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According to news reports, Kitko is undergoing “a sort of metamorphosis” in her personal life, and her next disk will reflect some of those changes. Her music may deal with “a bad romantic breakup,” not just the folksy tunes she has been known for. Kitko, a self-described environmental activist, promotes community involvement and shares her interest in the North Dakota West. The performance will include exhibits of her produced music videos. Her CDs will b available for purchase after the show, including her “North Dakota Songs for Kids”. Kitko is sponsored by What in the World Is Going On? a Valley City college-community group. More information: 701-845-7310.
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Easter Sunday services at Zion Lutheran Church of Oriska will begin with a 9 a.m. Breakfast followed by 10:30 a.m. Worship.
Scottish Doubles mixed 8-ball tournament at Punky’s Bar & Grill in Dazey. Registration at 11 a.m., Calcutta at noon. $10/stick. To preregister: 701-733-2220. For people 21+`. LIVE MUSIC: Original Cynthia at the Eagles in Valley City, 8 p.m. to midnight. More info: Cynthia Berget, 701-633-2322. Viking Baseball @ Dickinson State at 1 and 3:30 p.m. in Dickinson. Viking Softball @ Dickinson State at 1 and 3 p.m. in Dickinson. New Life Assembly of God’s Second annual Free Veggie Tales Easter Egg Hunt begins at 10:30 a.m. at the church, 520 Wintershow Road, Valley City. Prizes include Nintendo DS, Ipod, digital camcorder, more. Children up to 6th grade are welcome to participate.
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Monday, April 9 EASTER MONDAY No school: Maple Valley School District, Valley City Public Schools, Barnes County North,
Barnes County Senior Center Activities: 10:30 a.m., exercise; 11:30 a.m., lunch (swiss steak, mashed potatoes, capri vegetables, tropical fruit); 1:15 p.m., pinochle. Buffalo Senior Citizens meet every Monday at the Community Center, Buffalo, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tuesday, April 10 NARFE meets at noon at the Senior Center in Valley City. More info: Vern Hedland, phone 845-4999, or email vern@ southcentralseniors.org The Buffalo Community Health Ministry board meets the second Tuesday of each month. More info: Parish Nurse Gwen Fraase, 701-6335533. Tower City Park Board meets the second Tuesday of each month. Valley City Rotary meets every Tuesday at
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CALENDAR: ARTS n COMMUNITY n GROUPS n GOVERNMENT n SCHOOL n SPORTS Valley City Kiwanis Club meets every Wednesday at 12:04 p.m. at the Valley City VFW Club. “Open Mic” at Dutton’s Parlour in downtown Valley City is every Wednesday from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Entertainers (music, comedy, poetry, etc.) and audience members welcome. No cost. Tower City Senior Citizens meet every Wednesday at the Community Center in Tower City from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. A meal is served. More info: Betty Gibbons, president; 701-840-0184. Texas Hold’em Tournament every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. at the Eagles, Valley City. Open to all player levels. More info: Richard Hass: 840-2612. Free, for people 21+. The artworks of Peter Beaugard are on display
through April 20 in the VCSU Gallery. Region 2 Instrumental Contest is today from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. n the campus of Valley City State University. Barnes County Senior Center Activities: 9:30 a.m., Bone Builders; 11:30 a.m., lunch (cranberry glazed chicken, dilled potatoes, diced beets, vanilla fruit salad); 1:15 p.m., pinochle and whist. Viking Softball vs. Minot State at Minot, at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. The Barnes County Soil Conservation Board meets every second Wednesday of the month at 4 p.m. at the Barnes County SCD office, 575 10th St. SW, Valley City. More info: 701-845-3114, Ext. 3.
Thursday, April 12 St. Catherine Quilters make quilts for those in need every Thursday from 1 to 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 to 9 p.m. in the St. Catherine gym basement, Valley City. Anyone is welcome - no experience necessary. More info: Lela Grim, 845-4067. Second Crossing Toastmasters meets on Thursdays at noon in the Norway Room of the VCSU Student Center. Visitors are welcome. More info: Janet, 8452596. Valley City Eagles Auxiliary meets at 7:30 p.m. Officers meet at 7 p.m. More info: Rose Wendt, secretary, 701845-1064. Maple Valley Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) meets Thursday mornings at 8 a.m.
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Runck Brothers Mercantile once operated in Kathryn.
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A current view of the southside of Main Street in Kathryn.
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athryn was founded when the Casselton branch of the Northern Pacific Railroad was built to Marion in 1900. The town was named for the daughter of C. S. Mellon, president of the railroad, and the site was platted in Sept. 15, 1900, by John Runck. On Oct. 20, Mr. Runck came with a carload of lumber loaded on a Northern Pacific construction train. The next day he unloaded the lumber and a crew began the construction of the Runck Brothers Mercantile and the Northern Pacific Depot. The land for the Farmers State
Bank was bought from the ThoresonRunck Company in February 1916. While the new brick building was being constructed, the bank opened its doors for business in temporary quarters the first week of March. The Farmers State Bank was opened for business in its new brick building by the end of August. Martin Thoreson was President, Rasmus Olsberg, VicePresident and J.O. Jenson, Cashier. The bank boasted capital of $20,000 and offered safe deposit boxes for its customers. As with many financial institutions, the Great Depression caused many fi-
nancial hardships. The bank went into receivership on Oct. 18, 1930. William and Marjorie Kage of Wausau, Wisc., took ownership of the building and operated a creamery there until 1945. Through the years the building was used as a grocery store and lunch counter, and then as a furniture store. Eventually, the city of Kathryn took over ownership for non-payment of taxes and plans to renovate the building for use as an interpretive/community center. A grant for the interpretation has already been approved by the Department of Commerce, Tourism KATHRYN: 9
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n the ruins of what was once North America, the all-mighty Capitol rules over the 12 lower-class districts with an iron fist. By Kayley In addition to Erlandson starving the district residents, a yearly punishment is inflicted for rebelling against the Capitol nearly 75 years ago: each district must offer up a teenage boy and girl as “tribute” to fight to the death in a televised event called The Hunger Games. As entertainment for the upper classes, the 24 participants are then set loose in an arena until only one victor remains, in order to placate the oblivious, spoiled citizens of the Capitol. When tough, capable Katniss Everdeen’s (Jennifer Lawrence) young sister, Prim, is chosen as a tribute for District 12, Katniss bravely volunteers to take her place in the competition alongside Peeta (Josh Hutchinson), the male tribute from District 12. As Katniss and Peeta travel to the Capitol to participate in the Hunger Games, they meet their competition, ranging from Careers (older teens who train their entire lives for the Hunger Games) to 12-year-old children. As Katniss learns to charm the viewers and put on a show for the cameras, she and Peeta confront the fragility of their own humanity. “I want to show them [the Capitol] that they don’t own me,” Peeta laments to Katniss “When I die, I want to still be me.” Based on Suzanne Collin’s best-selling 2008 book, The Hunger Games may not have groundbreaking sci-fi plot, it holds up a mirror to our culture and asks us the question: why are we fascinated with watching people suffer? As an avid reader and a fan of “The Hunger Games” trilogy, this book-to-movie BIG SCREEN: 12
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KATHRYN: From 8 Division and would include interpretation on the city of Kathryn, the history of the bank building itself, the now abandoned Northern Pacific railroad line locally known as the “Ladies Line,” and other interesting local topics. Kathryn Main Street was named to Preservation North Dakota’s “3 Most Endangered” listing in 2007. The turn of the century main street with its authentic boom-town store fronts is unique in North Dakota and has warranted an interpretive panel on the Sheyenne River Valley National Scenic Byway. One of the main purposes of the Kathryn Heritage Alliance is to protect and restore these boom-town storefronts. The former bank building is located right on the Sheyenne River Valley National Scenic Byway, just down the street from the byway interpretive site, across the street from a segment of the North Country National Scenic Trail and again just down the street from the segment trailhead, and right next to the city park and a block away from the RV park. With these great amenities, it is hoped that the visitors may stay in the commu-
nity longer and everyone knows that the longer visitors stay, the more money they spend in our communities! It is hoped the building will also serve as a public restroom facility for all the above amenities as the only other restrooms available are at the bar. The total cost of tuck pointing, plumbing, general building construction and renovation, electrical, architectural documents, bidding and inspection, signage, furnishings and landscaping, foundation repair/stabilization and finishing is estimated to be $155,366. The project has received funds from USDA Community Facilities Grant, ARRA Energy Efficiency program, Preservation North Dakota, Valley Development Group, Sheyenne Valley Roundtable, ND Tourism Division, Cass County Electric, SERVE Foundation, State Historical Society of North Dakota Cultural Heritage Funds, North Dakota Community Foundation, Valley City VFW, Dickey Rural Network, Rural Development Finance Corp., City of Kathryn and about $4,000 in local donations gathered by the Kathryn Heritage Alliance.
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The state Game and Fish Department invites all North Dakota schools participating in the National Archery in the Schools Program to register for the annual state tournament. The 2012 tournament is held April 13-14 at the VFW Sports Center in Bismarck. Schools can enter teams and individuals in the following grade level divisions: elementary (4-6), middle (7-8), and high school (9-12). Teams must have 16-24 members, with a minimum of five from each gender. If smaller schools wish to form a team, archers may participate up one grade division for team competition, but still be considered in their true division for the individual category. Small schools of 100 students or fewer (all grades combined) may also assemble teams from NASP schools in the same town, county or district. Schools that cannot form a team may register students for individual competition. Recognition will be given to the top placing team in each division, the top five males and females in each division, and the top scoring male and female regardless of division. Top scoring individuals are given early registration and receive priority in flights for the national tournament, held May 10-11 in Louisville, Ky. For more information regarding the tournament, schools should contact Jeff Long, NASP State Coordinator, by email at jrlong@ nd.gov, or call (701) 328-6322. To learn more about the archery in the schools program, visit the NASP website at nasparchery.com.
Spring Turkey Licenses Remain
North Dakota’s spring turkey season opens Saturday, April 14, and continues through May 20. Hunters are reminded a 2012-13 hunting license is required, as last year’s 2011-12 licenses expired March 31. In addition to the spring turkey license, hunters must have a fishing, hunting and furbearer certificate, and a general game and habitat license. Also, hunters ages 16 and older must possess a small game license, or combination license. The governor’s proclamation allows a maximum of two licenses per hunter. Licenses remain in unit 06 (Bowman County) and unit 31 (Mountrail County).
Game Warden Exam Set for May 17
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department has scheduled an examination to select candidates for the position of district game warden. The test is at 10 a.m., May 17, at the department's main office in Bismarck. Applicants must register to take the exam by submitting a letter of intent to chief game warden Robert Timian, North Dakota Game and Fish Department, 100 N. Bismarck Expressway, Bismarck, ND 58501‑5095. Letters of intent must be submitted before 5 p.m., May 14. Applicants must be at least 21 years of age and have a bachelor’s degree.
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don’t necessarily consider myself old, but I do know I’m old enough to remember the drought of the late 1980s and By Doug early 1990s when Leier Devils Lake was hardly visible from Minnewaukan, and one day I walked across the parched bottom of Hobart Lake in Barnes County. Since a wet cycle started in 1993, construction crews have had to build up Interstate 94, which runs through Hobart Lake, because of rising water, and Minnewaukan today is nearly surrounded by Devils Lake. Anyone who’s lived in North Dakota for even just the last decade or so has seen wet cycles and droughts influence fish populations and our fisheries in a sort of feast to famine roller coaster. One of those factors, a “feast” in this case, is evident in the new two-year fishing proclamation, which covers April 1, 2012, through March 31, 2014. Following several dry years in the mid-2000s, and influx of water since winter 2009 has created a situation that has prompted the North Dakota Game and Fish Department to raise the daily limit on northern pike to
Anglers can catch more Northern Pike, North Dakota’s native fish, according to new NDGF regulations.
five statewide. For several years prior to 2012, the daily pike limit was five at Devils Lake and other waters in surrounding counties, but remained at three in the rest of the state. Greg Power, fisheries chief for the Game and Fish Department, said the intent of the increased pike limit is to provide more of an opportunity for those anglers who like to fish for and keep pike. “This will not affect the population because the pike fishery is in excellent shape,” Power said. “We have a record number of lakes with pike, many with record populations. Pike anglers should be happy the next few years.” Another noteworthy change involves opening most state waters to darkhouse spearfishing, except for a small number of lakes that contain muskie. Previously, a few dozen lakes were open to spearing, while the bulk of state lakes were closed. Lakes where darkhouse
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spearfishing is not allowed are Braun Lake, Logan County; New Johns Lake, Burleigh County; East Park Lake, West Park Lake and Lake Audubon, McLean County; McClusky Canal; Heckers Lake, Sheridan County; Red Willow Lake, Griggs County; Sweet Briar Dam, Morton County; and the Red and Bois de Sioux rivers. Other noteworthy regulation changes include: Sundays during the paddlefish season are now for snag-and-release only. Six lakes in southeastern North Dakota now have a 14inch minimum walleye harvest length. They are: Alkali Lake, Buffalo Lake and Tosse Slough in Sargent County; and Lake Elsie, Lueck Lake and West Moran Lake in Richland County. The minimum harvest length for muskie was increased to 48 inches. Mott Watershed in Hettinger County and Nelson Lake in
Oliver County are added to the list of “no live baitfish” lakes. The 24-inch minimum length restriction for northern pike at North and South Golden lakes in Steele County was eliminated. Another rule that went into effect last year, but is still relatively new, is a requirement that anglers in all cases must now drain their boat’s livewell when leaving a lake or river. Previously, anglers could maintain water in their livewell if they were transporting fish. Anglers may use ice in a container to transport fish away from a water body. Pulling plugs and draining water from livewells, baitwells and bilges must be conducted within the access site, which includes parking lots immediately adjacent to the ramp. Leier is a biologist for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. He grew up in Valley City. Reach him by email at dleier@ nd.gov
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y wife’s exblack spot on the tail. While fishing with tended family is our neighbor, a local guide, he remarked very close. Her that it was the first such fish he’d found in grandfather and his cousthe shallows, as temperatures were nearing ins grew up together like the point for the initial redfish run. brothers, and as a result Our quarry for the week was primarher mother and second ily spotted seatrout, and they were active and third cousins grew up By Nick and abundant around the small island we the same way. No matter Simonson stayed on. These saltwater trout with the where we go for her famtwo vampire-like incisors were ready takily reunions or for vacaers of our hooks when baited with shrimp, tions with the extended family, as the case both live and dead. Once in hand, save for was last week on the gulf coast of south- the long caudal fin running down its back, west Florida, there’s always great famil- the black-spotted tan-to-gray skin coloriarity among people who, in many cases, ation of these fish made me immediately wouldn’t normally be so close. Everyone think of a brown trout in the small river knows they’re part of the same tree, and not far from my house. Clearly, they were share a common bond. kin, with one choosing to venture further As I sat alone, sipping coffee and watch- upstream several millennia ago and the ing the dawn break over the Intercoastal other content to stay put in the brack and Waterway from my borrowed 15-foot kay- saltwater of the continental coast. ak on the last day of my spring getaway, I The one fish that shared no similarity to thought of the folks still sleeping back at anything else I had ever encountered was our rented house, and readied myself to the one I connected with on my last cast cast at the fish undoubtedly lurking be- and my last piece of bait during the trip. I neath the barnacled plastic of the Ocean don’t know what it was, but as it towed my Prowler loaned to me by a local. Because tiny vessel fifty yards against the incoming these fish, like my extended family by mar- tide and out into the Waterway, I think I riage, were branches of the same tree. experienced a twinge of fear. While I’ve There were sailcats and hardhead cats hooked into fish I couldn’t move off the which bore striking resemblances to their bottom before, I’ve never had a fish tow me distant cousins on the Red River of the across the surface. North. Gunmetal gray skin, barbed dorsal As I described the battle to our neighbor and pectoral fins and a slimecoat that sticks upon my return, he suggested that since it on your hands until the next day, were just didn’t break the surface, it wasn’t an earsome of the traits they shared with their ly-running tarpon, and because it stayed more familiar northern kin. low and immobile, it was most likely a The sailcat, like its name implies, had a large ray. Whatever it was, when it made large dorsal fin, sporting a long and whip- its final fierce run into the center of the ping sail of skin trailing behind it. The SIMONSON: 12 four-pound specimen I NEW LOCATION - NEW LOCATION - NEW LOCATION landed used this attribute 240 E. MAIN ST VALLEY CITY to the best of its abilities HAPPY SMOKERS during the battle. The hardWELCOME! heads were as prolific on the HOURS NOW LOCATED IN THE OLD sea floor as bullheads, and LABOR CLUB BUILDING not surprisingly their names Daily Mon-Fri bore similarities just like CAN WEDNESDAYS $1 off BEER 100 OZ their appearances. BEER TOWERS $2 Domestic Cans 4 to 7 PM The one redfish we man2-fer-1s - EVERY FRI & SAT - 7 to 9 PM aged had a prominent reM-F 4-7 PM Buy 1-Get 1 - All Domestic Beer semblance to the drum that NEW LOCATION NEW LOCATION - NEW LOCATION inhabit the waters of the upper Midwest. With a downSHOE REPAIR & SALES turned mouth for crushing shellfish on the bottom, the METATARSAL HUNTING & FISHING silver 17-incher that my PROTECTING EQUIPMENT wife’s fourth cousin, Billy FOOTWEAR Curnow of Duluth, Minn., ZIPPERS & REPAIR landed had a profile simiGUNS: lar to the rough fish which BUY, SELL, TRADE inhabit many flows of the Great Plains. One might not have been able to tell the difference, save for the large 125 CENTRAL AVE. S. - VALLEY CITY, ND 58072 PH: 701-845-2087 OR 701-845-2378
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behave in ways that contradict common sense, leading us to make decisions that prevent us from reaching our intended health goals. • We fall back on mental short cuts, rules of thumb and habits when making food decisions. • Because food decisions are made with little thought, it is difficult to change our behaviors by appealing to high level thinking.
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lence was there and was effective in conveying the message it wanted. Demanding more violence would make my thirst for violent entertainment comparable to the pacified citizens of the Capitol. Perhaps that was the point. The Hunger Games is more than an action movie. It’s a poke at our own culture, at both our government and our obsession with the glamorization of watching other people suffer, via reality TV. As an action movie, Hunger Games suffers from what I call Michael Bay Syndrome (super shaky camera effects), but it’s faithful to the source material. Ultimately, it’s an impressive movie, with excellent casting, an interesting, extreme-dystopian setting, and commentary on our decadent society. In a sense, it’s future that reflects our present. Frankly, it should have been marketed as a horror movie.
SIMONSON: From 11 channel, the line angle changed and the hook popped loose, convincing me that it had no equivalent relative back home. While all fish are related to that same first finned thing that changed the evolutionary framework, some are more closely related than others. There were pinfish that looked like any number of panfish – blue-
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ell here we go again! The Valley City commission, or at least most of them, are going to bankrupt or so se- By Bob verely damage the Drake financial wellbeing of some of our fellow citizens here in Valley City with no truthful explanation for doing so. I am talking about the special assessments on Ninth Avenue. The city administrator is reported to have said “the special assessments were portioned out according to state law.” Well sorry to tell you this folks but that is untrue. The truth is this, the special assessments were portioned out the way Valley City wants to portion out special assessments, which is according to state law.
Sorry, I am sure I lost most of you; special assessments are very complicated and hard to understand and Valley City has always taken the easy road in spreading the cost equally and most of all fairly to each of us. Just like the people on Fifth Avenue and the Valley City State University paving districts got ripped off by the city, now comes Ninth Avenue. I have been to the city commission many times trying to educate them on how other communities handle special assessments. If Ninth Avenue was in ANY other community other than Valley City, the assessments would be very different - as much as 50 to 70percent less than those handed down by the city commission. It is not like they do not know how to do it the right way; they do, they just flat out refuse to. The ir reason for not doing what is right for us all? Well, you will
have to ask them. The truth is this: North Dakota Century Code 40-22-08 states that the city commission has the authority to create special assessment districts through ordinance or resolution. That means the city commission can do just about anything it wants when it comes to paving districts and who will pay for them. North Dakota Century Code 40-22-09 goes on to say each improvement district shall be of such size and form as to INCLUDE ALL properties which, in the judgment of the governing body after consultation with the engineer planning the improvement, will be BENEFITED by the construction of the improvement. What that means for you and me talk is this: The city commission has the authority to spread the cost of the Ninth Avenue project over all of Valley City if
it wanted to. The commissioners just do not want to. Now, there are many people on Ninth Avenue who are going to be financially wiped out by the assessments and they will not recover. One 90-year-old person is going to be assessed over $40,000 just because most of our elected officials are too lazy to handle special assessments the way every other community in North Dakota handles them. This kind of injustice does not happen in Fargo or Jamestown or anywhere else in North Dakota, except for Valley City. I have been to many city commission meetings about special assessments and the commissioners sit there like they could care less about what happens because of their lack of leadership when it comes to special assessments. I know they do not care because they are not changing how they handle special assessments.
Well, I have decided to run for the city commission in June and one of my main goals is to change the way special assessments are handled in Valley City. When I am elected I will change the way special assessments are handled here in Valley City and I will do it in the first year I am a commissioner. Special assessments are something that we have to live with; we all understand that. But the unfair way special assessments are distributed will change forever, hopefully these changes can be made through my efforts as a commissioner along with the rest of the city commission. Or it will change through the Initiated Ordinance process. One way or another, it will change; you can take my word on it. I have never said anything that I have not been able to prove or back up. So change is coming one way or another. Robert Drake lives in Valley City.
Measure 2 is the only way Tip of hat to M2 supporters A S n article in The Forum concerning ending rural property tax exemption has several flaws. “The State lawmakers are considering a proposal to cut the property tax By Lloyd bills of all North Dakota Nelson homeowners (by) eliminating a property tax exemption for farm residences.” The article goes on to state one suggestion would be to knock $75,000 off a home’s market value before its property tax is added up, and only North Dakota resident homeowners would benefit from the reduction in value. A home worth $75,000 or less would be exempt from property tax, and a home assessed at $100,000 would be reduced to $25,000 taxable. Under the plan, “the Legislature would provide money to local governments to make up the difference.” What the plan does NOT tell you is that property taxes will continue to increase. Your house, which is now assessed at $75,000 may be increased to $150,000, so you will still be paying property tax on a $75,000 home. A home currently assessed at $150,000 more than likely
will be increased to $225,000 to ensure you will still be paying property tax on a $150,000 home, etc. etc. Bottom line is, your assessed value will continue to increase. Meanwhile, the government and their entities will continue to spend money and use your home as an ATM card. The program they are proposing is merely an attempt to persuade the taxpayer to not support Measure No. 2, which will abolish all property tax. With Measure No. 2, you will be assured that you will never again have an individual enter your home and tell you what your home is worth and tax you on their assessment. You will finally OWN your home. According to Measure No. 2, the Legislature would provide money to local governments. (Sound familiar? See above.) I urge each and every one of you to support Measure No. 2 and eliminate all property tax. I am sure of one thing, and that is if Measure No. 2 fails, it will open the door for the cities, counties and state to increase our property assessments and taxes will go through the roof. The governments and government entities will spend more money than ever before! Lloyd Nelson lives in Valley City.
Letter from Milo Bucholz Fingal, ND o much is being said about Measure 2. Every business has to run on a budget - but not the government - just keep taxing and spending. So I would just love to see it pass, but being a realist, I know it can not. Then, if we stop to think about all the people that are involved with the government, every one of them will be instructed to vote because they have to keep the gravy coming. Please keep in mind the words of Joseph Stalin: “I care not who votes, but it’s the people counting the vote that will determine the outcome.” Voting fraud has been around
since, most probably, the first vote. Measure 2 will not pass. The two most corrupt taxes are income and property taxes. They were put into place by corrupt people. President Woodrow Wilson put the income tax in place when the majority of Congress was on Christmas break and peroperty taxes were probably established likewise. All other taxes are fair - if we don’t like the taxes on fuel, sales, electric, etc., just do not use it. If Measure 2 did pass, the wealthy would pay their fair share of taxes because of their fancy and extravagant lifestyles. I tip my hat to all the people that have worked so hard to get Measure 2 to a vote.
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All instock Arctic Wear 50% off! All instock Klim gear 25% off! Dakota Cat Valley City, ND 701-845-0922 W/D Set for sale. Newer front-load washer and dryer. LG brand. $800. Call 701-789-0449. FOR SALE: 64 string harp guitar, 1915 model in original box. Call 845-1525.
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Pews for sale. Contact Donelda to make arrangements to see. Four antique pews to choose from. Plus an ornate high-back chair. Call 845-3845.
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Light-blue davenport for sale. Like new. $225. Will negotiate. Grace, 8450877.
USED TIRES
Pair of 225/70/15 studded snow tires mounted on rim. Fit Ford or Dodge. $150. 845-1525.
For Sale: Clam Kodiak Fishouse. New in box never opened. $250 obo 701-769-2318 evenings or leave message. Super single waterbed in sturdy wood frame and attached side shelving. Includes thermostat and heater. $75.00. 845-5667. Six drawer dresser with mirror and matching two drawer bed stand. $75.00. 845-5667. For sale: Pullman piano; make offer. Entertainment center, make offer; Rear bumpers for Ford and Chevy pickups. Make offer. Call David, 701-845-1375.
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1997 Chev Blazer $2500 1997Chev Blazer $3200 1996 Chev Blazer $3500 1988 Chev Pickup 2X4 $2800
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For Sale: 1999 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, Black, 6spd, Alloy wheels, a/c, cruise, 70K. $4900 701-840-0730 or 701845-4077. Recreational Vehicles For Sale: 2011 Gulf Stream Ameri Lite 15BHLE camper, like new. Asking $8,500. 701845-4077.
Ag & Equipment WANTED: Bottle calves. Call 701-7624581, Kenny Trzpuc, Litchville. For Sale: 14’ tandem disc int. & 15’ field cultivator int. Wanted: 5’ or 6’ field cultivator for 3-pint hitch. Call Marvin, 845-9993.
Land/Real Estate LAND FOR SALE. 50 acres located 3 miles
classifieds west of Valley City in SW 1/4-26-140-59 south of I-94. Call 701845-4303 after 10 AM. Wanted: Hummer H2 SUT. Phone 701-8409322.
WANTED Wanted: Current or exAvon ladies with Soft Musk on hand. No vintage please. Also Mark Hello Pretty, Hollywood Pink & more. 701-8400476 w/prices. Wanted: Old satellite dish. Call Kent 701-490 6462.
GUNS WANTED TO BUY. Gun collector wants to buy old Winchesters and other antique guns. Fair prices paid. Call 605-352-7078. Want to buy: Winchester 1894’s most any year, also firearms of most any type. Also Kawasaki 3 cylinder 2 stroke motorcycles. Call 701-845-5196.
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Litscher Training Stables in Tower City is a full service training facility with Indoor-Outdoor arenas. Offering training, lessons, showing, sales, and more. Contact Jenna for more information and to reserve your spot for this
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ATTENTION FARMERS
Buying Farm Scrap & Car Bodies. Rock & gravel sales available. Tandem truck to haul. Will trade barn cleaning for scrap. Will pick up car bodies in town and rural. Call Elroy Patzner, Jamestown, 701-2522533 or 701-320-2239 (cell).
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All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise ``any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.’’ Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not
knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination, call North Dakota Fair Housing Council Toll-free 1-888-265-0907. HUD Toll free 1-800- 669-9777. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.
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the independent — PAGE 15 CAR SEATS: From 7 The first type of car seat is a rear-facing car seat. Children should ride rear facing until at least two years of age. There are two types of car seats that are available for rear facing. An infant seat can be used until the child weighs 22-35 pounds or according to the car seat manufacturer. You should use infant seats until the highest weight limit is reached or until the child’s head is within one inch of the top of the seat. Then the child will transition to a convertible seat. These seats can be used rear-facing or forward-facing. Most can be used un-
til the child weighs 30-40 pounds or according to the car seat manufacturer. Use them rear-facing until the highest weight or height limit allowed by the manufacturer. Harness straps in a rear-facing car seat should be at or below the shoulders, snug, and the clip should be at the armpit level. When your child is at least two years of age or has outgrown the highest rearfacing limits of the car seat, they may ride forwardfacing in a car seat with a harness. This can be done using a convertible seat or a forward-facing seat. Forward-facing seats can be used until the child reaches
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the harness’s highest weight limit allowed by the manufacturer. Car seats with harnesses can be used for children weighing 40-100 pounds. When the child is forward-facing, the straps should be at or above the shoulders, snug, and the clip should be at the armpit level. When children have outgrown the harness for their forward-facing car seat, they may be moved to a booster. The child should weigh at least 40 pounds and be at least four years of age. Keep a child in a booster until they have reached about 4 foot 9 inches tall or the seat belt fits correctly
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UNDER THE SEA Across 1. One who pretends to be something he is not 6. Cruise or Hanks, e.g. 9. A tropical South American monkey 13. Far beyond norm 14. Bleat 15. Floor covering 16. Slanted or listed 17. Bow shape 18. Tripod 19. *Pinching crustacean 21. *Underwater flower 23. Make lacework 24. Go cold turkey 25. International Monetary Fund 28. Holier than who? 30. A hand tool for drawing angles, pl. 35. “Yes, ____!” 37. “Layla” singer-songwriter 39. Roman king’s abode 40. A fit of shivering 41. On fishing pole, pl. 43. “Coal Miner’s Daughter” 44. Whatchamacallit 46. Relating to the ear 47. Caricatured 48. *Octopuses 50. On top of 52. Put to the test 53. Duds or threads 55. Wound fluid 57. Ancient wind instrument 61. *Daryl Hannah in “Splash” 65. Archeologist’s find 66. Maiden name indicator 68. _____ Domingo 69. Kiwanis and Elks groups, e.g. 70. Even (poetic) 71. _____ Park, CO 72. Contributions to the poor 73. H1N1, e.g. 74. Crevice stuffers
over the child’s body. Most boosters can be used up to 80-120 pounds. A booster seat should never be used with just a lap belt. It should have a lap and shoulder belt. Skipping the booster seat step is common but dangerous. Once your child outgrows the booster they can use a seat belt if it fits over the body correctly. For a seat belt to fit properly, the lap belt must lie snugly across the upper thighs and be snug across the shoulder and chest. It should not lie across the stomach or neck. To be able to use a seat belt only, the child must be tall enough to sit without slouching, keep their back against the seat, keep knees bent over the edge of the seat and the feet flat on the floor, and be able to stay comfortably in this
position. Lap belts only do not provide upper body protection. As a result, head, spine and/or neck injuries can occur when lap belts only are used. There are five ways restraints prevent injury: keep people in the vehicle, contact the strongest parts of the body, spread forces over a wide area of the body, help the body slow down and protect the brain and spinal cord. Your best chance for survival in a crash is seat belts, air bags or a child restraint. Airbags alone will not protect you! Avoid having your body on, or other objects blocking the air bag. Occupants should always sit in an upright position when riding in the car, buckled into the seat belt or car seat.
Know where your airbags are located in vehicles. Some child restraints have limitations on where they can be placed if there are airbags. If you are unsure, the car manual is a good resource. Rear-facing infants must NEVER ride in the front seat which would place them in front of an active airbag! Everyone should buckle up every time on every trip. Adults, you are the role models for your children! If you have questions regarding car seats or have questions regarding the next free car seat check, please call 701-845-8518. Sarah Hansen is a registered nurse and Car Seat Technician at the City-County Health District. YOUR HEALTH is coordinated by Mercy Hospital of Valley City.
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TINY BITES: From 2 40 million low-income people, or about 13 percent of the U.S. population. In addition to providing direct financial benefits to individuals, this title also promotes healthy eating initiatives by allocating funding for local food systems, fruits and vegetables in schools, and nutrition education. The Horticulture and Organic Agriculture title funds programs that support farmers’ markets and the production of fruits and vegetables (regardless of whether the crops are produced organically or conventionally). This title also provides funding and rules for organic production, food safety education, and plant pest management. The Commodity Programs title establishes subsidies for 21 commodity crops, including corn, soybeans, wheat, grain sorghum, barley, oats and rice. There a few different types of subsidies, but in general, subsidies are some form of financial support for farmers who grow certain crops. Notably, fruit and vegetable
producers do not receive these subsidies. (I highlighted this sentence.) The Research and Related Matters title funds exploration into areas such as agricultural production techniques and wilderness management. Funding for research into meat, dairy, grain and oilseed production exceeds funding for fruit and vegetable production research by 3 to 1. (I highlighted this sentence.) Recently funded projects include a new packaging technique for hot dogs, an investigation of bacteria that cause foodborne illnesses in chicken processing, and research on plant grafting to improve organic vegetable production. The Farm Bill could potentially direct more of these funds to nutrition, obesity-prevention, and fruit and vegetable production research. So, my question is this… if the Farm Bill is supposed to be geared towards our health and to be more healthy requires 5 1/2 –cup servings of fruits and vegetables daily, why aren’t we putting a little more effort in encouraging our farm-
ers to grow more fruits and vegetables. This publication makes these points about why we should pay attention to this legislation: First, this bill sets the policy for the mix of crops that farmers grow. This affects the food in the stores and how much we pay for it. (Imagine a world of locally grown affordable abundant vegetables simply by encouraging farmers to grow them by moving some of the payments from corn and soybeans to vegetables.) Secondly, the bill provides money at local levels for research and economics development around local food systems as well as food security. So next week, we will delve into more about the Farm Bill and how you can become engaged in the discussion and keep up with the movement towards more locally grown produce. Until then, please vote with your dollar – and vote local. Reach Sue B. Balcom by email at sbalcom@farrms.org
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Richard D. “Dick” McConn, graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy Class of 1966, was one of two winners of the Academy’s Distinguished Graduate Award for 2011. Dick is the son of Dean (long-time manager of Straus Clothing) and Charlotte McConn. He has one brother, Tom, who graduated from Valley City High School in 1968. Dick attended VCHS alum & USFA honoree Ritchie School and graduated from VCHS in 1962. Richard “Dick” McConn He excelled in basketball and golf, lettering in both and taking second place in the State High School Golf Tournament. Dick McConn was a VCHS Honor Student and won the Most Outstanding Student Award (DAR) in his senior year. Dick participated in Boys State and was State Treasurer of Methodist Youth Fellowship. In the summer Dick worked and played at the Valley City Country Club. Dick McConn has been a major supporter of the Barnes County Historical Society. www.bitztire.com - 845-2233 After his graduation from the United States Air Force Academy, Mr. McConn served the The Independent Duration: 8 Wks Air Force in Southeast Asia as an Specs: 4 c x 5” - (20 c.”) CMYK Rate: $102/wk intelligence officer. Following his combat tour, Mr. 1st Insertion: April 6, 2012 Rep: LORI Dear Readers of The Independent, McConn was assigned to Lowry I was a little apprehensive at first thought of reporting my recent expeAFB in Denver, Colorado, as the riences, but after further evaluation, I realized the truth should never be Chief Instructor of the Mobile concealed. Computer Training Team that pioSunday morning began like any other; I got out of bed, started the neered intelligence data collection daily brew, ate a light breakfast, and headed out the door for my daily in the Air Force. walk. The darkness of the early morning usually doesn’t phase me, but Subsequent assignments took this day was different. An eerie feeling crept up on me as I walked away him to Washington, D.C., where from the place I call home. he served in the office of the USAF About 10 minutes into my walk, I approached Chautauqua Park, right Vice Chief of Staff and in the Office on schedule. I strolled the gravel loop as usual; coming to the stretch of the Secretary of Defense, and adjacent to the Sheyenne River, I fixed my gaze on the softly colored then as a White House Aide to the moon as it rested above the Hi-Line Bridge. From this vantage point my President. eyes traveled downward to a secluded grove of trees, located just across After leaving active duty, Mr. the river. McConn remained in the Air Force It was at that moment when something unusual came into view. On Reserve and served in a key position the edge of the woods closest to the river, about 50ft from my location, in the office of the USAF Chief of a tall, dark creature that was standing on two legs, lurched through the Staff. He remained in the AF Revegetation. I thought it odd that anyone would be out this early, walking serve serving at the highest levels of through the woods. I squinted my eyes in the direction of the creature, the Air Staff until retirement from trying to make out more detail. the Air Force. “Hey!!!” I yelled in the most terrified yet confident voice I had ever As a civilian, he built a multievoked. million dollar international logistics In response to my call, the creature, now appearing much larger than enterprise that is known for integriI first perceived, turned its head over its shoulder giving me a sideways ty and ethical conduct. Currently, he glance. As the rising sun shined its first light, I witnessed a towering, owns several companies with offices hairy beast, with an ape-like gait hurry into the trees. in Morocco, Tunisia, UAE, Jordan, I never expected to experience anything this radical within my lifePakistan, Germany and Taiwan. time. Reader, beware. The truth is not always welcoming, but more than Throughout his life, Mr. McConn not it is lurking in your own backyard. has been a strong supporter of education. In his home state of North Sincerely, Dakota, he established an Aerospace An image captured earlier this week by Valley City authorities. Scholarship Endowment at the (Obtained by Andrew Reichenberger-Walz) Ms. April Fules McCONN: 12
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