Marilyn Hagerty
Marilyn Hagerty writes five columns a week. These include 'That Reminds Me' on Tuesday's editorial page, 'The Eatbeat' on Wednesday's food page and personal columns for Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Purchase 'The Best of The Eatbeat with Marilyn Hagerty' e-book here.Contact
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MARILYN HAGERTY: Life’s a beach for grads
This is the last day of school in Grand Forks. School year 2012-13 is history. The question is: What do people do with all that stuff the students bring home?
RELATED CONTENTTHE EATBEAT: My (Italian) Moon adventure
Tilapia was the last thing on my mind when I stopped for lunch at the Italian Moon on a sunny day in May. I was aiming for the salad bar that is laden with choices including soups, pasta and pizza.
RELATED CONTENTMARILYN HAGERTY: My Captain — Sheriff Rost
One Grand Forks fourth grader, Camden Larsen, wrote his essay about the Grand Forks County sheriff, as follows...
RELATED CONTENTMARILYN HAGERTY: Grandmas teach kids to knit, grandpas take them fishing
After being bombarded with what’s wrong in this world, there is a chance to hear what it right. It comes with the annual reading of essays by fourth graders of Greater Grand Forks.
RELATED CONTENTMARILYN HAGERTY: Calming the storm at work 
Weathering the workplace storm is a widespread challenge. And learning to predict, prepare and prevail will be presented when the UND Conflict Resolution Center holds its annual symposium beginning Monday.
RELATED CONTENTMARILYN HAGERTY: Norwegians set for Syttende mai
The Norwegians among us are running rampant. Friday is Syttende mai, and they have been gathered for days at their lodge. There they have been peeling potatoes and rolling out lefse for their annual celebration Friday.
RELATED CONTENTTHE EATBEAT: Try the hearty meatballs at Albatross
A UND business graduate with a yen for his own place, Andrew Krauseneck earlier this year ventured into a combined golf simulator and restaurant business. He wants to make his place called Albatross a friendly center where people come to relax, practice their golf swings and also eat and drink.
RELATED CONTENTTHAT REMINDS ME: 1963 saw ‘planting’ of new crop: Missiles
Fifty years ago, the director of the Minuteman program said there was “absolutely no truth” to reports the international missile could not carry its payload to targets in the Soviet Union.
RELATED CONTENTMARILYN HAGERTY: A big heart and big family
Sara and her husband, Doug Taylor, have two birth children — Grace, 12, and Luke, 8. Two years ago, they adopted Joseph, 5, Adrian, 4, and Arianna (or Annie), 3. And they are foster parents to two young children.
RELATED CONTENTMARILYN HAGERTY: Each grad leaves UND with unique memories
You bet she is walking in the line. Christen Furlong figures she spent four long, hard years to earn her college degree. And she wants to enjoy UND spring commencement Saturday afternoon at the Alerus Center.
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MARILYN HAGERTY: Students bound together in SADD to gather in Grand Forks
More than 600 are expected to attend the two day session at the Alerus Center starting Sunday.
RELATED CONTENTTHE EATBEAT: Kon Nechi Wa knows how to satisfy fans of Japanese cuisine
The small and private tatimi rooms, where customers sit on cushions in complete privacy, are a draw at Kon Nechi Wa restaurant. Others prefer the more traditional seating in booths. The small restaurant with seating for 75 to 85 is the oldest Japanese-style eating place in Greater Grand Forks.
RELATED CONTENTTHAT REMINDS ME: Welcome, 319th Bombardment Wing in ’63
An era of color and decorum was revived here 50 years ago when the 413rd Strategic Wing at Grand Forks Air Force Base was designated the 319th Bombardment Wing.
RELATED CONTENTMARILYN HAGERTY: Subzero temps drive local man to stick tongue on metal pole
Maybe it’s the weather. Maybe he is too curious. Who knows? All I know is that Truman Reed stuck his tongue on a metal pole up by the North Side Cafe a week ago Saturday. And it stuck.
RELATED CONTENTTHE EATBEAT: Deli draws more and more customers to Amazing Grains
It didn’t take long for us to agree that we had come to the right place when we saw the soup kettle on and the home-baked buns and breads near the little deli corner at the rear of Amazing Grains Natural Food Market on Demers Avenue.
RELATED CONTENTMARILYN HAGERTY: Burtness Theatre crew takes show on road
They have put the sets up. They have taken them down. They know how to pack the whole show in a couple of trucks. By now, the crew and cast of “My Generation” are all packed up again and ready for their appearance next week at the regional Kennedy Center College Theatre Festival in Lincoln, Neb.
RELATED CONTENTTHE EATBEAT: Top-notch menu makes 50-mile drive to Hastings Landing well worth it
A recommendation from a reader led me to try out the new Hastings Landing restaurant in this town on Interstate 29 about 50-some miles north of Grand Forks.
RELATED CONTENTMARILYN HAGERTY: January calendars have no room for storms
The year 2013 is off and running with plenty of action behind the scenes around Grand Forks. The OLLI winter showcase this week focused on upcoming programs.
RELATED CONTENTTHE EATBEAT: Noodles & Company offers classic comfort and more
It was a note from a friend, Lauren Hornbaker (LH), which got me moving toward the new Noodles & Company restaurant near Columbia Mall. Like many people, LH likes “mac ’n’ cheese” and considers it a comfort food. At Noodles, she almost always orders the fancy version, the Truffle Mac.
RELATED CONTENTMARILYN HAGERTY: Time to make to-do lists, eat cookies
Things to do in January: Write letters, clean drawers, visit a shut in, stare into space, update the family tree. Eat a cookie. Eat another cookie. Eat up all the cookies.
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