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Parole, probation department is broken

Bob L. Timm Minot North Dakota’s Parole and Probation Department is broken. Truly I can only speak to Ward County’s Parole and Probation Department, but being the state office is being run by the former Ward County Parole and Probation supervisor, I am taking a leap of faith that the problem may be statewide. My case and point are being made from my firsthand interactions with several probation officers and their supervisor, Mr. Scott Kope. My interactions involve concern over a friend I will identify as Kate. Kate appeared before Judge Louser, and Judge Louser graciously ...

Dying pastor displays reality of heaven

Andrew Allis, Granville Life teaches many lessons. One of them learned recently by the author of this letter is that people you’ve met and known only for a very short period of time can have a disproportionate beneficial impact on your life, more so than people you’ve known for years. In God‘s good providence, we met Pastor Roy Erdahl at the Souris Valley Care nursing home in Velva when visiting my father-in-law who is there convalescing from a stroke. Pastor Roy was his roommate. I only knew Roy for approximately 5 days before he departed from this world, an infinitesimal ...

As we forgive those who trespass against us

Dan Reinhard, Minot I couldn’t get to sleep a few nights ago so I turned on the TV and watched a rerun of a late night game show. When the host, asked a contestant: “what would you do if you hit a parked car?” I was as startled as was the host when she answered: “Leave.” But later he said: “that was the number answer from 100 people interviewed. Well, watching that show didn’t help with my insomnia because my vehicle also had a hit and run incident a few days prior on July 18th at the Dakota Square Mall. My wife’s blue Chevy Cruze was parked near the Scheels entrance ...

Tuberville’s political stunt hurts military

Katrina Christiansen, Jamestown Senator Tuberville’s single-minded, egotistical, and pompous actions to block the military promotions of 250 general and admiral nominees for the last six months is most definitely a political stunt but more importantly a national security threat. Senator Tuberville’s block has kept the Marine Corps from having a commandant for the first time in 164 years. If Tuberville is allowed to continue blocking promotions the number will grow to 650 by the end of the year and block the replacement of retiring General Mark Milley on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. ...

Cramer is right to stand with Tuberville

Rory Gabel, Vice Chair, District 24 Republicans, Valley City I’d like to respond to the letter to the editor written by Katrina Christiansen, printed in papers around the state, blasting Senator Tuberville (R-Ala.), who is “blocking the military promotions of 250 general and admiral nominees.” I kept reading and thought it would have been nice if Christiansen would have told us why Tuberville was doing this. In researching the matter, I found out what she was leaving out. It turns out that it’s over President Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin recent decision to ...

Board takes wrong approach on teacher shortage

Nick Archuleta, President, North Dakota United, Bismarck The ND Education Standards and Practices Board (ESPB) held an emergency meeting on Thursday, July 27. The purpose of this “emergency meeting” was to seek authorization to send a letter to Governor Doug Burgum asking him to declare an emergency related to an urgent teacher shortage in North Dakota. ESPB Executive Director Dr. Rebecca Pitkin declared that the shortage of teachers has created an “imminent peril” that threatens to disrupt the welfare of public education in the 2023-2024 school year. No one doubts that we ...