Apr 29, 2021
The North Dakota Department of Human Services has selected Minot native John Butgereit as regional director of the North Central Human Service Center in Minot.
Butgereit has been the statewide telehealth coordinator for the department’s eight regional human service centers, their three satellite clinics and the North Dakota State Hospital since March 2020. Early in the pandemic, he led an effort to rapidly expand access to tele-behavioral health services for vulnerable North Dakotans. He was also instrumental in implementing statewide centralized behavioral health screenings using telehealth to serve individuals who went to a human service center seeking walk-in behavioral health services.
Apr 22, 2021
BISMARCK – Laurie Gotvaslee, regional director of North Central Human Service Center since 2012, will be retiring April 30, the North Dakota Department of Human Services announced Tuesday.
Gotvaslee began her career as a social worker at McHenry County Social Services. In 1999, she joined NCHSC and held various positions in child welfare, children’s mental health and aging services. She served as the assistant director of the Minot center for three years before being named director in 2012. At that same time, she also served as the director for Northwest Human Service Center in Williston, a position she held until 2018.
Gotvaslee and her team worked to support community-based behavioral health services and other human services during the recent oil boom when unprecedented population growth stressed all forms of community infrastructure.
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Russell Edington holds a guitar he built in his Minot shop. His shopâs brand is Leigh Rose Guitars.
Russell Edington admits to playing guitar, although not well enough to do it publicly. When it comes to building guitars, though, some have called him an artist.
“I’ve been called an artist, but I don’t think I am,” Edington said. He adds, though, that it takes creativity.
“There’s a few tricks to doing it,” he said. “You’ve got to be patient and you can’t be in a hurry. You can’t shortcut anything when making a high-end piece.”
jschramm@minotdailynews.com
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Russell Edington holds a guitar he built in his Minot shop. His shopâs brand is Leigh Rose Guitars.
Russell Edington admits to playing guitar, although not well enough to do it publicly. When it comes to building guitars, though, some have called him an artist.
“I’ve been called an artist, but I don’t think I am,” Edington said. He adds, though, that it takes creativity.
“There’s a few tricks to doing it,” he said. “You’ve got to be patient and you can’t be in a hurry. You can’t shortcut anything when making a high-end piece.”