03-28-16 - Ransom County Gazette

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Monday, March 28, 2016
The Official Newspaper
for Ransom County
“Serving Ransom County Since 1881”
VOLUME 134 - ISSUE NUMBER 50 - USPS 455-540 SECTION A
County and city seats...
Court calls for arraignment
of Whetzel on murder charge
Franklin interviewed the parents of Kyle, Byron Whetzel and
Katie Nicolai. He learned that
the baby was under the care of
his father, Byron Whetzel starting at 8:00 p.m.- 8:15 p.m. All
of the people whose care he was
under for the day including his
mom, his daycare provider and
his grandparents all told Frnaklin that the baby was his usual
self, happy, eating and acting
normal up to when he went to
his father’s care.
Byron discovered his son
gurgling while not breathing
with a clear liquid running out of
his nose after being laid down in
the crib and he called 911 for an
ambulance.
Whetzel’s
story
about
how his son could have been
injured changed numerous
times during the investigation,
according to Franklin. Finally,
Whetzel admitted to lying on
several statements, accordint to
Franklin.
“Whetzel’s version of how
the baby was injured consisted
of him slipping while standing
out of a recliner, his body turning 90 degrees and K.W. being
caught between Byron Whetzel’s body weight and the corner
of a cloth couch, “said Franklin.
According to Franklin, he
was told that it was highly likely
that K.W. would have succumbed to the epidural hemorrhaging in the spinal column
quickly, most likely within two
hours. This would eliminate any
other caregivers, Franklin said
in his report. The medical examiner, after viewing a reenactment
of Whetzel’s story, told Franklin
that the explanation of Byron
Whetzel would not have caused
the injuries that they observed
on K. W.
Mottinger cross examined
the witness Franklin clarifying
what he said.
The circumstances leading to
the cause of death are uncertain,
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We are read by the nicest people: TERRY & KATHY THOMPSON • LISBON, ND
Pleads not guilty...
By Terri Kelly Barta
Judge Jay Schmitz handed
down the order for the arraignment of Byron Whetzel, 35, Lisbon, on three counts, murder,
child abuse and child neglect at
Whetzel’s probable cause hearing on March 23. The hearing
was held in District Court at Lisbon.
The three charges are Count
III - Murder, a Class AA Felony;
Count II - Abuse of a Child, a
Class B felony; and Count I Neglect of a Child, a Class C
Felony.
Byron Whetzel is accused
of murdering his 2-month-old
son, Kyle, on October 29, 2015
at their home in Lisbon. It was
determined that Whetzel will
be arraigned on the abuse and
neglect charges, as well.
Whetzel was present in court
with his attorney, Steven D.
Mottinger, Fargo.
Ransom County State’s
Attorney Fallon Kelly was present and accompanied by a witness for the prosecution, Shelby
Franklin, North Dakota Bureau
of Criminal Investigation (BCI),
one of the investigators in the
death of Kyle Whetzel.
Special Agent
Franklin
was sworn in as a witness. He
described how on October 29,
2015, a two and a half month old
male child with the initials K.W.
was brought to the Lisbon Hospital via ambulance. K.W. was
pronounced deceased at the hospital, shortly after by Dr. Mark
Kopenen.
Franklin continued his testimony with the following:
“During the initial autopsy on
October 31. 2015, Dr. Mark
Kopenen discovered that K.W.
had numerous acute and healing fractures on his ribs, as well
as three areas of bleeding on the
brain. Dr. Kopenen also noted
blood clotting near the spinal
column that warranted further
testing.” Dr. Kopenen informed
Agent Franklin that K.W.’s injuries were highly suspicious and
warranted further investigation.
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April 11 is deadline to
petition to run for offices
Photos by Jeanne Sexton-Brown
Dave and Kim Utke family were honored when Dave received the Agriculturalist of the Year Award
presented by the Ransom County Crop and Livestock Improvement Association. Back row: (l to r)
Duane Steedsman, David Steedsman, Dustin Steedsman, Samantha Utke, Douglas Utke holding
Aurora and Lucas standing in front of his dad. Front row: (l to r) Lori Steedsman, Kim and Dave
Utke, and Shannon Utke.
52nd Annual Award...
Dave Utke is Agriculturalist of the Year
By Jeanne Sexton-Brown
The 52nd Annual Agriculturalist of the Year Banquet was
held on Friday, March 18 at the
Ransom County Expo Center in
Lisbon. Ryan Lyons, president
of the Ransom County Crop and
Livestock Improvement Association (RCCLIA) welcomed
everyone for the evening and
conducted the brief business
meeting before announcing the
2016 Agriculturalist of the Year.
Dave Utke, Sheldon was
awarded the prestigious award
this year. Utke grew up on the
family farm near Fargo. He and
his father were stock contractors
for regional rodeos in the late
1950s and early 1960s. After
graduation he attended NDSU
and has been self-employed
in the farming and ranching
industry since college. He has
worked cattle, broke draft horses
to drive, ridden bulls in rodeos,
hauled bulls to rodeos, planted
and harvested crops and hay, and
done every other duty a ranch
job entails.
Dave married his wife Kim
(Evenson) in 1963, they purchased a farm near Sheldon and
began the transformation of their
successful future, the Sheldak
Ranch. The strong-willed young
couple decided they would run
the ranch on their own with no
hired help, which they continue
to do to this day.
Crops were planted with a
pony dress drill to prevent wind
erosion. Hay was put up loose
with 3-tine pitchforks, and draft
horses pulled the hay wagon.
Threshing of oats continued into
the 1980’s until it was hard to
find shockers and teamsters to
help anymore. Rotational grazing is a large part of their feeding
and land management program,
along with the wildlife ponds
dug in the fields. Spring-fed
stock ponds and an artesian well
furnish fresh water to the horses
in the summer. Heated automatic waterers provide water
in the corrals during the winter
months.
The couple has planted
more than 15,000 new trees on
the ranch in the past 50 years,
mainly to create fresh shelterbelts. They have cut down
approximately 8,000 to 9,000
dead trees in the old shelterbelts,
plus cut up storm-damaged trees
for firewood for the two woodburning stoves in their home and
one in the shop.
Community
involvement
and leadership is a large part of
their lives. Utke continues as
board member of the ND Farm
Bureau, ND Stockmen’s Association, ND Cowboy Hall of
Fame member, Ransom County
Soil Conservation Committee
board member, Ransom County
Coburn Township supervisor
and chairman, Ransom County
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Petitions for candidates for
expiring city and county government seats need to be submitted to city or county auditors
by Monday, April 11 at 4 p.m.
Those who wish to apply to
run can get the forms online at
www.nd.gov/sos click on: filing for public office under (left
hand column). Each city auditors’ offices and the Ransom
County Auditor have the forms,
as well.
Candidates need to pick up
a petition and take the petition
around town for signatures. The
petitions must be signed with
a phone number and complete
street address of the signers.
City of Lisbon
Residents who want to run
for a city position on the council must be qualified electors
and be a resident of the city of
Lisbon for at least nine months.
Each candidate for city positions must collect no less than
45 signatures.
The three seats expiring in
Lisbon, are city council members, Jerry Gemar, Lyle Thomason, and Lydell Mairs.
Three Lisbon Park Board
members’ terms are expiring.
These are the terms of Jesse
Tooley, Sue Nilsen, and Kristi
Wheeler.
City of Enderlin
In the city of Enderlin, three
members of the city council’s
terms are expiring. They are
Kevin Bunn, Shelly Hansen,
and Chris Sandvig.
The Enderlin Park Board has
three positions expiring. They
are the seats of Lisa Mangler,
Gary Adair, and Ross Berglund
Anyone wishing to vie for
a position on either board can
contact Cindee Chesley at the
city auditor at 437-3476 or stop
down and pick up the necessary
paperwork.
Sheldon
In Sheldon, two terms are
expiring for city council. They
are Al Wayman and Jessica
Mark.
Anyone who wants to apply
to run for a seat on the council
can contact Tammy Boeder, city
auditor. The deadline is April 11
at 4 p.m.
Fort Ransom
The seats of Fort Ransom
City Council members Jerry
Johnson and Greg Stemen are
expiring. The council has twoyear terms.
Contact Krystal Sarki, city
auditor, Fort Ransom at 7100575 for the paperwork.
The deadline date is April 11
at 4 p.m.
All the city elections will be
held along with the State Primary Election on Tuesday, June
14.
Ransom County - Primary
To run for one of the three
seats expiring on the Ransom
County Board of Commissioners, candidates can pick up petitions at the county auditor’s
office in the courthouse in Lisbon. Forms can be downloaded
online at the website: www.
nd.gov/sos click on Running for
Public Office in the column on
the far right. Click on Candidate
filing utility.
If anyone wants to throw
their hat into the ring for a commissioner’s seat, the deadline
for the county is also April 11
at 4 p.m.
The three expiring seats are
held by Connie Gilbert, George
Bunn, and Steve Dick. Gilbert
and Bunn have turned in their
paperwork to run for their seats
again.
The Primary Election is
Tuesday, June 14.
Up to six candidates may
advance to the Nov. 7 General
Election.
Framed calendar pages preserve
Bud Lyons receives Seim-Forred Award memory of Englevale bank/bar building
Bud Lyons is the 39th recipient of the Seim-Forred Award
for conservation excellence.
The Seim-Forred Award
was presented by Patrick Freeberg, chairman of the Ransom
County Soil Conservation District. In 1977 the Soil Conservation District along with the
family of Arnie S. Siem established the Seim-Forred Award
to recognize an individual from
Ransom County who exhibits a
special relationship with God,
soil and man.
“On behalf of the Ransom
County Soil Conservation District I would like to present the
2016 Seim-Forred Award to
Warren “Bud” Lyons who we
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feel meets all these qualifications,” said Freeberg.
Bud Lyons has been a
lifelong resident of Ransom
County and grew up on a
farm just east of Lisbon. Bud
attended St. Aloysius Catholic
School from the first through
the eighth grades and graduated
from Lisbon High School in
1961. Lyons began his farming
career immediately following
graduation. Bud and Carmen
were married in November
1963. They have three children:
Angie and Bob Rieger; Mike
and Lori Lyons, and Bill and
Tracey Lyons.
Lyons has been an active
member of the Knights of
Columbus since 1963, serv-
ing as Grand Knight twice. His
farming operation is diverse
with both cattle and grain production. The primary crops
grown through the years have
been wheat, barley, alfalfa, sunflowers, soybeans and both dry
land and irrigated corn.
With the purchase of a Great
Plains air seeder came the hope
of minimizing trips across the
field and slowing soil erosion.
The Lyons farm is now primarily no-till and minimum till.
When he is not farming, Bud
and Carmen love to travel and
take vacations, sometimes just
to the pool in the backyard.
There is always time to scout
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Warren “Bud” Lyons was presented with the Seim-Forred Award on Friday, March 18. Back row:
(l to r) Derek Lyons, Bud Lyons, Bob Rieger, Aleigha Lyons, Bill Lyons, and Mike Lyons. Front row:
(l to r) Megan Lyons, Carmen Lyons, Angie Rieger, Tracey Lyons, Ausha Lyons and Lori Lyons.
By Janet Hansen
Judy Dick, Lisbon, who grew up in
the Englevale/Fort Ransom area, recently
brought in four calendar pages from over a
century ago. She explained that the calendar
pages, from May, June, and August of 1915
and February of 1916, were given to her by
Brenda Elijah, a local antique collector. The
pages were from calendars given to First
State Bank of Englevale customers.
The calendar pages, which Judy has
placed in a frame made by her husband,
Steve, from weathered wood salvaged
from a building on his farm near Englevale, each contain the words “First State
Bank, State and County Depository, Farm
Loans and Insurance, Englevale, ND.” The
pages also include the following paragraph,
“Mark Twain was once asked, ‘Of all your
books, which do you consider the best?’ He
promptly replied, ‘My bank book.’ Mark
Twain did not die poor.”
Each page also features an old-fashioned
picture of a young lady in a Victorian-era
dress. Beneath each picture is a famous folk
song from the 1800s, with lyrics to match
each picture.
The May 1915 calendar page features
the song “The Old Oaken Bucket,” the lyrics for which were from a poem by American author, literary journalist, playwright,
librettist, and poet Samuel Woodworth. The
words were set to music, in 1826, by British violinist/composer George F. Kiallmark.
The picture is of a young Victorian lady
standing in front of a well, with a wooden
bucket in one hand and a drinking ladle in
the other. The words of the song’s chorus,
printed beneath the picture, read, “The old
oaken bucket, The iron bound bucket, The
moss covered bucket that hung in the well.”
The June 1915 calendar page features
the song “Home, Sweet Home,” the lyrics
for which were adapted from John Howard
Payne’s 1823 opera “Clari,” or “The Maid of
Milan.” The song’s melody was composed
by British composer Sir Henry Bishop.
The song accompanies a picture of a young
Victorian lady standing on the porch of her
home, looking at a young man in a business
suit who is waving at her from the path in
front of the home. The portion of the song
printed below the picture reads as follows:
“Mid pleasures and palaces though we may
roam, Be it ever so humble, there’s no place
like home; A charm from the skies seems to
hallow us there, Which seek thro’ the world,
is ne’er met with elsewhere.”
The August 1915 calendar page features
the old English love song, “In the Gloaming,” (which means “twilight”). The words
were from a poem by Scottish poet Meta
Caroline Orred, who spent most of her life in
England. The poem was set to music in 1877
by English composer Annie Fortescue Harrison, who, during that same year, married,
and became known as Lady Arthur Hill. The
song accompanies a picture of a young Victorian-era lady sitting near a window, a book
in her hand. The book, however, lays printed
pages down on her lap, as she looks out of
the window, apparently dreaming of her
lover. The lyrics included below the picture
include: “In the gloaming, Oh my darling,
When the lights are soft and low, Will you
think of me and love me As you did once,
long ago?”
The February 1916 calendar page features the anti-slavery ballad “My Old Kentucky Home,” written by Stephen Foster in
or around 1852. It is believed that Foster
may have been inspired to write the songs
after reading Harriet Beecher Stowe’s
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” which was published
that same year. The song accompanies a picture in which a young southern belle with
a sad expression on her face stands on the
porch of a beautiful colonial home. The
song’s refrain, included below the picture,
reads as follows: “Weep no more, my lady,
Oh! Weep no more today! We will sing one
song for the old Kentucky home, For the Old
Kentucky Home far away.”
The bank which gave away the calendars
as gifts around 100 years ago was located
in the same brick building that last held the
First State Bank, Englevale calendar page
from May 1915 features the old folk song
“The Old Oaken Bucket.”
Sportsman’s Bar of Englevale. A story about
the demolition of the building, which had
provided a home for Englevale businesses
since around the turn of the century, was
featured on the front page of the January 4,
2016 edition of the Ransom County Gazette.
According to information found in the
Englevale history book published in 2006,
the building stood on Lot 8, Block 19, Englevale. The earliest history available on the
building states that it was deeded to Myron
Davis from Mark Davis in 1904.
A New York native named Marshall T.
Davis was one of the first settlers to come
to the Englevale area. He bought 900 acres
of land from Lisbon area land developer J.E.
Wisner. In 1882, the railroad survey crossed
Mr. Davis’ ranch and located a town site on
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Ransom County Gazette • March 28, 2016 • Page 2
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LGood
Keeping Kelly
by Terri Kelly Barta
by Jeanne Sexton-Brown
What a wonderful way to live!
Hearing is the first thing to go!
Brownie and I went out to supper with the Mudds after Mass on
Saturday. All of us but Mr. Mudd
ordered meals that came with salad
bar. Mr. Mudd added the salad bar
to his sandwich for a nominal fee.
As we were all heading for the
salad bar, Mudd asked her hubby if
he wanted her to wait until he got
∑his soup for her to go to the salad
bar. He told her no that he was
going to the salad bar as well.
“But you said soup,” she said
with concern in her voice.
“No I didn’t, I ordered salad
bar,” said Mr. Mudd.
I took this opportunity to tell
a story. I love to tell stories. I told
them of another friend our age who
had an encounter with her husband
that involved misunderstanding
or mishearing the spoken word as
well.
Our mutual friend and her husband had been to the gym and got
into a hot car and wife, with her
hands full, said, ‘turn on the air,
my hands are full.’ Husband says,
‘No, your hair is fine.’ Wife again
says, ‘No, air, I need air!’ Hubby
says, ‘What’s wrong with my
hair?’ Wife says, ‘Oh, My Goodness! Turn on the air conditioning
I am burning up here!’ To which
hubby says, ‘All you have to do is
ask!’
We laughed. Mudd said that
sounded like them at their house.
We joined Brownie who had gone
ahead to the salad bar without us.
We each filled our salad plates and
went back to the table. I went back
but the Mudds ran into folks to
visit with briefly.
“So, did ‘Mr. Mudd’ get embarrased that he forgot that he ordered
soup and change his order to salad
bar,” Brownie asked with concern
and that sound of compassion for
a friend who had made a mistake.
I looked at him in total shock.
“No, he ordered salad bar not
soup,” I said somewhat concerned
that Brownie had misheard.
Brownie just stared at me with
total disbelief.
“I was sure he said soup,”
Brownie replied with a look of
confusion.
Is it any wonder that our favorite saying is that we will soon be
able to hide our own Easter Eggs?
However, this is not a memory
problem, it is a hearing problem or
a paying attention problem or a we
are just getting too old problem.
All of our children live out of
town, so who will help us get back
home when we head out and get
lost or can’t hear the horn honking for us to get out of the street?
Our granddaughters, Marlee and
Brooklyn will have to be prepared
to take care of the old folks sooner
rather than later.
This is why I always have said
to take good care of the grandchildren, they will be picking our nursing homes for us one day.
We may be confused and hard
of hearing but we have learned...
Life is good!
Legislative Update...
District 24
Rep. Naomi Muscha
Tax incentives, income tax
reciprocity, angel funds, return on
investments, dynamic fiscal notes one should almost be an economist
to decipher such terminology! But
- the Political Subdivision Taxation Interim Committee learned
last week that neither the state
of North Dakota nor the Bank of
North Dakota employs an economist. Thus, the residents of North
Dakota must depend upon the
elected Representatives and Senators to wade through the testimony
of constituents and other interested
persons relating to taxation issues.
The assigned work of the Political
Subdivisions Taxation Committee for the 2015-2016 interim is to
study North Dakota’s current tax
incentives, income tax reciprocity, and the financing of the state’s
social services. Each meeting of
the interim committee covers the
three topics, but as there exists
such an extensive volume of information, no definitive bills or recommendations for change have yet
been decided upon.
The Water Topics Interim Committee met Monday, March 7 and
Tuesday, March 8, in Bismarck.
Monday’s agenda was filled with
reports on the status of current and
future water projects around the
state. Permanent flood protection
is of a high concern, and one that
hits close to home for District 24.
Much work has been done along
the Sheyenne River, but much
work yet remains to be completed.
Many of the state’s citizens still do
not have quality water available
to their homes, so the rural water
projects are of a high priority to
the State Water Commission. A
constituent of District 24 gave his
personal testimony as to how he
has been impacted by the lack of
quality water. Many of you have
undoubtedly heard of the water
situation and the serious health
concerns in the Leonard area. The
committee was told that the prospects look good for Cass Rural
Water to be able to expand its services in order to provide quality
water for the Leonard area. We’ll
all certainly be watching to see
how these needs will be met.
The Human Services Interim
Committee met Tuesday, March
8 and Wednesday, March 9, at the
North Dakota State Hospital in
Jamestown. The committee was
given tours of the State Hospital
and the James River Correctional
Center. The focus of testimony and
reports for this meeting was the
condition of behavioral health services for adults. One citizen who
presented testimony was a man
who grew up in Enderlin and is
now a leader for FM Ambulance.
It’s nice to know that some people
in the large cities understand how
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A Look Back in Time
50 Years Ago
March 31, 1966
Oakes boy is recovering after
gunshot
Bryce Zieman, about 12, son
of Mrs. Edna Zieman of Oakes, is
recovering and has been released
from a Fargo hospital after being
accidentally shot in the face. The
accident occurred last Saturday
afternoon at the home of William Lund family of Lisbon. The
Lund’s oldest son had used a .22
caliber rifle earlier then left it in an
upstairs bedroom instead of taking
it to its usual place with other guns.
Another son of Ziemans, 10, and
Bryce subsequently came across
the rifle. The rifle accidentally discharged sending birdshot into his
face, missing his eye.
40 Years Ago
April 1, 1976
Kindred Dam group elects area
men
The Sheyenne Valley Association held its first annual membership meeting Thursday, March 25,
in Kindred. The Sheyenne Valley
Association was organized last
October in an effort to stop the
construction of the proposed Kindred dam on the Sheyenne River.
The following local men were
elected directors: Russell Bueling,
Sheldon; Jim Dotzenrod, Wyndmere; Howard Frisk, McLeod;
Joe Milton, Jr., McLeod; and Art
Hagen, McLeod.
25 Years Ago
April 1, 1991
Volk finishes stellar wrestling
career at LHS
When Randy Volk first put on
a Lisbon varsity wrestling uniform
he was only an eighth grader. It
was the beginning of a five year
career of success and record
breaking performances. To break
records for Nick Storhaug’s Broncos with all its wrestling tradition
is no small task.
“Wrestling as an eighth grader,”
said Randy, “was really fun. Every
thing was so new.”
It’s not like Randy was new to
wrestling. He was born to it, His
dad Harlan has been the Jr. High
Coach in Lisbon for years. His
older brother Rod had a successful
career at Lisbon High School and
is wrestling in college at Mayville
State. Mother Sandy and older sister Roxy and Rhanda have all been
involved in wrestling as cheerleaders and fans.
10 Years Ago
April 3, 2006
Ransom County mammogram
fund drive needs your help
The Ransom County Mammogram Fund Committee met
Wednesday, March 22 to discuss
their grassroots fundraising project to purchase a much needed
mammography unit for Lisbon
and the surrounding area. With
a local mammography unit, area
women would be able to have their
annual mammogram right here in
Lisbon. Many women in the area
postpone this vital cancer screening test because of travel distance
to Fargo.
I grew up in a family where
close friends are considered to be
family.
When other kids were bringing home stray animals, my brothers and sisters brought home stray
people.
For instance, when my youngest sister, The General, was in
seventh grade she had three close
friends she hung out with, Bill,
Bill, and Donald. Of those three
boys, Donald was an only child.
Coming from a family of
three boys and three girls, we just
couldn’t fathom what it was like to
be an only child. So, my littlest sister said, “Can we keep him? “We
could be his brothers and sisters.”
I don’t recall what my mother’s
response was, after all she was raising six children by herself, already.
She needed another child like she
needed a hole in the head. (One of
mom’s favorite expressions.)
Anyway, the end result was that
Donald is a part of our family. I
still call him Bill for which he just
corrected me again the other day.
(In my defense, I met the three
boys all at the same time so they
were all Bills to me.)
Donald is currently, the City
Planner for the city of Williston.
His dad and mom have both
passed away, but we Kellys are
still here. He continues to call my
mom, Mrs. Kelly, to this day.
We have used him over the
years as only family can. He was
the sound man for my oldest son’s
wedding to my lovely daughter (by
marriage) in 2001.
He shows up for family dinners
and drops by our homes, not often
enough, but he does visit.
My other younger sister,
Esmeralda, was a nanny for
Johnny and Pam Holms’ youngest
two daughters until they became
adults. So the Holms family is part
of our family. Yes, I can get in free
Lloyd Omdahl
Former Lt. Governor of ND • Former UND Political Science professor
ND gives up on getting smarter voters
Appearing on “Fox & Friends,”
conservative commentator Ann
Coulter proposed that literacy tests
become a prerequisite for voting
because it bothered her that the
votes of ignorant people counted
as much as hers.
At the other end of the political spectrum, President Barack
Obama suggested that mandatory
voting would be a good idea.
Everyone privy to politics
knows that all laws affecting voting have an impact on election
outcomes. Coulter would like to
screen off Democrats; President
Obama would like to add a few.
Both ideas may be repulsive to
North Dakota voters today but it
wasn’t so in 1898 when a constitutional amendment appeared on the
general election ballot.
The amendment authorized the
legislature to enact a literacy test
for voting and establish mandatory voting. The voters approved
the measure by a vote of 21,177
to 16,329. If both had been implemented, we would have smarter
people going to the polls.
The legislature never implemented either one. (It was quietly rumored that the Germans
and Scandinavians opposed them.
They were not as concerned about
mandatory voting as they were
about the literacy test.)
Both provisions remained in
the state constitution until 1978
when nine sections of elective
franchise language were removed.
No one protested.
Even though the first literacy
tests appeared in Connecticut to
keep the Irish from voting, they
fell into disrepute when used
throughout the South to disenfranchise African-Americans. In 1965
and 1970, federal civil rights legislation and Supreme Court decisions outlawed them.
Observers of the 2016 presidential primaries are starting to
wonder if we aren’t in need of literacy tests or some sort of remedial education for voters because
we are seeing more participation
and less understanding.
Voters are being bamboozled
by the idea that promises of curealls can be carried out singlehandedly by presidents, senators,
congresspersons and governors.
That isn’t the way the system
works but our hopes are renewed
every election when new Pied Pipers arrive to solve complex problems with simple solutions.
North Dakota has always been
in the top five states for election
turnout so the idea of mandatory
voting has never gained traction.
However, the idea is alive and well
today in 22 countries, among them
Australia, Argentina, Brazil and
Peru.
In a Tasmanian 2010 election, 6,000 no-shows were fined
$26 each but only 2,000 paid up,
indicating a lack of enthusiasm for
enforcing the mandate. The same
has been true in other countries
with mandatory voting.
While Coulter was focused on
literacy tests, her argument could
be applied as well to mandatory
voting. It would seem unfair for
new armies of ignorant voters to
be casting ballots equal in value to
those of diligent citizens who followed issues with great care.
Our “Founding Fathers” felt
that only those with a stake in society should vote. That is why they
favored property ownership as a
requirement for voting.
U. S. Supreme Court decisions
relating to l-person, 1-vote suggest
that the right to vote is not based
on intelligence, or property ownership, or heritage, but upon being a
human being. That bashed intelligence as a prerequisite.
Even though we do not have
literacy tests or mandatory voting,
the ignorant and/or disinterested
voters are the ones who do not voluntarily show up on Election Day.
It’s a self-selection system.
Of course, both parties still
work hard on every election day
with “get out the vote drives” to
drag their uninformed and unmotivated adherents to the polls,
thereby undoing the normal process.
ND Lottery Results
~ Powerball ~
Wednesday, Mar. 23
Powerball
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Powerball
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Saturday, Mar. 19
12-19-36-43-45 Hotball 13
Results ~ 2 by 2 ~
Wednesday, Mar. 23
Red Balls: 14-17 White Balls: 14-21
Tuesday, Mar. 22
Monday, Mar. 21
Sunday, Mar. 20
Saturday, Mar. 19
FYI & Meetings
FOOD PANTRY
Call the Food Pantry at 701-308-0905 or Social Services by Wednesdays at 5 p.m. to receive a food basket
to be picked up on Thursdays between 1 p.m. and 3:30
p.m. at the Ransom County Food Pantry.
LISBON DRIVER’S LICENSE SITE HOURS
The Lisbon driver’s license site at the Armory has
new hours. With the exception of holidays, the hours
will be the second Thursday of every month from 8:40
a.m. - noon and 1 p.m. - 4:20 p.m. The new hours of
business will provide full drivers license services
including drivers license renewals, duplicates, permit
tests and road tests.
CHOLESTEROL SCREENING
Cholesterol screening will be held at the Ransom
County Public Health Department at 404 Forest Street
in Lisbon the first Thursday of each month from 8:30
a.m. to 10 a.m. Fasting is required, no appointments are
necessary and results in minutes. Any questions, contact
Ransom County Public Health at 701-683-6140.
LISBON AL-ANON GROUP
The Lisbon Al-Anon group will be sponsoring newcomers to the families affected by alcohol/addictions
group. They will meet at 7:00 p.m. on Monday evenings
in the Fireside Room at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lisbon.
and I get a spot near the stage of
John’s performances, if I am with
my sister. I don’t take advantage of
that as much as I could.
Esmeralda has a good friend,
Dan, whom we all adopted. Dan
is very good to my sister, so of
course, he is part of the family.
The boys in our family never
get to vote on these new family
members. They just accept them
and try to remember their names.
One of my two younger brothers Bolivar Shagnasty has a best
friend from Harvey High School
Class of 1971 who really is part of
our family. And, of course, Bolivar, is part of the McLaurin family
even though they already had ten
kids of their very own.
This extended family has just
grown and grown.
The Ray and Doris Heiser family of Verona “adopted” me into
their family. They already had nine
kids, but what is one more. They
have actually “adopted” many
people into their family over the
years.
In my case, I had to beg, but
they finally relented and invited
me in. I call them mom and dad
Heiser.
Another family who has
“adopted” me is the Janel Messmer
family who used to live in Lisbon.
It is the one house in all of town
that I could just walk in the door,
anytime I wanted to.
I often admired Janel’s great
big corn pot. It had been in the
family quite awhile and over the
years it became a little worn. My
family liked corn on the cob so I
really coveted that huge corn pot.
One day on my birthday, I
received that big beautiful banged
up corn pot from Janel. I was
thrilled!
Having close friends become
family is a wonderful way to live.
And it works both ways.
Friday, Mar. 18
RANSOM COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH
Office hours are 8 a.m. to 12 & 1 to 4:30 p.m. daily.
No appointment is necessary. Every Thursday is immunization day and the 3rd Thursday we are staying open
from 7:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. The 1st Thursday of each
month is cholesterol screenings from 8:30 until 10:30
with a $25 fee and fasting is required. Any questions
please contact us.
LISBON PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Lisbon Public Library hours are:
Monday
11 a.m.- 6 p.m.
Tuesday
11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Wednesday
11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Thursday
11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Friday
11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Closed
Saturday
and
Sunday.
www.
lisbonpubliclibrary.com.
Book donations welcome.
RANSOM COUNTY TRANSIT SCHEDULE
Van: Public Transportation (In-town rides - $2 round
trip.)
Monday: Lisbon
Tuesday: Lisbon
Wednesday: Fort Ransom and Lisbon
Thursday: Lisbon
Friday: Lisbon
Bus: Fargo, every 2nd and 4th Tuesday, and
Thursday ($6 round trip.)
Public transportation is open to the public. Seniors
receive priority. Call 683-4295 to schedule a ride. For
more information call 683-3131 or 1-877-857-3743.
ABUSE RESOURCE NETWORK
The Abuse Resource Network is located in the lower
level of the Lisbon Library. 683-5061.
AFTER HOURS EMERGENCY CALLS
Calls to the Ransom County Sheriff’s Office will
be handled by state radio. Call 1-800-472-2121 for
assistance. Their number is on back of driver’s license.
COUNSELING AVAILABLE/ARN
Free counseling available for anyone with issues of
domestic violence or sexual assault available through
Abuse Resource Network located in the lower level of
the Lisbon Library. Call 683-5061.
AA AND AL-ANON MEET MONDAY NIGHTS
The Lisbon Alcoholics Anonymous group meets
every Monday night at 8 p.m. at the Trinity Lutheran
Church, Lisbon.
KIWANIS MEETING
Kiwanis will meet each Tuesday at noon at Parkside
Lutheran Home in Lisbon in the dining room. All are
welcome to join.
LISBON EAGLES & AUXILIARY MEETING
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Joe Howell - Sports Writer
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Kate Jensen - Ad & Page Layout
Michael Hallquist - Ad & Page Layout / Distribution
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Lisbon Eagles men’s meetings are the first and third
Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. Lisbon Eagles Auxiliary
meetings are the second Tuesday of each month at 5
p.m. All meetings are held at the Lisbon Eagles Club.
LISBON AIRPORT AUTHORITY MEETINGS
Lisbon Airport Authority meeting will be held the last
Monday of the month at 6 p.m. at the Lisbon Airport. If
you have questions, please call Nancy Sitz at 218-4393309.
PRIVATE PESTICIDE APPLICATOR MEETING
Private pesticide applicators who wish to be certified
or renew an expiring private applicator license can
attend a training meeting put on by the Ransom County
Extension Service.
• Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Ransom County Courthouse Community Room, Lisbon.
5:30 p.m. Registration, 6 p.m. Training. Re-certification
only.
Preregistration is preferred so please visit or call
the Extension to get a registration form. For more
information or other area meetings contact the Ransom
County Extension Service at 683-6128.
APRIL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING:
The Lisbon Public School April Board meeting will
be held on Tuesday, April 12th at 7:30 p.m. in the high
school conference room.
Thursday, Mar. 17
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
POLICY
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in the Ransom County Gazette.
We want to hear readers’ views.
We do give first preference to
people from the area or former
residents. We ask that the letter
does not attack a particular
person, but sticks to the issue.
We also require that the letter be
signed with the name or names
of the writer/s and address/es.
We will not publish anonymous
letters. We reserve the right to not
print any letters.
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On Health
By Dr. Gina Aalgaard Kelly, PhD
~Assistant Professor Medical & Aging Sociology, NDSU
Economic prosperity,
community engagement
and healthy citizens
Prescribed burn planned
for Sheyenne Grassland
Beverly Anne residents celebrated St. Patrick’s Day. Pictured are all residents that are of Irish
descent along with staff. Pictured front row: (l to r) Evelyn Hanson, Bernice Carlson, Dawn Bentten, staff; back row: (l to r) Paulette Wheeler, staff, Jim Wiltse, Betty Beirwagen, Jenny Kunze, staff,
Alice Suhumskie, Marion Johnson, Bev McNea, staff.
Continued from pg.2
life functions in the small towns of
our state, as we (small town residents) are so outnumbered these
days!
Human Services is also studying the CARE Act, which stands
for Caregiver Advise, Record,
Enable Act. The CARE Act was
presented to the 2015 Legislature and especially supported by
AARP. At the present time, AARP
and the North Dakota medical
community are working together
to try reach a compromise on their
desired outcomes for a prospective
piece of legislation.
By: Terri Kelly Barta
Two very different cats live at the
Kenny and Darla Coleman house
Buttercup and Bubbles have been a part of
the Kenny and Darla Coleman family, Lisbon,
for 15 1/2 years. They are barn cats that moved
inside.
The kittens were named after characters
in the children’s television show Powder Puff
which the two Coleman boys Chance and Maverick watched when they were little.
Though the cats look like sisters, they have
very different personalities. Buttercup is white
with black markings including one in the shape
of a heart. She is friendly and playful. Bubbles
is white with bigger spots of black, black ears
and black tail. She is standoffish with most
people and will either hiss or cry out a warning
if a stranger tries to pet her.
“She hates everyone!” said Kenny. “The
only exception would be Rachelle, Chance’s
girlfriend. She likes Rachelle.”
Bubbles will sit on either Kenny’s lap or
Darla’s lap, but that is the extent of her socialization.
Unfortunately, no one told Bubbles to avoid
the (fake) Easter grass when she was a kitty. As
contrary as she can be sometimes, she probably
wouldn’t have listened, anyway. The family
Kenny holds Buttercup (left) while Maverick tries
started noticing that she didn’t want to eat and to get Bubbles to cooperate for the camera (right).
was losing weight.
introduce the family’s new kitties to Grandma Lin
When she went to the vet, they discovered
she had eaten Easter grass and it was causing prob- da’s little Dachshund dog, Sammy. They live right
lems with her insides. They had to remove the grass next door. In minutes the two cats had Sammy corvery carefully and they almost lost her in the pro- nered and fearing for his life. Maverick couldn’t
quite figure out why they wouldn’t all be friends.
cess.
Now that Chance is away at college, Bubbles
Bubbles belongs to Chance and Buttercup
belongs to Maverick. Although all four family sleeps with Darla and Kenny. Butterscotch sleeps
with Maverick. The two pets still act like kittens
members claim them.
When Maverick was about age 4, he decided to even though they are over 15 years old.
What’s Cooking?
by Jeanne Sexton-Brown
cut in half. Stir together the green
onions, soy sauce, white wine,
water, honey and pepper in a cup or
small bowl.
Pour over chicken add drained
water chestnuts and pineapple with
the juice. Cover and cook on high
for 4 hours. During the last hour,
add the corn starch mixed in the
water to thicken.
*NOTE: I would cook the
rice right in with the chicken and
leave out the corn starch because
it didn’t really thicken the sauce in
the hour on high. The other option
is to remove the broth/sauce and
thicken it in a sauce pan on the
stove top and return to crockpot
but that defeats the purpose of easy
crockpot cooking. One of the staff
members here at the Gazette suggested adding pine nuts for crunch
but I really liked the water chestnuts
for crunch. I had thought of adding
sliced carrots for color, because the
dish is fairly blah in appearance.
Brownie thought sweet and sour
sauce would have helped. Perhaps
more honey would have made that
flavor come out better.
We managed to clean up the
crockpot and the staff enjoyed it but
it really took some major tweaking
during the process to make it so.
Dennis Gaxiola who is billed
as ‘America’s funniest clean comedian’ was in Lisbon on Sunday,
March 20th for three performances.
He appeared at the Sunday morning
service at Faith Assembly of God,
at the North Dakota Veterans Home
and at the Lisbon Opera House. He
was well received at each location.
Gaxiola has been selected to
perform for all nine days of the
North Dakota State Fair. It was during this announcement that he demonstrated how his comedy can take
any situation and find humor.
“I had to go to Aberdeen to
try out for the North Dakota State
Fair,” said Gaxiola. “How far is it
to Aberdeen?”
Someone called out “110 miles”
and someone else took exception
and said, “No, it’s 104!”
“Now why are you so adamant
that it is only 104,” asked Gaxiola?
The answer came back that he
had driven it several times a week
for a number of years.
“Okay, perhaps you were going
to one side of Aberdeen and the
other guy was going to the other
side of Aberdeen,” laughed Gaxiola. “It isn’t that big a town. But
whatever you do, if you go 104
miles and you don’t see the town of
Aberdeen, don’t turn around and go
home! Keep driving, you’ll find it!
They can’t move an entire town!”
Gaxiola finds humor in life and
day to day things. He pokes fun
at himself and the diversity of his
family. He quickly determined that
one side of the audience seemed to
get his humor more quickly than the
other side and played on that fact
through out the hour long show.
Gaxiola introduced the audience
to his family of origin by telling
humorous stories of his childhood
in Berkley, California and his years
in the Air Force.
Follow Gaxiola on his Facebook
page or at https://www.gigsalad.
com/comedian_dennis_gaxiola_
parshall to find his schedule if you
missed him during his three shows
in Lisbon. He will be appearing
every day at the North Dakota State
Fair in Minot, July 22-30, 2016.
Photo by Jeanne Sexton-Brown
Dennis Gaxiola appears on
the Stage at the Lisbon Opera
House on Sunday, March 20.
Gaxiola had just finished a
show at the North Dakota Veterans Home before heading
to the Lisbon Opera House.
He had also appeared at Faith
Assembly of God in Lisbon
earlier in the day.
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be a dad today.
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cereal mixture; mix well. Add flour
mixture; stir just until moistened.
Spoon into 12 muffin pan cups
sprayed with cooking spray. (Cups
will be full.)
Bake 14 to 17 min. or until
toothpick inserted in centers comes
out clean. Cool completely.
Frosting:
Beat cream cheese, butter, zest
and juice in medium bowl with
mixer until blended. Gradually add
sugar, mixing well after each addition; spread onto cupcakes. Tear
reserved bacon slice into 12 pieces;
place on tops of cupcakes.
Reissued Kona Chicken
Ingredients:
2 lbs boneless skinless chicken
breasts
6 - 8 chopped green onions
1/3 c. soy sauce
1/2 c. dry white wine
3/4 c. honey
1 15 oz. can Pineapple tidbits in
own juice
1 small can sliced water chestnuts, drained
ground black pepper to taste
2 T. corn starch
1/4 c. water
Directions:
Place chicken in bottom of slow
cooker. I had five chicken breasts
Gaxiola entertains
Lisbon audiences
Forest Service will be communicating with area fire departments,
emergency management and law
enforcement prior to any prescribed burning.
For more information on the
prescribed burns, please contact
Zac Thompson, Fire/Fuels Specialist, at 605-374-3592, or for
information about the Dakota Prairie Grasslands visit www.fs.usda.
gov/dpg/.
15.75 in.
MUSCHA...
Pet CORNER
Here is a fun recipe that has
two of my favorite things, bacon
and maple! I am also running the
revised Kona Chicken recipe from
a couple of weeks ago. I
Maple-Bacon Brunch Cupcakes
Ingredients:
3 c. wheat bran flake cereal
1-1/2 c. milk
1/2 c. maple syrup
1-1/3 c. flour
1 T. Baking Powder
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
7 slices cooked Thick Cut
Hickory Smoked Bacon, divided
2 eggs
1/4 c. butter, melted
Frosting
4 oz. (1/2 of 8-oz. pkg.) Cream
Cheese, softened
2 T. butter, softened
1/2 tsp. zest and 1 T. juice from
1 orange
3/4 c. powdered sugar
Directions:
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Combine cereal, milk and syrup in large
bowl; let stand 2 min. Mix flour,
baking powder and cinnamon until
blended. Reserve 1 bacon slice.
Coarsely chop remaining bacon;
stir into flour mixture.
Add eggs and melted butter to
The U.S. Forest Service will
be conducting 7 prescribed burns
totaling roughly 5,000 acres on
the Sheyenne National Grassland
beginning early April, as conditions permit.
The purpose of the burns is
to reduce non-native species and
invasive trees and shrubs. Cattail
burning will be a focus in some
areas to encourage 7.625
re-establishin.
ment of sedge meadows. The
Beverly Anne celebrates St. Patrick’s Day
K
Economic prosperity, community engagement and healthy citizens is
the goal for NDSU Extension over the next three to five years. North
Dakota has had great financial strides over the last 5+ years with many
industries booming. However, we are now facing a slowdown, not a
halt. NDSU Extension Service recently completed multiple Community
Forums (2015) across the state of North Dakota. This article will report
on those findings and perhaps provide for some hope for the future.
The sample included 327 participants from 11 community forums in
the following cities/counties: Watford City, Bowman, Berthold, Washburn, Fort Yates, Linton, Jamestown, St. Michael, Langdon, Hillsboro
and Lisbon. The goal of the community forums was to listen to community members and key stake holders about what issues they are facing within their region of the state. 51% of the participants were male
and 49% were female. The majority of the participants were between
the ages of 40-69 years of age (66%) with 11% Older than 69 and 23%
younger than 39 who participated.
During the next three to five years NDSU Extension Services will be
guided by the findings of the Community Forums. Many important topics rose to the top of the priority issues including Agricultural Economy,
Public Disconnect with Agriculture, Energy Development, Farm and
Business Transition, Labor Force, Natural Resources Protection, Regulations, Rural Communities, Health and Wellness, Civic Engagement, Successful Families, Infrastructure, Crime and Safety, and last but not least
Education. NDSU is a land grant institution which strives to keep in the
forefront to the mission of NDSU Extension. Therefore, I quote, “The
NDSU Extension Service mission is to provide research-based information to improve the quality of life of North Dakotans. Based on concerns of the North Dakotans involved in the 11 community forums, three
critical areas emerged: economic prosperity, community engagement and
healthy citizens.”
Over the next few articles I’ll discuss current ideas for the three
emphases on responding to the state of North Dakota Extension Services
research reported from the community forum participants on the three
emergent topics of Economic Prosperity, Community Engagement and
Healthy Citizens.
Questions can be directed to gina.kelly@ndsu.edu. Dr. Gina Aalgaard
Kelly, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Medical and Aging Sociology in
the Department of Sociology-Anthropology at North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota.
owner/landlord agreeing to the
weatherization work.
Also, please call SENDCAA
at 701 232-2452 or 1-800-7267960 for any furnace or water
heater repairs or replacements.
If a contractor is needed after
hours or on the weekend, call
SENDCAA immediately the next
business day so they can pay the
invoice and inspect it properly.
Southeastern North Dakota
Community Action Agency is
seeking applications for weatherization projects for Heating Assistance clients living in
single-family or mobile homes
who have not previously had
work done by SENDCAA since
approximately 2003.
If you are a renter, you will
need to get a signature from the
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place of death, date and place of service, date of birth and location, parents names,
date of marriages, date spouse died (if spouse precedes in death), schools attended,
occupation, organizations, church affiliation, immediate family survivors (i.e
spouse, parents, children, brothers, sisters), pallbearers, special music at service
and burial place. This information will be provided free of charge.
However, if the family requests other information, such as a photo (additional
photos $25 each), hobbies, grandchildren’s names, specials friends, personality,
interest, etc., this information can be provided in a boxed paid obituary for $75.
Unless the family specifically requests a paid obituary, the obituary will be
edited and published in our usual format, free of charge.
The Ransom County Gazette is not responsible for information which has been
incorrectly submitted. We reserve the right to edit.
Lois J. Mennis
Lois Mennis, Age 67, of Fort
Ransom, passed away from a
brain aneurysm on March 15th,
2016 at Sanford Hospital in Bismarck.
Lois Guttormson was born on
June 6th, 1948 to Art and Melba
Guttormson. She attended and
graduated from Fort Ransom
School in 1967. On March 30,
1968, Lois was united in marriage
to Darrell Mennis at Standing
Rock Church in Fort Ransom.
Lois and her growing family
lived in the Fort Ransom area until
1972 when they moved to Fergus
Falls. While living in MN, Lois
worked for Sears and Roebuck
Co. The family returned to the
Fort Ransom area in 1977. Lois
had several careers in ND, serving 10 years as Office Manager
for Riverside Building Center
in Lisbon. Lois also wore many
hats in her years of service to Fort
Ransom School, most visibly as a
cook and bus driver. In 2011, she
retired and focused on spending
time doing the things she loved.
Her greatest passion in life
was spending time with and supporting her family. Lois was a
devoted wife, mother and beloved
grandmother. She was very active
in the community, volunteer-
ing her time in the Community
Club, Standing Rock Church and
Sheyenne Valley Arts and Crafts
Association. After death, Lois
continued giving. It was her wish
to be an organ donor. The family
has honored that wish. Lois will
live on through her many gifts to
others.
Lois is survived by: her husband Darrell of Fort Ransom, son
Lynn (friend Sherry Cappel) of
Brookings, SD, son Jay Mennis
(Carrie) of Madison, SD, 4 grandsons; Bailey and Colby Madison,
SD, Connor and Marshall, Brookings, and one granddaughter,
Shelby of Madison, SD; Brothers: Dennis (Wanda) Jamestown;
Larry (Angela) of Great Falls, MT;
David, Lisbon; John (Tina) Fort
Ransom; Sisters: Jackie (Harley)
Fink, Forman; Susan Jacobson,
Valley City; Bonnie Buttke (Roy),
Nome, ND; Marlene (Daniel)
Mahar, Hastings, ND; and many
nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by
her parents, one brother, Brian,
and one sister, Sharon.
Visitation was held Monday,
March 21st from 5–7 pm, followed by a prayer service at the
Standing Rock Lutheran Church
in Fort Ransom. Funeral Services were held in Standing Rock
Church at 10:30 AM on Tuesday,
March 22nd with Pastor Marli
Danielson officiating.
Pallbearers were Andrew Zollner, Mason Mahar, Calen Mahar,
Brady Mahar, Spencer Gillund
and Kevin Symens.
Music was provided by organist, Mary Johnson and soloist
Wayne Strander.
Arrangements were made by
Armstrong Funeral Home, Lisbon. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting memorials to the
Standing Rock Parking Lot Fund.
Verona News
Folks were enjoying the spring
weather with temps in the 50’s and
60’s. We even had a thunderstorm
the evening of March 14. Now we
have to get out the shovel. The area
has received snow the past couple of
days.
Paula Johnson of Bozeman, MT
spent the past week visiting her parents, Jack and Shirley Ragan.
Marvin and Margie Mangin and
Don and Eileen Geske met for supper in Valley City on Tuesday, March
8th.
Wednesday, March 9th, the
Verona Fire Department held their
annual meeting.
Last Saturday, Don and Eileen
Geske attended the wedding of Ellie
Schmit and Ethan Lux in Oakes.
Dave and Paula Peterson, Marvin and Margie Mangin and Lyle
Winters had supper together Monday.
Jack and Shirley Ragan and
Paula Johnson attended a mini family reunion in Fargo on Sunday,
March 13.
by Margie Mangin
Don and Eileen Geske were
recently at the home of Dick and
Linda Grotberg celebrating Dick’s
80th birthday.
The Norway Spur held their
annual dinner and meeting Monday
at the Verona Community Center.
Marcia Young of Fargo stopped
by for coffee Tuesday morning at the
home of Don and Eileen Geske
Margie Mangin was a Tuesday
afternoon coffee guest of Ione Smith
in Oakes.
Thursday evening the Sargent
Central School Music Department
held their concert for grades K-8 and
Don and Eileen Geske attended.
Shaun and Darla Neustel and
Madison, Abby and Tristan of
Milnor were Wednesday evening
visitors at the home of Marvin and
Margie Mangin.
Friday the NDFMC SE Teachers met at Grizzly’s in Jamestown
at Noon and Don and Eileen Geske
attended. Later Eileen was one of
the judges for several piano students.
Iris Barta, 83, Fargo, was
granted her angel’s wings Monday,
March 21, 2016.
Iris was born January 20, 1933,
in Lisbon, to Clarence and Grace
(Hopkins) Nelson. She graduated
from Milnor High School in May
1950. She attended Minneapolis
Business College for a secretarial
course and later returned to Milnor to work with her mother at the
family café.
Iris married Everett “Ed” Barta
on August 25, 1951, in Webster,
SD. The couple lived in Detroit
Lakes, MN, for four years, Crete,
ND for fourteen years, and then
Gwinner, where they lived and
raised their family.
Ed was a Depot Agent and Iris
worked for the Forman Manor
along with selling Avon. A few
years after living in Gwinner,
they purchased the Skyline Bar
which they operated until Ed’s
death in 1984. Iris continued liv-
Keith Raatz
ing in Gwinner until 1992, when
she moved to the Moorhead area.
In December 2015, she moved to
Villa Maria due to declining health.
Iris loved making holidays
special for her family, watching
murder mysteries, spoiling her
granddaughter and baking. She
was best known for her kind heart,
quick wit and her ability to empathize with others. She was never
known to complain and showed
amazing dignity and determination
throughout her eight- year battle
with cancer. Her character was
one of great faith, strong will and
courage.
Grateful to have shared in Iris’
life are her daughter, Stacey Nice,
Fargo; granddaughter, Natalia
Nice, Minneapolis; son-in-law,
David Koepp, Alexandria, MN;
sister, Judy Morgan, Wishek, ND;
and many loving nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by
her parents; a brother who died
at birth; her sister, Marvel; her
husband, Ed; and her daughter,
Cheryl.
The family would like to thank
the staff at Villa Maria and Hospice for the kindness and loving
care provided to Iris during her
final days.
A memorial service was held
Saturday, March 26, 2016, at 1
PM, in Korsmo Funeral Chapel,
Moorhead.
Online guestbook: www.korsmofuneralservice.com.
Gerald ‘Jerry’ Martin
Gerald ”Jerry” Martin died
Saturday Feb 13, 2016 at home in
Kirkland, Washington surrounded
by family.
He leaves Marjorie (Lange)
Martin his wife of 65 years, his
daughters Shelley Mundy and
husband George, Patricia Martin
and his grandsons Ryan, Brent and
Matthew and 7 great grandchildren. He is also survived by sisters
Elaine Kirby and Joyce Hatton.
His brothers Don and Les are
deceased.
He was born and raised in
Lisbon, son of Vesa and Les Mar-
tin. Gerald attended Lisbon High
School and continued his education at Valley City Teachers College.
In 1951 Gerald moved to Seattle, Washington with his wife and
daughter. He drove milk truck
for Carnation Co. until joining the
police dept. in 1955 until retirement in 1978. After retirement,
Gerald and Marjorie wintered
in Mesa, AZ with North Dakota
friends and retired police force
friends.
He was a charter member of
the Seattle Sea Hawks season
ticket holders and enjoyed golf and
any game with a ball. Gerald’s last
several years were spent lovingly
caring for Marjorie who was ill
with Alzheimers disease.
He was a man of great character and integrity with a wonderful sense of humor. He had a
great love of family and was our
rock and our greatest supporter.
He was loved by many and will
be greatly missed. Gerald’s life
will be celebrated April 23 at 1:00
pm at Washington Cathedral in
Redmond,Washington.
Valley News
by Irene Hoenhause
Here comes Pastor John Anderson zooming in from Fargo for the Birthday party of the month at Maryhill. He zipped to the piano at the far end
of the large room and hit off with “O Susana.” He does a super job so the
room rang out with happiness. Irene was soon behind and tuning began
with the fiddle. Wow, great fiddle music rang out with a great crowd and
then there was singing as he went into the “Glory Land March.” This is the
Lisbon Gospel Duo so there are religious songs such as Marie Boeder’s
favorite which was done, “This World is Not My Home.” Of course, we all
know that we are destined for another home. Then came the birthdays with
balloons. They were Marion Thompson, Rebecca Johnson, Mary Wagner,
Clara Lund and all were sung the usual song so it is Happy Day to all of
them. They were all present. Great cake and ice-cream were served and the
date next month, April, was set. Ruth Carlblom from Lisbon sang along
with the duo.
“Grandpa, I smell manure.” I don’t,” said the great grandpa. “Well,
stated 3 yr. old, if your nose was as close to the ground as mine, you
would too.”
Continued on page 5
Keith A. Raatz, 89, Lisbon,
died March 22, 2016 at Vibra Hospital in Fargo.
Keith was born March 1, 1927
in Fargo to Awald and Esther (Tiedeman) Raatz. He attended school
in rural Verona and graduated from
Lisbon High School in 1945.
He served in the U.S. Army
1946 to 1948. On October 21,
1951 he married Beverly Dahl.
They lived in rural Verona, in
Verona and upon retirement lived
in Lisbon.
Keith was a farmer and a Rural
Route Mail Carrier for 30 years. He
enjoyed spending time with family
and friends. He was a member of
the Jones-Benoit American Legion
Post 178 in Verona and the Eagles
Club in Lisbon. He was a life-long
member of St. John’s Lutheran
Church in Verona, holding various
church council positions.
Keith is survived by his wife,
Beverly; children, Barbara (Ray)
Stoeckel, Hot Springs, SD; Vicki
(John) Williams, Horace, ND;
Sherry (Jim) Nelson, Dilworth,
MN; and Dan Raatz, Verona. He
is also survived by three grandchildren, one great grandchild and
brother Gerald (Pansy), Rockaway
Beach, OR.
He is preceded in death by his
parents and brother, Ronald.
Visitation was held Friday,
March 25, from 4-6 pm at Armstrong Funeral Home, Lisbon.
The funeral service was Saturday,
March 26, 10:30 a.m. at St. John’s
Lutheran Church, Verona.
Pallbearers were Allen Williams, David Dahl, Bob Tanner,
Glenn Haugen, Tracey Domine
and Barry Raatz.
Music was provided by organist Marlene Dahl and soloist
Wayne Strander.
Burial will be at Pilgrim’s Rest
Cemetery, Verona.
Armstrong Funeral Home,
Lisbon, was in charge of arrangements.
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Enderlin, ND
883-4515; Sunday, Apr. 3, 11 a.m.
worship
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Englevale, Pastor Cheri Danielson,
432-5688 & Pastor Carl Glamm, 8834515, Sunday, Apr. 3, 9 a.m. worship,
10 a.m. Sunday school
Gustaf Adolf Lutheran Church
207 1st St. SE, Gwinner Phone 6782552 Pastor Ivy Schulz, Sunday, 9:30
Worship. 7th Grade Conf. 3:30 p.m.,
8th Grade Conf. 4:30 p.m..
St. Aloysius Catholic Church
701 Oak St., Lisbon Father Jerald
Finnestad, Priest Mass at 5 p.m. Saturday; 9 a.m. Sunday.
St. Raphael’s Church
Verona, Father Jerome Okafor, Priest
Phone 883-5987 See Verona News
for current Worship schedule.
St. Vincent Catholic Church
Gwinner. Father Jerald Finnestad,
Priest phone 683-4620. Holy Mass
Sundays at 11 a.m.
Anselm Trinity Lutheran Church
Anselm Trinity Lutheran Church
(LCMC) Lutheran Congregations in
Mission for Christ services at 9:30
a.m.; Coffee hour at 8:45 a.m., Sunday School following the service.
Communion 2nd and 4th Sunday of
every month.
Standing Rock & Preston
Lutheran Churches
Fort Ransom, Marli Danielson, Sunday, 9 a.m. Worship Service at Preston; 10:30 a.m. Worship Service at
Standing Rock.
First Baptist Church
4th and Forest St., Lisbon, Rev. Steve
Swanholm, Sunday School - 9:30
a.m.; Morning Worship Service 11
a.m.; Wednesday Awana Club, 6
p.m.; Bible Study 7:30 p.m.; Thursday Men’s Bible Study at 7 p.m.
Community Church
Rev. Steve Swanholm, Sunday Worship at 9 a.m.; Tuesday Bible Study
2:30 p.m. (at Four Season Health
Care Center, Forman)
Hope AFLC
Association Free Lutheran Congregation, 228 5th Ave., Enderlin Pastor Dennis Norby, Phone 437-3777,
Funeral services for Sherrie
R. Ormonde, 46, Gwinner, were
held Mar. 25, 2016 at Gustaf Adolf
Lutheran Church in Gwinner with
Rev. Ivy Schulz officiating. Mrs.
Ormonde died Mar. 20, 2016 at Sanford in Aberdeen.
Sherrie R. Ormonde was born
Feb. 6, 1970 to Roger and Carolyn
(Bleecker) Klemetson in Honolulu, Hawaii. She attended Sargent
Central in Forman and Blaine, MN
schools. She graduated from Blaine
High School and Augsburg College
in Minneapolis.
She married William Augustson
on Aug. 20, 1988 in Blaine. She
married Kenneth Driver on Jan. 8,
1995 in Bloomington. She married
Steve Ormonde on Nov. 20, 2009 in
Las Vegas.
Sherrie worked at TENS Acces-
sories in Fridley, MN and at Tyco
Products in Bloomington, MN
before working at Bobcat in Gwinner.
She is survived by her husband, Steve, a son, Jeffrey (Kristin)
Augustson, Zimmerman, MN, a
daughter, Abigail Driver, Minneapolis and a sister, Cristy (Michael)
McCoy, Blaine.
Pallbearers were Mike McCoy,
Carson McCoy, Travis Klein, Craig
Bleecker, Kenny Wiederholt, Paul
Serenko, Steve Miller and Ryan
Unterburger.
Music was provided by organist Becky Salberg and soloist Scott
Klemetson.
Interment was at the Gwinner
Cemetery.
Armstrong Funeral Home, Lisbon, was in charge of arrangements.
Beverly Anne News
On March 12 Rosie Gilbert went
with her daughter in law Connie Gilbert to a bridal shower for Leah Bartholomay, the finance of Connie’s son
Scott. The bridal shower was in Sheldon. They plan on getting married on
Apri1 2nd.
Another exciting day of Bean
Bag Horseshoe on March 15. Clarice
Mairs again won the first game, making that 3 weeks in a row. The second
game was won by Fern Larson. Great
job ladies!
Clarice Mairs had many visitors
this past week. On Tuesday her granddaughter Denise Awender and her
sons from Oakes stopped by to visit
along with Clarice’s daughter Gerry
Freeberg and Kristi, Abby and Cody
Freeberg. Then on Friday March 18th
granddaughter Tammy Awender and
great granddaughter Kelsey Awender
stopped by to visit.
Carol stopped to visit her dad
Glenn Weisenhaus on Tuesday March
15, then again with husband Mark on
Saturday. Also on Saturday granddaughter Cassi stopped by to visit
with her husband Mike and children
Jase and Adley.
Janet Peterson and Joan Peterson
of Milnor stopped by to visit with
Marlon Johnson on Tuesday.
Ron and Carol Braaten stopped
by to visit with Shirley Froemke on
Tuesday March l5th.
The residents and staff of the Beverly Anne enjoyed a fun filled day on
St Patrick’s Day. The staff dressed up
in their favorite St Patty’s Day attire
and served Com Beef. creamed cabbage, scalloped potatoes, green jello
and a dessert. I’m not sure who had
more fun the residents or the staff.
Thank you to Pastor Norm and
the ladies of the church for coming on
Thursday for Bible Study. The residents appreciate all you do.
Edith Hammer’s son Myron
stopped by on Friday to visit.
Thank you to Pastor Ed and Irene
Hoenhause for the worship service
and music on Friday.
Lianne Bjugstad and Marie
Anderson stopped by on Saturday
March 19th for morning coffee with
the residents.
Charles and Kathy Ellefson, Edna
Ellefson and Clarice Cross from Milnor stopped by to visit with Jim Wiltse on Sunday.
Vernon Thompson’s brother and
wife, Gayelyn & Marcy Thompson
stopped by to visit with Vernon and
Lorraine on Sunday.
Bernice Carlson’s son Wallace
stopped by to visit with his mother on
March 20th.
(815) 883-1673. www.hopelutheranenderlin.org. Sunday School 10
a.m.; Adult Sunday School 10 a.m,
Sunday Worship 11 a.m. Mar. 24, 7
p.m. Maunday Thursday Worship,
Friday, Mar. 25, 7 p.m. Good Friday Service, Sunday, Mar. 27, 9 am
breakfast, 10 a.m. Easter Worship
service
Redeemer Lutheran Church
801 Forest St., Lisbon, Missouri
Synod, Phone 683-3462; Pastor
Aaron Hambleton; Worship service
9:15 a.m. Sunday with Bible Class at
10:30 a..m. (Communion 1st & 2nd
Sundays).
First Presbyterian Church
10 6 Ave. West, Lisbon, Pastor Juwle
S. Nagbe, Pastor Office: 683-4479;
Residence: 683-5996; Cell (701)3184273; email: lismeth@drtel.net. Sunday Worship 11:15 a.m.
Bethany Lutheran Church
McLeod, Pastor Wayne Quibell,
Holy Communion first Sunday of the
Month; Sunday School 9:15 a.m.;
Worship Service 10:30 a.m.; Confir-
mation Wednesday 5 p.m.
Seventh-day Adventist Church
For more information regarding our
church, please contact us at 1-877525-2113.
The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints
Wahpeton Branch 505 Richland Ave.,
Wahpeton Phone 642-2463; Lee
J. Allen, President 701-241-9929.
Meetings on Sunday: Sacrament 10
a.m.; Sunday School and Primary
11:15 a.m.
First United Methodist Church
602 Forest St., Lisbon. Rev. Juwle S.
Nagbe. Office 683-4479, Residence
683-5996. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m.
Trinity Lutheran Church
418 5th Ave. W., Lisbon, Pastor Norman Anderson Phone 683-5841. Sunday, Apr. 3, 9 a.m. worship, 10 a.m.
Sunday School.
Trinity Lutheran Church LCMC
319 4th Ave, Enderlin, Phone 4372433. Pastor Grant Patterson. Sunday
Service, 9:30 a.m., Sunday School,
10:40 a.m.
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Funeral services for Emmy
Recker, Lisbon, were held Thursday,
Mar. 24 at First United Methodist
Church in Lisbon with Rev. Juwle
Nagbe officiating. Mrs. Recker died
Mar. 20, 2016 at Parkside Lutheran
Home in Lisbon.
Emmy Recker was born Jan. 2,
1934 in Sasebo, Japan to Deniti and
Kotomi (Ido) Karashim.
She married Robert R. Recker
July 19, 1952 in Yokohama, Japan.
In 1955, they moved to Faulkton,
SD. In 1960 they moved to Lisbon.
They later moved to Elliott where
they lived for many years. Robert
died October 4, 1988. Emmy later
returned to Lisbon.
Emmy was a member of the
VFW Aux. She attended First
United Methodist Church in Lisbon.
She is survived by two sisters,
and a brother in Japan.
She is preceded in death by her
husband and an infant son, Bennie.
Pallbearers were Patrick Nord,
Peter Nord, Truman Nord, Jane
Templin, Kevin Templin and Mark
Honerman.
Music was provided by organist
Jan Hansen.
Interment was at Oakwood
Cemetery, Lisbon.
Armstrong Funeral Home, Lisbon, was in charge of arrangements.
Sherrie R. Ormonde
Local and Area Church Directory
Zion Lutheran Church
420 1st St SE, Gwinner – Missouri
Synod. Pastor Matthew Richard
678-2401. Cell 680-2658. www.ziongwinner.org. Wed., Mar. 23, 4 p.m.
Passion of the Christ Movie, Thur.,
Mar. 24, 6 p.m. Maundy Thursday
Service with Holy Communion, Fri.,
Mar. 25, 6 p.m. Good Friday Tenebrae service, Sun., Mar. 27, 8:30 a.m.
Easter breakfast, 10 a.m. Resurrection Divine Service w/Holy Communion
Faith Assembly of God
1010 Forest Street, Lisbon Pastor
Edwin Williamson 683-5756. Sunday
School 9 am.; Morning Worship 10
a.m.; Wednesday Bible study 7 p.m.
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Sheldon, Father John Artz, Priest
Sunday Mass - 5:30 p.m.
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Enderlin, Father John Artz, 437-2791
Sunday Mass - 8:30 a.m.
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Verona, Pastor Cheri Danielson,
432-5688 & Pastor Carl Glamm,
Emmy
Recker
410 Main, Lisbon, ND
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Ph: 427-9472
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Senior Schedule
Monday, Mar. 28
Exercise ................................ 10:45
Bingo ...................................... 1:00
Dinner: Beef Tips & Gravy .. 12:00
Tuesday, Mar. 29
Dinner: Ham w/Raisin Sauce ........
.............................................. 12:00
Hand and Foot ........................ 1:30
Wednesday, Mar. 30
Dinner: Chicken Parmesan .. 12:00
Thursday, Mar. 31
Dinner: Hamburger w/WW Bun
w/Lettuce, Tomato and Onion .......
.............................................. 12:00
Friday, Apr. 1
Dinner: Turkey Roast ........... 12:00
Saturday, Apr. 2
Open mornings for activities
Sunday, Apr. 3
No Cards
Monday, Apr. 4
Spaghetti and Meatballs
~Chitchat~
By Maria Boeder
We have been having such nice
weather, been sitting outside, counting cars and trains.
Marion Thompson celebrated
her birthday, all her days were here
plus grandchildren and many nieces
and nephews.
Duane, Jenny and Stacey, Taylor dropped by to see mom, it was
a good visit but a short one. Duane
said the roads were good, Duane
went snowmobiling in Yellowstone
with his club, left the girls home to
take care of the farm house.
Barbara Bartholomay was a
recent visitor with Joseph and
Maria.
Parkside
Lutheran Home
Nursing Care
Facility
“We Take Pride in Our Family-like
Home & Atmosphere”
Lisbon, ND
Ph: 683-5239
Hwy 32 North • Lisbon
701-683-5836
1-800-726-5379
309 12th Ave. W.,
Lisbon, ND
Phone: 701-683-4195
Lisbon
Farmers Union
Credit Union
Dan Wagner
Lisbon, ND
683-2296
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Notice of Public Hearing
Notice is hereby given that Workforce
Safety & Insurance will conduct a public
hearing on Monday, April 11, 2016, at the
Board Room, Century Center, 1600 East
Century Avenue, Bismarck, North Dakota,
at 11:00 AM at which time and place all persons will be heard regarding the proposed
changes to premium rates in accordance
with NDCC §65-04-01.
These changes will be on file and may
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between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., at Workforce Safety & Insurance in Bismarck. A
copy may be requested by phone by calling
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Attention: Marquerite Rath
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Written data, views or arguments concerning the proposed changes or adoptions
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close of business Monday, April 18, 2016.
If you plan to attend the public hearing
and will need special facilities or assistance
relating to a disability, please contact Workforce Safety & Insurance at the above telephone number or address at least five days
prior to the public hearing.
Dated this 16th day of March, 2016.
Barry Schumacher
Chief of Employer Services
Publish Mar. 28, 2016
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA,
COUNTY OF RANSOM,
IN DISTRICT COURT SUMMONS
Ashley Fountain, Plaintiff
vs.
Joseph Fountain, Defendant.
Civil No. 37-2016-DM-00005
1. THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT:
2. You are hereby summoned and
required to appear and defend against the
complaint in this action, which is herewith
served upon you, by serving upon the undersigned, an Answer, or other proper response,
within twenty-one (21) days after the service of the Summons upon you, exclusive
of the day of service. If you fail to do so,
judgment will be taken against you for the
relief demanded in the Complaint.
NOTICE OF TEMPORARY
RESTRAINING PROVISIONS
3. Upon Rule 8.4 of the North Dakota
Rules of Court, upon service of this summons, you, and your spouse, are bound by
the restraints following:
(1) Neither spouse shall dispose of, sell,
encumber, or otherwise dissipate any of the
parties’ assets, except:
a. For necessities of life or for the necessary generation of income or preservation
of assets, or
b. For retaining counsel to carry on or to
contest the proceeding;
(2) Neither spouse shall harass the other
spouse.
(3) All currently available insurance
coverage must be maintained and continued
without change in coverage or beneficiary
designation.
(4) Neither spouse shall remove any
of their minor children from North Dakota
without the written consent of the other
spouse or order of the court except for temporary periods.
4. IF EITHER SPOUSE VIOLATES
ANY OF THESE PROVISIONS, THAT
SPOUSE MAY BE IN CONTEMPT OF
COURT.
Dated this 1st day of February, 2016.
JONES and KELLY, ATTORNEYS AT
LAW, P.C.
By: Fallon M. Kelly I.D. #05966
fkelly@drtel.net
P. O. Box 391
Lisbon, ND 58054-0391
Telephone: 701/683-4123
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Publish Mar. 14, 21, and 28, 2016
ABBREVIATED NOTICE
OF INTENT TO
ADOPT AND AMEND
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES
RELATING TO
North Dakota State Board of
Pharmacy regulating the
Practice of Pharmacy
North Dakota
State Board of
Pharmacy
will hold a public hearing to address
proposed amendments to N.D Admin.
Code 61-02-01-03 Pharmaceutical
Compounding Standards and 61-0207.1 - Pharmacy Technician Tasks
and 61-08-01-10 Counseling Services
[of Out-of-State Pharmacies] and a
proposed new section in N.D. Admin.
Code 61-04-12 Patient Consultation
Requirements.
at the annual
NDPhA Convention
held at the
Radisson Hotel
New York New York Rm.
605 E. Broadway
Bismarck, ND
Sat., April 30, 2016
4:00 p.m.
A copy of the proposed rules are available
at www.nodakpharmacy.com or may be
obtained by writing the North Dakota State
Board of Pharmacy, calling (701) 328-9535
or by email ndboph2@btinet.net. Also,
written comments may be submitted to
1906 East Broadway, Bismarck, ND
58501 until May 20th, 2016. If you plan
to attend the public hearing and will need
special facilities or assistance relating to a
disability, please contact the North Dakota
State Board of Pharmacy at the above
telephone number or address at least 14
days prior to the public hearing.
Dated this 18th day of March, 2016.
Mark J. Hardy, PharmD
Executive Director
Valley News...continued from page 4
Dale Froemke in a visit with this rover
stated, you should pickup a sack of those
oranges and grapefruit, they are good for a
person. This was done and this rover steamed
home with the sacks and the grapefruit was
exceptional--wonderful Sweet Scarlett’s
group. Oranges were also super and this was
at the Teals Grocery. They came form Mission, Texas and of course this rover spent
time in Texas and picked the fruit right from
the trees, over indulged and hands broke out
with an itch--probably too much calcium. Do
you know Dale had a tame goose while he
was shearing sheep. This rover asked what
happened to the beautiful bird. It hopped into
the pig pen and the pigs had dinner.
There was a show on TV Sunday eve with
very young talented kids. It was unbelievable
but there is a four year old here, Spencer, that
could have been on it. When asked if he was
interested in joining the talented Gymnastic
team of Lisbon he answered, “No, theres
too many girls.” He was also asked what
he thought of the Fargo Domes wild four
wheeler show. His answer, “I was bored.”
There is Ilene Larson cooking up a storm
again, probably 20 some dishes. Who should
come in but Scott and Mary Hoaby from
Fargo, John and Linda Hoaby from scenic
Vally and this rover. Beautiful day with the
white stuff gone and it reminded you of time
to get the tomatoes started, when all of a sudden the next day her flakes came down but
they were cremated as soon as they hit the
ground so no white covering but still a beautiful March.
Just visited with an Insurance Adjuster
Zeck Nolan, from Sun Prairie, Wisc. States
there is very little snow there and temps in
the 60’s. He is single and has been at his job
for some time and thinks its great.
Pastor Norm picked this rover up and
off to Maryhill for church Tuesday. It was a
great day and good service. A visit at lunch
took place with Marie Boeder and Kay Ray’s
daughter who are a jolly sort to visit.
Every now and then we meet new faces in
new works. This was a friendly gal Morgan
Vanwell, a Masseur. Will get more of her life
later.
There is this Lisa Evenson who along
with hubby works at Gordy’s. She is a great
gal to visit with and we find she lives North
of Lisbon and has been at Gordy’s five years.
We hope she stays forever.
Here comes Richard Nord who works at
Bobcat, is single and lives North of Lisbon. A
friendly one to visit with and may he always
stay that way. He was at Gordy’s where you
meet everybody in the area. Such as Emily
Puhr who has been there about six months,
Enderlin is her town and she is single but
has a friend. She is great to wait on you with
friendly manner.
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KEVIN JACOBSON FNP-C
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Appt. Hours: 7am-6pm
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Dr. Barbara Sheets-Olson, M.D.
Katie Tanner, PA-C
Meredith Kelsen, C-NP
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(701) 683-6000
Clinic Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30-5:00
“Your Health • Your Choice • Your Clinic”
10 - 9th Ave. E., Lisbon, ND 58054
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Hours: Mon-Fri.
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Phone - 683-4582
Dr. Chad Olson and Dr. Corey Williams
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Lisbon Chiropractic
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PHARMACIES
General Dentistry
DR. DUANE KRIVARCHKA
General Dentistry
LISBON OFFICE - 683-4455
Medical & Professional Center
11 11th Ave. W., Lisbon, ND
ENDERLIN OFFICE - 437-2676
DR. FRANCIS H. ZECK, JR.
GENERAL/FAMILY DENTAL CLINIC
513 Main, Lisbon, N.D.
(701) 683-5821
HOURS
Monday: 9am-5pm
Tuesday-Thursday: 8am-5pm
Friday: 8am-Noon
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683-4691
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404 Main • Lisbon, North Dakota
Mon-Fri: 8:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday: 8:30am - Noon
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for our country.
Home he comes and farms with his
famous Angus cattle. Then onto the trail of
inventing such as the automatic hay stack
feeder.--no more feeding on the ground. Next
was a roll up Drill cover--no more wet grain.
No one likes to pick up nails, etc. So he
made a magnet to pull behind his vehicle.
Now his mind goes back years ago to his
inventions and everything else in his life to
retirement.
Every person has a greatness in his life.
As he gets to the Retirement age memories
crop up for a lot of happy thoughts. Here
is the story of Dale Froemke and what has
transpired in his life. Lisbon, N.D. and rural
area has been his central focus in his farming
years.
Dale was in Battery A 188th Field Artillery and was a Corp E4, up for Sargent when
his brother Donald Froemke was killed in a
farm accident. It wasn’t long after this, his
Dad died. Dale received an Honorable Discharge from the National Guard and had to
take over the farming industry. His brother
Donald was in the 294th Army National
Guard Band in 1941 along with many others
from the Lisbon area.
Farming went on for Dale year after year
and he has done everything a farmer had to
do. He was in the 4-H Club for ten years,
holding all various offices at different times.
There was a lot of Grand Champion Blue Ribbons won plus awards. He was chosen Outstanding 4-H Member from Ransom County
across three states, ND, SD, and Minn. There
were 29 chosen from each county. They were
awarded a three day all expense paid trip to
Minneapolis Grain Exchange. This meant
touring the huge Grain Terminal where wheat
is ground from ND into flour. Bread being
made from the flour, macaroni from durum,
barley to make beer, flax for linseed oil. They
stayed at the Andrews Hotel with breakfast
every morn, later on tours and banquets.
The last night the 4-Hers were treated to a
huge banquet at Hotel Radisson in the Admiral Room, Mpls. Atwood Larson Co. furnished all the trips and awards to all the 4-H
members from Feb. 23td to the 25th, in 1954.
Dale’s farming years produced Angus
cattle with top twelve steers of the week
from three states. They weighed about 1400
pounds and he received $80 per 100 pounds.
The steers topped the Sisseton Livestock
market that week.
Dale did not like sitting in a chair retirement age so he raised vegetables and likes to
invent things such as an automatic haystack
Feeder which he thought beat the feeding on
the ground. Then a roll top drill cover for
John Deere drills to keep grain in the box dry.
Next was a magnet to pick up nails.
The 4-H club wanted to win a Silver 4-H
Cup. This took three years in a row with
many Grand Champion Blue Ribbons. This
dated back to 1951 at Lisbon and Enderlin
Achievement Days. They won the cup and
could keep it. At the Winter Show in Valley City back in 1950’s Dale had three best
grain samples, Grand Champion 4-H Division, FFA and open class divisions. He was
awarded a three day paid trip to Chicago.
He with his wife Ardis are still on the
farm retired. They like to see the King-Dan Elvis Shows so off they spend time for
fun things as well as all the work jobs on a
farm.Exchange. This meant touring the huge
Grain Terminal where wheat is ground from
ND into flour. Bread being made from the
flour, macaroni from durum, barley to make
beer, flax for linseed oil. They stayed at the
Andrews Hotel with breakfast every morn,
later on tours and banquets.
The last night the 4-Hers were treated to a
huge banquet at Hotel Radisson in the Admiral Room, Mpls. Atwood Larson Co. furnished all the trips and awards to all the 4-H
members from Feb. 23td to the 25th, in 1954.
Dale’s farming years produced Angus
cattle with top twelve steers of the week
from three states. They weighed about 1400
pounds and he received $80 per 100 pounds.
The steers topped the Sisseton Livestock
market that week.
Dale did not like sitting in a chair retirement age so he raised vegetables and likes to
invent things such as an automatic haystack
Feeder which he thought beat the feeding on
the ground. Then a roll top drill cover for
John Deere drills to keep grain in the box dry.
Next was a magnet to pick up nails.
The 4-H club wanted to win a Silver 4-H
Cup. This took three years in a row with
many Grand Champion Blue Ribbons. This
dated back to 1951 at Lisbon and Enderlin
Achievement Days. They won the cup and
could keep it. At the Winter Show in Valley City back in 1950’s Dale had three best
grain samples, Grand Champion 4-H Division, FFA and open class divisions. He was
awarded a three day paid trip to Chicago.
He with his wife Ardis are still on the
farm retired. They like to see the King--Dan
Elvis Shows so off they spend time for fun
things as well as all the work jobs on a farm.
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There came Pastor Ed at Parkside and
Swingbed for church. He does a great job
and loves singing and he can do it, too.
Residents meandered in and it was a super
Wednesday church morn and it’s thanks to
Ed and all that came. He is from the Assembly of God church. He also brought the great
Comedian Sunday to the Veterans Home
where he put on a great heart performance
with a lot of laughter. Laughter is something
everyone needs and wouldn’t it be wonderful
if the whole world were laughing? He is Dennis Gaxiola living at Parshall, N.D. with his
wife and family. His goal is to make everyone laugh and he did a super job at the Veterans Home Sunday with a great crowd. He
was probably born with a little pocket in his
heart that sends miracle laughter sprays out
of his mouth at all times even when he is not
sure what is coming. We need more like that
in this world. This rover is for laughter so
when she heads to the grocery store she has
some of them produce a song but when the
groceries are loaded she informs the young
lad or gal--if you don’t smile you can’t carry
by groceries out! This breaks all of them in
a smile. Thanks Pastor Ed for bringing dinner and thanks to him for coming. It was a
great Sunday service with laughter filling the
pockets.
Would you believe Sunday this rover
was asked by Pastor Juwle if she would fill
in at the Methodist Church Sun. morn. Walking in there brought some homesickness.
She played there for more than ten years,
some twenty years ago and things were not
changed. The piano was just the same and a
lot of people still there. Thanks, it was great.
It was the organ she played then and they
have a different one. There once was a choir
and special solos but there is Kay Simpson
who did a lot of it but she states there is a
voice problem now. Thanks to that couple for
getting this rover on the right tract as Harold
zipped out with the bulletin. Great to see the
old friends of the Methodist church.
Sheldon Feland zipped to this rover’s for a
visit and it is always great to see great grandkids come. He is a junior in High School and
does put in hours working at Gwinner.
There they were the Don Larsons of
Enderlin at the Methodist Church service
Sunday. This rover remembers this friendly
couple from when she played there. He also
came to Veteran Home and we had a little
chat, very nice people.
Dale Froemke has received a lot of award
winnings. In 1953 he was among twenty
young men pictured from the Atwood Larson
Co. 4-H Market award winners with superior work. That did not top it off as another
picture showed Dale in Btry A 188 EA No-N
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around 36 other young men doing a great job
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683-4092
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Lisbon, ND 58054
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683-5282
COUNSELING
KRISTINA M. LONG, M.S. ED.
Licensed Professional Counselor
Sheyenne Valley
Counseling Service
1006 Lincoln St., Lisbon, ND
701-683-5086
Specialist in Orthodontics
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NURSING HOMES
Parkside Lutheran Home
Skilled Nursing Service,
Physical, Occupational,
Speech Therapy, & Respite Care
501 3rd Avenue West, Lisbon
(701) 683-5239
Three Lisbon wrestlers
qualify to represent
Team ND in Iowa
By Brent Dick
Three Lisbon wrestlers qualified to represent Team North
Dakota on March 18th during the
North Dakota USA Wrestling Elementary and Middle School Dual
Qualifier in Mandan.
Kashden Wadeson, Jordan
Sours, and Caleb Nielsen qualified to represent Team North
Dakota during the Heartland USA
Elementary and Middle School
National Duals April 15th, 16th
and 17th at the Mid-America
Center, Council Bluffs, Iowa!!
Hunter Schwab, Simon Sveum,
and Hunter Schultz competed, but
missed out on qualifying for the
team. Congratulations Wrestlers
and good luck in Iowa!!
Lisbon Youth Wrestlers crown 16 champions
By Brent Dick
Over 250 wrestlers competed
for top honors at the Lisbon Youth
Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, March 12th. Individually,
Lisbon Wrestling Club entered
55 PreK-6th grade wrestlers
and crowned 16 champions, 14
earned second place, 11 earned
third place, and 14 wrestlers
placed fourth. These wrestlers
worked hard and gave 100%
throughout the tournament!! The
tournament committee delivered
another exceptional tournament
and venue for our area wrestlers.
Special thank you to Walt Johnson
and Missy Johnson, Lydell Mairs,
Todd Odegard, Scott Carblom,
The University of Jamestown
“Jimmie” Wrestlers, and The Lisbon Public Schools. Thank you
to the parents and our volunteers
behind the scene and out front
who plan, setup, sell concessions,
take tickets, run the tournament,
clean up, and put it all away. Your
selfless service and dedication to
our youth will pay huge dividends
in their future endeavors and to
the legacy of Lisbon wrestling!!
Individual Results from the
Lisbon Youth Wrestling
Tournament:
1st place - Ryan Mund,
Boeden Greenley, Blaze Reinke,
Kash Wadeson, Noah Anderson, Ryan Enge, Wyatte Lund,
Gavin Robertson, Eli Lyons,
Griff Greenley, Cruz Reinke, Ian
Anderson, Micah Froemke, Madden Schwab, Riley Lacina, and
Krew Holmstrom.
2nd place - Levi Sveum,
Jordan Schmitz, Mike Nelson,
Kadyn Robertson, Trent Metzen,
Seamus Kelly, Tucker Mairs,
Aiden Anderson, Lance Metzen,
Tristan Schwab, Jesse Jones, John
Metzen, Deakon Elenberger, and
Lailie Dick.
3rd place - Gabe Lyons, Saul
Reinke, Jordan Dick, Daniel
Gruby, Luke Schwab, Dominick
Marsh, Braeden Mund, Hunter
Sanderson, Kale Holmstrom, Jack
Rinkenberger, and Kruz Johnson.
4th place - Silas Reinke, Caleb
Schwab, Josh Shearer, Ethan
Schwab, Damian Modlin, Nick
Bratlie, Michael Myers, Jacob
Johnson, Jaxson Hoffer, Chandler
Dick, Jax Tindall, Christian Modlin, Aiden McHazlett, and Adaleene Hansen.
Our youth wrestler’s next
tournament action is 25-26 March
2016 at the ND USA Wrestling
State Folksyle Dual and Individual Tournament at the Bismarck
Event Center. The Lisbon Wrestling Club will send a youth dual
team to Bismarck for their shot at
a state title on 25 March. Individually, Lisbon will have its largest
showing at the ND USA Wrestling
State Folkstyle Individual Tournament with over 20 wrestlers
registered to compete!! You can
follow the tournament action on
trackwrestling.com. Youth wrestling season. The youth wrestlers
close out their season at the Oakes
Youth Wrestling Tournament on
01 April.
By Joe Howell
Tierney Howell of the West
Fargo Flyers was in “Beast Mode”
at the State Shortcourse Swim
Meet at UND on March 18-20.
Tierney, the daughter of Lisbon
graduate, Matt and Casey (Sessions) Howell not only won seven
gold individual and two first place
relay titles but set nine personal
records in the process.
Howell’s events ranged from
50 to 500 yards as she dominated
the 100 yard IM, 50 yard freestyle,
500 yard freestyle, 200 yard freestyle, 50 yard butterfly, 100 yard
freestyle, 100 yard butterfly, 200
yard freestyle relay, and 200 yard
medley relay.
The state long course season
begins for North Dakota swimmers in April and runs through
July when Bismarck will host the
state meet.
Grandparents are Steve and
Cindy Sessions of Minot, Rodney
and Sandy Asche of Gwinner, and
Joe and Carmen Howell of Detroit
Lakes. Great grandparents are
Donna and Vince Olson of Gwinner, Donna Fluto of Lisbon, and
Jim and Nancy Matterson of Jackson, Tennessee.
Pictured are: (l to r) Hunter Schultz, Jordan Sours, Kashden
Wadeson, Caleb Nielsen, and Simon Sveum.
Up next is 3 class basketball...
Tierney
Howell
Indoor meet on March 31
Sorlie, Rinas & NDHSAA
swims
to
nine
state
titles
Huethers still sponsoring track meets
makes tough decisions
By Joe Howell
The 23rd Annual Randy
Huether Indoor track and field
meet will be on Thursday, March
30 with a 4pm start at NDSCS in
Wahpeton. Randy and his wife
Emily and son Brandon have
sponsored this meet since 1993.
Beginning in 1986 through
1992, the Huethers had sponsored a boys only outdoor meet
that was also held in Wahpeton
with one year at Moorhead State.
Fargo South won five of the six
team titles, Fargo North one, and
the weather cancelled the seventh.
The Lisbon boys have dominated the Huether Indoor team
scoring races with 20 title in 22
years and the last 11 in a row.
The Bronco and MWL girls have
battled for first on their side of
the scoring ledger with Lisbon
winning the past two.
The North Sargent girls won
the first Huether Indoor in 1993.
The oldest records of the meet
were set on the boys side in 1993
with Lisbon standouts, Randall
Greenley in he 440 and Jason
Davies in the long jump, having
their records still stand.
On the girls side in 1996,
Sargent Central high jumper Jessica Thompson set her record
and went onto compete in track
and field at the University of
Nebraska (Lisbon’s Kari Nims
tied her record in 2000). Lisbon’s
Jessica Sommerfeld still has the
girls shot put record set in 1996.
Sommerfeld went onto set school
throwing records at both Rice
University and Auburn. Jessica
now is the head throws coach at
Eastern Illinois.
As of March 15, the following schools had indicated that
they would be competing at this
year’s meet: Lisbon, Rosholt,
Sargent County, MWL, Ellendale, Edgeley-Kulm, Richland,
and MayPortCG.
Schedule - Field Events
• 4:00 Long Jump Boys & Girls 3
Jumps – No Finals
• High Jump Boys
• Pole Vault Girls
• Shot Put Boys 3 Throws - Top
9 to Finals
• 15 minutes after completion of
4:00 field event
• Triple Jump Boys & Girls 3
Jumps – No Finals
• High Jump Girls
• Pole Vault Boys
• Shot Put Girls 3 Throws - Top
9 to Finals
Running Events
Girls First – No Spikes
• 5:00 Girl’s Shotputters 60 Yard
Dash
• 2 Mile Relay
• 60 Yard Hurdles
• 440 Yard Dash
• Mile Run
• 60 Yard dash
• Boy’s Shotputters 60 Yard Dash
• 4 x 1 Lap Relay
• 880 Yard Run
• 220 Yard Run
• 2 Mile Run
• 1600 Relay
Dakota Sports
• Grand Forks Red River
won the boys title and Jamestown the girls at the Concordia
Indoor track meet on Friday,
March 18.
Tierney Howell
By Joe Howell
North Sargent athletic director and principal, Michael Sorlie
along with Washburn superintendent, Brad Rinas are part of the 11
person North Dakota High School
Activities Board that makes decisions concerning all activities in
grades 7-12. Rinas had previously
served as the Sargent Central boys
basketball coach and the North
Sargent principal and athletic
director.
One of their most recent decisions was to deny New England to
dissolve from their football coop
with Dickinson Trinity. New England had wanted to go back to a
coop with Regent and Mott. The
four class football system is setup
for review every two years and this
was an odd year with schedules
already set for this fall. Look for
New England to reapply and go
back with Regent and Mott where
Gymnastics banquet held
By Joe Howell
• The Fargo Davies girls and
the Fargo South boys prevailed
at their Indoor dual.
• Longtime and successful Carrington coaches, Marty
and Jan Hochhalter are leav-
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Bowling News
CITY LEAGUE
3/14/16
Team Scratch Game
City Side Collision
816
Team Scratch Series
City Side Collision
2362
Individual Scratch Game
Mike Johnson
225
Tyler Pfaff
216
Scott Carlblom
194
Individual Scratch Series
James Carlblom
547
Mike Johnson
546
Rick Hock
529
Team Handicap Game
PGA
883
Team Handicap Series
PGA
2570
Individual Handicap Game
Dean Torbenson
244
James Carlblom
233
Gary Lindemann
222
Individual Handicap Series
Dean Torbenson
643
Don Dick
615
Matt Lund
613
Team Standings
Tri-County Lanes
30-10
PGA
25-15
Sparetime Lounge
20-20
City Side Collision
12-28
Heacox
3--37
WEDNESDAY
BUSINESSMEN’S LEAGUE
3/16/2016
Team Scratch Game
Miller Lite
847
Team Scratch Series
Miller Lite
2455
Individual Scratch Game
Kayl Hamre
232
Don Pfaff
198
Dustin Nelson
197
Individual Scratch Series
Dale Kaber
597
Dustin Nelson
549
Gena Johnson
522
Team Handicap Game
Shop n’ Fuel
791
Team Handicap Series
Maras Trucking
2288
Individual Handicap Game
Dale Kaber
234
Bob Gruman
233
Guy Eskelson
231
Individual Handicap Series
Kayl Hamre
734
Guy Eskelson
635
Kyle Justus
631
Team Standings
the Tigers won state titles in 1988,
95, 96, and 97 under Coach Mike
Schatz.
Mott Regent won it all in 2007.
Region 8 is bringing back a
proposal to return to a three class
system of boys and girls basketball. The rationale is that more
students will have an opportunity
to play in a state tournament. The
proposal will be presented to the
board at their annual fall meeting
and the hope is that if it passes,
the three class system will go into
effect for the 2017-18 school year.
Change may also be coming in
football as there is a proposal to
restructure the present four class
system. The AAA will remain basically the same with two schools
dropping to AA, and AA and A
will see the most change, and Nine
Man the least.
Stay tuned!
Nudell and
Kaehler named
to All State
from Region 1
By Joe Howell
Rylee Nudell was named to the
All State Class B girls basketball
team for the fourth year in a row
and the third year on the first team.
The all time North Dakota girls scoring leader with 3,458 points out of
Maple Valley is headed to NDSU
this fall.
Joining Nudell from Region 1
on the all state team is FCT senior,
Madison Kaehler.
First Team
Rylee Nudell, Maple Valley
Shaice Marx, Thompson
Katie Mogen, Watford City
Macey Kvilvang, North Star
Anna Holen, LaMoure Litchville
Marion
Second team
Olivia Anderson, Edgeley Kulm
Montpelier
Maycee Brunelle, Trenton Trinity
Christian
Shea Heidlebaugh, Rugby
Abbie Jiles, Westhope Newburg
Madison Kaehler, FCT
Morgan Olson, Minot Our Redeemer’s
Emily Overby, Thompson
Paige Schmidt, Kidder County
Sheyenne Schmidt, Minot Ryan
Alanna Sickler, Dickinson Trinity
Krista Ulmer, Bismarck Shiloh
Christian
Ley Wittmayer, Rolette Wolford
Page Body Shop
27-17
Maras Trucking
23-21
Miller Lite
22-22
Shop n’ Fuel
21-23
Dakota Plains Credit Union 21-23
VFW
18-26
MONDAY
BANTAM - PREP 3/14/2016
Ethan Cimbura
66-60
Wyatte Lund
79-77-77
Dominic Marsh
41-66-49
Gabe Hoy
36-35
Brayden Brash
64-19
Jessilyn Lund
18-39
Blake Rufsvold
24-25-50
Kierra Marsh
38-30
Jake Cimbura
48-68
Anthony Wendel
68-90
Ayden Glarum
117-104
Cami Lindemann
27-31
Four Winds-Minnewaukan wins
State B Boys Basketball title
By Joe Howell
For the first time in its school
history Four Winds-Minnewaukan
won the state B boys title with a
convincing victory over Minot Our
Redeemers.
Opening round - March 17
Three parochial schools and
one reservation school won on the
opening night of the Class B. The B
hosted by Minot State again had the
largest crowds of any of the state
hoops tourneys.
Grafton fell to a strong Bismarck Shilo Christian team 45-36,
that makes the tourney on a regular
basis out of Region 5 since 1996.
In their first state appearance,
Minot Our Redeemers used their
height to block six of Straburg-Zeeland’s first seven shots and hung on
for a 61-58 victory.
The Indians of Four-WindsMinnewaukan struggled against
Region 1 champion, Northern Cass.
The Jags led by three with just three
minutes remaining but fell to the
number one team in the state 62-58.
Dickinson Trinity became the
third private school to win on opening night with an impressive 61-42
victory over Kenmare. The Honkers were shot and plucked by the
Titans. Fifty years ago, Kenmare
defeated Milnor in the state B
championship game.
Friday - semifinals
Championship bracket
Minot Our Redeemer’s had lost
to Shiloh in their regular season
matchup but this time Our Redeemers defeated the Crusaders 50-48.
Four Winds-Minnewaukan had
only suffered one loss in the regular season and the Indians made the
sure the Titans would not defeat
them twice in one season. FWM
overwhelmed Trinity 60-46.
Consolation bracket
Despite leading 30-13 at halftime, Strasburg-Zeeland suffered
their second close loss of the tournament at the hands of Grafton
53-51.
Northern Cass was too quick
and talented and the Jags won their
first B tournament game ever 83-72
over Kenmare.
Saturday
Championship
Four Winds-Minnewaukan had
all of the answers as they held Our
Redeemer’s at bay despite a Minot
roster that featured seven players 6’
4” or taller, 77-65.
Third place
Dickinson Trinity defeated
Shiloh 56-55 as a Crusader three
bounced off the rim at the fourth
quarter buzzer.
Fifth place
The Jags of Region 1 were led
by Cody Springer’s 32 points and
Northern Cass defeated Grafton in
overtime 64-61.
Seventh Place
Brody Nieuwsma led StrasburgZeeland defeated Kenmare 64-58.
Nieuwsma had a game high of 35
points.
All tournament team - Four
Winds-Minnewaukan:
Jason
Feather, Tronis McKay, Koltin
ThreeIrons, Steve Redfox; Grafton: Landon Droog; Minot Our
Redeemer’s: Josh VanLith, John
Reiten; Bismarck Shiloh Christian: Zac Martin; Dickinson Trinity: Shawn Stoltz; Northern Cass:
Cody Springer; Strasburg-Zeeland:
Brody Nieuwsma. Most valuable
player: Feather.
Class B Coach of the Year
- Rick Smith of Four Winds-Minnewaukan
Class B Senior Player of the
Year - Brody Nieuwsma of Strasburg-Zeeland
North Dakota Mr Basketball
(from both the B and A teams)
Jason Feather of Four Winds-Minnewaukan
For the next several weeks, I
will be looking back at the roster,
examining the positions to find
weaknesses as well as strengths.
For the second to last article,
we’ll be going over the cornerbacks. In the early years of the
NFL, passing statistics were
not nearly as important as a
team’s ability to run the ball
and conversely shut down the
other team’s rushing attack. In
recent years, however, the NFL
has shifted to a passing league,
placing great importance on the
defensive backfield to shut down
wide receivers.
In 2015, Minnesota ranked
12th in the league in passing
yards allowed, which is a light
drop from 2014 when the Vikings
were 7th. The Vikings did see
an improvement in touchdowns
allowed however, moving from
17th in 2014 (26 touchdowns
allowed) to 11th with only 24
touchdowns allowed.
Captain Munnerlyn was the
Vikings best cornerback in 2015
according to Pro Football Focus.
Born on Feb. 29...
Catherine Marie McBerger is a leapling baby
Catherine Marie McBerger was born in Sanford Hospital, Fargo, on Monday, Feb. 29,
2016 to Loren and Cassia McBerger, Lisbon. She weighed 8 lbs. 13 oz. and measured 20
1/2 inche. Her big brother, James Dean, 2 1/2, welcomed her home. Grandparents: Lisa
and Rick Perison, Ellendale and the late James and Helen McBerger.
By Terri Kelly Barta
Catherine Marie McBerger is a leapling.
She was born on Monday, February 29, 2016 at
11:57 p.m. Catherine is the daughter of Loren
and Cassia McBerger, Lisbon. She has one
older brother, James Dean, 2 1/2 years old.
A leapling or leaper is someone who has
been born on Leap Day, Feb. 29. Catherine had
a one in 1,461 chance of being born on Feb. 29
and she was.
She was due on March 4, but decided to
come into this world a little earlier.
The McBergers were not trying to have a
Leap Day baby. She just came in her own time
and her own way. She was born in Sanford Hospital, Fargo
Sometimes parents get to choose if they
want their child born on Feb. 28 or on Leap
Day or March 1. For Miss Catherine Marie, it
was Mother Nature who decided that Feb. 29
would be her birthday.
When she was born, Catherine, accidentally,
swallowed some meconium (baby’s first bowel
movement) and some amniotic fluid. Catherine
was coming in a breech position and was experiencing stress as evidenced by her vital signs.
She had to be delivered on Feb. 29. She was
born and had to go to the Intensive Care Unit
(ICU) for a few extra days.
Catherine and her mommy went home on
March 3 one day before the original due date.
She was a healthy 8 lbs. 13 oz. and measured 20
1/2 inches in length at birth.
The McBergers have never known anyone
with a Feb. 29/Leap Day birthday.
They have decided that Catherine will celebrate her birthday most years on March 1
and every fourth year on Feb. 29. Catherine
is among those who can celebrate their shared
birthday in two different months. Her next
birthday on Feb. 29 will be in 2020.
Catherine Marie’s name is a combination of
her grandmothers’ names.
A few facts to share about Leap Day gleaned
from the website: www.timeanddate.com/dat/
leapday.
*Anthony, Texas has been titled the “Leap
Year Capital of the World. Later, Anthony, New
Mexico joined the celebration. The two towns
have special celebrations on Feb. 29.
*The Order of the 29’ers was said to be set
up by a newspaper editor in Pittsburg, Kansas in
the early part of the last century.
*Attributed to the Guiness Book of Records,
the only verified example of a family producing three consecutive generations on Feb. 29
is the Keogh family, Ireland. Peter A. Keogh
was born on Feb. 29, 1940 in Ireland. His son,
Peter E. was born on his dad’s birthday on Feb.
29, 1964, United Kingdom. Peter E.’s daughter Bethany was born on her dad and grandpa’s
birthday, Feb. 29 in 1965 in the UK.
*The Henrichsen family of Andenes, Norway had three chidldren born on Feb. 29. They
were Heidi in 1960, Olav in 1964, and LeifMartin in 1968.
*An Honorary Society of Leap Year Day
Babies can be found online.
* According to Irish legend, a lady named
Brigid struck a deal with St. Patrick to allow
women to propose to men on Feb. 29 (at that
time only men proposed to women) every four
years.
*Leap Day is also called Bachelor’s Day. If
a woman proposed to a man (allowed by law on
this one day) and he refuses, he was required to
pay a penalty (goods or money). In Europe, the
gift was 12 pairs of gloves so she could cover
her hands to save embaarrassment about not
having a ring on her left hand ring finger. In the
21st Century in the USA women can propose
anytime they want to.
*Leap Days are needed to keep the calendar in alignment with the Earth’s revolutions
around the sun. Julius Ceasar was the first to
declare the day Leap Day.
Munnerlyn was given a player
grade of 82.3, which ranked him
18th out of the 111 cornerbacks
who qualified. Captain is entering the last season of a three-year
contract he signed in 2014, and
he will make $4.58 million this
year. There was a huge jump in
Munnerlyn’s play from 2014 to
2015, and he credits that to trusting Mike Zimmer’s system. Look
for another jump as he enters the
third year in the system. At the
young age of 27, it wouldn’t be
surprising to see the Vikings look
to extend Captain sooner rather
than later.
Terence Newman was the
second best corner on the team
in 2015, earning a player grade
of 76.3 according to PFF, which
ranks him 39th. Newman was a
vital piece to the Vikings’ defense
last year, as he was able to lock
down the corner spot across from
Rhodes, allowing Rookie Trae
Waynes to be eased into playing
time. Terence just signed a oneyear, $2.5 million dollar contract
to come back for one more sea-
Round-up
son. The veteran was even asked
to play safety last season, and it
wouldn’t be a stretch to see him
get more snaps across from Harrison Smith this year.
Xavier Rhodes is supposed to
be the best corner on the Vikings,
but he ended the 2015 season with
a 70.6 PFF player grade, which
ranks him 58th in the league.
Rhodes’ play picked up in the
second half of the season, and if
he can get healthy, he still has the
ability to become an elite corner
in the NFL. Xavier is entering the
fourth season and will make just
under $2.5 million this year. The
Vikings have the option to pick
up a fifth year option on Rhodes,
and I fully expect them to do so.
I also expect the Vikings to sign
him to a contract extension next
off-season.
Rookie Trae Waynes did not
play many snaps this past season,
as the Vikings were being patient
and not allowing him to see the
field until he was ready. Since
he didn’t play enough snaps,
he didn’t qualify to be ranked
by PFF. However, Waynes was
given a player grade of 72.9 for
the snaps he did play, which
would have ranked him 51st in
the league. I was impressed with
the limited snaps Waynes played,
and I could see a big jump from
his play in preseason. I fully
expect Trae to grab the starting
spot across from Rhodes this season. Entering his second season,
Waynes is scheduled to make just
under $3 million this year.
Next week’s article will cover
the safety spot as well as the kickers. After the roster breakdown is
completed, I will be focusing my
attention on the draft. If you have
any players you would like me
to keep an eye on and possible
write about, please let me know
through my contact information
below!
If you have any comments or
suggestions, I encourage you to
reach out to me through Facebook
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Fort Ransom State Park...
Kids Camping contest for kids
who have never been camping
Fort Ransom State Park and
Cabela’s, a spoting goods store,
Fargo, are teaming up to offer
an opportunity for a family to go
camping with a Park Ranger.
Families who have never been
camping but want to experience
the great outdoors are encouraged
to enter this contest.
Children from ages 17 and
under who have never had a
camping experience are asked to
submit an essay on “Why I want
to go camping! “ In the essay
children can add the answer to the
question, “Why have you never
camped before?”
Please submit the essays to:
Kids Camping Contest, Fort Ransom State Park, 5981 Walt Hjelle
Parkway, Fort Ransom, ND
58033.
A winner will be chosen and
what they will receive is a Park
Ranger guided camping experience. This will include learning to
build a fire, roast marshmallows,
cook over a fire, go on a guided
hike and learn how to set up their
new Cabela’s tent.
MYSTERY PHOTO!
This photo, published in 1989, in a book entitled “Hired Hands and Volunteers – A History of
the North Dakota State University Extension Service,” shows a group of local women who had
volunteered to help harvest June grass seed near McLeod, N.D. The cutline read as follows: “June
grass seed harvest would have suffered greatly without the help of the women near McLeod, ND.
No names nor date were included. It is possible that the picture may have been taken during World
War II. If anyone knows more about the Junegrass harvest or knows the names of those pictured,
please contact the Gazette Office with the information. The picture was provided by Virgil and
Karen Schultz, Fargo, formerly of Sheldon.
Tomorrow’s Leaders Jump Rope for Heart raises over $15,800 for AHA
Lisbon Elementary students
K-4 have been working hard at
fundraising for Jump Rope for
Heart for the American Heart
Association, since February.
The grand total raised this year
was $15,893.47! All money raised
Student Name: Jerod Gemar
Parents’ Names: Jerry Gemar
and Bonita Mellick
Interests and Hobbies: Fishing, hunting and drawing
Favorite quote: “Spring is
nature’s way of saying, “Let’s
party!” Robin Williams
Future Plans: Move far away,
make a ton of money and live
life to the fullest.
Best Advice for Underclassman: My best advice is to never
give up in school, and take
as many of Mrs. Gallagher’s
classes because they are awesome!
goes to the American Heart Association.
Most of the elementary students helped make posters to raise
awareness about the event. Some
high school students helped hang
the posters around town. The high
school health class also picked a
poster winner for each classroom.
The poster winner for each classroom gets to be PE teacher for a
day.
The top fundraiser in each
class got to throw a pie in a high
school PE student’s face. The top
fundraiser got to throw a pie in
Mrs. Meckle’s face! We had two
sisters tie!
The top fundraising students
were as follows: Kindergarten Izzy Kurtz (Mrs. Hartl’s class)
$290; Alexa Schon (Mrs. Knipple) $378;1st grade - Cora Carlblom (Mrs. Gebert) $378; Journey
Henricks (Mrs. Kempel) $150;
2nd grade-Zayne Johnson (Ms.
Bunn) $175; Madalyn Brewer
(Mrs. Rolf) $195; 3rd grade -Jaida
Kunze (Mrs. Sjomeling) $301;
Daniel Gruby (Mrs. Smith) $282;
4th grade -Aubrey Aaland (Mr.
Schmit) $318; Deagan Thompson (Mrs. Wehlander) $145; Top
2 fundraisers that got to pie Mrs.
Meckle: Ellie Baasch (2nd grade
- Mrs. Webb’s class) $500; Ava
Baasch (4th grade - Ms. Meyer’s
class) $500.
Student Name: Tayler Goettle
Parents’ Names: James Goettle, Sharie Wagner and Chad
Wagner
High School Activities: Cross
country, basketball, track
Interests and Hobbies: Sports,
Netflix.
Favorite Quote: “A minute
of pain is worth a lifetime of
glory.” Louis Zamperini
Future Plans: Go to college,
run, work in business finance.
Best Advice for Underclassman: Try during your first two
years. Everything is important.
Three young boys jump rope the old fashioned way with a boy at each end of the rope and one in
the middle jumping. PE Teacher Veronica Carter watches over the group of jumpers.
Kara Waletzko and Lilly Webb jump together under one jump
rope.
Part 11 of a continuing series...
One to be held at Lisbon...
NDSU offers forums for Historical items from 1915 editions of
gardeners across state the Sheldon Progress and Enterprise
Student Name: Ryan Archie
Hansen
Parents’ Names: Lynn and
Gary Hansen
High School Activities: Football, track, FFA.
Interests and Hobbies: Watching football, playing football,
fishing, ice fishing, hunting
Favorite quote: “Ryan, when
you die can I make you into an
end table?” Noah Ward
Future Plans: Attend NDSCS.
Best Advice for Underclassman: The first rule of life is to
never waste a good homerun
swing on something dumb like
practice. Coach Kent Murphy.
Student Name: Emilee Hansen
Parents’ Names: Gary and
Lynn Hansen
High
School
Activities:
FCCLA, FFA, TSA, NHS, volleyball
Interests and Hobbies: Painting and drawing, playing the
piano, watching movies with
Sarah
Favorite Quote: “I just like to
smile, smilings my favorite.”
Buddy the Elf
Future Plans: Attend NDSU
for communications
Best Advice for Underclassman: When you see Mrs. Zahrback, be prepared to be assigned
a job.
Student Name: Emily Nicole
Hardebeck
Parents’ Names: Nikki and
Aaron Hardebeck
High School Activities: Speech,
drama
Interests and Hobbies: Reading, writing, special effects,
make up, being with friends.
Favorite quote: “Doubt kills
more dreams than failure ever
will.” Karim Seddiki
Future Plans: Get my masters
in Psychology and travel the
world.
Best Advice for Underclassman: Enjoy these times. They
go by fast.
ics. Specialists will give short
presentations and then answer
your questions. Bonus activities
are included with free samples of
seeds, spuds and gladiolus.
Presentations are made before a
live audience in Fargo and delivered to NDSU Extension offices
across the state. Gardeners may
also participate online on their
home computers.
All gardeners are welcome and
everything is free. Forums will be
held at the Lisbon High School.
For a full list of presentations and
to register, contact the Ransom
County Extension office at 701683-6128 or go to www.ag.ndsu.
edu/ransomcountyextension/.
NDDoH reporting increase
in reported mump cases
Mumps is a contagious vaccine
preventable disease that is uncommon in the United States due to
the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella
(MMR) vaccine. In the past year,
however, mumps outbreaks have
been occurring across the United
States. In the past three weeks, the
North Dakota Department of Health
(NDDoH) has received reports of
five suspected mumps cases.
The most recognizable symptom
of mumps is parotitis (acute onset
of unilateral or bilateral tender, selflimited swelling of the parotid or
other salivary glands). Other symptoms include fever, headache, earache, muscle or joint pain, painful
swelling of the testicles in men and
swelling of the ovaries in women,
causing abdominal pain. Mumps
vaccination is not 100% effective,
so mumps should be suspected in
individuals meeting the clinical
case definition even with a history
of MMR vaccination.
Health care providers should
consider mumps in patients presenting with the above symptoms, but
should also test for influenza, as
influenza is currently widespread in
North Dakota and can present similar symptoms. If health care providers are suspecting mumps, a buccal
swab should be collected for RTPCR testing, in addition to the traditional IgM antibody test. If a patient
is clinically diagnosed with mumps,
regardless of laboratory testing, the
case must be reported to NDDoH.
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Student
Name:
Brandon
Andrew Hoenhause
Parents’ Names: Andy Hoenhause and Debbie Jensen
Interests and Hobbies: Farming, snowboarding, snowmobiling, riding 4-wheeler, working
on pickups
Favorite quote: “It doesn’t matter if you win by an inch or a
mile. Winnings winning.” The
Fast and the Furious
Future Plans: Farm with my
dad, uncle and grandpa.
Best Advice for Underclassman: Keep it between the
ditches.
SA5160
Student Name: Sydney Paige
Griffith
Parents’
Names:
Brandi
Griffith and Brandon Griffith
High School Activities: Volleyball, basketball, track, Majorette, band, student council,
FCCLA, Honors student
Interests and Hobbies: Going
to the lake, snowboarding, hanging out with friends and family,
rollerblading and going shopping.
Favorite Quote: “If you can
imagine it, you can achieve it;
if you can dream it, you can
become it.” William Arthur
Ward
Future Plans: Attend college,
get the job of my dreams and
live happily ever after.
Best Advice for Underclassman: Enjoy today, live for
tomorrow, and learn from yesterday.
North Dakota State University
is offering a series of forums to
gardeners across the state. A team
of university experts will present
information on timely topics in
gardening and landscaping.
The Spring Fever Garden
Forums will be held on Monday
nights, April 4, 11, 18 and 25, from
6:30 to 8:45 p.m. CDT at the Lisbon High School.
Topics include growing a great
lawn, new plants for 2016, garden
soil, growing gladiolus, pruning,
starting seeds indoors, potatoes in
ND, small trees for small spaces,
growing grapes, zirconia aronia,
transplanting, top vegetables for
ND, annuals and many more top-
By Janet Hansen
(Editor’s
Note:
Karen
Schultz, Fargo, formerly of Sheldon, does historical research
and has a pile of clippings from
the Sheldon Progress and Sheldon Enterprise, some of which
date back to a century ago. She
is sharing those clippings with
the Gazette. We are picking out
news items from her clippings
which we feel might be of greatest interest to our readers and
will be publishing them intermittently. We are also adding additional information when we feel
it is pertinent.)
Max Rubel, a Sheldon resident,
had been arrested for riding his
bicycle on the sidewalk, which was
against a village ordinance. Mr.
Rubel had reportedly been hurrying downtown on Sunday morning
to give one of his customers some
meat. The roads were muddy, so he
rode on the cement sidewalk. He
had to appear before Judge R. E.
Kratt the following afternoon. He
was fined $5 and court costs.
Taylor’s Little Store On the
Corner advertised that it was selling its goods at reduced prices and
that it was interested in purchasing
farmer’s butter and eggs.
Miss Esther Froemke, Sheldon,
had reportedly left for her teaching
job in Napoleon.
Dell Rogers had arrived in the
Sheldon area and would be assuming the job as principal at the
Owego School. He would be staying at the home of Jens Johnson.
Mrs. Al Newton had suffered
an attack of appendicitis and had
undergone an operation at Dr. Roy
Labbit’s hospital in Enderlin.
The ladies of the Owego church
were meeting on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 22, at the home of Mrs.
Jens Johnson, to form a ladies
organization.
William E. Lockerby of Minneapolis was advertising 160
acres of cropland for sale. It was
said to be located two miles from
Sheldon. Lockerby had been renting it out for half the crop during
the past year. The land was advertised as being on a good road and
consisting of rick, black loam. He
was asking $40 per acre and was
willing to work with the buyer on
terms of the sale.
The Venlo Farmers Elevator Company, A.E. Carter, agent,
stated that it was equipped to handle the bumper crop expected and
also had threshing coal available.
Albert E. Carter also served as
the first postmaster in Venlo. The
Venlo post office opened on Jan.
18, 1922 and operated until March
15, 1950, when the mail went to
Enderlin.
It was reported that a baby girl
had been born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Krantz, who lived east of Anselm.
This was the couple’s first child.
Maynard Froemke, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Froemke, had
left for Beaver Dam, WI, where he
had enrolled at Wayland College.
He planned to finish the preparatory course and transfer to the University of Michigan the next year.
Miss Ruth Goodman was
enrolling as a second year student
at a Fargo college.
The Owego Consolidated
School had opened the school year
with an enrollment of 34 pupils.
Twenty were in the lower room
and 14 in the advanced grades.
Dell Rogers was the principal and
Miss Elma Torfin was in charge of
the lower grades.
All the Sheldon School teachers had reportedly arrived and were
settled in various homes around the
village. Samuel Mosby and Miss
Hazel Kiskern were staying at the
William Cuthills. Walter K. DeLaHunt and Ruth D. Rouse were at
the Captain Newton home and
Miss Eda C. Johnson was making
her home with Mr. and Mrs. William Hutchings.
At a village board meeting, J.
W. Rife had been appointed special
night policeman. He was to guard
against disturbances or robberies,
which had become common when
threshing crews were working in
the area.
The Young People’s Sunday
School class of the Methodist
Church had been entertained by
Miss Gertrude Frederick at the Lillicrop home. Election of officers
was held. Jeanette Douglas was re-
elected president. Velma Iles was
elected vice-president and Ernest
Iles was elected secretary/treasurer.
It was reported that U. G.
Adams, of Vinton, IA, was in Sheldon looking after the threshing and
marketing of his crop. He was said
to own a half section in Shenford
Township, near Venlo.
Thomas K. Black, of Jefferson, IA, sold his 320-acre farm to
the Ransom County Immigration
Association. The farm was located
two miles southwest of Anselm.
The article stated that the price had
not been made public, but was in
the neighborhood of $20,000.00.
Mr. Black had purchased the farm
five or six years earlier and had,
according to the article, already
doubled his money and was, therefore, satisfied.
J. R. Newton had purchased the
old creamery building just north
of the village of Sheldon. It came
complete with lots and equipment.
Newton was reportedly planning
to move the building to his farm.
Part of the building would be used
as a granary and the remainder as a
hog house. The article went on to
explain that, a few years before, a
“slick promotor” had come to the
Sheldon area, organized the Sheldon Creamery Company, built the
building and equipped it at a cost
of three to four thousand dollars
and then “quietly vamoosed” with
a sizeable amount of money. Mr.
Newton had reportedly paid about
one tenth of the original cost of the
building.
O. O. Uhlhorn, Lisbon, who
was referred to as a Ransom
County farming expert, had been
traveling around the county urging
farmers to select their seed corn
for the following year. He also
suggested that they consider selling their extra corn for seed. He
was explaining to farmers that the
corn throughout most of the state
had frozen before it had a chance
to mature. However, the Ransom County area had been spared
the early frost and local corn had
matured nicely. He estimated that
the corn would bring around $5 a
bushel during the spring planting
season.
QUESTION
Of the Week!
“What was your
happiest day?”
Alexis Fleck, 8, is in Mrs.
Webb’s second grade at Lisbon
Public School: “Christmas, I got
to see my family.”
Karson Mairs, 9, is in Mrs.
Sjomeling’s third grade at Lisbon Public School: “Christmas
because I got lots of presents and
we saw lots of family.”
Ashley Nitschke, 8, is in Mrs.
Sjomeling’s third grade at Lisbon
Public School: “When I went to
my Mom’s in Minnesota.”
LMSStudent of the
5th Grade
Wyatt Webb is an active learner
in the classroom who is always
focused and asks good questions
to enhance his learning. He is an
excellent role model for his peers
and shows respect and kindness
to others. He is responsible for
all assignments and works well in
groups.
6th Grade
Emma Eskildsen has been a
responsible student by always getting her work done on time. She is
respectful toward classmates and
staff, and works cooperatively with
everyone. Her kindness is much
appreciated.
7th Grade
Skyler Welton always comes to
class prepared and ready to learn
and uses her time wisely in class.
She is also very caring and kind to
her peers. Skyler has a great sense
of humor. She is well-behaved, and
open to corrections and suggestions.
She sets high standards for herself
and works hard to achieve them.
8th Grade
Logan Fellows is really good
about helping his peers in math
when he can. He asks questions
when he doesn’t understand something and he is an active learner in
class. Logan pushes to better himself in English class, as well. He
works hard on extension activities
and maintains high expectations
for himself. He works hard on his
assignments and works well with
Week
his classmates. His teachers really
appreciate Logan’s handwriting.
He is SO neat! He also uses all his
Lisbon students competed at the North Dakota Southeast Region Science and Engineering Fair on
Tuesday, March 15, on the campus of NDSU. They earned the following awards: Isaac Bentten, Jr.
High Silver Medal; Jacob Bear, Jr. High Silver Medal; Madison Mondry, Jr. High Silver Medal, and
Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative Award; Kaylee Dickerman, American Psychological Association
Award and Jr. High Gold Medal and will present her research at ND State Science and Engineering Fair; Mandy Saxerud, Jr. High Runner-Up Sweepstakes Award, Jr. High Gold Medal, US Metric
Association Award, and will present her research at the ND State Science and Engineering Fair.
(Above) Mandy Saxerud stands to the left of her exhibit
“Candle Sense”. She earned Jr. High Runner Up Sweepstakes Award and a Jr. High Gold Medal. She will present
her research at the ND State Science and Engineering Fair.
She also earned the US Metric Association Award.
(Right) Kaylee Dickerman stands to the right of her exhibit
called “Musical Sprints”. She earned a Jr. High Gold Medal at the SE Region Science and Engineering Fair and will present her work at the ND State Science and Engineering Fair. She also received
the American Pathological Association Award.
GRAND FORKS POLICE ACADEMY
More peace officers are needed in North Dakota
as law enforcement agencies expand.
Lake Region State College will offer this
North Dakota POST-approved academy
in partnership with Grand Forks Area Law
Enforcement Agencies May 16 - Aug. 17.
Call: 1-800-443-1313 ext. 1683
Or visit: www.lrsc.edu
Owen Petersen, 8, is in Mrs.
Public School: “The day I got my
bed!”
Samantha Schmitz, 8, is in Mrs.
Public School: “The Reading
Carnival at school. I dressed up
like ‘Judy Moody Goes To College’.”
Jayla Sherman, 8, is in Mrs.
Webb’s second grade at Lisbon
High School: “When I went to
my grandma Connie’s and we
went riding bikes.”
5th and 6th grade concert
study hall time wisely by getting
assignments done on time or even
early!
Pictured (l to r); Logan Fellows, Skyler Welton, Emma Eskildsen
and Wyatt Webb.
Local students win at SE Region
Science and Engineering Fair
Train
r for
or an honorable
o or
career
c r r...
Levi Olson, 8, is in Mrs.
Sjomeling’s third grade at Lisbon Public School: “My cousin’s
birthday just last week. It was a
great party!”
LISBON SCHOOL
BREAKFAST MENU
Mon., Mar. 28- NO SCHOOL
Tues., Mar. 29- French toast
sticks, yogurt or cheese stick, fruit
Wed., Mar. 30- Assorted cereal,
yogurt or cheese stick, fruit
Thurs., Mar. 31- Ultimate
breakfast round, yogurt or cheese
stick, fruit
Fri., Apr. 1- Hot breakfast
sandwich, fruit
LISBON SCHOOL
LUNCH MENU
Tues., Mar. 29- Mr. Rib sandwich,
french fries, baked beans, fruit
Wed., Mar. 30Chicken
quesadilla, black beans, all the
fixings, fruit
Thurs., Mar. 31- Chicken strips,
mashed potato, gravy, corn, bun
Fri., Apr. 1- Chicken strips, brown
rice, cooked carrots, bun, fruit
• All meals include choice of skim,
1% or fat free chocolate milk.
Fruit/vegetable bar available at
lunch. Menu is subject to change,
check http://www.lisbon.k12.nd.us
for latest updates. Peanut butter/
jelly sandwich available instead
of entrée for K through 8th grade.
Parents/visitors welcome for
meals, please call ahead of time.
FORT RANSOM
BREAKFAST MENU
Tues., Mar. 29- Cook’s Choice
Wed., Mar. 30- English muffins
Thurs., Mar. 31- Cook’s Choice
Fri., Apr. 1- Cook’s Choice
• Regular breakfasts are served
every day and include toast, peanut
butter, cheese slices, juice and
milk.
FORT RANSOM SCHOOL
LUNCH MENU
Mon., Mar. 28 - NO SCHOOL
Tues., Mar. 29- Cook’s choice
Wed., Mar. 30- BBQ Chicken
Thurs., Mar. 31- Cook’s Surprise
Fri., Apr. 1- Chicken quesadillas
• Meals served with salad bar, fruit,
vegetables and milk.
(Above) The Lisbon fifth and
sixth grade music students
performed tunes of the Top
40’s to the delight of grandparents in the overflow crowd,
who grew up with this classic
music. Director Stephanie Falk
directed the band and choir
students through an hour long
concert packed with fun music.
These students are dancing
the “Jitter Bug” to “Jailhouse
Rock!”
(Left) This “Cool dude” (Silas
Reinke) held the audience in
the palm of his hand during his
brief solo to the tune of “Have
You Seen Her.”
Lisbon High School TSA
students compete at state level
The Lisbon High School TSA
chapter participated at the North
Dakota State Technology Student Association competition
on March 21 and 22 in Mandan.
They were involved in competitions in Vinyl Design’ Technology Knowledge Bowl, Structural
Design and Engineering, Technology Problem Solving, and On
Demand Video.
Placing in the various competitions were: Jesse Steffes, 3rd in
Technology Bowl Written; Jesse
Steffes and McKenzie Metzen,
2nd in Technology Problem Solving; and Sarah Hansen, McKencie
Metzen and Sabrina Scoles for 1st
in On Demand Video.
Seniors recognized at the state
conference included Lisbon’s
Cassie Witte and Emily Hansen.
Witte has been a member for three
years serving the last two years
as the Chapter President and the
State Treasurer. Emily has been a
two-year member serving as vice
president this year and as a voting
delegate for state officer elections.
Connor Fitzgerald has been
elected to a state office and his
office will be determined at state
officer training in June.
Three of the Lisbon TSA students who competed at the North
Dakota State Technology Student Association competition held
in Mandan on March 22 and 23 are pictred: (l to r) McKenzie Metzen, Sarah Hansen, and Sabrina Scoles with their first place medals in the category of ‘On Demand Video.’
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Agriculturalist of the Year...continued
4-H Supporter, and Sheldon Board of Education board member until
it closed in 2007.
Utek is also a lifetime member of the Appaloosa Horse Club,
American Quarter Horse Association member, ND Appaloosa Horse
Club member, Red River Valley International Appaloosa Horse Club
member, Red River Valley Harness and Saddle Club member, Broken Spur Riding Club member as well as a past secretary, treasurer
and vice president and a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.
Earning several awards over the years, Utke has received the ND
Soil Conservation Achievement Program Award and a certificate for
planting 2,000 Centennial trees in North Dakota’s goal to plant 2
million trees in the year 2000. The Sheldak Ranch was awarded the
“Top Five Horse Farms in America” by Jan Hoadley, Horse Magazine in February of 2009 with the ranch named number three of the
five.
Since purchasing their first Appaloosa stallion in 1968, the Utkes
have sold weanlings to eager buyers seeking horses who can excel
in and out of the show ring, in halter, roping, cutting, dressage, trail,
reining, ranch, rodeo – the list goes on. Show records prove his
excellence with a growing list of champions into 2015.
2016 Ransom County Crop and Livestock Improvement Association scholarship winners are: (l to r) Allison Nord and Haley
Anderson.
E-mails fill the Utke in-box with stories of people who are ecstatic
about their working ranch horses, trail babysitters, and family pets.
The horses sell around the world in Australia, Belgium, Chili, Ecuador, Germany, Panama, South Africa, Sweden, Venezuela, and all
over Mexico.
Dave and Kim have two children. Shannon Utke is employed at
Ardent Mills, Fairmont. His children are Doug, Brandon, Victoria
and Kaitlyn. His daughter Lori Jo Steedsman, is a graphic designer
in the Office of Communications and Marking at Concordia College
in Moorhead. Her sons are Dustin and David.
“Kim has been such a part of this work,” said Utke. “I want to
share this honor with her. This is as much an award for Kim as for
me.”
During the business session, Brian Zimprich, secretary treasurer, RCCLIA gave the financial report with a beginning balance of
$14,936 and an ending balance of $13,171.
Three producer representatives were up for re-election to the
board; all three agreed to run again. The floor was opened for nomination with no other nominations offered. Kyle Huether, Jon Qual
and Thatcher Peterson were all elected for an additional term.
Recipients of the 2016 RCCLIA Scholarships were presented.
Allison Nord, senior at Enderlin Area Schools and Haley Anderson,
senior at Lisbon Public Schools were this year’s winners. Nord plans
to attend NDSU majoring in Animal Science and Ranch Management while Anderson will be attending Mayville State majoring in
Business.
The keynote speaker, Jeff Erhardt and his dog, “Naked” offered
insight into success using the acronym: N. A. K. E. D. Natural/Normal, Adapt, Knowledge, Expectation and Decide. He demonstrated
these elements in how he trains his cattle dogs. The best example
was in how he uses the most natural way to correct his dogs behavior.
“What do the bitches do when they correct their pups,” asked
Erhardt? “They growl. When you use the natural or normal approach
to any situation, you utilize what is natural and normal for the situation. When training a dog and you want to show displeasure with a
behavior, growling is the Natural and Normal response they are used
to. A growl, shows your displeasure in the behavior you wish to correct. Speak the language they understand.”
Erhardt went on to explain the rest of the N.A.K.E.D. acronym as
being able to Adapt, use your Knowledge, explain your Expectations
and Decide to implement them.
Englevale bank/bar building...continued
in or around 1881. Mrs. Davis, whose first
name was Jessie, was listed as having died
on Dec. 5, 1961 at age 79. That would have
made her year of birth in or around 1882.
That would have made Myron Davis around
23 years old at the time the bank building
sale from Myron Davis to Mark Davis took
place. Many settlers in the Englevale and
Lisbon area are said to have been in their
early 20s, making it possible that this was
the same Myron Davis who owned the bank
building at one time, but this is purely speculation.
In 1907, the bank building, which most
recently housed the Sportsman’s Bar, was
deeded from Mark Davis to Earl Davis. It
is not known whether Myron, Mark, and
Earl Davis were relatives. Later that same
year, the building was deeded to the First
State Bank of Englevale. Not much could be
found in the Englevale history book about
from June, 1915 features the old folk song
“Home, Sweet Home.”
his property. Davis gave the town his first
name, Marshall. Later it was learned that
there was another Post Office in Dakota Territory named Marshall. As a result, in 1892,
the name of the Ransom County town was
changed to Englevale, after Mathias Engle,
one of the town’s promoters.
It is not known whether Myron and Mark
Davis, the early owners of the bank building, were related to Marshall Davis.
There was also a man named Chester
Davis who arrived in the area now occupied by Lisbon before the Coltons, who
are sometimes credited with being the first
to settle in the Lisbon area. Records show
that on Sept. 15, 1876, a couple of years
before Colton’s arrival, Davis purchased
40 acres of land from the Northern Pacific
Railroad. This land was said to be located
on the west side of what is now Lisbon. On
June 26, 1877, Davis purchased another 120
acres, south of the original 40 acres he had
purchased, from the Northern Pacific Railroad. There is no record of whether Davis
ever lived on that land nor if he was related
to Myron or Mark Davis, the early owners of
the bank building.
There was also a man by the name of
R.M. Davis who was pictured in the Lisbon history book as a member of the Lisbon
Oddfellows Organization. The picture was
said to have been taken in 1888. It is not
known whether R.M. Davis was related to
any of the Davis men listed above.
According to information found on the
internet as well as in the Lisbon history book
published in 2005, a man named Myron T.
Davis was appointed acting postmaster
in Lisbon on Nov. 24, 1920. He was then
appointed as Lisbon Postmaster the next
year, on Dec. 22, 1921, and continued in that
capacity until Feb. 15, 1934. It is not known
whether this is the same Myron Davis who
owned the bank building in Englevale.
A City of Lisbon 1937-1976 funeral home
index, compiled and published by the Red
River Valley Genealogy Society (RRVGS)
and which is available on the internet, lists
a Mr. and Mrs. Myron T. Davis who died
in Lisbon. According to that information,
Myron T. Davis died on June 13, 1944 at age
63. That would have made his date of birth
from August, 1915 features the old folk
song “In the Gloaming.”
the First State Bank.
A list of businesses believed to have
existed in Englevale in 1910 was included in
the Englevale history book. The list included
the State Bank. Its cashier was listed as William Narum.
An article published in the Ransom
County Gazette in the early 1920s refers
to Englevale as a “hustling village.” It was
said to have a population of about 250 at
that time. The only mention in that article of
the bank is as follows: “Under the efficient
guidance of Cashier William Narum and
Assistant Cashier Seimar Narum, the First
State Bank of Englevale offers to the farmers and business people a substantial depositary and a place where loans can be obtained
by all worthy citizens.”
According to a short biography published in the Englevale history book, William Narum was born on May 16, 1876 in
Waukon, IA. He attended business college
at Decorah, IA. He married Helen Fossum
at Waukon on June 17, 1902. The newlyweds moved to Englevale, where William
operated the First State Bank. In 1919, the
Narums moved to Fargo, where Narum took
a job as district manager of closed banks. He
later resigned from that position and joined
what is referred to as “a local firm.” Helen
died in 1946 and, on August 10, 1951, William married Hilda Hedlund. Narum was the
father of four children: Leslie, M. Foss, William and Miriam. He died in 1958.
The Englevale history book also includes
a list of businesses said to be operating in
Englevale on Feb. 1, 1920. A bank (no specific name provided) was included on the
list, but the cashier and assistant cashier
were listed as Herman Koch and Vernon
Bjorklund, respectively.
In January of 1921, the building survived
a fire that burned down the large general
store belonging to J. T. Peterson, which
stood next door, along with five additional
business buildings.
In excerpts from a diary kept by Carl
Frey, Sr. (the late father of Carl Frey, Lisbon), and published in the Englevale history
book, a Nov. 1927 entry stated that the Frey
family had moved to Englevale in August of
1927. They lived, for the first few months,
in the depot in which Carl worked as depot
agent. One particular entry in his diary
states, “In November we bought a house in
Englevale from the busted bank for $1,700.”
From that entry, one might surmise that the
bank had failed.
A research paper entitled “Why Do Banks
Fail? Evidence from the 1920s,” completed
by members of the research department of
the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and
made available on the internet, backs that
theory. It reads, in part, “Researchers have
highlighted the fact that a high proportion of
failing banks during the 1920s were small,
rural banks and thus identified changes in
agricultural income as a leading cause of
bank failure.”
In 1930, the bank building was sold to R.
L. Baird. In July of that same year the building was deeded to P.Q. Peterson J. T. Peterson ran a general store in the building. The
building was later used as a post office and
confectionary store and eventually housed a
bar.
After the closing of the Sportsman’s
Bar, the building sat idle for a while and
was eventually torn down. The building’s
memory remains alive, at least in the home
of Steve and Judy Dick, through the framed
First State Bank of Englevale calendar pages
hanging in their front hallway.
from February, 1916 features the old folk
song, “My Old Kentucky Home.”
Seim-Forred...continued Arraignment
fields in a Ford Pickup and
enjoy everything nature has to
offer. Lyons likes to bowl, fish,
and play cards.
“Recently, Bud and a friend
have been serving as subs for
the ladies bridge club at the
senior center,” said Freeberg
in his introduction of Lyons.
“Congratulations
Warren
“Bud” Lyons, the recipient of
the 2016 Seim-Forred Award.”
Lyons was very appreciative
and surprised in accepting this
honor.
Arnie S. Seim served as District Conservationist in Lisbon
for 38 years. He devoted his life
to protecting and enhancing the
God given resources within the
county and shared this passion
with everyone he met. Arnie
retired in January of 1977 and
passed away in February of
1977 while overseas on vacation.
Walter A. Forred served as
pastor of the Federated Lutheran
Church in Lisbon and became a
friend of Arnie’s. Walter shared
Arnie’s love for conservation
and carried the message to
the national stage, according
to Freeberg. Reverend Forred
received awards from the Soil
Conservation Society in 1954,
the North Dakota association of
Soil Conservation in 1955 and
received the Nash Award from
American Motors Corporation
in 1956.
According to Freeberg, the
passion for God, soil and man
shared by these two individuals forms the foundation for the
Seim-Forred Award.
The family of Arnie Seim
set up a trust fund and named
the supervisors of the Ransom
County Soil Conservation district as the funds trustees. The
Seim-Forred Trust was set up
in honor of Arnie Seim and
Rev. Walter A. Forred. Arnie’s
daughter is Dea Iserman. She
and husband Bruce, raised their
sons, Scott and Brent, in Lisbon
before moving to Fargo.
The winner of the SeimForred Award must be a good
steward of the land as pointed
out in passage which was read
by Freeberg when he made the
presentation to Warren “Bud”
Lyons:
Thou shall inherit the holy
earth as a faithful steward,
conserving its resources and
productivity from generation to generation. Thou shalt
safeguard thy fields from soil
erosion, thy forests from desolation, and protect thy hills
from overgrazing by thy herds,
that descendants may have
abundance forever. If any shall
fail in this stewardship of thy
land, thy fruitful fields shall
become sterile, stony ground
and wasted gullies, and thy
descendants shall decrease and
live in poverty or perish from
off the face of the earth.
Past winners of the SeimForred Award are: 1977 ArdisTaylor, 1978 - George
Ick, 1979 - Snorri Thorfinnson,
1980 - Kenneth Brown, 1981
- Wesley Tanner, 1982 - Alex
Rotenberger, 1983 - Reuben
Moellenkamp, 1984 - Joe
Milton, 1985 - Irvin Kylstad,
1986 - Harley Junker, 1987
- no recipient, 1988 - Ervin
Schmitz, 1989 - B.F. McDaniel, 1990 - Russell Schaller and
Lois Carter, 1991 - Jim and Lou
Potter, 1992 - Earl Sulerud,
1993 - Dennis Krueger, 1994 Adolph Huether, 1995 - Harry
Hakanson, 1996 - Alan C. Fugl,
1997 - Curtis Olson, 1998 Russell Reinke, 1999 - Burnell
Trangsrud, 2000 - no recipient,
2001 - Leonard Freeberg, 2002
- Dale Baasch, 2003 - Chester
Larson, 2004 - Jim Dick, 2005
- Les Schroeder, 2006 - Charles
Rotenberger, 2007 - Ray Bartholomay, 2008 - Galeyn
Thompson, 2009 - Jerry Olson,
2010 - Kenneth Grothe, 2011
- Bob Bartholomay and Maria
Boeder Bartholomay, 2012
- Ronald Rotenberger, 2013 Darrell Evenson, 2014 - Shirley Hanson and 2015 - Marlene
Dahl.
...continued
according to what Mottinger
said he read in the coroner’s
final report.
Mottinger suggested that the
neglect of child charge could be
dismissed because “there was no
indication to show this child had
not been well-cared for.” He disagreed that there was probable
cause for the abuse charge saying there is a lot of circumstantial evidence but not much else.
The judge carefully reviewed
the charges and North Dakota
Century Code specifics to those
charges and made the ruling that
Whetzel was to be arraigned on
all three counts.
The judge than explained all
his rights to Byron Whetzel and
asked after each one if Whetzel
understood each right. Whetzel
said, “Yes, your honor,” to all.
He explained the consequences to each charge in prison
time. For the Murder charge
it is up to life in prison; Count
II-Abuse of a child carries up to
10 years in prison and Count I Neglect of a child carries up to
five years in prison. The judge
asked Whetzel if he understood
the prison time as presented.
Whetzel indicated to the judge
that he did.
The judge asked Whetzel
if he was ready to plead and
asked Mottinger if he thought
his client was ready to plead.
Mottinger replied that his client
wished to plead not guilty to all
three charges. The judge asked
Whetzel to confirm the plea and
he did.
The date for a jury trial will
be set at a later date conferring
with all parties involved.

03-28-16 - Ransom County Gazette

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