Vol. 3 - Issue 35
September 27, 2023
A Community Newspaper a Serving N orthwest North Dakot “ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. AND SOMETIMES INACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN BOTH OF THEM.” — MATTHEW GOOD
BURGUM CONTINUES URGING NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO KEEP WILD HORSES AT THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL PARK; PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OPENS PRESS RELEASE
“We continue to urge the National Park Service to maintain a herd of wild horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, just as wild horses roamed those lands during Roosevelt’s transformative years in the Badlands, when President Truman signed the bill creating the park in 1947 and when it received official national park status in 1978,” Burgum said. Page 3
SMALL-TOWN HOMECOMING: A CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY & TRADITION By Alyssa Stromberg Amid bustling cities and fast-paced lives, there’s something enchanting about the simplicity and warmth of a small-town homecoming. Page 5 MANAGING GRIEF IN CHILDREN By Jessica Watterud, Crosby Counseling
Grief is difficult for anyone to manage. When it comes to children, it can be hard to know what to do. . Page 6
Serve & Protect program launched to cover costs of routine medical exams for firefighters and police PRESS RELEASE. BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. Doug Burgum and North Dakota Workforce Safety & Insurance (WSI) today announced a new program to help offset the costs of routine medical exams for paid, full-time firefighters and law enforcement officers. The Serve & Protect (Continues Page 3)
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On the Spot Truck Repair offering local dependability to the oil field By Erica Kingston The Bakken oil field is as wide and vast as the North Dakota plains that it spreads over. Towns and services are few and far between making servicing equipment a lengthy and timely issue. On the Spot Truck Repair has been assisting the oil field and its community for over a decade. Nestled near the Canadian border in Columbus, N.D., the locally owned, full-ser-
vice repair shop is limiting downtime by repairing inshop and on the road with its mobile service truck. Owner Shane Oas is a native of Columbus. In 1991, due to lack of work in North Dakota, he moved to Oregon where he worked as a heavy duty truck mechanic. After several years, he decided to build his own purpose-built mobile service truck and struck out on his own, birthing On (Continues Page 8)