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JULY 31, 2020

Austin Wanner gets a celebratory hand slap as he heads back to the finish line during the Lions Club sponsored 5-kilometer run July 23 in Bowman. PHOTOS/Brad Mosher

Adrian Wanner sprints to the finish line ahead of Mark Wanner as the two end the Strides 5-kilometer run July 23 in Bowman.

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Paysha Rex was second in 24:55, while Shawn Solla took third in 28:13. Aiden Wanner was fourth in 29:14, beating his father Mark Wanner (29:20) with a final sprint. Melissa Bucholz edged her mother Debbie Bucholz by one second at the line, taking sixth and seventh with times of 31:49 and 31:50, respectively. Connie Hermann finished eighth (36:02), while Kate Motzko took ninth in 40:17. Fifteen runners and walkers started the run.

Wanner wins Lions Stride run easily A census worker behind a plexiglas partition helps fill out the 2020 Census form during a special Census event offering free hot dogs July 21 in front of Bronson’s Marketplace in Bowman. PHOTO/Brad Mosher

Local census officials use free hot dogs to add numbers

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There were free hot dogs served in front of Bronson’s Marketplace July 21 in an effort to get more people to fill out their census forms. The Census officials were staged just east of the entrance to the store, with an area set up to fill out census information to one side and a grill with the free hot dogs nearby. “We’ve had ten people come through so far and have served that many hot dogs,” said Shelby Kinkade, one of the project coordinators at the Bowman office. The goal was to draw about 30 or 40 people by the time it ended three hours later, with the free hot dogs being the biggest draw. The community of Bowman has been doing pretty well responding to the census so far, she explained. “We are right below the national average. We are hoping that this will pick us up and put us right on track,” she said. The free hot dog event

was just one of the things which been planned, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, most had to be canceled. This is kind of our last big event. July 31 is the last day we can fill it out (in person),” she said. The census office is located in the economic development office in Bowman and open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. There has been an extension to take census information online until Oct. 31, according to the census officials. “The census has sent out codes in the mail. If they still have that, it will make it a little simpler to fill out the census. If not, you can still go online and fill it out that way,” she added. “Even if they have moved, it just matters where they were April 1. It only takes about 10 minutes to fill out,” she added. One of the next stages would be to send out census takers to visit addresses to try to complete the process as much as possible.

Austin Wanner of Bowman easily won the 5-kilometer Stride run July 23. The event was sponsored by the Bowman Lions Club as part of the Lions for Diabetes Awareness program. The run started at the Lions shelter north of the baseball field and did one lap around the field before heading north. Wanner was alone for most of the race, finishing the 3.1-mile run in 19 minutes 14 seconds.

Evelyn Wahl, Arlene Ferrell and Linda Clark cook up the Indian tacos while the curbside helpers Rylee Sonsalla and Emily Sonsalla get ready to take the next taco out to a waiting customer. The taco was the menu item for the community fundraiser held in the Marmarth Community Center Sunday (July 26) to help defray the medical costs incurred by the Tharp family. PHOTO/Brad Mosher

Marmarth community responds with big fundraiser for small arrival Staff Report

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Hazel Ellen Tharp

The Marmarth community came out in force Sunday when a fundraiser was held to help defray the medical costs incurred by the Tharp family with a premature birth and a long hospital stay. There were Indian tacos on the menu, but the big draw was the silent and live auction which filled up the community center which lined the walls of the building. Josie and Kasey Tharp went to Denver from early April for examination, with Josie being admitted April 14. She stayed in the hospital for 79 before delivering Hazel prematurely at 36 weeks and six days. Hazel Ellen Tharp was born July 1 at 8:47 a.m., weighing 4 pounds, 14 ounces. She was 18 inches long. Hazel remained in the hospital for ten days,

receiving oxygen for 24 hours after her birth. It wasn’t until July 10 that Josie, Kasey and Helen were able to return to Marmarth. The community responded with a benefit that raised thousands of dollars from the auction and the meal, which was also served up curbside for people not coming into the building. The community got donations ranging from a large grandfather clock that doubled as a gun safe, a cooler filled with meat, furniture, and several types of lamps and gift baskets. According to organizers, more than 60 people were served Indian tacos in the first half hour of the benefit. There was also a raffle, which was described as “going awesome” early in Sunday’s benefit. The benefit also posted some pictures of the new arrival and her family, along with a brief history of the story surrounding her birth.


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