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Copyright © Langdon, North Dakota
Monday, December 9, 2019
Leon Hiltner gives the Veterans Update on Page 7. Rita Maisel's Langdon Long Ago can be found on Page 13 this week.
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Langdon citizens have always a tank division in the Army. With pride, Olson said, “I done “the right thing” for the war effort. Two such veterans of was not drafted. I volunteered.” As Pearl Harbor Day ap- World War II are Ronald Olson, a Shortly after graduating high proaches, minds and hearts will 3rd Class Petty Officer and fire school, 18-year-old Ronald Olturn toward a disappearing seg- controlman in the Navy, and son joined the US Navy. He ment of our society. They have Richard Lorenz, a Corporal with served from 1943 to 1946 onearned the title, “The Greatest Generation,” thru their participation in some of the most harrowing and tragic events in human history. Born during the turn of the 20th century, growing up amid the deprivation of Ronald Olson served on the USS Orca on January 8, 1946, starboard broadside view. the Great Depression and board the USS Orca (AVP-49), a maturing on the blood seaplane tender. Olson’s time of World War II, few are aboard the Orca began in the left to tell their story. shipyards where the ship was Journalist Tom Brokaw built in Seattle, Washington, in coined the phrase to 1943. describe “American The Orca took Olson and its members of this gencrew to places like Hollandia, eration who came of Dutch New Guinea, as a part of age during the Great the United States Seventh Fleet. Depression and went While in Hollandia, the Orca’s on to fight in World crew supported sea planes that War II, as well as those conducted night bombing and who contributed to reconnaissance missions. Durthe war effort on the ing those first months Olson. home front. Brokaw along with the crew of the Orca, wrote that these men earned the Presidential Unit and women fought not Citation and the ship’s capfor fame or recognition Richard Lorenz in uniform in Europe tain, Commander Fleming, was but because it was the during his tour. awarded the Legion of Merit. "right thing to do." From there, Olson and his ship Cavalier County and
22nd Annual Canola Expo brings updates and hope for producers don Area Research Extension Center, presented updates on his research on the diseases that affect canola. The three major The Northern Canola Growers diseases that producers battle Association held their 22nd Anare white mold, blackleg and, nual Northern Canola Growers of course, clubroot. Dr. Chapara Expo on Tuesday, December 3 reviewed the necessary meaat the Langdon Activity Center. sures that producers need to The show featured agricultural take to proindustry experts tect their crop as well as develfrom the disopments in techeases, which nology. includes acThe expo tive rotation of opened its prefields to presentation time vent build up with Sean Hardof pathogens. er, assistant Dr. Chapara breeder at BASF also cautioned based in Sasproducers katoon, Manito not focus toba. Harder primarily on presented a managing one brief overview disease as that of how clubroot could give anof canola, the other disease pathogen borne disease that has Sean Harder, an assistant breeder with the BASF industry leading the potential wreaked havoc InVigor brand of hybrid Canola, presented the audience with the to overrun the on the Canadian history of clubroot of canola in Canada and how BASF has worked field. Dr. Chapacanola industry to create resistant varieties to the pathogen. Photo by Melissa ra explained since it was first Anderson his research discovered in the practices for Edmonton, Alberta, area back in 2003. Since varieties as opposed to the first. each disease. For blackleg, Dr. that initial finding, the pathogen One such variety mentioned is Chapara has been working with has spread to over 1000 fields in Invigor L345P which Harder de- germplasm screening, seed treatments and foliar fungicides. Alberta and is making its way to scribed as exceptional. “Second generation is prob- Clubroot of canola has also been other Canadian provinces and was found in a North Dakota ably best considering the resis- a focus for Dr. Chapara in his tance breaking pathotypes just research. His tips to producers field just five years ago. in battling this pathogen is to As part of his presentation, across the border,” Harder said. Dr. Venkat Chapara, plant pa- scout fields - especially in the Harder explained how the different pathotypes have affected thology researcher at the Langcont. on page 3 By Melissa Anderson Republican Editor
the varieties that have been developed since the disease’s initial discovery. He gave a breakdown of the research and methods for breeding the resistant varieties of canola and gave recommendation to the growers in attendance on how to utilize the second generation resistant
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WWII vets remember their service as Pearl Harbor Day approaches By Lisa Nowatzki Republican Writer
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went to the Leyte Gulf area in the Philippines. During one ferocious battle in December 1944, the Orca’s planes picked up and rescued hundreds of survivors from the destroyer, USS Cooper (DD-659). During Olson’s time aboard the Orca, the Orca earned three battle stars for service in World War II. She also was commended, along with her squadrons, by United States Army General Walter Krueger, U. S. Sixth Army commander, for landing scouts behind Japanese lines, carrying supplies to Philippine guerrilla forces, and evacuating wounded personnel during the Philippines campaign. During some the transit days to the Philippines, Olson related an incident in which he and his ship came close to going down. The story is memorialized in a story by an anonymous war correspondent titled “The Saga of the U.S.S. Orca (AVP-49).” January 2, 1945, three Japanese kamikaze planes were bombing the ships in Olson’s convoy. Olson said that as he reached to the ceiling, one flew over their main mast so close he could have reached up and lit a match if he had one. The cont. on page 2
North Forty becomes The Upper Decker By Melissa Anderson Republican Editor The well-known North Forty Bar in Milton has found new owners in Jason and Stacey Decker. The bar will remain mostly the same, but there is one major change that the Decker’s have implemented. “The bar is now 'The Upper
Decker' - formally the North Forty,” Jason Decker said. Originally from California, the couple, along with their daughter, Tru, have been living in the area for nearly two years. Stacey is a teacher at Langdon Area Schools. “One of my wife’s childhood friends is from here. We came up and vacationed with them. Her getting a job just kind of sealed the deal,” Decker said. Jason has been facing health
issues for the past few years, and now that he is in the clear, needed to find his new career in North Dakota. “I’ve spent the last two years having surgeries. I’ve been back and forth the past 14 months. I've walked down to the bar every morning to grab the mail and a caesar and couldn’t get that for sale sign out of my
head,” Decker shared. "With my wife urging me to find a job, the time had come for me to find work, and the bar interested me. So we decided to buy,” Decker said. The former North Forty Bar had been listed for sale for awhile before garnering the interest of the Deckers. After consideration, the Deckers contacted the previous owners and cont. on page 3
TRIVIA Mark your calendars and save the date!
3RD ANNUAL LANGDON AMBULANCE TRIVIA NIGHT
Saturday, April 18 This year’s theme – DISNEY! Watch for more details in the coming weeks