Our sympathy goes out to the family of Rudolph Folden. Rudy passed away last Monday in a Minot hospital. Kenny and I along with my brother Dick attended the funeral. Dick and I grew up with the Foldens and there aren't too many of us original Raub people left around here.

Andrew Hagen enjoying his first ball game. 

I forgot to put a picture of little Andrew Hagen in the paper last week. He attended his first ballgame in the Ryder gym on Feb. 23rd when the North Shore 5th & 6th grade and 7th & 8th grade teams played against South Prairie. Andrew is the son of Misty and James Hagen and the grandson of Richard and Stephanie Hagen of Ryder and the great grandson of Grace Magandy.

I also managed to get a picture of Jayden Hansen passing the ball to a team mate at the same South Prairie game. Jayden is the son of Jay and Missy Hansen and the grandson of Roger & Marlene Otteson and Wayne and Carol Hansen.

We heard from Joyce Pollock Lovgren, and she says her mom, Pearl, is doing well, is back at her apartment, and doing things for herself. Pearl still takes therapy at the nursing facility as an out patient and she says every day she is able to use her arm more. Pearl really appreciated the cards and letters she got from the Ryder folks.

A picture has been submitted to the Ryder Historical Society's files. It has Sam Hutchinson driving the Officer's Drayline team. Do any of you readers remember any info about Sam? Where did he live? Was he married? Any information you may have can be sent to Faye Karna at fkarna@restel.net or 758-2527. She will place it with the picture before placing it in the museum's binder. Thanks for any help you can give her.

It was great to see how well the Ryder-Makoti area students did at the ND Federation of Music Clubs in Minot. They are students of Debbie Peterson & their names will be listed here again in case you missed the article in the paper & for those who read the news on the Ryder Web. They were Remington, Juria and Shelby Bigelow; Amanda, Kristen & Darien Hauf; Austin Schenfisch, Tess Walters, Andrea Skarphol, Megan Johnson, Lucas Brown, Lilee Friesen, & Hunter Andes.

There will be a chicken supper at Makoti's K-Bar on Friday, March 12th from 5 p.m. until the food is gone. This is sponsored by the Women's Threshing Association for Makoti Threshers 50th Anniversary Activities.

My pet peeve for the week is...idiots that don't have their lights on when they are driving in the pea soup fog that we have been having every day. I wish there were a law that required drivers to use headlights in fog. You'd think they would know to turn their lights on!

Kenny and I attended the 90th birthday party at the Moose Lodge for Kenny's aunt, Vicky Bradley of Minot. All of the Bradley clan were there including Staci, John and the little guy and then we all went out for supper at the Homesteader after the party.

Tommy Gardner and Sonja Eide at their high school initiation.