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In this Issue:

Ag: Now is the time to scout for alfalfa weevil, Pg. 3

Community: Frost Fire holds Encore Art Camp, Pg. 5

Sports: Langdon Country Club holds 3rd annual tournament, Pg. 7

Friday, June 16, 2023

Volume 2, Number 23

Lawmakers call for a return to pre-pandemic hours on the U.S.-Canada border

By Borderland Press Staff

On Wednesday, June 7 North Dakota’s, Idaho’s, and Montana’s congressional delegations called on U.S. Customs and Border Protection to match the operational hours with Canada’s ports. All 14 Canadian ports returned to pre-pandemic hours in late March.

On the North Dakota side, only four ports have seen hours extended and, even then, don’t line up with their Canadian counterparts.

Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.) and Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) led the bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers in calling on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to restore normal operating hours at northern ports of entry or, at minimum, match the operating hours with their adjacent Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) ports.

Hoeven and Risch were joined on the letter by Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and U.S. Congressmen Russ Fulcher (R-Idaho), Kelly Armstrong (R-N.D.), Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.), and Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.).

“These ports of entry serve a vital role in connecting our states’ economies with Canada, and our constituents heavily rely on them for commerce, tourism, religious activities, trade, travel, health care, tribal connections, and more,” the elected officials wrote in the letter. “The mismatched and uncoordinated hours are causing confusion and frustration across the northern border.”

“We believe when the border hours

are extended to, at a minimum, match adjacent CBSA ports, vehicular and pedestrian traffic will increase to match, if not exceed, pre-pandemic levels. At the same time, we stand ready to support your efforts to provide additional resources to CBP officers who currently are working hard to secure the northern border; to improve CBP recruitment, retention, and staffing levels; and to boost security along the northern and southern border to prevent illegal immigration,” the leaders continued.

In March, CBP agreed to temporarily expand operating hours at the Maida, Northgate and Sherwood points of entry, opening the ports from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

According to information posted to the senator’s website, Hoeven has made the case to administration officials to resume normal operating hours at the northern border’s ports of entry, including: •In multiple calls with Pete Flores, Executive Assistant Commissioner of CBP’s Office of Field Operations.

•In a letter with Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.) to the leaders of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Committee.

•Along with the North Dakota delegation, in a letter to then-CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus.

•Urging President Joe Biden to reopen the U.S. border with Canada for trade and non-essential travel.

Petitions circulated in the border towns of Walhalla and Neche in an effort to return port of entry hours to what they were before COVID. Lead-

Walhalla border crossing. Photo by Melanie Thornberg.

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

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

As of Monday, the city of Walhalla received a form letter from Cramer’s office and a phone call from a staffer at Hoeven’s office.

“That’s the only response we got from

Talking Trail coming to the Rendezvous Bitzero moves forward with work, Region details under wraps The Rendezvous Region Tourism Council (RRTC) is excited to launch the largest Talking Trail in North Dakota! Eighty trail markers posted throughout Pembina, Cavalier, and Walsh counties will highlight historical points of interest, beautiful natural areas, and other significant features in the region for residents, students, and visitors alike.

Rendezvous Region is working with Talking Trail, a Bismarck based company that helps communities to highlight notable places and share their stories. The goal of Talking Trail is to strengthen the connections to your community by creating a greater sense of place. When people identify with a place, they keep coming back.

For more information on Talking Trail, please visit talkingtrail.com.

Talking Trail will tell the story of the area by creating an audible trail that runs throughout the region. The audio recordings can be accessed by calling the phone number on each sign, using the Talking Trail’s app, or by visiting the Talking Trail website. Trail can be downloaded on the app in case of limited-service areas.

“What they are is basically a metal sign on a pole that gives you a number to call or you can use a QR code to download an app, or there’s a website on there. So it’s very, very simple whether or not you have a smartphone. Then it will give you information about that specific spot that you’re at,” said Angelle French, president of the Rendezvous Region Tourism Council.

RRTC will launch the project in two

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phases. The first 40 trails will be installed later this summer, and the next 40 will be installed in the summer of 2024. The RRTC is currently seeking financial sponsors for each of the trail spots. Anyone interested in sponsoring should email rendezvousregion@ gmail.com or call (701) 265-3195.

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“I’m happy to hear that - anything is better than nothing. Honestly, we hoped that petition would spark something,” Carpenter said.

Currently the American side of the border closes at 6 p.m. at Walhalla and 4 p.m. at Neche rather than the 10 p.m. pre-COVID closure time. Both crossings open at 8 a.m.

Area school districts release unofficial election results Borderland school districts held elections on Tuesday, June 13 and have released the unofficial election results.

Doug Freije won a seat with 13 votes. Sandra Knoke won a seat with 13 votes.

Langdon Area Schools In the Langdon Area School District, 498 ballots were cast.

“We are excited to bring the biggest Talking Trail in North Dakota to our own beautiful Rendezvous Region!

We hope this will get people out and exploring areas they haven’t been to before. In addition, this project will help preserve the history of the area,” French said.

The Rendezvous Region is a regional tourism development effort which was started more than 30 years ago and resurrected in 2016. When the tourism council was reenergized, it was expanded from four communities to three counties (Cavalier, Pembina, and Walsh) and governed by a volunteer board which meets monthly. These volunteers work together to build a cohesive regional tourism brand through education, marketing, and amenity enhancement. Visit our website to learn more about all there is to do in northeast North Dakota. For more information, visit rendezvousregion.com or follow on Facebook or Instagram.

Carpenter had heard about the lawmakers’ efforts to restore the border crossing hours.

Edmore Public School In the Edmore district, 14 ballots were cast for the two positions open for the school board for 3 year terms.

Locations already sponsored include The Pembina County Courthouse, the Vikur Icelandic Church in Mountain, the Pembina County Community Orchard, and Langdon Parks.

Follow the Rendezvous Region Facebook page for more information.

anybody,” said Leeroy Carpenter, a member of the Walhalla City Council.

“I’m sure we’re not the only ones complaining.”

School board election unofficial results: Dave Hart won city with 319 votes.

Dawn Kruk won rural with 416 votes.

There is a lot of work being done at the Stanley R. Mikkelsen facility where the BitZero Corporation is developing a data center, but the finer details are still under wraps.

“I have to be careful. I’m under a non-disclosure agreement,” said Carol Goodman, consultant for the site.

“Bitzero has been involved in finalizing the master plan for the redevelopment, which includes infrastructure, communications, logistics and employee numbers. It’s a very large project, and these things take time.

They also did considerable work in the large bunker last fall—asbestos

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materials removal and starting the electrical work.”

Goodman said currently work is being done inside the MSCB (pyramid).

They’ve chosen one room on the second floor that was cleaned and repainted last week.

“The work will showcase what it can look like for all of the processors that are going to be located in various places,” Goodman said.

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Goodman says she and the JDA are in weekly correspondence with BitZero.

She knows many residents around the region are interested to learn more, but the process is challenging especially since the pyramid and power plant total 235,000 square feet.

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Fortunately, Bitzero is able to use all of the planning and engineering work done by JDA in the past years.

Question #1 - Publishing School Board Minutes in Newspaper passed 475-21 Question #2 - Making one Rural Board Position an Overall At-Large Position passed 260-229 Question #3 - Increasing the Building Fund Levy failed 240-258.

This election will be canvassed for final results at the June school board meeting on Monday, June 26.

Munich Public School Munich Public School’s election elected members to the school board in two rural positions that were up for re-election. Kelly Haaven and Kelly Hall both ran for another three year term. Votes were 21 each.

Also voters decided to run minutes in the local paper again this term.

North Border School District North Border School District results were not available at press time. The Borderland Press will have results next week.

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Pembina County Emergency Food Pantry seeks volunteers Want to roll up your sleeves and volunteer to help alleviate hunger in our communities? The Pembina County Emergency Food Pantry is looking for volunteer help.

Food banks around the country have lost upwards of 50% of volunteers and are in great need of volunteers to help pack and sort food. Our local emergency food pantry is no different, and we need your help to keep our doors open and inviting for those in need.

The dedication of caring, compassionate community members is an integral part of our work, and we welcome and appreciate your time, talent, and interest in joining us in the fight against hunger. Volunteering is a truly rewarding experience, and we look forward to showing you just how much fun it can be, too. Together, we can solve hunger!

Whether you are a self-motivated individual volunteer, represent a community or employee group, or are looking for school or work-related community service opportunities, there’s something for you to do to help at the Pembina County Emergency Food Pantry.

Every volunteer experience at a food program is different, but you’ll probably be doing one of a few things: -Keeping the shelves of our local food pantry stocked with food ready to be

distributed to neighbors in need is a vital part of the work that we rely on our volunteers to help us with. Volunteers working at the Food Pantry sort and pack non-perishable food items generously donated by the community. You might be sorting and checking food donations for quality and filling bags with groceries such as canned food, meat and produce.

-Restocking shelves, helping direct traffic at a drive-thru distribution, or even sweeping are all duties done by volunteers to make the Pembina County Emergency Food Pantry run smoothly.

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Northern Valley Dem-NPL host awards On June 3, the Northern Valley DemNPL hosted the 2023 Donkey Awards at the UND Gorecki Alumni Center in Grand Forks, N.D. Elsie Magnus, District 19’s previous chair and lifelong Democrat, received the Donkey Award. Vice Chair Ben Tucker presented the award honoring Magnus.

Tucker stated, “North Dakota has 48 districts. It's easy to be organized and active in our four blue districts in Fargo. It's kind of easy to be organized

Regular Volunteer Hours for Food Pantry Shifts: Tuesdays 3:00 – 4:30 p.m.

Closed on all observable holidays Location: 106 Main St W, Cavalier Precautions are being taken to keep volunteers and staff safe. Please note: for the safety of our volunteers, closed-toe shoes are mandatory when volunteering in the food pantry or at mobile distribution sites.

If you have time to share with us or would like more information about volunteering at the Pembina County Emergency Food Pantry, please contact Michelle Murray at 701.265.6230.

Results of an ongoing trial may force North Dakota to revise its redistricting map

By Nick Vorlage

Bruce Magnus, Ben Tucker, Elsie Magnus, Charlie Hart, Pat Cayley, and Lynnell Popowski

lead. I will be the organizer, and I will make sure that we are active and are relevant.’ Elsie has earned this award.

What the North Dakota Dem-NPL really needs is 31 more Elsies.”

Ben Tucker presents award to Elsie Magnus

in our 12 competitive purple districts like Grand Forks. That leaves 32 red districts, and it's hard to be organized in them. To do that, you need a leader: someone bold enough to say, ‘Yes, I'm a Democrat, and I'm proud of it’ when they are outnumbered 30% to 70%; someone who will say, ‘Yes, I will

Also in attendance from District 19 were current Chair Lynnell Popowski, Region 4 Representative Charlie Hart and East Pembina County Representative Pat Cayley. Hunter Heck, student representative, was unable to attend.

Other recipients of the Donkey Award were presented to District 17 – Jim

News briefs

From The Borderland News Center

Pictured is a portion of the redistricting map.

In 2021, the North Dakota Legislature created a redistricting map. Under it, District 15 encompassed the entirety of Ramsey County as well as parts of Towner and Benson Counties. District 9, meanwhile, was broken into two subdivisions - 9A which was localized entirely in Rolette County, and 9B, which covered parts of Rolette, Towner, and Cavalier counties.

According to the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa as well as the Spirit Lake Reservation, these new divisions were in violation of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and effectively dilutes the voting power of Native Americans. It effectively “packs” the majority of their voice solely in District 9A, and reduces their voice in Districts 9B and 15.

This week, a federal court is hearing this complaint from both tribes with Chief U.S. District Judge Peter D. Welte deciding on the verdict.

If Judge Welte rules in favor of the tribes, either the Legislature or the federal court will redraw the maps. If Judge Welte rules in favor of the defendant, being represented by Secretary of State Michael Howe, the 2021 maps will stand.

The decision will be made just days after a similar court case overseen by the U.S. Supreme Court found similar redistricting issues affecting Black voters in Alabama.

At press time, the trial was expected to run through the week.

N.D. Congressional delegation seeks disaster declaration approval North Dakota’s Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer, alongside Representative Kelly Armstrong, are seeking approval from the Biden Administration for a spring flood disaster declaration which Gov. Burgum had submitted last week. The declaration request asks for federal funds to be unlocked to assist recovery efforts in 21 counties, including Grand Forks, Nelson, Pembina, Towner, and Walsh.

serves 119 towns and 93,000 customers across the state.

MDU to raise rates The North Dakota Public Service Commission gave a unanimous goahead to Montana Dakota Utilities to increase their rates for neighbors to $8.27 a month. MDU had previously requested the rate increase, saying the increase was in an effort to keep up with escalating inflation numbers. MDU presently

Unity Medical Center honored Congratulations goes to Grafton’s Unity Medical Center for being named the state’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare for the second year running. In 2022, Unity was named the 7th best critical access hospital in the entire United States.

Grand Forks airport reports increase in travelers Airline commerce continues to see increasing numbers in North Dakota. Earlier this week, the Grand Forks International Airport announced the first four months of the year have seen increasing numbers largely due to Canadian travelers and airline companies beginning to use larger aircraft to and from the airport.

and Marilyn Arneson, District 18 – David Thompson, District 20 – Jon & Betsy Ewen, District 42 – Jeffery Powell, and District 43 – Brad Gibbens.

Special recognition awards were presented to Representatives Zac Ista and Corey Mock. Special Donkey Award was given to Kaye Carlson of Grand Forks as a tireless organizer.

"Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free men," Eleanor Roosevelt said.

Stop the Bleed class offered in Langdon Learn more and get trained! Minutes count. Someone who is severely bleeding can bleed to death in as little as five minutes. The number one cause of preventable death after injury is bleeding and that’s why bleeding control (keeping the blood inside the body) is the purpose of Stop the Bleed training.

You do not need any medical experience or training to take this class. The course is for people who are interested in learning lifesaving skills and this is for the whole community. Learn the skills that can help save a life before the ambulance arrives.

This class is for students, teachers, farmers, businesses, childcare providers, construction companies, EMS, community groups, and more. Anyone and everyone old enough to understand what the course teaches and is interested is welcome to attend this free class.

Class size is limited. The instructor is Lorraine Gage on behalf of Langdon Ambulance and Langdon Prairie Health. The class will be held at 6 p.m. on Friday, June 23. Call Lorraine to register at 701-370-1154 or 2566126.

Agriculture

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RMA takes input on PP policies – The Risk Management Agency is seeking feedback to consider possible changes to prevented planting.

“One is the harvest price option,” said RMA Administrator Marcia Bunger.

“Currently with prevent plant, the only price that is applicable is the spring price, but much like the counterparts of those acres that are being harvested, we are wanting feedback on whether to allow the prevent plant payment calculation to be based upon the higher of the projected price or the harvest price.” Another topic being addressed is the 1-in-4 rule, which requires planting in at least one of the last four years to be eligible for PP. Listening sessions are planned throughout the country, including one in West Fargo in August.

Feeding frenzy – According to the NDSU Crop and Pest Report, a canola flea beetle feeding frenzy is underway.

There may be issues with insecticide seed treatments in the early-planted fields in northeast North Dakota because the canola plant was not actively growing during the hot, dry weather.

In this situation, a rescue foliar insecticide treatment is recommended.

The plant will be able to tolerate flea leaf beetle feeding once the canola

Assessing hail damage – It has been a time of wild weather with a late spring, an extended period of heat, and pop-up storms. Bayer Crop Science Customer Business Advisor Ryan Fisher says hail has been part of the weather story. “In a lot of cases, those early-season corn and soybean crops can handle some hail as long as the growing point is still viable,” said Fisher. “With corn, a lot of times the growing points are still below the soil, but some fields are getting past that stage with V4 to V5 timing when the growing point starts to emerge.” Fisher said the best time to assess hail damage is four to five days after the storm.

Market desensitized to the headlines coming out of Russia-Ukraine – In recent days, a dam and hydroelectric plant in Russian-controlled southern Ukraine was destroyed and a section of a major pipeline carrying ammonia fertilizer was blown up. StoneX Chief Commodities Economist Arlan Suderman says the market is getting desensitized to the headlines coming out of the war. “It knows that Russia’s dumping cheap wheat onto the world market, and as long as Russia is able to do that, we don’t see any impending shortages, and the market discounts the news out of the Black Sea region.”

Suderman believes it will be increasingly more challenging for Ukraine to export wheat.

Northern Ag Snips

by Bailey Reiser

Summer is here! Baseball games - kids playing in the park and in their yards, bikers, and avid evening walkers are a common sight. Lawn mowers can be heard at all times of day, it seems. This week on our horticulture Zoom calls with agents and specialists from across the state, something stuck out to me. Esther E. McGinnis, director of the Extension Master Gardener Program, Extension, Horticulturist/Associate Professor in Plant Sciences, had discussed another lawn topic - mowing - everyone’s favorite chore? I will say I love mowing because of how good the yard looks after. There is something so satisfying about it! She will be writing an article for the Dakota Gardener in July, but I thought to mention a bit about our conversation this week.

Lawns that tend to be browner compared to others can be caused by mowing height. This spring I noticed snow mold brown spots in the yard, and they are starting to fill in. Mowing

height can cause overall dryer looking lawns. I tend to mow my lawn shorter and have noticed a thinning lawn over the last two summers. This week I learned that there is a correlation to why that is. Most of my lawn, along with many others, is Kentucky bluegrass and fine fescues with the occasional quack grass mixed in. With Kentucky bluegrass and the fescues, optimal height is two and a half to three and a half inches. For the tall fescue grasses, it is three to four inches.

Esther mentioned that some benefits of having taller grass height is that it shades out weeds, can be more heat and drought tolerant, and is lower maintenance. The taller mat of grass will help keep the moisture in the soil.

This year I noticed that the dandelions snuck through the patchy grass in my yard, and this is the worst it has been.

When mowing shorter, it reduces the vigor of the plant by cutting off photosynthesis, creating a shorter root system and higher maintenance. “The longer the leaf blade, the longer the root system,” Esther said. She also mentioned that the rule of one third at a time is recommended. This means not removing more than one third of the grass in one mow. Raising the height a bit and then mowing lower is more beneficial if grass is overgrown.

The corresponding relationship between mowing frequency and height is interesting. She presented a chart to us that she had made, and it said that if grass is three inches before cutting with one third removed (one inch), the height after mowing being two inches - then the frequency is mow every five days. If grass is kept at a four-and-a-half-inch height with a third removed and is three inches after mowing, the frequency increases to seven and a half days. Lastly, if a lawn is mowed at six inches, removing the one third resulting in a 4-inch height, then the frequency of mowing is every ten days. I took this information and am now trying it on my own lawn. I raised my mowing deck on the push mower and am anxious to see a better-looking lawn.

Happy mowing!

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Now is the time to scout for alfalfa weevil The best practice for alfalfa weevil management is scouting.

By NDSU Extension

Alfalfa weevil is the first pest to hit alfalfa fields and is an annual occurrence as they overwinter as adults.

Fortunately, the alfalfa weevil only produces one generation per year, and once first harvest passes, little damage from alfalfa weevil will occur the remainder of the year.

“It is amazing how insect pests can zero in on a field and seem to come out of nowhere,” says James Rogers, NDSU Extension forage crops production specialist at the North Central Research Extension Center in Minot.

“Several years ago, I planted a field to alfalfa that had not been in alfalfa production for several years, and it was the only field of alfalfa for several miles. Sure enough, alfalfa weevils found it, and control measures were called for.”

Alfalfa weevil requires heat units for egg hatch to begin and growth development to occur. The heaviest damage to alfalfa is due to larvae feeding at the third and fourth instar stages of development when the larvae have reached maturity. Heavy damage to alfalfa will result in the leaves of plants having a frosted appearance with numerous holes from larvae feeding.

The best practice for alfalfa weevil management is scouting, says Rogers. Scouting should take place now through the first cutting. To scout an alfalfa field: •Walk the field in an “M” pattern, and stop at five locations along the route.

•At each stop, collect six alfalfa stems, and shake the stems into a bucket.

•Measure the height of the alfalfa and notice any flowering or bud development.

•Cover the entire field over the course

of your route. At the end of the route, you will have collected thirty stems.

•Record the average plant height, and count the total number of larvae found and average number per stem.

To determine the economic threshold for control using a pesticide, it is best to determine the market value of the hay and the cost of control. Alfalfa crop market value is the major driver in determining the economic threshold for control.

In general, as crop value increases, the number of larvae it takes to justify control decreases. This is modified by plant height (maturity) and control ($/ acre) costs.

The NDSU Extension publication “Integrated Pest Management of Alfalfa Weevil in North Dakota” contains tables on economic thresholds for alfalfa weevil based on plant height, crop value and control costs. Find the publication at ndsu.ag/alfalfaweevil.

If scouting reveals the presence of the alfalfa weevil, an insecticide application is not the only option. There are at least three approaches that can be taken to deal with the problem, two of which avoid insecticide use.

tion of biological control from a fungal pathogen or parasitic wasp. This activity may be enough to keep alfalfa weevils below economic threshold.

If this type of activity is noted, keep scouting to determine if alfalfa numbers are continuing to rise or are declining.

Third is a foliar insecticide. Think of this as being a last resort if an early harvest is not an option. There are many options for insecticide control, but caution is advised due to potential alfalfa weevil resistance, pre-harvest and pre-grazing intervals, and pollinator safety. Alfalfa is a huge attractant to bees and other pollinators.

If an insecticide must be used, follow pollinator safety.

Do not spray plants in bloom, and only apply insecticides early in the morning or late in the evening when bees are not active, cautions Rogers.

North Dakota is the number one honey-producing state in the U.S. If hives are located close to an area where an insecticide application will be made, work with the beekeeper to avoid potential damage. Always read and follow label directions when using all pesticides.

The first is cultural; harvest early. If alfalfa has reached the 50% bud stage and alfalfa weevil numbers have reached the economic threshold, then harvesting can be very effective and avoid a pesticide application. Try to bale as soon as possible following harvest, as weevils can shelter under windrows, recommends Rogers.

Second, while scouting, look for larvae that are off colored from a lime green color. This could be an indica-

Now is the time to scout for alfalfa weevil to determine the best control and management practices. (Photo by Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org)

NDSU Extension offers summer grain storage tips

Keep grain as cool as possible during the summer to extend the storage life and limit insect activity.

By NDSU Extension

Summer temperatures will warm grain, which could lead to insect infestations and mold growth. Insect reproduction is reduced at temperatures below about 60 F. “The goal for summer storage should be to keep the grain as cool as possible to extend the storage life and limit insect activity,” says Ken Hellevang, North Dakota State University Extension agricultural engineer.

Hellevang recommends ventilating the top of the bin to remove the solar heat gain which will warm the grain. Hot air under the bin roof will heat several feet of grain at the top of the bin to temperatures conducive to mold growth and insect infestations.

Provide air inlets near the bin roof eave and an outlet near the peak to exhaust the hot air at the top of the bin. It’s much like venting an attic; the heated air rises and is exhausted at the peak. A ventilation fan to exhaust the hot air is another option. Provide air inlets because the fan cannot exhaust air if an air inlet does not exist.

Hellevang also recommends periodically running grain aeration fans to keep the grain temperature as cool as possible. Night air temperatures, on average, are near or below 60 degrees during the summer. Running the aeration fan for a few hours to push air up through the cool stored grain will cool grain near the top.

Pick a cool early morning about every three weeks when temperatures are below 60 degree to run the aeration fan, and only run the fan a few hours to minimize heating grain at the bottom of the bin.

Cover the fan when it is not operating to prevent warm air from blowing into the bin and heating the stored grain.

If the wind blows primarily during the daytime, the grain will be warmed to the daily maximum temperature. Also, warm air is drawn into the bin due to a chimney effect if the fan opening is not covered. The chimney effect occurs when heated air exits the top of the bin pulling air into the bin through the fan opening.

“Temperature sensors on cables are an excellent tool, but they only measure the temperature of the grain next to the sensor,” Hellevang said. “Because grain is an excellent insulator, the grain temperature may be much different just a few feet from the sensor and not affect the measured temperature.”

Common locations to place a temperature cable are near the middle

and a few feet from the south wall of a bin.

Grain Summer Storage Moisture Content Having grain at an appropriate warm-season storage moisture content is very important to store grain safely during the summer. The maximum moisture content for warm-season storage is 13% to 14% for corn, 11% to 12% for soybeans, 13.5% for wheat, 12% for barley and 7% to 8% for oil sunflowers.

Never enter a bin while unloading grain or to break up a grain bridge or chunks that may plug grain flow. Flowing grain will pull you in to the grain mass, burying you within seconds.

Use “lock-out/tag-out” procedures to assure equipment will not start before entering the bin.

Mold growth will occur at summer temperatures if the grain exceeds the recommended moisture content. The allowable storage time for 15% moisture corn, for example, is only about four months at 70 degrees and two months at 80 degrees.

Bridging occurs when grain is moldy or in poor condition. The kernels stick together and form a crust. A cavity will form under the crust when grain is removed from the bin. The crust isn’t strong enough to support a person’s weight, so anyone who walks on it will fall into the cavity and be buried under several feet of grain. Determine if the grain has a crust before any grain has been removed. If work needs to be done with a crust, it must be done before any grain is removed.

Checking the grain moisture content is important because moisture measurements at harvest may have been in error due to moisture gradients in the kernel, grain temperature and other factors. In addition, the moisture may have changed while the grain was in storage due to moisture migration or moisture entering the bin.

To determine if the grain is bridged after unloading has started, look for a funnel shape on the surface of the grain mass. If the grain surface appears undisturbed, the grain has bridged, and a cavity has formed under the surface. Stay outside the bin and use a pole or other object to break the bridge loose.

Check Stored Grain Stored grain should be monitored closely to detect any storage problems early. Check stored grain at least every two weeks. While checking on the grain, measure and record the grain temperature and moisture content.

Rising grain temperatures may indicate insect or mold problems. Insect infestations can increase from being barely noticeable to major infestations in three to four weeks when the grain is warm.

If the grain flow stops when you’re removing it from the bin, a chunk of spoiled grain probably is blocking the flow. Entering the bin to break up the blockage will expose you to being buried in grain and tangled in the auger.

If grain has formed a vertical wall, try to break it up from the top of the bin with a long pole on a rope or through a door with a long pole. A wall of grain can collapse or avalanche without warning, knocking you over and burying you.

“Grain temperature cables are a wonderful tool, but do not rely on them to replace inspecting for insects or crusting and detecting odors or other indicators of storage problems,” Hellevang says.

Never enter a grain bin alone. Have at least two people at the bin to assist in case of problems. Use a safety harness and rope that prevents you from descending rapidly more than a couple of feet when entering a bin.

Another option for monitoring grain that is beginning to be used is to measure the carbon dioxide level. Mold growth and insect activity produce carbon dioxide.

“Take time to think of all options before entering a bin,” Hellevang advises.

Work Safely Make sure everyone, including family and employees, working around stored grain understand the hazards and proper safety procedures.

“Too many people ignore safety practices and suffer severe injury or death while working around grain,” Hellevang says.

The goal for summer grain storage should be to keep the grain as cool as possible to extend its storage life and limit insect activity. NDSU photo.

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Letter from the Publisher taken over, and I can see a pleasant change in everyone I run into. We needed sun and warm temps so badly, and now we’re happy again!

June is being so kind to us. I think she truly feels bad about our late winter and absence of spring. Summer has

This attitude makes weekends priceless. Our time at the lake has already been so fulfilling, making the weekdays fly by. When we purchased our place twenty something years ago, we added a dock and boat lift pretty quickly. They’ve treated us very well, but Bob felt the need for an upgrade. Last weekend he converted our crank lift into an electric lift powered by the sun. After cranking the boat out of the water year after year via a big blue wheel, I had no idea

what a game changer this electric lift would be. Well, look at that! The Simmonses aren’t spinning the wheel any more! We’re movin’ on up! That was a great idea; I wish it had been mine.

I did help, though, by putting in one bolt while both of Bob’s hands were doing something else. Life is good.

I’m proud to say that I’ve conquered my software upgrade project. I’ve never spent so much time on hold or waiting for a chat from the support people as I have the last two weeks, and I hope that’s in the past. Google is my friend now. And I’m not saying there aren’t still some issues, but for the most part, it’s business as usual,

and I’m sleeping better. If you’ve received any mail from me that seems wonky, please let me know. It could very well happen.

Our remodeling project downstairs is buttoned up, and we’re arranging and rearranging desks, chairs and other pieces. It turned out great. It’s a little more difficult to find each other now, though. You must first run to a window to see if their vehicle is in the parking lot, then if it is, start looking. The way the two stories are designed means you could literally follow someone in a circle for hours and not know it. We’ll get it figured out, and the extra steps

never hurt.

I’m hearing good things about City Clean Up Day! Thank you to our city workers who, no doubt, spent a great deal of extra time and energy making this happen. It’s a great service. All the wives who have husbands that finally cleaned out the garage are crying tears of happiness.

Take care, spend time with your loved ones and enjoy this amazing summer!

Diane Simmons

Publisher publisher@theborderlandpress.com

Letter from the Editor All of us at some point look around the house and realize we have too much stuff or we have things we want to rehome. I am in this place often.

I’m also in the place where I see a city wide rummage sale advertised, and I think that would be a fun outing.

Saturday morning, the four Hinnenkamps packed our wallets with quarters and cash and drove the pickup to Munich for the city wide rummage sale. Young Callen spent $8 and came home with three grocery bags full of toys. Perhaps his parents should have monitored the gathering

of merchandise a little closer, but he was happy, and he played for hours.

It was $8 well spent. Walhalla also had a city wide rummage sale. Both events had such a beautiful day. I applaud the folks who plan these things, because maps and all of the coordination takes a lot of effort.

We popped over to Walhalla on Friday for the open house at Choice Bank.

President Pat Chaput is retiring at the end of the month, and incoming president Travis Berg was welcomed by the community. The event had a great turnout, and it was fun to see

the support the community has for both men. Walhalla is lucky to have Chaput and Berg!

We hope you are hanging on to last week’s issue with the Summer Fun Guide. Editor Halle Sanders worked tirelessly to put that together for you, and you can use it all season long.

If you misplaced yours or would like another copy, stop by our office, and we can help you out. We also have saved all 2023 issues and have extras if you need to purchase an extra copy.

and the departments that have worked together to make Clean Up Week a success. I appreciated being able to get some items out of our garage, and I know so many others appreciated the event as well.

I hope your flowers look beautiful and your gardens are growing. Enjoy the week.

Sarah Hinnenkamp Editor

editor@theborderlandpress.com

Special thanks to the city of Langdon

THE MORNING RUN: We’re good lake guests trek over on the 4th of July when Leah’s entire family is there plus a few miscellaneous friends who consider themselves family (i.e. – us), Greg makes it for a boys’ fishing weekend in June, and I head over on a weekend in July with the girls. By girls, I don’t mean my kids. I mean my college girlfriends, which results in a very different lake weekend experience.

by Sara Goodman Last weekend, we made a last minute decision to go to our lake place, and by our lake place - I mean my friend, Leah’s, lake place. Over the years, we’ve come to claim unsubstantiated part ownership of the little cabin on Roy Lake without the headache of actually owning it. We have an open invitation to use the cabin on Roy Lake carte blanche, as we’ve established ourselves as pretty good lake guests.

With our busy schedules and the cabin located three and a half hours away from home, this is an invitation that, unfortunately, does not get acted upon very often. We’re able to

It seems most people around Langdon have a place at a lake or at the dam. Once Greg and I discovered where all our friends were disappearing to on the weekends, we had a few lengthy discussions about following suit and joining in the shenanigans.

We decided to try out this lifestyle that neither of us grew up with by purchasing a camper. It seemed like a cheaper, safer option, and best of all, it was mobile. If we got tired of our neighbors, we could simply pull up stakes and move on. Because we had purchased a 41-foot camper with two bathrooms that could easily sleep 10, I didn’t so much consider this camping as “glamping.” This was not the camping experience I grew up with, but with three little kids underfoot, I was on board right away. We hauled our camper everywhere those first

few years. We took it to Iowa twice, to Icelandic State Park, and to various spots in Minnesota including Roy Lake where we tripled the number of bathrooms and sleeping spots the minute we pulled up. We also hauled it out to Watford City on several occasions. When not trekking around the country, we parked it in the trees at the farm, and it became our little refuge when we needed a break from town life or simply wanted to feel like we were on vacation, sort of.

The camper had a good five-year run and then we decided that our busy schedules were no longer allowing us to use it like we wanted to, and it was time to sell it. This was another reason that we felt investing in a cabin at a lake or a site at the dam was not a good idea for us – it would end up with the same fate as the camper due to increasingly busy schedules. Greg was also adamant that he didn’t want another piece of real estate that would require caretaking and mowing. The farm and house in town were more than enough to keep everyone busy. A few years before we sold our camper, Leah had bought the little cabin on Roy Lake and invited us to check it out. This is when we

began to realize the camper was on its last legs and decided it was time to establish ourselves as good lake guests. All the joys of lake life with very little stress and low investment.

As good lake guests, we do almost everything an actual owner would do - we clean, mow, pick up sticks in the yard, throw chemical on the weeds in the lake, wash bedding and towels, put the cover back on the jet ski, roll up and put away the lily pad, haul garbage and clean out the refrigerators.

We come to the lake armed with coolers of drinks, food, toilet paper, extra weed wacker string and fishing gear.

We leave with fish filets in the cooler and bags of garbage to be dropped off at the dumpster. We don’t pay, and we don’t overstay. We simply help where needed and enjoy lake life to the fullest. We’ve got this lake thing figured out, and if you don’t believe me, feel free to invite us to your place and see for yourselves.

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.

Lunch time at the lake!

Musings from Munich: Small town kids in a big town world to visit, meh on living there anymore”.

Granted, I’m pretty biased as the bliss of the nation, Munich, welcomed me six years ago with almost no restrictions or rules…almost. Now when we come here, we enjoy the heck out of it.

As far as our kids, Munich is all they remember, so when we drive into the bright nights of Fargo, they are ready to go as with all the Class Bers that come up here. Just today, look at our schedule.

By Matt Mitzel This week, we saddled up the boys and went to Fargo for our yearly NDSU Bison football camp. Both the wife and I lived in Fargo for at least 10 years, and we have a saying about the host to our beloved college, “fun place

7:30- took Asher to football camp 8:00- picked up essentials not for sale locally 8:30-10:00- swam with Colton 11:00- picked up Asher and argue about where to eat with the endless supply of options 12:30- took Colton to football camp

1:00- went to Scheels 1:30-3- swam with Asher 4:00- picked up Colton and argued about where to eat 5:00- went to sports card shop 6:00- met up with the whole Langdon, Edmore, Munich co-op and took in a Red Hawks game 9:00-10:00- swam again Tomorrow will pretty much be the same - substituted with trampoline park, ninja gym, and Thunder Mountain. There is truly an endless supply of stuff to do. Small town kids are horrible at understanding a slow moving line, but then again, it doesn’t help with me hitting and swearing at the traffic either.

We wrap up football camp Thursday and compete in the state trap shoot this weekend up here. When Bri final-

ly links back up with us, I’m sure we will be tired and cranky, but that’s the deal I guess.

I am blessed to be able to hold off windows for a week to accompany the 10 or so co-op kids that are mostly farmed off to relatives up here, but that doesn’t mean it’s all fun either.

The best part is seeing and hearing football again, as we are in that small window where it’s only a couple months away from pure ecstasy.

So far the highlight was watching a little girl throw up after getting out of the pool and then when a member of the staff came to clean it up, it messed with his stomach and then he threw up…it was awesome. Stay tuned to see what shenanigans we get ourselves into…America!

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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Pembilier Nursing Center update

by Heather Duerre

Hadley Romfo and Patricia Reck are pictured planting. Submitted photo.

Greetings from PNC! Life here at PNC has been pretty “normal” these past few weeks. One of our residents, Patricia Reck, helped our staff member, Hadley, plant a small garden. Hadley self admittedly doesn’t have a “green thumb,” so Trisha went out to teach Hadley the gardener ways. Together they planted 12 tomato plants and 4 pepper plants. I am looking forward to the residents making some salsa with their harvest. Watch out Village Salsa, there’s soon to be some competition for the most appetizing, dipable, tomato-based sauce in town!

The residents played Blackout Bingo, and since nobody legitimately yelled “BINGO,” the jackpot raised to $10!!! I know what you’re thinking- “Wow, ten dollars! I wonder if I can come play Blackout Bingo and have my chance at the jackpot?” The answer is NO, Blackout Bingo and the large cash jackpot is reserved for residents only!

However, if you would like to volunteer and play games for fun or come in to visit a family member or friend during activities, you are more than welcome to do so. If you are interested in volunteering, please don’t hesitate to

contact me (701-549-3831), and we can start the easy-peasy process. The residents also took in a Rascal Flatts concert! Ok, so it was on YouTube, but it was blasted over our super high tech sound system and broadcast on our giant screen. If you haven’t seen this screen, you would be quite impressed. One push of a button and it descends from the ceiling! Anyways, the concert was a hit, and nobody got out of hand oohing and awing over the band.

This week we also took our maiden voyage around town in what I call our “fun bus.” I call it that because no matter where we go or what we do, it’s always a fun time! The residents that came along for our first ride of the season experienced a ride around town. We took a delightful drive down memory lane by visiting the Kittson Trading Post (which is in the process of being restored to its original glory), Gingras Trading Post, and got to name who lived in what houses around town. The weather was beautiful, and the company was pleasant, so I will declare our maiden voyage to be a success!

Week two of the Summer Concert Series held at the Roxy Theater

Photos by Larry Stokke.

The Northern Lights Arts Council’s Summer Concert Series event was an awesome night thanks to The Holy Rocka Rollaz and their rock and roll show. The event was scheduled for an outdoor performance at Boyd Block but was moved indoors to the Roxy Theater because of rainy weather.

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Frost Fire holds Encore Art Camp On June 5, children from all over North Dakota piled out of cars and local transit buses to attend Frost Fire Parks Encore Art Camp.

ing projects and screen printing.

“There are even kids who come from out of state, staying with grandparents, aunts and uncles. They plan their trip around being able to attend the Encore Camp” says Mindi Lill, Langdon Area School’s art teacher, who also taught at the camp this year.

On the last day of the visual arts camp, Frost Fire Park hosted more than 200 family members for an art show, picnic and awards ceremony for the campers, along with entertainment from local performer Jordan Thornberg.

The camp ran through June 9 and hosted 67 students. This year was a little different than the previous four years with the directors, Dave and Amy Paukert, deciding to split the camp into two parts because of high turnout of students in the past. With the camp in June focusing on visual arts, an entire week in August will focus solely on theater.

“We enlisted the help from numerous parents to help, clean up for the day, and prepare the meal,” says Lill. “As always, there are lots of supportive parents ready to dive in.”

“The last year we had a crazy amount of kids,” says Lill. “This year, we split it. It’s been a fun difference.”

Story and photos by Jessica Tull.

Around 95% of the campers arrived on local transit buses from Walhalla, Langdon, Cavalier, Drayton, St. Thomas, Pembina, Minto, Park River, Grafton, Edinburg, and Neche. Art classes taught by local teachers started at 10 a.m. where the kids created all kinds of things from junk sculpting to sew-

“There were lots of opportunities this year,” Lill says.

The Theater Camp will be held August 7-11. For more information about the camp and registration, visit Frostfirepark.org .

Unnamed Rooster chronicles

By Heather Duerre

I have a deep dark secret that I have been keeping for far too long. It’s time I come clean and tell the world what it is. I…I…I have sentimental feelings for S.O.U.R (Son Of the Un-named Rooster)! You read that right; I like the darn rooster that is a one generation descendant of my sworn enemy the Un-named Rooster! I was in denial for a long time, but tonight the hard truth slapped me square in the face. I felt like I was a competitor in one of those odd competitions where they stand face to face with their opponent, and they slap each other like they were just told a “Yo Mama” joke.

Anyways, I was sitting down for a pleasant bowl of soup for supper with the family when all of a sudden the craziest, most heinous scene took place right outside of our window.

An adult fox leisurely strolled into the yard and took one of our poor helpless chickens. As soon as dinner was grabbed, the fox whisked away into the abyss otherwise known as our backwoods area.

You may be thinking “Heather, that is truly awful, and I’m sure it was traumatizing for your children who were witnesses, but how did this event make you realize your affection for the rooster?”

Well, let me enlighten you. When the horror scene unfolded before my very eyes, I instantly thought “At least it wasn’t my rooster!” That’s right, the first issue lies in the fact that I was happy it was a chicken and not the rooster. The second problem with that thought was that I said MY rooster, not THE rooster, not THAT rooster, not the STUPID rooster. I said MY rooster!

I liken our story to that of Romeo and Juliet, only there is no romantic love, and if S.O.U.R. used a fake poison drink to make it appear as if he was dead, I would simply bury him. I would not drink real poison in the hopes of joining him in eternity.

Anyways, other than that, the two stories are very similar…although now that I think of it, nobody in my family forbade me to like S.O.U.R. The details don’t matter - what matters is that I have seen a different side to roosters. S.O.U.R. is a beautifully handsome bird with a chest that can puff out with the best of ‘em, and his crow is fierce and masculine.

I am so sorry if I have disappointed those of you reading this, but if it makes you feel better - I am feuding with a sneaky fox now. I feel like Xena: Warrior Princess and must defend the innocent animals of my barnyard!

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Maple Manor and Wheatland Estates updates

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Choice Bank Walhalla holds open house

April was a busy month at Maple Manor with BIG events that brought so many smiles and giggles to our residents. We had our Good Friday program with the Easter Bunny showing up with some goodie baskets; had one of our favorite days, which is pet therapy; Bob and Nancy entertained us; and Pieper Bloomquist came back for the first time since before COVID to paint with us!

April Greetings from Wheatland Estates: April – “Happiness is like Jam – You Can’t Spread Even a Little Without Getting Some on Yourself” We sure have been waiting patiently for the snow to leave the ground so we can get some fresh air and enjoy the windows being open. That first start of a lawn mower is going to be music to our ears, and that fresh cut grass is going to smell lovely.

We had a month full of Bingo, cards with more cards, but we decided that Bingo at the Eagles would be a nice treat. One Tuesday we loaded up and enjoyed the evening down at the Eagles. Though we did not have any big winners, we still had fun & laughter in a different environment.

We wished Glenn, Kent, and Mavis a Happy Birthday. May they all have good health and happiness in the coming year.

Choice Bank in Walhalla held an open house on the afternoon of Friday, June 9 to honor Pat Chaput as he prepares to retire at the end of the month and to welcome incoming bank president Travis Berg.

Cavalier County Senior Menu Cavalier County Senior Meals & Services, Langdon Monday, June 19 Closed - Juneteenth Tuesday, June 20 Sweet-N-Sour Chicken/Rice Japanese Veggies/Egg Roll/ Fruit Wednesday, June 21 Chicken Fried Steak/Country Gravy/Mashed Potatoes/Peas/Apple Crisp Thursday, June 22 Beef Tips/Gravy/Buttered Noodles/Carrots/Baked Apples Friday, June 23 Turkey Melon Salad/Breadstick/ Asst. Fruit

EBT/SNAP accepted.

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

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

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

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Jake’s Take on Sports

By Jake Kulland, Sports Editor Langdon and Walhalla Country Clubs to be busy June 17 Tournament time is continuing at

the Langdon Country Club, and now, the Walhalla Country Club is also set to have their first tourney of the summer. Next up at the LCC is the Langdon School District Foundation “Golf for Education” Tourney on June 17 with registration at 9:00 a..m and a shotgun start at 10:30. This is a four-person scramble format tournament and open to anyone. All proceeds go to the betterment of all Langdon schools, especially for curriculum and technology needs. You can sign up the day of the event or contact Ethen Askvig at 701-3707131.

Meanwhile, the Walhalla Country Club is holding the 12th Annual Up to Par Tournament, also on June 17. This tourney will have registration at 8:30 a.m. and will begin at 10:00. Proceeds from this tourney go towards updates on the course and in the clubhouse in Walhalla. For more

information, contact Hailey Moore at 701-370-9750. The weather looks great for both events, so hopefully, you can get out and support either one.

Carson Brown finishes golf career as an All-Stater for North Border There’s more good news on the golf front this week. North Border senior Carson Brown finished off a fantastic athletic career with the North Border Eagles by making the Class B AllState golf team after finishing tied for eighth at the State Class B Golf Tournament held in Wahpeton June 6-7.

Carson was in the top five after the first round and ended up just eight shots out of the lead with a two-day score of 156. He is also an All-State football player for the Eagles and had a great wrestling career with Pembina County North. North Border also

ended up taking eighth place as a team out of the 18 teams that participated. Brown will have one more event to participate in and that’s the 2023 North Dakota Shrine Bowl. That will be held at Mayville State University on June 24; he will play on the 9-man East team with golf teammate TJ Cosley. Jack Romfo of Langdon-Edmore-Munich will also be playing on the 11-man East roster. We will talk that up more next week.

Langdon Post 98 Red Sox American Legion Baseball team off to a flying start, will host District 5 tournament We will close this week by talking some baseball. The Langdon Red Sox Post 98 American Legion baseball team has gotten their season started, and they have been an offensive juggernaut in their first three varsity

games, averaging 12.3 runs and 12.7 hits in three wins. The next home game is scheduled for June 22 at 5:30 p.m. versus Rolla. Langdon is again in District 5, which has just four teams: Langdon, Grafton, Park River and Midway-Minto.

American Legion Field and Eagles Park in Langdon will also be rocking in July hosting two tournaments. The District 3 Babe Ruth Baseball Tournament will be held there July 13-16, then the District 5 American Legion Tournament will be there July 17-20.

Both are rough dates to each tourney and will get figured out when the time for each arrives. It’s just great to see such a beautiful facility getting used to its fullest.

“See ya!” next week!

Langdon Post 98 Red Sox open 2023 AL baseball season with three wins

By Jake Kulland

Coming off another successful high school baseball season when the Langdon-Edmore-Munich Cardinals finished third at the State B Tournament in Minot, the players moved on to American Legion baseball season as the Langdon Post 98 Red Sox. They opened their 2023 campaign with a 15-6 win at Midway-Minto on June 7 then notched another victory with a 13-0 rout of Park River on the road on Jun 9. They capped off a busy opening week of games with a wild 9-6 over May-Port for their home opener at American Legion Field and Eagles Park on June 12. Langdon now has an overall record of 5-1 with the only blemish on their record being a second game loss at M-M. They played at Grafton on June 14, and their next game at home will be versus Rolla on June 22.

Here is a recap of the Red Sox first three games of the season: Langdon 15, Midway-Minto 6 The Red Sox blew open a close game with eight runs in the third inning at Pat Mach Field in Minto. Langdon got a four-hit performance from Jack Romfo, who also brought in four runs.

Overall, the Sox knocked out 14 hits as a team. Carter Tetrault, Mason Romfo, Gage Goodman and Markus Kingzett all had multi-hit games.

Tetrault started the game on the mound and gave up six earned runs in four innings before Kingzett came on in the fifth and struck out six batters in three hitless innings of relief. Riley Robinson had one of three doubles for M-M. Ben Gudajtes took the loss on the hill.

LANGDON 15, MIDWAY-MINTO 6 L --138 210 0 -- 15 14 0 MM --220 200 0 -- 6 7 5 WP -- Carter Tetrault; LP -- Ben Gudajtes Highlights -- L: Jack Romfo 4x4 4 RBIs, Markus Kingzett 2x4 RBI, Tetrault 2x4 2 2B RBI, Mason Romfo 2x5, Theo Romfo 1x4 2B RBI, Brady Regner 1x3 2B RBI; MM: Riley Robinson 2x3 2B RBI Langdon 13, Park River 0 (6 Innings) The Red Sox did very well in Park River. They jumped out to a 6-0 lead after three innings. Mason Romfo hit a triple in the first inning then came home on a double by Theo Romfo.

Then Carter Tetrault brought another run with a single in the second and scored two runs in the third on a double. Langdon really blew things open in the sixth with seven runs on hits by Gage Goodman and Markus Kingzett then a double by Theo Romfo.

This was all way more than Jack Romfo

needed on the mound. Not only did he get his second four-hit game in a row, but he also struck out seven batters while walking none in a six-inning shutout. Jack needed only 77 pitches to get the win, allowing three hits.

LANGDON 13, PARK RIVER 0 (6 INNINGS) L --114 007 -- 13 14 1 PR --000 000 -- 0 3 2 WP -- Jack Romfo; LP -- Brady Omdahl Highlights -- L: J. Romfo 4x5 RBI, Carter Tetrault 2x5 2B 3 RBIs, Theo Romfo 2x4, Markus Kingzett 2x3 Langdon 9, May-Port 6 In the last game of their latest run, the Red Sox hosted May-Port, a team that is highly regarded this year on the state level. May-Port got an early lead on a two-run homer to left center field

by Landon Koenig. Langdon fought back and got two runs of their own in the bottom of the inning with a leadoff single by Carter Tetrault followed by a double from Theo Romfo and an RBI hit by Brady Regner. The Red Sox had a six-run third, which proved to be the difference in the game. Tucker Welsh, who is back this season after a year in college, got his biggest hit of the year so far with a two-run single. Langdon held on the rest of the way with MayPort having 17 hits for the game while leaving several runners on the base.

Theo Romfo pitched six innings to get the win, scattering 15 hits and striking out five batters, with Markus Kingzett closing things down in the seventh inning. Welsh, Romfo and Kingzett all had two-hit games at the plate with Andy Aarsvold and Jake Hutter each having four hits for May-Port. Hutter took the loss on the mound for the Patriots.

LANGDON 9, MAY-PORT 6 MP --100 003 1 -- 6 17 2 L -- 206 001 x -- 9 10 2 WP -- Theo Romfo; LP -- Jake Hutter Highlights -- L: Tucker Welsh 2x3 2 RBIs, T. Romfo 2x4 2B RBI, Markus Kingzett 2x3 2 RBIs; MP: Hutter 4x4 2 2B, Andy Aarsvold 4x4 2 2B, Landon Koenig 3x4 HR 2 RBIs, Ethan Bergstrom 2x5 2B 2 RBIs

A young fan retrieves a foul ball.

Photo by Larry Stokke.

Carter Tetrault dives to make a tagout at home base.

Photo by Larry Stokke.

Markus Kingzett with a catch in center field for third out against MPCG Photo by Larry Stokke.

Mason Romfo with a catch at 2nd base to put out a diving MPCG plater . Photo by Larry Stokke.

Brady Regner slides into home base narrowly beating a tag out to score a run.

Photo by Larry Stokke.

Theo Romfo throws a strike in Red Sox win over MPCG June 12th in Langdon. Photo by Larry Stokke.

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The 28th annual Langdon Prairie Health Foundation Golf Tournament is in the books

Langdon Country Club holds 3rd annual tournament

By Kiara Groth

By Kiara Groth

The 3rd Annual Langdon Country Club Golf Tournament was held on Saturday, June 10. There were 60 golfers golfing the 2-person scramble. The winners were Ryan Howatt and Brandon Downs with a score of 64.

It was a beautiful day on June 3 with 64 golfers in attendance for the LPH Foundation Golf Tournament. Thank you to the Langdon Country Club for the use of the course and clubhouse for the 28th year in a row. The course looked great, and the atmosphere was perfect--as always!

This tournament is technically in its fourth year, but this is the 3rd year the tournament has been used as a fundraiser for club house renovations. Last year, the clubhouse restrooms were updated. This year the plans are to redesign the bar to make it more bartender and patron friendly.

The club wants to extend a huge thank you to all the businesses and families who donated, as well as all the golfers who showed up to play!

Thank you to all of our top tier, green fee, prize, koozie, food & hole sponsors - without you this wouldn't be possible!

North Border boys golf team takes eighth at State B Tourney

Congrats to our 2023 tournament

winners: Ryan Howatt and Reid Gow with a score of 62. They donated all of their winnings back to the Foundation!!

Thank you! Many people actually donated their winnings back this day!

Thanks always to Kevin Cocoa Beauchamp for all the pristine course work he does and all the help he offers.

I'll say it again, WE LIVE IN THE BEST COMMUNITY! SEE YOU NEXT YEAR-- SAVE THE DATE: TBD

Bump, set, spike!

Eagles senior Carson Brown finishes eighth overall, makes All-State Team

Cardinals High School Volleyball Camp was held June 8 and 9 at Langdon Area High School. The head coach for the camp was Jon Hegerle, volleyball coach at the University of Jamestown. He was assisted by Lexi Olson, a former Cardinal stand-out volleyball player, who now plays for the University of Jamestown.

Pictured is the North Border boys golf team, who took eighth place at the State Class B Golf Tournament in Wahpeton June 6-7. The Eagles finished with a team score of 709 over the two-day tourney. Central Cass won the event with a score of 623. Eagles senior Carson Brown took All-State honors by shooting a two-day score of 156 to end tied for eighth individually, eight shots off the medalist, Aiden Hall, of Northern Cass, who put up a 148. TJ Cosley came in with a score of 167 for North Border, and Ayden Stainbrook was next for the Eagles shooting a 183.

FootBall camp held in Langdon Cardinal Youth Football Camp had another great year, welcoming more than 120 day campers in grades one through seven on June 5, 6, and 7.

Coach Joshua Krivarchka is the Langdon-Edmore-Munich head football coach and served as camp director.

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North Dakota renewing focus on sex trafficking Victims say laws, public awareness could be strengthened

By Michael Standaert | North Dakota News Cooperative North Dakota residents Shayla and Nikki lost the prime of their youth to pimps who sold them as sexual commodities across the country. To this day they struggle with the trauma inflicted upon them by being trafficked, but through programs here in the state, they are dealing with the aftermath and raising awareness of the plight of others caught in similar situations.

For both, some of the biggest hurdles came after their ordeals. Held against their will and fear of harm to their children kept them from snitching on their captors. Even when arrested on prostitution charges, they kept silent.

Those charges dogged them for years, making it difficult to find good paying jobs or to rent apartments. They hope changes can be made to laws that help expunge records of victims of trafficking.

“They would see all these prostitution charges, and no one would hire me,” Shayla said. “There’s this big push to stop human trafficking and getting girls out of the situation, but what will they do when they get out? No one will hire them. They can’t get housing.”

For Nikki, the situation was pretty much the same. While she was able to rebuild a life for herself and her children and find work, her arrest records popped up occasionally to bring the trauma back.

“I’d made a life for myself, I’d married, I’m a mom, I’m a productive member of society, I don’t do drugs, and I’d been doing all these things you’re supposed to be doing in life and here comes my past to bite me in the ass,” Nikki said.

Shayla said she doesn’t believe there are enough laws in place to help victims recover their past and live with dignity, until those records slip into the abyss of time and don’t pop up on a background check.

Another factor irking Shayla is that prosecution of traffickers isn’t strong enough. She said her own trafficker would have only received around two months in jail if charges would have been brought against him. She would have to testify as well, leaving her exposed to possible retribution from someone who savagely beat her in the past.

“I was told, ‘It’s not like you’re a witness to the mob, and we can put you in witness protection,’” she said.

As for Nikki’s trafficker, he was never brought to justice either.

“He was never prosecuted,” she said.

“Nothing ever happened to him. He just got to live his life.”

Both expressed gratitude for the support they’ve gotten from programs in North Dakota, though they hope the focus can grow even stronger.

“If I could wave a special wand, this is

what I would want: I would want survivors to have a plethora of support and services forever and always,” Nikki said.

With the average age of entry into sex trafficking being around 12 to 14 years of age, by the time women get out of their situation sometime in their 20s, besides the stigma and trauma, many victims also need to build up general life skills, according to Angela Daly, shelter services director of Cass County YWCA. “We’ve had women come to us who don’t even know how to make macaroni and cheese, because they don’t know how to boil water, because they’ve had someone tell them when to get up, what to wear and how many people they’re going to have sex with that day against their will,” Daly said.

Daly also raised the issue of the difficulties victims have with barriers to housing and employment because of arrest records, and that these problems need to be better addressed.

Both victims agreed to speak if only their first names were used, out of both reputational concern and the fact their traffickers have never been punished.

Addressing gaps After a recent series of meetings with those working on human trafficking in the state, Attorney General Drew Wrigley said in an interview at his office that he wants to better facilitate their work and efficiently move grant dollars to effective programs.

“We’re committed to that, and we’re going to make some structural changes,” he said without elaborating due to the ongoing process.

One issue is a delay in the release of annual reports on human trafficking, required by legislation enacted in 2019 as part of an overall awareness campaign. The last report, covering 2020, was released in late 2021.

The sudden death of Wrigley’s predecessor Wayne Stenehjem and subsequent staffing upheaval led to the delay, he explained.

“I’m told we’re days or weeks away from it being prepared for this year,” Wrigley said.

Essentially this means the 2021 report would be the only one delayed with the 2022 report released slightly earlier than usual.

“Something like that is important, especially if it gets widely distributed and is actually readable, digestible,” Wrigley said.

“We do have our operational team go out to hotels and offer training materials, indicator cards, and tell them here’s how we can assist,” she said.

“So there’s that outreach on our behalf, but it’s really up to them if they want to implement that or take it further.”

Since 2015, the task force has served 721 victims of trafficking with 71 percent of those adults and the other 29 percent minors, according to the most recent data.

A total of 257 investigations into trafficking have been conducted during that time and 507 training sessions conducted with law enforcement, medical professionals, domestic violence and sexual assault service providers and others, according to the task force.

The 2023 legislative assembly granted $1,105,404 toward human trafficking victim services. That’s a slight uptick from the $1,101,879 allocated in 2021. That money goes toward programs providing long-term counseling and other support for victims like Shayla and Nikki.

Wrigley said he wants to make sure that his office is aligning grant dollars with outcomes and finding meaningful metrics in the data that is released regarding training and awareness.

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Ruth Anna Buffalo, who, as a legislator in 2019 introduced a bill that initially would have fined hotels for not providing awareness training to staff, points to Minnesota as an example of a state that does include penalties for non-compliance.

“It’s too bad we can’t be more proactive, though,” Buffalo said. “We should be working to prevent further tragedies and prevent further harm being done to individuals, especially vulnerable individuals.”

Daly added that staff at bus stations, truck stops, and other locations where traffickers pass through could potentially have awareness training.

“I hate the word mandatory, but you could incentivize it and show why it is

important,” Daly said.

Buffalo suggested something like awarding a star or including signage at locations that meet awareness training requirements.

Schools are another area where focus could grow, according to Shayla and Nikki, particularly in the early teen years when girls are more susceptible to trafficking.

Stacy Schaffer, founder and executive director of the Bismarck-based nonprofit 31:8 Project, which helps victims and raises awareness of trafficking, said her organization does do some school outreach but prefers to have smaller group sessions.

“It’s still not enough, and it needs to be improved, and some schools are still hesitant to let this topic in, even though we know the average age where people are being recruited is like 12 to 14,” she said.

Another aspect is increasing awareness of how traffickers use social media to lure people in or about sexually explicit websites, Schaffer said.

“It’s a different time and a different age, obviously,” Nikki said. “My girlfriends that have children always ask me to talk to their kids. They know it is really important to talk about these things but don’t know how to navigate this.”

Unity Medical Center Welcomes Dr. A recent lawsuit, filed by a Georgia Karin Lokensgard Further steps

woman against 26th Street Hospitality and MainStay Suites in Williston for failing to recognize sex trafficking was taking place at its hotel there in 20132014, raises the possibility of deeper self-policing by lodging facilities or potentially rules to require employee awareness. While legislation passed in 2019 offering training to places of lodging for awareness about human trafficking, no mandatory measures were put into place.

Wrigley pondered whether having stronger reporting requirements, similar to those at schools where staff must report potential cases of child abuse or neglect, are appropriate for people “on the front lines” whether they be hotel staff, taxi or Uber drivers.

Visits to several hotels indicate that staff at many are already taking those steps, at least in Bismarck.

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Schwartz said outreach to hotels is one duty of the task force and its partners with nonprofits and other groups.

The annual reports are an important way to promote public awareness about trafficking, remedies and ser-

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Wrigley indicated he wants a chance to review the materials to see if “it’s as good a tool as it can be.”

“I’m not for overregulation, but this training doesn’t have to be that extensive - just to see the signs and alert trained professionals, alert law enforcement, alert the nonprofits and others in your community,” Wrigley said. “I think, done the right way, you’ll get volunteer engagement in this area.”

Applications are being accepted for service on the North Dakota Ethics Commission. Commissioners serve a four-year term with the term of service to commence on Sept. 1, 2023. Applications will be accepted until July 3, 2023.

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terly training,” said Braydyn Doerr, general manager at Courtyard Marriott Bismarck North. “It’s probably been the number-one focus as far as training goes this year.”

Emily Schwartz, director of the North Dakota Human Trafficking Task Force, confirmed this, attributing the delay to Stenehjem’s death and staff turnover.

Schwartz said the 2021 report is now with the Attorney General’s office, and the 2022 report would be finalized in a matter of weeks.

N.D. Ethics Commission is accepting applications

Appointments will be made by consensus agreement of the Governor, Senate Majority Leader, and Senate Minority Leader.

vices for victims, and to prevent future trafficking. The findings of the reports help inform programs for awareness training for law enforcement and other public employees.

“There’s been a huge push for probably the last two years where myself and all my managers have had quar-

Dr. Karin Lokensgard recently joined Unity Medical Center as a Family Medicine Physician at Grafton Family Clinic. She earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of North Dakota and completed her residency at Altru Family Medicine Residency in Grand Forks in 2009.

She has worked at both Sanford and Altru, as well as Student Health at the University of Minnesota.

Dr. Lokensgard cares for patients from newborn to nursing home residents and especially enjoys the variety of medical challenges that each stage of life presents.

“My patients are my favorite thing about being a doctor. Every day I am inspired by their life stories and their personal challenges. It is a privilege to work with them in their journey toward better health,” Dr. Lokensgard said.

If you would like to make an appointment with Dr. Lokensgard, please call Grafton Family Clinic at 701-352-2000.

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From the Pastor's Desk:

by Pastor Jonathon Waterbury, Emmanuel Evangelical Church a commitment to give Christ control over every aspect of our lives. We live in a time in our society where a lot of people call themselves Christians, but that’s as far as it goes. Only nominal (by name) Christians, there is no surrendering their lives to Jesus. In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus says, “Then Jesus said to His disciples, 'If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.' ” Many people say that they “follow Jesus”, but following Jesus is only possible when we first deny ourselves, secondly - pick up our Cross, and then we can follow Him. This week I begin a new sermon series at my church called “All In”. Over the I want to talk briefly this week about next four weeks, I will be preaching the first step, denying ourself. What about how being a Christian requires does that actually mean? Denying

ourself means that we set aside our own plans for our lives. Often time the path that Jesus has called us to go down is not the plans we have.

Maybe this means you are to move out of state, change your profession and even step out of your comfort zone. We cannot follow Jesus if we still have control over our lives. We must surrender to Him and give Him control of our plans and desires and be willing to go wherever He calls us.

Jesus wants His followers to be “All In”, and that is only possibly if we first deny ourselves and let Jesus direct our paths, which will lead us to “ go into all the world and make disciples!

control, you can do that right now.

The apostle Paul says, “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart God raised

Him from the dead, YOU WILL BE SAVED!” You can get right with Jesus this very second.

If you do not have a relationship with Christ and haven’t given Him total

Obituaries

Eldon “Ole” Pederson

A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on July 29, 2023, at Our Savior’s/Moscow Cemetery, rural Langdon, N.D., for Eldon "Ole" Pederson, 87, of Langdon, who passed away Friday, June 2, 2023, at Langdon Prairie Health.

Eldon “Ole” Pederson was born January 13, 1936, to Leonard and Gladys Pederson. He is survived by his wife, Karen (Carpenter) Pederson, eldest son Tollef Pederson, daughter Keri Jo Evans, youngest son Leon Pederson, one brother, two sisters, three brothers-in-law, two sisters-in-law, 10 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

Ole grew up on his family farm, which raised crops and livestock. He attended Moscow Township school until his help was more urgently needed on the

farm. In 1958, Ole joined the US Army and was assigned to the 2nd Armored Division “Hell on Wheels” stationed in Fort Hood, Texas. He became an armored personal driver and was sent to Germany before his release in 1960. Ole then returned home to help on the farm then went on many adventures in Kansas and Minnesota.

He then became a journeyman lineman and worked all over but primarily in Minnesota where he met Karen.

They married and moved back to the family farm. Ole began farming and working for Cavalier Rural Electric, retiring after 35 years of service. After retirement, Ole and Karen began to venture all over the United States in search of old friends and Army buddies. Ole was loved all over the US, and everywhere he went, he made friends (even once at a Montana rest stop that knew the whole family but no one caught his name or knew him).

Ole was a jokester and knew every Ole and Lena joke ever written. He could toast for hours, sing silly songs, and make you laugh until you cried. He was one of a kind and will be missed by many. Ole’s children gave him a mug one Father’s Day that stated - “A lot of people don’t believe in heroes, but…they didn’t know my DAD”.

Online condolences are available at www.brooksfuneralhomelangdon. com .

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Cavalier County Commission Proceedings On May 16, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. the Board of Commissioners of Cavalier County, North Dakota, met at the Cavalier County Courthouse in regular session. David Zeis and Austin Lafrenz were not present. The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Chairman Stanley Dick called the meeting to order and proceeded as follows: Dick asked if there were any changes to the agenda. Nick Moser made a motion to approve the agenda, seconded by Greg Goodman; motion carried. Greg Goodman made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Nick Moser; motion carried.

Nick Moser made a motion to approve a Beer and Liquor License for Pembina Gorge Foundation, dba Frost Fire Mountain, seconded by Greg Goodman, motion carried. Terry Johnston, Road Supervisor, and Evan Estenson, Road Foreman, met with the commissioners and reviewed the status of upcoming road projects. Greg Goodman made a motion to approve a culvert request for a culvert in Section 18 of Seivert Township, seconded by Nick Moser, motion carried. Having received only one engineering proposal, Greg Goodman made a motion to select KLJ Engineering to perform Preliminary and Design Engineering for DOT funded (1) bridge replacement and (6) bridge removals (DOT #BRJ0010(057), PCN 23704), seconded

by Nick Moser, motion carried. Greg Goodman made a motion to order two Falls V-plows with mounting attachments for the snowplow trucks, seconded by Nick Moser. Goodman amened to motion to order three Falls V-plows with mounting attachments (approximately $14,000 each based on quote received), paid for from the Road & Bridge Equipment Replacement Fund, amended motion seconded by Nick Moser, motion carried. It was decided that Richard’s Welding will build the rest of the required mounting attachments. Motor grader

hours were reviewed. It was decided to invite salesmen to the June 20th meeting to discuss options for updating motor graders. Comparisons of motor grader operators (Equipment Operator III’s) salaries were reviewed.

Greg Goodman made a motion to re-classify all the motor grader operators to Equipment Operator I’s, based on recently defined qualifications for each classification, and increase all the Equipment Operator I salaries and the Road Forman salary $3.00/ hour ($520/month) effective June 1, 2023, seconded by Nick Moser, motion carried. It was decided that Estenson will do more updates on the required qualifications for Equipment Operator I, II, III and bring them to the next meeting. Shop updates: Surveying will be completed on the Langdon City property for the new shop in Langdon, as well as for property boundaries around the Vang shop. Bidding/ engineering requirements will be reviewed with the State’s Attorney for the dirt work and the building. Greg Goodman made a motion to transfer $11.00/hour of blading receivables billed at the new rate of $140/hour from Road & Bridge to Road & Bridge Equipment Replacement, seconded

by Nick Moser, motion carried. Frankie Stremick, Deputy Auditor, met with the commissioners to review the process to begin joining the NDPERS Group Life Plan effective January 1, 2024. Stremick informed the commissioners that the county would provide the employees $12,000 of life insurance and the employees would have the option to purchase additional life insurance as a payroll deduction. Enrollment forms would be filled out during open enrollment. Greg Goodman made a motion for Cavalier County to affirm to ND Public Employees Retirement System that Cavalier County is formed pursuant to NDCC 11-01 and is neither a non-profit nor a for-profit corporation, to join the ND-

PERS Group Life Plan and offer the plan to all eligible employees of Cavalier County effective January 1, 2024, seconded by Nick Moser, motion carried. Nick Moser made a motion to transfer $187.50 from Road & Bridge Fund to Road & Bridge Equipment Replacement Fund, seconded by Greg Goodman, motion carried. Greg Goodman made a motion, seconded

by Nick Moser to review and approve the following audit of claims; motion carried: DUBOIS OIL CO.,INC $4,101.65 | R&B ERLING'S OIL, INC. $1,703.40 | R&B FARMERS UNION OIL OF DEVILS LAKE $3,140.87 | R&B MID AMERICAN RESEARCH CHEMICAL $1,350.03 | MAINT ECOLAB PEST $129.00 | MAINT SIDWELL $680.00 | TX DIR MATTHEW-BENDER & CO. INC. $301.61 | GEN PREMIUM WATERS, INC. $126.87 | MISC PREMIUM WATERS, INC. $27.98 | CLERK STEPHANIE BATA $47.82 | TX DIR ANITA BEAUCHAMP $304.06 | CLERK WEST PAYMENT CENTER $267.84 | STATE'S ATTY FARMERS UNION OIL CO $56.52 | MAINT BUSINESS ESSENTIALS $58.89 | CLERK WALLACEBURG BOOKBINDING $180.33 | MISC NDACS $50.00 | AUD OTTER TAIL POWER CO $2,628.13 | GEN/R&B LANGDON CITY $363.00 | GEN/R&B INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPT. $4,438.35 | GEN/E-911 LANGDON HARDWARE & RENTAL $557.34 | GEN/R&B UNITED COMMUNICATIONS $1,446.48 |GEN/R&B/VSO VERIZON WIRELESS $110.39 | R&B/WEED BUSINESS ESSENTIALS $72.71 | SHERIFF UNIFORM CENTER $235.97 | SHERIFF HACTC $13.37 | SHERIFF PREMIUM WATERS, INC. $50.94 | DISP BREAD PAN $57.00 | SHERIFF STUTSMAN CO CORRECTION CENTER

$75.00 | SHERIFF LEEVERS FOODS $12.62 | SHERIFF MID-CONTINENT CABLE CO. $110.83 | DISP FARMERS UNION OIL CO $2,566.39 | SHERIFF GABE JOHNSTON

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$215.53 | SHERIFF JP MORGAN CHASE BANK $920.16 | GEN FARMERS UNION OIL CO $5,012.38 | R&B

FARMERS UNION OIL OF DEVILS LAKE

$1,053.06 | R&B ND DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION $17.21 | R&B TROY ROMFO $525.00 | R&B TREVOR ROMFO $525.00 | R&B BUSINESS ESSENTIALS $41.84 | R&B HOME OF ECONOMY $328.83 | R&B ERLING'S OIL, INC. $100.00 | R&B DAHL TRUCK & AUTO $9,541.47 | R&B NEWMAN SIGNS $475.66 | R&B RICHARD'S WELDING, INC. $1,787.80 | R&B

CAVALIER RURAL ELECTRIC CO-OP.

$142.28 | R&B WITZEL CONSTRUCTION LLC $3,017.50 | GEN/R&B CAPITAL ONE TRADE CREDIT $940.45 | R&B CLOSE CONSTRUCTION $2,245.50 | R&B BUTLER MACHINERY CO. $4,602.55 | R&B VERIZON WIRELESS $47.37 | EMG MGR POLAR COMMUNICATIONS $373.70 | E-911 ANN WEST $50.00 | NVHSZ AMY KRAM $50.00 | NVHSZ DEBRA FRASER $50.00 | NVHSZ KAREN ANDERSON $50.00 | NVHSZ JANNE MYRDAL $50.00 | NVHSZ STANLEY DICK $89.30 | NVHSZ D & B MOTORS $34,760.00 | NVHSZ CAVALIER COUNTY HEALTH $50.00 | NVHSZ COMMUNITY CARE OPTION $16,200.00 | NVHSZ

VISA $4,845.82 | NVHSZ LERNA PAULSON $50.44 | NVHSZ TAMMY MCMILLAN $160.48 | NVHSZ TERRI MACHART $73.50 | NVHSZ

DAYS INN BY WYNDHAM GRAND FORKS

$1,430.00 | NVHSZ

RISE AND SHINE RESIDENTIAL CARE

$36,540.00 | NVHSZ COMFORT INN HOTEL JAMESTOWN $4,984.00 | NVHSZ INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPT. $135.95 | SS/NVHSZ BROOKS FUNERAL HOME $2,600.00 | NVHSZ WALSH COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPT $423.75 | NVHSZ SUSAN K. (FETSCH) CROCKETT $50.89 | NVHSZ HOLIDAY INN FARGO $264.60 | NVHSZ CAVALIER COUNTY MVD $11.50 | SS CARL HOFFARTH $270.00 | SS ARAMARK $94.54 | SS PREMIUM WATERS, INC. $42.96 | SS OTTER TAIL POWER CO $139.94 | SS LANGDON CITY $113.57 | SS NDTC $128.03 | E-911 UNITED COMMUNICATIONS $203.71 | E-911 UNITED COMMUNICATIONS $32.83 | EMG MGR UNITED COMMUNICATIONS $114.60 | WEED At 10:30 a.m., Greg Goodman made a motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Nick Moser; motion carried.

Board of Commissioners Cavalier County, North Dakota Stanley Dick – Chairman Attest: Lisa Gellner - Auditor Received by The Borderland Press on June 7, 2023.

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Langdon City Commission | Regular Meeting | June 12th, 2023, at 6:00 p.m.

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

Department heads present Jeff Hiller, Tom Beauchamp, Jason Busse.

Shannon Duerr - JDA, Sarah Hinnenkamp-Borderland Press, Gavin Waslaski – Langdon Day Care and RoxAnne Hoffarth- City Auditor.

Approval of Minutes: J. Rademacher made the motion to approve the minutes of the regular meeting on May 22nd, seconded by C. Schlittenhard.

Motion carries.

Additions to Agenda: Adam LaFrenz – Fireworks permit.

Correspondence: Department Reports: Street: J. Hiller reported on bids for street maintenance to be done by Tri State, Mikkelsen’s and Witzel’s. D. Kaercher made the motion to approve the Tri State bid to move forward on street maintenance. Seconded by C. Schlittenhard. Motion Carries. Commission will look over Mikkelsen’s and Witzel bids for next meeting. Hiller also presented a bid to repair electrical at Boyd Block. C. Schlittenhard made the motion to approve Sampson bid, seconded by D. Kaercher.

Motion carried.

Fire Department: L. Henry stated that foam has been ordered.

Water and Sewer: J. Busse reported that the lagoon has been discharged.

Sanitation: T. Beauchamp reported clean up week has started. A load of cardboard will be hauled out on Monday. Tom’s been working with Viking Pork to supply them with wood chips.

Activity Center: No report.

Police Department: Greg Fetsch retirement celebration will be held June 29th from 2-4 at the Langdon Research Center.

Auditors Report: Hoffarth explained that the Day Care has come to the Park Board about 20ft of land north of the play area at Day Care. The Park Board would like to grant this land for $1.00 and would like approval from the City Commission. C. Schlittenhard made the motion to approve granting the 20ft to Langdon Day Care, seconded by J. Rademacher. Motion Carries.

Hoffarth discussed the idea of a walking path from KJ to D & B Motors and around the Research Center. A committee is being put together. We have some work to do before we can write the grant next March.

Hoffarth and S. Duerr also request permission to put Geocache around the City of Langdon. Our idea is to put them around the whole County to bring people to town. It is a fun family activity. Commission felt this was a fun idea.

Hoffarth also reported that she has started putting numbers together for 2024 budget.

Unfinished Business

New Business JDA Request – S. Duerr present to request a Flex Pace interest buydown loan to Terry and Sarah Hinnenkamp to create Up North Cabins, a shortterm lodging business. J. Rademacher made the motion to approve the Flex Pace loan for Up North Cabins, seconded by D. Kaercher. Motion Carries.

Food Trucks – A discussion was held on food trucks coming to town.

All food trucks must file a permit of $25.00 with City Hall before an event.

Fireworks at the end of Main Street – We have had several years of complaints about where fireworks are blowen off. The Commission agrees that a new place needs to be found.

Hoffarth has discussed with Chamber, and they are looking for a new area.

Fireworks permits – Adam LaFrenz will be in tomorrow L. Henry made the motion to approve the fireworks permits, seconded by C. Schlittenhard.

Motion Carries.

Building Permits - #5368 Sabrina Bjornstad, #5369 Langdon Daycare, #5370 Dakota Spirit Arena, #5371 Annette Zacher, #5372 Robert Lill, #5373 Stanley Gendreau, #5374 Bill Davis, #5375 Bill Davis, #5376 Shannon Duerr. C. Schlittenhard made the motion to approve all building permits with the exception of #5370 Dakota Spirit Arena due to a variance agreement that needs to drawn up and approved, seconded by J. Rademacher.

Motion Carries.

82378-82400/6045960469/60471-60473 Payroll&Liab.

57213.91 60470 NORTHEAST REGIONAL WATER | 12986.47 60474 LANGDON COUNTRY CLUB | 675.00 60475 ADVANCED BUSINESS METHODS |242.17 60476 CARL HOFFARTH | 220.00 60477 CARQUEST OF LANGDON | 452.28 60478 CAVALIER RURAL ELECTRIC COOP. | 501.12 60479 D & B MOTORS | 772.42 60480 DACOTAH PAPER CO.

| 462.74 60481 DAHL TRUCKING PLUS | 167.99 60482 FARMER'S UNION OIL CO. | 3092.88 60483 FINEST AUTO BODY AND GLASS | 473.30 60484 GLOBAL SAFETY NETWORK, INC. | 97.40 60485 HANSEL PLUMBING AND HEATING | 95.00 60486 HIWAY LAUNDRY | 214.50 60487 LANGDON BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE | 258.07 60488 LANGDON BUILDING CENTER | 37.40 60489 LANGDON HARDWARE & RENTAL | 338.25 60490 LEEVERS FOODS | 4.54 60491 MAR-KIT LANDFILL | 3212.50 60492 MARCOTTE'S BUILDERS SUPPLY | 13.77 60493 MIDCONTINENT COMMUNICATIONS | 156.18 60494 MIKKELSEN BROTHERS | 5500.0060495 MOORE ENGINEERING, INC | 21733.74 60496 ND RURAL WATER SYSTEMS | 260.00 60497 NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH | 100.00 60498 OTTERTAIL POWER CO. | 6832.72 60499 PLUMMER CONSTRUCTION | 13280.00 60500 RYAN HOWATT | 675.00 60501 SAMSON ELECTRIC | 1446.00 60502 SWEENEY CONTROLS COMPANY | 175.00 60503 THE BOARDERLAND PRESS | 112.50 60504 THOMAS BEAUCHAMP | 112.54 60505 UNITED COMMUNICATIONS | 1250.40 60506 VALLI INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. | 765.33 60507 VERIZON WIRELESS | 255.95 60508 WASTE MANAGEMENT CORPORATE SERVIC | 14499.26 60509 WIN-911 SOFTWARE | 2400.00 Review and Approval of Bills: J. Rademacher made the motion to approve all bills, seconded by D. Kaercher. Motion Carrie Adjourn: C. Schlittenhard moved to adjourn the meeting.

Lawrence Henry, Vice President RoxAnne Hoffarth, Auditor Received by The Borderland Press on Tuesday, June 13.

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Views from the Borderland-Langdon Langdon’s American Legion baseball team held Buddy Night when they placed May-Port-C-G on Monday, June 12.

Tball players players in Langdon give it their all!

Larry Stokke gathered these photos on Monday, June 12.