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RETIREMENT’S COMIC RELIEF: Time turns one into bionic old goat

Patients might think their dentists don’t know what it’s like to sit in the dental chair. If any of mine have thought this true of me, they’d be wrong. Not only did I visit the dentist twice a year for checkups and fillings as a child, even more time came in the hot-seat when I was ...

Dakota Datebook: Aug. 7-11

Mott Defenders By JAYME JOB Aug. 7 — The small town of Mott was in general alarm on this day in 1916. One of their number had just made a confession to the murder of a local farmer, and it was being circulated that a number of men, both lynchers and bailers, were headed to Mott in droves ...

Friluftsliv: Hiddenwood Cemetery: History and Mystery

To loosely translate from Norwegian to English: fri = free, lufts = air’s, liv = life The English equivalent= Outdoor Life Archaeology and history have become an important part of my life since I retired as director of Market Development for a Minneapolis corporation. I related in a ...

Annual Great Tomato Festival fundraiser set for Aug. 9

The 34th Annual Great Tomato Festival, a community fundraising event, will be held Wednesday at the North Dakota State Fair Center’s 4-H Hall. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and social starts at 6 p.m. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. The event benefits the Minot Symphony Orchestra and Taube ...

Zoo News: Understanding the SSP

Often this article has talked about Species Survival Programs (SSP) when discussing the animals at the zoo – where they come from, where they are going to, or even why we don’t know what the future holds. We are often asked about why offspring or even adult animals must leave. Believe it or ...