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DNR to modernize its electronic system for hunting & fishing licenses

The Shell’s Hobo Band from New Ulm can be counted on for lively music in the Box Car Days parade. The Labor Day parade begins at 1 p.m. sharp!

It’s 90 candles for Box Car Days Tracy Box Car Days is one of Minnesota’s longest-running community celebrations.

How long has Box Car Days been around? Charles Lindberg became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1927, the year the first Box Car Days was held.

Organizers are planning special activities for the 90th anniversary of Tracy Box Car Days, Sept. 1-4.

For example, the traditional Saturday night street dance that attracts four-figure crowds will have two bands performing: “Ron Keel Band” and “Maiden Dixie.”

Many familiar traditions return, including the big Box Car Days parade on Labor Day, a fly-in breakfast Monday, and the Miss Tracy Scholarship Pageant.

Visit www.tracymn.org for a complete schedule.

Hunters, anglers and everyone who has a role in selling licenses for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources can anticipate a new electronic license system that will enhance customer service starting in the spring of 2020.

“Over the next two years, we will be modernizing the electronic license system to create a better and more efficient experience for customers – changes that will save the agency as much as $1.5 million,” said Steve Michaels, DNR licensing program director. “Customers will find it easier to purchase licenses and tags online and record their harvests from a mobile device or computer 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.”

The DNR sells licenses through a vendor that administers the electronic license system that allows customers to buy licenses in-person at nearly 1,500 locations around Minnesota, online and by telephone. The contract with the current vendor expires in 2020.

The first step in modernizing the license system happened in late May when the DNR issued a request for proposals for contractors to bid on a project to develop a new system.

“The new system won’t go into effect for more than two years but we have to begin work now to allow enough time to

choose a vendor, design and implement the system, and communicate with customers and license sales agents,” Michaels said. “Across the spectrum of retail, customers are demanding the convenience of modern technology as part of their purchasing experiences, whether it is movie theaters, airlines, or retail stores.”

The DNR sells about 1.5 million fishing licenses and 580,000 hunting and trapping licenses.

Use of the current system continues through March of 2020, and the DNR plans to provide regular updates through the development of the new system.

Buy fishing and hunting licenses at any DNR license agent, online with a mobile or desktop device at mndnr.gov/ buyalicense, or by phone at 888-665-4236.

Mobile buyers receive a text or email that serves as proof of a valid fish or game license to state conservation officers.

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WCCO radio personality Mike Lynch will present a “star gazing” program at Lake Shetek State Park, August 25.

The program begins in the east shelter of the Sunrise Campground. Lynch’s presentation will offer the chance to look through telescopes that Lynch plans to display. For more information, see www.DNR.state.mn.us.

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Shetek bus tour visits 1862 sites

9/11 memorial coming to Lyon County Fair One of the main attractions at this year’s Lyon County Fair is a poignant reminder of one of the darkest days in American history. The 9/11 Never Forget Exhibit will be on display Friday Aug. 11, Saturday, Aug. 12, and Sunday, Aug. 13, at the fair.

The mobile exhibit pays tribute to all who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, through interactive displays, recordings

and live tours given by New York City firefighters who survived 9/11.

The exhibit is a high-tech, 53-foot tractor-trailer that unfolds into a 1,000-square foot exhibit.

The times the exhibit will be open are as follows: Friday, Aug. 11: 8 a.m.-7 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 12: 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sunday, Aug. 13: Noon-3 p.m.

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The bus tour is one of several “Shetek Re-visited” events for the weekend.

A Friday, August 18, “Sweet Dreams” program discusses the importance of dreams in Native American culture.

Participants will be able to create a Native American Dream Catcher.

A “Visitor from the Past” Saturday, August 19, features a portrayal of early Shetek pioneer Lavina Eastlick in the aftermath of the 1862 tragedy.

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A bus tour at Lake Shetek State Park recounts the tragic events of August 20, 1862, when 14 white settlers and an unknown number of Dakota Indians died near Lake Shetek.

The Saturday, August 19, tour begins at 9 a.m. from the park picnic area parking lot. The tour will include 1862 cabin sites, Slaughter Slough, and the Shetek Monument. Cost is $5. Reservations are required due to limited bus seating. Call 507-763-3256.

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Pipestone ‘ghost walks’ draw spirited attention

By Shari Dalin Nelson

The sun is still up at 8 p.m. on the summer Saturday nights when volunteer guides Laurie and Chuck Ness and Myron Koets take guests on a “ghost walk” in downtown Pipestone. They combine stories of what some claim are paranormal encounters, with historical information about the town and county.

The tour starts at the Pipestone County Museum’s back doors, and proceeds down the alley, and along streets and buildings where people claim they have experienced ghostly events.

Several years ago, Chuck and Laurie Ness visited Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and decided to go on an evening ghost walk there. Later they thought a ghost walk would be a good fund-raiser for Civil War Days and the Pipestone County Museum, but they did not know about any paranormal activities in Pipestone.

Then the museum asked people to share any of their own local ghost stories to use for a display. The people shared their stories, and the guides received permission to use these tales for an event which they thought would probably run for a year or two; however, this popular event continues to provide funding for historical society events including performers for Civil War Days and other programs.

Nine years ago, the guides had 30 stories and lots of local history to share with those who joined them for a 45-minute walk through the haunted part of town. Over the years, they have collected 250 first-hand stories from the late 1800s to the present and share some of them on tours, which now last for an hour and a half.

• • • The Calumet Inn and the Pipestone County Museum are the source of the largest number of ghosts stories. Chuck

Susan Hoskins gives a historic cemetery tour.

explained that since Pipestone has been traditionally a place for peace for the indigenous people, the spirits described are also peaceful. When the Native Americans traditionally gathered at Pipestone, they laid their weapons down before they entered the sacred pipestone quarry area. So it is said those Native American spirits continue that tradition.

The hotspot for reported paranormal activity is the Calumet Inn, which was built in 1883 and then was destroyed in a fire in 1886. Two years later, the Calumet reopened at Thanksgiving with room for 30 guests. Other businesses also called the Calumet home including The Pipestone Leader newspaper and the First National Bank. Things went well until Feb. 14, 1944, when a kitchen fire led to the death of a mapmaker from Rockford, Illinois, named Christopher

Hershberger. He apparently struggled with the chain on the door of his room and succumbed to smoke inhalation. His room was 308, which today remains the center of stories of paranormal activity in the hotel. The dining room and kitchen are among the other hotel spots with ghost stories.

The spirit said to occupy Room 308 is claimed to be the ghost of Hershberger, who is affectionately referred as Charlie or Charlie, the Friendly Ghost. Witnesses claim to have seen him in the form of a young man who is in his late 20s or early 30s and is dressed in an old-fashioned suit. He wears a cocked hat and benignly leans against a door fame to watch activity in the room. The Friendly Ghost is said to pull the plug on the vacuum cleaners, to pull the receiver off the hook often repeatedly so a person in the room

would be startled, and to visit with staff members.

In addition to Charlie, a ghostly musician is said to have played the piano in the dining area of the Calumet. Stories tell of a rocking chair rocking by itself, with a wispy figure captured on video.

Claims have been made of a presence in Room #207 calling reception when no one is around, a young girl wearing an old-fashioned white dress running in the hallway, and a man and a woman who make their presence known but do not appear. Reports have been made of a child crying in the basement near the laundry room during the night.

• • • Paranormal activities are also said to be common in the Pipestone County Museum, which was once Pipestone’s City Hall.

Wallace Dow designed the Sioux quartzite building which C. C. Smith and Mr. Leeds built in 1896 for a cost of $7,822.

Construction only took seven months for this Richardsonian Romanesque style building which has a saddle back roof with gables and stone coping and finials. Until the historical society took it over in 1968, the old city hall housed the fire department, city offices, the city lockup, the public library, a teen center, a meeting hall, and a gymnasium. The museum building is one of seven sites in Pipestone which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Some claim that a little blonde girl, who wears a blue nineteenth century dress with a white apron, haunts the Museum building. Reports have been made of people hearing feet stomping and footsteps, shuffling papers and a squeaking chair.

An old doctor had his office just off the upstairs library. Some people think those

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Tradition began with release of live turkeys from courthouse

By Shari Dalin Nelson

When Worthington first celebrated Turkey Day, the event took place in the middle of the week. The event was so noteworthy that school children in Nobles County were delighted to be dismissed from classes on Wednesday so they could attend the festivities honoring the local turkey industry and giving merchants an opportunity to honor their customers.

After school on Tuesday, children more willingly and more efficiently did their chores in anticipation of going to Worthington to experience the wonder of watching a parade lit by torches. The next morning, the traditional pancake breakfast opened the event, and the festivities continued with a grand parade which, like the evening before, included queens, bands, and beautifully decorated floats. Miss Worthington and her court occupied one of the floats near the beginning of parade.

Those were the early days of an event, which from Sept. 15-16 of this year, will celebrate its 78th annual gathering in the city’s downtown. Since then hundreds of thousands of people have enjoyed the celebration.

Many events have appeared, disappeared, and reappeared; but King Turkey Day continues to draw crowds to Worthington.

The tradition begins In October of 1939, the tradition began on a regular basis when businessmen dressed in plaid shirts and denim overalls to honor their faithful customers. In 1934, a trial run of what became King Turkey Day became rather chaotic after live turkeys were released from the courthouse roof and caught by lucky attendees. The Armistice Day Blizzard of 1940 nearly wiped out the turkey farmers; however, it did not stop the celebration

Turkeys and children have been a part of Turkey Day festivities in Worthington for nearly 80 years. (Photos courtesy Worthington Chamber of Commerce).

in a town which had two turkey processing plants, and countless producers who each spring optimistically filled their barns with turkey chicks and hoped for the best.

In 1941 the metal Turkey Day button tradition appeared but then disappeared when the buttons were made of paper because of the shortage of metal. World War II cancelled the event in 1944 and 1945, and in 1948 souvenir patches and scarves replaced the buttons. The buttons reappeared the next year and have continued for every year thereafter.

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Worthington welcome the race team and other visitors from Cuero, Texas, and attendees learn who are the current year’s Honorary Turkey and Parade Grand Marshall. Beginning in 1972, Cuero and Worthington, the two Turkey Capitals of the World, began their nearly 50-year competition to see which city really is the capital. The results of the Great Gobbler Gallop decide which city holds the crown for that year. So far, Worthington’s Paycheck has out-galloped Ruby Begonia more often than not. Each year the title is up for grabs, but the continued friendship between the two cities does not waver.

The Turkey Trotter Square Dance Club got its name from Turkey Day and used to host a square dance during the celebration. Membership declined in numbers, and the average age of the participants increased in number; so that activity has disappeared.

In the past, the former Gobbler Café downtown was a popular eating place especially on Turkey Day. Visitors enjoyed an excellent turkey meal. Later the Elks Club sponsored that meal.

The kissing of a turkey has been a Turkey Day tradition for many years. Each year the guest speaker is

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asked to do so, and most have graciously smooched the gobbler.

The midway and the vendors continue to attract the young and the old alike, the 5K Walk and the 10K bring in competitors from near and far, music from area school bands adds to the excitement of the parade, and high school alumni gather for reunions and then ride through downtown on floats. One year August Schell Brewing Company developed a King Turkey beer for the event.

Newer features include a beer garden, which was welcomed its first year with heavy rain and no canopy, and The Kansas City Barbecue Society’s sanctioned Smokin’ Gobbler Cook-Off. Some new events are geared toward middle school and high school students.

Last year a monster screen movie joined the festivities on the lawn of the Government Center downtown with the showing of Zootopia. This year that inflatable screen will again be located on the courthouse lawn with movie showings on Friday night and one on Saturday night.

Turkey Day Board President Jaime Salinas explained the logistics of planning for Turkey Day. A couple of weeks after Turkey Day, the just completed event is reviewed. Then in December or January, planning begins for the next celebration. By July, plans are pretty well set, and when September rolls around, they are “lock stock ready to walk.” Every year a new president leads the board as they decide on the coming event’s theme in July and select artwork for t-shirts and buttons. By this time, the featured speaker is booked, artwork is decided upon, the theme is

Harkin Store site marker.

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Former Minnesota Senator and Vice President Hubert Humphery visited Worthington when seeking to be the Democratic party’s 1976 presidential nomination.

Miss Worthington royalty some 50 years ago, had a parade view of turkey tail feathers.

selected, and committees finalize their plans. Salinas explained that Turkey Day “will always be Turkey Day. Time will go and people will come and will

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Worthington “wants to be a good host and wants to be able to entertain” those who join in the festivities.

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The 1870’s store, which has 40% original merchandise on the shelves is open every day except Mondays from 10 to 5 pm. The gift shop is open the same hours and will have those games for purchase, also books, toys, hand crafted and unique items, and 10 cent candy.

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noises may be coming from his ghost.

Some wondered why a pair of boots from a World War II display seemingly continued to come off the shelf when no one was nearby. It was discovered that the boots had belonged to a Holocaust victim and were erroneously put on display next to Nazi artifacts.

Other buildings and homes in Pipestone have been reported as being haunted, and new stories continue to come in to the volunteers at the museum.

• • • Pipestone celebrates Civil War Days because the city had ties to the more than 250 Civil War soldiers who settled here.

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Several years ago Public Broadcasting Service broadcast a segment about the ghosts in Pipestone, attracting many people came from the Twin Cities area wanting to learn more about the city’s paranormal reports.

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Guides ask that participants take only still pictures during the walk. Cost of the walk is $8 per person, with proceeds

Dave Rambow speaks to a tour group in front of the Pipestone Masonic building. (Pipestone Chamber of Commerce photo).

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Silversmithing: Tom Johnson (instructor holding torch) Irene Hark (left), Sue Gee (middle) & Bonnie Rathke (right) (students). (Milan Village Arts School photos).

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When the farm crisis hit rural Minnesota in the 1980s, the Milan Village Arts School formed as a way for its local artists that are rich in Scandinavian heritage, to supplement their incomes by teaching their crafts to others.

Today, the school is nearly 30 years old and draws instructors and students from all over the world as evidenced by the recent Spoon Gathering held each June.

“We had about 150 people here for the Spoon Gathering, teachers and students, from over 15 states and countries such as Canada, England and Norway,” said Ron Porep, the director of the non-profit Milan Village Arts School since 2009.

“It’s also open to the public, so we had many more people come to watch the event.”

But carving spoons out of wood is just one of a myriad of crafts taught at this old country school located in a tiny community of 365 people, many of them who are Norwegian.

The Village Arts School began in 1988 and was housed in another building before it acquired the District 49 1915-built country schoolhouse for only $50 and moved it to its present location.

The City of Milan donated the land it now sits on.

“It used to be located out in the country and was moved into town and used as a band room when the high school was built in Milan,” Porep noted. “And then the Village Arts School purchased the schoolhouse in 1995 and it was refurbished to look like a Norwegian Folk School.”

Several volunteers spent many hours refurbishing the old schoolhouse that now includes an old country school bell. It was painted in bright Norwegian colors.

The school interior remains much like when it was built except for a few modifications.

As many rural communities were losing businesses due to the hardships of

Art school: See page 10

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Art School Continued from page nine

the agriculture business calling for larger and fewer farms, the people of Milan banded together to keep its town prospering. So the idea of the Village Arts School came about as a way to keep money coming in by having some of these struggling farmers utilize their skills from their Norwegian background.

And the school has become increasingly popular and continued to flourish with the help of class tuitions, grants, memberships, private and business donations, and many hours of volunteer work.

Approximately 80 classes a year are run in the Village Arts School with 30-35 instructors guiding enthusiastic students on old customs and cultures, or to students just wanting to hone the skills they learned many years ago.

“The majority of the students we have are 50-and-over,” said Porep. “But we also have a lot of young students, too, and they really seem to enjoy the things we teach here. We want to get the younger students more involved.”

Jon Roisen, the president of the Village Arts School the past eight years, is also one of the instructors at the school. He is one of 10 board members.

“I really believe in the school,” said Roisen, who teaches the art of making “Tollekniv”, a Norwegian work knife.

“I’m Norwegian and most of the people around here are Norwegian. So we feel

Kirstin Lindstrom works on a silversmithing project.

it’s important to keep the Norwegian heritage going and pass it along by teaching others.”

Students who sign up Roisen’s class will leave with their very own knife and sheath. Gene Tokkheim of Dawson teaches the Advanced Knife Making class. Roisen was a former student of Tokheim’s at the Village Arts School.

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The school offers several types of classes, nearly all related in some way to Norwegian heritage, and range from one-day to five-day sessions taught by

highly-skilled instructors.”

“The instructors come from all over Minnesota, including right around here,” said Porep. “Many of them are world famous.”

Besides spoon carving and knife making, the school offers classes in silversmithing, jewelry making, various types of wood carving, rosemaling, woodburning, bookmaking, stained

Norwegian heritage: See page 11

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Fishing …with Joe

by Joe LeTendre

When you’re 8 perspectives are fresh When these boys who will be in second, third, and fourth grades arrive at school this fall, they will be given an assignment to write about what they did this summer. So here is an idea of what one of them might write.

In June, I went to Canada with my dad, my grandpa, and a bunch of their friends. We had breakfast in Fargo, North Dakota, and then headed to the border between Canada and the United States. Owen Moline bought a jackknife at Fargo, and he also brought one from home. Owen let us other two guys use one of his knives for whittling.

After we drove five hours beyond the border, we arrived at Grand Rapids, Manitoba. There was a lot of light left, so we talked our dads into taking us fishing on the Saskatewan River as soon as we unpacked. We really nailed the walleyes before it got dark.

Everyone in our fishing camp caught a limit of fish, so the guys used their

From left are Owen Moline, Slayton; Collin “Woody” Kirwin, Morris; and Jack LeTendre, Morris.

electric knives to cut the fish. When the guys were done cleaning fish, there was a whole bunch of big blue tubs full of fish guts. We felt sorry for the garbage man who had to haul them away, and then we found out there was no garbage service that hauled them away.

There was a flock of over 100 big white pelicans cruising in the river. Just after supper each night, the guy who owns the place where we stay takes the tubs of fish guts down to the river and when the pelicans see him they come across the river—all 100 of them!

He said we could help him feed the pelicans if we wanted to, so the three of us went at it every night. Walleye heads, northern skins and guts, big northern heads the pelicans ate them whole!

Norwegian heritage Continued from page 10

glass, Norwegian cap-making, ceramics, framing, fiber arts, cooking and baking, broom making, weaving, landscape photography, painting, drawing, and much more.

Over 1,000 students have taken classes through the Milan Village Arts School.

“We see many of the same students come back and take a different class than the year before,” said Roisen.

Porep, a native of Australia, met his wife, Ann Thompson, a Milan native, overseas.

“She wanted to come back to the area, so we moved here in 2005,” said Porep.

“She owns a gift shop on main street, called ‘billy maple trees’.”

Thompson’s father was nicknamed “billy maple trees” when he was younger because of his propensity for climbing maple trees all the time.

Billy Thompson is the historian and curator of a local museum in Milan called “Arv Hus” (Norwegian for “our house”) that houses a large collection of Norwegian items from the area.

During the Upper Minnesota River Crawl in the fall, various artists showcase their talents and skills along the Minnesota River Valley. The Milan Village Arts School is bustling with activity during that time.

“That’s when we get the most class sign-ups,” acknowledged Porep. “We have some three or four instructors on hand to show some of the things we do here.”

The Village Arts School also participates in Syttende Mai each May that highlights the heritage of the Milan

Sometimes the pelicans would even catch the guts before they hit the water.

Sometimes we slipped and slid into the sandy river shore. We got wet, dirty, slimy, and really tired.

After our showers, we would sit on the grass and whittle. Owen Moline found a genuine long piece of Canadian driftwood on the river bank, and he brought it back to the U.S. Jack LeTendre fed the pelicans a lot of northern heads. Collin Kirwin even posed for a picture wearing his straw cowboy hat and calling himself “ Woody from Toy Story.” We caught a lot of fish and had a lot of fun. All of our dads said the same thing to us. “It is a good thing your mother isn’t here!”

Special programs at the Jeffers Petroglyphs during August include: • A New Look at the Carvings, Saturday August 5 & 19, Sept. 2, 5 to 7 p.m.

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Summer mecca

The swimming beach at Del Clark Lake is the perfect spot to hang out during a hot summer day.

Stone Hill Campground is Yellow Medicine jewel

By Scott Thoma

The Lac qui Parle-Yellow Bank Watershed District created Del Clark Lake 31 years ago.

That 156-acre lake, which is 30-feet deep in parts, is an impoundment of Canby Creek and the largest lake in Yellow Medicine County. It’s also one of the more popular recreational spots in the region. The lake sits within the Stone Hill Regional Park, a 73-unit campground two miles south of Canby.

“This is a great place,” said Chris Staab, while grilling hot dogs over an open fire.

Staab was part of a large family reunion party that gathered at Stone Hill Park in mid-July. “We love coming here. It’s clean and well run so we keep coming back here. You can fish or swim or just sit around a campfire and grill hot dogs.”

Parents enjoy taking their children to the beach at Del Clark Lake; the younger ones can be seen swimming in the shallow portion or playing in the sandy beach. The older kids kayak, fish or swim out to a dock in the deeper portion of the swimming area. Adults line the large beach to visit with one another, enjoy a cold beverage, or just enjoy a beautiful Minnesota day.

“It’s a very popular place. My kids absolutely love it here,” said Jill Sanderson, who took her three small children to the lake. “It’s usually full of people on a nice day. They comb the beach every morning. You don’t see that

Stonehill Regional Park is especially busy in the summer.

The campground at Stonehill Regional Park overlooks Del Clark Lake.

at a lot of beaches.”

Many credit Ron Fjerkenstad, who has been manager of the 700-acre Stonehill Regional Park and Del Clark Lake since 2000, for the park and campground’s tidiness.

“Yeah, I’m fussy,” he said matter-offactly. “I have a crew of three others and I want to make sure it’s clean here and always looks nice. That’s how you get

people to keep coming back.”

There is a $4 fee for a daily park pass, or $25 for a season pass. The daily rate for camping is $25 for electrical and water hookups, and $20 for electrical only. The weekly fee is $145 for electrical and water and $500 for a monthly fee.

There are also seasonal fees.

A hard surface road leads water and camping enthusiasts to Del Clark Lake or to 64 spacious campsites and nine primitive sites.

“We have modern restrooms and showers at the campground and at the beach area,” said Fjerkenstad. “There is also a tornado shelter at the beach area.

I always hope we never have to use that, but it’s there just in case.”

A large surfaced basketball court, horseshoe area, children’s playground, and a picnic shelter are among the park’s amenities. A paved bike/walking trail leads straight into Canby.

Fjerkenstad, donning a well-worn ranger hat, can often be seen motoring around the campground and lake area in his golf cart.

“The kids call me ‘Ranger Ron’, even though I’m a paratrooper, but I’m not a park ranger,” laughed Fjerkenstad.

“They like to ride around in my golf cart with me. The kids are the main reason I enjoy my job every day.”

Periodically, a local man swings

through the campground and lake area selling snow cones, to the delight of many.

Fishermen try their luck either from shore or from a large fishing pier to the north of the beach area.

“I caught a 27-inch walleye the other day,” boasted one anonymous angler from nearby St. Leo baiting his hook on the pier. “There are a lot of different (fish) in here. I come here a lot to fish. This is my favorite lake.”

The Department of Natural Resources tests Del Clark Lake every three years and restocks it accordingly.

“There are walleyes, northerns, sunfish, bluegills, crappies, bass, perch and suckers in the lake,” Fjerkenstad note as he pointed to a Wall of Fame in his office that featured photos of several trophy-sized fish taken from Del Clark Lake. “We have a place to launch your boat, or if you just want to fish from the pier, you can do that.”

To get to Stonehill Regional Park and Del Clark Lake, turn west at the junction of Highway 68 and 75 in Canby and go two blocks (follow signs), then turn left onto County Road 30 and go approximately one mile.

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Beware of summer blue algae blooms Summer is here, and while water enthusiasts and pets enjoy swimming and boating when the weather is calm and sunny, these conditions are also perfect for growing blue-green algae, which can be harmful to both people and animals.

Last summer, blue-green algal blooms were reported in lakes across the state, from near the Iowa border all the way to the Canadian border. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) staff jointly investigated two reported human illnesses and multiple dog deaths following exposure to blue-green algae.

Blooms typically form during hot summer weather.

The appearance of a blue-green algal bloom and the unpleasant smell that occasionally accompanies a bloom typically keep most people out of the water. However, people can become sick after they swim, boat, water ski, or bathe in water that has toxic blue-green algae. During these activities, people are exposed to the toxins by swallowing or having skin contact with water or by breathing in tiny droplets of water in the air.

“In most people, symptoms are mild and may include vomiting, diarrhea, rash, eye irritation, cough, sore throat, and headache,” says MDH Epidemiologist Stephanie Gretsch.

Dogs are at particular risk, as they are more likely to wade in the areas of a lake where algal scum accumulates. Dogs are usually exposed to larger amounts of toxins from algae because they tend to swallow more water than humans while

When temperatures climb and the summer sun beats down, conditions are ripe for Minnesota lakes to produce harmful algae blooms, some of which can be harmful to pets and humans.

swimming, especially when retrieving toys from the water. They also lick their coats upon leaving the water, swallowing any algae that may be on their fur.

Dogs exposed to blue-green algae can experience symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, rash, difficulty breathing, general weakness, liver failure, and seizures.

Not all blue-green algae are toxic, but there is no way to tell whether a bloom is toxic by looking at it. Harmful blooms often look like pea soup, green paint, or

floating mats of scum and sometimes have a bad smell. However, harmful blooms aren’t always large and dense and can sometimes cover small portions of the lake with little visible algae present. Before you or your children or pets enter the water, take a closer look at the lake and check for algae in the water or on shore to help determine if a bloom recently happened.

“If it looks and smells bad, don’t take a chance. We usually tell people: If in doubt, stay out,” says Pam Anderson, MPCA

Water Quality Monitoring Supervisor. “If you’re not sure, it’s best for people and pets to stay out of the water.” If you do come into contact with blue-green algae, wash off with fresh water immediately, paying special attention to the areas your swim suit covers. Rinse off pets with fresh water if you think they swam in water where blue-green algae were present.

Phosphorus run-off is a leading cause of algal blooms.

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This deck structure overlooks the grounds at the Pipestone National Monument. Visitors can read about the landscape to get a quick tutorial of what, exactly, they’re looking at.

The Pipestone National Monument Visitor Center is a popular venue for tourists who visit the historic site.

Summer is busy at Pipestone monument Pipestone National Monument continues to attract visitors from across the country.

The Visitor Center hosts numerous activities, including a museum that features exhibits about Pipestone National Monument’s cultural, historical and natural resources; an award winning 22-minute film, “Pipestone: An Unbroken Legacy,” which provides perspective on the significance of Pipestone and the quarrying tradition still carried out today; and, seasonally, American Indian craft workers demonstrating the art of shaping and creating pipestone crafts and pipes, according to the Pipestone National Monument website.

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Adventure adds to lure of fishing trip The geese and ducks were out in abundance on this Murray County lake this past spring.

Duck numbers mixed, more Canada geese Population counts show variable results for several species of ducks that breed in Minnesota, according to annual Department of Natural Resources spring waterfowl surveys.

“Mallard and blue-winged teal counts declined some from last year but we saw some increases in other species like ringnecked ducks, wood ducks and hooded mergansers,” said Steve Cordts, DNR waterfowl specialist. “However, there is always considerable variability in the annual estimates. The survey is designed for mallards and our breeding mallard population remains near its long-term average.”

This year’s mallard breeding population was estimated at 214,000, which is 15 percent below last year’s estimate of 250,000 breeding mallards and 6 percent below the long-term average measured each year since 1968.

The blue-winged teal population is 159,000 this year, 51 percent below last year’s estimate and 25 percent below the long-term average.

The combined populations of other ducks such as ring-necked ducks, wood ducks, gadwalls, northern shovelers, canvasbacks and redheads is 263,000, which is 23 percent higher than last year and 48 percent above the long-term average.

The estimate of total duck abundance (excluding scaup) is 636,000, which is 19 percent lower than last year and 3 percent above the long-term average.

The estimated number of wetlands was 20 percent higher than last year and 5 percent above the long-term average.

Wetland numbers can vary greatly based on annual precipitation.

This year’s Canada goose population was estimated at 322,000 geese, higher than last year’s estimate of 202,000 geese and 9 percent above the long-term average.

“With the early spring and favorable habitat, Canada geese had a very good nesting year and there are lots of young goslings present across the state,” Cordts said.

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Wessington, Huron, Miller, Harold, Blunt, and Onida…the South Dakota towns flew by as we headed to the Missouri River for our first try at catching South Dakota walleyes from shore. (None of us could afford a boat and motor.)

We had not wetted a line, and we already had had some interesting experiences. The first experience found us in the town of Harold, South Dakota, looking for the guy’s house who sold minnows. It was about 5:30 a.m. and we knocked on his door for quite a long time before he came to the door wearing briefs and a t-shirt. Before we could say anything, he said: “The minnows are in the garage. They are $1.75 for 12 minnows. Take what you want and leave the money in the coffee can!” Before we could respond, he slammed the door.

After we got our minnows, we thought it would be a good thing to fill the gas tank in the Buick Electra 225 that our friend had bought as a wrecked car from an insurance company. As we pulled into the service station we saw a pickup camper with a boat attached.

I headed for the restroom and had to wait for one of the pick-up fishing crew to make his exit, and then I went in.

When I came out and walked toward our car I saw four guys standing and talking. Three of the guys were from our fishing party, and the other guy was with the guys in the pick-up camper, but the camper was nowhere in sight! The guys thought he was in the camper, and left while he was still in the lavatory About 35 minutes later, we met the pickup camper pulling the boat headed toward Harold, South Dakota. Later we discovered it was a sheriff department car that stopped them and turned them around.

• • • As we approached the highway intersection at the city of Onida, we checked our instruction sheet and it told us to turn left and expect to run out of tar road in about three miles and then keep going on the gravel until we saw power line towers. I remember looking for the power lines when someone shouted: “Hold On!” The tar road ended halfway down a hill and we were approaching 65 miles per hour when we discovered there was about a 18 inch drop off when we left the tar and hit the gravel! The big Buick landed safely on the gravel, but the rear of the car bottomed out.

After turning on the wrong field roads a couple of times, we finally recognized the name on a swinging stockade gate and we opened the gate and headed toward the Missouri River. The rancher’s pasture was cut right down the middle by a deep ravine. Our farmer friend had constructed a dirt road and dam across

Fishing with Friends Joe LeTendre the ravine to impound water for the long South Dakota summer. The stock dam was two wheel ruts wide, and the Buick fit into the ruts perfectly. There had been a lot of rain, so one side of the dam looked like a lake. I will tell you more about this later.

We tented on a nice point of land that was the opening to a bay where the northern pike hung out in the spring.

There were no Porta Potties or anything resembling one, so we had to remember our camping training to make do. We each had our own chosen spot, and when I was looking for mine I came upon a large round pile of fine sand. It looked like a good spot, but when I got closer, it seemed to be moving.

Just a few seconds later, I got close enough to see my first major colony of fire ants! They had picked that spot first, so I decided there was a lot of pasture for me to choose from!

• • • We caught walleyes; sometimes we even caught walleyes two at a time on double-swinging baits. We caught northern pike and had a bunch of them break off our lines. We caught silver bass and thought they were really nice fish until we went to fillet them and discovered they were mostly a fish with a really big rib cage and a relatively small amount of meat. We ate all the fish we wanted, and brought our limits home.

• • • The last night we were at the river campsite, the wind blew like a hurricane and the rain came down in buckets. We survived just fine. After breakfast we broke camp and packed up. The rain had mixed with the Missouri River pasture soil and the clay was like driving through axle grease. We fish-tailed across the pasture and headed for the road on the top of the stock dam. The big Buick slid neatly into the wet clay dam road ruts. It wiggled and waggled up one side of a rut and down the other.

We were driving between a lake and a 35 foot drop in to a ravine. It was a very quiet ride. Even after we got off the dam road, no one said a thing because we were making our own ruts in the pasture.

A good fishing trip always includes a generous amount of adventure.

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‘Beauty & Beast’ is at Lake Benton The Lake Benton Opera House production of Beauty and the Beast continues through Sunday, August 6.

Opening weekend for the production was July 27-29. Additional performances are Wednesday through Saturday, August 2-5 at 7:30 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinee performances on Saturday and Sunday, August 5-6.

Emilirose Rasmusson of Ivanhoe plays Belle, with Taylor Holck of Ruthton playing the Beast.

Other leading players include Adam Madsen, Tyler, as Gaston; Eric Fish of Lake Benton as Lumiere; Tom Schmitt of Porter as Cogsworth; Katie Roberts of Tyler as Madame de la Grande Bouche (The Wardrobe), Becky Peterson of Ruthton as Mrs. Potts; Sophie Peterson of Ruthton as Chip; and Jocelyn Klein of Tyler as Babette. All told, the cast has more than 50 people.

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Neil Witte portrays a baker selling his wares to book-loving Belle, played by Emilirose Rasmusson.

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Eric Fish plays Lumiere, while Tom Schmitt is Cogsworth, Becky Peterson plays Mrs. Potts.

There’s a right way to freeze fish

The magazine Outdoor World offers these suggestions for freezing fish: • After cleaning, put fish in a freezer safe Ziploc bag but make sure to remove as much air as possible.

• Wrap your fish in aluminum foil and then wrap again in freezer paper to give double protection.

• Air tight sealing machines remove all air from the package as they are sealed, preventing the fish from losing its flavor.

• Another option to freeze fish is in a solid block of ice. Place fish into a refrigerator container using only enough water to just cover them.

• To thaw fish, put in the refrigerator overnight or place the wrapped fish in cold water. Thawing fish in a microwave cooks part of the fish before other parts are thawed. If you thaw fish at room temperature bacteria will grow before you cook it.

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After the parade, head to the fairgrounds to enjoy the sounds from the smaller “Rampage” concert band.

Officially organized on April 30th, 1900, the 34th Infantry Division Band has proudly served state and nation for over 114 years, seeing service in WWI, WWII and in the Global War on Terrorism.

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August 25 completion seen for Glacial Lakes

A six-mile section of the Glacial Lakes State Trail will be closed as contractors work on improvements, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Trail users will see intermittent closures until June 1 as workers remove trees and brush that are near the work area.

The segment between the trailhead in Willmar and Spicer’s south side at Progress Way has been closed since June 5 as workers begin mill and overlay work on the trail’s westernmost six miles. The project is scheduled for completion by Aug. 25.

In addition to a smooth, new surface, trail users will enjoy new benches, improved accessibility, and paved crossings at gravel road intersections.

The current eight-foot trail width will also be expanded to 10 feet.

“We think our trail users will be pleased with these improvements,” said Jeremy Losinski, area supervisor for the DNR’s Parks and Trails Division. “The wider trail will provide easier passage.

Plus, the smoother pavement replaces the trail’s oldest paved surface, which is now more than 20 years old. It had deteriorated and reached the end of its life cycle.”

Contractors will also be replacing several culverts along the trail to provide

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“While we want to make sure everyone is safe, there will still be opportunities to use parts of the trail during construction,” Losinski said.

“The construction will start in Willmar and work its way toward Spicer, so small portions of the trail will have limited use. Our trail users may not be able to go all the way from Willmar to Spicer during times in the construction process.

We just ask that our trail users obey the closure signs and avoid construction equipment.”

Prinsburg-based Duininck, Inc., is the contractor.

The 22-mile western segment of the Glacial Lakes State Trail links Willmar with the Kandiyohi/Stearns County line. The five-mile eastern segment connects Roscoe to Cold Spring. Built on the former Burlington Northern railroad grade, a total of 27 miles is paved as the trail cuts across the border between Minnesota’s western tallgrass prairie and eastern deciduous forest.

‘Secret’ is out about Lake Sarah fishing I had not been back from our annual June trip to Canada for more than a day before my neighbor walked across the street to inform me that he had caught a 25 inch walleye on Lake Sarah here in Murray County while I was gone. Then two days later a friend showed me a picture of a walleye that tipped the scales at 10 lbs. You guessed it. He caught it on a spinner and a leech on Lake Sarah and then asked me how my Canadian fishing trip went!

During my years on KLOH and KJOE radio, I always drew a lot of local “flak” when I talked about walleye success on Lake Sarah. My local fishing friends would tell me they weren’t going to tell me when the walleyes were “going” on Lake Sarah if I continued to tell the whole world about it. Well, folks, the word is out and I didn’t have anything to do with it this time.

Lake Sarah has been experiencing one of the best fishing years ever. It all seemed to start way last fall when dinner plate sized perch began to bite like they were suicidal. One day in September I joined my son and a friend of his for a day of perch fishing like I have never seen. We didn’t even use live bait. Just tube jigs and a bullet shaped bobber. We would cast toward a rock pile and begin reeling the tube back, and we caught our limit in jig time.

Then came the spring of 2017. The perch bite started right up where it ended in the fall.

Then, even before the walleye season opener, the perch folks were forced to begin throwing walleyes back when they were fishing perch. The walleye fishing opener was outstanding, and the fish continued to bite vigorously right into the months of summer.

The walleyes in Lake Sarah are “hefty”

Hook, Line & Sinker Joe LeTendre tells his fishing tales to audiences statewide.

no matter what their length. They have big shoulders, are solid, and they fight just like a walleye caught in cold water One of the best fisherman I have ever known shared his Lake Sarah walleye catching secret. Lake Sarah walleyes really like leeches, and they like them big. In June of this year, my friend boated more than one walleye that measured 30 inches and weighed in at 10 lbs.: And here is the good news for you: he returned every big walleye to Lake Sarah. That means there is a 10 pound walleye waiting for you on Lake Sarah, too.

The Murray County Parks Department does a superior job of keeping the two accesses to Lake Sarah in good condition and user friendly. Large sparkling clean restrooms are at both parks along with water fountains that feature crystal clear drinking water.

I tip my hat to the guys who do a superior job of making our parks showcases we can be proud of.

The entrance to the county park on the west side of the lake is off Hwy. 30. The Lake Sarah East County Park is just a short turn off U.S. Highway 59 northwest of Lake Shetek.

If you have never heard of Lake Sarah, I just let you in on it and it is a secret no more.

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Murray County Fair coming up Aug. 14 Monday, Aug. 14 2:00-7:00 p.m. 4-H General Exhibit Judging, 4-H Building Tuesday, Aug. 15 9:00 a.m. 4-H Horse Show, Horse Arena 12:00 p.m. Pork Burger And Malt Stand Open 3:00-8:00 p.m. Optional Set Up Of Commercial Exhibit Buildings 6:00-8:00 p.m. Optional Pre-Delivery Of Livestock Exhibits Wednesday, Aug. 16 Official Start of the Murray County Fair 9:00-11:30 a.m. Commercial Exhibit Building Set Up 9:30-2:30 p.m. 4-H Conference Judging, 4-H Building 9:30-8:00 p.m. Open Class Entries, Fair Office 10:00 a.m. 4-H & Open Class Exhibit Buildings Open 11:00 a.m. 4-H Rabbit Show - Olson Arena 12:00-9:00 p.m. Commercial Exhibit Buildings Open 12:00-7:00 p.m. Museum Buildings And Log Cabin Open 2:00 p.m. 4-H Goat Show, Olson Arena 4:00 p.m. Carnival Rides Open 4:30 p.m. 4-H Fashion Review, Under Tent 5:00 p.m. Beer Garden Opens, Heritage Hall 5:00-8:00 p.m. Fair Shuttle Offered By The Slayton Kiwanis

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5:00-7:00 p.m. Fun Food Challenge Featuring Brownies - Open To Everyone, 4-H Building 5:00 p.m. The Brown Family, Under Tent 6:00 p.m. 4-H Sheep Show And Lamb Lead, Olson Arena 7:00 p.m. Pre-Registration, Backseat Driver Competition, Grandstands 7:00 p.m. The Brown Family, Under Tent 7:00 p.m. Bean Bag Tournament, Beer Garden 7:00 p.m. Kjoe Summer Fun Party Sponsored

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Assessments, At The MCMC Blue Bus - Center of Fairgrounds 4:00-5:00 p.m. U Of M Raptor Center Demonstration, Under Tent 4:00-5:00 p.m. “Hands On History” Games And Hands On Demonstrations, Near Log Cabin And Heritage Hall 4:00-8:00 p.m. Roll Over Simulator, Sponsored

By MCMC, Center of Fairgrounds 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 P.M. Murray County Ambulance Tours, Center of Fairgrounds 4:30 p.m. 4-H Llama Show In Horse Arena 5:00 p.m. Beer Garden Opens, Heritage Hall 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Fair Shuttle Offered By The Slayton Kiwanis 5:00-7:00 p.m. Free Ice Cream, Sponsored By MCMC, Near Round Barn 5:00-7:00 p.m. Free Physical Therapy & Occupational Therapy Assessments, At The MCMC Blue Bus 5:30 p.m. Registration For Open Youth Pet Show, Olson Arena 5:30 p.m. Century Farm Recognition - Under Tent 6:00 p.m. Kayla Daniels, Under Tent 6:00 p.m. Open Youth Pet Show, Olson Arena

6:30 p.m. Great Plains Tractor Pull, Grandstands - $10 Per Person, Under 6 Free 7:00 p.m. Bean Bag Tournament In The Beer Garden 7:00 p.m. Movin’ Melodies In The Beer Garden 7:30 p.m. Kayla Daniels, Under Tent Friday, Aug. 18 9:00 a.m. 4-H Beef Show, Olson Arena 10:00 a.m. 4-H Exhibit Building Opens 11:00 a.m. Open Class Exhibit Buildings Open 12:00 a.m. 4-H Poultry Show, Hoop Barn 12:00-9:00 p.m. Comm. Exhibit Buildings Open 12:00-7:00 p.m. Museum Buildings And Log Cabin Open 12:30 P.M. 4-H Fun Horse Show, Horse Arena 1:00-7:00 p.m. Visit With Doctors At The MCMC Blue Bus, Center of Fairgrounds 1:30 p.m. Kids Bean Bag Tournament, Near Heritage Hall 2:00-5:30 p.m. Free Laser Gun Simulator, Sponsored By U.S. Fish And Wildlife, Sheriff’s Booth

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Lyon County Fair runs August 9-13 Lyon County Fair 4H schedule:

Wednesday, Aug. 2 8:30 a.m. Clothing & Fashion Review judging 7 p.m. Fashion Review Thursday, Aug. 3 4 p.m. Food Review 7 p.m. Demonstrations Saturday, Aug. 5 9 a.m. Dog obedience Sunday, Aug. 6 1-4 p.m. Pre-fair clean-up (Coon Creek, Lake Marshall, Stanley, Swan Lake, Tracy) 2-5 p.m. Fair booth prep time Monday, Aug. 7 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Fair booth prep time 2-6 p.m. General project judging Tuesday, Aug. 8 8 a.m. Horse show 4 p.m. Llama show 5:30 p.m. Cloverbud rabbit/rabbit show Wednesday, Aug. 9 4 p.m. Pet show 4-6 p.m. Livestock entry and weigh-ins 5 p.m. All animals stalled Thursday, Aug. 10 8 a.m. Beef show/Cloverbud beef show Noon Cloverbud poultry/poultry show 3:30 p.m. Cloverbud goat/market goat show 6:30 p.m. Fleece/Cloverbud sheep/lamb lead/ sheep show Friday, Aug. 11 8 a.m. Cloverbud swine/swine show 1 p.m. Cloverbud dairy/dairy show 5 p.m. Dairy goat show

Saturday, Aug. 12 9 a.m. Livestock demonstrations 10 a.m. Livestock ribbon auction meeting (mandatory if participating) Noon Small animal premier showmanship 1 p.m. Large animal premier showmanship 2:30 p.m. General exhibit photos 3:30 p.m. Livestock photos 5 p.m. Claim State Fair trips 6 p.m. CHS pizza part/ribbon auction set-up Sunday, Aug. 13 11 a.m. Hospitality tent open Noon Livestock ribbon auction 3:30 p.m. State Fair meeting 6 p.m. Exhibit release Monday, Aug. 14 9 a.m. Post-fair clean-up (Amiret, Nordland, Sharshooters, Westerheim) Fair events: Wednesday, Aug. 9 All day Rolle bolle 5-7 p.m. Beer garden (happy hour, 3 for $5) 5 p.m. Carnival 5-8 p.m. Enrichment Center 5 p.m. Silly Miss Tilly Thursday, Aug. 10 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Enrichment Center 10 a.m.-8 p.m. SIlly Miss Tilly 2 p.m. Special Olympics/Disability Day 3 p.m. Carnival 4, 6, 8 p.m. BMX bikes 4 p.m. Beer garden (happy hour, 3 for $5, 5-7 p.m.)

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Murray County Fair: Carnival rides, exhibits & shows Continued from page 19

2:00 p.m. Historical Storms Weather Presentation & Discussion, Under Tent 2:00 p.m. Carnival Rides Open 4:00 p.m. 4-H Premier Showmanship, Olson Arena 4:00-8:00 p.m. Roll Over Simulator, Center of Fairgrounds 4:00-8:00 p.m. Murray County Ambulance Tours, Center of Fairgrounds 4:30-6:30 p.m. Live Music By Bruce Dysthe Near The Pork/Malt Stand 5:00-9:00 p.m. Fair Shuttle Offered By The Slayton Kiwanis 5:00 p.m. Kiddie Tractor Pull Registration Begins Near Heritage Hall 5:30 p.m. Kiddie Tractor Pull Near Heritage Hall Sponsored By Minnwest Bank 5:30 p.m. Pork Loin Supper, Near Pork Producers Stand 5:30 p.m. Wine By Painted Prairie Vineyard In Beer Garden 6:30 p.m. Free Watermelon And Seed Spitting Contest Sponsored By Williams Produce Near Tent 7:00 p.m. Jett Skrien Magician Show, Under Tent 7:00 p.m. Mylan Ray In The Beer Garden

7:00 p.m. Bean Bag Tournament In The Beer Garden 7:30-8:00 p.m. Kids Krazy Hands-On Science, 4-H Building 7:30 p.m. Stock Car Races, Grandstand

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Fishin’ in the dark has extra allure

You won’t have to wait in line to use the boat ramp. You won’t be required to fish through water skiers, people in canoes or on pontoons. You won’t have any wakes to deal with.

You can drift to your hearts content and anchor anywhere you choose. You may hear sounds from across the water, but you will never hear the sounds of people talking in a boat right next to you.

You can enjoy this fishing happiness on your favorite lake anytime you would choose. All you are required to do is go fishing in the dark.

I don’t know when or if fish sleep, but I do know we caught a lot of walleyes fishing in the dark. Sometimes the walleye bite came before midnight and we got back home in time for some sleep and work the next day. Other times, the walleyes didn’t choose to eat until 1:30 or 2:00 in the morning, so most us went directly to work when we got home.

We didn’t have depth finders to help us mark where we caught a walleye, so we used plastic 6 volt lanterns that floated for markers. Three one ounce weights attached to 20 feet of fishing line anchored our lanterns. There were times when we were drift fishing and hooked up with a walleye and by the time we brought it to the net we had almost lost sight of our floating lantern. We always had a couple more plastic lanterns in the boat so we could shine a light on the fish in the water we were attempting to net.

One night we fished for a couple of hours before the perch quit eating our nightcrawlers and we caught a walleye.

We had a brand new fish stringer along and put the fish on the stringer and tied the stringer to the boat. About 30 minutes after we caught the first fish, my partner hooked up with a really nice walleye and he called for me to get ready to net it. I shined the light in the water as I looked for the white belly and fin markings.

The wind had picked up. The stringer line was extra long. We were moving along at a good clip. I saw a white flash as the fish dove toward the bottom. My friend fought the fish back toward the surface. I saw white again. I scooped.

I declared: “I got it!” At this point my partner informed me that he was still fighting the walleye and I had netted the fish that was on the stringer! Fishing at night brings its own set of challenges.

Night fishing can be a relaxing experience. We would check out the constellations of stars. Sometimes we would debate which star was the North Star. On one clear night, we noticed that what we thought was a star seemed to be moving. As we watched it, it just disappeared but later we saw it moving again. Later we were informed that the star we saw moving in the night was an earth satellite. There were times when we were fishing in the dark when we could smell the cigars that guys were smoking on the other side of the lake. All we would see was a red dot in the dark and then the tobacco smell would arrive.

In the old days we would mark our fishing spots by using features on land as known points. A radio tower, a silo, a lake cabin with a copper top, a water tower or a windmill. One of my favorite fishing spots was straight out in front of a cabin that had been added on to 3

Fishing Tips Joe LeTendre tells his fishing tales to audiences statewide.

times and had three different height roofs. When a person is fishing in the dark, often times you can no longer see your landmarks, and that makes life very interesting. And when the cabin people go to bed and turn off their house lights, a person on the lake can feel very alone.

When fishing in the dark, it is best to put your boat in the water at a place that has a night light that is on all night. On one night trip, we put our boat in at a private guy’s landing. He told us we could use it anytime, and we did. His landing led to a path that had been cut through about a half a block of bullrushes. Bullrushes that stood at least 6 feet out of the water.

When a very successful night of fishing came to an end at about midnight, we

Fishing at dusk is a special time. (Photo by Anders Wideskott on Unsplash.com)

headed back to our boat landing in the bullrushes. Both my fishing partner and I were very sure of where the cut through the bullrushes was located. The moon was shining brightly so we thought we knew where we were headed. Finally my fishing buddy said: “We gotta be close. Turn on the light so we can see where we are.” I shined the light in every direction and discovered we were surrounded by bullrushes and couldn’t

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see anything. When we finally found shore we realized we were only about 5 cabin lots down from where we had put in, and we wouldn’t have known that if we hadn’t been driving a white Oldsmobile station wagon that we could see in the moonlight.

For a new fishing experience and some fishing success in these late summer months, try some fishing in the dark in your favorite water.

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2 Deer Path Lake Shetek Amazing year round 5 Bd 3+ Ba lake property. Lake frontage on both Shetek and Bloody. 3 acre prime lot with over 200’ of shoreline .View of the water from every window in home. 3 car tuck under garage plus large workshop in 4th garage and 3 out buildings . 2 decks, balcony, 2 patios. This is a rare opportunity on Lake Shetek. A MUST SEE lot and home. $489,900 MLS#6027145

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Campground permit, outside bar, cement patio, large upper deck, outside stage. Sale includes business, facilities, equipment/fixtures, liquor licenses for on/off, Sunday liquor and Sunday off for (3.2). Barn remodeled with the best of engineering, total of 8,124 sq. ft. – main level includes dining, bar, bathrooms, dance floor and exit to outside bar/ patio. Upper level is a beautiful setting for wedding receptions with full bar, bathrooms and exit to large outside deck. Geo thermal heating/cooling. Equipment/fixtures list and additional information available. $550,000 MLS 6025816

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Move in ready 2BR 1.25 baths with dbl. attached garage. Fireplace. Some appliances included. Newer furnace, shingles and water heater. Dock is also included.

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