The Official Newspaper for Foster County
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Dakota Datebook written by Merry Helm. It was on April 20 in 1997 that Grand Forks was dealing with the immediate aftermath of their dikes breaking, unleashing one of the worst floods in state history. Three days earlier, the Red River had crested in Fargo at 39.5 feet, surpassing the 1897 record. When those waters reached Grand Forks, nothing could hold them back, and nearly half of Grand Forks’ population had to be evacuated from their home while, downtown, buildings surrounded by floodwaters were on fire. The following year, on April 14, t...
Carrington's first outdoor track meet of the season hit the cinders Saturday, April 9, at the Hazen Early Bird Invitational. The Cardinal girls raced to the meet title with 129.5 points, and the boys' squad, with 74 points to their credit, finished in fourth. Out of the gates, CHS got two automatic qualifiers for the State Track Meet in Bismarck, junior Haley Wolsky and sophomore Madison Johnson. Johnson won the 1,600-meter run in a qualifying time of 5:34.37, just under a second to spare from...
On Monday, April 11, both the SNR Black Sox and Carrington Cardinals entered the baseball diamond with recent wins under their belt, but only the Cardinals would leave with another. For the first time this season, SNR's Koby Duda took the mound to start Monday's game, and struggled in his two innings of work. His outing began with a walk followed by two consecutive wild pitches, sending the Cardinals' Grady Shipman to third base with no outs. Another walk followed, and Cardinals' senior Lucas...
Grady Shipman and Hudson Schmitz confounded the South Border lineup for one total hit and 10 strikeouts, and Carrington's spring baseball season got off on a strong note. Even with the Cardinals managing just five total hits themselves, their bats awoke late to provide needed late run support in an 8-3 opening win in Wishek over the South Border Mustangs Saturday afternoon, April 9. Nine of those strikeouts came from Shipman, as the sophomore pitcher surrendered just a fourth-inning double to...
TEN PINS LEAGUE - Week 28 Carrington Fire Dogs 136.0 32.0 Farm Credit Services 89.0 79.0 Headlocks Bar 85.5 82.5 Randy’s Pro Shop 82.0 86.0 Cornhuskers 74.0 94.0 Schulz Plb, Htg & A/C 73.5 94.5 5 Spot 69.0 99.0 Shamrock Bar 63.0 105.0 High Team Game: Carrington Fire Dogs, 815; Randy’s Pro Shop, 807; Headlocks, 781 High Team Series: Randy’s Pro Shop, 2322; Carrington Fire Dogs, 2262; Headlocks, 2214 High Individual Game: Randy Peterson, 279; Ron Morlock, 246; Rick Christianson, 234 High Individual Series: Randy Peterson, 742; Rick Chris...
The Carrington FFA Chapter held their Annual Parent/Member and Awards Banquet Monday, April 4 in the CHS Commons area. The annual banquet recognizes the members of the Carrington FFA Chapter for their accomplishments throughout the year. It also serves to recognize those businesses and individuals that have helped to support the local chapter throughout the year. Career Development Events Career Development event awards were cosponsored by Arrowwood Prairie Co-op, Bank Forward, and Farm Credit...
CHASELEY NEWS: Saturday, Pam Rodacker accompanied Fay and Larry Fandrich for a tour around Devils Lake, while there they also checked out the Fandrich’s camp site. One day Pam, Julie, and Marvin went to Harvey. BOWDON NEWS: George and Stacy Tebelius, Fargo, arrived on Friday and spent the weekend with Freida Tebelius. George got things ready for spring. Freida took them out for dinner to the café on Sunday. This week’s winners were: April 2 for $75.00 was Jana Weaver. April 3 for $75.00 was Bob Martin. April 4 for $50.00 was Terry Jesse. Apri...
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is sponsoring professional development for educator workshops this summer in Devils Lake, Bottineau and Fargo. Curriculum materials are suitable for elementary, middle and high school teachers. Teaching Science Through Art is June 1-2 at Lake Region State College in Devils Lake and June 14-15 at Dakota College in Bottineau. Participants will experiment with different media, including clay, water, pastel and colored pencil. No previous art experience is necessary. Register for either session. Graduate...
Outdoor notes: *People are asked to report any dead birds and abnormal behavior in migrating birds, especially waterfowl, shorebirds, and raptors, to the N.D. Game and Fish Dept. on their wildlife mortality reporting form, (gf.nd.gov/wildlife/diseases/mortality-report), due to a national outbreak of highly contagious avian influenza. It can also impact domestic poultry. While rarely infectious to humans, hunters or anyone handling poultry should use precautions, such as avoiding handling sick animals, wear gloves when dressing birds, wash...
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