An Eclectic Editor

I sure wish I had another page or two for my column this week. So, I’m going to try something different and plan to send the runover from my writing here to a later page.

Musings...come on folks, donate by Lyle Van Camp

If I have done my math correctly, I have donated nine and a half gallons of blood since I started donating back in the late 70s. Yeah me! NOT! Yes, it sounds like a lot and at first glance it would seem like I must be pretty dang special, again NOT!

my two cents | another honey season coming to an end

As all of my readers probably know by now, one of my occupations is that of a small-scale commercial beekeeper in Walsh and Pembina County. I guess it’s been about nine years since I helped out with a handful of hives and that has grown over the years to where our business is now.

Letter from the Publisher

Fall makes me want to cook savory food. I’ve been doing that with some help from 1878 Grocery Company, where I found very large, fresh, and ‘meaty’ jalapenos for the salsa I planned to can. I also found a good price on a ham that I used in ham and bean soup in the crock pot last weekend.

Prairie Doc Perspective

The secret to losing weight Andrew Ellsworth, MD People often think they need to lose weight. The hard part, of course, is following through on that desire in a sustained and successful manner. Here are a few of the ways people do lose weight, and the secrets of their success.

letter to the editor

Dear Editor, Allemande left! Grand right and left! Sound familiar? Or is it a foreign language? While contemplating the many uses made of the Drayton Senior Center over the years, I recalled a brief time when it housed the Drayton Square Dance Club in the mid 60s not the 1860s!

letter to the editor

Dear Editor, I would like to address some concerns people may have about having a gun store across from the school. Nobody has spoken to me directly about their concerns, so I’m not entirely sure what the concerns are, however, gun stores are extremely regulated.

My Two Cents | Foodie foibles

I’ve always found it interesting how the things we like to eat as humans change over the years. For example, there are things I wouldn’t touch when I was a kid, that I love now as an adult. Here are just a few. Brussels sprouts, cabbage of any kind (cooked or raw), or cooked beets.

Letter from the Publisher

The kids and I had a great weekend at home this past week. With only one place to be (church on Sunday) we had the weekend wide open to do what we wanted to do. That is rare and won’t likely happen again any time soon. I said ‘yes’ to a Friday sleepover so I had three girls running around.

Musings...It cannot be that long ago, but it is…

At Saturday’s Bombers football game I stopped to visit with some of Trenten Keena’s family after he intercepted a pass and ran it back for a touchdown.