Community theater: Reynolds, N.D., takes the stage
April 12, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Local actors put on two plays in North Dakota town this weekend raise money for community. Performances of the one-act comedies will be Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Continue Reading
Seeing men die in an ugly fashion, buried in grain bins, pushed Dale Ekdahl to do something. The Elbow Lake, Minn., man, retired from a career in the Army, started building and selling “grain bin rescue tubes.” Last week, Paul Coppin, general manager of Reynolds (N.D.) United Co-op invited Ekdahl to talk to local firefighters and elevator employees. Ekdahl’s “tubes” are really 18-inch-wide curved lengths of shiny aluminum, with ladder steps welded on the outside. 
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