From my Window

In the words of Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892); “True prayer may be described as the soul rising from earth to have fellowship with Heaven…” (p. 391, Vol. One, The Treasury of David, undated, MacDonald Publishing Company). To pray we come before God with a contrite heart and a humble spirit.

Bowesmont Lives

On Tuesday Judy Stellon was surprised on her birthday by Mike Stellon, Brooks and Tarri Stellon, Amelia and Domenic and Crystal Mapel who brought supper, flowers and birthday cake. Saralee Hoselton took the PCMT van to Grafton Thursday.

Dakota Datebook

Snakes, preachers and Fire Festivals by Merry Helm April 26, 2021 — This week’s news in 1900 included plans for the annual Fargo Fire Festival. A major portion of the city had burned to the ground seven years before, and the festival had become a means for celebrating the town’s comeback.

Valley News & Views Editorial

We are winding down another school year all over the country. Graduation season will be upon us in just the blink of an eye. However, there are still some schools around the country that never resumed in person learning. Some started in person learning with the beginning of this school year.

Life in the Slow Lane?

The trees are budding, the birds have returned, and this means that soon the spring flowers will be poking through the ground to brighten up the flower beds with their various hues of beauty. Spring is a time that reminds us of the renewal and rebirth that comes with it.

Looking Down Main

When Tim McGraw and Faith Hill fell in love and married many people said that Faith ruined Tim, and I am sure some of those individuals still feel that way. These people were fans of the music McGraw had performed up until time.

Guest Columnist

With COVID-19 running rampant, the mayor called the Homeland Security Committee to adopt a protocol to guide the citizens. Obediently, the town’s 12 electors trouped into the old ZCBJ lodge hall to apply their wisdom and ingenuity to the problem.

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor, Has any one seen Popeye? Someone stole my spinach, and he’s the most likely suspect. But there are other possible culprits: when I was doing Story Hour, we did an action poem that stated “when things are missing and you haven’t got a clue, maybe a Monster was visiting you.

Capitol Insight

Early April 2021 We are definitely in the third period of the sixty-seventh session of the ND Legislature. We are voting now on any changes made to House bills by the Senate, finishing votes on the stragglers out of committee and conference committees will be in full swing as you read this.

KC’s Column

GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1773 “Sing we for love and idleness, Naught else is worth the having.” (the beginning of the poem “An Immorality” by Ezra Pound, 1885-1972) HALCYON DAYS The top five songs on the 28th Silver Dollar Survey on WLS radio, Chicago, April 22, 1961: 1. Blue Moon, Marcels; 2.