Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Stan Kruger stopped by the Peter Larson's on Monday to give Joanna a CD of historic Sheyenne photos after Joanna had seen some interesting photos on display at the Depot out at the Kruger farm.
Gates Township annual meeting was held on March 19 at Ostby Hall. Chair Kent Myhre, Peter Larson, Patti Larson, Travis Benson and Tyler Messner were present. They approved the 2025 budget and elected Kent to serve another three-year term as chair. Lucas Buerkley, PRC land agent, dropped off fact sheets on the Flickertail Wind Project that will be located in Wells and Eddy counties. The tax equalization meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, April 10, at 6 p.m.
Wednesday, March 20, Patti Clifton picked up Jan Loe and they drove to Jamestown. While Jan kept an appointment at JRMC, Patti did some shopping. After Jan's appointment they headed home to Sheyenne, stopping in Carrington for a treat at Hi-Way Drive-in and then at Community Credit Union in New Rockford.
On Thursday, Patti Larson took birthday greetings to Gary Lindquist at Lutheran Home of the Good Shepherd. They visited before she stopped at the SNR Baseball fundraiser at the Eagles. Saving room for dessert, Patti took in the Carrington Garden Club Event at NDSU Research Extension Center. Don Kinzler, horticulturist from Cass County, gave an inspiring slide show of new flower and vegetable varieties. Dennis Swanson, Jeff Gale and others performed a hilarious skit about “old wives tales” in gardening.
Joanna Larson attended the Fresh from North Dakota local foods conference in Bismarck at the Heritage Center Thursday through Saturday. The conference was hosted by the North Dakota Department of Agriculture and the North Dakota Farmers’ Market and Growers Association. The last time Joanna attended the conference was 11 years ago. Joanna explained, “There has been a lot of progress on local foods since way back when we first started the Sheyenne Farmers’ Market and now many more folks are passionate about bringing local food to families, schools and institutions.” Andrea Alma, Farm to School Lead for the Mountain and Plains region, and JuliAnna Arnett, Chief for Community Food Systems out of the D.C. office of the USDA, visited with Joanna about specific challenges with local food systems in the Sheyenne surrounding area. 15.4 million lunches are served in N.D. schools every year and Joanna would like to see more of that come from local producers. Some good connections were made and success stories from towns in Nebraska and Montana were encouraging. Anyone interested in this can reach out to Joanna for more information.
On Friday, Byron Nelson stopped at the Peter Larson farm to replenish his chokecherry jelly supply. He and Patti visited about setting up a time for him to come back to Sheyenne and entertain with his music.
Some of us enjoyed breakfast and lunch at the Sheyenne Volunteer Fire Department pancake and sausage feed on Palm Sunday at Ostby Hall. The turn out was good, especially after church. First Lutheran had the Sunday School Palm Processional followed by the children singing several songs.
On Sunday, Jim and Marjean Woodrow, Brian and Pam Hill, Jan Loe and Steph Loe celebrated March birthdays at Olive Garden in Grand Forks. Monday morning, Jan and Steph enjoyed breakfast muffins and a visit at Pat Wetzel's before heading home to Sheyenne.
Community Quilters plan to meet on Wednesday, April 3, at Grace Lutheran Church Parish Hall at 1 p.m.
Foot Care at the Sheyenne Senior Center on Thursday morning, April 4.
Bingo blackout did not go, so it will now be $275 when the Sheyenne Volunteer Fire Department works bingo on April 6. No bingo March 30.
GRIT board members are excited to update the community on their plans for this summer with a noon baked potato bar followed by community meeting at the Sheyenne Senior Center on Sunday, April 7.
