The fairy tale “Rumpelstiltskin” is about whether a miller’s daughter can spin straw into gold and riches. For Ossian Kidholm, a wool spinner from Norway who is giving free wool spinning demonstrations and education at the North Dakota State Fair this year, life’s riches come from ...
A picture is worth a thousand words and sometimes those words come from a thousand different people during fair week. Celebrated watercolor painter and mural artist, Nancy Balyeat, is working hard this week on a custom mural for the newly named Roughrider Arena building in the West Park of ...
It may be National Zookeeper Week, but there is so much happening at the zoo these days you need a scorecard just to keep up. We want to make sure we give the zookeepers their due. We are finalizing the touches on our largest event/fundraiser of the year, Bacon & Brew, that will be here in two short weeks. Also, within the next week or two, the zoo should learn the results of recent projects out for bid that can impact the zoo in so many ways. And then there are the projects that have already started or are currently under construction. Change is in the air and over the next couple of ...
It isn’t difficult these days to encounter something aggravating. For starters, turn on the television. Every news channel does its best to pull us in different directions about the economy, wars, immigration, political turmoil and much more. Sometimes it seems there’s no longer anything to laugh about. Even so, a chuckle can often be found with a simple glance in the mirror. This is especially true — with a little help from our friends. Bob was a highly regarded fellow in Minot. He had lost a leg in an accident at a young age and wore an artificial replacement. Years ago, I ...
Six youth dancers from the Eagle Feather Club took center stage at the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) Tourism tent at the North Dakota State Fair in Minot Monday. Ranging from fifth to seventh grade, the dancers showcased different styles such as traditional, grass and jingle dress dancing ...
