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Primary election in state is June 10
A group of election signs stand in a Valley City yard. The North Dakota Primary Election
is June 10 and city elections across the region will be decided. (Roger Bluhm/photo)
J
une 10 is election day in
North Dakota.
Area county and city
governments are elect-
ing ofcials in the states
primary election and one
statewide measure will
also be decided.
In county elections, both
Barnes and Ransom have
contested races.
In Barnes County, Dis-
trict 2 is a three-way race.
District 2 includes the
cities of Fingal, Nome and
the southeast portion of
Valley City.
Te incumbent is Phil
Leitner, who is seeking his
second term as a commis-
sioner.
Challenging Leitner are
James (Mike) Metcalf and
Shawn Olauson.
Te other contested race
is for District 3, which
includes the cities of Kath-
ryn, Hastings, Litchville
and the southern portion
of Valley City.
Eldred Knutson is not
running for re-election,
meaning either Bill Carl-
blom or Ryan Mathias will
replace him on the board.
Randy McClafn, sherif;
Jody Plaf, recorder; Vicki
Zinck, treasurer; Beth
M. Didier, auditor; Rod-
ger Bernston, District 4
commissioner; and Carl
Martineck, states attorney
are running unopposed
for re-election.
In
Ran-
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County, three candidates
are working to win two
openings.
Commission incum-
bents Neil B. Olerud and
Norm Hansen are seeking
new terms, while Chris J.
Sandvig is trying to unseat
one of them. Two at large
positions are up on the
board.
Te only other contested
race in Ransom County is
the states attorney posi-
tion. Incumbent Fallon
Kelly is hoping for re-elec-
tion and Lyle Tomason is
hoping to put a new face
ELECTION: 19
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FRIDAY, MAY 23
PERFORMANCE: Happy
Hour Girl, (Original Cyn)
music show will be from
4 to 6 p.m. at My Bar in
Valley City. More info: 701-
845-6956.
AA: Alcoholics Anony-
mous meets every Monday,
Wednesday and Saturday
at Fellowship Corner, 320
2nd Ave. S.E. in Valley
City. Monday and Saturday
meetings are at 8 p.m.
and Wednesday meetings
are at noon and 7:30 p.m.
The Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
and last Saturday of the
month at 8 p.m. are open
speakers meetings for all to
attend, not just alcoholics.
A Friday 5:30 p.m. meeting
is held at Sheyenne Care
Center conference room.
More info: 701-845-2864.
SATURDAY, May 24
FREE SHOW: Finding Po-
laris II will be shown at Val-
ley City State University at
1 p.m. in Room 309 of the
Rhoades Science Center.
More info: 701-845-0966
or 701-845-7452.
More info: 701-845-2864.
SUNDAY, May 25
LUNCH: A Brown-bag
or Dine-in Lunch at the
Historic 1916 Buffalo High
School tis from 10:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. Menu incldes
sloppy Joes, chips, veg-
gies, homemade bar, drink)
Free will donation. More
info or to order takeout:
701-633-6315.
MONDAY, May 26
SENIORS: Buffalo Se-
nior Citizens meets every
Monday at the Community
Center, Buffalo, from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
LITCHVILLE: The Litch-
ville Community Center
hosts regularly scheduled
events, including: morning
coffee from 8 to 10 a.m.
Monday-Saturday; On
the Move exercise group
Tuesdays and Thursdays
at 8 a.m.; and cards (Hand
& Foot) with refreshments
Wednesday evenings at 7
p.m. No fee, but donations
accepted. More info: 701-
762-4856.
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F
or many people in America, Me-
morial Day represents the unof-
fcial start of summer and a three-
day weekend.
For our veterans, Memorial Day means
much more -- and it should mean more
to each and every one of us.
My father, two grandfathers and many
other uncles and relatives have served in
the armed forces for our country.
I remember an uncle who came home
from Vietnam who struggled with life
for a few years before he was able to get
things together and become a family man
running a construction business.
Anyone who had relatives who sur-
vived a war or confict knows service
men and women are ofen diferent when
they return.
Ofen it is because of the friends and
countrymen they lost in battles.
Memorial Day allows all of who have
never served -- and those who survived
-- to remember the sacrifces of all our
great men and women who gave their
lives for our country.
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to thanking these service personnel for
their sacrifce, patriotism and duty.
Perhaps its ftting that instead of
words, many veterans groups use a sim-
ple method to thank our fallen heroes by
playing Taps at cemetaries across the
country.
Tankfully these men and women
went to war, representing their country,
their families, their religion to fght for
what all Americans believe in.
Our nations heroes have fought those
who would become leaders of the world,
dictators to nations, religious fanatics
and others who have threatened our way
of life.
As part of your Memorial Day, take a
moment to thank a veteran for his ser-
vice and remember those who have fall-
en before enjoying that watermelon or
ice cold brew.
On behalf of the this newspaper, thank
you veterans. We will say a prayer for the
fallen and ask Our Lord to watch them
and us.
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Memorial Day
SERVICE: A Memo-
rial Day Service will be
held by Nome American
Legion Post 83 at Fillmore
Cemetary at 9:30 a.m.,
at Waldheim Cemetary at
10:30 a.m., and at St. Petri
Cemetary at 11:30 a.m.
Dinner will follow program
at St. Petri.
SERVICE: The annual VFW
Memorial Day program will
be at 10 a.m. in the Litch-
ville Community Center.
Lunch will be provided.
SERVICE: Memorial Day
services around Buffalo in-
clude 9 a.m. at Tower City
Greenwood Cemetary, 10
a.m. at Buffalo Cemetary,
11 a.m. at Buffalo Commu-
nity Center. Dinner at noon
after last program.
PARADE: A Memorial Day
parade will be take place
in Lisbon beginning at 9:30
a.m. in front of Riverside
Building Center and travel
downtown. A service will
follow at Oakwood Cem-
etary. A lunch will be held
at Lisbon Senior Center
following the service.
SERVICES: Enderlin will
hold Memorial Day services
at several locations, begin-
ning at 9 a.m. at St. Olaf
Cemetary. Other services
will be at Enderlin Area
Veterans Cemetary at 9:45
a.m., at Maryhill Manor at
10:30 a.m. and the Alice
City Cemetary at 11:15
a.m.
OPEN HOUSE: The Historic
1916 Buffalo High School
will be open from noon to 2
p.m. for visitors. More info:
701-633-6315.
LIARS DICE: Play progres-
sive liars dice at the Vault
in Valley City on Mondays
from 6 p.m. to midnight.
More info: Paul Stenshoal,
701-840-9313.
ENGLISH CORNER: English
Corner will meet Mondays
(except holidays) from 5:30
to 6:30 p.m. at the Valley
City-Barnes County Library.
More info: 701-845-4005.
PARADE: A Memorial Day
parade will be held in Valley
City down Central Avenue
beginning at 10 a.m.
SERVICE: A Memorial
Day service will be held at
10:30 a.m. at the Fingal
City Hall. Lunch will follow.
PROGRAM: The Eckelson-
Sanborn American Legion
and Auxiliary Post 202
will hold its 65th Annual
Memorial Day Program
at Sacred Heart Church
in Sanborn at 10:30 a.m.
Graveside services and
lunch to follow. More info:
Connie, 701-646-6634.
SERVICE: A Memorial Day
program will be at 10 a.m.
in the Page School gym.
More info: 701-845-2864.
TUESDAY, May 27
KIWANIS: The Lisbon Ki-
wanis Club meets at noon
at Parkside Lutheran Home
in the dining room.
ROTARY: Valley City
Rotary Club meets every
Tuesday at noon at the Val-
ley City VFW.
BONE BUILDERS: Improve
balance, increase energy,
bone density, mobilty and
lower blood pressure with
this free program. Tuesd-
says and Thursdays at
10:30 a.m. at Enderlin
Senior Center. More info:
701-437-2669.
OPEN MIC: Open Mic is
now being held at The
Vault in Valley City. Open
7:30 p.m. to close. The
Vault is located in the 200
block of Central Avenue
North.
HEALTH BOARD: The
City-County Health Board
meets at 4 p.m. on the
fourth Tuesday of each
month. (Note that meet-
ings may be canceled for a
lack of a quorum or a lack
of agenda items.) More
info: 701-845-8518.
WEDNESDAY, May 28
SENIORS: Tower City
Senior Citizens group
meets every Wednesday
at the Community Center
in Tower City from 10 a.m.
to 3:30 p.m. A meal is
served. More info: Betty
Gibbons, president, 701-
840-0184.
STORY TIME: At Valley
City Barnes County Public
Library, 10:30 a.m. More
info: 701-845-3821.
KIWANIS: Kiwanis: The
Valley City Kiwanis Club
meets every Wednesday
at 12:04 PM at various
locations in VCSU Student
Union. Use the West door
for entry.
SENIORS: A noon senior
citizens monthly birthday
day is set for Page Senior
Center.
BOOK CLUB: The Val-
ley City-Barnes County
Librarys book discussion
club meets at 2 p.m. in
the librarys multipurpose
room. More info: Mary,
701-845-3294.
POKER TOURNEY: Texas
Holdem Tournament is ev-
ery Wednesday at 7 p.m.
at the Eagles Aerie, Valley
City. Open to all player
levels. More info: Richard
Hass: 840-2612. Free, for
people 21+.
mous meets every Mon-
day, Wednesday and Sat-
urday at Fellowship Corner,
320 2nd Ave. S.E. in Valley
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Wednesdat meetings are
at noon and 7:30 p.m. The
Wednesday 7:30 p.m. and
last Saturday of the month
at 8 p.m. are open speak-
ers meetings for all to
More info: 701-845-2864.
THURSDAY, May 29
TOPS: Tops Club of
Enderlin meets every
Thursday at the Senior
Center in Enderlin. Weigh
in from 8:30 to 9 a.m.;
meeting at 9.
QUILTERS: 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. Catherine School
gym basement, Valley
City. Anyone is welcome;
no experience necessary.
More info: Lela Grim, 701-
845-4067.
MUSEUM HOURS: The
Enderlin Museum is open
through September from
1 to 4 p.m. on Thursday
and Friday and from 9 a.m.
to noon on Saturday. Also
open by special appoint-
ment. More info: 701-799-
0725 or 701-793-9743.
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balance, increase energy,
bone density, mobilty
and lower blood pressure
with this free program.
Tuesdsays and Thursdays
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mous meets every Mon-
day, Wednesday and Sat-
urday at Fellowship Corner,
320 2nd Ave. S.E. in Valley
meetings are at 8 p.m. and
Wednesday meetings are
at noon and 7:30 p.m. The
Wednesday 7:30 p.m. and
last Saturday of the month
at 8 p.m. are open speak-
ers meetings for all to
More info: 701-845-2864.
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W
hen youre
talking fsh-
ing, it really
doesnt matter where
youre at.
Bait shop, cofee
shop, boat landing
or campfre, theres
plenty of stories, from
forgetting to put the
plug in, to a storm
brewing up from out of nowhere, to
the one that got away.
A lot of times, when the people
involved in the conversations know
that I work for the North Dakota
Game and fsh Department, those
ones that got away stories ofen lead
to Why doesnt the Game and Fish
Department?
Over the past few years, one of
those Why doesnt Game and
Fish ? questions that comes up
fairly frequently is something like
Wouldnt fshing be better if we had
a statewide minimum length limit for
walleyes?
Rather than try to answer that
question myself, Ill refer to Scott
Gangl, the Game and Fish Depart-
ments fsheries management section
leader. Gangl authored an article in
North Dakota OUTDOORS maga-
zine last year, which covered that very
subject.
When a walleye population has
few young fsh due to poor reproduc-
tion or stocking success, but those
fsh are growing well, a minimum
length limit could help protect young
fsh to grow to a size that would
provide more beneft to anglers. Of
course, for any fshing regulation to
be efective, angler harvest must have
more of an efect on the population
than other natural sources of mortal-
ity.
Lake Sakakaweas walleye popula-
tion today meets two of the criteria
for a minimum length limit low
natural mortality and good growth.
But Sakakaweas walleyes in 2014 do
not exhibit any signs of a population
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his month I would like to share with
you a collection of short anecdotes.
I hope you enjoy!
I have been writing songs my whole life.
Te great folk singer Harry Chapin once
said that he wrote 400 songs before he
wrote his frst good one! I couldnt agree
with him more.
While most of the songs I initially wrote
were not worth saving or remembering, I
do still remember the very frst song I ever
wrote. I was 8 years old and in the third grade at the time.
It was a very silly song called Deep In Te Woods. I used
to sing it for my friends and they all thought it was really
funny.
When my son Stephen was 8 I sang the song for him. He
loved it and used to have me sing it for him over and over.
He would laugh and laugh. Now obviously time travel is
impossible. I cant get into my DeLorean as was done in the
movie Back To Te Future and visit my younger self. But
with this song I was able to connect with my 8 year old son
as when I was just 8 years old. Tat was something really
special for me, two 8 year olds sharing a moment through
time!
I have been on the road now playing music for more
than 20 years and I am a million-mile fyer with United Air-
lines. Tat means that I have fown more than one million
paid miles with them.
It is actually slightly more than 1.4 million and that doesnt
count other airlines I have fown on or frequent fyer trips
I have taken. If one were to fy 50,000 miles per year which
will get you Gold status on all of the major airlines, or the
equivalent of 17.3 round trips from Fargo to LA every year,
it would take you 28 years to fy 1.4 million miles. Tat is a
lot of time in an airplane seat!
You know they say you can never get enough of a good
thing? Tat isnt always the case.
For more than 15 years while living in New York I played
in a wedding band. Te weddings in New York are usually
very elaborate with people spending easily $30,000 and up.
Tey are always catered afairs with wonderful multi-course
meals with drinks included and are held in very fancy ca-
tering halls.
Being that most people like beef most wedding receptions
serve prime rib for dinner although in many cases guests are
given a choice of beef, chicken or fsh. Te band is always
fed as well and when we frst started out playing weddings
we all ordered the prime rib but afer a while when you are
playing over 135 weddings a year you want a change.
It always amused me how when asked their choice of
meal selection everyone
in the band would choose
chicken.
I guess that more than
anything else was the sign
that you had made it as a
successful wedding musician!
People in the crowd can make you wonder sometimes.
On a gig one time a guy came up to request a song we were
in the middle of playing. He wasnt even aware of it! One
guy came up to us at the end of a gig to compliment us on
out trombone player. We didnt have a trombone player in
the band!
Most people dont know the names of songs so it was al-
ways fun to guess what song they wanted by the supposed
title they gave you!
In New York state a music teacher is certifed to teach
grades K-12 on all instruments. My dear friend Rob Mill-
ner called me for help one day. His main instruments were
piano and trumpet and he had taken just one semester of
strings in college. He really knew very little about string in-
struments but according to his NY state teaching certifcate
he was qualifed.
He was fresh out of college and had gotten a job teaching
strings in an elementary school. He would have preferred
to teach the band but this was the job that was available so
he took it.
He called me one day for advise because he kept popping
violin strings and couldnt fgure out why. I played the vio-
lin and as soon as I went down to his school and he showed
me what he was doing I immediately knew what his prob-
lem was. He was tuning them an octave to high!
I would like to dedicate this column to my dear friend
and wonderful musician Rob who passed away last week
at the age of only 61. He will live on in our hearts and the
infuence he had on all of his students.
Until next time Ill see you from the stage.
A few small anecdotes to ponder, including wedding band choices
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Tis column looks back at early
area history as found in the
archives of the Enderlin
Historical Society and Museum.
Museum website:
www.enderlinmuseum.org
Tis week we will
continue with the
1895 eighth grade
exam required of all
students. It was taken
from the original document on fle
at the Smokey Valley Genealogical
Society and Library in Salina, Kansas
and reprinted by the Salina Journal.
While this test was from Kansas, it
was similar to tests used by most
other Midwestern states. Te test was
usually administered at the county
level. Good luck!
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U.S. HISTORY (Time 45 minutes)
1. Give the epochs into which U.S.
History is divided.
2. Give an account of the discovery of
America by Columbus.
3. Relate the causes and results of the
Revolutionary War.
4. Show the territorial growth of the
United States.
5. Tell what you can of the history of
your state.
6. Describe three of the most promi-
nent Battles of the Rebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse,
Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn,
and Howe?
8. Name events connected with the
following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800,
1849, 1865
ORTHOGRAPHY (Time one hour)
1. What is meant by the following:
alphabet, phonetic, orthography, ety-
mology, syllabication?
2. What are the elementary sounds?
How classifed?
3. What are the following and give
examples of each: trigraph, sub vocals,
diphthong, cognate letters, lingual?
4. Give four substitutes for caret u.
5. Give two rules for spelling words
with fnal e. Name two exceptions
under each rule.
6. Give two uses of silent letters in
spelling. Illustrate each.
7. Defne the following prefxes and
use in connection with a word: bi, dis,
mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono,
sup.
8. Mark diacritically and divide into
syllables the following and name the
sign that indicates the sound: card, ball,
mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare,
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SCHLECHT
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Continuing our eighth grade test from 1895
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hen a wom-
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Where she could learn what to eat
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resources that she needed.
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a place just like this for the past 40
years: the WIC Program (Special
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Women, Infants and Children).
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health care.
Overall diet quality, including key
nutrients iron, protein, and calcium,
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Nationally, the frst WIC site opened
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n in 2013, almost 70 percent of the
babies born in North Dakota received
WIC benefts.
n 22,345 women, infants and chil-
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gram.
n $10.2 million were spent in gro-
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income guidelines.
For example, a family of 4 can have a
monthly income of $3677 or less (or a
yearly income of under $44,124), or be
enrolled in TANF, SNAP or Medicaid.
To apply for WIC, please call the WIC
Ofce at 701-845-8520.
Not long before his death, Sena-
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Looking back on all of my years in
government services, I am as proud
of the WIC Program as any other with
which I have been involved. WIC rep-
resents what is best in Americaa
dedication to our children and our fu-
ture and an attempt to nip the poverty
cycle in the bud.
Happy 40th Birthday, WIC!
Beth Viland is a licensed nutritionist and certifed
lactation counselor and
director of the Barnes County WIC Program.

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By Susan
SCHLECHT
WIC program celebrating its 40th birthday
the independent 05.23.14

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OPINION: ROB PORT
T
his last week we
were treated to the
latest chapter in the
never-ending saga of the
Fighting Sioux logo and
nickname, though what
sparked it was an event
that didnt have anything
to do with the University of
North Dakota.
At Springfest, a City of
Grand Forks event that UND is not involved
with in any way, a group of young people
-- at least a few students at UND -- wore T-
shirts they had custom made for the event
which read Siouxper Drunk.
Underneath those words was a Native
American chief s head -- not the Sioux logo,
but actually the logo you can see on the side
of North Dakota Highway Patrol cars on
and state highway signs -- with a beer bong
in its lips.
Many were outraged, and thats a perfect-
ly reasonable response. Te struggles with
substance abuse in our Native American
communities is no laughing matter. Cer-
tainly not appropriate fodder for what was
intended as a lighthearted tshirt.
What was an unreasonable response,
however, was how a certain faction of the
perpetually outraged responded to shirts.
Instead of limiting their rancor to the kids
who, you know, actually made and wore
the shirts, they turned the incident into a
broader indictment of UNDs former Fight-
ing Sioux logo and nickname complete with
calls for mandatory sensitivity training for
all new UND students and ban on display-
ing the logo/nickname or even expressing
support for it.
Tey voiced their demands during a pro-
test walk on UNDs campus last week, an
event that was attended in solidarity (to their
shame) by members of the UND adminis-
tration including Provost Tomas Diloren-
zo. Te event was promoted on Twitter with
the #WalkForChange hashtag.
But even before the Siouxper Drunk
controversy there was a push for this sort
of censorship. Kyle Torson, a candidate
for the North Dakota state House in Dis-
trict 43 and a member of UNDs student
government, introduced a resolution for
his fellow student senators to vote on which
would have mandated sensitivity training
for members of student government and
banned them from supporting the logo/
nickname in any way.
Tese moves towards censorship, by both
Torson and the organizers of the march
(and, apparently, certain members of the
UND administration), are more ofensive
than the Fighting Sioux logo/nickname
could ever be.
More ofensive even than the Siouxper
Drunk T-shirts themselves.
Keep in mind that the supposed ofensive-
ness of the Fighting Sioux logo/nickname is
very much in dispute. While some decry it,
rather ludicrously, as racism on par with ra-
cial segregation, others (including, notably,
the community of Sioux people living on the
Spirit Lake reservation) simply dont agree.
Whats next?
Ban on disagreement over social issues
like abortion and gay marriage? Or climate
change?
All the more ofensive is the fact that this
push for censorship is taking place on one
of our university campuses, supposedly epi-
centers of free expression and inquiry.
Te Fighting Sioux logo fght will go on --
state Rep. Scott Louser, a Republican from
Minot, already has legislation prepared that
will keep in place a moratorium on UND
picking a new nickname for another two
and a half years -- but the Siouxper Drunk
imbroglio belongs to a larger narrative.
One in which our college campuses are
slowly being turned into places where dis-
sent against certain political and cultural
dogmas isnt tolerated.
Te threat of academia becoming a place
of hidebound politics, and homogenous
thought, is much more serious than a sports
nickname could ever be.
Censorship is much more offensive than UND nickname/logo battle
By Rob
PORT
Consider the
consequences
Letter from Lloyd A. Nelson
Valley City, ND
Tree of the commission-
ers have stated they will
support Mr. Edwards for
mayor.
I have a few questions that
should be answered.
When did they make this
decision?
Did they meet with Mr.
Edwards?
What was their decision
based on?
Where did Mr. Edwards
come from?
What city and state?
Is he married?
What is his background
in city government?
Where does he work?
Have they done a thor-
ough background check on
him?
Why are they so deter-
mined to support him?
What does he ofer?
Is there a confict of inter-
est?
Another thing that both-
ers me is the fact that every
person this city has im-
ported from outside has
lef a lot to be desired.
Dave Johnson was a beaut
-- unless he did exactly what
some on the commission
hired him to do.
John Cameron was an-
other piece of work, consid-
ering the false accusations
he and Jon Wagar brought
against Police Chief Dean
Ross and the false accusa-
tions Cameron brought
against Eric Johnson.
Tere are others who have
been brought into town and
really have done more dam-
age than good.
I hope the city voters
think very hard about this
election before they cast
they ballots. Tere defnitely
needs to be a change in the
Commissioners!
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
T
he Clean Water,
Wildlife and
Parks Amend-
ment proposing to
dedicate $100 million
annually to conserva-
tion in North Dakota
has become the subject
of a well-orchestrated
attack by an array of
state organizations and their support-
ers.
As stated in a previous column,
there are some good reasons for being
skeptical about the proposal. But that
does not preclude the possibility that
there are good arguments in favor of
the idea.
For one thing, it may be that North
Dakota is underfunding its water,
wildlife and parks considering that
various state funds are bulging with
surpluses generated by the oil boom
and farm prosperity. We can aford to
do more than ever before for conser-
vation.
Next, we need to acknowledge the
loss of millions of acres of outdoor rec-
reational space. Due to federal budget
cuts and high commodity prices, the
acreage in the federal conservation
(CRP) program has declined from 3.4
million in 2008 to less than one mil-
lion. Tousands of other additional
acres have been moved from pasture
to production.
Te constitutional right to bear
arms and the right to hunt will have
little meaning when we have no game
to shoot. So perhaps there is a need
for the state to shore up its hunting
habitat.
Te Amendment promises to bet-
ter utilize the wetlands and potholes.
Without a doubt, one of the major
undertakings would be paying farm-
ers for easements of nonproductive
potholes for wildlife production. Te
owners of wetlands have a property
right that they should be able to con-
vert into income.
Public opinion supports expanded
conservation programming. In a poll
conducted by reputable polling or-
ganizations, 67 percent of the people
favored the dedication of funds for
outdoor projects; 85 percent favored
sales for conservation, and 60 percent
favored conservation easements.
In the last session of the Legislature,
these fgures were given short shrif,
thereby defying public opinion just as
it did in the tobacco debacle of 2009.
North Dakota won a settlement
of $750 million in the nationwide
suit against the major tobacco compa-
nies and the frst thing the Legislature
did was divert the money to programs
other than curbing the abuse of to-
bacco.
Incensed, a citizens group then ini-
tiated a measure creating a planning
committee and directing use of the
money against tobacco consumption.
Insulted by the initiated proposal,
the Legislature snubbed the vote of
the people and refused to appropriate
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OPINION: LLOYD OMDAHL
Amendment has some valid arguments
By Lloyd
Omdahl

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A help wanted ad is on the door of the Valley City Shopko. Retail stores, as well as
healthcare providers and restaurants, are fnding it hard to fll jobs locally.
STORY AND PHOTOS BY ROGER BLUHM
Plenty of jobs open
in area and state
Employers fnding it hard to fll positions
as available workforce has grown small
N
eed a job? Come to
North Dakota, espe-
cially this area of the
state.
Tats the message North
Dakota Workforce is start-
ing to spread this week with
the release of the Find the
Good Life campaign.
Te new campaign is al-
ready having local efects,
according to local Job Ser-
vice stafer Bobbie Miller.
We fnd every time
theres a little blip about
North Dakota in the na-
tional spotlight, we get a lot
more calls, said Miller, who
works out of the Valley City
Job Service ofce. With the
new campaign that started
on Monday, were already
getting calls.
Te state is in a boom era.
With the oil patch in the west
and the building boom and
continued growth of Fargo
and Grand Forks to the east,
communities statewide are
fnding more open jobs than
people to fll them.
Even locally.
According to the states
Department of Labor, the
unemployment rate in
North Dakota is 2.6 percent
and has been since January.
Te national unemploy-
ment rate is 6.3 percent.
We cant even get lo-
cal high school kids to ap-
ply, said a grocery store
assistant manager recently.
Tey were usually the ones
we counted on in the sum-
mer, but were searching for
help.
Help wanted ads are all
over Valley City, posted on
storefronts and on signs.
Tere are tons of jobs
available in this area, said
Jennifer Feist, director of the
Valley City/Barnes County
Development Corporation.
Because of the oil patch,
because of Fargo and Grand
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the opening of Pizza Ranch
and other expansion and
there are jobs to be had
here.
We also need skilled pro-
duction workers like ma-
chinists or welders, Miller
said.
Tose jobs are always
in demand and (qualifed
workers are) hard to fnd.
According to Miller, in
April of 2014 there were 392
positions available and 182
resumes on fle in her ofce.
In April 2013, there were
311 positions available.
We have a lot of posi-
tions, Miller said. But, we
also get quite a bit of trafc
in here from people who
have just moved here or
even people traveling on the
interstate.
Tat will increase with
the new campaign.
But the problem is more
than a lack of labor, Feist
said.
We have tremendous
growth in the state on both
sides, she said. Tat brings
more infrastructure, more
businesses, more jobs.
It also brings an increase
in need for healthcare in-
dustries, which are already
short when it comes to em-
ployees, and housing and
other needs. As we continue
to grow, to do well econom-
ically, were going to need
more and more workers to
fll openings.
One way businesses are
getting new applications is
through job fairs. Heartland
Flax held one on Tursday
in Valley City.
We held on for the rail-
road not too long ago, Mill-
er said.
Te way I look at it is if
the get fve applicants, its
fve they didnt have prior to
the job fair.
Most employers know
things arent going to change
soon.
We still have oil explo-
ration and drilling to the
west, Feist said. We still
have Fargo, Grand Forks
and even Valley City, Jame-
stown and Bismarck grow-
ing.
Tere are jobs to be had
across the state and thats
not going to change soon.
Since it wont, people who
want to work in this state
will have a chance to do so.
While the new campaign
seeks to bring in people
from out of state, Miller and
Feist believe the good life is
available to local residents
as well.
Someone who has a skill,
or a career, in a certain feld
can bring a resume and start
looking for a new position,
Miller said. We see a lot of
people like that.
Feist believes there are
other opportunities.
A couple is perfect for
this area, she said. One
with the job set to be the
major breadwinner and
come and get the job he
wants. Yet, there are a ton
of jobs for the secondary
spouse to consider. Tere
are healthcare jobs, service
jobs and retail jobs available
all around.
Opportunity awaits.
It never hurts to look,
Miller said. It might lead to
a new job, a new career.
Weve certainly got a lot
of positions to consider lo-
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ENDERLIN
First Lutheran Church
326 Blu St
(701) 437-3317
Sundays at 9:30 a.m.
Pastor Thea Monson
First Methodist Church
228 5th Ave
(701) 437-3407
Trinity Lutheran Church
319 Fourth Ave.
(701) 437-2433
Hope Lutheran Church (AFLC)
(meets at Enderlin Methodist)
Sunday School@10 a.m.
Worship Service@11 a.m.
701-437-3777
Pastor Dennis Norby
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FINGAL
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
419 1st Ave.
(701) 924-8290
FORT RANSOM
Standing Rock Lutheran Church,
136 Mill Rd.
(701) 973-2671
KATHRYN
St Pauls Lutheran Church
(701) 796-8261
11546 52nd St SE
LEONARD
Bethel Moravian Church
15407 49th St SE
(701) 645-2287
Leonard Lutheran Church
PO Box 279
(701) 645-2435
St Peters Lutheran Church
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4713 150th Ave SE
(701) 347-4147
LISBON
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1010 Forest St.
(701) 683-5756
First Baptist Church (ABC)
401 Forest St.
(701) 683-4404
First Presbyterian Church
10 6th Ave. West
Pastor Juwle S. Nagbe
(701) 318-4273
Sunday Worship 11:15 a.m.
418 5th Ave W.
(701) 683-5841
United Methodist
(602 Forest St.
701) 683-4479
St Aloysius Catholic Church
102 7th Ave W.
(701) 683-4584
Redeemer Lutheran Church
803 Forest St.
(701) 683-5347
LITCHVILLE
(701) 762-4297
506 5th St
Trinity Lutheran ELCA
5809 Co. Rd. 60 SE
(701) 669-2282
MARION
North Marion
Reformed Church
(701) 669-2557
4430 99th Ave SE
NOME
St Petri Lutheran Church
12505 52nd St SE
(701) 924-8215
ORISKA
St Bernard Catholic Church
(701) 845-3713
606 5th St
SANBORN
Our Saviors Lutheran Church
Sunday service 9 a.m.
Sunday School 10:30 a.m.
Pastor Mark Haines
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
(701) 646-6306
711 4th St
TOWER CITY
St. Pauls Lutheran Church
(701) 749-2309
401 Broadway St
www. splbl.org.
VALLEY CITY
All Saints Episcopal Church
516 Central Ave. N
701-845-0819
Calvary Baptist Church
(Independent)
2030 West Main St.
701-845-8774
Congregational United Church
of Christ
217 Fourth St. NW
701-845-1977
Epworth United
Methodist Church
680 Eighth Ave. SW
701-845-0340
Evangelical Free Church
1141 Ninth St. SW
701-845-1649
Faith Lutheran Church
575 10th St SW #3
701-845-4390
First Baptist Church
3511 S. Kathryn Rd.
701-845-4500
First Church of the Nazarene
913 Riverview Drive
701-845-4193
Grace Free Lutheran Church
(AFLC)
2351 West Main St.
701-845-2753
Mercy Hospital Chapel
570 Chautauqua Blvd.
701-845-6400
New Life Assembly of God
520 Winter Show Rd.
701-845-2259
Our Saviors Lutheran
138 Third St. NW
701-845-1328
Rivers Edge Ministry
(Interdenominational)
348 E. Main St.
St. Catherines Catholic Church
540 Third Ave. NE
701-845-0354
St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran
Church (WELS)
202 3rd St NW
701-845-0702
Sheyenne Care Center Chapel
979 Central Ave. N.
701-845-8222
Southwest Bible Chapel
826 Fifth St. SW
701-845-2792
Trinity Lutheran Church (ELCA)
499 Fourth Ave. NW
701-845-3837
Valley Apostolic
Sunday School 10AM
Sunday Worship 11AM
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215 Fourth Ave. NW
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ENDERLIN
326 Bluff St
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KATHRYN
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11546 52nd St SE
(701) 796-8261
LEONARD
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15407 49th St SE
(701) 645-2287
Leonard Lutheran Church
PO Box 279
(701) 645-2435
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401 Forest St.
(701) 683-4404
10 6th Ave. W.
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(701) 318-4273
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418 5th Ave W.
(701) 683-5841
United Methodist
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701) 683-4479
St Aloysius Catholic Church
102 7th Ave W.
(701) 683-4584
Redeemer Lutheran Church
803 Forest St.
(701) 683-5347
LITCHVILLE
506 5th St
(701) 762-4297
Trinity Lutheran ELCA
5809 Co. Rd. 60 SE
(701) 669-2282
MARION
North Marion Reformed
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4430 99th Ave SE (701)
669-2557
NOME
St Petri Lutheran Church
12505 52nd St SE
(701) 924-8215
ORISKA
St Bernard Catholic Church
606 5th St
(701) 845-3713
SANBORN
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Sunday School: 10:30 a.m.
Pastor Mark Haines
Sacred Heart Catholic
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711 4th St
(701) 646-6306
TOWER CITY
St. Pauls Lutheran Church
401 Broadway St
www. splbl.org
(701) 749-2309
VALLEY CITY
All Saints Episcopal
Church
516 Central Ave. N
701-845-0819
Calvary Baptist Church
(Independent)
2030 West Main St.
701-845-8774
Congregational United
Church of Christ
217 Fourth St. NW
701-845-1977
Epworth United
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680 Eighth Ave. SW
701-845-0340
Evangelical Free Church
1141 Ninth St. SW
701-845-1649
Faith Lutheran Church
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couple of weeks back I was in the phone
store getting a new phone. Of course, my old
phone was acting up and the person helping
me at the store was having a difcult time getting all
the old information transferred to the new phone.
It was actually such a long time that afer waiting
for a while I went to another store and picked up a
few things and came back. Even afer that it wasnt
completely ready. So I ended up sitting and waiting
for my phone.
Te clerk was apologetic and tried to pass the time with a con-
versation.
We talked about the normal issues frst like many conversations
go; the weather and since it was a Friday the weekend ahead. I
asked questions about how he ended up working at this particu-
lar store and since he was a bit younger if he was going to college
somewhere.
Afer answering he asked me what I did which is one of my fa-
vorite questions to hear. I told him that I was a pastor and I get to
preach about Jesus Christ.
As I think about that conversation I am reminded of Proverbs
16:9 which says, Te heart of man plans his way, but the Lord
establishes his steps.
Te word establishes in this verse means directs or determines.
I never considered being a pastor until I was about half way through
college.
As a little child I had told my parents I wanted to be a dog-
houser. I dont know if there are many opportunities right now in
building do houses or not.
As I grew up I thought I would be an architect and that never
happened. Ten in college I took a number of classes in the pro-
gram to become a teacher.
But that never came to be either. God in His goodness and mercy
was leading and guiding me. Even though a couple of changes in
life were painful and hard God even used those to where I am to-
day.
One more question came up in my conversation in the phone
store. I think I like this one even better than what do I do. I was
asked, Why did you become a pastor? I could have said a lot of
diferent things. But ultimately it comes down to the Lord calling
and directing me. I went to seminary to learn and study and com-
pleted that. Afer that the call of God was confrmed when a con-
gregation called me to serve as their pastor. God was directing my
steps.
Te answer I gave that day was sharing the verse that led me to
even consider seminary. It was Psalm 66:16 which says, Come and
hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell you what he has done for
my soul.
As a pastor I get to speak about the goodness and mercy of God
for me.
Tat Jesus died for me. I get to speak to numerous people about
what God has for each and every one of us. It was a long day at the
phone store sitting and waiting. But it was a God established step
for me through the doors and into that conversation in which the
good news of Christs death and resurrection for the forgiveness of
sins was spoken of.
The Rev. Dennis Norby pastors for HOPE AFLC in Enderlin.
Reach him by email: thenorbys@msn.com
By the Rev.
Dennis NORBY

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On May 7, 2014 when the six Roman
Catholics and the three Jews on the U.S.
Supreme Court sat and listened to the
marshal of the Court speak the traditional
words, God save the United States and this
honorable court, I wonder what each was
thinking. Five Catholics and one Jew had
decided that the Board of Supervisors of
Greece, New York had not violated the First
Amendments establishment clause of the
Constitution of the United States by hav-
ing an opening prayer, although 116 of their last 120 meet-
ings were started with a Christian prayer. Tree of the four
non-Christian opening prayers were conducted by a Jewish
rabbi, a believer in the Bahai faith, and a Wiccan priestess
who prayed to Athena and Apollo (both Greek gods) for
guidance.
Te Supreme Court can seat only about 250 court follow-
ers, and in its arrogance refuses to let hearings and decisions
be televised. Teir decisions are very important to everyone
in the country. No justice should be paid until the Court
accepts by law a 20th century communication device that
is available in every jurisdiction in the land. We need to see
eyes, expressions, body language, and puzzled stares levied
by judges. We need to hear exclamations, groans, dumb and
smart questions and answers, and silence from some.
33,000 Christian Denominations Occupy 335,000 Church-
es
As the Court came to order afer the marshals prayer, I
wonder if the justices knew while looking at the 250 cu-
rious spectators that, if all the major religions in the U.S.
had each one seat, Court workers would have to bring in at
least 60 folding chairs to accommodate the more than 310
major religions. If we had one representative just from the
33,000 Christian denominations in the country, we would
fll the Fargodome, Civic Auditorium, Scheels Arena, Nem-
zek Fieldhouse and the Concordia Fieldhouse. Tere are
335,000 Christian churches in the U.S. And we havent even
started to count the non-Christians and the non-believers.
Its an amazing list of religions imported with their prac-
titioners from every country in the world. We have only 35
major Christian religious denominations while 127 New
Age and 124 Other religions are recognized by the Inter-
nal Revenue Service for tax-deductible purposes. And new
religions are formed each year. Does religion matter in
government?
Does one Buddhist or Hindu in a group of 100 Christians
feel any religious pressure? Should levels of all government
open meetings with a prayer to God, gods and goddesses,
earth, wind, or fre, and to rattlesnakes? Tat was the ques-
tion facing the Court. Did they consider the multi-religious
and non-religious society we live in? What answer would
Republican Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana give if he
felt any religious pressure among the Christians of Louisi-
ana? Raised as a Hindu, he recently transformed to a Ro-
man Catholicevangelicalfor Louisiana and national po-
litical purposes.
Te Fastest Growing Group? Non-Believers!
Accurate religious statistics are hard to come by. As an
example, I have been told that the only way to remove your
name from some Catholic church rolls is to write a letter
requesting a drop. Corky and I might be on the Catholic
rolls in Jacksonville, North Carolina but we became liberal
Lutherans 55 years ago. Actually, the second largest reli-
gious group in the U.S. is Roman Catholics who have lef
the church.
But the decision made by the Court in the Greece case
does not answer whether a religious or atheistic minority
within a community feels comfortable enough with a Je-
sus prayer to then freely participate in discussing political
decisions made by a city commission or board of supervi-
sors. Justice Anthony Kennedy, the writer of a very mixed-
up majority opinion, wrote that a prayer before a govern-
mental meeting is traditional and ceremonial in substance.
According to Kennedy it is ftting to have a brief acknowl-
edgment of their (governing body) belief in a higher body.
Isnt a prayer asking God to do something important? Oth-
erwise, why bother? Kennedy seems to be saying, We dont
expect the prayer to be answered anyway! I bet the 20 per-
cent waiting to testify or participate in the decision-making
who are non-believers feel the same way.
When I was teaching English literature I had the distinct
pleasure of reviewing the writings of the 19th Century Eng-
lish philosopher John Stuart Mill. He was a very smart guy,
learning Greek at age three so he could read Plato and the
Greek classics, learning Latin at age eight so he could con-
centrate on Roman law and history. His most famous work
is On Liberty, an important discussion of the role of an
individual within a society. Te following sentence is per-
haps the most powerful in history containing principles of
democracy: If all mankind minus one, were of one opin-
ion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion,
mankind would be no more justifed in silencing that one
person, than he, if he had the power, would be justifed in
silencing mankind.
Army Lt. General William Boykin: I Knew My God Was
Bigger Tan His....
Religions create many problems in a society. Te total
separation of church and state is essential. Worship in your
churches, not in city halls and legislatures. Radical Mus-
lims and evangelicals seem to cause the most trouble in the
world. We are now in the middle of the 15th Crusade. We
have our share of radicals poking around in the wounds of
previous conficts. Some are in military high commands.
Lt. Gen. William Boykin was deputy undersecretary of
Defense for Intelligence in the Pentagon afer he was com-
mander of Delta Force in the Black Hawk Down incident
in Somalia going afer a Muslim warlord. He did not help
relationships with Islam when he described the battle: I
knew my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God
was a real God and his was an idol. We in the army of God,
in the house of God, kingdom of God have been raised for
such a time as this. Boykin also insisted that George W.
Bush was in the White House because God put him there.
What a message to broadcast from the U.S. military to Arab
and Islam societies.
Religion is a personal belief. Does it belong in govern-
ment or business meetings now in our very diverse society?
In 1983 the Supreme Court held that the opening of ses-
sions of legislative and other deliberative public bodies with
prayer is deeply embedded in the history and tradition of
this country. From colonial times through the founding of
the Republic and ever since, the practice of legislative prayer
has coexisted with the principles ... of religious freedom.
But societies demand new rules to live by as they change.
More than 20 percent of our population is now non-believ-
ers. Tats more than 60 million people! Almost 35 percent
of people under 30 have no religious afliation! Te tsuna-
mi of change is sweeping over us, presenting us with great
challenges. As an example, where was same-sex marriage in
1983? Was it a family value then? It wasnt even discussed
in public. On May 15 the Washington Post published a map
of the rapidly evolving state of same-sex marriage in the
United States. Eighteen states with half our total popula-
tion now allow same-sex marriages. Bans against same-sex
marriage have been declared unconstitutional in six states,
pending appeal. Same-sex marriage is banned in 32 states-
but has been challenged in court in all but three -- Montana,
South Dakota, and North Dakota. New Jersey just ended a
ban. Te tsunami is sweeping deep.
A Solution For Legislative PrayerOne Minute Of Silence
For Prayer And Meditation
Justice Elena Kagan, a Jew, wrote a strong dissent from
the Kennedy-majority opinion. She said: Our public in-
stitutions belong to the Hindu and Buddhist as well as the
Episcopalian or Methodist. (I imagine she would also list
Jew.) But she posed a more important question: Would
Christians in a predominately Jewish town feel their rights
were protected if all public functions were presided over
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By Ed
RAYMOND
The Supreme Court, religion and intended consequences
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9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight,
fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and
indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by
syllabication.
GEOGRAPHY (Time one hour)
1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in your
state?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
4. Describe the mountains of North America.
5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa,
Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fernan-
dez, Aspin wall and Orinoco.
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U. S.
7. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of
each.
8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacifc in the
same latitude?
9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean
returns to the sources of rivers?
10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the incli-
nation of the earth.
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the money. Instead, it amended the initiated measure to
abolish the committee, turn the program over to the State
Health Department and to spend the money on peripheral
programs.
On the last day of the 2009 session, the Legislature bel-
ligerently restored the original measure and passed an ap-
propriation.
So here we are again. Public opinion supports a new di-
rection and the Legislature obfuscates the will of the peo-
ple.
Another point in favor of the Clean Water, Wildlife and
Parks Amendment is the proposed management system. It
provides for the involvement of the most committed indi-
viduals on the planning committee.
We have scores of state administrative committees and
licensing boards full of members who have a vested interest
in their programs.
Whether it makes for efcient government or not, we
subscribe to the idea that everyone ought to have a voice in
North Dakota.
To manage the proposed program, an advisory board
would submit plans to the governor, attorney general and
commissioner of agriculture, acting as the State Industrial
Commission, thereby preventing any radical spending.
When all of these points are weighed against mandated
spending, the amount of money involved and long-term
constitutional status, voters will not have an easy decision.
GADFLY: from 15
by a rabbi leading Jewish prayers? Or a Muslim town that
has a muezzin give a traditional Muslim blessing before
each meeting? In countering the Kennedy idea that leg-
islative prayer was ceremonial (thus not counting for very
much with God!), Kagan added: Religious expressions
can never be merely ceremonial because they are state-
ments of profound belief and deep meaning.
If someone has evidence that God has answered posi-
tively a prayer canted at a public legislative meeting, please
let me know. Te country is such a mess He must have
been answering prayers on sports events instead of paying
attention to Congressional prayers. Te current Congress
has one Hindu, one Buddhist, and one atheist, whatever
that means.
In a USA TODAY letter Cindy Joelle Owen published
additional truths: Tank goodness we dont live in a na-
tion where we are forced to follow a specifc religion. We
have the right to partake or not. Have you ever been to a
funeral where the service incorporated prayer? And may-
be the family members are not your religion? You dont
have to partake. I am not a Catholic. I pray, silently, in my
own way when I attend a Catholic wedding... it is a part of
a persons personal right to engage in spirituality. Amen!
Its not funny we are in a culture war over prayerwith
thousands of principles that mayor may notft yours.
Te Obscene, Insane, Weird, Bafing, And Bizarre In Re-
ligious Practices
Tere are probably a lot of non-believers who are like
Woody Allen when he was asked about his religion: If
only God would give me a clear sign! Like making a large
deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.
Ten we have the homophobes who always use Leviti-
cus verses in the Bible to call homosexuality an abomina-
tion. A quote from Mrs. Patrick Campbell, the frst actress
to pay Eliza Doolittle in George Bernard Shaws Pygma-
lion (the current My Fair Lady) gained 20th Century
free-love notoriety by saying: It doesnt make any difer-
ence what you do in the bedroom as long as you dont do
it in the street and frighten the horses. Bible thumpers
never seem to read further. Leviticus also condemns mix-
ing two crops in a feld (carrots and asparagus?), making
garments of two diferent fabrics (goodby to polyester and
cotton), the shaving of beards (Is that why men now look
like they have just joined the House of David baseball
team?). Have you burned any priests daughters lately who
have turned themselves into whores? Does your priest or
minister have both of his testicles? If he has only one, hes
disqualifed. A female minister? (Sorry, you pick the miss-
ing parts.) And slavery is OK as long as you steal, trade or
buy one from another country.
And then we have the religions that say prayer will cure
all diseases and deformities. We have the Amish who
treat cancer with prayer, herbs, and vitamins rather than
chemotherapy and modern medicine. We have the mys-
terious science-fction Church of Scientology with Tom
Cruise, other planets, rich Hollywood actors and direc-
tors and horror stories of slave labor.
We have the spiritual healing of Mary Baker Eddys
Christian Science church.
We have the Tennessee Snake Handlers in 125 churches
who refuse modern medical treatments if they are bitten
by poisonous snakes while tonguing their weird religion.
For some reason God lets many of them die in faithful
agony. And then we have Kentucky Baptists who give
away guns at Second Amendment celebrations across the
state in order to attract members to the loving arms of
Jesus Christ. Wasnt it Isaiah who said: Tey will beat
their swords into plowshares and their spears into prun-
ing hooks. Nations will not take up sword against nation,
nor will they train for war anymore?
Tese Baptists are beating swords into AK-47s, Bush-
masters, 12-gauge semi-automatic Street Sweepers and
.50 caliber sniping rifes. I wonder if they have also ad-
opted that WW II faith song Praise Te Lord And Pass
Te Ammunition? It would be ftting.
Religious people have used parts of the Bible to justify
slavery, rape, murder, racial segregation, the abuse of gays,
lesbians and transgenders, and other horrible transgres-
sions.
Lets remember, as an example, that we now have as
many as 15,000 transgenders and 150,000 gays in the mili-
tary defending us. Times do change.
MUSEUM: From 20
Valley City old-timers have told me that they recall
farmers in Barnes County using dogsleds in the not-too-
distant past and, of course, dogsledding is quite popular in
several areas of the country today.
Karnak Bites Back
Tere are dangers involved in exploring ghost towns
and abandoned farm buildings in remote areas. Tere can
be abandoned wells, foors with weak and rotten wood,
nails sticking up from stray planks, falling parts of build-
ings and sharp objects hidden in the heavy grass. It was
this last that got me.
Afer photographing the Karnak buildings, I got in the
pickup and turned around in the middle of a small clear-
ing that looked pretty smooth. Unfortunately, the laid-
over long grass concealed a heavy metal cylinder from
which dozens of chisel-like teeth protruded it looked
like some sort of roller that might have been used to break
up a road surface. It was nearly buried and well covered
by the grass. When I hit it, I knew I was in trouble. I got
out of the truck to see what had happened, and to check
the tire and front end. Te sidewall had been ripped open,
resulting in an instant blowout.
Tere was no place nearby where I could jack up the
truck to put on the spare, so I drove on the tire for about
two blocks before I found a suitable spot on a nearby
farmers roundabout. A few minutes afer I had started
changing the tire, a friendly young fellow in a large truck
drove up to check on what I was doing. I told him the
story, and he drove of. No problem.
A few minutes afer that an older, grim-looking chap
drove up and gave me a full-scale interrogation. I told him
what I was doing in a straightforward manner, but that
was apparently insufcient. He told me to fx it and get
the hell out of here! then spun of on the gravel to
emphasize his seriousness.
Now this is the kind of welcome you might get if you are
too close to a rural meth lab. I very much doubt that this
was the case, but the thought did cross my mind, and it
is one more danger to consider when investigating ghost
towns and abandoned buildings.
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ACROSS
1. Similar to but smaller than
giraffe
6. OB-GYN test
9. Cry like a baby
13. Howard Hughes was
one, among other things
14. Biochemistry abbr.
15. Luau greeting
16. Maker of premium elec-
tric vehicles
17. Its hot in some people?
18. Sega hedgehog
19. *Tennis return
21. *Game of goals
23. Yangs opposite
24. Michelin product
25. Fluffy accessory
28. *Batting ____
30. A group or set of 9 or IX
35. Tolkien creatures
37. Sixteen ____, song
39. Allegro or lento
40. Paper holder
41. Deserving of respect?
43. Orange peel, e.g.
44. New Yorks _____ Island
46. German female title
47. Small amount of residue
48. Like Odyssey
50. Doctrines
52. Sigma Alpha Epsilon
53. *Mark left by hit by pitch
55. Degree type, pl.
57. *Court contest
60. *Kevin Durants target
63. Battle royal
64. Rock in a drink
66. Equestrians attire
68. Torn down
69. Scheduled to arrive
70. Make amends
71. Iditarod ride
72. Always, in verse
73. A gossip, Yiddish
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1. Make a choice
2. Capital of Ukraine
3. The Sun ___ Rises
4. Tom Sawyers aunt
5. Right-leaning character
6. Elizabeth Gilberts Eat,
____, Love
7. Tropical American cuckoo
8. Zoroastrian
9. Coalition
10. First-class
11. Blender sound
12. Varnish ingredient
15. *Legal blocked shot,
when basketball is on its
______
20. Related on the mothers
side
22. Miners bounty
24. Found on a vine
25. *Ball game of Italian ori-
gin
26. Lowest deck
27. Raspberry drupelets
29. *Happy Gilmores game
31. Dork
32. Middle Eastern V.I.P.s
33. Sleepers woe
34. *Avoid the ball
36. Design detail
38. Sinbads seven
42. Cuban dance
45. Showed a sign of sleepi-
ness
49. Oahu greeting gift
51. Move sideways
54. Digression
56. Winter glider
57. Blue hue
58. If all ____ fails ...
59. Versus want?
60. *Drunk at the old ball-
game
61. Very dark black
62. Windshield option
63. ___ Robinson
65. *Pool tool
67. High drink
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social pressure. Its the reason there are no minimum length require-
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ELECTION: from 2
in the ofce.
Kristi Johnson, auditor; Susan J. Froemke, re-
corder; and Darren J. Benneweis, sherif are running
unopposed for re-election.
Valley City has a rich -- and sometimes strange
-- election history. Tis year there are two contested
races in the community.
Mayor Bob Werkhoven is seeking another term in
ofce and facing a challenge from newcomer Jefrey
Edwards.
For city commission, incumbents Duane (Dewey)
Magnuson and Matt Pedersen are hoping to hold of
challenger Gary D. Schlagel.
Susan Kringlie, William (Buf) Murray and Mi-
chael Lentz will fll the three open positions of the
park board.
In other Barnes County city races, there are only
two contested races.
Kathryn mayor Dave Majerus is seeking re-elec-
tion in a campaign against challenger Paul Fisher.
In Wimbledon, three are running for for two open
spots as aldermen. Ronald Smith, Elizabeth Doyle
and Steven Guscette are the candidates. Smith is an
incumbent.
Lisbon has a contested mayoral race. Ross Cole is
not running for re-election. City council president
Tim Meyer is seeking to fll the position, as is coun-
cil member Jerry Gemar.
Tree spots are open on the city council and four
candidates are seeking spots on the board. Jeremy
Wiliser and Walt Johnson are incumbents seeking
re-election. Robert Smith and Julie Cole are the
other two candidates.
In Enderlin, there are no contested races.
Fort Ransom has no candidates on the ballot for
mayor and only one candidate for city council with
two open positions. Carol Haarsager will win one of
two positions.
Its not an uncommon site in rural, small-town
elections. Te communitys of Dazey, Pillsbury,
Kathryn, Roger, Leal, Nome and Litchfeld all have
openings without candidates. Write-in spaces are
available on the ballots.
Measure 1, one of fve measures on the North
Dakota ballot for 2014 but the only one to be de-
cided in the primary, will also be decided on June
10. Te measure would would change the fling
deadlines for the submission of initiated measure
petitions from (90) days to (120) before a statewide
election and provide that challenges to decisions of
the secretary of state regarding measure petitions
must be fled with the supreme court no later than
seventy-fve days before the election, according to
the measures statement of intent.
Most poll locations will be open from 7 a.m. to 7
p.m.
S
hortly afer Prof. K.P.
Kleindorf and I made
our recent expedition
to the east end of the Lu-
verne Trestle, I made anoth-
er trip this time, solo
to the west end of the trestle
and the town of Karnak.
Tis was the third time I
had visited the area. Perhaps
my fascination with this par-
ticular non-existent town is
due to its exotic associations
with Karnak, Egypt, and the
rather less exotic Karnak, Il-
linois.
All three Karnaks are situ-
ated on rivers: Karnak, ND,
on the Sheyenne; Karnak,
Egypt, on the Nile; and Kar-
nak, Ill., on the Cache River.
Both Karnak, ND, and Kar-
nak, Egypt, lie in ruins. Kar-
nak, Ill., is the only surviv-
ing town of the three, with a
current population of about
600.
On this visit to Karnak, I
found the actual townsite,
which consists of fve col-
lapsing buildings weathered
to black and gray, and all
but buried in a thicket of
dead thorn trees that scratch
against the walls in the prai-
rie wind. At dusk, it could be
the setting for a remake of
Te Blair Witch Project.
But it was not always so.
According to Esther Trapp
Hemms account, Te Little
Town of Karnak, in the
Hannaford Area History for
the North Dakota Centen-
nial: For the period of 1913,
through the mid-1930s,
Karnak was a very busy little
town made up of friendly
families . A restaurant,
three grocery stores, lum-
ber yard, blacksmith shop,
post ofce, stockyards, and
nine houses; also a Presby-
terian church made up the
town. One of the frst build-
ings there was a bank and a
pool hall. Tis burned to the
ground. Tere were sev-
eral fast trains which passed
through Kar-
nak without
s t o p p i n g ,
but there was
one little one
that stopped
in the morn-
ing and af-
t e r n o o n
daily. It was
called Te Dinky by Kar-
nak residents. It had a pas-
senger coach, baggage and
mail car, and usually three
to seven boxcars pulled by
a steam locomotive which
burned coal. It traveled from
Fargo to New Rockford and
returned to Fargo each day
and stopped at all the towns
along the way. Karnak
didnt have a school so the
children attended the Cur-
tis School two miles south
of town and also the Freer
School two miles north. In
later years the Freer School
[building] was moved into
Karnak and used for other
purposes.
Karnak was originally built
in 1910 as a Great Northern
railroad station. At that time
it was named Fairview in
reference to the great view
of the Sheyenne River. Ten
it was discovered that North
Dakota already had a platted
town named Fairview. In
1912 the name was changed
to Karnak, and settlement
began in 1913. Population
peaked in 1920 with 90 resi-
dents. Te little town was hit
hard by the Great Depres-
sion and much of its popula-
tion moved to Cooperstown,
Hannaford and Valley City.
A Karnak Mystery
Few photographs exist of
Karnak during the time it
fourished. I now have sev-
eral ones and others may be
seen at the website Ghosts
of North Dakota (http://
www.ghostsofnorthdakota.
com/). I recently acquired a
photograph with Karnak,
N.D. written in pencil on the
back. Tis by itself does not
prove that the photograph is
of Karnak, since the desig-
nation is not printed on the
card by whoever produced
it. Part of the reason I took
the trip to Karnak last week
was that I had hoped that
there could be a building lef
that corresponded to one
of those in the photograph.
None did, but then most
of the buildings are gone.
Esther Hemm notes in her
essay that there was a farmer
in the area at one time who
raised a lot of dogs. Perhaps
he was the dogsledder in the
picture.
Dog sleds were used in
this part of the country for
hauling freight during early
pioneer days. A couple of
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MUSEUM WITHOUT WALLS
By Dennis
STILLINGS
Karnak, N.D. town of mystery
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