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Monday, January 13, 2020

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Tycen Restad's wish comes true, signs to Dallas Cowboys

By Melissa Anderson Republican Editor

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Tycen Restad loves football and has for most of his life. He can be found watching games and giving insight on the players to those around him. Tycen’s biggest wish came true as he signed a player's contract with the famous Dallas Cowboys.

"It was a great opportunity and a real cool thing that MakeA-Wish did to help us fulfill his dream,” Tycen’s father, Aaron Restad, said.

“They hooked us up,” Tycen added.

North Dakota Make -A-Wish had a record year in 2019, granting 51 wishes or about one wish a week on average. The most common wishes are related to Disney, traveling to another place such as Hawaii, wishing to be someone like a superhero or dinosaur tamer, or to meet someone like Tycen’s wish to meet the Dallas Cowboys.

“On average the cash cost of a wish is about $7,500 and then there is an additional $5,200

Stadium and the Ford Center at The Star, the practice field for the Cowboys in Frisco, Texas. Meeting the team was no hardship for Tycen as he met quarterback Dak Prescott, tight end Jason Witten, running back Ezekiel Elliot, and linebacker Sean Lee - spending 15 to 20 minutes with each. The family also met the former head coach, Jason Garrett, and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, interacting with them for 20 to 30 minutes.

“It was almost surreal. Tycen signed a one-day contract and got his own Dallas Cowboys jersey. He got a dollar signed by Jerry Jones,” Aaron shared.

It wasn’t just that but also gloves from Jason Witten.

The VIP treatment didn’t stop with just the practice day. Tycen and his family were chauffeured by limo and by the Dallas Cowboys team bus Tycen Restad is pictured above "signing his to the stadiums. contract and getting paid" with the Dallas They were even Cowboys senior director of football operaable to enjoy some tions, Todd Williams, (top left) and is with cheeseburgers his family and Cowboys player Ezekiel Elliot with the players and Head Coach Jason Garrett (top right). following practice.

Bottom photo is Tycen and his dad, Aaron, Prior to the with Cowboys owner, Jerry Jones. Restad start of the game got to go to the Cowboys game on Dec. 29 as against the Redgranted from the Make A Wish Foundation. skins, Tycen and his family spent some time on field

that’s in-kind donations of goods and services that we receive,” Tori Schrantz, ND Make-A-Wish Communications and Development Manager, shared.

The family, including Tycen’s mother, Kari Krom, and little sister Alexa, traveled the day after Christmas to Dallas, Texas, where the North Texas chapter of MakeA-Wish greeted and welcomed them. Schrantz explained that the Make-A-Wish organizations throughout the country work together like this when a wish involves travel.

“They're able to help us plan things. They often have better connections so, in this case, that chapter had really good connections with the Cowboys so they were able to then make sure that [the Restads] got the best experience so we work hand in hand with our sister chapters to make those kind of wishes possible,” Schrantz said.

Tycen and his family not only were able to attend the Cowboys versus Washington Redskins game on December 29, 2019, but they also toured the AT&T

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Young sewing enthusiast wins a sewing machine Kram named Teacher of the Year Days classes, and a gift certificate my mom and I are making a sewBy Lisa Nowatzki Republican Writer

Thanks to Peggy Davis at Sew On & Sew North, Izabelle Brooks has a new EverSewn sewing machine provided by Scott Fortunoff of the Jaftex company. Though not as common a skill with the younger generation, sewing enthusiasts can still be found. Tenyear-old Brooks is one shining young example.

Her mom, Amanda Brooks, agrees. “I wanted to instill a passion and desire for Izabelle to sew so she can be a great helper to her future husband and a well-rounded homemaker for her children.

If I instill and foster the love of sewing in her heart now, I pray it continues on into her adulthood, and she will pass the art and joy of sewing onto her own children. The ability to sew is so valuable and seemingly more and more rare these days.”

Other prizes Miss Brooks won that were included in the giveaway were an Olfa cutting mat, rotary cutter, and ruler courtesy of the Olfa Corporation; a spool of Aurifil thread courtesy of Aurifil Corp; and a fabric bundle of five one-yard cuts provided by Sew On & Sew North. Davis also included EverSewn glass-head pins, five patterns from her Sew

for a free kid’s sewing class.

On December 5, 2019, Davis announced on her shop’s Facebook page that she was accepting nominations for a sewing machine give-away. Davis required nominees to be in the fifth grade or older and to write the reason why or how receiving a sewing machine would make a difference in their lives.

Brooks wrote the following let-

ter, via Facebook, to Sew On & Sew North: “What I would do with the sewing machine is to get rid of my little sister’s sassy doll clothes and sew her nice doll clothes like these ones. The other thing is my mom is having a baby girl, and if I get the sewing machine, I will make clothes for her. And I would make stuffed animals for her. I could also make my family baking aprons. The last thing is that

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ing room out of an empty closet upstairs. So the sewing machine would really help because it’s faster than sewing by hand, and I could learn on my own sewing machine.-Izabelle Brooks." Included with Brooks’ letter was a picture of the nice doll clothes she wanted to sew for her little sister.

On January 2, 2020, Davis notified Brooks’s mother, Amanda, that she had been chosen to win the machine, and on January 3, Brooks’s mother and father took her to Davis’s quilt shop to collect her prizes.

According to Amanda, “Izzy is sometimes shy, and when she learned she won the sewing machine, she was shocked. She was very surprised and excited but nervous.”

The quiet and shock didn’t last long. Amanda Brooks continued, “The whole way home, she kept saying she couldn’t believe she won! When we got home, she immediately unpacked the machine and started practicing different stitches on the practice fabric.

We sat together the rest of that afternoon, winding the bobbin, threading the machine, changing the stitch, and reading the instruction manual. She is taking cont. on page 2

By Lisa Nowatzki Republican Writer

Amy Kram has been named Langdon Area School District (LASD) 2019 Teacher of the Year.

The award in even more auspicious because colleagues select the nominees with the Teacher of the Year is chosen from those nominees by a committee consisting of LASD Superintendent, Daren Christianson; principals Stephanie Hochhalter and Todd Hetler; and the previous year's Teacher of the Year.

The award is given at the annual staff appreciation supper and is cosponsored by the Langdon Chamber of Commerce.

Kram is in her 22nd year of teaching. She taught Family and Consumer Science (FACS) in middle school and high school classes in Rolla for 13 years and has spent the last nine years at Langdon Area Middle/High School.

“I am honored to have been nominated and receive LAS Teacher of the Year. It is incred-

ibly rewarding to be recognized by my peers and administration. I am fortunate to teach in Langdon Area Schools and teach with so many teachers who deserve this award as well,” Kram commented.

Kram grew up and graduated from Cavalier and then attended Lake Region State College and NDSU. She lives in Wales with her husband, Curt, a music instructor at Langdon Area Schools and sons Ethan and Tyler.

Her family also farms with her brotherin-law.

The newest Teacher of the Year said that she had always enjoyed “Home Ec” classes in high school and considered it as a career path before she graduated.

“I wasn’t sure teaching was for me (I am a first-generation teacher),” Kram said.

She took a variety of classes in college and, once she transferred to NDSU, discovered that her interests were mainly in courses in the College of Human cont. on page 3

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Civic Meetings Langdon City Commission Monday, January 13, 6:00 p.m.

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Make-A-Wish __________________________________________________continued from Page 1 before the game started. Being vide these kids with an experi- was a win, it was not a celebraable to see the NFL at such an in- ence that helps them forget their tion like normal as the team did timate level and his favorite team illness for a little bit - where they not make the playoffs.

For now, the family is enjoying warm up before facing off against are able to get a little bit of their their long-time rivals is one expe- childhood back that these critical being home again and processillnesses sometimes take away ing the trip of a lifetime for Tycen. rience Tycen will never forget.

Even though the Cowboys 2019 Tycen was diagnosed in Octo- from them,” Schrantz said.

During their time at the sta- season is over, that doesn’t mean ber of 2017 with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. The condition is dium, Tycen and his family saw that Tycen isn’t already looking a genetic disorder characterized many famous and familiar faces. forward to the 2020 season. Aarby progressive muscle degenera- The interaction was not limited to on and Kari both could not extion and weakness due to the al- players and upper management. press just how much this meant terations of a protein called dys- Tycen shared that the stadium to them and their family.

“I don’t know if a thank you trophin that helps keep muscle was well-looked over including cells intact. There is currently no the infamous Dallas Cowboys would be enough. I don’t know cure for Duchennes; there is hope cheerleader locker room. The what you could say that would – perhaps now more then ever interaction with the Cowboys be more. We are so grateful that before. For Tycen, maintaining owner, Jerry Jones, was especially these two organizations can do this and continue doing this,” Aarhis muscles as they are is impor- memorable for the family.

“He was just walking down the on said. “To make a great thing tant. Keeping up his spirits is just out of a not so great situation and as important as “we have got to hallway,” Kari said.

“It was just amazing how Mr. just let people be normal famikeep these kids, kids, for as long Jerry Jones came up. He was one lies, normal kids...it means a lot.” as we can”.

The family wants to thank the Tycen is currently in 2nd grade of the first people to see us. He’s at the Langdon Area Elementary got this portrayal of this no-non- Dallas Cowboys and the Make-ASchool. Some of Tycen’s favorite sense kind of guy. 'It’s me, and Wish Foundation for giving them things are watching the Dallas I’m all about the power’ and this the opportunity. They encourage Cowboys, NDSU Bison football, and that. But it’s such a big fam- one and all to consider donating playing his Xbox, being around ily down there. The family atmo- to Make-A-Wish to help another family and friends, race cars and sphere, I mean, everybody was child have their wish granted.

“Make-A-Wish is one of the in great spirits and more than playing with his sister.

The family travels to Gillette accommodating on everything,” true, good causes in the world.

It’s a great place to donate to and Children’s Specialty Healthcare in Aaron added.

Being embraced by the Cow- support,” Aaron said.

St. Paul, Minn., every 3-6 months.

Donations can be made onAaron describes Tycen as a really boys organization made the easy-going kid and to be includ- whole family feel like they were line at the northdakota.wish.org ed in the normalcy of life means part of the team while they were or sent at any time to the North there. They also enjoyed and cel- Dakota Make-A-Wish location in a lot.

“We are honored to have been ebrated the Cowboys win from Fargo at 4143 26th Avenue South a part of Tycen’s journey. It’s so their seats in the end zone. Tycen Suite 104, Fargo, ND 58104. important to us to be able to pro- explained how even though it Sewing machine give-away ______________________________________continued from Page 1 such good care of the machine so terns with her hands as she also ins, Ga., Colorado Springs, now far. Every time she puts it away, gets used to the foot pedal. This (thankfully) we’re here with all of she packs it back up in the box in is great because when little prob- you wonderful people.”

When they moved here from between the styrofoam and pro- lems arise, they are able to troutecting the needle, just like Peggy bleshoot as to what is happening Colorado Springs, Colorado, they had lived right in the center of and why.

(Davis) showed her to do.”

The Brooks family is a part of the city, so they thought the reMiss Brooks learned to hand sew at the tender age of eight. the growing community of mili- assignment to Cavalier would be According to her mom, she has tary families in the area. Amanda a big adjustment. However, all made various felt stuffed animals Brooks said, “We moved to Cava- of the family (parents and kids as gifts, but this is her first experi- lier Air Force Station in June 2019. included) are surprised by the My husband has 16 years in as fact that when they leave the loence with a sewing machine.

Brooks has not started her first active duty Air Force (now the cal areas (to go to Grand Forks, project, yet. According to Aman- Space Force). We have moved ev- Fargo, Winnipeg), they are very da, they want her to be 100% ery three to four years, always try- overwhelmed and anxious and confident with all the dials and ing to make a new home, meet- no longer enjoy the hustle and options on her machine before ing new people, and trying to bustle of the city.

"Cavalier, Langdon and Walhalshe starts. So, for now, she is just adjust to the new life God gave practicing different stitches and us. Izabelle was born on a Navy la have really changed our hearts, becoming comfortable moving base in Okinawa, Japan. From and we will forever seek the slowthe fabric around in various pat- there, we moved to Warner Rob- er, small-town life.”

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12 – Maple Manor Care Center, First Baptist Church services, 2 p.m.

12 – Osnabrock Community Living Center, Pastor Breddin, 2:30 p.m.

13 – Cavalier County Meals & Transit - Bus run to Grand Forks & Devils Lake 13 – Langdon Senior Citizen Club Monthly Meeting 2 p.m.

14 – Stress Mgmt. for Farmers, Ranchers & Rural Communities, Research Center, 7 p.m., W/Barb Boesl 14 – Cavalier County Meals & Transit - Shanghai, 1 p.m.

14 – TOPS meeting, 5:30 p.m. at Methodist Church 14 – Cavalier County Meals & Transit - Bus run to Osnabrock January 14 – Cavalier County Meals & Transit - Board Meeting at 12 p.m. Open to public 15 – Cavalier County Meals & Transit - Bus run to Grand Forks 15 – NE ND Breastfeeding Coalition mtg, Unity Medical Center, Grafton, 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

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16 – Al-Anon Meeting, United Lutheran Church, 12 p.m. (use E door) 16 – Storytime at Cavalier County Library–ages 3 and up, story, craft & snack, 1 p.m.

17 – Cavalier County Meals & Transit - Bus run to Grand Forks 19 – Maple Manor Care Center, North Parish Church services, 2 p.m.

19 – Osnabrock Community Living Center, Pastor Ackerman, 2:30 p.m.

20 – Cavalier County Meals & Transit - Bus run to Grand Forks & Devils Lake 21 – Immunization Day, Cavalier County Public Health Office, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

21 – Cavalier County Meals & Transit - Footcare Clinic, Langdon 21 – TOPS meeting, 5:30 p.m. at Methodist Church 21 – Cavalier County Meals & Transit - Gideon’s Supper 21 – Cavalier County Meals & Transit - Shanghai, 1 p.m.

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23 – Cavalier County Meals & Transit - Bonco, 2 p.m.

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Teacher of the Year _________________continued from Page 1

County Commission discusses business in first meeting of the new year

Development and Education.

“After reaching out to my high school teacher and the teacher educators at NDSU, I went ‘back’ to my first interest. My first teaching job was in Rolla, where I taught a variety of FACS classes for grades 8-12.”

Kram is passionate about her work. She currently teaches grades 7 through 12. The subjects she teaches are Family and Consumer Sciences, which is one of the exploratory classes that all 7th and 8th graders take for nine weeks each year. She also teaches a year-long, comprehensive FACS class for freshmen and sophomores in which they explore a majority of the areas within Family and Consumer Sciences.

The remainder of her schedule is made up of elective FACS classes for sophomores through seniors such as Foods and Nutrition, Child Development, Sports Nutrition, Independent Living, and Housing.

“I really enjoy teaching Foods and Nutrition. Both are such an essential skill for students to learn, and I love to hear from current and former students who are so excited about new recipes they have tried for their family and friends. There is also such a strong connection between the basic cooking skills that I teach and family, which is the heart of FACS. Students will go home and make one of grandma’s

By Lisa Nowatzki recipes or a family favorite. They will sit down and eat with their Republican Writer families while sharing stories and On Tuesday, January 7, Cavastrengthening connections.” lier County Commission met for When asked what she likes the first time in the new year. most, Kram replied, "With five Present were Austin Lafrenz, different classes to prepare for Greg Goodman, Stanley Dick, and teach, no day is the same! In and David Zeis. one day, my classes could start After dispensing with the apout creating meal plans with a provals of the agenda, past mingrocery budget to making mod- utes, old business, and open els of Native American dwellings discussion, the Commission got to cooking omelets in a food lab, down to work. to sewing projects, to career reFirst, Sheriff Greg Fetsch besearch projects. Many times, I gan by addressing the Towner get to the end of the day and am County 911 proposed contract. amazed at what my students ac- Fetsch presented the memcomplished!” bers with a breakdown of the Her advice to others who want number of 911 and admin calls to teach, “Keep learning. There received by Towner County are so many options for profes- during the last four months of sional development in your own 2019. Between September and teaching area, technology, class- December 2019, the Towner room management, and more. County received 85 911 calls; I started working on my mas- 36 calls were mistakes or mister’s degree when my children dials. Towner County also rewere young, which was stressful ceived a total of 88 administraat times, but the knowledge I tive calls for the period. Fetsch gained has benefited me and my commented that there was a students.” discrepancy between the numKram believes that her stu- ber of calls provided by Towner dents are being prepared for the County and their previous aftermodern workforce through the hours provider, Devils Lake. strong Career and Technical EduFetsch also noted that Towncation (CTE) program at LASD. er County paid Devils Lake She also said that CTE courses are one mil for their services but an integral part of preparing stu- thought that they would not be dents to be college and career- willing to pay Cavalier County ready by strengthening core aca- the same one mil. Previously, demic skills, employment skills Emergency Services Manager and technical, job-specific skills.

Year in Review continues with a look at April through June.

The three months in the spring focused not only on new happenings in the area but also provided valuable information for agriculture.

April began by celebrating the North Dakota Barley Show’s 75th year. The information from presenters provided insight into the barley and malting industry.

The Walla Theater in Walhalla finished its remodel and held its grand opening with feature act Lori Line.

Custom Grain held a faba bean seminar promoting the legume as a substitute for soybeans and an addition to the area crop rotation. Custom Grain owner Jim Johnson was confident in the crop’s potential for the area.

The Langdon Research Extension hosted a highly informative event on soil health for area producers in mid-April. The event had several presentations that resulted in a series of articles appearing in the Cavalier County Republican. The first article focused on the benefits that cover crops and cattle can have for improving soil health.

Captain Justine Stremick was featured in her hometown paper after she was named the All-Army Female-Soldier Athlete of the year for 2018. Stremick’s volleyball skills placed her as a team member for the All Armed Forces team for the World Military Games in 2018 and 2019.

In the same issue, it was announced by the Cavalier County Job Development Authority that the Boyd Block Plaza project would be completed during the summer of 2019. The project had been structured into three phases. Abby Romfo was named the FCCLA State President at the state FCCLA convention.

The final issue of April had big news with the social service redesign bill being signed into law by North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum. The redesign was a long time coming as the North Dakota Association of Counties had lobbied for the changes for several years.

Cavalier County Memorial Hospital welcomed a new Chief Financial Officer to their staff.

Angela Kobel had been working with CCMH for a few months before being offered the position.

The series of articles on soil health continued with a look at ways to stop erosion from tak-

fields. Two speakers discussed what is lost due to wind erosion and how windbreaks can help to stop the loss.

May brought two big announcements for the area. The first being the induction of Dennis Throndset into the Dakota Eagles Aerie Hall of Fame.

CCMH also welcomed back Megan Overby, Family Nurse Practitioner(FNP), to the Langdon location.

The North Dakota legislative session was kind to the Pembina Gorge Foundation. The session approved HB1018 commerce bill which included $750,000 for the Pembina Gorge.

The CCMH location in Walhalla gained its own FNP as Mark Hill joined the clinic on a permanent basis. Prior to his permanent hire, Hill had been a locum that had come to the area and liked it so much he decided to stay.

The final article in the ‘save money by saving soils’ series explained how leaving residue on the surface of fields speeds up the warming in the spring and water moisture retention. Part of increasing the soil health is increasing the nitrogen, which one presenter explained can be done through leaving the previous crop residue to decompose.

Nancy Becker, owner of Junque Decor, announced in the same issue that a greenhouse had been added to her business. Becker explained that she added the greenhouse to fill the small niche market in the area.

The Langdon American Legion Post #98 celebrated the 100th Anniversary of the American Legion being founded. Cavalier County Veteran Services Officer Leon Hiltner shared what the American Legion does nationally and locally. The Eagleson-Melling American Legion Post #179 shared their post history in the following issue.

The City of Langdon saw Phase II of the street project begin in late May of 2019. Moore Engineering’s Project Manager Andrew Aarke explained what would be done during the summer and who would be affected.

Ag producers in Cavalier County were introduced to another threat to their livelihood.

The “Spawn of Satan” or Palmer Amaranth was declared a noxious weed by the North Dakota Department of Ag in January of

2019 Year in Review: April through June ing away the top soil in open 2019, and area experts encour-

aged extreme vigilance of this game-changing weed.

Cavalier County Cancer Crusaders were the recipients of a Bayer donation totaling $2,500.

The donation was a result of Julie Byron’s nomination for the organization to receive it. In the same issue, Sew on & Sew North received some national attention as well. Owner Peggy Davis participated in Northcott Fabrics Stonehenge competition where her display of the fabrics landed her in the top 10 out of 120 entries.

Langdon Area Chamber of Commerce announced the new alcohol protocol for the 2019 Music Fest. Unlike in years prior, attendees would now be required to have a bracelet indicating they were old enough to drink alcohol. The vaping epidemic was also covered in early June. The dangers that vaping poses was explained in depth as well as relaying the warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding the nicotine product.

Author and gardener Eric Bergeson traveled to Langdon on his book tour for Successful Gardening on the Northern Plains. Bergeson provided information to those in attendance about what they could do to improve their gardens.

Over the course of the spring, the Langdon City Commission had numerous discussion on city ordinances and their enforcement. The ordinances in question were varied ranging from the parking of vehicles on city streets to permits.

Area producer Ben Wenzel shared his current pet project of pioneer grains and their specialty market. Wenzel, along with his cousin, Chad Forsberg, provide heritage grains to a specialty bakery in Minneapolis.

Another former Cardinal found success in volleyball after her time in Langdon. Rachel Hill participated in the Jeep Volleyball Championship that was held in Puerto Rico.

The spring had the Cavalier County Commission frustrated as they tried to implement the social service redesign bill. Commissioner Stanley Dick and Cavalier County Auditor Lisa Gellner attended meetings full of questions with no real answers from the state.

that participates in the program. According to the ND Century Code, landowners must first get permission from their county commission to participate and then contact the ND Forestry Service. The program contract lasts for five years and has to be re-approved by the landowner, county commission, and the Forestry Service.

Commissioner Dick and the other commissioners, along with tax director, Steph Bata, expressed frustration with the program and the ND Forestry Service. After rounds of phonetag with the ND Forestry Service, no one seems to know what landowner contracts have been renewed, expired, or are up for renewal because the ND Forestry Service has not sought out the Commission’s approval for most of the land under the Forestry Stewardship Program in Cavalier County.

The Commission then consulted with county attorney Scott Stewart in regards to the Stewardship Program. In essence, the commissioners want to find out what course of actions the county can take to find the actual contract expiration dates maintained by the ND Forestry Service and what action the county can take if the five-year contracts have not been renewed according to the ND Century Code.

Finally, the Commission spoke with Jill Denault from Social Services. County auditor Gellner informed Denault that all county vehicles designated as “zonal vehicles” have been signed over to the new social services zone.

The issue of personnel and hiring a zone director was tabled until the county receives the applications and the state approves the county’s choices.

Karen Kempert recommended changing the one mil to threefourths of a mil in the contract.

The changes were made and presented to the Towner County commissioners and the county auditor during a phone conference. As expected, the Towner County commissioners did not want to pay Cavalier County for the same services they had paid to Devils Lake.

County auditor Lisa Gellner and the other commissioners pointed out that Cavalier County could not offer those services for free. If Cavalier County answered the Towner County 911 calls, then Cavalier County would incur costs related to the calls, like long distance call costs and increased insurance liabilities. A one-time, upfront annual fee of $15,000 with a re-evaluation at the end of the 12-month contract was then proposed to the Towner County Commission. They countered with $10,000 paid at the end of the year. Commissioner Stanley Dick explained to the Towner County commissioners that Cavalier County was unwilling to pay upfront costs without having the money from Towner County.

The Towner County commissioners said that they would have to think about Cavalier County’s proposal and would let the Commission know before the March 1, 2020, contract date.

The next big-ticket item on the agenda was the North Dakota Forest Service Forest Stewardship program. Owners of 10 or more acres of forest land can voluntarily participate in the Forestry Stewardship Program that is designed to help protect native North Dakota forests. Landowners are charged 50 cents per acre on all acreage

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Melissa’s Musings

By Melissa Anderson It’s all about the laughs What makes a great place to work? There are a number of things, but one of the biggest is the atmosphere. After all, isn’t that the stereotype for jobs? The soul-sucking environment that makes you hate every Monday and be ridiculously happy when it’s Friday.

The parameters of a great place to work differs from person to person.

For some, it’s the money. Anything to make that paycheck bigger. Others demand a more spiritually or personally fulfilling job that makes them feel good. Usually those are the two biggest stereotypes that can be found in the workforce.

There is, of course, one thing that I believe can make or break a work place - the atmosphere and sense of humor. Money is important. Finding fulfillment in the work is also important. One thing that can’t be replaced is having fun while working. Employee morale has been found to have a significant impact on a business’s bottom line. Happy employees means happy customers.

So finding ways to make the work place enjoyable for one and all is a great step forward in making a

business more profitable. Co-workers can find their job to be easier and more enjoyable if there is some element of fun.

Now that the new year has arrived, making the work place a great place to be is one way to make the year easier. Laughs are good for everyone as laughing reduces stress and tension. The short term effects of having a good laugh also includes the stimulation of many organs. Laughter enhances your intake of oxygen-rich air, stimulates your heart, lungs and muscles, and increases the endorphins that are released by your brain.

Laughing activates and relieves the body’s stress response. Having a good laugh fires up and then cools down the stress response, and it can increase and then decrease a person’s heart rate and blood pressure.

The result? A good, relaxed feeling.

The work environment is a significant source of tension, and laughing can help to soothe some of that. Laughter can stimulate circulation and aid muscle relaxation, both of which can help reduce some of the physical symptoms of stress.

All in all, businesses don’t need to hire clowns, but goofing around now and then may be just the ticket to increased production.

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Upside Down Under

By Marvin Baker

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Fresh food in the depth of winter…

In the past few years here in North Dakota, a number of people have attempted to grow garden produce in winter greenhouses. Admittedly, it’s a daunting possibility, but there is no doubt it is possible.

There are two examples of this possibility. The first is in Reykjavik, Iceland. The city sits at 64 degrees North latitud, and it has greenhouses to grow food to feed the 200,000 people who live in Reykjavik and the surrounding communities. That includes bananas, avacodoes and peaches. Yes, in a greenhouse 2 degrees off the Arctic Circle. The good news is geothermal energy is everywhere in Iceland, and nobody pays for heat. So when they build greenhouses at that latitude, the cost is reasonable because of the constant temperature from the deep. The downside to that is on the winter solstice, Reykjavik will dip to about 3 hours and 40 minutes of daylight, so a lot of electricity needs to be used to help sustain growth.

The same applies in Alaska. There are numerous winter greenhouses now growing selected foods for the populations of Anchorage and Fairbanks and perhaps rural Alaska.

Now, it’s being attempted here in North Dakota, but it isn’t limited to a certain type or structure. People are getting creative in their best attempt to feed their families and get produce

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under plastic. Challenges that come along with that include keeping the trees watered. Is there a well, surface water or rural water? Either way, trees require a lot of water.

But, Farm Tek in Iowa, a leading seller of greenhouses and greenhouse materials, has devised a rain gutter system that sits on the sides of the greenhouse and drains the water into barrels or hoses that take it right into the greenhouse. It’s ingenious because a lot of water rolls off that plastic when it’s raining.

Another is lighting. Did you know that if you live near the Canadian border, plants will go dormant the week before and after the winter solstice? There just isn’t enough light to sustain growth so the only way to counter that is with artificial light.

The other thing with fruit trees is they have to be pollinated, and if the trees are in a greenhouse, how do bees get in there? You can do what the University of MinnesotaCrookston did. They put bees in greenhouses and didn’t allow them to escape. You can open the ends and the sides so bees can move freely about, or you can manually pollinate, which is a difficult task.

In three years you should have your fruit, and whether you keep it for your own use or take it to market, you would have something nobody else has at a farmers market in North Dakota. My guess is you would sell out quickly and often.

It doesn’t hurt to work on that good old, Yankee ingenuity. You never know what you might accidentally discover.

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to the farmers markets of the region.

Some people have purchased kits that allow a passive solar response.

In other words, there are black water bladders that absorb sunlight during the day and radiate the heat during the night. Others are filling black barrels with water which has the same effect as the bladders.

The problem with North Dakota, however, is that it will get far too cold every winter for solar alone to sustain growth inside a greenhouse.

The only renewable way to circumvent that is to have a personal wind turbine, which is available for farms for about $20,000. Others have dug holes in the ground and made their best attempt to duplicate the geothermal affect that is going on in Iceland.

Dig a hole four to six feet deep, set a greenhouse over the top and use the constant 54-degree Fahrenheit temperature to keep the greenhouse warm in the depth of winter.

Some people decided to build traditional greenhouses and use wood or coal-fired heat to keep plants growing. That option wouldn’t cost a lot of money, but the labor would be excessive keeping a furnace heating a greenhouse.

One producer was growing trees inside a hoop house, a greenhouse without shelves. Because these structures mimic a lower latitude hardiness zone, it is quite likely that fruit trees such as peaches, cherries and pears can be grown in North Dakota because if you are Zone 3, the plastic cover will give you Zone 4, and if you are in Zone 4, the cover will give you Zone 5. Cornell and Michigan State universities have done studies about having fruit trees

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Extension Master Gardener program accepting applicants If you love gardening and sharing your knowledge with others, consider becoming a Master Gardener volunteer in collaboration with North Dakota State University Extension.

The NDSU Extension Master Gardener program is a volunteer service organization that beautifies communities, educates the public about gardening, works with youth and encourages conservation of natural resources.

The next Master Gardener training program will run for 10 weeks beginning Jan. 24 and ending April 3, 2020. Classes will not be held on March 20.

Those enrolled in the course who live near Fargo can attend the live class every Friday from 9 a.m. to noon on the NDSU campus.

The majority of the participants will take the class online.

“Online students can log in on their computers and participate in the live Friday morning classes,”

says Esther McGinnis, NDSU Extension horticulturist and Extension Master Gardener director. “Alternatively, students can watch the recorded lectures at a more convenient time. These online options allow students to continue taking the class even if they are wintering in another state.”

Course topics include annual and perennial flowers, tree selection and maintenance, soil health, composting, pollinator plants, plant diseases and insects, vegetable and fruit production, and lawn maintenance. NDSU faculty and Extension personnel teach the classes.

Once participants complete the training, they are known as Master Gardener interns. They must volunteer 48 hours of time during a two-year period on horticultural projects in cooperation with NDSU Extension. After that, they will be certified as Master Gardeners.

Potential volunteer projects include answering gardening ques-

tions in the Extension office, organizing horticultural workshops, managing school and community gardens, designing and maintaining pollinator gardens, and providing horticultural therapy.

Tuition for the 2020 class is $225 plus a background check fee of $35 for those wishing to become a certified Extension Master Gardener or $450 for the nonvolunteer option.

High-speed internet access, computer knowledge and an email account are required.

Twenty North Dakota counties will be accepting a limited number of Master Gardener applications.

The application deadline is Nov 18. Application forms and a list of counties that are accepting applications are available at http://www. ag.ndsu.edu/mastergardener/.

For more information, contact your county office of NDSU Extension or McGinnis at 701-231-7971 or esther.mcginnis@ndsu.edu.

Thinking About Health

Congress leaves promising health care cost reforms in limbo

Health care as an issue landed with a thud in late December as members of Congress packed up and went home for the holidays. Two important pieces of legislation for patients didn’t make it to the finish line. Passage of either measure next year is a crapshoot since it’s an election year.

One of my journalistic colleagues from the online site Axios summed up the Congressional end-of-the year stalemate this way: “There are lots of goodies for the industry, while patients will get the worst kind of holiday surprise—more medical bills” after Congress failed to enact two promising pieces of legislation.

First, seniors on Medicare and everyone else will continue to see their prescription bills zoom upward.

Second, every American unlucky enough to need hospital care, but particularly emergency room care or surgery, will be at risk for financial complications they didn’t expect.

In fact, unexpected medical costs are the public’s top health concern.

Studies indicate families are far more worried about getting socked with surprise bills than they are about getting hit with sky-high deductibles and premiums, or even paying their rent or mortgage. In other words, those unexpected bills are a very big deal. So far, though, Congress has declined to end such practices.

Special interest groups – doctors, particularly anesthesiologists and emergency room physicians, hospitals, air ambulance companies, insurers, and employers – have all lobbied mightily to protect their financial interests. Although those stakeholders agree patients should be protected,

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there’s no agreement on how much doctors should be paid.

Patients who receive a surprise bill, usually from an out-of-network doctor, would pay their deductible, copays, and coinsurance as if the doctor was in the network. Doctors who send these bills would then be paid by insurers based on the average payment for a service in the geographic area or a sum determined by an outside arbiter, depending on what the eventual legislation requires.

A coalition of employers and insurers prefer negotiated rate settlements while physician groups favor arbitration.

When Congress adjourned at the end of December, a possible solution was deferred until next year.

A bill that would begin to tackle the high prices of prescription drugs passed the House, but Senate approval is uncertain. The bill championed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calls for the government to begin negotiating prices for between 50 and 250 drugs paid by the Medicare program. Recall that the 2003 law that gave seniors the benefit prohibited such negotiations.

If prices were negotiated, the bill projects that both consumers and the government would save huge amounts of money. Consumer drug spending would drop by 55 percent and government spending by some $400 billion over the next 10 years.

Democrats would like to use that money to expand Medicare coverage to include hearing, vision, and dental benefits.

The bill would also cap out-ofpocket spending on drugs for Medicare beneficiaries at $2,000 a year.

Currently some seniors can pay as much as $15,000 annually for a single prescription drug.

“Patients scored a major victory in the fight for lower drug prices” when the House passed its bill, says David Mitchell who founded the advocacy group Patients for Affordable Drugs Now. “The House has done its job.

Now the Senate must act.”

Whether it will is a big question mark. While the House drug bill indeed would be landmark legislation if it passes, it’s hard to see drug makers giving up the fight.

It’s estimated that the House bill would cause pharmaceutical industry revenues to drop by about one $1 trillion in the next decade. That explains why the industry has fought long and hard to influence members of Congress to make sure nothing is enacted that derails their gravy train.

Hardly a day went by in recent months without the industry pushing its point of view in sponsored content in Politico, an online publication widely read in Washington.

Sponsored content is really advertising, but it’s presented in a way that makes readers think they are reading a legitimate news story.

Axios summed up the latest health care efforts in the House this way: “These policies will materially benefit pretty much every sector within an industry that already wields more financial power than ever.”

Consumers, on the other hand, will find themselves pretty much in the same boat they’ve been sailing in for many a year.

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North Dakota Dollars for Scholars is accepting scholarship applications from North Dakota high school seniors and current college students. A total of $85,000 in scholarships will be awarded, ranging from $500 to $2,500 each for the 2020-21 academic year. Every student who graduated from or will graduate from a North Dakota high school can apply, even if they aren’t from a high school with a local chapter. Schools with local chapters offer scholarships for their specific schools. Students from a wide range of backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Scholarship offerings cover a variety of categories including vocational/technical schools, military family, community service and con-

tinuing college students.

The application deadline for all North Dakota Dollars for Scholars scholarships is April 1, 2020. Scholarship details and the online application are available at northdakota. dollarsforscholars.org. To apply, students must create or update a profile in the online student center. This profile allows students to be matched to scholarships based on their personal information. Students will also be able to use this profile to find future opportunities from their local chapter (if the high school they graduated from has a local chapter), North Dakota Dollars for Scholars and the national organization.

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Jase Rosecrans and his family gave a recent donation to the Preschool Special Education Program at Langdon Area Elementary School. Jase and his siblings raised $200 for the students in Mrs. Feil’s preschool classroom. With this money, Jase purchased two big beanbag chairs and some brick building blocks. Jase’s mom has taught him from an early age to always be considerate of others. Jase and his family would like to call these fun donations “Happy Bombs” filling others with joy throughout the year.

UND to host Honor Band, Choir and Strings Festival The University of North Dakota Department of Music will host their 35th Annual Honor Band, Choir & Strings Festival January 24-26. This festival will feature over 400 high school students from throughout North Dakota and Minnesota.

These musicians were selected from the more than 850 students who auditioned in the fall. While these students are on campus, they will participate in rehearsals and master classes, as well as present a concert.

As part of the festival, two concerts will be presented that are open to the public. The first concert will be held Friday, January 24 in the Chester Fritz Auditorium. This will be a Showcase Concert of many of the ensembles from the UND Department of Music.

The 1:00 Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Robert Brooks, and the Steel Pan Band, directed by Dr. Brian Pfeifer, will perform in the lobby at 3:45 p.m. prior to the 4:00 concert.

Featured on the program from UND will be the Varsity Bards Men’s Choir and Concert Choir, conducted by Dr. Dean Jilek; the Allegro Women’s Choir and Vivo Chamber Choir, conducted by Melanie Popejoy; the Chamber Or-

chestra conducted by Dr. Alejandro Drago; and the Wind Ensemble, Dr. James Popejoy, conductor. In addition, the Showcase Concert will feature selected chamber ensembles, including a Flute Quartet; Tuba Quartet; the Red River Trio; and a Piano Ensemble.

There is no admission charge for the Friday concert.

On Sunday, January 26, the UND Honor Band, Women’s Honor Choir, Mixed Honor Choir, and Honor Strings Ensemble will present their concert at 1:30 p.m. in the Chester Fritz Auditorium.

The ensembles will be conducted

by UND music professors Simona Barbu, Dean Jilek, James Popejoy, and Melanie Popejoy. In addition to each ensemble performing a wide variety of outstanding literature, the band, choirs, and strings will combine to present a grand finale performance of the Battle Hymn of the Republic.

Tickets for this event are $7.00 for adults, $3.00 for students/senior citizens, or $14.00 per family (2 adults, 2 children), and are available at the door.

For additional information concerning these performances, please contact the UND Music Department at (701) 777-2644.

Snowmobile Safety Course For anyone 10 yrs. of age or older

Monday, Jan. 20 • 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Langdon Masonic Hall Cost $20 Lunch will be provided Sponosred by ND Parks & Rec and Moonlighters Snowmobile Club For more information contact:

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Students can earn up to $20,000 of education costs back!

LANGDON IMPLEMENT, CAVALIER EQUIPMENT & ROY IMPLEMENT ARE LOOKING TO SPONSOR STUDENTS FOR THE JD TECH PROGRAM AT NDSCS WAHPETON. Successful students can earn up to $20K of education costs back through employment after completing the program. Students can also apply for $1,500 ND Implement Dealers Association scholarship each year.

Contact Anthony at 370-0639 or Kevin at 256-0279.

The John Deere Tech program is designed to develop technically competent, professional ag equipment service technicians.

The John Deere Company sponsors the program and NDSCS administers and operates the program.

This unique program combines state-of-the-art, on-campus training with supervised occupational experiences at a sponsoring John Deere dealership. Students receive technical training on John Deere equipment and related products through a combination of classroom instruction and hands-on laboratory experiences.

Classroom and laboratory instruction at NDSCS covers the basics of each subject plus the latest developments in John Deere’s agricultural equipment. Work experience at the dealership reinforces on-campus training and exposes the student to real life failures and repairs as they occur on the equipment.

The John Deere Tech program takes six semesters, or approximately 24 months, to complete. The six semesters are divided into 10 terms, each approximately eight weeks in length. Students complete the second, third, fourth, sixth,seventh,ninth and tenth terms on campus and the first, fifth, and eighth terms at a sponsoring John Deere dealership.

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Obituaries

Ralph Spenst

Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 25, 2020, at Swiss Mennonite Church in Alsen for Ralph Spenst, 89, of Langdon, who passed away peacefully on December 28, 2019, at Claridge Court in Prairie Village, Kan. Ralph was born August 11, 1930, to George and Mary Spenst of Dresden. He attended school in the Waterloo Township. He helped his parents run the family farm until he married Lois Rouse in 1948. He continued farming in the Waterloo Township, Loma, and Gordon Township near Alsen where he settled. He had a strong Christian faith and served on the Alsen church board for many

years. He was driven by a strong work ethic and worked from early to late, not only tending the land, but also livestock and pigs. When a rust crop hit, he spent the winter in Sacramento making boxes at the Olive Plant. Only problem was that he worked twice as fast as everyone else beside him. He also worked in the Mayville Creamery during the winter to support Lois in completing her college degree. When spring came and it was time to seed the land, the creamery was reluctant to let him go. He just loved people.

He was generous and kind and put other’s needs before his own. He encouraged and helped his wife, children, and grandchildren to get college degrees. He loved the outdoors.

His hobbies included hunting, trapping, fishing, curling, bowling, and visiting family and friends. Oh, and he did catch that big fish!

Ralph is survived by his two daughters, Lou Loewen and husband Wesley of Overland Park, Kan., and Phyllis Schroeder and husband Nathaniel of Locust Grove, Va. He has four grandchildren: Reginald Loewen of Dexter, Mich., Ethan Loewen of Overland Park, Kan., Natalia Schroeder of Warrenton, Va., Erika (Schroeder) Greenwood of Warrenton, Va., and three greatgrandchildren: Isabelle and Daniel Loewen, both of Dexter, Mich., and Gabriela Eve Canaj of Warrenton, Va. Surviving siblings include Erwin Spenst of Sun City, Ariz., and Art Spenst of Plainview, Minn. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Lois, and sister Magdalene Toavs.

Brooks Funeral Home of Langdon is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences are available at www. brooksfuneralhomelangdon.com.

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David Paul Fetsch

Mass of Christian Burial was held on Tuesday, January 7, 2020, at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Langdon for David Paul Fetsch, 75, of Langdon, who passed away on January 1, 2020, at Maple Manor Care Center in Langdon.

David was born on May 6, 1944, to George and Lorenda (Kroetsch) Fetsch in Wales, where he was raised. His family later moved to Langdon where he met and married the love of his life, Sylvia Chaput. They were married on August 13, 1964, at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Langdon and made their home in the Langdon area where they raised their four children. He worked for the City of Langdon at the water plant for several years until he took a job at National Tea Foods grocery store as a butcher/ meat manager. He remained at that job until that store closed and then continued as meat cutter at other locations. He and Sylvia moved to Park River for a few years because of employment and then returned to Langdon where he worked at Alco as a custodian. He then worked at St. Alphonsus Catholic School as custodian until he claimed his early retirement due to health issues. He was a dedicated husband and father who demonstrated his strength, faith and beliefs through his every-

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Devotions by community pastors

This devotion is submitted by Pastor Karl Breddin of United Lutheran Church, Langdon

13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. 14 John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”

15 But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now; for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness.”

Then he consented. 16 And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. 17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.” (Matt.3:13-17, NRSV).

From the time Jesus first presented himself to John for baptism, Jesus’ followers have puzzled over why he had to be baptized. The act of baptism was understood to be an act of repentance and the cleansing of one’s sins. Why would Jesus, whose sandals John is “not worthy to carry” (Matt. 3:11) seek to be baptized? Why should the Son of God, who is without sin, need to be baptized? John’s statement that he needs to be baptized by Jesus, and not the other way around, seems to be accurate – but this is not what scripture tells us happened.

Frederick Dale Bruner, in Matthew: A Commentary (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004), says that he considers Jesus’ first miracle to have occurred at his baptism. The miracle is that Jesus was humble.

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January service on Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. at Milton Lutheran. No Sunday service in January February service is Sunday mornings at 10 a.m at Dovre Lutheran in Osnabrock.

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The Son of God, word-made-flesh, humbles himself by allowing John to baptize him. Jesus has no sins to be forgiven. But, for us, he goes down to the river of repentance with all the other sinners to be baptized. He wants us to be baptized and shows solidarity with us by being baptized himself.

Jesus’ baptism, which is the first time we see Jesus Matthew’s gospel, gives us a clear indication of how Jesus will act for his entire life.

Jesus humbles himself and comes to our level, identifying with our needs. Does he need to be baptized? Probably not. But we need him to be, so that – united with Jesus in baptism – we might also be united with him in both his death and his resurrection (Romans 6).

United with Christ, do we who call ourselves Christian – who bear the mark of Christ on our foreheads – allow ourselves to be humble? Do we walk in his newness of life? Do we show solidarity with others?

Unlike Jesus, we all have sins to be forgiven. We all have the need to repent – to turn ourselves around from those things which lead us from God and to face God’s love for us.

God help us all to do this. Amen.

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day life. He had a great love of the outdoors, camping, practical jokes, sports and, most of all, his grandchildren, great-grandchildren and pets.

David is survived by his wife of 55 years, Sylvia, of Grand Forks; children: Lynda (Tom) Hoyt of Langdon, Cindy (Richard) Solis of Round Rock, TX, Charlene (Eric) Lundebrek of Lowry, Minn., and Loren (Stephanie) Fetsch of Langdon; grandchildren: Tiffany (Byron) Shablow, Natasha (Kale) Christianson, Samantha (Kenny) Jensen, Kalton (Taylor Benneweis) Agnes, Taylor Lundebrek, Brittany (Jesse) Hayden, Ashley Fetsch, Nelsen (Katlynn) Lundebrek, Katelyn Fetsch, Zachary Hoyt, Sydney Lundebrek, Dylan Fetsch, Jesse Fetsch; three great-grandchildren; siblings: Mary Keeling, Marilyn Fetsch, Donny (Anna) Fetsch, Delores (Vernon) Samuelson, Carmie (Emory) Coles, and Harvey (Peri) Fetsch and many in-laws, nieces and nephews; and special family friends Dean and Connie Hakanson.

Preceding David in death are his parents, father and mother-in-law Sylveo (Sid) and Charlotte Chaput, brother Raymond, brother-in-law George Keeling, brother-in-law Bob Heinle, sister-in-law Sonia Heinle, niece Cheryl Condon, and nephew Andrew Crockett.

Brooks Funeral Home of Langdon was in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences are available at www.brooksfuneralhomelangdon. com.

Bianca Chaput

A daughter, Bianca Michele, was born to Vanessa and Alex Chaput of Langdon on January 5, 2020, at Sanford in Fargo. She weighed 8 pounds, 15 ounces and was 21 inches in length.

Grandparents are Michele and Bernard Rolewitz of Fargo and Terian and Kim Chaput of Langdon.

Great-grandparents are Clare and Elmer Mueller of Fargo and Willie Chaput of Langdon.

She joins siblings Claire, age 12; Addison, age 4; Ellianna, age 3 and Jack, age 2.

Remembering Rose Mullarkey,

whose fourth anniversary occurs on Wednesday, January 15.

Sadly missed by her many friends in Langdon, past pupils, the staff of Maple Manor, congregation of St. Alphonsus, and nephew Tom. "Your music made a difference in our lives."

Community

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FM Bank Honors Team Members for Years of Service Carol Mikkelsen, Farmers & Merchants State Bank cashier, presented the following employees and board of directors with years of service awards: Cole Solseng (top left) – 5 years; Carol Wild (top middle) – 5 years; Patrick Rime (top right)– 20 years; Danny Mostad (not pictured) – 10 years on board of directors; Lorne Tetrault (bottom left)– 20 years on board of directors and Bob Blake (bottom right)– 20 years on board of directors.

Sarah Overby Financial Representative for Thrivent Financial Time for a financial checkup!

A changing life leads to changing finances - make sure you’re up-to-date For most of us, checkups are a regular part of life. Dental visits, auto maintenance appointments and even glances in the bathroom mirror all help us monitor performance, catch potential problems and assure us that all is – or will be – well.

What’s true of teeth, engines and grooming is also true of finances: regular checkups are recommended. Why? Changes both great and small affect the strategies people have developed to help achieve their financial goals. Unfortunately, too many people act as though once their financial strategy is in place their work is done. But this isn’t the case.

As a general rule, Thrivent Financial recommends you review your financial strategy at least once each year. Certain life changes – the birth or adoption of a child, a change in marital status (married, divorced or widowed), the death of a family member or changes to your health – should serve as reminders that a financial tune-up is in order.

Other changes in personal economics can also have a huge impact on finances. These may include shifts in employment status or sal-

Financial Corner with Sarah ary (e.g. loss of job or a pay cut/ freeze), home ownership changes, significant changes in total assets or debt, the receipt of an inheritance and tax law changes that can all make previous strategies obsolete.

If you have a do-it-yourself mentality, a number of print and electronic resources exist to help you monitor your finances on a regular basis. However, most can benefit from the knowledge, experience and insight that financial professionals can offer.

Qualified financial professionals can help people evaluate their present financial strategies and stay current on new laws, regulations, products and economic developments. Even more important, financial professionals can challenge the unrealistic assumptions that people may have and help them overcome money management’s greatest threat: procrastination.

To live is to experience change.

How and when change will appear is impossible to predict, but a financial checkup is one sure way to help you protect your assets and be prepared for the unexpected.

Thrivent Financial is represented in the Langdon area by Financial Representative Sarah Overby at 716 3rd St, Langdon, (701) 256-2932.

About Thrivent Thrivent is a not-for-profit financial services organization that helps Christians be wise with money. As a mission-driven, membership-owned organization, it offers its more than 2

Nicotine dependence conference

CHI St. Alexius Health, Mid Dakota Clinic, Sanford Health, and the North Dakota Department of Health is hosting a Nicotine Dependence Conference featuring Therese Shumaker, Tobacco Treatment Specialist from Mayo Clinic, on January 27 and 28, 2020 in CHI St. Alexius Health’s Boniface Auditorium. The conference provides health care professionals with the tools needed to incorporate nicotine dependence treatment into their practices.

Topics covered include: pharmacotherapy for treating tobacco dependence, the vaping epidemic, mental health and tobacco use prevalence, health insurance expenses related to tobacco use, and tobacco alternatives.

Mayo Clinic Keynote Speaker Therese Shumaker, MA, RDN, CTTS, NBC-HWC Therese has worked in the field of Nutrition and Wellness for over 25 years. She is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian, having received academic appointment from the Mayo Clinic as Instructor in Nutrition in 2014. She has Master’s degrees in both exercise science and counseling. She currently works in the Nicotine Dependence Center as the lead counselor and Program Director for Mayo Clinic’s Tobacco Treatment Specialist training program. She is a nationally board cer-

tified health and wellness coach and she serves as faculty in the Mayo Clinic Wellness Coaching Training Program. She is an adjunct faculty member at Saint Mary’s University in Minnesota, where she teaches courses on motivational interviewing and counseling skills. She was accepted into the prestigious Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers.

The conference is $25 to attend one day or $40 for both days. For registration and hotel information, log on to CHIStAlexiusHealth.org and search Nicotine Dependence Conference. The registration deadline is Wednesday, January 15, 2020.

For more information, please call Rajean Backman at 701.530.8538.

CHI St. Alexius Health officially announced the formation of its regional health care system on April 19, 2016.

The system is the largest health care delivery system in central and western North Dakota and is comprised of a tertiary hospital in Bismarck, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) in Carrington, Dickinson, Devils Lake, Garrison, Turtle Lake, Washburn and Williston and numerous clinics and outpatient services. CHI St. Alexius Health manages five CAHs in North Dakota - Ashley, Elgin, Linton, and Wishek, as well as Mobridge Regional Medical Center in Mobridge, S.D.

million members and customers a broad range of financial products, services and guidance to help them obtain a life of contentment, confidence and generosity. Thrivent and its subsidiary and affiliate companies offer insurance, investments, banking and advice over the phone, online as well as through financial professionals and independent agents nationwide. Thrivent is a FORTUNE 500 company with $134 billion in assets under management/advisement (as of 12/31/18). For more than a century it has helped Christians make wise money choices that reflect their values while providing them opportunities to demonstrate their generosity where they live, work and worship. For more information, visit Thrivent.com.

You can also find us on Facebook and Twitter.

THRIVENT IS THE MARKETING NAME FOR THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS. Insurance products issued by Thrivent. Not available in all states. Securities and investment advisory services offered through Thrivent Investment Management Inc., a registered investment adviser, member FINRA and SIPC, and a subsidiary of Thrivent. Licensed agent/producer of Thrivent. Registered representative of Thrivent Investment Management, Inc. Advisory services available through investment adviser representatives only. Thrivent.com/disclosures.

Thrivent and its financial professionals do not provide legal, accounting or tax advice. Consult your attorney or tax professional.

Sarah M. Overby sarah.overby@thrivent.com Financial Associate Northwestern MN and Eastern ND Region Thrivent Financial for Lutherans®

716 3rd St. Langdon, ND 58259 Office: 701-256-2932

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Cavalier County Transit’s Bus Schedule

January 13 – Devils Lake & Grand Forks January 14 – Osnabrock January 15 – Grand Forks January 17 – Grand Forks January 20 – Devils Lake & Grand Forks January 22 – Grand Forks January 24 – Grand Forks January 27 – Devils Lake & Grand Forks January 29 – Grand Forks January 31 – Grand Forks

The bus is scheduled to go to Grand Forks on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and to Devils Lake on Mondays.

Tuesday and Thursdays are reserved for Cavalier, Park River, Grafton and Edmore. All out-of-town appointments need to be between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. so that our drivers stay within our operating hours which are 8 a.m.– 4:30 p.m. A 48-hour notice is required for out-of-town trips.

Please call 256-2828 PRIOR to making your appointments as some days the vehicles are full.

Cavalier County Transit is a Qualified Medicaid Provider.

Watch out for tax scams

As the income tax season approaches, individuals and small businesses should be cautious of identity theft. Scam artists will be hard at work.

Identity thieves use stolen Employer Identification Numbers to create fake W-2 Forms to file with fraudulent individual tax returns.

Employers are warned to look out for emails asking for sensitive W-2 information.

Individuals can also be the victim of tax scams if their personal information such as Social Security numbers and date of birth are compromised.

Don’t give out personal information such as your address, date of birth and Social Security number unless you know who’s asking for it and why. Don’t routinely carry your Social Security card.

The IRS (and its authorized private collection agencies) will never: • Call to demand immediate payment using a specific payment method such as a prepaid debit card, gift card or wire transfer. The IRS does not use these methods for tax payments. Generally, the IRS will first mail a bill to any taxpayer who owes taxes. All tax payments

District 10 Dem-NPL District Convention Saturday, Feb 8 1-3 p.m.

Pembina County Courthouse Meeting Room, Cavalier Guest Speaker: Rep. Alisa Mitskog SHINGLES VACCINES NOW AVAILABLE

Senior Menu

SENIOR MEALS & SERVICES Monday (13) – Meatloaf, baked potato, carrots, peach cobbler.

Tuesday (14) – Breaded pork chop, potato wedges, cauliflower, pudding, fruit.

Wednesday (15) – Ham, scalloped potatoes, sweet potatoes, baked apples.

Thursday (16) – Spaghetti/meatballs, lettuce salad, Italian vegetables, garlic toast, fruit.

Friday (17) – Taco salad, fruit.

EBT/SNAP accepted

should only be made payable to the U.S. Treasury and checks should never be made payable to third parties.

• Threaten to immediately bring in local police or other law enforcement to have the taxpayer arrested for not paying.

• Demand that taxes be paid without giving the taxpayer the opportunity to question or appeal the amount owed.

• Ask for credit or debit card numbers over the phone.

Be vigilant! If you become a victim of tax identity theft, the onus is on you to get things sorted out.

If you suspect tax-related identity theft, call the IRS at 800-908-4490.

If you think you have fallen victim to any type of scam, call the AARP Fraud Watch Network Helpline at 877-908-3360 for guidance and support.

AARP North Dakota has volunteers trained to give small group presentations to help protect North Dakotans from fraud and scams. If an organization or service club in your community would like to host a scam presentation, contact us by phone at 866-554-5383 or by email at aarpnd@aarp.org.

NEW MERCHANDISE ARRIVING!

Bridal Registry Allyssa Schwartz & Gage Olson Wedding - March 21

Baby Registry Myranda Romfo & Michael Hotten Shower Jan. 25, 2020 Due Date March 18, 2020 Receive a FREE Gift when you register. #shoplangdon #shoplocal

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Sports

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BASKETBALL Cards pile up 21 steals to beat PRFL 70-37 in Edmore helped get their offense going.

By Jake Kulland BOXSCORE Grant Romfo dropped in a 3-pointRepublican Sports Writer LANGDON-EDMORE-MUThe Langdon-Edmore-Munich Cardinals boys basketball team played their first game of 2020 on January 3 at home in Edmore versus Park River-Fordville-Lankin. The Cards forced 31 turnovers on the Aggies to win the game handily, 7037. With the win the Cardinals are now 5-1 on the season and ranked sixth in the state in the latest Class B Boys Basketball Poll. After hosting Hatton-Northwood on January 10, Langdon-Edmore-Munich will also host two home games in the week ahead, Dakota Prairie on January 16 then Cavalier on the afternoon of January 18.

In their win over PRFL, the Cards did a great job on defense which

Grant Romfo tied his brother Simon with 16 points against Park River.

Photo by Larry Stokke

er on his way to nine first quarter points to help his team to a 19-11 lead after the first quarter. The Cardinals defense held the Aggies to just five shot attempts in the second quarter, as they expanded their lead to 35-19 at the half. Jackson Delvo had two 3's in the second frame.

The second half featured more of the same, with the Cards defense coming up with steal after steal.

The Cards ended up with 21 thefts total, led by Simon Romfo with six and five from Delvo. Grant and Simon Romfo led the team with 16 points each with Delvo putting in 15. Overall the Cardinals held the Aggies to just 26 shot attempts for the game. Jayse Fontaine had 19 points to lead PRFL.

NICH 70, PARK RIVER-FL 37 PRFL -- 11 8 7 11 -- 37 LEM -- 19 16 16 19 -- 70 Langdon-Edmore-Munich -- Simon Romfo 16, Grant Romfo 16, Jackson Delvo 15, Ordale Morstad 7, Sean Gette 6, Arik Christianson 5, Jagger Worley 3 Park River-Fordville-Lankin -Jayse Fontaine 19, Sam Hagen 10, Seth Nelson 6, Jake Olson 2 Rebounds -- LEM: 18 (G. Romfo, Worley 3); PRFL: 19 (Hagen 6) Assists -- LEM: 18 (S. Romfo, Worley 4); PRFL: 7 Steals -- LEM: 21 (S. Romfo 6, Delvo 5); PRFL: 6 (Fontaine 3) Turnovers -- LEM: 10; PRFL: 31 Field goal percentage -- LEM: 28/50 (56%); PRFL: 13-26 (50%) Free throw percentage -- LEM: 8/12 (67%); PRFL: 6/12 (50%)

HOCKEY

Blades win Cross-Border Girls Hockey Tournament in Bottineau

By JAKE KULLAND Republican Sports Writer The Langdon Blades girls hockey team played in an invitational tournament in Bottineau on Jan. 3-5 call the Cross-Border Tourney. Four teams from the 19U Girls North Dakota league played in the event from Langdon, Bottineau, Crosby and Richland, plus two teams from Manitoba in Birtle and Neepawa.

The Blades played great all weekend, beating Birtle in the opening round 2-1 on Jan. 3, then defeating Richland by the same score on Jan. 4. Langdon won the title over Neepawa 3-2 on Jan. 5 in a shootout. Up next for the Blades is a nonconference game at Miami, MB on Jan. 11, then they will play at Watford City, Richland and Crosby the weekend of Jan. 18-19. The girls next home game is Jan. 24 at Dakota Spirit Arena versus Watford City.

In their tournament games at Bottineau, each won was close and very exciting. In their first game versus Birtle, the Blades fell behind 1-0 early in the first period before getting going with an unassisted goal

by Emma Field to tie the game after one. Jessi Gellner broke that tie in the second frame with a goal on assists by Field and Alexa Schneider.

The Blades defense would make that lead stand up, as goalie Jalyn Buckman would come up with 41 saves in the win. Birtle out shot Langdon 42-14 for the game.

The next day against Richland, this time Langdon would get out to a 2-0 lead, with neither team getting a goal until the second period. Savannah Ullyott lit the lamp for the Blades for their first goal, assisted

by Abby Forest. Then in the third period Forest would get a goal of her own, assisted by Ullyott and McKenna Belle. Buckman again

would be stellar in the net with 23 saves, and this time Langdon out shot Richland 34-24.

And finally in the title game with Neepawa, it was a rough contest with 12 penalties called, six on each team. Langdon got the scoring started late in the first period when Field scored a shorthanded goal.

Neepawa would come be though, scoring the tying and go ahead goals, one each in the second and third period.

But with just less than two minutes left in regulation, Langdon got the puck in the net on a goal by Forest, assisted by Arianna Haraseth.

Neither team would score in overtime, so it went to a shootout, where got in the only goal for either team to win the game in thrilling fashion.

Buckman had 43 saves in the championship game, and Neepawa out shot the Blades 45-40.

Jackson Delvo finished the night with 15 points in Edmore against the Park River Aggies. Photo by Larry Stokke

Sean Gette lays in two with a fast break layup over the Aggies. Photo

by Larry Stokke

Langdon Blades took first place on Jan. 5 in Bottineau Tournament. Lizzie Muhs, bottom left photo, was player of the game in the championship game. Jessi Gellner, bottom right photo, scored the shoot-out goal to win the championship game in overtime. Photos by Larry Stokke

Blades boys win two of three on latest road trip

By JAKE KULLAND Republican Sports Writer

Simon Romfo adding two points of his 16 in the Cards win over Park River in Edmore.. Photo by Larry Stokke

The Langdon Blades junior gold hockey team got back to business after the holiday break with three league games played the weekend of January 3-5. The Blades went two of three in a southeast road trip - winning at Fargo 6-3, losing at Grand Forks 6-1 and then defeating Northwood 8-1 in the three day span. Up next for the Blades is another weekend on the road, this time out west. They will play at Richland and Watford City on January 18 then at Crosby on January 19. Langdon will finally get some home games versus Watford City, Crosby and Richland on the week-

end of January 24-26. They also had two games with the Fargo 16U team postponed on December 29 due to weather. Those games will be made up at a later date.

In their first of three games in the southeast, the Blades scored six of the first seven goals in the game with Fargo 18U. Hunter Feil and Peyton Ullyott each put in a goal in the first period followed by two more goals by Peyton to get a hat trick, plus lamp lighters from Sid Ullyott and Cooper Zimmer. Collecting assists were Feil, Zach Rostvet and Michael Kartes. Logan Harder got the win in the net with 24 saves with the Freeze outshooting the Blades 27-26.

In their next game against Grand Forks, it was the Stallions putting

the game away early by scoring six unanswered goals, three each in the first and second periods. Langdon avoided the shutout with Sid Ullyott scoring unassisted in the third.

Harder had 19 saves in the contest, and the Blades outshot Grand Forks 28-25.

Things got better for Langdon in their last game of the weekend at Northwood. Peyton would score four of the Blades eight goals to get his second hat trick of the three day run. Andy Muhs also scored twice for Langdon, while Sid Ullyott and Isak Dease each had one goal. Cooper Zimmer and Sid Ullyott each led the team with two assists. Harder had 24 saves in this game, and the Blades had many more shots, outshooting Northwood 42-26.

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BASKETBALL

Lady Cards survive scare from Carrington to stay unbeaten

By JAKE KULLAND Republican Sports Writer

Callie Ronningen had 24 points including 4 three point shots in the Cards win over Carrington. Photo by Larry Stokke

The month of January has brought some busy times for the Langdon-Edmore-Munich girls basketball team. The Lady Cards played three games in the last week, beating Cavalier 70-38 on Jan. 2, having to come back to defeat Carrington on Jan. 4, then rolling a 7112 victory at Rolla on Jan. 7. After playing at Stephen-Argyle on Jan. 9, the Lady Cards will travel to St. John on Jan. 14, then to North Star on Jan. 17. The Cardinals are now 8-0 on the season, and are ranked second in the state. Here is a recap of their three recent games" Langdon-Edmore-Munich 70, Cavalier 38 In the first game of their latest run, the Cards scored the first 17 points of the game versus Cavalier to decide things early. The nice thing to see from Langdon-EdmoreMunich was the balanced scoring they had the whole game, as eight different players got in the score book, with six of them scoring eight points or more. They led the Tornadoes 35-7 in the second quarter and did not look back.

Kaitlynn Scherr led the team with 15 points, followed by 11 by Callie Ronningen and 10 from Lexi Olson. Olson also led the team in rebounds with eight, with Morgan Freije pulling down six boards and Kaylee Lowery five. Freije also had a team high five assists. Cavalier was led by Jade Kihne with nine points.

Langdon-Edmore-Munich 65, Carrington 58 The Lady Cards most competitive game they've had of late was when they host Carrington on Jan. 4. This game would be a battle from start to finish. The Cards got six points each from Callie Ronnigen and Kaylee Lowery in the first

BOXSCORE

LANGDON-EDMORE-MUNICH 70, CAVALIER 38 C -- 3 12 12 11 -- 38 LEM -- 18 23 19 10 -- 70 Langdon-Edmore-Munich -- Kaitlynn Scherr 15, Callie Ronningen 11, Lexi Olson 10, Jaya Henderson 9, Morgan Freije 8, Kaylee Lowery 8, Marlee Hetletved 5, Cayln Crockett 4 Cavalier -- Jade Kihne 9, Jezimay Watson 8, Charlee Krieg 7, Rylen Burgess 5, Madi Nordstrom 3, Alea Manley 2, Eden Carrier 2 Rebounds -- LEM: 35 (Olson 8, Freije 6); C: 20 Assists -- LEM: 17 (Freije 5, Olson 4); C: 7 Steals -- LEM: 11; C: 2 Turnovers -- LEM: 10; C: 25 Field goal percentage -- LEM: 29/60 (48%); C: 15/37 (41%) Free throw percentage -- LEM: 8/14 (57%); C: 3/4 (75%) quarter to help build a 21-16 lead.

But Carrington would bounce right back and got to within three points at 33-30 at halftime.

Carrington's Hannah Hagel went to work in the third quarter with seven points to actually help give her team the lead at 47-46 after three quarters.

But the Lady Cards would get some clutch 3-pointers from Ronningen, Kaitlynn Scherr and Jaya Henderson to give the Cardinals the lead and the win.

Ronningen, who had missed practice a day earlier due to the flu, led all scorers with 24 points and four 3's. Scherr reached double figures with 15 points, as did Kaylee Lowery with 10. Hagel led Carrington with 22 points.

BOXSCORE

LANGDON-EDMORE-MUNICH 65, CARRINGTON 58 C -- 16 14 17 11 -- 58 LEM -- 21 12 13 19 -- 65 Langdon-Edmore-Munich -- Callie Ronningen 24, Kaitlynn Scherr 15, Kaylee Lowery 10, Morgan Freije 9, Jaya Henderson 3, Calyn Crockett 2, Marlee Hetletved 1, Lexi Olson 1 Carrington -- Hannah Hagel 22, Marah Schmitz 13, Addi Hoornaert 9, Kiera Eli 8, Sydnie Grager 4, Lexi Page 2 Rebounds -- LEM: 23; C: 29 Assists -- LEM: 20 (Ronningen 6); C: 17 Steals -- LEM: 13; C: 9 Turnovers -- LEM: 14; C: 24 Field goal percentage -- LEM: 24/46 (52%); C: 23/53 (43%) Free throw percentage -- LEM: 10/13 (77%): C: 7/12 (58%) Langdon-Edmore-Munich 71, Rolla 12 Not much needs to be said about the Cardinals game with the Bulldogs, outside of saying it was a dominating performance by the Lady Cards.

The Langdon-Edmore-Munich defense was so good in fact, the score of the game at halftime was 41-2 (!!).

Offensively the Cards got it going from all different spots on the floor, with four girls in double figures, led by Kaitlynn Scherr with 17, 14 each by Callie Ronningen and Morgan Freije, plus 10 from Lexi Olson.

The Cardinals forced 30 Rolla turnovers, and they pulled off their full court press just a couple of minutes into the game. They had nine different players score in the game.

In a bit of strangeness, the JV game had the Lady Cards winning by the exact same score of 71-12.

BOXSCORE

LANGDON-EDMORE-MUNICH 71, ROLLA 12 LEM -- 20 21 16 14 -- 71 R -2 0 8 2 -- 12 Langdon-Edmore-Munich -Kaitlynn Scherr 17, Morgan Freije 14, Callie Ronningen 14, Lexi Olson 10, Kaylee Lowery 4, Calyn Crockett 3, Cora Badding 3, Whitney Pankratz 2 Rolla -- Morgan Leas 5, Skylar Arnold 3, Kyleigh Wilkes 2, Jaina Canapi 2 Rebounds -- LEM: 40; R: 21 Assists -- LEM: 21; R: 4 Steals -- LEM: 22; R: 4 Turnovers -- LEM: 9; R: 30 Field goal percentage -- LEM: 30/65 (46%); R: 5/31 (16%) Free throw percentage -- LEM: 5/10 (50%): R: 1/2 (50%)

Jaya Henderson chipped in a 3 pointer to add to the Cards 65 to 46 win over Carrington. Photo by Larry Stokke

Cardinal Cheerleaders kept the crowd fired up. Photo by Larry Stokke

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Blaze a trail this January in North Dakota

Kaitlynn Scherr had a double digit point night with 15 points. Photo

by Larry Stokke

Lewis and Clark Expedition members burned a lot of calories in their winter in North Dakota. You can, too.

The Corps of Discovery spent 186 days in North Dakota during the winter blazing new trails and today you can kick-start your resolutions exploring these same paths while enjoying the great outdoors.

A comfortable pair of warm hiking boots or snowshoes can cut a

path through fresh powdery snow or on groomed trails. Studies show that physical activity in the cold burns more calories than when it’s warm, and being out in the sun boosts levels of vitamin D. In other words, you’ll feel better.

Some of the best winter hiking in the state is in Theodore Roosevelt National Park (nps.gov/thro/ index.htm), along the Maah Daah Hey Trail (mdhta.com) or on several smaller trails found within the park. What can you see on a winter hike? For starters, amazing scenery, bison grazing in large herds (sometimes snow-covered), wild horses running along bluffs or frolicking in the valleys, eagles soaring overhead and ever-present prairie dogs. Experts say that winter is a very productive time for viewing wildlife because they are more concentrated

and in more accessible areas.

Looking for something on a slightly smaller scale? If so, try out the trails that crisscross North Dakota’s 13 state parks (parkrec. nd.gov). Cross-country skiers and hikers can rent skis and snowshoes at Cross Ranch State Park (parkrec. nd.gov/cross-ranch-state-park), Fort Stevenson State Park (parkrec. nd.gov/fort-stevenson-state-park) and Lake Metigoshe State Park (parkrec.nd.gov/lake-metigoshestate-park). Fort Ransom State Park (parkrec.nd.gov/fort-ransom-statepark) has ski rentals.

Embrace winter and the unique opportunities it brings to Be Legendary. Learn more about unique winter activities in North Dakota (ndtourism.com/articles/northdakota-20-20-winter-wonderland).

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AGRICULTURE

NDSU sets farm/ranch transition planning classes for 2020 Many North Dakota farmers and ranchers know that when they retire, they want their business to stay in the family, but they aren’t sure how to make that happen.

They aren’t alone. Studies indicate that while 88% of farm families hope to pass the farm on to the next generation, only 30% of farms survive the second generation, 12% survive the third generation and 3% survive the fourth generation.

To reverse that trend, North Dakota State University Extension is offering “Design Your Succession Plan” educational programs at a number of sites across the state this winter. This program is designed to assist farm and ranch families in getting started on their succession plan and help them shape the future ownership of their business.

During the multisession program, participants will: • Get started on a succession plan using a workbook • Open lines of communication in the family to create a shared vi-

sion for the family business that extends into the next generation • Learn how to be prepared to work with professionals to develop a succession plan and documents that put the family’s vision into action The locations, dates, starting times and contacts for the sessions are: • Fessenden, KTL Meeting Room - Jan. 28 and 30 and Feb. 3 at 5:30 p.m.; Lindsay Maddock, 701-5473341, lindsay.maddock@ndsu.edu • Beach, Beach Community Center - Jan. 29 and Feb. 3 and 5 at 5:30 p.m.; Ashley Ueckert, 701-872-4332, ashley.ueckert@ndsu.edu • Jamestown, Farmers Union state office - Jan. 16 and 23 at 5 p.m.; Alicia Harstad, 701-252-9030, alicia. harstad@ndsu.edu • Mandan, Farm Credit Services of Mandan - Jan. 17, 24 and 28 at 6:30 p.m.; Renae Gress, 701-6673340, renae.gress@ndsu.edu • Williston, Broadway Commons Veterans Conference Room - Jan. 21

and 28 at 1 p.m.; Katalin Quale, 701577-4595, katalin.quale@ndsu.edu • McClusky, McClusky City Hall - March 10, 12 and 17 at 5:30 p.m.; Nicole Wardner, 701-363-2242, nicole.wardner@ndsu.edu The program is open to families interested in shaping the future ownership of their farm or ranch, whether that’s transferring the business to the next generation or determining how to divide the farm or ranch assets.

“Succession planning is a critical need for North Dakota producers,” says NDSU Extension personal and family finance specialist Carrie Johnson, who leads the effort to deliver the program statewide.

“Not having a succession plan for the family farm or ranch business may have real impacts on not only the business but also the families involved.”

Visit https://www.ag.ndsu. edu/succession for more information about the Design Your Succession Plan program.

Dry edible bean producers and crop advisers will have an opportunity to learn about North Dakota State University’s current production research and recommendations during NDSU Extension’s Gettingit-Right in Dry Bean Production workshops at Park River and Fessenden, N.D., in late January.

“Dry bean production challenges include plant establishment and protection, as well as harvesting and marketing a high-quality crop,” says Greg Endres, NDSU Extension cropping systems specialist at the Carrington Research Extension Center. “These educational workshops will help farmers make dry bean production decisions in preparation for and during the 2020 growing season.”

The meeting dates, times, locations and contacts are: • Thursday, Jan. 30, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Park River City Auditorium, 504 Briggs Ave. S; for more information, contact Brad Brummond, NDSU Extension agent in Walsh County, at 701-284-6248 or bradley. brummond@ndsu.edu • Friday, Jan. 31, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Festival Hall, Wells Co. Fairgrounds; for more information, contact Lindsay Maddock, NDSU Extension agent in Wells County, at 701-381-8606 or lindsay.maddock@ ndsu.edu

Speakers and hosts include the participating Extension agents and Extension specialists: Endres, Dave Franzen, Extension soil science specialist; Joe Ikley, Extension weed specialist; Hans Kandel, Extension agronomist; Jan Knodel, Extension entomologist; Sam Markell, Extension plant pathologist and Frayne Olson, Extension crops economist.

The workshop topics are: • Plant establishment factors: market type and variety selection, row spacing, populations, planting date, tillage systems, cover crops, tile drainage and ground rolling • Plant protection strategies: disease management including root and stem disease, and white mold (sclerotinia); weed management including Palmer amaranth and narrowleaf hawksbeard, and soilapplied herbicides, insect management • Plant nutrition, including fertilizer application timing and placement • Market update A farmer panel will discuss unique management strategies including reduced-tillage systems, cover crops and harvest management.

The Northarvest Bean Growers Association is a partner with NDSU Extension for the Getting-it-Right in Dry Bean Production workshops in-

cluding providing financial support for refreshments and the noon meal.

The association oversees promotion, research and marketing programs funded by dry bean checkoff dollars.

The event is free of charge. Preregistration is not necessary. Continuing education credits will be available for Certified Crop Advisers.

NDSU Extension to host dry bean production workshops Jan. 30-31

Diversity, direction and dollars ag forum set Soil pH, managing residue, and farm and ranch economics are among the topics that will be covered during North Dakota State University Extension’s 24th annual Diversity, Direction and Dollars agricultural forum.

It will be held Jan. 14 at the Ramada Grand View Lodge in Dickinson.

The daylong program begins with registration and coffee at 8:15 a.m. MST and a welcome at 9.

Topics that will be presented during the forum and the presenters are: • Financial planning and management - Jeff Dragseth, North Dakota Farm Management Program • Why is my soil pH dropping - Ryan Buetow, NDSU Extension cropping systems specialist • Producers’ perspective on low

soil pH - Jon Wert, New England, N.D.; Ron Kessel, Belfield, N.D.; Ron Long, Highwood, Mont.

• 2020 market outlook - Frayne Olson, NDSU Extension crops economist • Managing high amounts of residue for 2020 growing season - Alan Moulin, research scientist, Science and Technology Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada The Stark County Wheat Commission election also will be held during the forum.

The registration fee for the forum is $20, which includes lunch.

For more information, contact Kurt Froelich, NDSU Extension agent for Stark and Billings counties, at 701-456-7665 or kurt.froelich@ndsu.edu, or visit www.ndsu. ag/starkcountyextension.

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By UNMC, Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health, Omaha, NE Feedyard silage-related tragedy doesn’t discriminate: it can happen to employers, owners, or bystanders, resulting in serious injury or death.

Keith Bolsen, Professor Emeritus, Kansas State University, believes this quote he heard at a safety conference: The feedyard industry has nothing to lose by practicing safety but it has everything to lose by not practicing it.

“The insurance representative who shared this quote went on to explain that every single production ag fatality he had ever investigated could have been prevented,” Bolsen says. “No one should die when they’re working at ag-related tasks.

To make that a reality in feedyards, every operation needs a written safety procedure that is part of the facility’s standard operation procedure and is reviewed daily. Remind people every day, because we get busy, distracted and we tend to take shortcuts and risks.”

Bolsen’s definition of safety is: the control of recognized hazards to reach an acceptable level of risk.

Common risk factors when feeding silage are: 1. Fatigue 2. Complacency/distraction 3. Truck or tractor roll-overs 4. Run-over by machinery or equipment 5. Entanglement in machinery or equipment 6. Fall from a height 7. Burial in a silage avalanche 8.Overcome by silo gas (NO2 and CO2) Some key silage safety practices in feedyards and around silage bunkers and piles in general include: • Never work alone in the silo/ bunker.

• Never undercut the feed-outface.

• Never park a feed truck too close to the silage face (and always back it in).

• Use a silage rake.

Fatigue, whether it’s due to lack of sleep, illness, etc. affects everyone at some time. The practice of taking daily breaks, reviewing safety practices, and enforcing safety practices when working around silage can

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AgCountry declares $60 million in cash dividends AgCountry Farm Credit Services is excited to announce that a record $60 million in cash dividends will be paid to eligible member-owners in March of 2020. Since 2014, AgCountry patrons have received over $195 million in cash patronage.

The Board of Directors is also announcing that going forward, it is the cooperative’s intention to target payment of a one percent cash dividend on all eligible business barring unforeseen events and assuming AgCountry continues to meet its financial goals.

AgCountry’s patronage program grants the Board of Directors the ability to distribute a portion of the association’s net income to its member-owners when financial conditions allow for it. This marks the seventh consecutive year AgCountry is paying a cash dividend.

“The Board is truly pleased to make these announcements,” said Board Chair Ed Hegland. “In these trying times, it is great that we are in a position to deliver a record cash dividend to the people who have helped build this company.”

help fatigued employees maintain awareness of the risk associated with their silage tasks. Daily review and consistent support for working safely can help avoid an attitude of complacency or distraction that leads to a tragedy.

“Even the best feedyard employee can become frustrated with malfunctioning equipment, poor weather conditions and other challenges,” Bolsen says. “Those scenarios can tempt workers to take a hazardous shortcut or misjudge their circumstances, causing them to take a risky action.”

Tractor rollovers are quite common around silage bunkers. For that reason, it’s important for silage workers to use tractors fitted with Rollover Protective Structures (ROPS) and to always use the tractor seat belt. Other ways to help prevent tractor rollovers include not filling a bunker silo higher than the top of the bunker wall.

In October 2014, when the dumpbed truck Alfonso Miranda was driving tipped over in a silage pit at Great Plains Feedyard in Hereford, TX, he lost his life. In September 2015, 62-year-old Barrie Wyland of Williamsburg, PA, was killed when a tractor he was operating while packing silage in a bunker silo rolled over on top of him.

Truckers working with silage should dump the truck bed only when the truck is on a firm surface and never back the truck onto the forage ramp of a bunker or pile to unload.

“They should also keep in mind that trucks are less stable as the bed is raised,” Bolsen says.

When a silage pile is built, a minimum slope of 1 to 3 should be set up on the sides and ends of the pile. The only time extra “riders” are appropriate in a tractor or truck are when the rider is in training.

Run-over accidents can be reduced when all employees wear high-visibility safety vests at all times. Bystanders, especially children, should never be allowed near moving harvest and transport equipment either in a field or around bunker silos and silage piles during filling or feeding. Rear view mirrors should be adjusted to accommodate each driver and every truck and tractor should be equipped with a back-up warning alarm.

“While they’re waiting to unload, operators should stay in their truck or tractor,” Bolsen says. “If someone must leave their vehicle, they should radio the other operators about their intention. People on the

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“This announcement further demonstrates our deep commitment to serving agriculture and rural America,” said AgCountry President and CEO Marc Knisely. “Our record cash dividend payment is the latest in a series of actions we have taken over the past few years to help better position our patrons, such as holding on interest rate hikes while rates were rising and then lowering rates once the Federal Reserve decided to make cuts.”

About AgCountry Farm Credit Services: Headquartered in Fargo, N.D., AgCountry has managed assets in excess of $8 billion and nearly 600 employees.

They are a member-owned, locally-governed lending institution that provides credit and financial services to more than 18,000 farmers and ranchers in eastern North Dakota, western Minnesota and central Wisconsin. They also provide agribusiness loans and leases nationwide. AgCountry is a part of the Farm Credit System, a nationwide network of cooperative financial services institutions that serves rural America.

Silage safety practices from Central States Center of Agricultural Safety and Health

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ground should never walk in front of or behind any truck or tractor that is stopped without first making eye contact with the operator.”

Visibility for operators of large machines can be increased by using reverse alarm devices or a remote video camera that helps warn people that the equipment will be operated in a reverse direction.

Additional safety practices to prevent machinery run-overs include: • All forage harvester, truck, and pack tractor operators should be mature, competent, experienced and well-trained for their task.

• Equipment operators should always use seat belts and never take an unnecessary risk.

• Employees should never send or receive text messages while operating equipment.

To help reduce the risk of falls from silage bunker or piles include installing standard guardrails on all above-ground level bunker silo walls. Use caution in removing plastic or other items from the top of the silage pile.

“Never wear slick surface shoes and don’t stand closer to the top edge of the feed-out face than the height of the silage,” Bolsen says.

Never “pitch” or discard surface spoiled silage while standing on top of the silage pile. It’s a dangerous practice at any time, and especially while standing on the top of an overfilled bunker or pile.

Around any silage pile or bunker, there should be zero tolerance for “horseplay” when working on the top of a bunker or pile.

“Victims of silage-related accidents don’t get a ‘do over,’” Bolsen says. “Silage contractor Glen Jantzen (Plymouth, NE) lost his son and Glen’s grandson lost his father in a silage harvest accident. In a split second their lives changed forever. Glen says that if a feedyard’s silage program isn’t safe, ‘then nothing else about it really matters at the end of the day. Accidents change lives and families forever. Nothing will ever be the same again.’”

Bolsen notes that the most important daily feedyard goal is to send employees home safe to their families at the end of every day.

“I’ve been helping one feedyard cowboy learn about the dangers of over-filled silos and the many silage-related hazards,” Bolsen says.

“For more than 25 years this cowboy ignored the activities taking place around silage bunkers. But not anymore!”

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Prairie Fare: Are pets good for your health?

Jake and Lilly were sitting next to me on the couch one evening. I patted them on their warm backs. They looked at me approvingly with their big brown eyes.

When I reached for the remote control to change the TV channel, they wiggled closer and wagged their tails. I found an old Christmas movie and I settled in to watch with my two warm, furry dachshund companions.

The other four dogs were in another room snoozing in a pile of blankets. They were tired after the youngest, Abby, had been tackling Chester and Toby. I chuckled at the furry mass of playful dachshunds rolling around the floor.

Louie ignored Abby’s puppylike behavior and burrowed under a blanket.

We had three canine visitors dur-

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ing the holidays, when their owner was on vacation. Fortunately, all six dogs get along and enjoyed exploring the snowy trails in our backyard. They chased several bunnies out of the yard.

I benefited from the additional exercise of going outside on an occasional search and rescue mission to usher the dogs in before their paws and bellies got too cold. Dachshunds have short legs, and their nearly furless bellies are close to the ground.

We fed them in two separate “families” because the dominant dogs will eat the others’ food if unsupervised. They were on four different types of pet foods, depending on their age and/or dietary restrictions.

I had to label their bowls to keep track. I am now an experienced dog dietitian.

Jake and Lilly are the heaviest, so I was building my arm and back strength as I lifted them carefully. I cut back on Jake and Lilly’s portions because being too “fluffy” is not good for their backs, joints or their general health. That’s also true for

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us humans.

When all the dogs were fed and inside from their nature break, I found that sitting with a pet or two was very relaxing. In preparation for their visit, I had covered the couch with washable blankets. I almost fell asleep sitting upright with my “portable heaters” on each side of me.

As I sat with two pets, the level of the stress hormone cortisol was probably decreasing in my body after an especially hectic holiday season. As cortisol decreases, blood pressure decreases.

Nearly 70% of households have a pet of one type or another. What does other research have to say about the health benefits of pets?

Along with potentially decreasing their human friends’ blood pressure, having a pet may help reduce blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels. That probably has to do with the increased physical activity.

Pets bring companionship and boost our mood. Many animals have “jobs” as life-changing service or therapy animals.

Researchers have shown that having pets around children may protect them from developing allergies and asthma. However, people who are already allergic to certain animals should not be exposed to them.

The National Institutes of Health has been providing funding for research regarding pets and health for

December 17, 2019 On December 17, 2019, at 8:30 a.m. the Board of Commissioners of Cavalier County, North Dakota, met at the Cavalier County Courthouse in regular session, with all members present. The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Chairman Nick Moser called the meeting to order and proceeded as follows: Moser asked if there were any changes to the agenda. David Zeis made a motion to approve the agenda, seconded by Greg Goodman; motion carried. Austin Lafrenz made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Stanley Dick; motion carried. Leon Hiltner, VSO, met with the commissioners for approval for an extended time off in January. Hiltner explained that he had coverage for dispatching the VSO van and that the state would cover any applications for benefits in his absence. The commissioners supported the time off.

Karen Kempert, Emergency Manager/911 Coordinator, met with the commissioners with a draft Agreement to provide dispatch services to Towner County. Stanley Dick made a motion to add reviewing and discussing the Agreement to the Agenda at 8:45 a.m., seconded by Greg Goodman, motion carried. Kempert returned to the meeting with Greg Fetsch, Sheriff, at 8:45 a.m. and reviewed some proposed changes to the document. It was decided to update the Agreement and meet with Towner County via phone conference on January 7, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. The commissioners viewed a webinar with Cory Parkman from Razor Tracking, presenting a proposed GPS tracking system. Later in the meeting, based on the company headquarters being located in Hope, North Dakota, and the system being user friendly, Stanley Dick made a motion to install 3 trial Razor Tracking units, seconded by David Zeis, motion carried. Jeff Daley and Wade Thompson, KLJ, met with the commissioners. Stanley Dick made a motion to approve the Highway Safety Project Engineering Contract with KLJ, seconded by David Zeis, motion carried. David Zeis made a motion, seconded by Greg Goodman, to approve the Design Engineering Contract with KLJ for the County 13 project, motion carried. Greg Goodman made a motion to approve the HR Joint Powers

the past 10 years.

For example, researchers studied the influence of reading to live animals vs. reading to animal puppets among children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

The children interacting with live animals improved their social skills, and they had fewer behavioral issues in classrooms.

Another study followed children with diabetes who cared for pet fish.

As the teens managed the care of fish, they became more disciplined in monitoring and managing their blood glucose levels.

Pets are frequent holiday gifts.

These living creatures potentially represent years of companionship, along with responsibility. Before adopting a pet, be aware of the ongoing costs for food and veterinary care, and their needs for exercise, living space and other care.

For my family, being long-term “pet parents” has been a worthwhile investment.

Remember that pets can transfer germs (zoonotic diseases) to humans. Young children, elderly, pregnant and/or immune-compromised people are especially vulnerable.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises special caution about having children under age 5 handle snakes, lizards, turtles and backyard poultry. These creatures often carry salmonella and other types of bacteria, which can

result in serious illnesses.

Pregnant women should not clean a cat litter box because cats may carry a parasite that can cause toxoplasmosis that could lead to blindness or brain damage in the baby. Health experts also caution pregnant women against adopting new cats or handling kittens.

Pregnant women also should avoid contact with pet rodents (and mice that could get into homes during winter months). Rodents may carry the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus. The resulting infection could result in serious symptoms in the mother and severe mental disabilities in their infants.

In our house, with all the dog handling going on, we have some rules. Handwashing is key. Be sure to wash hands after playing with a pet, feeding or cleaning up after a pet. After petting an animal, be sure to wash your hands before eating and doing food preparation, too.

Here’s a recipe courtesy of the Midwest Dairy Council, but it’s for humans, not pets. I know our dogs will want a nibble, but they have their own special food.

Using a boxed cake mix to make these muffins speeds the preparation time to just 15 minutes.

Yogurt and Banana Spice Muffins 1 (18.25-ounce) box spice cake mix 1 c. low-fat vanilla yogurt (not sugar-free) 2 large eggs 2 large ripe bananas, mashed with a fork 1/2 c. low-fat milk 1 c. chopped walnuts Cooking spray 3 Tbsp. powdered sugar, optional Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Coat muffin tin cups with nonstick cooking spray. In a large bowl, mix together cake mix, yogurt, eggs, bananas and milk until just combined.

Fold in walnuts. Using a 1/4-cup measuring cup, scoop into muffin tins. Bake for about 25 minutes or until the center of a muffin tests clean with a toothpick. Let cool for five minutes in pan on wire rack. Remove from pan and cool completely.

If desired, dust the tops of the muffins with powdered sugar before serving.

Makes 20 servings. Each serving has 200 calories, 8 grams (g) fat, 5 g protein, 25 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber and 190 milligrams sodium.

CHEMICAL, GENERAL___2,071.47 GILBERTSON FUNERAL HOME, GENERAL________________ 535.00 MID-CONTINENT CABLE CO., SHERIFF__________________ 99.57 GALLS, LLC, SHERIFF____ 2,468.11 GALLS, LLC, SHERIFF______ 71.51 DAKOTA PRECISION ARMS, SHERIFF________________ 5,440.00 SENIOR MEALS AND SERVICES, SHERIFF_________________ 603.00 GALLS, LLC, SHERIFF_____ 284.87 SPORTS & SHIRTS, DISPATCHERS_ _________________________ 136.00 DOLLAR GENERAL -REGIONS 410526, SHERIFF____________ 2.00 SPORTS & SHIRTS, SHERIFF_____ _________________________ 164.00 AT&T MOBILITY, SHERIFF_______ _________________________ 649.60 JOHN METZGER, SHERIFF__ 74.95 BALCO UNIFORM CO. INC., SHERIFF__________________ 85.35 LEEVERS FOODS, SHERIFF______ __________________________ 13.88 SPORTS & SHIRTS, DISPATCHERS_ _________________________ 308.00 SAMSON ELECTRIC LTD., SHERIFF_______________________ 793.81 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FARM - MARKET__1,534.17 OTTER TAIL POWER CO, GENERAL/R&B_________2,292.47 ERLING'S OIL, INC., ROAD & BRIDGE__________________ 433.26 CLARK GRAVEL & CONST. INC., F-M/R&B_______________ 16,855.00 DALGLIESH ENTERPRISES, ROAD & BRIDGE_________ 103.00 BLUETARP CREDIT SERVICES, ROAD & BRIDGE_________ 150.36 CAVALIER RURAL ELECTRIC COOP., ROAD & BRIDGE_____ 106.25 MUNICH ELEVATOR & OIL CO., ROAD & BRIDGE_________ 599.58 WALHALLA COOP OIL CO., ROAD & BRIDGE__________ 68.84 BUTLER MACHINERY CO., ROAD & BRIDGE_______________4,015.14 VICTOR HECK, VSO________ 10.00 LANGDON AMOCO, VSO__ 98.37 TOM HARDY, VSO_________ 22.50 KAREN KEMPERT, EMG MNGR__ __________________________ 71.00 NDTC, E-911 EXCISE TAX__ 128.03 KAREN KEMPERT, EMG MNGR__ _________________________ 295.80 VERIZON WIRELESS, EMG MNGR____________________ 49.58 UNITED COMMUNICATIONS, EMG MNGR______________ 235.48 CAVALIER COUNTY - E-911 FUND, EMG MNGR________ 57.00 QUALITY INN, EMG MNGR_____ _________________________ 169.20

NATIONAL EMERGENCY NUMBER ASSOC, EMG MNGR___ 55.00 UNITED COMMUNICATIONS, NDSU EXT.________________ 58.92 MARCOTTE BUILDER'S SUPPLY CO., WEED CONTROL___30,662.97 SAMSON ELECTRIC LTD., WEED CONTROL_______________1,405.45 AMERIPRIDE, SOCIAL SERVICES_ __________________________ 80.54 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPT., SOCIAL SERVICES___ 50.47 BUSINESS ESSENTIALS, SOCIAL SERVICES_________________ 17.69 LANGDON CITY, SOCIAL SERVICES____________________ 112.90 LANGDON AMOCO, SOCIAL SERVICES_________________ 97.82 UNITED COMMUNICATIONS, SOCIAL SERVICES________ 742.05 PREMIUM WATERS, INC., SOCIAL SERVICES____________ 51.49 SUSAN K. (FETSCH) CROCKETT, SOCIAL SERVICES________ 101.78 OTTER TAIL POWER CO, SOCIAL SERVICES________________ 213.68 MARCOTTE BUILDER'S SUPPLY CO., SOCIAL SERVICES___2,129.57 VISA, SOCIAL SERVICES___ 223.92 NORTHEAST REGIONAL WATER, SOCIAL SERVICES________ 949.48 READY TALK, SOCIAL SERVICES_ __________________________ 64.31 PLUMMER CONSTRUCTION, SOCIAL SERVICES__________3,125.00 U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, SOCIAL SERVICES________________ 500.00 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & ABUSE CENTER, SOCIAL SERVICES_____ ________________________6,000.00 LINDA GEISEN, SOCIAL SERVICES_______________________ 101.78 BETHANY IVESDAL, SOCIAL SERVICES________________ 115.50 DACOTAH PAPER CO., SOCIAL SERVICES________________ 146.03 WELLS FARGO AUTO, SOCIAL SERVICES_______________1,178.10 NDSU - DEPT 3110, NDSU EXT.___ __________________________ 19.95 At 12:45 p.m., Austin Lafrenz made a motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by David Zeis; motion carried.

Board of Commissioners Cavalier County, North Dakota Nick Moser – Chairman Austin Lafrenz – Vice Chairman Greg Goodman Stanley Dick David Zeis Attest: Lisa Gellner - Auditor J13 _______________________________

will hold a public hearing to address proposed changes to the N.D. Administrative Code.

ND State Seed Dept.

1313 18th St. N. Fargo, ND 58105 Thurs., Feb. 13, 2020 10:00 a.m.

A copy of the proposed rules may be obtained by writing the North Dakota State Seed Department, 1313 18th St. N., Fargo, ND 58105 or calling 701-231-5400. The proposed rules may also be viewed on the State Seed Department web page, ndseed. com. Also, written comments may be submitted to 1313 18th St. N., Fargo, ND 58105 until February 27th, 2020. If you plan to attend the public hearing and will need special facilities or assistance relating to a disability, please contact the North Dakota State Seed Department at the above telephone number or address at least 5 days prior to the public hearing.

Dated this 31st day of Dec., 2019.

Kenneth J. Bertsch ND State Seed Commissioner

Cavalier County Commission Proceedings Agreement with Ramsey County for 2020, seconded by Austin Lafrenz, motion carried. Greg Goodman made a motion to pay off the Munich truck loan at Choice Bank and the Osnabrock motor grader loan at FM Bank, seconded by Stanley Dick, motion carried. Stanley Dick made a motion to make an additional payment in the amount of $25,000 on the courthouse boiler pipe loan, seconded by Greg Goodman, motion carried. Austin Lafrenz made a motion to appoint David Kavish to the Public Health Board, seconded to by Stanley Dick, motion carried.

At 10:15 a.m. Stanley Dick made a motion to recess the commission meeting for abatement hearings, seconded by Greg Goodman, motion carried. At 10:45 a.m. Greg Goodman made a motion to reconvene the commission meeting, seconded by Austin Lafrenz, motion carried. Stanley Dick informed the commissioners that he is on a committee with the ND Association of Counties to gather ideas for the use of the interest earnings of the state’s Legacy Fund. Dick reviewed various ideas that have been brought up and asked the commissioners for ideas on what they thought the funds should be used for. A number of ideas were discussed. Dick stated that if any commissioners or community members had more suggestions on what the funds should be used for, he would like to know so he can bring them to the ND Association of Counties in preparation for the next legislative session. Jeff Schneider, TR Waind Insurance, met with the commissioners to review insurance coverage for the new Social Services zone that will start on January 1, 2020. David Zeis made a motion to approve the Northern Valley Human Service Zone direct expense budget as approved by the ND Department of Human Services in the amount of $3,109,679.85, seconded by Stanley Dick, motion carried. Greg Goodman made a motion to transfer $19,228.95 (2019 Indirect Cost Reimbursement) from Social Welfare Fund to County General Fund, seconded by Austin Lafrenz, motion carried. Greg Goodman made a motion to transfer $9,009.16 from County Poor Fund to County General Fund, seconded by Stanley Dick, motion carried. Nick Moser discussed the need for a temporary fill-in dispatcher in the Sheriff’s

Department. The commissioners were in agreement to have Moser, Greg Fetsch and Lisa Gellner work together on any pay negotiations for the position. Greg Goodman made a motion, seconded by Austin Lafrenz to review and approve the following audit of claims; motion carried: CAVALIER COUNTY TREASURER, ESTIMATED TAXES__34,145.20 FARMERS & MERCHANTS STATE BANK, GENERAL_______25,000.00 FARMERS & MERCHANTS STATE BANK, ROAD & BRIDGE ________ _______________________29,654.76 CHOICE FINANCIAL GROUP, ROAD & BRIDGE_______13,523.78 STANLEY DICK, COMMISSIONERS_______________________ 75.40 ND ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, GENERAL_________22,569.42 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPT., GENERAL________4,398.51 UNITED COMMUNICATIONS, GENERAL_______________1,310.19 LANGDON CITY, GENERAL/ R&B_____________________ 350.71 RAMSEY COUNTY AUDITOR, GENERAL_______________ 6,161.58 WEST PAYMENT CENTER, STATE'S ATTORNEY_______ 240.60 MATTHEW-BENDER & CO. INC., COMMISH/CLERK/ST ATTY/ SHERIFF_________________ 249.61 C & M HOME MARKETING, STATE'S ATTORNEY________ 71.99 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, COMMISSIONERS___ _________________________ 450.00 DOCUMENT OUTPUT CENTER LLC, TREAS/TAX DIRECTOR____ ________________________2,058.53 DAKOTA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, TREASURER_____________1,800.00 US IMAGING INC., RECORDER__ _______________________65,000.00 PREMIUM WATERS, INC., CLERK_ __________________________ 10.00 ANDREA MOSER, CLERK__ 395.00 BUSINESS ESSENTIALS, CLERK__ _________________________ 645.10 HOFFARTH STEAM CLEAN, CLERK___________________ 552.42 COUNTRY MEDIA, INC., COMMISH/TREASURER_______ 961.20 BUSINESS ESSENTIALS, GENERAL________________________ 55.53 DOCU SHRED INC., GENERAL___ __________________________ 38.55 MAILFINANCE, GENERAL______ _________________________ 891.24 RADISSON HOTEL BISMARCK, CLERK___________________ 253.80 MID AMERICAN RESEARCH

Cavalier County Republican

– THE CLASSIFIEDS –

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED – RN and LPN: Maple Manor Care Center has Fulltime or Part-time RN and LPN positions available. Very competitive starting salary with benefit package that includes Blue Cross Blue Shield Health, Dental and Vision Insurance. Health Saving Account and 401K with aggressive match.

Contact John or Connie at 256-2987 for more information. __________________ J13,20,27,F3BT

GIVEAWAY

FOR GIVEAWAY – Looking for a good home for a male 1-year-old coonhound mix. Comes with kennel. Very loving. Unable to give time and attention he needs. Free to a good home. Call or text 701-3050925. _________________________J6,13Pd

FOR SALE

FOR SALE – 2 Lots for sale. 1900 block 7th St. Langdon. Call 3829376. _____________________________ Tf

MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS – The Cavalier County Soil Conservation District is taking tree orders for spring 2020 plantings. If you are interested in putting in Field Windbreaks, Farmstead Windbreaks, Feedlot Windbreaks, Wildlife planting or plantings to beautify your yard, contact our office. We have cost share programs you may qualify for. Stop by the office or call 701256-2484 ext. 3 if interested in doing a tree planting. _____________________________Tf

Help Wanted FULL-TIME Registered Dental Hygienist

Full-Time Benefitted:

is seeking applications for positions including:

n Vice President of Business Affairs n Executive Foundation Director n Maintenance Technician n Instructor/Assistant Professor in Education

These are full time, benefited positions. For more information, visit www.mayvillestate.edu/employment

TIRE TECHNICIAN WANTED

A fabulous opportunity awaits for you at Park River Dental! We are looking for a full-time Registered Dental Hygienist who embodies professionalism, a strong work ethic and the desire to achieve success in our established and growing practice! If working in a new building with state of the art technology is appealing, we need you! The position is currently for three – four days a week with the possibility to increase due to demand. Qualified candidates must have exceptional clinical skills, a passion for growth and development, and a commitment to excellence. As a registered dental hygienist with our team, you will need to have a current state license. Proficiency in XLDent is a plus but not a requirement.

Compensation will be based on experience.

Dahl Truck & Auto in Langdon is looking for a hardworking, self-motivated individual to join our tire shop Responsibilites Include

PART-TIME Registered Dental Hygienist

• Perform tire repairs on auto, truck, & Ag equipment • Mounting & Balancing Tires • Operate service truck & perform service calls • Maintain all tools & equipment • Keep a clean & organized work area

A fabulous opportunity awaits for you at Park River Dental! We are looking for a part-time Registered Dental Hygienist who embodies professionalism, a strong work ethic and the desire to achieve success in our established and growing practice! If working in a new building with state of the art technology is appealing, we need you! The position is currently for two – three days a week with the possibility to increase due to demand. Qualified candidates must have exceptional clinical skills, a passion for growth and development, and a commitment to excellence. As a registered dental hygienist with our team, you will need to have a current state license. Proficiency in XLDent is a plus but not a requirement.

Compensation will be based on experience.

Call 701-256-3930, Ask for Earl or stop in & pick up an application

Applicants can send their resume to: Park River Dental, PO Box 662, Park River, ND 58270

Job Opportunity

Full-time Service Representative T.R. Waind Insurance Agency is looking for a full-time, hardworking and dependable customer service representative to join our team!

College education is preferred but not required.

Applicant must have computer knowledge and great customer service skills. Applicant will also be required to obtain a North Dakota Insurance License after they are hired. Job duties include, but are not limited to: working with various computer programs, writing and receiving correspondence to and from various companies and customers, general office duties such as filing, creating insurance quotes and servicing existing insurance policies. Position offers competitive wages.

Please forward your resume attention to Jeff Schneider or drop them off at our office.

We will be accepting applications until January 22, 2020.

701-256-2166 800-726-1896 waindins@utma.com

405 8th Ave Po Box 430 Langdon

$15.00 per hour*

Now Hiring!

Certified Nursing Assistants MMCC is currently hiring for CNA positions.

Health insurance and other great benefits available. FT or PT. Classes starting soon! *After 90 days of CNA certification.

Maple Manor Care Center 1116 9th Ave Langdon ND 58249

701 - 256 - 5300

HELP WANTED Pembina County Memorial Hospital

Full/Part-time MT/MLT, *MT/MLT are on call & weekends as needed rotating holidays. (Must have North Dakota License) Full-time/Part-time RN Flex-time RN/LPN/CNA Full Time Physical Therapy Assistant: Looking for a highly motivated individual to join our growing PT Department! Must have current ND License.

Duties may include but are not limited to orthopedic outpatients, inpatient acute, swingbed, assist with sports acceleration program, work with local school system to provide physical therapy to students. Ideal candidate should have great people skills, be able to work in a fast paced environment, and think outside the box.

Flex-time Surgery Technician: Department: Surgical Surgical tech duties - required ND license Shifts responsible for but not limited to: Surgery LPN/RN/Surg Tech: Hours 8-4:30 p.m. Mon/Wed/Fri - Days will vary Full or Part-time RN/LPN: Department: Med/Surg/ER and Surgical

Wedgewood Manor

Full-time Cook: PM shift, every other weekend/rotating holidays Full-time LPN/RN SIGN ON BONUS! $1,200 Full-Time CNAs Full-time/Part-time CNAs $5,000 Full-Time LPN/RN Part/Flex-time RN/LPN Apply online: www.cavalierhospital.com or contact Ann Russell at 701-265-6329 for more information.

- Statewide Classifieds -

HELP WANTED THE CITY OF FESSENDEN IS SEEKING POLICE CHIEF. The ideal candidate will have supervisory experience and be POST BOARD Certified. Salary: DOE (+) benefits.

Interested persons may submit a resume to Fessenden City Hall, PO BOX 42, Fessenden, ND 58438. Please have resume to City Hall by February 1, 2020. The City of Fessenden is an equal opportunity employer.

THE NORTH D A K O TA NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION is accepting applications for the position of EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. Candidates must embrace challenges, progress, teamwork and change.

Newspaper/journalism background preferred. Responsibilities include overall association management, member contact and development, legislative/lobbying work, management of newspaper content sharing and advertising placement programs, personnel management for a staff of 5, and working with a board of directors/member committee structure. Competitive salary and benefits package. Application deadline is Jan. 31, 2020. Anticipated start date is May, 2020. Send letter, resume and salary requirements to: NDNA Search Committee, 1435 Interstate Loop, Bismarck, ND 58503-0567, or newsmonitor@wahpetondailynews. com.

DONOR DEVELOPMENT MANAGER for NDSCS Alumni Foundation. Responsible for Donor prospecting, cultivation, and development. Requires an Associate Degree, three years of fundraising and/or three years of non-profit affiliation. Salary DOE plus excellent benefit package. Open until filled. Anticipate interviews to begin in February. Applicant must submit a completed electronic NDSCS employment application, cover letter, resume, college transcripts and professional references. No paper copies accepted. EOE. For the complete posting or the application go to: www.ndscs.edu/hr/ COMMERCIAL APPLICATORS. Competitive wage and benefits, meal allowance, paid lodging. Traveling position for railroad vegetation

control, 60-80 hours/week. RAW (Cooperstown, ND). 888.700.0292 | www.rawapplicators.com | info@ rawapplicators.com

FARMERS UNION OIL in Portland is looking for a full-time truck driver in the propane department. CDL required, hazmat and CETP training preferred. Full single benefits, paid vacation and 401k. Pick-up application at Portland station or call 701788-3760.

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Call 701-223-6397, ND Newspaper Association.

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Page 14 – Monday, January 13, 2020

By Rita Maisel

Grandmothers: Some people buy books by the author, the genre of the story or even the picture on the cover. A while back I picked up a book at a gently used sale because of its title.

The book is called “Grandmothers Are Like Snowflakes….No Two Are Alike” written by Janet Lanese.

The title is very appropriate, and the contents of the book made me smile. The intent in purchasing the book was to pass it on to a grandmother who might enjoy it and pass it on to another at some time in the future. But what happened when I read the book is that I began thinking about the people I had known in my lifetime who were grandmothers and how few people my age had a chance to know either our own grandmothers or grandfathers in person. Today most children have two or three sets of grandparents, and some even know their greatgrandparents. The contrast over the years has been striking, and readers might find some examples that fit their personal history, and some might seem very different.

We do know for a fact that my mother never met any of her grandparents. As the twelfth child in the family of a couple who had come as immigrants from Ontario, met and were married in North Dakota, the grandparents on one side had died long before she was born and on the other side of the family died around the World War I era when she was quite small. All but one of my dad’s birth grandparents died before he was born, some in other countries.

Since his birth mother died when he was small and the five young brothers went in different directions, my father was adopted by a neighboring couple and for years did not know he had blood relatives right in their community. While a maternal grandfather who had served in the Civil War was still alive in his lifetime, we learned doing genealogy that relatives in that family branch had not been aware my father existed. In other words, great-grandparents we knew about were people

in old, and not always labeled, pictures. As a result, my brother and I had three sets of grandparents with four of the six deceased before our parents met. The remaining two never met each other, and both died when I turned three years old so my younger brother had no memory of even seeing either of those people.

Since I wanted to know who these people had been, the first ventures into family history were to attempt to visit where they had lived. Sometimes the only information found was on tombstones.

While that could have been a sad story, one of the first things we learned when we started school was that our classmates often had a short list of grandparents as well.

Some classmates had one living grandparent, and some had none, so we were not alone. Several in both our classes were from one parent homes. The cause in those days was not divorce but illnesses for which cures were not known or just being discovered. When we were small, the leading causes of death were pneumonia, tuberculosis, childbirth, polio and after-effects of diseases which today can be prevented or cured.

Grandparents in those days were really old people – or we thought they were. There is no memory of them having cute little nicknames like Nana or Papa. Most were called Grandma or Grandpa if they were your relatives. If they were no relation (grandparents of neighbors, for example) they might have a last name with the grandparent title but were never addressed by their first names. Liebelers had a grandmother who lived some distance away (Elkwood) but visited Langdon often. She had white hair and was called Mrs. Olson. Mukomelas had no grandparents on the paternal side since Tony was an immigrant, and his parents had died in the Ukraine during “a flu epidemic”.

However, their maternal grandfather, better known to the neighborhood as Grandpa Storie, lived with them until the early 1940s. Younger children in their family never met him in person but years later found many of the books he had collected when a teacher, newspaper editor and avid reader - a good window into the life he had experienced.

Robillards, living to the north of

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Langdon Long Ago

us, had two sets of grandparents! I have no real memory of seeing the Robillard grandparents who lived far away (Olga or Walhalla), but the Lundquists lived in Langdon. Everyone seemed to know Mrs. Lundquist who also served as midwife for local births and cooked for many church suppers. It took a while, but soon we knew Grandpa Tyko (her husband) whose hammer and nails mended just about anything that needed repair. These neighboring grandparents could be borrowed by other children but were not expected to give gifts or to be called Grandma or Grandpa.

Cousins older than my brother and I had a better chance to know our last living grandmother who in later years they spoke of as their favorite long ago Sunday School teacher. Their children and younger first cousins did not know her in person at all. The younger members of the family were not babysat or spoiled by a doting grandmother, although there might have been some hand-knit mittens she made left to warm their hands in later years. Some cousins had a grandparent or two on “the other side of the family” so the ones with Cleary relatives had Grandpa Dave and his several sisters (all married to Browns) who were known to many, including our extended family, as Aunt Nellie, Aunt Alice, Aunt Mary and so on. Other cousins with Ritter relatives also lacked grandparents but had an abundance of aunts and uncles. Because family gatherings tended to have many people in attendance, we were sometimes claimed by courtesy aunts and uncles. There are many who might read this who will remember knowing Auntie Kate or Aunt Sarah and

Uncle Charlie (not a couple but brother and sister) who welcomed children into their homes, related or not. We got to listen to the stories, eat delicious cookies and run errands for people who may have been grandparents in their own right or may have had no close descendants at all. Those kind friends of long ago left many of us with special memories, but time marches on and traditions change.

Then came an era when grandmothers were rarely employed out of the house, but mothers often were, so the grandmothers became babysitters, often without pay. Some loved the little ones so much that they were soon accused of spoiling them. Kindergarten and day care were invented, and in those years a trip to grandmother’s house became special for most.

On the side of the grandmothers, those who collected fragile objects learned to child-proof their homes when visitors were arriving.

As medical science became more precise, grandparents lived longer.

Many families added the term greatgrandparent to their vocabulary and their family gatherings. Greats and great-greats invented their own specialties. Where years ago men used to carry peanuts in the shell in their pockets to tempt little children, now great-grandmothers had gum or special candy treats in their purses and favorite small friends knew exactly where to go for their treat. These older parents were always supportive, attending many programs and sporting events but left the actual babysitting duties to the grandparent generation. Parents had to beware that both grandparents and great-grandparents were entitled to pictures of the new-

borns at every lovable stage.

Some children consider anyone who is “old” or “older” regardless of the color of their hair to be a grandparent or great-grandparent.

In general, they no longer refer to these people as Mrs. Neighbor or Friend and frequently are surprised to discover that the person they meet at the store, in church, at the library or wherever has a name of their own. Fortunately, that does not stop the little ones from visiting, asking questions or sharing stories their parents might not think they know.

Ghosts or Miracles?

Readers of last week’s column were sure I left out something. They wanted the name of the ghost in the Shepherd story spelled out. Being a former teacher with a tendency to let students discover some answers by themselves, I gave hints about the connection to World War II but not all the information. Several pilots survived that war by following the maneuver described as flying in small triangles and were guided to safety by other members of the RAF whether originally the rescue pilots had been English, Irish, Canadian, US fliers or others stationed in England during the war. Some became legendary heroes as a result. One of those was an Irish pilot known as Johnny Kavanaugh who had rescued others but was lost along with his DeHavilland Mosquito in the waters of the North Sea in 1943. His published photograph from that earlier time was still on the wall at the abandoned base where the Christmas ghost story pilot eventually landed in 1957. Was the rescue plane a ghost, a similar tale or maybe a Christmas miracle is left to the imagination of the reader.

Prairie Doc® Perspectives: Human sexuality uncovered

much more suppressed years ago.

Growing up in the ‘50s and ‘60s in a small prairie town, I was immersed in conservative values. Cover up

By Richard P. Holm, was the operating agreement for MD our farming community at that I believe that honesty is almost time.

To discuss, in mixed company, always the best policy. However, there are some topics people don’t methods to satisfy a partner sexuwant to talk about. The whys, ally or to openly talk about lesbian, how’s, dangers and wonders about gay, bisexual, transgender, queer sexuality is a topic that is still cov- (LGBTQ) issues would have been ered up today, but these issues were disturbing at that time. This is not to say that kids didn’t wonder, in private, about their sexuality, or that they did not experiment with sexual activity, but the cover up and almost denial of human sexuality was as much of the culture as was going to Sunday school.

One can say that our civilization is more open now and I believe this honesty is helpful in many ways.

For example, in recent years, LGBTQ individuals have been making their way out of the closet. Thanks to more openness, misinformed myths have been debunked by studies showing that sexual orientation has nothing to do with harming children, being a poor parent, or abusing another. Unfortunately, unethical behavior and abuse can be found in every corner of our society regardless of sexual orientation…straight, gay and everywhere in between. Openness enhances understanding, while suppression and cover up can demonize good people and even serve to protect those who abuse others.

Sexual function is necessary for

our species to survive but it can be much more than that. Treating each other with kindness brings mutual respect. Treating each other with honesty brings trust. Treating each other with reverence for the other person’s right to choose brings the liberty to truly love in return. That said, sexual relationships can be complicated. Sometimes hurtful activity can be unintended and may result when one party is not observant or considerate of the other person’s feelings. Conversely, it is also a form of cover up when one party fails to communicate his or her hurt feelings, thus allowing the harm to persist. Certainly, learning to change in order to accommodate our partners, along with large doses of forgiveness and open communication, can help make relationships work.

Bottom line: The closeness and joy of sexuality in our society and between individuals is greatly enhanced when we treat each other ethically, savor the respect, liberty and trust that follows and throw off the cover up so we can all learn and grow.

Richard P. Holm, MD is founder of The Prairie Doc® and author of “Life’s Final Season, A Guide for Aging and Dying with Grace” available on Amazon. For free and easy access to the entire Prairie Doc® library, visit www. prairiedoc.org and follow Prairie Doc® on Facebook, featuring On Call with the Prairie Doc® a medical Q&A show streamed most Thursdays at 7 p.m. central.

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