Ryder News Sept. 29, 2016

Ryder News for Sept. 29, 2016

Visiting and eating at Maureen Hagen Breakfast Benefit.

People were streaming through doors at the Ryder Community Center Sunday morning to eat pancakes, sausages, biscuits and gravy at the fund raiser for Maureen Hagen. The food was delicious and there was a lot of visiting with old friends. I couldn’t get an actual head count but I do know that they served well over 200 people.

Our rain gauge showed 1.5 inches of rain from the storms on Friday and Saturday last week. There was lots of noisy thunder and some pretty sharp lightning. We are just glad that the rain stopped before we got what the state of Iowa got.

Pouring concrete at Dakota Agronomy old bin site

There is some activity south of the gas station by the railroad tracks here in Ryder. Dakota Agronomy is pouring concrete where they took out their old bins. Right now I am not sure what they are going to put in as no one was around over the weekend for me to ask but...I will find out and take pictures as work progresses.

Ron and Muriel Peterson spent a few days with Kari Mart and kids, Ana and Tate from LaMoure, ND. Scott was hunting elk in Colorado. They went to watch Tate play football and Ana play volleyball.

Muriel’s cousin Janet Carlson from Minneapolis came to spend a few days with the Petersons and she will be attending the Hostfest.

Doris Ann Zieman stopped at our house last week to get some canning jars and brought us a jar of beet pickles, dill pickles, relish and chunk sweet pickles. She was a busy lady with all of her canning. She also brought some tomatoes and cucumbers. Yum!

Sonny and Shirley Olson

Sonny (Ray Jr.) and Shirley Olson of Minot celebrated their 50th anniversary on Sept. 23rd. Sonny was raised in Ryder and graduated with the class of 1961. His folks, Ray and Deloris (Tootie) ran the Ryder Creamery for years before it closed and they moved to Minot.

Don and Elaine Alderman are home again after spending several weeks in Iowa visiting with family and friends.

The Makoti Threshing Show will be Oct. 1st and 2nd, 2016. It has over 300 operating units. The parade is Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m.

Dave and Kathy Kimball spent a long weekend in Aberdeen, South Dakota with their daughter Amanda and son Joe Mccallum, 5 grandkids and 2 other couples at the annual Celtic Fest. They had a great time eating the highland food, listening to the bagpipes, music and meeting the Irish Pope and researching their heritage. They plan to go again next year and take more family along.

The Community food pantry located in the Ryder gym has changed its hours for now to: the 2nd Saturday of the month from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The reason being the volunteer has gone back to work at the Garrison high school full time and there just isn't enough hours in the day! But not to worry, she is still working on donations to keep it well stocked for those that come in.

The soup and sandwich social has been canceled for the same reason, but the volunteer is trying to work something out to have it at least once a month as well, because she misses visiting with all those that came and lunched with her.

The Pantry would also like to ask everyone to please send donations!!! The pantry has a fridge and freezer, so there is no limit to what they will take. Winter is hard on a lot of people to be able to get groceries, when it is bad weather, no car, no money, etc..and believe it or not there are a lot of grandparents raising grandkids, with no financial help..Not For Us To Judge...so PLEASE help. "The volunteer" put on 90 miles delivering 10 gallons of milk last week that was donated to the pantry, so it would get to those who needed it. Thank You-you know who you are.

There will be a Spaghetti Supper on Saturday, Oct. 1st from 5-8 p.m. at the Makoti Senior Citizens Building. Adults: $8; 12 and under: $6; Pre-school: $3. Make checks payable to North Shore Plaza Music Dept. with all  proceeds going to the North Shore Plaza Music Dept.

There will be a Pancake and Sausage Breakfast Benefit for Lacy and Mike Grimwood and baby girl Frankie on Sunday, Oct. 2nd from 6:30-10:30 a.m. (during the threshing show) at Makoti’s Senior Citizens Center. Pancakes, Syrup, Sausage, Orange Juice and Coffee will be served for a Free Will offering. This benefit is  sponsored by the North Shore Plaza school staff. Monetary donations can be mailed to: NSP School, P.O. Box 38, Plaza, ND 58771.

Upcoming Events:

Ward County Bookmobile Schedule:

2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month

Near the City Park from 12:00 - 12:30

Oct. 1: Spaghetti Supper Fundraiser at Makoti Senior Citizens 5-8 p.m. for the North Shore Plaza Music Dept.

Oct. 1: Ken and Sue Bradley’s 40th wedding anniversary. (Just thought I’d throw that in.)

Oct. 2: Pancake Sausage Breakfast benefit for the Grimwoods from 6:30-10:30 a.m.  at the Makoti Senior Citizens during the Makoti threshing show.

Oct. 2: Worship services at Ryder’s Calvary Church at 10:30 a.m.

Oct. 3: Senior Citizens delicious meal at 6 p. m. followed by  a brief meeting.

Oct. 7: Bingo at 7 p.m. at Ryder Community Center/Gym. If you purchase a Community Club membership that night, you will receive a free $5 bingo card to use that evening.

Oct. 9:  Worship services at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Ryder at 9 a.m.; Worship services at Ryder’s Calvary Church at 10:30 a.m.

Oct. 11: Community Club meeting at 7 p.m. at Ryder Community Center/Gym

Oct. 15: Senior Citizen’s Annual Pig Roast at Ryder Community Center/Gym starting at 6 p.m. Everyone welcome.

Oct. 16: Worship services at Ryder’s Calvary Church at 10:30 a.m. 

Oct. 23: Worship services at Ryder’s Calvary Church at 10:30 a.m.

Nov. 6: Worship services at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Ryder at 9 a.m.

Nov. 6: Worship services at Ryder’s Calvary Church at 10:30 a.m.

Nov. 12: Fall Bazaar 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Also the annual turkey drawing, all to take place at the Ryder Community Center/Gym.

Nov. 13: Worship services at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Ryder at 10:30 a.m.
 

Dec. 10: Santa Day and Turkey Drawing. More info later.

That’s it for this week. Send me your news items so we can keep this column going. Remember...no news...no column!

Ryder News Sept. 22, 2016

Ryder News for Sept. 22, 2016

I knew if I made any mistakes in what I was told about the history of the church building that was burned down last week, someone would give me the correct information. The info in the Diamond Jubilee book of Ryder  says that the building came from Centerville-Old Ryder where it was used as the Presbyterian Church. This was used until the present church was built. Then it was moved over on the East side of the school and used as a classroom, next it was moved to its last location where Immanuel Lutheran Church used it until they merged with St. John's Lutheran Church. This is when the Church of God begin worshipping there and as you know its last use was as the Ryder Church Museum. Wow, that church was on the move for awhile.

Mildred Peterson of Minot, (Ron’s mom) recently fell in her apartment at Brentmoor. She broke her pelvis, both sides among other breaks and injuries. After leaving the hospital, she was taken to Trinity Nursing Home to heal and recuperate. She is on the 3rd floor.

Scott and Kari Mart along with Ana and Tate spent last weekend with the Deaver family in Minot. They all visited with grandma Mildred Peterson and Ron and Muriel.

Mary and Matt Quillan have moved to a farmstead that is closer to the kids' school and Matt only has 6 miles to work. Their Ryder home was the previous home of Lloyd and Barb Bofenkamp and will soon be on the market to be sold.

Kylie Johnson’s 12th Birthday

Henry Oberdick’s 2nd Birthday

Rod and Kathy (Kronbach) Kallestad of Garrison traveled to Minot on Saturday, August 27th, for a combined "August" family birthday party at Kyle and Jenny (Blowers-Johnson) Brossart's house.  Those having August birthdays were Grandma Karen Olson (73) of Douglas on August 2nd, granddaughter Kylie Johnson (12) of Minot on August 9th, grandson Henry Oberdick (2) on August 12th, Cindy (Olson) Oberdick (27) on August 19th, and Barb (Neukom) Fredericksen (59) on August 24th.  Those sharing in the birthday celebration were Kyle and Jenny Brossart, Kylie Johnson, Wil, Cindy (Olson), Henry, and Lucy Oberdick; Barb Fredericksen, Kalen, Brittney, and Isaac Hogan, all of Minot; Edwin and Karen Olson of Douglas; Shawn and Pam Brooks of Surrey; Valarie, Lily, and Willow Bradshaw of Cheyenne, Wyoming; and Rod and Kathy Kallestad of Garrison.

Kenny and I did a little visiting on Saturday. First we went to my brother’s summer farm home out here in the country. I took him some homemade chicken soup and also delivered some Avon to his sister-in-law. They are still alive out there so I guess the soup didn’t kill them!

Next we visited with Kenny’s sister Lorraine Nelson. I took her the coupon book she had ordered from Johnny and she had a lot of family history papers and albums to send home with us for Kenny to look over.

Huge Bull moose hanging around White Shield

 There was a huge bull moose hanging around White Shield last week. The animals are definitely on the move with the combining and goose hunting chasing them out of their hiding places. We all better be careful and watch out for the wildlife as you sure wouldn’t want to hit one of these big animals. The moose don’t really want to move out of your way!

Upcoming Events:

Ward County Bookmobile Schedule:

2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month

Near the City Park from 12:00 - 12:30

Sept. 25: Worship services at Ryder’s Calvary Church at 10:30 a.m.

Sept. 25: Breakfast Benefit for Maureen Hagen at Ryder’s Community Club/Gym 8:30-1

Oct. 3: Senior Citizens delicious meal at 6 p. m. followed by  a brief meeting.

Oct. 7: Bingo at 7 p.m. at Ryder Community Center/Gym. If you purchase a Community Club membership that night, you will receive a free $5 bingo card to use that evening.

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

Oct. 11: Community Club meeting at 7p.m. at Ryder Community Center/Gym

Oct. 15: Senior Citizen’s Annual Pig Roast at Ryder Community Center/Gym starting at 6 p.m. Everyone welcome.

Oct 16:  Service's at 10:30 a.m.

 

Nov 6:  Worship services at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Ryder at 9 a.m.

Nov. 12: Fall Bazaar 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Also the annual turkey drawing, all to take place at the Ryder Community Center/Gym.

Nov. 13: Worship services at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Ryder at 10:30 a.m.

 

Dec. 10: Santa Day and Turkey Drawing. More info later.

That’s it for this week. Send me your news items so we can keep this column going. Remember...no news...no column!

Ryder News Sept. 15, 2016

Ryder News for Sept. 15, 2016

Where were you on the morning of 9/11? Where were you when the world stopped turning? I was watching tv and saw the first plane hit a tower. I thought what a terrible accident, that something had gone wrong with the control tower or the pilot/copilot of the plane. Then...the second plane hit the other tower and I knew that it was a deliberate act. An act of terrorism and our world, our safe little world had been changed forever! My thoughts and prayers go out to all the families impacted by this act of terrorism. May we never have to go through something like this again.

Melcie Pederson at Parshall’s Broste Museum

Dick Ludwig took his sister-in-law Melcie Pederson  to the Harvest Fest in Parshall, ND Sunday afternoon and they also made a stop at the Broste Rock Museum. He said it is a very interesting place with hundreds of unique rock spheres and much more. He said his wife Deb was in Minot helping their daughter Carmella Evanson paint her kitchen, so she missed out.

I received a phone call from Donna Shafer and she told me she had been  to visit her husband Herb’s grave at Ryder’s Rosehill Cemetery. She said she noticed that the wooden and barbed wire cross decoration that Kelly had made for the grave was missing. She is wondering if anyone knows what has happened to it. If you have any information she would appreciate a phone call at 701-463-2354.

Former Church of God/German Lutheran Church being burned by owners.

The old former Church of God and German Lutheran Church was finally torn down and burned this last week by the owners. I was told that this church used to be somewhere in the vicinity of Ted’s Garage and then later moved.

There will be a Breakfast Benefit for Maureen Hagen on Sept. 25, 2016 at the Ryder Community Center/Gym from 8:30-1 to help with her medical expenses. This benefit is sponsored by the Old Ryder Jaycees and Thrivent funds have been applied for.

I have been seriously thinking about quitting this column. I am receiving very little news but I see that there are certain people who are sending their news items and photos to the Ryder, North Dakota facebook page instead. If they feel that they can’t or won’t send news to me and since I have been chastised for using some of the news from that page to put into mine for my readers, then I feel it may be time to hang up the old laptop and call it quits. By the way, I notice that someone is taking my news, Sue’s News, from it’s Facebook page and putting it on the Ryder North Dakota page. Hmmm.

Upcoming Events:

Sept. 18: Worship services at Ryder’s Calvary Church at 10:30 a.m.

Sept. 25: Breakfast Benefit for Maureen Hagen at Ryder’s Community Club/Gym 8:30-1

That’s it for the week and it remains to be seen if there will be a column next week!

Ryder News Sept. 8, 2016

Ryder News for  Sept. 8, 2016

There was a good crowd at Bingo Friday night and it looked like the Tupperware fundraiser for Maureen (Petz) Hagen was a pretty good one. The Ryder Community Club gave out several $100 Tupperware gift certificates as bingo prizes. Kenny managed to win one of them so I now get to pick out $100 worth of Tupperware.

 

The Larry Petz Family July 2016:

Back row: Pete, Tim, Stephanie, Monica, John, Paulette. Front row: Teri Kay, Tommy, Maureen, Suzie

The Makoti Senior Citizens' center will have a chicken supper on Wed, Sept 14 at 6 pm.  Rest of  meal is potluck.

Thirty 4-H clubs were recognized for demonstrating their commitment to teaching

healthful habits and practicing healthful living by being designated as Healthy North Dakota 4-H clubs for 2015-16.

The 4-H clubs, with a total of 463 members, earned the special recognition for making "Eat Smart. Play Hard." lessons part of their club meetings for the past year. Six clubs also earned extra recognition for completing the Family Mealtime Challenge.

"Eat Smart. Play Hard. Together" is a statewide campaign that emphasizes the importance of making healthful food choices, getting regular exercise and families eating together. This was the eighth or ninth year some clubs were named a Healthy North Dakota 4-H Club. This year, each club member received a certificate of recognition and a small prize.

Several local county area clubs were recognized this year by number of members and number of years they have received the Healthy North Dakota 4-H Club recognition, and they completed the Family Mealtime Challenge:  McLean County- Washburn Cowboys, six members, two years; Lakeside 4-H, 32 members, four years and the  Ward - Prairie Ryders, seven members, one year.

"One 'H' in 4-H stands for health, and we continue to be pleased with the variety of health-related activities that clubs throughout North Dakota report," says Julie Garden-Robinson, North Dakota State University Extension Service food and nutrition specialist and Healthy North Dakota 4-H Clubs program coordinator.

"Being part of a 4-H club involves learning by doing, and these clubs have not only learned about nutrition, fitness and health, but they have participated in activities that can impact their families and their communities," she adds.

Clubs are required to incorporate at least one nutrition or fitness activity into a minimum of six regular meetings during the year to be named a Healthy North Dakota 4-H Club.

4-H clubs interested in participating in the 2016-17 North Dakota Healthy 4-H Clubs program should contact their county Extension office or visit this website: http://tinyurl.com/healthy4-Hclubs.

NDSU Agriculture Communication - Aug. 31, 2016

:Source: Julie Garden-Robinson, 701-231-7187, julie.garden-robinson@ndsu.edu

:Editor: Ellen Crawford, 701-231-5391, ellen.crawford@ndsu.edu

A former Ryder resident, Allen Becker along with his wife Carol made the trip to Louisiana to work as Red Cross volunteers several weeks ago. They were there for several weeks and worked with the delivering of meals to many, many people.

Kenny was a busy fisherman this Labor Day weekend and he gave all the fish he caught to my brother.

Upcoming Events:

Sept. 11: 10 a.m. All parish worship at St. Paul’s of Makoti with a 9 a.m. Potluck Breakfast.

Sept. 11: Worship services at Ryder’s Calvary Church at 10:30 a.m.

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. Watch out for the farmers and also the wildlife on the move.

Ryder News Sept. 1, 2016

Ryder News for Sept. 1, 2016

I don’t have much news for this week but...I do have pictures! I also visited with some Makoti people and mentioned that I’d sure like to have some Makoti news!

I received a letter from Julie (Nelson) Hatleli and she said, “June Nelson had an illness that kept her in the hospital for 2 1/2 weeks in June and then another 8 weeks in the rehab. facility receiving IV antibiotics. She is doing much better and has moved to an assisted living facility. If anyone would like to send her a note, she would love to hear from you. Her address is 1575 Hoover Driver, Apartment 155, North Mankato, MN 56003.”

I received a postcard from Elinor West and she says, “Hi Sue, Just read your Aug. 4 Ryder News and had to let you know that I remember Brynhild Haugland. I did some typing for her  back in 1944. She paid me $5.00 for it. That was considered quite a lot back in those days. I believe she had a farm north of Minot. I am hoping for a Democratic Congress so they can save social security and medicare for us. Thanks for the Ryder News. Best regards. Elinor West”.

There will be a Tupperware fundraiser set up at the Ryder Community Club/Gym for Maureen Hagen to help with her medical expenses. This will be held Friday, Sept. 2nd before and during bingo. Bingo starts at 7 p.m.

 Shelsey Brandvold, Martial Arts Instructor, Stetson Brandvold 

Shelsey and Stetson Brandvold attended the Kickin In The Park – Moore’s Martial Arts Summer Camp 2016 last weekend. They learned new techniques, practiced hard and tested for a new belt. They both moved up to low Blue. Congratulations on working hard! Moore’s Martial Arts – Max is now enrolling kids grades PK-6 in the fall program. Join us on August 30th and September 1 for a free trial.  Classes will be offered every Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.  at the Max Civic Hall. For more information call 701-839-9860 or www.facebook.com/mooresshoushuminot.

Tim Ouradnik

Kenny and I attended the Breakfast Benefit for Tim Ouradnik in Makoti on Sunday the 28th. They served around 150 people and the food was great, pancakes, scrambled eggs and sausage, coffee and juice. I love it when they have scrambled eggs! We were able to visit a lot of friends that we don’t always get to see and also was able to take a picture of Tim (with his permission).

Dick Ludwig and Bryce Johansen combining canola.

Kenny and I went to check out how the combining was coming along and I managed to take a picture of my brother and Bryce Johansen combining our canola. They were using John Deere combines and I noticed that no one offered to let me combine. I used to love driving the combine but I used  a red combine (a Massy Ferguson). I remember Kenny Lavadney (when he worked as a salesman for Gooseneck Implement) teasing me about red combines when he sold green ones!

My brother mentioned that someone had said to him that I hadn’t mentioned him in the paper until last week. They said they figured I would get around to it before long--ha ha--I got him in the news this week as well!

Levi Sprinkle (grandson #2) playing with kitchen set.

I had the pleasure of babysitting grandson # 2 this last week. He is such a cute little guy and always smiling. He sure seemed to like to play with the old kitchen set and also the magnetic blackboard with letters and numbers! That kitchen set has been through 3 kids, Staci, Johnny and now Levi.

Johnny McGrath  (grandson #1) on his first day of 2nd grade.

The McGrath’s went camping this weekend at Hiddenwood and that moose was back visiting. They were hoping he hadn’t bedded down in the trees to scare them to death in the morning. Not many fish were caught but they still had a good time.

Upcoming Events:

Sept. 2: Bingo starts at 7 p.m.

Sept. 2: Tupperware Fundraiser (held during Bingo) for Maureen Hagen’s medical expenses.

Sept. 4: Worship services at at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Makoti at  9 a.m.

Sept. 4:Worship services at  St. John’s of Ryder at 10:30 a.m.

Sept. 4: Worship services at Ryder’s Calvary Church at 10:30 a.m.

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. Watch out for the farmers and also the wildlife on the move.