FM Spotlight Magazine August

FREE AUGUST ‘11

FMS editorial FMS

Publishing!

Spotlight!LLC Editor!

Mike!Dragosavich Design!

Jordan!Dusek Contributors Max!Kurucar Chris!Snyder Marketing/Sales!

Molly!Clemens Molly@fmspotlight.com Brent4Tehven Brent@fmspotlight.com Marketing7and7Advertising Drago@fmspotlight.com 503!North!7th!Street!Ste!206 Fargo,!ND!58102 Contact:!701!866!3907

EDITOr’s note

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Ahhhh!August,!the!best!month!of!the!year! for!weather!in!my!opinion.!!It!brings!an!amazing!amount! of!talent!to!the!area!looking!to!entertain!all!of!us.!!Isn’t!it! great?!!I!can’t!remember!the!last!time!so!many!national! entertainers!performed!in!FM.!!I!counted!over!50!national! acts!in!50!days!within!50!miles!this!summer!so!far.!!That! has!got!to!mean!something!to!us!here!in!little!ol’!FargoJ Moorhead.!! !

On!a!business!note,!this!summer!has!been! incredible!so!far.!!It!has!been!a!great!time!to!position!this!company!in!a!perfect!place! in!order!to!capitalize!this!fall.!!We!worked!hard!on!securing!partnerships!with!large! companies!around!the!community!to!expand!and!expose!our!continuing!success.!! philosophy! is! to! use! common! sense.! ! What! do! I! do! at! baseball! games! between! innings!and!pitches?!!I!usually!get!bored…So!why!not!distribute!magazines!on!the! can!distribute!my!publications!in!more!places!like!baseball!games,!then!my!readerJ situation!that!will!help!me!achieve!that!goal.!I!am!so!very!excited!to!start!executing.! out! of! your! house/comfort! zone! and! attend! some! of! the! great! events,! entertainJ ment,!and!leisure!activities!I!published!in!the!following!pages.!!Once!again!thank! month.

-Cheers

Mike%Dragosavich

August 2011 Vol. 2 Issue 5 FM!Spotlight!Magazine!is!published! by!Spotlight!LLC.!!Copyright!2011!FM! Spotlight!Magazine!&!FM!Spotlight. com.!!All!Rights!reserved.!No!parts!of!this! periodical!may!be!reproduced!without!writJ ten!permission!of!FM!Spotlight!Magazine!&!

FM!Spotlight.com.!FM!Spotlight!Magazine! &!FM!Spotlight.com!will!not!be!held!responJ sible!for!any!errors!or!omissions!found!in! the!magazine!or!FM!Spotlight.com.!! !Spotlight!LLC!accepts!no!liability!for!the!accuJ racy!of!statements!made!by!the!advertisers.

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Last Months Covers SPOTLIGHt COVER

STRIDE COVER

FMS

FMS

HEADLINES

COMING SOON

1. Mobile App Update

We!are!working!with!Myriad!Devices!in!Fargo!to!design!a!oneJofJaJkind! local!entertainment!mobile!app.!!This!new!platform!will!be!sure!keep!

FM Derby Girls

2. Distribution Acceleration

Every!month!we!try!an!up!the!distribution!points!in!this!area.!We!have!

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Campus Capitalization If!there!is!one!market!we!know!at!FM!Spotlight,!it’s!the!college!market.!!

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Teamwork FM!Spotlight!and!FM!Stride!magazine!headquarters!needs!more!

We!will!have!great!exposure!at!all!the!different!colleges!in!the!FM! Area.!!(Oh,!and!NDSCS!in!Whapeton.)!

FM7SPOTLIGHT7MAN!77 SAVING7 FARGOEMOORHEAD7

The New Venue!

The Theatre Guide Back to School!

WOW THE BAR Tailgating College Sports

We!have!a!comic!strip!and!it!will!be! updated7monthly www.fmspotlightmagazine.com

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THE Q REVIEW WITH Q98’S SPARKS

Ahh, the dog days of summer are here. By now, your hot and sweaty region is hanging so far south, that it could be part of the Everglades.

Here are some tips to keep you cool for the rest of summer.

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of it before. Then when they see it, they’re all like “THAT WAS AMAZING” and you’re all “I know dude!” It has Zoe Saldana (hot) and it’s from the guys that did Taken (B.A), The Professional (fantastic), and La Femme Nikita (hot, fantastic, and B.A.). Go see THIS movie on August 26th and try to contain your boner.

BE NAKED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

Seriously, try to be naked as much as you can. Clothes were strictly designed to retain your body heat, there’s no shame in wearing “Nature’s Tuxedo” around to save some cash. This will cut down on your AC bill and give the neighbors something to look at. Avoid cooking for others, leather surfaces, and anything be cooler than a cucumber in a nudist colony.

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EAT ICE CREAM

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GO SEE COLOMBIANA

Here are two reasons why is air-conditioned 2. It looks incredibly bad ass. This is going to be the movie that you tell your friends to go see and they’ve never heard

Do I really need to explain this?

Ice cream is delicious. Eat it and be happy, fat ass.

See more of this kind of thinking and grammatical errors on Sparks’ blog at Q98.com!

Have a Q'uestion?

EMAIL: SPARKS@Q98.COM 02

FMS Band

Jeez%Loueez

Band!Members:!

Dustin!Vogel!(vocals),!

Trevor!Pederson!(bass),!

Pete!Johnson!(guitar)! and!Thomas!Anderson!

(Drums)

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LOUEEZ

ith!a!band!name!most!commonly!used!as!a!phrase!of!exciteJ ment!there!is!no!surprise!this!up!and!coming!Fargo!band!has! the!area!talking!and!listening.!The!guys!from!Jeez!Loueez! told!FM4Spotlight!this!month!about!what!makes!this!band! a!MUST!SEE.

Rock,%Country%and%everything%in%between!

QA &

Dustin & Trevor What’s7up7with7your7 name?

Dustin:!It!was!Trevor’s! baby!(idea).!He!had!it! tucked!away!in!storage! waiting!for!the!right!band! to!pull!it!out!for,!haha.!We! thought!it!worked!because! it’s!fun!and!different,!and! we’re!fun!and!a!little!differJ ent!so!it!suits!us.!It’s!also! pretty!catchy.

What7kind7of7music7do7 you7play?

Trevor:!We!play!everyJ thing!from!Black!Eyed!

Peas!to!Rage!Against!the! and!Jason!Aldean.!Some! of!our!personal!favorites! would!probably!be!CopperJ Rapper’s!Delight,!and!

She’s!country.

What7makes7Jeez7Loueez7 unique7in7the7FM7music7 scene?

Dustin:!Our!personalitiese!

melon!smashing,!random!

Saturn!adventures… ”cough”!bathroom! accidents!“cough,!cough”.!

Don’t!let!the!beards!fool! you,!we’re!children.

JL our!banter.!Mostly,!we!just! like!to!have!a!good!time! and!play!music..!We!have! a!tendency!to!play!off!the! crowd!a!lot!so!each!night! can!call!for!something!a! little!different,!but!always!a! good!time.

Tell7us7a7funny7story!

Trevor:!Haha!how!much! time!ya!got!buddy?!

There’s!been!a!few!nights! of!broken!furniture,!face! drawings,!sumo!wrestling,!

What’s7a7night7on7the7 town7with7Jeez7Loueez7 like?

Dustin:!We!like!to!go!out! and!check!out!a!lot!of!the! other!local!bandse!show! our!support,!mess!with! ‘em!a!bit,!maybe!try!and! get!the!guys!to!laugh!in! the!middle!of!a!song.!Or! sometimes,!were!losers! and!just!sit!at!home!and! watch!live!concert!dvd’s! and!play!xbox.!We’ve!all! got!our!own!things!going! on!outside!of!the!band,!but! when!we!play,!we!play!for! fun!and!because!we!love! to!play!music.!Come!out! whenever!Jeez!Loueez! unites,!unless!you!hate! having!fun.

Booking7Information Bitzer7Entertainment7Agency! (!218J287J2037!)!(!www.bitzeragency.com)

UPCOMING7SHOWS August:!13th!&!14th!at!the!Windbreak ! !!!!!!17th!O’leary’s!(Moorhead) September:!2nd!&!3rd!Big!D’s! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!16th!&!17th!M!&!J!Saloon ! !!!!!!!!!!!!23rd!O’leary’s!(Moorhead)

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FMS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Fargo%Air%Sho

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lthough!the!Fargo!Airsho!only!comes!arou population!of!over!200,000!supports!an!ai tions!to!bring!in!bigJname!acts!like!the!Nav to!attract!over!40,000!spectators!for!the!tw Walstad,!to!get!all!the!intriguing!facts!about!the!F

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Hector%International%Airport%/%August%13th%/%14th

A BARREL ROLL 2011 FARGO AIRSHO !!!!!

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und!once!every!two!years,!the!hype!it!creates!ranks!with!some!of!the!top!air!shows!in!the!nation.!!The! irport!that!is!neither!too!big!and!busy!or!too!small!and!secluded.!!Rather,!the!region!offers!perfect!condiJ vy’s!Blue!Angels,!while!still!keeping!the!commercial!airlines!happily!on!schedule.!!The!event!is!estimated! wo!day!event!and!raise!thousands!of!dollars!for!local!charities.!!FM4Spotlight!interviewed!CoJChair,!Dick!

Fargo!AirSho.

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FMS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Fargo%Air%Sho

QA &

Dick!is!responsiJ ble!for!organizing! and!assigning! duties!to!a!comJ mittee!of!over!

70!people.!!Dick! started!on!the!

AirSho!commitJ tee!in!the!1970’s! and!at!the!time! knew!very!little! about!running!an! air!show.!!He!was! attracted!to!the! event!because!he! was!intrigued!by! planes.

Dick Walstad Does7weather7affect7the7 Fargo7AirSho? If!the!weather!is!safe!for!

will!go!on.!!We!always! hope!for!nice!weather!and! there!seems!to!be!a!direct! relationship!between!the! weather!and!the!turnout! for!the!event.!!Typically,! most!air!shows!are!done! in!June!and!July,!but!since! we!have!a!late!spring,! our!committee!shoots!for!

August,!which!is!our!driest! month.!!The!different!acts! may!change!a!bit!dependJ ing!on!the!cloud!conditions! for!spectator!purposes.!!

For!example,!the!Blue!

Angels!will!perform!a!

The! “lowJshow”!if!it!is!cloudy!

Fargo!AirSho! and!a!“highJshow”!if!the! committee!is!a! conditions!are!clear. nonJ

helped!build!th e!Fargo!

Air!Museum— a!million! dollar!facility.

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How7do7you7pull7in7a7 big7name7like7the7Blue7 Angels?

The!Blue!Angels!get!over!

400!requests!throughout! the!year!to!perform!air! shows!around!the!nation,! but!they!only!grant!35!of! them.!!We!have!built!such! a!good!reputation!with! the!Blue!Angels!that!they! picked!Fargo!as!their!best!

Do7commercial7planes7 still7come7and7go7during7 the7AirSho? Yes!they!do.!!We!have! to!stop!our!show!while! the!commercial!airlines! land!and!takeJoff.!!Mark!

Ringham,!who!holds!the! title!of!“air!boss,”!serves! of!our!event!and!speaks! directly!with!the!pilots.!!

The!short!breaks!in!the! event!gives!people!the!opJ portunity!to!go!around!and!

check!out!the!displays!and! maybe!grab!a!snack!at!the! concession!stands.!!FargoJ Moorhead!has!a!unique! situation!because!the! but!we!do!have!a!military!

the!region.

Has7there7been7any7caE tastrophes7at7the7Fargo7 AirSho? No,!thankfully,!nothing!has! happened,!but!we!always! prepare!for!the!worst.!!

We!work!closely!with!the! teams!and!other!trained! professionals!to!ensure!we! have!personnel!on!staff! to!handle!an!emergency.!!

Actually,!in!North!American! air!shows,!pilots!are!to! be!1,500!feet!away!from! crowds!and!will!never!do! aerobatic!manoeuvres! directly!over!spectators.

Hector%International%Airport%/%August%13th%/%14th

TOP 2011 Performers C5 monster plane along!with!the!Air!Force! and!!twinJblade! helicopter

The Horseman Flying!vintage!World!

War!II!planes

Mark Kirsch, World’s Strongest Man Pulling!a!4Jwheel!drive!

Case!Tractor

WHEN

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HECTOR! AIRPORT

The Super Hornet The!Navy’s!latest!and! greatest!plane!

TICKETS Adults7

18!and!older

online!!!!!!!gate 77777$18.007777$25.00

Children7 77777$10.007777$15.00 ages!11!to!17

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BY THE NUMBERS RATED TOP AIR SHOW BY THE BLUE ANGELS IN

2009 300-400 VOLUNTEERS

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AIR SHOWS OVER THE LAST 22 YEARS

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BIANNUAL

EVENT

COST OF AVIATION FUEL:

EXPECTED $6:$7/ ATTENDANCE: GALLON

EXPECTED COST OF THE AIRSHO:

$485,000

FOR A TWO DAY EVENT

20,00030,000

SPECTATORS

PER DAY

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Three Convenient Locations

Mike Dragosavich Former NDSU Football Player Founder of FM Spotlight LLC

fmtaxman.com

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FMS DINING

2nd%Annual%Lobster%and%Lefse%Festival

2ND ANNUAL

Lobster & Lefse FESTIVAL

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he!Fargo!Moorhead!AM! Rotary!Club!is!a!loJ cal!service!club!of!over!

60!members!who!are! dedicated!to!Rotary!International’s!

Motto!of!“Service!Above!Self”.!

The!!!club!!!has!!!been!!!raisJ ing!!!funds!!!for!!!local!!!charities!!! in!!!the!!!FargoJ!Moorhead!!!area!!! for!!!nearly!!!twenty!!!years!and!

membership!spans!!the!!loJ cal!!business!!and!!profesJ sional!!community.!The!club! supports!projects!!locally!!!and!!! internationally!with!!!emphasis!!! on!!!helping!!!threatened!!!and!!! disadvantaged!!!populations,!!! advancing!!education,!!and!!proJ moting!!!the!!rights!!of!!womJ en!!and!!children.

Menu Lobster and Lefse Meal includes!lobster,!corn!on!the!cob,!lefse

Beer Battered Shrimp Meal includes!shrimp,!corn!on!the!cob,!lefse

A La Carte Beer!Battered!Shrimp Clam!Strips Lefse Lobster!and!Lefse!Roll Popcorn!Shrimp Sweet!Potato!Puffs

The Details When

August!18,!19,!&!20 Where FargoDome!

Parking!lot Cost $3!for!adults 17!and!under!free.

This! festival! provides! a! fun! atmosphere! of! food! and! entertainment! with! the!added!appeal!of!the! uniquely! creative! comJ bination! of! fresh! Maine! lobster! and! Norwegian! style! lefse.! Where! else! but! in! the! Red! River!

Valley!could!you!experiJ ence! this! wacky! combiJ nation?

Rape!and!Abuse!Crisis!Center YWCA!Class!Clay

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FMS DINING

2nd%Annual%Lobster%and%Lefse%Festival

QA &

Randy Long What7is7the7“Lobster7 and7Lefse7Festival”?

The!Lobster!and!Lefse!

Festival!started!off!as!a! novel!idea!between!RotarJ ians!Randy!Long!and!Tom! Since!then,!Fargo!MoorJ head!AM!Rotary!Club!has! sent!Randy!Long!to!the!

Maine!Lobster!Festival!to! discover!how!the!largest!

Lobster!Festival!operates! and!has!been!diligently! putting!all!the!pieces!into! place.

The!festival!itself!is!unique! not!only!in!the!name!and! the!food!combination,!but! also!in!how!it!operates.!

While!most!festivals! bring!in!food!vendors,!the!

Lobster!and!Lefse!Festival! will!feature!Rotarians!and! community!volunteers! cooking!lobsters,!preparing! lefse!and!deep!frying!other!

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seafood!items!to!be!sold! to!the!general!public.!This! means!that!the!bulk!of!the! money!raised!will!go!right! back!to!Rotary!projects.

Why7Lobster?7Why7 Lefse?

As!exotic!as!lobster!is!to!

North!Dakotans,!lefse!is!

a!perfect!coupling.

The!FM!Redhawks!will! have!other!stadium!food! available!for!purchase!for! those!people!who!do!not! like!seafood!or!lefse.

What7organizations,7 causes7or7projects7 does7this7festival7

SO PERHAPS THE BETTER QUESTION TO ASK IS “WHY NOT?” exotic!to!the!rest!of!the! world.!So!perhaps!the! better!question!to!ask! is!“why!not?”!Together,! the!combination!is!so!

remember.

The!attention!that!this! unique!food!pairing!has!

A!portion! of!the! proceeds! will!go!to!

Rotary!projects,!primarily!

Abuse!Crisis!Center!and! the!YWCA!Cass!Clay.

What7do7you7see7 for7the7future7of7the7 festival? hosts!50,000!plus!people!

together!to!enjoy!a!meal! and!raise!money!for!the! community.!Eventually,! this!can!be!a!$1!million! fund!raiser!as!our!Rotary!

Club!cooks!all!the!lobsters! rather!than!having!outside! vendors!come!in!and!take! the!money!away.

How7can7I7participate7 this7year?7 “You!can!sign!up!to! volunteer!at!www.lobsterJ andlefse.com!or!simply! by!attending.!PreJsales!of! seafood!sand!dollars!will! help!us!gauge!how!many! lobsters!to!bring!in.”

“Bottom4line4is...4if4we4can4 get410,0004people4to4this4 event4this4year,4we4can4 raise4a4ton4of4money4for4 our4community4simply4by4 having4a4$22.004meal4and4 fun4with4your4neighbors.”

Fargo%Dome%Parking%Lot%/%August%18,%19,%&%20 Last! year!over!

4300!

RedJlicious Lobsters!were! cooked.

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FMS EVENT

Pioneer%Day%/%Bonanzaville

PIONEER DAYS Historic Bonanzaville Will Take A Step Back In Time On August 20th & 21st For the Annual Pioneer Days.

is!more!than!just!a!historic!site!that!houses!centuryJ old!buildings.!!In!fact,!this!museum!represents!the!

Bonanzaville!

Pioneer!Days!is!an!annual!event!that!is!held!at!Bonanzaville,!which!replicates! what! life! would! be! like! in! the! valley! over! one! hundred! years! ago.! ! This! is! a! great!opportunity!to!get!in!touch!with!your!heritage!and!discover!your!true!roots.!

It!takes! over!300 !volunteers!to!put! on!the!event.

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Fargo’s! built!in!1869,!is! preserved!at!

Bonanzaville.

Bonanzaville!is! a!historic!museum! that!covers!13! acres!of!land.

August%20th%&%21st What are Pioneer Days?

Pioneer!Days!is!a!reproduction!of!what!life!would!have! been!like!over!one!hundred!years!ago!on!the!prairie.!!!We! have!!many!!different!!demonstrators!!doing!!embroidery,!!woodJ carving!!and!!threshing!along!with!a!wide!variety!of!live!perJ J age!!of!!our!!area!!and!!get!!a!!glimpse!!of!!what!!life!!would!!be!like!

How many people come out to Pioneer Days?

Last!year!was!a!huge!year!for!the!number!of!people!who!turned!out.!We! estimated!between!3,000J4,000!people!attended!the!event!last!year!and!we! would!like!to!bring!in!the!same,!if!not!more,!this!year.!On!top!of!that!was!the!

300!volunteers!who!made!this!event!possible.

What is it like coordinating an event like Bonanzaville?

It!has!been!challenging!because!it!is!hard!to!juggle!all!of!the!different!details! that!go!into!it!and!all!of!the!people!who!have!to!be!contacted!for!the!event.!! parade!that!goes!through!the!streets!of!Bonanzaville!and!that!is!a!huge!task! by!itself.

What is your target audience?

Mostly!we!are!trying!to!target!families.!!We!want! them!to!come!out!and!discover!all!the!unique!hisJ tory!and!heritage!that!is!out!at!Bonanzaville.

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FMS HE SAID SHE SAID

QUESTION

“Hey guys! I’ve been reading your column for some time now and I have what some may call a dilemma. Seriously, I think my boyfriend of 3 years might be gay. Help!?”

Signed, Meatless in Seattle

at!www.1079thefox.com!and!www.froggyweb.co 49

HE

SAID

Dave from 107.9 The Fox

Mayberry,!he’d!be!hanging!with!Bea,!Clara,!and!the!boys!down!at!the!quilting!circle,!and!since!I’m! guessing!your’re!NOT!a!quilter,!lets!see!what!the!Magic!8!Ball!says...Hmm...no!help!there.!Perhaps! !

Look,!like!my!granny!always!said!”Is!you!is!

hand!is!worth!two!in!the!ol’!bush”!Okay...maybe!not!the! last!one,!but!you!get!my!drift.!If!your!not!cool!with!being! the!beard!in!your!relationship,!simply!move!on.!Your!guy! has!some!‘splainin’!to!do!to!himself!and!until!THAT!nut! gets!cracked..ahem...you!should!get!busy!living.

SHE

SAID

AMANDA FROM FROGGY 99.9

!

Um…well!I!would!like!to!think!you!would!know?!Are!you!sure!he!isn’t!just!metro!sexual?!

Meaning!likes!to!dress!nice,!enjoys!feminine!things,!but!ultimately!wants!to!be!with!a!woman.!Only! you!can!answer!these!questions.!!When!the!obvious!is!gone!in!the!relationship,!then!perhaps!it’s! time!to!move!on.!!If!you!catch!him!enjoying!Eat!Pray!Love,!pedicures!and!tight!jeans!more!than! my!best!of!friends!are!gay!and!they!are!fabulous.!!You! will!forever!have!a!shopping!buddy!who!tells!you!the! actually!into!you!will!be!the!hard!part.

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