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FREE | TAKE ONE THIS MONTH There's a new kid in town – Market Press Coffee Co opening soon! See page 34 NOW FEATURING! DICKINSON STATE UNIVERSITY Dickinson State University’s News • Highlights • Events See pages 17-24 FEBRUARY 2021 | VOL. 3, NO.2 | HEARTRIVERVOICE.COM PAGE 2 | FEBRUARY 2021 HEARTRIVERVOICE.COM ADVERTISE 2021 WITH US Consolidated CONTACT KELLEY JILEK AT 701.290.2063 [email protected] OR www.heartrivervoice.com PROGRAM For details call us at 483-4000 or go to consolidatednd.com Tammie Braun HEARTRIVERVOICE.COM FEBRUARY 2021 | PAGE 3 A note to A “TAKE SOME OF THE WORRY our OUT OF LIFE” POLICY. readers With rewards for safe behavior that protects what matters most, rather than penalties for what doesn’t go quite right. And with This month is full of the support you need, every step of the way. For your car. Publisher kudos and interesting Your home. For your unique life. Heart River Voice, Inc. Dream fearlessly with American Family Insurance. 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Also, Valentine’s Astrologer let us know if you Hilda De Anza have any ideas for KISS future stories! ME Day Crossword Czar HUG Carlinka om the team at ME Kelley Jilek Published Monthly by CALL Heart River Voice, Inc. Publisher ME PO Box 2117 BE Dickinson, ND 58602 MINE UR © Copyright 2021 Heart River CUTE Voice, Inc. All rights reserved. For usage and submission infor- Cover art by Darice Taylor. For mation, contact us at more information about the artist, [email protected] see page 5. PAGE 4 | FEBRUARY 2021 HEARTRIVERVOICE.COM helpful for our patrons. do so. After you are done making your #BOOKWORM There is still time to participate in Valentines, you can bring them to the our Winter Reading Program. You can front desk of the library. The deadline to Fine free and a golden Valentine sign up for the program on our website. drop off Valentines is Thursday, February Participants have until February 28th to 11th. We are so excited to be able to By Cindy Thronburg log their reading or activities and earn spread the love this Valentine’s Day! At the beginning of the year, worry about accruing a fine for it. badges. Badges get you tickets to enter Here are some books and movies the Dickinson Area Public Library How does fine free work? This means into drawings for some really great to inspire you while you make your implemented a new policy in the that we will no longer be collecting fines prizes! Kids and teens earn small prizes Valentines: hopes of taking some burdens off of on items that are returned late. However, as well as tickets. Since there will be no • Valensteins by Ethan Long (Children’s our patrons. In December, the Library this does not mean that patrons can check All-Night Lock-In this year, teens who Easy) things out for an unlimited amount of complete 10 badges will receive a gift • Snowy Valentine by David Petersen time. We still have the same loan periods card of their choosing! Coloring contest (Children’s Easy) for our items (four weeks for books and entries can be dropped off at the library • Arthur’s Valentine by Marc Brown some DVDs, one week for movies, etc.), until the end of the program. Winners of (Children’s Easy) and we ask that you still return items in prizes and the coloring contest will be • The Complete Photo Guide to a timely manner by their due date. If you announced by March 5th. Have fun, and Cardmaking by Judi Watanabe (Adult aren’t finished with your item, you can good luck! Nonfiction) renew it up to two times, unless it has a This February we are trying a new • Ultimate Cardmaking: A Collection hold on it. You will still receive notices by program that we encourage all ages to of Over 100 Techniques and 50 mail or email if your item is overdue, as a participate in. During the COVID-19 Inspirational Projects by Sarah Beaman helpful reminder. pandemic, many of our elder neighbors (Adult Nonfiction) Board approved the Library’s decision to While we are now fine free, we are are especially isolated, separated from • Valentine’s Day (DVD) become “fine free.” Our goal with this new not necessarily fee free. Failure to return their families in nursing homes. Because • Cupid (DVD) policy is to make borrowing materials items, damages to items, or losing items of this, we are collecting Valentines to • Be My Valentine by Debbie Macomber more equitable for our patrons. We also will cause patrons to accumulate fees, distribute to Dickinson area nursing (Adult Fiction) understand that life gets crazy busy! We which includes (in most instances) the homes. Valentines can be either store- • Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown don’t want to penalize patrons with good cost to replace the item and a $7.00 bought or handmade. We are encouraging (Children’s DVD) intentions. If you forgot to drop your processing fee. It’s just the late return people to get creative and make their • Craft’s for Valentine’s Day by Kathy book off at the library on your way home fees that will be waived. However, we own, and we are providing basic card- from work, you will no longer have to hope the new fine free policy will be making supplies at the library for you to Ross (Children’s Nonfiction) █ #developdickinson �29 / member �99 / team of 4 thursday february 4 This Month’s Speakers dickinson area chamber business professional program Terri Stevenson Michelle Orton Take on 2021 Thriving through The New Year with Workplace Wellness Solutions Shannon Selle Jo Marie Kadrmas At this workshop you will gain tips, tricks and solutions from three personal trainers and one registered dietician, that will enhance your health, no matter where you are at in your fitness journey. Employers will learn the benefits of healthy, happy and thriving to reserve your spot? employees that are more productive at work, and how simple, cost effective strategies Ready can really enhance the workplace. DICKINSONCHAMBER.ORG HEARTRIVERVOICE.COM FEBRUARY 2021 | PAGE 5 COVER ARTIST Darice Taylor Darice Taylor is an artist residing paint is wet and can take many hours in the small town of South Heart, to create depending on the subject ND. She mostly looks to nature to and size of the painting. She says it is paint; however, many things inspire always quite an accomplishment to the artist including people, color, finish a big oil painting. movement or anything unique. She Her mixed media acrylic/marbling has created a wide variety of artwork is unique and very time consuming. including trees, flowers, a sailing ship, It is very tedious and takes many a family of elephants, and a Spanish steps to create this style of art. The dancer. movement and different designs Darice was born and raised in created by the marbling create and Dickinson, ND. She is supported by extremely interesting and exclusive her family, whom she calls her biggest piece of art. fans: her husband, Jesse Taylor, and The featured painting “Wild and her two daughters Farrah (20) and Free” is one of her pallet knife oil Zoe (10). Aside from the required art paintings. It was a commissioned Hope’s Landing Board of Directors met to elect new officers for 2021. Pictured courses in high school, she is a self- painting and is a huge 4 ft by 3 ft above from left to right are: Don Zubke, Secretary; Marsha Weiglenda; Sherri Cook, taught artist, learning many different painting. She has created many President; Cindy Taylor, Vice President, Lucy Bird, Director; Pam Roller, Ashley mediums through countless hours of elephant paintings through the Gawryluk and Kayleen Wardner, Coordinator. research, practice, and determination. years and have had a few requested Hope’s Landing WEM operates a Men’s and a Women’s Sober Living Homes in She is a part of the Badlands Art commissions from customers as well. Dickinson for those seeking recovery from addictions to drugs and/or alcohol. Association for the past five years, Darice describes her pallet knife oil and has been the chairperson for paintings as her favorite to create. She the Badlands Art Show held at the says that they come more naturally to Roosevelt Hotel in Dickinson every her, and even though they require a November. lot of time and patience, she loves the Darice likes to dabble in many texture and vibrancy of color that the different mediums. However, two oil paints create. Enjoy our Winter techniques have become her most Darice will be working on some popular. Her pallet knife oil paintings new pieces of art through the year in are known for their vibrant color and preparation for this years Badlands movement.