Tag: ducks
To the couple who saved the mama duck and her babies…
Today I witnessed the sweetest thing. I was on my way to speak at a gathering of area realtors and as I approached the TJ Maxx strip mall on 13th, I saw a car pulled over on the right and vehicles in front of me maneuvering oddly. When I got to where the car was [...]
Have you got your ducks in a row?
Tomorrow is the annual Emergency Preparedness Expo at NDSU that is sponsored by the Department of Emergency Management and the NDSU Emergency Management Student Association. The Expo will be in the Plains Room which is upstairs in the Memorial Union on NDSU's campus and runs from 10 AM to 3 PM. It is a free [...]
You can’t duck the facts.
Today was Family Day at NDSU. Families of NDSU students were welcomed to campus to participate in a number of activities with their NDSU student. The Department of Emergency Management had a couple of tables filled with lots of free emergency management "stuff" and of course our preparedness icons - the rubber ducks. I have to [...]
Duck-Palooza 2011!!!
Well it is that time again - time for NDSU's 4th Annual Preparedness Expo! The Expo is sponsored by the Emergency Management Student Association and is a fab event that is free and open to the public. It is held in the Memorial Union and will run 10 AM - 4 PM today and features speakers, booths, [...]
I have been waiting patiently…
I have big news - BIG NEWS! Oh no, not a new husband...and no, I am not pregnant. No...I didn't win the lottery and I didn't take up baking. No...it isn't a new job or a new house...and no Oprah hasn't called, yet. Oh no...this isn't that kind of news -the kind of news that [...]
Just ducky…
You have to take the opportunity for a good laugh when you can get it; and, if that means I am the one being laughed at - so be it. Sometimes you just have to go for it and hope folks go with you on the journey. I appreciate the value of levity. My classes [...]
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