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A tribute to Steve Aasand

A tribute to Steve Aasand

A tribute to Steve Aasand

As many of you know, my uncle Steve Aasand, also known as Beaver, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022. Even though his name was Steve, I don’t think I ever heard anyone use his actual name; it was always “Beav” or “Beaver.
Along the way

Along the way

Along the way

| “The more one loves, the heavier the meaning of death becomes, and the deeper the sense of loss. Love and death are not different things, they are the front and back of the same thing.
Valley News & Views

Valley News & Views

Card of Thanks

Drayton Ambulance Service would like to thank the following for their memorials and donations: CAREN WOINAROWICZ MEMORIAL Margret Staskivige LINDA MERRILL MEMORIAL Nathan and Tara Kasprowicz TED PASSA MEMORIAL Clarice Mosolf Ted Passa Family CHARLES MORTENSON MEMORIAL Merle and Marlys Nelson...
Prairie Doc® Perspectives:

Prairie Doc® Perspectives:

Prairie Doc® Perspectives:

Ask, then act By Debra Johnston, M.D. One summer during my college years, I had a roommate who suffered from suicidal thoughts. She’d attempted suicide before we met, and been hospitalized, but continued to struggle.
Dakota Gardener: Brussels sprouts, re-evaluating a detested vegetable

Dakota Gardener: Brussels sprouts, re-evaluating a detested vegetable

Dakota Gardener: Brussels sprouts, re-evaluating a detested vegetable

As a child, I wouldn’t eat vegetables for over a decade. My poor parents spent countless hours at the dinner table trying to convince me to eat a variety of foods. After becoming a teenager, I finally discovered the joy of eating freshly grown garden produce.
Microwave ovens have long history in kitchens

Microwave ovens have long history in kitchens

Microwave ovens have long history in kitchens

Keep food safety in mind when using a microwave oven to cook or reheat foods. By Julie Garden-Robinson, food and nutrition specialist, NDSU Extension I recall when we got a microwave oven in our home when I was a teenager. It took up quite a lot of counter space.
Along the way | Love

Along the way | Love

Along the way | Love

“The risk of love is loss, and the price of love is grief – But the pain of grief is only a shadow when compared with the pain of never risking love.” - Hillary Stanton Zunin Love is the single most sacred solution to every circumstance.
Tall Tales and Serial Shorts

Tall Tales and Serial Shorts

Tall Tales and Serial Shorts

Dear Reader, In the past, newspapers published novels in a serial format to reach a wider audience. Most readers couldn’t afford the cost of a novel, but they could afford a newspaper.
Pastor Leroy’s Column

Pastor Leroy’s Column

Pastor Leroy’s Column

by Pastor Leroy Aufenkamp If you and I are true followers of Jesus we have been given several goals in Scripture that we are expected to strive to attain to in our lives.