What began as a small event hosted by foreign students at UND has become Grand Forks’ biggest event celebrating cultural diversity. And it will be held Saturday evening in the Alerus Center with 850 to 900 expected.
There will be Japanese performers, Spanish folk dancers and the Manitoba Korean Dance Troupe.
Meanwhile, the UND hockey team will be making its last regularly scheduled home stand of the season in games with the crew from Miami at the Ralph. And the UND basketball team will be in action Saturdayafternoon hosting the team from Montana... While the women’s hockey team will wrap up their home season in Saturday and Sunday games with Minnesota State... And fans will gather for a noon luncheon today at the Alerus Center to hear more about the sports scene....
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It has been Snow Week at Red River High School with a Snow Ball Dance scheduled tonight at the school.... The weekend calendars also include the North Dakota East Region Boy’s Hockey Tournament in Grand Forks with the statewide boys and girls hockey tournaments coming up here the next weekend.... There’s a “Sweetheart Ski” event between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. this evening at Turtle River State Park.... “Dearly Departed” is playing on weekends at Fire Hall Theatre and featuring local celebrities.... City schools will have two days off during state hockey tournaments here next week with teacher conferences scheduled and no school on Thursday or Friday.... But Grand Forks schools will be in session Monday while UND will have a day off for President’s Day with city offices also closed....
Ask Marilyn
Q . What holiday is coming up the third Monday in February in Canada?
A. Louis Riel Day. It’s observed throughout Manitoba. Let’s hope the roads are good!
Q . What signs of spring are you noticing this week?
A. There was an ad in the Herald for baseball coaches this summer for the American Legion program at Devils Lake. And some people are coming home from faraway places and complaining of jetlag. Still others start dreaming of summer at the lake and their eyes gloss over.
Q . How long has Rex Morgan’s wife June in the comics been pregnant?
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A. It seems longer than nine months to me.
Q . What are cardboard races?
A. They are races that prove you can slip down the side of the dike along Grand Forks’ Lincoln Drive Park on almost anything. There will be cardboard races along with ski clinics, ice skating, sledding and sleigh rides Sunday at the park.
There is cardboard available at the Ski and Bike Shop and there’s duct tape for making sleds as well as skis available for events beginning at 10:00 a.m.
Ashok and Mina
Cheerful persons of the week: Ashok “Smiley” Thakker who has a license plate “SMILPLZ” and his wife, Mina Thakker.
Reach Hagerty at mhagerty@gra.midco.net or (701) 772-1055 .
