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Friday, April 18, 2025

Volume 4, Number 15

Second chances: Rebuilding lives after incarceration in North Dakota By Hilary Nowatzki

April has been declared “Second Chance Month,” and according to the Bureau of Justice Assistance, this title aims to inform and illuminate the opportunities for state, local and tribal governments and other community entities to offer meaningful and sometimes life-transforming second chances to formerly incarcerated individuals. Those being released from jail or prison face numerous and sometimes insurmountable challenges with one of the top ones being the stigma at-

tached to incarceration. The stigma surrounding former inmates runs deep, but one local perspective challenges society’s traditional view of criminal rehabilitation. “People make profound mistakes in their life, really bad choices, and there may not be another opportunity for them to get a meaningful kind of life back if society in general doesn’t give them a second chance,” said Parkes. “Historically, criminals, convicts have been punished, served their time in a prison someplace, and

you would think that their debt is paid to society, but it’s really not. It’s kind of like there’s a whole other level of punishment that follows.” Along with being an author, Parkes runs a small animal rescue and volunteers with another one of his charities, Blizzard of North Dakota, which teaches kids to ski for free in the winter. Parkes also runs his own reintegration program for those who have become entangled with law enforcement.

For the past two years, he has been running another organization called ‘Libertas,’ the name itself being of the Roman goddess of liberty and freedom. Parkes and Libertas are technically contractors for North Dakota Health and Human Services and the Department of Corrections and work with another government affiliated program called Free Through Recovery. Through Libertas and Free Through Recovery, Parkes is currently serving 14 individuals who have been cont’d. on page B8

Nationally known composer coming to Langdon for Jazz Festival learning about jazz since September. They have learned about the history of jazz, have watched videos of jazz greats through the decades, learned about improvisation, and have prepared a piece for the upcoming “Jazzy Journeys with Wynn-Anne Rossi” jazz recital. The recital will be on Friday, April 25 at 7:00 at the United Lutheran Church in Langdon. The event is sponsored by the Langdon Area Music Teachers Association, the Northern Lights Arts Council, and the Langdon Eagles Club.

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The Jazz Festival will feature nationally-known jazz composer, Wynn-Anne Rossi.

Composer, presenter, and piano teacher Wynn-Anne Rossi will be coming to Langdon on April 25 to work with Langdon area piano students. Lisa Schuler’s students have been

Before the recital, over 40 students in grades 2-12 and seven adults will be meeting after school to go through three jazz rotations. The rotations will be led by Mr. Lane Lindseth, director of school bands in Langdon; Mrs. Kim Hart, director of school vocals in Langdon; and Wynn-Anne Rossi, the

guest composer. The rotations will teach the students about group improvisations on multiple keyboards with Mr. Lindseth, solo improvisation within prepared jazz pieces with Wynn-Anne Rossi, and jazz facts about Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington through games with Mrs. Hart. Then it will be time for a pizza party! The recital will not be a normal piano recital. The students will be wearing fun, jazzy shirts created by Julie Davis of Langdon. Wynn-Anne will be speaking throughout the recital with visuals through PowerPoint. Most of the performances will be jazz compositions by Rossi, but there will be round robin improvisations with groups of young students, and the junior high jazz band will be performing as well. Lisa Schuler will be playing jazz duets with Wynn-Anne, Lane Lindseth,

and some of her students. On top of that, there will be a bingo game to learn more about Wynn-Anne’s life and door prizes will be awarded to the students throughout the recital. The door prizes were donated by Popplers Music Store in Grand Forks. Schuler would like to extend a tremendous thank you to Wynn-Anne Rossi for coming to Langdon to work with her students! She also thanks NLAC and the Eagles for financially supporting the event. Thank you to Lane Lindseth and Kim Hart for leading the kids in rotations and to Kathie Johnson, P.J. Rime, and Kathy Skjervheim for assisting the rotation teachers and overseeing the pizza party! Students playing in the Jazz Festival include: McKenzie Regner, Rylee Christianson, Catelyn Goodman, Lauren Flink, Kollyns Schill, Addison and cont’d. on page B8

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Jamestown, N.D. – Victoria Matthews and Bridget Pankratz have been selected to represent Munich High School at North Dakota Leadership Seminar May 30 – June 1 at the University of Jamestown in Jamestown, N.D.

Matthews, the child of Angie and David Herrman, and Pankratz, the child of Chad and Sarah Pankratz, were selected to represent their school at the North Dakota Leadership Seminar because of their leadership skills, commitment to community service, and involvement in their school and community.

For more than 40 years, the North Dakota Leadership Seminar (NDLS) has brought together some of North Dakota’s most talented young people from across our state to join together for an extraordinary weekend focused on leadership development, service, and issue awareness through empowering discussions and informal debate. Students walk away each year with the tools they need to motivate their peers to make a difference in their communities and schools. This year, students will have the opcont’d. on page B8

Victoria Matthews

Bridget Pankratz

Mud Fest hosted last Saturday By Hilary Nowatzki

Wales Fire Dept members who put on the Mud Fest fundraiser. Front row (L-R) Lynn Domres, Daniel Hart, Will Blake, Danny Muhs, Sammantha Hansel, Curt Kram; back row: Dave Nowatzki, Travis Hansel, Jordan Blake, Brandon Domres, Brian Hart, Marc Greening, Brandon Hart, Nathan Metzger, Jake Muhs, and Luke Albrecht. Photo by Larry Stokke.

The grand prize winner was Hayes Haslekaas being congratulated here by Wales Fire Department member Brandon Domres. Submitted Photo.

Mud Fest was hosted in Wales last Saturday, and according to event organizer, Jay DuBois, the day was a hit. “We had a great turnout. It was a

Mud Fest saw a great lineup of chili with all the fixin's at Saturdays event. Photo by Larry Stokke.

Guests enjoy their meals at last Saturday's Mud Fest fundraiser. Photo by Larry Stokke.

beautiful day. We sold out on all of our tickets, and we had some meat raffles during the day,” said DuBois. “It was just a generally all around good day.”

The Ranger grand prize was awarded to Hayes Haslekaas. Jason Spanier was the winner of the gun. Ethan Kram received the 106 piece tool set award. Zach Lynnes was the recipient

Event organizers pull names for prize winners. Photo by Larry Stokke.

of the tool combo set. Mudfest is an annual fundraiser for the Wales Fire Department to buy equipment and perform mainte-

nance. Organizers want to thank everyone who attended and are looking forward to seeing everyone at the 20th annual Mud Fest next year.


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