Time To Think Positive?
By the time you sit down do read the Northern Sentry, hopefully the very coldest weather of this horribly awful cold snap is behind us. I often think that the folks on the national and local TV networks look ahead and give us a ray of hope for improving weather conditions. The fact is…there is […]
The end of a long six years
Four days before my birthday and five days before I signed up for my Army pension in 2018, I was diagnosed with small cell renal cell carcinoma, commonly known as kidney cancer. I was shoveling snow one day and got chest pains. I went to the clinic in Kenmare and x-rays revealed one spot on […]
A Little Bit of Rambling
Are we in a rebound? Are things taking a complete 180? What would make me ask that question? I want to start with credit cards. If you have a younger person in your home, say one of your kids is headed off to college, the number of credit card offers is totally amazing. 3-4 per […]
The value of history…
With a minor in history from the University of North Dakota, there’s no doubt I’m biased about history and how important newspapers are as historical documents. They’re valuable for births, obituaries, kids setting records in high school sports and the list goes on to include advertising.That said, I’m going to put a completely different twist […]
Hallmark Has Nothing on Minot
You romanticize things. I don’t even think you know you’re doing it.” Six months ago, a staff member at an appointment told me this. I had never considered it before, but she was right. “There’s a whole movement about romanticizing your life,” she added. “Google it. It’s what you do.”For someone who spends a lot […]
Task Force 21 In Good Hands
Peter Hankla has been active in Task Force 21 since 1999. My guess is that when given the opportunity to be part of Task Force 21 back in 1999 Peter Hankla was probably seen as one of the “younger community leaders” that were recruited to bolster Task Force 21 as the focus switched from retaining […]
Only time will tell…
There’s a bill in the Legislature that’s already been approved by the House, that would eliminate Daylight Savings Time in North Dakota. Apparently, House Bill 1259 was approved on a 55-37 vote. This subject seems to come up again and again and it always gets voted down. Heck, I remember this was a “thing” when […]
The Bright Spot of Winter You’re Probably Missing
Over Sunday dinner at my home, a friend asked what we had coming up this week. Normally, I’ve got an answer (or twenty) to that question. A dear neighbor once described me as “not the type to let the grass grow underfoot.” That’s pretty accurate. I like to stay busy, and I never tire of […]
North Dakota’s hometown heroes…
Most of us who grew up in small towns in North Dakota didn’t believe at the time that we had much of a chance to become famous. The routine was the routine and for all we knew, we would grow up just like our parents and do the same thing they did, live and work […]
The Torch Is Passed
It was a typical Monday afternoon when Mark Jantzer, outgoing chairman of Task Force 21 joined me at the Northern Sentry office. We shook hands and almost immediately began to talk about his role with Task Force 21, and his hand off of chairman duties to Peter Hankla, current vice-chairman of TF 21. “I’ve been […]
