Vol. 3 - Issue 14
May 3, 2023 $2.00 A Community Newspaper a Serving N orthwest North Dakot “THE WAY I SEE IT, IF YOU WANT THE RAINBOW, YOU GOTTA PUT UP WITH THE RAIN.” - DOLLY PARTON
WILDROSE FINDS “COMMON GROUND”
PAINE DRIVES A HOLE IN ONE! By Heidi Whitney
Grenora High School senior Adam Paine had cause for celebration when he aced Sidney Country Club’s ninth hole on April 25. Page 4
MONDAK THUNDER TRACK UPDATES By Heidi Whitney
It would appear that spring has finally sprung, and the Thunder track teams have since begun competing with the following results. Page 4 AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH
By Alyssa Stromberg April is Autism Awareness month and Medicine Lake school embraces it with great enthusiasm from grade school to high school.
IN COMMUNITY GARDEN
who grew up in Wildrose, says it was that sentiment that kick-started the idea for a community garden. “Myself and our team at AOK (Acts of Kindness, a local non-profit that supports local events and people in need) were able to get the Great Plains Food Bank to come to Wildrose each month, and I could see how many people benefited from the distributions. And starting a garden – it just seemed like a win-win situation, a Wildrose Community Garden Volunteers; Photo Courtesy Ashley Bald- way to bring people togethwin er and provide homegrown By Michelle Svangstu food for their families.” Small town North DaAshley initially pitched kota is known for communi- her idea to city-council ty, neighbors helping neighMarlyn Vatne, and OPEN HOUSE bors – and Wildrose, ND, member it didn’t take long for the is no exception. “We have entire city-council to apAt a lot of community-minda vacant lot on main CRAFTS 4-U ed people here, people who prove street for the project. “The Crosby, ND just want to give back,” says city also agreed to supply Thru Saturday May 13 Ashley Baldwin. Baldwin,
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the water for the project, so once we had those approvals in place, we started writing grants to purchase building supplies for the walkways and gardening boxes.” In the summer of 2022, work on the project began with help from several volunteers. “We prepped the site and started building,” notes Baldwin. “Unfortunately, our little town was hit with a devastating storm that wrecked not only the garden site, but several of our residents had significant damage to their homes and yards. We realized that taking care of the immediate needs of our friends and neighbors was more important than the garden – so we decided to hold off and try again this year. We have a lot of prep work to do again, taking out the old walkways
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TEACHER TEACHER MY NAME IS JONATHAN GRIFFIN MY NAME IS COLBEY STEEKE Page 7
MARKETING CLASSES A SUCCESS: SUMMER WORKSHOPS ANNOUNCED By Chelsy Weisz, Economic Development Director for the City of Tioga
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Tioga Economic Development is excited to share with Education/Experience you the success of our recent marketing classes held in April. Page 8
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