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Mustache Maude . . . with a name like that you know there have to be a few stories. And there are. She didn’t start out with that name, of course. Her real name was deceptively soft and feminine: Clara Belle Rose. She was born in July 1873 in Tracy, Minnesota. While Clara Belle loved her father, she locked horns with her mother and ran away when she was 15. Using the excuse of going to Minneapolis to care for her sick sister, Clara waited until her mother and father were away. Then, she loaded a wagon with grain and used a second team of horses...
The regular season is in the books for both Carrington American Legion Post 25 and Carrington Babe Ruth Redbirds. The Legion team finished their slate of District 4 games with wins of 9-2 over the Jamestown Hawks on July 6, and 12-2 against the Nelson County Post 162 Owls on July 12. In between, the 25's faced some stiff competition at the Phil Brown Classic in Jamestown on Saturday and Sunday, July 9-10. There, they dropped 8-2 decisions to the Bismarck Governors and 6-1 to Perham, Minn. Lucas...
A sizable contingent of visitors descended upon Main Street, Carrington, for the first Central City Bash, held July 9-10, 2022. The event was highlighted by the Carrington Round Up car show, shown here, along with street vendors in the open lots east of Shamrock Bar, the Iron Man 33 golf tournament, CHS class reunions from 1982, 1992 and 2002, and a street dance featuring 1980's cover band "Arch Allies" Saturday night. The Home Run Derby and Alumni Baseball Game, scheduled for Sunday, July 10,...
A nationally coordinated effort to educate the public about the dangers of boating under the influence yielded seven BUI of alcohol violations in North Dakota. Jackie Lundstrom, state Game and Fish Department’s enforcement division operations supervisor, said Operation Dry Water weekend July 2-4 was designed for a heightened enforcement effort directed at boating under the influence laws and recreational boater outreach. Altogether, wardens contacted 4,180 boaters and 1,542 vessels, with 166 citations issued, the majority of which were b...
CHASELEY NEWS: Pam Rodacker attended the Legacie cousin reunion in Lawton on Sunday. Friday, Pam was in Harvey and Hurdsfield. On July 4, all three Rodackers enjoyed the Harvey and Carrington parades. June 25, Fay Fandrich and Pam went to Devils Lake to attend the bridal shower for Pam’s nephew and his bride-to-be. Fourth of July visitors of the Czech family at Lake Metigoshe were the Kenton Mindt family. Myra Gohl from Argyle, Texas, is visiting the Czechs and Knechts and attending the Hurdsfield All-School Reunion. Myra Gohl and Connie and D...
Outdoor notes: *July 29: Halloween in July, Lake Metigoshe State Park, Bottineau. Tournaments: *July 23: Devils Lake, Creel Bay; Lake Ashtabula, Ashtabula Crossing. *July 30: Devils Lake, Woodland Resort; Devils Lake, launch from East Bay, 6-Mile Bay, or Henegar Landing. Fishing: *Devils Lake elevation, July 12: 1,450.74 feet above mean sea level (MSL). *Stump Lake elevation: 1,450.71 MSL. *Lake Sakakawea elevation: 1,837.69 MSL; 20,800 cubic feet per second average (CFS) Garrison Dam daily releases. *N.D. Game & Fish Dept. Dist. game wardens:...