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Area fathers and their daughters got their chance to bond over the love of dance Saturday evening, April 15, as the Carrington Youth Center hosted the Princess Dance. A maximum of 50 tickets were sold for the event, which featured a Grand March, live music and drawings for prizes. For more photos from the Princess Dance, visit our gallery at transcript.smugmug.com....
The consensus of the Foster County Commission at their meeting last week was that the county owns the Public Health building. During the meeting, held on Tuesday, April 18, the board discussed the fact that public health nurse Lisa Hilbert said their department owns the building they are staffing. “The county owns the building,” said commission chairman Alan Scanson. More discussion about what to do about the ownership of the building was held as public health is transitioning into a public hea...
Grand Forks, N.D. – CHI St. Alexius Health Carrington, a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) in Carrington, North Dakota, has been named one of the Top 100 CAHs in the country for 2023, according to the Chartis Center for Rural Health. North Dakota has nine CAHs named to this year’s Top 100. Top 100 hospitals are top performers, excelling in financial efficiency, achieving higher quality, securing better outcomes, increasing patient satisfaction and operating at a lower cost than their peers. “We are proud to see so many North Dakota CAHs repre...
With 25 Carrington students qualifying for national competition, the matter of how much of the costs the district would cover was again up for discussion by the Carrington school board. At the Wednesday, April 12 meeting, board members learned that 23 FBLA members recently qualified for the National Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, in June, and two archers are headed for Sandy, Utah, to compete in the NASP Western National Tournament this week. Last spring, after a thorough discussion...
Grandin Black of Midkota High School reads from his script as he competes in the humorous solo category at the Region V Speech Meet in Carrington, held Saturday, August 15. Black placed sixth overall in the event....
The Carrington High School Speech Team had a excellent showing at the Region 5 speech competition on Saturday, April 15, by winning the championship. All ten members will advance to the state competition in Mandan. The team raked in seven first place finishes, five second place finishes, one third place finish, and two fourth place finishes. Students who will compete at state include Kaley Kostelnik, first in poetry and second in serious prose; Sage Patzer, second in poetry; Sarah Hallwachs,...
Eight mathletes from Carrington competed at the MATHCOUNTS State Competition held in Bismarck on March 27. Competing for the second year in a row were eighth grader Charles Jorgensen (son of Cory and Katie) and seventh graders Samuel Garr (son of Benjamin and Sonali) and Cally Hansen (daughter of Jory and Missy). New to the event this year were eighth grader Briley Carr (daughter of Travis and Hope), seventh graders Eric Hallwachs (son of Loren and Renee), Jameson Kalliokoski (son of Whitney)...
April is National Donate Life Month (NDLM). Donate Life America and its partnering organizations established NDLM in 2023. NDLM helps raise awareness about donation, and encourages Americans to register as organ, eye and tissue donors and to honor those that have saved lives through the gift of donation. The need for organ donation is great. More than 100,000 people are awaiting lifesaving organ transplants. In 2022, more than 42,000 organ transplants from 21,300 donors brought new life to...
Carrington City Library encourages all community members to visit the library during National Library Week, April 23-29, to explore all they have to offer. Join the celebration by participating in the Library Word Scramble: See how many words (no proper nouns, please) you can come up with from the letters of the words "National Library Week." Submit your list (mail, drop off or email) to the Carrington City Library by 4:30 on Thursday, April 27 to be entered in the prize drawing. Most people...
Are you interested in gardening, but don’t have a suitable site? Do you already have a garden, but need additional space for corn, squash, melons or some other crop? If you answered yes to either of these questions, then perhaps you should consider reserving a plot in the Carrington Community Garden, located just east of the parking lot at Bethel Chapel. Twelve gardeners utilized the community garden plots last year, the first year that the plots were offered. The gardeners grew a variety of c...
BISMARCK – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced members of his staff will hold mobile office hours in Cooperstown and Carrington on Wednesday, April 26. "Since it's not always possible for people to travel to my in-state offices, these mobile office opportunities help bring the services we offer closer to the constituents who need them," said Senator Cramer. "Having members of my staff in Cooperstown and Carrington will give North Dakotans more chances to explore solutions to the p...
The counties and cities within the state of North Dakota hold many interesting news stories. Here are just a few of the feature stories that others are reading in communities around the state. Buxton school library gets blast from the past A former Central Valley School student has returned an overdue library book more than a half-century after checking it out from the rural Buxton school. Superintendent Jeremy Brandt told the Central Valley School Board recently that Larry Schmaltz of Cedar...
We said goodbye to the Golden Stratus last week. The 2005 Dodge Stratus that was supposed to last through all three teenage drivers in our household was hauled away to the scrapyard. When I started working in New Rockford again, my husband and I told the kids that the Stratus would be their car when they got their licenses. We’ve made many repairs to it over the years, and I even backed into it with our pickup once. I joked several times that it was a lemon, and that’s probably true considering...
When looking at farm and ranch statistics from the USDA Census of Agriculture, a person could take all day picking apart the various numbers, crops, livestock and even ag processing. There are farms themselves, which in 2017 totaled 26,374 that included 39.3 million acres. The average size of a North Dakota farm was 1,492 acres with the median size at 564 acres. We had 10,568 farms that exceeded 12,000 acres; 3,184 were from 500 to 999 acres; 4,549 were listed between 180 and 499 acres; 4,988...
My car is currently in hospice. I’m trying to keep it comfortable and provide a reasonable amount of care, but I’ve accepted that it’s probably approaching the end of its life. With the expenses of two daughters in college and one in the prom dresses – driver’s ed – manicures – cell phones – Starbucks throes of high school, we need to keep our geriatric family vehicle alive for as long as possible. My car is paid-for, which means, of course, that it has been steadily disintegrating since the day...
12 Years Ago April 22, 1948 Various items of city business were taken up at the meeting of the city council Tuesday evening, when the council was reorganized and new members were sworn in. Taking seats in the council Tuesday night were Theo. Ramsey, T.H. Cousins and A.C. Heinitz. O.E. Dawalt and Richard Schoen were also sworn in, they having been re-eleected in the recent city election. Vernon K. Duntley, son of Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Duntley, has announced that he will open an optometry office in...
APRIL CARRINGTON All meals served with Milk, Coffee, Bread & Butter, Dessert Mon., April 24 - Pork Chop, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Corn, Bar - Pool - Bridge & Open Cards Tues., April 25 - Cream of Potato Soup, Chicken Salad Sandwich, Carrots, Sauce - Pinochle Wed., April 26 - Makeup Meal - Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes, Corn, Bar, Juice - Whist Thurs., April 27 - Hamburger Hotdish, Peas, Garden Salad, Peaches - Whist Fri., April 28 - Pork Roast, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Prince Edward Vegetables, Sauce - Golf Sat., April 29 - Public Cards Pinochle...
April 18, 2023 Joe Don Lindberg, Pingree, N.D.: exceeded speed limit, $10 William Matthew Rowcliffe, Columbus, Ga.: exceeded speed limit, $95 Janoiy Mikhail Gray, Minot, N.D.: exceeded speed limit, $10 Gregg Alexander Putz, Fargo, N.D.: overtook on right when prohibited unsafe, $20 Kelly J. Degroat, Audobon, Minn.: exceeded speed limit, $10 Macy Elaine Hedrick, Minot, N.D.: exceeded speed limit, $15 Roderick Theophilus Johnson, Regina, Sask., Canada: exceeded speed limit, $15...
Carrington was named a 2022 Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation to honor its commitment to effective urban forest management. Carrington achieved Tree City USA recognition by meeting the program’s four requirements: maintaining a tree board or department, having a tree care ordinance, dedicating an annual community forestry budget of at least $2 per capita, and hosting an Arbor Day observance and proclamation. The Tree City USA program is sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation, in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service and the N...
(JAMESTOWN, N.D.) – In June, North Dakota Farmers Union will embark on its 89th season of Farmers Union Camp. The summer camp program annually draws more than 1,200 farm and city kids from across the state to the shores of Lake Tschida near Elgin and the Jamestown Reservoir, where Farmers Union camp facilities are located. “We’re excited to get our 89th season underway,” said Miranda Letherman, NDFU education director. “Farmers Union Camp is a fun, positive environment where kids can be themselves, while they build team and leadershi...
Ross Allmaras Ross Allmaras, age 26, originally of Carrington, N.D., died unexpectedly in his sleep on April 15, 2023, of an undetected heart arrhythmia while visiting at a friend's home. Ross' visitation was Friday, April 21, from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m., with a Rosary Service at 6:45 p.m., followed by a Vigil Service at 7:00 p.m., all at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Carrington. His Mass of Christian Burial was held Saturday, April 22, at 10:00 a.m., at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Carrington, w... Full story
How do you find the love of your life? When I lived in Taiwan, a friend told me that finding a spouse is just like picking an ear of corn in a corn field. You enter the corn field and start walking down a row. There are lots of corn cobs to choose from, but you can select only one. You can look at the corn cobs, but you cannot open the husks of the cob and reveal its beauty. That must wait until after you select it. In most cases, the best ear in the field is not the first one you see. But...
Dear Savvy Senior, My husband and I are interested in taking our two grandkids on a big trip this summer and are looking for some good ideas. Can you recommend some travel companies that offer special travel packages for grandparents and grandkids? Doting Grandmother Dear Doting, Grandparents traveling with just their grandchildren has become a growing segment of the multigenerational travel industry. Not only is this type of travel fun, it’s also a terrific way to strengthen generational b...
Evelyn Anderson Evelyn Anderson, age 95, Missoula, Mont., formerly of Bordulac, N.D., Glenfield, N.D., and Fargo, N.D., died Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, at Auburg Assisted Living Residential Community, Missoula, Mont. Evelyn’s Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, April 28, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. at Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home, Fargo, N.D.... Full story
Denny Land Denny Land, Maple Grove, Minn., formerly of Carrington, N.D., died February 3, 2023, in Maple Grove, Minn. A celebration of Denny’s life will be on Saturday, April 22, 2023 at the Maple Grove, Minnesota Community Center from 11:00 - 2:00 p.m. Burial will be at the Carrington Cemetery, Carrington, N.D., on Friday, April 28 at 2:00 p.m.... Full story
