Steve Andrist, Bismarck, is a former publisher of The Journal and the co-chair of the North Dakota News Cooperative board of directors. Some goodbyes are happy; some are sad. This one is heart-wrenching. It starts with a family of grateful, lifelong North Dakotans deciding it was their time to give back. Their choice for doing so was to provide foster care to children in danger of becoming victims to neglect, substance abuse, physical abuse and …
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