GRAND FORKS A few hoursâ drive from the Bakken oil fields lies a treasure trove for geologists: rock from nearly every oil well ever drilled in North Dakota, under one roof.
The rock is tucked neatly into cardboard boxes stacked on numerous warehouse storage shelves in the Wilson M. Laird Core and Sample Library on the University of North Dakota campus in Grand Forks.
âWeâve got about enough core to lay out from here to Fargo, 85 miles or so,â Director Jeff Bader said.
The library is part of the North Dakota Geological Survey and houses two forms of rock: core and drill cuttings. Core refers to cylinders of rock that oil companies pull out of the ground by attaching special bits to the end of their drills that make clean cuts as they preserve large chunks. Coring often is done when companies explore new places to establish wells.
May 10, 2021
Lindsey Anderson, Director of Internal Audit at Town and Country Credit Union, earned her Certified Credit Union Internal Auditor designation this month. This designation signifies an expert understanding of credit union internal auditing.
In order to receive that designation, Anderson was required to complete the CUNA and ACUIA Internal Audit Certification virtual school program and pass an exam.
Anderson joined Town and Country Credit Union in 2020. She holds a degree in finance from the University of North Dakota and has over six years of internal audit experience in both community banks and credit unions.
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University of Colorado president Mark Kennedy announced Monday he will be leaving the university in the coming months.
“I appreciate the many smart and dedicated people who work hard every day to help the university meet its mission to serve its students and the state,” Kennedy said in a press release. “CU is one of the country’s great public universities and I have every confidence it will continue to build on its strong reputation and upward trajectory.”
The university s board of regents will move quickly to determine next steps and will conduct a national search for Kennedy s replacement.
An interim president has not yet been selected.
Jean Danner Thompson
Jean Danner Thompson, 88, passed away unexpectedly on January 9, 2021 at Altru Hospital surrounded by her son Mel Danner, daughter Kristi Qualley and grandson Todd Danner.
Jean was born December 31, 1932 in Grand Forks, N.D., the daughter of Ina (Quammen) and Clarence Knudson. She spent most of her childhood in Grand Forks and graduated from Central High School in 1950.
Jean met Charles (Chuck) Don Danner while attending the University of North Dakota. They married on December 8, 1951 and made their home on the Danner farmstead near Johnstown N.D. where they raised their 5 children together until Chucks tragic death in 1967. She continued to live on the farm after Chuck died and raised 5 children on her own. In 1984 Jean married Gene Thompson from East Grand Forks.
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Clint Turnage, wildlife biologist with USDA wildlife services, loads syringes with the Jansen (Johnson and Johnson) COVID-19 vaccine at a FEMA run mobile COVID-19 Vaccination clinic at Biddeford High School in Bidderford, Maine on April 26, 2021. Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty Images / TNS
Public health workers generally agree that reaching people who haven t gone out of their way to get a COVID-19 vaccine, but who would get one if it was convenient to them, is likely the surest way out of the pandemic. The Herald s Hannah Shirley reports that to do this, they have reiterated the same message as frequently as possible: the vaccines are safe and effective, and once fully vaccinated, you may begin to safely return to some normal activities. As local public health workers focus has shifted to reaching this population, much of their work has included debunking misinformation regarding th