Combating fear is one of the greatest challenges for young zookeepers to overcome. It is not necessarily the fear of working around potentially dangerous animals, but the fear that something they do or do not do will negatively impact the animals they care for and about. From my experience, it ...
Our neighbors in the 1950s were the Grays. One of their children, Mike, was a year older than me. When I was 10, Mike swiped a couple of cigarettes from a pack belonging to his mother and invited me into their dark garage one fall evening. We lit up and puffed away as if cowboys on the open range. Before arriving at the butt end of the cowpoke contra ban, Mother called out my name from our back door. “Coming,” I hollered back. As I stepped inside, Mother repeated my name from the basement adding, “come downstairs, please.” I slipped down steep steps to find Mother ironing ...
After 34 years of teaching at Minot State University, art and ceramics professor Linda Olson is getting ready to retire in the beginning of August. Growing up on a dairy farm not far from Drake, Olson graduated from high school in 1973. With the ambition to be a teacher, she started her ...
BISMARCK – The North Dakota Farm Bureau Promotion and Education Committee has announced a Sunday, Sept. 1, deadline for its photography contest. This year’s contest will feature categories for animals, crop/landscape and lifestyle. Winners will be selected from each category, with each recipient awarded a prize of $300. An overall winning photo, selected by a panel of judges, will be featured in a canvas print. This print will be auctioned during the NDFB Promotion and Education live auction, set to take place in Bismarck during the NDFB annual meeting in November. Proceeds from ...
Comedian Jay Leno, award-winning country singer Trace Adkins and singer-songwriter and Yellowstone TV star Ryan Bingham are among seven Great Hall of the Vikings acts performing at this year’sNorsk Hostfest. The four-day festival will be held from Wednesday, Sept.25, to Saturday, Sept. 28, ...
Mother’s Day is just around the corner and is usually a huge day at the zoo. This year it is shaping up to be a beautiful day to visit with temperatures predicted to be in the 70’s. It is a time to celebrate with our moms, to let them know how important they are in our lives and to remember those that hold that special place in our hearts who are no longer with us. In recognition of this special day, the zoo is recognizing moms on Sunday with free admission with a paying child. So, whether it’s a trip to the zoo, breakfast in bed, or even a phone call if you can’t be there, just ...
