Vol. 3 - Issue 11
April 13, 2023 $2.00 A Community Newspaper a Serving N orthwest North Dakot “THERE ARE ALWAYS FLOWERS FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO SEE THEM.” - HENRI MATISE
NORTH DAKOTANS ARE UPSET OVER LAWMAKERS’ CHOICES WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING MEALS By Karolyn Moltzan ND Lawmakers recently voted down expanding funding for students’ meals while increasing the per diem for state employees. Page 2 WESTBY WATCH By Heidi Whitney Easter Egg Hunt success, April Fool’s Birthday surprises and the MonDak Tracksters compete in the Dawson County Invitational. Page 4 MICRO ADJUSTMENTS MACRO RESULTS
THE HEART OF A THE LOUDEST LIBRARY: TRACI LUND FILLS THE LIBRARY WITH
SMALL TOWN THE SOUNDS OF LEARNING AND FUN
Customers enjoy meals and conversation at Hopie’s Honker Pit.
By Alyssa Stromberg Small towns have people come and go; businesses open and close or stand empty. Change is a way of life and small towns go with the ebb and flow. With the changes come memories, history and stories and new life into what was. In 1962 the doors to Lake Bowl Lanes opened and became the place for people of all ages to come together, visit and swap sto-
Meet the
By Chelsy Weisz, City of Tioga Economic Development Director Micro adjustments macro results are starting to happen in Tioga.
ries for years to come. The bowling alley remained a mainstay in Medicine Lake until the mid-2000’s. During that time the owners realized the community needed apartments more than a bowling alley. So, the bowling alley remodel began, and The Honker Pit restaurant and apartments were constructed. Fast forward to the present. If you are traveling to
By Michelle Svangstu It’s your typical scene from the movies…the library suddenly fills with loud laughter and conversation when suddenly it pans over to the somber librarian, who puts her finger to her lips and harshly shushes the giggles - reminding everyone the library is meant for quiet and not for fun….. that is, unless your librarian is Divide County’s Traci Lund. “My friends always joke that this has to be the loudest library in North Dakota,” laughs Traci. I love to talk and laugh, and to hear the library filled with children – it’s one of the best parts of my job.” Originally from Minot, Lund grew up helping her mom, a teacher, get her classroom ready. “I remember telling her that I was ‘never going to do this.’
Meet the
TEACHER TEACHER MY NAME IS HALEY MACLEAN MY NAME IS CRAIG FOURNIER Page 9
About JUDGE’SMe RULING
BURGUM APPLAUDS ORDERING BLM TO
RESUME SALES OF OIL AND LEASES GAS ON FEDERAL LANDS Gov. Burgum ap- Doug plauded a ruling by U.S. District Court Judge
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Meet the Teachers About Me
Get to know the educators in your community! Pages 4 & 7.
Daniel Traynor ordering the federal Bureau ucation/Experience Education/Experience of Land Management Why Education? (BLM) to resume quar terly sales of oil and gas leases on public lands in North Dakota.
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Why Education?
Divide County Librarian, Traci Lund
My plan was to be a business lady wearing stilettos in a Manhattan skyrise, but looking back, I know that
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