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Enjoy some photos from St. Alphonsus 100th celebration on Page 3 and some from Music Fest on Page 8-9.
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Monday, July 26, 2021
Number 30
Langdon Farmers Market offers summer’s bounty canned goods, jewelry, and lefse, depending on which vendors come each week. It was a The Langdon Farmers Market bit early in the season for vegopened for the season on July etables on opening day, but the 15. It will be held every Thurs- baked goods were plentiful and day from 4:00-6:00 p.m. through delicious! Rylee Henderson from Sarles the end of September. Vendors said that this was her first time set up their booths in the St. Alphonsus Park on 3rd Street across from the Cavalier County Courthouse. “We encourage people to come and see what the market has to offer,” said Barb Mehlhoff from the Langdon Chamber of Commerce. “It grows in vendor numbers and varieties expand through- being a vendor at a farmers market. She brought her homeout the season.” Tom Beauchamp is one such baked caramel rolls, cinnamon vendor. He sells a wide variety rolls with vanilla frosting, white of vegetables from his garden, bread, cookies, and apple hand including beets, cabbage, to- pies. Charlotte Landsem operates matoes, potatoes, carrots, and Charlotte’s Homemade Lefse onions. Later in the season he will have squash, pumpkins, cu- out of her home in Edmore. She cumbers, gourds, and peppers. is a Pride of Dakota member “There are 6-8 vendors a and travels to farmers markets week, and all vendors that here in Langdon, Grand Forks, come have every vegetable Larimore, and Grafton as well covered,” said Beauchamp. as the occasional threshing bee. “Very seldom do all vendors sell Landsem brought her lefse, out of the same thing.” He said cake donuts, and some handyou will also find baked goods, crafted jewelry.
By Linda Timian Republican Writer
Catch up with the Langdon City Commissioners meeting on Page 2 and Cavalier County Commission meeting on Page 3.
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There is no vendor fee to sell at the Langdon Farmers Market. Vendors can come and set up early but can’t sell until 4:00 p.m. Mehlhoff does ask that vendors avoid setting up in the northwest corner by the monument. The commitment to consuming locally grown food is becoming a trend across the country. Not only does buying local have a positive impact on community farmers and the regional economy, but your body will reward you with numerous benefits and wellness.
One of the benefits when buying local is the preservative-free foods you will find. Because the goods don’t endure long-distance transportation to travel from distant producers, most locally grown and prepared foods avoid chemical preservative treatment to remain fresh during transit. In addition, many local food producers opt to raise their crops without the use of commercial pesticides. Buying local produce that is “inseason” also yields tremendous advantages to the Earth’s environmental health. A shorter commute from the farm to your table means less fuel used and less pollution during transportation. Do your body a favor and set a reminder in your calendar to come and explore the fresh produce and homemade goodies showcased at the Langdon Farmers Market.
Gudmundson will be keynote speaker at ICA Hertitage porgram Check out the little free library in the City Park The Icelandic Communities Association is pleased to announce that Wayne Gudmundson will be the keynote speaker on the 2nd of August Celebration Heritage Program at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 31, 2021, in the Mountain Community Center. He is a professor emeritus from Minnesota State University Moorhead where he taught photography for 25 years. One of his many works, the “Life in the Vast Lane” print, has local ties, featuring the hill west of Mountain. His work has appeared in 10 books, several public television documentaries, and numerous exhibitions in the United States, Canada, and Iceland. He is the grandson of the Honorary Parade Marshals, Chris & Stina Gudmundson. Gudmundson’s 11th book, A SONG FOR LIV, was released by the North Dakota State University Press in this month. During the program, he will share excerpts from the book along with photos from his search
for his family roots. The book traces the Icelandic emigration from Iceland to Gimli to Mountain as told through pairings of Gudmundson’s photographs with his writing about the personal accounts of his family. Initially, it was more of a search
travels of the aboriginal people of Australia who kept track of their nomadic journeys by composing songs recording their travels. Built into this audio map were the family and community events that occurred en route – children born, pleasures, injuries, and d e a t h . They felt that if their songs were not sung the land would die. Therefore, it is incumbent on all of us to sing our songs. This book is for our descendants and is a poetic song of their ancestors. And on about K.N. Julius (an Icelandic some level, it is also a love letter immigrant and Mountain lo- to my daughter, Liv.” cal known for his poetry). The Gudmundson’s photographic search took a turn and became work is in many permanent cola quest to track Gudmundson’s lections including the Museum family back 28 generations to of Modern Art in New York, the Grimur Kamban, the first settler San Francisco Museum of Modof the Faroe Islands in 825. Thus ern Art, the Canadian Centre for began a project that spanned Architecture in Montreal, the 15 years. Reykjavik Center for PhotograWayne tells us: “The title phy, and the Center for Creative comes from a book, Songlines, Photography in Tucson. He is by Bruce Chatwin – about the cont. on page 2
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By Linda Timian Republican Writer A Little Free Library is a free book-sharing box where anyone may take a book or share a book. Barb Crockett has created one in the Langdon City Park by the swimming pool. It is made out of a fireplace she purchased for $5.00 at a rumm a g e sale a few years a g o . Propped on a post embedded in a bucket of stones, it is currently placed in the gazebo just beyond the trees. “I am really excited to see where this goes and see if kiddos will use it,” said Crockett. “The idea is that you would take a book and leave a book, but it’s not required,” said Crockett. A Little Free Library functions on the honor system. The Cavalier County Public Library in Langdon has a wonderful, large children’s section.
“The Little Free Library simply adds another way to trade and circulate books outside normal library hours,” said Crockett. For example, you could pick up a book after you are done playing in the park. Crockett is currently attending Presentation College through Aberdeen, SD, to earn her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). Service learning projects are part of the requirements to graduate. In the past, she has recorded books for people who have difficulty reading and assembled summer fun bags for kids at Social Services with donations from the community. Crockett’s plan is to create two libraries, and she is checking on ideas for another location. She has the backing to keep them going for now cont. on page 2
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