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25 Years Ago – 1996 Another 43 people, on top of the 20 laid off earlier in the year, have lost their jobs at Mandan’s Heartview after the closure of its inpatient and detox services, according to executive director, Al Gillette. During the 1980s, Heartview had more than 100 staff members, but, since 1988, has experienced continued staff reductions, resulting in only eight people to staff the entire day treatment center. The cost cutting actions are a result of changes in insurance coverage called Managed Care, designed to cut medical costs by exchanging in-person services to outpat...

25 Years Ago – 1996

25 Years Ago – 1996 Mandan photographer and studio owner, Craig R. Schmidt, has been named the top photographer in the state and was awarded the 1996 Photographer of the Year by the Professional Photographers of North Dakota at the regional convention held in Minnesota. The prestigious award is presented to the photographer with the highest total score of four photo entries which are judged by a panel of six national photographers. Schmidt’s photographs were put up against more than 500 photos from professionals from the Dakotas, Minnesota and Manitoba. Temps recorded Tuesday, May 2...

25 Years Ago – 1996 After 17 years of local ministry, Pastor James G. Kloster will bid farewell to Mandan at his final preaching service to be held at the American Lutheran Church, 1705 Sunset Drive, this coming Sunday. Pastor Kloster helped found the congregation in Mandan in 1992 and assisted in building it from five families meeting in a home to its growth of nearly 50 families. Pastor Kloster is a 1990 graduate of Luther Seminary, Minneapolis, and was in the first class of seminary graduates to be ordained in the just established American Lutheran Church. He is also a U.S. Army veter...

25 Years Ago – 1996 The Mandan Art Association held its 38th Annual Art Show this week at the Mandan Community Center. This year’s honorees were Caroline Conrath, a charter member of the association, and her brother, the late Ted Conrath. The show also displayed more than 400 pieces of artwork, representing 92 adult exhibitors and 73 high school students. Painting demonstrators were Stephanie Delmore, Susan Lundberg and Amy Stuart McNalley. According to Colette Meidinger, MAA president, special thanks go to Mandan’s Boy Scout Troop 54 for delivering, setting up, tearing down an...