The Borderland Press - May 13, 2022

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In this Issue:

Hayen Recognized for Years of Service Page 3 Letter from the Publisher Page 4 Letter from the Editor Page 4 “Parenting 101…NOT” by Sara Goodman Page 4 “The Cheap Seats” by Matt Mitzel Page 4 “Pie the Principal” Page 5 Benefit Set in Edmore for Samuel Hanson Page 6 Rita Maisel Honored Page 6 Flooding in the Region Page 7 Jake’s Take on Sports Page 8

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News Agriculture Opinion Education Community Region Sports Obituaries/Church Classifieds Public Notices/Meetings

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being brought to the site to further enforce the damaged areas of the spillway.

The Bourbanis Dam, north of Hwy. 5 in eastern Cavalier County, has gotten a lot of attention in the last week and a lot of help to stabilize it thanks to agencies in North Dakota and Minnesota, including the National Guard from both states and a dive team.

The remaining Tongue River dams have been performing as designed, and levels have been monitored closely. N.D Hwy 5 remained closed over the weekend but to level of risk from the damaged spillway continuing to have water running on it as the dam gradually returns to regular pool level.

Hwy. 5 reopened to traffic on the morning of Tuesday, May 10. Up until that time, the state highway had been closed at the base of the hill to Langdon, at the corner of Hwy. 5 and Hwy. 32 for a week.

The Timeline: 11 p.m. Monday, May 2 - Pembina County Emergency Manager requested through the Department of Emergency Services for National Guard assistance in stabilizing the Bourbonis Dam. Tuesday, May 3 - Cavalier County Sheriff’s Department said ND Highway 5 was closed from ND Highway 1 to ND Highway 32 due to “possible imminent rupture of the dam.”

Tuesday, May 3 and Wednesday, May 4 - North Dakota National Guard used two Black Hawk helicopters from Bismarck to place 213 one-ton sandbags downstream of the dam.

Friday, May 6 - The Minnesota National Guard responded to an Emergency Management Assistance Compact request from North Dakota asking for a helicopter capable of placing water pumps weighing more than five tons each into the Bourbanis Dam in eastern Cavalier County.

A R T S ROUN DU P

Langdon Area Schools Plan Art Showcase, St. Alphonsus School Launches Art Program

The reception will be from 6:00 p.m.to 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 16. Finger foods along with beverages will be provided for free, and the employees at Hank’s will be serving up their fabulous ice creams and specialty beverages. The show will hang in Hank’s from May 16 - 20 and can be viewed during their normal business hours which are 2:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. daily.

As the year is beginning to wind down for students, things are only gearing up for Lill as she prepares to feature her student’s final creations for the community to see. In years past, Lill has put on a show in January and May of each year, but after Langdon’s frame shop closed down about 4 years ago, combined with the onset of Covid 19, she began doing the show online. This event would bring back the ability to physically see the art.

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Work Continues to Stabilize Bourbanis Dam

A heavy-lift CH-47 Chinook cam from

By Hilary Nowatzki Art Showcase to be Hosted at Hank’s Ice Cream Monday, May 16: A few months ago, The Borderland Press released an article highlighting Langdon Area School’s art program and how it positively affects students' well-being and life skills. Mindi Lill, LAS’s art teacher of 14 years, has generously donated her time, once again, to collaborate with the Press, along with her former teaching assistant, past student, and next year’s art teacher at St. Alphonsus School, Jennifer Schrader. Lill and Schrader, along with the Borderland Press staff, are planning to host an in-person art showcase at Hank’s Ice Cream Shop with an opening reception being held May 16.

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Lill teaches a variety of ages at Langdon schools, but the art show usually consists of only high school students’ art and sometimes, if there is space, Lill will include work from her middle schoolers as well. Students select their best two pieces from that semester to be included in the show, and if they can’t decide, they can submit an extra piece.

In pre-covid years, Lill had students help with the hands-on work of hanging, matting, and framing pieces for the show, but the framing store is now closed, and options are limited.

Monday, May 9 - As a result of pumping efforts over the weekend, levels Minnesota National Guard heavy-lift CH-47 Chinook helicopter, near the intersection of Hwy. 5 and Hwy 32 on Friday, May 6. Photo by North Dakota National Guard.

the St. Cloud, Minn.-based Company B, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment. The Minnesota Army Guard aviators, assisted by North Dakota National Guard soldiers on the ground, lifted two pumps leased from a private contractor into locations designated by the Pembina County Water Resource District.

In an update released by Pembina County Emergency Management and Pembina County Water Board, the groups explained that the pumps placed on Friday morning began a slow drawdown of the pool to minimize flow on the damaged spillway of the dam.

Saturday, May 7 - Additional pumping capacity was brought online. Efforts to locate the cables for the tower covers have also begun with the assistance of a dive team from Minnesota. Additional erosion control methods are

The helicopter helped placed two 5-ton pumps at the Bourbanis Dam at the direction of the Pembina County Water Resource District. Photo by North Dakota National Guard.

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possesses a degree in studio art and oil painting, however. That staff member also loves kiddos and had some volunteer time on her hands so will be helping out Lill this year.

Every single frame in the show has been purchased from either the Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch Thrift Store in Grand Forks or at the Cavalier Cancer Crusaders Rummage sale which took place Apr. 26 - 31. The frames were each taken apart, fixed if needed, repainted, and cleaned.

Years ago, Lill received a large donation of leftover mat board. This same old but gorgeous mat board was finally repurposed for each of these frames. In total, 27 frames

“They used to help me hang it when it was in-person. Now, they choose the two best works, title them, and write a short artist statement. I then photograph the work and create a slideshow with all the information. That gets put on the Cardinal channel and on the school Facebook page for parents and the community to see.”

Without a frame shop in town, it became quite overwhelming for Lill to do all the matting, framing, and hanging for the art show- and this would have been a concern again with the art show being in-person again. Other than student help, she was Langdon’s only art teacher for elementary through high school students.

A member of the Borderland Press staff (AKA the author of this article) cont’d. on page 14

News

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Proposed Highway Management Plan up for June Vote in Cavalier County

By Hilary Nowatzki

Residents of the Borderland live in a vast, unique area full of wide open plains and farmland that continue for miles. Towns are small and spaced much further from each other than they would be in an industrialized area. With this broad county though, comes a unique set of challenges for roads and transportation. June elections are fast approaching, and on the ballot this year will be a proposal for continued authority to levy up to 30 mills for an additional 10 years on Cavalier County roads.

Greg Goodman is chairman of the County Commission for roads and transportation in Cavalier County, and

his job is to listen and take input from residents in order to make the right decisions that will improve transport systems. Terry Johnston is the Road Supervisor who is in charge of plowing, cleaning, and maintaining safe roads in harsh weather. Lisa Gellner is the County Auditor who “does the really hard math problems,” according to Goodman, and helps understand how to pay for things and get funding where it is needed.

“A mill is a measure of taxation that is based upon the value of real estate, whether it's a house or a piece of farmland. The mills are a measurement of the taxation,” Goodman said.

Gellner added, “A mill is a part of the equation that is multiplied times the taxable value of your property, which equates to how much tax you pay.”

As a group, the Commission feels that maintaining a good roadway network is vital to the economy of this county and its communities. A majority of this area is dedicated to farming and with that comes the transport of input and output materials, usually delivered by semi trucks, which travel these roads nonstop during planting and harvest season. Without maintained transportation infrastructure, commerce would suffer terribly.

This year's winter has brought a significant amount of damage - at an already high price tag. The snow has broken decade-long records, and the cost of plowing, salting, and snow removal has already taken a toll on the Commission.

The 2021-2022 winter season brought more blizzards than have ever been tracked in the Borderland area, according to the NDSU Extension Research Center in Langdon. Within a week of Haley, flooding began all around the Red River Valley - leading North Dakota’s governor to declare a state of emergency on April 26.

On top of these issues, the Commission is facing astronomical inflation like the rest of the country. Materials, along with the cost of construction and equipment, are quickly rising and funding is not, which has led the Commission to form this proposal for a future highway management plan.

The maximum road and bridge levy authority is 10 mills, and an additional 20 will need to be voted on during the elections in June. Currently, Cavalier County has 34.25 mills for road and bridge levies, but the Commission is facing a big change from the legislature in Bismarck.

Goodman explained, “The Legislature said you are no longer allowed to charge over 30 mills because they are trying to balance out the burden of real estate tax, but the problem with that is one mill in Cavalier County is 55,500, but one mill in Cass County is worth much, much more because Cass County is more heavily populated.”

Currently, Cavalier County has 34.25 mills at $55,500 each which totals to a $1,900,875 budget.

With the new cap from the legislature, even if the vote is passed for the additional 20 mills, Cavalier County will have exactly 30 mills, at $55,500 each, totalling a budget of $1,660,000.

If the vote is passed for the additional 20 mills, Cavalier County will still have a budget cut of $240,875. If the vote is not passed for the additional 20 mills, it will leave 10 mills, or $555,000, to fund county roads - less than a third of what the county has worked with over the last 10 years.

With the unexpected weather the commission is hopeful that FEMA will step in with some assistance, espe-

cially if the additional 20 mills is not passed, but FEMA is not guaranteed.

The Commission explains how government funding is able to assist this program. “The proposed program is made possible with federal funds through the ND Department of Transportation. The federal funds typically finance 80% of these jobs with the remainder being funded locally. However, a lack of increased federal funds coupled with increases in construction costs has forced us to act on the local level if we want to maintain our roads.”

The Commission has a map of prioritized projects which they plan to tackle with this renewed funding. Goodman stated, “We work closely with our engineering firm to report what we have done with the extra mill levy, along with what our future plans are.”

County Road 55 is a big priority.

Goodman explained, “It’s near Frost Fire where we have been seeing an increase in tourism. It’s a highly traveled road for commuters from Langdon to Walhalla as well, and it’s currently dealing with flooding.” County Road 55 sustained damage from recent flooding, which has left officials scrambling to save roads from being wiped out.

Another priority is a bridge structure replacement on Highway 45 in Montrose. The next is three inches of gravel resurfacing on County Road 12 from County Road 13 to County Road 17, which will be vital for farmers in that area. The team has developed a map of Cavalier County based off of engineering research and community reports to lay out their priority projects and how they will fund each one.

County Measure No. 1 will be on the Cavalier County ballot on June 14.

County Measure No. 1.

A yes vote means the County Commission has the authority to levy up to 30 mills for roads and bridges. The total mills would decrease from 34.25 to 30 mills. If the measure passes, taxes would decrease by $19 per year on a $100,000 home.

A no vote means the County Commission should not have the authority to levy up to 30 mills. It would reduce the mills to 10 on roads and bridges.

That would mean the county has less than one third of the budget for roads that it has had over the last 10 years.

A no vote would also decrease taxes.

New App in the Works for State, County, City Notifications

By Nick Vorlage

During the most recent Cavalier County Job Development Authority (CCJDA) meeting, Langdon city officials discussed the possibility of having a dedicated app, which would push county-specific notifications.

“That need has become pretty apparent recently with not using water at the city or Hwy. 5 being closed.

Some of those things we’ve seen we thought it would have been real great if people would have had an app on their phone that would have just buzzed and pushed a notification out to them, letting them be aware of those issues,” said Shannon Duerr,

executive director of the CCJDA. Duerr says the app would be developed through Bismarck-based Kat and Company, which assisted in developing location-based apps during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“This came out of that. It came out of an avenue to include public health, but it’s really grown to include cities and counties, and this is going out statewide,” Duerr said.

If approved, the app would be developed through grant money from the North Dakota Department of Health.

Agriculture

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Hoeven Calls for More Energy Production at Home

By Shanda Christianson and Mick Kjar U.S. Senator John Hoeven (R-ND) said rising energy prices are affecting everything, whether you’re a farmer needing fuel for your tractor or you’re taking your car to fill it up at the pump.

“We have got to get this administration to take the handcuffs off our energy producers so that we can produce more oil and gas here at home.

Start with the farmer, bringing down that farmer’s cost to produce his crop but that also affects every single consumer in terms of what they pay when they go to the grocery store,” Hoeven said. “So one of the biggest things we need to do is get this administration to quit with the over regulation and the restrictions they’ve put on our Jane Hayen, NDSU Extension staff in Cavalier County, is recognized for 15 years of service. She is pictured with Greg Lardy, vice president of NDSU Agricultural Affairs

Hayen Recognized for Years of Service

From Cavalier County, Jane Hayen was recognized for 15 years of service as an NDSU Extension staff member.

“We are going to lose about 3.4 million acres from CRP that’s going out.

What’s coming in is 2,071,495 acres.

That represents about 55% of the contracts that are expiring are coming back in,” he said.

Pressure to reverse the impact of carbon dioxide continues to make headlines. A new survey from Agoro Carbon Alliance reveals consumer insights on carbon farming and the important role of farmers and ranchers.

“What the survey really found was that most of the general public is not aware of carbon farming or carbon markets. About 77% of people were actually not aware of carbon farming.

Another thing that it found was that over one half of respondents aged 25 to 34 and one half of respondents in urban areas feel really strongly that any farmer who's participated in a carbon reduction program is seen as a leader in the fight against climate change,” said Caleb Smith, Agoro Carbon agronomist. “And this is really important because as we have less and less people connected to the farm, we have less people who understand modern farming. So, the more young people and more people in urban areas that see farming as a solution to

the climate crisis, the better.”

According to Smith, carbon farming is critical to the future of agriculture.

“When we think about over the last seven or so years, one of the things we think about is this big yield increase that's happened, and we like to think that that's a big yield increase is solely the result of better genetics and better management, but some really recent research has found that the climate actually has a lot more to do with increases in yield in the Corn Belt than anything else,” Smith said.

“As our growing seasons are getting longer, we have more growing degree days. The issue is that it's not going to stop getting warmer, it's going to continue to get warmer, and it's going to become really difficult to produce these crops. So, essentially anything we can do to improve the chance that farms are still here in 100 years, we should be doing it. Ultimately, what matters most to us is that our growers are able to farm this land and pass it on to the generations to come.”

La Niña Expected to Impact Upcoming Growing Season

By NAFB News Service Weather experts are predicting that La Niña will influence this year’s growing season. Dr. Jamie Patton is a soil scientist with the University of Wisconsin Extension Service. She talks about what impact La Niña could have on soils and crops in the Upper Midwest region.

“This should be a very interesting year. So, if we look at our NOAA threemonth forecast, so the forecast for May, June, and July for our region, they're forecasting what we would call average. So, we have a 50-50 chance of being above or below-normal temperatures, and a 50-50 chance of being above or below-normal precipitation,” Patton said. “So, they're forecasting what we would consider average for our growing season. Starting

the year with good subsoil moisture, I don't believe La Niña is going to have much of an impact, according to their predictions, on our crop production system.”

However, it looks like things will stay dry outside of the Upper Midwest.

“As soon as we start going west or south of here, we’re looking at above-average temperature and below-average moisture,” Patton said.

“So, they're predicting drought conditions in the ‘I’ states, as well as out west, are going to continue this year, which are going to quickly cause problems with not only grain supplies but forage supplies if those conditions persist another year.”

Flooding Impacts Farmers and Ranchers

by Nick Vorlage

Over the last week, flooding across the Borderland has become a massive issue, especially for farmers and producers. In Pembina County, the lousy weather has farmers being forced to wait until May to begin their planting. Long lasting winter weather compounded issues already being felt by local ranchers.

“We had just kind of gotten snow melted from the last storm, but it’s not really draining very well,” said Pembina County NDSU Extension Agent Madeleine Smith. “So it’s causing us a lot of issues for livestock producers in the county. It’s a really, really rough time because we were very wet before, so we were having issues with illness, and the snow had caused us issues with getting feed out to livestock, getting access to livestock that were sick - to doctor them or take them to a vet.

We’re experiencing higher than average mortality rates.”

Smith said the impact of the long freeze and flood on herds will probably not be fully known until weeks later.

While the area waits for spring temperatures to arrive and water levels to lower, Smith reminds area ranchers to employ local services to lessen the impact of the most recent weather.

“I really just want to encourage the ranchers in our community to think about the Livestock Indemnity Programs through FSA if they’re really struggling with losses - to remember that they need to file those losses 30 days after the loss becomes apparent,” Smith said.

“It starts with making sure that we have the pipelines and those kind of facilities as well as the facilities for LNG (liquefied natural gas) to help our allies – like help Ukraine and western Europe as they’re pushing back on Russia and fighting Russia,”

Hoeven said all of the things he outlined have driven up the cost of energy in the U.S., which he said eventually affects everybody.

By NAFB News Service

USDA Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack recently spoke about this year’s CRP acres.

By NAFB News Service

Hoeven explained what he believes is causing the bottleneck to getting more energy produced in the United States, and he said it starts with being able to build the pipelines to move natural gas and oil to market.

Hoeven said. “But it’s more than that - it’s these regulations, for example, the moratorium on not allowing energy production on federal lands, on shore and off. The administration put a complete moratorium on that; now they’ve only released 20% of it. That means 80% is still off limits and they raised the royalty rate and the cost to produce that energy on federal land.

And then these regulations to get permits, whether I say like to build the pipelines or just to drill more wells.”

CRP Acres Down This Year

North Dakota State University Extension and Research Extension Center support staff were honored for their years of service at the recent support staff conference hosted by NDSU Extension in Bismarck.

Survey Results About Carbon Farming Released

energy producers to help address inflation and at the same time, the constraints in the supply chain.”

Vilsack said his office received a slightly lower amount of new acres, about 400,000, which is 300,000

less than the new acres that came into the program last year.

In his remarks, Vilsack also explained why CRP acres are so important.

“The result is we will see what happens when the grassland sign up numbers come in. The expectation is that we’ll probably see fewer acres in the program. That’s not surprising given the current state of market and the current concerns that people have about food security, but we’re excited that about 2 million acres will go into the program,” Vilsack said.

“It not only supplies an opportunity for highly erodible land, land that is not particularly productive, to be productive from the standpoint of farm income, but it’s also a program that increases wildlife diversity, which attaches to it recreational activities that are important to rural communities.

Tourism, recreation are some of the critical components of rural economic development,” Vilsack said.

N.D. Ranchers Adding Up Losses

By Shanda Christianson and Prairie News Service USDA Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack recently spoke about this year’s CRP acres North Dakota ranchers are still assessing their losses from the spring snowstorms. They're being urged to tap into federal relief, but some are calling for better payouts. Blizzard conditions from the April weather systems put ranchers like Pat Becker in a bind. He raises cattle in Sioux County and says he's lost at least 50 calves and expects that number to increase.

Becker said he and his workers did their best to protect the herds, but the wind and snow proved to be overwhelming.

"That big group of cows, you know, you

can't put 'em inside; we don't have facilities. We got them bedded down and then the wind switches, then they want to drift away. And that's when we lost quite a few calves," Becker said.

The federal government's Livestock Indemnity Program can help recover some of the losses. Payments are equal to 75% of the average fair market value for the animals.

Becker said while it softens the blow, a new payment structure means he's getting $175 for smaller calves, far below the going rate. U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) has requested an adjustment in payment levels.

The pain felt from a wet and snowy

spring follows last year's severe drought. Becker, a member of the North Dakota Farmers Union, said the precipitation has helped, but the magnitude of these events makes it harder to keep moving forward.

"Your plan is to build a ranch for your children, and it's just tough because, you know, since 2015, we've been lucky just to break even, you know, and it's really a struggle," Becker said.

Becker suggests proper support for these weather disasters creates more stability for independent producers.

In turn, he said that can make farming more attractive to younger generations. In the meantime, affected producers can connect with their Farm Service Agency office to see if their losses meet the aid threshold. Documentation must be reported within 30 days of a livestock loss.

Opinion

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The Borderland Press

Letter from the Publisher that I find especially interesting. This week I share with you this fun picture of Jack reading The Borderland Press while eating breakfast before school. As I looked at this I realized something about Jack. Newspaper is in his ‘roots’, and it’s an interesting story. The following came from Kathy Downs, Howard and Shirley Doherty’s daughter.

A new season has arrived! Aren’t we all in a much better place now?

Every now and then someone sends me a fun fact, news tip, or a picture

Jack’s great-grandfather, Howard Doherty, along with his brother, Ed Doherty, purchased the Cavalier County Republican from Ed Franta and Richard Forkner in the summer of 1969. The Doherty brothers also owned the Killdeer Herald and the New Rockford Transcript at that time.

Howard and Shirley moved their

family to Langdon from Dickinson after a fire destroyed Doherty Printers (Howard was also the editor of the Dickinson Press at that time). He began his job as owner/editor of the CCR and didn’t miss a day of work until August 18, 1977, at which time he suffered a debilitating stroke and never returned to his office. Two of his newspaper friends, John Morgan and Don Gackle, took over the operation of the paper until a decision could be made on what to do next.

Eventually, the newspaper was sold to Henry Kelly of Park River, who at that time was the owner of the local Park River paper. Dickson Media owned the paper at a later date.

So you see, when your granddaughter, Abby, sends a picture of your greatgrandson, Jack, reading the paper to the publisher of The Borderland Press, a thought process begins!

I know many of you could pick up where we left off, maybe we’ll do that someday.

Thank you, Abby and Kathy. This has been a lot of fun for me; I hope you enjoy it as well!

Diane Simmons

Publisher publisher@theborderlandpress.com Jack Borchardt catches up on the news while eating his breakfast.

Letter from the Editor this just happens to be the only such day in 2022. Maybe that’s ok after the stretch we’ve been through in the last couple of years and even just in the last season. We could use a break if you believe in any sort of bad luck.

If you’re a superstitious person, you might want to lay low on the day this newspaper comes out. That’s right it’s Friday the 13th. Friday the 13th occurs one to three times per year;

I can remember back to high school when I chose not to believe that the day held bad luck. In fact, Friday the 13th ended up being a very lucky day for me. I even chose my lucky number 13 as my high school volleyball number. I still choose to see the date as lucky whenever it comes around on the calendar, especially when it falls on my favorite day of the week.

We could all use some luck around here. We’re keeping an eye on what’s going on at the Bourbonis

Dam. Engineers and many others are working hard to keep that dam stabilized to prevent major damage due to a domino effect on other dams on the river leading into Cavalier.

The major flood fight continues in the Red River Valley. Chatter comes daily about which roads have water over them and which roads are down to one lane when people are traveling around the region. Most recently, I-29 by the Oslo exit was still having water issues. It’s an odd feeling to drive on I-29 and be surrounded by water.

In our paper this week our education, community, and sports sections are packed with stories. Reporter Hilary Nowatzki put together an article highlighting art education in Langdon,

telling us about an upcoming art showcase and a school launching an art program.

We have a lot on our plates as we move through May and into June.

In our offices we are working on a graduation section that will highlight area graduates. We also have the primary election coming up on June 14, and we have plenty of information to get out to you about candidates and measures. In this issue you will find information about County Measure No. 1 in Cavalier County and what a yes or a no vote means for the road and bridge mill levy.

When my husband and I moved from Fargo nearly three years ago, we thought we were moving to pursue

a “quieter life.” We laugh about that quite often because this place is anything but quiet. There’s always something going on.

If you want The Borderland Press to know about your event or accomplishment, email me at the address listed below.

I hope you have a wonderful Friday the 13th and a great week ahead.

Thank you for reading!

Sarah Hinnenkamp Editor

editor@theborderlandpress.com

THE MORNING RUN: Parenting 101…NOT

by Sara Goodman Sunday was Mother’s Day, and as a mother, I felt compelled to write an insightful article about parenting.

The first rule of parenting is (spoiler alert!)…there’s no manual. If someone hands you a book titled Child Rearing 101 as you cuddle your freshly swaddled newborn, thank them

and then throw it in the trash. What I can tell you after being a parent for 17 years is that everything you think you know how to do is only good for as long as it works, which might be for a day or might be never. For example, is a certain formula best? Sure, as long as it doesn’t give them gas. Are you doing everything “right?” Well, I think so, but now my baby cries every night from 11 p.m. until 2 a.m., and they tell me it’s colic, and there’s nothing you can do other than take turns with your spouse rocking and bouncing them or driving around the block until one of you passes out. Then, just when you think you have it all figured out, the kid goes from infant to toddler, and a whole new set of challenges presents itself.

In general, I’m a rule follower when I think I need to be, and when I don’t think I need to be - I just hope for the best or call my mom. This philosophy started from day one. When I was

pregnant with our first kid, I didn’t attend a single parenting class nor did I read the What to Expect When You’re Expecting book until I realized I didn’t know what to expect a few weeks before my due date. I completely skipped the chapter on c-sections then regretted that immediately after having my first kid via c-section.

When my water broke with kid number two, I had no clue what was going on and thumbed quickly through my What to Expect book at 1:30 a.m. before finally calling the nurse to see what I should do. That happens to be my favorite birth story, and it involves Joan and Darryl Kartes, a pile of towels, and bowling night. That’s an article for another day.

My two favorite parenting tips I heard when the kids were younger were: first, kids are little sponges. If you don’t want them to repeat the things you’ve said in front of them, don’t say those things in front of them. They

learn fast even though at times you’d like to pull your hair out during the process. Cracking eggs is the worst.

It’s messy and full of surprises. One kid will gently tap it on the side of the bowl 18 times before making a small hairline crack that they proceed to smush their finger into, and the next kid will smack the egg with enough force to crush a soup can, egg exploding everywhere. My second favorite parenting tip came from a college sociology professor who told us endless stories about his two-year-old son.

He constantly compared little kids to Pavlov’s dog. If your toddler throws the remote at the cat and you laugh, guess what? You just taught your kid to throw the remote at the cat. Kids want attention, and they don’t care if it’s positive or negative. So, I guess if you want positive behavior, don’t laugh at the negative behavior.

In the Goodman house, we are officially dealing with a tween and two

teenagers. Some things are easier, but some things are a whole lot harder. Here’s what I can tell you that has helped us with these difficult years. The first thing is talking. Talk about everything, even the hard stuff - especially the hard stuff. Secondly, encourage independence. Tell them to do something, then make them figure out how to do it. Loading the dishwasher is not rocket science; they will figure it out. Let them be independent and deal with stuff, even the hard stuff - especially the hard stuff.

Remember that you were driving a tractor at twelve years old - they’re gonna be ok. Thirdly, and most importantly, all you have to do to discipline them is…..take away their phone. In preparation for this extreme form of discipline, I suggest that you invest in several pairs of earplugs.

Happy parenting! .

Musings from Munich: The Cheap Seats

By Matt Mitzel Hopefully when this prints, the sun will be shining, but if it isn’t, just remember that it is finally baseball season! America’s favorite pastime is back in full swing. Scheduling games in between rainy days has proven challenging, but sooner or later the mud will turn to dust, and baseball or softball will be played nightly. This

year is the first for the Lady Cardinals fastpitch team, and we cannot wait to host them in Munich under the bright lights. When we do get to host baseball games over here, the whole town adds a little extra effort so our team and visiting teams feel wanted and welcomed. Just this past week we hosted a double header in which the Cardinals won both (probably the luck of our field), and I noticed how everyone does their part, no matter how small. For instance, half of the crowd is watching the game and half of the crowd is just waiting for that small cloud or evening glow to justify turning on the stadium lights. You can almost hear the chant “Ga-ry, Ga-ry” to signal turning on the lights as he takes great pride in them. Or how about the baked goods fairies we have in town? At every game, about one hour before the first pitch, about six dozen finely baked cookies, brownies, and etc. show up at my concession stand - each one made with love….yet no one takes credit. They

just wanted to help out.

The park board worked relentlessly getting water off of the field this year.

Even though the board only consist of six members, relatives are pulled in pretty fast, and it triples in size while doing field preparations for a game.

The only task they ask me to do is to ensure the concession stand serves a delicious meal. Unlike Sara Goodman’s column, people are actually interested in our concession stand food. For the first game, since it was a little cold outside, we incorporated chili into the staple of hamburgers and hotdogs at the ball diamond. The stand is manned with high schoolers, but the grill was reserved for Bobby Foster and me as it is a pretty tense job. The Wirth brothers always try and rattle the staff as Bruce wants his bun grilled and meat slightly burned, while Brian must have the freshest of the grill items or they are in for a lecture on service.

Now that the first game is behind us, we are awaiting the green light from the weather to knock down the pitching mound. Since lady’s fastpitch softball must be played on a flat mound, we are tearing out our existing one and using a portable mound for men’s baseball. Anything we can possibly do to get games over here has been our motto.

We even have special equipment and assistants assigned to Jake Kulland when he is announcing the games.

Because I cannot pronounce anyone’s names outside of Munich, there is a five second delay in the play-byplay in the stadium, at least until I can repeat to Jake.

So come on over to Munich and catch some baseball/softball. If you haven’t heard of the big rivalry game at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22 - the Munich Alumni baseball team will play the Langdon Alumni baseball team. It will be a grudge match for

the ages and hopefully a fun night between old rivals.

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.”

Education

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Langdon’s Schuler to Attend Girls State

The American Legion Auxiliary Post 98 of Langdon is sponsoring Brenna Schuler, daughter of Jeremy and Lisa Schuler of Langdon, to attend American Legion Auxiliary Flickertail Girls State in June. Brenna is a 17-year-old junior at Langdon Area High School where she is active in band, choir, jazz band, FBLA, FCCLA, Social Science Club, and the Junior Bank Board. She was recently inducted into the National Honor Society. She enjoys working out, working at Leevers, hanging out with friends, and camping with her family.

Many 17-years-olds would say that

learning about government is dull and boring, but past participants would tell you that ALA Girls State is one place where learning about government is anything but boring. Instead of sitting through lengthy lectures, “citizens” learn about city, county, and state government by actually running for offices, holding elections, writing ordinances/laws, and various other activities. Citizens don’t just hear about the government process - they are the process. The citizens are divided into cities, two cities form a county, and all counties combine to create the mock state of Flickertail Girls State. Citizens learn about city, county, and state government by running for offices, holding elections, writing laws, and participating in various other activities.

Girls State is a program sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary (ALA) of North Dakota and is open to all junior girls, including those that are homeschooled. The citizens are from all over North Dakota, and friendships develop that can last a lifetime.

Juniors can also apply for several scholarships that are only available to North Dakota American Legion Auxil-

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“Pie the Principal” Held in Langdon iary Girls State participants.

The American Legion Auxiliary said having “Girls State Participant” listed on a college applications improves students’ chances of acceptance.

Girls State citizens can earn a .5 high school credit for attending and completing the ALA Girls State program.

Citizens may also take the civic exam if they so choose.

Last month Langdon Area Elementary School held a school-wide competition and fundraiser for the Cavalier County Cancer Crusaders. Students in the class that earned the most donations got to throw pies at Principal Todd Hetler. The school had previously held pizza parties for the winning class but never pie throwing.

The school donated more than $2,000 to the Cavalier County Cancer Crusaders. Students from Mrs. Lafrenz’s second grade class raised the most money and took care of giving Mr. Hetler pies to the face.

“I would do it again,” said Mr. Hetler.

“Cancer impacts all of us.”

Participants are sponsored so the registration fee of $300 is covered for the participant to attend and enjoy a new learning experience.

Girls State will be held in Grand Forks during the week of June 12-17, 2022.

For more information, visit www. ndgirlsstate.org.

Boys State is a similar program that is sponsored by the American Legion of North Dakota. It is open to junior boys and will be held June 12-17 in Wahpeton. The website for more information and registration is: www. ndboysstate.org.

Munich Public School Receives STEM Grant from Toshiba America Foundation Munich Public School received a $2,600 STEM grant from the Toshiba America Foundation (TAF). These funds will support the 3D Printed Weather Station Project, and the school will purchase a 3D printer.

street from the school. The data from the weather station will be available on the CHORDS site that is setup for the school. A website link will be available for the community to view data collected.

This grant will provide Munich 9th graders the equipment (3D printer and filament) to finish their 3D Printed Weather Station. The weather station will be set up in Munich near the school’s house, which is across the

Toshiba America Foundation’s grants fund projects designed by individual classroom teachers. This “direct-to-teacher” approach brings immediate results. Teachers are able to change the way they teach science,

technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) because the grant supports equipment for hands-on experiments and inquiry-based approaches to the curriculum. At TAF, they believe that STEM is a lot more fun than just reading a textbook. TAF grants provide teachers with the tools they need to be more effective educators. The grants make the classroom a more exciting place for both teachers and students.

Photos by Larry Stokke.

Langdon Area School Foundation’s Hall of Fame Inductees for 2022 a Bachelor of Science in Social Work focusing on elementary and special education. She continued on to graduate school at Moorhead State where she earned her learning and emotional disabilities certificate.

Kathy Kakela Lorenz

Evelyn Klein

Patricia Sillers Barta

In 2000, the Langdon Area School Foundation formed a ‘Hall of Fame of Distinguished Educators’ in celebration of the all-class reunion that year.

There were 16 initial charter inductees at the time of it’s conception, and every two years since, new nominees have been inducted. The Hall of Fame Committee is excited to announce the 2022 inductees. This year, four former educators have been nominated and selected to receive this distinguished honor.

and in 1975 received her Bachelor of Science in Business Education.

gan in 1959 in an eastern Montana one-room school with a two-year standard degree. After receiving her bachelor’s degree in 1962, she taught two years in Topeka, KS. She married Don Klein in 1964 and taught in Hannah and Munich prior to coming to Langdon.

The recipients are: Kathy Lorenz, Evelyn Klein, Patricia Barta, and Colleen Perius.

Kathy Kakela Lorenz graduated from Langdon High School in 1972 where she was active in many activities including cheerleading, She attended University of North Dakota

She began working for Heigaard Law Offices prior to beginning her teaching career. Lorenz spent 30 years as the business education instructor and FBLA advisor at Langdon Area Schools and was awarded the District’s Teacher of the Year award. She always continued her education in technology throughout her career.

Kathy is married to Keith Lorenz, and together they have three children, all college graduates, and eight grandchildren. She is an active member of the St. Alphonsus Catholic Church and is enjoying her retirement including some time in Florida during the winter.

Evelyn Klein’s teaching career be-

Drama Class Presented Play in Walhalla

The Walhalla High School drama class presented the play, “Taming the Wild, Wild, Wild West in a Dress,” written by Billy St. John and published by Pioneer Drama Service.

The play was performed at the Walla Theater in Walhalla on the evening of Friday, April 29.

Photos by Larry Stokke.

Evelyn taught 30 years in grades 1, 4, and 5. She retired in 1998 with a total of 37 years. Evelyn spent the next ten years as a substitute teacher.

Evelyn taught piano as well, and she and Don are active in their church and provide wonderful music to area nursing homes.

Patricia Sillers Barta grew up in Calvin, N.D., and graduated from Jamestown College with a degree in psychology and history. She received her master’s degree from the Univer-

sity of North Dakota.

Colleen was hired by the Langdon School District to start a new program called the multi-categorical resource room. She also worked with agencies outside of the school system to provide much-needed services that impacted students’ educational success. It was a challenge coordinating meetings, scheduling students, and keeping everything organized, but she praised all the paraprofessionals as the backbone of the program.

Her first teaching job in North Dakota was at the Grafton State School.

When she later moved to Langdon, she spent 18 years teaching preschool special needs students. She finished her 38-year teaching career with second and third graders. She is married to Ron Barta, and they have three grown children and two grandchildren.

Perius spent 31 years in the Langdon school system and served on many child study teams. She was on many scholarship committees, the Honor Society selection committee, and outstanding senior student committee and supervised ACT testing. She likes the saying, “It takes a village.” She is married to Tom Perius, and they have two grown boys.

Patricia says, “Life is good.”

These former teachers will be inducted into the Hall of Fame during the Langdon Area High School graduation ceremony on Sunday, May 29, 2022.

Colleen Perius

Colleen Perius graduated from Marion High School, attended college in Augustana, S.D. and then graduated from University of North Dakota with

Community

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Benefit Set in Edmore for Samuel Hanson Tongue River

Lodge Awards Scholarships

Tongue River Lodge in Cavalier announced the recipients of its scholarships. Each student will receive $1,000.

Wyatt Sobolik, Jayse Larson and Emily Steinman from Valley/Edinburg High School.

Allisyn Tollefson, Halle Keney, Tanner Nordstrom, Madysen Nordstrom, Lily Crosby and Brysen Cleem from Cavalier High School.

Samuel Hanson, son of Garrett Hanson and Shirley Horn, and his sister, Anabell.

Samuel Hanson, son of Garrett Hanson and Shirley Horn, was diagnosed with Stage 4 high risk Neuroblastoma when he was 22 months old in December 2020. At the time of diagnosis, the tumor measured the size of a small cantaloupe.

ing in the garage with daddy, riding in the tractor, jumping on the trampoline with his sister Anabell, reading books, chasing and tackling his sister, and being as active as he can be. He has a love for all animals on the farm and his 2 dogs.

A spaghetti feed benefit is set for Saturday, May 14, 2022, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Edmore Public School, 706 Main Street in Edmore. The benefit will have a free will offering, silent auction, meat raffles, and a bake sale.

Samuel’s mother, Shirley, has been out of work since December 2020.

Garrett, Samuel’s dad, shared that his employer has graciously worked with him when he needs to be with Samuel. The family loves being together, but that doesn't help with the costs of treatment, travel, and monthly bills.

Samuel has received treatment at Sanford Children's Hospital in Fargo, N.D., and Mayo in Rochester, Minn.

So far in Fargo, he has undergone numerous scans, dressing changes, five rounds of chemo, three types of surgeries, and six rounds of immunotherapy with three chemos. During their almost five month stay in Rochester this past summer, Samuel received two rounds of high dose chemo with stem cell transplants and 20 rounds of Proton Beam Radiation.

Samuel enjoys playing outside, work-

Stage 4 high risk Neuroblastoma patients have a 50-60% chance of relapsing with Neuroblastoma or another type of cancer within two years of treatment.

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Langdon Holds

ARBOR DAY CELEBRATION The City of Langdon and the Langdon Beautification Board held an Arbor Day celebration at Langdon Area Elementary on Friday, May 6.

Craig Brumbaugh from the Cavalier County Soil Conservation District and the N.D. Forest Service gave a soil conservation presentation.

Third graders from Langdon Area Elementary and St. Alphonsus schools each read poems during the ceremony.

Rita Maisel received the 2022 Tree Recipients Award from the board. A Silver Maple tree will be planted in the Langdon City Park in Maisel’s honor once the ground thaws.

Third graders from Langdon Area Elementary School and St. Alphonsus School.

Nancy Becker, Langdon Beautification Board, Barb Mehlhofff, Langdon Chamber of Commerce, and Rita Masiel, 2022 Tree Recipient Award

Barb Mehlhofff, Langdon Chamber of Commerce, and Rita Masiel, 2022 Tree Recipient Award

Craig Brumbaugh gave a soil conservation presentation.

1/2 cup reduced-fat dairy sour cream 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh cilantro

cheese; cook 1 minute or until heated through, stirring occasionally.

Cook's Tip: You may substitute 1 cup egg substitute for beaten eggs. Omit water. Continue as directed in step 3.

Nutrition information per serving using 93% lean ground beef: 428 Calories; 187.2 Calories from fat; 20.8g Total Fat (9 g Saturated Fat; 0.1 g Trans Fat; 2.3 g Polyunsaturated Fat; 7.1 g Monounsaturated Fat;) 287 mg Cholesterol; 460 mg Sodium; 22 g Total Carbohydrate; 2.6 g Dietary Fiber; 3.4 g Total Sugars; 38 g Protein; 0 g Added Sugars; 221 mg Calcium; 5.3 mg Iron; 678 mg Potassium; 1.1 mcg Vitamin D; 0.7 mg Riboflavin; 8.9 mg NE Niacin; 0.7 mg Vitamin B6; 3.5 mcg Vitamin B12; 477 mg Phosphorus; 7.9 mg Zinc; 45.1 mcg Selenium; 253.1 mg Choline.

No applications were received from North Border Walhalla and Pembina schools this year.

The Tongue River Lodge #22 Scholarship Program started in 1980 and has awarded 342 scholarships to area high school seniors to date. The funds for the scholarships are generated by the two fish fry events that the Lodge holds each year.

Health Tip

Provided by Cavalier County Health District Never take larger or more frequent doses of your medications, particularly prescription pain medications, to try to get faster or more powerful effects. It can put you at risk for overdose.

For those who aren’t able to make it to the event but would like to contribute, monetary donations can be made to Samuel Hanson or the Samuel Hanson Benefit Account at any Gate City Bank location. For questions or to make a donation, call or text Shirley Horn at 701-381-9088.

Beef Month

By Katie Henry, Family and Community Wellness Agent, NDSU Extension – Cavalier County bors also grill, as I can benefit from the smells more often.

The best smell was coming from the neighborhood the other day. I’m not sure who was cooking the food or what food it was, but it smelled very much like beef ribs or brisket and smelled delicious. It made me think of summer days ahead. My dog also really enjoyed the aroma that was coming through the windows and begged to go outside to investigate the source.

Growing up on a farm that also raised beef cattle, it is always fun for me when smoking and grilling season starts up again. I do have to say that I don’t miss out over the winter, either, because I married a man that smokes and grills even during the winter months. He even built his own mini-building for the smoker so that he can have the added insulation around the smoker during 30 below weather. It does add a little extra in the summer months when the neigh-

May is Beef Month. Some interesting facts from the North Dakota Beef Commission (ndbeef.org) include: When an animal is processed, 99% of the animal is used The average American eats 114 hamburgers a year One, 1,200-pound animal produces enough meat to make about 2,100 quarter-pound hamburgers 4oz. of raw ground beef that is 96% lean contains 150 calories, 4.5 grams of fat, 2 g saturated fat, and 25 g of protein 3oz. of cooked ground beef provides 51% of the daily value for protein, 41% of the daily value for vitamin B12, 39% of the daily value for zinc, 14% of the daily value for iron for an adult on a 2000 calorie diet Beef is nutritious and is very versatile in how it can be used. Different cuts of beef can be used in several different ways, and it can be fun to investigate the many ways a cut of beef can be used. The ND Beef Commission is a great resource for information about nutrition as well as cooking and recipes. NDSU Extension has information, too. You can visit the ND Beef Commission website at https://www.ndbeef.org, and you can get information from NDSU website at https://www. ndsu.edu/agriculture/extension.

If you would like more information or hard copies of any publications, feel free to call NDSU Extension office in Cavalier County at 256-2560 or email

katie.d.henry@ndsu.edu.

The best thing about learning more about food is the great recipes that you might come across. This recipe is courtesy of the ND Beef Commission, and I have not tried it, yet, but it’s on my list of things to try. If you get to it before me, let me know what you think!

BEEF BREAKFAST BURRITOS INGREDIENTS: 12 ounces Ground Beef (93% lean or leaner) 1 medium red bell pepper, chopped 1 small onion, finely chopped 2 teaspoons ground ancho chili powder 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin 4 eggs, beaten 2 tablespoons water 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh cilantro 1/4 teaspoon salt (optional) 1/3 cup reduced-fat shredded Mexican cheese blend or shredded Cheddar cheese 4 medium spinach or plain flour tortillas (10-inch diameter), warmed Salsa (optional) Lime-Cilantro Cream:

COOKING: Combine Lime-Cilantro Cream ingredients in small bowl, if desired. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.

Heat large nonstick skillet over medium heat until hot. Add Ground Beef with bell pepper, onion, chile powder and cumin; cook 8 to 10 minutes, breaking into small crumbles and stirring occasionally. Pour off drippings, as necessary. Remove from beef mixture from skillet; keep warm.

Cook's Tip: Cooking times are for fresh or thoroughly thawed ground beef. Ground beef should be cooked to an internal temperature of 160ºF. Color is not a reliable indicator of ground beef doneness.

Combine eggs, water, and 1 tablespoon cilantro in medium bowl. Spray same skillet with cooking spray. Pour into skillet; cook over medium heat 2 to 3 minutes or until scrambled, stirring occasionally. Season with salt, if desired. Stir in beef mixture and

This recipe is an excellent source of Protein, Iron, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12, Phosphorus, Zinc, Selenium, and Choline; and a good source of Calcium, and Potassium.

Take advantage of Beef Month, and try something delicious and new either on the grill or for breakfast! Summer is SOON HERE!

Cancer Crusaders Reflect on Successful Spring Event

By Shanda Christianson

The Cavalier County Cancer Crusaders held their spring rummage sale in April, and organizers said it was a huge success.

“We had so many good donations this year, and our first drop off day was during a blizzard, and it was unbelievable how many people showed up to drop off and all sorts of volunteers to

set up so it was kind of surprising,” said Kathy Muhs, president of the Cavalier County Cancer Crusaders.

“The weather did not agree with us this year, but we somehow pulled it off.”

Muhs said this is probably the best sale the group has had in terms of money raised. The total topped

$10,000. Muhs said the support from the community has been amazing for the group.

“All the money that the Cancer Crusaders raise stays locally, and we write out a check to the people that are undergoing cancer treatment, and there’s no hoops to jump through to be on that list. When you’re diagnosed with cancer, you automatically receive money from us,” Muhs said.

“So it’s a very good situation that we can keep it locally and support our own community.”

Region

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Burgum Surveyed Flood Impacts in Grafton, Cavalier areas

by Mike Steinfeldt

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

Monday, May 16 Chicken Kiev/Wild Rice/Roasted Veggies/Banana Bread/Fruit Tuesday, May 17 Hamburger Patty/Caramelized Onions/Boiled Potato/Carrots/Fruit Wednesday, May 18 Roast Beef/Gravy/Mashed Potatoes/ Creamed Corn/Fruit Pie Thursday, May 19 Spinach/Artichoke Chicken/Parslied Potato/Beets/Fruit Friday, May 20 BBQs/Fries/Broccoli Salad/Fruit Cavalier Mayor Lacey Hinkle pictured with North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum.

Photo courtesy Governor Burgum’s office.

Gov. Doug Burgum was in the Borderland Monday, May 9 to survey flooding and meet with local leaders on their flood response efforts.

The governor flew into Grafton Monday and met with Grafton Mayor Chris West and other officials before heading to Cavalier for a meeting. West and the delegation toured the flood control structure and Mayor West briefed the governor on the flood diversion project which saw its first major test this spring.

“It was great to see the investments that have been made with both state and local resources working as designed. Obviously, great timing to have this completed last summer in time for this major flood event this year,” Burgum said. “How fantastic to have both the 14 miles of tieback levees and the over three-mile Grafton diversion actually working and working so well that without having to do, in town, any sandbagging or flood protection. People are probably not fully understanding what a major flood event this is right now, but that’s what these major flood protection projects are supposed to do, and it’s great to see them work.”

Last week, the North Dakota National Guard helped stabilize the Bourbanis Dam in eastern Cavalier County by using two Black Hawk helicopters to place 213 1-ton sandbags over two days. On Friday, the Minnesota National Guard also responded to an Emergency Management Assistance Compact request from North Dakota, providing a Chinook helicopter that strategically placed two 5-ton water pumps capable of pumping 4,000 gallons per minute to relieve pressure on the dam.

Following his stop in Grafton, Burgum met with officials in Cavalier. Burgum said that despite the success of the Grafton Diversion and successes like

the unprecedented cooperation at Bourbanis Dam, more flood mitigation needs to get done.

“I do want to say, too, to everybody out in the rural communities - I know that there’s small communities up and down stream on the Park and the Pembina that say ‘we don’t have all the infrastructure in place yet.’ We’ve got some battles that we need to keep fighting with Canada in regards to their border road a.k.a border dike, which is pushing a lot of flood waters back into cities and towns and counties here on the U.S. side,” Burgum said. “We’ll continue those discussions so more work to be done, but obviously with great teamwork we’ve certainly avoided some disasters.

Without the investments that the state and the locals have made into flood infrastructure, we’d be having a very different last couple of weeks across the state.”

Traveling with the governor were Maj. Gen. Al Dohrmann, adjutant general of the North Dakota National Guard and director of the state Department of Emergency Services; North Dakota Homeland Security Director Darin Hanson; and Department of Water Resources Director Andrea Travnicek.

Governor Burgum declared a statewide emergency on April 25 after a severe spring storm April 22-24 brought heavy rains and snowmelt that swelled creeks and rivers within the Sheyenne and Red River basins and swamped fields and ditches, causing overland flooding and inundating rural roads and state highways.

The emergency declaration sets the stage for requesting a presidential disaster declaration, which, if granted, would unlock FEMA public assistance to help cities, counties, and townships pay for the cost repairs to utilities, roads, and other infrastructure.

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.

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Cont’d. From Page 1 - Work Continues to Stabilize Bourbanis Dam at Bourbanis Dam dropped approximately 1.6 feet since late Friday night and is currently off the damaged spillway. Levels are expected to fluctuate as rain moves through the area this week and may return flow onto the spillway depending on rain amounts.

Rain may also create challenges to transporting the necessary fuel to the site for the pumping operations.

The efforts to remove the tower cover were unsuccessful on Saturday.

Tuesday, May 10 - the Pembina County Sheriff’s Department announced that Hwy. 5 to Langdon was open to traffic once again after having been closed since the morning of Tuesday, May 3.

Sports

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Jake’s Take on Sports

By Jake Kulland

The postseason is near for spring sports It's so bizarre to say, but here we are, on the brink of the postseason for our spring high school sports. It starts with boys golf, which will have its Region 3 meet at King's Walk Golf Course in Grand Forks on May 19.

Track and field has one more meet coming on May 16 with the Last Chance Meet in Devils Lake and then the Northeast Region Meet on May 20 in Mayville. Region 2 girls softball is also getting down to tournament time, as it has been interesting getting games in (which we will talk about in a moment). The region tourney is set for Mayville and will begin on May 21 and run through May 25. The Region 4 High School Baseball Tournament is also ready to go May 24-26 with the site to be at the regular season champion. Langdon-Edmore-Munich has the inside track to host it, as they are 4-0 in conference games with four more to play at press time. Both the State Softball and Baseball Tournaments will be held this year in Fargo, June 2-4. It's been a bananas year for spring sports, so let's hope that players and athletes will, at the very least, get in a decent postseason.

May 7 is day that will live in Lady Cards softball history It has been a very trying year for attempting to get outdoor activities in, but one day that did happen was on

May 7. That's the day that the Langdon-Edmore-Munich girls softball team finally broke through with the first win in program history. As a matter of fact, they got two wins at the jamboree in Fargo over Wilton-Wing and Tioga. Couple those victories with their first league win in history versus Larimore on May 10, and suddenly, they not only have their first win but are on a three-game winning streak.

The Lady Cards beat Larimore 27-20 on a late touchdown (just kidding).

They have proven they can hit the ball, and we are told that Meredith Romfo hit the first ever home run for the Cardinals with a three run shot out of the park versus the Polar Bears. If you look at every other girls sport for Langdon-Edmore-Munich and Langdon Blades, the athletes are there, and they've had plenty of success.

They hope that softball will be another growing sport that they will excel at as well. For a team that didn't even get any practice time on a diamond before their first game, they seem to be adapting quite well.

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Region 3 Boys Golf Results McVille, May 6 Team Scores:

1st Place – Grafton – 328 2nd Place – North Border – 345 3rd Place – Hatton/Northwood – 346 4th Place – Langdon – 376 5th Place – Lakota – 381 6th Place – Park River – 382 7th Place – Thompson – 400 8th Place – Cavalier – 432 9th Place – Larimore – 446

Top 10 Individual Scores

1st Place – Drew Nicholas, North Star – 74 2nd Place – T.J. Cosley, North Border – 77 3rd Place – Wren Jelinek, Grafton – 79 4th Place – Aiden McLain, Grafton – 81 5th Place – John Schumacher, Grafton – 82 T-6th Place – Kelby Azure, Hatton/Northwood – 83 T-6th Place – Carson Brown, North Border – 83 8th Place – Levi Jorgenson, Hatton/Northwood – 84 9th Place – Myles Jorde, North Star – 85 T-10th Place – Ty Moe, Grafton – 86 T-10th Place – Alex Gellner, Langdon – 86 T-10th Place – Jake Solseng, Park River - 86

Langdon and Walhalla golf courses are ready and open for the season Let's leave you this week with the great news that both the Langdon and Walhalla Country Clubs are open for the season. It actually happened for both earlier this week. We are told that both courses are in surprisingly good shape for the early season. Tuesday Men's League is almost ready to get underway in Langdon, and to sign up your 2-Man team for either the 3:30 p.m. or 6:00 p.m. shift, just contact league secretary Randy Hill at 701-370-1118. The first night for men's league is May 24. In Walhalla, just normal men's nights will be held on Thursdays with the clubhouse opening at 4:00 p.m. We will talk more about ladies nights and tournament schedules for both courses in the weeks ahead.

North Border placed 2nd with Carson Brown golfing an 86 and was tied for 6th place in McVille meet. Photo by Larry Stokke.

Alex Gellner golfed an 86 and tied for 10th place and the Cards finished in 4th place at McVille. Photo by Larry Stokke.

"See ya!" next week!

Nathan Kitchen sinks a put at the McVille Invitational May 5th.

Photo by Larry Stokke.

North Border’s Cyrus Kendall tees off at the McVille Meet.

Photo by Larry Stokke.

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Edmore Native Sampson Wins Junior Langdon Edmore Munich Track National Men’s Curling Championship, Heads to World Competition

By Jake Kulland

Ethan Sampson, a native and graduate of Edmore, led his team – Team Sampson - to win the 2022 U.S. Junior Curling National Championships held April 23-30 in Plover, Wis.

Sampson said. “Other ways you can do it is just going to national events, talking to people, making some friends, and you can form teams like that, too.”

In addition to the title, Team Sampson (Coleman Thurston, Kevin Tuma, Marius Kleinas, and Ethan Sampson) will represent the United States at the World Junior Curling Championships 2023.

In world curling history, there have been three Team U.S.A.s that have won in the past, the last time being 2008.

“We played really good in our first game. It was a tight game in the semifinal, but we won on the last shot and then the other team that we thought we were going to have the most trouble with in the final, and we ended up winning against,” Sampson said.

Sampson has been to three Men’s National Championships and nine Junior National Championships, including the 2021 competition, which was held just last fall.

“In August we played our first Junior National Championship, which we ended up winning, and we were supposed to go play at World’s in March in Sweden but that got pushed back due to COVID,” Sampson said.

“We played a second Jr. National in April before we even played our World’s that we were supposed to go to.”

Sampson was part of Team Casper that won in the fall. That is the team he is with that is currently competing in Sweden as the last event of the 2021-2022 World Curling season. The World Junior Curling Championships are being held in Jönköping, Sweden, from May 15-22.

U.S.A’s Team Casper will face Canada on Sunday, May 15. Members of Team Casper have hometowns from Michigan and Wisconsin to New York and Massachusetts.

“We applied to get into the National Program that we’re in, and they look at all of the athletes that apply and just kind of put people together,”

“They haven’t had a whole lot of success but some in recent history.

We think we have a decent chance of getting on the podium, at least getting to the playoffs and giving ourselves a chance to get there,” Sampson said.

“It’s kind of a surreal experience when you get to put the jacket on with USA on the back and your name on the back and you get to go represent the United States, so you’re kind of like ‘oh this is really cool’. It’s what I kind of dreamed about doing, you know?”

Rugby-Mariya Tate Memorial Meet on May 5

Drew Rostvet was Cardinal girls Performer of the Carrington Meet placing 3rd in the Long Jump. Photo by Larry Stokke.

Cody Amble was Boys Performer at the Carrington Meet. took 3rd in the Long Jump.

Photo by Larry Stokke.

Girls Performer of the Meet: Mykei Anderson Team Results – 10th Place 2nd Place – Marlee Hetletved – 100H – 17.24 2nd Place – Alexa Schneider – pole vault – 8’ 3rd Place – Rebekah Wells – 300H – 49.56 3rd Place – Mykei Anderson – shot put – 33’ 8” 5th Place – Drew Rostvet – 100m – 13.37 5th Place – McKenzie Regner – pole vault – 6’ 6” 7th Place – Marlee Hetletved – long jump – 15’ 4”

Sampson has already attempted to make the Olympic trials and didn’t quite make it, but he sees making the Olympic team as a goal for the future.

The 2023 World Junior Curling Championships haven’t announced a location yet, but Sampson said they could be held in the U.S. or Canada.

6th Place – Brock Freer – 800m – 2:26:55 6th Place – Evan Hall, Kade Hansen, Eli Johnson, Keenan Kalhagen – 800 relay – 1:50:44 8th Place – Cody Amble – 200m – 25.59 8th Place – Tanner McDonald – triple jump – 35’ 3.5”

Mykei Anderson was the Cards Girls Performer of the Rugby Meet. Photo by Larry Stokke.

Kartheek Chapara was Cardinal Boys Performer of the Meet having a Personal Best in his 3 Events in Rugby. Photo by Larry Stokke.

Sampson started curling in 2006 with his home club being the Lake Region Curling Club in Devils Lake. He is currently a junior at North Dakota State University majoring in crop and weed science. He plans to return to Edmore after graduation to work on the family farm.

Carrington Lions/Kiwanis Meet on May 7

Boys Performer of the Meet: Cody Amble

Girls Performer of the Meet: Drew Rostvet

Team Results – 8th Place

Ethan is the son of Owen and Val Sampson of Edmore. Curling is in Ethan’s blood, as his dad, Owen, and Uncle Ned both have competed at the national level. His grandfather, Clark Sampson, is a former world men’s curling bronze medalist and a member of the 1971 Men’s US National Championship team with Dale Dalziel, Dennis Melland, and Rodney Melland.

2nd Place – Marlee Hetletved – 100H – 17.41 2nd Place – Marlee Hetletved – long jump – 15’ 1” 2nd Place – Alexa Schneider – pole vault – 8’ 6” 3rd Place – Mykei Anderson – shot put – 32’ 0” 3rd Place – Drew Rostvet – long jump – 14’ 6.5” 5th Place – Marlee Hetletved – 300H – 52.40 6th Place – Drew Rostvet – 100m – 13.25

Team Results – 7th Place

2nd Place – Cody Amble – 100m – 11.62 3rd Place – Brocker Freer – 1600m – 5:14:87 3rd Place – Mason Christianson – 3200m – 11:16:26 3rd Place – Cody Amble – long jump – 19.5’ 3rd Place – Ben Girodat – disc – 123’2.5” 4th Place – Evan Hall, Kade Hansen, Eli Johnson, Zack Rostvet – 400 relay – 52.24 5th Place – Jake Sanders – pole vault – 8’6” 6th Place - Mason Christianson 1600m - 5:17:06

Boys Performer of the Meet: Mason Christianson Team Results – 4th Place 1st Place – Mason Christianson – 3200m – 11:01:33 2nd Place – Brock Freer – 1600m – 5:05:31 2nd Place – Ben Girodat – disc – 121’ 8” 4th Place – Miles Fincher – 300H – 46.88 4th Place – Cody Amble – long jump – 19’9” 5th Place – Jake Sanders – pole vault – 8’ 5th Place – Evan Hall, Eli Johnson, Tanner McDonald, Zach Rostvet – 400 relay – 51.23 6th Place – Miles Fincher, Cody Amble, Tanner McDonald, Zach Rostvet – 800 relay – 1:43:51 8th Place – Ben Girodat – javelin – 113’ 1”

Schill Wins at Season Opener at Fiesta City Speedway Lance Schill, Langdon, won in the Midwest Modified and Late Model classes on May 6 at the Fiesta City Speedway in Montevideo, Minn.

It was Schill’s first race of the season.

He took two cars to Montevideo and won first place in both races.

Team Sampson: Marius Kleinas, Coleman Thurston, Kevin Tuma, and Ethan Sampson won the 2022 U.S. Junior Men’s Curling National Championship on Saturday, April 30, 2022.

Photo by Tiffany Scheel

Cardinals baseball gets back to business with four Region 4 wins

By Jake Kulland

It was almost like starting the season all over again when the Langdon-Edmore-Munich Cardinals high school baseball team played their first games in nearly a month. Continued snow and cold temperatures from an extended winter forced a number of games to be postponed, and it was a stretch from April 11 to May 5, when the Cards would finally take the field again. The Cardinals got the job done, finally getting their region schedule underway with four victories - winning in Fordville over Park River Area 4-0 and Grafton 3-2 on May 5 then taking two games in Munich, 6-3 against Midway-Minto and 14-4 by the 10run rule over Pembina County North.

With the wins, Langdon-Edmore-Munich's record is now 8-2 overall and 4-0 in Region 4 games. The Cardinals played at Grafton on May 11 and were scheduled to host their first two games at American Legion Field in Langdon versus Park River on May 12 and Midway-Minto the afternoon of May 14. Weather and the chance of rain may force those games to be moved. In the week ahead, the Cards are to play at Hatton-Northwood on May 17 then take on Pembina County North on May 19. The Region 4 Tournament is set for May 24-26 at the site of the regular season champion.

Here is a recap of the Cards four recent games: Langdon-Edmore-Munich 4, Park River Area 0; Langdon-Edmore-Munich 3, Grafton 2

Both of these games were played at Sluke Field in Fordville, as it was the driest diamond in the area at the time. All five Region 4 teams played there in a sort of region jamboree.

The Cardinals took the field in the first game of the day at 10:30 a.m. against the Aggies. A throwing error to first

by PR ace pitcher Brady Omdahl set up a one out double to right field by Jack Romfo to score Carter Tetrault and Markus Kingzett. Dawson Hein had a single in the second, which was followed by two more PR errors, allowing two more runs to score and gave the Cardinals a 4-0 lead. That was all Kingzett needed; he got the start on the mound, shook off a couple of early walks, and got the win striking out eight batters while allowing only three hits through six innings. He was reaching his pitching limit of 120, and after 112 pitches, he gave way to Tetrault, who closed out the game in the seventh inning for the win. Hein had two hits to lead the Cards.

pitch from Villareal. Leading 3-0 in the sixth, Cardinals starting pitcher Tucker Welsh, who for the most part cruised through the first five innings, gave up a double to Jaxon Bjornson, which nearly left the park, and was followed by three walks. Jack Romfo came on in relief and struck out Chago Galvan to end the threat in the sixth then whiffed Trenden Keena in the seventh to end the game after Grafton had the tying and go ahead runs in scoring position. Welsh had eight strikeouts in the win, while Romfo had four Ks to pick up a save.

Later in the same day of May 5, the Cards met Grafton and their ace pitcher, Tony Villareal. Langdon-Edmore-Munich got one in the second, after a lead-off double by Jack Romfo led to him scoring on a wild pitch.

Eighth grader Theo Romfo led off the third with a double, and he would later score on an error. The Cards continued to slowly increase their lead in the fourth when Mason Romfo led off the inning with a single. He would also come across the plate on a wild

LANGDON-EDMORE-MUNICH 3, GRAFTON 2 G -- 000 001 1 -- 2 4 1 LEM -- 011 100 x -- 3 4 1 WP -- Tucker Welsh; LP -- Tony Villareal Highlights -- LEM: Welsh 8 Ks, Jack Romfo 1x2 2B, Theo Romfo 1x2 2B; Villareal 8 Ks, Jaxon Bjornson 2x4 2B Langdon-Edmore-Munich 6, Midway-Minto 3; Langdon-Edmore-Munich 14, Pembina County North 4 (5 Innings)

LANGDON-EDMORE-MUNICH 4, PARK RIVER 0 LEM --220 000 0 -- 4 3 2 PRA --000 000 0 -- 0 4 3 WP -- Markus Kingzett; LP -- Brady Omdahl Highlights -- LEM: Kingzett 8 Ks, Dawson Hein 2x3, Mason Romfo 1x4 RBIs, Jack Romfo 1x4 2B; PR: Omdahl 11 Ks, 1x2

After two big wins in Fordville, the Cards played two league games at Edgar Westphal Field in Munich the day after on May 6. In their first game versus Midway-Minto, the Cards had a couple of early errors in the field to help the Mustangs to a 3-1 lead going into the bottom of the third inning.

Langdon-Edmore-Munich scored their first run on a double by Parker Rime to score Tucker Welsh. A M-M passed ball and wild pitch allowed the Cards to tie the score at three in the bottom of the third with Carter Tetrault and Mason Romfo both coming across the plate. Langdon-Edmore-Munich finally broke the game open in the bottom of the fifth, as the inning opened with three Mustangs errors. Romfo then brought in two runs on a double.

Dawson Hein was great on the mound for the Cards, striking out nine M-M batters and tossing a one hitter.

The Cardinals finished up their fourgame run versus Pembina County North, which is a co-op between Cavalier and North Border, but all the players are from Tornado Country once again this year. The Grizzlies hit the ball in the first inning off Cards starter Carter Tetrault, plating three runs in the first inning on four straight hits by Trevor Hinkle, Caden DeMars, Landon Carter and Jake Steele. Langdon-Edmore-Munich grabbed the lead in the second after three walks to begin the inning by PCN pitcher Sterling Enerson, followed by a two-run single by Tetrault and a run-scoring hit by Mason Romfo. The Cardinals kept the

pressure on from there with Romfo and Brady Regner hitting doubles later in the game. Tucker Welsh would finish things off with a two RBI base knock in the fifth to give the Cards the win by the 10-run rule. Welsh, Romfo, and Markus Kingzett each had two of the Cardinals 10 hits in the game.

Welsh and Tetrault led the teams with three runs batted in apiece. Hinkle had three hits and Carter two for the Grizzlies.

LANGDON-EDMORE-MUNICH 6, MIDWAY-MINTO 3 MM --102 000 0 -- 3 1 3 LEM --012 030 x -- 6 4 4 WP -- Dawson Hein; LP -- Luis Lucatero Highlights -- LEM: Hein 9 Ks, one-hitter, Parker Rime 1x3 2B RBI, Mason Romfo 1x2 2B 2 RBIs, Markus Kingzett 2x3; Lucatero 1x3 RBI LANGDON-EDMORE-MUNICH 14, PEMBINA COUNTY NORTH 4 PCN --300 01 -- 4 8 3 LEM --062 24 -- 14 10 1 WP -- Carter Tetrault; LP -- Sterling Enerson Highlights -- LEM: Tucker Welsh 2x2 3 RBIs, Mason Romfo 2x3 2B RBI. Tetrault 1x3 3 RBIs, Brady Regner 1x4 2B; PCN: Trevor Hinkle 3x3, Landon Carter 2x3 2 RBIs

Obituaries/Church

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Classifieds RUMMAGE SALE

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

Saturday, May 21st, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 324 10th Avenue, Langdon. Doreen Dettler Condo. Home decor, kitchen and household goods, furniture

Simmons Broadcasting is looking to hire a cleaning person. Two hours per week. Clean evenings or weekends.

256-1080.

EXCAVATOR OPERATORS AND CDL DRIVERS WANTED Witzel Construction is looking to hire both part and full-time positions. Wages depending on experience. Please contact either Dane 701-370-1877 or Travis 701-370-0399 with any questions, or stop in at our office at 206 9th Ave. E. in Langdon, ND.

Farmers Union Oil in Langdon is seeking a full time Shop person for oil and tire changes. Benefits include medical, 401 K, vacation and sick time.

Apply at Farmers Union Oil in Langdon or call Joe at 370-2022.

Farmers Union Oil in Langdon is seeking part time kitchen and c-store help.

Experience helpful but can train.

These are evening hours which will change per season. Apply at Farmers Union Oil in Langdon or call Joe at 370-2022.

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

Walhalla Farmers Grain is looking to fill full and part-time positions. Competitive salary plus benefits for fulltime workers. A driver's license is required. For more information, contact Chuck at Walhalla Farmers Grain 549-3210 or stop by for an interview.

Johnson Farms, Walhalla, North Dakota is looking for a full-time secretary with accounting experience, with knowledge of QuickBooks and Excel.

Please send resume to Rodger Johnson, Johnson Farms, PO Box 114, Walhalla, ND 58282.

If you need a change in your career, like hands-on building, Schill Construction of Langdon is seeking to fill a full time year around position.

Must have a driver’s license, good communication skills, and be a team builder. Experience is preferred.

Pay and benefits Depending On Experience. Call Lance 305-0464.

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Water Covers Road Near Webster, N.D.

Photo of Highway 20 between Webster and Devils Lake, N.D. on May 6. Speeds reduced to 25 mph in this area. Photos from the Devils Lake District of the North Dakota Department of Transportation.

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Langdon City Commission

Regular Meeting | May 9th, 2022, at 6:00 p.m.

Members present Jerry Nowatzki, Lawrence Henry, Jim Rademacher, Darin Kaercher, and Susan Fay Crockett. Also, present Jason Busse, Tom Beauchamp, Jeff Hiller, Gary Bimler, Ted and Linda Dahl, Greg Fetsch – CC Sherriff, Shannon Duerr – JDA, Steph Welsh – County Health, Quentin Wenzel – City Attorney and RoxAnne Hoffarth.

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

Approval of Minutes: L. Henry made the motion to approve the minutes from the regular meeting on April 25th with one small change, seconded by J. Rademacher. Motion carries.

Additions to Agenda: Correspondence: Department Reports: Street: J. Hiller reported they have been patching holes and hoping to sweep next week. We received the money from insurance for the broken plow. Do we put it into the old plow or use the money to purchase a new one. It was decided to get some bids and see what the cost would be. A discussion about how bad the streets are and what the next steps will be to start replacing. Hiller presented the commission with a bid for gravel for Industrial Park streets and three (3) other streets on the North end of town for $18,742.50.

Fire Department: No report.

Water and Sewer Department: J.

Busse gave report on the lift stations.

Sanitation Department: T. Beauchamp reported they went to summer schedule last week. He also reported that his part time employee quit and have an ad out for a new employee.

Activity Center: J. Rademacher reported the outside sports are still practicing indoors due to weather. They are still working on the roof repair.

Police Department: Auditors Report: R. Hoffarth reported the annual ARPA report was filed. The Arbor Day celebration went very well.

BC/BS has gone up 6% for this next year starting in June. Hoffarth filled for a WSI Ergonomics Grant and was approved for up to $10,000. D. Kaercher discussed it would be nice to purchase a scissor lift for all departments to use. He will look into a trailer to haul the lift.

Unfinished Business: Living Local App – Steph Welsh, Shannon Duerr and RoxAnne presented the benefits of the app. The app will be a one stop shop for City, County Health, Emergency, Schools, Research Center and Chamber to be all in one location.

There is one year left of the free trial and after that there will be a $750 annual charge that the all departments are willing to share the cost. Tabled until Quentin can look at the contract.

New Business: JDA – Shannon Duerr present to re-

quest $10,000 for forgivable loans to those who take the EMT training that is offered through the Langdon Prairie Health in June. Students would be eligible for a loan up to $1,000 to pay for the class and course materials. After they pass and complete 576 hours of call time over the first year for a Cavalier County Ambulance Service their loan will be forgiven. If they do not pass the course, they will pay back the $1,000 at 0% interest and in payments of $100/month.

Bid opening Parcel #60776-000 – Ted and Linda Dahl was the only bid on the parcel; Quentin opened the bid for $4,000. J. Rademacher made the motion to accept the $4,000, seconded

by L. Henry. Motion Carries.

Fireworks permit – Langdon Chamber of Commerce fireworks permit for Music Fest. S. Crockett made the motion to approve the permit, seconded by L. Henry. Motion Carries.

Judith Hamann – 612 1st Street – Quentin wanted the commission to be aware of Judith’s request for a new sewer line. She shares a sewer line and is requesting that the City put in a new line for her. Our ordinance very well states that this would be at the property owner’s expense. Quentin will explain this to Hamann.

Police Contract – Greg Fetsch present with contract that was given to the commission in February. This is a 6% increase from the 2022 contract, per year for the next three (3) years. After some discussion L. Henry made the motion to approve the contract seconded by S. Crockett. Motion Carries.

Building Permits: #5252 Craig Zach-

er, #5254 Terry Kubat, #5256 Jeff Hiller – L. Henry made the motion to approve all building permits, seconded by J. Rademacher. Motion Carries.

82768-82781/5961459622/59665 Payroll & Liab | 25799.05 59623 C3 SOLUTIONS, LTD. | 4600.00 59624 CARL HOFFARTH | 3776.67 59625 CARQUEST OF LANGDON | 67.86 59626 CAVALIER RURAL ELECTRIC COOP. | 560.51 59627 CHRISTIANSON REPAIR | 12.44 59628 DACOTAH PAPER CO. | 655.32 59629 DAHL TRUCKING PLUS | 742.77 59630 DOCU SHRED, INC. | 84.11 59631 FARMER'S UNION OIL CO. | 4210.38 59632 FARMERS & MERCHANTS STATE BANK | 3019.21 59633 FERGUSON WATERWORKS #2516 | 1159.06 59634 HIWAY LAUNDRY | 184.50 59635 JASON BUSSE | 1324.12 59636 JERRY RATZLAFF | 500.00 59637 JOHNSON CONTROLS, INC. | 1057.93 59638 LANGDON BUILDING CENTER | 10.85 59639 LANGDON FIRE DEPARTMENT | 261.61 59640 LANGDON FIRE DEPT. RELIEF | 3000.00 59641 LANGDON HARDWARE & RENTAL | 527.62 59642 MAR-KIT LANDFILL | 2171.00 59643 MIDCONTINENT COMMUNICATIONS | 136.52 59644 MOSTAD INSURANCE SERVICES, INC. | 94.00 59645 ND SEWAGE PUMP & LIFT STATION | 5163.19 59646 NEWMAN TRAFFIC SIGNS | 105.13 59647 NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH | 32.00 59648 NORTH DAKOTA LEAGUE OF CITIES | 30.00 59649 OTTERTAIL POWER CO. | 5796.34 59650 QUENTIN BRUCE WENZEL, PC | 1350.00 59651 RI-

CARD PLUMBING, HEATING & COOLIN | 293.26 59652 RICHARD'S WELDING, INC. | 617.60 59653 SCHROEDER FURNITURE | 359.98 59654 SIGN IT | 304.95 59655 TEAM LABORATORY CHEMICAL, LLC | 2800.00 59656 THE BOARDERLAND PRESS | 1024.30 59657 THE BREAD PAN | 49.95 59658 UNITED COMMUNICATIONS | 3467.13 59659 VERIZON WIRELESS | 364.95 59660 WASTE MANAGEMENT CORPORATE SERVIC | 13716.22 Review and Approval of Bills: J. Rademacher made motion to approve all bills seconded by L. Henry. Motion Carries Adjourn: L. Henry moved to adjourn the meeting.

Jerry Nowatzki, President RoxAnne Hoffarth, Auditor

Notice to Creditors IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF CAVALIER COUNTY STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA In the Matter of the Estate of Terry Dean Goodrie, Deceased Probate No. 10-2022-PR-00017 NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed personal representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within three (3) months after the date of the first publication of this notice, or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be presented to Travis Goodrie personal representative of the estate at 5410 – 38 Ave. So. #205, Fargo, ND 58104, or filed with the Cavalier County District Court at 901 Third St., Langdon, ND 58249.

Dated this 9th day of May, 2022.

Travis Goodrie Personal Representative 541 38 Ave. So. #205 Fargo, ND 58104 Attorney for Personal Representative: Craig A. Peterson, Id No 4013 2108 So. Univ. Dr. So., Suite 101 B Fargo, ND 58103 Tel. (701) 241-8444 Email: craig@petersonltd.com First publication on the 13th of May, 2022.

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Cont’d. From Page 1 - CREATIVE ART NEW Schrader’s career as an art teacher.

Here they are, one year later, ordering art supplies and creating an art room at the school.

“I think it is important for art to be involved at St. A’s because every child is creative and needs a class to let them express themselves,” Schrader stated. “Some kids have a hard time with common curriculum classes, but in secondary classes, it can be a stress reliever for them. It lets their brains think in a different way and allows them to experiment and play with art. There are so many exciting, light bulb moments in the art room.”

were restored for less than $100. The usual cost of one 14x16 inch new frame with professional matting is generally around $100 alone.

With covid restrictions lifted and a little extra help, LAS will again have their art show in person but at a new venue. Karla and Jim Rademacher at Hank’s Ice Cream on 3rd Street in Langdon have been generous enough to allow the art show to take place at their lovely venue. Snacks and beverages will be provided while the folks behind Hank’s counter will be selling all of their delicious ice creams and treats.

There will be three pieces selected as “Best in Show’ out of all the art displayed at Hank’s. Those “Best in Show’ pieces will be displayed at City Hall during the summer.

Any and everyone from the community is encouraged to attend the event.

There is no cost, simply an evening of viewing and appreciating these young minds’ creativity while enjoying some snacks!

Jennifer Schrader & St. A’s New Art Program: Along with the return of an art showcase, Langdon is lucky enough to get another artistic addition to the town. Jennifer Schrader graduated from Valley City State University last year with her bachelor’s degree in art education and will become the new art instructor at St. Alphonsus in the fall.

While she was at Valley City State she made the most of her time by participating in the National Honors Society, intramural sports, and was the co-founder of a group called VCSU Special Olympics.

“Every Wednesday night for an hour, our group would meet up with Valley City’s group of Special olympic athletes and participate in activities

and games with them.”

Becoming an art teacher is in Schrader’s blood. She stated, “I also chose teaching because I think teaching runs in my family. My two grandmas were teachers, as well as my great-grandma.” She also credits her 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Mostad, and Mindi Lill as her other biggest influencers.

“My parents were also a big influence on me for going into art as well! They always told my siblings and I to go into something that we like, and teaching art was always in my mind, so I had to stick with it,” Schrader said.

Mindi Lill’s influence on Schrader’s career went beyond elementary and high school as well. Once Schrader was in her junior year of college, it came time to sign up for student teaching positions.

“The first person I thought of was Mindi!” Schrader said. It took a month to find out, but she was accepted at Langdon Area Schools for her student teaching under Lill’s supervision.

“Working with Mindi was the greatest experience I could have asked for. She showed me everything that I could do to be a great teacher. She was always up for questions, was willing to try any of my crazy art ideas for the kids, and was just always there for me.”

In 2021, while Schrader was finishing her last semester of college, she received a call from Carrie Hope, the principal at St. Alphonsus. Hope said she had a really crazy question for Schrader…would you be interested in teaching kindergarten, and we can plan out an art program together?

Schrader said she immediately thought, “Me, as a kindergarten teacher? I laughed!”

Schrader and Hope, however, both know how important art is to children, and this was the perfect start to

“You have to have art in your life because it’s all around you. A lot of kids think that they aren’t good at art, but having classes allows them to find something that they like. There is way more to art than just coloring and drawing. Having these opportunities opens up many possibilities for them,” Schrader stated.

Schrader is beyond excited to get started in her new job this fall. She said the things she is looking forward to the most are getting to know her students and seeing them grow in her classes. “There are a lot of talented kids who have crazy good art skills, and having this opportunity in the school will let them shine and show off some of that talent.”

Although Schrader went to a ‘big city’ to obtain her education, she said she has always known she’d come back to Langdon. “I always knew I wanted to come back here. This is my home and is where my family is.” As a senior in college, she hosted her own art show.

As a tribute to her home roots she stated, “I titled the show ‘Home,’ and every piece was based on a picture from Langdon and the Osnabrock area.”

Northern Lights Arts Council: The Northern Lights Arts Council (NLAC) is a nonprofit organization in Langdon. Their purpose as an organization is to encourage artistic opportunities for the residents of Langdon and the surrounding areas.

This year they are offering International Music Camp scholarships along with a college scholarship for students interested in the creative arts. NLAC has also been the sponsor of the Borderland Press’s Art Student of the Month which is featured monthly in the paper. Their artwork is hung at The Bread Pan each month for community members to view.

Thanks to the NLAC and the help of Amber Benoit, the Director of NLAC, hanging the art work will be much easier with the use of their collapsable panels. After the art showcase at Hank’s Ice Cream Shop is finished and taken down, the frames will be reused to revamp the Art Student of the Month.

The NLAC not only works with creative youngsters in the area but also hosts

regular art classes for all ages that range from learning how to weave onto sticks to learning how to paint.

Benoit encourages residents to check out and follow their Facebook page for updates and events.

The Borderland Press staff is also

hoping to include more than two Art Students of the Month and showcase their framed and matted works in other community businesses, along with the Bread Pan. If you are interested in having student work hang in your business, please reach out to newspaper staff!