Powerful Promise

“Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.” - Arthur Schopenhauer In the ever transforming nature of this journey, there are people and experiences who touch our lives in humble ways.

Will Applying for SS Disability Hurt SS Retirement Benefit?

Dear Rusty: My husband turns 65 later this month. He has started having health issues - so much so that we are thinking about talking to his doctor about Social Security Disability. How would this affect him in applying for his Social Security benefits?

The Ninety and Nine

As a child I would sit by my Grandmother as she played the old upright piano. It was the center piece taking up a good portion of the living room. I would listen to Grandmother play and sing the old church hymns. One of her favorites was The Ninety and Nine.

Bowesmont Lives

On Mother’s Day Cindy Meader went to Grafton where she was part of a family gathering at the home of Jessie Meader. On Tuesday Phyllis Holter attended the meeting of The Pembina County Council on Aging held at the Transit Center in Cavalier.

Dakota Datebook

Mcleod’s one-room schoolhouse by Merry Helm May 24, 2021 — When school let out on this date in 1986, People magazine had already been to McLeod, in Ransom County, to cover the story. There were only 14 one-room schoolhouses still operating in the state, and McLeod’s was closing its doors.

To err is human but to forgive is divine

Many of us have heard the words to err is human but to forgive is divine. How many of us take these words to heart and use them as a guideline for our lives? It is easy to say this when most of us have lives that are not in the public eye.

Love is sharing...

Love is sharing is a sentiment that I heard repeatedly when I was a child from my Grandma Ruth DeVine. I do not remember the first time or the last that I heard her say these words.

Looking Down Main…never really had a view down Main Street..

This morning, while I was thinking about what to write this week I realized that in all the years I have written this column, thirty-nine minus the seven years we did not own the paper, I have never actually had a view down Main Street.

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