Thinking About Health

Two years ago in Dallas I met an 85-year-old woman and her 65-year-old son. Both were very hungry with almost no food in their fridge or in their cupboards. After they had paid their bills, their meager monthly income from Social Security was dwindling.

KC’s Column

GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1697 “I had been hungry all the years; My noon had come to dine; I, trembling, drew the table near, And touched the curious wine.

Along the Way

There is a bridge between heaven and earth, a journey that connects what we think may be a great distance from our present day lives into the greater abundance of divine discernment. There is so much more to the revelations of grace, the answers are found in the sanctity of our hearts.

Social Security Matters

Affect Benefits? Dear Rusty: My husband retired at his full retirement age of 66. He qualified for Social Security but also qualified for Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS).

A Pembina County Retrospective Part 312

On October 29, 1912, Pembina County Commissioners Morrison, Purdy, and Olafson inspected the new county buildings. On November 5 Democrat Woodrow Wilson was elected President over Republican William Howard Taft and Progressive Theodore Roosevelt.

Bowesmont Lives

October 26th Ben and Ryan Tucker visited Gayle McConnell. Richard McConnell appreciated the many friends and family members who visited him while he was in the hospital in Grand Forks.

Tidbits from AMAC

Do you crave a “bigger burger?” Some fast-food restaurants brag that their hamburgers are made with a half-pound of ground beef.

Dakota Datebook

November 4, 2019 — Today is the anniversary of the death of Dr. Paul H. Burton. He came of age during the days of making house calls on horseback. Burton was born at Boscobel, WI, on July 16, 1876, and studied medicine at the University of Minnesota.

What did we do without the Internet ’

This week the internet turned fifty. It is hard to imagine a world without the internet these days. Especially for the younger generations. However, at one time there was not the availability of information at our fingertips at any given moment.

Life in the Slow Lane?

One of the more fascinating sessions that those of us who attended this years Education Symposium got to sit in on was a discussion with a group of millennials who had been brought in to talk about their newspaper reading habits.