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Volume 1, Number 33

Bachman plans to open

DOGGY DAY CARE IN LANGDON

In this Issue:

Benefit held for Langdon Baby Pool project Page 2 Northern Agriculture Snips Page 3 Goodman: Projects and pictures Page 4 Mitzel : Roll on Page 4 Langdon to host community band Page 5 Leroy bar changes hands Page 5 Walhalla Fire Department hosts corn and sausage feed Page 5 Staying Hip with Halle Page 6 Frost Fire Summer Theatre season ends on a high note Page 7 Breathing new life into Sapa Arena Page 8 Edmore welcomes teachers from the Philippines Page 9 Jake’s Take on Sports Page 11

Index:

News Agriculture Opinion Community Education Region Sports Church/Obituaries Classifieds Meeting Minutes

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Business will also offer grooming services through Pet-tastic Whitney Bachman is in the process of purchasing the former Regal Liquors building at 519 3rd St. in Langdon and transforming it into a doggy day care named Regal Doggy Daycare.

“I looked up the definition of “regal”, and it’s ‘royalty, monarch, and to be treated like a king’,” Bachman said.

“People love their pets so much, and I want them to know they will be treated like my own – they will be treated like royalty when they’re at doggy day care.”

Langdon should, too.”

It’s also a place for people who would love their dogs to be able to run and play while they are at work, instead of being locked up all day. Bachman plans to accept puppies once they have received all of their required vaccinations.

Bachman anticipates construction for the day care spot will start close to winter. In a perfect world, she would love to be open as soon as possible

Bachman loves animals and dreamed of being a veterinarian. The idea for the doggy day care popped into her head just a few weeks ago. When that idea combined with the realization that Kristi Hejlik of Pet-tastic was looking for a new location to groom dogs in Langdon, everything fell into place.

“Partnering up is a huge added benefit,” Bachman said. “Kristi grooms our dogs for us, and she is just so sweet.

I reached out to her with my idea and the idea of her coming in.”

Bachman has two dogs - a chocolate lab named Jett and a goldendoodle named Roxie - and a cat and a few farm animals. She knows the feeling of leaving for a day to shop in Grand Forks and being delayed longer than expected. She calls friends and family to let her dogs out, but she doesn’t like to inconvenience anyone. She hopes this will be a solution to many who have the same issue.

“I’ve been thinking of starting a business and one that Langdon can truly benefit from,” Bachman said.

“A lot of people in town have pets.

Bigger towns have doggy day care and

The Walhalla Swimming Pool held Glow Back to School Night on Sunday, Aug. 21. Sixth grade and under swam from 6-8 p.m. and 7-12 grades swam from 8-10 p.m. The pool invites you to watch its public group page on Facebook, “Walhalla, North Dakota: Swimming Pool” for possible pool days open over Labor Day weekend. Photo by Jill Johnson.

FULL CIT Y STREET CONSTRUCTION in Langdon estimated at $21 million

By Borderland Press Staff

About two months ago, the City of Langdon commissioned Moore Engineering to conduct a city-wide survey to rank the roads in the city based on condition.

Bachman’s dogs, Roxie and Jett.

Submitted photo.

but is hoping to be up and running by early spring.

The exterior of the building will feature a fully-enclosed fence on the east side of the building all the way through the former drive-thru. Dogs will also have access to the west side of the building. Boarding will not be available. Regal Doggy Daycare will be open Monday - Friday during the day, but not at night and as of now, no weekends.

Bachman plans to have a retail space, which will carry two kinds of dog foods not currently available in Langdon along with Hejlik’s grooming space.

“The roads in the city, as everyone knows, are in very poor shape,” said Jerry Nowatzki, Langdon mayor.

“Some of this just needs something as simple as a chip seal. The majority of the roads all need to be milled down with a new asphalt overlay, and about 60% of the city streets actually need to be almost reconstructed, going down at least 18 inches.”

At the Langdon City Commission meeting on Monday night, Moore Engineering gave a cost estimate report for a full city street reconstruction project, and the estimate came in at $21 million for different levels of work done on a block-by-block basis. The estimate includes cost overrun.

The commission also discussed the underground infrastructure and asked that a survey be put together on adding this on in places of town that are really bad, and they discussed doing more underground utilities. Moore Engineering has been asked to look at an additional phase of the underground utilities project that the city has been working on for the last two years.

“Our whole plan is, some time in the fall, to have a community forum where we can get feedback from the residents as to should we just do a street project or should we do a street project with underground utilities?”

Nowatzki said. “Granted, the street project with underground utilities will be considerably more expensive, but it’s all work that does need to be done. So we’re just looking for feedback from the public, and that will be sometime this fall.” cont’d. on page 16

Osnabrock couple grows garden, family dream

By Sarah Hinnenkamp

On a quiet evening near Osnabrock, born and raised farm girl Tracy Monson enjoyed the sounds of the crickets and frogs creating music to her ears. She swam in solitude among the acres of produce grown each season, even enjoying the process of pulling weeds.

“I kind of like all aspects of it, but I love being able to be out in God’s beauty enjoying the peacefulness,” Monson said.

The Monsons have walk-behind tillers and a tiller on the tractor for taking care of weeds in between the rows, but it takes great care to rid the weeds near the plants.

“It usually takes three hours to weed one of the rows, down the one side

and up the other side,” Monson said.

This is the thirteenth growing season for Monson Gardens, which is owned and operated by Tracy and her husband, Jared. The couple have full time jobs: Tracy with the U.S. Postal Service in Langdon by filling in wherever needed and Jared at Finest Auto Body & Glass in Langdon. Both grew up with farming and gardens, and when Jared looked for a way to move back home from Fargo, the idea of a produce garden made the move feasible and allowed him to help on his dad’s farm.

Planning for each growing season is something Jared handles, much of which is based on sales from the previous year. He usually starts in January and spends several hours studying different seed varieties and

looking for different varieties that may taste better or last longer.

About 75% of the plants Jared starts from seed, and the rest he sows directly into the ground in the gardens that have ranged in size from 2.5 to 4 acres, depending on the year. This year the gardens are just under three acres. It’s also important to the Mon-

Monson Gardens sons to be as chemical free as possible.

“We usually don’t have much waste,” Monson said. “Usually I have a problem of things not getting ready quick enough. I usually have a waitlist for things that people are wanting.”

The business model Monson Gardens uses for selling harvested produce is a hybrid model of online sales to local folks using Facebook and roadside stands.

“Everything’s so late this year because of the wet spring, but usually by mid to late August I have too much, and I can’t just sell on Facebook so I start setting up and selling in different towns,” Those towns include Park River, Langdon, Hampden, Land of Oz days in Osnabrock on Saturday, Sept.

17 and this year Do-It-Best Hardware in Cavalier will be a stop every other Thursday.

Harvesting produce throughout the growing season gives much to look forward to with a variety of fresh garden tastes. It would be easier to give a number of the types of plants the Monsons are willing to harvest, but the list is so extensive, it had to be shared: Asparagus Strawberries (Tracy picked more than cont’d. on page 16

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Benefit held for Langdon Baby Pool Project

Langdon Area Chamber of Commerce update

Despite the soggy weather, a Back-toSchool Family Fun Night was held at the Langdon Eagles Club last week with proceeds from the event going to help pay for the Langdon Baby Pool remodel.

The Langdon Area Chamber of Commerce is seeing some changes going into effect.

By Nick Vorlage

Jordan Braunberger, Langdon Park Board member, said the baby pool, which first re-opened back on July 22, is nearly complete with its renovations and amenities. However, paying off the project still remains a ways away.

“We’re at about $115,000 with pledged donations and money that’s come in, so we’re still a pretty long ways away. We’re looking to get

$250,000 raised, and that’s the cost of it. We did have some help with local businesses pitching in and giving us discounts with that,” Braunberger said.

He hopes residents have been able to enjoy the pool this season, as it’s quickly coming to a close.

“Alexa Schneider, our pool manager, is working with the guards to try and be open Aug. 28. It’s looking promising,” Braunberger said.

Hours and dates for the pool’s operation are available online at facebook. com/langdonpool.

By Borderland Press Staff

The first is the addition of the Chamber’s executive director, Jaclyn Nye. Nye, a Langdon graduate, brings a background and experience of association management with Clearwater Communications and North Dakota Water Users in Bismarck, a skill set which will help in her new role.

“What I did there was help them with their marketing, their advertising,

grant writing, and event planning - these were typically non-profits or smaller organizations that couldn’t maybe have a full-time employee, so we were able to fill the gaps for them,” Nye said.

After holding that position for close to six years, Nye and her family moved back to Langdon in 2017 where she worked in the tax director’s office before taking the Chamber position.

Nye said she will be working on a contract basis with the Chamber and will

be working outside of the Chamber office but will be available via phone and email from 8:30 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.

As for the executive director’s office at Langdon City Hall, it will see some use as a meeting place for Nye but may also be used to host meetings as well.

Nye and the Chamber of Commerce can still be contacted via the Langdon Chamber’s number at 701-256-3079.

Jake Kulland and Nick Vorlage contributed to this story.

N.D. offers incentive program for childcare centers To help reduce staff turnover in its childcare workforce, North Dakota is offering a new incentive program for licensed childcare centers in the state.

A recent report found that the average childcare worker in North Dakota is paid $11 per hour, which is barely enough for the average family of

three. Kay Larson, with the Human Services department, said to counteract the problem, they're offering additional stipends to eligible workers, "We know that making consistent, stable care available for young children and families is so essential."

Stipends range from $150 to $600 per quarter. Incentives max out at $3600 per person or when they reach

18 months of participation. This was made possible due to COVID relief money last year and is expected to be approached once again during the 2023 Legislative session.

Larson reminds parents having difficulty affording childcare to try and take advantage of new changes to eligibility aid, "Right now, the North Da-

kota child-care assistance has waived the co-pays for families and increased eligibility to 85% of the state median income."

Larson said her department will continue to monitor the new incentive program and evaluate its impact on turnover.

District 19 candidates tour lignite, petroleum facilities

District 19 candidates Travis Hipsher (D-Neche) and Lynnell Popowski (D-Warsaw) got a firsthand look at the lignite and petroleum industries during the Legislative Candidate Bus Tour on Aug. 17-18, 2022.

Stops included a drilling rig and gas plant in oil country, the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) Nation Interpretive Center in New Town, ND; and mining operations, environmental controls, and land reclamation areas at Coal Creek Station and the Falkirk Mine in Underwood, ND. “The tour’s objective is to give legislative candidates a first-hand look at the state’s two largest energy industries – coal and oil.” said Jason Bohrer, president and CEO of the

Lignite Energy Council. “By hosting legislative candidates, we are helping them learn about the industries and the technologies shaping the future.”

Ron Ness, president of the Petroleum Council, echoed those sentiments.

“The oil and gas industry has evolved over the years and the exploration and production technologies used today are unique to the Bakken. More than ever, the coal and oil industries’ futures are dependent upon new innovations and technologies that will make developing our natural resources more efficient.”

Tour participants also learned about the industries’ impacts on North Dakota’s economy, workforce, and tax revenue.

RUN LANGDON

Photos by Larry Stokke.

Agriculture

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Northern Agriculture Snips NDSU Cavalier County Extension

What a wonderful summer we have had! This year the lawns are looking full and green; the flowers are overflowing; and the laugher of community kiddos trickle the streets.

This week we will dive into all things lawns! Growing a new patch of grass, fertilizing a yard, aerating, or even trying to keep out the pesky weeds can sometimes be overwhelming.

This time of the year is perfect to start fixing those lawn patches, reseeding, or removing any sod before the snow

flies. Between August 15th through the middle of September is considered the best time to do these things says NDSU Extension Horticulturalist Tom Kalb. Depending on the fall, there is a bit of a leeway, too, but a rule of thumb is don’t seed after the end of September. This is because over the summer the soil warms like we are breaking out of an Ice Age here in Cavalier County. The seeds like to germinate relatively quickly in warm soil. They then have enough time to create root systems even though the air temperature is starting to drop.

They need to have the time to develop these systems so they can handle the winter ahead!

mix, they usually think that Kentucky Bluegrass and Perennial Ryegrass are the only two options. These are both awesome varieties if used in the right application. Fine fescue varieties are great to add in as well. Kentucky Bluegrass is a great grass for sunny areas but can thin in shady areas. Some of the fine fescue grasses do better in shade. Tom also mentioned in his article Let’s Grow a Great Lawn that Perennial Ryegrass is a nice addition to a mix because it germinates rapidly and stabilizes the soil while the other lawn grasses emerge. This potentially could be a grass someone would like to add here in Cavalier County with our unpredictable weather!

There are varieties of grasses that are considered cool season or warm season grasses. There are grass mixes for shade and for full sun, drier and wetter areas. When it comes to our yards, we would like to choose a seed mix that has some variety to it. This is where all of the grass characteristics come into play. There are a few grasses that we should implicate when looking at our mixes at the hardware stores. When someone goes to buy a

When it comes to killing our unwanted weed friends, this is also the most beneficial time. Plants are generally winding down and storing nutrients as our daylight gets shorter. They start to move their food into their roots from their leaves. Herbicide applications will have a larger outcome because the plant will take that absorption right to the root, therefore killing it at the source! This is what we all want to hear, right?

A M ER ICAN C RYS TAL SU G AR pre-pile started Aug. 23

By Shanda Christianson

American Crystal Sugar planned for a pre-pile start of Aug. 23 in the Drayton district, with the plan of running two stations: St. Thomas and the Drayton yard.

Justin Krieg is the agronomy manager for the Drayton factory district of American Crystal Sugar and said everyone is ready to get things going, “We had a late start to the season, as everyone is well aware. Flooding is never our friend, but we have some beautiful looking crops out there.

Some of the growers have commented they have 40-ton tops. Unfortunately, we’re only 12 tons underneath the ground so tops don’t translate into tons per acre.”

Due to the late start, growers have a lower sugar content than expected based on the five-year average. The five-year average is somewhere in the 15-17% range for this time of year, and our last samples came in at about 12-13% sugar content.

“I think many of the growers know we lost Lorsban as a crop protection product to use against sugar beet root

maggot flies, and that caused us some challenges. It caused the growers to actually treat more frequently with the pyrethroid insecticides, and they tend to not hang around as long on the plant. And so we didn’t get as good a control of the sugar beet root maggot flies, and we were in the sixth year of increasing populations of that insect.”

Krieg said growers have also been monitoring early this year for leaf disease. Sercostera leaf spotting is a typical problem, though Krieg said usually the northern Valley doesn’t suffer as badly as the southern Valley does.

“But you know this year, due to environmental conditions, we have just as many daily infection values as the inbound station down in Fargo, in comparing Cavalier to Fargo, so the conditions are ripe for the disease, and i think we’ve done a good job of communicating to our growers to continue treating with fungicides,” Krieg said.

After the first two weeks of pre-pile, American Crystal plans to get going on the other stations around the district.

FSA fixes AGI calculation challenges in disaster aid The Farm Service Agency has created an appeal process for farmers challenged by the Emergency Relief Program’s adjusted gross income calculation. The calculations prevented some farmers from fully recovering eligible losses due to payment limits.

“This is very good news for those farmers who had issues in the ERP with prevent plant information or adjusted gross income,” said North Dakota Senator John Hoeven. “Both issues are fixed.” More than 18,000 farmers will receive new or updated pre-filled disaster applications to offset eligible losses. FSA already distributed $6.4 billion through ERP. EPA releases dicamba draft risk assessment In its draft risk assessment of dicamba, the Environmental Protection Agency said drift is still a problem

Fertilizing and aerating a lawn are some things that generally get pushed off because of time, finances or are just forgotten about. Fertilizing in the fall is the most important time.

The window is usually in September around Labor Day, as the lawns are doing a ton of root growing at this time. Fertilizers consist of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, with nitrogen being the most important. Nitrogen in lawns is just as important as adding nitrogen to our crop fields; it is essential for plant growth. When choosing a fertilizer, use a slow release - greater than 20% nitrogen. To help with winter hardiness, potash is the key. Choose a fertilizer with at least 10% potash. Always wait if fertilizing in the spring until the lawn has come out of dormancy; otherwise you could risk killing the whole thing!

I guess I have some work to do on my lawn now! Until next time folks!

Bailey Reiser NDSU Agriculture & Natural Resources Extension Agent

for the herbicide.

Despite the new label measures from 2020, EPA received nearly 3,500 incident reports for the 2021 growing season in non-dicamba-tolerant soybeans and other crops. There is a public comment period open on the risk assessment through October 17.

Soil sample behind the combine After the combine rolls through the small grains, it’s time to soil sample.

Agvise Laboratories Soil Scientist John Breker says timing is important for a few reasons. “When you get those samples with an untilled field, you have the most consistent soil sample. That’s a plus for getting good quality soil test data back for immobile soil nutrients. Also, if you get those tests done early, you can focus on fall fertilizer recommendations.”

National FFA membership hits record high The National FFA Organization now has all-time record high membership of more than 850,000 members.

That’s an increase of 15% from last year.

N.D. barley crop may be harvested unusually late

By Nick Vorlage

Across the Dakotas and Minnesota, this year’s barley harvest continues, but it is looking like it may stretch out longer than a typical harvest, possibly going as late as September. Nikki Zahradka-Bylin, Anheuser-Busch’s Midwest Regional Agronomy Manager, and she said this is highly unusual.

“Talking about barley harvest in September to me is not something we are acclimated to,” Zahradka-Bylin said.

“We like to see a lot of progress that first and second week of August and then sometimes we drag out into later August in some later fields but not usually into September.”

She said the crop is about two weeks behind schedule, the quality of the crop is also of concern.

“We have had a few fields up on ergot, so we’re trying to keep an eye on that. We’ve also had a few fields spike up on vomitoxin, so that’s going to be a big concern here with this weather pattern we’ve been sitting in for this later crop,” Zahradka-Bylin said.

Anheuser-Busch’s malting barley harvest is approximately 30% complete.

While the harvest in the western portion of North Dakota has been producing good yield and quality, things are not looking as great for the eastern portion of the state.

“The plumps are not as high as we’d like them to be but still within specs range and holding that way. We are seeing a little more in the middle pan we call it, not quite to the thin level yet, but we’re starting to lose some of that plump to the midrange plump kernels,” Zahradka-Bylin said.

She encourages farmers that, despite the want to rush through the harvest, to continue to take their time and pay attention to what is going into the bin, “Make sure we’re really taking good care of it, putting it in at a little higher moisture than we’d like in these bins and to be sure we watch the humidity as we’re having these humid days, and then on the flip side, if we are going to get into some heat to remember that insects can also really enjoy the heat.”

Opinion

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Letter from the Publisher tle, bustle and excitement very well. I feel it now as well; I just don’t have to be that person in charge! Best wishes to all moms and dads out there as these next few weeks play out. I hope it goes well for you and your family.

Another week has flown by at record speed. I’m writing this on the first day of school - a day that plays out much differently as a grandparent rather than parent. Oh I remember the hus-

Run Langdon was a fun event for sure! I walked the 5K with my friend, Holly, and we had a chance to catch up on what’s been happening with us and our families the last while, a much needed visit! There was a great turnout of all ages, and Mother Nature was very kind that afternoon. A win for all!

I’m realizing as August quickly approaches September, there are a number of tasks I intended to do this

summer that are still on the to-do list.

I wanted to practice some photography, like make an effort and search out the landscape and see what attracts my eye. Instead, I grabbed my phone every time one of the grands did something cute (that was a LOT) or the lake was like glass. This goes back on my list for next summer, I guess.

Last fall we remodeled our little bathroom in the lake cabin and put off the painting until this spring. Is it done?

No. Will it get done this fall? Miracles happen.

Like most of you, I collect recipes with pure excitement, store them either on my phone or maybe even print

them, then toss them into the recipe drawer. I’ve been meaning to get organized and buy the ingredients for a few of them and try them out - also not done. This task will continue into the fall and winter, and I’ll try harder to make it happen, and you’ll do the same, right?

Don’t even talk to me about organizing, a never ending job that continues from season to season. My office here is in pretty good shape (by my standards), the house could use some help and oh, my - the garage.

The garage has a way of disorganizing itself at night while we sleep. I know this because what looks okay one day is not so okay the next! Maybe my borderline hoarder husband has some-

thing to do with this. We’re in the process of fixing this problem though; there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. Did I mention I deleted my Pinterest organization board? Way too much pressure there; I recommend you do the same.

Elementary football and jr. high volleyball are games on my schedule. I can’t wait to watch!

Have a great week coming up, and thanks for reading!

Diane Simmons

Publisher publisher@theborderlandpress.com

Letter from the Editor

I really appreciate that our readers look out for me. Steve over in Walhalla

heard about my bumper crop of cucumbers and dropped me an email saying he hoped I was making creamed cukes, as he was enjoying his fourth bowl already. Steve mixes mayo, vinegar, milk, salt, pepper, sugar, onion, and sliced cucumbers.

He has no set amounts, he just knows what tastes good. With the amount of cucumbers we have around here, I will be trying the mix of these ingredients for sure. I can hardly wait.

My mother reported from southeast of Leyden that she’s already pulled her cucumber plants out of the ground.

They’re done. Gonzo. End of season.

They were dried up and started

producing funky shaped cucumbers. I guess that’s when you know.

In our house we got the kids off to the first day of school and started the year off on a great foot. Son Callen, who entered kindergarten, had his backpack on and lunchbox in hand at 7:30 a.m. and just hoped we wouldn’t be late. He told his teacher he was excited about things in school, including recess and lunch. Then he wondered how many classes he had until lunch. We’ll see how this goes.

Daughter Elin entered third grade and appeared the seasoned pro. To our teachers, administrations, support

staff and parents - cheers to a new school year! It’s going to be a good one, I can just tell.

We have an abundance of news and highlighting of events around here this week. Just when we think things are slowly down, it seems that more things take their place. This paper was packed before Brianna started laying it out.

We know we have many subscribers outside of our immediate trade area, and we love that! If you’re in our surrounding area and are wondering if you should send us that news release

or that fun photo from an event, please do! Many from our area travel around the region, and that’s exactly why we often have a region page in our newspaper. We like to know what’s going on around us. Please add editor@theborderlandpress.com to your news release addresses.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Sarah Hinnenkamp

Editor editor@theborderlandpress.com

THE MORNING RUN: Projects and pictures my list will start getting longer. I’ll wander from room to room seeing things that I haven’t seen all summer and fall - because as long as the weather is nice, I refuse to be inside.

I’ll see things that I forgot were already on the list but somehow never made it to the top, like the trim along the bottom of the basement living room, the spots on the wall needing touchup paint and the storage room that needs to be cleaned out.

by Sara Goodman As I pressure washed the front steps the other day in preparation for re-staining, a thought came to me.

This is what my life will consist of for the next ten months of having a senior - projects and pictures. You make a list and start scrambling to complete projects that have somehow piled up and been neglected for the past 20 years of living in the same house. You take before and after pictures to document your progress and just in case the doctor asks you how you hurt your back.

Thankfully, my project list isn’t very long. I’m sure, though, once winter hits and I’m stuck inside the house,

Along with endless projects in preparation for graduation day, there are, of course, pictures to take. First on the list are senior pictures. I’m happy to report that we have already checked this box thanks to the recent stretch of nice weather and a very flexible photographer. If you’re looking for a local photographer, Kacy does a great job and makes it fun. Having a senior herself this year, she knows what she’s dealing with. You never know how boys are going to react to endless awkward poses, multiple wardrobe changes and hair and collar fixing prior to every shot. In Gage’s case, all it took for him to cooperate was a promise to swing through Dairy Queen.

If your senior is in sports, there will be the normal overabundance of action shots at each event mostly taken by Larry, but occasionally, you’ll remember to take a few fuzzy phone pic-

tures to document the “last firsts” of every sport. I was so nervous about taking on the Bishop Ryan Lions last Friday that I temporarily forgot to be sad about it being the last first football game of the season. I’m not sure when senior night is, but I think that’s when it will really hit me. Being on the field with the other parents to take pictures with our seniors, seeing the senior banners hung along the fence, smiling through barely suppressed tears. This is it, boys.

As it creeps closer to graduation day, the projects, picture taking and organizing will ramp up. You realize you need to plan for a party and probably produce a few old pictures for some type of timeline that no one will really pay attention to as they congratulate the senior and make a beeline for the food and drinks. That’s when my storage room clean out project will come in handy. I know there’s a few buckets down there with exactly what I’m looking for - all I have to do is find them.

questions about your kid’s readiness and hope you’ve taught them the appropriate set of life skills to survive in the wild on their own. In Gage’s case, I feel pretty confident that he will either know how to do something or will figure it out. In reality, I’m probably more concerned about how his dad and I, along with his two younger sisters, will deal with his absence. I’m not ready yet, but I sure hope by May my projects and picture timeline will be completed and a piece of my heart is ready to live elsewhere.

Thankfully, all the projects and the picture gathering will keep me busy over the next ten months, but there will be plenty of nagging concerns to distract me. Is a parent ever completely ready for the first chick to leave the nest? You ask yourself a million

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.

Photo credit: Kacy Kakela Photography.

Musings from Munich: Roll on

By Matt Mitzel As we jump into the swing of things and folks are moving in different directions, I find myself hugging the blacktop once again. Munich School was a little short of full-time bus

drivers this year, so they needed a substitute in the mornings. When you live in a small town, everyone has to help out, so I agreed. After school, I switch gears and drive one of the two activity buses as Tim drives the other one. Yep, the days of cursing baseball’s daily drives to Langdon continue on….and what’s worse is that the Perfect Blend is closed in the afternoons when I’m there, and with no afternoon caffeine, a lot of crap gets on my nerves.

p.m., and some still have another 20 minutes to travel. A big shout out to the athletes that live on rural farms or come in from Edmore, Munich, and Calvin…their dedication of another hour of traveling each day to make the Cardinals what they are usually goes unnoticed but not with me. I guess that is the price we pay for living in our own little paradises, and hopefully our kids understand that eating at 7:30 p.m. each night is still better than living too close to the metro.

For instance, I drive the activity bus, which carries the volleyball team, cross country team, and 4-6th grade football team. They all get out at different times as cross country is usually done at 5:30 p.m. I have the football team done at 6 p.m., and if we are lucky, volleyball ends at 6:30.

It might not sound like a long wait, but those athletes are whooped by the time we get back to town at 7

The morning bus route is getting better everyday. I realize that if other houses are half as chaotic as my own, I understand that students are getting on the bus mad about a breakfast not being a steady stream of caramel rolls, that their outfits are not as cool as they imagined, and that no matter how many times their parents asked them to check their backpacks…they forgot something.

So I always treat them with a smile and “good morning” before I quickly chirp “hurry up and sit down so we can move”. The only music allowed on my radio is the 105.1 morning show, but kids these days rarely care. They bury themselves in their phones and drift off to a world that tells them they are special and unique in every single way, and they should scream it from the mountain tops. I would like to grab them by the shoulders, shake them and say, “You’re just weird! We all were, and you’re nothing special.

You do not need to group yourselves into some special MTV category to be understood, we understand….you are just weird”. If they only knew how fast they grow out of it and wish for the days of popping zits and not warts.

Lastly, even on the weekends, it seems we are traveling somewhere trying to utilize what is left of the summer weekends. On Sunday, we made a

quick trip to Mt. Carmel Dam to do some water sports and embarrass myself even further by coming up empty with fishing. However, it turns out that as we were leaving at 1:00, that is when everyone is dropping in their boats. Luckily, I had a huge crowd waiting impatiently while I loaded my pontoon while the Mostad’s wake board 30-feet off the slip created waves that tested my perfection of navigating my SS AQUAHOLIC 2.0.

We loaded up and headed for home to catch my Fantasy Football draft. I guess when you live up here, there will be traveling anyway you look at it.

I just wish we could drink a beer to relax while we do it.

Matt Mitzel is the unofficial events coordinator for the City of Munich, a supporter of Langdon Area Edmore Munich athletics, football coach, and all-around Munich mega fan, earning him the nickname “Mr. Munich.”

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Langdon to host community band, welcomes members

By Borderland Press Staff

After a 15 year absence, Langdon will once again be host to a community band.

This latest project comes courtesy of the Northern Lights Arts Council and Lane Linseth, music and band teacher at Langdon Area Schools, who first began teaching in Langdon only a year ago.

“We were working on planning events for the upcoming season, and we’ve talked about this for a couple years and just hadn’t really gotten it off the ground,” said Amber Benoit, president of the Northern Lights Arts Council.

“So we talked about it and decided it was something we wanted to pursue, and then we reached out to Lane, and he’s super excited.”

Because this project is a brand new undertaking, Benoit says a lot about it is still liquid. Rehearsal dates have not been finalized, but Benoit hopes once they are able to gauge community interest - they’ll have something more concrete.

“We’re looking for musicians. If you’re in high school or older, if you are practicing your instrument every day or you haven’t picked one up in years,

A Brush with the Bunch

by Leo Beauchamp

Sylvia Moore is the second artist of the Brush Bunch to answer my call for a favorite painting and the story behind it.

I choose my “Snowman” painting as one of my most favorite pictures I have painted for many reasons. As a child, I spent many time-consuming winter days outside with my siblings, neighbors, and friends making snowmen. We mostly created them in the spring of the year, but if conditions were to our advantage, we pursued the challenge at any-time. I never thought when I was a kid that I was an artist while making a snowman… my only thoughts were - I was outside, my own boss, creating something out of God given materials, and having a blast doing it! We never got cold but did get wet with the task at hand. I remember going back into the house and hanging every ounce of my clothing up to dry and scrambling into dry clothes. When my childhood came to an end, and I became a mother, I enjoyed that same time-consuming effort outdoors with my kids…making snowmen. The fun transferred to the kids as I watched them grasp that creation! When my middle-age came along and I became a grandmother, I dressed in warm clothes and found enough ambition to move myself along to play outdoors in the snow with my grandchildren, especially while the conditions were most favorable with new fallen snow. The effort it takes to sculpture these guys from a small snowball when you’re a kid is a whole lot different than when you’re a grandmother. The rewards are pure fun and a win-win situation!

dust it off and reach out,” Benoit said.

“It will likely be one evening a week.

We’ll put on a couple performances, and those dates will be determined a little bit later.”

Benoit says the invite to join applies to all residents of Cavalier County.

Those interested in joining the band can contact Amber at 701-305-0089 or visit the Northern Lights Arts Council’s Facebook page.

Jake Kulland and Nick Vorlage contributed to this story.

LEROY BAR changes hands

and scarf are tailored to his personality. His buttons are nice - matching his eyes, and his carrot nose fits him. The gifts placed around him are those special gifts one receives while having so much joy in their lives! The Star is included in the picture as a representation that we are never alone! The year I painted him, I converted him into my family Christmas card with greetings of joy for the season. One of my goals is to make cards sometime and have them for sale at the gallery…when my time allows.

Thanks Sylvia for a great article. I am sure some of my kids were there as the "neighbors" who were enjoying the building of the snowmen. I remember when there were some in every yard in Olga.

The cards mentioned by Sylvia are one of several of different artists, different seasons that will fill your need at any time. Check us out. We just received a new collection of t-shirts from Terry Smith Hennessy with a print of one of her "Walhalla" paintings.

Wow! The middle of August already where has the time gone? Enjoy the rest of the summer, and God Bless.

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Cavalier Thrift Store makes summer donations The Cavalier Thrift Store has had a successful summer. It had many items donated to sell and many dedicated shoppers. Because of that, the non-profit was able to make donations this summer in the amount of $34,250.

The recipients of the summer donations were Bathgate Fire Department Cavalier Fire Department Crystal Fire Department Drayton Fire Department Mountain Fire Department Neche Fire Department Pembina Fire Department St. Thomas Fire Department Walhalla Fire Department Cavalier Police Department Svold Community Hall Edinburg Playground Pembina County Area Sportsmen Pembina County Fair Kids Day Cavalier School’s Missoula Children’s Theater production Northland Mission Domestic Violence Center Cavalier School Drayton School North Border Schools Valley/Edinburg Schools Gardar Hall Restoration Cavalier City Workers Cavalier Battle of the Books

Pregnancy Help Center Quilts of Valor Pembina County Backpack Program Borg Pembilier Nursing Home Wedgewood Manor Ministerial Association CAFS Military Dinner Faith in Action Pembina County Food Pantry Growing Hope in Pembina County Dolly Parton Imagination Library Cavalier Recreation Mural project If there are area cemeteries that need financial assistance with upkeep of the grounds, submit a written request to the thrift store.

The Cavalier Thrift Store is open Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Donations are accepted during open hours only. The Cavalier Thrift Store is staffed entirely by volunteers. They are always in need of more volunteers to help support these and many other worthwhile organizations in our area. If you would like to volunteer, please stop by the thrift store. They appreciate the continued support of the area communities and the many people that come to shop.

Off the Charts Music Festival held Leroy bar

Jesse Schurman, also known as, "Bonesy," recently took over Brad Chisholm's operation of "Chizzy's" bar in Leroy, N.D. The grand opening celebration of "Bonesy's Bar" took place on Friday, Aug. 12. The Walhalla Area Chamber of Commerce presented Jesse with a special Certification of Recognition and Appreciation for his taking over as the new owner of the lounge in Leroy as part of the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The certificate was presented by Jim Martini, the chair of the Walhalla Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, along with Arlene Martini and Rebecca Davis. Davis is also a member of the Chamber Board of Directors.

Photo Credit: Robert Ripple.

Cavalier County Senior Menu Cavalier County Senior Meals & Services, Langdon

Photo by “Shark Man”.

The 10th Annual Off the Charts Music Festival was held over the weekend in Cavalier. As in years past, the free music festival was held at the Cavalier City Park. Typically the event brings crowds numbering in the thousands to Pembina County. This year the event hosted five musical acts and Zero Gravity Outreach, which bills itself as extreme sports evangelism, who performed freestyle motocross for the crowd. On Sunday the event held a community-wide worship service in the park. Coffee and donuts were provided.

Walhalla Fire Department hosts corn and sausage feed

Monday, Aug. 29 Langdon Locker Sausage/Egg Bake/ Hashbrowns/Muffin/Fruit

When I decided to paint this snowman as part of my Brush Bunch comradery, I had just as much fun as if I was outside creating him from new fallen or melted snow. His face is happy like the kids’ faces creating him. His hat

Tuesday, Aug. 30 Beer Battered Pollock/Baked Potato/ Creamed Cucumbers/Strawberry Praline Salad

Schommer family reunion held in Devils Lake

By Selina Rohde

Wednesday, Aug. 31 Porcupine Meatballs/Mashed Potatoes/Carrots/Peach Cobbler Thursday, Sept. 1 Popcorn Shrimp Salad/Jello with Fruit Friday, Sept. 2 Meat Pizza/Lettuce Salad/Cheesy Garlic Bread/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.

Pictured in the top row: Vernon Schommer, James Schommer, Darlene Schommer (wife of deceased Gilbert Schommer), Lois Parker, Elaine Perius, Norman Schommer, and Bernard Schommer. Pictured in the second row: Arnold Schommer, Robert Schommer, Bernetta Ritter, Viola Borho, and Selina Rohde.

The family of Andrew and Annie Schommer of Munich held another five year family reunion July 15-17 in Devils Lake, N.D. There were 135 of the total 218 Schommer family members that attended from nine different states. The festivities began Friday evening with a social welcoming gathering at the KC Club. Saturday morning 30+ golfers had a family fun golf tournament. The rest of Saturday’s activities were held at Ruger Park. The afternoon was spent visiting, picture taking, and card playing.

The young children enjoyed swimming and playing in the park. Candles were made by Selina Rohde for the nine deceased family members. They were placed and lit on the table. A musical tribute was made for them to be included with the family. This tribute was presented by the Bernard Schommer family.

Family members donated some of their handcrafted items or purchased items to be donated for a silent auction. Some of Grandma Schommer’s needlework and quilting were also donated. The sale of all these items went very well.

The reunion committee prepared and served the main dinner at Noon. Later on, a light lunch was served. On Sunday morning, a large number attended mass at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church followed by a sausage breakfast, also prepared and served by the committee at the KC Club. After the breakfast, it was time for goodbyes, and everyone returned back to their homes.

The reunion was enjoyed by all, and we’ll be looking forward to the next one in three or five years.

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

The Walhalla Fire Department hosted a corn and sausage feed on Friday, Aug. 19. Firefighters reported having a good crowd and great food. Photos by Steve Lorenz.

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Staying Hip

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..

WHO is Bubbles? WHAT is Bubbles?

Bubbles is more dangerous than even Meme can imagine. Bubbles has killed a little boy and the police have arrived. Meme finds out Bubbles is the new owner of the carny. Meme wants to rid herself and the Carney of Bubbles. Here is Meme’s last letter.

Meme Part 8 (The End) As I walk to Bubbles, my vision becomes clearer. I see him for what he truly is, a giant blood-sucking tick in a human husk that has latched on to

the neck of my people. I have to free them. Chopping his head off comes to mind. I make a plan, but we must leave this place first.

hitch to my little red wagon - long, lean, and ready to take me for a ride.

“I’ve got bourbon and gin. Which will it be?” I asked.

“Look,” I say to him with a half smile.

“I don’t pretend to know what happened between you and the parents of that little boy. But I do know one thing. You killed that kid.” I was so angry that I spit out each word like poison in my mouth.

Before he can answer, Bubbles walks in and closes the door behind him. I can feel my upper lip start to sweat.

Funny, three people are usually very comfortable in my caravan, but with Bubbles standing here, I can’t move.

The air gains weight and stops moving. I can’t breathe. But I could talk.

“So, no manners either? You should knock and wait to be invited in before you walk into someone’s home,” I say.

“Technically, this is my home since I own the carny and this caravan.”

“You must realize we have to leave. If the police ask to examine Clarence, they will know the boy’s throat was not ripped out by a toothless lion bite.

The boy’s death was no accident. WE HAVE TO LEAVE NOW.” “Miss Meme, we will do no such thing.

We stay. The police nor anyone will ask to examine Clarence. Everyone sees the boy’s death for exactly what it was - an accident,” Bubbles says as he turns and walks back toward Willie’s caravan. I am excused.

I don’t know if it is the nausea or the unrelenting gong sound going off in my head that I notice, but together they signal the beginning of one hell of a gang-buster of a migraine. I unclench my teeth. The pain in my head burns out everything. I can’t forget about everyone and all I have worked for. That would be too easy. I have to deal with Bubbles.

I need to do something to work the edge off. I remembered my little pigeon from earlier. I glance down at my watch. He might still be waiting for me.

As I round the corner of my caravan, I see him sitting there like a good little boy, waiting for me. I have forgotten his name, but he responded when I said, “Come on in, Sweetie.”

I open the door and he follows me inside. Here was just the right pony to

A pair of shoes toe-die for

Margiela introduced the tabi boot to the history books of high fashion. The tabi boots were made of leather and had a heel, but most importantly the front features resembled those of a hoofed animal.

When my eyes first gazed upon the toe gaps, I’d never had such a full body reaction to a pair of shoes before. I could practically hear the horses neighing in my ear. I felt a sense of nostalgia for the shoes that reminded me of the times, as a kid, I’d watch the 1990’s ninja turtle movies with my brother. The crime fighting reptiles shared similar toe structure with these styling shoes.

“Okay, fine. What do you want now, Bubbles?!” I asked.

“Would you kindly excuse us, sir?”

Bubbles says as he pushes Sweetie out and closes the door.

“Go back to your hotel room, honey. I will meet you there in a few minutes.”

“I have something I want to share with you, Miss Meme.”

“Bubbles, you have taken my home and business away from me without so much as a ‘by your leave.’ Unless you want to give them back, you don’t have anything else I want!”

My hand has found the only big knife I own. An eight-inch stainless steel butcher’s knife made to cut through bone and sinew. I am going to rid this blood-sucker from life. I draw back the knife.

“Look at me!”

Now I am in this long black tunnel. I see Bubbles. The world flips and slips away. Long, yellow, tiger-like teeth bite into my neck as the blackest night engulfs me and swallows me into oblivion.

Two hours later, a quick knock at the door has Sweetie jumping out of bed and unlocking the door. “Come on in, Sugar. Why did you keep me waiting so long?” he said before the door was completely open.

“Oh, I am coming in; I hope you are ready,” Bubbles says as he closes the door behind him.

Health Tip

Provided by Cavalier County Health District School bus safety starts with understanding the “flashing signal light system”. Yellow flashing lights means the bus is preparing to stop. Red flashing lights means the bus has stopped, and kids are exiting the bus.

with Halle

By Halle Sanders

When it comes to writing, I never know when inspiration will strike.

This makes any efforts of planning ahead virtually useless. This week was a prime example. I had already begun to write my column focusing on another completely unrelated topic when this one would emerge from the fiery depths of fashion hell.

While spending my Saturday evening decompressing with a leisurely stroll through social media, a video made its way onto my screen showing the most horrifying pair of shoes I’d ever seen. This monstrosity of evil is titled ‘The Tabis”.

What once started in Japanese culture centuries ago now faces modern day medianization. Whether referring to the ancient Jika-tabi or its current ode, both stylings can be identified by a single distinguishable feature: the divided toes.

Now, as a public figure of the community, my words go down permanently in ink. As a green writer, I am still learning about the importance of cultural appropriation. The Jika-tabi are a piece of someone’s culture and should be treated with respect. From an article written by Mihaela Manova in “The Miami Student”, one of the oldest college newspapers, I learned that the Jika-tabi date back to the 15th century where they more closely resembled socks and were worn with traditional sandals and kimonos.

These socks are the blueprint of today's current rendition.

In 1988, French designer Maison

When you see a piece of clothing so outrageous, you may ask yourself, “who would ever wear that?” Perhaps that is the point. There's a reason fashion is considered an art form.

Most art encourages a reaction from the perspective of the beholder, and these shoes definitely warrant a reaction. Perhaps I’m being too philosophical, and the reality is they are just a pair of ugly shoes.

Dear readers, I encourage you in your spare time to jump onto the internet and witness the optical spectacle of the tabis. Just proceed with caution.

I’ve given this boot plenty of bad reviews, but the reality is, all new clothing items started as taboo. Perhaps the tabis are the footwear of the future. They are oddly endearing. Like a hairless cat or a slobbery bug-eyed pug, these shoes are so ugly they could almost be considered cute.

As a fashionista, I do love a good challenge and have plenty of unorthodox pieces of clothing in my closet - such as my hot pink, wide flare pants. Perhaps a pair of tabis are in my future?

Halle Sanders is a senior at Langdon Area High School. Her favorite class is English and she developed her love for writing thanks to her 6th grade teacher, Mrs. Kathy Reuger. When not in school she enjoys spending time with her family and scrolling through social media. She is a self-proclaimed trendsetter and has a long list of celebrity crushes that include Spider-Man Actor, Tom Holland. Connect with Halle at AskHalle@theborderlandpress.com.

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Frost Fire Summer Theatre ends season on a high note For 38 summers Frost Fire has brought quality theater experiences to thousands of people throughout the region and beyond. The 2022 Frost Fire Summer Theatre season was a record-setting one in a variety of ways.

This year’s highly popular production of “The Sound of Music” had more than 6,100 in attendance, the largest audience Frost Fire has seen in many years. This is the third time Frost Fire has produced “The Sound of Music” and the second time it has featured Misti Koop in the role of “Maria”. The cast and production team received many accolades for producing such a high-quality production.

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Director Amy Jo Paukert said, “This year’s cast was not only very talented but also a pleasure to work with. We are also very fortunate to have a skilled production team who create beautiful sets and costumes for us. And we can’t thank our volunteers enough for making everything run smoothly.”

The “Friends of Frost Fire Summer Theatre” Volunteer Program, now in its second year of operation, helped keep general theater operations running smoothly with over forty volunteers taking on various roles during the nineteen-show schedule. It was a real challenge, but the support, dedication and the friendly spirit of Frost Fire supporters, family members, staff and management made it all possible.

The Pembina Gorge Foundation was excited to be awarded two grants for youth programming: the “Arts-In-Education Collaboration Grant” from the North Dakota Council on the Arts and the “Summer Youth Camps” grant offered through the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction. These grants helped provide funding for ENCORE, a visual and performing arts camp for youth from Pembina, Walsh and Cavalier counties, and Safari, a week-long production-based theater experience for youth. Frost Fire is assured continued yearly funding of these grants through the 2025 season.

The ENCORE Youth Arts Camp is held the first week of August. It is a day camp where students spend half a day working with visual artists who instruct students in a variety of art media including drawing, painting and mixed media. The second half of the day students work with performing artists on script writing, stage movement, character development and vocal performance. On the final day of the camp, students exhibit their artwork and present a showcase of performance concepts learned during the week. ENCORE began in 2018 with approximately 53 students. This year marked the largest enrollment for the camp with 80 students attending. With the continued demand and interest in the camp, creative measures involving additional class space and transportation will need to be reviewed for 2023.

“Unfortunately, we had to turn away a half dozen kids this past summer.

We surely want to make it available to all who want to attend,” said Camp Director David Paukert.

The week after ENCORE camp, Safari - based in East Grand Forks, Minn. produced a production of “Matilda Jr”.

Simplot Grower Solutions, Langdon, held an open house on Thursday, Aug. 18 to highlight its new, more efficient fertilizer facility. Between fertilizer, chemical, seed, and specialty products, Simplot is a full retail outlet for farmers.

Safari is part of Summer Arts Stages, a non-profit company that fosters the arts in local communities through musical theater for kids. Like ENCORE, it is also a day camp but focuses on creating a drama production. This year, 21 area youth from throughout the region participated in this five-day event, which concluded with a public performance on the Frost Fire stage.

Over the past year, Frost Fire Summer Theatre launched its Center Stage campaign to help raise funds to put in new supports and a new stage floor on the theater. This has been a nec-

essary renovation that has been long overdue. The support received from generous patrons raised $42,000 of the $50,000 goal to date. Even though Frost Fire Theatre is shy of the goal, demolition and rebuilding of the stage is set to begin in September. If you haven’t and still would like to support the “Center Stage” project, please send your contribution to: Frost Fire Summer Theatre, PO Box 888 Walhalla, ND 58282. For more information about Frost Fire Summer Theatre go to frostfirepark.org.

NLAC News – August 2022 Greetings from the Northern Lights Arts Council!

Have you heard? We’re starting a band! And we want you to join! We are so excited to be putting together a community band, and we’re looking for musicians. Lane Lindseth, the Langdon Area School band teacher, will be the director. Rehearsal and performance dates are yet to be determined, but we’ll likely meet once a week to rehearse and have a couple of performances throughout the year.

We want the schedule to work for everyone involved, so we’re gathering

the group first and will provide more information soon. Whether you play regularly or it’s been a while since you’ve dusted off that trumpet or saxophone sitting in your closet, you are more than welcome! This is open to anyone high school age or older. Call or text me at 701-305-0089 to get on the list or if you have any questions!

Along with the community band, we have a lot of great events coming up for the 2022-23 season. We’re working hard on getting our events brochure and membership letters ready to mail mid-September! Coming up first in September, we will have an art exhibit at the Cavalier County Courthouse. It is part of the North Dakota Museum of Art traveling rural art exhibits, titled “Uff Da: The Folk Art of Emily Lunde”. Emily Lunde was an artist born in the early 1900s and lived in Minnesota and North Dakota. Her paintings are inspired by her Scandinavian immigrant grandparents and rural farm life. The exhibit will be open and free to the public 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 13 through Friday, September 23. There will also

be an evening reception Monday, September 12 from 5:00-7:00 p.m.

We are also looking for volunteers to sit at the exhibit; if you are interested, please contact me.

The much-anticipated Missoula Children’s Theater week will be September 26-October 1. This year’s show is “Red Riding Hood”. Auditions will be held Monday, September 26 at 3:30 p.m. at the Langdon Area Elementary School, and rehearsals will be held after school/evening the remainder of the week. Performances will also be at LAES and will be Friday, September 30 at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, October 1 at 10:30 a.m. We encourage all students grade 1-12 to participate.

Have a great day, and hope to see you soon!

Amber Benoit

Executive Director of Marketing/Programming Northern Lights Arts Council

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Breathing new life into Sapa Arena Arena honors Donna Sapa through its second successful summer

By Hilary Nowatzki

Some people call it getting the “horse gene”. The scientific name is “hippophile”. Some call them cowboys, cowgirls, equestrians, or insane. One thing is certain, though - the people who love and admire horses love and admire them to the greatest extent possible. These folks will break their backs, bones and bank accounts to ensure their animals’ needs are met even when owning one feels like owning a bicycle that can make bad decisions. Horses aren’t much like cats or dogs. They don’t tend to be very cuddly nor needy for human companionship, but certain folks are drawn to the animals like moths to a flame.

Although Donna Sapa no longer graces this earth with her presence, her legacy of excellent horsemanship and focus on fun rather than winning carries on through the newly revitalized Sapa Arena. Centered smack dab between Cavalier and Walhalla in Pembina County is where the modest property sits at 9708 134th Ave., Cavalier.

For well over a decade, the property has not been used, but a few local residents took it upon themselves last year to revamp it to its former glory.

Countless hours and sweat have gone into bringing this arena to its former glory, and the payoff can be seen in the eyes of each child that has gotten to ride there this summer.

“She wasn’t as interested in all the competitive stuff, ya know, as far as paying out a bunch of money and all that,” stated Jerry Sapa, Donna’s eldest of three sons. “She wanted people just to come here, young and old, ride all day and have a good time. If you don't win - you don't win; you get to have fun and spend time with your friends out here anyways.”

Donna also had a great focus on getting youngsters started on horses but knew there was a great need in her area back in the 80’s for shows that were closer and on a more regular schedule.

“If you wanted to show steady during each weekend of the summer, you’d have to be hauling to Grand Forks or Fargo,” Jerry stated, and even forty years later that need is still here in northeast ND. When Donna made her decision to create Sapa Arena, the closest shows and arenas to ride in were quite the haul away. There were smaller shows on occasion in nearby Walhalla or Park River, but they weren’t on a frequent or regular schedule. Donna wanted something local, accessible and affordable for the community she loved, even if that meant doing it her-

self.

Even in just a car, Grand Forks and Fargo are quite a distance to drive every weekend. Factor in the time, extra money, and hassle of doing so with a loaded horse trailer, and that equates to a stressful summer for any rider.

“The people around here got tired of running all around the state and country and spending all sorts of money they didn’t have so the kids could show,” Jerry followed. “This was just a sheep pasture, and my mom said we're going to take that and fence it in, and we're going to make an arena and just start this thing and have fun days out here.”

By the mid to late 80’s Donna Sapa was hosting shows at least once a month in and around her former sheep pasture.

Dr. Janet Bjornstad started attending Sapa Arena in 1985.

“She’d show up with a stock trailer of 3 horses all saddled and ready to go!” a friend shouted in the background when she heard Janet reminiscing.

Jerry soon followed and shouted, “She was my mom's right arm!” as well.

Dr. Bjornstad would compete with all three of her horses back then. Now, 37 years later, she’s here doing it all over but from an announcers booth at a Sunday Funday show on Aug 7.

She is a veterinarian and equine specialist at that. She spends her days tending to wounded or sick horses, and her appointments fill up quickly. With such a demanding job in an area where equine vets are hard to come by, it's hard to imagine where Dr. Bjornstad finds the time to volunteer at Sapa Arena. Her trick is that she doesn't find the time - she makes time. Not only was Dr. Bjornstad volunteering, but she was also seeing a few of her four-legged clients that day at the arena. She says that in her practice, many times she will remember her clients horses’ names better than the humans. She makes that time because of her love for her friend Donna and the legacy Sapa Arena carries on in her name.

“With Donna and I… I went through cancer treatment and then she later on did. She was one of my best advocates,” Janet stated and continued, “I went first through it, ovarian cancer, then she later did, so I got to come visit her here at home.”

Both women fought with the tenacity and grit that runs through the veins of every cowboy and cowgirl. Cancer is

an unbiased villain, though, and can rob even the toughest of opponents.

“She was a warrior-type, and she fought hard,” said Dr. Bjornstad.

Horse shows and rodeos big and small can be incredibly stressful on riders and their mounts alike. They are loud, new, funny smelling places that can be overwhelming for inexperienced horses and humans both.

Having a low key arena to get a good start in is an invaluable tool for children and adults both to get some experience before hitting a larger circuit.

“One of the best things about Donna was that she respected great horsemanship for one thing and sportsmanship.”

She was always direct and offered productive critiques Janet recalls and later stated, “She wanted you to do a good job at what you were doing.”

Sitting beside Dr. Bjornstad in the announcers booth on Aug 7 was Cyndi Hummel, the mastermind behind this revitalization project. Although a native of Manitoba, Hummel calls Walhalla home. She has been driving semi trucks for most of her life and has loved horses even longer.

Hummel was also a close friend of Donna’s and rode with her back in the day. Just like Jerry Sapa and Dr. Bjornstad, Hummel wants to see the younger generations get the ropes (or riens) of this horse world sooner rather than later.

“We had to talk Donna into letting us let her ride because she was so little.”

But dad led and mom made sure she was secure in her seat, and Hummel reminisced, “The smile on Donna’s face - she just, she loved seeing the kids have fun, and that's one of the reasons my rules are so relaxed.”

Hummel has had this idea for a few years, and this summer brought the most shows Sapa Arena has seen in at least a decade.

“That arena - it just bothered me driving past it all overgrown and knowing that was never Donna’s wish,” Hummel stated. So she and a couple of friends asked Jerry Sapa if he had any plans for it. Jerry had settled on putting a garden in the old pasture-turned-arena but was more than happy to trash that idea for Hummels instead.

“We started mowing it all in March (2021); it was exhilarating,” Hummel stated.

Sadly, many young horse lovers will never get the opportunity to ride, take lessons, or show horses due to financial barriers. That hurdle has always been there but is compounded nowadays with soaring inflation and unpredictable fuel prices.

“I also wanted a cheaper place for families to take all of their children and not go bankrupt on entry fees,” Hummel stated.

She has also been able to help negate this barrier by hosting primarily Sunday Funday Jackpot Games shows.

“There was a lack of places to go for fun days for the younger kids; everything was circled around judged shows,” Hummel stated and continued, “I wanted just fun shows. We still have a lot in Manitoba but nothing down here.”

“The jackpot winning is 90% back.

They usually win a significant chunk back of what they paid,” Hummel stated. It’s only three dollars to enter each class, and the jackpot is split between winners with only 10% being kept for grounds maintenance.

Hummel’s own daughter, Jezimay Watson, now 18, actually represented the state of N.D. last month in the National High School Rodeo Finals in Wyoming. She’s made her home turf incredibly proud by placing not only fifth in the country but 15th standing in the world for breakaway roping (lassoing a smaller animal, generally calf or goat, while moving at high speed in the shortest amount of time). Hummel also remembers her son, now 32, riding and showing one of her appaloosas at Sapa when he was a small child. Sapa Arena was also the home of Jezimay’s first show as well when she was a ripe 9 months old.

“We’ve done a few things different from what Donna used to,” Hummel said, but many of these things - such as leadline (an adult will lead the horse through the patterns, while the kiddo holds on), fun riding games (a family-funny-favorite to watch is the ‘Dolly Parton race’), and the sportsmanship trophy - are all to teach kids balance and coordination along with the importance of being a respectful athlete. This also exposes them to a variety of classes so they can gravitate towards what they enjoy rather than focusing on only one or two traditional rodeo classes.

Hummel has been purchasing tro-

phies and awards to get Sapa Arena on track while her partner in crime, Ron Thomas, one of Sapa’s volunteer groundsmen and all-around-handyman, has taken up spare beading as a hobby to make custom horse halters as awards. With what spare time he does this, no one is sure, but his creations are beautiful, and their dedication to Sapa arena and the legacy it carries is apparent.

“Sapa is important for our community because it brings people together,” stated Hummel.

If you attended Walhalla’s Fourth of July parade last month, you may have spotted Hummel. She was hard to miss as her gorgeous green outfit and green flag floated past spectators atop one of her best mounts, Marley, a dark tan grulla mare. This year’s parade was particularly special to Hummel because that emerald green outfit was once Donna’s, but her children asked Hummel to wear it this year as she breathes new life into Sapa Arena.

“It was a very humbling and honoring experience,” she stated. Green is the official color of Sapa Arena, as it was Donna’s favorite.

“The amount of spectators we've had at some of these shows has just been incredible,” Hummel said. She continued, “We've been heartstruck and overwhelmed at times at the amount of community involvement and donations to keep this going, especially this year with the high cost of everything.”

Hummel also says that this project is so special because it’s a “generational thing”. Many of the children who have been attending Sapa Arena this year are the children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or cousins of the women who were so close with Donna or were children themselves who remember their first shows in Sapa Arena.

Hummel stated, “It’s really cool how all of this has come full circle and then just stays here - where it should be.”

Hummel can be reached at ‘The Sapa Arena’ on Facebook along with the most up-to-date schedule. Spectators are more than welcome at Sapa, as are riders of all ages, just be sure to bring a lawn chair. Sapa Arena is planning to host another Funday Jackpot Games some time in September after Labor Day and hopefully a few more before the ‘W’ and ‘S’ words come!

“Sapa is important for our community because it brings people together,” stated Hummel.

Photo by Larry Stokke.

Photo by Larry Stokke.

Photo by Hilary Nowatzki.

Education

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Friday, August 26, 2022 - Page - 9

Edmore welcomes teachers from the Philippines

By Borderland Press Staff

United States and, in particular, North Dakota.”

Principal Diane Martinson knows what it is to be resourceful for the Edmore school. Her kids attended the school, and in 2008 she became the assistant business manager. As she saw teacher applications reduce, she went back to school and became a teacher. When she saw it would be tough to get another administrator in the district, she got her master’s degree and became principal in 2015.

Edmore teachers Maricar Hernandez, Angelito Rivera, and Ellen Lagunzad.

Photo by Larry Stokke.

Staffing shortages have impacted schools both large and small when it comes to hiring teachers. When leaders at Edmore Public School saw larger districts in North Dakota struggling to find teachers, they knew they had to do something different. They expanded their teacher search overseas and are employing three teachers from the Philippines for the 2022-23 school year: Angelito Rivera, Maricar Hernandez, and Ellen Lagunzad.

The district hired its first teacher from the Philippines five years ago.

“We had heard about other districts in North Dakota that had hired Philippine teachers. We didn’t have a science teacher, and there was no place we were going to find one stateside. We reached out to a company that sponsored foreign teachers, and they sent over several applications through email,” said Frank Schill, superintendent of the Edmore Public School District.

Schill said the district took a chance, and Mr. Rivera is now in his fifth year at Edmore.

“We took a chance. It’s worked out.

He’s been with us now; this is his 5th year, but we didn’t know. We thought, is a language barrier going to be a major issue? Culturally, is this person going to adjust from coming from the Philippines to our wonderful North Dakota winters? So we took a chance,

HEALTH DISTRICT ISSUES VACCINATION REMINDER With schools starting in the Borderland this week, Cavalier County Public Health nurse Steph Welsh reminds us about the importance of vaccinations and at what ages they are required for school.

“As you’re thinking about back to school planning, it’s important to keep vaccinations in mind. Vaccines are required for certain grades in school and for a really good reason.

It helps keep all our kids well and free of contagious diseases,” Welsh said.

Vaccines are required for kindergarten entry, seventh grade entry, junior year in high school, and entering college.

“That said, those vaccines you can get sooner than that time frame. So for kindergarten, you can get those vaccines as early as age four; for seventh grade entry, you can get them at age 11; 16 year olds, it has to be the 16th birthday; and most of your college vaccines you had at those other times,” Welsh said.

So what does each age group need?

Kindergarteners need three shots, seventh graders need three injections, 16 year olds need two injections, and usually by the time a student is heading off to college, they’re up to date.

“But it’s a good time to review your records and just make sure you have everything you need before you submit that immunization record to your school,” Welsh said.

and it’s worked out.”

Schill and principal Diane Martinson picked up the district’s third Philippine teacher at the Fargo airport just last week. She’ll be teaching high school language arts.

“We’ve come to accept the fact that it’s tough to find North Dakota teachers and American teachers, and we’ve come to embrace going overseas to find staff to work with our students,” Schill said.

Schill added there are always opportunities to look for the good in situations that can have unknown outcomes.

“For our kids, it’s an opportunity to learn about a foreign culture and to hear stories about these individuals who, frankly, have a lot less resources from where they came from in the Philippines, and they think they died and went to Heaven when they come here, believe it or not, to North Dakota. The housing is a huge step up for them; their salary definitely is a huge step up. They are willing to take on additional tasks because they feel so fortunate to have been given the opportunity to teach here in the United States. It helps our students to count their blessings and see how fortunate they are to be born in the

“It’s tough every year when you’re always focused to find a new replacement, but we know the bigger schools are also hurting for staff, and so we had to broaden our search horizons,” Martinson said.

Martinson said the teachers are in the United States on J1 visas, which are running out because other districts are seeing this system is working, and there are a limited number of J1 visas available.

The J1 visa allows the teacher to teach in the U.S. for three years with a possible two year extension. After the five years, they must return to the Philippines and remain in the field of education for two years. After that, they can apply for another J1 visa in the U.S. “It’s a win-win for everyone, it truly is,” Martinson said. “It’s funny because for Angelito, it was the first time he went home this summer to see his family. He said he could hardly wait to come back to North Dakota - he calls this home.”

Schill reports that census numbers changed during COVID and postCOVID, and now the district is welcoming families from California, Wisconsin, and Missouri.

“They know that North Dakota is still providing a strong education,” Schill said. “We have a family coming from Hawaii right now, and that state really

just shut down during the pandemic.

We have students coming to us that are behind academically and to watch them make gains is so rewarding.”

While Edmore has been resourceful in solving its teacher shortage problem, the district also thinks big when it comes to what they call “bigger than normal field trips”. Last year the elementary students traveled to Medora, Fort Lincoln, Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, as well as the Heritage Center and met with elementary kids in the western part of the state to learn how life is different compared to growing up in Edmore, N.D. “Some of these kids have never traveled; they’re COVID children. We’re afforded to be able to go on larger trips,” Martinson said. Duluth is another trip

that’s planned as an educational field experience.

Schill grew up in Walhalla and served as an administrator in Cavalier, Four Winds High School, and Williston during his career.

“In Edmore, I can say, it’s been the most rewarding job I’ve had simply because kids don’t fall through the cracks here. They all make serious academic gains, and they’re successful, and we’re able to focus on the whole child,” Schill said. “I could have retired in 2018, but it’s been such a great ride here in Edmore that I keep wanting to come back. I look forward to seeing the academic gains.”

Shanda Christianson and Sarah Hinnenkamp contributed to this story.

Langdon Area Music Department Concert Schedule | 2022-2023 Nov.1 | Tuesday 7:30 | High School Band and Choir Nov.22 | Tuesday 7:30 | Jazz Band and Pop Choir Dec. 1 | Thursday 7:30 | Middle School Band and Choir Dec. 6 | Tuesday 7:30 | High School Band and Choir Dec. 19 | Monday 7:00 | Elementary Holiday Concert K-3 Dec. 20 | Tuesday 7:00 | Elementary Holiday Concert 4-6 Feb. 7 | Tuesday 7:30 | High School Band and Choir April 3 | Monday 7:30 | Jazz Band and Pop Choir April 4 | Thursday 7:30 | Middle School Band and Choir May 9 | Tuesday 7:30 | High School Band and Choir May 15 | Monday 7:00 | Elementary Spring Concert K-3 May 16 | Tuesday 7:00 | Elementary Spring Concert 4-6 All concerts are at the Langdon Area High School Gym Festivals and concerts NDSU Choral Festival October 2-3 UND Honor Band and Choir January 20-21-22 Instrumental Region 4 Contest is March 31 in Cando Vocal Region 4 Contest is April 13 in Langdon All State Band and Choir Festival is March 23-24-25 in Bismarck State Music is May 6 in Minot (MSU)

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News Briefs

From the Borderland News Center Gas price drops The average price of gasoline in North Dakota fell 3.7 cents per gallon in the last week. The average price at the pump is now $3.90.That’s 60.2 cents lower than a month ago but 73.3 cents higher than a year ago. The national average price is $3.92 per gallon, down 9.9 cents from the previous week.

Becker seeks to run for U.S. Senator in N.D. A state legislator said he intends to run for the U.S. Senate as an independent in North Dakota. Representative Rick Becker is a Republican from Bismarck. He challenged incumbent U.S. Senator John Hoeven at the state Republican convention, narrowly losing the nomination. Becker calls himself a “conservative, small-government Republican.” Becker will need 1000 valid signatures to have his name placed on the ballot. If he gets the signatures, he will challenge Hoeven and Democratic candidate Katrina Christianson.

Hearing aid regulations loosen U.S. regulators have finalized a long-awaited rule that’s expected to allow millions of Americans to buy hearing aids without a prescription.

The rule announced last week by the Food and Drug Administration goes into effect this fall. It creates a new class of hearing aids that don’t require a medical exam, a prescription, and other specialty services. Instead, the devices will be sold online or overthe-counter at pharmacies and other retail stores. The move follows years of pressure from medical experts and consumer advocates to make the devices cheaper and easier to get. Devices for more severe hearing loss will remain prescription only.

No one applies to build natural gas pipeline in N.D. Last Monday was the deadline for companies to apply to build a natural gas pipeline from the Bakken to eastern North Dakota. No companies applied. The state has offered $150 million in seed money to a company that wants to build the pipeline. Justin Kringstad said as Bakken gas production increases, this would be a way to help reduce flaring as well as provide gas to industrial customers who need it. At one point, WBI Pipeline was interested but backed away because of uncertainties over customers. Separately, one company has applied to extend gas service from the Viking Pipeline in Minnesota to Grand Forks. Approval of that is pending.

N.D. oil production is up North Dakota oil production continues to be on the upswing. For the second month in a row, oil production has increased to now just under 1.1 million barrels a day on average in June, according to the North Dakota State Mineral Resources director. However, it still lags behind pre-pandemic numbers with an average of 1.52 million barrels being produced around the same time back in 2019. On a nationwide scale, the price for crude has also seen a decrease, dropping from $114 a barrel in June to $89 a barrel last week.

Vote to legalize marijuana heading to N.D.’s November ballot In November, North Dakotans will vote not only to elect officials, but they’ll also decide whether or not the state will legalize marijuana. Secretary of State Al Jaeger has approved recent petitions, which garnered more than enough signatures to allow the vote to be included on the ballot. If enacted, the recreation cannabis law would allow people 21 and older to use marijuana at home as well as cultivate a restrictive amount. Public marijuana use would not be allowed.

Target’s profits plunge Target reported solid sales for the fiscal second quarter, but its profits plunged nearly 90% because it slashed prices to clear unwanted inventories of clothing, home goods and other discretionary items. The weaker than expected profit came two months after Target warned it was canceling orders from suppliers and aggressively discounted due to a pronounced spending shift by Americans that left the Minneapolis retailer with bloated inventory.

Options for the future of Devils Lake’s middle school Recent discussions in Devils Lake have begun in regards to the future of the city’s Central Middle School, which has been holding classes since 1937. Last month, a referendum was scheduled which could see the possibility of a new middle school being built, with the existing school continuing to see academic use until the completed construction of the new building. If the referendum passes, community members believe the existing building should continue to see use in other capacities ranging from office space to apartments and storage units. The referendum election is scheduled for October.

Report shows proper cell check lacking in Chad Isaak death News reports indicate that a prison guard responsible for checking on Chad Isaak, the man convicted of killing four people at RJR Maintenance and Management in Mandan, N.D. in April 2019, had not followed proper procedure on the day Isaak took his own life. The report said the officer became complacent, only giving Isaak and his cell a cursory glance instead of a proper cell check. The report provided by the North Dakota Highway Patrol stated even if proper procedure was followed, it is unknown if Isaak’s death could have been prevented.

Isaak was serving four life sentences and was appealing his conviction.

Legislation introduced to block some foreign businesses from land and ag purchases U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) introduced new legislation which would block foreign businesses from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea from purchasing American farmland and ag businesses. Rounds said the inspiration behind this was due to the continual conflict with the Fufeng Group’s plan to build a new facility in Grand Forks. Rounds said he doubts the legislation will get its own hearing

but hopes it may be incorporated into larger legislation such as the upcoming Farm Bill.

Burgum announces new working group North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum announced last Friday the formation of the Red Tape Reduction Working Group, a group of cabinet and non-cabinet members, which aims to review “agency regulations, restrictions, requirements, red tape, and policies that have become antiquated, overly burdensome, and inefficient.” The goal of the group is to have the red tape marked for possible rollback in the 2023 legislature and, in turn, reduce regulations and lower costs for North Dakotas. The panel is expected to have the review completed by late November.

Fargo School Board walks back Pledge decision Nine days after making the decision to drop reciting the Pledge of Allegiance at their meetings, Fargo School Board members walked back the decision, voting 8-1 to reinstate the Pledge. The school board received widespread backlash for its Aug. 9 decision, even receiving criticism from North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum.

Devils Lake welcomes home guard troops Last Friday afternoon, a welcome home ceremony was held in Devils Lake for North Dakota National Guard’s 835th Engineer Utilities Detachment. About 50 soldiers from the group were deployed and served overseas from Aug. 2021 to June of this year working with U.S. Central Command. The ceremony was open to the public and was held at the Burdick Arena.

Petition proceedings held for Fufeng Group project A legal battle between petitioners against the Fufeng Group corn milling project and the City of Grand Forks started last Thursday in Ramsey County after judges in Grand Forks recused themselves from the proceedings. The petitioners argued the city should accept a referendum to have the project put to a public vote before China-based Fufeng Group is allowed to establish a highly contested plant north of Grand Forks. Both sides took close to 90 minutes to present their arguments, and now the decision to allow or not allow a vote falls upon Judge Donovan Foughty to make.

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Mid-summer fisheries surveys prove Devils Lake is even better than great There have never been as many walleyes captured in Devils Lake fisheries nets as this season. Biologist Todd Caspers recorded 35.3 walleyes per net. The average is 21.5 per net.

Walleye populations are at all-time highs.

Since studying this North Dakota lake with the same methodology for the past 31 years, Caspers said the 15 to 20 inch “keepers,” the fish people prefer for the table, also set a record at 12.3 per net, double the average of 6 per net. These will grow, as will the 10 to 15 inchers, which averaged 16.4 per net, above the average of 10 per net. The trophy sized walleyes, 20 to 30 inches showed up at average counts.

These amazing records coincide with reports from fishing guides Ancil Reynolds and Ross Sensiba. In the year-round guiding business for 24 years, Sensiba said since Covid, the past couple years have been his busiest ever. “Clients like the generous limits, no size restrictions, and they can catch walleyes with so many different tactics,” he said.

As summer draws to a close, he is primarily trolling lead core on the old shorelines in 20 to 26 feet. Devils Lake increased from about 40,000 acres in the early 1990’s to approximately 165,000 acres today (that’s 150,000 football fields covered by water). He also trolls smaller crankbaits on Pelican on the north end of the main lake in 12 to 15 feet of water, Interesting, and an “Action Alert” for the upcoming ice season, is that Sensiba and his clients are now targeting and catching jumbo perch. “Ha. We’re fishing over the side with 4 and 5 foot ultra-light ice rods rigged with typical ice tackle. Clients like this nice break from catching walleyes,” he said. Fall tactics include trolling old road beds. When the October winds blow, he positions the boat so guests can fish slip-bobbers over the roads.

Earlier, Reynolds pitched crankbaits at shorelines. “Many days, my clients rang up 100 walleyes by 1 pm.

That’s two people fishing for six hours.

Limits of great eating 17 to 20 inch were boxed, with all over 20 inches released,” he said. July and August

found him targeting the mid-lake humps with slip bobbers. He recently switched to lead core trolling old road beds. “We had a 4-man limit the other days in two hours, all pushing 20 inches,” he added.

After Labor Day, Reynolds plans on trolling until mid-October. Last year was his best walleye October ever, saying, “We really have fun with Jigging Rapalas over deep rock piles and by bridges for quality walleyes. One of my best methods late in the season is casting Rippin’ Raps in six feet of water. The walleyes smoke ‘em.” He is already discovering schools of 11 to 13 inch perch, similar to Sensiba.

Winter is as popular as open water, with most fishermen chasing perch.

They spend the first hour or two hunting walleyes; perch are daytime feeders. According to net surveys, perch were at 15.3 per net compared to the average of 12. “The numbers of keepers are doing well,” Caspers said. The 10 to 12 inch perch were at 4.1 per net (average 2.4); with the 8 to 10 inchers at 5.7 per net (average 3.2) and the jumbos were at .9 (average .7).

White bass were also above average at 7.8 per net (average 5.6). The line stretchers from 15 to 18 inches were at 2.6 per net (average .7). Caspers said the most under-utilized lake fish is the northern pike. The 28 to 44 inch pike are at average. The 21 to 28 inch pike were 1.1 per net compared to an average of 2 per net.

The area’s residents and the many resorts cater to fishermen. They share where fish are being caught; as do the local bait shops. The many guide services ply the waters 12 months of the year. They know the “what, where, how, when and why.” Travelers to Devils Lake enjoy the expertise of local guides like Reynolds (701-2300367) and Sensiba (701-740-3868).

Many other guide services, resorts, businesses, lodging, casino, access and fish-cleaning stations, community activities, and more are all featured on the website: devilslakend.com.

Caspers concluded by saying, “Our perch and walleyes are doing well.

Very well.”

Lawyers want further delay on trigger law Lawyers for the lone abortion clinic in North Dakota are asking for a further delay of the state’s trigger law, which would ban the procedure in the state.

The ban is scheduled to go into effect on Friday, Aug. 26. The original trigger law was supposed to go into effect last month. Lawyers for the clinic say to have the ban go in place would go against the state constitution. A decision on whether or not to extend the delay is expected soon.

Johnnie Candle, professional angler. Submitted photo.

Sports

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Friday, August 26, 2022 - Page - 11

Jake’s Take on Sports Cardinals football team suffers devastating injury

By Jake Kulland

The 2022 North Dakota High School football season got underway on Aug. 19, and the Langdon-Edmore-Munich Cardinals football played well to start the year in a 50-20 win at Minot Ryan.

The win came with a cost, as All-

State Cardinals running back Carter Tetrault was injured in the first quarter. It appeared that a Lions player unintentionally came down on his knee when making a tackle. Carter was out for the rest of the night, and earlier this week, it was found that he tore his ACL ligament, which will require surgery. This also sadly will end his high school football career, as rehab will be anywhere from 6-12 months.

His goal is to make it back for high school baseball in the spring. It's all just horrible stuff to talk about, but it's not the first time it has happened in the area. Just last year Lady Cards junior Cora Badding injured her knee, and the junior is just now getting back to full strength for the Cardinals volleyball program. Of course, last fall also saw North Border's Kyler Moore

suffer a torn ligament in the 6-man football title game. He kept playing on through basketball season, obviously not a 100 percent. We hope Carter will make a full recovery and can come back strong after rehab. While football and basketball are out for the senior, it will be great to see him finish out his Cardinals athletic career on the baseball diamond next spring and summer.

A bright light nearly brought a 'Close Encounter of the Third Kind' On the lighter side this week - Rob Scherr and I were returning from covering the game in Minot last week and were near the Alsen turn on Highway 5 when we saw a huge bright light in the sky that started like a shooting star and then got huge. It was big, green

Cardinals cruise to first win 50-20 over Minot Ryan Worley throws 4 TDs, Romfo scores four in rout

By Jake Kulland After having a tough end to their season last year, losing in the playoff quarterfinals 21-18 at Kindred, the Langdon-Edmore-Munich Cardinals began their 2022 campaign with a non-conference game in Minot versus Bishop Ryan on Aug 19. The Cards, who bring back nine starters on offense and defense this season, jumped out to a 28-0 lead and won 50-20. This was the only non-conference game for the Cardinals, as they will begin Region 2 games at Harvey-Wells County on Aug. 26. Langdon-Edmore-Munich has their first three games on the road before hosting Rugby on Sept. 9.

In their game against the Lions played at Herb Parker Stadium on the campus of Minot State University, the Cards held Minot Ryan on their first drive, which was followed by a bad snap on a punt. Langdon-Edmore-Munich took over inside the Lions' 10-yard line, and despite a penalty which nullified their first score, they got in their first TD of 2022 on a tipped pass from Rayce Worley to Markus Kingzett to get things rolling. The Cards then got the ball right back on another MR punt and scored again on a pass from Worley to Carter Tetrault. Tetrault left the game after recovering a Lions' fumble in the first quarter, but the Cards adjusted with Worley throwing a laser to Cody Amble for a 61-yard touchdown.

Up 20-0 nearing halftime, the Cards put Jack Romfo at running back to take the place of the injured Tetrault, and he delivered - scoring four TDs, three rushing and one receiving. The Cardinals held tough the entire game,

forcing three turnovers, including an interception by Amble. Romfo led the team with 174 yards rushing on 14 carries, while Worley completed eight passes for 177 yards, and Kingzett caught three balls for 60.

zett pass from Worley) MR -- Colton Feller 9 run (Run failed) LEM -- Romfo 7 run (M. Kingzett pass from Worley) MR -- Feller 6 run (Daakon Helseth run)

LANGDON-EDMORE-MUNICH 50, MINOT RYAN 20 LEM --14 20 8 8 -- 50 MR -- 0 6 6 8 -- 20 LEM -- Markus Kingzett 10 pass from Rayce Worley (Pass failed) LEM -- Carter Tetrault 15 pass from Worley (Nic Kingzett pass from Worley) LEM --Cody Amble 61 pass from Worley (Jack Romfo pass from Worley) LEM --Romfo 34 run (Pass failed) MR -- Jett Lundeen 1 run (Run failed) LEM --Romfo 19 pass from Worley (Pass failed) LEM -- Romfo 64-yard run (Nic King-

Rushing -- LEM: Jack Romfo 14174, Rayce Worley 9-61, Jax Johnson 4-23, Nic Kingzett 3-10, Carter Tetrault 3-3, Markus Kingzett 1-6; MR: Jett Lundeen 14-51, Drew Zwak 6-11, Colton Feller 5-32, Daakon Helseth 3-29 Passing -- LEM: Worley 8-17-177-0 4 TDs; MR: Lundeen 14-24-150-1 Receiving -- LEM: M. Kingzett 3-60, N. Kingzett 3-27, Romfo 2-25, Cody Amble 1-61, Tetrault 1-15; MR: Carson Merck 6-57, Feller 5-70, Teagen Coonrod 2-13, Gus Englehard 1-9, Zwak 1-1

and looked like it was descending to the ground then just disappeared.

We both were nervous that little green men were going to pop out on the highway saying, "Take Me to Your Leader", or worse. Now, before any of you think of reasons why we would be hallucinating or seeing things, we were not the only ones to have witnessed it. What we are hearing is that it was a Starlink satellite launched by Elon Musk's SpaceX company. It all seemed a bit crazy, but at least that's what they are telling us. Hmmm...

(Cue the Twilight Zone theme).

Girls volleyball underway for LEM, NB; Preview next week We will leave you by saying we had hoped to have a girls volleyball preview for both Langdon-Edmore-Mu-

nich and North Border volleyball, but time ran out on us before the deadline while we were still tracking down information. We will for sure have that ready in the next issue of this newspaper. Both the Eagles and Cardinals will compete in a tournament at Northern Cass on Aug. 27. North Border will begin regular season matches at Grafton on Aug. 30 then at McVille versus Nelson County on Sept. 1. Langdon-Edmore-Munich will have its first regular season match at home versus Cavalier on Sept. 1. Both teams look to be very competitive this year. The Lady Cards are going for the eighth straight Region 4 title. We will have team pictures, schedules, rosters and more next time around.

"See ya!" next week!

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Sports

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Eagles soar past Benson County 56-7 in return to 9-man football

By Jake Kulland

Carson Brown scoring one of his 4 touchdown in the NB Eagles win or the Benson County Wildcats in the first game of the season. Photo by Larry Stokke

Grayson Ohmann and Wyatt Brusseau bring down a Benson Cty wide reciever.

Photo by Larry Stokke.

Arden Stainbrook tackles a Wildcat keeping him from scoring. Photo by Larry Stokke.

Carson Brown signals Grant Cosley's touchdown in the Eagles win over the Wildcats in Pembina in the first game of the season. Photo by Larry Stokke.

Last year the North Border Eagles football program played independent 6-man football for the first time in an effort to revitalize their numbers out for the team. After not being challenged all season in a year that resulted in a 2021 State 6-man championship, the Eagles have now moved back to the Class B 9-man ranks. They played their first game of the season Aug. 19 at home in Pembina versus Benson County, which they won handily 56-7. It was a non-conference win for North Border, who will play another non-league game on Aug. 26 at New Rockford-Sheyenne. That kicks off two weeks on the road for the Eagles; their next home game is not until Sept. 9 versus North Star, which is also the Eagles Homecoming game.

In their game with the Wildcats, North Border got going slowly. Carson Brown scored a rushing touchdown for the only score in the first quarter, but in the second, the Eagles offense caught fire and put up 34 second quarter points. Brown ran in two more TDs and caught another in the frame.

Sophomore Grant Cosley is the North Border quarterback this season, and he tossed a 13-yard pass to his older brother, TJ Cosley, and another to Brown from 34 yards out to make the score 40-0 at halftime.

TJ Cosley and Ayden Stainbrook had touchdown runs for North Border in the third quarter to close out their scoring. For the game, Brown ran for 170 yards on 11 carries, while Grant Cosley finished going 5 for 7 passing for 89 yards. TJ Cosley had a nice allaround game with 75 yards rushing and 46 receiving. Brown also led the Eagles with seven tackles.

NORTH BORDER 56, BENSON COUNTY 7 BC -- 0 0 0 7 -- 7 NB -- 6 34 16 0 -- 56

TJ Cosley Stretches out the ball and crosses the goal line to put 6 more points on for the NB Eagles. against Benson County. Photo by Larry Stokke.

NB -- Carson Brown 10 run (Pass failed) NB -- Brown 4 run (Run failed) NB -- Brown 53 run (Run failed) NB -- Grant Cosley 1 run (Pass failed) NB -- TJ Cosley 13 pass from G. Cosley (TJ Cosley pass from G. Cosley) NB -- Brown 34 pass from G. Cosley (Ayden Stainbrook pass from G. Cosley) NB -- Stainbrook 37 run (TJ Cosley pass from G. Cosley) NB -- TJ Cosley 12 run (Ethan Stegman run) BC -- Logan Fossen 42 pass from Paxton Neppl (Neppl kick) Rushing -- NB: Carson Brown 11-170, Grant Cosley 6-14, TJ Cosley 5-75, Grayson Ohman 2-11, Ayden Stainbrook 1-37, Brody Berg 1-4, Gabe Symington 2-(-1) Passing -- NB: G. Cosley 5-7-89-1 2 TDs Receiving -- NB: TJ Cosley 3-46, Brown 1-34

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farm where she lived the rest of her life. As a farm wife and a mother of three children, Agnes fulfilled many responsibilities of farming and homemaking. She and Henry enjoyed horticulture, gardening and wildlife. Being a kind and generous woman and an awesome cook, she always had tea or coffee ready with bars, cake or cookies for any friend or family visitor that would stop by to say “hello.”

The Power of Prayer

By Pastor Robert Blackburn or habit because that is how we have been taught?

How is your prayer life? If we were asked that question, most of us would answer that it is okay but could be better. One of the most famous prayers of scripture is The Lord’s Prayer, the prayer that Jesus taught his disciples.

Jesus is our greatest example of how we should pray, as prayer was a vital part of Jesus’ ministry. Here are a few examples that we read about prayer in Jesus’ life: 1. Jesus always prayed before he made important decisions.

2. Before he began his public mission, Jesus fasted and prayed for 40 days in the wilderness. 3. Before he chose his twelve disciples, Jesus prayed the entire night. 4. Before Jesus was arrested, he prayed at Gethsemane.

Prayer was that important to Jesus.

How important is prayer to us? Do we believe that our prayers can be answered, or do we just pray as a ritual

We must realize that God hears all our prayers, and prayer is our main way of communicating and talking to God, sharing our joys and concerns, and a way to seek his wisdom and ask for guidance in our life. Prayer is a vital part of our relationship with God and is the principle of our spiritual foundation. We often forget to pray when life is going well as we are depending on our own strength and wisdom, but once the storms of life start raging, we feel the need to pray. The truth is we need to pray all the time, not just when we need something from God. Some people use prayer as a genie in a bottle, asking for everything under the sun, instead of asking for God’s will to be done. “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” 1Thessalonians 5:1618 (NIV). The author of this scripture, the Apostle Paul, encourages us to frequently speak to God in dedicated prayer even in the middle of our trials in life.

Too often we give up on our prayer requests or view them as impossible for God to deliver, but scripture encourages us to pray boldly with an attitude of believing in miracles and not giving up on prayer. “Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with

confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need” Hebrews 4:16 (NIV).

Jesus understands our struggles and failures, he overcame them himself.

When we come to God asking for mercy, grace, support or forgiveness, we can be confident because nobody understands our pain better than Jesus.

What do you truly need right now?

What have you been praying about?

Are you ready to give up on that prayer? Keep asking God, and shamelessly be persistent and bold in your request to the God who gives you every good gift and perfect blessing for your life.

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.

Agnes Angela Klindt Funeral service will be held on Friday, August 26, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. at the Walhalla Lutheran Church in Walhalla, N.D., with visitation starting at Noon for our mother, Agnes Angela Klindt, nee Schoenheit, 86, of Walhalla, N.D., who joined Jesus in God’s Glory on August 19, 2022, at the Maple Manor Care Center in Langdon, N.D. Burial will be held in Beaulieu Cemetery, rural Walhalla.

Born a child of God at Neche, N.D., to Wanda and Otto Schoenheit on August 22, 1935, Agnes was the oldest girl in her family. Agnes’s family moved in the early years of her childhood to Mizpah and Northome, Minn. (for work) and returned to the Cavalier area in the early 1940s. She completed her elementary education in Cavalier at the Cranley Elementary School near Cavalier, N.D. On August 18, 1956, she married Henry Klindt and moved to the Klindt

Agnes is survived by her children: Zoe Klindt, Wendy Ulrich (Mark) and Wade Klindt (Jody); grandchildren: Mason Buus (Tina), Alex Bapp, Daniel Ulrich, Nicholas Ulrich (April), Janae Heuchert (Nickolaus), Justina Klindt, Jadyn Klindt, Raelyn Klindt, Rachelle Klindt, and Jordan Klindt; her great-grandchildren: Randy Juleen, Taylor, Jeremiah, Emilio and Gabriel Buus, Presli Pullar, Aunna, Kiara, Henry and Arianna Ulrich; great-great granddaughter Valerie Buus; her siblings: Delbert Schoenheit, Howard Schoenheit, Marlene Stremick (Bill), Phyllis Reck, Charlotte Soderberg, Ruth Hall, and Anna Lammens; sisters-in-law: Mary Ann Schoenheit, Elaine Thompson, Eleanor Hartman; and many wonderful nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death were her parents, Otto and Wanda Schoenheit; husband Henry Klindt; brothers: Robert “Bob”, Arnold “Arnie”, Ronald, and Gilbert Schoenheit; and sisters: Alice Schoenheit and Rita Schoenheit.

Askew Funeral Home of Cavalier, N.D. is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences are available at www. askewfuneralhome.com .

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LA N GD O N C IT Y C OM M I SSI ON Regular Meeting August 22nd 2022, at 6:00 p.m.

Members present Jerry Nowatzki, Lawrence Henry, Jim Rademacher, Darin Kaercher and Cody Schlittenhard. Also, present Jason Busse, Jeff Hiller, Tom Beauchamp, Shanda Christianson and Sarah Hinnenkamp, Jaclyn Nye, Jeff Mostad, Kristi Hejlik, Abby Borchardt, Whitney Bachman and Roxanne Hoffarth.

J. Nowatzki called the meeting to order and led everyone into the Pledge of Allegiance.

Approval of Minutes: L. Henry made the motion to approve the minutes from the regular meeting on August 8th seconded by C. Schlittenhard.

Motion carries.

Additions to Agenda: Correspondence: Department Reports: Street: J. Hiller reported they have been busy street sweeping, mowing and spraying for weeds.

Fire Department: L. Henry is working on a grant for new radios.

Water and Sewer Department: J. Busse reported he’s been transferring the lagoon and flushing hydrants.

Hydrant by Glenn’s Appliance has a leak and there is a guy coming to look at it this week.

Sanitation Department: T. Beauchamp had the State here for an inspection last week; everything went well. He will have a report in a couple of weeks.

Activity Center: J. Rademacher reported the floor company was there the end of last week. Chelsea is training new person starting tonight.

Police Department: No report.

Auditors Report: R. Hoffarth reported the auditors were here last week they are hoping to finish things up soon.

Unfinished Business: Moore Engineering – Phase 1 project – Letter has been sent; now we wait a couple of weeks.

Phase 2 project – The contractor is working at the valley gutter by the northwest corner of the school. Work on 2nd Street – should begin soon.

City Wide Street Survey – Andrew gave commission an estimate report for a full City Street Project. The estimate came in at $21,100,000.00 for different levels of work done on block by block bases. The commission discussed the underground infrastructure and asked that a survey be put together on adding this on in places of town that are really bad. Once all estimates are put together informational meeting will be set up to discuss with the general public to get feedback on these projects.

Fence Ordinance – RoxAnne explained some changes that she and Gary Bimler made to the ordinance.

Quentin will now draw the amended ordinance up bring back to commission next meeting, for first reading.

Lot up North – J. Lykken – Quentin discussed even though Sidwell said it was City of Langdon property we are unable to find a deed that states who

owns it. In order for Lykken to purchase this lot it would need to survey and an abstract written up. This would be a lot of time and money at Lykken’s expense. Quentin will discuss with Lykken and see how he wants to proceed.

Rendezvous Regional Tourism Council – Jeff Mostad present to explain the $2500.00 request and thank the commission for being a part of the partnership between Cavalier, Walhalla and Langdon. The commission asked that they go to the JDA for approval for the request also. Jeff will call Shannon tomorrow.

Dangerous Buildings – Quentin reminded the commission of the dangerous building hearings next Monday August 29th at 6:00 p.m.

New Business: Doggy Daycare/Pet-tastic Grooming – Whitney Bachman, Kristi Hejlik and Abby Borchardt were present to discuss a doggy daycare/grooming to be put in the old Regal Building. Bachman stated she would only be open Monday –Friday during the days; no nights and weekends. The commission stated that it would best that they get recommendations from neighboring businesses and residents but there wasn’t really anything that the commission could to stop that type of business going in there.

Chamber Request - Jaclyn Nye present to request $3600 annual contribution and the 1 mil for advertising.

L. Henry made the motion to approve the request, seconded by C. Schlittenhard. Motion Carries.

Building Permits: #5306 Jerry Nowatzki, #5307 Jerry Nowatzki, #5308 Brett Zeis, #5309 Theresa Hoffarth, #5310 Kevin Forest, #5311 Emeric Boesl . J. Rademacher made the motion to approve all building permits, seconded by D. Kaercher. Motion Carries.

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Adjourn: L. Henry moved to adjourn the meeting.

Jerry Nowatzki, President RoxAnne Hoffarth, Auditor Received by The Borderland Press on Aug. 23, 2022

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Cont’d. From Page 1 FULL CIT Y STREET CONSTRUCTION Nowatzki estimates that the soonest the project could break ground, if approved to move forward, would be in 2024.

“To do the complete redo of all the city streets as proposed by Moore Engineering - it would be approximately a two-year project and then if underground utilities were included, it would probably stretch out to a three-

year project,” Nowatzki said.

Questions about this process and the potential project can be directed to the city auditor at city hall or the mayor said people are welcome to call him as he is easy to reach. He is listed as Jerry Nowatzki in the phone book.

Shanda Christianson and Sarah Hinnenkamp contributed to this story.

Cont’d. From Page 1 ‘Osnabrock couple grows garden, family dream

These ladies know how to make rummage sales fun! They hosted sales during the Edmore City-Wide Yard Sale event in Edmore on Saturday, Aug. 20. L to R - Lisa Pesek, Pam Brekke, Pauline Mack, Chris Gauthier, and Doreen Skytland.

250 pounds in 21 days this year) Peas Green beans Yellow beans Beets Yellow onions White onions Red onions Carrots Tomatoes Hot peppers Sweet peppers Bell peppers Cabbage Celery Garlic Kohlrabi Cauliflower Broccoli Cucumbers Dill Horseradish Sweet corn Watermelons Cantaloupes Honeydew Crenshaw melons Pumpkins Butternut squash Buttercup squash Zucchini Summer squash Spaghetti squash Acorn squash Hubbard squash Red potatoes Purple potatoes Yukon gold potatoes Montana yellow potatoes Several varieties of apples Grapes Juneberries Chokecherries Black raspberries Red raspberries Purple potatoes with white flesh Blue potatoes with blue flesh Yellow potatoes Grapes, berries, and apples are grown also but not available for purchase every year.

“We were raised on garden produce, but the most that I look forward to are the peas and cucumbers and the sweet corn,” Monson said. “It’s just so rewarding to grow your own food.”

The Monsons are passing down fresh

food traditions to their sons: Klai, age 6 and Carl, almost 2.

“It’s their candy. They look forward to the fresh garden produce,” Monson said. “We eat a lot of produce in our household, and they really look forward to it.”

During the phone interview, Monson walked the rows of her bean crop, picking two shorter rows of green beans, which she expects to yield seven to nine pounds, all of which are already sold via orders on Facebook.

The yellow beans are a nice full row of plants that should become 10-15 pounds after the picking.

“No one likes to try a yellow bean everyone thinks of yellow wax beans, which are gross,” Monson said. “We think the yellow beans have a better taste than the green beans, but then there are more for us to have up in the freezer for the winter.”

Many are looking forward to the air feeling crisp and are preparing to decorate their homes for the fall season.

“I’m excited for the pumpkin harvest,” Monson said. “We usually have the white and orange, and we’ve expanded on the colors because everyone was asking for different colors.”

The Monsons plan to deliver on that customer request and hope to harvest many new pumpkin varieties, including black, tan, bloodshot eyeball, pink, blue, flat stacking, warty, and netted orange.

As the Monsons tend to their gardens, they tend to a growing dream at the same time, eventually hoping to run the garden and work into the family farm full-time.

“I’ve always wanted to continue my parents’ farm, but with me moving to the east side of the state, that wasn’t going to work out,” Monson shared.

“But it is part of my dream to live off the land. This is just little bits and pieces of my dreams coming true. I cannot wait for the day that all I have to do is raise my boys, farm, and garden!”

Jared, Klai, Tracy, and Carl Monson.

Submitted photo.