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Task force heavily West River Veterinary Clinic opens new facility leaning towards A YEAR IN REVIEW wellness center

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Nighthawk basketball teams both down Harding County

By SHELDON CHRISTENSON For the Pioneer

of that, their 6’4” center Mason 26 but the Ranchers fell just Nighthawks.

Harding County girls w Teigen left the game late in the short by two points.

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(Photo by Cole Benz/The Record) remains undefeated as they although being outscored by a buzzer-beating long range game from being tied.

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21 to pull off their second asketball team faced the owsky, which made the score back with 10 seconds left but Harding Co. came into the of the season to go along w Dr. Lisa Henderson (Center) the ceremonial ribbon during the Grand Opening of West River Veterinary Clinic’s new facility east

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Both had uickly fell behind 12-0. On top scored Hettinger/Scranton 37Armory Task Force pointed towards + FIND IT ONLINE Record Editor one of the key moments for the Nighthawk girls downed the 3-pointers.

The public got their first look at the new West River Veterinary Clinic on April 21 during their Grand Opening and ceremonial ribbon cutting. Hundreds came out for the day-long event.

(Photo by Cole Benz/The Record)

Almost three years and $3 million later, West River Veterinary Clinic’s new location is now open. Located just east of Hettinger, the 12,000 sq. ft. facility offers more comfort for the animals and their owners, while giving the staff expanded space to operate.

Hundreds of community members flocked to get a first glimpse at the new building during the Grand Opening on Thursday, April 21. Medical and administrative staff were giving tours and handing out commemorative coffee cups. Beverages and treats were available and a lunch was served over the noon hour, with door prizes and giveaways distributed through-

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Doctor Ethan Andress said the clinic has needed the new facility for about “five or six years.”

“We reached a point that we were having trouble getting things moved,” Andress said.

“Our patients are going to see an amazing benefit.”

Doctor Lisa Henderson later

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KAT PERKINS VISITS HETTINGER SCHOOL, TALKS SOCIAL MEDIA SAFETY, BRAVERY

By COLE BENZ

Record Editor Scranton born musician and 2014 finalist on NBC’s musical competition, “The Voice,” Kat Perkins, visited the students of Hettinger Public School last week, giving a show-stopping performance, according to the school.

The rocker spoke to the en-

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tire student body April 22 in two separate sessions focused on the affects of social media and telling students to be fearless.

Her visit was part of her partnership with EduTech.

Gina Joyce, Hettinger’s music teacher, said the school has tried for a while to get Perkins to speak with the students, since her tour of the area last

year. Perkins was finally able to fit Hettinger into her schedule this year.

Joyce said Perkins is such a positive person, and that the students could benefit from that kind of engagement. The musician also showed the students that they could accomplish great things, no matter where they are from, she added.

“She’s just so positive,” Joyce

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said. “She’s so great.”

Perkins’s first session of two focused on social media safety with the older students.

Today’s teens may not understand the ramifications that a simple Facebook post could have on themselves or others.

Perkins said she has seen both sides, according to Joyce.

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the building being repurposed as a wellness center.

“The impression that I got from the last meeting was that, although we didn’t vote, there seemed to be a consensus that we should be moving in the direction as a (recreation) center,” Allen McIntyre said during the special city council meeting.

Results of an online survey on Facebook months ago showed that a wellness center option was heavily favored over other suggestions.

During the city council’s special meeting on Monday, April 25, committee member Suzie Reuther laid out their plan for specific rooms on the east side of the building. One room would house the cardio equipment, while another across the hall would house the weight training equipment.

Michelle Gaylord has nearly completed a grant application for the city to purchase equipment with a business enterprise grant through USDA Rural Development.

West River Health Services has also agreed to supply some equipment to the facility. Whether that will be a donation or a loan has yet to be determined. A tentative list of the equipment was passed around the room, and it included three treadmills, one elliptical, one recumbent bike, one air dyne, free weights, a chin up bar, a punching bag, therapy balls, universal gym, two weight benches, and 12 mirrors. Former WRHS CEO Jim Long, who is a member of the task force, said he would need to get confirmation and final approval from current CEO Matthew Shahan and the board of directors before listing a value on the equipment.

Gaylord said the equipment that’s

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Southwest Water Authority Recognizes Drinking Water Week May 1-7 Southwest Water Authority (SWA) along with water systems across the United States and the American Water Works Association (AWWA) are reaching out to bring public awareness to our most precious resource, water, during National Drinking Water Week, which is May 1-7, 2016. This year’s theme is “Your Water- To Know It Is To Love It.” “SWA and the water community are joining together to celebrate National Drinking Water Week,” said SWA Manager/CEO Mary Massad. “Put simply, we celebrate National Drinking Water Week each year because drinking water is an invaluable part of our lives and it deserves our full focus and attention. Thank you to the employees of SWA who make this possible. Our thanks also goes out to everyone in southwest North Dakota for their continued support.”

For more than 35 years, AWWA and its members have celebrated Drinking Water Week – a unique opportunity for both water professionals and the communities they serve to join together to recognize the vital role water plays in our daily lives. Visit SWA’s website at www.swwater.com and like them on Facebook at www.facebook. com/swwater to learn more about the celebration of Drinking Water Week.

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UPCOMING EVENTS April 30

■ Community Block Party, Child abuse prevention month event for the family 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

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■ Missoula Children’s Theater and Hettinger Elementary: ‘Sleeping Beauty’ 3 p.m. & 5:00 p.m.

Roberts Reinke Auditorium

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■ Bowman United Methodist Church Pastor Ron Olson 701-523-5492 www.bowmanumc.org Sunday - Adult Sunday School 8:30 a.m.; Worship Service at 9:30 a.m.

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Wednesday - 6 p.m. Potluck; 7 p.m. Bible Study ■ Marmarth Bible Church Pastor Norman Rice 10:30 a.m. worship services

■ Seventh Day Adventist Saturday 9:30 a.m. Sabbath School, Bible Study; 11 a.m. church service

■ Mound Church North of Rhame Sunday - 9 a.m. Worship service Weather permitting

■ Pierce Congregational Church Pastor Mary Peterson 10 a.m. Sunday school; 11 a.m. worship

Catholic Churches: ■ St. Charles - Bowman ■ St. Mary’s - Marmarth ■ St. Mel’s - Rhame Saturday Mass - 5 p.m. Marmarth; 7 p.m. Bowman Sunday Mass - 8 a.m. Rhame; 10 a.m. Bowman Weekday Mass - 7:30 a.m. Tues., Thur., Fri. Bowman - 10 a.m. Wed. Sunset Home

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■ Scranton Lutheran Pastor Mary Peterson 701-275-6977 Sunday, June 22 - 8 a.m., St. John’s Worship; 9:30 a.m., Peace Worship; 10:30 a.m., Special Congregational Meeting, Peace Friday, June 27 - 8 p.m., AA, Peace Church Sunday, June 29 - 8 a.m., St. John’s Worship; 9:30 a.m., Peace Worship

■ Break Forth Bible Church Pastors Rusty & Christa Phalen 614 N. Earling Miles City, MT 59330 (406) 234-4572 www.breakforthbiblechurch. com Bible Study meets every Wednesday night at Bowman County Public Library from 6:15 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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Conference room named in honor of fallen police officer

By AMY ROBINSON

McKenzie County Farmer

For The Record

(Editor’s Note: This article was originally printed in the McKenzie County Farmer in March. Keith Braddock was the son of the late Dale and Ruby Braddock of Reeder.)

The memory of Keith Braddock, a Watford City police officer who was killed in the line of duty on March 20, 1996, will live on forever in the new McKenzie County Law Enforcement Center.

The special ceremony was attended by family, friends, law enforcement officers, city officials, and community members on March 20, 20 years to the date that Senior Patrol Officer Keith Allen Braddock was slain. It was announced that the Watford City Police Department’s conference room in the new law enforcement center would be named the “Braddock Room.”

“It was a very nice ceremony,” said Harry Braddock, Officer Braddock’s son. “It was good that he got the recognition. If my dad was here, he wouldn’t think he deserved the honor. He was kind of humble about that kind of stuff.”

The event was organized and put on by the Watford City Police Department. According to Chief of Police Art Walgren, the idea came up during discussions about naming rooms at the new law enforcement center. Assistant Chief of Police Jesse Wellen mentioned naming a room after fallen Officer Braddock, and the department decided to go with the idea.

“A few of us then worked together to come up with ideas, which room to name, and how to go about it,” stated Walgren. “This has been in the works for about two to three months. We felt this was a good thing to do as it names one of our rooms, as well as recognizes the sacrifice of Keith Braddock and his family.”

The ceremony was well

Customers were in the American Legion in Watford City having drinks and unwinding after a day of work.

Elmo Sorenson and his wife, Ellinor, were sitting at a table near the door with friends enjoying appetizers. Bud Drovdal was sitting close by conversing with Ellinor about her children, and Pat Wagner had stopped in the Legion at about 5 p.m. to have a drink and visit with friends.

The club was full of about 20 people including Robert Mead Jr. of Grassy Butte.

He apparently ordered a beer and didn’t like it, so he ordered another one, but wasn’t satisfied with that one either.

Mead then left the Legion and returned shortly thereafter with two high-powered rifles, one in each hand.

According to Wagner, Mead shot into the ceiling, took three or four steps, shot into the ceiling again and yelled for someone to bring him a real beer and to get Dean Meyer on the phone.

But instead of calling Meyer, someone called the police.

According to Bud Drovdal, Mead went on about Meyer taking away his grandchildren’s mineral rights.

Shortly before the first shots were fired, Sorenson had excused himself and went to the restroom. When he returned, he sat down and began to visit with Drovdal.

According to Sorenson, Officer Keith Braddock walked in and more shooting started. “Mead fired first, and Braddock crouched down behind the east end of the bar and fired back,” said Sorenson.

Braddock’s shot caught Mead about four inches above the knee, but according to Sorenson it didn’t seem to phase him. Mead then returned fire shooting about five rounds at Braddock, who then fired about three shots back at Mead.

It was during this exchange of gunfire that Officer Braddock was struck by one fatal shot. According to police, Braddock was struck in the

attended and fallen Officer Braddock’s son and his wife and children, and a cousin he graduated with, made the trip to be present at the special ceremony at the Watford City Civic Center. Speakers included Watford City’s Chief Walgren, Watford City’s Mayor Brent Sanford, and Harry Braddock.

A shadow box, specially made in honor of the fallen officer, was unveiled at the ceremony, and will be displayed outside the main police department conference room at the new law enforcement center.

“The mayor spoke and read a letter from former Watford City Police Department Chief Daryl Vance.

Harry spoke, and I did as well,” Walgren stated. “The shadow box contains a letter from ODMP (Officer Down Memorial Page), a letter from myself, a picture of Keith by his squad car, an ODMP Challenge Coin, and the old version of our Police Department badge and patch.”

The ceremony, the first of its kind in 20 years, honored a man that was remembered by many.

“My dad was a good guy,” stated Harry Braddock. “He would do whatever he could to help someone out, and he would never ask for anything in return. It was nice to have the ceremony and to see people I haven’t seen in many years.”

•Officer Braddock Slain In Line Of Duty 20 Years Ago (The following are excerpts from the March 27, 1996 issue of the McKenzie County Farmer after the shooting of Keith Braddock, a 16½-year veteran of the Watford City Police Department.)

What started out as a normal evening Wednesday, March 20, 1996, turned into a nightmare that left an entire community shaken in the aftermath of the killing of Officer Keith Braddock, a 16½year veteran of the Watford City Police Department and two area residents being held at gunpoint for nine hours.

upper left chest by one bullet that hit the bottom portion of his badge on his jacket, as well as hit the badge on his shirt. The badges and bullet fragmented causing almost instantaneous death.

According to Sorenson, everything happened very rapidly and people ran out of the club when the first shots were fired.

Drovdal and Sorenson were sitting at the west end of the club at the time of the shooting, and Mead took them both as hostages.

Mead told the men to stay since they were the oldest - they had the ‘privilege’ of being with him. Mead had the gun pointed at both men and made them move to the west end of the bar and had them sit there. The whole time, his rifle was positioned across his arm to watch his hostages.

After about a half hour, Mead put up a barricade by the doors and windows. He apparently dragged a small deep freeze over and pushed it down the stairwell and piled chairs on top of it.

According to Drovdal, Mead took chairs and built a fort for protection in case the S.W.A.T. Team came in.

The two hostages didn’t know what was going to happen next. According to Sorenson, Mead said, “Make a wrong move and you’re dead.” Drovdal commented that they were threatened that way a few times.

As time passed, Drovdal and Sorenson tried to talk to Mead about ranching, farming, and cattle. “That way, we could get a little more acquainted and could sort of act like friends,” stated Sorenson.

After about four or five hours of talking, Mead made demands to the police. His first demand for a hot meal was met, and then according to Sorenson, he told the negotiators that he would give them 10 minutes to deliver 250 pounds of additional food. Then a little while later he told them that they had

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echoed those same sentiments.

“We can see more clients, we had to really limit ourselves,” Henderson said. “In the old building we didn’t have enough rooms to actually do even just technician appointments.”

The entrance of the new clinic features a wide selection of retail pet and livestock products. Andress and Business Manager Brandt Hebert both said that the items on the new sales floor were actually housed at the old location, but everything was stuffed in empty spaces throught the building.

“About 90 percent of the stuff we have on display in our new retail area, we had at the old clinic,” Hebert said. “It was just in every closet, behind every door, it was stuck in cupboards.”

That’s not an issue at the new facility. With the openfloor entrance, the clinic will be able to increase their quantity and diversify their selection of pet and animal products.

Patrons can now come in and purchase products without interfering with the medical staff ’s care routine.

Hebert also said they may be able to accommodate special orders on products that aren’t on the shelves, assuming their distributors can supply it.

“So the ability to bring [the products] out to show people what we have is going to help us increase our sales volume,” Hebert said.

Off to the side of the retail space is a flex room. Staff said that it will serve multiple purposes including dog training and 4-H events.

The medical practices should become more effi-

PHOTOS—(TOP) Dr. Ethan Andress (L) shakes RZ Motor’s Kortney Kindsfater’s hand after accepting a commemorative plaque from the Hettinger Area Chamber of Commerce for their years of service in the community. (BOTTOM LEFT) The new facility features a larger reception area. (BOTTOM RIGHT) The surgical area now has its own space, at the old location surgery and regular exams were performed in the same space. (Photos by Cole Benz/The Record.) cient with the added space.

The new building features four exam rooms separate from the surgical procedure area, preventing the occasional scheduling conflict

that occurred at the previous building. At the old facility they had to perform both tasks in the same area, so the equipment required for more invasive procedures

limited space for routine exams.

The building also has separate spaces for their pharmacy, radiology, lab work, and animal recovery—with

separate kennels for cats and dogs. They also dedicated some space for a ‘comfort room’ where the medical staff can discuss a diagnosis with a client or perform

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TOP: The Hettinger fourth grade class poses with Kat Perkins (Far Right). BOTTOM: The Hettinger Choir poses with Kat Perkins (Center). (Courtesy Photo)

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During her time on “The Voice,” Perkins saw both positives and negatives of social media. She was twice rescued from elimination on the program because of her fans on social media. On the brink of going home, audience members and viewers at home could log on to Twitter and vote to give one contestant an instant save, and viewers picked her twice.

At the same time, she also had experiences with negativity on social media.

Perkins would continuously be mocked for a wide range of reasons, and from total strangers; from the way she looked to how she performed, hurtful comments flooded her Twitter feed.

The later session at the school, with the elementary students, was tailored towards being brave, taking chances and following their dreams.

It was a positive experience for young minds, according to Joyce.

The youths were able to see someone from the area that captured the national spotlight, come back and lend words of encouragement.

Perkins performed, too, singing a total of four songs for the large crowd of students and teachers.

Following the presenta-

euthanasia. They also have an expanded kennel area for their boarding service— each kennel features a door to the outside.

Clients with large animals and livestock will also see a big difference when heading to the veterinarian. They have designed the area to allow trucks to pull trailers right up to the building, at the old location the layout forced ranchers to back their long trailers into a smaller space.

“We made it more convenient, especially for the large animal aspect,” Henderson said. “Because you can actually drive the trailers in versus having to back up in a little parking lot in the back.”

Facilities in the back of the building have been built specifically for large animal care. This will allow the medical staff to care for the animals indoors during inclement weather.

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) State Director Ryan Taylor was present for the event (USDA provided West River Veterinary Clinic with a low interest loan to fund a portion of the project).

“I know this building, and these docs will make sure that your pets are well cared for, that your livestock is well cared for, [and] that your horses are well cared for,” Taylor said.

Now that the new clinic is finally a reality, Andress said he’s feeling “a whole bunch of emotions,” and said that part of it “is a sigh of relief ” that the facility is finally finished.

“For me this project has been a part of years and years and years of growth,” Andress said. “So it’s all finally coming together, so the emotions are just hard to describe at this point.” tions, Perkins stayed around to socialize with the students.

“I think some kids hung around a little bit,” Joyce said. “[Perkins and the group] did a lot with the high schoolers in the morning.”

Perkins took photo requests while others gathered around her guitarist, Eric Warner.

Donations from the American Legion in Hettinger and ALLETE Clean Energy, Inc. went towards supporting the event

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COMMUNITY FACS Class tours Dakota Packing, learns details of meat processing

On April 21, 2016, the FACS III class toured Dakota Packing. Ed Verhulst took us through the stages of the killing process, which was remarkably fast and humane. From then the steer was lifted into another room where it was skinned.

This process can take anywhere from seven to 40 minutes, depending on experience and the size of the animal. The hide will then be shipped on to China where it will be tanned. After the carcass was sawed in half, we saw how they removed the spinal cord; this is a federal regulation regarding Mad Cow Disease. We walked through the cooler where the carcasses age for 10 to 20 days. Verhulst showed where all the meat processing takes place including making sausage, cutting into different meat cuts, smoking and more. It is nice to see the full process from live steer to wrapped steaks, roasts and hamburger. Thank you Ed for this mooooarvelous experience!

Submitted by FACS III: Devin Faller, HaLea Meher, Sam Reuther, Aric Spratta, Braxon Yates

“I Am N” is a 6 week video study put out by Voice of the Martyrs. The Arabic letter ‘N’ is the symbol that ISIS paints on the homes of Christains to show that they are ‘Followers of the Nazarene’. This is a study about Sacrifice, Faithfulness, honor, Perserverance, Courage, and Forgiveness. Starting Wednesday, April 6th at 7 pm at Hettinger Assembly of God. Everyone Welcome!

Hettinger Assembly of God 106 3rd Street North, Hettinger Call us at (701) 567-2747

Celebrating your neighbors Do you have something you’d like to share with the community?

Send a story and/or photos to cbenz@countrymedia.net.

STUDENTS OF THE MONTH This month’s student of the month focused on creativity.

Creativity is a phenomenon whereby something new and somehow valuable is formed.

The created item may be intangible (such as an idea, a scientific theory, a musical composition or a joke) or a physical object (such as an invention, a literary work or a painting). The award is voted on by teachers and

one student from each grade is selected; this month’s students of the month are: Ka-

lyn Schalesky, Katrina Poss, Logan Gwinup, Jesse Qualls, Eli Kaitfors, and Aric Spratta.

Student(s) of the Month is sponsored by Montana-Dakota Utilities.

Dakota Praire Helping Hands to offer support groups The Vision Statement of Dakota Prairie Helping Hands is “Helping hands dedicated to healing hearts”. The mission of the organization is to provide compassionate care for confined, sick, or dying individuals and their families. Another part of the mission is to facilitate communication, provide education and be an information resource for the communities served.

In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of families caring for a loved one at home. With Alzheimer’s Disease, Cancer, Strokes and other illnesses on the rise, any family may be faced with the situation of caring for a spouse, parent, sibling or other loved ones in their own home. Rosalynn Carter once stated, “There are four kinds of people in the world: Those who have been caregivers; those who currently are caregivers; those who will be caregivers; and those who will need a caregiver.”

Being the caregiver for a loved one, no matter what the reason, can be both rewarding and extremely stressful. For this reason, Dakota Prairie Helping Hands will be starting a Caregiver’s Support Group beginning Tuesday, May 10 at 2:00 p.m. at the Dakota Prairie Helping Hands office, 216 South Main Street in Hettinger. The group will be meeting the sec-

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two minutes to make their delivery or there would be dead bodies.

Mead used Officer Braddock’s police walkie talkie to converse with the negotiators until the batteries ran out, and then he talked to

them by phone.

Sorenson reported that as time went along, he could tell that Mead was wearing down and that he was more easily satisfied. “At first he wouldn’t let us use the bathroom without the gun on us,” he stated. “But toward the last few hours, we could go and he didn’t follow us.”

One of Mead’s concerns was also for Drovdal to get

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ond Tuesday of every month. This is a time for caregivers to get together to share and learn from each other as well as having a brief respite once a month. If needed, a DPHH volunteer may be available to sit with your loved during that time.

Also the Grief Support group, “A Journey of Hope” has been meeting the third Thursday of every month. However, the time will be changed to 2:00 p.m. This group also meets at the DPHH office, and is for anyone that has suffered the loss of a loved one through death, whether it was a spouse, parent, child, sibling or friend. Each person’s grief is unique, but talking with others who have gone through similar losses will help you to realize that you are not alone in feeling some of the emotions that you are going through, and that most of those feelings are “normal”. A grief support group can not necessarily alleviate the pain that you are feeling, but it can help you to deal with some of the emotions that you are going through in a healthy manner.

If you have any questions about either of these groups, please call Laurie Wickstrom at 701-567-4975 or stop in at the DPHH Office. Office hours are Tuesdays and Wednesdays 9 a.m. -noon and 1-3 p.m. and Thursdays 11:30 a.m. – 4:30 pm.

the medication, which was delivered, that he needed.

“He called me Grandpa Bud because of the jacket I was wearing, and he asked me if I had taken enough of my medicine,” stated Drovdal.

But according to information received from the Watford City Police Department, the medication which was dropped off for Drovdal was never taken inside the Legion.

Mead finally agreed to talk to a cousin who persuaded him to give up. “At first he was reluctant,” said Sorenson. Mead stated, “I’m not going to be shot like a dog, and if they arrest me, I’ll be in prison all my life and I don’t want that.”

Finally at approximately 2:20 a.m., on Thursday morning, nearly nine hours after being held as hostages, Mead released his first hostage. Mead turned to Drovdal and told him that he was a free man and that he could go.

At first Mead told Drovdal to go out the front door, but then made him exit using the back door because of his fear of the S.W.A.T. Team. After more negotiating, Mead put his guns against the bar and told Sorenson that he was free and could go.

Mead then walked out the front door and headed south toward the newspaper build-

ing. According to Sorenson, a police officer was lying on his stomach positioned to shoot Mead. He yelled at him to stop and Mead dropped to his knees. Once he dropped to his knees, police rushed in, grabbed the last hostage, and arrested Mead. It wasn’t until after Mead walked out of the Legion that authorities could get inside and confirm Officer Braddock’s death. It was determined that Braddock had bled to death approximately 30 minutes after being wounded.

Mead was later convicted of Officer Braddock’s murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Officer Braddock was an U.S. Army veteran, and had served with the Watford City Police Department for almost 17 years. He left behind a wife, Mary, a son, Harry, and two daughters, Becky and Lisa.

“Keith was proud to be a peace officer,” stated Neal Shipman, following Officer Braddock’s death. “He lived his life as a peace officer and in doing so, he paid the ultimate price when he died as a peace officer. Keith Braddock will be remembered as a hero, but more importantly, he will be remembered as a son, a brother, a husband, a father, a comrade, and a friend - a man who loved life and living.”

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Apartment For Rent: Convenient country location near Haynes, ND. New one bedroom fully furnished Apt. TV, Internet, and Laundry. 920-379-7147. (TFN)

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Please leave a message. (TFN) __________________________ The Lemmon School District is taking applications for a full time custodial position at the elementary and armory. This full time position has a salary range of $14.00 to $15.50 per hour with some overtime and includes medical insurance and retirement benefits. Applicants please contact Anita Stugelmeyer, Business Manager, Lemmon School

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NDSU EXTENSION AGENT, Ag & Natural Resources/Divide County, Crosby, ND. Open until filled. Apply at: http://jobs.ndsu. edu/postings/7468. NDSU is an EEO/AA-M/F/VET/Disability Employer.

EXPERIENCED MEAT CUTTER/STORE MANAGER needed at Wangler Foods in Casselton, ND. Please send resume to Wangler Foods Inc., PO Box 643, Casselton, ND 58012.

SERVICE TECHNICIAN OPPORTUNITY: Small, progressive, New Holland and Vermeer dealership in Burke, SD seeking service technician. Benefit package and incentive pay for motivated individuals. Excellent community with plenty of hunting/ fishing opportunities. Wage dependent upon experience and skill level. Apply in person at Johnson Implement or phone (605) 775-2616.

City of Grafton WATER PLANT/ DISTRIBUTION OPERATOR. Application/job description available at www.graftongov.com/ jobopportunities or Job Service.

Deadline May 13th. EOE

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have been retained for five years after the student has exited services. Notice is hereby given that such records will be destroyed on July 1, 2016 and an individual wishing to obtain a copy of their records should request, in writing, to West River Student Services, P.O. Box 1575, Dickinson, ND 58602 before the date of destruction. A permanent record containing the student’s name, address, phone number, record of grades, years of enrollments, courses completed will be kept by the individual school districts.

West River Student Services Unit serves the school districts of Amidon, Beach, Belfield, Billings County, Bowman County, Golva, Halliday, Hettinger, Killdeer, Marmarth, New England, Richardton/Taylor, Scranton, South Heart and Twin Buttes. __________________________ Published In The Adams County Record April 29, May 6, 13 2016

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LANDOWNERS: DESPITE DOWNTURN North Dakota farm land values continue to be strong.

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LegaLs liam T. Clement, Deceased NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within three montsh after the date of the first publication or mailing of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be presented to Irene Merck, personal representative fot eh estate at P.O. Box 1266, Mandan, North Dakota 58554-7266 or filed with the court.

Dated this 18th day of April, 2016 /s/ Irene Merck Irene Merck Personal Representative First Publication on the 29th day of April, 2016.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ADAMS COUNTY, SOUTHWEST JUDICIAL DISTRICT, STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

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In the Matter of the Estate of Wil-

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ADAMS COUNTY, STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA In the Matter of the Estate of MATTHIAS KORANG, deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within three months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be presented to Marvel Korang, Personal Representative of the Estate of Matthias Korang, at 117 First Street East; P.O. Box 1173, Dickinson, ND 58602, or filed with the Court.

Dated this 12th day of April, 2016.

Personal Representative: /s/: Marvel Kong Marvel Korang

REQUEST FOR BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the City Council of the City of Hettinger, North Dakota, is requesting bids for the sale and purchase of the following described property: E 30 feet of Lot 12 Block 13 Original Townsite, City of Hettinger, County of Adams, State of North Dakota, but only that portion of said property which is the original building formerly used as a liquor store, and not to include that portion of the building which is a “garage bay” west of the premises.

All bids must be submitted to the Hettinger City Auditor at the Adams County Courthouse in a sealed envelope marked “City of Hettinger – Land Sale Bid”, on or before 4:30 p.m., May 6th, 2016.

Bids will be opened at 8:00 a.m., May 11th, 2016 during the City Council Meeting held at the Hettinger City Armory.

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Sign O’ The Times That’s Life By TONY BENDER

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Record cued. The needle drops. Prince. Sign O’ the Times. Now, on to the keyboard...

Dylan walked into the living room Thursday afternoon. “Bad news, Dad. Prince died.”

I still feel like I was punched in the chest. Rock and roll will kill ya.

Add this to the millions of tributes to Prince that will all fall short.

We live and breathe music at our house. When I carried in the fixings for lasagna from the grocery store yesterday, India was on her guitar, singing, and Dylan was pounding along on a cajone and a cymbal. Just another day.

We share music to the point that it becomes an assignment. Go ahead, ask me something about Kanye or the Front Bottoms. Last weekend, India plopped three albums into my hands before she headed out the door. She’s driving now, so we mostly communicate by text and notes in the refrigerator claiming foodstuffs like the last key lime yogurt. (Eat this and die!) I was gratified for the brief exchange.

“Did you listen,” she asked upon her return.

“Yup. All three, every side.

I especially liked Neutral Milk Hotel.”

Over the years, I’ve introduced Dylan to everything from Bob Dylan, his namesake (along with Dylan Thomas), to Sinatra, Louis

Armstrong, Todd Rundgren and of course, Prince.

We talked about what a loss it was, how truly original Prince was, and we streamed his performance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004 where he played along in the shadows with Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Steve Winwood on a tribute to George Harrison.

Harrison’s son, Dani, plays acoustic guitar solemnly— “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”—until Prince steps into the spotlight in a long red duster, a matching red fedora, gives him a wink and rips into an otherworldly three minute guitar solo that blows the roof off the place.

Dani’s face breaks into a grin as Prince catches his eye. Fingers fly up and down the fretboard effortlessly in celebration of Harrison’s music. But Prince is just getting started. He stage dives backward, still playing, into the arms of a burly bodyguard who gently but firmly pushes the wisp of a man back on stage.

By this time Dani has gone from grinning to laughing, and after watching it a dozen times, it seems to me as if Dani, having lost his father just three years earlier, is the intended audience.

Prince joins the rest of the superstar band seamlessly for the final notes. Then he tosses his guitar off the stage, presumably to the burly bodyguard, and strides offstage, a hint of a smile on his face. A showman. And a guy with a heart.

Dylan watched, memorized, the enormity of the loss setting in. He disappeared into his room.

I was early into my radio career when Prince hit the scene. A tight rotation of Top 40 hits meant you heard the same thing. A lot. To this day, I still can’t handle com-

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ND mercial Christmas music, which we played ad nauseam for two months out of the year, and I avoid the hits on many albums. But Prince’s music was so dramatically different and original, with so much going on—levels and layers of sound—I never really got tired of any of it.

“When Doves Cry” still holds my attention.

I appreciated Prince’s sense of humor. It was sly, but it was there. On the song, “Push”, his bandmates implore him to rap a little.

“Prince, get on the mike!”

He groans, “You don’t want me on the mike!”

“Prince, get on the mike!”

More groaning. “No man, you don’t want me on the mike.”

Right. He’s only Prince. No one wants him on the mike.

Reluctantly, he begins to wail in that unmistakable falsetto, three fourths angel and the rest something more primal.

He was contradiction.

Loved women like Valentino; his bands were often comprised of brilliant women musicians, but he was so androgynous he made David Bowie look like a linebacker.

And dirty? Tipper Gore still isn’t over it.

But he was a devout Jehovah’s Witness who famously knocked on the door of a couple in the Minneapolis suburbs one Sunday to testify. They listened for a while because it was Prince, but finally politely dismissed him

Grand River Roundup NEWS By BETTY OLSON

More rain! I dumped an inch and a half out of the rain gauge last Monday and almost another half inch this Monday with more rain predicted to come this week.

I celebrated my birthday on Tuesday by finally taking my thumb that was smashed by a Rambouillet buck a

couple weeks ago to the doctor. The x-ray showed that the bone in my thumb was just in fragments, so they sent the x-rays to the surgeon in Bismarck and scheduled me to have surgery up there Friday morning.

We had some fun guests for lunch on Wednesday.

Mike Fosha and Alan Johnson with the South Dakota Archeological Society and Rep. Sam Marty came to plan where we want to search for archeological sites around this area. This summer we will walk the banks of the South Grand River that runs through our ranch looking for fossils and

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artifacts, visit the ancient grave of an Indian woman that was buried up in our west pasture, and hopefully find time to hike up into the south end of the Slim Buttes to look at the mammoth tracks.

When I was just a little kid my father took me up there to see what they called the “elephant tracks” back then, but I can’t remember how to get there anymore and Sam has never seen them, even though he was raised near there. They looked over my fossils and artifacts and identified them for me. My favorite fossil is a gigantic prehistoric mammoth tooth that came from the Slim Buttes. If any of you have something you would like to have investigated, let Sam or me know.

If they find anything on your

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property, they will document it and you get to keep it. Sam has a large collection of artifacts that they found on his ranch south of the Slim Buttes.

I met with Dr. Willoughby in Hettinger to do a pre-op early Thursday morning and then drove to Bismarck to meet with Dr. Ackerman’s surgical staff at the Bone and Joint Center.

Thankfully, I have a relative who lives in Bismarck so I had a place to stay. Lark Welch teaches at the college up there and she took me in, kept me fed, and waited on me hand and foot (literally) for the next couple days.

Lark took me to the surgical center on Friday and waited in the lobby until the surgery was finished, went to the pharmacy to pick up my pain meds, and hauled me to her house to nurse me back to health. I was in good enough shape to drive myself home Saturday afternoon, but I’m not getting much done with this big cast on my thumb. I can barely use my right hand and typing this column using only three fingers on my right

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because they were Jewish and the Vikings were on.

Instead of moving to New York or Los Angeles, epicenters of music and stardom, he became the epicenter of a whole new scene in Minneapolis. Someone said that in any nightclub you could find someone who knew him or played with him. For that hometown loyalty, they loved him.

Genius is a mantle bestowed on many, but it is deserved here. He had a gift and he shared it.

All over the world, purple lights pulsed to his music last week.

“Turn it up, Dylan,” I hollered from the kitchen as I was making the lasagna. He obliged.

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Nighthawk basketball teams both down Harding County

By SHELDON CHRISTENSON For the Pioneer

Harding County came to Scranton on Dec. 18 and 19 to take on the Nighthawk boys and girls’ basketball teams, and left going 0-2 for their efforts.

Hettinger-Scranton’s boy’s basketball team faced the Ranchers first and pulled out a 64-62 win. The Nighthawk’s full court pressure initially gave the Ranchers trouble as they quickly fell behind 12-0. On top

of that, their 6’4” center Mason Teigen left the game late in the first quarter with three fouls and would not return until the 2nd half. The Nighthawks built a 13-point lead at the end of the first half which was highlighted by a buzzer-beating long range 3-point shot by Haden Sadowsky, which made the score 38-25.

With the return of Teigen in the second half, better shooting and rebounding, they outscored Hettinger/Scranton 37-

26 but the Ranchers fell just short by two points.

They had a chance to tie the game with less than a minute to go but, Sam Kludt blocked a close in shot by Teigen which more than likely saved the game from being tied.

The Ranchers got the ball back with 10 seconds left but could not get off a good shot.

Kludt was having a problem finding his shooting touch but his blocked shot was definitely one of the key moments for the

Nighthawks.

Sadowsky scored 34 for HS which included five 3-pointers and Brandon Pierce added 21. I had Clayton Koch leading Harding Co. with 23 points.

The Nighthawk JV team also remains undefeated as they downing Harding Co. 63-53.

Harding Co. came into the game with a 2-0 record and receiving votes in the top five in South Dakota Class B ranks.

The following night the Nighthawk girls downed the

Harding County girls who came in with a 1-3 record. The Hettinger/Scranton girls also jumped out to an early lead as they were head 16-1 after the first stop, and 25-15 at half.

They held on in the second half although being outscored 2421 to pull off their second win of the season to go along with five losses.

Casey Joppa tallied 19 and Kinsey Jahner added 11 for the Nighthawks. Both had two 3-pointers.

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Neighboring News News by Tiss By TISS JOHNSON

ROSEBUD Tiss Johnson and Morell Hirning made a trip into Mott and had supper before returning to the ranch.

Tiss Johnson and Morell Hirning were Friday evening visitors of Terry and Diane Friedt.

Tiss Johnson and Morell Hirning traveled to Mott Saturday afternoon and visited at the Nursing home with Bertha Hirning.

Tiss Johnson and Morell Hirning made a trip to Dickinson for groceries and went out to supper before returning home.

Susan Gunn is spending time with LeAnn Fechter

and family in Kansas.

Vince Gunn played cards at Summerville Sunday afternoon.

John and Shirley Johnson made a trip to Bowman Monday.

Wednesday Thelma Sandgren went to Hettinger with Beth Hulm and her cousin. They went to visit Roy Hulm at the Nursing Home and Thelma spent the afternoon with Gladys Vliem at the Assisted Living center. She also got to visit, Gladys Merwin, Dorothy Seidel; Leota Smith and Mrs. Stadheim. They had a lovely coffee hour. It is such a nice place.

Friday evening Thelma Sandgren went over to the Center to visit Joyce Waddell. Della Hatle also came to visit and had dessert.

Sunday, at 9:30 Thelma Sandgren joined Matt Schackow and they went to the Faith Christian Church in Faith, followed by a luncheon and the service was different but very good.

Sunday evening, Leonard Chapman had made a kettle of Lamb Chili and he brought it over to the home of Della Hatle and Thelma Sandgren was among those who came over and helped him eat it. It was very good.

Tim and JoAnne Seim were among those who attended the funeral for Bernie Rose in Bison Saturday morning.

Tim and JoAnne Seim called on Chet and Mandy Anderson and family one day this past week.

Bridget Keller traveled to Bismarck Friday for guard drill. She returned home Sunday night.

Dawn Harris watched the boys Saturday evening so Albert Keller could go to Bison for the prom grand March. Chiara Becker was crowned prom queen.

Patsy Miller made a trip to Lemmon Wednesday.

Jim and Patsy Miller went to Scranton Thursday.

Jim and Patsy Miller spent Friday in Hettinger.

Hat Tips They played cards at the Senior Center and Jim visited his mother, Violet, at the Nursing home.

Friday evening, Jim and Patsy Miller attended a Shriners Meeting which was held at the Pastime Steakhouse with supper.

Christi, Patsy and Zabrina Miller attended a painting class in Bison Saturday.

Matt, Christi and Zabrina Miller spent Sunday with Jim and Patsy Miller.

MEADOW No news SPRING BUTTE DeJon, Jeri Lynn and Mirandi Bakken attended the FFA Banquet in Lemmon Tuesday evening.

Vern, Roni and Jim Klein attended Jade Schaff ’s spring concert in Lemmon Thursday evening in Lemmon.

Jim Klein attended a track meet in Eureaka, SD Friday.

Hope Klein and Tyler Dean were Sunday evening visitors of Vern and Roni Klein, Jim and Jade.

ND Democratic-NPL Party Slides into Disarray Omdahl By LLOYD OMDAHL

The Democratic-NPL party in North Dakota is in such bad shape that even Republicans are shedding tears. However, they’re only crocodile tears.

Republicans will offer sympathy only as long as Democrats can’t muster the strength to be a threat and it appears that North Dakota Democrats will be harmless for the duration.

After the debacle of a state convention, Democrats need to make a critical assessment of their role in the North Dakota political system and start to address the causes of their apparent decline. The state needs a two-party system.

First, the Republicans have done their best to throttle the Democrats by passing laws designed to suppress the Democratic vote with restrictive voter ID laws and with structuring the Legislature to deprive

Democrats of their proportionate share of legislative seats.

In fact, Republicans have gerrymandered the legislative districts so that eight could be challenged for violating the constitutional requirement that districts be compact and contiguous. In addition, the two-member districts used for electing state representatives deny Democrats of at least five seats.

This is not to allege that only Republicans do electoral mischief. The Democrats in Massachusetts, Connecticut and other Democratic one-party states are doing the same thing to Republicans. The quest for power is not limited to one party or the other.

But Republicans deserve only partial credit for the decline of the Democratic Party. North Dakota Democrats are victims of national trend to the right. Measuring the dimensions of this shift in North Dakota would require extensive analysis of national, state and legislative elections. However, a cursory comparison of the votes cast in the presidential elections 1956-1976 and block of more current presidential elections seems to indicate that North Dakota

has experienced a seven per cent shift to the right.

So the conservative trend is one reason for decline of the Democrats.

Then Democratic campaign money dried up.

During the 1970s, ‘80s, and ‘90s, the state Democratic Party saw the importation of healthy sums of out-of-state money, siphoned out of Washington by the Democratic Congressional delegation. That money disappeared with the delegation.

Democrats failed to cultivate a stable of potential candidates to challenge the Republicans for the state offices. Too many legislators preferred to keep their seats rather than venture onto the state stage.

Consequently, every biennial convention became a draft of reluctant last-minute candidates from the convention floor. While some excellent candidates appeared for the campaign, the party didn’t.

Structurally, the party structure went to seed and it wasn’t the kind of seed that produced the proverbial grass roots organization needed for success. Precinct organizations disappeared and legislative districts went without officers.

Finally, Democrats

By DEAN MEYER For the Record

Hello, Shirley laid the law down on Saturday. I mean she lays the law down a lot. And maybe it is just as well.

You see I have an addiction. Well, I have several of them. But one is driving a team. Another is owning a milk cow. And there was a team for sale at a consignment sale over at Medora.

I mentioned that I might drive over when I finished feeding and watch that sale.

Since we’ve been married well over forty years, she can read me like a book.

“No!” And she gave me that look. The “I mean it look”.

Then she proceeded to remind me of my past experiences with a team of horses.

There were Ben and Buck, the mule team. I could drive them pretty good in the shed. I drove them on a chariot with flat tires. They would trot around in circles and I could do figure eights.

It was really neat. But crack the door open and it was “Katy bar the door”. It was the damndest runaway you ever saw.

There were Coors and Coors Light. A team I had purchased at the Miles City Bucking Horse Sale. We bucked them in the summer and drove them in the winter. Dad took them to the big draft horse sale at Waverly, Iowa. They ran off through a crowd of thousands. They had to call for extra ambulances to haul away the casualties.

There were Thelma and Louise. A team of molly mules. You had to figure

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being provided will actually help in the grant process..

“If that’s the intent then I can use it in the budget, and we get points for that supplemented equipment,” Gaylord said during the special council meeting.

Task force member, and current Adams County Economic Development Executive Director Jim Goplin said it shows Rural Development that the city is doing their part to organize the business too.

“It allows us to say ‘hey, here’s what we’re doing here locally,’” Goplin said.

If things progress and the equipment is made available, certified personal trainer Keith Jackson has agreed to lease the space for his business. But Gaylord pointed out that the wellness center will be available for the public to use, regardless if they hire Jackson for his services.

“You’re going to have people Keith is training,” Gay-

did not develop a policy program that would instill enthusiasm in the ranks.

Both parties have a problem dealing with definitions of ”liberal” and “conservative” at the state level. They have leaned on the national parties for their philosophical leadership instead of developing their own statefocused ideology.

Because both parties lack their own state-oriented ideologies, they tend to engage in piecemeal warfare, with Republicans offering a minimal response to circumstances and Democrats nitpicking Republican efforts.

To be competitive, the Democrats needs a cohesive agenda that addresses the felt needs of the people and thereby win support of the voting public. Failure to do so suggests that there are no unmet needs in North Dakota.

History may give Democrats a little hope. Without a common enemy, majority parties tend to break up.

The politically ambitious will start to disregard convention endorsements; legislative unity will crumble, and factions will evolve.

Maybe the Nonpartisan League will find a place in the wreckage.

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out a way to get a blindfold on Louise to harness her up. She was a little nasty to handle. And it didn’t help that since Ben and Buck, I am extremely scared of mules. I sold them as well broke at a horse sale. For years afterward, I saw them standing along the highway near Hettinger. I hope nobody got hurt.

The milk cow deal was even worse. One cow was so poor we had to bottle feed her calf. Who ever heard of a milk cow that had so little milk you had to supplement her calf with milk replacer?

And there was the chutefighting cow. I guess you call it a stanchion. Pete Veeder came down to watch me train this cow. I can remember him watching and commenting that, “I never saw anyone gentle a cow with a pitchfork”. Didn’t work either.

What got me to thinking about a team again was “driving school”. A neighbor put on a team driving school this weekend. And trust me, I could use a little schooling.

But I have cows to care for.

So I had Dad, who is ninety years old come down to look in on the school. Now he grew up driving horses.

He’s seen a lot of changes in nine decades of farming and ranching. He’s driven teams on everything from farm equipment to chariot races. So he was interested in watching this school.

He didn’t last long.

The school started out pretty basic. They hooked the lines up on a woman and drove her around. Teaching participants how to cue your team and how to handle the lines.

Dad came home and said, “I left. I was kind of hoping that woman would run away, but she was pretty well broke. And in that building she wouldn’t have gotten far anyway.”

Later, Dean

Suzie Reuther points to a map of the Armory as she lays out the proposed wellnes center. (Photo by Cole Benz/The Record) lord said. “And yet you’re going to have members of the community that just want to come in, and maybe, a couple people [want to] get on the treadmill together.”

Jackson has been advising the committee on equipment and ideal building layouts.

The wellness endeavor would benefit both the city and the residents; the community would have an updated facility for personal fitness, while the city would start to gain revenue from membership fees. Potential cost for memberships was not discussed.

Goplin also spoke about possible improvements to

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the west side of the building. Improving the kitchen and building a better serving area would benefit those utilizing the facility for social events, and if the Red Cross ever needed to use it during an emergency, the updated layout may increase the space they would have to operate within. He also indicated that the building, and community, would benefit from an updated look.

“We want to really start making eyes shine when people walk in the door,” Goplin said.

McIntyre agreed with Goplin, saying that it’s the first impression that has the most

effect when you walk into a building.

“Our first impression hits us,” McIntyre said.

Though the group is treading forward, McIntyre said they still need to have a solidified plan of action before they bring the idea to the community. McIntyre, speaking to the task force at a previous meeting, said that the plan needs to be completed before fundraising.

The next meeting for the Armory Task Force has not been scheduled.

Some committee members wondered about the viability of holding meetings during the summer; due to an increase in community activities the question was raised about scheduling conflicts.

McIntyre voiced his concern for postponing meetings until the fall, indicating that momentum would be lost if they take such an extended break.

Hettinger City Auditor Pat Carroll said they will need to discuss scheduling another Armory Task Force meeting at the next regular council meeting on May 11.

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Night Hawk wrestlers Junior continue to improve their high track skills

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By SHELDON CHRISTENSON

Left to Right) Tristan Pekas, Cade Warbis and Conner Andress. (Courtesy Photo)

For The Record

By SHELDON CHRISTENSON

For The Record Some of our Night Hawk wrestlers have been getting some valuable experience and improving their wrestling skills by participating in some very competitive tournaments.

Kyle Burwick continues to work on his wrestling skills, and it was demonstrated recently at the 2016 USAW Cadet Folkstyle Nationals in Cedar Falls, Iowa, April 1-2. He lost in the finals to Aaron Cashman from Pinnacle High School in Minnesota. Coach Randy Burwick informed me that Cashman is a nationally ranked wrestler. There were 45 wrestlers in his weight class. The top 8 in each weight class are USA wrestling All-Americans.

Cadet 113 - Kyle Burwick’s place is second.

Champ. Round 1 - Kyle Burwick (Hett.) won by fall over Jack Romain (NSP Polars) (Fall 1:29) Champ. Rd 2 - Kyle Burwick (Hett.) pinned Creighton Klinkhammer (Legends of Gold) (Fall 3:15) Champ. Round 3 - Kyle Burwick (Hett.) won by fall over Couy Weil (Team Kansas) (Fall 3:01) Quarterfinal - Kyle Burwick (Hett.) decisioned Antonio Saldate (Team Nevada) (Dec 6-2) Semifinal - Kyle Burwick (Hett.)

Kyle Burwick (L) and Alec Andress (R). (Courtesy Photo) NOT PICTURED: Isaac Anderson decisioned Jeremy Ayala (Sebolt Wr. finished 3-4 and Isaac went 2-5 in their Academy) (Dec 7-0) matches. The records for those two 1st Place Match - Aaron Cashman differed from what I had in last week’s (Pinnacle) decisioned Kyle Burwick column. I found out later that they both (Hett.) (Dec 3-1) filled in for other teams at times. This Three Night Hawk wrestlers took part was a very tough tournament as numerin the 2016 NWCA/USAW National ous states had teams entered.

Scholastic Duals in Crawfordsville, Ind., Three younger wrestlers competed this past weekend, April 15-16. Kyle with the North Dakota National ElBurwick helped lead the North Dakota ementary Dual Team in Council Bluffs, team to a 4-3 record as he went 6-1 in Iowa. They were Cade Warbis, Tristan his dual matches. Alec Andress and Pekas and Conner Andress. Cade and Isaac Anderson wrestled for the North Tristan both finished with 4-5 records Dakota Blue team that went 0-6. Alec and Conner went 2-6.

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The Night Hawk Junior High tracksters took part in a 12-team junior high meet at Dickinson on April 21. Both the girls and boys teams are low on numbers, but did well with what they have. The girls have better numbers out with around five in the eighth grade and nine in the seventh. The eighth grade girls placed fourth with 61 points. Bowman County finished first with 73 points, Mott-Regent was second with 73 and Trinity was third with 64.

In the seventh grade girls meet, the Night Hawks finished third with 42 points.

Trinity won with 112 points, Bowman County in second place with 76 and Mott-Regent was fourth with 40.

According to my count only one boy is out for track in the eighth grade and four in the 7th grade. The 8th grade team finished in 11th place and the 7th grade team finished in 10th place and both had 11 points. Scoring points for the Night Hawks: Eighth Grade Girls: Alys-

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sa Andress (second in the 400m, fourth in the 200m and sixth in the Long Jump); Carolyn Schultz (second in the triple jump, third in the 800M and third in the long jump); Quinn Mellmer first in the triple jump and fourth in the 400m); 4x400 relay team of Alyssa Andress, Katrina Poss, Quinn Mellmer and Carolyn Schultz finished 1st (note: Poss is a 7thgrader) Seventh Grade Girls: Sidra Sadowsky (first in 1600m and third in the 800m); Beth Lien (third in both the shot put and discus); Samantha Oase (sixth in long jump and eighth in the 200m) Katrina Poss (fifth in the 200m hurdles); 4x200 relay team of Samantha Oase, Casitee Miller, Katrina Poss, and Rayven Conner finished third.

Eighth Grade Boys: Brady Dillon (third in the shot put); 4x200 relay team of Brady Dillon, Quentin Schumacher, Tommy Buckmeier and Josh Dix finished fourth (note: only Dillon in an 8th-grader, the others are in the seventh grade).

Seventh Grade Boys: Tommy Buckmier (third in discus and fourth in shot put).

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Positional Analysis Weekly Viking Roundup By JORDAN WRIGHT For The Record

With the NFL draft rapidly approaching, let’s take a look at the four worst position groups for the Minnesota Vikings and how they can be fixed. For this article, I averaged the player grades from Pro Football Focus for each position.

All players who are on the roster and saw the field last season (therefor given a player grade by PFF) were taken into account. The averages also factor additions and subtractions to the roster, so for example Mike Wallace’s grade doesn’t affect the wide receiver’s overall average, while Alex Boone’s player grade will be factored into the offensive guard’s average.

With the draft this week, it’s time to look at the worst position group for the Minnesota Vikings. If you recall, the previous three articles covered numbers thefour through two: offensive 200mguard (66.28 average player mp);grade), tight end (65.48) nd inand linebacker (58.68). So n thethat leaves us with one, the longworst position group for firstthe Vikings in 2015 was… ourth(feel free to do a drum relayroll on the closest thing to , Ka-you)… offensive tackle. lmer It shouldn’t come as a fin-big surprise to anyone, but 7th-offensive tackle was by far the Vikings worst position Sidralast season with an aver600mage player grade of only Beth shot ntha p and trina hurof Sailler, yven

43.68 which ranks 30th in the NFL. Matt Kalil was the highest rated starter for the Vikings, and he had a player grade of 46.9, placing him 46th in the league.

The front office knows they needed to improve the offensive line this offseason, and have already taken steps to do just that. Not only will Phil Loadholt be back from injury, the Vikings also brought in Andre Smith from Cincinnati for added competition. Matt Kalil is entering the last year of his contract, so this will be his last chance to prove he can play left tackle in the NFL. Last year’s starter at right tackle, T.J. Clemmings, was a rookie last season and should only get better as time goes on.

Bottom line is that the offensive tackle group should (needs) to be better in 2016. But have the Vikings done enough to ensure that happens?

If the Vikings are looking towards the draft to further improve the offensive line, they will have plenty of options throughout.

In the first round, it’s almost guaranteed that the top two tackles (Laremy Tunsil, Ronnie Stanley) will be gone in the top 10, and word around the NFL is the next two tackles ( Jack Conklin and Taylor Decker) will also be drafted before the Vikings are on the clock. If any of those tackles fall to the Vikings, I think the Vikings should sprint to the podium to turn their name in. More than likely however, those four tackles will be gone.

So what will that leave the Vikings?

Jason Spriggs from Indiana is second round possibility. Spriggs is a very

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good athlete and had a tremendous showing at the combine. His tape shows inconsistency, but a team will draft him based on the potential he has shown.

Germain Ifedi from Texas A&M looked destined to be the next great offensive lineman to come from A&M. However, he never really put it all together and failed to transition to left tackle in college. As a tackle, Ifedi needs to show better consistency, but he has the size and strength to be a productive right tackle in the NFL. Ifedi should realistically be a third or fourth round pick, but he will probably be drafted in the late first or early second round.

Joe Haeg from North Dakota State is an option later in the draft. The five time national champion has the athleticism to play left tackle in the NFL. However, his smaller lower body and the level of competition he faced in college will have him falling down draft boards. Haeg is a potential future starter at left tackle who could be drafted in the fourth or fifth round.

So there you have it. The four worst position groups on the Minnesota Vikings.

Will the front office do enough in free agency and the draft to improve these positions? Will these positions remain as the worst on the team? Or will they improve and push other position groups down the list? Let me know what you think!

If you have any questions or comments, please reach out to me by e-mail (skoljwright@gmail.com), on Twitter @skoljwright or on Facebook (facebook. com/skoljwright)

North Dakota Sports By SHELDON CHRISTENSON

Congrats to Hayden Sadowsky who signed with Williston State College to play basketball. Also signing were DiAndre Booker, a 6-foot-1 guard from Minot and Bray Meyer is a 6-foot-6 Forward from Stanley.

In their first year in track, New England is doing well and has good numbers out for track, albeit, very young.

According to the NDHSAA web site, the girls have 20 out with 15 of those seventh through ninth graders. The boys have 19 out with 14 of those seventh through ninth graders.

Bismarck Century’s overpowering senior righthander Dalton Feeney was in a zone against the Legacy Sabers striking out 18 of the 21 batters he faced in a 5-0 perfect game victory at Municipal Ballpark on April

21. Major League scouts watched from the stands with radar guns. Feeney is a University of Missouri recruit.

Mike Dwyer, the longtime boys basketball coach at Shiloh Christian School, turned in his resignation April 18, ending a highly successful coaching career that began in 1992. In 24 seasons, Dwyer’s teams racked up 426 victories and 11 Class B state tournament berths.

North Dakota State head football coach Chris Klieman has signed a new six-year contract to remain at the school through the 2021 season.

The Night Hawk track teams did well in the Dakota Bank Relays held in Lemmon on April 23. The girls finished second in the 13team meet with 128 points while Bowman County came out on top with 140 points. The boys came in sixth with 66 points and Bison won the boys meet with 122 while Bowman County was third with 103. A few of the top finishers for the Night Hawks: Girls: Elizabeth Bartholomy (first in the 100m and second in both the long

jump and triple jump); Taylor Hestekin (first in the 800M); Sidra Sadowsky (second in the 3200M); The 4x400, 4x800 Relay teams and the 1600 Sprint Medley team all came in first.

Boys: 4x100 relay team came in first, 4x400 and 1600 Sprint Medley teams came in second; Sam Kludt (second in both triple jump and long jump).

Sports schedule for the coming week is as follows:

- April 29, Boys Varsity JV & JH Golf at Bowman - April 30, Varsity Track Meet at Lemmon - April 30, Varsity Baseball vs Dickinson JV at Hettinger - May 2, Boys Golf at Bully Pulpit - May 2, Girls Golf at South Heart - May 2, Varsity Baseball vs Shiloh at Hettinger - May 2, JH Track at Killdeer - May 3, Varsity Track at Hazen - May 5, Varsity Baseball at Washburn - May 5, Varsity Track Meet at Dickinson - May 6, JH Track Meet at Watford City See you the games!

GAME AND FISH NEWS ■■ Spring Mule Deer Survey Complete The North Dakota Game and Fish Department completed its annual spring mule deer survey in April, and results indicate western North Dakota’s mule deer population has increased 21 percent from last year.

Bruce Stillings, big game supervisor, said the increase is a result of higher adult doe survival in 2015, three consecutive years of good fawn production, and overwinter survival combined with milder winter weather conditions.

“These factors, along with no harvest of antlerless mule deer during the past four deer hunting sea-

sons, have resulted in mule deer numbers doubling since we experienced our low in 2012,” Stillings said.

Biologists counted 2,880 mule deer in 306.3 square miles during this year’s survey. Overall mule deer density in the badlands was 9.4 deer per square mile, which is up from 7.8 deer per square mile in 2015.

The spring mule deer survey is used to assess mule deer abundance in the badlands. It is conducted after the snow has melted and before the trees begin to leaf out, providing the best conditions for aerial observation of deer. Biologists have completed aerial surveys of the same 24 study areas

since the 1950s.

■■ Pronghorn Hunters Successful in 2015

We’ve Got The News ATHLETE PROFILE ! u o Y r Tanner Sanford Fo

Boys: the team entin Buck-By SHELDON shedCHRISTENSON on inFor The Record s are Tanner Sanford particiBoys:pated in baseball, track, basrd inketball and football while shotin high school. Football proved to be his most successful as he was named 2015 First Team All-State in 9-Man football, All-Region in football four times as well as holding three Night Hawk football records. Sanford also holds one school record in basketball.

He attributes his preparation for being the best athlete he could be to attending various football and basketball camps during the summer months.

When he was younger, the older kids would inspire him. He loved watching his older brother Shawn play football. When he got involved in sports, his brothers would always talk to him about how much better they were than he was, and that pushed him to work harder in sports.

He credited Coach Jeremy Dietchman in pushing him to do his best, not only in basketball but football also.

Coach Dietchman also provided beneficial information on opposing teams and players by watching game films and passing that on to the team.

One of the funniest moments he encountered was at a track meet. He observed a hurdler tripping and falling and it looked painful, but none the less it was humorous. There was also a time when a football player on the bus vomited on another player.

When asked what he considered his biggest disappointment, he stated: “My biggest disappointment in

Hunter success during last fall’s pronghorn hunting season was 81 percent, according to statistics provided by the North Dakota Game and Fish Department.

The season was held in units 3-B, 4-A and 4-C. Game and Fish issued 409 licenses (266 lottery and 143 gratis), and 385 hunters took 312 pronghorn, consisting of 286 bucks, 15 does and 11 fawns. Each hunter spent an average of 2.4 days afield.

The 2016 pronghorn hunting season will be determined in early July.

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sports by far was losing in the 9-Man semi-finals to North Prairie.”

His plans after graduating from high school are to attend Bismarck State College and obtain a certificate in Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning.

Tanner finalized by adding; “Throughout my years in high school sports I have learned more life lessons than anywhere else. I would advise all the younger kids to stayed involved or become involved in sports.

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I would like to add that Tanner was a joy to watch in football and basketball.

By SHELDON CHRISTENSON Football was definitely his For the Pioneer best sport, but watching Harding County came to him play basketball was18 and 19 to Scranton on Dec. takeHe on was the Nighthawk boys also enjoyable. not and girls’ basketball teams, and much of a scorer, but his all left going 0-2 for their efforts. out hustle created havoc for Hettinger-Scranton’s boy’s basketball team the opposing team.

I still re- faced the Ranchers first and pulled out member on the occasion ofNighthawk’s a 64-62 win. The court pressure one of his rarefull outside shotsinitially gave Ranchers trouble as they he threw up athe 3-pointer and quickly fell behind 12-0. On top it was good. The crowd and his teammates were all a little surprised, but gave him a good cheer.

Nighthawk basketball teams both down Harding C of that, their 6’4” center Mason Teigen left the game late in the first quarter with three fouls and would not return until the 2nd half. The Nighthawks built a 13-point lead at the end of the first half which was highlighted by a buzzer-beating long range 3-point shot by Haden Sadowsky, which made the score 38-25.

With the return of Teigen in the second half, better shooting and rebounding, they outscored Hettinger/Scranton 37-

26 but the Ranchers fell just short by two points.

They had a chance to tie the game with less than a minute to go but, Sam Kludt blocked a close in shot by Teigen which more than likely saved the game from being tied.

The Ranchers got the ball back with 10 seconds left but could not get off a good shot.

Kludt was having a problem finding his shooting touch but his blocked shot was definitely one of the key moments for the

Nighthawks.

Sadowsky scored 34 for HS which included five 3-pointers and Brandon Pierce added 21. I had Clayton Koch leading Harding Co. with 23 points.

The Nighthawk JV team also remains undefeated as they downing Harding Co. 63-53.

Harding Co. came into the game with a 2-0 record and receiving votes in the top five in South Dakota Class B ranks.

The following night the Nighthawk girls downed the

Harding came in w Hettinger/ jumped ou they were first stop, They held although 21 to pull of the sea five losses Casey J Kinsey Ja the Nighth 3-pointers

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Governor proclaims Clothes closet ‘Farmers Union annual meeting and Youth Week’ elections held Governor Jack Dalrymple has proclaimed May 1-7, 2016, as Farmers Union Youth Week, citing North Dakota Farmers Union’s dedication to enhancing leadership abilities in young people and skilled leaders for North Dakota.

“The youth of our state are North Dakota’s most valuable resource in strengthening communities and organizations,” wrote Dalrymple in the signed proclamation. “Educating young people about the cooperative business model in present-day commerce is vital to North Dakota’s economic health.”

As the state’s largest general farm organization, North Dakota Farmers Union conducts county-sponsored classes on educational top-

ics and summer camps for rural and urban kids.

More than 1,000 youth attend Farmers Union camps annually, which get underway June 13. Four and five-day camps are offered for youth in grades 3-12. Each camp features traditional activities like swimming, campfires, theme nights and sports, while teaching an interactive curriculum that builds teamwork and leadership skills. Attendees also learn about cooperative businesses, and organize their own camp canteen as a co-op.

For more information on Farmers Union’s youth program or to register for summer camp, go to www.ndfu.org.

Wine and Cheese Taste-it and Quilt Trunk Show

The new “Prairie Stitchers” Guild are sponsoring a Wine & Cheese Taste-it with Quilt Trunk Show on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at the Buffalo Creek Quilt Shop from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The hope is that people interested in the Guild will stop by the event and see the samples of some of the area quilters’ lovely work along with looking at some of the great sample quilts at the Quilt Shop.

The purpose of the group is to sponsor events and educational opportunities in the

areas of quilting and stitchery. The group meets every other month on the second Sunday at 10:00 a.m. at the Buffalo Creek Quilt Shop. Come check it out.

Sharing quilting with other can be so much fun. You can get lots of new ideas and get help with quilting problems. You can share resources like quilt books, websites, apps, patters, and exchange fabrics. It is always great to get together and share common interests. Come join the fun.

The Clothes Closet annual board meeting was held March 30 at 1:30 p.m. at the Adams County Emergency Operations Center.

Monetary donations were given to local Boy Scout Troop 45, Hettinger and Reeder Senior Centers, Adams County Fair – Open Class, Dakota Buttes Museum, Hettinger Chamber of Commerce, Studio Dance, Local Fire Departments – Hettinger Chamber of Commerce, Studio Dance, Local Fire Departments – Hettinger, Reeder and Lodgepole, the Hettinger Food Pantry, Dakota Concert Association and the Bison School Football Team.

The nominating committee presented the names of Ada Jean Cornella, Sandy Erdman and Virginia Earsley for election to the Board of Directors. There were no nominations from the floor and they were unanimously elected.

The sale was April 4-9 and the Clothes Closet was closed for cleaning and restocking April 11 and 12. The volunteers were thanked for their dedication to the Clothes Closet and the successful year.

Water authority designates Drinking Water Week May 1-7 Southwest Water Authority (SWA) along with water systems across the United States and the American Water Works Association (AWWA) are reaching out to bring public awareness to our most precious resource, water, during National Drinking Water Week, which is May 1-7, 2016. This year’s theme is “Your Water- To Know It Is To Love It.” “SWA and the water community are joining together to celebrate National Drinking Water Week,” said SWA Manager/CEO Mary Massad. “Put simply, we celebrate National Drinking Water Week each year because drinking water is an invaluable part of our lives and it deserves our full focus and attention. Thank you to the employees of SWA who make this possible. Our thanks also goes out to everyone in southwest North Dakota for their continued support.”

For more than 35 years, AWWA and its members have celebrated Drinking Water Week – a unique opportunity for both water professionals and the communities they serve to join together to recognize the vital role water plays in our daily lives. Visit SWA’s website at www. swwater.com and like them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/swwater to learn more about the celebration of Drinking Water Week.

Posting Date April 25, 2016

1. GAMES: How many dots are on a pair of standard dice?

2. GEOGRAPHY: The Tropic of Capricorn crosses three continents. What are they?

3. U.S. STATES: Which state capital is the only one that ends in the letter “x”?

4. MUSIC: The song “Getting to Know You” appears in what movie or play?

5. ASTRONOMY: Which planet is closest to the sun?

6. MYTHOLOGY: What village in Cornwall, England is said to be the birthplace of King Arthur?

7. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What language is spoken by the Belgian people called Walloons?

8. HISTORY: What was the first country to recognize Mexico’s independence in 1821?

9. FOOD & DRINK: What kind of food is an aubergine?

10. MOVIES: What was the central theme of the 1945 movie “The Lost Weekend”? © 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

Trivia Test Answers 1. 42; 2. Australia, South America and Africa; 3. Phoenix, Arizona; 4. “The King and I”; 5. Mercury; 6. Tintagel; 7. French; 8. The United States; 9. Eggplant; 10. Alcoholism