Boys are most interested in sports and military exhibits. Girls like the Campbell house and the schoolhouse when they tour the Myra Museum and Grand Forks County Historical grounds in May.
And, this week, there has been a steady stream of area school children on the tours. Director Leah Byzewski starts them out in the Myra Museum and sends them on to the Campbell House and Post Office. When there are large groups, story teller Bonnie Cameron meets them in the old school house.
The whole tour takes about an hour and a half. Byzewski says she would rather send students away wishing they could learn more than keeping them so long they lose interest.
Fourth graders from Grafton have been at the museum and learned about early settlers from this area who have streets named after them in Grafton -- Kittson Avenue, Griggs Avenue.
This week, students from Central Valley School near Buxton and Reynolds, N.D., toured the historic grounds. Grand Forks schoolchildren came from Lake Agassiz, Wilder, Lewis and Clark, Phoenix, Century, Kelly and Viking. There will be visiting students from Crookston on May 31. A Cub Scout troop from Manvel also paid a visit.
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They're interested in the games that kids used to play, the chores they had to do. They like to know about the bathroom facilities in days of yore. They find out that kids didn't have as many toys in the olden days, and farm children had to help out with the work.
School buses
The weekend arrives with a bunch of people saying, "My old school bus can beat your old school bus." For the first time, Grand Forks Speedway will feature school bus races tonight... Also tonight, a Rolling Stones tribute will be presented in the Empire Arts Center downtown...Katie Lien School of Dance performs tonight in the Chester Fritz...And there's an alumni choir concert tonight in Red River High School . . .
The Greater Grand Forks Symphony will presents its Liszt celebration concert Saturday evening in the Empire...North Dakota Motor Carriers are wrapping up their convention here today...An REA Hockey Academy Boys tournament is running through Sunday..."Anything Goes" is what they call the community rummage sale Saturday in the Alerus.
The Norton Piano Studio will hold its spring recital Sunday afternoon in East Grand Forks High School Performing Arts Center...and the UND faculty brass quintet has a performance at Hope Church in Grand Cities Mall.
Ask Marilyn
Q. What's coming up this summer at the Myra Museum?
A. Director Leah Byzewski is working on a display of the history of law enforcement in Grand Forks County. She's been talking to law officers and she thinks families around here might have interesting items to display. She can be reached at (701) 775-2216.
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Q. What are some of the vanity license plates saying lately?
A. Well, I saw BN SASSY on a red convertible and WOLFWMN on a black and white convertible. Then there was KAY KAY on a saucy little yellow car. Readers report seeing DADZGRL on a red SUV. SUNSEKER was spotted on a white Mustang on a nice spring day. Then there was HARPMAN on a Dodge 4x4.
A reader outside of Gran Forks has spotted GOLFRIG, YATHINK and BUCKLUP.
Truman, Jamie, Richard
Cheerful people of the week: Truman Vigen, Jami Schumacher, Richard Sorlie.
