Looking Down Main

Saturday morning at eleven a.m. the DVE Titans girls seventh and eighth grade team tipped off a morning and afternoon of boys and girls basketball games. While the crowd was still fairly thin at the start of the first game there were plenty of fans to cheer on the girls as they took to the floor.

ND Legacy Fund Too Big To Spend

Just as the United States has banks and auto companies too big to fail, North Dakota has a Legacy Fund that is too big to spend, now ranging somewhere around $7,000,000,000. We are awed by such a fund after spending 130 years fighting off wolves.

Letter to the Editor

No Immunity for Nursing Homes AARP North Dakota strongly opposes a bill in the N.D. Legislature that grants nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other long-term care (LTC) facilities immunity related to COVID-19.

KC’s Column

GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1761 “’Is there anybody there?’ said the Traveller, Knocking on the moonlit door; And his horse in the silence champed the grasses Of the forest’s ferny floor.” (the beginning of “The Listeners,” the most famous poem written by Walter De La Mare, 1873-1956) THANK YOU, ROE V.

Galvanization of Grace

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” - Marie Curie In the limitless conception of all that is divinely directed comes the relocation of faith’s autonomy.

Should I Wait Until Age 70 To Claim?

Dear Rusty: I have read your answers to the commonly asked question of “When should I claim social security benefits.” You always say one should wait as long as possible (up to age 70) to get the maximum monthly benefit.

Exhortation

Theologians in the past couple of centuries have pointed out thirteen exhortations in the book of Hebrews. The first four of these come to us in Chapter 4 of that book in the New Testament. The author of Hebrews gives us profitable direction through the exhortations as they appear to be in sequence.

Dakota Datebook

Charlie runs out of salt by Merry Helm January 25, 2020 — Charlie Colgrove was a carpenter and all-around colorful character in Dickinson during the 1880s. In his memoirs, he wrote, “...

Peaceful transition of power...

Leading up to the inauguration last week there was anticipation of riots that were prepared for: Following the riots at the capital two short weeks prior to the inauguration many preparations were made to ensure that there would be a peaceful transition of power with no more riots as President...

Looking through the lens of today...

Growing up my family along with many American families watched Little House on the Prairie and The Waltons. I still enjoy watching these shows from time to time, however, I do not enjoy them as much as I did as a child. When I was young, I was always intrigued with Laura Ingalls Wilder.