Did you know that it’s National Pasta Month?  Time to make a noodle casserole for your favorite grain farmer as a thank you!

But before you do, check out today’s news – about helpful kids, Army Sgt. 1st Class Jared Smith, and sewing.  Read on.

Wahpeton students are so helpful they had not one, but two, clean-up days. (Wahpeton Daily News)

Minot’s U.S. Army Sgt. 1^st Class Jared Smith was inducted into the National Infantry Association’s Order of Saint Maurice in a ceremony in Landstuhl, Germany.  Also, I always appreciate how the Minot Daily News tells such thorough stories. (Minot Daily News)

I love sewing, and I’m so happy to see Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Fargo teaching kids how to sew (and helping people at the same time)! (KVRR)