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680,000 roosters throughout North Dakota. The season opens here this weekend. (Photo/NDGF)
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might hate
cake, or they dont like be-
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older.
I am not one of those
people.
I love celebrating birth-
days, whether it is mine or
someone elses. I love the
promise of a new year, the
refection of what has been
learned over the last year
(we really do become wiser
with each passing year), and
lets be real I like cake and
free meals at restaurants.
Last week I asked my hus-
band, Do you know what
tomorrow is?
He paused a little too
long and replied, Yes. Its
Wednesday.
True but what else? I
pressed.
Terry appeared to be
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Barnes County Senior
Center activities in Valley
City include: 9:30 a.m.
Bone Builders Exercise;
11:30 a.m. Lunch (Beef
Stroganoff w/Noodles,
Winter Blend Vegetables,
Juice, Jell-O w/Fruit); 1:00
p.m. Bingo.
District 24 Dem-NPL
host its Fall Roundup and
Appreciation Dinner for
Ralph Metcalf and Phil
Mueller at the VFW in Valley
City. Social Hour starts at
5:30 p.m. followed by a sit-
down dinner at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets: $30 at the door.
Valley City State Univer-
sity hosts the NDUS Arts
& Humanities Summit, a
biennial event showcas-
ing a wide variety of talent
from throughout the state
including musical per-
formances, visual arts,
readings, and scholarly
work. A special guest of
the Summit this year will
be Joy Harjo, a member
of the Mvskoke Nation
and the author of many
books. Her most recent is
the young adult novel, For
a Girl Becoming. She is
also a musician, and won
the 2009 Native American
Music Award for Best Fe-
male Artist of the Year. She
has released four award
winning CDs -- her most
recent, Red Dreams, A Trail
Beyond Tears, is a
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Volunteers for the 1916
Bualo High School have
stepped forward to spon-
sor an Old School Supper
on Sunday, Oct. 28, from 2
to 6 p.m. at Maple Valley
Elementary school in Buf-
falo, with all proceeds going
to the Capital Campaign
Fund for continued renova-
tion projects on the historic
1916 school in Bualo N.D.
e menu will include
lutesk, homemade meat-
balls and gravy, real mashed
potatoes, home-grown
squash, corn, Bevs cole-
slaw, Joannes lefse, Hazels
buns, and ice cream.
e 1916 school will also
be open to the public from
1:30 to 5:30 p.m., and e
Olde School Gi Shoppe
will welcome visitors.
For more information,
please call Liane at 701-412-
4485 or Hattie at 701-633-
5234. ank you for your
support!
The family of thelate Frank Deitz gathered with friends in Buffalo this summer to
celebrate all he did for the restoration of the 1916 school. Many memories were
shared. A plaque is now on display in the west room. (Photo/www. buffalond.com)
supper fundraiser set to aid old school rehab
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traditional fute album. Her
participation in the Summit
will include a live perfor-
mance at 7 p.m. on Octo-
ber 11 and a reading at 10
a.m. on October 12.
AA (Alcoholics Anony-
mous) meetings take place
every Monday, Wednesday
and Saturday at 8 p.m. and
every Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
at Fellowship Corner, 320
2nd Ave. S.E. in Valley City.
At 5:30 p.m. Fridays, the
meeting is in the Sheyenne
Care Center conference
room. The last Saturday of
the month is open for all
to attend. More info: Sister
Suzanne Stahl, 845-2864.
THEATRE: The No-
Name Players present The
Fairest Flower of the South
at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11-13,
and at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 13.
For advance tickets or
more info: Judy or Dick
Larson, 701-683-5119.
saturday, oct. 13
City include: 12:00 p.m.
Lunch (Salisbury Steak,
Mashed Potatoes w/Gravy,
Corn, Peaches, Brownie).
Rose s Valley City Farm-
ers Market takes place
from 10 a.m. to noon every
Saturday through Hallow-
een at Hinschberger Park.
More info: Becky Huber,
701-924-8278.
LIVE MUSIC: Brother
Jukebox plays at the VFW
in Valley City from 8:30
p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
THEATRE: The No-
Name Players present The
Fairest Flower of the South
at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11-13,
and at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 13.
For advance tickets or
more info: Judy or Dick
Larson, 701-683-5119.
LIVE MUSIC: The Oc-
tober 13 monthly Valley
City Bluegrass Jam has
been moved to Litchville in
conjunction with the Annual
Pie & Pickin Social. The
acoustic music event is
free and open to the public
and will feature homemade
apple pie and donuts along
with the homemade music.
The event runs from 1 to 5
p.m. at the Litchville Com-
munity Center. A freewill
offering will go to pay the
milk delivery man the debt
owed to him by the former
grocery store. More info:
John Andrus, 701-762-
4891.
sunday, oct. 14
Center activities in Val-
ley City include: 12:30
p.m. Lunch (Pork Chops,
Mashed Potatoes w/Gravy,
Peas and Carrots, Apple
Crisp).
Trinity Lutheran Church
of Valley City hosts a pan-
cake breakfast from 9 a.m.
calendar: 5
to 1 p.m. at the church.
Funds raised will help
beneft children of Casa de
fe Ecuador. More info: Pat
Beil, beil.pat86@gmail.com
Zumba in Pink for Breast
Cancer Awareness, an
event sponsored by Curves
of Valley City, runs from 2
to 3:30 p.m. in the Curves
parking lot on West Main.
Come out and shake it with
Darla, Dianna, and Megan
while supporting Making
Strides Against Breast
Cancer. Alternate loca-
tion if weather conditions
are too cold, or in case of
rain/snow: Youth Sports
Complex across from Dairy
Queen. Suggested $10
donation to Making Strides
Against Breast Cancer.
More info: Dawn 701-845-
3500.
monday, oct. 15
Exercise, 11:30 a.m. Lunch
(Beef Vegetable Bake,
Coleslaw, Fruit Cocktail,
Cake); 1:15 p.m. Whist.
Buffalo Senior Citizens
meets every Monday at the
Community Center, Buffalo,
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
A Blood Drive runs
from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
at Our Saviors Lutheran
Church, 138 3rd St NW
- Valley City. To make an
appointment to donate, call
Randy at 845-1328 or go
to: www.bloodhero.com,
sponsor code: valleycity
The Valley City Farmers
Market takes place from 4
to 6 p.m. at the Rosebud
Visitor Center parking lot.
More info: Norma Voldal,
market manager: 701-845-
4303.
The Valley City City
Commission meets the frst
and third Mondays of each
month at 5 p.m. at city hall.
The Valley City School
Board holds its regular
meeting at 5 p.m. at the
Central Administration
Building on Central Avenue
in Valley City.
Meet the District 24
Republican Candidates on
Monday evenings from 4 to
7 p.m. at GOP Campaign
Headquarters, 336 Central
Ave. N., Valley City. Coffee
& snacks provided.
Tuesday, oct. 16
City include: 9:00 a.m. Bet-
ter Choice/Better Health
Workshop; 9:30 Myron
Jabs Medicare Fraud;
11:30 a.m. Lunch (Salmon
Loaf, Baby Bakers, Car-
rots, Mandarin Orange
Gelatin); 1:15 p.m. Pi-
nochle.
The Barnes County
Commission meets the frst
and third Tuesdays of every
month at 8 a.m. at the
courthouse.
Valley City Rotary Club
meets every Tuesday at
noon at the Valley City
VFW.
A Candidate Forum
hosted by the Valley City
Area Chamber of Com-
merce starts at 7 p.m. at
the Valley City Hi-Liner
Activity Center gymnasium
on Central Avenue. Candi-
dates for District 24 Senate
and House and candidates
for County Commission
have been invited to partici-
pate. The moderator will be
Michelle Wobbema, current
Chamber board president.
All candidates will have the
opportunity to introduce
themselves and explain
why they are running for
the position, respond to
prepared questions from
the moderator and, if time
allows, answer questions
from the audience, and
provide closing comments.
Wednesday, oct. 17
The Valley City Park
Board holds its regular
meeting at 7 a.m. at city
hall. More info: 701-845-
3294.
Bone Builders Exercise;
11:30 a.m. Lunch (Roast
Beef, Mashed Potatoes w/
Gravy, Green Beans, Apri-
cot/Pineapple Jell-O); 1:15
p.m. Pinochle and Whist.
Tower City Senior
Citizens group meets every
Wednesday at the Com-
munity Center in Tower City
from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
A meal is served. More
info: Betty Gibbons, presi-
dent, 701-840-0184.
Storytime takes place
at 10:30 a.m. at the Valley
City-Barnes County Public
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Valley City Kiwanis Club
meets every Wednesday
at 12:04 p.m. at the Valley
City VFW.
Texas Hold em Tourna-
ment is every Wednesday
at 7 p.m. at the Eagles
Aerie, Valley City. Open to
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Richard Hass: 840-2612.
Free, for people 21+.
Open Mic takes place
at Dutton s Parlour in
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Wednesday from 7:30 to
9:30 p.m. Entertainers (mu-
sic, comedy, poetry, etc.)
and audience members are
welcome. No cost.
Thursday, oct. 18
Exercise; 11:30 a.m. Lunch
(Soup, Sandwich, Pear
Sauce, Juice); 5:30 p.m.
Supper Night Entree: BBQ
Ribs, Entertainment: Tim
Kadrmas.
Tops Club of Enderlin
meets every Thursday at
the Senior Center in Ender-
lin. Weigh in from 8:30 to 9
a.m.; meeting at 9.
St. Catherine Quilters
makes quilts for those in
need every Thursday from
1 to 4:30 p.m. and 6:30
to 9 p.m. in the St. Cath-
erine School gym base-
ment, Valley City. Anyone
is welcome; no experience
necessary. More info: Lela
Grim, 701-845-4067.
Valley City Eagles
Auxiliary hosts Dakota
State Madam President
Kim Kremer of Dickinson,
N.D., during a supper and
meeting at the Valley City
Eagles Aerie starting at 6
p.m. Come out and meet
our state president and
have supper with us. More
info: Rose Wendt, 701-
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Te Valley City Area
Chamber of Commerce is
hosting a Candidate Forum
on Tuesday, Oct. 16, from
7 to 9 p.m. in the Hi-Liner
Activity Center gymnasium.
Te following candidates
are set to participate:
District 24 Senate: Keith
Hovland and Larry Robin-
son.
District 24 House: Sha-
ron Buhr, Dwight Keifert,
Naomi Mushca, and Myrene
Peterson.
Barnes County Commis-
sion: John Froelich, Cindy
Schwehr.
Serving as moderator of
the event will be Michelle
Wobbema, president of the
Chambers Board of Direc-
tors.
Te format of the event
will include a brief intro-
duction by the candidates,
then a series of questions
to which each candidate
will have two minutes to re-
spond. Afer all candidates
have responded, each will
have an opportunity to ofer
a one minute follow-up. Te
moderator will have a set of
pre-prepared questions, but
none of the candidates will
have had the opportunity
to see the questions in ad-
vance.
Te audience will also be
encouraged to submit ques-
tions, and their questions
will be given priority over
prepared questions.
Te forum is non-parti-
san.
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n chamber candidate forum set for oct. 16
I
m at a loss for words
this week. Seems like
theres been at least three
people my spouse knows
that have passed away in a
very short time. Myself, I
am deeply saddened by the
loss of our FARRMS board
member and friend Sharon
Clancy.
Barnes County lost a
champion last week. Sharon
Clancy was one of the rst
people I met when I began
working in local foods. It
was because of her inu-
ence that I moved from the
job at the ag department to
FARRMS. Like Sharon, I
believe the best food comes
from the local farmers.
Early on, I realized that
changing peoples habits
was not an easy task. Once
introduced to the concept
of Farm-to-School I real-
ized that is where we should
focus our eforts.
To do that, we need
people like Sharon. She
organized the farmers mar-
kets and supplied food to
Sue Milender, food service
director, who in turn feeds
the children of Valley City
during the school year. Sha-
ron raised
chickens,
sold eggs
and grew
vegetables
herself in
addition to
encouraging
and support-
ing others
who want to become part of
a local foods system.
In my humble opinion,
the world has swung as
far as it can to the age of
processed and imported
foods. Obesity and diabetes
have become common and
the generations of children
born afer the year 2000
have a lower life expectancy
than I do. What? How did
we let this happen?
Ofen times I tell folks
that it is simpler for me to
buy a can of unregulated
strawberries, pickles or
pears from China than it is
to buy something from my
neighbor who farms. Tis
is North Dakota, folks. We
dont need to import food
we have the most knowl-
edgeable farmers, the best
soil and hardworking folks
we need to provide food for
our families. Im not talk-
ing about growing it and
sending it out of the state or
country to be processed and
then shipped back.
While there is nothing
wrong with large farms
providing mass quanti-
ties of wheat and corn
for the world, theres also
room for the smaller more
intimate eating experience
of KNOWING YOUR
FARMER.
With that said, there are
two things I wish to call to
your attention at this time.
First there is a network-
ing session for farmers and
food service folks in Me-
dina on Tursday, Oct. 18.
It begins at 12:30 p.m. and
is a relaxed general session
for ANYONE to learn about
Farm-to-Cafeteria pro-
grams and our new work
at FARRMS supported by a
Specialty Crop Block Grant.
Please if you can come Im
baking and bringing some
local treats just for you and
the event is FREE if you
preregister so we can make
you a packet of information
to take with you. Its $20 at
the door.
Second, Key Ingredients:
America by Food opens in
Medina on Saturday, Oct.
20. We have many great
programs (watch for the ad
next week in this newspa-
per) and demonstrations to
coincide with the Smith-
sonian Museum on Main
Street display.
Okay, you say, Ive seen
that display Well, come
on over to Medina and
experience one of the great
speakers we have lined up
(myself included) and enjoy
some good home cooking;
visit the local businesses;
and BUY SOMETHING
LOCAL to take home with
you.
If we take baby steps, we
can move that pendulum
from the extreme ofen
times non-palatable import-
ed foods to fresh, healthy,
economically stimulating
local foods. Read the labels,
buy from people you know,
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Oct. 20 - Dec. 2
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Saturday, Oct. 20 is Small Business Saturday and
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hat favorite day of many outdoors-
men is rapidly approaching pheas-
ant opener. With head bowed, eyes
skyward (is that physically possible?) and
tongue frmly in cheek, we pray that divine
intervention outweighs Murphys Law this
autumn with the following blessing:
Heavenly God, to whom I pray,
provide me birds this glorious day,
let them fush at decent yard,
from lef-to-right, thats not so hard.
Keep skies clear and slightly brisk,
so over-heatings not a risk,
instead of snow or rain so wet,
the kind of crap I ofen get.
Guide my dog from coon and skunk,
and well away from swampy funk,
so my spouse when petting Rover,
says not he smells of death warmed over.
Lead me not into barbed wire,
which rips and ruins my feld attire,
but if you do, please keep a watch,
that it tears the leg and not the crotch.
And ward away from me that seed,
which to the land spreads noxious weed,
gets in my clothes, and my dogs fur,
that damned-annoying cocklebur.
Let my aim be true and square,
and that of friends just hit the air,
so I connect my early shot,
and take their cash from the frst-bird pot.
Lord have my roosters be old and frail,
so theyre scared to death, if my shots fail,
and let them fall and never run,
for miles and miles of steeplechase fun.
Nor let the parts on my gun stick,
or fail or jam, or breakdown quick,
like they always seem to do,
right when the birds come fying through.
And in late season, please guarantee,
that frozen waters will hold me,
or if I go through, just ankle deep,
and not three miles out from the Jeep.
Help to keep my ire in check,
if I miss and wonder what the heck,
replace with darn and then oh well,
the usual curse words that I yell.
And while Im out, please keep an eye,
for sales on things my spouse will buy,
to punish me for having fun,
and the Honey-Do list Ive lef undone.
For these hunting things I pray,
and with your blessing and okay,
make it a season full of luck,
and one more thingcan the Vikes not suck?
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get rid of it before winter hits.
Should I apply Roundup on
the plants and then reseed?
Is there an easier way to deal
with crabgrass? I do not have
a sprinkler system and have
neglected my lawn when it
comes to watering. Te grass
in my backyard is very dry. It
is nearly tan in color and thin
in coverage. What do I need
to do to this area to prepare
for winter? Do I start to wa-
ter the grass or leave it dor-
mant? Any suggestions would
be greatly appreciated. (West
Fargo, N.D.)
A: Crabgrass can be con-
trolled next spring with
an application of a pre-
emergent herbicide labeled
for crabgrass control. Ap-
ply according to directions
when the lilacs are starting
to come into bloom. If you
have not watered your lawn
all summer, I advise doing
so several times between
now and freeze-up. You still
might be able to save some
grass by doing so. If you fail
to do this, nature will fll
the vacuum for you with
her own selection of weeds.
No one can predict what
kind of winter lies ahead for
us. It could be a cold and
droughty winter. If this win-
ter is a mirror image of our
past summer, your grass will
be history without any water
in the soil.
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I had an excellent yield of
large, well-developed berries.
Te second year, only an area
in the center of the patch had
a good yield. Te rest of the
plants had berries but were
not worth picking because
they were the size of peas and
would fall apart as soon as
they were picked. Tis year,
the patch was reduced to
about 10 feet of good berries
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in the center of the patch. I
add about 2 inches of com-
post in the spring, water oc-
casionally, but add no other
fertilizer. I have attached
some photos to show the size
of those clusters that crumble.
I look forward to your input.
(email reference)
A: Tis progressive decline
is a pretty good indication of
a virus that got started and
spread systemically and sys-
tematically throughout your
berry planting. With virus
problems, there is nothing
that can be done to correct
the problem. Viruses are
spread by piercing-sucking
insects, such as leaf hop-
pers and aphids, which fnd
raspberry plantings a good
meal.
Q: You were in our yard
this summer looking at our
grass and also looking at our
two dying willow trees. We
are in the process of replac-
ing the trees. We had them
removed this week and I took
soil samples to NDSU to be
tested. Tat will take about
two weeks. How late this fall
can we successfully plant new
trees? We are planning to
have two large trees moved
in using a tree spade truck.
What do you recommend?
Im a little concerned about
the dry conditions and how
that will afect the new trees.
I would appreciate your ad-
vice. Tank you. (email refer-
ence)
A: Te trees can be plant-
ed right up until the ground
freezes. In fact, in the old
days of my youth, we did
some post-Christmas plant-
ings of evergreens that came
through the winter just fne.
As to what to recommend, I
would suggest the new hon-
eylocust developed by NDSU.
It was researched for more
than 10 years at various sites
around the state and came
through with fying colors.
It is also one of the most
drought-resistant deciduous
trees available in our region.
Go to http://search.linders.
com/12070003/Plant/3561/
Northern_Acclaim_Hon-
eylocust for more informa-
tion.
Q: When we last corre-
sponded, I was planning to
overseed my lawn using a
good Kentucky bluegrass
blend. I fertilized the last
week of August and watered
well before seeding on Sept.
6. I watered religiously afer
seeding. I was expecting to at
least see some of the peren-
nial ryegrass within 10 days.
Its now been three weeks
and I have seen nothing. I
went over the lawn in three
directions, so I know there
is sufcient seed there. Any
ideas what I did wrong? Do
you think the seed will come
up next spring or did I just
waste $100? Im still water-
ing. (email reference)
A: You didnt waste any
money. You should start
to see some little nubs of
grass seedlings popping up
sooner or later this fall. Te
snow covering will protect
the seedlings from freez-
ing. Te seed that might not
make an appearance would
be the Kentucky bluegrass.
Tat should burst through
next spring when the soil
starts thawing. Assuming
you didnt bury the seed and
that your seed was fresh and
had decent germination test
results, this naked ground
that is now causing concern
will be a thing of the past.
Q: I have a problem with
my iris plants. Tis summer,
the leaves started turning
brown, which I thought was
normal for iris plants. When
I dug them up, some of the
rhizomes were dry husks,
with only some fbrous mate-
rial inside. I do not know ex-
actly what caused the dam-
age. I wonder if there were
insects eating the rhizomes.
I treated the soil by incorpo-
rating a 6 percent Malathion
powder and dusted all of the
surviving rhizomes with the
same powder. Do you have
any idea or suggestions on
what happened and what
the proper treatment should
be? (email reference)
A: Tis sounds like iris
borers found juicy rhizomes
to feed upon. Your treat-
ment with Malathion was
a little late. Go to http://
www.extension.umn.edu/
yardandgarden/ygbriefs/
e122irisborer.html for infor-
mation on controlling iris
borers that involves cultural
practices and the most efec-
tive use of insecticides.
Q: A few days ago, I had
to remove my bleeding heart
roots in preparation for a
wooden planter to be built.
How long can the roots re-
main out of the ground?
(email reference)
A: Tat depends on how
the plant was handled. If you
have the roots held in damp,
unmilled sphagnum moss
at a low, but above freezing
temperature, they could stay
out of the ground for many
weeks. If they are not be-
ing held in that or a similar
manner, then it is anyones
guess as to how long they
can hold up.
Q: I have a question on
planting American arborvi-
taes as a hedge. I am planting
six of them along the outside
of the fence that borders my
neighbors property. To grow
a hedge, I understand that
I need to space the trees 3
feet apart. However, how far
from my neighbors property
line can I plant the frst tree?
(email reference)
A: I think you mean how
close to my neighbors prop-
erty line instead of how far.
Technically speaking, you
will be OK as long as you
are not disturbing the soil
on your neighbors property.
In situations like this, I ad-
vise communicating with
neighbors before undertak-
ing a major project that may
impact both properties. You
also might check the zoning
ordinances where you live to
be sure that what you intend
to do is legal.
Q: We have a local resi-
dent that has some lilacs that
seem to be dying. Te upper
branches are dying on a few
of the bushes. Te bushes ap-
pear to be very old. Tey also
are in a very crowded space.
Tere is a fence on one side,
evergreen trees on two sides
and more trees on the fourth
side. Any ideas? You input is
always appreciated. (email
reference)
A: Tis is a good example
of a survival of the species
fght. At this point, the li-
lacs dont stand a chance.
Tey have been weakened
by herbicide drif and are
surrounded by superior
and more vigorous species
that are intercepting the re-
sources for survival such as
light, water and nutrients.
My suggestion is to put the
lilacs out of their misery and
allow the other species to
occupy the space.
Q: I live in Indiana and
have a hibiscus that I have
moved inside for the past 12
years. Tis year, it bloomed
the best it ever has. I do noth-
ing special to it, accept plant
it in the ground and in a me-
dium-sized pot when I take
it inside. I have had it in the
garage with no light and in a
room that has a skylight. To
be honest, it doesnt seem to
matter where I put it. One
year, it looked like it died, so I
cut it back to almost nothing.
It sprang back and continued
to fourish. What is the life
expectancy of a hibiscus? It
seems to be getting better as
the years go by. (email refer-
ence)
A: Te answer is simple:
Te plant has discovered the
fountain of youth because
of your loving or indiferent
touch. In reality, I have no
idea what the life span of a
hibiscus would be. I wouldnt
suggest changing a single
thing with your routine to
keep it in this youthful vig-
or. Te next time you carry
out a major pruning, Id sug-
gest attempting to root some
of the cuttings to see if this
good fortune can be passed
on. If so, you could start
your own business!
To contact Ron Smith for answers to
your questions, write to Ron Smith,
NDSU Department of Plant Sciences,
Dept. 7670, Box 6050, Fargo, ND
58108-6050 or email him at
ronald.smith@ndsu.edu
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I
n true
form of
h u m a n
nature, if you
ask three peo-
ple the same
q u e s t i o n ,
theres a fair
chance youll
get three dif-
ferent answers, even if theres
a common theme.
In North Dakota, deer
hunting is arguably the fa-
vorite hunting season based
on the number of individuals
who apply for a license each
year. And while North Da-
kota produces more ducks
than pheasants, Id guess if
you asked every hunter their
favorite quarry, ducks might
fnish behind deer and
pheasants, though a lot of
people are avid participants
in all three seasons.
While deer and ducks are
native species, sometimes I
wonder why the exotic ring-
necked pheasant continues
to occupy a spot close to the
top of hunting favorites.
For some, its an upland
hunt in what for many is a
favorite time of year fall
with its crisp mornings,
gorgeous prairie sounds and
wide open landscapes. I can
go pheasant hunting and
not see a bird, and it doesnt
bother me one bit.
For others its the beauty of
the brightly colored rooster,
which even as an import
seems to ft well with cattail-
ringed sloughs and brushy
areas.
And if youve ever had
pheasant grilled, stir-fried,
deep-fried or roasted, odds
are the taste of the birds
light meat has created a de-
sire for more.
Put these all together and
you can see why people en-
joy hunting pheasants.
Consider the latest sta-
tistics. Last fall more than
80,000 resident and nonresi-
dent hunters bagged about
680,000 roosters, or just
over eight birds per hunter
for the season.
Te number of hunters
last year was actually down
a bit from 2010, but the mild
fall and early winter led to
pleasant late-season oppor-
tunities right up to the last
weekend. So even though
hunter numbers were down
some, the nice weather
meant many more hunting
trips and that led to an in-
crease in harvest.
Since the mild weather
also continued through the
winter, pheasant mortal-
ity was minimal. Favorable
weather for pheasant nesting
and brood reading followed
in spring and summer, which
warranted a positive outlook
for this fall.
Stan Kohn, upland game
management supervisor for
the North Dakota Game and
Fish Department, said the
said the late-summer brood
survey indicated pheasants
are up 59 percent statewide
from last year. In addition,
brood observations were up
65 percent, and the average
brood size was up 16 per-
cent.
Statistics from south-
western North Dakota in-
dicate the number of birds
observed was up 30 per-
cent from 2011. A stronger
breeding population this
spring coupled with good
production should provide
hunters with plenty of birds
and a good number of young
birds this fall, Kohn said
Bird numbers in the
southeast were up 134 per-
cent from last year, and in
the northwest, bird numbers
were up 258 percent. How-
ever, Kohn said that hunters
should temper expectations
a bit because pheasant num-
bers in both districts were
low last year. Tere will be
some areas where pheasant
hunting will be slow, Kohn
said
In the northeast district,
generally containing second-
ary pheasant habitat without
much good winter cover, the
number of birds observed
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Te North Dakota Game and Fish Department encour-
ages hunters, anglers and landowners who witness a fsh or
wildlife violation to fle a report with the Report All Poach-
ers program.
RAP is a cooperative project between the Game and Fish
Department, State Radio Communications and the North
Dakota Wildlife Federation. Te RAP line ofers rewards
from $100 to $1,000 depending on the nature and serious-
ness of the crime for information that leads to conviction
of fsh and wildlife law violators. Reports can also go di-
rectly to game wardens or other law enforcement agencies.
Callers can remain anonymous.
Witnesses should note vehicle description, including
make, color, license plate number and state issued. Descrip-
tion of the violator should also be considered.
Witnesses should report a violation by calling the RAP
telephone number at (800) 472-2121. RAP will then con-
tact the local game warden immediately. If the witness gives
the RAP operator a phone number, the witness will be con-
tacted right away.

Motorists Warned to Watch for Deer
Motorists are reminded to watch for deer along road-
ways, especially this time of year, because juvenile animals
are dispersing from their home ranges.
October through early December is the peak period for
deer-vehicle accidents. Motorists are advised to slow down
and exercise caution afer dark to reduce the likelihood of
encounters with deer along roadways. Most deer-vehicle
accidents occur primarily at dawn and dusk when deer are
most ofen moving around.
Deer-vehicle accidents are at times unavoidable. How-
ever, motorists should be aware of warning signs signaling
deer are in the area. When you see one deer cross the road,
look for a second or third deer to follow. Also, motorists
are urged to pay attention on roadways posted with Deer
Crossing Area caution signs.
If an accident does happen, a local law enforcement agen-
cy should be contacted. Also, a permit is required to take
parts or the whole carcass of a road-killed deer. Permits
are free and available from game wardens and local law en-
forcement ofces.
A few precautions can minimize chances of injury or
property damage in a deer-vehicle crash.
Always wear your seat belt.
Dont swerve or take the ditch to avoid hitting a deer. Try
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P
ain is associated with
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Individuals can suer
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pain. Acute pain is pain that
doesnt last long whereas
chronic pain persists. Pain
signals keep ring in the
nervous system for weeks,
months, even years. ere
may have been an initial
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their pain, 59% reported
an impact on their overall
enjoyment of life, 77% felt
depressed due to pain, and
86% reported an inability to
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If you are one of these
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An epidural steroid in-
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help relieve neck, arm, back
and leg pain caused by in-
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epidural injection places
anti-inammatory medi-
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to decrease inammation
of the nerve roots, hope-
fully reducing the pain in
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heal by reducing inamma-
tion. It may provide perma-
nent relief or provide a pe-
riod of pain relief for several
months while the injury or
cause of pain is healing.
e Sacroiliac joint (SI
joint) is located in the pelvis,
it links the iliac bones (pel-
vis) to the sacrum (lowest
part of the spine above the
tailbone). It is an essential
component for shock ab-
sorption to prevent impact
forces during walking from
reaching the spine. When
the joint becomes painful,
it can cause pain into your
groin, abdomen, hip, but-
tock, or leg. Due to the in-
ammation of these joints it
can be the source of sciatica
pain.
Treatment for SI joint pain
is most generally focused on
reducing inammation and
pain and restoring normal
motion in the joint. e in-
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of local anesthetic (such
as lidocaine) and a steroid
medication. e anesthetic
numbs the area and the ste-
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reduces the inammation
and/or swelling of the tis-
sue in the iliac joint space.
is reduces pain, and other
symptoms caused by inam-
mation and/or irritation of
the joint and surrounding
structures.
Trigger Point injections or
TPI is a procedure used to
treat painful areas of muscle
that contain trigger points
or knots of muscle that form
when muscles do not relax.
e knot can sometimes be
felt under the skin. Trig-
ger points may irritate the
nerves around them and
cause referred pain that is felt
in another part of the body.
TPI is used to treat many
muscle groups especially
those in the arms, legs, back
and neck. TPI can be used
to treat bromyalgia and
tension headaches. It may
also be used for myofacial
pain syndrome or Chronic
Pain Syndrome involving
tissue that surrounds muscle
that doesnt respond to other
treatments.
e nurse anesthetist will
feel and stretch the muscle
to nd the exact spot of the
trigger point. Once the trig-
ger point is found an injec-
tion that contains a local
anesthetic and possibly a
steroid is inserted into the
trigger point area or knot of
the muscle. is provides
the muscle with the ability
to heal. With the injection
the pain is relieved. Several
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the Sheyenne
Flats was
built in 1910
by the North
Dakota Improvement Com-
pany of Fargo.
Its cost was estimated to
be between $40,000 and
$50,000. Te building was to
be in a frst-class location
for an apartment building
readily accessible to the
business district and normal
school.
Te building and its
apartments remain one of
the very few edifces kept
relatively intact with much
of the original character
preserved. Indeed, from the
top balcony this part of Val-
ley City looks pretty much
looks like it did a hundred
years ago: the Rudolf Hotel
up the street to the lef, old
residences across the road,
and the Mathias Olson man-
sion/old Wesley Methodist
Hall down the street to the
right.
Murray Hamlet one
of my Lincoln School play-
mates and I would visit
his grandmother in her
Sheyenne apartment, have
some milk and cookies, and
listen to Dragnet on the
radio.(Te radio program
ran from 1949 to 1955 and
you can still hear them all
at http://archive.org/details/
Dragnet_OTR.)
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Stillings Sr. scarcely 5 8
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DID YOU KNOW?
by Susan
Schlecht
DID YOU KNOW? is a look back at
early area history as found in the
archives of the Enderlin Historical
Society and Museum.
T
he
fol-
low-
ing infor-
mation
is again
taken from
various
sources
including
the 1891-1966 Enderlin
Diamond Jubilee Book,
the 1900 Census of Ender-
lin, the Baseball Almanac
website, etc.
ooo
EARLY NEW YORK
YANKEES PITCHER
BURIED IN ENDERLIN
CEMETERY
Most everyone who has
been around Enderlin for
a little while knows that
baseball is a big deal here
and has been for a long
time! However, not every-
one knows that Enderlin
had its own baseball hero
long before members of
the current generation can
remember.
Te 1900 Census of
Enderlin, Liberty Town-
ship, N.D., shows a family
living here by the name
of Pieh. Te census shows
the family consisted of the
head of household, Ger-
man-born Andreas Pieh,
a butcher, age 64, his 45
year-old wife Barbara who
was born in Wisconsin,
and their six children, Ru-
dolph age 15, John age
13, Lily age 11, Earnest
age 8, George age 3,
and an older child August
age 25 who worked at the
roundhouse. August was
evidently from a previous
marriage of Mr. Pieh since
Andreas had only been
married to Barbara for 17
years and she indicated
she had only given birth to
fve children, according to
information on the census.
Te full given name of
son John listed on the cen-
sus was Edwin John Pieh
who was born on Sept. 29,
1886, in Waunakee, Wisc.
Te family moved to
Enderlin sometime be-
tween 1892 and 1897 and
John became known as
Johnny and later as Cy.
Upon checking the list
of Enderlin graduates, we
fnd that the frst class to
graduate from Enderlin
High School was in 1906
and one of the four gradu-
ates was Lily Pieh, Johnnys
sister. Since Johnny (Cy)
was older, he would not
have had the opportu-
nity to graduate from high
school here.
Early information in
the Enderlin Jubilee
book indicates Cy once
pitched three games in
one day during a celebra-
tion in Enderlin. Te next
information we fnd on Cy
was a record indicating he
was drafed in the second
round of an amateur draf
by the Zebras in 1904 at
age 17. Exactly who or
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where the Zebras played is
unclear.
e Jubilee book also
states that aer leaving
Enderlin, Cy pitched with a
minor league in Canada (the
Lethbridge Miners) in 1909
and 1910 and in the Illinois-
Ohio League for the Dayton
Vets.
According to the base-
ball-almanac.com, Cy nal-
ly broke into the big leagues
on Sept. 6, 1913, with the
New York Yankees at the
age of 26 and pitched for the
Yankees for three seasons
with his last game on Sept.
25, 1915.
Cys debut with the Yan-
kees indicated he rescued the
game with Brooklyn both as
pitcher and batsman.
Yankee stats indicated he
was 6 2 tall and weighted
190 pounds, and was a right-
handed hitter and pitcher. In
his three years with the Yan-
kees, Cy pitched in 43 games
with an ERA of 3.78.
In an article entitled Yan-
kees Muscles Sore in the
March 4, 1915, issue of e
New York Times, concerning
the start of training camp for
the year, it notes that Cy Pieh
arrived at camp train-weary
aer a trip from New York to
North Dakota to attend the
funeral of his mother, and
thence to Savannah, (and)
was excused from practice
for the day.
North Dakota death re-
cords indicate his mother
Barbara died on Feb. 21,
1915, at 59 years of age.
On May 22, 1917, a New
York Times article notes that
Cy was signed by the San
Antonio Club of the Texas
League. He also played for
the Textile League.
e obituary for E.J. (Cy)
Peih in e New York Times
states he died September 12,
1945, in Jacksonville, Fla.,
at the age of 59 following
a heart attack. At the time
of his death he worked as a
house o cer for a Jackson-
ville hotel.
Cy is buried in the south-
west section of the Ender-
lin Cemetery along side his
mother and brother Ru-
dolph who died in 1905. A
large Pieh monument marks
the lots along with smaller
individual tombstones.
Sues comments:
e name is pronounced
PEE, according to descen-
dants still in the area.
Actual images of census
records for North Dakota
through 1940 are available
online and are an excellent
resource for anyone doing
research. A user-friendly
free website is: www.cen-
susnder.com/north_dako-
ta.htm http://www.census-
finder.com/north_dakota.
htm
Watch for more history
next week!
Sue Schlecht is co-director of the
Enderlin Historical Society & Museum.
T
h e
popu-
lation
of Valley
City over
the years has
not varied by
more then a
couple thou-
sand over the
years, never exceeding 8,000
or so people at the most.
Today, the greater Valley
City area, including even
the expanded city limits,
has a lower population than
back in the 30s and 40s. Part
of that is due to the almost
total elimination of apart-
ments in the downtown area
where almost every build-
ing at one time had several
apartments above it.
I lived for many years with
my parents above what is
now the Pizza Corner. Some
BUSCHING: 14
VALLEY CITY: NOW & THEN
I remember when the theaters were palaces
By Lowell
Busching
An old photograph, probably taken in the 19402, featuring the
storefront of what once was the Piller theater in Valley City.
(Photo courtesy/Barnes County Museum)
BUSCHING: From 13
second-level apartments are
still used even today, such as
over Bongs Bootery, but the
day for second-level apart-
ments has apparently come
and gone.
People like John Piller,
who built the Piller Te-
ater where Dutton's Photo
Studio and Ice Cream Par-
lor are now, had faith in
DOWNTOWN Valley City
and expected to see it con-
tinue to expand and pros-
per. Its doubtful he would
have guessed what our later
city fathers would do to to
our once beautiful, thriving
downtown! Perhaps it is best
he never knew.
Nonetheless, in 1925,
John Piller invested a con-
siderable amount of money,
obtained from a loan only
a few years before the Stock
Market Crash, to build what
was one of the largest, if not
the largest, theater in North
Dakota at the time, includ-
ing Fargo and points west of
the Twin Cities. Te theater
was designed, not just for
movies, but for Vaudeville
road shows that were quite
popular at that time -- the
equivalent of the early TV
variety shows for that time.
At the grand opening of
the theater on Sept 11, 1925,
John, who was not known
apparently for speeches at a
time when being a good ora-
tor was even more important
than it is now, quipped that
he came to VC with only a
few dollars and now he had
a loan exceeding $100,000 to
pay of, a quite large sum for
its day.
I suspect he did eventually
pay it of, despite the De-
pression. Movies were one of
the few escapes that middle
class and poor people had in
those days. A ticket for chil-
dren was 50 cents and adults
$1 and they had to think
twice for that.
I can not remember what
the prices were in the 40s
when I attended movies in
the Pillar Teater and the
Rex Teater (which be-
came the B Movie Teater
then with mostly Westerns,
Movie Serials, etc.) but I do
not recall it being that much
higher at least for children.
Te Rex was located in the
lower level north building of
the Rudolf Hotel on what is
now Central Ave S. I think
John held the line on prices
for as long as he could!
It was a theater worthy of
a city several times larger
than Valley City. In a addi-
tion to probably the largest
movie screen available at
that time, it had a large, high
stage big enough to handle
any stage show, traveling or
local -- big dressing rooms
under the stage and a good
sized orchestra pit.
Te pit also contained
one of the best and larg-
est organs of the time. A
Wurlitzer Hope-Jones Unit.
An Orchestral Organ worth
$15,000 alone in 1925 mon-
ey! It could simulate a 15-
20 piece orchestra and had
many keyboard levels and
was similar to the one at the
Fargo Teater. Te organist,
already profcient, was sent
to the big city of Fargo for
further instruction before
the grand opening.
Te curtain, that would
open even for the movies,
was something to see. What
happened to it?
Te standard Vaudeville
backdrop curtain for the
traveling shows was recently
located, thanks to queries by
Wes Anderson of the Barnes
County Museum and was
found stored in the High
School.
Tere were ofces both for
the theater and commercial
upstairs over the front. In
the basement, which later
housed in part an ice cream
parlor on the northwest
corner (the steps down to
it are still visible), there was
a dance foor that could ac-
commodate 400 dancers!
Does anyone remember that
ever being used?
A jewelry store with nice
display windows was on the
corner and a candy shop run
by Foss Drug on the other
side of the entrance or in-
side.
At least some of the seats,
in the back as I recall, were
called opera seats. Very
plush for the time.Te the-
ater had forced air for cool-
ing - not air conditioning
as we know it. Te pictures
show a very plain interior
unlike some of the large the-
aters in the east.
Tere was a balcony but
I am not sure that was used
later on. Or perhaps I was
just too young to notice?
In the pictures the muse-
um has of the inside of the
theater at the grand open-
ing, the balcony was not
nearly as big as I thought I
remembered if I was ever
up there! It was "only" about
four rows deep and about 25
seats across with aisles on
each side, giving about 100
extra seats at the time.
It was said the theater
could hold 1,000 people
including the balcony, al-
though a later report said
900.
A quick headcount in the
picture from 1925 showed
closer to 700 total I believe,
but there may have been ad-
ditional seating on stage for
that event?
Te municipal band,
which was of some size at the
time, played for the opening
and probably were counted
in the orchestra pit.
Tey also ran more then
one showing of the frst
movie, "Pony Express" with
Wallace Berry among oth-
ers. It was the successor to
the movie, "Covered Wag-
ons." Te movies changed
every four days.
A representative of the
Rotary Club participated
in the dedication and had
equal billing with the Mayor
at the time, W. H. Pray. Is
that still true?
Te theater was a family
afair as two of Mr. Piller's
eventual four daughters
were in attendance to help
with the overfow audiences.
Later I understand they all
worked the candy counter
in the lobby.
Mr. Piller announced that
he planned to try and get the
best pictures available.
Advertising was kept to
a minimum, with only the
large article about a week
before the grand open-
ing and then a small ad on
opening day. But word had
got out anyway. A capacity
crowd all day including the
matinee primarily for the
children. Te crush to get
in was enough to break the
hinge on one of the doors.
About every four days
there was a new, small ad
announcing the next pic-
ture, with titles like "Lover's
in Quarantine" with the frst
Harrison Ford. Also "Night
Life in New York City" and
"Te Dark Angel". It should
be remembered that back
then, there was little or no
censorship of movies and
no rating system. Business
is business. Most titles were
more standard.
In later years, the theater
held drawings for dishes,
etc., to bring in the women
during the war years. A con-
temporary picture of Mr.
Piller in front of the theater,
as I remember it, was made
sometime during the Sec-
ond World war.
Te banner in the front
had a Nazi Swastika on one
side and the Rising Sun fag
on the other and says
"Blast em with extra
bonds." With an Ameri-
can Flag next to him, and
another sign saying "Piller
ain't mad at anybody. Just
buy a bond" with John look-
ing very stern and patriotic.
Did he run for ofce at any
time?
Te English teachers at
the college and high school
must have loved that ban-
ner! How many times were
we told to not use "ain't" in
public? Tere ain't no such
word.
He did indeed obtain some
of the best and most popular
movies available during that
period of no TV.
He also got several good
stage shows, mostly country
as I recall, during the 40s,
including the former Gov.
of Louisiana Jimmie Davis
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REVIEW - 2016: Obamas America
film reveals roots of obamas rage
T
he movie 2016:
Obamas America has
been out for some
time now and it is slated to
become the second highest
grossing political documen-
tary in the United States, yet
indications are that a lot of
people in these parts have
not seen it. Do so. If you
miss 2016 at the theaters, the
DVD will be released Oct.
18 and may also be available
on Netfix at that time.
I would hate to be called a
political junkie. I hope I fall
a bit short of that, but I have
read and researched Barack
Hussein Obama more than
most, yet this movie presents
facts and a perspective new
to me and that you will fnd
nowhere else other than in
Dinesh DSouzas book, Te
Roots of Obamas Rage.
DSouza, who narrates the
flm, takes us on a journey
through Obamas life using
as his guide Obamas mem-
oir, Dreams from My Fa-
ther. He examines Obamas
family history and his men-
tors, then allows you to draw
your own conclusions about
Obamas vision for the Unit-
ed States and the world.
Te movie is not a hatchet
job, or even overtly critical.
Te moviegoer is shown,
not told.
2016 gives several clues
why the birthers are so
persistent in their belief that
Obama is
not a citizen
of the Unit-
ed States;
O b a m a s
background
is extremely
d i f f e r e n t
from that of
any previous
president and from most
of the rest of us. One gets
the impression that Obama
is only American in the
most technical legal sense.
Te spirit of this country is
simply not in him, the flm
shows, hence the deep intu-
ition that Obama is in some
way or another not a citizen,
but an occupier.
He is anti-colonialist a
position not at all familiar to
most Americans but it is
the viewpoint from which
he sees the country and
how he intends to re-shape
it. Tis anti-colonialism
also explains his frst action
as president: returning the
bust of Winston Churchill
to Great Britain.
DSouzas interview with
Barack Obamas brother
George Obama in Kenya is
very telling. Barack Obama
will have nothing to do with
George, nor help him in any
way, because Georges views
are quite opposite to those
of Baracks and he expresses
them clearly.
George is a kind soul, very
intelligent, living in a hovel
about the size of a modest
walk-in closet. Life has not
been good to him, yet he is
clearly a man without resent-
ments and with more than a
little wisdom. DSouza re-
cently gave George $1,000
to help with family medical
expenses.
My wife and I saw 2016
at the ten-screen multiplex
theater in West Acres. It
was a four oclock, Tuesday
matinee with fne weather
outside. What with the com-
petition from nine other
screens, one would expect
an attendance of a dozen
or fewer people. Tere were
about 80.
Te audience watched the
flm transfxed, and at the
end of the movie a woman
in front stood up and led the
audience in a full-throated
God Bless America. Tis
sort of thing has occurred at
other theaters as well.
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VfW picks behm, mindt
Te VFW Post #2764 of Valley City has
selected Jesse Behm and Briana Mindt as its
college scholarship recipients for the month
of October. Each will receive $250.
Behm attends Jamestown College. He is
the son of Lyle and Monetta Behm of Fin-
gal.
Mindt attends Minnesota State University
Moorhead. She is the daughter of Brian
and Julie Mindt of Valley City.
american legion picks sorby
Te American Legion Edgar A. Fisher
Post Number 60 of Valley City has selected
Karl Sorby to receive a $250 scholarship for
the month of October.
Sorby attends Valley City State University.
He is the son of Kory and Cheryl Sorby of
Valley City.
Veterans groups announce october scholarship winners
leIer: from 10
was up 155 percent.
Te increase in pheasant
numbers from last year is
encouraging, Kohn said, but
hunters may notice some
landscape changes this fall
as Conservation Reserve
Program contracts have ex-
pired, and emergency hay-
ing was allowed on some
other CRP tracts because of
drought conditions.
Tose factors will reduce
potential for pheasant pop-
ulation growth in future
years, but hunters should
fnd good opportunities for
success in much of the state
this fall.
Doug Leier, a biologist with the North
Dakota Game & Fish Department, grew
up in Valley City. Reach him by email at
dleier@nd.gov
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Ive never seen more
irresponsible personal
attacks, mean-spirited
slander, and fat-out
dishonest attack ads,
and I dont expect that
tone to change before
the election.
Tats how Rick
Warren, author of
best-selling Te Purpose Driven Life,
put it when he cancelled his proposed
civil forum featuring President Barack
Obama and Mitt Romney.
He said that he believed the cam-
paign had become so uncivil that
a 2-hour polite exchange would be
hypocritical. Tat about sums up the
feeling of most citizens as the cam-
paign draws to a close.
In their book, Going Negative,
Stephen Ansolabehere and Shanto
Iyengar point out that the closer
the contest, the more negative the
rhetoric. Tis certainly is the case in
the presidential contest and the U. S.
Senate race between Rick Berg and
Heidi Heitkamp.
Before we lay all of the blame on
the candidates, however, we need to
acknowledge the truth about negative
campaigning: it works. And it works
because too many voters know too
little about the records of candidates
to sort out fction from fact.
Being ignorant about the issues and
the candidates, they are likely to be-
lieve anything they see and hear. Te
so-called independent voters are the
most gullible of all.
We usually think of independent
voters as those intelligent folks who
weight the issues and withhold judg-
ment until the last campaign salvo is
fred, and then cast the most learned
ballots. Not so!
Generally, independent voters are
folks who pay little attention to public
afairs and issues. Many of them have
contempt for the political system,
claiming that the system is crooked
and so are the ofceholders.
Negative campaigning is in harmo-
ny with independent voters because
it fts their negative attitude about the
political system.
In North Dakota nice, we havent
seen many mean-spirited campaigns
in the past, even in close contests.
However, the rules have changed dur-
ing the last few years.
Most of the super-negative ads run-
ning on behalf of Rick Berg and Heidi
Heitkamp are not products of their
campaigns. We now have these so-
called independent ads, concocted
and fnanced without the approval of
the candidates, sponsored by out-of-
state organizations and corporations
now permitted to pour big bucks into
politics.
Tere is nothing North Dakota nice
about them. Tey want to win so they
can get a senator who will vote their
way on their issues and give them a
bigger piece of the pie than they are
entitled to.
According to Going Negative,
organized interests sponsor meaner
ads than the candidate organizations
themselves. We can see that in the ads
being run in the Berg-Heitkamp race.
Under the current rules, the can-
didates are responsible for only those
ads for which they have given their
approval. So we cant blame the can-
didates for most of the mean-spirited
commercials.
Some folks think that candidates
should win by being positive. Tat
idea doesnt work. Studies show that
voters believe attack ads when the
victim doesnt counter attack. It must
be true, is the conclusion.
While determining the outcome of
elections, negative campaigns have an
adverse impact on the electorate. In
the frst place, the vicious charges and
countercharges polarize the electorate.
Tey convince us that the opposition
party is even worse than we thought.
Negative campaigns also confrm
the convictions of the cynics that the
political system is corrupt and tends
to discourage people from participat-
ing. We will see if this claim is true
when the votes in the U. S. Senate race
are counted.
So before we condemn negative
advertising, we need to remember
that its our ignorance that makes it
efective.
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OPINION: LLOYD OMDAHL
Negative campaigns bank on voter ignorance
By Lloyd
Omdahl
OPINION: ROB PORT
T
here will be fve measures on the
November ballot for North Dako-
tans to vote on this year. Tree are
constitutional amendments and two are
statutory. Heres a run-down of what they
are, and what they mean.
Measure 1 was referred to the people
by the legislature. It eliminates Article X,
Section 6 of the state constitution which
allowed for a poll tax on male voters, but
prohibiting one on paupers, idiots, insane persons and
Indians.
Tis language gives the state the authority to institute
a poll tax, but poll taxes were declared unconstitutional
some time ago. Te measure would eliminate an archaic
part of our state constitution that couldnt be enforced,
legally, even if our legislature wanted to do such a thing.
Measure 2 was also referred to the people by the legis-
lature. Currently the state constitution requires an oath of
ofce for legislators and members of the judicial branch
of the government, but the executive branch isnt men-
tioned. Tis measure would add the executive branch to
the list of ofces for which an oath is required. It actually
came around because of the eforts of a man who claimed
that North Dakota wasnt a state because of this strange
lapse in who is required to take the oath of ofce. You
may have read the news about it last year.
Its pretty silly to suggest that North Dakota isnt a state
because of this issue, but expanding the scope of the oath
of ofce isnt going to hurt anything.
Measure 3 was put on the ballot through a campaign
backed by the North Dakota Farm Bureau, and its one of
those things you wouldnt think wed ever have to put in
the law, but given our increasingly expansive and activist
federal government it has sadly become necessary. Te
measure would add Section 29 to Article XI of the con-
stitution which would protect the right of farmers and
ranchers to engage in modern farming and ranching
techniques.
Again, it might seem silly at frst blush, but when
you consider how hard some political activists work to
undermine farming and ranching, and the scary amount
of support they sometimes seem to have from the federal
government, enshrining a right to farm and ranch
in our state constitution seems like a solid prophylac-
tic against future erosions of the ability of farmers and
ranchers to do what they do.
Measure 4 was put on the ballot by anti-smoking activ-
ists and it would expand smoking bans to pretty much all
public places.
In the past North Dakotans have been supportive of
smoking bans, but at this point you really have to wonder
what problem this law seeks to fx. Prior smoking ban
policies were about creating choices for non-smokers
who didnt want to be around smokers. But today
PORT: 17
By Rob
Port
A look at ballot measures
OPINION: LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Spinning in their graves
Letter from duane Stahl
Valley City, N.d.
Why did our founders advise trading with countries but
avoiding entangling alliances? Why did President John Q.
Adams declare we do not go abroad searching for monsters
to destroy?
We helped rid afuent Rhodesia of Ian Smith, and for 32
years Marxist Robert Mugabe has destroyed all prosperity
and murdered about half a million.
We helped in South Africa and now ruling is the largely
communist-controlled African National Council govern-
ment. Genocide Watch estimates over the last decade at
least 3,000 South African white farmers have been tortured
and murderedand countless opposition blacks.
And lets not forget how our help in Vietnam ended af-
ter losing 50,000 military--and how we helped Castro take
over Cuba--and helped the present religious rulers take
Iran (afer overthrowing the man we had installed previ-
ously).
Campaigning for President, Obama said hed end the Iraq
and Afghanistan wars but instead continued them and ex-
panded into Libya, Egypt, Pakistan, and Yemen. And do we
think were winning peoples hearts with our use of drones
causing collateral damage on innocent men, women, and
children?
Oh, yes, even though theres more and more evidence
that the ofen al-Qaeda led Syrian rebels are as bad as the
government forces, were already sending aid to the rebels.
Te two main Presidential candidates want to outdo each
other in meddling and fghting more unconstitutional wars,
but with enough pressure from us, the House of Represen-
tatives would stop the funding of these entanglements
and our founders could quit spinning in their graves.
PORT: From 16
non-smokers have plenty of
options. Smoking in restau-
rants is almost non-existent.
Non-smoking bars have
proliferated. Is this really
about non-smokers getting
a choice, or has this mor-
phed into anti-tobacco pro-
hibitionism?
Tis law is unnecessary.
Measure 5 was put on the
ballot through petitions cir-
culated by animal rights ac-
tivists, among them the Hu-
mane Society of the United
States (not, mind you, the
same Humane Society that
fnds homes for puppies and
kitties in your community).
Tey would have you believe
that this would strengthen
laws against animal cruelty,
but what problem is this
measure solving?
Nobody seems sure. Un-
less there is some epidemic
of animal cruelty in North
Dakota Im unaware of, this
is a solution in search of a
problem. More troubling,
it could also be a foot-in-
the-door for animal rights
extremists who are seeking
more restrictions that may
impact hunting and ranch-
ing.
Conclusions:
Tere is nothing really
controversial about elimi-
nating law allowing for a
poll tax, or requiring that
executive branch ofcials
take the oath of ofce. Tere
shouldnt be anything con-
troversial about protecting
the right of North Dakotans
to farm and ranch.
But the smoking ban mea-
sure and the animal cruelty
measure dont make a lot of
sense. Both are born more
of a relentless sort of politi-
cal activism than a real need
for change in public policy
to address a problem. My
recommendation, for what
its worth, is yes on measures
1 - 3, and no on measures 4
and 5.
Rob Port blogs at the North Dakota
politics website SayAnythingBlog.com
Reach him by email at
rob@sayanythingblog.com
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OPINION: LETTER TO THE EDITOR
City Hall oversteps again
Letter from Robert drake
Valley City, N.d.
Well it has been awhile since my last letter and
I was hoping not to write anymore ! But City Hall
has raised it ugly head again to show us all who
is in charge.
Te latest situation has to do the demolition of
the food homes here in Valley City. Bids were re-
cently opened at City Hall for the removal of 27
homes here in Valley City.
First of, the city attorney had no clue how to
open the bids or in what order. Let me give you a
rundown on Bidding and Bids.
Tere are very strict instructions when it comes
to bidding; sometimes if you do not fll out the
bid sheet correctly your bid is thrown out, or if
you do not follow instructions contained in the
bid package, your bid is thrown out. And rightly
so. Who wants a contractor to tear houses down
that cant fll out a bid form right!
Let me write down just one of the instructions
from the Bid package, the city administrator
wrote.
1. Bid must come in a sealed envelope plainly
marked Demolition, Site Restoration & Inciden-
tals and attached to the outside of the bid enve-
lope must be, A SEPARATE ENVELOPE. THE
ENVELOPE SHALL ALSO CONTAIN A BID-
DERS BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF 5 % OF
THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE BID.
Pretty clear wouldnt you say????? Tree of the
bidders did not do this. Tese bidders should
have been removed from continuing on.
Close to the end of the instruction page, is
this statement, by Valley Citys city administra-
tor (who wrote the instructions): No bid may be
read or CONSIDERED if it does NOT FULLY
COMPLY with these REQUIREMENTS and any
defcient bid submitted MUST BE RESEALED
and returned to the bidder IMMEDIATELY.
Tat means that three, maybe four, of the bids
submitted are invalid and cannot be considered
by the city of Valley City.
Te city administrator wrote the rules, the city
Attorney approved the rules and made sure the
bid instructions were legally binding and then
threw the rules they wrote right out the window
in favor of the larger Valley City contractors who
failed to properly follow the instructions.
And then the city attorney told me to shut up
about the rules or I would be thrown out of the
City Hall, and the Mayor cursed at me using foul
language. So much for selfcontrol. Way to go Mr.
Mayor. I am sure the people that were from out of
town where impressed with your leadership abil-
ities. Just showing your true colors, I would say. I
am always impressed when our Mayor curses at
public meetings, arent you ?
Te city administrator called me on the phone
the following day to try and explain to me that
in his and the citys opinion, the other contrac-
tors followed the spirt of the law so thats why
they awarded the bids to other contractors even
though they did not follow instructions. He fur-
ther explained that doing so was in the best inter-
ests of the citizens of Valley City!!
What is in the best interests of the citizens of
Valley City is having leadership that is honest,
fair and trustworthy. When our city administra-
tor writes the rules and in those rules says that
if you do not follow these instructions your bid
will be thrown out., and then does not do that,
that is not Honest that is not Fair and that is not
Trustworthy and there is no justifcation for it,
not legally or morally, and to use the best inter-
ests of the citizens of Valley City as justifcation to
screw others out of what is rightfully theirs shows
that our city administrator and city attorney are
morally bankrupt because they have no clue as to
right or wrong.
Te citizens of Valley City want and deserve
leadership that is honest fair and trustworthy.
What happened to me at the bid opening has
opened my eyes to the fact that most of City Hall
is dishonest and corrupt.
When I see wrong, I say something. When I
see a bully picking on someone, I do something.
When I see people standing by watching and
knowing that something is wrong and they are
doing nothing about it, it is just wrong. How sad
for you people.
Having said that, I still have hope for city hall.
Because of this situation, I called three commis-
sioners. Two had called me back and afer talk-
ing to them they said they would look into what
happened.
Tey both got back to me and told me they un-
derstood about me being upset and mostly agreed
that things were not done properly and then told
me that they spoke with those in charge on my
behalf and were told sorry nothing can be done.
Te commissioners relayed the information back
to me and we visited about the situation and how
to make the next bidding opportunity better for
all involved, and I believe it will be better because
of these couple commissioners.
I would mention their names but I did not
ask permission to do so. But I can tell that they
both were honest and concerned. Tat should be
enough of a clue as to who they are.
the independent 10.12.12 PAGE 18
OPINION: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
measure 3 is a mistake
Letter from mary margaret mooney
Fargo, N.d.
I agree with Link Reinhiller who recently
wrote, Measure 3 on the November ballot
will not actually protect farmers and ranch-
ers. Instead, it will open up a food of prob-
lems.
Te amendment would appear to threat-
en not only the common good but also more
individual rights than it proposes to protect.
Farming and ranching practices are not
simple chores; they are complex and evolv-
ing interactions with the environment.
What is the problem that this amend-
ment proposes to address?
A better approach would be to clearly
articulate the perceived problem and then
debate and discuss its potential solutions in
the legislature and the public forum.
my vote is for dem team
Letter from mike Clemens
Wimbledon, N.d.
As an agricultural producer in Barnes
County, I will be supporting Robinson,
Buhr and Muscha in the November General
Election.
I have been following the candidates for
the District 24 legislative races and I have
clearly come to the conclusion that we must
send a team to Bismarck to represent Dis-
trict 24. Robinson, Buhr and Muscha are
that team!
For the last several legislative sessions, we
have been well served by Robinson, Metcalf
and Mueller. I have no doubt that the team
of Robinson, Buhr and Muscha will contin-
ue that record of service. Tey are running
as a team and that is what it will take to be
efective in Bismarck. Teir compatibility is
without question. Individual eforts will not
get the job done!
Senator Robinsons seat on the Senate Ap-
propriations Committee positions him well
to impact the state budget and our district
in all areas, including education, agricul-
ture, water issues, long term care, veteran
services and support of our senior citizens.
He has been a very efective State Senator
and is respected by colleagues on both sides
of the political aisle. His seniority is a tre-
mendous asset for District 24.
Sharon Buhrs leadership as a medical
professional and her long term service on
the Valley City School Board positions her
well to be an outstanding representative in
Bismarck. She is sharp, articulate, well or-
ganized and a very hard worker. Sharon is
a landowner and has a deep appreciation
for agriculture and the North Dakota way
of life.
Naomi Muscha served over 22 years as a
very successful teacher, the last 16 of those
years in the Enderlin Public School system.
She is a sharp, hardworking, well organized
and has a command of the issues facing this
district and our state. Naomi is focused and
results orientated. Tis is what I look for as
my representative.
Te team of Robinson, Buhr and Muscha
will bring experience, leadership respect,
and a record of success to the legislature.
Tey have a thorough understanding of
the issues and will continue the tradition
of bringing the issues to the people every
weekend during the legislative session at
a forum back in the district. You will hear
them on the radio and read about them in
the papers. Tey will serve us well as our
District 24 Legislative Team.
devils Lakes bright future comes
at expense of those downstream
Letter from Richard Betting
Valley City, N.d.
In a recent letter in North Dakota newspapers published
in September, Rick LaFleur of Devils Lake claimed that
Te future of the city of Devils Lake is bright because it is
now the only fully food-protected city that will not have a
food fght each spring other than Dickinson or Williston.
Te only problem with the good news for Devils Lake is
that it comes at the expense of those living along the Shey-
enne River into which contaminated Devils Lake water will
fow.
In the future folks living in Valley City, Fort Ransom, Lis-
bon and Kindred can expect to fght foods not only from
the Sheyenne. Tey will also have to contend with the water
that will come from Devils Lake through pipelines and pos-
sibly by way of the Tolna Coulee.
Even State Engineer Todd Sando admitted in the Prairie
Public Devils Lake video that Devils Lake gains comes at a
cost to others. All of the land that LaFleur claims as being
brought back to the farms in the Devils Lake area comes
with the cost of land lost downstream along the Sheyenne
River being fooded and benefcial uses of the river lost.
If the Tolna Coulee erodes or is ditched, Stump Lake water
will add another 3,000 cubic feet per second or more to the
river, at all times, not just in the spring, because the Corps/
ND State Water Commission plan calls for leaving the Tol-
na Coulee Control Structure open once it is breached.
Te so-called control structure will become an open
gate.
What LaFleur means when says, Te management of
Devils Lake shows promise for those downstream is that
they promise to add all of the water from the 3810 square
mile upper Devils Lake basin to the Sheyenne River, dou-
bling the Sheyenne Rivers watershed drainage area..
Devils Lakes future is bright only because it comes at a
high cost to those on whom Devils Lake-Stump Lakes wa-
ter will be fushed.
Richard Betting is a member of the group People to Save the Sheyenne.
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
ACROSS
1. Things on a list
6. Grease container
9. Bear with the biggest chair
13. Halves of diameters
14. *He followed Giveem Hell
Harry
15. Underneath
16. Bornean ape
17. NFL QB ___ Newton
18. Knightly cover
19. *Party choice
21. *It narrows the feld
23. Usually comprised of 6 - 12
games in tennis
24. Often the object of desire in
old spy movies
25. It often draws a crowd at
parties
28. South American Indian
people
30. *He defeated both Taft and
Roosevelt
35. Ailments
37. American Girl, e.g.
39. Each and all
40. Blowout
41. Former American Idol
judge, given name
43. Word of mouth
44. Chose instead
46. ____ Turner
47. *A Presidential power
48. Evening worship
50. Americas singing favorite
52. *Former title of Barack
Obama
53. Symbol of country life
55. It usually comes with a key
57. Island nation of South
Pacifc
61. *One with a vote
65. *One is usually alongside
either candidate
66. Home of 2016 Olympics
68. High society
69. Wake Up Little _____
70. Much ____ About Nothing
71. Relating to birth
72. Opportunity to show ones
knowledge
73. Down and back in a pool
74. Sol-fa-sol-fa-sol-fa, e.g.
DOWN
1. Used for smoothing
2. Tropical tuberous root
3. Edible and often encased in
red covering
4. Tiny cars
5. Seal on a document
6. *What Paul Ryan hopes for
7. Theodor Geisel, ___ Dr.
Seuss
8. Allegro and lento, in music
9. Chemically-induced curls
10. ____-Ata, Kazakhstan
11. Give me your tired, your
____,...
12. Not functioning properly
15. Alderman in Scotland
20. Short composition for solo
instrument
22. Sashimi quality
24. Hannibal Lecter, e.g.
25. Russias famous ballet
troupe
26. Run off, as in lovers
27. Supplies with an excess of
29. *Race measurement
31. City in West Ukraine
32. People of the land of silk, to
Ancient Greeks
33. *Candidates do much of
this
34. Stocking fber
36. Pas in ballet, e.g.
38. Give temporarily
42. Actress Watts
45. *Political showdown
49. The ___ Pack
51. Potentially existing but not
presently evident
54. Beyond suburban
56. Pertaining to hair
57. Immense
58. Malaria symptom
59. Loch ____
60. Army group, e.g.
61. Chicken house
62. Edible tubes
63. Et alibi
64. Jodie Fosters 1994 drama
67. Civil rights advocate ___
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Employee health and pro-
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say experts on worksite
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control healthcare costs and
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workplace.
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Sharon Buhr, licensed
registered dietician and di-
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Mercy Hospital, and Sue
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tered dietician and director
of the nutrition services de-
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lic Schools, teamed up with
a Valley City native, Rory
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the summit.
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can afect the health of em-
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are encouraged to adopt
include: always providing
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pop; ofering moderately
sized portions when food is
served; and ofering a fruit
or veggies for morning and
afernoon meetings instead
of rolls or cookies.
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related to policy changes in
worksites. A Healthy Food
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and receive the designation
of infant friendly. Presently
10 organizations/businesses
in Valley City have received
that designation. Any work-
site interested in becoming
infant friendly should con-
tact Milender at 845-0483.
A U.S. Chamber of Com-
merce report indicates the
benefts of worksite well-
ness and healthy worksite
policies: 27% reduction in
sick leave absenteeism; 26%
reduction in health care
costs; and 32% reduction
in workers comp/disability
management cost claims.
Little Fluffy Pup-
pies! Adorable Shihtzu/
Havanese, 11 weeks old,
family-raised, vet checked,
shots started, paper trained,
5 females, 2 males. $450
Ready for forever home.
701-793-9219. (2,3,4)
PET GIVEAWAY ADS
ARE FREE.
Email your ad to
classifeds@indy-bc.com
Gently used wheel-
chair. Choose from 2 mod-
els in great shape. Manual.
$50 obo. Leave message:
845-0201.
Household Items for
Sale. Rocker loveseat,
highback chairs, rocking
chair, wooden cupboard,
lamps, gas grill, sofa, dec-
orative bird cages, lawn
chairs. Call 762-4496. (3,4,5)
For Sale: desk in excel-
lent condition, 46 x 24,
$30. Call 845-3729 or 490-
2339. (3,4,5,6)
One row potato digger;
tires - 13x26 & 11.25x24
(smooth); tractor parts for
1940-50 era Case & Min-
neapolis Moline: acetyline
welder. Call 845-4303 after
10 a.m.
Newer full-size sofa.
$195. Call 701-845-0877
Pick-up topper for sale,
fts full size box, green col-
or, sliding windows, good
condition - $200. Call 845-
9915 for address.
Fridge for sale. Gibson.
21.7 cu ft. Almond. Works
great. $250. In Cooper-
stown. Call 840-8653.
4X6 Rubber Mats. Only
$40 each. Call 701-789-
0228.
Pews for sale. Contact
Donelda to make arrange-
ments to see. Four antique
pews to choose from. Plus
an ornate high-back chair.
Call 845-3845.
14 tandem disc int.
& 15 feld cultivator int.
Wanted: 5 or 6 feld cul-
tivator for 3-pint hitch. Call
Marvin, 845-9993.
Want to buy: Winchester
1894s most any year, also
frearms of most any type.
Also Kawasaki 3 cylinder
2 stroke motorcycles. Call
701-845-5196.
MISC. FOR SALE ANIMALS
buy - sell - trade
CONTACT
LORI FROEMKE
to place ads
PHONE:
701-320-0780
EMAIL: loriads@indy-bc.com
WANTED
milender, buhr present at summit
Sharon Buhr (left) and Sue Milender participated re-
cently on a panel at the Third Annual Healthy North
Dakota Worksite Wellness Summit held in Fargo. Their
topic was how worksite policies affect employee health.
(Submitted photo)
Game/fish updaTe: from 10
to brake as much as possible and stay on the
roadway. Dont lose control of your vehicle
or slam into something else to miss the deer.
You risk less injury by hitting the deer.
If you spot deer ahead, slow down imme-
diately and honk your horn.
No published research supports the efec-
tiveness of deer whistles on vehicles.

Verify Deer License
Te North Dakota Game and Fish De-
partment urges deer hunters to fnd their
license and check it for accuracy.
Every year the Game and Fish Depart-
ments licensing section receives last-minute
inquiries from hunters who cant fnd their
license. When that happens, its difcult to
try to get a replacement license in time for
the season opener.
Another reason to check the license now
is to make sure the unit and species is what
was intended.
Deer hunters in need of a replacement
license can print out a duplicate (replace-
ment) license application from the Game
and Fish website, gf.nd.gov, or can call (701)
328-6300 to have an application mailed or
faxed.
Te form must be completely flled out
and notarized, and sent back in to the de-
partment with a fee.

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singing his song, "You Are
My Sunshine." Not exactly a
rock star or Elvis, but good
for the time.
As for myself, I worked
for a time in the Rex Teater
and, of course, had my fll of
the cowboy movies, plus a
free pass to get into the Pil-
lar as John owned both.
Te Rex had been there
before the Piller Teater.
How long before I have not
found out yet. It featured a
short front and long interior
with a sloping foor, stan-
dard for the time.
Such was true, apparently
also in Germany! While vis-
iting Hamburg in the 60s,
on a side street I blundered
onto a VERY similar for-
mer theater that had been
turned into a rock club afer
the seats were removed and
replaced with tables. It still
had the ticket booth and
poster windows in the front,
and the sloping foor AND
a revolving stage. Non-stop
early rock and roll.
It was called the Star Club!
I later learned that was
where the Beetles got their
start shortly before. No, I do
not believe I saw them there,
but it was an excellent use of
an old building. Something
our EDC should think more
about I believe.
Te OMWICK theater,
where the Open Door is lo-
cated now, next to the Senior
Center, was opened much
later and was also one of the
largest theaters in North Da-
kota, featuring hundreds of
seats, but TV began having
a big impact on attendance.
still, it featured one of the
frst CinemaScope screens
in the state, and also the
largest I believe.
I worked there as a ticket
taker for some time with the
biggest perk being the free
movies of course. I remem-
ber no large crowds like at
the Piller Teater.
Afer all this in its history,
Valley City could not sup-
port a small two-screen the-
ater and the Teater I and
II, formerly owned by the
Lobergs, is gone.
Hopefully if another the-
ater of any size comes to
Valley City, it will get bet-
ter support. You don't know
what you are missing until it
is gone.
What is good on TV
today? Even the History
Channel is wall to wall real-
ity shows these days.
Lowell Busching is retired and lives in
Valley City.
submit your news, photos and opinions by email
NEED TO PLACE AN AD? CALL LORI FROEMKE - 701-320-0780
MEET & GREET ADOPTION CENTER
These lovable animals, available through Sheyenne Valley Friends of Animals,
are hoping youll give them a happy new home!
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OR GET INVOLVED. Phone: 701-840-5047 or 701-840-1334. Email: info@svfanimals.org
KISMET is a two- to three-year-
old female labrador/doberman/
shepherd mix. She is active,
friendly and smart! Spayed, shots
and microchipped.
Sponsored by
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HARLEY
HARLEY is a neutered male
Rottweiler-Lab mix between 2-4
years old with lots of energy. He
does well with other dogs, but
taking it slow with cats. Up-to-
date on shots and mcrochipped.
Sponsored by the
Law Office of Carl Martineck
LENNY
LENNY is a smaller sized, happy
little dog. He is a four-year-old
Sheltie, Pom, Shih Tzu mix. He is
a very friendly little shadow
around the house. He likes treats
and takes his daily medication
well. Neutered, shots and
microchipped.
Sponsored by
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We have rafe tickets for sale now:
1 for $1.00 or 12 for $10.00. Prizes
include airplane rides, homemade
afghan and gift certicates to local
businesses. More info: Tracy Lee -
info@svfanimals.org
Sponsored by
Valley Officeworks
SHYLEE
SHYLEE is a 4-yr-old female
brown and black border collie.
She is so sweet and a snuggler.
She loves the water and would do
really well someplace she can run
and play. She does well with
other dogs and kids. Spayed,
shots and microchipped.
Sponsored by
Beyond the Sun
FOUND DOG - Do you know me?
FOUND: Young adult female
Alaskan Malamute/Husky mix?
was found on North Central in
Valley City on Friday night 10/5/12.
With a collar but no tags or
microchip. If you know where she
belongs, please contact 840-
5047 or info@svfanimals.org
Sponsored by
Dakota Rose Floral
McCURDY: From 2
thinking long and hard, dra-
matically racking his brain to
fgure out what the next day
could possibly be, and frus-
trating me in the process.
Well, he said slowly. Its
garbage day.
Arggghghgh, was the
only reply I was able to utter.
Ten he laughed, completely
pleased with the way he an-
swered a line of very inten-
tional questioning. Te next
day was my birthday, but he
wouldnt give me the satisfac-
tion of giving me the answer
I wanted.
I spent the day working of
course, but also making plans
for the actual day of my birth.
Boy, this would be funcof-
fee with friends, a cupcake or
two, a free meal, and even a
few birthday wishes via Face-
book.
Last year a few days afer
my birthday I told grandpa
that I was continuing to cel-
ebrate. He didnt seem to
think that was strange, ap-
parently he grew up with that
kind of celebrating.
You should celebrate all
week, he said. Tats what
my dad used to do.
As times change, every-
thing gets bigger and more
ridiculous. I have friends
who celebrate their birthdays
for a month and I think they
are rubbing of on me. I heard
myself making comments
about lengthening the one-
day celebration, even telling
someone that I spent the day
before my birthday polishing
my tiara. I talk big, but really,
I was most looking forward
my actual birth date.
On Birthday Eve I fell in to
a deep sleep with visions of
what type of cupcake I would
get the next day and whether
or not it would have sprinkles
on it.
Hours later, as the night
sky still held the color of a
lump of coal, I heard a whis-
pering in my ear.
Happy Garage Day, said
a raspy voice laced with the
sound of a smirk.
I met the greeting with an
annoyed grunt one: because
it was too early for most hu-
mans to be awake, and two:
because my husband thought
he was smart.
His laughter bellowed
through the room and then
he said, Happy Birthday,
before he headed to work.
I relayed this story to any-
one who would listen and at
the end of it I said, He thinks
hes so funny.
To which a friend replied,
Tey all do.
McCurdy is a writer based in Fargo
Connect with her online and read more
stories at www.SarahMcCurdy.net
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tall and about 135 lbs soak-
ing wet once recounted
the harrowing experience of
being bottom-man when he
and a moving crew hoisted
a grand piano up one of
the stair wells to the second
foor of the Apartments.
Sheyenne Apartments re-
mains one of the very few
intact buildings represent-
ing old Valley City and it de-
serves to be maintained and
preserved.
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joins national Curves
initiative to educate
women about breast
cancer facts and risk
management
Troughout Breast Can-
cer Awareness Month in
October, Curves ftness cen-
ters in the U.S. will focus on
raising awareness about the
life-saving importance of
risk management, early de-
tection and early treatment
of breast cancer. Because
women can help reduce
their risk for breast cancer
by staying in good health,
Curves clubs nationwide,
including Curves of Valley
City, are ofering $0-joining-
fee memberships through
Oct. 14 to new members
who show proof of a mam-
mogram performed within
the last year or who donate
$25 to Te American Can-
cer Society (ACS). In 2011,
Curves clubs nationwide
raised more than $1.7 mil-
lion for the ACS.
Te ACS estimates that
nearly 226,870 women will
be diagnosed with invasive
breast cancer in 2012, and
another 63,300 will be di-
agnosed with carcinoma in
situ (CIS), a non-invasive,
early form of breast cancer.
Breast cancer remains a lead-
ing cause of cancer death in
women, second only to lung
cancer. More than 39,500
women will die from the
disease in 2012. One woman
in every eight will be diag-
nosed with invasive breast
cancer in her lifetime.
Our annual Breast Can-
cer Awareness Campaign
is an important part of the
Curves mission to strength-
en women, according to
Dawn Tomsen of Curves
of Valley City.
During October, Curves
of Valley City will take a
three-pronged approach to
raising awareness about this
devastating disease:
1. Early Detection. About
93 percent of women whose
breast cancer is caught in
its earliest stages will be
healthy and disease-free fve
years afer their diagnosis
and treatment. In addition
to breast self-examination,
the ACS recommends yearly
mammograms with a clini-
cal breast exam (CBE) for
women starting at age 40.
Women in their 20s and 30s
should have a CBE about ev-
ery three years.
2. Risk Management. Only
about 5-10 percent of breast
cancers are hereditary, so
prevention is an important
risk management strategy.
To help women signifcantly
reduce their risk of devel-
oping breast cancer, Curves
encourages them to sched-
ule an annual doctor visit,
perform monthly breast
self-exams, eat a nutritious
diet and make time for regu-
lar exercise to promote ft-
ness and weight control.
3. Research. Curves of Val-
ley City members will have
the opportunity to support
critical research by joining
fundraising eforts to honor
the memory of breast can-
cer victims and celebrate the
current and future birthdays
of breast cancer survivors at
a GirlTime Birthday Cel-
ebration Event.
Te ACS credits the de-
cline in death rates from
breast cancer since 1990 to
earlier detection, increased
awareness and improved
treatment, Tomsen said.
While breast cancer is still
the second leading cause
of cancer death in women,
there are now more than 2.6
million breast cancer survi-
vors in the United States.
Vc curves club supports breast cancer awareness month

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