Author: Jim Fuglie

I have a lot of friends, which is mostly a function of my age. You can accumulate a lot of them in seven-plus (okay, almost eight) decades. Among them are Jim and Loah Clement from Mandan, North Dakota. I’ve known them since we were all three learning to walk. We grew up together in Hettinger, … Continue reading Reminiscing

Here's an e-mail plea for volunteer help at the North Dakota Heritage Center. I know a lot of my readers are old and retired, like me, and if you have free time and want to have fun in it, call Beth Campbell at the Heritage Center, 328-2666. Or send her an e-mail at bcampbell@nd.gov. Lillian's … Continue reading Help Wanted

I know, I know, that headline might be redundant. Some "Children" and "Legislators.” Luckily, I have two good Legislators, Sen. Sean Cleary and Rep. Bob Martinson, who both voted against SB 2307, the school and library censorship bill. But not so my third Legislator. I won’t print her name here, but her initials are Karen … Continue reading Caution: Some Language May Not Be Appropriate For Some Children And Legislators

You can have this baby for about $12,000. Or best offer. It's a19-footer, in nearly new condition. Lillian and I have decided our camping days are over, except for Best Westerns, Holiday Inns and Sheratons. Click on "Contact" to tell me you want to take a look at it, or just make an offer.

Okay, sing along: “Ding, dong, the Bridge is dead. Which old Bridge? The Short Ranch Bridge. Ding dong, the Short Ranch Bridge is dead . . .”            That’s the song (with apologies to Judy Garland) we can be singing after this Thursday’s Billings County Commission meeting. The vote yesterday by Billings County Commissioners to officially … Continue reading Billings County Commission Puts An End To The “Bridge to Nowhere”

"MINOT — An internal investigation has concluded that Minot Mayor Tom Ross sent a pornographic text message to City Attorney Stefanie Stalheim. Ross resigned Tuesday afternoon, April 1." That's the lead sentence in a story by Forum columnist Rob Port on today's Forum website (the story probably won't appear in the Forum's print edition). Here's … Continue reading Hey, Mr. Mayor, grab your JACKet and get out of the OFFice.

I was cruising toward the end of a really good week. Dakota was dancing, the sun was shining, there were catkins on the aspens, and I had a pretty good start, I thought, on Tomato Season, with a bunch of little two-inch tall seedlings under the grow lights downstairs. Actually, I had been puzzling a … Continue reading A Tomato Disaster. And Revenge.

Just a quick update and reminder: In just a few hours, today, Thursday, March 27, at 4:30 p.m., North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong will hold a formal bill-signing in the Great Hall of the North Dakota Capitol Building naming our friend Chuck Suchy as the North Dakota Troubadour. He'll also sign another bill naming Chuck's … Continue reading Dancing Dakota Today

This Thursday, March 27, at 4:30 p.m., Gov. Kelly Armstrong will sign HB 1397 into law, officially designating Chuck Suchy’s song, “Dancing Dakota” as the North Dakota State Waltz. He’s going to sign it in the Great Hall of the North Dakota Capitol. Chuck will be there. He’ll sing the new North Dakota State Waltz. … Continue reading ‘Dancing Dakota’

In all my years of providing public information in my various existences, I’ve learned that there’s one news source that can always be trusted: the Associated Press (AP). I could tell stories going back to my early newspaper days in the 1960s about how much the American media has relies on the AP over all … Continue reading It’s Not Just The Bismarck FWS Office In Danger Of Closing