…we will make it work.

This past Saturday evening was prom night at Drayton Public School. Mrs. Hillier and the prom committee did a great job of turning the gym into a fitting venue for an evening of enjoyment for the eighteen couples who attended.

Saga of Dem-NPL Light Brigade

In 1854, when the United Kingdom was engaged in the Crimean War, Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote the “Charge of the Light Brigade” to describe the slaughter in the Battle of Baraclava against the Russians.

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KC’s Column

GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1822 Announcer: “And now get ready to smile again with radio’s home folks Vic and Sade, written by Paul Rhymer.

Along the Way

“Thousands of candles can be lighted by a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” - Buddha Strolling through the corridors of life’s precious moments, one finds strength in the halls of faith’s guidance.

Ask Rusty

Dear Rusty: I am 90 and a long time Social Security recipient - I signed up at age 62, which I now know was not wise, but I digress. We see from various sources that immigrants, legal and illegal, get Social Security benefits merely by attained age, regardless of contributions. Is that true?

From my Window

How do we pray? We hear a lot about the prayers going out to the people of Ukraine. We might pray they be spared from war and suffering. With these prayers we are interceding for the people there. Jesus is our example as He intercedes for us with God.

Bowesmont Lives

Monday Merv and Phyllis Holter met Jolene, McKenzie and Reagan Maggert of Fergus Falls in Hillsboro where they had lunch at Burger King. On Tuesday Saralee Hoselton took the PCMT van to Grafton to run errands and visit Linda Hoselton at her Sunset Leisure Estates apartment.

Dakota Datebook

Ev Albers by Merry Helm March 28, 2022 — On this date, during “the Great Blizzard of 1942,” Ev Albers was born in Oliver County.