Ryder News for Nov. 2, 2017
As you read in last week’s news column, my husband, Kenny Bradley went into the hospital last Monday for an angiogram and then an angioplasty. He had 2 arteries that were 95% blocked repaired with 2 stents put into each one. After he was in his room in ICU he suffered a minor stroke which has affected his right arm. He will be starting therapy on Nov. 9th. For the meantime, he is staying in Minot with our daughter Staci.
Kenny, Staci and Johnny joined me for dinner this Sunday and an afternoon visit then later on, Rick Sprinkle and Levi came over to visit. So I was blessed with a visit from hubby, both kids and both grandsons. It was a wonderful day!
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| Bethany Grace Wurtz and Ruth Wurtz at Bethany’s ordination and installation at Grafton’s Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church. |
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| Bethany Grace Wurtz with her parents, Gordon and Mary Wurtz at her ordination and installation. |
Bethany Grace Wurtz, daughter of Gordon and Mary Wurtz, was ordained and installed as a Lutheran minister at Grafton’s Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church on Oct. 22nd. The Reverend Terry Brandt, Bishop of the Eastern North Dakota Synod was the presiding officiant.
Bethany served an internship at Wenatchee, Washington before being called to Grafton. To her surprise, a group of parishioners from Wenatchee made the trip to Grafton for the ordination. Harvey and Denise Johnson, Ruth Wurtz, Gayle and Arlan Hoffland were all there to celebrate with Bethany as well as her sister Emily and her husband and two children. Ruth’s family all met at Gordon’s place at Thompson Saturday evening for supper and visiting. Gordon and Mary’s son Jacob was unable to attend as he is in college at Boise, Idaho.
John and Janice Warner recently returned from an extended vacation via Viking River Cruises which cruised the Rhine, Main-Danube Canal and Danube rivers. Fifteen cities in five countries, 1100 River miles. In The Netherlands they visited Amsterdam and Kinderdijk. Germany included stops in Cologne, Koblenz, Miltenberg, Wursburg, Rothernburg, Nuremberg, Regensburg and Passau. Austria tours included Melk, Krems and Vienna. Others stops were in Budapest Hungary and Prague, Czech Republic. Every city stop included a city tour with wonderful history lessons, information about their town, shops, cultural and of course great food and regional vines and beers.These people are very proud of their beautiful churches, castles, palaces and historical houses. The river trees and grape vineyards were in full fall colors. Each day you could also take optional tours. They had a glass blowing demonstration on the boat one sailing afternoon. This fellow also had an interesting story on how his parents and siblings crossed the border during the war and it was unbelievable. On board there was nightly entertainment, a couple of regional history lessons, Austrian and Hungarian dancers and in Vienna everyone went to an evening concert. They are already planning their next trip.
The 2018 North Shore-Plaza Close Up group’s chicken supper will be at the K-Bar on Saturday, Nov. 18 from 5 p.m. til gone. This is a great way for those kids to make money to go to Washington, DC, so I suggest you take it in if you can. The mothers of the kids make some delicious salads, etc. and the chicken is fantastic. Well worth the money.
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Keaton Erhardt’s confirmation in Bismarck.
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Faye and Bud Karna attended their oldest grandson’s Confirmation on Saturday, Oct. 28. Keaton is the son of Kellie and Tom Erhardt of Bismarck. Their church had to have 4 such services due to number of those being confirmed.
Ryder Fall Bazaar and Turkey Drawing in the Ryder Community Club building (old school gym) Saturday Nov. 11, 2017 sponsored by the Ryder Community Club. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Turkey drawing at 3 p.m.
Daylight savings time ends on the first Sunday in November, which will be Nov. 5th this year!! Set your clocks back 1 hour!!
The Ryder Food Pantry is in desperate need of plastic grocery bags, cloth grocery bags and donations, be it food or monetary. The Christmas season is upon us and we really want to be able to give Christmas baskets to our customers. So far we have 9, 8 to 10lb. turkeys (we need at least 6 more), we have potatoes, gravy, veggies and roaster pans.
We need pies, cookies, apple cider, milk, eggs, buns, canned sweet potatoes, boxed dressing mix, Christmas candy for the kids, fruit, etc.
If you can help, our donation boxes are in the St. John Lutheran Church in Ryder, the Ryder post office, Town and Credit Union in Ryder, or call Kathy at 701-578-5876 or P.J. at 701-240-3964 or send monetary donations to P.O. Box 61, Ryder, ND 58779. We appreciate your support.
The Happy Hour Senior Citizens in Ryder would like to invite all area seniors to attend their meeting on Nov. 6 at noon. The thought of being a “Senior Citizen” turns some people off. The name may be a little misleading as the club is open to those age 55 and older. (now you know 55 is not old anymore). There are some interesting activities on the horizon but the club is always open to more ideas. A meal is served with a short business meeting following where ideas are shared. Our November meeting is the start of our new year. Our officers have been elected ( so you don’t have to worry about getting nominated for an office). Come and visit and check the club out...who knows, you may even decide to join. We need more members and some more ideas of things to do, will you help us? Oh by the way, the meal is free and is delicious. We all get stuffed!
Upcoming events:
Nov. 5: Services at Calvary Church of Ryder at 10:30 a.m with Sunday School at 9:30.
Nov. 5: Services at St. John’s Lutheran Church of Ryder at 9 a.m.
Nov. 5: Services at Hope Lutheran Church of Makoti at 10:30 a.m. with communion.
Nov. 5: Daylight savings time ends...set your clocks back one hour! Spring forward, Fall back.
Nov. 6: Senior citizens in Ryder starting at 12 noon. All area seniors welcome!
Nov. 9: Veterans Day Tribute at the old Plaza gym starting at 1 p.m. with a program and treats.
Nov. 11: Ryder Fall Bazaar 10-3p.m. and turkey drawing sponsored by the Ryder Community Center. Turkey drawing at 3 p.m.
Nov. 18: Community Food Pantry will be open on Nov. 18. It will NOT be open November 11th or November 25th.
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