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25 Years Ago â 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. Schmidtâs photographs were put up against more than 500 photos from professionals from the Dakotas, Minnesota and Manitoba.
Temps recorded Tuesday, May 28: a high of 70 degrees above zero; 39 above for the low.
25 Years Ago â 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 veteran and is a member of the Mandan American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Pastor Kloster and his family will be relocating to Fargo.
25 Years Ago â 1996
The Mandan Art Association held its 38th Annual Art Show this week at the Mandan Community Center. This yearâs 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 Mandanâs Boy Scout Troop 54 for delivering, setting up, tearing down and returning to storage, the display boards used for exhibiting the art pieces.