Pie. A three-letter word that has power to draw folks together. It has the power to pull construction workers from their tasks at 3 in the afternoon. It has power to sit in a glass dessert case and receive more attention than a violet Faberge egg crusted with green peridots, and it also tastes ...
Young Pierce County 4-H members gathered July 7-10 at the Pierce County Fairgrounds for Achievement Days, an event they’d waited for all year. The members showed off items from handmade furniture to art and baked goods during the first day of the event. Items on display for the 4-H ...
From a young age, I loved being in the kitchen, reading mysteries, gardening, writing, or telling stories. This all happened at pink, cheerful stucco house that was located on the north end of Underwood that was my parents’ home. Looking back, there was something magical about living in that ...
“What a desolate place would be a world without flowers! It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome.” - Clara L. Balfour Our North Dakota cities, towns and expansive countryside have been smiling for the past two weeks! Lilacs in lavender, purple, white and pink have ...
Spring and summer are about anticipation. With a delayed spring, we have been waiting for lilacs to bloom showing forth their color palette of lavender, deep purple and white. Summer has many of us anticipating fresh garden cucumbers. There is nothing like peeling a vine ripened cucumber and ...
The Tunbridge Lutheran Church Preservation Society will celebrate a milestone in a project to bring the 100-plus-year old building back to life on Saturday, May 28. The activities at the church will begin with a Lutheran service at 10 a.m. “It’s a Saturday, but there will be a church ...
Neighbors in Russia, immigrant families find themselves living seven miles apart in North Dakota In the late 1890s, Johannes “John” and Alissa (Wentz) Volk lived in the village of Mannheim near Odessa, Russia. They had two sons, Joseph and Lawrence. The family was of German ...
More than 200 friends and family wished lifelong Pierce County resident Grace Paul a very happy 100th birthday at the Rugby Eagles on May 9. “She said she had the best day ever,” daughter-in-law Sheila Paul said Grace told her after the party. “It was wonderful,” Grace Paul said ...
May has arrived and with it brings many things to celebrate! Graduations, confirmations, May Day, Memorial Day, Syttende Mai, and of course, Mother’s Day. Our world is brighter and a happier place all through the year because of mothers. It goes without saying that mothers have magic — how ...
A recent visit to the 18th floor of the North Dakota State Capitol had me recalling not only the beauty of porcelain art painting, but the wonderful friendships that come with taking lessons with other artists in this unique medium. In 1980, Congress declared Porcelain Painting a fine art. ...
