The Scandinavian Heritage Park is hosting its second annual lighting ceremony this Saturday from 5:30-8 p.m. The event is open to the public and free to attend. The Scandinavian Heritage Park has donned enchanting lights during the winter season for nearly a quarter of a century. Last year, ...
GARRISON – Twelve ornaments are awaiting discovery at Fort Stevenson State Park during the annual Dickens Village Festival in Garrison. Each Friday of the festival – Nov. 29, Dec. 6 and Dec. 13 – the park will publish GPS coordinates of four geocaches containing an ornament, each a first-to-find prize. The park asks that only one ornament per family is collected. Coordinates will be posted on the park’s social media pages. Following the traditional practice of “take something, leave something” in geocaches, participants are asked to bring an ornament to exchange. The ...
The Magic City Figure Skating Club’s synchro teams will be hosting their annual Magic City Turkey Trot, a 1 mile fun run/walk and 5K run/walk on Thursday, Nov. 28, at 9 a.m. The Turkey Trot takes place annually on Thanksgiving morning with proceeds benefiting the synchronized skating teams ...
We are moving into a time of cherished reserve in our state – hunting season. You would be hard-pressed to find someone in your personal circle who doesn’t have family members out hunting this time of year or is out themselves. It’s how most of us grew up and is a past-time that provides memories, sportsmanship and with any luck, a freezer full of meat. In many cases, these hunting trips are multigenerational events, equal parts serious sportsmanship and slapstick comedy wrapped in layers of nostalgia. Feel free to plug your own “characters” into the story because it’s no ...
According to the book of Genesis, an Egyptian Pharaoh had two troubling dreams – one about seven fat and seven skinny cows and another about seven full heads of grain growing on a single stalk. Luckily, he found someone who could make sense of weird dreams. If not for his technicolor dream coat coming to the rescue, Joseph would have remained in prison and never become Pharaoh’s second in command. Egypt’s seven-year drought would have been a disaster. I’m no Joseph. But, I have risen to second in command around my household. And, as it was for Pharaoh, troubling dreams seem ...
Dr. Gale Bishop, a North Dakota native and professor emeritus from Georgia Southern University, will present a special lecture titled “Two Thousand Sunrises — Ten Thousand Surprises! The Return of Sea Turtles to North Dakota After 75 Million Years,” on Thursday from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in Hartnett Hall, Room 106, at Minot State University. “Dr. Bishop connects geology with marine biology and conservation of sea turtles to tell a story of important paleontological discoveries,” said Nikita Neyschtadt, president of the Association of Undergraduate Geologists in Industry, Technology ...
