KHRT Radio was the first Christian Radio station in Minot North Dakota. Yesterday the owner of KHRT, a good friend of mine, Roy Levitt announced that the station could no longer afford to stay on the air.I have blogged about KHRT many times as I have been very involved with this radio station. I always help out with their fundraisers. I advertise exclusively on KHRT. I had a Radio program on the air for years interviewing local figures in Minot and on rare occasions I took to the airwaves when they needed me.As Realtors we ask people to shop local. We don't like people using out of state services when looking for and even purchasing Real Estate. We are local. If you are not promoting "Shop Local" then you are hurting your community and yourself.It may seem odd to you that I'd be promoti... 07/24/2024

Carly Johnson graduated with my son, Timmothy, last week from Minot State University. Both graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees. At this time Carly is focused on T-shirts. I was empressed with her work as few students these days show their dedication to faith openly on a public university campus. Carly is not from an "off the wall" faith, she is a practicing Catholic girl.Yesterday we had an open house at the Titus & Philemon Art Gallery and I invited Carly to set up a display. It was a good time for all involved. Here are some pictures.Carly can help you design a T for work or fun.I also enlisted the help of another artist, Natalie, who works across the hallway from me. Natalie is a super interesting girl who is retired Air Force and is very involved working on props for a horr... 05/23/2024

For the first time in more than four decades a baby lion has been born at the Roosevelt Park Zoo in Minot North Dakota.Look at the paws on this little cub. The newspaper report failed to mention if the cub is male, or female so I will let you know in a later post. I would guess that they will have a "naming" contest to generate even more interest. Here is a pick of mom and baby.Regretfully the cub had two siblings who did not survive the birthing process. 03/27/2024

While mentioning the auction is very last minute the Minot Gun Show runs March 23rd and the 24th.Exciting News!  Don't miss out on the 52nd Annual Minot Rifle & Pistol Club Spring Gun Show happening from March 22nd to March 24th! 🔫 At the North Dakota State Fair Center!Join us for a weekend packed with everything a gun enthusiast could dream of! Admission is just $5.00, and children 12 and under get in for FREE!  Plus, we've got concessions available on Saturday and Sunday to keep you fueled up for all the action! 03/22/2024

Many residents of South Central Minot are stumped at what is happening at Roosevelt Park and the Roosevelt Park Zoo.The short, unsatisfying, answer is flood mitigation. On June 22nd 2011 Minot was flooded by the worst flood in it's recorded history. I'd love to tell you the whole story as it is an amazing tale of government incompetence that involves both Canada and the USA.The wholesale slaughter of 100+ year old trees falls under flood mitigation BUT the whole/true story equally involves the Roosevelt Park Zoo (which falls under the Minot Park District).Roosevelt Park is Minot's second largest park and the only park in South Central Minot. The short story here is that Minot's South central residents are going to lose more then half of their park as once all these wonderful trees have ... 03/11/2024

I had no idea that there were so many species of pheasants, far more then the four shown above. On Friday March 15th the North Dakota chapter of Pheasants for the Future will hold their 40th Annual Banquet.The pheasant holds a special place in my heart. My earliest memory of doing something with my father was him taking me pheasant hunting when I was 5 or 6 years old. We lived in Fairmont MN, a town on the Southern boarder of MN. Corn was a huge crop and the fields were huge too. It required about eight men and a couple of dogs to walk the field in order to flush the birds out. As I look back I am pretty sure I was in the dog group as dad had me walk a couple yards ahead of him. He did arm me with a cork gun and I believed with all my heart that I might shoot a bird in the eye and bag m... 03/06/2024

I won't lay in bed and waste away Friday March 1st as it is the first day of the Minot Home Builders Home and Garden Show. I love Fridays anyway as it is date night and my wife and I meet friends for drinks and pizza.Home & Garden Show 2024:Friday, March 1st | 12:00pm – 7:00pmSaturday, March 2nd | 10:00am – 4:00pmLOCATION: North Dakota State Fair Center | Magic Place RoomThe MAB Home and Garden Show is the ultimate resource when planning your next home project in Western North Dakota. Whether you are building a new home, considering a kitchen remodel, or installing your dream outdoor living space, the MAB Home and Garden Show is the ideal venue for inspiration with over a hundred exhibits featuring landscape design, lawn and garden equipment, interior design, windows and window treatmen... 02/29/2024

I LOVE the mild winter we are having in North Dakota with several days in the 40's and even record setting days in the 50's and 60's. The only snow you will see in Minot is the remains of large piles from clearing off parking lots. While a few of us love it many who live in North Dakota are very disappointed.As you can imagine winter sports are big in North Dakota. This has been a disastrous winter for the few ski slopes we have as well as snowmobiler's, ice fishermen, skaters, and those who love to snowshoe out in remote areas.I remember a similar winter and dealers who counted on sales of snowmobiles, snow throwers, and ice fishing equipment truly struggled to make it to the next winter... if they did. 02/03/2024

My admiration for an individual act of kindness is actually for a group of individuals and not one single act either but a complete dedication 24/7 365 days a year. That group is the clergy that share, believe, and live to the best of their ability the inerrant word of God. Of course no one is perfect and I do not have the unrealistic view that pastors are any less susceptible to sin then the rest of us... in fact I am sure that the devil spends double the time trying to trip them up then he does on me and you. That thought alone makes me respect them even more.Matthew RichardRev. Dr. Matthew Richard is the pastor of  St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Minot, ND.  In 2013 he obtained a Doctor of Ministry  Degree from Concordia Seminary, St.  Louis MO.  His doctor of ministry thesis  was on e... 12/24/2023

I am sure that when Timmothy drew this cartoon strip he expected there to be a foot or more snow on the ground, after all it is December 6th and we live in Minot North Dakota.Today, December 6th 2023 we not only do not have snow on the ground but we woke up to temps in the mid 40's expecting a high today and tomorrow in the mid 50's. This is strange. We are about 30 degrees above normal for this time of year. The picture above was taken October 5th 2005.   12/06/2023

It's pretty hard to avoid the sounds of Christmas today. I've already rang the bell by the red kettle when I was also selling hot dogs for "The Horn of Plenty" and I've heard them just about everywhere I've shopped as well.  It's pretty hard to escape the Christmas music if you are downtown where my office is too.With the lighting of Minot's official Christmas tree downtown and the decorated light posts it's also looking a lot like Christmas as well.  11/27/2023

TODAYI am going back into the sales business. Not for profit but for one of my favorite non-profits, the Horn of Plenty. I will be at one of the 5 Market Place Foods stores selling Hot Dogs today and Saturday.I had to dig up this old pic of Timmothy.2023 is the 40th year that the KHRT Horn of Plenty will provide help to hurting families in a 90+ mile area around Minot by by providing food, toys and a ministry gift that proclaims the Gospel of Jesus Christ.Check out the NEW Artist!Earlier this year a timid young lady came to have a document notarized while I was in the Art Gallery. I had to draw out of her that she likes creating "natural" art using earths elements. Here is a sample:There is no paint used in her work, it is all dried flowers, leaves, etc. The artist is Shayna Rodriquez a... 11/16/2023

Before you go to a Convenient Care Clinic you may be interested in my story. This may not apply to everyone as I am retired, on Medicare/Medicaid and am on a fairly fixed income so DOLLARS are a factor in the story and the second factor is simply TIME. A small amount of background: Minot is a small city of 50,000 and we only have one hospital, Trinity Health. We had two but that is another story (of trickery) about Trinity Health.A little more background about my blog post title. I have liked every employee, doctor, and administrator I have met from Trinity Health including the hospital President. The horrible only applies to my experience with policy.The situation: While walking to the front door of the church for Sunday worship both feet slipped out from under me. I landed HARD on my ... 11/09/2023

Minot is home to two restaurants that bill themselves as "Diner"s. There is the Sonic's Chain at 1601 35th Avenue SW . Then there is the local Krolls Diner. Krolls has always been a big favorite of the community, especially the German community as they specialize in Knoephla soup, Fleischkuechle, and of course Sausage & Sauerkraut. They also have great American platters that are usually bigger than your stomach.Kroll's diner has great food BUT they also have great advertisements featuring their two German ladies. Their website is NOT Kroll's but SitDownAndEat which is their slogan. Check out this 30 second video.I couldn't find the original ad but all spots used to end with a big German waitress ordering us to "Sit down and Eat!" 09/28/2023

The North Dakota State Fairgrounds is being overrun with Norwegians, Swedes, Danes, Finlanders, & Icelanders. Once again it is North Americas LARGEST Scandinavian festival, the Norsk Hostfest.It's a four day party of ethnic food, entertainment, and shopping. The food is fantastic with top Chefs from Scandinavia and other worldwide locations. Entertainment also includes international artists on multiple stages through out the party grounds every day of the festival. There is more then an acre of shopping featuring mostly hand made items.There is so much to see at the Hostfest you must visit at least two days and of course if you want to see the main entertainment attractions you need to be their all four days.If you can't make it this year I hope to see you next year for the 48th annual ... 09/28/2023

The picture above shows the new City Hall from Third Avenue SW and what you are actually seeing is the 2nd and 3rd floor. The 1st floor is accessible from the 2nd or 3rd floor via stairs or elevator. I bring this up because the building does have an entrance from 2nd Ave SW where the City rents out space to two businesses that are not City related BUT access into the City Hall portion is locked. I want to point out that ONE of the excuses the City Council gave for their lavish spending is they did not have enough room in their old building. You didn't have enough space but now you want to rent out space you are sure to grow into???Above is the "Old" City Hall. As much as I searched I could not find when it was built but obviously it is NOT all that old. The information I seeked was behi... 09/27/2023

Yesterday I posted about the first floor of City Hall and focused on the BIG spenders, the City Council. You may have noticed that the offices were numbered in the 200's. That is because as you enter the front door as pictured above it is the ground floor from 3rd Ave. There is an entrance from 2nd Ave BUT although much of that floor is City Hall you can NOT enter the City Hall from that door. The 2nd floor If you walk the open stairway to the 2nd floor you can not ignore the beauty created by the skylight above. At the top of the steps you will find the following offices.Above is the North lobby, with the tables it appears to be a meeting area. The South lobby appears to be more of a lounge. (next picture)Most noticeable on this floor is the City Clerks Office.There are several other o... 09/26/2023

Minot's NEW City HallI am going to walk you through the new City Hall with pictures and a little commentary in 3 parts with each part a separate floor of the building.This and the following 2 posts are part of an entry into a blogging challenge put forth by Dr. Paula McDonald and Kathy Streib titled Let's Get Serious About Writing a Blog Series. First let me be clear that the Minot City Council LOVES to spend money. Minot is the 4th largest City in the State but out spends the largest by a very substantial amount. The amenities are nice but our taxes are as insane as our City Aldermen/women.First of all let me point out that it is right across from the funeral home... very fitting... death and taxes.The location is that of the old Wells Fargo building downtown. Most important to the big... 09/25/2023

Swimming pools in Minot North Dakota are hard to find. The men and women stationed at ther Minot Air Force Base are lucky to have their own pool facility.Our summers are just to short to pay for the expense of installation and maintenance of a private pool. Every year I see someone purchase an above ground pool but I don't believe I've ever seen the same pool the following year. In fact, more often then not by late summer said pool in ruins before fall.The City of Minot has a wonderful pool complete with a water slide and splash pad.Obviously the City pool is an outdoor pool and even though it it heated it is no match for our winters. The City pool is open from Memorial Day through Labor Day. The day after Labor Day the dog is open to pet owners who have dogs.As far as I know the only p... 08/20/2023

I actually borrowed the title of this post from another one of Timmothy's cartoon strips about Titus and Philemon eating strawberries but I am going to use this one to give a plug to the Minot Farmers Market in Oak Park. Our Farmers Market only opened July 6th and will most likely close in October this year.You can click on the picture below to open a new window into the Farmers Market website.How can I possibly tie a cartoon about red lips to Real Estate. Well, if you are looking at homes and the basement is very dark but you can make out a coffin... get out!  08/01/2023