Legislature Did Fund Technical Ed Centers

Contrary to what we reported last week, the legislature did appropriate money for the technical education centers proposed by Senator Rich Wardner. They stripped the bonding bill of the proposed $60 million and passed $70 million for the centers in general appropriations.

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor, This is an elegy of sorts. It chronicles the demise of my 30 plus year career/part time job as the Pembina County Story Lady. (I also worked in Walsh County off and on.) I did not retire with a party or a celebratory toast as it really did end “not with a bang but a whimper”.

Awareness helps stop invasive pests

BISMARCK – This week is National Invasive Species Awareness Week. With warmer weather on the way, it is important for the public to be aware of invasive species. Each year, harmful invasive weeds, plant pests and diseases cost the U.S.

KC’s Column

GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1777 “It is not bad. Let them play. Let the guns bark and the bombing-plane Speak his prodigious blasphemies. It is not bad, it is high time, Stark violence is still the sire of all the world’s values.

Restoration of Resilience

“I was no longer needing to be special because I was no longer caught up in my puny separateness that had to keep proving I was something. I was part of the universe, like a tree is, or like grass is, or like water. Like storms, like roses. I was just a part of it all.

When Is the Best Time to Claim Social Security?

Dear Rusty: I will be 64 in May of this year, and I’d like to know the best time to claim Social Security.

Abide

What do we treasure most? How do we spend our time? It may be hobbies, sports, occupation, or pursuing material wealth. It is a reality that these things of creation will all come to an end. Only the Creator lives on eternally. This is an indication of what we abide in matters.

Bowesmont Lives

Wednesday morning Gayle McConnell had coffee with Neil and Joyce Hanson. Lynette Restemayer of Cavalier picked up Saralee Hoselton Wednesday and took her to Grafton. They had lunch at Shannigan’s and spent the afternoon shopping. They returned to Tisdale Manor where Saralee fixed supper for them.

Dakota Datebook

Too much sunshine by Merry Helm May 17, 2021 — Back in 1909, Dr. S. Carlsen of Spring Grove, Minn., wrote a paper titled, “The Climate’s Influence on Emigrants From Northern Europe and Especially Norwegians in America.” Dr.

Legislation is crucial to the future of local journalism in North Dakota

Here is how I often do it: I’m scrolling on Facebook, and I see a tidbit of news. Sometimes it’s a link to a trusted news site, sometimes it’s not a trusted news site. Sometimes it’s a meme, or a photo of something that looks like a headline. Before I share anything, I need to know it’s true.