Letter to the Editor

To the Editor: Current gas prices show us that America needs an all-of-the-above energy strategy to address our nation’s energy needs, and North Dakota is leading the way. In addition to having many fossil fuel resources, the state has an abundance of renewable energy.

KC’s Column

GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1825 “Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run.

Along the Way

“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future, it is something you design for the present.” - Jim Rohn Sheltered by the passive nature of life’s precious moments, we find peace in the parameters of possibility.

Ask Rusty

Dear Rusty: My wife started receiving her social security at 65 (her full retirement age) and she will be 69 years old this July. I was able to receive half of her social security under an older law. This April, I will turn 70 and will start to receive my own Social Security.

Bowesmont Lives

April 4th Lisa Jackson returned to her Falcon Heights home after spending the long weekend with Saralee Hoselton. The next day Saralee Hoselton took the PCMT van to Grafton where she ran some errands and visited Linda Hoselton at her Sunset Leisure Estates apartment.

Dakota Datebook

Fern Welk by Merry Helm April 18, 2022 — In 1927, Lawrence Welk and His Novelty Band discovered the power of the media when Welk persuaded a Yankton radio manager to let them play on his station one morning. It went so well, that the band got a long-term contract out of the deal.

Valley News & Views Editorial

Mandates are coming to an end. Following two years of one mandate after another we will start to see faces in even more places. Monday of this week a Federal Judge struck down the national face mask mandate that covered airlines and other public transportation.

Looking Down Main

This very pleasant looking young man, who I am sure is less than half my age, smiles over his shoulder as he pedals his $3,000 bike along a beautiful trail, on the side of a beautiful mountain, in Hawaii and says, “Hey, you are doing great!

Guest Columnist

On April 28, North Dakota will note the 50th anniversary of the defeat of a major rewrite of the state constitution by a vote of 107,643 to 64,073 in 1972.

Refrigerated brunch recipes

I have started using recipes on the weekends that I prepare the night before, refrigerate and bake the next day usually as a brunch item.