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MUSIC MOVES AMTA 12 Post Conference Recap
It's hard to believe more than a week has already passed since I presented at my first ever national conference for the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) in St. Charles, Illinois. AMTA always ...
Posted on 10/21/12 at 8:00 AM
THE DULLUM FILE Northern Valley Honor Flight (People)
One of the interesting things about reporting is getting to meet the people we meet. Here are a couple I met on the Northern Valley Honor Flight to Washington. * At the World Wa...
Posted on 9/29/09 at 1:05 AM
ANN BAILEY: Admiration grows for nursing home
Three years ago this December, my mom, Marcia, moved from the farm near Larimore, N.D., where she had lived for 60 years, into an assisted living apartment at the Good Samaritan Society in Larimore.
By Ann Bailey , September 23, 2012
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PRAIRIE GARDENER: Spring’s bulb beauty begins now with a shovel and some mulch 
Flowering spring bulbs, such as crocus, tulips and daffodils, provide northern gardeners a reward for enduring the long, cold winter. From early spring until mid-May or longer, these garden gems will brighten the home landscape.
By Darrel Koehler , September 23, 2012
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FACES: Couple asks family, friends to donate to food pantries for 65th wedding anniversary
Russell and Jean Hoverson have everything they need for their home, but they knew that friends and family wanted to give them gifts for their 65th wedding anniversary celebration. So on their anniversary party invitation, the Hoversons asked their family and friends to donate an item for area food pantries.
By Ann Bailey , August 05, 2012
FACES: Carole Torgerson trains therapy and service dogs
Carole Torgerson’s therapy dogs give the recreational activities at 4000 Valley Square, a golden touch. The owner of Heaven-Sent Golden Retrievers near Euclid, Minn., breeds, raises and trains therapy, service and companion dogs and also shows dogs.
By Ann Bailey , July 29, 2012
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FACES: Crookston couple enjoys letting others reap what they’ve sown
For Jessica Luckow, picking green beans on a sweltering summer day beats working in an air-conditioned office any day. Luckow has spent hundreds of hours outdoors since May. She and husband Dan own Whitetail Gardens, a community-supported agriculture business near Crookston.
By Ann Bailey , July 22, 2012
Faces and Places: Michigan woman paints barn quilt on farmstead building
Sylva Daws painted the 8-by-8-foot Star of Eden quilt earlier this month and Greg, her husband, mounted it on a farmstead building on the east side of North Dakota Highway 35, a few miles north of Michigan.
By Ann Bailey , July 15, 2012
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FACES: Hoople, N.D., couple host annual Fourth of July celebration
Odell and LaVonne Berg will welcome family and friends Wednesday to an old-fashioned Fourth of July at the Berg Bunkhouse. On Wednesday, after the parade, guests will enjoy food, fun and games at the couple’s farm home. About 20 years ago, the couple converted a bunkhouse, built in 1935, from housing for farm workers into a combination kitchen and family room.
By Ann Bailey , July 01, 2012
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PRAIRIE GARDENER: White House, mall in Washington have gardens galore
Four years ago, 26 elementary students wielded shovels, rakes, pitchforks and wheelbarrows to help first lady Michelle Obama break ground on the first day of spring for a vegetable and herb garden on the White House grounds.
By Darrel Koehler , June 30, 2012
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ANN BAILEY: Strawberries straight from the garden to mouth
When it comes to strawberries, there’s nothing like fresh-picked. The commercial ones may be gigantic in size, but most of the ones I’ve eaten don’t come close to the garden-grown ones in the taste category.
By Ann Bailey , June 30, 2012
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Faces and Places: UMC student keeps UMC’s mall looking picture perfect
A UMC horticulture major, Radke’s summer job is to keep the university’s mall in tip-top shape. During her work day she also may water flowers, mow lawns, weed whack and mulch’s flower beds.
By Ann Bailey , June 17, 2012
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FACES: UND student is a one-man trumpet band
Whether fingering the plaintive strains of taps or jazzing it up like Louis Armstrong, playing the trumpet is a blast for James Kerzman. Kerzman, a UND music performance major from Thompson, began playing trumpet in the fifth grade when he lived with his family in Surrey, N.D.
By Ann Bailey , June 10, 2012
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FACES: Larimore, N.D., couple purchase local flower shop
For Amy and Larry Cronin, it was baptism by flower when they became Larimore business owners this spring. The couple purchased Larimore Flower and Gift about a week before Valentine’s Day —typically a busy time for florists — and during the next few months, they also made and sold dozens of flower bouquets and corsages for the Larimore High School prom, Easter, Mother’s Day and graduation.
By Ann Bailey , June 03, 2012
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FACES: JoAnne and Robert Yuergens take pride in caring for rural Minnesota cemetery
On Memorial Day, Fairview Cemetery will be alive with members of the Beltrami, Minn., community who come to honor their dead. Among them will be Robert and JoAnne Yuergens, Fairview Cemetery’s caretakers. The Yuergens, who live on a farm nearby, took over in 1993 when the former caretaker was ready to retire.
By Ann Bailey , May 27, 2012
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FACES: Couple become foster parents, carrying on a family tradition
As a child, Jamie Martinson’s gatherings at her grandparents house were made up of dozens of aunts, uncles and cousins. Some of the cousins were related to her, and others weren’t, but she considered all of them family. Now Martinson has followed in the footsteps of her grandparents — who did foster care in Grand Forks for 32 years — and her aunt and uncle, who continue to be foster care parents in Grand Forks.
By Ann Bailey , May 20, 2012
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Julie Gause and Maria Lunak get a kick out of dance exercise
Spending time together is a workout for Julie Gause and Maria Lunak.
Several days each week, the mother and daughter alternately teach or attend each other’s Jazzercise classes at the The Y in Grand Forks.
By Ann Bailey , May 13, 2012
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