Snowball Cookies: A sweet tradition to mark the start of winter
Many things change over the course of a year. But some things seem to withstand the pace of the world, politics, and everything else. One of the steadfast hallmarks of life in Hotdish Land is wondering when the first snow will come, making guesses about when it will happen, and bracing for it—knowing that the […]
What To Write About On A Blustery Tuesday Afternoon
Looking out the window I am sure that we all had the same view on Tuesday afternoon. We had been given fair warning, and sure enough the wind, snow and colder temperatures arrived almost on que. The National Weather service had waffled in the amount of snow we were going to receive, but when they […]
What’s with the word salad?…
With November being high school football playoff time in North Dakota, there’s been a lot of talk about the teams that have gone through their respective divisions and onto the Dakota Bowl. As many of us know, high school football has been re-aligned again and there are actually six divisions of North Dakota high school […]
The Kiddos Worked Hard!
North Plains Elementary music teacher Dr. Amanda Capote reached out to the staff of the Northern Sentry with an invitation to a Veteran’s Day program to be held on Friday, November 8th at 2:00 PM. I accepted the invitation on behalf of the Northern Sentry. Veteran’s Day has always been a special holiday for me, […]
This might surprise you…
When we talk about immigrants in North Dakota, we’re often referring to people who came here in the late 1800s from Norway, Germany, England and Russia. Most of us today are descendants of those immigrants and we maintain that proud ancestory through festivals such as Norsk Hostfest in Minot, Sauerkraut Day in Wishek and the […]
To Work With Great People
When COVID went global, and people were forced to stay home and find ways to carry on their vocation, a new set of rules emerged. We were already entering a time when working from home, and not in a brick and mortar office, was going to become more of a norm than an exception. But […]
What an honor…
Often times we focus on the negative and how nothing seems to go right. Instead, we should always try to think of the glass as half full rather than half empty. Sometimes good things do happen to us, but we tend to live in the moment then forget about it. An event like that happened […]
From Daylight to Darkness: Practical Tips for NoDak’s Dark Season
It’s been nearly a week since we all changes our clocks back, “falling back” an hour. When I was younger and child-free, I used to call it “invincibility weekend.” Normally sluggish and not exactly a “morning person,” I’d suddenly feel well-rested, perky, and eager to get out of bed as my internal clock was tricked […]
Election will help decide our future path
It’s time to vote. Well, almost. Election Day is Nov. 5. Voting in Minot will be held at the Ward County Administration Building (225 3rd St SE), The Armory at the Minot Municipal Auditorium (420 3rd Ave SW), and the State Fair Center (2005 Burdick Expressway East) from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. There are […]
Annoying and creepy…
There’s no doubt we’re having a mild autumn thus far. How many times do we go into the second half of October with overnight temperatures remaining above freezing or just barely freezing? And daytime highs, on select days of course, have been “hot” for this time of year, especially when the sun is shining. We’ll […]
