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. ...
An occasional treat is a very good idea; in Minot we can enjoy a musical treat that occasionally has an international flare. Most often, the International Artists Series, which was established in 1948, brings in musicians from the United States. Over the years, this organization has featured a ...
This week as I stepped out of my vehicle, it felt like a midsummer’s night breeze — warm and inviting. In an instant, my thoughts turned to spring and the wonderful parties that come with this season. Parties such as graduations, bridal showers, and springtime birthdays and, of course, the ...
Did you know that your mailbox can bring your daily arboretum? With the cold slice of winter that we have been enduring lately, the arboretum is not only compelling, but a sunny lifting up for the spirit. In our home, we look forward to the arrival of seed and gardening catalogs. This is the ...
Valentine’s Day had me thinking about a friend who passed away this last summer. His presence in many lives is missed. I still find myself from time to time looking around to see if he is there, and then I realize that in a simple turn, he was gone. It has taken me a bit of time to comprehend ...