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‘Pack Attack’

Cross Country coach sees strong future ahead for Bulldogs

Bowman Boys state champions (l-r): Nick Rodakowski, Jonah Njos, Noah Wokal, Caleb Sarsland, Brian Miller, Karsen Kulseth, Austin Wanner, Jaxson Hansey, Taylor Wanner. Submitted photo.

By Brad Mosher

bmosher@countrymedia.net

For Jonathan Jahner, winning coach of the year in cross-country, while having the individual state champion and the team title may not be enough.

In the month of October, the Bulldogs won two regional championships, and then added three more trophies at the state championships.

That doesn’t even count a strong third place finish by the girls at the state meet.

But one thing is certain. The Bulldogs have a strong future.

Brian Miller, the individual state Class B champion, is a senior on the squad that raced on the Cooperstown Golf Course.

That means three of the Bulldogs who finished among the top 12 runners in the state will be returning in 2021.

Sophomore Caleb Sarsland was seventh (17:05.2).

He was followed by eighth-grader Taylor Wanner (17:13.1) and sophomore Austin Wanner (17:18.2) placing eleventh and twelfth.

Seventh-grader Jonah Njos placed 25th (18:04.3) while Jaxson Hansey, a junior, came in 38th (18:24.6).

Freshman Karsen Kulseth placed 41st with a time of 18:35.2 for the 5-kilometer course. He was the final runner for the Bulldogs in the meet, which was limited to just seven-man varsity squads.

That means the Bulldogs could have won the title if an individual runner had won the race instead of Miller and the senior had not run.

Behind Miller, the second through sixth runners would have scored 88 points that would still have beaten second place team from Hillsboro/Central Valley by five points.

Miller said the race proved one thing. “I think we had the strongest team at state.”

The race proved that.

“The depth of the team really helped. We were really disappointed when the state turned down having 10 runners. We were really disappointed as a team because of COVID, but also missed opportunities for our fellow runners. We knew we were one of the deepest teams.

A lot of the teams don’t even have 10 runners,” he said.

That strong showing of depth has the coach looking ahead at the depth he’ll have coming back.

In addition to Miller, senior Noah Wokal won’t be returning in 2021.

But he will have a group of young runners that Jahner hopes to see improve over the next year.

“Caleb, Austin, Taylor... those guys,” the coach said as he considered the strong showing in the state meet by his underclassmen. “We talked to them about where they run on the team... where this guy is a two or that guy is a two. At our region meet, Taylor was our one.

“It is not about where you run on the team, it is about where we are finishing together and how we are doing. They have really bought in all season.

“You can’t get frustrated if you end up the four runner because one of you four is going to be the four runner... You are just going to do it on a really dang good team,” the coach said.

“When we get them to buy into not feeling sorry for being a four runner, good things happen,” he said, pointing to the state team championship.

Haunted Hospital scares up plenty of screams for patients, food bank supplies Staff Report

Bloody handprints, shadowy figures and the wailing of people inside warned at the door to the Haunted Hospital Saturday when they entered the Bowman Lions Club Haunted Hospital.

Something ghoulish was happening at the old hospital in Bowman Saturday evening.

And it was loud, with wailing, screams and groans, spooky operating rooms..... and even a chainsaw.

According to the Bowman Lions Club officials who organized the Haunted Hospital event, it could happen again in 2021 on All Hallows Eve. More than 300 people went through the old hospital building, which had undergone a transformation into a medical themed House of Horrors by the time the building close after 10 p.m.

Each had brought a non-perishable food and or money to be allowed to enter.

The early show from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. was designed for the younger visitors up to the eighth grade level, while the older teens and adults started visiting at 8 p.m., giving the volunteers a chance to make some changes for the older group, according to Tressa Dodge, one of the people organizing the event.

“I think it was a huge hit,” Dodge said afterwards. “Because of COVID, we didn’t re-

ally know how it would pan out, but we had more than 300 people come through.

“It was $10 if you didn’t bring food items and it cost $5 if you did. We are going to distribute the food to the local community cupboards, in Bowman and Slope County,” she said.

She added that she could hear how successful the event was. “I heard a lot of screaming coming from every room that people went in. It was a good thing.

That was what we wanted.

“The clown (Pennywise) was really scary when people saw it... and the operating room,” Dodge said.

The transformation of the former hospital started Wednesday, she explained, with a group of about 20 volunteers. “It took a lot of bodies and hours to try to get everything set up. It takes a lot less to take it down,” she added with a chuckle.

The layout of the Haunted Hospital was designed so people couldn’t see much when they were going through, she explained. “You could hear the screams, but you couldn’t see it.

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“Austin ran a heckuva race. He’s the number 12 runner in the state and he is the four runners on our team. Taylor is a three and 11and Caleb ran a great race and finished seventh.

“When you can put that power up top, then you are really tough to beat,” the coach said.

“Those boys just did a phenomenal job (at the state meet). And you throw in Jonah Njos – he is just a seventh grader. I don’t want to say he comes out of nowhere because we have seen it all year. For a seventh grader to end up were he was at the state meet, it was a heckuva run.

“He was strong. He was just picking people off,” the coach added about Njos.

Jahner also gave credit to Hansey. “He set the tone for Jonah and Karsen Kulseth. Jaxsen set that tone early. He’s an upperclassman and a little bit stronger runner. He set that pace early and that is whom Jonah and Karsen keyed off of.

“While Jaxsen didn’t hold onto the five spot, where Jonah ran and where Karsen ran is because of Jaxsen,” the coach said. “They were able to key off of each other.

“Our front four worked really well together and our back three worked really well together. I was really a great race for them.”

Jahner said.

One thing the coach was disappointed in was not being able to run ten in the state meet.

“We lose Noah (Wokal). He has been such a staple for us. He’s been an absolute, consummate teammate for us. When they swapped us down to seven at the state meet, my heart broke for Noah. He was our number eight runner and a senior. He has put six hard years in. I know he was crushed. I know it hurt, but he never let it show. We are going to miss that guy (next year),” the coach said. “For three years now, Noah has been an outstanding leader.

“It is time for those other boys to step up. Next year, Caleb and Austin will be juniors, so they’ll be ready for that,” the coach explained.

“I am so looking forward to the growth we are going to see from those guys (returnees).” he added.

Giving Tree seeks request forms Because of the coronavirus, there may be some changes in how the Giving Tree will function this year, according to organizers.

According to Edna Paulson, though the group will not be able to shop in the usual manner for the Christmas season, they still want to make sure children have warm winter coats and snow pants if needed.

Forms have been circulated where parents can select the sizes needed for the children’s clothing and winter wear and submit them with the name and phone number.

The completed forms must be submitted by Nov. 13, according to Poulson. It can be turned in at the Bowman/ Slop County Social Service at 104 1 St. St. West, Suite 8 in Bowman.

If people have any questions, call Edna Poulson at 701-440-8320.

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Obituary

Jack Henry Kathrein, 89

Jack Henry Kathrein, 89, of Bowman, ND, formerly of Amidon, ND, passed away Oct. 29, 2020 at West River Health Services Hospital in Hettinger.

Visitation for Jack was on Nov. 4, 2020 from 12-9 p.m. with a Rosary and Vigil at 7 p.m. at the Funeral Home Chapel. Private burial will take place with Mass being celebrated for Jack on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020 at 10 a.m. at the St. Charles Catholic Church. Fr. Paul Eberle will celebrate the Mass.

Jack was born on July 25, 1931 to John J. and Elizabeth (Hoffman) Kathrein on a farm northeast of New England, ND. He was the seventh of 12 children.

During his childhood, Jack attended New England area schools and worked on his parents’ farm. As a young man, he served in the Navy during the Korean War. Jack met his future wife, Anna

Klein during an evening of bowling with friends in Dickinson. He helped Anna up after she took a fall, so Anna said, “Jack picked her up at the bowling alley!” On Oct. 14, 1952, Jack and Anna married at St. Martin’s Catholic Church in Dodge, ND. Then they moved to a farm just outside of Amidon where they raised four daughters and lived for 60 years.

With a tremendous amount of hard work and help from his wife and daughters, Jack built a successful farming and ranching operation. Despite long days, uncooperative weather, and the headaches and gambles associated with farming, Jack loved his work - planting and harvesting wheat crops, making hay and raising cattle and pigs. The farm was a source of pride for Jack. It was clean, orderly and the buildings were always painted white.

As Jack grew older, he scaled back by selling his pigs and then his cattle. In 2011, shortly before his 80th birthday, he finally retired. In early 2012, Jack and Anna moved to a townhome in Bowman.

During retirement, Jack made frequent trips to the farm to mow the grass, till the trees and take care of the buildings and fences.

He also enjoyed playing cards with friends and attending livestock sales. Jack’s wife of 66

years, Anna, died in January 2019.

Jack served his community as a volunteer firefighter for the Amidon Fire Department and as a member of the Slope County Fair board, including a term as board president. Jack was a member of the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Amidon, serving as a trustee and on the church council. When Saints Peter and Paul closed in 1996, Jack joined the St. Charles Parish in Bowman. He was also a member of the American Legion for more than 60 years.

His parents, his wife, three brothers, seven sisters and grandsons Christopher and Adam Meier preceded Jack in death.

Jack is survived by one sister Barbara (Les) Parker, Arvada, CO; daughters Jacqueline Kathrein, Bowman; Susann (Jeff) Powell, Amidon; Denise (Ed) Meier, Mandan; and Melanie (Joe) Mohling, Kuna, ID; and grandchildren Zack Meier, Bismarck; Brittany Meier, Fargo; and Travis Mohling, Kuna, ID. Jack’s family thanks the medical professionals at West River Health Services for taking good care of him. We are also especially grateful for the opportunity to visit him for a final time as a family via Zoom.

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We hung up plastic sheets and did it opposite of each other... we put up bloody hands and ‘help me’ written on it and stuff,” she added.

“We had smoke machines going so that you couldn’t see what was happening.”

The Haunted Hospital was a first for the Bowman Lions, but Dodge said she didn’t think it would be the last time.

She said they decided to do it because with the pandemic, there wasn’t really anything happening locally.

“We felt like the community needed something.

The hospital was not being utilized right now, so the guy who purchased it, he said yep, go ahead and use it,” she explained. “Then, we just came up with a bunch of ideas for different rooms.

“Everyone I talked to said they had a lot of fun.

So hopefully, it can be kind of an annual event,” she said.

Dodge admitted they already are coming up with more ideas for the next one. “You always come up with more ideas when it is over with. “It is like; we could have done this instead. We didn’t use every room in the hospital. So, now we have more ideas for next year. We know what works and what doesn’t work.”

In addition to Pennywise, the clown character from Stephen King’s “It” book and movies, they also had a guest appearance by Chucky. “We had the red balloons and everything...”

For Dodge, most of the evening was spent as the zombie in the bathtub. “What I liked was when I was lying in there waiting for the next group of people to come … I loved hearing the screaming.

“I was kind of halfway down the hallway, so I could hear them as they were coming to me … and as they were on the other end,” she explained.

“We were doing something right if the people were screaming. After they would get initially scared, they were laughing... they were laughing at themselves.

“We were providing good entertainment,” she added. “And you could do it as a family.”

The hospital was set up so if there was anyone younger than the ninth grade level who wanted to

Glowing witches were ready to surprise visitors as they entered the Haunted Hospital Saturday in the old Bowman hospital, which closed several years ago.

The Halloween event was staged by the Bowman Lions Club to raise funds and food for local charities and food pantries. PHOTOS/Brad Mosher come to the evening showing, they had to have a parent sign off on it, Dodge explained. “Or they (parents) had to come with the kids themselves.”

She said that in the future, the Haunted Hospital might have more characters from famous horror movies in the mix.

“There is all kinds of stuff that we can do,” she added. “It is just a matter of … well, we didn’t have much of a budget. It actually turned out pretty well.

“Maybe next year, we’ll make it bigger and better,” she said.

According to Dodge, the Lions finished the evening with about three or four large totes filled with the food brought for admission.

“The money (from admissions) goes to a good cause because it goes to our medical funds that we give to people who are undergoing cancer treatments or any kind of medical treatment,” she said.

“The foodstuffs go to our community cupboard.... and given what our economy is going through right now with Thanksgiving and Christmas coming up, I think there is going to be more people utilizing the food pantries. I think it is kind of a win-win for everybody,” she added.

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We the People

Scrutinizing a president’s right to self-pardon

By David Adler

President Donald Trump’s declaration on June 4, 2020, that he has “the absolute right to pardon” himself has drawn increased scrutiny in the closing days of the election campaign and the realization that his potential status as an ex-president would not protect him from criminal prosecution.

His thesis, never seriously contemplated by any of his predecessors and never litigated in American courts, raises constitutional questions. Beyond the immediate matter of the scope of the presidential pardon power and what the framers of the Constitution had in mind, Trump’s assertion would lay waste to two foundational principles of American Constitutionalism: no man may be judge of his own cause, and no person is above the law.

An election loss would leave Trump vulnerable to federal prosecution on various criminal law grounds, including tax, insurance and financial fraud, payment of hush money in violation of campaign finance strictures and obstruction of justice. In addition, civil suits await him and his business organization.

Private citizen Donald Trump also faces criminal charges brought by the State of New York.

The pardon lause in Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution authorizes the president to grant pardons for “offenses against the United States,” but it does not extend to state charges. Thus, no matter how expansively Trump interprets the pardon power, he cannot derive protection from state prosecutors. If, however, the clause extends to self-pardons, then Trump can insure himself against a boatload of grief from federal prosecutors.

The controversy surrounding Trump’s assertion provides a teaching moment both about the reading of constitutional language and the relevance to constitutional interpretation of debates in the Constitutional Convention.

To be sure, President Trump continues to maintain that he

has done nothing wrong, as either a legal or ethical matter, and therefore he does not need to pardon himself. But, if the need arises, he maintains the existence of an “absolute right” to pardon himself, partly because he believes that the president enjoys “unlimited” powers under Article II. If Trump is correct in his assertion of “unlimited” powers, there was no reason for the framers of the Constitution to have enumerated specific powers such as the pardon authority. The fact that they did spell out specific powers represents a rebuke to the assertion of “unlimited” authority.

Trump’s more specific claim about an “absolute” pardon power fails on additional grounds. His assertion that if the framers had wanted to prohibit a presidential conferral of a self-pardoning authority, “they would have said so,” collides with the very nature of the written Constitution, which allocates powers in positive language. It is the scheme of enumeration of powers that distinguishes our Constitution.

For example, the president is authorized to “receive” ambassadors, and is charged with the duty to “faithfully execute the laws.” An argument by any president that the framers failed to prohibit the ways in which he conceptualizes the scope of presidential power would have required of the framers an impossibly broad imagination. The result would have been a Constitution running dozens of pages in length.

The sole textual exception to the pardon power, “except in cases of Impeachment,” affords Trump and his supporters some, but not much, room to claim that there are no barriers to the exercise of a self-pardon. That the pardon power is not unlimited is made clear by the framers’ debates in the Constitutional Convention.

George Mason of Virginia observed that a president might “screen from punishment those whom he had secretly instigated to commit” treason and “thereby prevent

a discovery of his own guilt.”

That nightmare, the subversion of the republic by pardons, led James Wilson of Pennsylvania to suggest that if the president were involved in such outrage, that he would be “impeached and prosecuted.”

Wilson’s rationale turned the tide. Assurance of the availability of the impeachment power as a remedy for the abuse of the pardon power demonstrated its limitations and instilled a measure of confidence in the grant of the pardoning authority to the president. The Supreme Court has also ruled that the exercise of the pardon power is subject to judicial review.

The lesson here is that the strictures on the presidential use of the pardon power to hide or “screen” accomplices in order to protect himself extends to the concept of a self-pardon. Otherwise, the president, in the words of Justice Joseph Story, might exercise the pardon power “to prevent a thorough investigation “ of his conduct. Such authority, to state it bluntly, would shred the fundamental principle of Anglo-American jurisprudence: no man is above the law. And, of course, it would eviscerate the foundational principle that no man may be judge of his own cause.

In short, the president may not determine his own fate by resort to the pardon power.

Only one president in American history - Richard Nixon - has contemplated a self-pardon. Caught in the clutches of the crushing pressure of Watergate, Nixon asked his attorney about the legality and advisability of pardoning himself. Despite his service to the president, Leonard Garment rejected the idea as “grotesque,” for it “would be saying to hell with the system, with justice itself.”

President Nixon never seriously entertained the idea of a self-pardon, but Trump dangles it before the American people.

Pastor’s Corner Where is God?

By Pastor Ray Sherwood

I am certain almost every one of us as one time or another has asked this question, “Where is God?” Over the last eight months of this pandemic and the last year or so with the Presidential Election I am sure that question has resonated many times in our minds and on our lips!

We wonder how God can be in control when the whole world seems to be out of control. Let me share these thoughts with you from Max Lucado’s book, For These Tough Times.

“When tragedy strikes, whether personal, national or global, people wonder how God could allow such things to happen. What can he be thinking? Is God really in control? Can we trust him to run the universe if he would allow this?

We avoid pain and seek peace.

God uses pain to bring peace. We love what rusts. He loves what endures. We rejoice at our successes.

He rejoices at our confession.

Our thoughts are not like God’s thoughts. Our ways are not His ways. He has a different agenda.

He dwells in a different dimension. He lives on another plane.

What controls you doesn’t control him. What troubles you doesn’t trouble him. What fatigues you doesn’t fatigue him. How much more is God able to soar above, plunge beneath, and step over the troubles of the earth!

How vital that we pray, armed with the knowledge that God is in heaven. Pray with any lesser conviction, and our prayers are timid, shallow, and hollow. Look up and see what God has done and watch how your prayers are energized.

Though we may not be able to see his purpose or his plan, the Lord of heaven is on his throne and in firm control of the universe and our lives. So, we entrust him with our future. We entrust him with our very lives.” (ps. 1-6) Our country and our world have been in a flux since mid-March of this year when the pandemic hit.

Our very lives have been turned upside down and the question still resonates, “Where is God?” I can only tell you what I have experienced in knowing God and that is He is here and even in our questioning of His control…He is still in complete control. We, as Christians, must hang on to His promises and one of those is

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found in Hebrews 13:5b, “…I will never leave you, I will never forsake you.” (KJV) In our moments of distress and languishing, He is there for us. All through this pandemic God is still with us! He has never left us and He hears our cries and reaches out to us in His love, grace and mercy to remind us that though we will never fully understand His will… all we must do is have faith and believe in Him! Let me share the lyrics of this hymn, Be Still, My Soul, with you: Be still, my soul; thy God doth undertake to guide the future as He has the past. Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake; all now mysterious shall be bright at last. Be still, my soul; the waves and wind still know His voice who ruled them while He dwelt below.

“Ships don’t sink because of the water around them ships sink because of the water that is in them! Don’t let what’s happening around you get inside you and weigh you down. (Isaiah 43:2) Let’s not allow ourselves to sink in all that is going on around us but just trust in Him! Remember God is there with you upholding you with His might right hand! The question that still remains is, “Where is God?” He is right in front of you as close as the whisper of His Holy Name!

Cry out to Him and He will hear, and He will answer but you need to be listening…listening for His voice as He proclaims to you that He is near!!

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November 6, 2020

Benefit Concert honoring Farmers Benefit Concert headlining Dustin Lynch, Maddie & Tae, Mickey Guyton, Travis Denning and Tyler Farr Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) announced further commitment to Farm Rescue, a nonprofit partner, by hosting a virtual country music benefit on Dec. 9 at 8 p.m. EST. Since its inception in 2005, Farm Rescue has helped hundreds of farmers suffering from major illness, injury or natural disaster to plant, hay or harvest their crop.

Today, among the U.S. population of 330 million, there are 3.4 million farmers-just one percent of the population. Those few rise to the challenge of providing food for each of us every day. On average, each farm feeds 166 people, so even one missed planting season or one missed harvest due to an unexpected event has a ripple effect.

Farm Rescue does just what its name implies.

When a farmer faces an unforeseen crisis, the organization and its volunteers step in to help farmers get their crops planted or harvested, ensuring food on tables across the country, and the livelihood of that family. Farm Rescue’s mission is more important today than ever.

“The impact of COVID-19 has been felt by everyone throughout the country and around the world. Farmers are no exception,” says Bill Gross, President and Founder of Farm Rescue, which provides the necessary farm equipment and volunteer manpower to farmers in need.

“COVID highlights the vulnerability of family farms-when something unpredicted happens, not only is the family carrying that health burden, but also the pressure to produce, and the stresses of maintaining a viable operation.”

The Farm Must Go On by John Deere virtual benefit concert, open to the general public, will honor how innovative, industrious, and resilient farmers are-a side most have never seenwhile shining a spotlight on all that they do for our country.

“John Deere and Farm Rescue share something special-our work is driven by a commitment to empower the livelihoods of farmers.

For John Deere, it’s about the machines, technologies and services that enable farmers to become more profitable and sustainable, despite the challenges and uncertainty they face,” says Nate Clark, president of the John Deere Foundation. “For Farm Rescue, it’s providing a rich system of support including machines and volunteers that lend a hand when farmers and their families face an unexpected situation that threatens their very livelihoods.”

“We are excited to host this event which allows us to celebrate and amplify the important work of farmers, their families, and Farm Rescue,” added Clark.

The experience will broadcast live from the Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville featuring a musical lineup of Dustin Lynch, Maddie & Tae, Mickey Guyton, Travis Denning and Tyler Farr. It will be live streamed on YouTube, at no cost to viewers. Donations are encouraged.

For more information on how to livestream the concert, as well as to make a donation and support farmers in need, visit TheFarmMustGoOn.com.

About the farm must go on by John Deere John Deere is committed to ensuring all farmers have access to the vital resources they need to leap forward and sustain their farms for generations to come. John Deere’s work with Farm Rescue, a nonprofit organization that serves farmers and ranchers who have experienced a major illness, injury, or natural disaster, has helped many overcome adversity and continue their farming and ranching operations.

The Farm Must Go On by John Deere will broadcast on Dec. 9 at 8 p.m. EST and will be streamed to the general public on YouTube.

All proceeds from the event will go directly to Farm Rescue to provide its volunteer workforce with meals and lodging, as well as putting fuel in vehicles and machinery to allow them to do what they do best: support those who can never push pause. The concert lineup includes Dustin Lynch, Maddie & Tae, Mickey Guyton, Travis Denning and Tyler Farr.

About The Artists Dustin Lynch Since his debut with PLATINUM single “Cowboys and Angels,” Lynch has “steadily built one of the most consistent recording careers in modern country music” (Billboard) with seven #1 hits, four Top 5 albums, eight certified singles, and tours with the genre’s biggest names (Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, Brad Paisley). Lynch’s fourth album, TULLAHOMA, delivered consecutive chart-topping PLATINUM singles with “Ridin’ Roads” and GOLD “Good Girl.” Scoring over 2 BILLION total career streams, the Grand Ole Opry member continues to affirm his place as one of Country’s elite stars. The Tennessee native has earned industry recognition with Billboard Music Awards, iHeartRadio Music Awards, and CMT Music Awards nominations, and has made high-profile appearanc-

es at the ACM Awards, CMA Awards, CMA Fest, and on Good Morning America, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Kelly Clarkson Show, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Lip Sync Battle, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, TODAY, and more. For more information visit, www.dustinlynchmusic.com.

Maddie & Tae Award-winning duo Maddie & Tae is drawing praise for their No. 1 debuting The Way It Feels album release with Rolling Stone saying the new music is “anchored around their stellar vocal pairings and some of the tightest harmonies on Music Row.” Maddie Marlow and Taylor Dye co-wrote 14 of the album’s 15 tracks including their current Top 5 country radio hit, “Die From A Broken Heart,” which Esquire calls “their finest moment yet.” The duo became only the third female duo in 70 years to top the Country Airplay charts, also earning trophies from the Country Music Academy and Radio Disney Music Awards along with multiple ACM, CMA and CMT Award nominations.

For additional information, visit www.maddieandtae.com.

Mickey Guyton Mickey Guyton was born in Arlington, Texas and began singing in church at a young age.

After signing to Capitol Records Nashville, Mickey’s first appearance was an all-star concert at the White House captured by PBS. In 2015 she released her self-titled EP featuring her debut single “Better Than You Left Me.” The following year she was nominated for her first Academy of Country Music Award for New Female Vocalist. Mickey returned to the ACM Awards in 2019 performing “I’m Standing With You” Chrissy Metz, Carrie Underwood, Lauren Alaina and Maddie & Tae. This last year, Mickey performed her first solo ACM Awards performance of “What Are You Gonna Tell Her?” with labelmate Keith Urban’s accompaniment on piano. Mickey released her EP, Bridges on Sept. 11th and her music have been featured recently by The New York Times, CBS This Morning, NPR, Today, Billboard, The Los Angeles Times, Entertainment Weekly, ELLE, The Washington Post, Paste, Rolling Stone, The Wall Street Journal, American Songwriter and Pollstar. For more information, visit www.mickeyguyton.com.

Travis Denning A native of Warner Robins, Georgia, singer/ songwriter and Mercury Nashville recording artist Travis Denning was just nominated for CMT “Breakthrough Video Of The Year” for his

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first No. One and GOLD-certified single with the “shadowy” (Rolling Stone)”After A Few.” Accelerating his ascend from a chart-topping single, Denning also just released his “upbeat, raucous” (American Songwriter) official new single “Where That Beer’s Been,” available at country radio now. Both tracks are taken from his recently released debut EP BEER’S BETTER COLD that debuted in the Top 20 of Billboard’s Country Albums chart. For more information, visit www.travisdenning.com.

Tyler Farr “One of the best male vocalists in Country music today,” (Taste of Country), Tyler Farr is the first artist signed to Jason Aldean’s Night Train Records/BBR Music Group. The Country-rocker, with three No.1 songs to his credit (“Redneck Crazy,” “Whiskey in My Water,” and “A Guy Walks Into a Bar”) broke onto the scene with the 2013 release of his debut album, Redneck Crazy, which landed at No. 2 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart and #5 on the Billboard Top 200. Farr’s platinum-selling title-track “Redneck Crazy” projected Farr forward to celebrate back-to-back No. 1 singles, including his first No. 1 as a songwriter, with his Platinum-certified hit “Whiskey in my Water.” His sophomore album, Suffer In Peace followed suit, also making its debut in the Top 5 on both the BILLBOARD Top 200 Albums and BILLBOARD Country Albums Charts, leading Farr to become the only solo male Country artist in the past decade to have their first two studio albums debut in the Top 5 on the Billboard 200 Chart. For more information, visit: www.tylerfarr.com.

About John Deere Deere & Company (JohnDeere.com) is a world leader in providing advanced products, technology, and services for customers whose work is revolutionizing agriculture and construction - those who cultivate, harvest, transform, enrich, and build upon the land to meet the world’s increasing need for food, fuel, shelter, and infrastructure.

About Farm Rescue Farm Rescue’s mission is to help farmers and ranchers who have experienced a major illness, injury or natural disaster by providing the necessary equipment and manpower to plant, hay or harvest their crop. Livestock feeding assistance is also available to ranchers. Farm Rescue helps farm and ranch families in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Montana, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas.

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County building closes for Veterans Day The Bowman County Courthouse will be closed Wednesday, Nov. 11, for Veterans Day. In addition, the treasurer’s office, along with the motor vehicle branch office will be closed Thursday and Friday (Nov. 12 and 13) for the installation of new carpet. The Clerk of District Court/Recorder’s office will also be closed. The Bowman Post Office will also be closed for Veterans Day.

September Bulldogs of the Month

Brian Miller, 12th grade Jada Miller, 11th grade Grant Kees, 10th grade Claire Stafford, 9th grade Hadley Headley & Josh Ortiz, 8th grade Mikena Martens, 7th grade Picked based off of grit, trustworthy/responsible, respectful, team first, best effort/best attitude. Congratulations students!

November 6, 2020

Absentee voting surges Headless Horseman comes to All Seasons Arena in final hours Staff Report

The voters of Bowman and Slope counties have been busy – even before Election Day. According to the Bowman County auditor’s office, approximately 88 percent of the requested absentee ballots had been returned by 9 a.m. Monday, with more coming in by the minute.

“We have had 835 ballots go out and about 735 ballots come back in – so far,” according to a spokeswoman for the auditor’s office.

That was in the final hours before the drop box in the county building was slated to close.

The in-person voting was scheduled for all the county precincts at the 4 Seasons Pavilion Tuesday.

In Slope County, approximately 72 percent of the requested ballots had been turned in by 9 a.m. Monday, with the drop boxes slated to close at 5 p.m. later that day, according to Slope County Auditor Lorrie Dulzalsky.

There had been 265 ballots

sent out, with 190 already returned, she said. “I could potentially get some back in the mail today (Monday). On Friday, we had quite a few people handing them in to the office.

“There are not so many people in Slope County that we will have a flood of them (to beat the deadline),” she added with a chuckle.

The county had drop boxes in front of the Marmarth City Hall as well as in Amidon at the county courthouse.

Slope County was slated to operate three precinct locations at Pierce Church north of Scranton, in Amidon and in Marmarth on Tuesday.

For people wanting to see the unofficial election results starting Tuesday, the results will be posted on the state website. “Votend.gov should have the results there,” the Slope County Auditor added.

The county will not be certifying the election results until Nov. 9, she said. “We don’t have our canvas meet until 3 p.m. in the afternoon,” she added.

Marmarth cooks up pancake breakfast Sunday Bowman, state COVID-19 The Marmarth Community Club is holding its Pancake breakfast Nov. 8 from 8 a.m. until noon at the community center.

It will be a free will offering.

The menu includes pancakes, sausage, juice and coffee.

Blood Drive comes to Scranton

A blood drive will be held Nov. 9 from 12:15 p.m. until 6 p.m. at the Scranton Community Center.

The Scranton Lions Club is sponsoring it.

People interested can contact Jodui Green at 701-275-6131 for an appointment or they can go online to www.bloodhero.com to schedule their own appointment.

Scranton High School Honor Roll 1st QRT 20-21 A HONOR ROLL (3.5) Seniors: Jeran Anderson (4.0), Casitee Miller, Samantha Oase (4.0) Juniors: Katie Lachowitzer (4.0), Irish Morris, Bailee Pierce (4.0), Ryder Sanford, Madison Wilson (4.0) Sophomores: Chloe Eaton, Emily Kline (4.0), Moriah Miller, Lilli Steeke Freshmen: Malachi Dilse (4.0), Sophia Freitag, Vanessa Oase, Maddox Pierce (4.0), Hailey Ringham, Avery Sanford 8th Grade: Ella Anderson, Landon Eaton, Talli Eaton, Karady Evans, Dani Maychrzak

7th Grade: Aidyn Fisher (4.0), Sadie Freitag, Colt Maychrzak, Kinley Stadheim, Kyan Stadheim B HONOR ROLL (3.0) Seniors: Juniors: Brian Bartholmy, Bradee Clapper, Hayden Erickson, Dakotah Haralson Sophomores: Blake Pierce Alexis Ward Freshmen: Tyler Wilson 8th Grade: Caden Anderson Emily Certalic Dominick Patryas Chason Schumacher 7th Grade: Marki Iverson

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stats still climbing Staff Report

COVID-19 statistics are still climbing in North Dakota and in Bowman County.

Bowman County had two new positive cases listed Sunday. Adams County and Billings County each had one new positive, while Golden Valley County added three new positives.

Statewide, there was an increase of 511 people in active cases from the day before. The total number of people currently hospitalized across the state was 200.

As a state, North Dakota had 8,440 active positives, with 975 being added Monday morning.

After hitting a high of 36 active cases on Oct. 17, the Bowman County health statistics have shown a drop to where 21 were listed at active in the county of 3,076 people.

Cumulatively, since the pandemic began, Bowman County has had 150 active cases, while processing 3,356 tests. Of those, 1,223 were unique individuals.

There have been two deaths in the county listed as COVID-related, while 127 have recovered.

By comparison with the state, Bowman County has positivity as of Monday of 6.45 percent, almost half the state statistic.

Slope County While the state is having trouble controlling the outbreak, the opposite is true for Slope County.

Zero.

That is what the county has after Sunday’s COVID-19 report.

And is what the county had for processed tests, susceptible encounters, first time tested, new positives, previously tested negatives to give the county a positivity rate of zero percent.

The county was hit hard in early April, but since then it has had a rolling 0.0 percent positivity rate for most of the year.

It spiked again in early August and September before falling to zero rolling 14-day positivity again.

The positives spiked again in October, hitting a 14-day rolling percentage high of 33.3 percent. By Nov. 1, the 14-day rolling average dropped to just 15 percent.

Since the testing began in Slope County, they have had 265 tests, with a total of 15 positives. All 15 have recovered, leaving the county with a positivity rate of 9.20 percent for the year.

The 11th annual Headless Horseman Open Barrel Race returns to the All Seasons Indoor Arena Saturday and Sunday.

The NWBRA and OBRG sanctioned event will have prizes for the youth (15 and under) along with Pee Wee (6 and under). The Pee Wee competition will be Saturday only.

There will be door prizes on Saturday and Sunday.

Entries are available at RodeoTicket.com.

For more information, contact Barb Williams at 605-210-0379 or Ali Miller at 701-523-1361.

Entry forms available at www.millerranch.net.

Information on the competition can also be found at saddleupeventservices@hotmail.com.

They did it in 1918, we can do it now

By Steve Andrist, ND Newspaper Association

The words of Dr. Deborah Birx were stark.

On a visit to North Dakota last week, Birx, the White House Coronavirus Task Force coordinator, laid it on the line: “. . . in your grocery stores and in your restaurants and frankly even in your hotels, this is the least use of masks that we have we seen in retail establishments of any place we have been.”

She’s crisscrossed the country, and we’re the worst.

Perhaps it’s time to learn a lesson from our ancestors.

More than a hundred years ago, the world and the nation were facing what we are today.

In 1918-1919 a virus spread world-wide, infecting about 500 million people and killing 50 million. That was about one-third of the world’s population. In the United States, some 675,000 died.

Young and old were victims of that flu pandemic. Troops moving around the world in ships and on trains were hit particularly hard. In fact, more U.S. soldiers died from the 1918 flu than were killed in battle.

A hundred years ago, there was no vaccine and no antibiotics for treatment. Schools, bars, theaters and businesses were shuttered and bodies piled up in makeshift morgues before the virus was brought under control.

The prescription was isolation, quarantine, good personal hygiene, use of disinfectants and limited public gatherings.

And masks.

Masks of gauze, cheesecloth and fabric became the front lines in the battle against the virus.

Medical authorities urged the wearing of masks to slow the spread of the disease. But like today there were protesters – called mask slackers – who objected to wearing face coverings.

There were protests, petitions and defiant bare-faced gatherings.

History repeats itself.

Today the virus is raging

throughout the country with warnings that the worst is yet to come. Medical professionals once again are telling us to isolate, quarantine, wash hands frequently, use disinfectants, limit public gatherings.

And wear masks.

In North Dakota, upwards of 40,000 people have been infected by COVID-19. Nearly 15,600 of them are between the ages of 20 and 39. Only four in that age demographic have died.

Just 7,650, approximately, of the total number of those infected are over 60, but 442 of them died.

Put another way, young people aged 20-39 make up 40 percent of the COVID cases and less than 1 percent of the deaths.

Those over 60 make up less than 20 percent of the cases but 93 percent of the deaths.

Draw your own conclusions if you wish, but it’s clear that younger people who are more resistant to disease are contracting the virus and passing it on to their older friends, neighbors and family who are more devastated by the disease.

Meanwhile, the infamous curve isn’t even close to flattening. It just keeps climbing and climbing.

The result, in a state where people seem highly resistant to government mandates, cities one by one are adopting measures requiring the citizens to mask up whenever they’re in any public place.

This week, in a campaign by the North Dakota Newspaper Association Education Foundation, newspapers across North Dakota are running ads calling out the success stories of 1918.

The message notes that then, as now, some did it grudgingly even while the message then was the same as it is today: wear a mask, avoid large gatherings, social distance and wash your hands.

“It wasn’t political,” the message continues, “just people caring for their neighbors.”

They did it. We can too.

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Scranton FFA wins FFA Grant Amy Jeffers was one of the key performers in the Bulldogs’ victory over Beulah Friday.

By Emily Kline, Scranton FFA Chapter Reporter

In September of 2020, the Scranton FFA Ag in the Classroom committee applied for a $400 grant to help defray costs of the elementary program where the Scranton FFA provides edu-

cational opportunities for K-4th grade. In October, the committee was informed they received the $400 that was requested to continue the program. The Ag in the Classroom grants are sponsored by the ND Department of Ag, and over $5,600 was given out to Ag in the Classroom projects

across the state.

Scranton FFA Ag in the Classroom committee members include Karady Evans, Ella Anderson, and Dani Maychrzak.

They rely on other members of the Scranton FFA to help fill and distribute 40 bags of activities out to the elementary students in K-4th grade each month.

The plan is to have a different learning topic each month.

They include, leaves, fish, farm animals, Christmas ornaments, where your lunch box comes from, grains, and birds. Due to the unique year, they will be doing things a little different, the activities will be a take home bag that include a treat, a learning activity along with a video with an FFA member reading a book aloud to the participants.

The committee would like to thank the elementary teachers for their help in making this program successful because they rely on them to help send out media to the parents. The committee would like to thank Dakota Community Bank, Dakota Western Bank, ND FFA Foundation, and the ND Department of Agriculture for the donations to help make this chapter activity successful.

Scranton High School Student of the Month!

In October, Scranton students were acknowledged for the character attribute of “Effort” (Giving your best in everything you choose to do; trying without giving up or giving in; making the most of every opportunity).

Bulldogs bounce back to beat Beulah

Staff Report

The Bowman County volleyball team had a long break between a victory over winless Mott-Regent (Oct. 8) and a road loss to Heart River (Oct. 27), but the team was able to bounce back Friday with a home victory over visiting Beulah.

The Bulldogs defeated the Miners by a 3-1 score in their home gym, setting up a backto-back challenge when the team hosted Beach (Nov. 2) and Hettinger-Scranton (Nov. 3).

The team entered the final week of regular Region 7 play with a 7-2 regional record and in third place behind undefeated Trinity (10-0) and Heart River (9-1).

The win over Beulah Friday kept the Bulldogs in third, one game ahead of the Miners (6-3) in the standings.

Bowman County jumped out to an early 2-0 lead after

winning the first sets by 2522 and 25-15 scoring margins.

The Miners came back with a 25-17 win, tightening the crucial Region 7 contest, but the hosts rallied with a 25-20 win to take the contest to a 3-1 edge.

Sophomore Ellie Powell finished the contest with 21 kills, almost half the Bowman County team’s 44 total.

She averaged 5.3 kills per set in the contest and had a kill percentage of 43.8 percent.

Senior Jenna Buchholtz had the top kill percentage with a 66.7 mark, while junior Rhyann Heyen was next with a 63.6 percentage.

Senior Amy Jeffers finished with seven of the team’s 12 service aces in the four sets.

Powell finished with eight blocks, four solos and four assisted.

In digging, it was a tie with Heyen and Madrigal both fin-

ishing with 14 of the team’s 49 dig total.

Jeffers finished with 21 of the team’s 37-assist total, while Bailey Peterson had 15.

The regional playoffs begin Nov. 6, with the regional tournament being held at Hazen.

The winners include the following students and are pictured from left to right: Sadie Freitag (7th), Ella Anderson (8th), Ali Ramirez (9), Emily Kline (10), Bailee Pierce (11), Casitee Miller (12). Congratulations Students!

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