The Borderland Press - August 12, 2022

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Friday, August 12, 2022

Volume 1, Number 31

In this Issue:

Yards in Walhalla getting “flocked” by a playground fundraiser Page 2 Frost Fire Park questions opening for winter season Page 2 Nowatzki: Moving forward Page 5 Staying Hip with Halle: Be nicer to Gen Z Page 5 Tall Tales and Serial Shorts Page 6 Walhalla Coop Oil recognized for improvement project Page 6 Jake’s Take on Sports Page 7 McHugh house demolished Page 7 Views from the Borderland Page 12

Index:

News Agriculture Opinion Community Sports Region Church Classifieds Public Notices

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Easton and Chloe, Munich, enjoy an afternoon at the Sarles Pool.

If you know about Sarles, N.D., then you know that the town’s swimming pool is a big deal. It’s one thing Sarles is known for and helps make the town unique. Another unique fact about Sarles is that it’s located in two different counties: Cavalier and Towner.

Census numbers show the population of Sarles at 16 people in 2020, but locals know that two more people moved to town and now the population is 18. Some might say there is strength in numbers, and others know that there is strength in Sarles.

Thanks to this generous community and surrounding areas, the 1970s pool was resurfaced and repaired after a fundraising effort in 2018. A

letter drive to the surrounding three counties - Cavalier, Towner, and Rolette - resulted in raising the money to get the job done, along with donations from a Sarles Fire Department fish fry event. The pool was a personal pool that was donated when the family moved away from Sarles, and during the remodel, the pool was made slightly larger.

Since then 12-24 volunteers gather in the early summer to repaint the pool and get it ready for another summer of fun.

“Swimming lessons have been huge, and I truly think that’s what brings people to the pool. I took swimming lessons there, and my parents took

swimming lessons here,” said Greta Samuelson, Sarles City Pool and Park Board member. “It’s been 60 years that they’ve offered swimming lessons at the Sarles Pool. I think people really like how relaxed it is.”

Samuelson has served on the pool and park board for about five years; she lives outside of Calvin, N.D., with her family. There are five couples who make up the board of 10. That group is committed to keeping the pool going, even offering swimming lessons.

Sarles had 29 kids for swimming lessons this year with a range of 25-45 kids in past years. cont’d. on page 12

Langdon family caught in chaos of shooting incident at the

MALL OF AMERICA

By Sarah Hinnenkamp

The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., reopened last Friday after a two-hour lockdown and early closure on Thursday, Aug. 4 brought on by what officials called an “isolated shooting incident” outside of the mall’s second floor Nike store.

Langdon residents Jim and Marcie Crockett and their daughters, Sydney, 19, and Finley, 10, were at the mall and in close proximity to the shooting.

“I keep saying it’s like a scene from a movie because you see people running, and there’s chaos, and then you hear the gunshots,” Marcie said.

“I just didn’t take the time to look around. Sydney yelled ‘shooter’ - she doesn’t remember doing it. I kind of pushed Finley and then she wasn’t moving fast enough so I grabbed her and ran.”

The family heard three gunshots behind them but kept running, rounding the corner into the Abercrombie store where a store clerk guided them to the back of the store, and another employee ushered them into the back room. They were the first in the storage room, which soon filled up with about 40 people. They spent two hours there until authorities gave the all clear.

“It was so strange because there would be moments when everyone was just kind of terrified,” Sydney said. “When we first got in there, there was so much commotion, and it was hard to be in there because it was so cramped, and we were not really sure what was going on. There

would be moments where everybody is just kind of talking and kind of rowdy and then there would be moments of complete silence.”

something is horribly wrong. I don’t even know how that happened, but I saw them and thought ‘something bad’s gonna happen’.”

Marcie said a Bloomington police officer was on the scene within thirty seconds, He was close to the store when the shooting occured.

No injuries were reported from the three gunshots. Police believe the shots fired resulted from an altercation between two groups of people.

Within 30 minutes of the incident, they had identified several of the people they believe were involved. Three people are in jail, accused of helping two suspects flee. Police identified the suspected shooter as 21-year-old Shamar Lark and say he and another man, identified as 23-year-old Rashad May, ran from the mall into the IKEA parking lot after the shooting incident.

There are nationwide warrants out for the two men. At press time, those two individuals were not in custody.

“It happened that quick, just the ‘bang bang bang’ and they were gone,” Marcie said.

Stores at the Mall of America, including Abercrombie where the Crocketts sheltered in place, have drills for situations like this several times per year. Even though the store room was packed with extra merchandise, no one was turned away. The Crocketts feel fortunate to have been in the Abercrombie store, as they heard about other stores that turned people away while employees locked themselves in the bathroom and another store where people hid under the checkout counter.

“I had no idea what store we were in.

I think we’d been there 45 minutes and I finally had enough guts to ask… where are we? What store is this?”

Marcie said. “We were pretty lucky with where we were and the option that we had.”

Sydney, who will be a sophomore at the University of North Dakota, had seen a group of people about her age outside of the Nike store, “I could just feel the terror from them. I saw them, and I thought something is wrong,

“It definitely sucks,” Sydney said of the situation. “I just hate this feeling of powerlessness. I’m so angry because I’m no stranger to guns. I do trap shooting, my family’s into hunting, but hearing these gunshots in the mall where you’re not supposed to hear them is so surreal.”

“It has changed us for sure, We came back different people,” Marcie said.

“It will be a long time before we ever go back to the Cities. Mall of America probably never. Bad things can happen anywhere. That is the reality of the world that we live in, unfortunately. Even the thought of going to the mall in Grand Forks is a little scary for us right now.”

Marcie said there are many things to

be thankful for and say the situation could have been much worse. She’s thankful they were together and they were able to shelter in place somewhere safe with like-minded people who didn’t want to open the door until they knew it was safe on the other side when police came and escorted them out of the room and the mall.

The Crocketts had been on a family vacation and decided to stay in the Twin Cities for the weekend to make more positive memories during their time together. Marcie and Sydney, who are pretty big hockey fans, couldn’t believe their turn of luck when they saw TJ Oshie from the Washington Capitals checking into the same hotel where they were staying. Having missed one opportunity they saw him again the next morning at breakfast and visited with him, telling him he made their weekend.

“So, that’s what we’re choosing to take away from the weekend - the good moments,” Marcie said. “It definitely gave us something really good to focus on.”

The Crocketts say their normal is going to be a little different for a while.

They will take small steps forward and take things day by day. They don’t want people to live in fear, just to be aware when you travel from home.

They also continue to check news from the Bloomington Police Department, saying they will feel better when two more arrests have been made.

Owen Plummer, Hannah, is in his second year of coming to the Sarles Pool for swimming lessons and for fun with family and friends.

FM BANK DONATES $10,000 to Langdon baby pool project

Pictured are RoxAnne Hoffarth, Baby Pool Fundraiser Committee; Skyler Moline, Baby Pool Fundraiser Committee; Brittany Farris, FM Bank; Carol Mikkelsen, FM Bank; Jordan Braunberger, Langdon Park Board, and Holly Lyons, Langdon Park Board President.

FM Bank in Langdon donated $10,000 to the Langdon Baby Pool project. The project’s goal is to raise $277,000. With FM Bank’s donation, the project has about $110,000 that has been donated or pledged.

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FORMER MISS AMERICA CARA MUND plans a run for Congress On Aug. 6, the 57th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Cara Mund announced via her Facebook page that she is seeking to be North Dakota’s first female in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Mund needs 1,000 signatures to be put on the ballot for November’s General Election.

Mund plans to run as an Independent.

If elected, she would become North Dakota’s first woman in the United

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YARDS IN WALHALLA GETTING “flocked”

BY A PLAYGROUND FUNDRAISER

By Sarah Hinnenkamp

States House of Representatives. If she gathers enough signatures to be put on the ballot, she will run against Republican U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong, who is seeking his second term, and Democrat Mark Haugen of Bismarck.

The Bismarck, N.D. native graduated Cum Laude from Harvard Law School and is an honors graduate in Business, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations from Brown University. She is known for making history as the first, and only, woman from North Dakota to become Miss America.

FROST FIRE PARK

questions opening for winter season

by Nick Vorlage

As Frost Fire Park continues to recover from damage caused by spring flooding, board members and employees are finding ways to move forward, including starting a GoFundMe fundraiser to help with expenses.

Dustin Gorder, trail manager at Frost Fire Park and one of the board members for the Pembina Gorge Foundation, which owns and operates Frost Fire Park, said the group is taking a hard look at the damage caused by last spring’s weather.

“We had pretty significant damage on all of our trails - the ski trails and the bike trails,” Gorder said. “We had

some pretty major erosion, also some mudslide areas. It’s going to make it pretty difficult for us to move forward with our winter season.”

The damages are estimated to cost in the hundreds of thousands of dollars to repair. Gorder said the board will be coming to a decision soon on whether or not to attempt to have the park open for the upcoming ski and snowboarding season.

The park is carrying on, however, with its current summer offerings. One silver lining for the park has been its mountain bike trails reopening, which have been seeing an influx of riders,

especially for those who reside north of the International border.

“Yeah, the Canadians came down in full force the last couple of weekends; it’s been pretty awesome to see. It’s probably tripled the number of bikers we have on any given weekend.

I would say it’s been about 70% Canadian traffic the last couple of weekends,” Gorder said.

Fundraising is also being done online, both at the park’s website at FrostFirePark.org and through a new GoFundMe page. To find that fundraiser go to GoFundMe.com and search “Frost Fire Park.”

A traveling flock of flamingos is helping the Walhalla Park Board raise money for new playground equipment. The “Flock a Friend” fundraiser started around the beginning of August and is going strong.

“The list keeps growing! We’ve had great support with it so far, and we have quite a list - about 15 to 20 houses to do,” said Lacey Mathison, one of the committee members helping raise the money for the playground. Other members of the group include Brooke McKay, Kendra Trupe, and Kelsey Smith.

Submitted photos.

City of Langdon to adopt new fence ordinance

By Nick Vorlage

The City of Langdon will soon have a new fence ordinance for residential and commercial properties. The ordinance is expected to replace Langdon’s already existing fence ordinance, with this new ordinance aiming to bring a sense of unity for where fences can be placed.

“We really didn’t have an ordinance that stated where on the property line they can be, and there were some questions. Some people said they could be on the property lines, some said they had to be a foot off and there was just no real guidance,” said Roxanne Hoffarth, auditor for the City

of Langdon.

Another point of this ordinance is to streamline just what exactly can be used in constructing new fences.

“They may come in and get a permit and say they’re going to build a fence, but then they weren’t giving us what they were building it out of or we weren’t giving them a ruling of what they could build it with, and so this will clarify that,” Hoffarth said.

Currently, the new ordinance, which is still in its draft stage, indicates new fences would be allowed to be made

out of wood, steel or plastic. Spikes and barbed wire will not be permitted with the exception of on top of chain link fences in industrial and public facilities. Corrugated or pro-rib steel roofing or siding and windbreak material would be prohibited. Further fences will not be allowed to be electrified with the exception of invisible fences.

A pair of readings of the ordinance will be held at upcoming Langdon City Commission meetings; the first of the readings is tentatively scheduled for August 22. At the time of this report, an official enactment date was not available, but it is expected to occur around mid-September.

The flamingo fundraising is expected to run for about a month, unless the list is still quite long at the end of August. The committee plans one fundraiser per month until the cost goal is reached. The group held a lemonade stand a few weeks ago and brought in $2,300. Those are the first two fundraisers held as this all started the last week of school in May, sending out letters and letting parents in on the plans.

Cost to put the flock of flamingos in someone’s yard is $20. Cost to remove the flamingos after one day and send them to the next yard is $20. If you don’t pay, the flamingos will graze your lawn for three days. Flamingo insurance so you don’t have tall pink birds on your lawn is $25.

“We saw a couple donations come in right away,” Mathison said. To date the group has raised $35,000.

“So far everyone has paid,” said Mathison. “We’ve had a couple of people who have paid the insurance right up front.”

“We had to start somewhere, and we want to see this for our community and for the kids. It’s definitely a team effort, that's for sure,” Mathison said, adding that the fundraising could take a year or two, maybe even five, but they are determined to see the project through.

Mathison is working with a small group of three others that makes up the park committee. They all have young kids so they have small sneaky helpers who assist in moving the flock from one yard to the next.

Submitted photos.

project and picked out the playground items they want to see installed. Total cost of the project will be $200,000.

The fundraising is for new playground equipment that kids at North Border Walhalla school use daily. It’s in the city park so the Walhalla Park Board is assisting with the fundraising effort, but the school district is on board with the plan as well. The current equipment is more than 30 years old, and committee members say it’s time for a facelift. They started researching the

A pizza fundraiser is planned for September, and beyond that, the committee has many ideas to keep the momentum.

For more information or to buy flock insurance, contact Lacey Mathison at 701-302-0212.

Donations can be made via check payable to the Walhalla Park Board with a memo “Playground Donation” and mailed to: Choice Bank C/O Lacey Mathison P.O. Box 468 Walhalla, ND 58282

Northern Lights Arts Council hosted Movie at the Plaza on Thursday, Aug. 4. Walt Disney’s “A Goofy Movie” started at dusk at Boyd Block. The movie was free and so was the popcorn, thanks to a sponsorship from FM Bank in Langdon. Photo by Jaclyn Nye.

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Uncertainty surrounding acreage planting numbers

By Shanda Christianson

Budget Reconciliation Bill Includes $40 Billion for Agriculture The Senate’s Inflation Reduction Act includes nearly $8.5 billion for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, $7 billion for the Regional Conservation Partnership Program and $3.25 billion for the Conservation Stewardship Program. USDA also receives $300 million to quantify carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions from farmland. There’s money for farmers with prevented plant land to grow cover crops. This bill extends the $1 per gallon biodiesel tax credit from 2022-to-2024 and invests in the infrastructure needed for blender pumps. Rural electric cooperatives will receive nearly $10 billion for renewable energy projects, carbon capture and energy efficiency.

The Farm Service Agency will also receive $1 billion to help farmers and ranchers with “limited resources.”

FSA will pay up to 100 percent of ‘at risk’ loans, up to $150,000. There’s another $750 million for farmers who faced discrimination from USDA before 2021.

Ergot Identified in North Dakota Ergot is being reported in barley near the Langdon Research Extension Center. Ergot has a large host range, including all small grains and common weeds like smooth brome grass. With signs of ergot evident in the state,

farmers are reminded to check their fields. “The best time to scout for it is in a mature crop,” said Andrew Friskop, plant pathologist at NDSU Extension. “You’ll see dark, hard fungal bodies on the head.”

Soybean Aphids Reported in Region Peterson Farms Seed Lead Agronomist Rick Swenson says the weather during corn pollination was “just about perfect.” Insects are an issue with soybean aphids seen throughout the region. “From South Dakota all the way north to north central North Dakota and especially Minnesota, we are seeing a lot show up.”

When Will a Frost Arrive in the Northern Plains?

World Weather Incorporated Senior Agricultural Meteorologist Drew Lerner says a hard frost and freeze is a concern with the later growing season. “This is the end of a multiyear La Nina. Typically, the tail end of those events have a higher potential for the cold to come down early. Not necessarily earlier than normal, but it happens once and awhile.” Temperatures can move from one extreme to the next fast. “Right now, I want to say we’ll probably get a relatively normal frost and freeze in many areas across the Northern Plains. I don’t think anything will be too terribly early, but I don’t expect it to be an extended growing season.”

Tariffs affecting fertilizer costs

By NAFB News Service

​​ early March, the Canadian governIn ment imposed a 35% general tariff on nearly all Russian imports into Canada. That tariff includes nitrogen-based fertilizer. Canada has been the only G-7 country to impose a tariff on Russian-sourced fertilizers. Russia is the world’s largest agricultural fertilizer exporter. For Eastern Canadian corn, soybean, and winter wheat producers, 85 to 90% of nitrogen-based fertilizers have been sourced from Russia.

Russel Hurst, executive director of the Ontario Agri-Business Association, said his group is lobbying the Canadian federal government for financial compensation to farmers because of this tariff. So far, the Canadian government is standing firm on its policy.

“Our efforts have not been answered to date. They’ve been very firm in their commitment to maintaining economic sanctions on fertilizer that’s Russian manufactured,” Hurst said. “The government policy was well-intended, but unfortunately, the unintended consequence has been a significant price increase in the farm-gate price of certain fertilizers, and ultimately, the grower is the one that’s paid that price.”

Other farming groups have spoken out against Canada’s tariffs against Russian fertilizer penalizing Canadian farmers. Brendan Byrne, board chairman for the Grain Farmers of Ontario, says that the Canadian government’s tariff policy on Russian fertilizer poses a threat to crop yields and, ultimately, global food security.

“I think that right now is not the time for policy that could restrict food production. We’re seeing what’s going on

in other nations, and I think that we need to ensure that farm productivity is as high as possibility can be, in terms of yield, in terms of providing food,” Hurst said. “So, we need to be able to do the best possible job with the best possible nutrients, and that includes affordable fertilizers for our farmers.”

Hurst said that the 35% tariff on Russian fertilizer imports has put Eastern Canadian field crop producers at a severe cost disadvantage relative to producers in other countries.

“What we’re looking at is making the case to the Canadian government to not put Eastern Canadian farmers at a cost disadvantage,” Hurst said.

“The United States, it’s certainly a wide-open market for Russian manufactured fertilizer, and we’re not sector competitive. Having this fertilizer tariff removed is vitally important for the sector’s viability.”

On Friday, Aug. 12 the USDA will release the August World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report.

The report will also include re-survey results of acreage for North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota due to the late planting season seen earlier this year. There is plenty of uncertainty surrounding what those acreage numbers might look like.

“Well, it’s a big question mark for me, because as I was talking to farmers in the spring they were saying, ‘well, I’m really thinking about doing prevent plant acres’ then it seemed like maybe they were pushing it in at the last minute and some said, ‘no, for sure, I did take the prevent plant,’ so I’ve got to be honest: I don’t have a clue where these numbers are going

Lawmakers pushing passage of workforce modernization act

By NAFB News Service

The push continues to convince enough senators that passage of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act will provide certainty for both farm owners and workers while battling inflation.

After passing for the second time in the House, U.S. Representative Dan Newhouse feels like senators are coming around, “I think I can best say at this point, we have been making a lot of progress with the Senate. A lot of important work has been happening between senators and House members and the staff of offices in both the Senate and the House. A lot of ideas are being exchanged and paperwork being exchanged, so a lot of conversation is happening, and I’m very encouraged by that.”

The U.S. House has, for a second time, passed the Farm Workforce Modernization Act and is heading to the U.S. Senate. Rep. Newhouse said he is hopeful to see its passage, further saying today’s labor challenges are not lost on the Senate, “I think I’ve said before that there is a growing number of senators that understand the critical nature of this problem and why agriculture needs a legal workforce.”

Newhouse said the need is becoming more and more clear, “We’re labor-short to begin with, and legal labor is very short, so we need reforms in the H-2A program. So, I’m very encouraged by what I see as progress.”

The bill would establish a program for workers to earn legal status, more flexibility for employers, critical protections for workers, and an E-Verify system for all ag employment. Newhouse’s goal is that we see this turn into law before the end of this term.

to end up so your guess is as good as mine,” said Naomi Blohm, senior market advisor with Total Farm Marketing.

“As far as the condition of the crop as far as what is there and what’s growing, of course we know it’s behind because it got planted late, but I’m not hearing my guys complain about the crop. When they’re not being vocal that usually means things are okay.”

Cash basis has remained relatively stable as of late, and Blohm points to basis as a key indicator of what is actually going on in the countryside.

“Cash markets usually always tell the truth as far as what’s going on out in the countryside. So going into the next few weeks as the bins are getting swept out, I’m very curious to see what basis does. Most likely late August into September because last

year it stayed strong, it got stronger, and even at harvest time, basis was staying strong so that was our cue to know that the end users were really depleted of supplies, and the farmers didn’t have it,” Blohm said.

“So that is what I’m really wanting to watch over the next few weeks to know, is the grain really out there or not or are the supplies actually in the countryside smaller than what we were being told,” Blohm continued. “So cash market always tells the truth, and the basis staying strong is something that we need to watch because it could be maybe more of a truthful indicator that our supplies are tighter than we think, and then we’ll see what the USDA says next Friday, and then we’ll have to compare the two in the following weeks.”

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Letter from the Publisher Good things are happening in our community, at work, and in my personal life. The sun is shining, and everyone I’ve met up with lately is feeling the mood! From our home we can watch the Langdon Area Cardinals practicing football, running the drills, and embracing the mornings (ok, not sure about that last part). It’s a sure sign that fall is near. The aisles at the stores are stocked with notebooks, crayons, pencils and more. Oh, I loved school shopping, and I still really like school supplies! And the new shoes and clothes - that was instilled in me for the rest of my life, I guess, because I’ve always loved that kind of shopping. August makes me want to update my wardrobe and buy new

highlighters!

The crazy coffee bean plant I mentioned a couple of months ago is pretty interesting. I’ve never seen a plant with two different shaped leaves before. Each day I stand in my yard and look at it thinking ‘you are one weird plant’. It makes me laugh, and it looks like it may turn a different color soon. I’m easily entertained by flowers and green plants in general.

Last summer I dug up a sandbox, refilled it with black dirt and turned it into a perennial bed, and it, too, is very interesting to me. Grasses, lilies and hostas mostly - all very easy to grow and take care of themselves. I

added some rocks and some colorful things, and I love it. We moved a couple years ago from a home where I had so many beds of all kinds. It ended up being a ton of work, and I’m trying not to do that at the new place.

Some itches need to be scratched, but I’m keeping my gardening addiction under control so far.

Our weekend at the lake was chilly another confirmation of what’s around the corner. We have four weekends left and plan on some sun and heat.

The upcoming harvest is a promise of that. Of course, September and October can bring some beautiful weather and so many fun things to do. Mother Nature, we’re counting on you!

I think you’ll enjoy our Back-to-School section this week. The front page is my favorite; thank you to our editor, Sarah, and creative brain child, Brianna, for making it awesome!

As always, thank you for reading, get outdoors and do what makes you happy!

Diane Simmons

Publisher publisher@theborderlandpress.com

Letter from the Editor

Life is full of unexpected happenings.

I wrote last week about our wagon wheel being stolen from our rural property. I didn’t expect that. I sure

didn’t expect what happened next either.

positive. This unexpected gesture is humbling and so appreciated.

The newspaper came out last Friday, and I went to my parents’ farm between Walhalla and Cavalier on Saturday. By Saturday afternoon a sweet and thoughtful couple from Minto had dropped off an old rusted wagon wheel rim from their personal collection to replace the one my family had lost. What a beautiful way to remind people there is so much good in the world. This balances out the ickiness of the vandals who threw stuff around on our property and engaged in stealing for fun. In fact, it makes me forget all about them because I would rather focus on the

We have our Back to School section for you filled with information about the schools and districts in our trade area. We hope you enjoy reading our back to school memories from many of our staff members around here. I am much like Publisher Diane. I love school supplies, which is likely where my love of office supplies started. I enjoy that back to school excitement; it’s just getting to be that time of year.

As we see school approaching, we are also attempting to hang on to summer as best we can. Maybe that’s why we had to put a few pool stories in this

issue, including putting a spotlight on the pool in Sarles and highlighting a big donation to the Langdon Baby Pool project.

It was also an emotional week after hearing about the scary experience the Crockett family went through at the Mall of America and then getting the chance to visit with Marcie and Sydney Crockett in person. They shared their story of being near gunshots at the mall and sheltering in a store’s storage room for two hours.

We thank them for sharing their story with us.

On a lighter note I guess I caused a stir in Walhalla over the weekend,

snapping some pictures of flowers downtown and taking pictures of the town’s beautification projects for an upcoming story and admiring the new mural. The note I got sent said, “Some folks were wondering. Some folks were worried.” The Borderland Press includes Walhalla in its trade area, so expect lots of stories being told and photos being taken from your neck of the woods. Next time, come say hello!

Let’s make it a good week.

Sarah Hinnenkamp Editor

editor@theborderlandpress.com

THE MORNING RUN: The shopping cart

by Sara Goodman Correction from last week: Gage informed me that I missed this year’s trip to state HS baseball in Fargo, bringing his total trips to state up to 10. My bad. Dads, you can stop texting me now.

School shopping is like one long Seinfeld episode. It would be called The Shopping Cart. It would focus on the annoying fact that most people shouldn’t be allowed to push a shopping cart around a store without an

in-depth training session along with a set of strict rules. I’m not a fan of the yearly school shopping process to begin with, and dealing with people who shouldn’t be in possession of a shopping cart is one reason. I’ve had a shopping cart smack me in the side, the back, my front, run over my foot and have had my hand smashed in between two carts. Thanks to my kids and their terrible cart navigating skills, I’ve had about three layers of skin rubbed off the backs of my heels.

To add insult to injury, The Shopping Cart episode would take place within the confines of the four aisles in Target that are set aside for school supplies. This is always located in the back, so you have to walk through the whole store, yanking your kid out of the candy and Pokémon card aisles to get to your destination. Sneaky, Target, very sneaky. You begin by leisurely strolling through the backpack and lunch bag aisle where you mentally challenge yourself to count to 100 at least five times before you lose your mind over your tweenager’s indecision over the variety of pink, blue or black options that are all essentially the exact same lunch bag. You’ll

round the corner and immediately encounter a shopping cart effectively blocking your passage through the mechanical pencil and multi-colored pen aisle. You have checked one item off your list of twenty-five and are in no mood to deal with inappropriate cart etiquette. You wait politely for about 13 seconds and pretend to stare at your list while waiting for the person in possession of The Shopping Cart to notice you and move out of your way.

You clear your throat. You push your cart forward to allow the one wonky wheel to go sideways and make that annoying clacking sound. Then you gently shove your eleven-year-old toward the pencils and loudly tell her to start looking things over. Finally, you reach over and grab the end of The Shopping Cart and simply move it over so you can navigate the too-narrow-for-both-crabby-moms aisle behind your tweenager. Eventually the other crabby mom in possession of The Shopping Cart will acknowledge you and say, “oh sorry,” even though she’s not.

Next up, the scissors, markers, glue sticks and rulers aisles. These are

worse than regular aisles because they’re not really aisles. They’re simply big cardboard bins full of items that require you to have to hunker down and sift through. My tactic is a simple grab and toss while nervously looking over my shoulder for the telltale red plastic squares of The Shopping Cart headed for my defenseless upper back while crouched down.

Need a bunch of glue sticks? Grab a package and toss it in, no time for checking the details. The eleven-yearold will inevitably catch me in the act and ask if they are the purple ones that she doesn’t like or the clear ones that she does like. Of course, I have no idea, it’s like a smash-and-grab at a jewelry store.

The paper, folders and notebooks aisle is probably the most stressful aisle. By this time, I’ve put The Shopping Cart in high gear because the end is in sight and the 28 color options for folders is giving me a headache. I smash-and-grab several one subject notebooks and careen around the corner on two wheels headed for the exit. At checkout, I decide to double-check the list and realize we’ve

grabbed college-ruled notebooks instead of wide-ruled. I stay in line and hand the notebooks to the elevenyear-old and tell her to double time it back to the notebooks and grab the right ones. She makes it back just in time to save my heels from the other crabby mom behind me in line.

At the end of The Shopping Cart episode, you realize that you beat the odds and came out of another school supplies shopping trip unscathed.

You cave (again) and grab Chick-Fil-A, then head for home. The end.

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: Friendship Muffins would speed up.

With energies running so high, undoubtedly little grievances can turn into arguments which pretty much turn into blood feuds in any small town. I mean, it isn’t like up in Sarles where they are separated in the Hatfields and McCoys type of feuds, but it gets close. So this week, I wanted to discuss some conflict resolution.

By Matt Mitzel As Munich is in this brief pattern of waiting for harvest and school to start, we all kind of melt into a routine around here of getting on each other’s nerves. The anticipation of a good football season, good crops, or whatever it is, makes us just about bounce off the walls hoping August

Being a guy a little rough around the edges, my mom always taught me that a sincere apology should be accompanied by something out of character to convey its importance.

That being said, ever since I was 20, whenever I found myself in the wrong and needing to buck up and apologize, I baked a batch of my famous friendship muffins. Yep, just me and a secret homemade recipe of muffins that would show the person in all sincerity that I was truly sorry.

Over the years, I have dabbled a little bit into banana bread cookies, but the

times I really screw up, I still revert back to my homemade blueberry muffins.

One time, while dating my wife, I realized I probably would have to say I’m sorry, so I made her a batch of my legendary friendship muffins. She thanked me, forgave me, yet, wouldn’t eat them and enjoy the fruits of my exhaustive labor, so I immediately threw them into the trash. She yelled at me explaining that I shouldn’t waste the muffins despite the fact that she hates blueberries, and I had to revert back to the old faithful back massages. Now that we are in a time to kind of “air our grievances” and move forward until fall, I wonder who is going to make me their version of friendship muffins.

Maybe it would be Mitch Wirth, who took a friendly prank war too far when he enlisted heartless friends to help him. Or maybe it would be Jason and

Kim Wirth for getting us to set up a couple’s game night to only stand us up for more enjoyable individuals. It could be Janice Buchweitz for making a batch of caramel rolls with bacon peppering the top, only to never make them again. How about Debi Zavalney who somehow conned me into being a notetaker at our charitable gaming meetings.

Then, again, it could just be Brian Hoffman who refuses to have a conversation with me in which he does not try and poke fun at some insignificant detail to include my messy garage. Or maybe I should expect them from the 105.1 morning crew who made sure I camped at Mt. Carmel Dam this year but failed to make an appearance at our campsite while we were there. Lastly, maybe the next one to bake me some friendship muffins would be Bruce Wirth - as somehow, he is always able to get a hold of me to take over some task that he volunteered for in the past - until he found his pushover.

Regardless, I guess it is better to be owed than to owe someone an apology, and I hope we all live in an area where apologies do not have to get choked down with a mountain of pride. Just in case you need to make your own apology this month, I will pass down my homemade muffin recipe that I guarantee will get you back in the good graces with your friends.

Ingredients- soy, wheat, milk, eggs, blueberries, flour, love.

Instructions- Open Betty Crocker Blueberry muffin mix with love, add the specified amount of milk with love, and bake in oven the specified time with love.

Good luck.

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Moving forward

By Hilary Nowatzki

to grab some papers and set out to commute to Drayton to spend the day in that town visiting with community members and spending time with Andrea, our publisher. I even had my bathing suit in tow because I told you in my last column that I fully intended to spend my lunch writing by the pool and working on my tan - I wasn’t kidding.

I didn’t plan to start writing again for at least a few weeks or so, but luckily, I’m able to type again. It’s slow, but it’s better than nothing! I can’t write with a pen and paper yet, which is a bummer because I’m the ‘journaling type,’ and boy, have I had a lot of thoughts to process.

Since writing to you last, dear reader, my life was once again turned upside down. Well, the car didn’t flip, but you get what I’m saying. Your “Eclectic Editor” is even more interesting now.

On June 23 I woke up, got ready as usual, hung some art in City Hall in Langdon, stopped by the radio station

Little did I know those few seemingly uninteresting routines would be the last actions I took with full vision.

About halfway through my commute on Highway 66, a GMC work truck ran a stop sign and hit me directly on the driver’s side. I didn’t see him, but the last thing I remember before waking up in my car was glancing to my left with shock because I thought I saw a streak of white.

I suppose when I glanced up in shock and fright, I didn’t even have time to hit my brakes nor close my eyes. My VW Passat stood no chance against this work truck. When I arrived at Grand Forks by ambulance, I was told the eye was terribly damaged and would likely need to be removed.

Thankfully, an eye surgeon was on call down in Fargo where my eye was stitched back into the socket.

A few weeks later I saw an eye specialist and surgeon in Sioux Falls where I underwent a massive surgery which would require my eye to be cut open in a 360 degree angle. The specialist hoped to reattach my retina, but once she was in the eye, she realized the damage was far beyond repair.

Our plan now is to simply maintain the eye’s natural look. The pressure is much lower than the other eye but still high enough to stay in my head.

I’m also wearing glasses now, which is awesome because they make me look smarter - which will certainly compensate for the brain damage!

Along with the eye, my wrist was fractured in six places requiring a large Y shaped plate to be inserted at the top of my hand along with a bone graft, three screws and two pins. I’m in a sweet splint now that I can at least take off to shower! I’m also regaining some dexterity, which is so relieving.

Did it really have to be my right hand?

I’m an artist and a writer - I’ve been losing my mind out of boredom.

My left jaw was fractured, a left rib was broken, my eye socket sustained two fractures, my left cheek was shattered and I still have no feeling in the left side of my mouth. My right knee

was sliced nearly to the bone and required 15 stitches.

I’m not explaining all of this because I want sympathy, though, and I want that to be very clear. Just like in my first column when I explained my first accident (which was almost exactly 11 months to the day before this recent one), I explain this all because I consider myself a very open person.

I’ve been open about my struggles because I want others to know it is absolutely okay to not be okay. It’s okay to struggle. It’s okay to scream, cry and pitch a fit. It’s okay to be a mess. Life is a mess.

Some people go through life facing their battles alone - either by choice or by chance. Some people inherit genetic predispositions to be more susceptible to mental illnesses - I am one of them. For most of my 20’s I hid. I hid my struggles, I hid my battles, I fought my demons alone and they nearly killed me. A song that comes to mind contains these lyrics, “I can’t drown my demons, they learned how to swim”.

Now that I’m battling these chronic physical challenges yet again, I refuse to be silent, and I finally know without

a doubt I’m not alone. My mom and step-father visited from East Tenn. in July, and even though I was beaten up and so, so sad, the love and support I felt from my biological parents, Jerry and Kristy, along with both of my amazing step-parents, Lisa and Joel, grandpa Ole, ‘fiance-fhil’, and all of the amazing staff here at The Borderland Press and Valley News and Views was simply incredible. I love my friends and community in Tenn., don’t get me wrong, but it was nothing as intimate as the encouragement this small town has provided me.

I stopped by the radio station to visit with my coworkers about two weeks ago, and I had a pile of cards from members of the community - many of them were people that I didn’t even know. That’s what makes this place so special. People care. Even when you feel absolutely alone, know this: someone out there loves you and cares for you.

If you are one of those people with a silly brain that will tempt you into the dark pits of depression and anxiety, don't let it fool you. It’s a hard fight, one much more easily said.

FULL CIRCLE

By Andrea Johnston

Rosie was born, of course we gathered as a family and got to have baby snuggles. Oh, how I forgot how tiny and helpless these little ones are!

While sitting around chatting at my brother’s home, the topic of names came up. There were similarities among us, of course, shared middle names and that sort of thing. Then an epiphany came over Grandpa Bob; Rose was his grandmother’s name, and it just so happens her lifelong best friend’s name was (you guessed it) Violette.

Some people believe that everything comes full circle if you wait long enough. I know nothing of such things, but I do think that something a little bit special is happening in my own family right now.

Four months ago, I became an auntie once again to a beautiful baby girl named Rosie when my brother and his wife welcomed their second child.

Their first is equally as beautiful (and smart!); her name is Violette. When

My brother and sister-in-law sat there listening to his stories of the duo, and it was a bit surreal because neither of them knew about the besties from the past until that day. If the sisters, Violette and Rosie, have the same relationship as the originals, then they’re in good shape.

Just last Friday I became an auntie once again! Two in a row, how lucky am I? This baby’s name is Annie. Annie is a very special name in my family, and when we say it, we all know

exactly who we are thinking of. That’s our late great aunt’s name. It is a name that is well loved because the woman that had it was such a very special person.

Great Aunt Annie was unique. She was married to the love of her life (they are pictured here), and they never had children. However, if you were to ask my mom, she would say Annie was definitely a mother. Aunt Annie was like a mother to my mom growing up and then to us kids when she became Great Aunt Annie, right across the street.

Do you know the dice game Zilch? Annie and I would play for hours! The feel of the well-worn leather shaker cup and yellowed die is well ingrained in my memory. What I lack, though, are the rules of the game! I played so many rounds of Zilch with Great Aunt Annie, you’d think the game would be simple muscle memory, but sadly I can’t recall how to play. If you know, let’s get together for a few rounds so I can relearn and just maybe, in about a decade, I’ll teach the game to my

new niece, baby Annie.

fun memories.

Another thing about Great Aunt Annie was her banana splits. She was meticulous, down to the banana boat shaped dish that she served them in.

I always said yes, even though I didn’t particularly like freezing cold bananas or crushed pineapple over what would have been good vanilla ice cream, but she enjoyed it, so I did, too.

Cheers to the old and the new, to the Violettes, Rosies and Annies alike. It sure feels great to have these names back in our family, and I think the love for them came back two-fold.

Annie’s hubby, Louie, made life pretty easy on her. He was always cool as a cucumber and never let anything work him up (that I noticed anyway).

To him, Annie was a delicate flower to be treated just that way.

Louie once decided to paint his truck on his own. It was an older model of I don’t know what, and one day he purchased a can of teal paint and painted the box of that truck with a paint brush. It was funny at the time, and I have to say it didn’t look half bad. He later taught me how to parallel park using his newly painted truck as the obstacle of which I was to learn to avoid hitting. Thanks, Louie, for the

with Halle

By Halle Sanders scribed as lazy and obsessed with technology. I have done avid research, and it's time to take you all to school about my generation. Yes, my generation has grown up in the tidal wave of technology. Apple controlled the world, and I’m not talking about the fruit. We’ve had technology at our fingertips for a large part of our lives, resulting in the stereotype of being addicted.

Gen Z has gotten a bad reputation from older generations, being de-

Louie and Annie

Staying Hip

Be nicer to Gen Z

Over the summer, as I wrote about the current trends of my generation, I began to ponder over the generational divide. More specifically - why does my generation get such a bad wrap? You have the Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and Gen Z. Out of all these generations, why does mine get trash talked? In this week's edition of Staying Hip with Halle, I’m fighting back and taking a stand for Gen Z.

Andrea Johnston grew up in Langdon.

She now operates Simmons Multimedia in Grafton and is the publisher of Valley News & Views in Drayton.

Yes, I love my cellphone. That doesn’t mean I can’t conjure up a conversation. The reality is that technology makes life easier in many aspects of daily life, and other generations aren’t used to it. Just because you didn’t grow up with it, doesn’t mean it’s bad.

If you had the opportunities we have back when you were a kid, you’d use your cellphone too.

When it comes to being lazy, that is simply not true. My generation has a strong desire to contribute to the world. We are also highly educated thanks to the technology that we are addicted to. We’ve had endless knowledge directly at our fingertips.

Gen Z is also much more culturally diverse than any other generation and politically active. We grew up with the first black president and the legalization of gay marriage. Generation Z is more open to these concepts, and the future seems to be leaning left. Something I’m scared of writing as I live in a red state, so please don’t come for me. I’m just stating facts here.

Gen Z is also known for their side hustles. Gen Z kids have turned their hobbies into businesses. My generation will juggle with more than one income. I’ve seen this a lot online - people who love photography or art turn their passions into profit. Gen Z is also very money conscious, having grown up in a recession.

Gen Z has many strong qualities, and I am very proud to belong to this generation. When I was doing my research on why Gen Z gets so much hate, it turns out it's just part of a pattern. It's not uncommon for previous generations to judge the newest one, something I completely understand after finding out the name of the genera-

tion below me.

If you think Gen Z is bad, wait until you meet Generation Alpha. Yeah, you heard that right, Alpha. What type of punk name is that? When I found this out for the first time, I wanted to roll my eyes and throw up all at the same time. For anyone who doesn’t know what Alpha means, according to dictionary.com, alpha is a dominant person based on behavior and usu-

ally is referred to as “socially aggressive-hyper masculine men”. Gross.

With a name like that, I will definitely be making fun of them. It’s actually named for the first letter in the Greek alphabet, but I like my version better.

So, I guess my final message of this article will be, be nicer to Gen Z, because the next thing you know - we are going to be surrounded by a bunch of Generation Alpha teens.

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Tall Tales and Serial Shorts

By Lisa Whitt Dear Reader, In the past, newspapers published novels in a serial format to reach a wider audience. Most readers couldn’t afford the cost of a novel, but they could afford a newspaper. The practice continues today but reached its height in Victorian England with novels like David Copperfield and Treasure Island. In that tradition, Tall Tales and Serial Shorts seeks to present installments of short stories.

Letters from Meme My cousin, Meme, was born in a traveling carnival. She gets by on her looks, wits and a relaxed moral code that would likely end with most people in jail. And, unfortunately, she has

conned the carnival owner into letting her run it and now thinks she owns it.

Bubbles, the clown, is a new player.

He has Meme all muddled-headed because he hasn’t fallen for her fake southern charm. She is chasing him around the carnival like a dog after a bone. WHO is Bubbles? WHAT is Bubbles? Bubbles is more dangerous than even Meme can imagine.

Bubbles has abducted and killed a little boy from his parents at the fun house. Meme finds out Bubbles is the new owner of the carny. Meme comes up with a plan to save the carny from Bubbles and the law before the police arrive.

Meme 6 Part 6 Stunned silence was my answer. I find my voice and say, “Willie, how could you sign over the carnival to Bubbles?

We don’t know him. You know this is my carny!”

“I don’t know how to explain it, Meme.

I didn’t have no choice. When Bubbles asked me to sign the deed over to him, I was compelled. I never wanted anything more than to sign those papers.”

I have always been good at fast thinking and not dwelling on the past - deal

with the crisis at hand. I make a plan.

Bubbles snatched and killed a little kid, and the police are on the way.

I tell Willie I will deal with the police and take care of Bubbles.

“Marshall, you go on ahead of us and cancel our shows. Willie, I need you to come with me to talk to the police, bring your revolver and make sure it is loaded.”

Willie follows me back to our lions’ crates. I only have a few minutes to work before the police arrive.

I cover the young boy’s body with a blanket and move our old lion, Clarance, beside him. Clarence looks at me with golden rheumatic eyes. Trust and devotion for the past 20 years has been his best gift to us, but, unfortunately, we can offer him nothing more.

Clarence is repulsed by the scent of death and tries to escape. I call him a good boy as I stroke his head and mane. Clarence looks away, and I hesitate. Then I think of Slick giving my carny to Bubbles.

I raise Willie’s revolver and shoot Clar-

ence behind the ear. The end comes quickly for his sweet soul. I am furious. Over and over, I tell myself Bubbles will pay for this.

Within twenty minutes, the police and medical examiner arrive and park beside Willie’s caravan. The chief of police steps out. I guess a local dead boy deserves the chief’s personal attention. He looks to be about forty-five and has that stereotypical “too many donuts” belly that doesn’t easily fit into his waistband.

The medical examiner is not hard to identify either. He is rangy-looking, like a starving chicken. He wears the “underpaid and overworked” county employee mantle better than the chief. The duo sees the crowd gathering around the lions’ cages and walks out to meet us.

“I’m Clinton’s Police Chief, Mark Dawes, and this is Doc Richards. He’s the county medical examiner. Mind telling me who owns this circus?”

“That would be me,” Bubbles says as he steps out of the shadows behind Clarence’s crate.

Clarence. They stare at the dead lion and are not surprised by the blood and brain matter. At first, they don’t seem to notice the little boy lying there with his throat ripped out. Then they both seem to snap awake.

“Mind telling me what happened to the boy?” the chief asks.

The boy’s parents pick this time to show up.

“Excuse me, can you help us? We have lost our little boy,” the mother says. “He was just with me, holding my hand. I turned away from him to help my oldest boy, Todd, with his candy apple. When I turned back, he was gone. We have looked all over but cannot find him.”

The medical examiner picks this time to remove the blanket from the little boy’s face. The mother sees her son out of the corner of her eye. She screams and moans. Unleashing a cry of despair that every parent recognizes. Barely audible, “That’s my boy,” she whispers.

The two walk over and look down at

Walhalla Coop Oil recognized for improvement project

The Walhalla Area Chamber of Commerce Desiree kintyhtt, Mallorie Staples, Floyd Clark (Walhalla coop manager), Jim martini, Darol Hoffman. Photo by Rebecca Davis.

To recognize and to thank the Walhalla Coop Oil management and staff for their new remodeling project, members of the Walhalla Area Chamber of Commerce presented the management with a special recognition certificate on Monday, Aug. 8. The company was closed for several days last week to make updates, including installing a new condenser fan for the store’s coolers, new cabinets and countertops throughout the front of the store, new lighting inside and outside, and new bathroom vanities.

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Fantastic Farmers Markets

By Katie Henry, Family and Community Wellness Agent, NDSU Extension – Cavalier County Markets continue into October. It nev- with us at the courthouse, or email er hurts to stop by and take a look at katie.d.henry@ndsu.edu for more inwhat is offered every week from the formation or to get hard copies. I am different vendors. So far, as local also planning to have a table at the Farmers Markets, I have seen cucum- Farmers Market to display some of bers, beans, jams and jellies, home- our canning and freezing information. made baked goods and much more! If I’m there, stop by and take what you There is almost always something for need, or ask some questions! everyone.

Since cucumbers are ready; here are Thursday, August 18, there will be a recipes from NDSU Extension for cuspecial youth activity at the Farmers cumber spread and dill pickles you Market in Langdon, sponsored by might enjoy. the Langdon City Chamber of Commerce and NDSU Extension of Cav- Cucumber Spread (or Dip) alier County. The fun begins at 4pm 4 large cucumbers (3 to 4 cups, diced) and will continue while supplies last. ½ tsp. salt As we were driving to our destination Youth who attend the event will be 8 oz. plain cream cheese the other day, a cute little produce able to decorate reusable Farmers ½ c. mayonnaise (or substitute sour stand we stop at every year caught Market bags by using paint, fruits and cream) our eye. It’s a place we have been to vegetables as stamps. The bags can 2 Tbsp. dill weed many times over the years, and we then be used on return trips to the 1 Tbsp. onion, diced are always excited when the boxes Farmers Market. Studies have shown Chives, mint or parsley, chopped (opof the stand get filled with the fresh that kids are more likely to eat fruits tional) produce that is grown. We saw there and vegetables if they have a hand in was produce in there for the first time growing, choosing and preparing the Rinse cucumbers, peel then remove this year, and we were so excited! We produce. This is a great way to help seeds and dice. also got some absolutely delicious to- youth get involved in healthy eating, Combine with salt and allow to rest 1 hour, draining excess matoes, cucumbers, and onions from all while participating in a fun event! a local grower. Gardens are beginning If you like to enjoy canning or freezing liquid. Combine cream cheese, mayto be in full production mode, so take fresh produc but don’t want to tend onnaise, dill weed a garden of your own, you can find and onion. Top with optional herbs, if advantage of the season! some great options at the Farmers desired. Serve with Even though we have a garden of our Market. Make sure you pick the fresh- crackers, vegetables or as a sandwich own, it’s fun to add to our produce by est items, and use scientific canning spread. purchasing from others. It increases or freezing methods to ensure safety variety and allows us to enjoy things and quality. I mentioned the basics Makes 12 servings (about 1/3 cup). we haven’t had before or even tried of canning and freezing in an article Each serving has 100 calories, to grow. Farmers Markets and local in June before the season was in full 9 g fat, 2 g protein, 4 g carbohydrate, food stands not only give us produce swing that you can refer to, but feel 0 g fiber and 220 mg sodium. that has just been picked, it also al- free to call us or ask for some inforlows us to support local growers who mation from us here at the NDSU Ex- Quick Fresh-pack Dill Pickles enjoy what they do. Vine-ripened to- tension office. NDSU Extension has 8 lb. 3- to 5-inch pickling cucumbers matoes? Fresh raspberries? Perfect several publications that can help you 2 gal. water sized cucumbers for pickling? You with all of your canning and freezing 1¼ c. canning or pickling salt needs. You can visit the NDSU Exten- 1½ qt. vinegar (5%) can find it all from local growers. sion website at https://www.ndsu. ¼ c. sugar Farmers Markets are just beginning edu/agriculture/extension for more 2 qt. water to pick up to full speed, and there will information. You can also call our 2 Tbsp. whole mixed pickling spice be more to come. Several Farmers office at 256-2560, stop in and visit About 3 Tbsp. whole mustard seed (1

tsp. per pint jar) About 14 heads of fresh dill (1½ heads per pint jar) or 4½ Tbsp. dill seed (1½ tsp. per pint jar) Wash cucumbers. Leave ¼ inch of cucumber stem ends attached but cut 1/16-inch slice off the blossom end. Dissolve ¾ cup of salt in 2 gallons of water (to make “brine”). Pour the brine over the cucumbers and let stand 12 hours. Drain. Combine vinegar, ½ cup of salt, sugar and 2 quarts of water. Add mixed pickling spices tied in a clean white cloth. Heat to boiling. Fill jars with cucumbers. Add 2 teaspoons of mustard seed and three heads of fresh dill per quart.

Cover with boiling liquid, leaving ½ inch of head space.

Adjust the lids and process as noted: 0-1,000 feet 1,001 – 6,000 feet Pints 10 minutes 15 minutes Quarts 15 minutes 20 minutes This recipe makes seven to nine pints.

On average, one medium (3¾-inch) dill pickle has 10 calories, 0 g fat, 0 g protein, 2 g carbohydrate and 530 mg sodium.

No matter what you choose to purchase at the Farmers Market or a food stand, you can’t go wrong with locally grown, delicious, fresh produce! See you there!

McHugh house demolished Crews demolished a historic Langdon home on Monday, Aug. 8. The McHugh house was built in October of 1885 and was the first permanent home in Langdon (all others were moved at least once to other locations). It was located at 808 7th Street in Langdon.

Writer Rita Maisel’s previous history reporting said that a big party was held for its house warming, but Mrs.

McHugh and the children were still living in Grafton. Two hundred or more people came to the party, which was pretty good for no real town on the treeless territory. They danced until dawn so they could see to go home.

Later added, the barn was a circular white building to the west that was used for auctions. Pat McHugh was also an auctioneer plus a politician, banker, and the founder of Langdon.

1904 photo courtesy Langdon Centennial Book.

Sports Langdon Edmore Munich Girls Golf results

Jake’s Take on Sports

By Jake Kulland

High School football to begin competition Aug. 19 We are now just one week away from the opening night of the 2022 high school football season. Class B 11man and Class B 9-man divisions will have their first games on August 19.

11-man teams will play a nine-game schedule, while 9-man teams will play eight. Langdon-Edmore-Munich has 29 kids out for this year's team, and they will have their first game at Minot Ryan next week. They also have their first three games on the road this year but are looking to be very competitive once again this year with a lineup dominated by seniors. North Border is making the move back to the 9-man ranks this season after winning the North Dakota Independent 6-man crown last year. The Eagles have 19 kids out for the squad and will open their season at home in Pembina versus Benson County. As we told you last week, all of the Eagles games will be in Pembina this season. They have decided to switch each year between there and Walhalla. In next week's Borderland Press, we will give a full preview for each team, including schedules, team pictures, rosters and more. We also look forward to covering both teams here and on our KNDK radio stations throughout the year.

Volleyball practice begins Aug. 15 The last shoe to drop for fall sports is the start of high school volleyball across North Dakota. The first practices are set to begin on Aug. 15. For Langdon-Edmore-Munich, who will be trying to make it to their eighth

straight State B tournament, their first practice is Aug. 15 with the varsity going at 8:30 a.m. and the junior high at 1:00 p.m. Rich Olson is head coaching the team for his 26th season, and this year he will be assisted by Taylor Agnes and Brittany Feil. Agnes is taking over for Alison Podhradsky, who moved to Bismarck to become a professor at the University of Mary. Feil is returning to the program as an assistant for the first time in five years.

Jane Hart and Morgan Titus will once again be coaching the Lady Cards junior high teams.

North Border has a new coach this season. 2017 Walhalla graduate Natalie Carignan Hartje is taking over the program, replacing Shelby Kaster, who had a baby in May. The first practice for the Eagles varsity and junior high will be Aug. 15 in Pembina at 8:30 a.m. Carignan is assisted by Hannah Johnson, who has been with the team the last couple of years.

Long time Eagles volleyball coach Jan Beattie is coaching the junior high team.

Both teams' first matches will be during the Northern Cass Tournament on Aug. 27. We will have full season previews for both of these teams when that tournament date gets closer.

Langdon Country Club winding down its league nights As we get further into August, some of the main activities are winding down at the Langdon Country Club.

Wednesday Women's League had their last day on Aug. 10 when the Langdon Ladies City Tournament was held. It is also getting down to the final weeks of Tuesday Men's League, which will be followed by the playoffs. We will have more information on league winners and exact playoff openers next week. Fear not, both the Langdon and Walhalla Country Clubs have several weeks of great golf ahead. A reminder that the Langdon course will be hosting a Region 3 Class B Girls Golf meet on Aug. 18.

Run Langdon rescheduled to Aug. 18

Although is was postponed over Langdon's Musicfest weekend, the Run Langdon 5k and 10k runs have now been rescheduled for Aug. 18. Both will start and end that day at the St. Alphonsus Parish Hall, and a Donut Dash for the kids will also be happening at 6:00. The course will go through the north and west parts of Langdon. It will not cross Highway 5, so no one will have to play their own personal version of Frogger. There will be cash prizes in both men's and women's divisions, and a portion of the proceeds will go the Langdon Kiddie Pool Fund and the Langdon Fire Department. This will also be a nice lead in to the Back to School Night fundraiser at Boyd Block later that same evening. For more information, go to runlangdon.com.

Congratulations to Bob Simmons We leave this week by saying some-

thing that not many people may know about but should. Bob Simmons, president and CEO of Simmons Broadcasting, which owns KNDK AM & FM, Maverick 105, 106.7 The Rock Farm, and KXPO AM & FM, was recently honored with the 2021 Pioneer Award from the North Dakota Broadcasters Association. From the NDAB website, it states: "This award is given to a broadcaster whose contribution to the industry promises to have enduring value throughout North Dakota in television or radio." Bob has been all of that and more, keeping all stations locally owned when radio across the country has gone to a much more corporate structure. Being my employer for the last million and one years, I can't say enough about how hard he has worked to earn this great honor.

Way to go BS'er!

"See ya!" next week!

At Northwood on Aug. 5 no team score Taryn Romfo 101 5th place Rylee Medbery 112 Nadia Lewis 116 At Larimore on Aug. 8 3rd as a team Taryn Romfo 98 3rd Olivia Christianson 104 5th Nadia Lewis 121 McKenzie Regner 142

Health Tip

Provided by Cavalier County Health District August is National Immunization Awareness Month. Send your child back to school/college fully protected against vaccine preventable diseases.

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Drayton hosts The Catfish Capital Challenge Tournament This weekend anglers will compete for a shot at $10,000 while catfishing on the Red River. The Catfish Capital Challenge Catfish Tournament runs 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 12 and Saturday, Aug. 13, named, of course, because Drayton is the Catfish Capital of the North.

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“Since it’s never been solved, no one knows, is it someone who’s living amongst them? I mean, is it someone who lives in Cavalier that has gotten away with it and continued to live there? It’s very unsettling,” said Connie Nelson, author of the newly published crime memoir "Cavalier: The Story of an Unsolved Murder in a Small Town."

Brad Durick, tournament organizer, said there would be no trouble getting to the 60 number - especially with the $10,000 first prize in its third year.

The prize money was a way to take the tournament to the next level.

There are also more than 10 other

Memoir focuses on Cavalier cold case In 1986, the murder of Dr. Jack Wahl shook the city of Cavalier to its core.

More than 36 years later, the case remains unsolved, but its memory remains constant for many who were a part of the community when the crime occurred.

As of Saturday, Aug. 6 the tournament was full with a field of 60 boats with organizers putting people on the waiting list. The teams are coming from all over, including Montana, Illinois, central Iowa, a huge contingent from Grand Forks, Drayton, and teams from Baudette and Stephen, Minn.

“It became a pro style, two-day tournament,” Durick said. “We had run into a problem in that people don’t typically travel to Drayton for tournaments, even though the fishing is great.”

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2021 First Place winners Jeff Jordheim and Kora Jordheim, Catfish Capital Challenge champions.

cash prizes, ranging from $500 to $2,500.

“It’s a catfishing family here - everybody knows everybody, and if they

don’t, they will,” Durick said.

Awards are expected to take place at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday near the Red River in downtown Drayton.

At the time of Dr. Wahl’s death, Nelson was working as a director of marketing and communication and was one of the last people who saw Dr. Wahl alive. The death of her friend took a significant emotional toll on her life.

“After the murder, people chose sides. I got divorced,” Nelson said. “I

couldn’t live in Cavalier anymore, you know?”

Nelson took her then three and sevenyear-old children and moved back to Fargo. While the family carried on with their lives, the memory lingered on.

Upon her retirement and move to Santa Fe in 2018, Nelson rediscovered a collection of documents pertaining to the crime.

In 2020, amongst the pandemic lockdowns and being spurred on by local writing groups, Nelson collected her research and thoughts and composed the memoir.

“You know I started it for therapy, and I used that quote from Maya Angelou, ‘There’s nothing worse than an untold story inside of you’ and that’s how it felt. I just had to get my story out there.”

She hopes, in getting her story out, it might cause some new details to come to light, whether it be a forgotten memory or missed detail.

“It would be great to have my book be the catalyst to get people talking about it again and maybe find some answers,” Nelson said.

However, she emphasizes, while she gives theories as to who may have committed the crime, the book should not be taken as a definitive answer for the crime.

At press time, "Cavalier: The Story of an Unsolved Murder in a Small Town" has sold more than 900 copies and is available both in paperback and digital formats. It is available on Amazon, but Nelson encourages people interested to also consider purchasing the book through a local bookstore or requesting a copy from a local library.

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From the Pastor’s Desk :

Cavalier County Senior Menu

Measured up against God’s plumb Line

Monday, Aug. 15 Hamburger Patty/Grilled Onions/ Sour Cream/Chives/Mashed Potatoes/Malibu Veggies/Fruit

Cavalier County Senior Meals & Services, Langdon

Pastor Robert Blackburn

with a weight of some kind tied to the end. When the string is held in such a way that the weight can dangle freely, an exact vertical can be determined.

Gravity makes sure that the weight hangs perfectly straight, letting a builder know that a construction is vertically supported.

Have you ever wondered how your life measures up to God’s standards?

And how do we measure ourselves to see if we are on the straight and narrow according to God? God measures us in a similar way that he measured the faithfulness of the Israelites. “This what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb, with a plumb line in his hand. And the lord asked me, “what do you see, Amos?” “A plumb line, I replied. Then the Lord said, “Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel” Amos 7: 7-8a (NIV). For those who don’t know what a plumb line is, a plumb line measures if a wall is built straight. A plumb line is a tool used by builders to determine whether something is perfectly vertical. The plumb line is a string or cord

This is one of the most important lessons you and I can learn. How do we measure up when God puts the plumb line next to us? How do we measure up according to God’s word? God’s word is the plumb line in which we are measured - the Bible. In this modern world, it is very easy to get off-centered according to God’s word. We can easily be influenced by those who convince us that there is a better way than God’s way in our lives. Almighty God has set the standard with his plumb line, his word, the Holy Bible.

God does not negotiate his word. He does not adjust his laws with the impulses of culture. God’s moral law is the plumb line in which we determine right and wrong. Just as a builder cannot force a true plumb line because of his opinion or hastiness to get the job done, so are God’s moral standards that are not subject to the opinions of man. We can’t pick and choose what commands of the Bible we want to obey. God wants every ounce of our faithfulness to his word, not just bits

and pieces. We need to line up our lives in agreement with God’s plumb line rather than trying to change it to satisfy our plans and ways of life.

How do we measure up to God’s word?

If God measured us today, would he measure us perfectly vertical and true to plumb, or would we be off-centered and need some adjusting.? By reading the Bible, studying it, and prayer we can better understand God’s plan for our lives and will be able to measure up perfectly to his Word. “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” Psalm 119:105 (ESV).

Pastor Robert Blackburn serves the Langdon United Methodist Church in Langdon. He was born and raised in Sioux Falls, S.D. and worked in the food and restaurant industry for 25 years, mostly with Fryn’ Pan Restaurants, before entering the ministry field. Blackburn arrived in Langdon in July of 2021. He has been married for 25 years to Lea Robertson Blackburn of Hope N.D. and has four children, James 22, Jessica 18, Makayla, 15, and Thomas, 14. He is currently enrolled in year three of a four-year degree of online courses through Oklahoma Wesleyan University in pursuit of a B.A. in Ministry and Leadership.

He is also a fan of the Minnesota Vikings.

Tuesday, Aug. 16 Garlic Salmon Patty/Rice Pilaf/ Beets/Brownies/Fruit Wednesday, Aug. 17 Cranberry Glazed Pork Loin/Cheesy Hashbrowns/Capri Veggies/Carrot Cake Thursday, Aug. 18 Chicken Club Salad/Breadstick/Fruit with Yogurt

Friday, Aug. 19 Popcorn Shrimp/Fries/Lettuce Salad/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.

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HELP WANTED The City of Langdon is accepting applications for a part-time Activity Center assistant. Hours required are day shifts and some weekends. Applicants must be motivated and self-managed.

Salary will DOE. Applications may be picked up and submitted at the Activity Center at 516 10th Ave., Langdon, ND 58249. Applications are being accepted until September 4, 2022, until 12:00 p.m. City of Langdon is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Looking to Hire: Mt. Carmel Rec Area Manager. Seasonal position. Call Kensi at 701-256-2220 with questions.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Robert C. Fleming (ND #05598) Fleming, DuBois & Fleming, PLLP Attorneys at Law 208 W 2nd Ave S, PO Box 633 Cavalier, North Dakota 58220 Phone: (701) 265-8446 Email: fdflaw@polarcomm.com Attorney for the Personal Representative Case No.: 10-2022-PR-00021 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF CAVALIER COUNTY STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA In the Matter of the Estate of James Douglas Sparks, Deceased NOTICE TO CREDITORS [11] 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 (3) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred, except

that the claim of any creditor to whom said personal representative mails a copy of this notice shall not be barred until three (3) months after the date of such mailing. Claims must either be presented Alan Andrew Sparks, personal representative of the estate, at 5 Round Hill Road, Chappaqua, NY 10514; or filed with the court.

Dated this 28 day of June 2022 Alan Andrew Sparks Personal Representative 5 Round Hill Road Chappaqua, NY 10514 Robert C. Fleming (ID #05598) Fleming, DuBois & Fleming, PLLP Attorneys at Law PO Box 633 Cavalier, North Dakota 58220-0633 (701) 265-8446 fdflaw@polarcomm.com Attorney for the Personal Representative FIRST PUBLICATION ON THE DAY OF August 5, ,2022.

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Cont’d. From Page 1 - Sarles secures summer’s hidden gem “It’s just such a huge thing for the said Alyssa Plummer of Hannah, who community to have this, and it’s al- enrolled her two kids, ages 5 and 7, in most like a tradition for the older gen- swimming lessons in Sarles this sumeration to pass down this tradition mer. She likes supporting the smaller - for the grandparents to say ‘this is pool and having a short drive to enjoy where I grew up swimming.’ It keeps swimming lessons and her family’s the tradition going…some of these pool membership. are third generation swimming lessons,” Samuelson said.

“I think it’s amazing, absolutely amazing. It’s nice. It’s clean. They have difIf grandparents and others have fam- ferent things for kids to do like little ily in town at the right time, they go to pool toys, and it’s so casual and laid the Sarles Pool for swimming lessons back,” Plummer said. “I didn’t realto keep the tradition alive. This year ly get to go to the pool much when I a grandmother brought her grand- was growing up because we lived on a daughter from Williston and another farm, so I absolutely love the fact that child came from Devils Lake. Others we have the Sarles Pool not that far came from closer to Sarles. from us; because even though we live on a farm now, we can still go swim“I think the Sarles Pool is absolutely ming often because it’s only 11 miles amazing. It’s the best kept secret,” away.”

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While Plummer highlights the pool as the best kept secret, Samuelson calls it a hidden gem. The pool doesn’t advertise, and there are no lifeguards on duty - it’s ‘swim at your own risk’. The board sends out membership letters and members get keys to the pool.

Membership letters go out between the end of May to the beginning of June.

“We’re all farmers, so everything falls with the spring planting schedule. We didn’t open until the middle of June because this year we had a hard time even getting the pool paint,” Samuelson said.

In the past it’s been the farmers that brought their water trucks into town to help get the pool filled for the season.

This year the water flowed from rural water, but the volunteers still showed up to paint, to repair the fence after a windstorm, and help with anything else that the pool needed.

Memberships are $150 for a family, $60 for grandparents, and a single membership is $30 for the season.

“Lots of times on these hot summer days it’s easy to see 20-30 kids in there,” Samuelson said. “It is so cool, and I do reminisce a lot, and my family loves to come up and bring nieces and nephews. I grew up swimming there, and it’s just joy - I don’t really know how else to say it.”

“I remember growing up we used to have a cafe and a little grocery store.

We’d go to the bar and get a pop and then we’d go swimming,” Samuelson continued. “It’s a really big thing in this community. There are so many people who are rooting for this pool to keep going - the pool and the bar.”

money at the bar.

The Sarles Pool typically closes just ahead of the start of school, but it also depends on the weather. If it’s hot toward the end of August, parents and high school students are typically the ones in the pool going for evening swims. Samuelson said the pool is open until board members notice it’s not being used that much anymore.

“It is a really big deal, and I have to give a shout out to our board members and our community and to Dez Caduff, a board member who handles the chemicals every morning and every night as she’s a huge part of that,” Samuelson said. “Our board members are pretty awesome. And when we decided to redo this pool, the sides of the walls were caving in, and it was becoming unsafe, which is why we decided to redo it, and we asked the community to help. It’s a really big community thing, and I think it makes Sarles super special.”

Samuelson said it’s a fun dynamic between the pool and the bar - Kyle’s Place - as people and families come to town for food and some swimming, “Wednesday nights are very popular because so many people go for tacos at Kyle’s Place after swimming. Friday nights are pretty popular, too.”

Samuelson wants people to know that the Sarles Pool is open to the public and that the attitude around the water is “the more the merrier”. She recommends people follow “Sarles Park and Pool” on Facebook where you can find contact information. She said people can message the pool to find out if it’s open or can be open (please allow 24hour notice). Cost is $5 per person to swim if you aren’t a member. Just find a board member to pay or drop your

Photos by Terry Hinnenkamp.

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