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By Tammy Olson, Director For Story Hour this week, we used a Wonderbook. A Wonderbook is a book that reads the story to you. The reader can read along or just listen to the story. The kids really enjoyed it. We used molding clay for the activity and then had snacks.
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Strange things to start the garden
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By Katie Henry, Family and Community Wellness Agent, NDSU Extension – Cavalier County Sometimes weird things happen to me. I don’t know what it is, but these bizarre happenings occur, and I just have learned to go with the flow. One of the most recent occurrences was that my tomatoes sprouted.
Thursday, February 6, 2025
The St. Alphonsus School Committee served and hosted their annual Spaghetti Supper. Pictured left to right are Caitlin Boardman, Runa Anderson, Kayla Domres, Emily Benoit, Alyssa Plummer, Carol Wild, Shane Gallagher, and Lucas Mikkelsen. Not photographed, Sarah Pritchard.
A Saint’s Shoutout: Thankful for giving hearts
Carrie Hope
Here comes Giving Hearts Day! This year this wonderful event takes place on Thursday, Feb. 13 - mark your calendars and prepare to do so much good next week for many organizations, including St. Alphonsus School. Giving Hearts Day is an annual event encouraging donations to non-profit organizations.
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Hello from Edmore!
Tammy Berg
It’s not a very nice day today - very cold and windy. There are a lot of spring and summer advertisements out already, and most stores are filling up with all the beautiful summer things. I love Hobby Lobby for a couple reasons.
Thursday, February 6, 2025
From the Pastor’s Desk:
Father Kurtis Gunwall
“Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ.” – St Jerome (1st official translator of Scripture to the common language)
Thursday, February 6, 2025
AARP Fraud Watch snippets
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Our information is already out there If we really want to keep ourselves, and our money, safe from fraud, we must all come to terms with one thing: our personal information is likely already out there.
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Legislative update
Janne Myrdal, District 19 Senator
We are now at day 18 of the 80 days provided to the Legislature to accomplish our work every biennium. The senate has a little over 400 bills to process, while the House is facing approximately 600.
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Chuck Suchy, a Mandan Resident, preforms “Dancing Dakota” at a committee hearing on Jan. 30. The committee recommended a Do Pass on HB 1397 which would designate the song as the state’s official waltz. Suchy is also under consideration to become the official state troubadour. Photo by Ann Estvold, NDNA.
Capitol briefs
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Ann Estvold, NDNA Legislative Intern North Dakota Constitution Day Seeking to draw greater attention to North Dakota’s founding document, a House committee has endorsed House Bill 1479, which would designate Oct. 1 as North Dakota Constitution Day.
Thursday, February 6, 2025
BILL WOULD CREATE A CARDIAC EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN AND TEAM IN EACH SCHOOL IN THE STATE
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Ann Estvold, NDNA Legislative Intern Sudden cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death on school grounds. To address this problem, House Bill 1363 would create a cardiac emergency response plan for public and nonpublic schools and athletic events.
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Bills seek to close schools on election days and encourage teaching languages in elementary
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Ann Estvold, NDNA Legislative Intern Schools make for great polling places but having them open to the public on election days causes security concerns, says a legislator who advocates closing schools on days they are used for voting.
Thursday, February 6, 2025