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areas in order to get the most representative data in a 20-mile radius from that point. A site Last week Cavalier County’s is about 20 by 25 feet and has Ag & Natural Resources Agent a variety of instruments to colAnitha Chirumamilla told us lect data on wind, temperature, about the new NDAWN weather station in Wales. Most farmers are probably very familiar with NDAWN, its weather stations, and the data they provide, but the general public may not be aware of what it is, the data it collects, or what it is used for. NDAWN is the acronym for North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network. Its purpose is to monitor and record local weather conditions in ND and the Red River Valley; distribute that data via a wide range of summaries, maps, and spreadsheets; and provide it for free to the public on the NDAWN website (https://www. ndawn.ndsu.nodak. edu/). Those local weather conditions are collected through a humidity, soil temperature, soil network of over 150 NDAWN moisture, rainfall, and barometweather stations. Each loca- ric pressure. “Weather is so variable from 5 tion is carefully selected staying miles to 5 miles,” said Chirumaaway from slopes and low lying
The Lawton Loop Gravel Ride set for September 12 Organizers Sarah Newgard and Chip Shea are excited to tell you about the first annual Lawton Loop Gravel Ride scheduled for Saturday, September 12. “Gravel cycling events have been gaining in popularity all over the world in the past several years and events/ races in particular,” said Shea. “I have been doing events around the state this summer and using the beautiful gravel roads around the Lawton area for training. Sarah’s parents live on a farm 20 miles northwest of Lawton, and we have been going there all summer to see them, and I have been riding every weekend we’ve been there and absolutely love it! It made me think we could possibly do an event! I brought it up to Sarah, and she was excited!” Newgard used to be the director of the Fighting Sioux Club, and planning events was one of her primary responsibilities. “I knew she would be an amazing asset to the event!” said Shea. Her parents, Doug and Sandi
Newgard, also thought it was a great idea. Everyone was in agreement that Lawton would be a great place to hold the gravel ride because they could start and finish the race at The
Bar. “Larry Legacie, owner of The Bar in Lawton, is a family friend, and we asked him to help with a post-ride meal and to offer bathrooms for the participants,” said Shea. “He agreed to, so we decided to move forward!” The entry fee is $20, which
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includes the meal at The Bar at the end of the ride. Registration must be completed and submitted in order to secure your spot. Shea said that they have a Facebook event page that people can join, which can be found by searching The Lawton Loop on Facebook. The waiver that people need to fill out to register and where to send it is on that page. If you aren’t on Facebook you can either email Shea at chipshea@polarcomm.com or call or text him at 218-791-4211, and he will get you the necessary information to register. The 75-mile ride starts 8:00 a.m. and should take between 5 and 7 hours. The 25-mile ride starts at 11:00 a.m. and will take between 1.5 to 3 hours. The 75-mile loop finishes where the 25-mile loop begins, so experienced gravel bikers can do both for a full 100 miles, taking about 6.5 to 8.5 hours. As of the end of August, there were 34 cont. on page 2
milla. “The new station at Wales is a spot not covered by the stations at Langdon or Rolla. These stations provide data which benefits growers in management decisions and agricultural
on the NDAWN website as current conditions (an average of the last 5 minutes), hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly. There are models and applications in the website that producers can use to make decisions about future crops and pest development. These models may also show the producer that no action is necessary, saving them time and money. Most state and local government agencies and all federal agencies in ND use the data in NDAWN, and it becomes part of the North Dakota Climate archive. The Bismarck and Grand Forks National Weather Service uses NDAWN data to help with weather forecasting. Since NDAWN is free to the public, news media, educators, and students have access to the data, too. It sounds like it could be expensive to build and operate the stations, collect the data, activities and practices.” and disseminate the informaOther stations in the Lang- tion, but it doesn’t appear to don area include Cavalier, Crys- be. The NDAWN project was tal, St. Thomas, Adams, Edmore, cont. on page 2 and Cando. Data can be viewed
Collier is new pastor at First Baptist Church Reverend Chris Collier has been called to be the new pastor for First Baptist Church in Langdon and started Sunday, August 16. He is joined by his wife, Erin, daughter Livia, and son Jacob. Their oldest daughter, Christina, is in college in Texas. Collier is originally from near Denver, Colorado. He felt God was leading him into ministry when he was volunteering at his local church while recove r i n g from an on-thejob injury. He started in youth and music ministry and served in churches in Colorado and Texas. Collier attended Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas. His previous call before coming to Langdon was in Cotton Center, Texas, a small farming community about 35 miles northwest of Lubbock.
“When we left Denver, we were more attracted to small and rural communities. The Dallas/Ft. Worth area is bigger than Denver, and it was refreshing to get away from that. I like getting to build lasting, great relationships with people,” Collier shared. “I like to study and communicate God’s word to people.” One of his favorite parts of ministry is visiting families with n e w babies and celebrating that w i t h them. First Baptist Church started Sunday morning wors h i p on-site earlier this summer. Video of the services is streamed and posted on Facebook. Collier said they are trying to take returning to normal at a comfortable pace. The Colliers have really enjoyed Langdon so far. He said, “Everyone has been very welcoming.”
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