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The Carrington Chamber and Economic Development Corporation was among seven communities that received a planning grant from the North Dakota Department of Commerce. The $22,500 Main Street Initiative (MSI) Partners in Planning (PiP) Grant is intended to support nonprofit organizations and local governments in completing a comprehensive plan or economic development/diversification strategic plan. “With the two options the MSI PiP Grant offers, we are able to provide more tailored funding for the specific needs of each community,” Commerce Chi...
Fruit trees are great for landscapes. Their blossoms are dazzling in spring and the fruits are absolutely delicious. Do you have a fruit tree in your backyard? If not, what are you waiting for? When it comes to planting trees, there is an old proverb that goes, “Today is the second-best day to plant a tree. The best day was yesterday!” Don’t keep waiting. Fruit trees take years before they begin to bear fruit. What’s the best fruit tree for a backyard? I highly recommend the Evans Bali sour ch...
Dear Savvy Senior, My doctor recently suggested I start a walking program to help get my weight and blood pressure under control, but I’ve never exercised much and am 66. Can you recommend some tips? Hate to Exercise Dear Hate, You should follow your doctor’s orders. Years of research have shown that walking may be the single best exercise you can do to improve your health as you age. It burns calories, which will help you lose weight, builds endurance, enhances muscle tone and it doesn’t pound...
Understanding how the Game and Fish Department’s lottery and bonus point system works can help applicants make better decisions based on their expectations. First, it’s a matter of understanding the lottery system. Terminology is key when you think of a bonus point versus the misnomer of a preference point. There is no preference. Just a bonus. The license lottery consists of four separate drawings, one for each choice on the application. First, we hold a drawing for the first unit/first deer ch...
Many animal experts suggest that the pig is one of the smartest of all animals, if not the most intelligent of all mammals, maybe even more so than the average human. Daryl Lies of Daryl’s Racing Pigs may agree. What started as an FFA project, over thirty years ago, is now a major attraction at the North Dakota State Fair and many county fairs throughout the state. Daryl’s Racing Pigs will definitely be one of the main attractions of the 2022 Foster County Fair. They will “race” at 4:45, 5:45, and 8:30 p.m. both Thursday, June 23 and Friday,...
A safe boating public awareness campaign held annually in May serves as a good reminder for boaters heading into summer. National Safe Boating Week is May 21-27, with the campaign actually kicking off May 20 with Wear Your Life Jacket at Work Day. Water recreationists are encouraged to snap a picture while at work and share it on social media with the hashtag #wearyourlifejacketatworkday. A boat should have enough U.S. Coast Guard approved life jackets on board for all passengers. North Dakota law requires all children ages 10 and younger to...
April 1 - April 30, 2022 Criminal Christopher Lee Belcher, Carrington, N.D.: failure to transfer title - transferee. Condition: Comply with payment agreement. Notify court of address change. Set up payment schedule. Unsupervised probation. Violate no criminal laws. Fees: criminal admin. fee: $125; defense/facility admin. fee: $100; fine/state: $250; victim-witness fee: $25. Confinement: Agency: Stutsman County Correctional Center, term: 10 days. Suspended: 10 days Richard James Garcia, Carrington, N.D.: driving under suspension. Condition:...
Three clutch mound performances, along with a power surge by Hudson Schmitz in the final two Region 3 games, helped put the Carrington Cardinal baseball team in a good spot heading into the postseason. The Cards rode a pitching-by-committee approach to perfection in Steele Friday, May 13, and took a 4-1 win in nine innings over the Kidder County Wolves. Grady Shipman threw the first two innings in the contest, and Schmitz covered the middle six to pick up the win. Lucas Hendrickson got the...
The first-year Carrington softball program registered their second win of the season in Larimore with a 14-12 back-and-forth victory over the Pembina County North Grizzlies Tuesday, May 10. Carrington scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth to rally back from a 12-9 deficit. In the win, Kennedy Wendel was 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles, and Kaydence VanRay and Brynn Smith also had three-hit afternoons. Isabel Wendel (two hits) and Lauren Hendrickson had doubles, and hits additionally came...
The Carrington track teams got a few new state qualifiers with time in the regular season rapidly winding down, at a pair of meets in Fessenden Saturday, May 14, and Devils Lake this past Monday. CHS got one qualifier at the weekend Clark and Sharon Lloyd Memorial, that being Haley Wolsky in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.28 seconds. The Rotary meet in Devils Lake on May 16 was a bit more lucrative for the Cards, at least in new qualifications. Sophomore Logan Weninger hit the standard...
The Harvey-Wells County track and field teams participated in their final two meets of the season as they made preparations for the North Central Region Track and Field meet scheduled for Friday, May 20, in Rugby. The Hornets hosted the Lloyd Memorial meet in Fessenden on Saturday, May 14, and attended the Panther Booster Invitational in Rugby on Monday, May 16. The Hornets varsity and junior high participated in Fessenden on May 14, and although the meet was hampered by wind gusts of up to 50...
Make that two siblings that have earned their way into their respective state golf meets via the automatic route. Following his sister Kacie's successful freshman fall golf season, senior Jacob Rexin decided that she wasn't going to have all the bragging rights. Rexin shot a score of 39-38-77 at the boys' Region 2 individual qualifying meet at CrossRoads Golf Club Monday, May 16, to earn an automatic berth at the State B Meet in Oxbow at the end of the month. To qualify for state, a golfer must...
Payton Smith would have loved to been in attendance for his older brother Brady's graduation at UND to receive his doctorate of physical therapy. However, the younger Smith had other commitments. Payton finished up a strong sophomore campaign for the NDSU Bison track and field team by taking second place in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Summit League Track and Field Championships in Tulsa, Okla., May 12-14. Smith's time of 9:10.94 was just behind event winner Luke Labatte of UND, who cross...
Dennis Freeman of Headlocks Bar, along with Red Skytland, hold a check for $10,000 which will go towards the new renovations at Stadium '76. Headlocks, along with the Matpac Wrestling Club of Bismarck, raised the funds through charitable gaming machines....
Foster County Soil Conservation District held its 17th annual First Grade Tree Planting on May 11. This event is part of the City of Carrington's official Arbor Day celebration. Fifty-four first grade students planted a tree at both the city park and the courthouse. First grade teachers Tressa VanRay, Morgan Klocke, and April Berntson brought their students to learn about planting trees and tree care. Those lessons were led by SCD Supervisors Curt Klein and Cody Montgomery and SCD Manager Dionn...
Twenty-five entrants attended the second annual Five Spot Car Show in Carrington on Saturday, May 14. Following the showing from to noon to 4 p.m., 27 cars and motorcycles cruised past Golden Acres and then on to Glenfield, Kensal and Bordulac. The "People's Choice" award was won by Dawson Neis with his 1977 Buick Electra, 4-door, newly painted with specific tune-ups by Neis and students at Lake Region College in Devils Lake. The 1969 Corvette, owned by Mark Sellie of Cathay, was a project he...
Midkota High School junior Kaylee Johnson will be competing in the State Track Meet in Bismarck for the G-M Titans this weekend, May 26-28. Johnson earned a berth at the Larimore High School Invitational on Saturday, May 14, with a qualifying toss of 35 feet, 9 inches in the girls' shot put. Kaylee is the daughter of Nate Johnson and Nikki Johnson....
Calling all card sharks! Join us for the annual pinochle tournament during the 2022 Foster County Fair on Friday, June 24. The tournament will start at 1:00 p.m. in the Merchant building on the fairgrounds. Entry to the tournament is free and refreshments will be served. Prize money will be paid to first, second and third place at $250, $150, and $100. The team with the highest cumulative score will win after eight rounds have been played. You must bring your own partner. Teams that go set will be charged $0.25 per set. Pre-registration is not...
CHASELEY NEWS: Donavon and Connie Czech attended Cooper Mindt’s spring concert at Northern Cass. Connie visited Elenora Hamann last week at the Harvey nursing home. BOWDON NEWS: Freida Tebelius went to Rod Widicker’s funeral on Tuesday, at the Bowdon Seventh-Day Adventist Church. On Sunday, she had dinner at the Café then went to the Bowdon Lutheran Church for an open house for Josh Crowder. It was a very nice open house and Josh had a great turnout....
Join us this summer as we explore Oceans of Possibilities through programs, books and activities at the Carrington City Library. The 2022 Summer Reading Program is open to everyone with reading challenges from the littlest readers (toddler through preschool), Emerging Readers (entering grade K-2), Independent Readers (entering grades 3-6), Teens and Adults. Readers who complete reading challenges will earn weekly incentives and entries in the grand prize drawings. Awards will be given to the top readers at each level. Registration for the Summe...
Outdoor notes: *June 4 & 5: Free Fishing Weekend. *June 8: Deer gun and muzzleloader applications due Tournaments: *June 4: Devils Lake, East Bay. *June 4: Pipestem Reservoir, Parkhurst Landing. *June 7: Lake Ashtabula. Fishing: *Devils Lake elevation, May 17: 1,449.84 feet above mean sea level (MSL). *Stump Lake elevation: 1,449.8 MSL. *Lake Sakakawea elevation: 1,829.03 MSL; 18,700 cubic feet per second average (CFS) Garrison Dam daily releases. *N.D. Game & Fish Dept. Dist. game wardens: No Devils Lake or east-central area lake reports. Try...
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