By james art 
The Jamestown Sun is giving away these bravos this week:
- well done to the volunteers who recently helped return a dog found in Jamestown to the Casper Humane Society in Casper, Wyoming. Ringo, a border collie, was reportedly found Wednesday, Oct. 23, in the parking lot of a Walmart in Jamestown and was eventually determined to have been surrendered by his new owners, said Rachel Hastings, public affairs officer for the police department. administration in Jamestown. Volunteers from Prairie Paws Rescue and Dickinson, North Dakota helped return him to a Casper Humane Society representative who claimed Ringo in Spearfish, South Dakota on October 26.
- well done of the 78 Soldiers from the First Battalion of Bravo Battery, 188th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, who were honored Oct. 27 at a Welcome Home ceremony at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks. The 1-188th ADA, made up of soldiers from North Dakota, Minnesota and Maryland, deployed to Syria in October 2023 to support an 80-nation coalition working to defeat ISIS, according to a Grand Forks Herald story.
- well done to Rick Diegel, Kidder County Public School Superintendent, who was recently named North Dakota Superintendent of the Year by the North Dakota Association of School Administrators as part of the American Association of School Administrators Superintendent of the Year program sponsored by Sourcewell and Corebridge Financial. Diegel is in his 10th year of service in Kidder County and has served as principal and superintendent in Edgeley, North Dakota, for 15 years. Diegel will compete for the National Superintendent of the Year award and will be honored with other finalists at the National Education Conference in New Orleans in March 2025.
- well done of members of the Blue Jay football team selected to the 2024 All-State Team Idi Ramadani and Brady Harty were named to the All-State First Team list. Grant Lunde was named to the All-State Second Team. And well done of JHS football coach Brandi Harty, who was named the 2024 Coach of the Year.
- well done of the Blue Jay boys and girls cross country teams to host and qualify for the State Cross Country Meet on Oct. 26.
- well done of North Dakotans, including several from the Jamestown area, who brought aid to areas affected by Hurricane Helena, which struck in late September, causing devastation in several southeastern states. Pilots, truck drivers and other volunteers from North Dakota helped deliver humanitarian aid to affected areas. And well done to North Dakota residents who donated supplies to bring to these areas.
- well done to Pieper Bloomquist of Grand Forks, one of nine Midwestern artists selected for the first Midwestern Culture Carrier Awards given by the Arts Midwest organization. A Grand Forks Herald story reports that the award honors the work of Midwestern folk artists who are dedicated to practicing and preserving their cultural traditions and sharing that knowledge with the next generation. The award is given to artists in each of the nine states served by Arts Midwest, including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Blomkvist received the award for his work promoting the practice and preservation of bonadsmålning, a style of traditional Swedish folk art. She received $5,000.
- well done of Jamestown native Mason Walters, who officially signed with the Phoenix Suns G-League team for training camp on Oct. 12. He was signed through training camp, which runs from Oct. 28 to Nov. 3 or 4. During his Jamestown University basketball career, Walters scored 2,662 points and grabbed 1,239 rebounds. He holds six career, single-season or single-game records with the Jimmies. In his only season as a Cowboy at the University of Wyoming, Walters averaged 12.2 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2 assists per game.
Editorials are the opinion of the Jamestown Sun management and the newspaper’s editorial board.