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The Jamestown hands out these bravos this week:

The Jamestown hands out these bravos this week: • Bravo to the Senior Companions program offered through Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota. The program teams up volunteers with people in communities who are identified as "lonely, homebound or disabled," the agency says. People...

The Jamestown hands out these bravos this week: • Bravo to the reopening in May of the Walla Theater in Walhalla, N.D. The building which originally opened in 1950, closed in 1982. The Gorge Arts and Heritage Council raised more than $350,000 to renovate the theater, and renovations...

The name of this holiday should be the key to what it means. Memorial Day is time to pay tribute to the men and women who have sacrificed to give us the freedoms and liberties we enjoy today in America. Please notice that words like camping, fishing and golfing aren't anywhere to...

The Jamestown hands out these bravos this week:

The bottom fell out of church membership between 1999 and 2018, spelling serious trouble for the well-being of Christendom in the decades down the road. According to a comprehensive poll taken by the very creditable Gallup organization, in 1999 70% 0f Americans were church members....

It’s deeply disappointing that the West Fargo Park Board is blinded by dollar signs. The board is bent on selling a parcel of donated land to convert green space into residential development. We’re referring, of course, to Beaton Farm, a modest patch of open space near the Sheyenne...

The Jamestown hands out these bravos this week: Bravo to St. John's Academy for its May 8 groundbreaking ceremony with Bishop John Folda and Sen. Terry Wanzek, R-Jamestown, and Jamestown Mayor Dwaine Heinrich present to announce that construction on the $5.95 million expansion to...

Before launching into our main topic this week, I want to demonstrate that if you hang around long enough you can see history repeat itself, case in point: federal revenue sharing. Back in 1967, U.S. Treasury people were shocked to discover that the nation had more money than it could...

It’s a troubling sign of the times that the phrase “nic sick” has come into vogue among teens. It’s slang for symptoms that include nausea, headache and dizziness — all signs of nicotine poisoning. Teachers in schools around Minnesota have seen “nic sick” students in...

The citywide residential curbside cleanup starts on Monday, May 13, in Jamestown, and it’s a nice perk for residents. Take advantage of the opportunity to get rid of some items that you don’t want – and to get some, if you like to “shop” the bargains. Crews will start picking...

The Jamestown Sun hands out these bravos this week:

The Jamestown Sun hands out these bravos this week: • Bravo to Will Bernhagen, of Sheridan, Wyo., who finished a 600-mile fundraising trek this week to raise money for scholarship programs at the University of Jamestown. Bernhagen serves on the UJ Board of Trustees and raised more...

The Jamestown Sun hands out these bravos this week: • Bravo to the planned return of the Downtown Arts Market in Jamestown. Offering entertainment, food and vendors, the first market last year brought people to the downtown during the summer and drew decent crowds. Businesses,...

The Jamestown Sun hands out these bravos this week: