Ryder News Aug. 25, 2016

Ryder News for Aug. 25, 2016

Hail on the ground at Lydell and Wendy Wohlk’s following August 15th storm.

Wendy Wohlk came home to hail and an inch 20 for rain from the storm last Monday (8/15/16). She said her garden looks sick but didn’t know about any crop damage.

Our rain gauge showed around .70 at the Bradley home with no hail.

 

Grace Magandy’s 80th birthday party (4 generations). L-R: Back row: Grandchildren: Chris Magandy, Jessica Magandy, Misty Hagen and Monica Butters.

Front Row: Son: Alvin Magandy holding Kaylee Magandy (Grace’s great-granddaughter), Grace Magandy, Great Grandson Andrew Hagen, Son Clinton Magandy holding Grace’s Great Grandson Jacob Hagen, and Great Grandson Ethan Hagen.

There was a 80^th Birthday Party for Grace Magandy held on Sunday August 13^th at the Chris, Carrie, and Kaylee Magandy home in Garrison.  Those present were Bonnie and Clinton MaGandy, Ian and Monica Butters all of Williston, Jessica Magandy, Wes Harvey and children Tannor, Hunter and Morgan of Bismarck, Misty Haugen and children Andrew, Ethan and Jacob of Ryder, and Joetta and Alvin Magandy of Douglas.  The party was a family potluck, with grilled burgers and brats.  Grace did not want an open house, which the family wanted to host.  For anyone wanting to send her 80^th Birthday Wishes, her address is 510 Corona Street, Ryder, ND  58779.

Harvest is well under way in the Ryder area with wheat and canola filling the combine hoppers.

Don’t forget the Breakfast Benefit fundraiser for Tim Ouradnik at Makoti’s Senior Center from 8-1 on August 28th. This is to help with his medical expenses.

I received word that the new Ryder City Building is complete and they can begin to receive the utility payments in the outside deposit box on the front of the building or you can continue to send them to P.O. Box 6, Ryder, ND 58779.

The City Auditor’s Office will be open on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 - noon.

Donations to Ryder Food Pantry from Club Outlet store of Minot

There will be NO soup and sandwich in August and the food pantry hours will be changing. You can check the Ryder Community Food Pantry website for more information or call Kathy Kimball at 578-5876.

Bingo will resume on the first Friday in September...Sept. 2, 2016 at 7 p.m.

 Up Coming Events:

Aug. 28: Worship services at Ryder’s Calvary Church at 10:30 a.m.

Worship services at at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Ryder at  9 a.m.

Worship services at  Hope Lutheran Church of Makoti at 10:30 a.m.

Aug. 28. Benefit Breakfast for Tim Ouradnik at Makoti Sr. Center from 8-1

Sept. 12: (The Monday after Labor Day) Senior Citizens delicious meal at 6 p. m. followed by  a brief meeting.

That’s it for this week. I need you to send me some news so we can keep this column going! See you next week and watch out for farmers moving equipment.

Ryder News Aug. 18, 2016

Ryder News for Aug. 18, 2016

There will be a Breakfast Benefit for Tim Ouradnik at the Makoti Senior Center on August 28th from 8-1 to help with his medical expenses.

Johnny McGrath getting ready to combine

Johnny McGrath may be an up and coming farmer...he was really interested in my brother’s combine and of course Dick took him for a ride as well.

Updates are continuous in the Ryder museum records. A count has been made of the yearbooks from North Shore. Those that are still needed at the museum are for the years of 1976,1979, 1987, 1998, 2016. If you wish to “loan” one from those years or donate it, just contact John Warner or Faye Karna.

A new doll display has been created at the museum. It includes Barbie dolls, MINI Cabbage Patch dolls, Precious Moments dolls and others. You are very welcome to add to this display. All items would be put on a contract and you are welcome to withdraw them at anytime. 

This is an update on a 1951 Ryder graduate named Raymond Stultz. He and wife, Sherry, are still living in Rancho Cordova, CA.

He is still working 4 days a week at the age of 83 in the barber shop he has owned for 54 years. Sherry says Raymond wishes to greet all of you back in ND that still remember him.

Olive Erb Boots with her 4 great grandchildren

I have a picture of a  former Ryder High grad named Olive Erb. She is now living at Somerset in Minot, ND under the name of Olive Boots. In the photo, you see her with her 4 great-grandchildren that stopped to visit.

Lyla Kraft’s kids Joe, Herb and Denise

Since David Kraft's death, his wife, Lyla, has spent lots of time at her home farm near Kenmare. She has a trailer house there and has the 3 children up there working on a deck for her. It may have been some time since you have seen Joe, Denise and Herbie. In the photo they are at Kenmare helping their mom.

9 year old Youth Cal Ripkin Minot All Stars

I also have a photo of the 9 year old Youth Cal Ripkin Minot All Stars. They won the state tourney at Minot and  headed to Baxter, MN to play in the Regionals. They won this by beating teams from Williston, Bismarck, Dickinson, Mandan, and Fargo.

I am writing about them as 4 of the players and 1 of the coaches are related to Ron and Muriel Peterson of Ryder. Carson Deaver is the son of Steve and Rondi Peterson Deaver; and is their grandson. In the picture he is the only boy with sunglasses and/or last player on the right side in back row! Just an example of some more of that good blood and genes coming from the Ryder area! The kids took 3rd place in the Regionals. Some of the grandparents were spectators at the games and of course knew each other but 4 of the little boys playing found out that they were related and the coach, T.J. Stewart is also related to the Peterson’s (his grandma is Ron Peterson’s cousin). I guess it is a small world after all!

Calvary Church had their first ever Tent Meeting, July 25-27! It was a great time with special music every night. These special meetings were well attended with around sixty people that came each night from around the area. Guest minister was Billy Miller. He shared God's love and prayer for healing that brought much encouragement and blessing for those who attended!

I took in a whole bunch of rummage sales on Friday and Saturday. It seems like I am always buying “stuff” for those grandkids. I didn’t see anything I couldn’t live without but I did buy two bikes, one for each grandkid.

Up Coming Events:

Aug. 21: Worship services at Ryder’s Calvary Church at 10:30 a.m.

Worship services at at Hope Lutheran Church of Makoti at  9 a.m.

Worship services at  Immanuel Lutheran Church of Roseglen at 10:30 a.m.

Aug. 28. Benefit Breakfast for Tim Ouradnik at Makoti Sr. Center from 8-1

It looks like this is the end of the news for this week. Watch out for the farmers moving their combines, trucks and all the other farm equipment and now we also have to keep our eyes peeled for the moose and deer that have been scared up from their hiding places due to the harvest!

Ryder News Aug. 11, 2016

Ryder News for Aug. 11, 2016

Not much to share for news this week either.

We did manage to get some camping and fishing in. Staci caught a nice walleye and everyone (except me, no license) manage to catch perch and bluegill.

We also had some major boat trouble and John and Kenny did a lot of fixing but it finally runs and sounds fantastic. There was a little episode right before we left that had all of us in the boat going for a joy ride when the motor just up and quit and would not start. Thankfully there is a trolling motor on the boat and that is what got us back to shore. Later after exploring the problem, it was discovered that there was a kink in the gas line and easily fixed!

L-R: Garrett Williams, Raelyn Williams, Trent Williams as "Bubbles the Clown,"  Daniel Starks, Carson Rockwell, Lainey Rockwell  and Lora Rockwell.

We are so proud of our Prairie Ryders 4-H Club. They competed at the 4-H  District Communication Arts contest last month. They all did an awesome job! We commend them for their courage to speak and perform in front of an audience and judges, a situation that most people fear. Daniel Starks, Trent Williams, and Lora Rockwell took 1st place in their division, earning them a spot at the State contest.  On Sunday July 24th, Daniel, Trent, and Lora were among over 80 4-H'ers from across the state who gathered at the ND State Fair grounds to participate in the 2016 ND 4-H State Communication Arts contest.  Daniel won  two Award of Excellence ribbons for Teen Broadcasting and Teen Interpretive Reading. Trent received an Award of Excellence ribbon for Pre-teen Dramatic Presentation and Lora earned an Award of Excellence ribbon for Pre-teen Prepared Speech. (A panel of judges reviewed each presentation and only the top 30% of 4-H Youth won the Award of Excellence, the top ribbon in this contest. ) I'd say Daniel, Trent, and Lora represented their club, community, and county well!

Ryder Playground swing set updated with new and modern seats.

I went to the playground here in Ryder beside the Ryder Community Club/Gym and took a picture of the updated swing set. It has all new and modern seats for the kids to use and enjoy courtesy of a Community Club fundraiser and the talented labor of Dave Kimball.

There will be NO soup and sandwich in August and the food pantry hours will be changing. You can check the Ryder Community Club Food Pantry website for more information or all 578-5876

Upcoming Events:

Aug. 14: Worship services at Ryder’s Calvary Church at 10:30 a.m.

Worship services at Immanuel Lutheran Church of Roseglen at 9 a.m.

Worship services at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Makoti at 10:30 a.m.

It looks like this is the end of the news for this week. Stay cool and watch out for the farmers moving their combines, trucks and all the other farm equipment.

Ryder News Aug. 4, 2016

Ryder News for Aug. 4, 2016

Plaza Ambulance Service needs EMRs and EMTs for their ambulance service. EMTs $35 and EMRs $25 (per call).
Classes starting in September at the Plaza Fire Hall. For more information please call Farren Wold at 701-331-3817 or Tari Berry at 701-497-3465.

The Ryder-Makoti Ambulance will be ceasing service on Aug. 15th unless enough volunteers are found and the service re-applies for its license. Even tho the ambulance will no longer be on call, the area will not be without service. Our district will be divided among Garrison-Max, Parshall, Plaza and Minot.

The reason for ceasing service is because ND requires all squads in the state to be available 24/7 and ours is only operating at about  95%. One problem is that it is  hard to find volunteers to be available during the day although almost everyone is available at night. If the communities of Ryder and Makoti step up, the ambulance service may have a future. There will be EMR and EMT classes every Wednesday night in Plaza starting in November and they need a class of 6-10 to have enough volunteers. You may call Jody Reinisch at 701-758-2271 for more information.

Remember the benefit supper the Community Club sponsored so new playground equipment could be purchased? Well, there have been updates made to the swings, etc. David Kimball installed new seats on the swings and did a few other things to spruce up the playground. I was going to get a picture but the storm we are having this evening (Sunday) prohibited me from doing so and I had to send news in early due to Dr. appointment on Monday. Maybe I can capture a picture and have it in next week's news.

James Johnson of Arnold, MO was wondering if any of my readers remember Brynhild Haugland (July 28, 1905 – August 9, 1998). He said, “I noticed this because she passed away on my Birthday. She always won because everyone (Dem, Rep, Ind) voted for her. My dad used to say I am a staunch Democrat, but I will always vote for Haugland. She was a North Dakota Republican Party politician who was well known for being one of the first female legislators in the North Dakota Legislative Assembly, as well as for being the longest serving state legislator in the history of the United States because of her continuous 52-year tenure in the North Dakota House of Representatives.

There will be NO soup and sandwich in August and the food pantry hours will be changing. You can check the Ryder Community Food Pantry website for more information in August or call 578-5876.

BINGO is cancelled for the month of August!

Upcoming Events:

Aug. 7: Worship services at Ryder’s Calvary Church at 10:30 a.m.

Worship services at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Makoti at 9 a.m.

Worship services at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Ryder at 10:30 a.m..

Aug. 10: Makoti Senior Center barbeque at 6 p.m. at the center. Burgers and brats and buns will be furnished and the rest is potluck.

That’s all I have for this week. Have a great newsworthy week and I will “see” you next week same time, same place.