever before and the election season is just ahead when we will experience unprecedented recrimination, anger and hate. Polarization is trickling...
Roland Eugene (Ron) Dyrness, 83, died peacefully, in Burbank, Calif., on Sunday Nov. 10, 2019, after a lengthy illness. A funeral mass was held Monday, Nov. 25 at 12 p.m. at St. Finbar Catholic Church in Burbank. A luncheon followed at the Elks Lodge. Ron was born on Nov. 25, 1935, in New Rockford, N.D., to Leonard and Myrtle Dyrness. He was the first child of nine boys and two girls, and graduated in 1953 from St. James Academy in New Rockford. On June 25, 1955, Ron married the love of his...
Fredrick Antone Engberg, Jr., age 79, passed away on Nov. 15, 2019, at Golden Acres Manor of Carrington, N.D. Funeral service was held Wednesday, Nov. 20 at Evans Funeral Home, Carrington. Burial will be at the Carrington Cemetery. Pastor Rick Loewen officiated the service and special music was provided by Jodi Burr. Honorary bearers included all family and close friends. Fred was born in Carrington on May 10, 1940, the first son of Fred and Marie (Driessen) Engberg. He graduated from...
Ronald Helliwell, 81, passed away peacefully on the afternoon of Nov. 15, 2019, surrounded by the caring staff of Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd in New Rockford, N.D. Funeral and graveside service was held at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery on Thursday, Nov. 21. Ron was born on Aug. 12, 1938, in Williston, ND. He was the only child of Pearl Louise and John Andrew Helliwell. As a child, Ron and his parents moved to New Rockford, where he finished his schooling. He served in the U.S. Navy for 1...
Change is something I have never been very good at. When it comes to large changes, I tend to have a mini-crisis. Eventually, I will be okay, but each brand-new season almost always comes with a rocky start. An example of this is when I first started college at NDSU. I came into college as a music education major, and I quickly realized it wasn’t what I wanted to do. I love music but I didn’t want to study classical music for four years. I didn’t know what I wanted to change my major to so when it came to my second semester, I decided to drop...
The morning of Nov. 1, 1902, revealed the remains of the Halloween pranks carried out by the town’s boys and girls; the “Transcript” commented that in a few cases property was destroyed and that was “to be deplored.” On that day, Mrs. A.J. Larkin went to Leeds to join her grain-buyer husband. Frank Lewis, who had suffered the previous several years with paralysis, died at his home near Tiffany. He had been bed-ridden for two or three years. He left a wife and five children. His funeral was on No...
Dear Savvy Senior, I’m worried that my 76-year-old father has become addicted to gambling. He spends at least two days a week at an Indian casino about a half-hour’s drive from his house playing slot machines. What can I do? Worried Daughter Dear Worried, Problem gambling among older adults is unfortunately on the rise. Studies suggest that more than 4 million Americans, age 65 and older, could have a gambling problem. The reasons behind this growing problem are because seniors have time and m...
While I think of my grandparents a lot, I miss them most around the holidays. When I think about someone who modeled gratitude and hospitality, I think of my maternal grandmother. Throughout our lives, she made it clear that she was thankful for her family and that we were always welcome in her home. No matter what she was doing, she appeared to love it when family driving through would unexpectedly drop in for a visit, coffee and a treat that she could always pull from the freezer. For most of...
