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School resource officer starts in Cavalier County

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By Sarah Hinnenkamp

On Monday, April 24, Cavalier County Sheriff’s Deputy Gabe Johnston added school resource officer to his current duties. This is a new position created from a partnership between law enforcement and school districts in the county. Johnston started his first day off at the elementary school around 7:45 a.m., greeting students as they arrived at school. After that he went to the high school and visited with students during breakfast. He expects it will take a little time to get the feel of the position and get the schedule ironed out.

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Area schools, having spent time teaching hour-long sessions on bullying, drugs, and alcohol when requested by the District. Johnston has an office at Langdon Area High School and will meet with school administrators each Tuesday to see how the position is going and where potential adjustments need to be made. Johnston will also spend time at St. Alphonsus School and Munich Public School.

“We’ll play it week by week,” Johnston said. “Other than that, I’ll walk the halls, talk to the kids, pop into the classrooms. I’ll be around there in the morning, lunch, and when the kids leave. I will also be attending a lot of athletic events and hanging around and being present.”

“I’m excited to start out with it,” Johnston said. “ I’ve been doing the school stuff for a while now, but this will give me the opportunity to get into the school and work with them Johnston’s goal is to help create a more. I have a good relationship sense of safety and have working relationships with school staff with the kids.”

Johnston is a familiar face in Langdon

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“Just being present, I think a lot of kids will come to me that they might usually not want to talk to law enforcement,” Johnston said. “They will be more comfortable knowing who I am and knowing that law enforcement is here to help.”

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Johnston will step in if there’s a crime happening in one of the schools, but as far as regular classroom management, he says he’ll yield to

the teachers.

Johnston grew up in Langdon and has been a deputy in Cavalier County for 10 years; prior to that, he was a Grand Forks County correctional officer for three and a half years.

The school resource officer is not a full-time position, as Johnston is also responsible for handling jail transports for the court.

Walhalla and Neche work together seeking to change border crossing hours The petition requests any remaining pandemic restrictions to be lifted at the ports to allow businesses and farms to resume being efficient and allow family ties that cross the international border to be renewed. The petition further claims the border restrictions during and after the pandemic have been “profoundly negative” for the northeast corner of the state.

Photos by Melanie Thornberg.

Petitions have recently been circulated in the border towns of Walhalla and Neche in an effort to return port of entry hours to what they were before COVID. The towns are five miles and one mile from the U.S.-Canada border, respectively. Many feel a return to normal operational hours on a permanent basis is a necessity.

“We miss a lot of that business on Main Street, Walhalla or at the campground. When they’re down here they always fill their gas tanks and eat supper. When you multiply it, it adds up to a lot, and we just need to get it open,” said Leroy Carpenter, a member of the Walhalla City Council.

Currently the American side of the border closes at 6 p.m. at Walhalla and 4 p.m. at Neche, rather than the 10 p.m. pre-COVID closure time. Both

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The Walhalla Area Chamber of Commerce and Carpenter spearheaded the project initially with help from the Walhalla Park Board and Walhalla City Council. Rebecca Davis, executive director of the Walhalla Area Chamber of Commerce, said it was a group effort, with Carpenter taking it and running with it.

Leaders from both communities have joined together to form a singular petition with a letter they plan to send to the state’s elected leaders including Representative Kelly Armstrong, Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer, Gov. Doug Burgum, as well as Area Port Director Christopher Mission, to request a permanent return to pre-pandemic hours.

“Leroy was the one that sent us a copy of the letter that the city of Walhalla is sending, and it’s something that we’re totally on board with,” said Stuart Symington, mayor of Neche.

“Mainly because it’s done significant damage to our towns and business around here - there are a lot of parcel businesses and fuel businesses affected. There was just a lot more traffic that came down.”

Prior to the petition, leaders from the area called offices of North Dakota’s congressional delegation, asking that the port of entry hours return to preCOVID hours.

Symington is in his second term as mayor and also serves as Neche’s fire chief.

“The secretaries are real nice, but no one is doing anything to change this,” Carpenter said.

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there have been people who say that it will never go back to normal. That’s the biggest worry.”

They can’t even come over here for supper,” he said. “I guess we’ll see what happens.”

Petitions were available to sign around the towns, including at the Walhalla Co-Op. General manager Floyd Clark said quite a few people stopped in and signed the petition, and he hopes it will make a difference.

Just up the road in Walhalla at the Parcel Barn, owner Kristi Stremick has been holding some customer packages for a few years, ever since COVID shut down the border. Her company, which opened shortly before the start of the pandemic, handles shipping and freight. Amazon and other companies, like some that ship car parts, won’t ship to Canada, so Canadian shoppers use the Parcel Barn as the middleman. They ship their items to the Parcel Barn address then pay per box and weight upon pick up.

“As far as we’re concerned here, it sure would be nice if they would be open later. They could get gas and snacks here,” Clark said. “We’ve been down so bad since COVID because they closed the border right up – we used to have a lot of traffic.”

Clark said going back to the American side of the border being open until 10 p.m. would be great, but he would like to see 8 p.m. for sure. Even if Canadian shoppers are going farther south, like Grand Forks or Fargo, many would stop in Walhalla on the way home.

“Anything’s better than 6 o’clock.

“A lot of people don’t get done with work until 5 or 6, and so it’s hard for them to get to the states to do business,” Stremick said. “Obviously, it’s affecting Walhalla and at the same exact port, one side is open and one is closed. It hasn’t been easy – that’s how Walhalla survives, is on Cacont’d. on page 2

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“We’re hoping that this will have an effect,” Symington said. “I’m not sure how far it will go. We’ve just seen how there’s kind of been a disregard for our border - people turn a blind eye -

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“Don’t Get Scammed!” presentation comes to Cavalier County

By Nick Vorlage

According to the Federal Trade Commission, Americans in 2022 lost a staggering $8.8 billion dollars due to scammers. Unfortunately with scammers using every tool at their disposal - from letters and phone calls to more tech-savvy tricks such as phishing and malware – scams are continuing to be a serious issue.

“Scams right now have never been worse,” said Tonya Hetzler, investigator with the Consumer Protection and Antitrust Division of the North Dakota Attorney General’s office. “A lot of consumers believe they know better, that they won’t get scammed. There’s nothing further from the truth.”

Hetzler said these scams impact everyone across the country - urban and rural, young and old.

“Seniors citizens are targeted. They usually will lose larger amounts of money, but the younger 18 to 25 population is significantly impacted by online scams and extortion scams,” she said. “No one is immune to the different types of scams out there.”

Hetzler said scams are becoming increasingly sophisticated and hard to distinguish. Sometimes they may also try to trick a victim by creating a situation seemingly out of a person’s control. “[They] might be on their computer when a screen pops up, oftentimes claiming that it’s Microsoft, and that there is an issue and given a phone number to call. If you see a screen like that – it is a scam. Every single time. Do not call the number, shut that computer down, and do not allow access to the computer.”

Hetzler says another widely seen scam is when the scammer may try to impersonate a friend or relative, asking the person to send monetary assistance.

“If anyone is calling and claiming that they have been in an accident or that there is a problem and they need money and don’t tell anyone, [The Attorney General’s office] cannot stress enough that people need to verify the whereabouts of that individual or come up with a code phrase or ques-

tion that only your loved one would be able to answer.”

Hetzler also says North Dakotans have also been receiving a lot of scams in which groups may identify themselves as an organization such as Publishers Clearing House, and that the individual has won an award.

“Publishers Clearing House does not call their winners ahead of time, and you should never, ever, EVER pay before trying to claim a prize.”

These examples are just a sampling of the scams which Hetzler will be discussing in her “Don’t Get Scammed!” presentation, which is a free one-day course that has been offered in other locations throughout the state. The presentation, sponsored through the Cavalier County Health District and United Communications, will be presented on May 3 in Cavalier County.

“Not only is it important for the community to know what is going on but to also warn their loved ones,” Hetzler cautions.

Hetzler says the presentation will go

through a myriad of topics and resources consumers across the state need to know, including do not call listings, fraudulent online offers, and also just how to end a phone call with a scammer.

“We tend to be ‘North Dakota nice,’ and it’s hard for some people to hang up the phone even if they know they probably shouldn’t be talking to the person on the other end.”

Ultimately, Hetzler said, scammers are not going to be going away, but knowledge in what to expect and how to react can be the deciding factor in what stops a person from being scammed.

The “Don’t Get Scammed” presentation will be given twice on May 3 – at 1:00 p.m. at the NDSU Langdon Research Extension Center and at 3:00 p.m. at the Munich Ambulance Center. The presentation is free to attend.

Pre-registration is not required but can be done so by calling the Cavalier County Health District at 256-2402.

tion Division can be contacted tollfree at 1-800-472-2600 SCAMMER RED FLAGS •Scammers are looking for an easy payout. If you are contacted out of the blue and asked to do one of the following actions – Watch out!

•Scammers will often ask for gift cards in payment.

•Scammers will request their victims remove funds from their bank account and transfer it over via cryptocurrency.

•Scammers may ask you to allow remote access to your computer, tablet, or smartphone, which can then give them access to your personal information.

•Scammers may ask you to mail your payment in cash.

•Scammers will often tell their victim not to tell anyone about the payment and may coach their targets to lie to bank employees or store clerks about transferring money or buying gift cards.

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Tough winter challenged wildlife, landowners

By North Dakota Game and Fish Department A winter that started in early November and hung around until April like an unwanted guest tested the endurance of wildlife and landowners, both fixtures on the landscape familiar with unpredictable North Dakota weather.

“North Dakota has one of the toughest climates in the lower 48, and this winter was certainly one of the most difficult we’ve seen,” said Bill Haase, state Game and Fish Department assistant wildlife division chief. “Winter was difficult on wildlife and people, and we appreciate all those landowners out there, especially livestock producers, who had the tolerance and compassion to deal with the impacts from deer and other animals.”

By early April, the Game and Fish Department had fielded nearly 250 depredation reports statewide for just white-tailed deer. More than 100 of those calls landed in the Jamestown office for deer alone. Deer depredation was more notable in areas where wildlife habitat was lacking on the landscape. This was especially true

in the eastern third of the state where food and cover is generally lacking, thus forcing deer herds to concentrate in isolated livestock operations.

“There are some landowners, livestock producers in particular, with livestock feed supplies, who tend to have the most issues with deer and other wildlife being attracted to their locations,” Haase said. “We certainly heard from some, and we have a lot of tools that can help minimize these issues.”

There are short-term solutions that the department can provide producers with depredation issues, such as wrapping bales and motion sirens and long-term solutions, like permanent hay yards, portable panels designed specifically to keep deer out of livestock feed supplies and food plots. The department provides hay yard materials at no cost and provides cost-share for construction. Currently, there are about 750 of these structures dotting North Dakota’s rural landscape.

“Hopefully, winter is finally behind us, so we ask any landowners who had depredation issues and are interested in long-term solutions to give us a call to see if there is something we can do to help with hay yard fencing, portable panels and depredation food plots,” Haase said.

To inquire about these options, call Game and Fish at 701-328-6300.

Also, for a deeper dive into winter’s depredation issues and options to provide relief to livestock producers during the next tough winter, listen to episode 16 of the NDO Podcast.

While there is a need to help producers safeguard livestock feed supplies, there is also a demand for more wildlife habitat on the landscape.

“Going into winter, we probably had the poorest habitat conditions we’ve had in a long time in the state,” said Kevin Kading, department private land section leader. “There just isn’t much habitat in a lot of places, but we

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On April 1, some ports, including the Maida port of entry in Cavalier County, were brought back to near pre-pandemic hours of operation, but that change is only scheduled to last for 120 days.

Symington said the effects of the border hours cover a wider area than just the immediate border towns, saying towns like Grafton and Grand Forks are affected as well, and he doesn’t understand adjusting hours at the Maida port.

“It seems a little crazy that they wouldn't do that at Neche or Walhalla where there’s more of a significant need to be open. Why do it at a port that only has a few cars come through a day?” Symington said.

Two-way traffic and personal cost

From farm accounts to construction, companies in Walhalla and Neche have developed relationships on the other side of the line in Winkler. Carpenter said it used to be if he needed to run north to get a bearing or a belt, it was a quick trip.

“We didn’t realize what a privilege we had by having those suppliers so close in Winkler,” he said.

Carpenter said many people have family on both sides of the border, but the hours restrictions make it difficult to maintain those relationships, especially in the winter. What used to be a quick trip from Walhalla to Winkler becomes a lot longer when someone has to drive over to Pembina to come home.

Symington highlighted the small towns on both sides of the border and said there’s a lot of activity that

goes back and forth, from business to family to medical visits. He thought it would make a lot of sense to have the hours at the Neche port of entry expanded to get back to the cross-border activity that used to happen.

With Neche being one mile from the border and Gretna also one mile from the border on the Manitoba side, residents of the two towns used to go back and forth quite often.

“It’s almost like cutting our town in half because we’re so close,” Symington said. “This is the reason we’re doing this is - to try to reach the people who make those decisions to say, ‘hey there’s a little bit bigger thing going on than what you can see from where you are’. It seems sad that people in our government can’t see the importance of us having neighbors. It’s a pretty sad day.”

need to rebound somehow. We need habitat on the landscape.”

Going forward, Kading said that if a landowner is interested in developing habitat, there are a host of programs set up to do just that.

“There are more programs, money and funding available right now for habitat than ever before, really,” Kading said. “And it's not just through the Game and Fish Department. It's through USDA, partners and other conservation groups. The Game and Fish Department can be a good source to start with. We can certainly walk landowners through all of these different options and point them in the right direction.”

While wildlife habitat is one of the aspects that can help alleviate depredation issues so is hunting access.

Kading said the Department’s Private Land Open To Sportsmen program is a remedy for both of those by providing habitat for wildlife to rebound and providing access opportunities for hunters. To further encourage hunter access, Kading also suggests landowners enrolling in the hunter-landowner contact program and posting Ask Before You Enter signs on their property.

“Our private land staff is well versed in a lot of different programs and partner programs that are out there.

The simplest and quickest thing we can do is put grass on the ground.

It’s quick to establish, and it creates quality fawning and nesting cover,” Kading said. “There are a lot of different opportunities for landowners right now that our staff can help with to put grass on the ground.”

Staying safe online Criminals have so many ways to getting in touch with us these days.

According to new data from the Federal Trade Commission, the winning entry path in 2022 was the internet.

About one fourth of fraud reports indicate the contact method was an online source (website, app, pop up add or social media) and in 6 out of 10 cases, the victim lost money. One reason these attacks are so successful is that criminals make it very hard to tell the difference between a legitimate website and a fake one.

The same goes with online ads. To avoid going to a fake website, don’t click on links from emails or text

messages – type the web address into your browser window yourself.

And be dubious of online ads that seem too good to be true.

Oh, and the phone isn’t much safer. The FTC also found that victims of phone and text scams lose more money on average than those starting on the internet.

Be a fraud fighter! If you can spot a scam, you can stop a scam.

Visit the AARP Fraud Watch Network at www.aarp.org/fraudwatchnetwork or call the AARP Fraud Watch Helpline at 1-877-908-3360.

Agriculture

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Bion and Dakota Valley Growers announce letter of intent for sustainable beef project New York, New York: Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc. (OTC QB: BNET), a leader in advanced livestock waste treatment technology and premium sustainable beef, and Dakota Valley Growers, a cattle feeder near Bathgate, N.D., announced a letter of intent to develop a 15,000-head sustainable beef cattle feeding operation. Annual production from the facility is expected to be approximately 42,500 head of premium sustainable beef cattle.

The Dakota Valley Growers (DVG) project will have indoor barns to ensure the cattle are adding protein instead of burning calories to stay warm or fight through mud. The barns will have slatted floors with continuous manure removal and processing. Anaerobic digesters will recover nearly 84,000 MMBTU of RNG, enough to replace 643,000 gallons of diesel with a low-carbon alternative transportation fuel.

Bion’s Gen3Tech system will capture and stabilize the volatile ammonia ni-

trogen in the manure stream, where it will be upcycled to a low carbon ‘Climate Smart’ pure nitrogen fertilizer product that can be precision applied when and where needed. The DVG cattle will produce approximately 4,000 tons of sustainably produced nitrogen fertilizer annually, enough to fertilize over 11,000 acres of North Dakota corn. The system will recover other fertilizer products, some organic, as well as nine million gallons of clean water that can be used for irrigation or watering the herd with minimal additional treatment.

RNG, nutrient, and water recovery will be transparent, third-party verified, and supported by blockchain. That data, coupled with cattle production history, will underpin a sustainable brand certified by the USDA’s Process-Verified-Program (PVP). Sustainability will be measured by improvements in resource efficiencies, animal health and welfare, and reduced impacts to air, water, and soil, and will be communicated to the consumer at the point of sale. Tyson Foods recent-

ly said, “Consumers would be willing to pay at least 24 percent more for environmentally friendly, sustainable options at retail.”

Russell Edgar, the founder of Dakota Valley Growers, said, “Bion can help us produce a better, more sustainable product and improve our bottom line at the same time. We are eager to get started. We have an opportunity to feed cattle right here in North Dakota, instead of sending more than 900,000 feeder calves south every year. That will increase local demand for corn and other feeds, services, and jobs. We all win. That’s good business for Dakota Valley Growers and good business for North Dakota and our corn farmers and cow-calf producers.”

Ed Schafer, a member of Bion’s Board and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and North Dakota Governor, said, “North Dakota has a long and rich farming and ranching history. It may have made sense in the past to ship both our corn and calves south

for finishing – no longer. We look forward to working with the Edgars and the North Dakota Livestock Alliance, Beef Commission, and Stockmen’s Association, and other stakeholders to develop projects to supply the most Climate-Smart – and Water-Smart – beef cattle in the world, from right here in North Dakota.”

About Dakota Valley Growers: DVG is a 6th generation family owned and operated farming and cattle feeding operation located in the Red River Valley in northeast North Dakota, near Bathgate. The farm was established in 1879; the Edgar family now farms 4,200 acres to produce corn, alfalfa, grass hay, beans, and barley. They have produced and fed cattle for 20 years. For more, see DVG’s website at https://dakotavalleygrowers.com.

About Bion: Bion’s patented 3rd generation technology (Gen3Tech) dramatically reduces the environmental impacts of large-scale livestock production, increases resource efficiencies, and delivers a verified sustain-

able product. The platform prevents pollution of air, water, and soil, while recovering low-carbon Climate Smart and organic fertilizer products and renewable energy. Bion is focused on developing clean state-of-the-art cattle feeding operations to produce premium beef with a sustainable brand certified by the USDA. For more, see Bion’s website at https://bionenviro. com.

This material includes forward-looking statements based on management's current reasonable business expectations. In this document, the words ‘will’, ‘look forward (to)’, and similar expressions identify certain forward-looking statements. These statements are made in reliance on the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, Section 27A of the Securities act of 1933, as amended. There are numerous risks and uncertainties that could result in actual results differing materially from expected outcomes.

NDSU Extension to offer local meat webinars The interactive webinar series will cover local meat marketing.

By NDSU Extension

North Dakota State University Extension will offer a four-week webinar series on local meat marketing in May. The first webinar is 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 2.

WOTUS veto sustained – The House did not get the necessary two-thirds majority to overturn President Joe Biden’s veto dealing with the Waters of the United States rule. Congress tried to undo the revised WOTUS rule, but that was met with a presidential veto. Meanwhile, the administration cannot implement or enforce the rule in 26 states, including North Dakota and South Dakota, due to two different court rulings. The fate of the WOTUS rule is also being reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court.

A lot of moving pieces in debt ceiling discussion – The debt ceiling is a concern for lawmakers. Raising the debt ceiling involves a lot of moving pieces. “The reason we don’t just eliminate the debt ceiling is so policy makers, appropriators, and budgeters occasionally look at what are the drivers of our debt, what are we spending our money on and what should we be cutting back,” explained North Dakota Senator Kevin Cramer.

Farm bill process moves forward despite debt ceiling debate – The debt ceiling dominates nearly every discussion in Congress. North Dakota Congressman Kelly Armstrong says that doesn’t mean the farm bill isn’t important. “I think, sometimes, not having oxygen in the room is a good thing,” Armstrong told RRFN. “The farm bill is cut by the Democratic leadership in the House and Senate and Republican leadership in the House

and Senate. It’s going to be a tough slog with this being a pretty polarizing time, but I’m still cautiously optimistic that we can get it done on time.”

Free, open and fair trade – North Dakota Senator John Hoeven believes the United States needs to stand up for trade that is mutually beneficial and remains fair. “We want open and free trade, but we want fair trade,” Hoven told RRFN. “For too long, the United States has been too accommodating. We’re frankly too nice to our trading partners. I think we have to be firm and recognize that our trade partners need our markets.” Chinese interests have dominated headlines with the Fu Feng project no longer in the works at Grand Forks. Hoeven said the trade relationship with China is important to both countries.

High water shuts down barge movement – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is warning that the upper Mississippi River could be facing the highest flood levels in more than 20 years.

The American Commercial Barge Line expects the locks from lock 3 at St. Paul to lock 7 in southern Iowa to be closed due to high water. The closure could last 12-to-15 days. The locks along the mid-Mississippi River may be closed from early-to-mid May.

The webinars will provide an opportunity for participants to interact with the panelists, asking all the questions related to marketing meat products locally.

“Panelists this year are a diverse collection of producers and representatives from organizations that work with local meat producers and have valuable insight for ranchers,” says Isaac Brunkow, NDSU Extension graduate research assistant and organizer of the webinar series.

All webinars begin at 7 p.m. Dates, topics and panelists are: •May 2: Regulations Nathan Kroh, North Dakota Department of Agriculture •May 9: Building a Contractual Relationship with a Locker Ron and Beth Wolff, Wolff Suffolks Trish Feiring, Feiring Cattle Company John Roswech, South Forty Beef •May 16: Finding Your Niche Market/ Starting a Farmers Market Simone Wai, Red River Farmers Market Ron and Beth Wolff, Wolff Suffolks Kelsey Krapp, The Bison Ranch

Marketing meat locally is the focus of the NDSU Extension Local Meats webinar series. Pixabay photo.

Ashley Bruner, Dakota Angus Beef •May 23: Inventory Management James Maiocco, Barn2Door Glenn Brunkow, Brunkow Family Lamb Shane Wendel, Wendel Livestock Bjorn Solberg, Red River Harvest Cooperative

For more information or to register, go to www.ndsu.edu/agriculture/ ag-hub/events/local-meats-webinarseries. After you are registered, you will receive an email with additional information and a Zoom link to join the live webinars. Recordings will be available after the event.

Opinion

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Letter from the Publisher

The “S” word is not open for discussion. I’ll continue that rant later in the year.

What happened to Target? I’ve been

unhappy with their new floor plan for their bath and beauty section for a while now but kept it to myself. I can’t anymore! One item! Just one item was all I went in there for! Could I find it? No, of course not. I’m sorry, Target experts, but there is no rhyme or reason to what you have done, and I can’t forgive you any more. Oh, it’s not just me. There were several of us wandering around with glazed eyes, muttering to ourselves, getting more and more frustrated at each turn. I just want to know why some hair products are in the front on the right, but some are in the back on the left?

Why is there a wall of fingernail polish but no fingernail polish remover?

Because it’s somewhere else that no one can find! Stop, please put things

back where they were, or provide a map upon entering the store. Here’s an idea…how about a red-vested person or two to help navigate the madness? Is it because you don’t have anyone to spare? Fine, but you must have had quite a crowd available to make this ridiculous change. I’m so grateful that I can purchase 99 percent of what I need right here in my own little town. I suppose I should thank you, Target, for reminding me just how good I have it. I’m not ready yet to say anything nice to you, but maybe down the road. Oh, your ladies room is disgusting. That is all.

On a lighter note, spring has sprung, and we really deserve to celebrate! I know the robins and squirrels in my

backyard sure are! The tulips are trying their hardest to hold on. I’ve been talking to them nicely and giving them warm water; they seem appreciative.

The blue skies and sunshine help as well, and I’m not just referring to the tulips! By the way, I’ve been warned not to talk to other people’s plants; they will not understand and may be concerned about my mental state.

(The people or the plants?)

How bout that spring sale for the Cavalier County Cancer Crusaders! That’s a hard working group, thank you!

Our figure skating granddaughter turns 11 this weekend! Eleven going on 18! She’s getting a little bit harder to buy for, but I think I did pretty well.

She enjoys the lake, so an adult size blow up pizza floatie should be a hit. I hope I’m eating cake as you read this.

See ya!

responsible.

Everyone wishes it was really spring.

I’m not alone. All over town people confided in me that the giant snowstorm was their fault. Person One said they put away all of their winter gear. Person Two said they just purchased a new sled and were feeling sad when they thought they wouldn’t be able to use it until next year. Person Three said she put her winter vehicle away and brought her summer vehicle out of storage. All took complete blame for the snow.

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Letter from the Editor To quote no less than seven people from last week, “It’s been a tough winter.”

Not only tough, but it’s been a long winter. Google Photos isn’t helping me by showing me flashback photos “on this day” of a handful of years when the kids are outside in short sleeves, the grass is green, and the snow has melted.

We were so close to green grass. but last week I think we got more winter at once than we had all season.

Langdon topped the area for snow totals during the storm that brought hours and hours of falling snow on Thursday and Friday. A total that circulated said 12.5” but everyone here knows we got more than that. I believe that total was posted before the storm was done.

I didn’t take any responsibility for the snow at all. Then husband Terry pointed out that it started snowing shortly after I put the outside winter decorations away and put the summer furniture outside. Maybe I’m partly

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THE MORNING RUN: It’s getting harder to stay positive some areas becoming blowing snow - throughout the week. I woke up last Wednesday morning and peered out into the dark trying to see if the yard had any fresh snow on it. Seeing none, it lifted my spirits briefly until I heard the wind howling and checked Hutch’s forecast. I sighed heavily and dragged myself onto the treadmill once again. Have I ever mentioned how much I hate the treadmill?

by Sara Goodman It’s getting harder and harder to keep a positive attitude. Mother Nature has not been very kind lately. It’s like we’re dealing with a toddler having a temper tantrum, only toddlers eventually cry themselves into a nap. Mother Nature, on the other hand, seems nowhere near ready to take a nap.

Last week, we were under yet another winter storm warning. According to Hutch Johnson, chief meteorologist for KVLY, we had three rounds of wintery weather with rain and thunder - in

Everyone is starting to look cranky and sad. The farmers are so bored and filled with nervous energy that they’re showing up at their daughter’s 5th and 6th grade volleyball games in McVille just for something to do.

There were baseball games on the schedule for Rugby on Saturday, but with a high of 36 and cloudy, along with the chance of a fresh coating of snow on the ground, it was not exactly something I was looking forward to. I don’t know why, but spring baseball is colder than fall football. I pictured myself looking like Randy from A Christmas Story after his mom wrapped him in 20 or so layers to venture outside. Obviously, the weather caused

our baseball games to be cancelled along with our JO volleyball team deciding to stay home rather than try to venture to Minot on questionable roads.

I subbed at the high school again last Wednesday and spent the better part of the day trying not to look outside, however, the students kept looking and making obvious observations like one of Hutch’s weather kids.

“Oh look! It’s raining but also kind of snowing!” “It’s sooo windy!” “It’s really snowing hard now!” Thanks, kids. Just the pick-me-up I wasn’t looking for. The weather started making the students crazy. The 7th grade keyboarding class got a little rowdy on me right before lunch, so I made them quit spinning circles with their chairs and come up with ideas for my articles. They jumped right on the task, and, after a ten-minute fight with the printer, handed in their papers along with some interesting subjects. For example, I had two mention capybaras. Ryder asked, “do you know what capybaras are?” (for the record, yes), and Taya simply wrote

down “capybaras.” I’d love to write a whole article on capybaras, but my knowledge is limited to whatever I gleaned from an episode of National Geographic, and my memory on the details is fuzzy at best. What I want to know is what do these 7th graders know about capybaras that I don’t?

Kamrin said I should write about the history of North Dakota. I told him my word limit and that I didn’t think I could fit it all into one article, even if I bumped Mitzel’s. He suggested narrowing it down to the history of Langdon. Let me just call Rita Maisel quickly and see if I can plagiarize all her old articles.

My favorite suggestion came from Keaton. “If spring is going to be late, how is farming predicted to go this year?” Well, Keaton, what do you consider late when it comes to spring? Thanks to the people who keep track of weather history along with random Facebook memories that pop up, spring doesn’t really happen around here until the end of April or beginning of May. If farmers expect to be rolling in the field by late

March or early April on a consistent basis, they’d better move out west. I predict that the long winter and slow melting of the snow on the ground will continue to cause frustration and anxiety. However, I also know that all this extra snow means moisture. Last year, we had the exact same scenario with a late April snowstorm. We didn’t finish seeding until June 11th and had some of the best crop yields we can remember. So my prediction, Keaton, is that if we can all manage to hang on to our sanity as the last of the snow melts, it will turn out okay in the end.

How’s that for thinking positive?

Sara Goodman is an avid runner who says her best ideas come to her between 5:30 and 6:30 a.m. She grew up on a cattle ranch in Watford City, N.D. After recently retiring from 15 years of long-term care consulting, she now helps her husband, Greg, run the family farm near Milton and volunteers on many boards and committees in her church and community. The Goodman house has 3 kids, 2 cats, and a dog.

Musings from Munich: It was Wirth it thought we’d get him out of the house instead of letting his body heal. We decided early that we would take the Johnson bar tour over there, which consisted of Sporty’s, Tom’s, and the Hop. Don’t worry, Eagles, you’re next weekend.

By Matt Mitzel So with weather pushing mental fitness to the brink this last week, we thought we’d grab another couple and head towards Langdon and blow off some steam on Saturday evening.

It’s true, we do like to venture out of the Utopia we call Munich and cut loose every now and then. It was also essential in teaching our kids how to maintain their siblings while the parents are gone, so basically it benefited everyone. This particular night it was Bri and I, Kim and Jason Wirth, and Evan came along. He took a dinger in the plow that morning, and we

We hit Sporty’s, which was the obvious choice in starting the evening out with a great meal. Plus, they have the cleanest windows on Main Street and the best glasses to fill our kitchen cabinet. Bri and I split a Thai pizza, which rocked as it usually does at that place.

As the designated driver, I had to play nice; it’s really hard to hear about how people love Sara Goodman’s column over mine while I’m sober, but I drew the short straw. We decided, as most do, to throw in $20 each into the paper pull tab machines. Kim, the gambling pessimist of the group, complained from the first pull that she never wins.

Then, low and behold, she pulled a big one. I was so excited that I jumped up and yelled, “KIM JUST GOT A BIG ONE FOLKS”...crickets...I guess no one claps over in Langdon when someone wins. In Munich, it would’ve immediately turned into a street dance. With

40 sets of eyes glaring at me, we paid the bill, tipped heavily, made fun of Jesse with the employees, and saddled up to the next stop on the tour.

We arrived at The Hop to a smaller crowd but always familiar faces. We quickly grabbed a pool table when Evan challenged Brianne to a game of 8-ball. Little did we know he’s a pool shark, and it was the quickest stack of quarters we’ve gone through in a while. After that we sat there and just stared at the door that is in the middle of the room and a small window that serves absolutely no purpose. We run into those oddities a lot in small town bars, and there is always a story behind it. Again, Jesse was out of town probably drinking daiquiris with his Air Force brethren. So on our way out, we decided to play the $25 that was left over from the big split at the previous bar…and low and behold, Amarillo Slim Kim pulled another big one. Even her husband, ole molten toes, couldn’t believe it as she had never won before on pull tabs. We high-fived on the way out and made no future friends as we headed to the final bar on the tour.

When we opened the door at Tom’s, it was like walking into a bar in south Canada…I didn’t know anyone. A totally different crowd, in which I - being the only one drinking water - knew I needed to get a few smiles cracked or we would never find a table. Then a familiar face parted the crowd, and I locked eyes with Brandon Downs. He explained to me that I was not to tell Brooke he was there. He told her that he was going to the fitness center to put on a few miles, but I figured that bubble had broken by now. Within

10 minutes, we were surrounded by four new best friends. After I finished some artwork on the walls in the bathroom, we decided to head back to greener pastures.

We pulled into Munich, and I was finally able to pull my belly up to the bar and have a beer before we called it a night. A great tour with great friends in a great county. Drink responsibly, use a designated driver, bring a Kim, skip over Sara’s column, and ALWAYS finish off in Munich.

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Everything Edmore

By Tammy Berg Today, I am writing from Bismarck. My husband, Bruce, is taking refresher courses for EMS. His license was due to expire at the end of June, but he decided to do two more years before retiring. While there, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Award for EMS and Edmore Ambulance for 46 years of service. He was nominated for this award by another EMT, Lisa Pesek. She said so many nice things about Bruce. Bruce is a very humble man so was a bit overwhelmed! Congrats, Bruce!

We know it is spring when the coulee north of us moves south. When we got home Saturday night, we could see water everywhere. We look like we

have lakefront property for a few days.

Amazing what Mother Nature can do.

I know a few of our residents have spring fever; they are patiently waiting for warmer days, so they can be outside. Aren’t we all! There have been a couple deer hanging out in the park that they enjoy watching.

We are so grateful for Minister Shilice Larson and Pastor Craig for providing us with church services several times a month and any group that comes by and provides us with a program and lunch. If any group would like to come visit, we always enjoy that. Guess that’s all from the big city of Edmore.

Until next time!!

Retrospect Top 10 worst cars

By Steven Ames

In this segment we will be going from the good to the bad - the top 10 worst cars. Without further adieu, here they are: 10. AMC Pacer When the Pacer debuted in 1975, it had a lot of potential. Due to bad fuel economy, indifferent workmanship and out there styling - it was a sales flop. First, the Pacer was supposed to have a 4-cylinder engine supplied

by Audi, but at the last-minute, Audi dropped out of the agreement leaving AMC no choice but to install there 232 inline 6. This was less fuel efficient that the Audi plant. Second, poor fit and finish kept sending them back to the dealership with unhappy customers. Third, due to the upside-down fishbowl rear styling and tons of glass - if not air conditioned, they were a sauna to say the least. A common joke back in the day was if you purchase a Pacer, you should get a year’s supply of Windex with the deal. Sales were brisk at first but then dropped significantly. By 1980, the Pacer was dismissed from the line.

9. 1974 to 1978 Ford Mustang II By 1973, gas and insurance rates were through the roof - just about killing the muscle car. Ford downsized the Mustang for 1974 with many diehard Mustang fans very disappointed.

Even though you could pick from a 4 cylinder, V6 or a V8 engine, power in the V8 was way down from earlier models. Fancy paint and graphics didn’t fool anyone. Mustang went from muscle machine to economy car overnight, but for the times, it was the right car. Mechanical problems, rust and size were also a factor. By 1979, it left the lineup being replaced by a more refined model.

8. 1982 to 1988 Cadillac Cimarron Want to know what happens when you take a Chevrolet Cavalier and put it on steroids? You come up with the Cadillac Cimarron, which was a failure from the beginning. Sales were slow and weak throughout its run due to people not wanting to spend $12,000 and up for a glorified J car. Its size and power were too small for a luxury car; people still wanted a large luxury car. Although it had good to fair reliability, that did not help sales. The subcompact, luxury car segment was a trend that did not catch on, and by 1988, Cadillac pulled the plug on the Cimarron.

7. 1981 to 1983 Chrysler Imperial Chrysler decided to revamp the Imperial name and put it on a 112-inch wheelbase, 2-door, personal, luxury coupe in 1981. With much fanfare and advertising, the car tanked.

Why? First was the price at $18,000.

It was a very well-equipped luxury car with only one option - a $1,100 moon roof. In reality, you could buy

two well equipped Chrysler Cordobas for the same price. Both were built on the same J body platform. Second was its troublesome digital dash and electronic fuel injection system. I can remember a lot of these cars had to be pushed off the transporter because they wouldn’t start or run. Most were converted back to analog dash and carburetors. Third was very slow sales in 1981. Chrysler hoped for 25,000 in sales. Unfortunately, only 7,000 were sold. In 1982, the price was raised to $22,000, and sales were only 2,200 cars. In 1983, the price was dropped to $19,000, but only 3,000 were sold. Imperial would not return for 1984 but would make a short comeback in 1990 to 1993 in a four-door version. There was one special 1981 to 1982 Imperial model, the Frank Sinatra Edition, which included a blue interior and exterior, special badging and a choice of an 8-track or cassette player with 12 of 'Old Blue Eye's' greatest hits. He also was the pitchman in the advertising.

With only around 10,000 units sold in 3 years, the value of these cars is escalated due to their rarity. I personally own a 1981, and it’s a beautiful and fun car to drive - it’s like a living room on wheels.

6. Chevrolet Corvair This was the first car to go head-tohead with the Volkswagen Beetle.

Offered in 2 and 4-door station wagon, pickup and van, the Corvair was a great idea on paper but that’s it. It was powered by an air cooled 140, 145 and 164 cubic inch, flat, 6-cylinder engine and was rear mounted. It used a lot of aluminum and was a reliable engine if cared for correctly. The biggest problem was the suspension system. It used a swing axle style configuration and if not adjusted properly, could cause a loss of control leading to an accident. Oversteer was also a big problem. The system would have been much better with stabilizer bars and radial tires. Consumer advocate Ralph Nader wrote a book on the Corvair called Unsafe at Any Speed, which hurt the reputation even more.

By 1969, it was discontinued.

5. 1976 to 1980 Dodge Aspen/ Plymouth Volare This pair started out of the gate 1st but at the end- they finished dead last.

Introduced in 1976, the Aspen/Volare was offered in 2-door coupe, 4-door sedan and 4-door wagon to replace the 16-year-old A bodied Valiant/Dart models. You could also get a 2-door coupe in Roadrunner and R/T flavors for a little extra muscle. It was also the first car to be completely designed from the ground up by a computer and won the 1976 Motor Trend Car of the Year award. It sold very well for the first two years, but sales started to tank after that. It then went from Car of the Year to the most recalled car of all time due to corrosion and electrical issues. In the salt belt and New England states, the front fenders would fall off in less than a year due to rust. They were recalled, and new more corrosion resistant fenders and an inner splash shield were installed, and all electrical issues were solved.

By 1978, the problems were worked out, and they were decent cars. The damage had been done, and sales tanked. The duo was replaced in 1981 by the Plymouth Reliant/Dodge Aries K cars.

4. 1976 to 1980 Chrysler cars with electronic lean burn

Chrysler was always a leader when it came to electronics. Some ideas such as electronic ignition and solid-state radios were very successful, but some were not so successful. The electronic lean burn system, or after 1980 electronic spark control, was the genius of onboard computer and engine management systems. A computer and sensors controlled and measured spark, timing, engine temperature and carburetor measurements to the most efficient burn. The biggest problem with this system was the location of the computer module - connected to the air cleaner and directly above the exhaust manifold. We all know heat and electronics mix like water and oil. Many were converted back to conventional electronic ignition or the module itself was relocated to a cooler location, such as the interior of the car or in the trunk. With better internal components and better heat insulation. After 1980, they were basically foolproof. As a matter of fact, I own an 86 car with 288,000 miles and the computer has never been changed.

3. 1978 to 1984 GM vehicles with the 5.7 litre V8 diesel By the late 1970s, companies such as Mercedes and Volvo were having great success with their diesel-powered cars, so GM also decided to tap into this success. They took an Oldsmobile 350 V8 and converted it to a diesel. The idea sounded great, but GM soon learned that the engine did not meet expectations due to not enough testing and rushing it into production. The 5.7 litre or 350 V8 was available on full and mid size cars and light duty trucks and vans. The first problem was a diesel engine has up to three times the compression of a gas engine. Cylinder heads and gaskets soon started to fail in mass quantities. Second, it was an indirect injection with glow plugs to aid in cold; starting glow plug failure soon started to show up. Third, it put out an anemic 110 hp and couldn’t take any hot rodding or abuse, leading to premature failure. Fourth, the public was not used to how diesel engines should be maintained and cared forwarm up and oil changes and grade of oil was very critical. Fifth, the availability of diesel fuel at this time was very limited. Most gas stations did not offer diesel fuel, so you needed to go to truck stops since they were about the only places that offered diesel fuel. Sixth, and the worst thing, was at trade - you could expect up to a 45% deducted at trade in. Many dealers refused to have them on their lots, so you basically gave it away. Many were parted out at auto wreckers, and others were converted back to gas burners. One of the only advantages was that diesel fuel, at the time, was half the price of gasoline, and they got great mileage. In 1982, the 6.2 litre was introduced for use in light duty trucks and vans and was a success.

No 6.2 litres were ever available in cars. For the 1985 model year, the 5.7 litre engine was discontinued due to poor quality, unhappy customers and GM was starting to downsize their full-size models to V6 engines and front wheel drive.

2. 1971 to 1977 Chevrolet Vega Another Motor Trend Car of the Year that celebrated stardom for a very short time was the Vega that debuted in 1971 and went head-to-head with the foreign compact cars of the time.

Available in a 2-door coupe, hatchback, and wagon, it had a handsome

Opinion: Democracy is not a Spectator Sport With all the big spring tournaments going on, it is easy to use a sports metaphor to understand what has been happening in Bismarck with our district representatives. The team has gone rouge and has forgotten that the coach, the leader, is actually US, the voters. They are there to represent us and support the issues we care about. They are clearly not listening.

I haven’t spoken to one parent who is more concerned about what books are in the library than they are about the availability and cost of child care.

Which issue prompted action from what party? How many parents in our district send their children to private

school compared to how many parents would benefit from free school lunch? How many schools in our district have had to adapt to a trans student? Is this really our most pressing issue? The theme that runs through their efforts is government interference in personal decisions. When did that become a Republican value?

Our representatives need to hear from us. We have become complacent and cynical and have started to believe we have no influence over what goes on in our state government. I ask you to remember that we the people put them in power and we the people can take that power away, in response to

the obvious abuse. Rather than do the will of the people they are advancing a radical agenda of their own.

They will only stop if they think their political career depends on responding to the people. Write a letter to the editor, write your representative, call the radio station, talk to your neighbors. Let your elected representatives know what is important to you and how you expect them to vote on your behalf. Hold them accountable. Get in the game.

Lynnell Simonson Popowski District 19 Dem/NPL Chair Warsaw, ND 701-520-4960

look. The 2-door coupe looked like a mini-Camaro. Powertrain's choices included a 2.0 litre and a 2.3 litre 4-cylinder engine with 3, 4 and 5-speed manual transmissions and a 2-speed power glide and 3-speed turbo hydromatic automatic transmission. GM and a railcar builder even made special transporters to haul the Vega; they were hauled vertically in rows of two. Within six months, serious flaws started to show up and only got worse. Body rust was the biggest problem. Within two years, the cars would virtually rust to nothing. The other big problem was the engine - it was a cast aluminum block with a cast iron cylinder head with insufficient water passages causing head gasket failure and pistons to score the soft aluminum block. Engine heating was a problem, also, causing excessive oil burning due to worn and stuck piston rings. Another problem was the engine was an unopposed overhead cam with the camshaft being driven by a timing belt. What does this mean? Well, if the timing belt would fail, it was all over causing extensive and costly engine damage. A lot of bent valves and valves being driven into the pistons happened, so it was very critical to have the timing belt inspected and replaced at recommended intervals. Also, the air cleaner was a non-serviceable unit meaning the element and housing were one unit It was a pain to service and was costly to replace. I do remember a lot of machine shops boring out the blocks and installing a steel sleeve in the bore, which made them last a lot longer and weren’t so fussy if the engine temperature got too high. A total of 27 technical bulletins were issued for the Vega in its lifetime. By the end of 1978, the Vega was replaced by the Monza, which was drastically improved in body corrosion protection and a much-improved engine. A friend’s parents had a 74 Vega wagon and in 4 years went through 3 engines and a carburetor fire. Going over a railroad crossing one day, it ended the Vega's life due to severe rust causing the suspension to break at the mounting points. Let’s just say the tops of the fenders and tires were touching after this event.

1. 1971 to 1980 Ford Pinto and Mercury Bobcat Introduced for the 1971 model year, the Pinto also was a small car that competed with compacts from Europe, Japan, and the American manufacturers. It was available with two inline 4-cylinder engines and a V6.

Transmission choices were a 4-speed manual and a 3-speed automatic.

Body choices includes a 2-door sedan, a 3-door hatchback and 3-door

wagon. Yes, we all know that the Pinto is one of the worst cars of the 20th century due to cost cutting measures and rushing it into production, but the biggest flaw of all was the fuel tank design. It had two serious flaws. First flaw was that part of the tank protruded into the rear bumper so the slightest rear end collision would cause the tank to be damaged or ruptured causing fuel to leak out and cause a fire or explosion. The NHTSA investigated the problem after many complaints, and finally Ford was in the middle of a large lawsuit costing the company millions of dollars. Ford settled the claim out of court - costing millions. It was one of the largest out of court settlements in history. Pinto sales were very brisk, but as time went on with all the controversy, sales waned. The other fuel tank flaw was that the top of tank was also the trunk floor, which was an odd cost cutting measure.

You had to be very careful what you hauled in the trunk, making sure it would not damage the tank/floor and cause serious injury or death. For instance, if you were hauling a battery and it would tip, the acid would spill or one of the terminals would come in contact with the tank/floor. It was a recipe for disaster. In 1974, a twin to the Pinto was introduced - the Mercury Bobcat. It was a more upscale version with more convenience options making it more appealing. One thing Pinto/Bobcat had going for it was its reliability record, which was much better than its Vega counterpart, with better engines and bodies much less prone to rust. The Pinto/Bobcat saw 3 generations 1971 to 1973, 1974 to 1978 and 1979 to 1980. A little trivia for all you car gurus - did you realize the 1971 to 1973 Pinto taillights were borrowed from the Ford F Series trucks? They were turned a quarter of a turn with reverse lamps facing inward. Before I close, I would like to share two honorable mentions, the 1958 to 1960 Edsel which was a sales and mechanical flop, and the 1980 to 1985 GM X Cars Chevrolet Citation, Buick Skylark, Oldsmobile Omega, and the Pontiac Phoenix.

They took the trophy from the Dodge Aspen/Plymouth Volare for the most recalled car of all time. Also, in my opinion, if you can find one of these top 10s in pristine condition - it wouldn’t be a bad idea to purchase it as an investment or to add to your collection due to their rarity. Today, who knows? They may become a forgotten collectible someday.

That’s all for now. Until next time, keep the classics classy.

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Polar Communications donates towards Icelandic State Park Heritage Connection Trail Polar Communications Board of Directors recently approved a donation to the Northeastern North Dakota Heritage Association (NENDHA). The donation will assist with the Icelandic State Park Heritage Connection Trail Project. The trail will make it easier for everyone, no matter their physical ability, to be able to visit the buildings of the complex as well as interpret the history along the way. The trail will

cover the Pioneer Heritage Center, Gunlogson Homestead Farmhouse, access to the Wildwood Trail, Gunlogson Barn, Log Cabin, Cranley School, Akra Hall, and Hallson Church.

In a news release, Polar Communications said it is pleased to support this project, promoting vibrant communities, and helping to keep our rural areas thriving.

Brush Bunch

to hold 52nd annual art show The Brush Bunch will hold its 52nd annual art show from Noon to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 6 and Sunday, May 7.

The show, titled “Timeless Creativity”, will be held at the Walhalla Legion.

Walhalla plans city wide rummage sale The Walhalla Area Chamber of Commerce is organizing a city wide rummage sale to be held on Saturday, June 10.

NENDHA board member Bonnie Danielson and Polar board member

Grilling in a blizzard

South African duo spreads smiles and waves

By Hilary Nowatzki

If you've driven down 11th Avenue near 4th and 5th Streets in Langdon at any given evening lately, chances are Rikus Du Plessis and Stephan Smith have given you a friendly wave and happy smile from behind one of their grills. The Borderland Press was driving by during our most recent blizzard, and despite the heavy wet snow, these two were outside grilling, smiling, and waving as usual. It seemed like a perfectly ironic photo - grilling in the pouring snow and making the best of Mother Nature’s finicky attitude.

Interested parties can contact the chamber to sign up and be added to the sale map. Cost to be included is $5, which will be used to help pay for advertising for the event. The Chamber is open from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday and can be reached at (701) 549-3939 or via email at chamber@walhalland.biz The decision for a June sale came about after 38 people participated in a Facebook poll on the Walhalla Area Chamber of Commerce page. In the poll, 81% of respondents selected June, 11% preferred August, 6% picked July, and 2% wanted the sale in September.

The two are South African workers who come to their North Dakota home for nine months out of the year to work on a nearby farm. According to the pair, they love grilling in the cold. They find it to be a reprieve from their homeland's extremely hot climate.

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Class B Region IV speech contest results The Class B Region IV Speech contest was held on April 15, 2023, at Harvey High School. Teams from seven regional schools competed. The winning team was Harvey-Wells County, coached by Corbin Storbeck. The second-place team was Rugby, coached

by Dana Thoreson. Named as regional coaches of the year were Corbin Storbeck of Harvey-Wells County and Megan Gilje of Rolette.

The individual place winners are listed. An asterisk indicates that student qualified for the State Speech Meet in Mandan on April 29.

Dramatic 1. Maleina Joubert- HWC * 2. Angeline Risovi- Rugby * 3. McKenna Wilke- North Star * 4. Olivia Towe- Rugby 5. Lily Bjorgen- HWC 6. Ellamae Richter- HWC 7. Danika Colton- North Star 8. Mary Houle- Rolette Entertain 1. Elise Grenier- Rolette * 2, Garrett Howard- North Star * 3. Andrew Seibel- HWC 4. Wyatt Wilhelmi- Starkweather Extemporaneous 1. Ava Haldorson- HWC * 2. Abby Loen- HWC* 3. Haylee Heilman- Rugby 4. Ty Jenner- HWC 5. Christian Swang- HWC EPR 1. Kaitlyn Erickstad- Starkweather * 2. Maleina Joubert- HWC * 3. Caitlynn Towe- Rugby 4, Lily Bjorgen- HWC 5. Dalaney Mothershead- Rolette 6. Neela Doehler- North Star 7. Blayze Krueger- HWC Humorous: 1. Andrew Seibel- HWC * 2. Kason Connot- Rugby * 3. Maddix Martinson- HWC * 4. Madeline Hurly- Rugby * 5. Bailey Allery- Rolette 6. Leah Goyne- Rugby 7. Sierra Heilman- Rugby 8. Anna Griedl- Starkweather Humorous Duo 1. Ryli Kuhnhenn/Kason Connot- Rugby * 2. Troy Thompson/Kyle Schell- Rolette * 3. Karter Neilson/Elise Grenier- Rolette * 4. Alliana Freund/Garrett HowardNorth Star 5. Jonathan Swenson/Grant HowardNorth Star

During the blizzard they were grilling chicken and ribs but said, "Chicken and ribs, those are like vegetables to us. Back home we eat lamb for meat."

6. Kendra Svir/Amanda Vance- North Star Impromptu 1. Angeline Risovi- Rugby * 2. Grant Anderson- HWC * 3. Sawyer Wilhelmi- Starkweather 4. Ty Jenner- HWC 5. Adam Hart- Langdon 6. Ashley Keller- HWC Inform 1. Abby Loen- HWC * 2. Clara Hettwer- Starkweather * 3. Kendra Wibe- Rolette * 4. Kyle Schell- Rolette 5. Lauren Westphal- Rugby 6. Ashley Keller- HWC 7. Gracie Hagen- Maddock 8. Peyton Morrow- Rolette Persuade: 1. Ava Haldorson- HWC * 2. Lauren Westphal- Rugby * 3. Elise Weckerly- HWC Poetry 1. McKenna Wilke- North Star * 2. Kaitlyn Erickstad- Starkweather * 3. Simone Joubert- HWC 4. Isabelle Berg- Starkweather 5. Halie Hoffer- HWC 6. Matilda Lawson- Langdon 7. Katelyn Faul- HWC Radio 1. Anna Griedl- Starkweather * 2. Kendra Wibe- Rolette * 3. Grant Anderson- HWC 4. Haylee Heilman- Rugby 5. Bailey Allery- Rolette 6. Peyton Morrow- Rolette Serious Prose 1. Troy Thompson- Rolette * 2. Ryli Kuhnhenn- Rugby * 3. Caitlynn Towe- Rugby * 4. Simone Joubert- HWC 5. Isabelle Berg- Starkweather 6. Madison Howard- North Star 7. Tegan Colton- North Star 8. Lia Iverson- Starkweather 9. Halie Hoffer- HWC Serious Duo 1. Clara Hettwer/Sawyer WilhelmiStarkweather * 2. Sierra Heilman/ Leah Goyne- Rugby * 3. Camilynne Walters/Azul RodriguezNorth Star 4. Grace Schlenske/Jocelyn Stinkeoway- Starkweather 5. Ellamae Richter/Katelyn Faul- HWC Storytelling 1. Maddix Martinson- HWC * 2. Karter Neilson- Rolette * 3. Madeline Hurly- Rugby 4. Olivia Towe- Rugby 5. Elise Weckerly- HWC

March greetings from Wheatland Estates

by Dawn Bunn

March – “May your pockets be heavy & your heart be light; May good luck pursue you each morning & night…”

Again, we were greatly provided with a soup supper from the United Lutheran Church! We had various kinds of soup to try and enjoyed them all. As like the time before, we went home with full stomachs and a very thankful heart to the people that have not only provided soup suppers for us but for

thinking of each and every one of us here at Wheatland. Thank you!

With March having had all this snow lying around – we took advantage of one of the nice days and went shopping at Dollar General. The shopping that was done and the bags we carried in left us laughing as we realized how homebound we have been this winter. Thanks to the Cavalier County Senior Transit for the ride there and

back. March also filled our bowls with chips and dip for National Chips & Dip Day. We all had our certain favorites.

We had quite a few birthdays for the month of March. Leonard celebrated with family & friends for his 90th birthday. We also wished Verla, Helen & Dora a ‘Happy Birthday’ and shared some pie and cupcakes. May they all have good health and happiness in the coming year.

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March fun at Maple Manor

By Dawn Bunn

We’re catching up with Maple Manor for the month of March. As always, we had another month of fun! We enjoyed some goodies at our St. Patrick’s Day party, had Beth Cose back to paint with us, and made homemade donuts!

Staying Hip

My Superbowl

with Halle

By Halle Sanders

35,000 pieces of historical clothing items. The Met Gala brings in money to keep the museum alive while also marketing the opening of a new display. The Met Gala is an extremely exclusive event for only the most famous of celebrities. You must be invited to the event by the head of fashion herself, Vogue’s editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour. No one is invited without her approval. The Met Gala is perceived as the biggest night in fashion, worldwide.

My most faithful readers will know that I have dabbled with some sports commentary during my time as a columnist. I’ve expanded my horizons to the NFL, despite formerly having no interest, all for the sake of comedy. Now, it’s my time to flip the script and introduce you to the Superbowl of social media. It’s one of my favorite nights of the year.

Monday, May 1 is the annual Met Gala fundraiser. It takes place in New York City and is considered a fundraising event for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s costume institute. The costume institute of the museum has over

On the night of the Met Gala, celebrities are dressed in the finest of fashions befitting the year’s theme. They walk the red carpet, being blinded by the flashing photography lights as thousands of viewers watch the live stream from home. We mere mortals dedicate a day to watching people simply walk up a set of stairs in a flashy gown, and you know what, I absolutely love every second of it.

Celebrities get to be the first to view the museum before it’s opened to the public, as well as fancy dinner. That part doesn’t really matter - it’s all about the red carpet and outfits. Now this year’s theme is “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty”. It’s all very posh.

The theme is in honor of a deceased fashion designer. Celebrities might

wear some of Lagerfeld’s former creations while others might wear outfits by other designers emulating Lagerfeld’s style. This column is going to be a two parter. The article explains the Met Gala and what it is, while next week’s article will be a recap of all that occurred on the upcoming Monday night.

Now, this year has a lot of expectations, because last year was a disaster. I am still provoked by the monstrosity. The celebrities last year absolutely disregarded the theme, like it was nothing.

The outfits were hideous, and overall, I felt a lack of respect. In the two most recent years, the guest list has become less elite, something that Anna Wintour aims to fix this year. I want to see more actual artists and actors rather than fake, C-list stars. The only saving grace last year was the ethereal Greek goddess that is actress, model, and business woman - Blake Lively. She kills the carpet always and last year was perfection. I could write a whole Borderland newspaper just about her dress. There were so many intricate details and representations in the dress that it still brings a tear to my eye just thinking about it.

Cavalier County Senior Menu Cavalier County Senior Meals & Services, Langdon Monday, May 1 Smothered Chicken/Mashed Potatoes/Key Biscayne Vegetables/ Mandarin Oranges Tuesday, May 2 Spaghetti with Meat Sauce/ Steamed Cauliflower/Garlic Toast/ Tropical Fruit Wednesday, May 3 Ham/Scalloped Potatoes/Glazed Carrots/Pears in Jello Thursday, May 4 Chicken & Rice Hotdish/Green Beans/Rhubarb Crisp Friday, May 5 Taco Casserole/Chips & Salsa/ Corn/Assorted Fruit

EBT/SNAP accepted.

Full cost of a meal: $8.00. Suggested Donation: $5.50 for those over 60 years of age. Please contribute what you can. Those under 60 are required to pay the full cost of the meal. Menus are subject to change.

Due to COVID-19 we have been experiencing shipping issues and food shortages.

Cavalier County Senior Meals & Services is located at 211 8th Ave. in Langdon and can be reached by phone at 256-2828.

Health Tip

Provided by Cavalier County Health District Addiction is a complex disease, similar to heart disease, cancer, and other chronic illnesses. Let’s break the stigma and normalize conversations about addiction and mental health. It starts with you.

I have high standards this year, and next week, you’ll be getting an earful all about it. All I’m saying is people better follow the gosh darn theme or else face my wrath. I would use some harsher words, but my grandparents read this paper. Here are some alternative phrases to represent my feelings: cheese and crackers, doggone, flipping, tarnation, dagnabbit. I’m also hoping that we see more A-list celebs, like the uncomparable Zendaya. I’m obsessed with her and feel I don’t

have the privilege to even speak her name.

See you next week for part two of this momentous occasion. Will I be starstruck or left disappointed once again? My emotions are all in Anna Wintour’s hands. If you’re interested like me, make sure to tune in online.

Everyone, keep your fingers crossed for me.

Church

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From the Pastor's Desk:

By Pastor Jodi Myrvik

of literature that teaches us from where and whom our strength comes on a daily basis. The main theme of Psalm 23 is God’s loving care for his children. The Psalm uses imagery and the analogy of a shepherd and his sheep, depicting God’s gentleness and guidance throughout our lives.

The love spoken of in Psalm 23 is not just any kind of love. It is the love of a Shepherd who is willing to lay down his life for his sheep.

One of the most beloved scriptures of all times is Psalm 23. Although frequently requested at times of funerals, this Psalm not only comforts us in times of grief and death, it is a piece

This Psalm teaches us how to be content in any circumstance, whether in a valley of difficulty or in green pastures of ease. No matter what we are going through, we can trust the Shepherd’s plan for us. If we are alive and facing challenges or in a time of peaceful-

ness, God is there. If we walk through the valley of death, God is there leading and guiding us. God is also there to help us face the difficult valley of losing a loved one.

Psalm 23 contains 6 short verses.

Each verse is filled with reassurance, comfort, encouragement and strength to meet the needs of daily life starting with verse 1: “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” God is taking care of and watching over us.

We have everything we need now, and everything we need in the future will be provided. Since God is our heavenly Father, we have assurance He will provide always. He is not just any shepherd. He is my shepherd...your shepherd...our shepherd, making the

relationship we have with Him close and personal.

Verse 2 says, “He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside the still waters.” God gives us blessing upon blessing; physical provisions and spiritual salvation. He has laid the groundwork in our life to endure whatever and wherever our journey in life may take us. Not only does God give us what we need, He gives even more: green pastures, still waters... the best of the best. And He makes us take breaks and enjoy life, not just work.

“He restores my soul,” says verse 3.

“He leads me in the paths of righteousness, for His name’s sake.” God is the only one who can refresh our soul and spirit. He leads us to Him through His Word. He gives us instruction on how to live a life that brings glory and honor to his name as we care for others...near and far, neighbor and stranger, friend and enemy.

The verse that makes us think of funerals is verse 4 which says, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me, Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.” This phrase is filled with the assurance of the preposition through. We are not guaranteed living a pain free life without struggles. Yet, we are promised that God will walk through those difficulties with us when they arise. The God of the resurrection, the God who defeat-

ed death is always with us every moment of the day providing whatever we need to endure through whatever comes our way. Simply having God’s presence beside us is everything we need for comfort in the storms of life.

Verse 5 goes on to say, “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil, my cup runs over.” God honors us by bringing us through the darkness into the light. He blesses us and sustains us with His love and faithfulness. If we were to attempt to count all the blessings given to us by God, they would be far more than can be numbered.

One could say the entire Psalm is summed up in the words of verse 6, “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever!” This is our ultimate promise... no matter what situation we face, God is good all the time! He is with us now and always will be. We are forever in His presence, now and for eternity!

Pastor Jodi has served at United Lutheran Church in Langdon since December 2021. Jodi is a North Dakota born and raised farm girl. She is married to husband, Paul, and they have a daughter, Sophie. Along with serving in ministry for the past 18 years, they farm near Edmore. Jodi is also a registered nurse. They enjoy gardening, yard work, camping and doing things together as a family.

Obituaries making lefse and volunteering with church upkeep. Lucy was a member of the Walhalla Order of the Eastern Star and held several offices throughout the years. As a homemaker, she loved to cook delicious meals and enjoyed canning and baking breads, vinatarta and pies. She and Magnus enjoyed making lefse together. Lucy spent a lot of the summertime gardening and tending to her flowers and yard.

Lucille Eyrikson A memorial service was held April 14, 2023, in Walhalla, N.D., for Lucille Eyrikson, 87, of Walhalla, who passed away April 11, 2023, at the Pembilier Nursing Center in Walhalla.

Lucille Marie Schwartz was born January 20, 1936, in Beaulieu Township to Alvin and Pamelia (Dumas) Schwartz.

She grew up in the Walhalla area and attended Walhalla Public School. Lucy married Magnus Eyrikson on December 30, 1958, at Walhalla, N.D. She was a day care provider for several years as she loved spending time with little children and said that the children brought in the sunshine - especially her two grandchildren. Lucy was a member of the Walhalla Lutheran Church and taught Sunday School for several years; she especially enjoyed helping with the quilting projects,

Lucy is survived by her daughter, Elsie (Larry) Grossman of Northwood, N.D.; grandchildren: Corey Grossman of Fargo, N.D. and Rachel (Casey) Smith of Grand Forks, N.D.; several nieces and nephews; and sister- in-law Lavonne Schwartz. She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Magnus, who passed in 2006; her parents; brothers: Richard, Raymond, Alex, Gilbert and Rolland; and sisters: Alnoria Kalis, Angeline Kalis and Loretta Roppel.

Online condolences available at www. askewfuneralhome.com .

Legislative

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Legislator speaks to the benefits of increased citizen engagement in the Legislature

By Isabelle Ballalatak | ND Newspaper Association negatively affect the public perception of lawmakers if they were to misspeak or incidentally relay false information.

Meyer said, “Well if you’re concerned about those types of things, maybe you shouldn’t be in office.”

BISMARCK – Citizens have been increasing their engagement in the legislative session since the livestreaming pilot project to broadcast committee hearings and committee work started in 2019.

Propelled by COVID, almost all legislative proceedings are now broadcast, archived, and accessible to the public on ndlegis.gov.

According to a Forum Communications report on April 17, “Livestream views of the Legislature have exceeded those of the 2021 session by over 27%.”

Lawmakers are praising the initiative.

Sen. Scott Meyer, R-Grand Forks, said in an interview that the Legislature is the most transparent it has ever been.

“I love the fact that constituents back home can be watching a bill hearing and reach out to you and say, ‘Hey, that person misspoke’ or ‘That was a misleading statement,’” Meyer said.

House Majority Leader Mike Lefor, R-Dickinson, described the initiative as “fantastic” and “wonderful,” according to the Forum Communications report.

Meyer said his father is a great example of a constituent taking advantage of the livestreams ndlegis.gov now provides.

“My dad watches pretty much every day. He’s watching committees, he’s watching floor debate.” Meyer also said his father encourages his friends and fellow constituents to view the hearings and floor debates.

According to Meyer, there was some concern by legislators that live streams of committee hearings might

In the interview, Meyer said that lawmakers are taking just as much advantage of the resource as constituents are.

“When I’m doing some research on a bill for the next day, I’ll pull up a committee hearing” Meyer said. “It’s just more and more information, not only for our constituents, but for our lawmakers.”

Before committee hearings were broadcast, only Senate and House floor sessions were livestreamed.

Meyer said he encourages viewers to not only watch floor debates, but also committee hearing debates.

“You don’t necessarily see the whole picture during a floor debate. The committees are where most of the work gets done, and where you can hear the really good debate from both sides.

“The positives of access and transparency far outweigh any issues we might experience.”

The Legislative Council tracks the number and length of citizen engagements via internet access, but was unable to provide information on where people were dialing in from or whether they represented interest groups or businesses or just themselves.

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Legislature finding ways to address state-tribal relations

By Zachary Weiand |N.D. Newspaper Association BISMARCK – North Dakota has one of the largest Native American populations among states in the United States, making up about 5% of the state’s population, according to U.S. Census data. Because of this, relations between the five tribal nations and the state are always a concern.

North Dakota Indian Affairs Commissioner Nathan Davis has only been in state government for a few years, but he feels the state and the tribal nations have a strong relationship at the moment. He cites work done by the executive branch as a major factor in the improvement of relations.

“Under the leadership of Gov. Doug Burgum, we have advanced the relationship by leaps and bounds,” he said in an interview.

Davis also credits the Legislature with improving relations. One potentially impactful bill was SB 2377, an agreement between tribes and the state about administration and collection of wholesale alcohol.. The bill passed both chambers without any dissent before Burgum signed it into law in March.

Another bill of note was HB 1385.

This bill was designed to make tribal nations eligible as sponsors under the North Dakota Department of Water Resources’ “Cost-Share” Program.

This bill was also passed unanimously by both chambers, and Burgum signed it at the end of March.

“We’re grateful to the Legislature, our Department of Water Resources team and tribal leaders for their collaboration on this breakthrough legislation,” Burgum said during the bill signing.

Perhaps one of the most championed bills was the Indian Child Welfare Act, HB 1536, which was sponsored by Rep. Jayme Davis, D-Rolette. It passed both chambers overwhelmingly, with only one vote in opposition coming in the House.

“That is near and dear to my heart, and near and dear to all tribes no matter the tribe, and the state,” she said. “It is ultimately the state that will oversee this in collaboration with each of the nations.”

Jayme Davis says the passing of all these measures have been a good thing for tribal-state relations in North Dakota. Despite this, however, she

still believes there are areas where growth needs to occur.

“There is quite a lot of education that needs to happen,” she said.

Educating colleagues is an action Jayme Davis said she has had many opportunities to do this session. Recently during floor debate, she challenged a colleague who incorrectly spoke about the status of tribal colleges in the state. This incident caused her to eventually send out an email to all lawmakers to clarify the topic.

Another instance was when a colleague challenged the validity of American citizenship of indigenous people during a discussion on sanctuary cities. This occurred during the early weeks of the session in a committee hearing. This interaction hurt her, she said.

“Just educating a lot is sometimes hard to shoulder,” Jayme Davis said.

A topic that can still be hard to discuss is the Dakota Access Pipeline protests from 2016. The protests and response still weigh on tribal people, according to Davis. For her, the topic still holds pain.

“It’s still there, and I know it’s been referenced many times for many different reasons on the floor,” she said.

Nathan Davis said he recognizes the effects the DAPL protests have had on tribal-state relations, although he wasn’t in office during the protests.

He said his office’s number one priority is to improve the relationships of tribal and state entities, and to hopefully foster a sense of mutual respect.

“There’s always room to grow and room to improve. You can’t amend relations overnight,” he said.

Jayme Davis has worked on state-tribal relations beyond the Indian Child Welfare Act. She was also the main sponsor on a resolution that would study racism in sports. The resolution passed through the House and Senate with overwhelming support, but she fears it may not make it through the legislative management committee, where leaders decide which study resolutions should go forward.

“I’m wondering, is that where it’s going to die?” she said. “Because there

is no one else looking, there is nobody else that has eyes on it and it can just die behind the doors.”

Jayme Davis said she hopes the resolution will be selected by legislative management because it’s an important issue that shouldn’t be overlooked.

The 2023 session opened in early January with addresses from the governor and others, including Jamie Azure, chairman of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, who gave the traditional state-tribal relations address on behalf of the five sovereign nations within the state.

Azure, who did not respond to requests for an interview on how the current session has gone, reviewed a number of achievements and examples of tribal-state cooperation, including the Covid pandemic fight, when he spoke Jan. 3.

“We do all of this and more in a good way,” he said then. “We have moved on from tribes being reliant on governments. We move on from the stigma and mindsets that some still have of tribes. We move on by asking questions of culture and sovereignty.

“And yes, it’s important to have those hard discussions moving forward. I end this address by reminding everyone here that we are wards of mother earth. We are wards of the futures of the next generations. It is our responsibility to provide safety and opportunity to people like my daughters. Let’s remember that every decision that we make will affect them. So, let's affect those generations in a good way through respect and partnerships.”

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Larry’s Lens

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Larry Stokke took these photos on Friday, April 21. The City of Langdon cleaned up after last week’s storm dropped more than a foot of heavy, wet snow on the city. Langdon was the top spot for snow accumulation during this storm with official totals at 12.5. Walhalla reported 11.5 inches of snow.

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EDUCATION St. Alphonsus students enjoy time on the farm

Students in grades kindergarten through three took a field trip on Tuesday, April 25 to Myrvik Farms near Edmore. The kids enjoyed seeing the sheep, dogs, cats, and cows. Submitted photos.

Langdon Area Middle School holds Spring concert Langdon Area Middle School students presented their Spring concert on Tuesday, April 18. Photos by Larry Stokke.

Olson recognized as OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR

Classroom educators from across the nation at the elementary, middle, and high school levels received ITEEA’s Teacher Excellence Award. Sponsored

by ITEEA and Goodheart-Wilcox, the Teacher Excellence Award is one of the highest honors given to technology and engineering education classroom teachers and is presented in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the profession and their students.

The Teacher Excellence Award provides public recognition at the local, state, and international levels.

The Teacher Excellence Awards program was established to identify outstanding technology and engineering teachers who will serve as models for their colleagues and who could form a leadership core to affect change in the field. Separate Teacher Excellence Awards are available for elementary, middle, and high school teachers. Every state is eligible to participate with their selected recipients at each level.

Twenty-seven outstanding technology and engineering educators, including Rich Olson of Langdon Area High School, were honored by the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA) at its 85th Annual Conference held April 12-15 in Minneapolis.

“The award winners exhibit so many high-quality programs and activities occurring globally in technology and engineering education,” said Charlie McLaughlin, ITEEA president. “It is inspiring to learn from these leaders, and we should all feel proud to be connected with these colleagues.”

Osnabrock native named Traill County’s Teacher of the Year

By Cole Short, Hillsboro Banner

Krista Hogfoss has been named Traill County's Teacher of the Year for 2023.

A native of Osnabrock, N.D., Hogfoss has spent the past three years as a kindergarten teacher at Peter Boe Jr. Elementary School in Mayville after a two-year run as a second-grade teacher at nearby Hatton Eielson School.

Hogfoss and her husband, Steven, live in Mayville with their three children: Kaden, 14; Jaidyn, 12; and Kaley, 3.

bundle of energy” who goes above and beyond the call of duty to serve her kindergarten students.

Billie Soholt, elementary principal at Peter Boe, described Hogfoss as “a

“Our county teachers of the year are among our best at educating the next

Hogfoss was one of 42 Teacher of the Year recipients announced April 21 by State School Superintendent Kirsten Baesler. In a release, Baesler praised this year's Teacher of the Year honorees for their passion and tradition of excellence in serving students across the state.

generation of young North Dakotans,” Baesler said. “They impact knowledge in reading, math, science, and other subjects, and they do it with passion, empathy, imagination and a spirit of service. They embody the best qualities of the teaching profession.”

This year marked the fourth year that Baesler has named County Teacher of the Year winners. Cavalier County did not have a winner this year. Pembina County’s winner is Anna Mertz from Cavalier Public School.

Sports

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Cards girls lose 11-1 at Thompson in Girls Softball

Jake’s Take on Sports

By Jake Kulland, Sports Editor The Merry Month of May looks to be a very busy one As most of you read these words this week, we are on the brink of May Day, and thankfully it appears that the fifth month of 2023 will finally bring a good stretch of spring weather. Lord knows we’re due, and after the rough April we all have endured, the Big Warmup is finally on its way. Most importantly, hopefully wheels will finally start turning in the field for spring’s work and to get the crop in, which of course makes everything go around here.

The spring sports schedules are kind of all over the place, but should settle down as we work further into May. Golf hopefully is on the horizon Many area golfers are very anxious to get out on the links, and the 60 degree weather that is forecast later next week should make things closer to reality. The Langdon Country Club has already begun in Tuesday Stag Nights and the Tuesday Men’s golf league is scheduled to begin on May 23. If you haven’t already, sign up your

two-man team for that league in either the 3:30 p.m. or 6:00 p.m. shifts by calling or texting Randy Hill at 701370-1118. The Walhalla Country Club had its first Men’s Night on April 27, and will now continue those on Thursday throughout the summer. For high school boys golf, things were getting so desperate that some coaches actually suggested playing some meets in South Dakota (Not kidding!). Langdon was actually supposed to host a Region 3 Golf Meet on May 1, but that will of course have to be rescheduled, if possible. But again, if the weather stays nice, it shouldn’t be long for everyone to start getting some swings in.

Cardinals High School Baseball has yet to swing a bat; Outdoor track season is here The week ahead should also be the season opener for the Langdon-Edmore-Munich high school baseball team, which has yet to get a game in, and has had very limited outdoor practices of any kind That should change in the week ahead as well, but any home games at American Legion Field and Eagles Park are still quite a ways from happening. We have no complete schedule yet for the Cards, although they are scheduled to have a game with Grafton on May 1, with the location to be determined, if it can be played at all. It’s going to be a quick season for both high school baseball and girls softball, like every spring sport. Langdon-Edmore-Munich was also scheduled to host a track meet on April 27, but that was canceled.

Many meets are scheduled throughout May, and Cards head coach Jane Hart has pointed out that track nev-

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By Jake Kulland er really got going until May last year, and everyone seemed to work out fine, hopefully it will be the same this year.

Stainbrook, Burgess, make Lions All-Star Basketball teams We need to give a huge shout out to seniors Ayden Stainbrook of North Border, and Rylen Burgess of Cavalier, for both making the 2023 boys and girls Lions All-Star Basketball teams, respectively. They will both represent our area in the games that will be played July 10 in Bismarck and July 11 at Fargo. You can find out more about this topic in this week’s Borderland Press. Congrats to both Ayden and Rylen!

Twins are winning to start their season Let’s leave you with some Minnesota Twins baseball talk. The Twins have been winning, their record is 14-10 at the time of this writing. And another nice highlight is that they took the season series from the New York Yankees for the first time since 2001.

They always seem to play their seven games with the Yankees in the first month of the season. The nice thing about Minnesota’s great start is that starting pitching has been the bright spot, which is something fans have been whining about for a decade or more. They already have a three game lead in their division over Cleveland, and the pitching stays healthy, they should be able to stretch out as the weeks of May go on.

Breana Wagner runs down a fly ball to right field and makes a third out against the Tommies. Photo by Larry Stokke.

After splitting their first two games of the season, losing to May-PortC-G and beating Larimore, the Langdon-Edmore-Munich Cardinals girls softball team hit the road again for a game at Thompson on April 25. The Cards had one tough inning and lost to the Tommies 11-1 by the 10-run rule in five innings. Up next for the Cardinals are four non-conference games at Casselton for a jamboree.

They will play the Central Cass JV and Horace on April 28 then Enderlin and Maple River on April 29.

In their game at Thompson, the Cards stayed right with the Tommies for much of the game but gave up six runs in the third, which put them behind 8-0 going into the fourth. Kya Hurst had a two-run homer in the big inning.

Langdon-Edmore-Munich scored their only run of the game in the top of the fourth, when Jalynn Swanson hit a one out double and eventually came in to score on a base hit from Breana Wagner. Jaya Henderson and Jada Moen also had hits for the Cardinals in the contest. Tallia Johnston took the loss on the mound, allowing 13 hits in four and a third innings pitched.

Drew Schwab got the win pitching for Thompson with six strikeouts.

THOMPSON 11, LANGDON-EDMORE-MUNICH 1 (5 Innings) LEM -- 000 10 -- 1 4 3 T -- 206 03 -- 11 13 0 WP -- Drew Schwab; LP -- Tallia Johnston Highlights -- LEM: Jalynn Swanson 1x2 2B, Breana Wagner 1x2 RBI, Jaya Henderson 1x3, Jada Moen 1x2; T: Kya Hurst 2x3 HR 2 RBIs, Olivia Dick 2x2 2B 3B 2 RBIs

“See ya!” next week!

NB Eagles Ayden Stainbrook named to LIONS ALL-STAR GAMES ROSTER

Pictured is North Border Eagles senior Ayden Stainbrook, putting down one of his several electrifying slam dunks this season. The honors for Ayden just keep on coming, as he has been named to the roster for the 2023 Lions All-Star Basketball Games, which will be held July 10th at Bismarck High School, and July 11th at Fargo Davies.

Stainbrook was named the State Class B Senior Athlete of the Year by the North Dakota Coaches Association, and was also a finalist for North Dakota Mr. Basketball, while also making the first team for the Class B All-State Team from the North Dakota Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. Area players joining him on the Class B Boys team include Landon Koenig from May-Port-C-G and Mark Fassett of Warwick. On the Class B Girls side, Cavalier's Rylen Burgess is on that team along with Olivia Dick of Thompson. Stainbrook will be attending the University of Jamestown in fall, where he will also play men's basketball. Ayden is the son of Wes and Debi Stainbrook of Pembina.

Kenadee Cluchie waits for a strike thrown by Tallia Johnston. Photo by Larry Stokke.

Jalynn Swanson runs down and tags out a Thompson player in Thompson March 25th.

Photo by Larry Stokke.

Mckenna Schneider makes a catch at 1st base for an out against a Thompson Tommie.

Photo by Larry Stokke

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Dakota Gardener: Spring lawn problems

NDSU Extension horticulturist gives recommendations for issues facing lawns this spring.

By Esther E. McGinnis, Horticulturist, NDSU Extension

of a fungal disease called gray snow mold and it is most prevalent where the snow was piled.

renovation may be necessary. In the future, make sure to bring the lawn out of dormancy by irrigating during the fall.

The incidence of snow mold increases when snow cover exceeds 90 days.

With our long winter, we definitely met that threshold.

The winter of 2022-23 just keeps on giving! With the snow mostly melted, our Dakota Gardener readers may notice their lawns are a mess but for vastly different reasons. Across the region, we have three different situations that have resulted in lawn damage: persistent snow cover, the 2022 drought and spring flooding.

Gray Snow Mold For those that endured deep snowdrifts for what seemed like an eternity, you may see matted down, straw-colored patches of grass. A cotton-like webbing may have briefly appeared. No, this isn’t a giant spider horror movie. Rather, this is indicative

Spring Flooding From fall drought, we now transition to spring flooding along rivers and streams. Fortunately, lawns can survive a few days of being submerged by spring floods due to the cold water temperatures. Summer flooding with warm water temperatures is much more lethal.

While snow mold damage may look alarming, it is usually a short-lived problem. After the lawn is no longer muddy, rake up the matted areas. If lawn patches have died, reseed the bare spots. Fungicide applications in spring are not effective.

Lessening the severity of snow mold damage depends upon your fall lawn activities. Late fall applications of fertilizer are not recommended because nitrogen makes the turfgrass more susceptible to this disease. Regionally, the final fall application of fertilizer should occur no later than September. Furthermore, continue to mow the lawn until the grass stops growing in the fall to prevent the turfgrass from matting.

Fall fungicide applications are not recommended for homeowners.

Fungicides for snow mold are very expensive and may not be effective.

The fall drought, gray snow mold and spring flooding are all issues plaguing lawns this spring.

NDSU photo.

The application timing is very tricky because it must be done right before a snowfall.

Fall Drought With our snowy winter, we forgot that large areas of the region experienced drought or abnormally dry conditions last summer and fall. Fall is an important time for the lawn to recuperate after summer stresses and drought. If

you irrigated your lawn after the summer and it greened up last September, the turfgrass will be in relatively good shape this spring.

The original town site in Billings County was founded in 1883 along the Northern Pacific Railroad just east of the small settlement named Little Missouri. The new town was named for Medora von Hoffman, daughter of a wealthy New York City banker and wife of a young French nobleman, the Marquis de Mores.

The Marquis’s lofty plans to build a meat packing empire in Medora quickly failed, however, and the family left the area in 1886, returning to France.

Medora is also noted for another colorful resident, Theodore Roosevelt, a young New York politician. His first visit was to hunt buffalo in September 1883, and he eventually owned two large ranches in the area.

The town died down somewhat after their departures, and it remained a simple cattle town until the late 1950s, when Harold Schafer and his Gold Seal Company began a major restoration and modernization of the western town.

Schafer developed many new attractions and businesses through the Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation. The “Old Four Eyes” production, begun in 1958, became the Medora Musical in 1965.

Dakota Datebook written by Cathy A. Langemo

the first settlers of present-day Minot ND. Three years later Erik Ramstad’s land sale to the railroad companies would set into motion the creation of the city of Minot. Ramstad would profit handsomely from these sales, and he became not only a bank and lumber company president, but one of Minot’s most celebrated forefathers.

Erik Ramstad did not begin life with expectations for such success on the Dakota frontier. He was born in Sigdal Norway to the family of a poor landless farmer. Erik’s father, Reier Pedersen, had the infamous reputation of being both the town brawler and drunkard.

Phew! We’ve talked about fall drought, heavy snowfall and spring flooding in the same article. Here’s to hoping the weather is more moderate this spring!

Conversely, if the lawn went dormant last summer and did not receive much moisture in the fall, significant damage may have occurred. In that event, readers may need to overseed thin lawns. If large areas died, a lawn

DAKOTA DATEBOOK: DAKOTA DATEBOOK: Erik Ramstad’s Immigration Harold Schafer’s May 2, 2023 — This month in 1883, Due to his father’s poor reputation Dakota Territory. Hearing of the inexErik and Oline Ramstad set out from Erik forsook the family name of “Rei- pensive land on the Dakota frontier, Medora Grafton in Dakota Territory to become er” for that of his employer Stener N. Ramstad moved to Grafton Dakota May 1, 2023 — Perhaps more important than the founding of Harold Schafer’s Gold Seal Company on this date in 1942 was his decision and dedication to revive the small southwestern North Dakota community of Medora.

If flooding occurs, rake or shovel off the flood debris and silt as much as possible to prevent the lawn from being smothered. Once the area is dry, consider core aeration to relieve compaction and to allow oxygen to reach the turfgrass root system. Overseeding the lawn is also recommended.

Ramstad. Seeking to further distance himself from his family connections, and for a chance at inexpensive land, Erik Ramstad immigrated first to a large Scandinavian community in southern Minnesota in 1880.

Territory in 1882. At year’s end Erik Ramstad was unable to find any land that suited him. However, he did manage to find a wife, Ingeborg Oline Gullson, and by the beginning of 1883 they were wed.

He was too late to claim the cheap land of a frontier community in Minnesota, so he spent two years earning money felling trees and wrestling men for money. The money Erik Ramstad earned forcing trees and men to the ground was not enough to start a farm in Minnesota.

That May of 1883 the Ramstad’s packed up their belongings into a single covered wagon and made their way 200 west miles to the Mouse River Valley. After a month of traveling, Mr. Ramstad and his wife found a quiet wooded valley, and began to build their home.

It was however enough to start one in

Three years later, Ramstad agreed

to sell sections of his homestead to James Hill’s railroad company that was building through the area. The railroad company founded the present-day city Minot on the 40 acres of land that it originally had bought from Eric Ramstad for $1000. In later years, Ramstad continued to sell and give away acres of land. Today elementary schools, cemeteries, churches, and Minot State University are all located on land originally donated by Eric Ramstad, a man who left Grafton this month in 1883 a poor Norwegian immigrant, and became one of Minot’s most celebrated forefathers.

Dakota Datebook written by Lane Sunwall

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Prairie Fare: Pets can promote physical activity and wellbeing

By Julie Garden-Robinson, Ph.D., NDSU Extension food and nutrition specialist

and glanced at me. We both would need to be Olympic athletes to leap over this body of water on our evening walk. I did not need to coax him to cross the street away from the icy water. He didn’t want to freeze his paws, and I didn’t want to fill my shoes with water.

Our dog Louis looked at the sidewalk that had a 10-foot puddle. He stopped

We followed a zigzag walking pattern as we encountered sidewalks filled with the water from melting snow.

While some dogs in our neighborhood wear little boots, I don’t think Louis would enjoy fancy footwear.

Our dog was helping us meet the goal of at least 30 minutes of daily, moderate physical activity. We can meet the physical activity goal in shorter segments, such as two 15-minute walks per day or other physical activities such as riding a bike.

Health experts recommend that children get 60 minutes of physical activity daily. When the weather warms, getting outside in the fresh air and sunshine can promote health. Be sure to put on some sunscreen, though.

Pets are good for our health on social, physical, and emotional levels.

Louis paused for several “meet and greets” with other dogs in the neighborhood. We interacted with the pet parents. Pets can promote social interaction among adults, too.

Published research has shown that interacting with pets can have measurable effects in reducing our blood pressure, blood cholesterol levels,

the harness width to give him a little more room.

Pets promote mental wellbeing. They can reduce our stress because a hormone, oxytocin, increases when we interact with pets. Oxytocin is sometimes called the “cuddle chemical.”

At least one study has shown that children with autism can improve their social skills and cooperation when they interact with pets.

Interestingly, even caring for pet fish

While not every household has a dog to walk or the resources to support caring for a pet, some communities in the U.S. have “loaner dog” programs from animal shelters. Neighborhoods can support dog walking with waste disposal bins and plastic bags. Maybe a neighbor with a pet needs some help ensuring their pet gets enough exercise.

Remember safety, too. Handwashing is key. Be sure to wash hands after playing with a pet, feeding or cleaning up after a pet. After petting an animal, be sure to wash your hands before eating and doing food preparation, too.

If you need a snack after walking your dog, this might fit the bill. This recipe, however, is for the humans, not the pets. Check with your veterinarian before changing your pet’s diet.

Walking a pet can reduce blood pressure, blood cholesterol levels, and weight. (Pixabay photo)

and weight. Walking a pet can foster all those positive effects. By getting more physical activity, we can reduce our risk for heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.

Walking is good for the pets, too.

Both humans and animals endured a long, cold winter in North Dakota and beyond. I did not see many dogs on walks when the outdoor temperature dipped low on the thermometer.

I noticed the effects of too-little exercise on Louis when I was putting on his harness and leash. I had to adjust

can have some benefits. Another study followed children with diabetes who cared for pet fish. As the teens managed the care of fish, they became more disciplined in monitoring and managing their blood glucose levels.

In an eight month study, Australian researchers studied the impact of introducing a dog into a household. Having a dog in the household significantly decreased loneliness within three months and the effect lasted throughout the study.

Honey and Oatmeal Energy Bites ½ cup honey 1 ½ cups old-fashioned or quick oatmeal ½ cup creamy peanut butter (or other nut butter) ½ teaspoon vanilla extract 1 tablespoon chia seeds ½ cup unsalted dry-roasted peanuts, chopped ½ cup mini dark chocolate chips Combine honey, oatmeal, peanut butter, vanilla extract and chia seeds together in large bowl.

Combine chopped peanuts and mini chocolate chips in a shallow bowl or plate. Roll each ball in the mixture to coat the outside. The finished product does not need to be refrigerated, but store it in an air-tight container to prevent it from drying out. Eat within 7 to 10 days for best quality. The energy balls may be stored in the freezer for up to three months.

Note: You can substitute crushed peanuts for other various nuts or seeds from your pantry. Crushed walnuts, pecans, almonds, pistachios, sunflower seeds, hemp seeds or flaxseed can provide a different taste and texture.

Makes 18 energy bites. Each piece has 170 calories, 9 grams (g) fat, 4 g protein, 19 g carbohydrate, 3 g fiber and 35 milligrams sodium.

(Julie Garden-Robinson, Ph.D., R.D., L.R.D., is a North Dakota State University Extension food and nutrition specialist and professor in the Department of Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences. Follow her on Twitter @jgardenrobinson)

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The Borderland Press

Lefty 2.0

By Hilary Nowatzki

Hello, dear Borderland Press readers!

Some may have noticed my articles are sparse in the Borderland nowadays. Back in June, Simmons Multimedia acquired Drayton’s newspaper, Valley News & Views. I was asked to become the editor, so I’ve been spending my days covering news down by the river.

Sadly, for those who don’t know, during one of my first trips down to Drayton, I was struck on my driver’s side by a heavy work truck that ran a stop sign at a high speed. My VW Passat didn’t stand a chance. The accident caused some serious damage to the left side of my face, especially my eye, which I became blind in. The retina detached, natural lens popped out, and the eye just kind of shriveled up in the socket. For nearly a year, I’ve patiently awaited a prosthetic eye.

That day finally came on March 7! My

and then mold it onto the eye. I sat beside him the whole time so that he could gauge what sizes and dimensions to build the wax up into. This is a special type of wax, and it was a little pinkish. I was able to try on Brad’s various wax prototypes. After five attempts, Brad was happy with where the iris and pupil placement were, the actual size of the eye and how much it was able to lift my eyelid.

On Tuesday morning I came in at 8:30, and they were all set up and ready to go. They had the actual hard version of the white prosthetic made based off of Brad’s wax prototype. Paul sat me down next to him to paint my little new eye. It looked no different from an oil painting set-up! He also used a machine that I can only describe as a ‘pottery wheel for prosthetic eyes’ to work on the circles of the pupil and iris.

For a hour he looked up at me over and over again and had me look in different directions with different angles of light to best match my original eye color. He said that my color is one of the trickiest that he has had to do because my eyes tend to go from blue to green to bluish-green to turquoise, all depending on lighting and what I'm wearing. So I chose to wear black for this consultation on purpose. Paul thanked me for my forethought!

For the veins in my eye, I was amazed to see Paul pull out a box of red silk thread. He would gauge how big my veins were and pull off strings of the appropriate side, lay them on the eye, then paint a clear coat over them.

Throughout Tuesday afternoon, Brad and Paul would pop my new eye in, take a few photos, take it out, and either sand portions away or add more to other areas. This sanding and adding process was an attempt to get my pupil and iris to line up exactly where my right eye is. Since my new pupil obviously can’t dilate, they sized it at a perfect midpoint. The size difference is only really noticeable in bright light.

entire eye was removed in February, and in its place, a silicone implant was sewn to my orbital muscles (the ones that make your eyes trace). The prosthetic itself is actually shaped like a cap to go over top of the silicone implant. I wrote three of my columns in Valley News & Views detailing the experience because I found it all so fascinating. I hope my readers did, too! Here is a condensed version of those three columns for anyone interested in learning about how modern prosthetics are made.

Today I’m at Midwest Eye Laboratories. I'm over an hour early for my appointment - mostly because I couldn't sleep from excitement. I didn't really plan to have a column for this week due to just having thumb surgery, but as I go throughout the day, I thought I’d share my adventures of having a custom made prosthetic eye by taking breaks and using voice to text.

It’s been a two day process. On the first day, I came in and the ocularist, Paul, immediately took a mold of what the inside of my eye socket looked like. The silicone implant isn’t flat like I had imagined; it has small grooves and ridges. This mold will be for the inside of my prosthetic, and those little grooves will all fit together like a puzzle piece. This is why my prosthetic is able to move around and trace like my regular eye. They used stuff that was similar to dental mold that they use for impressions of teeth - it was basically the same stuff but poured in my eye socket. Don't worry, it wasn't painful at all.

After that, I got a hour-long break.

When I came back, a gentleman named Brad had a wax molding prepared. The inside of it matched the form of the first impression of my eye socket. Brad worked on the exterior of the eye by building up layers upon layers of a pink wax. You could see him scrape off pieces of wax, heat it up,

I could see their work area when I walked through the hall, and it looked like a massive dremel rotary/router table. I was amazed at how quickly these guys could work. They’d pop my

eye out and be back in with added adjustments within 10-15 minutes.

Once Paul and Brad were satisfied, I was finally allowed to look in the mirror (they wouldn’t let me look in the mirror until they were 100% satisfied).

I couldn’t even believe how realistic this thing looked AND moved! After wearing the eye patch for so long, it’s like I’m readjusting to having an eye in my head. I’m including a photo of the masterpiece - the dot indicates the ‘top’ of the eye. Apparently, a lot of folks were putting them in upside down.

The prosthetic still appears to be off-set at some angels, but this has nothing to do with Brad and Paul. The muscles and nerves of both my top and lower eyelids sustained damage in the wreck. They are both still a bit droopy, which makes my iris appear to be higher than it actually is. Luckily, the surgery to repair the eyelids isn’t too serious. I should be able to have the procedure done within the next month or two. Next, I plan to write about the answers to frequently asked questions pertaining to “Lefty 2.0.”

I am pretty much an open book when it comes to my life. I’m always happy to share my personal experiences, especially if it can help someone or teach them something new. Lefty 2.0 has been a fascinating experience for me. Just when I thought my love and appreciation for all areas of health care workers couldn’t grow anymore, Paul and Brad at Midwest Eye Laboratories made my gratitude deepen!

One of the most common questions I get is, “Do you mind if I ask a question about your eye?” I can’t speak for others who have been through this, but if you see me out and about, ask away!

I do deeply respect the fact that most people know that I’ve been through a traumatic experience and want to make sure it’s okay to inquire.

Can you or do you have to take it out?

I can pop Lefty 2.0 out at any time!

Aside from a recommended cleaning every three months, I can just leave it in or out however long I want to. I did find it hilarious to learn that it will need “yearly maintenance.” It sounds

like I’m talking about a car, but no, Lefty 2.0 will need to get polished yearly to keep it as shiny as my real eye.

Does taking it out or putting it in hurt? Not at all. There was an adjustment phase to wearing the prosthetic.

For about a week it felt like there was a constant hair in my eye, but it quickly faded.

How is it able to move? The first thing Paul and Brad did when they started creating Lefty 2.0 was take a wax impression of my eye socket.

There is a clear silicone implant sewn to my orbital muscles (tracing muscles) where the eye used to be, but it isn’t completely flat. There are small grooves in the socket implant, and the underside of the prosthetic fits in almost like a puzzle piece, which allows it to move. My surgeon told me glass eyes are no longer used in the medical world. As long as your orbital muscles don't sustain damage, modern prosthetics almost always move.

Can you see out of it? I should probably start using different wording when I say, “I have a new eye,” and should call it a prosthetic more often to avoid confusion. Sadly, no, I cannot see out

of Lefty 2.0.

Many people follow up with, “Well I’m an organ donor, what do they do with donated eyes?” Modern medicine is able to replace certain parts of the eye, such as the cornea, but they have not yet figured out how to replace retinas or entire eyes. I’m still young, so maybe one day when I’m old and gray, I could trade Lefty 2.0 in for a real one. Or Elon Musk will keep working on neurolink, and I’ll get one that shoots lasers instead. Watch out Phil…

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Public Notices/Pet Corner

The Borderland Press

Langdon City Commission Equalization Meeting

Pet Corner: Top 10 most popular cat breeds

By Rosemary Ames

out the world. They resemble a teddy bear in their appearance and demeanor. They are an easy-going dignified breed who are very active and playful.

They require minimal grooming, will adapt quite well to being indoors. As a rule, they don’t like to be picked up or carried around!

April 24th, 2023, at 6:00 p.m.

Commission members present Lawrence Henry, Jim Rademacher, Darin Kaercher and Cody Schlittenhard.

Also, present Jeff Hiller, Tom Beauchamp, Jason Busse, Jeri and Garden Mutcher, Linden Johnson, Daryl Timian, Wayne and Sally Waltz, Kevin and Marilyn Shepherd, Larry Geisen, Sarah Hinnenkamp-Borderland Press, Quentin Wenzel – City Attorney and RoxAnne Hoffarth- City Auditor. Paige Geller and Stephanie Bata – Cavalier County Tax Director L. Henry called the meeting to order and led everyone into the Pledge of Allegiance.

Stephanie started out with the process of taxation and how it works.

They had forty-two sales to compare with. House are selling exceeding-

ly high and that will bring values up.

This is not something that can be controlled.

All building permitted properties were inspected.

After great discussion from all parties present everyone understood the increases better. A few will meet with the Tax Director to get more details regarding their property.

Adjourn: C. Schlittenhard moved to adjourn the meeting. Seconded by D. Kaercher Lawrence Henry, Vice President RoxAnne Hoffarth, Auditor Received by The Borderland Press on Tuesday, April 25.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS. (NDCC 30.1-19-01) Name, Address and Telephone No. of Attorney J. Bruce Gibbens, ND License #04067 GIBBENS LAW OFFICE P.O. Box 708 Cando, ND 58324 phone #701-968-3342 bruce@gibbenslaw.com Attorney for: Estate Probate No. 10–2023-PR-00010 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF CAVALIER COUNTY, STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA In the Matter of the Estate of Peggy P. Larson, Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS [¶1] NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within three months after the date of the first publication or mailing of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be presented to Merritt A. Larson, personal representative of the estate, at c/o Gibbens Law Office, P.O. Box 708, Cando, ND 58324, or filed with the Court.

Dated this 18th day of April, 2023. _/s/____________________________________

Merritt A. Larson Personal Representative 8222 101st St NE Calvin, ND 58323 J. Bruce Gibbens GIBBENS LAW OFFICE P. O. Box 708 Cando, ND 58324 Attorney for Estate First publication on the 21st day of April, 2023.

(April 21; 28; May 5, 2023)

Langdon City Commission REGULAR MEETING April 24th, 2023, at 7:00 p.m.

Commission members present Lawrence Henry, Jim Rademacher, Darin Kaercher and Cody Schlittenhard.

Also, present Jeff Hiller, Tom Beauchamp, Jason Busse, Sarah Hinnenkamp-Borderland Press, Quentin Wenzel – City Attorney and RoxAnne Hoffarth- City Auditor.

Approval of Minutes: J. Rademacher made the motion to approve the minutes from the regular meeting on April 10th, seconded by C. Schlittenhard.

Motion carries.

Additions to Agenda: Correspondence: Department Reports: Street: J. Hiller reported this last round of snow was very hard to push; all the large piles will stay until they melt due to not having a place to put it.

Fire Department: No report.

Water and Sewer: J. Busse stated he had nothing new to report.

Sanitation: T. Beauchamp stated he has the spring containers out and they had been used before all this snow hit. A curb side city wide clean up week has been discussed; information and dates will be announced later.

Activity Center: J. Rademacher stated they will start summer hours soon.

One of the two pumps on the boiler needs to be replaced and possibly the control panel. The service contract covers the labor but not the parts.

Police Department: No report.

Auditors Report: R. Hoffarth reported she met with BCBS, and we went over our current grandfathered policy and a new policy. The newer policy will benefit our employees more. C. Schlittenhard made the motion to approve

the new BCBS policy for our employees. Seconded by J. Rademacher. Motion Carries.

Unfinished Business Zoning around the curling club area – L. Henry explained that Planning and Zoning met and agreed that P#60000003, P#6131400061317000 should indeed be zoned R2 for apartment buildings and not R1. C. Schlittenhard made the motion to approve the Zoning of these parcels to R. Seconded by J. Rademacher. Motion carried.

New Business Review and Approval of Bills: C. Schlittenhard made the motion to approve all bills, seconded by D. Kaercher.

With J. Rademacher abstaining from the vote. Motion Carries.

99285,62427-82440,60416-60418 Payroll and Liab. 41903.67 60400 VALLI INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.|761.36 60401 ERLING'S OIL CO | 1081.85 60402 JOHN DEERE FINANCIAL | 942.27 60403 LANGDON FIRE DEPARTMENT | 655.45 60404 LANGDON FIRE EQUIPMENT | 205.50 60405 MONTANA DAKOTA UTILITIES | 1611.77 60406 QUALITY SPECIALTY PRODUCTS & PRIN | 39.05 60407 THE BOARDERLAND PRESS | 49.00 Adjourn: D Kaercher moved to adjourn the meeting.

Lawrence Henry Vice President RoxAnne Hoffarth, Auditor Received by The Borderland Press on Tuesday, April 25.

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Are you a cat lover? Last week I covered the top 10 current most popular dog breeds, and this week it’s the cat breeds turn! Just like dogs they come in various shapes, sizes, and colors.

Here are the top 10 current most popular cat breeds, starting with #10.

10. Sphynx: Origins are from Toronto, Canada. They are a low allergen hairless cat breed. They are very active and like their toys to keep them busy.

Instead of brushing, the only grooming they need is a regular wiping down and bathing, due to the oil on their skin. Despite being a “hairless” cat, this does not cause them to be hypoallergenic, as their coat still produces allergy causing dander. They are very loving and crave human attention!

9. Scottish Fold: Origins are from Perthshire, Scotland. They are known for their folded ears and round bodies. They are described as having an owl-like countenance. They have a dominant mutating gene that causes their ears to fold. Noted for sleeping on their backs and will sit with their legs stretched out and paws on their belly. Folds are quite affectionate and attached to their human counterparts. They are very intelligent, have good grooming habits and are very playful!

8. American Shorthair: Origins are from North America. They were brought over from Europe and the Pilgrims had them on the Mayflower and were known as a magnificent mouser while on voyage to America on the Mayflower. They are Known to be quite affectionate, despite being an avid hunter and will pounce on mice, rats, and feathered toys! They are easy going and are even sociable to strangers and a true definition of a working cat breed!

7. Abyssinian. Origins are from The Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia. They are one of the oldest and most intelligent of the cat breeds! They get along extremely well with other cats, animals, and children. Are noted to be dog like and desire attention and are affectionate and playful. They are extroverts and considered the “Clown of the cat Kingdom!”

6. British Shorthair: Origins are from the United Kingdom. Considered to be one of the most popular through-

5. Devon Rex: Origins are from England. This cat loves to be in the company of their owners. They crave attention and love interacting with people and other pets. They tend to be mischievous, and extremely playful! The “Rex” is a high jumper and will occupy any space they can fit into.

They usually have one person they will devote their time and affection for and will lie down and rub for. They just wait for the opportunity to leap onto an arm, lap, or shoulder!

4. Persian: Origins are from Iran and Afghanistan. Known for having flat long faces. They are quiet and are most happy and satisfied being cuddled on your lap. Their long hair requires a lot of maintenance and should be brushed daily to avoid mats. Since they are quiet, they would adapt quite well to apartment life.

They are affectionate to their owners and friendly towards strangers and like to stay clean!

3. Exotic: Origins are from the United States. They have a striking resemblance to their parents’ breed, the Persian. They should be brushed daily to keep the coat loose and to remove the undercoat. The Exotic needs to be exercised and interacting with them and playing with toys and giving them catnip will help in getting the exercise they need. In general, they don’t mind a change in routine and are friendly to everyone!

2. Main Coon: Origins are from Maine.

They are the largest of the cat breeds and have earned the nickname of being the “gentle giant!” They have a lot of love and compassion to give

and are considered the friendliest of all cat breeds! They are very popular by breeders to do cat shows. “Coons” are intelligent and very easy to train.

They are very sweet in nature but are generally not your typical lap cat.

They are very vocal and have a unique “kitty chirp” sound. They also have a long coat and brushing them often is a must!

1. Ragdoll: Origins are from California. They have a long silky coat and blue eyes. They live up to their name and go “limp” and love to cuddle in your arms. They will soak up all the love and are very excellent with children. They are very playful by nature, and this will last well into their senior years. They prefer staying low to the ground, rather than up high. They should be brushed at least twice a week. The Ragdoll is intelligent and has a relaxed temperament and is an easy gentle cat that will occupy any lap!

Out of this top 10 current most popular cat breeds, my favorite would be the Main Coon, followed by the American Shorthair. My least favorite on this list would be the Sphynx followed by the Scottish Fold. All cats do one unique thing and that is purr!

This alone makes a cat so unique in nature and is soothing not only to other cats, but their human counterparts as well. In general, all cats have their own unique personalities that make them stand out and loved by their owners. Some cats are more sociable and friendly, while others are quite timid and shy! Cats, compared to dogs, are a little easier to be content by themselves and can be left alone for a longer period than dogs.

Eventually though they do miss their human parents and will let you know when it’s time to pay attention and be affectionate! Let’s face it, we think cats are on our terms, when in reality we are on theirs!

Page B8 - Friday, April 28, 2023

The Borderland Press

Strong solar storm ignited the Aurora Borealis over the weekend

Photos and story by Hilary Nowatzki.

The Northern Lights put on quite the show Sunday night, April 23. Right before sunset, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported a strong geomagnetic storm was on its way, but the predicted Kp-index of 6 was blown away with the index reaching 7.67 around 10:30 that night.

The Kp-index measures the geomagnetic activity of the earth and ranges from 0-9, with 9 being the highest range of activity.

The Northern Lights can be seen from the Borderland region when the Kp hits 3 or higher on clear nights. When it hit 7.67, the spiraling dance of the

N.D. Game and Fish Department releases 2022 deer season summary A total of 47,590 North Dakota deer hunters took approximately 25,093 deer during the 2022 deer gun hunting season, according to a post-season survey conducted by the state Game and Fish Department.

Game and Fish made available 64,200 deer gun licenses last year.

Overall hunter success was 53%, with each hunter spending an average of 4.4 days in the field.

“The lower success was due, in part, to deteriorating weather conditions during the beginning of the season,” said Casey Anderson, wildlife chief for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. “We were met with high winds immediately followed by blizzard conditions, producing measurable snow amounts and below normal temperatures for most of the season.”

Hunter success for antlered white-

tailed deer was 43%, and 40% for antlerless whitetails.

Mule deer buck success was 64%, and 70% for antlerless mule deer.

Hunters with any-antlered or any-antlerless licenses generally harvest white-tailed deer, as these licenses are predominantly in units with mostly whitetails. Buck hunters had a success rate of 54%, while doe hunters had a success rate of 56%.

Game and Fish issued 10,822 gratis licenses in 2022, and 8,301 hunters harvested 3,578 deer, for a success rate of 43%.

A total of 1,168 muzzleloader licenses were issued, and 1,018 hunters harvested 461 white-tailed deer (223 antlered, 238 antlerless). Hunter success was 45%.

A total of 27,720 archery licenses (24,414 resident, 3,306 nonresident) were issued in 2022. In total, 22,985 bowhunters harvested 7,780 deer (6,491 whitetails, 1,289 mule deer), for a success rate of 34%.

The department is in the process of determining recommendations for licenses in 2023. In addition to harvest rates and winter aerial surveys, Game and Fish staff monitor other population indices to determine license numbers, including depredation reports, hunter observations, input at advisory board meetings, and comments from the public, landowners and department field staff.

lights was breathtakingly beautiful.

The storm was so strong that reports and photos of the lights were coming from as far south as western North Carolina.