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SPEND A DAY WITH PAUL AND BABE!

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Features 18 Fly-fishing

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Bob Wagner shows different types of flies while he shares his enthusiasm for fly-tying and fly-fishing.

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Summer at the Speedway

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Heirloom tomatoes

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Pedaling Ninjas

Bemidji Speedway owner, Tonja Stranger, wants to keep the track focused on family oriented entertainment.

Donna Schlueter talks tomatoes with an heirloom that rooted in Bemidji.

The local cycling group meets on Thursdays to enjoy cycling in a relaxed atmosphere.

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Into & over Paul and Babe Powwows Summer festivals in style Color runs Playhouse picks Chattin’ with Dennis Food, crafts, reading Building your miles Where is it?

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Kathy

Kathy Faver is into golfing, boating, fishing and gardening and over snow.

We found people on the streets of downtown Bemidji and in Diamond Point Park to ask them what they are into and what they’re over.

Naomi

Naomi Shindelar is into spending time walking downtown, visiting local shops and baking. She is over construction season, not having air conditioning in her apartment and the heat.

Darrel

Darrel Johnson is into his retirement and over the University of North Dakota not winning the Frozen Four and also the presidential elections.

Mandi, Milo, Claire & Calvin Mandi Manteufel-Underwood is into food sustainability and said she is over having a money-hungry, corrupt government.

Katie

Katie Olson, left, is into running and over school.

Reed

Reed Olson is into the sunshine that summer brings but over the “lame day� they were having at Wild Hare.

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Jaime

Jaime Vansickle, right, is into being outside and over sports television shows.

Mike

Mike Full is visiting from Oregon and is feeling into his retirement, dark craft beer, sunsets and reading about the old Texas rangers. He is over social media and seeing stories about Adrian Peterson.

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Paul Babe A day with

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As soon as the sun comes out and the temperature warms up, Paul and Babe become quite popular in Bemidji. Spending just a few hours in the shadow of the statues, we were able to chat with visitors from across the country and listen to the stories of what brought them to Bemidji.

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Jayne Houland, of Duluth, and Katherine Covey, of San Francisco, stopped for a quick picture as they were traveling through town on the way to a family reunion.

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Colli Lawyer, of Kansas City, Kans., who remembers visiting Paul and Babe while she was growing up, poses for a photo with her two daughters, Jordan and Sidney.

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Troy Thompson, Amanda Gessell and Kristen Krsiean, all from St. Cloud, were enjoying taking different pictures with the two statues.

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Paul and Babe had 7,999 visitors sign the guest book and 25,061 walk-in visitors.

Data courtesy Tourist Information Center All data from 2014

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by Paul and Babe for a quick photo on his way back to Grand Forks, N.D.

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Rita Reinecker, on right, and Suzanne Fibelstad have been friends for 40 years.

Bemidji marks the halfway point from their hometowns of Minneapolis and Minot, N.D. The two were having a reunion in Bemidji and couldn’t pass up a photo opportunity with Paul and Babe.

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In the month of August, each state was represented by at least one visitor each. There also were visitors from 29 countries and eight Canadian provinces.

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Texas was the only state, other than Minnesota, to have a visitor every month of 2014.

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Julie Murphy and Pete Verstraete, a married couple from Eagan, had asked a friendly bypasser to snap their photo with the dynamic duo of Paul and Babe.

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The Lardas from Charlotte, Iowa, smile as grandma takes a family photo. Michelle Larda is holding Adelaide as Gabe holds hands with his dad, Jason.

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A group of Boy Scouts from Castle Rock, Colo., stopped and each took their turn for a photo with the lumberjack and the blue ox. The boys were traveling home from a trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

Construction to expand and enhance Paul Bunyan Park is underway now.

Access to the iconic Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox will be open for the summer but there may be times during construction when visitors won’t be able to get up close.

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POWWOWS

What is a powwow?

Anton Treuer Reprinted from Anton Treuer’s Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask, published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press in 2012.

Treuer is a BSU faculty member.

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The word powwow is actually derived from a term for spiritual leader in the Narragansett and Massachusett languages but was later misapplied to many types of ceremonial and secular events.

Although Ojibwe drum ceremonies and traditional Dakota wacipi dances sometimes are referred to as powwows, today’s events are commonly secular, not ceremonial, and are widely practiced all over North America.

Powwows can last anywhere from one to

three days and they are open to people of all tribes, genders, ages and races.

Powwows offer safe, sober environments that bring communities together and usually involve people of all ages, making them a healthy social option.

Different styles of men’s dance: • The “men’s traditional” style, which typically includes a feather bustle worn on the back and a feathered roach, dog soldier hat, or headdress, is one of the oldest and

most common.

• Another common men’s dance is the “grass dance,” which was originally a distinct style used only in the Omaha Grass Dance Society. It spread to other tribes and became very popular in the 1970s and remains so today.

• Men’s “fancy dance” is a derivation of the older traditional style.

It incorporates many elements of traditional regalia, but usually with bright colors and double bustles that are not always made of eagle feathers.

The dances display rapid footwork and even

gymnastic moves, spinning, cartwheeling and jumping.

“Fancy dance” is practiced more often at competition powwows than traditional ones.

There are other styles of men’s dance as well, most of which involved mimicking the actions or motions of birds or animals. There are also many variations in styles of beadwork.

The eastern Great Lakes often use more floral designs, while the western Great Lakes and Plains tribes often favor more geometric patterns, but dancers are free to create whatever they wish.

Different styles of women’s dance: • The “women’s traditional” dance has many variations in regalia. Southern Plains style often incorporate elk teeth as evidence of the hunting skill of a woman’s mate.

Western tribes sometimes make use of the cowry shell, although that item has relegation significance for many Great Lakes tribes and is less common there.

Typically, the outfits incorporate elaborate beadwork and very long fringe, and gentle dance motions rock the fringe back and forth.

• The women’s “jingle dress” style involves a long, tight dress covered in numerous jingles, often constructed from snuff can lids or other metal. The jingle dress style evolved from an Ojibwe man’s dream of the dress around the time of World War I. The jingle part of the regalia was believed to have healing power.

• The women’s “fancy shawl” is the other popular form of female dance. The attire involves a colorful dress and shawl. The dancer spins and moves her arms to mimic the actions of a butterfly coming out of its cocoon and flitting about the arena.

Visitors are not required to give gifts at powwows, where it is the host community’s responsibility to show generosity to others.

Toward the end of the powwow, the host community usually sponsors a giveaway, during which they make large piles of blankets and other goods and distribute them to dancers, helpers or spectators.

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SUMMERFESTIVALS

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Bemidji Area • Park Rapids Area • Walker Area

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Moondance Jammin Country Fest | Walker

Bemidji Book Festival

Hubbard County Relay for Life | Park Rapids

Waa Wiye Gaa Maag (Round Lake) 12th Traditional Pow Wow | Squaw Lake

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Kraus-Anderson Walleye Classic | Bemidji

• Emmaville Annual Centennial Celebration | Games for kids, rhubarb pie contest and live music

• Bike Bemidji Loop the Lake Festival

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Bark for Life | Bemidji Enjoy the K-9 unit demo, doggie games and a walk with your dog.

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Paul Bunyan Days | Akeley

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Sweetheart Days | Hackensack

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Food, rides and games

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Fourth of July Traditional Pow Wow | Cass Lake

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Fourth of July | Laporte

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• Relay for Life of Beltrami County | Bemidji • Art in the Park | Bagley

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Art in the Park | Bemidji

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33rd Annual Car Show | Bemidji

Cass Lake Summer Fest

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Blackduck Woodcarvers Festival

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Lake Bemidji Dragon Boat Festival

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Beltrami County Fair | Bemidji

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Legends & Logging Days | Park Rapids Lumberjack show, kids events and more

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in style TODAY’S SPIN ON THE 60S The bees are buzzing. The birds are singing. The sun is finally shining in Bemidji. Time to shed our wool layers and find our summer style again. Each year trends come and go but it seems like the 1960s never fully leaves us.

Maybe it’s Bemidji’s beautiful landscape that inspires earthy colors, our rich art community, or maybe we are all just a little bit “hippie” inside. The inMagazine team stopped into local downtown businesses to find some common trends with this look. So if you are the ultimate free spirit, use them all or start slow and incorporate one trend into a typical outfit.

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‘It’s a fun thing to do’ Bemidji man reflects on fly-fishing and fly-tying Story and photos by

Maggi Stivers staff writer

Bob Wagner has been fishing all of his life, but 15 years ago a Christmas gift changed everything he knew about it. His son gave him a fly-rod knowing his dad always wanted to fish for steelhead trout on the North Shore.

“It was designed to catch bigger fish such as steelhead,” Wagner explained.

About the same time, Wagner began to learn how to tie his own flies.

“The term fly is misleading, it could be called frog-tying, mouse-tying or fish-tying. Most of these flies that we tie represent fish,” he said.

Each fly has a specific purpose and are used to hopefully catch a specific fish.

Making your own fly ties allows an angler the ability to create exactly what he wants.

“If you want to make a pike fly that rattles and is weedless, you can do it,” Wagner said.

The patterns and variations of fly ties are endless.

There are always more to learn and several ways to complete them.

“I’ve got a small library but there’s all kinds of resources: magazines, books, videos and tons of stuff on the Internet,” Wagner said.

Wagner, like most fly fishers, ties most of his flies during the winter because the summers are spent in the water. He spends between six and eight hours each week tying in the winter. Wagner enjoys the art of fly-tying but also the satisfaction that comes later.

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you’re going to be able to use and catch a fish, and it’s a little extra treat, you might say, when you catch a fish with a fly that you’ve tied,” he said.

He dismissed a common misconception that fly-fishing can only be done in certain bodies of water or in chasing a specific type of fish.

“You can fly-fish in any water for any fish,” Wagner said.

Wagner serves as president of the local chapter of Trout Unlimited, which hosts fly-tying classes during the winter months. At the last session of the year, there were 96 participants: 23 of them new to fly-tying and 13 females.

Types of Flies Dahlberg Divers Used to catch large bass and northern pike.

Wooly Bugger Used widely to catch free water and saltwater game fish.

Poppers Yellow is used to target bass, while the smaller one is used for sunfish and crappies.

Typical Case of Flies Flies represent insects and blood worms in the water.

Used for catching bigger fish in general such as pike, bass, muskies, big walleye. Orange represents sun fish or perch and the white one represents large shiner or minnow.

This fly is typically used to catch muskies and big pike.

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SUMMER

BEMIDJI S

BY KRISTOPHER LODES, STAFF WRITER | PHOTOGRAPHY BY JILLIAN GANDSEY From October until May the Bemidji Speedway looks like a ghost town.

The signs are still up, some are on the dusty wooden ground waiting for the day to be propped back up and restored to its rightful position.

But, once the end of May rolls around, the Bemidji Speedway is open for business thanks to the help of volunteers who give their time and efforts to see the track running.

“We wouldn’t be here without the people who help and donate their time and don’t get paid,” said owner Tonja Stranger. “It’s a lot of work, but for the people who come out and help and race, I wouldn’t be open if not for them.

People are so willing to do things out here, we know a lot of the right people.”

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Speedway for 15 years now and they base the business on family oriented entertainment.

Stranger and her step brother Randy Hayes, along with their mother Idella, have been around the track their whole lives. It is a part of their family and they want it to be a part of the families in the area as well.

“Bemidji is Minnesota Nice,” Stranger said. “We aren’t fancy and people accept that. We are one of the poorest counties in Minnesota, but you get a family with a $100 they’ll spend it all here.”

A lot of that money will go to what Stranger called the Chicken Shack.

Families who live around the track will come on Sundays and not step foot into the grandstands, but order some deep fried chicken and take it home.

“That’s what everybody tells us, they come here to eat,”

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SPEEDWAY Hayes said. “Usually you go to a race track and it’s hot dogs and nachos, we have deep friers and real chicken.

Basically anything you can throw in a frier. Cheese curds are No. 1, people come here and say they don’t care about the race, just came to eat.”

Getting the families to the speedway is the main target for Stranger and her family.

Races are on Sundays and the speedway does sell beer without many problems.

But, if someone has too many and starts causing a scene, they won’t be sticking around for long.

“We really strive for family entertainment,” Stranger said. “Randy has kicked a couple of people out of here.

He has gone up to people and told them, ‘if you use the F-word or you have used it too much, then you’re out’ and we don’t put up with that because it’s family

oriented.”

A reason for that is the sport of racing itself.

Stranger noted that the sport of racing is on a decline and the only way to help is to get kids more involved and excited to go to the track.

No family is going to take their kids to a track where people are cursing and acting out.

“You have the parents bring the kids out, and it’s a bad night with someone swearing or throwing stuff and acting like a moron, they’ll say why go there,” Hayes said.

“They’ll just go to the bowling alley or go fishing instead, so we can’t have that stuff.”

Even the drivers have a family oriented camaraderie.

Yes, there will be wrecks every now and then like you’ll see at any level of racing, but instead of holding grudges the drivers will ask how they can help each other repair Summer 2015

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Everybody helps everybody.

Somebody hits, it’s not on purpose and if they do, they’ll apologize and ask how they can help you.

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and get back on the track next week.

“We’re proud of what we have,” Stranger said.

“Everybody helps everybody. Somebody hits, it’s not on purpose and if they do, they’ll apologize and ask how they can help you.”

That hasn’t always been the case for Stranger.

She used to race in Buffalo River before owning the Bemidji Speedway and she dominated the track.

“The guys couldn’t handle it,” she said. “It was really intimidating because then they try and take you out. But now, they don’t.”

Stranger is in her fifth year now driving a Modified Four car and she hasn’t had the same success she did 20-orso years ago when driving in Buffalo River.

But she’s OK with that. She has finished in the top-5 in the WISSOTA (which is the circuit the Bemidji Speedway races under which is combination of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Dakota) points standings, but has never won.

She believes that it could be for the best she doesn’t win as a promoter because maybe it’ll keep other racers coming back.

“I’ve won three heats in three years, but never won a feature,” she said. “My ego got hurt, but being an owner I don’t drive as aggressive as I can. I don’t want to be the promoter who takes somebody out and have them get mad and not come back.”

If she did get the feature win however, you’d know from the fans reaction at the Bemidji Speedway.

Those regulars who come know who is driving No. 97 and they want to see her succeed.

“I know the stands are going to go nuts,” Stranger said. “If it happens, it happens. A heat win to me is just as important as a feature, I just do it to have fun.”

That’s what all the racers are doing when it comes down to it.

They are racing to have fun, they are certainly not doing it for the paycheck, they are doing it because they love to race.

“If I win the feature I win $150,” Stranger said. “The people we have racing dedicate so much time and 95 percent of them bring their families. We just have to keep the sport growing.”

On the weekend of September 26th and 27th the track will put on the 36th annual Paul Bunyan Stampede.

That is the biggest weekend for the track and also the final weekend and the speedway is filled with cars and campers.

“That race, you’ve got to come out,” Stranger said.

“We’ll have a 100 campers out here. That’s the finale and the national points leaders are running for more points.

Last year was standing room only.”

After that race on Sunday and the sold-out crowd leaves the speedway, the track returns to its ghost town like status until May comes around and the season starts all over.

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PLAYHOUSE Picks Laurie’s

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memorable plays: 1. Forever Plaid, 2011 2. Dracula, 2010

By Laurie Swenson special to inMagazine I’ve always liked plays, but they seemed like a special-occasion activity. Bemidji changed that for me, starting with the Paul Bunyan Playhouse, a two-block walk down the alley from my apartment at the time on America Avenue.

I’d seen a couple of Playhouse plays before 2010, when I decided that working nights didn’t have to stop me. I was a reporter/copy editor for the Bemidji Pioneer from 2004 until I left Bemidji in 2013, and Wednesday was my slow day, so I started taking work breaks for opening nights.

Since 2010, I’ve seen all the Playhouse plays except one, as well as virtually every other play in Bemidji.

Between Bemidji’s vibrant theater scene and the Minnesota Fringe Festival in Minneapolis, in which my friend Ben San Del has a show almost every year, live theater became my favorite activity. It’s amazing to see real people transformed on stage right in front of my second-row seat.

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3. The Boys Next Door, 2010 4. Gypsy, 2010 5. The Full Monty, 2011

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Forever Plaid, 2011:

A spot-on ensemble, visually stunning, with wonderful music and four guys who worked together beautifully.

Daniel Lundin’s transformation from paralyzing stage fright to over-the-top crooning in his rendition of “Cry” is probably my favorite Playhouse scene. You start out laughing at poor Jinx and end up blown away by how he brings it home. I’ve watched many YouTube videos of this, but have never seen a version that captures the full range that Daniel did. If I could have a video of any stage song, it would be this.

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Kevin Cease

“One of my most poignant memories of the PBP came in a role of a very crabby boss, Warnock Waldgrave, in a play called “The Nerd” in June of 2005. It was a physical role in which cottage cheese was dumped on me in the second act. My ‘cottage cheese coat’ was very rank toward the end of the run.

Other actors really didn’t like being near me when I had it on.

Patt Rall “Drawer Boy (2006) ... still haunts me,” with an excellent performance by Dale Pfeilsticker as Angus. “Second choice is “The Boys Next Door” (2010) – just went to see it again in Grand Forks. Same powerful message, but Zach Curtis still holds best actor for me in that play.”

“One of the greatest benefits of PBP productions are the relationships with cast and crew that are developed during plays; some endure for a lifetime. It was during this play that I met (a then 9-year-old) Wil Hart, who played the role of my son. I loved being his ‘Dad’ so much that our friendship has continued, and I am proud to call him my son to this day!”

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Ryan Parker Knox “As we were beginning to rehearse “The Music Man” in 2008, Zach announced the following season to the company and turned to me sitting across the room and said, “The Who’s: Tommy.” Knox starred as Tommy in the play.

“From the day of our first music rehearsal in spring 2009 at Jake Endres’ house in St Paul (where I first met my now dear friend Paul Coate, who played my father, Captain Walker, even though we’re the same age) to the final bow of the final performance, there was a

camaraderie throughout the entire process.

One of those true collaborative experiences during which everyone had the same goal in mind and backed each other up. Everyone from the leads to the young actors to the crew to the band were all about rocking the faces off of the Bemidji audiences. Without a doubt, one of the top three stage experiences of my whole career. Coming to rehearsal was exciting every single day. We couldn’t wait until the finished product was ready but none of us wanted it to end.”

Mike Tangen “Shannon and I were excited to see a brandnew play, ‘The Drawer Boy,’ set in a Canadian farmstead,” starring Bob Malos, Dale Pfeilsticker and Josh Jabas. Unfortunately, Tangen and his wife would be away for the entire run, but Artistic Director Zach Curtis

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let them see a run-through at the Black Box Theatre at Bemidji State University. “It was a powerful and moving production. ... It still remains one of my all-time grand theater experiences, even though it didn’t take place at the historic Chief Theater.”

Chattin’ with Dennis Zach Curtis is in his ninth and final season as artistic director for Bemidji’s Paul Bunyan Playhouse, which is celebrating 65 seasons of professional summer theater this year. Curtis, who lives in the Twin Cities, is an accomplished actor and director who looks forward to his summer visits to the north country. We wanted to know more about Zach. in: If you had to choose, would you rather be a director or an actor?

ZC: That’s just always the most difficult question.

People ask which I prefer, and I usually say “Whichever I’m doing at the moment.” And that’s pretty true. Actually, I don’t know if I could do one without the other. I learn so much from both, and about both whenever I’m working. Although, since my acting pays for my health insurance, the very pragmatic answer would be acting. in: Give us just one of your favorite moments or productions from your eight years at the Paul Bunyan Playhouse?

ZC: There were quite a few exchanges between Ari Hoptman and myself in “The Odd Couple” that are among my favorite theater moments ever. The thrill of holding for a couple of laughs that went on so long that they almost became absurd, and the satisfaction of knowing the audience in front of you is completely lost in this silly world you’ve created – that’s what it’s all about. And that’s a play that is done to death, but it shows you that with the right company and the right audience, it can be magic. in: What is the most important play you have directed (or performed in) at the Playhouse?

ZC: I think it would have to be “The Full Monty.”

I know going into the season there was some trepidation about the content, as it pushed a lot of boundaries for the audience. Also, the ending was exactly what the title said – would the audience be ready for it? But that’s the thing I’ve learned in the last decade: never underestimate the power of a great story that really connects to the people watching. Other theaters in the country have seen complaints and boycotts for that show, and instead we had screaming and shouting and cheers and standing ovations for the whole run. It really made people happy. in: How about the most challenging?

ZC: Without question, “The Who’s Tommy.”

It’s the only show in my tenure where the first time we ran the entire show from top to bottom without stopping was the opening-night performance in front of 300 people. We had a sixpiece rock band, 18 actors with microphones, video, slides, neon and strobe lights, fog … and we did it, as always, in nine days. It was just an incredible example of how much hard work goes into each show. And it was one of the highlights of my entire theater career. Opening night, watching curtain call, I was in tears – partially from the thrill of getting that amazing work to the stage, and partially from just utter exhaustion. in: What do you think professional theater means to the Bemidji community?

ZC: What has always impressed me about Bemidji is the absolute passion that people have for the arts – not just theater, but music and writing, visual arts and textiles, you name it. There’s such a pride in what comes out of this city, and it pushes us to do the absolute best work we can at the Playhouse. Artists who work here (and have worked at numerous professional theaters around the state and country) continually comment on the fervor with which the audiences engage the work. There’s a real sense of ownership – “This is our theater. This is part of our great city.” They are invigorated by what they see, and they seek to share it with anyone who comes here, and that in turn fuels the artists, and we keep challenging each other, and from it we get these beautiful shared moments of joy.

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HEIRLOOM HERITAGE AT HOME IN BEMIDJI How a small town tomato gained national recognition by

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Heritage gardens have become the new hype in botanical circles. Although the practice has been around since, well, the first seed was harvested, many are unaware of how close to home the vines reach.

One heritage fruit has sprouted roots in Bemidji and grown to national fame.

Donna Schlueter’s happenchance introduction to an heirloom tomato occurred when her late husband Ron’s mother gave her a tomato plant at a family reunion in Illinois.

Donna and Ron attended high school together in West Chicago, reunited years later and settled in Bemidji in the 1970s.

Donna, a self-taught gardener with a little greenhouse perched on her property, planted the fruit and was amazed at the tomato’s taste.

“Heirloom tomatoes just taste better than hybrids,” Schlueter said.

The tomato is similar to another heirloom tomato, the Opalka, but with some different characteristics, she said. Her tomato, Schlueter’s Paste, ripens to the top, has few seeds and grows into a five- to six-inch pepper shape.

Although the leaves look like they are wilting, the plant has a high yield.

“They really do pump out a lot of tomatoes. They’re not an early tomato but you do get plenty of ripe ones this far north,” Schlueter said.

While Schlueter no longer has seeds to share, she used to share extra plants with people in the Bemidji area. In 2016, she is going to plant a crop from 5-year-old seeds, however, the longer seeds are out of the ground the less the plant will germinate and produce plants.

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The large tomato was branded Schlueter’s Paste because its meaty insides make it ideal for salsa and pasta sauces, Schlueter said.

“We just never knew what to call them,” Schlueter said.

“I’m sure some plant geneticist could tell you what they are, but we just called them ‘Schlueter’s Paste’ because they came from Europe from the Schlueter family.”

Rumor has it Schlueter’s Paste emigrated to the United States in the 1800s. Donna, of Polish descent, said Ron was German and Dutch.

“Whether they came from Germany, I have no idea,” Schlueter said. “Things get lost in translation over the years.”

Schlueter said it is important for people to keep an accurate record because if a person doesn’t know the name of a plant strain, the name could change along the way.

Schlueter’s plant prophecy came true when Schlueter’s Paste seeds traveled out of Bemidji. Scott Weisnicht of Waupun, Wis., received seeds from Schlueter in 2002.

The two participated in the Seed Savers Exchange, an organization that preserves heirloom seeds and heritage gardens.

“I am interested in preserving the history of this tomato,” Weisnicht said. “It has gained a national reputation.”

Weisnicht planted Schlueter’s tomato seeds in 2003. He was surprised at how good the tomato tasted and how well it grew in a cool summer. Weisnicht presented the seeds from his crop to Seed Savers as “Weisnicht’s Ukrainian” since he said he didn’t know the official name.

Weisnicht’s seeds then were picked up by Fedco Seeds in Maine, he said. Since 2004, the seeds have been featured in seed catalogs in the U.S. and Canada and have been mentioned in cookbooks as Weisnicht’s Ukranian.

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Better flavor:

Often heirloom vegetables are defined by plants that have originated before a specific date, between 1940 and 1951, but a widely accepted definition of a heirloom is that the plant is open-pollinated and was grown in an earlier era.

Heirlooms vegetables are described as the better tasting crops in comparison to hybrids, which have been bred with properties that improve disease resistance instead of flavor.

Other names:

Biogenetic Diversity:

Heirloom plants are also referred to as farmers’ varieties or traditional varieties.

Plant species have been dying out at an alarming rate. Those who plant heirloom vegetables and save the seeds, are working to ensure that plants will not become extinct.

Lower cost:

The seeds:

Saving seeds each year prevents having to spend money on new seeds each season.

Heirloom seeds can also be used in relation to flower crops, which are known to produce better smells in relation to the better taste of heirloom vegetables.

Benefits to growing heirloom vegetables

Frugality: Growing heirlooms is a more frugal way to have a garden. Annually a gardener can grow the crop, harvest it, save the seeds and store them for next year. With any extra seeds, you can become involved in a seed exchange with other heirloom gardeners. information from organicgardening.about.com

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A group of experts in the centuries-old art of bicycling aim to introduce people to the pastime.

They call themselves “the Pedaling Ninjas,” and each Thursday evening in the warm months of the year they gather in Bemidji to ride together with people new to biking.

Natalie Gille, whose day job is with the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota, founded the group in 2013 to give beginners and those interested in a more relaxed atmosphere a chance to enjoy biking.

“We’re not necessarily the racer crowd,” she said. “(We) just wanted to be able to explore around Lake Bemidji, see birds, look across the lake… really enjoy nature at a casual pace, and get together with friends.”

The first year only saw several people participate

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in each ride, but the introduction of the Nice Ride bikeshare last year helped invigorate the casual crowd to participate in Pedaling Ninjas rides, Gille said.

“Nice Ride really helped that group grow,” she said.

Diane Pittman, another Ninja, described the relaxed atmosphere the rides take: the location and duration will change depending on what the group is feeling like at the moment, but the riders usually meet at Paul and Babe and typically go for about an hour at a leisurely pace before stopping for drinks at Bemidji Brewing or some ice cream at Big River Scoop.

“The idea is, we’re not trying to break any records, we’re just trying to get out and really enjoy the trails, enjoy the weather, enjoy each other,” she said. “Just get out and move, and enjoy biking.”

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The idea is, we’re not trying to break any records, we’re just trying to get out and really enjoy the trails, enjoy the weather, enjoy each other.

Nice Ride has partnered with the health clinic Pittman runs, True North Health Care, for a program called “Wheel Being” (a pun on “well being”). Physicians and other healthcare professionals will essentially be able to prescribe a bicycle for patients who need more physical activity.

The patients receive free Nice Ride bike rental from May to October, and they pledge to ride the bike at least twice a week and at least four social rides such as Pedaling Ninja events during the summer.

Pittman hopes to have 20 people prescribed bikes, she said.

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Minnesota, although it was successfully piloted last year in the Twin Cities, Pittman said.

It could be a bit more difficult to find a group like Pedaling Ninjas outside of the state lines.

Transplants to Bemidji from Las Vegas, Mindy and Craig Clark began bicycling with the group this spring.

The pair experienced some positive culture shock because of the vast difference between bike culture in Nevada and Minnesota, Mindy said. It’s all too common for Las Vegas bikers to be injured and killed by reckless drivers, she said, but in Minnesota, there are a wealth of

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bike trails where riders can pedal in peace.

“It’s shocking,” she said of the Bemidji atmosphere.

“It’s so neat to be able to ride knowing that if you obey the rules and stay alert, you’re pretty safe.”

The great variety of people who number among Pedaling Ninjas has helped the Clarks meet new people in their new home, she said. They’ve met young and old, professors and small business owners united by their mutual bond with the sport.

“It’s just been fantastic to meet so many different people in the community that all love to bike,” she said.

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BUILDING YOUR MILES The weather’s beautiful. Your bike is out of winter storage and you’re enjoying rides around the neighborhood. Trails are beckoning. How do you go from being a casual rider to the joy and adventure of pedaling longer distances? It’s easy and fun to build your miles.

Good for your health too! Here’s how.

First, make sure your bicycle fits. When your leg is at full down stroke you should have a very slight bend in your knee but it should not lock. Your hands should rest comfortably on your handlebars without supporting much upper body weight. There should not be too much stretch in your back. Make sure the padding on your seat matches up with your sit bones and there is not too much padding in the front part of the saddle. Any of these can make you very uncomfortable very fast. Consult a bike expert if you are having trouble.

Prepare well for every ride. Dress in comfortable clothes that won’t chaff. Layers appropriate to the season and a light wind/rain jacket will give you lots of options if the weather changes. Learn how to fix a flat and carry a small repair kit, it’s easy and will give you confidence as you venture farther from home. Check tire pressure and chain lubrication. If your bike hasn’t had maintenance for a while, take it to a pro. Make sure you have a way to carry water and food, your cell phone, camera, sunscreen, etc. And don’t forget your helmet!

Start with a ride of an hour or so, for most people this is about 10 miles. If you are sore afterward give yourself a day rest day and do a shorter ride the day after. Most discomfort should improve with conditioning.

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gloves. If your knees get sore try riding in a lower (easier) gear and pedal fast instead of hard.

When I’m building miles, each week I do threefive short rides and one long one, adding 5-10 miles of distance to the long ride weekly. During longer rides, plan to get off the bike and stretch from time to time.

Drink plenty of water and eat real food. Except in very extreme conditions there is no need for electrolyte drinks like Gatorade or energy bars.

Now you are off. Ride around Lake Bemidji (17 miles), the Migizii Trail in Cass Lake (14 miles), or an out and back to Guthrie on the Paul Bunyan Trail (23 miles). A trip to Walker is 30 miles, Park Rapids, 60 miles, all on paved trail. Why not stay overnight and come back the next day? Or for a challenge take the 80 mile loop of Bemidji-Cass Lake-Walker.

Set a goal for one of our regional bike events.

The Loop the Lake Festival on June 20 is right here in Bemidji; Yikes Bikes out of Walker July 11 offers distances of 18, 40, and 60 miles, and the Headwaters 100 in Park Rapids offers shorter distances as well as the ultimate 100 miles (a century!). As you fall in love with distance cycling you’ll be tempted by multi-day events like The Ride Across Minnesota, 300 miles in five days! There is no shortage of opportunities. Get out and do it! The doctor says “Take two wheels and join me for a bike ride!”

Diane Pittman M.D, of True North Health Care, is an avid cyclist, and encourages cycling for health, recreation, and transportation.

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1. Mural on back of building of Headwaters School of Music & the Arts; 2. Bemidji Federal Building; 3. Sign at the Headwaters School of Music & the Arts; 4. Mural on the side of the Wild Hare Bistro & Coffee House building; 5. Mural inside the patio of Cantabria Coffee Co.; 6. Sculpture across the street from Raphael’s Bakery; 7. Tutto Bene sign; 8. Building on Third Street in downtown Bemidji.

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