North Dakota
North Dakota Museum of Art to host ‘Welcome Back Festival’ at UND
GRAND FORKS – The North Dakota Museum of Artwork will host the “Welcome Again Competition” on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 26-27.
The 2 days of music will function Pieta Brown, with particular visitor Bo Ramsey, on Friday and Parker Millsap on Saturday. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. every day.
Additionally performing Friday are Mandalynne at 6 p.m. and Chris Johnson at 6:45 p.m. Brown takes the stage at 7:30 p.m.
On Saturday, Quantum Blood performs at 6 p.m. and David Allen at 6:45 p.m., adopted by Millsap at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets, that are non-refundable, are $20 for single-day admission, or $35 for a two-day move. UND college students, with ID, and kids 12 and youthful will likely be admitted free. Tickets can be found at
www.NDMOA.com
, by calling (701) 777-4195, or on the gate.
Visitors are inspired to convey a garden chair or blanket and take a spot within the museum’s sculpture backyard.
Meals ready within the Museum of Artwork Cafe will likely be out there for buy. The Ely’s Ivy restaurant will host a money bar. Meals vouchers for UND college students will likely be out there from the Pupil Authorities/Pupil Involvement Workplace, Suite 144, on the principle flooring of the Memorial Union by way of Friday, Aug. 26. Workplace hours are 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
The pageant is underwritten by UND Pupil Involvement and Guardian Applications, with meals vouchers for UND college students enhances of UND Pupil Occasions.
No exterior meals or drinks are allowed. Smoking will not be permitted on campus. Live shows will go on rain or shine, however will likely be canceled if circumstances don’t enable for an outside efficiency. Live shows is not going to be moved indoors.
Parking will likely be out there in all heaps surrounding the museum. Parking is free after 4:30 p.m. and on weekends.
The Museum is at 261 Centennial Drive.
‘Forks Comedy Fest’ set for Saturday at The Spud Jr.
Comedians from New York Metropolis will entertain audiences on the “Forks Comedy Fest” on Saturday, Aug. 27, at The Spud Jr. in East Grand Forks.
John Kennedy, Bryan Vogt-Nilsen, Leo Cofresi and Derek Drescher, all New Yorkers, and a few different comedians, are scheduled to carry out, stated Justin LaRocque, proprietor of The Spud Jr. and the occasion organizer. They’ll carry out within the restaurant’s Prohibition Comedy Room on the restaurant, 302 DeMers Ave.
The exhibits start at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
The viewers can anticipate to see three comedians per present and there will likely be two completely different exhibits on the identical evening, stated LaRocque, who’s been working the comedy sequence at The Spud Jr. for just a little greater than a 12 months.
He’s acquired “loads of good suggestions” from the general public on the exhibits, he stated, and he’s hoping that audiences will develop as phrase will get round.
Tickets are $20, plus charges, for both the early or late present, and $35, plus charges, for each exhibits. For tickets, go to
www.eventbrite.com/e/forks-comedy-fest-tickets-390820112477?aff=erelexpmit
.
For extra data, go to The Spud Jr. Fb web page or
www.ForksFirstPresents.com
.
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Paintings by northwest Minnesota ladies on show at NCTC
A set of art work by ladies artists in northwest Minnesota is on exhibit by way of Sept. 28 on the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council Gallery at Northland Group and Technical Faculty, 1101 State Freeway 1, in Thief River Falls.
An artist reception is deliberate for 5-7 p.m. Sept. 28. The exhibit is titled “Dynamic Voices: A Assortment of Work by Ladies Artists of Northwest Minnesota.” Lots of the artwork items are on the market.
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Artists embrace Connie Nelson and Rachel Gustafson, each of Hallock; Therese Jacobson, Alvarado; Heidi Danos, Fosston; and Stephanie Olson, Thief River Falls. All are well-known artists within the area, stated Mara Hanel, NWMAC director. They’ve exhibited in previous NWMAC displays, acquired awards and grants for his or her artwork, participated in previous workshops, and served on the council’s board.
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Every of the ladies artists featured within the Dynamic Voices exhibit “have their very own distinctive fashion and message,” stated Trey Everett, the council’s showcase specialist. “You’ll expertise art work that’s provocative, touching, lighthearted and mysterious.”
For extra data, go to
www.NWArtsCouncil.org
director@NWArtsCouncil.org
or name (218) 745-8886.
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Registration opens for Northern Valley Youth Orchestras
The Northern Valley Youth Orchestras group is accepting registrations and holding auditions for pupil wind, brass, percussion and string musicians for the 2022-23 efficiency season.
For audition necessities and details about NVYO’s Philharmonic and Symphony orchestras and the Crescendo chamber music program, go to
www.nvyo.com
. Audition preparation ideas and particulars on scholarship funds are additionally out there.
The NVYO provides younger musicians the chance to study and carry out an thrilling number of symphonic music, and acquire expertise with extra superior instrumental strategies, in response to Naomi Welsh, government director.
Programming is designed as an enrichment expertise to enhance college and personal instruction.
College students from greater than a dozen cities within the area are concerned in NVYO teams, which current quite a lot of performances locally.
Rehearsals for the NVYO’s twelfth season, titled “Components,” start Sept. 11. For extra data on NVYO applications, ship an e-mail to
nwelsh@novyo.org
or go to
www.nvyo.org/join-nvyo
.
Deadline for Governor’s Photograph Contest attracts close to
North Dakotans are invited to submit photographs that seize the distinctive great thing about the state, in addition to enjoyable and attention-grabbing issues to do right here, for the Governor’s Photograph Contest. The deadline for entries is Wednesday, Aug. 31.
The competition, sponsored by the state Division of Commerce, options classes which have been refreshed to encourage extra imagery that focuses on folks and to showcase the state’s energetic outside life-style and vibrant communities.
Photographers could submit photographs to a number of of the next classes: Highway Journeys, Recreation, Wildlife, Surroundings, Competition and Occasions, and Vibrant Communities.
One winner will likely be chosen in every class and a $200 money prize will likely be awarded to the photographer of every chosen picture. Extra honorable mentions could also be chosen in every class, with photographers receiving $50 and North Dakota merchandise.
A Better of Present picture will likely be chosen from the successful pictures. The photographer will obtain a further $300 money prize and a free, one-year fundamental membership to AAA.
Successful photographs could also be used within the state’s tourism newsletters, promotional supplies, and social media channels in addition to AAA publications and social media channels.
The foundations for the 2022 Governor’s Photograph Contest guidelines are listed at:
https://belegendary.hyperlink/2022GovPhoto
.
Frost Hearth’s ‘Sound of Music’ hosts largest viewers in years
Greater than 6,100 folks attended the “Sound of Music,” the manufacturing by Frost Hearth Summer time Theatre, making it the most important viewers the theater firm has seen in a few years, in response to David Paukert, theater supervisor.
The amphitheater, positioned seven miles west of Walhalla, N.D., staged “Sound of Music” for the third time in its 38-year historical past. This 12 months’s present featured Misti Koop, of East Grand Forks, within the main function “Maria” for the second time.
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Up to now 12 months, the theater firm additionally superior its “Heart Stage” marketing campaign to lift funds to put in new helps and a brand new stage flooring within the theater – vital renovations that “have been lengthy overdue,” Paukert stated.
Patrons have contributed $42,000 towards the $50,000 objective, he stated. Though the objective has not fairly been reached, demolition and rebuilding of the stage is ready to start this September.
Those that want to assist the mission could ship contributions to: Frost Hearth Summer time Theater, P.O. Field 888, Walhalla, N.D. 58282. For extra data, go to
www.frostfirepark.org
.
MINOT — Sandi Sanford, chair of the North Dakota Republican Party, joined this episode of Plain Talk from the GOP’s national convention in Milwaukee, where, she said, “the security plan changed drastically” after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.
Republicans have been focused on unity at this event — two of Trump’s top rivals during the primaries, Gov. Ron DeSantis and former ambassador Nikki Haley, endorsed him in speeches at the convention — but Sanford acknowledged to my co-host Chad Oban and me that this may be a heavy lift.
“People know that what we’re dealing with in North Dakota with the different factions,” she said, initially calling the populist wing of the party the “far right” before correcting herself and describing them as “grassroots.”
The NDGOP delegation to the national convention
wasn’t necessarily behind Gov. Doug Burgum potentially being Trump’s running mate
(Burgum himself was passed over for a delegate slot by the NDGOP’s state convention), but Sanford said she felt the delegates were “really confident in Donald Trump and his pick.”
“It gets dicey,” she said of intraparty politics. “It can get cruel,” but Sanford said her job is to keep the factions united. “I’m bringing people together.”
Sanford also addressed a visit to the North Dakota delegation from Matt Schlapp of the American Conservative Union (the organization which puts on the Conservative Political Action Conference). In March, Schlapp paid
a nearly half-million settlement
to a man he allegedly made unwanted sexual advances toward. “My delegation wanted to hear from CPAC,” she said, adding that Schlapp was “on a speaking circle” addressing several state delegations.
Also on this episode, we discuss how the assassination attempt on Trump might impact the rest of this presidential election cycle and whether Democrats will replace incumbent President Joe Biden.
Want to subscribe to Plain Talk? Search for the show wherever you get your podcasts, or
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for more information.
(North Dakota Monitor)
BY: JEFF BEACH
KILLDEER, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – A North Dakota investor says the purchase of a financially-troubled meat company is progressing with a percentage of the profits being used to pay back investors in the alleged Ponzi scheme over several years.
Wylie Bice of Killdeer, who is among those who lost money by investing in Texas-based Agridime, told the North Dakota Monitor that a price has been agreed upon to buy the company.
“Our offer is reasonable,” Bice said.
But several steps remain before the deal can close.
The court-appointed official overseeing the company said in a July 8 update on Agridime.com that federal law requires three separate appraisals for each parcel of property being sold, “which is not a quick process.”
The update did not say a deal has been reached, but when it is, it would be submitted to the court for a 30-day review and objection period before it can close.
Bice said the final agreement would likely include a percentage of the profits of the company be used to pay back investors over a designated period of years.
“There’s always a chance they might get more than they had invested if things go really good,” Bice said.
Investors in several states, including a high-concentration in North Dakota, lost millions of dollars by investing in Agridime. Agridime bought cattle, had them brought up to market weight at feedlots and processed in retail cuts of meat. The company then direct-marketed the beef through its website.
It also sold investments in calves, promising as much as a 30% return on investment without having to do the work of ranching.
The Securities and Exchange Commission in December accused the company of operating as a Ponzi scheme by taking money from new investors to pay off previous investors instead of investing that money into cattle.
The North Dakota Securities Department said a Killdeer-based sales agent, Taylor Bang, earned $6 million in commissions from illegal cattle investment contracts through Agridime.
Bang told the North Dakota Monitor in December that the figure was “way high.”
While it is under investigation, a slimmed-down version of the company has continued to operate as American Grazed Beef.
Bice said that if the deal is approved, he and his partners would likely keep the American Grazed Beef name.
The investments in calves, however, would not be a part of the business plan.
“No, I don’t think they’ll fall for that twice,” Bice said.
Bice, Bang, and other North Dakota investors lost an estimated $40 million in the Agridime scheme.
Overall, investors in at least 15 states are out an estimated $191 million.
The July 8 update also says investors should be notified by the end of the month with a calculation of what they are owed.
Investors will have 30 days to review these calculations and notify the court-appointed receiver of any issues.
“There were approximately 40,325 transactions made by Agridime between 2021-2023, and it took a bit of work in the company’s bank records to determine what amounts were being paid to whom,” the update said.
It also said a motion will be filed with the court outlining the forensic accounting analysis of Agridime between 2021 and December 2023. The motion “will provide insight into the company’s operations during that time period and whether the company was paying returns on older investor contracts with money received from new investors.”
BISMARCK, ND (kxnet) — Members of the North Dakota Rural Water Systems Association (NDRWSA) celebrated their 50th Anniversary on Tuesday, July 16, at North Dakota’s Gateway to Science in Bismarck.
The association was established with a mission to ensure that all North Dakotans had access to affordable and clean drinking water. It was founded the same year that the 1974 Safe Drinking Water Act was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Gerald Ford.
Since then, the NDRWSA has helped many rural areas across the state with funding and construction of water systems, giving clean and affordable drinking water to many North Dakotans living in rural communities across our state.
“So, even after 50 years, there’s still people out there, in Rural North Dakota that are hauling water. There’s still people in small communities that drink sub-standard water,” said Eric Volk, Executive Director of NDRWSA.
Volk says the association still has more important work to do in the coming years to ensure other rural communities are not forgotten. “There’s partnerships out there, between the State of North Dakota, the Federal Government, and the local entities. I think we all can accomplish our goal,” of expanding access to more rural communities he said.
Volk adds that a little over 300,000 people in North Dakota receive their drinking water from rural water systems, that serve 268 towns across the state.
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