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Full speed ahead: Derby for the Vets returns for a fifth year

February 1st, 2017

The Fargo Downtown VFW Derby for the Vets (DFTV) is full speed ahead, promising an afternoon of fun and fundraising for our veterans on February 18, 2017. And you still have time to build, register, and race your own pinewood derby car in this year’s event. To celebrate the fifth year of the event, DFTV also has a special logo from Spider & Co.

Dan Jacobson, DFTV Director, is anticipating 100-plus entries this year between the standard race, the Mayor’s Challenge, and the Brand…

What’s cooler than cool?

January 26th, 2017

It’s that time of the year, the mean winter blues are starting to sink in, and one of the last things on your mind might be the thought that winter can be fun.

Frostival is a celebration and series of events highlighting the lighter side of winter and was the brainchild of Fargo-Moorhead Convention & Visitors Bureau CEO Charley Johnson. The idea was to embrace winter, get people outside, and be active.

We had a chance to catch up with Nicole Holden, the Director of Marketing from the…

Snow All Aglow

January 25th, 2017

I have a love-hate relationship with downhill skiing. Every year in elementary school, us kids would be treated to a trip to the local ski hill for a day. The first time I went, the experience was completely new to me and I struggled to even latch the rental ski boots onto my feet. The second time, I was a little more confident with skiing, but wound up getting sick and vomiting on the car ride home. On my last annual elementary ski trip, I didn’t feel like I’d throw up, so I left…

How to Be a Transgender Ally

January 25th, 2017

Colin Mochrie, of “Whose Line Is It Anyway,” recently became a trans advocate after his daughter came out as trans. He saw how hostile the world is towards trans individuals and wants to take a stand to show everyone that he, and his whole family, support his daughter.

This year, more than ever, we are seeing people standing up for transgender individuals. This is due to a greater amount of visibility for issues such as discrimination, violence and injustice that trans people face…

Shaun King Delivers Message to North Dakota

January 18th, 2017

FARGO - In grade school, Shaun King was the class clown, outgoing and funny. The light-skinned 37-year-old writer and civil rights activist was more concerned with clothes, music, and girls, than racism.

In high school his world fell apart. At first, the attacks came in the form of sticks and stones -- racial slurs, a Gatorade bottle filled with chewing tobacco spit thrown in his face. Fistfights became common; he was chased by white boys in pickup trucks, he said. In March 1995 the…

Video games: a transgender perspective

January 18th, 2017

Video games have always been a large part of my life. I can still remember when I was about six years old, picking up a Nintendo controller and playing Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers at my grandma’s house. I was fascinated with the ability to control an avatar and captivated by the difficulty of the game.

As I grew up, I started to appreciate games for more than the difficulty and challenge to overcome tough odds. I appreciated them for the escape it allowed me, because I was able to…

The ghosts of Trollwood

January 18th, 2017

One of Fargo’s best known areas for paranormal experiences lies in the absolute northern region of the city within one of the many parks that the city is famous for. Through a few stages and gazebos, playground equipment, and the metal nets of a Frisbee golf course occupy the park’s grounds, something more exists beyond the sight of the living, lingering around those who come to spend their leisure time here. For quite some time, the park has been developing a reputation for the…

More cheap computing

January 18th, 2017

Some of you may know that I am into education. I taught for thirty years and I believe that education is the best thing that you can do for yourself. This includes those of us who grew up before computers. That is why this weeks column is about cheap computing. I did mention it in a previous column but now is your chance to get into computing on the cheap.

They call them AIO's: All-in-one PCs. They are really great when you need nothing more than a basic, snap-simple-setup PC to surf the…

Plenty of clouds in 2017

January 11th, 2017

I spoke in a previous column of saving your computer files to the cloud. At the time, I told you that it’s a good idea to back up your files to the cloud to provide some security in case your computer hard drive blew up.

I did not detail exactly what cloud computing is or what it can do for you if you are a more advanced computer user or perhaps a nonprofit or library. We'll talk about "cloud computing" this week. This is different from storing files in the cloud.

The term "cloud…

Our history is our strength

January 11th, 2017

Dr. Ashley Baggett is a professor at NDSU. She teaches history, philosophy and religious studies. She will be leading a panel discussion on the women’s movements of the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s at the Radisson this coming Saturday. The panel is part of an oral history project completed last fall by the students in her Women in American History class. The students interviewed women living in the Fargo area who grew up in the ‘50s, ‘60s, and ‘70s.

Dr. Baggett was kind enough to…

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