Ryder News for June 1, 2017
The Ryder city wide rummage sale
will be June 10th! The community gym will be open for people who want to set up
inside. Please contact Kathy @701-578-5876 for more info!!
The Food Pantry will not be open in
June because of the happenings in Ryder.
The Ryder Community Club will be
cooking lunch Thursday, Friday and Saturday; June 1st, 2nd and 3rd at the
Senior Center from 1 p.m.-3 p.m., to help raise money for working expenses to
keep the gym going.
The Senior Center will be serving
breakfast Friday and Saturday; June 2nd and June 3rd to help support its
upkeep.
Please come join us on this great
once in a lifetime weekend!!
The Senior Center, Community Club
and Ryder city can use all the volunteers we can get to keep our town clean and
welcoming!!!
Congratulations to Abby Schenfisch on being chosen as a
delegate to attend Girls State at the University of North Dakota in Grand
Forks. She was chosen to represent the Makoti American Legion Auxiliary #230.
Abby is the daughter of Tom and Lisa Schenfisch of Makoti and granddaughter of
Lue and the late Harold Schenfisch of Makoti and Byron and Donna Larson of
Ryder.
The Max FFA competed in the District II Spring FFA Career
Development Events held in Garrison, ND. Morgan Johansen received a gold award
for Basic Ag. Mechanics and Braden Janz received a bronze award in the same
category. Congratulations boys!
Are you ready for it??
Ryp to Ryder is coming up real soon, June 3rd as a matter of fact! This event
is for everyone whether or not they are motorcycle enthusiasts. There will be
something for the whole family! The Ryp to Ryder will be a daylong all family
event.
Some of the activities
going on that day are, the flag raising ceremony at 11:30. The Christian
Motorcyclists Association will also be in Ryder to Bless the Bikes. Bouncy
Houses will open at noon and knocker balls at 1 p.m. The benefit bike run for
Gage Hillestad starts at 12:30 and follows a route from Ryder to Magic City
Harley-Davidson in Minot, Velva, Benedict, Max, Makoti and back to Ryder. A live
auction will start at 7 p.m. with all proceeds going to the Hillestad family.
Other highlights of this fest include a burnout pit, the Harley-Davidson Revel
1 truck and the Harley-Davidson Jump Start Rider Experience. A street dance
with music by Moments Notice will be held both Friday, June 2 and Saturday,
June 3. There will be vendor food trucks available at the fest. There is
limited free primitive camping available. This event is being planned with the
Ryder City Council.
The 115th Hiddenwood
Old Settlers Annual Picnic is coming up! It will be held on Sunday June 18th,
2017 (Father’s Day) on the Hiddenwood picnic grounds 8 miles south of Makoti on
County Road #9. There will be an All Faiths Church Service at 11 a.m. followed
by a potluck lunch (plates and utensils provided). The program following lunch
features the talent of Shelby Huston, 2016 International Fiddle Champion and
Minnesota State Fiddle Champion. Other talent is also welcome on the stage. The
Hiddenwood Ladies’ Famous Pie will be for sale after the program.
Here is another posting
from Gus’s Things and Stuff...enjoy!
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| Ryder water tower |
“If you’ve been keeping up with Sue’s News, or just keeping your ear to the ground, you probably know that Harley-Davidson has taken a liking to our little town of Ryder, and they recently painted our water tower. My little story, however, is not about what happened last week, but the painting of the water tower that happened in the spring of 1964.In 1964, the water tower was still sort of a novel addition to Ryder in those days, and the original paint was quite pristine. We had observed in some neighboring towns, that it was somewhat common for a brave soul to climb the tower, and paint the year of their class graduation on the side. I was a junior at the time, and cruising around town one spring night, probably sipping some beverages, we decided that that would be a cool thing for us to do for our class (the class of ’65). A couple nights later, we had the necessary tools—a can of black spray paint, a flashlight, and a 12-pack. The time of reckoning had come—who was going to climb up there? Before I had the chance to shout out “NO WAY,” Lee Sorenson eagerly volunteered.We parked our car across the street in the dark alley by the old creamery, lights off, and watched Lee go up the ladder. It seemed like it took forever, but eventually, the task was accomplished and he was back on the ground. There was a problem, however. To this day, we do not know if it was the fear, the altitude or the Hamm’s, but for whatever reason, he painted ’64 rather than ’65.Word of the painting got out fast. The next morning superintendent Doty called an emergency meeting of the senior class (the class of ’64). No one from the class would fess up to doing the painting, so the entire class lost their senior privileges for the rest of the year!”
May ? Blue Hill News by Mamie Olson:
“Art Landon received a call that he became grandpa to a fine little lady at Jamestown, ND a few days ago when a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Brotten, nee Charlotte Landon.Roy Peterson has been on the flu sick list this week but is better at this writing.Mrs. Petrine Folden is nicely settled in her new home in Ryder. Her daughter, Mrs. Linnertz, is still waiting for the roads to get better so Mrs. Linnertz can come and get her from Williston.Folks, it just isn’t very much news this week due to roads, weather and no telephone. Let’s hope for better conditions next week.”
Upcoming Events:
June 3: Ryp to Ryder Fest with flag
raising at 11:30 a.m.
June 3 & 4: 9th Annual Hoofin' It for a Cure cancer awareness horseback
ride.
June 4: Services at Calvary
Church of Ryder at 10:30 a.m. Sunday school is in recess until this fall!
June 5: Senior Citizens in Ryder starting
at 6 p.m. with a delicious meal followed by a brief business meeting.
June 10: Ryder City Wide Rummage Sales
June 10: Hiddenwood Sportsmen's Club Fishing Derby 10 a.m. -
3 p.m. at Hiddenwood Lake 8 miles south of Makoti
June 15: Ryder Town N Country picnic in the Ryder Park with
prizes and good food. 11:30 a.m.-1p.m.
June 17: 50th class
reunion of Ryder’s 1967 grads.
June 24: 5 p.m. John
Warner ELCA pastoral ordination at St. John's Lutheran Church of Ryder.
July 15: Bull a Rama.
People who think they know
everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
