Headlines From The Williston Wire

Headlines only; no links; it is easy to subscribe to the Williston Wire:

• Bakken emerges as contender for US oil drilling crown (previously posted on MDW)

• MDU breaks ground on a new office (5,000 square feet), new warehouse (20,000 sq ft) in Williston; located at 121 8th Avenue West; that looks like it's in the same area as their present location in Williston

• Becoming a Bakken believer; Q&A with President, Oppidan Investment Company

• Savage, the supply chain solutions company, receives award for terminal of the year award; Epping, ND, terminal hub

• Menards breaks ground in Dickinson (Menards and MDU/Calumet break gground same week in Dickinson; gonna be a lot of dust)

• Construction on new Minot airport terminal could begin in July (2013)

• Wow: still a housing shortage in North Dakota -- not just the oil patch

• And a lot of feel-good stories

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I think there's a reason Portland's slogan is "Keep Portland weird."

Portland, Oregon, Loretta Lynn   The first time I heard this I thought the intro was too long; after I heard it a second time, the intro wasn't long enough. As my daughter would text, LOL.

But, from YouTube regarding the album from which this song came from:

Van Lear Rose is an award winning album by Loretta Lynn, released in 2004 and produced by Jack White of the rock band The White Stripes. The album was initially intended as a musical experiment, blending the styles of country singer-songwriter Lynn and producer White, who wrote one track, sings a duet with Lynn, and performs on the whole album as a musician. At the time of the album's release, Lynn was 70 and White was 28.

The title refers to Lynn's origins as the daughter of a miner working the Van Lear coal mines. The album peaked at number two on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and at number 24 on the Billboard 200, the most successful crossover music album of Lynn's 45-year career.

The album was critically acclaimed by Rolling Stone.