The Official Newspaper for Foster County
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“The lack of workforce is a national problem.” Those were the words of Alan Scanson, the chairman of the Foster County Commission, at their meeting last week. During the meeting held on Tuesday, February 21, a discussion arose about applicants for the open county road position. Apparently, several of the applicants want more money than the county’s step pay scale allows. Commissioner Pat Copenhaver suggested they go above the pay scale to get someone hired as they only have three weeks befor...
Shortly after 7 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 19, law enforcement responded to a shooting at Rindy's Bar in Sheyenne, N.D. that left one man dead. The victim was identifed Monday as 30-year-old Troyal Thumb of Sheyenne. On Wednesday, Feb. 22, 45-year-old Nicholas Poitra, the man authorities allege shot and killed Thumb, was taken into custody after a 65-hour-long multi-agency manhunt. Eddy County Sheriff, Paul Lies, said Poitra was discovered at around noon on Wednesday by a local farmer on County Road...
Patti Larson has many visions for Sheyenne. None of them include the town dying a slow death. That is likely its fate unless the town's demographics were to magically change. With two-thirds of its 185 residents over the age of 50, Sheyenne is indeed in its golden years. Community leaders in Sheyenne and other towns are hopeful that they've found a way to slow or reverse that aging process, but they believe it will take an influx of new Americans to do so. At the moment Sheyenne shows its age...
This year's North Dakota Academic All-State team's have been selected, and Carrington High School's Max Beumer has been named to the Class B Gold Team. All totaled, 202 high schoolers in North Dakota were nominated by their school's principal and went on to compete for statewide recognition in either the Class A or Class B divisions. Each student was named to either the Gold, Silver, Bronze or Honorable Mention teams, based on their grade-point averages, ACT or SAT scores, extracurricular...
UPDATE: After press time, Carrington Public Schools announced via Facebook that the High School Pops Concert has been postponed to Monday, March 13 at 7:00 pm. The bands and choirs of Carrington High School and Middle School will present the Pops Concert on Tuesday, February 28 in the high school gym beginning at 7:00 p.m. The students will be performing under the direction of Kristina Schuh. The junior and senior high band and choir will sing and play songs fitting the theme movies and television. The junior high choir will sing...
Six FFA members of the Fessenden-Bowdon FFA Chapter recently competed in the State FFA Quiz and Demonstration Event. The State FFA LDE (Leadership Development Event) Day was held on Thursday January 19, at the Bismarck Event Center. The teams qualified for this event by placing second in the quiz and demonstration event at the District 3 FFA Leadership Conference held in Rugby on Monday December 5. In the quiz event, the Fessenden-Bowdon FFA team competed against fifteen other teams. The top...
“We’ve nothing in Iowa that compares with your Research Extension Center (REC),” said my new acquaintance. “I was amazed by what I saw last summer.” This conversation took place several weeks ago, while I was attending the annual conference of Practical Farmers of Iowa. On the final day of the conference, I introduced myself to a group of people at a round-table discussion about haskaps, a blueberry-like fruit that is attracting interest from an increasing number of fruit growers on the Great...
A $500.00 scholarship from the Carrington Chamber of Commerce will be announced this spring at the Honors Night at Carrington High School. The scholarship opportunity is available to students at Carrington High School that are employed by Chamber member businesses. Applications are available at the high school and also and at the CCEDC office. Deadline to apply is April 1, 2023. Your Chamber is happy to sponsor this scholarship as we know how important our youth are in our local workforce. For more information, contact the Carrington Chamber &...
TEN PINS LEAGUE - Week 18 Randy’s Pro Shop 67.0 29.0 Cornhuskers 64.0 32.0 Headlocks Bar 51.5 44.5 Schulz Plb, Htg & A/C 49.0 47.0 5 Spot 49.0 47.0 Chain Gang 49.0 47.0 Shamrock Bar 27.5 68.5 Farm Credit Services 27.0 69.0 High Team Game: Cornhuskers, 810; Headlocks, 796; Randy’s Pro Shop, 773 High Team Series: Cornhuskers, 2341; Headlocks, 2289; Randy’s Pro Shop, 2237 High Individual Game: Randy Peterson, 258; Richie Geringer, 246; Steve Farngman, 234 High Individual Series: Randy Peterson, 686; Kevin Carr, 655; Richie Geringer, 634 ALLEY...
The funding for several large governmental agencies is currently being discussed in the House Appropriations Committee. One such agency is the Department of Transportation. There will be a significant change in how the agency is funded during this session. Traditionally, gas tax, which is currently 23 cents per gallon, and the funds received from vehicle registrations provide most of the dollars that run the department. The major use of these funds is to match the federal dollars that the state...
The Carrington Community Choir will begin rehearsals on February 26 for a Palm Sunday service. Rehearsals will be held on Sunday evenings at 7:00 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church, 725 Main Street in Carrington. Rehearsal dates are February 26; and March 5, 12, 19, and 26. Choir members from 2019 should bring any copies of “Living Hope” that are still available. The Carrington Community Choir is a volunteer group who have been singing together for the past several years, primarily for Advent and Easter. The group’s membership is flexible, depen...
The Red River Valley Writing Project at North Dakota State University and Plains Art Museum have announced the regional award recipients of the 2023 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Abigail Dreher, Midkota High School, was a writing award winner, Silver Key. This year, 90 creative teens from North Dakota received regional honors, including Gold Keys, Silver Keys, Honorable Mentions and/or American Visions and Voices nominations from the local Scholastic Awards Affiliate. All Gold Key, Silver Key and Honorable Mention award-winning works will...
The 97th Little International was organized by the NDSU Saddle and Sirloin Club and held at Shepperd Arena on the NDSU campus. Rose Wendel, a freshman in liberal arts from LaMoure, N.D., was named the overall showman at the 97th Little International at North Dakota State University on Feb. 11. Wendel is the daughter of Mike and Shari Wendel. Noah Helgoe, a sophomore in animal science and crop and weed science from Cavalier, N.D., was named reserve champion. Helgoe is the son of Chris and Kari Helgoe. The 97th Little International was organized...
Carrington Lions held their February meeting at the Chieftain on Feb. 1. Special guests were Mike and Krystle Neis, their daughter Mya and Dennis Swanson and Laurie Dietz. Mya accepted her check from 5NE for creating the winning Peace Poster. Swanson and Dietz spoke on the Rainbow Gardens project. The Carrington Lions Club helped sell tickets and concessions at the East Region Girls' Dual Wrestling Tournament held Feb. 3 at Carrington High School. Ticket sellers were Lions Brittney Moravec,...
The counties and cities within the state of North Dakota hold many interesting news stories. Here are just a few of the feature stories that others are reading in communities around the state. Shared superintendent bill killed in the house A bill before legislators that would have required school districts with fewer than 475 students to share superintendents was unanimously defeated in the North Dakota House recently. House Bill 1271 failed 90-0. Even the bill’s primary sponsor, Rep. Dan R...
This past weekend I had the opportunity to do something a little different. The 4-H Shooting Sports and Outdoor Skills Club in Eddy County spent time in the Turtle Mountain region, particularly at Lake Metigoshe State Park north of Bottineau. The trip was organized by club leader Mike Brazil, who believes it’s important to get youth outside, experiencing the outdoors. “I look at how we grew up, and then I see how our kids are growing up,” Mike said to me Saturday, “and I want them to get out...
Well folks, it took 50 years, but North Dakota now has a three-class high school basketball system. The North Dakota High School Activities Association has now approved the starting a third class next fall. Advocates, mostly from the smaller communities in the state, have fought for this since Class C went away in 1963. But the state’s population dynamic has changed dramatically since then and it was time ramp up a third class. This time, however, instead of Class C, the new class will be C...
“I’ve been watching the legislature meeting in Bismarck…” started Little Jimmy when interrupted by Dorsey Crank. “Somebody needs to be watching them,” Crank barked. “They need their mothers with them.” “Well the legislature is thinking…” Little Jimmy started again when Crank snorted “thinking” is a new verb around Bismarck.” The interruptions irked Little Jimmy. He didn’t have to put up with this. He was named the 2022 Outstanding Graduate of the Year at Omega University in northern Texas...
12 Years Ago February 26, 1948 I.R. Sheets and James Clancy are spending enforced vacations as the result of accidents caused by the ice which covered the streets and walks of the city since last Wednesday night. During the storm on Thursday, Sheets fell as he walked onto the porch at his home and fractured his right shoulder blade. Clancy slipped and fell walking on Main Street and fractured his wrist bone. Sheets delivers mail and Clancy works at Carrington Motor Co. A combination of various...
War bride in N.D. Among North Dakota's many immigrants have been women who married American servicemen stationed abroad. One such war bride arrived in Bismarck on March 1 in 1948. Anni Leier was to marry her WWII sweetheart, Edwin Ackerman, a school teacher in New Leipzig. But when she got off the plane, she found herself stranded, because she couldn't speak English. After some difficulty, cab driver L. W. Zacker realized she needed a ride to New Leipzig and agreed to drive her there the next...
FEBRUARY CARRINGTON All meals served with Milk, Coffee, Bread & Butter, Dessert Mon., Feb 27 - Cube Steak, Scalloped Potatoes, Prince Edward Vegetables, Bar - Pool - Bridge & Open Cards Tues., Feb. 28 - Chicken Strips, Baby Bakers, Peas & Carrots, Sauce - Pinochle...
Clifford Joseph Carr We are heartbroken to announce the death of our father, Clifford Carr. He passed away peacefully at the age of 97 on February 7, 2023, at his home in Tucson, Arizona, surrounded by his family. Clifford Joseph "C.J." Carr was born in Carrington, N.D., on September 16, 1925, the third of seven children. He worked on the farm for his father and later he and his two older brothers began farming together. He joined the Navy during WWII and served during the end of the war. He... Full story
There is nothing better than eating fresh peas in the garden. You pop open a pea pod and the green pearls inside are as sweet as candy. At North Dakota State University, we have worked with hundreds of families to identify the best peas for our state. The finest pea is Lincoln, an heirloom variety from 1908. I rarely like heirlooms. There is a reason why an heirloom becomes an heirloom. It's called progress. For example, I didn't ride a horse and buggy to work today. I drove a car. It's called...
Dear Savvy Senior, What are the symptoms of thyroid disease? I’ve been dealing with a number of health issues over the past few years, and a friend of mine recently suggested I get my thyroid checked because it might be causing my problems. Almost 66 Dear Almost, If your thyroid is out of whack, it can cause a number of health issues that can be tricky to detect because the symptoms often resemble other age-related health problems. In fact, as many as 30 million Americans have some form of thyro...
Jan. 1 - Jan. 31, 2023 Criminal Velma Redding, Minot, N.D.: • Possession of controlled substance (2nd offense). Condition: Comply with payment agreement. Not posses or own fire arms. Notify court of address change. Set up payment schedule. Unsupervised probation. Violate no criminal laws. Fees: criminal admin. fee: $400; defense/facility admin. fee: $100; indigent defense application fee: $35; victim-witness fee: $25. Confinement: Agency: Stutsman County Correctional Center, term: 30 days. • Unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia - use/stora...
