Ryder News for Aug.
17, 2017
Our sympathy goes out to the family of Paul
Rau of rural Makoti. Paul passed away in his home on Friday, Aug. 11th.
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| Ryder Senior Citizens on their group tour of the Heritage Center and then Lewis and Clark riverboat ride in Bismarck. |
Doug
Wurtz said, “My thanks to the members of the Ryder (ND) Senior Citizens Center
for attending my tour today (Aug. 11, 2017) of the North Dakota Heritage Center
and State Museum in Bismarck.
Ryder
is my home town so there was a little added pressure to do a good presentation.
They were a great bunch and had a lot of interesting questions and comments.
After
lunch at the Heritage Center they continued on for an afternoon ride on the
Lewis and Clark Riverboat before heading back north.
I
appreciate my sister, Denise
Johnson, and brother-in-law, Harvey Johnson, for
getting this tour arranged.
I hope
they can make many more trips to the Heritage Center after this introductory
tour.
Safe
travels!
The
Ryder Senior Center had this trip planned for several weeks and Harvey and
Denise Johnson were the main ones in getting everything set up. There were 14
seats on the bus and I believe they were all filled.
Kenny
and I opted out of going as he has trouble walking and also has COPD. The ones
that took the bus trip were: Harvey and Denise Johnson; Ron and Muriel
Peterson; Bill and Joan Quinn; Dick and Debbie Ludwig; Ruth Wurtz; Colleen
Sherven; Dwight Paulson; David and Kathy Kimball; and Gary Hagen. Kenny and
Kathy Fjeldahl and Gary Sorenson met up with the group in Bismarck.
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| Bushes by Kronbach farm that resemble a cow. This is best viewed from a distance. The closer you get, you realize it is bushes. |
As
Kenny and I drive to Minot several times during the week, we keep seeing what
we think of as a cow or bull when we are at a distance from the Kronbach farm.
The close we get, we realize it really is two bushes together. But it is kinda
freaky to see bushes that resemble a cow. Check it out the next time you are
headed north on highway 28.
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Bald eagle nest with two occupants
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Another
interesting thing we see when we go camping is this group of dead trees and way
up in the tree is a bald eagle nest and earlier this year there were two babies
sharing the nest. It is really hard to get a picture as you can’t get up close
and I don’t carry my good camera around with me, just my cell phone!
With
this total solar eclipse coming up Monday Aug. 21, I think the safest thing to
do is to view it on TV. There is no sense in taking a chance on scarring your
eyes or children’s eyes by wearing a pair of special glasses that may or may
not work. There is a lot of fake stuff out there and always people hoping to
make a buck.
Blue Hill News by Mamie Olson
New Year 1951
More snow, more wind and not so warm about describes our weather for the week. Sunday, Dec. 31, 1950 brought another blizzard through the afternoon. New Year’s Day dawned fair at least so folks dared venture out for “That Dinner”. Tuesday was a grand day but not so for Wednesday when Ye old East wind brought about four more inches of new snow, piling up again. Towards evening it shifted to the NW changing the shape of the drifts a bit. Thursday, today, has been a nice clear day, calm but quite nippy on the noses with the temperatures snuggling close to the zero mark. The radio man just said “colder” but the roads are open. Highway 28 south of Ryder has remained open all winter but 37 past the Hansen farm blocks up with the least bit of snow. Today the snow plow has gone by three times, clearing 37 again. The mail men are having to reroute the regular routes. Scjoild Eide on Rte 1 had to retrack several times. Alvin Officer on the Star Route has started to make his route backwards from his usual route. Farmers are reporting that the snow is getting deep on the level from hauling hay.New Year’s Day let more people do a bit of dinner eating than Christmas. The Paul Sorensen's were at the Harry Peterson’s together with Ed and Roy for a goose supper. The Ray and Carl Olson's were at Ed Olsons.Omar Rostads came up to Glen Hopkins. Tommy Nelson's were dinner guests at the John Pederson home.Those cold, cough and flu seem to be mastering several households lately. At Ole Foldens, Dennis and Dianna both had virus pneumonia, likewise, Mrs. Clifford Daleness and Leann but all are improved and not any have been hospital patients.Mr. & Mrs. Francis Bland motoring up from Riverdale on Sunday, encountered snow blocked roads near the Fred Hacanson farm and had to remain there overnight but as 28 was open and 37 to the Hacansen corner, Soren Sorenson drove down on Monday where they stayed until Tuesday afternoon, when the snow plow went through again.Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sorenson have received word that their son, Lloyd, who has been with the Appliance department at Sears Roebuck for more than two years has been promoted to District supervisor in part of Montana, ND, and Minnesota in this department with the family moving to Fargo where Lloyd will have his headquarters.The O.K. Haugens, John Linnertzs & Harry Petersons were visitors at Ed Olson's Tuesday afternoon.Mr. & Mrs. Wendell Hansen took Mrs. & Mrs. Olaf Hansen to Garrison on Thursday where Mrs. Hansen consulted doctors for a bad leg. It was found necessary for her to enter Riverdale hospital for treatments for awhile.
TO BE CONTINUED
Upcoming Events:
Aug.
20: Services
at Calvary Church of Ryder at 10:30 a.m.
Aug. 20: Services at
Immanuel Lutheran Church of Roseglen at 9 a.m.
Aug. 20: Services at St.
Paul’s Lutheran Church of Makoti at 10:30 a.m. with communion.
Aug. 26: Food Pantry open 10 a.m.
Aug. 26: Saturday Services at 7 p.m. at St.
John’s Lutheran Church of Ryder.
Square box, round
pizza, triangle slices, now that's confusing.
