My Two Cents | Memory lane and gophers

I could probably rename my column “Strolling down memory lane” because I find myself doing that more often than not, week in and week out. I’ve often thought of recalling memories as therapeutic. I choose to recall happy memories and not dwell on past sorrows.

Bowesmont Lives

Oct. 3rd Saralee Hoselton had lunch at the Sugar Bowl Senior citizen’s Center. Afterwards she went to the Drayton United Methodist Church to attend the funeral for Nancy Billings. Others attending included Merv and Phyllis Holter, Mike and Judy Stellon, Landon Mapel and Gayle McConnell.

Dear Editor

Dear Editor, No one lives forever—not even the queen. My sister Jean Anderson might put a lie to that statement. According to George Burns (who did not live forever) “Once you get to be 100 you have it made; very few people die after 100.

Letter to the Editor

Educational Leaders encourage a NO VOTE on Measure 1 setting Term Limits NDCEL (North Dakota Council of Educational Leaders) representing K12 school leaders and administrators in North Dakota are gravely concerned with the possibility of the passage of a constitutional amendment which would create...

Letter to the Editor

Nothing Has Changed Since Voters Soundly Defeated Legalizing Marijuana Four Years ago. Vote NO Again! Recreational marijuana was a very bad idea four years ago when it was soundly defeated, and it is still a very bad idea.

MUSINGS...Taking a piece of history apart

Sunday afternoon was spent in the pole shed at the farm getting a few things accomplished before winter decides to limit our outdoor activities. Several years ago, approximately forty- four years to be a little more precise, Van Camp Antiques purchased the former Bowesmont Post Office building.

Letter from the Publisher

October is here and so is the Halloween spirit. Rounding the corner of the store to find myself face to face with a skeleton for sale gives me the creeps.

My Two Cents | Harvest season

Last week with the temperatures dipping into the low to mid 20s signaled a time of year that is always a little bittersweet for me. It’s time to pull out the garden for the season.

Letter to the Editor

Thoughts on the US House race I am undecided between Kelly Armstrong and Cara Mund. I disagree with each candidate on abortion. My priority is to get federal legislation passed to mandate uterine anaesthesia during abortion, so fetuses don't get tortured to death. I have other concerns too.

Everything’s All-Right: Especially when you get to feed the roos

Last I wrote, I promised an update on feeding kangaroos and petting wallabees, so here it is! After seeing the ‘little penguins’ on St. Philip’s Peninsula we went to a wildlife sanctuary which was full of Australian wildlife.