Jun 29, 2017 | 2017, Inspired Woman Magazine, July
Article and photos by Stephanie Fong For those living in southwestern North Dakota, summer and the Fourth of July mean Dickinson’s Annual Roughrider Days Fair & Expo and all that comes with it—rodeos and reunions, derbies and downtown parades, carnivals and...
Jun 29, 2017 | 2017, Inspired Woman Magazine, July
by Tracie Bettenhausen | Photography: Photos by Jacy There is a group of women in Bismarck, North Dakota which has been meeting regularly since 1965. Yes, you read that right. Not every single one of them has been the same in the group all that time. But some of...
Jun 29, 2017 | 2017, Inspired Woman Magazine, July
by Jody Kerzman | Submitted Photos Two years into her job as commander of NATO Headquarters Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovinia, Brigadier General Giselle “Gigi” Wilz still pinches herself to make sure she’s not dreaming. “I don’t know that I dreamed I’d be a...
Jun 29, 2017 | 2017, Inspired Woman Magazine, July
By Noreen Keesey I come from a family of quiet patriots. We do not fly flags outside of our homes or throw big celebrations on the Fourth of July. We do believe in defending freedom and serving our country. My father served in the Navy and retired from the Air Force....
Jun 26, 2017 | 2017, Inspired Woman Magazine, July
In 2003, Pan Vannett of Mandan, North Dakota joined the International Association of Lions Club through a local Mandan Lions Club. Now she’s making history as her district’s first female candidate for International Director of the association. Pat’s multiple district...
Jun 26, 2017 | 2017, Inspired Woman Magazine, July
“These kids nowadays.” That’s a phrase author Sue Balcom heard over and over as she gathered interviews for her latest book, “Women Behind the Plow.” The book, published by the Tri-County Tourism Alliance, honors the unrecognized contribution of women who grew up or...
Jun 26, 2017 | 2017, Inspired Woman Magazine, July
“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves.” Proverbs 31:8 That’s a verse Stacy Schaffer has taken to heart. It led her to start working on the issue of human trafficking 11 years ago, and two years ago to start the nonprofit 31:8 Project, designed to educate...
Jun 26, 2017 | 2017, Inspired Woman Magazine, July
By Patrick Atkinson free·dom – the condition of not being controlled by a situation, another, or a belief. The red-crested woodpeckers wake me every morning at my home on Hippo Wallow Pond. There weren’t many there before, I’ve been told, so I must have brought...
