Staff Reports
GOVERNOR (4-year term)
1. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how connected we are. When industry, agriculture, co-ops, rural hospitals or small-town grocery stores hurt, North Dakotans hurt. What observations have you made in light of COVID-19 that will drive your policies or approach as governor? And what policy proposals will you make in response to the effects of COVID-19?
2. If you could be anyone else for a day, living or deceased, who would you be and why?
Don Kinzler, a lifelong gardener and NDSU Extension Horticulturist for Cass County, answered some of our burning landscape questions.
And while some landscaping projects may improve your home’s curb appeal to others, “it’s important that we enjoy them as well,” he says. “Locate a bench among the landscape plantings, and make it a priority to sit frequently, reflecting on the beauty of our surroundings.”
In the November 2018 issue of North Dakota Outdoors, the monthly magazine published by N.D. Game and Fish, fisheries chief Greg Power reported that 2019 precipitations helped curb a declining lake level trend in the state.
“If you compare today to last year at this time, the difference is night and day,” he said. “In many of our new lakes, we lost 1-3 feet of water per year for the past three or four years. So, some of the lakes were down 6-8 feet from their highs.”
A decent spring runoff and wet summer and fall helped waters rebound.
Hill is the 44th person to receive the Rough Rider Award, the state’s highest commendation for its citizens. He served in the U.S. Secret Service from 1958 to 1975, protecting the presidency through five administrations: President Dwight D. Eisenhower, President John F. Kennedy, President Lyndon B. Johnson, President Richard M. Nixon and President Gerald R. Ford.
Sgt. Wade Kadrmas, safety and education officer with the NDHP, answers winter driving questions to help North Dakota Living readers stay safe this winter. Prior to joining the NDHP in 2015, Kadrmas was a police officer for the city of Dickinson.
Q: What maintenance or vehicle care should be performed for winter driving preparedness?
N.D. legislative recap
The North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives (NDAREC) coordinates statewide legislative efforts, monitoring activities of the Legislature and serving as the voice of electric cooperatives in the state Capitol halls. This session, NDAREC worked with legislators to deliver some key victories on behalf of cooperatives and their members:
Founded in 2000, as the Information Technology Council of North Dakota, the organization is now TechND, which continues the original mission of “promoting the use, growth and development of technology in North Dakota.”
TechND has nearly 65 members statewide, and is governed by a board of directors which meets quarterly. Committees are established, working on project priorities for the organization.
