Ryder
News for Aug. 6, 2015
The windstorm that roared all day long
through Ryder last Tuesday left a lot of damage in its wake. Downed trees
littered the entire town and I think every resident of this town had at least
storm damage of some kind whether it be downed trees, lost shingles, skirting
torn from trailers or something else.
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| Tree damage behind Ryder Post Office. |
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Damage in Ryder Park.
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Tony Petersen had a large tree fall over in
his yard, luckily missing his house. Ardell Folden lost a large tree, a downed
tree, large limbs and branches of trees littered the Ryder park, part of a tree
was down behind the post office, Gary Hagen had part of a tree littering his
yard, Rick Sprinkle had tree limbs and branches all over his yard as did Jody
Reinisch, and a tree toppled over and was uprooted on the east side of the
Calvary Church buckling the sidewalk. A beautiful 75 foot evergreen at the home
of the late Ted and Hazel Simmons home was completely uprooted and narrowly
missed the house (“75 feet, 75 mph wind, 74 great years thanks to God” said by
Phyllis Simmons Ketter). There was a
large city-wide clean up on Wednesday with many people pitching in to help.
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Daryl Simmons and Josh Reinisch helping with city wide
clean up after the wind storm.
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Huge evergreen uprooted in Simmons’ yard, (75 feet,
75 mph wind, 74 great years).
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Wes Sherven’s crumpled grain bins.
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Trees down in Bryon Schenfisch’s field.
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Not only was there a lot of damage in the
city of Ryder, some area people had damage and loss as well. Two grain bins
east of Ryder owned by Wes Sherven were blown over and destroyed, several large
cottonwood trees near the old Otto Janz farm were blown over and lying in Bryon
Schenfisch’s field and Marvin Franklin’s had a large sliding door blown off
their rigid frame building with it landing in a tree. I asked Marvin how he was
going to get it out of the tree and he said since Byron Larson is the one who
built the building and put the doors in maybe he should call him and have him figure
it out!
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Door from Marvin Franklin’s rigid frame building
lodged in trees.
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| Grace Magandy’s T-Ball great grandkids, Kaylee Magandy, Andrew Hagen, Ethan Hagen |
Great Grandma Grace Magandy must have quite
a time of deciding which team to cheer for when she goes to a T-Ball game
between Garrison and Max! Kaylee Magandy (daughter of Chris and Carrie Magandy
of Garrison, granddaughter of Alvin and Joetta Magandy of Douglas) plays on the
Garrison team and Andrew and Ethan Hagen (sons of James and Misty Hagen of
Ryder and grandsons of Clinton and Bonnie Magandy of Williston) play on the Max
team. At least with T-Ball games there are no winners and losers so Grace was
able to cheer for both teams.
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Concert in Makoti Park by Daniel Starks of Ryder
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I
went to Makoti on Sunday to listen to a concert in the park given by Daniel
Starks of Ryder to entertain the CANDISC bike riders. Makoti made quite a day
of it with lots of entertainment, food sold by the Close Up Kids, and then the
concert. I was told that there were around 145 bike riders this time which is a
little smaller than previous years. Hunter Andes became a tour guide for one of
the riders, Daniel Patterson from Franklin, Tennessee and showed him around the
threshing grounds in Makoti.
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CANDISC Rider, Daniel Patterson from Franklin,
Tennessee with Hunter Andes of Plaza
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Get ready for another night of Bingo at the
Ryder Gym/Community Building. Yes, that’s right, it is the first Friday of the
month and that means bingo at 7 o’clock and don’t worry about supper as you can
always get a snack right there.
Upcoming Events:
August 14th:
Ever wonder if David Olson had a secret reason for moving out of
Arizona? If Lee Sorenson looks younger wearing a toupee? Or, if Gus Mueller
really has been married 5 times? You can find out the answers to these
questions and more on the afternoon of August 14th, 2015. The Ryder Class of
1965 will be having their 50th reunion in Minot. Prior to their Reunion Dinner,
they will be having an informal “Meet & Greet” where they hope to be able to
say “Hi” to many of you in the Ryder/Minot area who were not lucky enough to be
in the Class of ‘65. Stop by and say hello, have a beverage, and tell a story
or two from the past. The event will be
held from 5:00 to 7:00 at Off The Vine, 15 Main St S, Minot.
August 22nd:
The Mueller’s will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the
establishment of their family farm. Join
them on the farm for a day of mirth, music and merriment on Saturday, August
22nd. Mid-Afternoon: The talented Jerimiah James will be performing your
favorite songs from the ‘60s and ‘70s on the Lakeview Patio. Sundown: The
dynamic “Highway 6” band takes the Lakeview stage for a night of rockin’ and
dancing. The Mueller Centennial Farm is 2.5 miles SE of
Ryder—Follow-The-Tracks!
That’s it for this week…enjoy the pictures
and I will share more news next week. Have a great one, stay dry and cool.
