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On this date in 1907, the North Dakota School for the Deaf announced that the school had opened an exhibit at the Grand Forks Fair where students displayed examples of work including needlework, carpentry, and penmanship. The exhibit also featured photographs of the school.

Wednesday, July 21, 2021 - It’s estimated that up to 25,000 North Dakotans have fallen behind on rent during the pandemic, and there’s an effort to help them thanks to millions of dollars in federal aid -- but in North Dakota, most of that money is going unclaimed. Here to help spread the word is Carmel Froemke with the Community Action Partnership of North Dakota which is training staff members to handle urgent cases. ~~~ Tom Isern shares a Plains Folk essay titled “Fisherman’s Dream.” ~~~ The Sleepy Hollow Summer Theatre is in mid-season, having just finished up a production of Frozen, Jr. with a ten-night run that broke attendance records. And they’re following that up with Footloose, which opens Thursday. We visit with Footloose director Casey Paradies. ~~~ Bluegrass Goes Pink is back! Jill Wiese is here to tell us about this popular summer event, which is returning to Cross Ranch State Park.

William “Bill” Hamann was a mover and shaker in the western North Dakota cattle industry. He was born near Richardton in 1904 and began working with livestock in the late 1920s. Along with his associates, he established the Western Livestock Company in Dickinson in 1948. It grew to become the largest cattle auction in North Dakota.

Five prohibition agents raided the ‘largest still west of Chicago’ on this date in 1932. It was on a farm five miles north of Jamestown. Special agents had suspected a still in the Jamestown vicinity since the first of July, when a truckload of corn sugar, the main ingredient of homemade moonshine, was tracked from Valley City to near Jamestown, where they lost the trail. Soon after, agents followed a truckload of piping from Fargo. Again, they lost the trail near Jamestown.

Tuesday, July 20, 2021 - With Lutheran Social Services closing, the resettlement efforts for refugees in North Dakota has been taken up by Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services. Here to discuss the changeover and the outlook for resettlements in North Dakota is the director of the program, Dan Hannaher. ~~~ Correcting myths and looking at the evolution of Native American identity over the last 400 years is the mission of The 400 Years Project, a pictorial collection of Native American life. It includes original photos, text essays and a digital library of Native photographers from the mid-1800s to the present. Project founders Sarah Stacke, Sheena Brings Plenty and Brian Adams want to address colonization while centering the Native voice.

Friday, July 9, 2021 - Jack Russell Weinstein is here to preview this Sunday’s “Why? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life,” when he visits with Quassim Cassam, philosophy professor at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England. The topic is “Why Do Conspiracy Theories Work?” ~~~ Our Friday conversation with news director Dave Thompson. ~~~ Matt Olien reviews “Zola.”

In the deep past, a bamboo cane pole was every kid’s “starter” rod, an introduction to the lifetime sport of fishing. Little line-tangling, lots of panfish nibbling, much bobber-watching – all the delights of angling. On this date, in 1903, an article in the Cooperstown Courier compared the qualities of a cane-pole made of bamboo, imported from Japan, to those of an old-fashioned wooden pole made of hickory, ash, hazel or willow.

Sunday, July 18, 2021 - Music host Scott Prebys visits with Geoffrey Littlefield, the author of “Nelson Riddle: Music With a Heartbeat.” Littlefield takes a deep dive into the genius of Riddle, with first-hand accounts from Riddle’s son and with never-before-seen photographs and anecdotes about Riddle’s experiences with legends such as Sinatra, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, and North Dakota’s Peggy Lee. ~~~ North Dakota native Nicole Rodenburg is currently based in New York City, working as an actor and filmmaker. As a director, her first feature film was selected for the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival. She joins us to discuss “Glob Lessons,” which involves a road trip through North Dakota!

Thursday, August 5, 2021 - It seems everything is happening online these days, so why not sports! Here to discuss the emergence of esports on college campuses is Travis Isbell, the new director for UND’s varsity esports program. Do esports complement UND’s unmanned aircraft program? We’ll ask about that! ~~~ Tom Isern shares a Plains Folk column titled “Gear Up and Go.” ~~~ Sue Balcom is here for Main Street Eats to discuss jams and jellies.

Host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with peace activist Kathy Kelly