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Friday, February 17, 2023
Volume 2, Number 6
Wales Fire Department hosts annual Super Bowl Pancake Breakfast Firefighters serve ‘best ever crowd’ in event history By Sarah Hinnenkamp
When the Wales Fire Department started its pancake breakfast fundraiser in 2006, it was because the department needed a way to raise funds, and Super Bowl Sunday was a date on the calendar that wasn’t yet taken for a local event.
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“No one was doing anything on Super Bowl Sunday, that’s what it was. We needed money. We didn’t have money to pay insurance or anything else,” said Jay DuBois, fire department volunteer. “It usually goes fantastic - it’s usually stormy today, and we usually get a good crowd, and today is beautiful.” “A day like today should be phenomenal because the weather’s great,” said Marc Greening, Wales Fire Department chief.
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For a free will donation, firefighters served pancakes, blueberry pancakes, sausage, and eggs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 12, giving people plenty of time to enjoy more of the day before the Super Bowl kicked off at 5:30 p.m. The crew has about 17 firefighters.
partment launched, their other yearly fundraiser is even bigger. The department will host Mudfest in Wales on Saturday, April 15 and will be giving away a Ranger, riding lawn mower, and several other prizes.
“That’s our big fundraiser. This is the one we originally started with, and so we kept it up, and this other one is where we get most of the funding for our department is through the other fundraiser,” Greening said. Funds raised for the department at either fundraiser are used for purchasing equipment or training and whatever the department needs. “Thanks to everybody for always supporting us all these years doing this. We wouldn’t be here without it,” DuBois said.
Organizers said this year’s breakfast had a fantastic turnout, “Probably our best turnout and the weather definitely helped,” DuBois said.
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Volunteers from the Wales Fire Department take a break from cooking to take a group photo at the annual Super Bowl Pancake Breakfast fundraiser. Photo by Terry Hinnenkamp.
Emmitt Roy poses with his pancakes.
“I see there’s quite a few Munich people here, and there’s Sarles people, Langdon. It’s a pretty good assortment of people from the county that show up,” Greening said. While the pancake breakfast was the first fundraiser the Wales Fire De-
Curt Kram keeps the pancakes coming at the breakfast fundraiser. Photo by Terry Hinnenkamp.
The Titanic set sail in Munich for interactive learning by Sarah Hinnenkamp
Ivan Roy is excited to dig into his breakfast. Photos by Terry Hinnenkamp.
The Super Bowl Pancake Breakfast had regular and blueberry pancakes, Hickory Hut sausage, eggs, and maple and chokecherry syrup.
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Mrs. Barb Hill playing Captain Edward Smith serves caramel rolls to her students as they play first class passengers on the Titanic.
The hallways of Munich Public School buzzed with excitement with younger elementary students on Thursday, Feb. 9 as Mrs. Barb Hill’s sixth graders hid away in a classroom and perfected their high-class outfits, adjusting shawls, parasols, and suits. All 10 sixth grade students had boarding passes and suitcases, ready to be announced as first-class passengers on the Royal Mail Ship (RMS) Titanic. Elementary students and teachers applauded as each passenger was announced and traveled on a lighted ramp to board the Titanic, which was Mrs. Hill’s classroom transformed into the luxury ship’s dining room. “I just wanted to build it up. I have never been on a cruise, but I have friends who have been on a cruise, and they say that they are announced when they get on a cruise ship in some companies, and I thought, well, let’s do that. I gave it a shot, and it
worked, and the other teachers were more than supportive of it,” Hill said. Hill played the part of Titanic captain Edward Smith; Mrs. Lisa Meyers played the part of Mrs. Margaret Brown (the unsinkable Molly Brown), a person who survived the sinking of the Titanic; and Principal Curt Kram played the part of a third class passenger who served sparkling juice to the first class passengers. “Mr. Kram is super supportive. He is just the best. Last year he dressed up as a first class passenger as well, and he would just come and go throughout the day, and he’s just so helpful. He just makes it so easy for me to pull this off. This year he's in third class. We kind of joked about that. He didn’t dress up this year so I said, ‘I’m sorry, you’re going to be third class,’” Hill said. “And Mrs. Meyers - I couldn’t do it without her, she is amazing.” This interactive learning assignment
Sixth grade student Cora Buchweitz refills her sparkling juice as one of the first class passengers in the dining room.
is something Hill has set up for years, starting with this year’s graduating senior class. “They absolutely love it. They’re so engaged and really take care of each other throughout the day. They can go outside for recess, or they can just stay here, and I bet many of them will stay in the classroom,” Hill said. The morning starts out with sparkling beverages and caramel rolls with many students speaking in British accents, as their characters may require. They read Titanic handouts and learned about the construction of the ship and about several of the real life passengers. They played a quiz game on tablets that tested their Titanic knowledge and moved on to a group project in the afternoon. “We talked about how you have to really pretend that you’re really here, and you’ll have more fun with it. So cont’d. on page A8
The Cavalier County Sheriff’s Department asked Langdon motorists to stay off of 15th Avenue as there were three vehicles “parked” in snow banks. Borderland Press photo.
Tuesday’s Valentine’s Day storm caught many in the Borderland off guard. Blizzard warnings and winter storm warnings were issued for southern parts of the Red River Valley, including Grand Forks and Fargo, so early on, it appeared that the Borderland would be clear of weather headaches and travel trouble. Around 3 p.m. the National Weather Service announced, “Near blizzard to blizzard conditions will be tied to areas that receive new snow.” The “risk of blizzard’ graphic put Grand Forks in the low category and included medium and high impacts farther south in N.D. Around 5 p.m., however, a No Travel Advisory was issued for northeast N.D., including Langdon. “Once we realized those winter impacts were increasing and that band of snow was developing, we issued what is called a Winter Weather Advisory, and that is for conditions when we start to see accumulating snow
and potentially blowing snow areas, and that’s what we were getting in that band in that area,” said Mindy Beerends, meteorologist in charge at the National Weather Service in Grand Forks. Berrends said the weather service monitors reports coming from different weather sensors around the area, including local airports and agricultural weather stations, and also reviews cont’d. on page A8
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