Ask Rusty – Can My Husband Get A Spouse Benefit from Me?

Dear Rusty: I’m wondering if my husband can submit a “restricted application for spousal benefits only.” He is 76 years old, has been receiving his benefit since 2005. His present benefit is $263.50. I am 74 years old, receiving my benefit since 2007. My present benefit is $931.

Looking Back in Time

April 26, 1917 Drayton Echo The farmers in this vicinity are busy with their seeding. We believe that more land will be farmed in this section than has been for a number of years.

Tidbits from AMAC

Dress for success The coronavirus is causing all kinds of mischief due to lockdown provisions, including an outbreak of laziness among those who are working while sheltering in place.

Help Write History: State Historical Society Asks North Dakotans to Share Personal Reflections during Pandemic

BISMARCK, N.D. — The State Historical Society of North Dakota is asking the public to help document the COVID-19 crisis by donating digital stories, personal reflections, photos, and home videos to the state agency where they will be preserved for future generations.

Unprecedented Times Call for Unprecedented Measures

We are living through history. This could be said for many events that happen. However, when a global pandemic of this magnitude hits we can honestly say that this will be a historical event that children will be learning about in history class years from now.

Just another day or is it?

I moved my office to our home about three years ago. Working from home is nothing new to me. Being isolated from the public at large is also not new to me. What has changed is that I made the decision to lock my doors to the public and I am once again working alone.

Back Stage of the Coronavirus Show

The White House expects to improve its administration on May 1 when Inspector Clouseau comes on as chief of staff.

…I faced my fears and got back on the bike.

So, Monday morning I approached the exercise bike with a mixture of fear and excitement. I have shared with some of you my fears regarding the bike which developed after I found out that I had to have a second round of open-heart surgery.

Letter to the Editor

Should we subsidize our newspapers? Our country was founded on the principle of a wellinformed, educated public where all citizens could be involved in deciding their destiny. Freedom of the press is a constitutional right.

KC’s Column

GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1721 “The world is charged with the grandeur of God, It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?