My Two Cents | Bread and gravy

A couple of Sundays ago my wife decided to make a pot roast for dinner. She had announced her plans to put the roast in the crock pot, like we have done for many years. I suggested that we do it the old fashioned way – put the beef roast in a roaster and bake it in the oven, like the olden days.

Bowesmont Lives

Gayle McConnell has been back in her rural Bowesmont/Drayton home for several weeks after spending the winter in Arizona. On Sunday, April 23 Merv Holter and Janell Nyegaard attended the concert put on by the Popple Ridge Pickers at the Lancaster Covenant Church.

“BOMBERS WEEKLY” COLUMN

There was an outdoor track meet on Monday, April 24, 2023 at OJ & Dee Jensen Kiwanis Invitational. It was our first outdoor track meet for the Titans. It was around 50 degrees that day. We had a lot of people from the boys and girls place in the running, throwing, and field events.

Musings..The never ending sunroom project, no it hasn’t ended yet… by Lyle Van Camp

Last week in this space I remarked, half jokingly, that my bride would be returning home to a mess. I truly did not expect that to be a problem. Now, I am not so sure. Starting on Thursday afternoon of last week I was lucky enough to experience a whopper of a spring cold.

Letter from the Publisher

I, like many of you, have too much going on. Mom stuff, work stuff, home stuff, relationship stuff, yadda yadda. Every year for the last 20, I have thought, “it’ll slow down.” Each year it ramps up and goes faster and harder than the year before. Is it technology?

An Eclectic Editor: Reporter wanted!

I think my biggest grievance with this weather is the fact that I don’t get to spend as much time with my horses nor ride as much as I used to. Luckily, on Saturday, we had full sun all day, which helped melt away the foot of snow that had just fallen.

My Two Cents | Garden fever

With this latest dose of winter weather, it’s hard to believe that spring planting in our home garden is only three to four weeks away. I’ve been planning on starting plants indoors for the past month or so, but the old procrastination bug has been biting me lately.

Letter to the editor - child care crisis

In 2022, a number of people interested in addressing the child care crisis in North Dakota formed the North Dakota Child Care Action Alliance.

Letter to the editor - Democracy is not a spectator sport

With all the big spring tournaments going on, it is easy to use a sports metaphor to understand what has been happening in Bismarck with our district representatives. The team has gone rogue and has forgotten that the coach, the leader, is actually US - the voters.

Drayton is springing with activity

It has been another busy week here at Drayton School! This week in Drayton, the seventh, eighth, and tenth graders had state testing. We are certain they were relieved to have put those tests behind them, as they can definitely be long and boring.