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Amateur radio club to host summer ham fest

The Souris Valley Amateur Radio Club will host Minot Summer Hamfest Saturday, July 13, in Minot Municipal Auditorium. The event begins at 8 a.m. with registration and breakfast and concludes at 2:30 p.m. Seminars will be held on amateur radio contesting, antennas and lightning protection, understanding ham radio propagation, basic ham radio, a worldwide radio messaging system called Winlink and multi-band wire antennas. Nancy Yoshida will share information about her visit to Antarctica, including ham radio points of interest. License examinations for the Technician, General and ...

Zoo News: Horticulture enhances guest experiences

It is hard to imagine starting the month of July with the weather we have been enjoying, but I’m sure summer will eventually land, and we will be missing these days. With the temperatures beginning to trend back up next week, we can enjoy this weather while we have it. Between the rain and ...

Upcoming Fourth of July festivities set for Minot

Various Minot partners have joined up in creating a selection of family-fun activities to celebrate this upcoming Independence Day. Kickstarting the celebrations will be the “2nd Annual 4th of July Parade” hosted by the Minot Fireworks Association, Minot Masonic Center, Minot Park ...

Zoo News: It’s about the experience at Roosevelt Park Zoo

As a community zoo, the Roosevelt Park Zoo works to fulfill its commitment to the community it serves by providing an educational, family-friendly, and fun experience to all our guests with the resources available. We strive to create this experience from the time guests enter until they depart. This experience we want to create ranges from the customer service provided by our staff, the aesthetics of the campus, and of course the animals and how they are perceived. A guest’s experience can be shaped from the time they interact with our Guest Services staff during admission through ...

Retirement’s Comic Relief: It’s that age-old age problem

If we drive up for a picnic at the lake this July 4th, any need to stop along the way isn’t clear. After retirement, the severity of the urge to head to the bathroom is no longer related to what happens when you get there – whether only a trickle or a beer-growler full. I no longer know what to expect. After age 70, a fellow can sometimes go to bed and sleep until noon without answering “the call.” On other nights, he stumbles through the dark three times before morning to dribble barely enough to fill a shot glass. Besides quantity, quality is of interest now. Is it clear or ...

Japan outreach coordinator teaches Minot Japanese culture

Serving as a cultural ambassador has been a friend-making experience, according to Shunsuke Aoki of Japan, who is coming to the conclusion of a two-year stay in North Dakota. The Minot Public Library recently hosted two cultural events conducted by Aoki. One was a class on Japanese ...