Leprechaun - Ransom County Gazette

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Monday, March 21, 2016
The Official Newspaper
for Ransom County
“Serving Ransom County Since 1881”
VOLUME 134 - ISSUE NUMBER 49 - USPS 455-540 SECTION A
Proposing three-phase project...
‘Lisbon Pool Preservers’ dream
of an updated pool facility
By Terri Kelly Barta
A grassroots group of parents has started a plan to make a dream they
have of an updated community swimming pool a reality.
Lisbon Pool Preservers (LPP) are serious about this endeavor. They
met with the Lisbon Park Board to get some direction for the proposed
pool improvement project. They also contacted Associated Pool Builders
in Bismarck.
Their goal is to continue providing quality family-oriented activities, as well as promote healthy, active lifestyles within this community,
according to the committee.
The committee members include: Kari Webb, Alison Kempel, Meredith Olson (who is a park board member), Jen Maus, Jesse Tooley (park
board member), Cherie Tooley, Kristi Wheeler (park board member) Sue
Nilsen (park board) Betsy Enger and Dawn Bentten, clerk.
The current pool filtration system is original to the pool, which was
built in 1985, and is in immediate need of replacement.
What they found out from the city park board is that first the pool
needs the worn out filtration system replaced to the financial tune of
nearly $125,000.
The LPP group has done their research. The group did an informal
survey during the 2015 Ransom County Fair, held a public meeting,
formed a committee and mapped out a plan.
This committee is doing all the footwork they can to get this pool
project going. They are checking out all grant sources, will contact the
bigger businesses in the area, and any donations from the community will
be helpful.
In addition to the filtration system replacement, it also needs stairs for
the pool entrance at a cost of $5,000, a bath house with Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) upgrades and an exterior door replacement for
$25,000. A climbing wall for the kids to enjoy will cost $50,000. These
items would be Phase I of the three - phase plan.
Phase II is a waterslide for a cost of $225,000 purchased and installed.
Phase III includes a zero entry wading pool for $100,000; wading
pool play features for a cost of $25,000 and a separate filtration system
for the wading pool at a cost of $38,000. Total cost of Phase III is projected to cost $163,000.
The total for all three phases combined is $592,500.
“The city park board has been trying to prepare for replacing the filtration system, but their savings have been outpaced by the cost of replacing the system,” said Alison Kempel, LPP member.
The pool (along with campgrounds, park, canteen, baseball field, and
mini golf) is managed by the park board which receives their funding
from the city.
In the course of researching the pool project, there was some discussion about building a big community rec center with additional floor
space and an indoor swimming pool. The cost of such a facility in larger
communities in the tri-state region that were building community recreation centers was $5-7 million.
Some people suggested building a whole new outdoor pool but even
that project would cost $2.5-$3 million.
“After looking at the options, these (the Phases I-III ) are what we
felt are the necessary steps to getting not only a functional pool (filtration
system replacement), but one that offers some additional fun and health
benefits, too, “ said Kempel.
The committee is going to work on funding for the priority item first,
the infiltration system.
“Phases II and III are definitely more long term,” said Kempel. “ I
imagine it will take at least 2-3 years to get funds secured for those portions of the project, and that would be with great community support and
extensive grant writing.”
Anyone interested in contributing to the Lisbon Pool Preservation
Project, can contact Alison Kempel or one of the other members of the
committee.
Cassidy Rasmusson wins title...
March 29th public meeting...
City wants input on flood
protection project
Leprechaun
The city of Lisbon wants public input on the future of tne city’s
flood protection project.
The Mayor Tim Meyer and the city council has set up a special
meeting for public input on Tuesday, March 29 at 7 p.m. in the LHS
commons. All are welcome to come to this meeting.
Tracy Eslinger, city engineer, Moore Engineering, and Tom
Klabunde, project engineer, Moore Engineering, West Fargo, will be
on hand to answer technical questions along with Mayor Tim Meyer
and city council members, Julie Cole, Jerry Gemar, Bob Smith, Lyle
Thomason, Walt Johnson and Lydell Mairs.
In addition to what is being planned for Levee E, there will be a
recap of the entire flood protection project up to the present time.
The city will also discuss the work that has already been completed for flood protection. Levee C is mostly completed except for
some things that can only be done in the spring. Levee C will be
completed this spring.
The city is in the process of requesting funds from the North
Dakota State Water Commission budget which was legislated for the
Sheyenne Valley Flood Protection Coalition (Lisbon, Valley City,
makes good
on challenge
Photo by Cheryl Kelly
The challenge was on after “Little
Miss Piggy” (aka Brenda Elijah)
visited the Gazette office in
celebration of National Pig Day
on March 1st. We were anxiously
waiting to see if she could top that
off! We Irish, that lurck about at
the Gazette, concurred that she
did top (tip) that on St. Patrick’s
Day. After this Leprechaun
dropped off her early morning
bus route children at the Lisbon
School, she tiptoed into the
Gazette office to make good on
the challenge. As the Irish would
say, “That’s a fine doorful of a
woman.” To everyone: “May the
lilt of Irish laughter lighten every
load. May the mist of Irish magic
shorten every road...
And may all your
friends remember
all the favours you
are owed!”
FLOOD PROTECTION...
CONTINUED ON PAGE 11
Host of other topics addressed...
Road business tops
Commissioners agenda
School board approves motion to
send out teacher contracts
With 48 athletes out for junior
high track, the board approved the
hiring of a fourth coach, Joe Kern at
$2,128.
Stacy Schimming sent a letter of
resignation as junior high girls basketball coach. She prefers to stick
with coaching high school as she
is a high school teacher. The board
approved her resignation.
Bus bids came including one
with seatbelts for all the kids. Johnson suggested waiting to hear about
a grant that has been applied for. The
board considered his recommendation and no action was taken.
“The bids are good for 45 days,”
said Johnson.
Another bid opening, this one
for capital projects, will be held on
March 23 at a special meeting of the
Lisbon School Board at 7 p.m. The
other topic will be any Reductions in
Force (RIFs) that come up.
The school board reviewed
Driver’s Education costs. The ten
Lisbon grad wins ND Winter Show Rodeo Queen crown
By Jeanne Sexton-Brown
Cassidy Rasmusson, 19, Lisbon is the daughter of Todd and Norma
Rasmusson. She is a 2015 graduate of Lisbon High School who had her
first horse when she was 10 years old and has been in love with horses
and rodeo ever since.
Rasmusson has held four other Rodeo Queen titles over the years.
First was Fort Ransom Arena Association Rodeo Queen, followed by
the Ransom County Fair Rodeo Queen, next was Hankinson Sandhills
Saddle Club Rodeo Queen, she was the inaugural winner of the Sargent
County Fair Rodeo Queen and now she has added the North Dakota Winter Show Rodeo Queen title to her list of Queenships.
The North Dakota Winter Show Rodeo Queen competition was much
more involved than the other competitions. Rasmusson was judged in Personal Interview; Horsemanship; Speeches and Modeling; Nine onstage
questions; Fashion Forward Outfit; and she had to draw one of the Winter
Show sponsors and give a 30 second commercial on that sponsor.
During one of Rasmusson’s speech competitions she had to speak in
front of 150 people. For the part of the competition which required her to
do a commercial for one of the Winter Show sponsors, Rasmusson says
she practiced from a list of sponsors she was given.
“I was very happy that I happened to draw Miller Motors for the sponsor I was to do a commercial on,” said Rasmusson. “I know a little bit
about them and was able to do a fairly good job and tied them in with the
Winter Show. I felt comfortable with it.”
They also judged the contestants on the way they carried themselves
during the Flag Rounds at the Winter Show, a time when they ride their
horses into the arena while carrying a flag. This can be tricky because the
horse can get spooked by the flapping of the flag.
Prizes include hand made chaps of her own design, a traveling trailer
for hauling her horse, a belt buckle with her name on it, her crown and
sashes. The ND Winter Show will also pay for much of her traveling
expense as she travels around North Dakota to various PRCA Rodeos
representing the Winter Show.
Rasmusson will be competing in the 62nd Annual Miss Rodeo North
Dakota Competition during the Y’s Men’s Rodeo, which is held in conjunction with the Badlands Circuit Finals Rodeo, usually in October in
Minot.
“My first appearance as Miss North Dakota Winter Show Rodeo
Queen will be in April at Fargo,” said Rasmusson. “I will also be appearing at the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame event in Medora.”
Rasmusson has been told that she will be appearing at more PRCA
rodeos than she has with the other Queenships she has held.
“There is a big PRCA rodeo in Mandan over the 4th of July,” said
Rasmusson. “I’ve been told that I should go to that one rather than Fort
Ransom, but I do have the choice to go to Fort Ransom. Their rodeo is a
Cassidy Rasmusson, ND Winter Show Rodeo Queen is pictured
following her coronation in Valley City on Saturday, March 12th.
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We are read by the nicest people: JEROME & RAMONA KELSH • FULLERTON, ND
Local
The Lisbon School Board
approved the issuing of teacher contracts for the 2016-2017 year at their
March 8 meeting. The principal contracts will be issued also with terms
to be decided at a later date.
The meeting started out with
“Point Out Positive” or POP
Moments. Superintendent Dr. Steven Johnson commended board
member Liz Anderson for speaking
with teachers about communication.
Mr. Michael, principal, LMS, said he
is pleased with the enrichment plan
for after school in the middle school,
which gives students the opportunity
to explore subjects of interest, like
art and computers, etc.
“It is going well,” said Michael.
High School Principal Pat Adair
mentioned that Austin Pithey was
named a Gold Member on the Academic All State Team and Brock
Aberle received an Honorable Mention. Both are seniors at LHS.
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CASSIDY RASMUSSON...
days of classroom instruction costs
$3,054.30. Drive time is at $23/hour
and cost to the students is $125 per
student. Mr. Kim Mark is willing to
teach the driver’s ed program. The
board unanimously approved the hiring of Mark and approved the costs
as presented.
The Academic Calendar for
2016-17 school year has been
reviewed but is waiting for a decision on one or two days for teacher
conferences. This was tabled until
next meeting.
In addition to the special board
meeting on Wednesday, March 23
at 7 p.m. for bus bids and RIFs, the
board will meet for their regular
Tuesday, April 12 meeting at 7:30
p.m. in the high school conference
room.
By Janet Hansen
Road business once again
topped the agenda at the Ransom
County Board of Commissioners
regularly scheduled meeting on
Tuesday, March 15.
Ransom County Highway
Department Supervisor Jerry Lamb
and Emergency Manager/Road
Secretary Tricia Kriel reported that
spring road weight restrictions had
been on in Ransom County since
Friday, March 4.
Jacob Loegering, engineer,
KLJ, distributed copies of hydrology models of Ransom County
Road 136th Ave. SE, better known
locally as the Sunflower Road. The
models had been put together during a KLJ hydrology study. The
first model was of the existing
road. The second model showed
the road with a 2.5 inch overlay
with no culverts added. It showed
that, during a 100-year flood, there
would be 5/8 inch more water
running over the road than there
would be if the road would be left
at the elevation it is now. This,
Loegering explained, would not
be an option, since there will be no
elevation raise allowed. The third
model showed a 2.5 inch overlay
with four 6 by 12 foot box culverts
installed. This would, according to
the hydrology study, drop the water
level over the road slightly during
a 100-year flood scenario. However, this option had already been
ruled out by the board of commissioners, since the installation of the
large culverts would make the road
project far more expensive than
they could afford.
The board had earlier discussed
a complete road reconstruction
project. However, Loegering had
indicated that he did not believe
this would be necessary. He stated
that, except for the areas at the
COMMISSIONERS...
Lisbon High School has two sets of
twins, set to graduate in 2016
Photo by Jeanne Sexton-Brown
The Gemar and Hansen twins have gone through a lot together and feel like family. They will graduate with the class of 2016 and ‘head east’ for college. Pictured back row: (l to r) Jerod Gemar, Ryan
Hansen and Ben Gemar. Front: Emilee Hansen.
Lisbon High School class of 2016 has two sets
of twins getting ready to graduate. They have known
each other since just before first grade when and
impromptu water pistol fight turned into a great
friendship for all involved.
Emilee Hansen is the oldest of the four, having
been born 15 minutes before her brother, Ryan on
June 10, 1997. Jerod Gemar was born one minute
before his brother, Ben, on February 12, 1998.
Both sets of twins are fraternal rather than identical. They all say they never had the “twin speak” or
own language that is common in some sets of twins.
“It might have been different if they were the same
sex,” says grandma Lee Bergemann, the Hansen’s
maternal grandmother.
However, for Jerod and Ben, they did not have
their own form of communication either, at least not
that they remember.
Back to the introductory water fight. The Gemar’s
lived near Grandma Bergemann’s house in Lisbon.
Jerod and Ben were riding their bikes past the Bergemann’s house when Ryan shot Jerod with a water pistol. Ben headed home to get their water pistols and
told Jerod to hang on until he got back.
Emilee also joined in the fun as did younger sister Sarah. Jerod and Ben have an older sister, but she
didn’t get in on the water fight. From that time on,
they were very close friends.
“It is like Jerod and Ben are my other brothers,”
said Emilee. “We spend a lot of time together. But
Jerod and I are more alike than Ryan and I are. Ryan
and Ben are more alike.”
Ryan and Ben will be rooming together at Wahpeton State College of Science in the fall. Ryan will be
LHS TWINS...
Ransom County Gazette • March 21, 2016 • Page 2
Just A Note
Keeping Kelly
by Jan Hansen
by Terri Kelly Barta
Making it safely through the
‘Ides of March’
Grassroots movement to
improve the Lisbon Swimming
Pool is awesome!
The young people in this community have stepped up again to
raise funds for this community,
we all live in. It reminds me of
some of their mothers and fathers
who were in Jaycees many moons
ago and how they would take on
neat projects for the community,
too.
The Lisbon Pool Preservation
committee started with parents
wishing the Lisbon pool could be
as nice as some other area pools
where they take their kids.
This group decided to quit
talking about it and do something
about it. In the words of Mahatma
Ghandi “Be the change you want
to see in the world.”
I am impressed. This is
exactly how community leaders
are deloped and make no mistake
this group is made up of community leaders. Community leaders
are people who see a need and
figure out how to achieve meeting that need, leading others as
they go.
The Lisbon pool has been
if e i s
LGood
around since 1985 and needs a
new filtration system to keep
operating. After serving the community every day in the summer
months, for 31 years, the pool
needs some new parts.
This group of young parents
noted the need and followed the
talk with the walk. Awesome!
The committee has come to
a consensus after much research
that it may be feasible to raise
funds for a renovation to the tune
of $592,500 rather than $2-3 million for a new pool or $7-8 million for an indoor pool facility.
Way to go committee! Reason
has prevailed!
This committee is doing all the
footwork they can to get this pool
project going. They are checking
out all grant sources, will contact
the bigger businesses in the area,
and donations from the community would be helpful, too.
I say, we get behind them
and get this project done for this
community and others to enjoy. I
applaud their leadership!
by Jeanne Sexton-Brown
Sunshine to snowflakes
Is it just me or is the North
Dakota weather being a bit more
schizophrenic this March than
usual? I am always cold, until earlier this week when I was running
around in shirtsleeves due to the
beautiful sunny weather. Shoot,
my boss even broke out his trike
for a cruise in the sunshine. This
morning I woke up to snowflakes
and flurries. Tioga even had a two
hour delay in busses and school.
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy a
good blizzard as much as the next
guy, but there is something evil
about getting your hopes up for
an early spring and then, wham,
snow. We did not have this issue
back in southern Indiana. Of
course we did have spring tornadoes that ripped through communities leaving devastation. So,
maybe a bit of snow isn’t so bad
in the light of eternity.
See, the problem is, I had three
cowboys in my office for an interview this week. We got to talking
about Ranch Rodeos and how fun
they are to watch and how much
fun they have competing.
I miss rodeo season.
Some folks dream of baseball
season, some long for football
season. But for me, it is rodeos.
That in itself is amazing
because of my interview for this
job. I had asked if I would “have
to” cover rodeos. I had seen how
the reporter I was to replace had to
jump away from the fence while
covering an event when the bull
charged the fence in front of her.
From “do I have to” to “Oh
please, can I cover that rodeo?”
Cowpeople are just fun folk.
It’s the cowboy way. They help
each other and have friendly competitions in rodeo events. They
can laugh at themselves and take
good natured ribbing, and jump
in to protect each other when
needed.
I love their stories. One of
the cowboys I was interviewing
told about an event that he was
in called “ride the rawhide.” In
this event a tarp, aka “rawhide”
was pulled behind two cowboys
on horseback, pulling in tandem.
The other cowboy was supposed
to jump on to the moving tarp and
hang on for a full out run around
the arena. This particular cowboy
spent about six seconds on the
tarp and the rest of the ride he was
cruising in the dirt.
“I had to go out back and take
my pants off and shake out the
dirt! My pants were full of dirt
from the arena, it was great!”
Who, but a cowboy could
enjoy being drug around an arena
full of “stuff” with dirt flying and
call it great?
I think Cowboys know what I
have learned...Life is good!
A Look Back in Time
50 Years Ago
March 24, 1966
Snow buried cattle free and alive
after two weeks
Harry Peterson, Fort Ransom
township farmer, has three more
stock cows in his herd than he
thought. After his pole barn collapsed under a huge snow drift
March 4, Peterson and volunteers
from Fort ransom village freed a
bull and five cows. Further snow
shoveling revealed only dead animals. It was assumed there was a
dozen of that kind in the mixture
of snow and splintered timbers.
To uncover the dead animals, it
took eight to ten feet of straight
down digging through the snow.
After warmer weather the pile
of snow and timber went down a
couple of feet. Peterson did some
more digging around and uncovered three cows standing in what
was described as a “bubble” that
allowed the cows to stand with
a two foot clearance above their
heads. The cows were weak and
hungry but alive.
40 Years Ago
March 25, 1976
Lisbon library needs levy
Lisbon Public Library will be
asking Lisbon voters for a two
mill levy increase on April 6. The
additional two mills, if passed
would raise the levy to six mills.
Two months ago, the library board
approached the Lisbon City Council for funds when the library was
broke. This money was needed for
operating expenses. The council
gave the library $1,000.
25 Years Ago
March 25, 1991
Veterans Home will have ‘Harvey Room’
The North Dakota Veterans
Home will soon have a new nursing
home addition. In the special care
unit of the home will be a room
designated the “Harvey Room.”
A delegation of about 18 people
from the Harvey Vet’s Club Inc.
attended a short ceremony and tour
at the North Dakota Veterans Home
on Sunday, March 17. The Harvey
Vet’s Club Inc. is an organization
that combines the VFW and the
American Legion Clubs. The delegation presented Frank Gatham,
Commandant of the Veterans Home
with a check for $3,500 to furnish
and equip one room in the special
care unit.
10 Years Ago
March 27, 2006
Colton Plaza to open in May
Colton Plaza, the new building
being constructed on the corner of
Main Street and 5th Ave. is projected to be completed on Monday,
May 1. It is named after its building
site, Colton’s 1st Addition, which is
named after the founder of Lisbon.
Although we’ve been enjoying
mild temperatures and frequent
sunny days so far this March, we
also know that March weather can
be changeable. Although it’s possible that the rest of the month may
stay balmy, it’s just as possible that
we could still get some less than
desirable weather.
One prime example of changeable March weather occurred 75
years ago last Tuesday, March 15.
On that date one of the most severe
blizzards in North Dakota history
hit, very unexpectedly.
According to stories I’ve read
of that event, the storm arrived
with little or no warning. It had
been a mild, spring-like day and
people were taking advantage of
those conditions by getting out to
visit relatives, attend various community events, or to do some shopping.
It was probably a relief for
many to go out for a day of pleasurable activities after a long winter
cooped up at home. Even a short
trip would have been a welcome
respite from the ominous news
of World War II, which was raging in Europe. President Franklin
Delano Roosevelt was scheduled
to address the nation that evening,
in one of his Fireside Chats, about
providing financial help for the
Allied forces.
Suddenly, in the afternoon,
an Alberta Clipper swept into the
region with temperatures dropping
around 20 degrees in less than 15
minutes. Fifty mile-per-hour sustained winds, with gusts up to 85
miles- per-hour being recorded in
Grand Forks, accompanied with
heavy snow, caused the visibility
Lloyd Omdahl
Former Lt. Governor of ND • Former UND Political Science professor
No presidential primary in North Dakota this year
North Dakota will not be having a presidential primary this year. Consequently, we will not be able to tip the scales in the battle for the Republican nomination.
Primaries were created to kill brokered nominating conventions and
the political machines that controlled politics in the late 1800s and into
the 1900s. It was “power to the people” and “people count” long before
they became chants in today’s rhetoric.
The basic assumption of primaries was that the voters were wise
enough to choose their party’s candidates. It is still regarded as a theory
because it continues unproven and may well be destroyed in 2016.
North Dakota tested that assumption six times. We had presidential
primaries in six presidential years – 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924, 1928 and
1932 - and never demonstrated “power to the people” during this trial
period.
In 1912, Bob LaFollette won the North Dakota primary but W. H.
Taft got the nomination; in 1916, LaFollette won the primary but Charley
Hughes got the nomination; in 1920, Hiram Johnson won the primary but
Warren Harding got the nomination.
In 1924, Calvin Coolidge won the primary and did get the nomination; in 1928, Frank Lowden was the only Republican candidate to show
up in North Dakota and Herbert Hoover got the nomination; in 1932,
Joseph France won the primary and Hoover was renominated.
In six Republican primaries, North Dakota voted for the winning candidate only once. With this sad record, we abandoned the primary business for several reasons.
First, the lack of impact on presidential nominations was embarrassing. Of course, there were fewer primaries nationally in those days so
most nominations were still being negotiated in smoke-filled rooms.
Second, the Great Depression was in full swing in the early ‘30s. State
policymakers slashed budgets left and right to bring the cost of govern-
ment down to disposable income. The anemic presidential primary was
an expendable fringe program for state and local governments.
In the 1932 elections, people voted to cut the salaries and travel allowances of county, state elected and judicial officials. One ballot measure
reduced the assessed valuation of property from 75 percent to 50 percent.
(It wasn’t on the ballot but the Red River voluntarily dried up in Fargo.)
Without state-sponsored primaries, parties were left to their own
resources to get grass roots preferences for presidential candidates.
At the present time, North Dakota Republicans are using a committee
to nominate a slate of delegates to be ratified by the state convention. The
Democrats use a system of proportional allocation that requires a remedial course in math to understand.
To guide his choice of a candidate, Congressman Kevin Cramer conducted an online straw survey. Responding to the survey, 4,740 participants gave Donald Trump 1,785, or 38 percent. Senator Ted Cruz ran
second with 1,220, or 26 percent.
In the 2012 presidential election, the Republican candidate got
188,000 votes. After making adjustments for independents and straying
Democrats, the figure suggests that a minimum of 100,000 voters are
regular Republicans.
To keep Cramer’s survey in perspective, Trump’s 1,785 votes could
hardly be called a mandate when measured against the real Republican
electorate of 100,000 or more.
With such a small number of survey participants, it would take just a
little manipulating or ballot box stuffing to taint the tally. Even “online”
would bias results. So the survey provides no worthwhile guidance for
supporting any of the presidential candidates.
Now back at square one, we could propose bringing the presidential
primary back but it would not be timely. We are now in the same budgetslashing mode that eliminated the primary 88 years ago.
to drop to zero.
Because of the suddenness of
the storm’s arrival, many people
were caught in their vehicles, without winter storm kits or extra heavy
clothes or blankets. Attempts to
rescue those stranded in their cars
came too late, in some cases. A
total of 39 people lost their lives in
the storm in North Dakota alone,
with another 32 perishing in Minnesota. Many storm casualties
were also recorded in the Canadian
province of Manitoba.
March 15 is commonly referred
to as the “Ides of March.” This term
came from the Shakespearian play
“Julius Caesar,” in which a soothsayer warned Caesar, “Beware the
Ides of March.” Caesar simply
shrugged off the warning by replying, “He is a dreamer, let us leave
him.” However, later in the play
Caesar was assassinated on March
15, in the year 44 B.C. This actually happened in reality, on that
same date, in the year 44 B.C.
The Blizzard of 1941 is another
event which has added to the eerie
history of the date March 15.
There are other events which have
occurred throughout history on
that particular date, which add to
the sinister connotation of that day.
As an example, it was on that date
in 1744 that French King Louis XV
declared war on Britain. March 15,
1972 has gone down in history as
one of the days of heaviest attack
during the Vietnam War.
However, the date also marks
some more positive events. For
instance, on March 15, 1907, Finland became the first European
country to give women the right
to vote. On March 15, 1919, the
first American Legion meeting
was held in Paris. On March 15,
1956 the musical “My Fair Lady”
opened on Broadway.
NOTE...continued pg 3
ND Lottery Results
~ Powerball ~
Wednesday, Mar. 16
Powerball
10-12-13-46-50 21
Saturday, Mar. 12
Powerball
11-28-50-57-62
~Hot Lotto~
23
Wednesday, Mar. 16
19-32-38-40-45 Hotball 16
Saturday, Mar. 12
10-21-27-35-43 Hotball 6
Results ~ 2 by 2 ~
Wednesday, Mar. 16
Red Balls: 16-19 White Balls: 3-7
Tuesday, Mar. 15
Monday, Mar. 14
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.
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
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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
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 218-439-3309.
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.
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Bride Dresses For Less Dennis Gaxiola, America’s
holds bridal trunk show funniest clean comedian
at Lisbon Opera House
coming to Lisbon
Julie Buro Ness, currently of
Edgeley, formerly of Lisbon, has
a new business, Bride Dresses For
Less. She held her fist trunk show
on Saturday and Sunday March
12th and 13th at the Lisbon Opera
House. A trunk show is and event
where a vendor presents merchandise directly to customers at
a retail location or another venue
such as a hotel room or the like,
rather than having the overhead of
a shop or store.
“I love people and have an
entrepreneurial spirit,” said Ness.
“I found an ad in the paper about
a wedding store going out of business. I purchased the inventory and
started my own business.”
This was the first show that
Ness has held. She was very
pleased with the reception she
received from the public.
“I learned a few things,” said
Ness. “For instance, Saturday was
wonderful. Sunday not so much. I
now know that I won’t do shows
on Sunday. Also I hope to add
Mother-of-the-Bride dresses as
well as prom dresses to my inventory soon.”
Ness had help from her sister,
Judy Erickson, Minneapolis who
would love to go into business
with Ness if the details can be
worked out. Also assisting were
Arlyne Buro, her sister-in law;
Janel Smith, another sister, and
Michelle Erpelding. Her niece,
Marisa Smith, Havana helped by
modeling some of the dresses.
Ness has a daughter, Jasmine
(Kappenman) Smith, 28 and a set
of three year old twins, Aspen and
Emmitt. Her son, Brasen died in
a four wheeler accident 10 years
ago, at the age of 13.
Ness would love to move back
to Lisbon. But for now, she is content with her day job in Edgeley
and making dreams come true for
brides to be with Bride Dresses For
Less.
She hopes to have three or four
trunk shows per year. If interested,
she can be found at Brides Dresses
For Less on facebook.
4-H Carnival and Bunny Hop draws
large crowd
The annual 4-H Carnival was held on Friday,
March 11 at the Ransom County Expo Center. The
evening started with the judging of the Showcase
projects for 4-H members at 4 p.m. approximately
37 4-H members took part in this event that prepare
them for State Fair competition.
Project participants are interviewed by judges
and asked questions about their various project
displays. This helps the members learn poise and
confidence in explaining how and why they entered
their projects.
The Carnival games opened up at 6 p.m. one
of the every busy events was the cake walk, which
always draws a large crowd.
During the evening food was being served up by
volunteers to the delight of those in attendance and
door prizes were drawn through out the evening
starting at 6:30 p.m.
(Right) Dennis Gaxiola, America’s funniest clean comedian
is coming to Lisbon. Sunday,
March 20th, Gaxiola will appear
at the Lisbon Opera House at
2 p.m. He will also appear at
Faith Assembly of God Church
in their morning worship service and at the North Dakota
Veterans Home at 1:30 p.m. “I
laughed ‘til I cried,” said Pastor Ed Williamson after hearing
Gaxiola in Bismarck. Gaxiola
honed his skills on 25 television shows and in comedy
clubs around the country and
overseas.
Programs available for
In-Home services in County
Ransom County Home and
Community Based Services offer
in-home services such as bathing,
skin care/hair care, respite care,
meal preparation, laundry, housekeeping and shopping. These services allow elderly and disabled
persons to remain in their own
homes in the least restrictive living
environment.
Other programs that are offered
are Family Home Care/Family
Personal Care, which are programs
that allow loved ones to take care
of their family members who need
assistance and want to live at home
as long as possible. If qualified,
caregivers can be compensated for
their time/services completed.
Lifeline systems are also
offered for those looking or wanting to be able to live at home as
long as possible, but desire the
comfort of knowing someone is
available should something hap-
Approximately 42 children took part in the
Annual Bunny Hop sponsored by the Ransom
County Child Care Association. The little hoppers
take pledges for their jumping skills.
“This year we raised $1506.50,” said Marilyn
Drewlow, long time organizer of the event. “One
of my little ones raised the most money. Miguel
Madrid raised $137. He was so excited.”
The Ransom County Child Care Association
will donate the proceeds to the Abuse Resource
Network.
The evening ended with a dance by A-2-Z DJ,
Enderlin.
Another successful 4-H Carnival is in the books.
Many children and families look forward to this
event every year and it is always well attended,
showing what a great effort is put into it by the
4-H clubs and their families as well as the Ransom
County Extension Services.
Photos by Jeanne
Sexton-Brown
Happy Child Care children from the Ransom
County Child Care Association are shown doing
the Bunny Hop during
the 4-H Carnival on Friday, March 11th at the
Ransom County Expo
Building. These little
jumpers raised $1,506.50
with proceeds going to
Abuse Resource Center.
pen and help is needed.
All programs/services are
dependent upon findings from
assessments completed by a Case
Manager. Cost is also dependent
upon these findings. For questions
regarding any of these services,
please call Elizabeth Harding at
Ransom County Social Services
(701) 683-6114.
Ransom County Social Services makes available all services
and assistance without regard to
race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, political beliefs or
affiliations, disability or status
with respect to marriage or public
assistance in accordance with Title
VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, the Americans
with Disabilities Act of 1990, and
the North Dakota Human Rights
Act of 1983.
Boy Scouts will be scouting
for food Saturday, April 2
Boy Scout Troop #523 in Lisbon will be participating in the
annual Scouting for Food. This
event will begin at 9:30 a.m. on
Saturday, April 2.
Residents may leave donaated
food by the door to be picked up
or the Scouts will knock or ring
the doorbell, if needed. They will
not be hanging bags on the doors
ahead of time this year. Please put
the food in a bag or box if that is
convenient.
The Boy Scouts will collect
food donations until about Noon.
The food collected will go to
the Ransom County Food Pantry
in Lisbon.
JUST A NOTE...Cont. from pg 2
2016 RC Fair is work in progress...
Fair Board sets times for
hypnotist, adds vendor
The Ransom County Fair Board
met on Monday, March 14 to nail
down some more details for the
2016 Ransom County Fair.
The annual county fair held at
the fairgrounds in Lisbon has been
set for Thursday, Aug. 25 through
Sunday, Aug. 28 this year.
The board has already contracted for activities such as the
Ranch Rodeo, Bull and Broncs,
Demo Derby, and stock car races
for the four evenings. Free corn
feed, Imaginik- magician, Dream
Weaver - hypnotist, various musical
groups will all provide entertainment at the fair.
On March 14, the board set the
hours for the Dream Weaver hypnotist at Friday night beginning at
6:30 p.m., and two shows on Saturday, one at 2 p.m. and another at 6
p.m. He will work inside the West
Wing.
Discussion was held on purchasing some new fire extinguishers for
the buildings at the fairgrounds.
Tom Nord said he had talked to
someone from Oakes. The board
decided to table the discussion until
after a fire extinguisher salesman
makes a presentation and provides
a quote at the April meeting.
The following board members
were in attendance at the March 14
meeting: Nord, Stacey Spadgenske,
Brian Zimprich, Joe Laudert, Mark
Aabrekke, Kenny Coleman, Shelly
Altman, Dan Bear and Expo Manager Paulette Laudert.
Another order of business was
to review two vendor applications. Keeping with their rule to
have some different foods that the
other vendors don’t have, the board
approved the application from BZ
who is bringing a variety of foods
including deep fat fried bacon.
The other five vendors already
approved are Audrey’s Kitchen,
Lil’ Orbits by Pat, Lisbon Band and
Choir, No Worries Catering, and
Rosi’s Delites. The fair board limits
the food vendors to six.
The board considered a letter
from the North Dakota Fair Convention asking for sponsorship. The
Ransom County Fair Board had a
$250 level of sponsorship a couple
of years ago. After reviewing the
treasurer’s report earlier a short discussion followed. The board members in attendance voted to support
the state fair at the $250 level again.
The April Fair Board meeting
will switch to the 8 p.m. time on
Monday, April 11.
On March 15, 1971, chatrooms
made their debut on the internet
and, on March 15, 1985, the first
internet domain name, symbolics.
com, was registered. Since I’m
not much of a “techie,” and am
old fashioned enough to think that
the world might have been a better, less complicated place without
some of our new technology, I am
personally not sure I would categorize those last March 15 events
as being good or bad. However,
I’m sure that many of our readers
would consider them to be good
things.
On a more personal note,
March 15 marks the date my husband’s late sister, Maxine, was
born. She was a fun-loving person
and always kept us entertained
with her unique humor. She passed
away a few years ago of a sudden heart attack and we miss her
greatly.
March 15 was also my parents’ anniversary date. I remember them telling that the spring of
1946, when they were planning
their wedding, was extremely wet,
following a snowy winter. On the
day they were to be married, my
dad had to travel to the Cayuga
area over muddy roads to pick up
Mom, who was teaching school
in that area. They got stuck on a
muddy road full of potholes on
the way back to Forman, where
the wedding was to take place. My
parents are now both deceased, but
memories of the stories they told
about their March 15 wedding day
still remain.
We have been blessed with a
very mild winter this year and, so
far, we have had a beautiful March.
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along with wife, Amanda, and
children, Isla and Elin.
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But, North Dakotans know that
weather, especially in March can
be changeable. March definitely
came in as a lamb, but, as the saying goes, it is possible that it could
go out as a lion. As I write this column, on St. Patrick’s Day, March
17, it is snowing. However, the
snow is light. I hope it stays that
way.
At least we made it through
the Ides of March without a hitch!
Here’s wishing you a great Easter
week!
Patrick Olson was named firefighter of the year in Gillette, Wyoming, on Saturday, February 20,
2016, at the Campbell County Fire
Banquet. Patrick was nominated
by his captain. The nominees were
approved by the fire chief. Patrick
was chosen amongst 40 career
firefighters and 140 volunteer firefighters.
Patrick currently resides in
Gillete, Wyoming, with his wife,
Amanda, and their daughters, Isla
and Elin. He is the son of Jerry and
Patty Olson, Milnor, N.D.
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Photo by Jeanne Sexton-Brown
Julie Buro Ness, left helps Marisa Smith, right try on one of the
many dresses she had available at her premier trunk show at the
Lisbon Opera House.
Olson named firefighter of the year
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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.
Joseph R. ‘Joey’
Haecherl
Funeral services for Joseph R.
“Joey” Haecherl, 60, Lisbon, were
held March 14, 2016 at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Lisbon
with Father Jerald Finnestad officiating. Joey died Mar. 9, 2016 at
his home.
Joseph R. “Joey” Haecherl was
born Mar. 6, 1956 to Joseph A. and
Mary (Carter) Haecherl in Lisbon.
He graduated from Lisbon High
School.
Joey married Linda Osman
on Dec. 16, 1978 in Lisbon. Joey
had worked for Bobcat for several
years and PGA Elevator. Joey was
many people’s favorite handyman.
He is survived by his wife,
Linda, two sons, Jared (Alison)
Haecherl, West Fargo, Kelby
(Ally) Haecherl, Fargo, a daugh-
ter, Kendra (Jarod) Wunderlich,
Davenport, ND six grandchildren,
three brothers, Mike (Sherry)
Haecherl, Elk City, OK, Fred
(Stacey) Haecherl, Lisbon, Jerry
(Lisa), Lisbon, and a sister, Mary
Jo (Todd) Ose, Lisbon.
He is preceded in death by a
daughter, Autumn, a brother, Frank
and a sister, Corrine and his father,
Joe.
Pallbearers
were
Jerry
Haecherl, Randy Punton, Luc Butzon, Jarod Wunderlich, Todd Ose
and Dennis Wallner.
Music was provided by organist Sheila Musland and Cantor
Bethany Peterson.
Armstrong Funeral Home,
Lisbon, was in charge of arrangements.
Valley News
by Irene Hoenhause
There at the busy place Gordy’s in Lisbon was Father Finnestad. A
visit was on with the friendly Soul and we wonder how the apple situation turned out of last year as we had a talk on it. He stated, “you play for
plenty ministers.” This rover stated she had not played for him for a spell
but he is talented to play for himself and sing.
There is this Bruce Larson, fixer of all kinds of human frailities and is
still a friendly soul even when in the Doctors line where stress could boil
out. A chat took place at Gordy’s and he is still much at his job.
You run into a lot of friendly people just stalking around places you
seldom visit. Here was Adam Morrow and Teale Holt from Sheldon
enjoying the sunshine in the yard at Wulf apartments. Inside was Lois
Bonau with company. They were Chad Putnam and Jesse with daughter
Kendall. It is super to have company come and Lois is fun to visit with.
Thank you Sue Gibson for playing at Beverly Anne Friday and for
Pastor Ed to give them a super message. Thanks for the residents who
come and sing up a storm. Then there came Wednesday at Parkside and
Hospital Swingbed. A great crowd appeared and singing began plus Irish
songs for St. Patrick’s Day. Pastor Norm slipped in for his heart warming
sermon and it is thanks to all for coming.
Bob Elijah at the end of a long hall at the Veteran Home waved a
salute instead of singing “She’ll be Comin around the Mt.” He was busy
at work and always has a smile that softens up the world. Thanks Bob.
More shawls and more shawls for needy. That is what Ruth Carlblom
is still busy at. The church furnishes the yarn or if there is someone that
has some lying around, remember her as she zips up a shawl. She has
done over 200.
Continued on Page 10
Funeral services for Kaye
Ann Louden, 69, Lisbon, were
held Mar. 17, 2016 at St. Aloysius
Catholic Church in Lisbon. Kaye
Louden died Mar. 13, 2016 at
Vibra Hospital in Fargo.
Kaye Ann Louden was born
Mar. 14, 1946 to Wayne and
Mildred (Grange) Kienenberger
in Phoenix, AZ. Kaye graduated
from Lisbon High School.
Kaye married Kenneth Louden
on Aug. 8, 1964 in Lisbon. They
lived in Larimore, Hannaford and
Butte before returning to Lisbon
where they farmed. Kenneth died
Oct. 9, 1979. Kaye continued to
farm after Kenny’s death. She also
worked at the ND Veteran’s Home
for several years.
Kaye loved fishing, country
life, gardening, cooking, reading,
horses and bragging about her
grandchildren. She will be greatly
missed by all who knew her. We
take comfort in knowing she
doesn’t have to worry anymore.
She is survived by a son, Kurtis (Gina) Louden, Enderlin, two
daughters, Julie (Tad) Sonneman,
Bemidji, Kellie (Paul) Cleary,
Andover, MN, her father, Wayne
Kienenberger, Lisbon, and seven
grandchildren; Tristan McMahon, Victoria Louden, Chloe
Sonneman, Alivia Louden, Kylie
Sonneman, Lauren Cleary and
Emily Cleary.
She is preceded in death by her
mother, Mildred, husband, Kenneth and a sister, Isla Mae.
Pallbearers
were
James
Jankowski, Lance Bueling, Gerry
Berg, Marco Kellogg, Joe Cortez,
Ronald Sveum, Bob Louden, and
Kirk Bueling.
Honorary pallbearers were her
grandchildren.
Music was provided by organist Sheila Musland and Cantor
Lynette Schmitz.
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Louis Bernard Schmit
Louis Bernard Schmit, age 88,
passed away peacefully with his
family at his side on March 2nd,
in Coeur d’alene, Idaho. Born
July 14, 1927 in Lisbon, “Louie”
was the third youngest of ten
children of Mathias and Veronica
Schmit.
Louie grew up in the home his
dad built, with one grandmother
living next door and the other
across the alley out the back door.
Out the front door and across the
street was the St. Aloysius Catholic Church and School, which
entitled him to special attention
from all the nuns. He recalled
being “surrounded” and always
said you better not get in trouble.
During high school he worked
as a bellhop at the Lisbon Hotel
where he earned $4 a week plus
tips and supper. Seventy years
later, talking about those days, he
still had an appreciation for a rare
tip of a shiny fifty-cent piece. He
worked Saturdays and every night
after school until 11:00. Even
then, he knew he was fortunate to
have one of the best jobs in town
for a young man and started a lifetime of hard work and appreciation for his blessings.
After graduating high school
in 1945, Louie joined the service, following in the footsteps
of his five older brothers and oldest sister who was a navy nurse.
He served in the army in Italy.
Upon returning to Lisbon he went
to school in Fargo to learn how
to repair “typewriters, business
machines and cash registers” for
the Burroughs Corporation. It
didn’t take him long to discover
he did not like spending his days
indoors, so he went to work with
his dad, who was a carpenter, and
worked by his side until his dad
retired.
One day in 1952, seeing a
young lady pass by in a red coat,
he asked his youngest sister
Mary who that girl was. That girl
ended up being Phyllis Idso, from
nearby Casselton, who he married
and spent the next 61 years with.
Phyllis was by Louie’s side every
day thereafter.
Louie and Phyllis have five
children: Paul - Portland, Oregon,
Joan (Bill) Corder – St. John,
Washington, Jerry (Rene’) – Sacramento, California, Jim (Colleen) – Eagle, Idaho, and Dan
(Cynthia) – Sandpoint, Idaho.
They have nine grandchildren:
David Corder, Andrew (Anna)
Corder, Katie (Tim) Hawley; Matthew Schmit, Chelsey
Schmit, Courtney Schmit, Kyle
Schmit, Isaac Schmit, and Xavier
Schmit. They have five great
grandchildren: George Hawley;
Miles, Olivia, Adelaide, and the
latest Wendy “Lou” Corder born
on the very same day her great
Grandpa “Louie” passed away.
In 1967, at age 40, when many
people are settling in, Louie and
Phyllis packed up their five children in a white Plymouth sedan,
loaded their belongings in a moving van and moved to Moscow,
Idaho. That started an adventure
that lasted for the next 45 years.
When asked why Moscow, Louie’s typical answer was “I threw
a dart at a map.” In reality, he
wanted to get out of the harsh
weather conditions of North
Dakota and also be near a university. He was thinking ahead to an
opportunity for his kids to get a
college education and perhaps
something better. Moscow met
that criteria, plus he knew one
person there who grew up across
the street from him in Lisbon. So
off they went.
A couple years later, Louie
built a house in Troy, ID and
moved the family there. The kids
all grew up in Troy and during
that time lived in two more houses
that Louie built for the family,
eventually settling on a five acre
wooded lot with a custom made
log home. Unlike today where it
takes multiple work crews and a
truck load of power tools, Louie
built homes with his sons by his
side from the ground up – from
the footings, to the foundation,
to the framing, to the finish work,
to the custom built kitchen cabi-
nets – with not much more than
a SkilSaw, a hammer, a square, a
tape measure and a pencil. There
are many homes and remodeling
jobs in the Troy area that serve as
a testament to his master craftsman carpentry skills.
In 1988, after their youngest son had graduated from college, while many folks would
be thinking of retiring, Phyllis and Louie started their next
series of adventures. First, they
took jobs as estate caretakers in
Fresno, California and then Seattle, Washington. After that, they
moved to Hebron, North Dakota
to be near Louie’s brother Richard, and eventually returned to the
Pacific Northwest and worked at
an RV resort on the Oregon coast.
At the turn of the century, in the
year 2000, they moved to Coeur
d’Alene and “retired.”
Like many of those born in
the Depression Era, Louie was
a humble man, worked hard,
never wanted for anything, and
never complained. His kids all
used to think that Louie liked
chicken wings, because that is
what he always ate whenever
Phyllis stretched her delicious
home made chicken into a meal
for a family of seven (Phyllis got
the liver and neck). It was years
later that the kids realized he ate
the chicken wings so they could
have the legs, thighs and breasts
– something better; a theme of his
life. Louie did not view that as a
sacrifice, it is what he wanted…
and he ate the wings until the very
end. This was just one of many
examples for us all as a caring
husband, dad and grandpa.
Louie will be buried at the
Veterans Cemetery in Medical
Lake, Washington in a private
family service. In addition to his
wife, children, grandchildren
and great-grandchildren, Louie
is survived by one sister, Mary
in Enderlin, North Dakota, two
sisters-in-law, Maxine and Jean,
and nieces, nephews and other
relatives too numerous to list.
Memorials can be made by
donating to the Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation, in memory of Louie’s five nieces and nephews lost
to this disease.
Visit Louis’ memorial and
sign his online guestbook at www.
englishfuneralchapel.com.
Beverly Anne News
On Tuesday March 8th there
was some exciting games of
Horseshoe Beanbags. Clarice
Mairs continued her winning
streak by winning the first game
and Betty Bierwagen came out on
top for the second game.
Rachel\Sarah Circle held their
monthly gathering on Tuesday at
the Beverly Anne, resident Shirley Froemke attended.
Carol Piatz came to ‘Visit her
dad Glenn Weisenhaus on Tuesday March 8th.
On Thursday March l0th, Judy
Lund of Fargo and Clara Lund
of Enderlin came to visit Edith
Hammer.
Orlin Jacobson’s son Kim and
his wife Cheryl stopped by to visit
on Thursday.
Vernon and Lorraine Thompson’s son Jerry stopped by to visit
on Friday March 11th.
Shirley Weight’s nephew
Brian Weight stopped by on Friday.
Lianne Bjugstad stopped by
the Beverly Anne on Friday and
enjoyed morning coffee with the
residents.
On Saturday March 12th
Tammy Awender and Ty stopped
by to visit her grandmother Cla-
rice Mairs along with Clarice’s
daughter Gerry Freeberg.
On Sunday March 13th, Marion Johnson’s brother Duane Cole
and wife Millie visited. Also on
Sunday Marion’s son from Sammamish, WA came to visit. They
enjoyed supper and an evening
out.
On Sunday Marie Anderson
along with Lianne and Neal Bjugstad, stopped by after church to
enjoy morning coffee with Glenn
Weisenhaus and Betty Bjugstad.
Lily Webb enjoyed Sunday
dinner with her great grandmother
Ruth Kensrud.
Local and Area Church Directory
• Lisbon
• Forman
• Milnor
• Elliott
683-2375
Armstrong
Funeral Home
Chapels in...
Enderlin 437-3354
Lisbon 683-4400
Gwinner 683-4400
RAIN,
PLAINS, G
MY,
& AGRONO
LLC
437-2400
1-800-950-2219
Enderlin, ND
Zion Lutheran Church
420 1st St SE, Gwinner – Missouri
Synod. Pastor Matthew Richard 6782401. 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,
883-4515; Thursday, Mar. 24, 7 p.m.
Maunday Thursday Worship, Friday,
Mar. 25, 7 p.m. Good Friday Worship
@ Good Shepherd, Sunday, Mar. 27, 8
a.m. Easter services
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Englevale, Pastor Cheri Danielson,
432-5688 & Pastor Carl Glamm,
883-4515, Thursday, Mar. 24, 7 p.m.
Maunday Thursday Worship @ St.
John’s, Friday, Mar. 25, 7 p.m. Good
Friday Worship, Sunday, Mar. 27, 9
a.m. Brunch, 10 a.m. Easter Services,
No 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, (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.; Confirmation Wednesday 5 p.m.
Seventh-day Adventist Church
For more information regarding our
church, please contact us at 1-877-
525-2113.
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.
Thursday, Mar. 24, 7 p.m. Maunday
Thursday Worship w/Holy Communion, Friday, Mar. 25, 7 p.m. Good
Friday Worship, Sunday, Mar. 27,
6:30 a.m. Easter Sunrise Service w/
Holy Communion, 7:30 a.m. Easter
Breakfast, 9 a.m. Festival Worship w/
Holy Communion
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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Mon-Fri: 8:30-5:30
Saturday: 8:30- Noon
683-4691 • 1-800-247-0427
404 Main • Lisbon, ND
Welton Tire Service
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683-5136 • 683-5177
Gwinner,
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678.2468
Fertilizer:
678.2773
410 Main, Lisbon, ND
Ph: 683-4128 • Fax: 683-4129
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Ph: 427-9472
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Lanette L.
Turchin
Funeral services for Lanette
L. Turchin, Gwinner, were held
Mar. 18, 2016 at St. Vincent’s
Catholic Church in Gwinner with
Father Jerald Finnestad officiating.
Lanette L. Turchin died Mar. 13,
2016 at Sanford Health in Fargo.
Lanette L. Turchin was born
July 16, 1954 to Lila Neil in
Orange County, CA. She attended
North Sargent School in Gwinner.
She married Russell Turchin
on Aug. 16, 1980 in Henning,
MN. Lanette lived in Gwinner
where she worked at Bobcat. She
retired in 2011. She was active in
Christian Mothers at St. Vincent’s
Catholic Church and the American
Legion Aux.
She is survived by her husband,
Russell, a son, Marty (Dawn)
Turchin, Lisbon, two daughters,
Katina (Keith) Peterson, Casselton, Kelli (Jeremy) Close, Lisbon,
six grandchildren, two brothers,
Dale (Linda) Neil, Kohler, WI and
Rick Neil, West Fargo.
Pallbearers
were
Jeremy
Engquist. Josh Engquist, Zach
Neil, Keith Turchin, Troy Turchin
and Scott Turchin.
Special music was provided by
Pat Olofson.
~Chitchat~
By Maria Boeder
Weather is nice here. The nurse
put my shoes on and set me outside in the sun, waiting for my son
Duane and Jenny Taylor and Harley to stop by for a visit was short
and sweet.
They were in Fargo and got a
wedding dress for Tayler wedding
which is coming very soon, July
16, and that will be in Bismarck.
Will have to go and get a new outfit
to wear. Got to get ready for Leah
Bartholomay, April 2 in Lisbon
and then Tayler, so will be busy.
A big crowd on Sunday at the
Community Center for Ray Bartholomay a lot of good fun was
had.
Had company when Stan Bartholomay of Fargo stopped by to
see Joe and Maria.
Senior Schedule
Monday, Mar. 21
Exercise ................................ 10:45
Bingo ...................................... 1:00
Dinner: Tator Tot Hotdish w/Corn
.............................................. 12:00
Tuesday, Mar. 22
Dinner: BBQ Ribs ................ 12:00
Hand and Foot ........................ 1:30
Wednesday, Mar. 23
Dinner: Easter Dinner - Chicken
Cordon Bleu ........................ 12:00
Thursday, Mar. 24
Dinner: Pork Chops w/Gravy........
.............................................. 12:00
Friday, Mar. 25
Dinner: Lemon Pepper Cod w/
Tartar Sauce.......................... 12:00
Saturday, Mar. 26
Open mornings for activities
Sunday, Mar. 27
No Cards
Monday, Mar. 28
Beef Tips & Gravy
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
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
LISBON SCHOOL DISTRICT #19
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
FEBRUARY 3, 2016
ATTENDANCE:
On Wednesday,
February 3, 2016 President Qual called the
board meeting of the Lisbon School District
#19 to order at 7:30 p.m. Members present
were Mark Qual, Liz Anderson, Matt Webb,
Brent Dick and Brenna Welton. Also in
attendance were Supt. Johnson, HS Principal Adair, MS Principal Michael, Lori Lyons
and guests Todd Jelinski, LJA Architect;
Dan Rood & Kraig Steinhoff from SECTE;
LyDell Mairs, Mark Moss and Terri Barta.
CONSENT AGENDA: Dick moved,
seconded by Anderson to approve the established agenda, minutes of the January 12,
2016 board meeting, bills list and finance
reports. Approved by unanimous roll call
vote.
A W Diesel Service Inc.
53.70
Allard Trophy Company
15.50
Ameripride Services, Inc
1,515.76
B&B Gardens
50.00
Bittner, Jamie
119.10
Carlsrud, David
166.00
D. Excavating, Inc.
180.00
Entzi, Donald
120.00
Gackle, Josh
119.10
Gall, Kevin
120.00
Graybar Electric Company, Inc.
612.00
Hoye, Elisha
188.80
Information Technology Dept
50.00
Jeffrey A. Hoye
188.80
Kemps LLC
701.43
King, Roy
182.20
Knipple, Kori
28.61
Kutter, Dana
259.10
Lisbon Oil Company
2,985.52
Lukes, Lance
117.00
Luther Sannes
118.50
Macki, Brandon
119.00
Marchel Krieger
120.00
Marchel Krieger
198.40
Mark A. Ukestad
198.40
Meyer, Emma
95.33
Minmor Industries LLC
90.00
NAPA Auto Parts
173.78
Nathan Berseth
119.00
ND State College Of Science
40.00
Olson, Karla
41.80
Perius, Darin
187.60
Popplers Music Store
203.99
Roehl, Greg
118.50
Schneider, Ryan
117.00
Shopko Stores Operationg Co., LLC 30.23
Sorlie, Michael
120.00
SR Vending LLC
410.00
Stein’s Inc.
68.12
Sturdevant’s Auto Parts
39.72
Sumdog Inc.
50.00
Teal’s Market
324.88
Trane U.S. Inc
38.00
University Of Minnesota, Twin Cities
1,000.00
Verizon Wireless
89.00
Zenker, Chris
188.68
Adair, Alexie
226.00
Brady Storhaug
375.00
Brandon Nielson
375.00
Carlblom, Scott
375.00
Casey Henderson
461.40
Hopkins, Rodd
65.00
Jacob, Gerald
483.00
Johnson, Steven
57.24
LaMoure High School
125.00
Linton Public School District
295.00
Lisbon Opera House Foundation
225.00
NDDPI - AP Workshop
60.00
Ransom County Extension Service 70.00
Schimming, Stacy
160.32
Todd Carter
300.00
Valley City High School
310.00
White, Dan
383.00
TOTAL CHECKS:
16,418.51
Horace Mann Life Insurance Com
78.75
Magic-Wrighter, Inc.
25.00
Reserve Account
500.00
Agile Sports Technologies - Hudl 200.00
Airhart & Co., Inc.
500.00
Amazon
28.65
Amazon
276.06
Americ-inn Of Fargo
885.15
Half.Com An Ebay Company
95.27
Natural Grocers
108.88
ND Center For Distance Education 125.00
Postmaster
142.38
Radisson Bloomington By Mall Of America
212.52
Register.Com
87.00
Shopko Stores Operationg Co., LLC 25.64
Simple Wolf
1,897.50
WP Engine
693.00
TOTAL AUTO PAYS:
5,880.80
TOTAL VENDOR PAYMENTS:
22,299.31
PLUS PAYROLL CK#4177-4190; DD
#31249 -31402; AND A/P # 500263 500266 IN THE AMOUNT OF:
448,740.42
CAPITAL PROJECTS: Todd Jelin-
ski, Architect from LJA reviewed the projected timeline, cost estimates and bidding
process for the track complex projects.
After reviewing estimated costs, LPS Capital project committee split the list to include
the priorities in the base bid and include the
other options as alternates. Bids will be
published for 3 weeks with a special meeting being held in March to open the bids.
• Contract: Dick moved, seconded by
Webb to approve the Lisbon Track and Field
Facility Improvement project and the contract with Lightowler Johnson Associates,
Inc.. Approved by unanimous roll call vote.
• Call For Bids: Anderson moved, seconded by Welton to and call for bids as presented by Lightowler Johnson Associates,
Inc.. Approved by unanimous roll call vote.
POP: moments were shared.
PRINCIPALS REPORTS: previously
submitted to board.
BOARD REPORTS: Member Dick
reported that Gina Kelly, as member of the
committee would like to review all of Lisbon School’s policies on drug and alcohol
offenses.
GUESTS: were welcomed. Dan Rood
and Kraig Steinhoff from CTE were present
and reviewed general information and financial facts from the CTE center.
SUPT. REPORT:
Dr. Johnson
reported on the following: LPS has received
a number of grants including: Shopko “Help
Us Give Back”, Monsanto Fund America’s
Farmers Grow Communities, and ND
Department of Agriculture’s Community
Orchard Project; He met with Dr. John Richman, President of NDSCS, and was assured
that NDSCS will do whatever possible to
continue to offer dual credit coursework to
our 11-12 grade students; a very productive
staff in-service day on Jan. 18th; attended
the NDASA Mid-Winter Conference in
Bismarck in January – attended numerous
sessions including Ed Leaders 21st Century, Break through Coach, and Dr. Tarte’s
Technology for administrators. We also
had business meetings as well as a football
update and constitutional amendment vote
during a NDHSAA meeting; and NDCC
15.1-07-26. School District Demographics – Long-Term planning process, requires
all school districts between Jan. 1st and
June 30th of every even-numbered year to
participate in a planning process to address
the effects that demographics might have
on the district in three-year and five-year
periods, specifically addressing: Academic
and Extracurricular Programs; Instructional
and administrative staffing; Facility needs
and utilization; and District tax levies. He
has already begun the process during our
in-service meeting with staff and during our
administrative meetings.
BUS BIDS: EPA has opened up a
new round of Clean Diesel grants worth
about $25,000 towards a new bus. We have
already built in the purchase of a new bus
into the budget without the grant award.
Dick moved, seconded by Anderson to
NOTICE
Member Gemar introduced the following Resolution on 03/07/16, and moved its
adoption:
RESOLUTION DECLARING
WORK NECESSARY FOR
IMPROVEMENTS IN SHEYENNE
RIVER FLOOD PROTECTION
DISTRICT
BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council
of the City of Lisbon, Ransom County, North
Dakota, that it is hereby found, determined,
and declared to be necessary and expedient
for the City of Lisbon to make improvements
in Sheyenne River Flood Protection District,
for levee improvements, for the purchase of
certain property and other appurtenances,
contrivances and structures used or useful
in connection with said improvements and
property, for future flood control, and for
miscellaneous expenses necessary in connection with said flood control improvements, in
accordance with and as described in the Resolution Creating said District adopted March
7, 2016, and the Engineer’s Report which has
been prepared by the Engineer for the City of
Lisbon, and approved by this Council, which
resolution and Engineer’s Report, together
with an estimate of the probable cost of the
work, are now on file in the office of the City
Auditor and are open to public inspection.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the
entire cost of said improvements be specially
assessed against the benefited property in
said improvement district in amounts proportionate to and not exceeding the benefits
to be derived by them respectively from said
improvements.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the
improvements will be completed in multiple
phases which may span multiple years.
BE IT FURTHER resolved that the
owners of the property liable to be specially
assessed for said improvements may file written protests against the said improvements
within thirty (30) days after the first publication of this resolution, and this Council shall
at its next meeting after the expiration of said
period, being the 18th day of April, 2016, at
6:30p.m., meet at the Council Chambers in
the City of Lisbon, for the purpose of hearing
and determining the sufficiency of any protests so filed and of taking any such further
action with respect to said improvements as
may then be deemed necessary and expedient.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that
the City Auditor is hereby authorized and
directed to cause this resolution, including a
map of the improvements district, to be published once each week for two consecutive
weeks in the official newspaper of the City of
Lisbon, North Dakota.
APPROVED: March 7, 2016
Tim Meyer, Mayor
ATTEST: Pamela Carbno, Deputy Auditor
The motion for the adoption of the
foregoing Resolution was duly seconded by
Member Johnson. On roll call vote the following members voted aye: Cole, Gemar,
Johnson, Mairs, and Thomason. The following members voted nay: None. The following
members were absent and not voting: Smith.
The majority having voted aye, the motion
carried and the Resolution was duly adopted.
Publish Mar. 14, and 21, 2016
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NOTICE TO ALL TAXPAYERS
RANSOM COUNTY
Notice is hereby given that proceedings
for equalization of assessments will be taken
by the several local equalization boards as
follows:
Organized Townships on the second
Monday in April and in the Cities on the
second Tuesday in April (unless otherwise
published) at the office of the clerk or Auditor of the Township, or City, as the case
may be, and that each taxpayer has the right
to appear before such boards of review or
equalization and petition correction in his or
her assessments.
Dated this 4th day of March 2016.
Kristi Johnson
Ransom County Auditor
Publish March 14 and 21, 2016
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
call for bids for a new 2016 bus with option
of seatbelts. Approved by unanimous roll
call vote.
APPOINTMENT – NEG. /SALARY COMMITTEE: With the resigning
of member Lien, President Qual appointed
member Liz Anderson to complete the year
on the Negotiations / Salary Committee.
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION:
Lori reported members Matt Webb – City;
and Brenna Welton – Rural, terms are up for
election. Dick moved, seconded by Webb
to set the school board election for Tuesday,
June 14, 2016 with polls open from 11:00
am – 7:00 pm in the HS Commons Area.
Approved by unanimous roll call vote.
OPEN ENROLLMENT: Anderson
moved, seconded by Welton to approve
open enrollment application from the Enderlin Area District due to a physical move.
Approved by unanimous roll call vote.
NO-CHARGE TUITION:
Webb
moved, seconded by Dick to approve the nocharge tuition agreement with the Enderlin
Area District for student to attend Enderlin
Public Schools. Approved by unanimous
roll call vote.
BUDGET: Administration is working
on the budget for 2016-17 and just wanted to
inform the board members of a few things:
due to uncertainty of federal funds, they will
be meeting with staff whose positions are
funded by Title monies; due to change in
NDCC – certified staff only have 14 days
to return contracts and will be looking at
issuing those after the March board meeting; and projected ADM for FY 2016 is
down and would results in decrease of $95100,000 in foundation payments next year;
and projected enrollment for Kindergarten is
at 50 and would then need to go to 3 sections
next year. More information will be brought
to the March board meeting.
SUPERINTENDENT
EVALUATIONS: will be e-mailed out – due back to
Lori by Monday, Feb. 29th
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING: will
be held as scheduled, on Tuesday, March
8, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. in the HS Conference
room.
There being no further business the
meeting was adjourned.
Lori B. Lyons
Business Manager
2/3/2016
Publish Mar. 21, 2016
RANSOM COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS’ PROCEEDINGS
MARCH 1, 2016
The meeting was called to order at 9:00
a.m. by Vice Chairman Norm Hansen. The
pledge to the flag was recited. Neil Olerud
and Connie Gilbert were absent
The agenda was reviewed. Steve Dick
moved to approve the agenda and George
Bunn seconded the motion, which carried.
Minutes from the February 16, 2016,
regular meeting were considered. Dick
made the motion to approve the minutes
with a correction and Bunn seconded the
motion, which passed.
Manual warrants in the amount of
$26,872.87 were reviewed by the board.
Bunn moved to approve manual warrants
and Dick seconded the motion, which
passed unanimously.
Raymond Hessler
828.00
Cass County Electric
179.43
Tesoro Fleet Services
209.51
Voyager Fleet Systems, Inc.
38.52
ND Game & Fish Department
20,982.50
Noridian Healthcare Solutions, LLC 40.03
Ottertail Power Company
3292.91
Great America Financial Services 599.70
Lisbon, City of
274.77
Food Services of America
430.50
26,875.87
Sargent County is requesting vacation
and sick leave payout for former Social
Services director Wendy Jacobson. Sargent
County feels Ransom County should be
responsible for half of the hours Jacobson
accumulated through October 15, 2015, as
that was within the contract period. Susan
Larson, Social Services chairman, has
requested this matter be discussed with the
Social Services board before any decision is
made. Ransom County’s share of the payout would be $4,438.90 for vacation leave
and $1,996.33 for sick leave. Hansen said
paying out sick leave would not set a precedence and would not be considered for
a Ransom County employee. He further
explained that Jacobson was not a Ransom
County employee, but was benefitted under
the contract with Sargent County.
Auditor Johnson has received a contract to be an electronic licensing vendor for
North Dakota Game and Fish. The contract
gave the option for the vendors to charge
$0.50 per license and Johnson is wondering
if the board would want to charge this. The
board agreed that, with fewer businesses in
the county selling the licenses, the auditor’s
office would see more traffic and feels the
fee should be charged. Bunn moved that the
fee be charged for licenses and Dick seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Enderlin Golf Course, LLC (Wendell
Nelson) applied for beer, liquor, and Sunday
licenses. A fee of $550 was submitted with
the application. Bunn moved to approve
the above licenses and Dick seconded the
motion, which passed.
NRG submitted a quote for the hub
for internet at the social service building
be replaced with a switch. The quote was
for $638. This will help with them not losing their service, which has been an ongoing problem in the building. Dick moved
to approve the switch and Bunn seconded.
Motion carried.
A state social services interim committee will be meeting Wednesday, March
2, 2016, in Bismarck. The commissioners
are unable to attend but would like Auditor
Johnson to contact Terry Traynor of NDACo
to see if he will voice their concerns on the
budget cap. They are concerned that, with
a new social services director, they will end
up going over the budget and need to know
what to do.
The county website was then discussed.
Johnson received correspondence from Fran
Brummund, who has taken care of the website in the past. Recently, the website has
gone down, so Brummund was contacted.
Brummund will no longer be taking care of
the website, but provided some information
as to how the county could proceed. Johnson said she was willing to get the website
up and going with the help of her deputy,
Teresa Sorby Rotenberger, but would only
be responsible for the county portion and
not the community part. Bunn would like to
speak with Rick Mairs to see how the economic development board is going to proceed. Johnson will do some checking with
the domain licensing.
Jacob Loegering, KLJ, then met with
the board. He brought the final records for
the overlay project on the Sheldon and Milnor roads that was done in 2011. He said the
auditor’s office needs to retain these records
for three years after payment was made.
The last date of payment was December 10,
2013.
Loegering also received back the contract between owner and contractor from
Mark’s Sand & Gravel, for the Sunflower
Road and Fort Ransom Road projects. He
had the Notice to Proceed letter available for
Jerry Lamb to sign. The Construction Engineering Contracts for these projects were
also presented by Loegering. The maximum amount for construction engineering
on the Sunflower Road will be $115,000 and
the Fort Ransom Road will be $116,000.
Bunn motioned to sign the contracts and
Dick seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Loegering told the board he checked into
the culverts for the portion of the Sunflower
Plant Road that was in the flood plain. He
said it would take four 12’ x 6’ culverts to
make this work and would cost approximately $600,000, which takes this option
away due to the high cost. Loegering said
that he is unsure the county needs to do the
full reconstruct for the portion of road that is
in the flood plain. The board will not make
a decision on this until all board members
are present.
Jerry Lamb asked the board what kind
of weight restrictions they wanted to put on
the Sheldon Road. He said he feels that the
Sheldon Road needs to have some restrictions put on. Loegering said it was designed
to be restricted during the spring. Lamb
asked if the board was okay with restricting it to 8 tons per axle. The board was fine
with this.
Tricia Kriel then brought in a letter and
survey to be sent to the townships concerning zoning ordinances. The board would
like to see the townships have more uniform
zoning and permitting. The survey will be
due back by April 15, and the board will
Statewide stakeholders in the
effort to develop a new North
Dakota State Rail Plan are asking for the public’s input on that
plan through an online survey. The
survey is designed to gather opinions and gauge the direction of rail
systems and services utilized by
North Dakota freight shippers and
passengers. The overall goal of the
plan is to provide an assessment
of the rail system offering recommendations for policies, programs, processes and projects that
will improve rail-related safety
and service.
The online survey can be
accessed through the North
Dakota Department of Transportation’s (NDDOT) website, at railplan.dot.nd.gov.
The NDDOT, the North Dakota
Public Service Commission, North
Dakota Department of Commerce,
the North Dakota Department of
Emergency Services, the North
Dakota Pipeline Authority, and the
Upper Great Plain Transportation
Institute are collaborating to work
on implementation of the stakeholder and public outreach phase
of the North Dakota State Rail
Plan. This process is moving forward with all stakeholders having
recently participated in a visioning meeting to set the stage for the
next phases of the project.
The stakeholder and public
outreach phase of the State Rail
Plan will include expert roundtable meetings, public meetings,
and individual interviews. The
effort will collaboratively establish a shared vision for North
Dakota’s rail system. Additional
details about time and location for
these statewide public meetings
will be released over the upcoming weeks.
Additional information on the
statewide rail plan can be found at
http://railplan.dot.nd.gov.
then review the information.
Sanford AirMed sent a letter requesting
the consideration for a countywide membership to incur out-of-pocket expenses for
those who need air medical transport. The
board is requesting that they submit a proposal which they will review and consider
at budget time.
There being nothing further to come
before the board, Vice Chairman Hansen
adjourned the meeting at 11:15 a.m.
ATTEST:
Kristi Johnson, Ransom County Auditor
Norm Hansen, Vice Chairman
Ransom County Commission
Publish Mar. 21, 2016
ABBREVIATED NOTICE
OF INTENT TO AMEND
AND ADOPT
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES
relating to the Commission
of Combative Sports (boxing/
mixed ghting styles)
North Dakota
Secretaryy of State
will hold a public hearing to address
proposed amendments to North
Dakota Administrative Code, Article
72-02.2, regulating Combative Sports
Ofce of
Secretary of State
600 E Boulevard Ave
Dept 108
Bismarck ND 58505-0500
Monday, April 11, 2016
9:00 a.m.
A copy of the proposed amendments
is on the North Dakota Secretary
of State website: sos.nd.gov. A
written copy may be obtained by
calling (701) 328-2905 or sending a
request to Secretary of State, 600 E
Boulevard Ave Dept 108, Bismarck
ND 58505-0500. Submitted written
or oral comments on the proposed
amendments received by Thursday,
April 21, 2016, the date the comment
period closes, will be fully considered.
If you plan to attend the public hearing
and will need special facilities or
assistance relating to a disability,
please contact the Secretary of
State at the above phone number or
address at least one week prior to the
public hearing.
Dated this 9th day of March 9, 2016.
Jacob Sanchez
Diagnosed with autism
Jacob Sanchez
Diagnosed with autism
ND seeking public opinion
on statewide rail plan
Lack of eye contact is a sign of autism.
Learn the others at autismspeaks.org/signs.
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Learn the others at autismspeaks.org/signs.
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE
LISBON, ND
There will be a public meeting for the City of Lisbon
Tuesday, March 29th at 7:00 pm
Lisbon High School
to discuss a proposed Levee Improvement Project
in the City of Lisbon.
There will be an explanation of:
Proposed work to be done • Need for flood protection
Approximate costs of work • Proposed special assessments
All residents are encouraged to attend.
Lisbon City Council
Bronco boys basketball team celebrates awards night on March 11
2016 Seniors
Bronco seniors: (l to r) Tayler Goettle, Riley Lau, Noah Ward, Austin Pithey and Kyle Mark. Not pictured is Brendan Colgrove.
Academic Awards
Academic Awards for the Lisbon Boys Basketball season are pictured, back row: (l to r) Taeya Haecherl, Ben Levos, Chase Johnson,
Maverick Coleman, and Abby Shockman. Front row: (l to r) Conrad Pederson, Lida Le, Tayler Goettle, Austin Pithey, Riley Lau, and
Gunnar Fraase.
Major Award Winners
Major Award winners for the Lisbon Boys Basketbal season are pictured, back row: (l to r) Conrad
Pederson, MIP; and Wyatt Runck, Rookie of the Year. Front row: (l to r) Riley Lau, Most Rebounds,
Field Goal %, and Defensive Player; Tayler Goettle, Defensive Player; Noah Ward, Bronco Award;
Austin Pithey, MVP and Free Throw; and Gunnar Fraase, Hustle Award.
Dakota Sports
son of longtime basketball official
and former Lehr and U of Mary
standout, Rory Entzi.
• South Border’s Hunter Pinke
will play football at UND this fall.
• The University of Jamestown
baseball team has run its record to
20-0 after defeating St. John in a
Lisbon 3 on 3 basketbaLL tournament
SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2016
Grades 3 rd - 8 th (Guaranteed 3 Games)
Games held at Lisbon Public School
Cost: $15/person • Registration Deadline: April 1
(3-6 person team)
Registration forms can be sent to:
Lisbon Rec Board, PO Box 954, Lisbon, ND 58054
Registration forms available on Lisbon Rec Board Facebook
page or by contacting Jim Levos or Kara Tuhy.
For additionaL
inFormation ContaCt
KARA TUHY
(701) 799-7212 • krlapka@yahoo.com
JIM LEVOS
(701) 308-1311 • jim.levos@titanmachinery.com
ConCessions avaiLabLe • admission: $4 (ADULTS) / $2 (STUDENTS)
ATTENTION
HUNTERS
2016 BIGHORN SHEEP, ELK
AND
D MOOSE PROCLAMATION SUMMARY
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department announces
the following summary of regulations and changes for the
2016 Bighorn Sheep, Elk and Moose hunting seasons.
• Licenses will be issued by a lottery procedure through the Department.
• Applications are available from county auditors, license vendors and the
Department. The deadline for submitting applications to the Department's
Bismarck office is March 23, 2016.
Oct. 21 - Dec. 31
Bighorn Sheep Regular Season
Oct. 28 - Dec. 31
Elk Bow Season (Unit E1, E2)
Elk Regular Season (Unit E1, E2)
Elk Regular Season (Unit E3, E4)
Sept. 2 - Sept. 25
Elk Regular Season (Unit E5)
Moose Bow Season (All Units)
Moose Regular Season
(Units M8, M9, M10)
Moose Regular Season
(Units M5, M6)
Oct. 7 - Dec. 31
Sept. 2 - Dec. 31
Sept. 2 - Dec. 31
Sept. 2 - Sept. 25
Oct. 7 - Oct. 30
Nov. 18 - Dec. 11
One Male Bighorn Sheep
One Moose of the
type designated
on license
APPLYING BY COMPUTER
Visa, Discover and MasterCard accepted.
Hankinson
Sargent Central
64
36
Central Cass
FCT
March 1
Fargo Oak Grove
Richland
83
45
Kindred
Maple Valley
March 7
Northern Cass
Lisbon
56
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Visit our website at
gf.nd.gov
Regular application fees apply
with no service charge added.
SUMMARY OF CHANGES FROM LAST YEAR
• A bighorn sheep hunting season is scheduled to open in 2016, unless there is a recurrence
of bacterial pneumonia, which closed the season in 2015. Applicants may apply for a
license at this time, but not in a specific unit or for a specific season. The status of the
bighorn sheep season will be determined by September 1, 2016, after surveys have
been completed.
• Total elk licenses increased by 37 to 338. Sioux County in hunting Unit E5 will be closed
to elk hunting in 2016.
• Total moose licenses increased by 70 to 202. Hunting Unit M6 has been expanded west
to the Missouri River. Hunting Units M1C and M4 will remain closed in 2016.
Lottery results may be obtained by visiting our website at gf.nd.gov
A complete 2016 bighorn sheep, elk, and moose hunting proclamation is available from the North Dakota
Game and Fish Department, 100 North Bismarck Expressway, Bismarck, ND 58501-5095. (701) 328-6300.
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Pithey, and Lau, Olson and
Hanson earn All Region honors
By Joe Howell
The 2016 boys basketball
Super Region all star team was
named after the completion of the
championship game on Thursday,
March 10 was announced.
Lisbon’s Riley Lau and Austin Pithey were both named to the
honor squad along with MilnorNorth Sargent’s Masen Olson and
Jake Hanson.
All Region Team
Milnor-North Sargent – Masen
Olsen and Jake Hanson
Lisbon – Riley Lau and Austin
Pithey
Enderlin – Graham Hurlburt and
Peter Lindgren
Kindred – Ethan Lingen
Oak Grove - Bryce Bakkegard
Central Cass – Brady Bresnahan
Northern Cass – Cody Springer
and Logan Nelson
Richland – Brady Heyen
Hankinson – Cody Mauch and
Bailey Hernandez
Wyndmere-Lidgerwood – Adolfo
Vasquez
Senior Athlete of the Year – Graham Hurlburt of Enderlin
Coach of the Year – Mike Gaukler
of Hankinson
One Elk of the
type designated
on license
Hours of Hunting are 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset.
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You can also apply for your Bighorn Sheep, Elk or Moose
license via the internet — 24 hours a day — 7 days a week
making sure your application is in before the deadline.
ished with a 10-12 record and finished second in the region despite
entering the tournament as the
number 10 seed.
In the third place contest, Hankinson defeated Enderlin. The
Pirates finished with an overall
record of 17-7 and the Eagles
mark stood at 15-8.
Opening round - February 29
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SEASON BAG LIMIT
By Joe Howell
Not since Coach Orville Bean
lead Cass Valley North to a Region
1 title in 1989 did anyone from the
present Northern Cass school district ever qualify for the Class B
boys basketball tournament.
Cass Valley North and Dakota
of Arthur consolidated in the
1990’s and the Jags of Northern
Cass had only made two appearances in the Region 1 title game.
The Jags made it pay off this year
with their win over Fargo Oak
Grove on Thursday, March 10.
The Grovers defeated Northern
Cass in 2000 on their way to their
first state title.
Northern Cass used a strong
second half performance to dismantle the two time Region 1
champion, Grovers 79-59. The
Jags take a 19-4 record to the state
tournament. It was not an easy
task for NC as Oak Grove has
played in the last seven Region
1 title contests. The Grovers fin-
et
SEASON
Gunnar Fraase, Garrett Oland,
Marshall Bartholomay, Austin
Pithey, Logan Jacobsen, Riley
Lau, Brendan Colgrove, Conrad
Pederson, Maverick Coleman, Ben
Levos, Wyatt Runck, Kyle Mark,
Lida Le, Jocelyn Metzen, Taeya
Haecherl, Abbie Shockman
Special Award Winners
NDHSAA GOLD TEAM – Austin
Pithey
All Region – Riley Lau and Austin
Pithey
Most Improved – Conrad Pederson
Rookie of the year – Wyatt Runck
Most Rebounds – Riley Lau
Best Field Goal Percentage – Riley
Lau
Best Defense – Riley Lau and Tayler Goettle
Bronco Award – Noah Ward
MVP – Austin Pithey
Best Free Throw Percentage –
Austin Pithey
Hustle Award – Gunnar Fraase
Most three point field goals – Noah
Ward (7 in one game versus Sargent Central & 63 for the season)
Northern Cass captures first ever Region 1 title
az
SPECIES
game played in Tucson.
• The Fargo Shanley Deacons
won their 70th straight girls basketball game and a third straight A title.
• The Minot boys basketball
team made it two straight state titles
with their overtime victory over
West Fargo.
• NDSU runner, Erin Teschuk
earned two ALL American honors
placing sixth in the mile and fourth
in the 3000 at the NCAA I track and
field indoor track and field championships. Erin is now a six time
NCAA Division I All American.
• South Border graduate and
MSUM wrestler, Blake Bosch
earned All American honors in
NCAA Division II wrestling with
his fourth place finish at 133. The
Wishek native finished the season
with a mark of 34-7. Lisbon’s Kris
Nelson is the head coach of the
Dragons.
• The 38th annual Runnin ‘O the
Green will be on Saturday, March
19 in Jamestown. Run founder and
former Jamestown High teacher
and coach and Hillview Bar owner,
Larry Knoblich is excited for
another benefit run that benefits area
charities. In 2015, there were 2,350
registered participants.
• The NDSCS men’s basketball
team finished their season with an
overall record of 28-7 after winning
their first but losing their second
game at the National Junior College
AA basketball tournament.
• Miss Basketball – Sarah Jacobson
Fargo Shanley senior, Sarah
Jacobson joined her mother as
North Dakota’s Miss Basketball.
Sarah was selected by the state’s
sports media after the completion of
the state A championship game.
Mother, Pat Smykowski Jacobson, won the award in 1986 out of
Lidgerwood High School and was
part of Coach Amy Ruley’s successful NDSU Bison teams.
Big Brother, AJ Jacobson also
led his Shanley team to a state A
boys title and was named Mr. Basketball.
just 10 Class B student athletes
to earn the distinction of earning
a place on the GOLD NDHSAA
scholar team!
Academic awards – students must maintain a 3.65 or
higher: Maverick Coleman, Gunnar Fraase, Tayler Goettle, Chase
Johnson, Riley Lau, Ben Levos,
Conrad Pederson, Austin Pithey,
Stetson Scott, Taeya Haecherl,
Lida Le, and Abbie Shockman
Letterwinners – Tayler Goettle, Noah Ward, Kyle Odegard,
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• In 34 years as head coach of
the Linton Lions basketball team,
Dan Carr has 699 victories. The
Lions finished in fourth place at the
Region 3 tournament.
• Connor Entzi of EEK finished
as Edgeley’s all time leader in scoring and rebounding. Connor is the
By Joe Howell
By Joe Howell
On Friday, March 11, the
Bronco boys basketball rewarded
their letterwinners, academic
awards, and special awards to this
year’s team.
The Broncos of Coach Mark
won their opening round Super
Region 1 contest and fell in the
quarterfinals to Northern Cass.
Northern Cass went on to win the
regional title.
It was also announced that
senior, Austin Pithey, was one of
Hankinson
Central Cass
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Fargo Oak Grove
Milnor North Sargent
77
66
Enderlin
Kindred
March 8 – semifinals
Northern Cass
Hankinson
58
51
59
58
Fargo Oak Grove
68
Enderlin
50
March 10 – championship
Northern Cass
79
Fargo Oak Grove
59
Third Place
Hankinson
60
Enderlin
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North Dakota Boys District
Champs
1 & 2 - No districts – Super
Regional
3 & 4 - No districts – Super
Regional
5 - Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier
6 - Strasburg-Zeeland
7 - Four Winds-Minnewaukan
8 - Dunseith
9 - Bismarck Shilo Christian
10 - Washburn
11 - Drake-Anamoose
12 - Minot Our Redeemers
13 & 14 - No district – Super
Regional
15 - Parshall
16 - Kenmare
Region Champs
1. Northern Cass
2. Grafton
3. Strasburg- Zeeland
4. Four Winds Minnewaukan
5. Shilo Christian
6. Minot Our Redeemers
7. Dickinson Trinity
8. Kenmare
Area Region 1 Champions
2016 Northern Cass.
Milnor qualified for state in
1966 (second), 1981, 2004 (second), and in 2013 won their first
state championship.
North Sargent qualified for
state in 2009.
Lisbon qualified in 1948, 49,
50, 51, 52, 53, 98, 99, and 08. The
Broncos won state in 49 and 51.
Sargent Central went to state
in 1978, 1979, and 1993 and the
Cadets won state in 79 with a win
over Halliday.
Aberle and Pithey earn
All State Academic status
Brock Aberle
Austin Pithey
By Joe Howell
A pair of Lisbon senior student
athletes will be honored during
halftime of the state B boys basketball tournament for their academic
excellence.
Austin Pithey and Brock Aberle
earned that distinction as Pithey
was named to the Gold and Aberle
to the Honorable Mention teams.
Anderson is multi-sport
athlete at Concordia
By Joe Howell
Lisbon High School graduate,
Nick Anderson continues to be a
multi-sport athlete at Concordia
College. Anderson is majoring in
accounting and will graduate in
December of 2016.
Nick, the North Dakota triple
jump champion as a senior, is
injury free for the first time in his
collegiate track and field career.
Anderson was a placewinner in
both the long and triple jumps for
the Cobbers at the MIAC Indoor
track and field championships.
Younger brother, Jason, is a
member of the NDSU rugby team
where he is a sophomore.
Nick Anderson
Big numbers for Bronco track and field Hovind nets fifth All American honor
By Joe Howell
Bronco head track and field
coaches, Mark Moss (boys) and
Brad Bittner (girls) are pleased
with the number of students that
reported and have been practicing
for the upcoming 2016 indoor and
outdoor seasons.
There is a nice mixture of
veterans and new comers on this
year’s squad as Lisbon attempts to
repeat as Southeast Boys and Girls
regional champions.
Lisbon’s season kicks off with
the annual Randy Huether Indoor
Invitational on Thursday, March
31 in Wahpeton.
Bronco boys
Seniors - Brock Aberle, Tayler Goettle, Ryan Hansen, Brent
Larson, Riley Lau, Kyle Lere,
Jesse Nelson, Gabe Nieves, Brady
Sorby, Kellen Shelton, Zach Stulz,
and Noah Ward make up the senior
class.
Juniors – Maverick Coleman,
Ethan Elijah, Gunnar Fraase, Lawrence Lesmann, Kyle Odegard,
and Taylon Sad.
Sophomores – Hunter Bentten,
Nick Bergemann, Kaelen Dick,
and Connor Fitzgerald.
Freshmen – Tyler Colgrove,
Hunter Cook, Tyler DeSherlia,
Gavin Reinke, and Wyatt Runck.
Lisbon Girls
Seniors – Haley Anderson,
Marah Wittenburg, Nicki Johnson,
Sydney Griffith, and Xanthe Dick
Juniors – Emma Weiss, Justina Nieves, Makayla Froehlich,
Makayla Ngo, McKenzie Metzen
Sophomores – Brianna Nielsen,
Coralea Fuss, Hannah Opp, Hope
Huffman, Karly Schultz, Kennedy
Ruby Rillo Kolpack honored
at Fargo Kiwanis breakfast
Ruby Rillo Kolpack
By Joe Howell
Ruby Rillo Kolpack received
an award at the Fargo Kiwanis
breakfast
Ruby Kolpack and the Fraser
Child Care Center received the
Kiwanis Community Champion
for Kids individual and organization awards at the event.
The award honors individuals and organizations who have
enhanced the lives of children in
the area.
Kolpack is a child care licens-
ing specialist for the United Way
and has been a board member
for the United Way, Child Care
Resource and Referral, YMCA,
Fargo Public School’s Family
and Consumer Science Program
and the Jeremiah Program.
Fraser Child Care Center
provides a place for children
with special needs and normally
developing children a place to
grow and learn together in an
inclusive setting that encourages
diversity.
Local Young Guns win at ND
Winter Show Ranch Rodeo
When the Ransom County
Fair first hosted a Ranch Rodeo in
2012, a team of young men entered
under the name of Dead Last. The
Dead Last team was made up of
Quentin Gibson, Blair Johnson,
Cody Becker and Klay Oland. The
announcer at that very first Ranch
Rodeo gave the guys the name of
Young Guns, because they were
the youngest team entered in the
event. They did not win that year
but they did the next year and have
won many times since then.
Some of the “guns” change
but there are core members that
do not seem to change. They are
Klay Oland, Blair Johnson, Lexie
Anderson and Quentin Gibson.
Those are the four that competed
on Wednesday night, March 9th
in Valley City at the Winter Show
Ranch Rodeo. They did not do
well on Wednesday. As a matter of
fact they were disqualified on the
last event for failing to latch the
trailer door.
But Thursday, March 10th was
to be their night. Lexie and Quinton could not join them due to college classes and work, but Blair
Johnson and Klay Oland’s brothers were pressed into service for
the Young Guns. Garrett Oland
and Matt Johnson took up the slack
and the team brought home the
cash and the winning buckles for
the final Ranch Rodeo of the 2016
Winter Show in Valley City.
Ranch Rodeo is more in keeping with the actual work of a real
working ranch. There were 10
teams of four who completed five
events on Thursday night.
The calf sled race, in which one
team member is pulled in a sled by
another team member on horseback. They go to the opposite end
of the arena where they load a sand
bag weighing the same as a new
calf. The team member in the sled
has to get out, load the “calf” and
get back into the sled themselves.
Then they are pulled back to the
other end of the arena. The team
with the fastest time, wins. In the
cattle rustling event, there are three
cows turned loose in the arena. The
cows must be herded into a trailer
without being roped. The team
with the fastest time, wins.
In trailer relay two stock trailers and pickups are parked nose to
nose in the arena. The team members have to load their horses into
a trailer and start in front of the
side mirrors on the pickup hooked
to their trailer. A flag is dropped
and the team runs to the back of
the trailer and unload their horses.
Then one at a time they race around
the arena. They have to carry
something, a baton or saddle bag,
something that has to be passed off
to the next rider. The team getting
all team members around the arena
with their horses reloaded in the
trailer and the tailgate latched in
the fastest time wins. Time stops
when the team gets their hands
back on the pickup, in front of the
mirrors.
With cattle doctoring the steers
are released into the arena and
driven to the far end. The two
teams are given a numbered steer
to rope, hold down and “brand”
or mark. The “branding” iron then
has to be returned to the bucket it
Young Guns show off their winners buckles at the North Dakota
Winter Show following their victory on Thursday, March 10 in Valley City. Pictured: (l to r) Blair Johnson, Matt Johnson, Garrett
Oland and Klay Oland.
came from for this timed event.
Steer mugging is picking out
the numbered steer, roping it and
pinning it to the ground, tying
three legs together that hold for six
seconds before releasing the steer.
The fastest time wins.
On Wednesday night, another
team with local ties were the winners. Whiskey Bound, made up of
Bobbie Jo Manikowski formerly
of Geneseo, currently from Braddock along with her brother-in-law
Bill Buckman, James Buckman
and Jason Bird won. There were
eight teams entered on Wednesday
night. Manikowski and Whiskey
Bound took home the prize money
and the buckles.
Thursday night came down to
a two team battle. Young Guns and
Whiskey Bound were tied at the
end and had to do a tie breaker,
which was Steer Mugging. Young
Guns won by a mere two tenths of
a second.
“I guess I didn’t know how
close the time was that we beat
them by,” said Klay Oland. “But I
knew it was close and when I was
tying the legs I was going slow and
trying not to mess up but it almost
cost us I guess!”
All of the Young Guns have
grown up on ranches and love the
sport. Garrett rides bulls in local
rodeos. Matt won his first time
out on junior bulls at the Ransom
County Fair last year.
Klay enjoys all of the events
of Ranch Rodeo but on Thursday
night he really enjoyed the range
doctoring event.
Young Guns have also been
instrumental in putting on a few
Ranch Rodeos themselves. The
Oland brothers and Andersons provided the stock for the first Ranch
Rodeo at Fort Ransom a couple of
years ago. They have put on Ranch
Rodeos in Leonard and at McLeod
as well as a few others according
to Blair.
Blair and Klay were sophomores when they entered that
first Ranch Rodeo at the Ransom
County Fair when the area was first
introduced to the “new” sport of
Ranch Rodeos. For Blair and Klay
it is great entertainment. Ranch
Rodeo is just plain fun. The $1,200
team prize money and buckles they
won were nice but it is a fun sport
for them. The Oland family live
and work on the Bohnsack Ranch
near Sheldon. It is a working cattle
ranch that has a roundup every
spring around Memorial Day. It
includes rounding up the cow and
calf pairs, branding and doctoring
them before separating them to
wean. For them they have grown
up doing many of the things Ranch
Rodeo requires.
Blair and Matt come from a
ranching family as well. They love
horses and doing anything related
to ranching and farming.
Klay is in his second year
at NDSU, Blair works for the
Schwabs in Englevale, Garrett
and Matt are still in high school.
Winning the big prize at the North
Dakota Winter Show is something
they won’t soon forget.
Don’t feel too bad for the
Whiskey Bound team, their second place win on Thursday night
gave them the same amount of
prize money as they took home on
Wednesday night, $1,000.
Manikowski, who is very competitive had this to say about the
loss:
“Lil boogers beat us by two
tenths of a second!”
It was a close finish, that’s for
sure.
Sitte, McKenzie Froehlich, Payton
Lund, Kaitlin Geyer, and Brenna
Lukes
Freshmen – Autumn Harland,
Bailey Boehler, Carly Cavett,
Cora Wagner, Heather Huffman,
Jamie Reinke, Kalli Lautt, Lida
Le, Meadow Malone, and Preslie
Ercink
8th grade – Megan Howell
Managers for both teams –
Emily Nelson, Sabrina Scoles,
Danielle Olson, Lexi Woodbury,
Taeya Haecherl, and Abby Shockman.
Bowling
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CITY LEAGUE
3/7/16
Team Scratch Game
Tri-County Lanes
883
Team Scratch Series
Tri-County Lanes
2515
Individual Scratch Game
Mike Johnson
240
Scott Wertman
212
Scott Wertman/Greg Evenson 195
Individual Scratch Series
Mike Johnson
585
Scott Wertman
578
Scott Carlblom
562
Team Handicap Game
Sparetime Lounge
847
Team Handicap Series
Sparetime Lounge
2408
Individual Handicap Game
Jim Carlblom
275
Dean Torbenson
234
James Carlblom/Don Dick
224
Individual Handicap Series
Jim Carlblom
689
Greg Evenson
638
Don Dick
624
Team Standings
Tri-County Lanes
26-10
PGA
21-15
Sparetime Lounge
20-16
City Side Collision
8--23
Heacox
3--33
WEDNESDAY
BUSINESSMEN’S LEAGUE
3/9/2016
Team Scratch Game
Maras Trucking
840
Team Scratch Series
Miller Lite
2365
Individual Scratch Game
Rick Schimming
235
Guy Eskelson
214
Jeremy Robertson
192
Individual Scratch Series
Rick Schimming
561
Jeremy Robertson
553
Dale Kaber
524
Team Handicap Game
Dakota Plains Credit Union 900
Team Handicap Series
Dakota Plains Credit Union 2490
Individual Handicap Game
Lori Kaber
264
Kyle Justus
246
Sandy Day
233
Individual Handicap Series
Kyle Justus
667
Vickie Huxsahl
632
Bob Gruman
621
Team Standings
Page Body Shop
26-14
Maras Trucking
23-14
Shop n’ Fuel
19-21
Miller Lite
18-22
Dakota Plains Credit Union 18-22
VFW
16-24
MONDAY
BANTAM - PREP
3/7/2016
Ethan Cimbura
40-34
Gabe Hoy
17-32
Brayden Brash
39-51
Shane Mahlstedt
50-40
Jessilyn Lund
31-47
Blake Rufsvold
22-25
Kierra Marsh
15-28
Jake Cimbura
36-65
Anthony Wendel
119-102
Ayden Glarum
98-105
TUESDAY
BANTAM - PREP
3/8/2016
Colten Iwen
93-90-102
Kendra Iwen
96-70
Aiden Chamberlin
55-33
Eve Chamberlin
60-56
Rylee Iwen
36-40
Cami Lindemann
45-27
By Joe Howell
North Sargent graduate and
Northern State junior running sensation, Sasha Hovind, is going to
have to build a giant trophy case
with all of the awards she has
earned in the past two years.
On Friday, March 11, Sasha set
a personal and school record in the
5,000 meter run at the NCAA Division II Indoor track and field championships at Pittsburgh, Kansas.
Hovind’s record time of 16 minutes
and 31.4 seconds placed her sixth
and earned her all American status
for the fifth time in her career.
It was the first time Sasha has
run at the national indoor meet. Her
previous four All American honors
came in cross country and outdoor
track and field.
Comments made by Sasha and
her coach, Kevin Bjerke, before the
national indoor meet:
“I definitely feel more mentally
prepared,” she said. “Every time I
go, I’m always nervous. You are up
For the next several weeks, I
will be looking back at the roster,
examining the positions to find
weaknesses as well as strengths.
With the offense completed, it’s
time to turn our sights to the defensive side of the ball. Last season,
the Vikings defense ranked fifth
in points allowed per game (18.9)
thanks in large part to Mike Zimmer and the mentality he brought to
Minnesota. With blue chip players
on every level of the defense, and
another year of perfecting Zimmer’s scheme, the Vikings’ defense
should become even better in 2016.
Defensive Tackle
Linval Joseph had one of the
best seasons of any interior defensive lineman, finishing behind
Aaron Donald and JJ Watt for
third (out of 123) according to Pro
Football Focus with a player grade
of 94.4. Joseph is under contract
through the 2018 NFL season, and
is will have a cap number of $6.35
million this year.
Sharrif Floyd had an average
season according to PFF, ranking
50th with a player grade of 75.4.
Floyd will be entering his fourth
season, and has shown plenty of
upside when he can stay healthy.
The Vikings will have the option
to pick up the fifth year of his contract, and I would be surprised if
they don’t. Floyd will have a cap
hit of just under $2.6 million.
Tom Johnson was the primary
back up and would enter the game
in passing situations, and because
of injuries to both Floyd and Joseph,
Johnson ended up playing the most
snaps of any defensive lineman on
the Vikings. With a player grade of
only 68.2, Tom was ranked 81st in
the NFL according to PFF. Johnson
is under contract through the 2017
season and will account for $2.35
million against the cap.
Kenrick Ellis didn’t play much
in 2015 (89 snaps) and only had
a player grade of 65.6. However,
Mike Zimmer must have seen
something he liked in Ellis, as he
was just re-signed for another season (contract details are unavailable at this time).
Shamar Stephen was placed
on injured reserve after only playing 67 snaps for the season. With
plenty of depth along the defensive line, Stephen will have a lot to
prove this offseason if he intends to
stay on the roster.
Defensive End
Everson Griffen led the team
in sacks and was the only Vikings
player to reach the double digit
mark (10.5). With a player grade of
83.3, Griffen is the 20th best edge
defender (out of 110) according to
PFF. Under contract for three more
seasons, Griffen has a cap hit of
$8.2 million in 2016.
Brian Robison started at left
defensive end and had a mediocre
season. With a player grade of 73.7,
Robison ranked 54th in the NFL.
Even though he is under contract
for two more season, Brian might
be asked to restructure his contract
because he is scheduled to have a
cap hit of $5.25 million this year.
Danielle Hunter was drafted
in the third round last season, and
was projected by many (myself
included) to be a project who
wouldn’t get much playing time
against some of the best athletes in
the nation and it is always nerveracking, but being there in outdoor
and for cross-country, I kind of get
the feel for it more and I really drive
off of like a big environment. I feel
like I perform my best when there is
a lot of pressure.”
She’s performing at her best
once again at the right time. Hovind’s time of 16 minutes and :39.09
seconds is the seventh-best time
in Division II, shattering her own
school record from last season.
“She peaks pretty well, and it
makes it a lot easier to peak well
when you are so diligent in the offseason and throughout the season
doing everything you are supposed
to do,” Bjerke said. “She does such
a good job of doing everything she
can do to get herself ready.”
She’s now ready for another
moment on the national stage and
a chance at another All-American
honor.
“Whenever I go, my biggest
goal is to just set a (personal record)
and run my personal best,” she said.
The Wolves outdoor season
begins on March 18 & 19 at Colorado.
Sasha Hovind
Round-up
in his first couple seasons. Fortunately, Hunter kind of came out of
nowhere and ended the season second on the team with 6 sacks and
42nd in the league with a player
grade of 76.8. With three seasons
left on his contract, Hunter figures
to take more of Robison’s snaps in
the near future.
Scott Crichton was a third
round pick a couple years ago but
has been unable to crack the rotation along the defensive line. With
a player grade of 54.3, Scott has
plenty of room to improve. He in
under contract for two more seasons.
Justin Trattou had a player
grade of 66.7, but is an unrestricted
free agent this year and doesn’t figure to be a big part of the Vikings’
defensive plans going forward.
The defensive line is one of the
strengths of the Vikings’ defense,
and it should only improve as
the younger players like Griffen,
Hunter and Floyd get more playing
time under Mike Zimmer.
We turn our focus on the linebackers, another group filled with
young, impressive players. After
years of mediocrity, it’s a welcome
change to have a group that instills
fear into opposing offensive coordinators.
Anthony Barr is quickly becoming one of the best linebackers in
the league. If you don’t believe me,
maybe you’ll believe Pro Football
Focus, who rated Barr (93.4 player
grade) as the second best LB in
the league behind only Luke Kuechly. Barr is a versatile player who
graded positively in run defense,
pass coverage and pass rush.
Eric Kendricks was only rated
as PFF’s 56th (out of 97) linebacker with a player grade of 58.9.
However, as a rookie, Kendricks
elevated his game every week and
all signs point to him becoming a
very productive linebacker in the
NFL for years to come.
Chad Greenway was rated
slightly lower than Kendricks (56.2
player grade, 61st in the league).
Greenway is a free agent this offseason, but both the Vikings and
Greenway have expressed their
desire to have number 52 back in
purple and gold next season. If he
is brought back, I would expect
his playing time to significantly
decrease.
Edmond Robinson ended the
season as the Vikings’ second highest rated linebacker with a player
grade of 68.8, although he didn’t
play enough to qualify for a ranking. Brandon Watts had a player
grade of 58.8, and newly re-signed
Audie Cole had the lowest player
grade of any Vikings’ linebackers
(40.6).
The Vikings have also made a
few free agency moves. Like most
years, the team is taking a methodical approach to free agency, not
necessarily signed (and over-paying) for the big name free agents,
but rather sitting back and offering
reasonable contracts to “second-
By: Jordan Wright
tier” players.
Alex Boone was the biggest signing so far. The guard has
played his entire career in San
Francisco and has played very well
in his time there. If you have time,
I suggest heading over to Vikings.
com and watching Boone’s introductory feature. He seems to bring
the right attitude to the offensive
line and I am looking forward to
him competing for a guard spot.
Pro Football Focus has an article on their website, grading all the
free agency signings so far. Here’s
what they had to say about the free
agents Minnesota has signed:
DT Kenrick Ellis (B): One year,
$810k with $25k guaranteed
You don’t need to spend big
money to make good moves that
fill out your roster. Ellis has never
got an extended amount of action
because wherever he’s ended up
there’s been some ridiculous talent in front of him (Damon Harrison and Linval Joseph). But he’s
delivered in limited action as an
early down run stuffer and if called
upon he can do so for the Vikings
in 2015.
G Alex Boone (B minus): Five
years, $26.8 million with $10 million guaranteed
Boone hasn’t really built upon
his breakout 2012 season and
become one of the best guards
in the league. But he has always
graded positively, and given the
money the Vikings have put into
this deal they can consider this a
good value pickup as they retool
their offensive line.
LB Audie Cole (B minus): One
year, $760k with $40k guaranteed
He caught our eye with some
impressive play in 2014 but then
got bitten by the injury bug last
year. There’s definitely talent there,
and given the money involved the
Vikings will be happy to get at the
very least a solid depth player and
a good special teamer.
S Andrew Sendejo (D): Four
years, $16 million with $3.9 million guaranteed
It’s starter money for a guy who
isn’t all that likely to start (certainly
not in an every-down role), and
isn’t all that good. Sendejo had the
85th-highest grade of 88 safeties in
2015
LB Emmanuel Lamur (D): Two
years, $6 million with $2.2 million
guaranteed
While Lamur is familiar with
Mike Zimmer from their time in
Cincinnati, he really isn’t a guy
who has gotten better the more he
played. In fact, the past two years
he’s really struggled, to the point
where he’s really a guy you bring
into compete for a spot on a roster, rather than offering enough in
guarantees that you’re pretty much
obliged to keep him.
If you have any comments or
suggestions, I encourage you to
reach out to me through Facebook (facebook.com/SkolJWright)
Twitter (@SkolJWright) or e-mail
(SkolJWright@gmail.com)
OPEN HOUSE REGISTRATION NIGHT
Lisbon Recreation Board has Spring and
Summer Sports Activities Available.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23RD
Williston
Mar. 30th - 31st
Grand Williston Hotel
& Conference Center
3601 2nd Ave. W.
Job Service ND
www.jobsnd.com
(701) 774-7900
5:00-6:30PM
HIGH SCHOOL COMMONS
• Soccer K-6th grade plus Pre-K Camp
• Baseball and Softball Registration
For forms or more
information call
Kara Tuhy
701-799-7212
Tomorrow’s Leaders Kiwanis recognizes LHS Honor Students at Banquet
Student Name: Joe Manuel
Cortez Elijah Barker
Parents’ Names: Julie and Tony
Barker
High School Activities: Track,
FFA, Football
Interests and Hobbies: Fishing,
eating, going for hikes, swimming with dolphins, protecting
the earth and watching my dog
turn into a pig.
Favorite Quote: “Tina, you fat
lard, come and get your Dinner.”
Napoleon Dynamite.
Future Plans: Excel in the
National Guard, work at Bobcat
and help on the farm.
Best Advice for Underclassman: Dont go out to eat so
much, you will burn through
money like crazy!
Student Name: Lindsay Louise
Dow
Parents’ Names: Jeff and Chris
Dow
High School Activities: Cross
county, National Honor Society,
speech, drama, band and choir
Interests and Hobbies: Drawing, painting, love riding horse
and sailing
Favorite Quote: “Never save
anything for the swim back.”
Gattaca
Future Plans: Going to NDSU
for Vet Tech studies
Best Advice for Underclassman: Turn everything in and try
your hardest, it will only benefit
you but also remember to have
fun.
Student Name: Amber Jo Gabel
Parents’ Names: Karla Gabel
and Jay Gabel
High School Activities: Basketball (1), volleyball (1), football
manager (3), Student Council,
FCCLA, Dollars for Scholars
volunteer
Interests and Hobbies: Watching Greys Anatomy, going to
Linsey’s lake, hunting, fishing,
hanging out with friends and
family
Favorite quote: “The expected
is what keeps us steady. It’s the
unexpected that changes our
lives forever.” Greys Anatomy
Future Plans: Attend University of Jamestown for nursing,
get married to a rich farmer and
have lots of babies.
Best Advice for Underclassman: Take school seriously,
take all the dual credits you can
and have fun. High School goes
by fast!
Student Name: Xanthe Dick
Parents’ Names: Brent Dick
and Brenda Dick
High School Activities: Cross
county, one-act, speech, band
and choir, track for one year,
Governor’s school, girls state
Interests and Hobbies: Running, making art, writing stuff,
being bad at yoga with Beth
Shearer, Netflix dates with Caren
Blaschke, cross county tea parties with the girls team and Kyle,
listening to the Smiths everyday.
Favorite Quote: “Artists aren’t
actually people, and I’m actually
40 percent paper mache.” Morrissey
Future Plans: Study psychology at the University of Montana, become an art therapist, go
for hikes, draw pictures of trees.
Best Advice for Underclassman: Make sure you take care of
yourself and do what makes you
happy before you start trying to
please everybody else. And your
social status in high school literally does not matter at all, don’t
take things so seriously.
Student Name: Peyton Ercink
Parents’ Names: John and
Stacy Ercink
High
School
Activities:
FCCLA, National Honors Society, Student Council, basketball,
volleyball, track.
Interests and Hobbies: Hunting, fishing, shopping, sports,
swimming,
snowboarding,
wakeboarding, watching movies, riding horse
Favorite quote: “With pain,
comes strength.” Unknown
Future Plans: Attend the
University of Jamestown and
become a nurse anesthetist
Best Advice for Underclassman: Enjoy high school while it
lasts. It flys by! Also, Mr. Moss
is serious when he says he will
take your phone away!
The Lisbon Kiwanis Club held
their 57th Annual Honors Banquet.
The banquet was held at Trinity
Lutheran Church on March 15.
Thirty-four members of the
LHS Class of 2016 achieved the
recognition as Honor Students.
Pastor
Norm
Anderson,
Kiwanis member, gave the invocation.
“America the Beautiful” was
sung by the students and all present.
Kiwanis President Terri Kelly
Barta welcomed the guests of
honor and their families.
A saxophone ensemble from
LHS played “Sarabande and Courante“ under the direction of John
Monilaws.
A wonderful ham dinner was
cooked and served by the ladies of
Trinity Lutheran Church.
Laura Rotenberger, Kiwanis
member, introduced the honor
student who came forward and
received their certificates from
Patrick Adair, principal, LHS.
Each of the students shared their
plans for next fall. The parents
were recognized by standing at
their tables.
Ed Williams, pastor, Faith
Assembly of God, was the keynote
speaker. His message was “Where
are you at?”
The evening ended with all
saying the “Pledge of Allegiance “
and Pastor Norm Anderson closed
with a prayer.
Honor students are: Brock
Aberle, Jerod Gemar, George
Smith, Ryley Lau, Austin Pithey,
Brock Aberle, Daniel Sagvold,
Jason Sommerfeld, Brandon
Hoenhaus, Kyle Mark, Jessamine
Schell, Emilee Hansen, Payton
Ercink, Mara Wittenburg, Amber
Lisbon Academic Team takes
second place in Academic Olympics
Wyndmere was the winner
from the small school division
followed by North Sargent in
second and Oak Grove in third.
Carrington, Enderlin, Kindred, Lisbon, Oakes, Oak Grove
and Richland were the seven
contestants from the large school
division.
Kindred won first place, Lisbon took second place and Oak
Grove took third place. The preliminary round included 34 ques-
tions on the subjects of math,
English, social studies, science
and electives.
The top three teams in each
division advanced to the final
lightening round which consisted
of 25 questions.
The two top winners Wyndmere (small school division)
and Kindred (large school division)will advance to the North
Dakota Academic Olympics in
the spring.
LMSStudent
of the Week
Pictured (l to r) Sam Beltran, Kimmy Ngo, Breena Wheeler and
Carter Wallner.
The Lisbon Academic Team won second place in the large school division at the Academic Olympics hosted in Lisbon on March 14. PIctured: (l to r) Rory Waliser, MacKenzi Nelson, Austin Pithey,
Brock Aberle, Xanthe Dick and Jordan Saxerud.
Ransom County 4-H members
participate in 2016 Showcase Event
Participants in a 4-H Showcase Event on March 11 at the 4-H Carnival are pictured, back row: (l
to r) Tucker Mairs, Carly Mairs, Hailey Qual, Paige Zimprich, Abby Freeberg, Emma Gillespie, Bill
Lambrecht, and Jenna Baarson. Front row: (l to r): Blake Qual, Carson Qual, Cody Freeberg, Ellery
Qual, Luke Schwab, Mara Kempel, and Lyla Gillespie.
Student Name: Benjamin
Gemar
Parents’ Names: Jerry Gemar
and Bonita Mellick
High School Activities: Golf,
Student
Council,
National
Honor Society, Library club
Interests and Hobbies: Fishing, hunting and racing
Favorite quote: “Remember
the difference between a boss
and a leader; a boss says, “Go!”
a leader says, Let’s go! E.M.
Kelly
Future Plans: Attend NDSC
for business management and
further my career with the Pizza
Ranch Corporation.
Best Advice for Underclassman: Never give up on yourself,
always work hard at whatever
your goals are for your future.
Elizabeth Bartholomay, Brendan
Colgrove, Caren Blaschke, Alex
Cooley, Lindsay Dow, Zach Stulz,
Jamie Vogelsang, and Cassie
Witte.
The Lisbon Kiwanis Club hosted their 57th Annual Honors Banquet for Lisbon High School honor students on March 15 at Trinity
Lutheran Church. Pictured, back row: (l to r) Jerod Gemar, George Smith, Ryley Lau, Austin Pithey, Brock Aberle, Daniel Sagvold,
Jason Sommerfeld and Brandon Hoenhause. Middle row: (l to r) Kyle Mark, Jessamine Schell, Emilee Hansen, Payton Ercink, Mara
Wittenburg, Amber Gabel, Tayler Goettle, Haley Anderson, MacKenzi Nelson, Ashley Kramer, and Ben Gemar. Front row: (l to r) Brittany Johnson, Linsey Leadbetter, Sydney Griffith, Shelby Musland, Elizabeth Bartholomay and Caren Blaschke.Not pictured are
Brendan Colgrove, Xanthe Dick, Alex Cooley, Lindsay Dow, Zach Stulz, Jamie Vogelsang and Cassie Witte.
2nd in large schools competing...
The Academic Olympics took
place on March 14 at Lisbon
High School. Sixteen teams participated, nine in the small school
division and seven in the large
school division.
The nine schools in the small
school division were: Fairmount,
Hankinson, Lidgerwood, Litchville-Marion, Milnor, North Sargent, Pingree-Buchanan, Sargent
Central, and Wyndmere.
Gabel, Tayler Goettle, Haley
Anderson, MacKenzi Nelson,
Ashley Kramer, Ben Gemar, Brittany Johnson, Linsey Leadbetter,
Sydney Griffith, Shelby Musland,
Participants in a 4-H Showcase Event on March 11 at the 4-H Carnival in Lisbon are pictured, back
row: (l to r) Kalli Lautt, Jena Smith, Kacy Smith, Kendra Myers, Kylee Myers, Gabriella Birchem,
Haley McLeod, and Keegan Schultz. Middle row: (l to r) Kody Lautt, Tatum Spadgenske, Jocelyn
Birklid, and Olivia Johnson. Front row: (l to r) Troy Jorgenson and Addisyn Cavett. Not pictured:
Adia Holub and Lucy Walberg.
A Ransom County 4-H Showcase Event was held on March 11
in conjunction with the 4-H Carnival.
Participants in Project Expo
prepared a display related to a 4-H
project they are enrolled in for the
current year. Each participant was
interview judged by their display.
Other 4-H members chose to
participate in Decorate Your Duds.
4-H’ers in the Decorate Your Duds
project chose an item of clothing to
embellish and decorate.
Juniors and Seniors are eligible
to advance to the ND State Fair in
Minot. Cloverbuds, age 6-7, were
awarded a participation ribbon.
5th Grade
Carter Wallner is putting in
extra time into his work. He is
prepared when coming to class
and ready to take a test. He is an
active learner who participates
in class discussions. Carter has
made great gains over the year
as a student. Keep up the good
work!
6th Grade
Breena Wheeler has been an
active learner and always gets
her work done on time. She is
well-behaved and respectful.
She is always reading and does
good with getting her AR points.
7th Grade
Kimmy Ngo is a hard working student who cares about
her work. She participates in
class discussions. Her work is
always completed on time and
done well. She is respectful and
polite in class. She has taken
responsibility in her classes to
get caught up on work and has
started to take a more active
role in class by volunteering to
perform tasks in class and share
ideas. Kimmy is also a talented
artist who is not afraid to share
her talents for Leadership activities.
8th Grade
Sam Beltran is really good
about participating in class and
sharing his ideas. He shows
that he is motivated to learn by
asking questions and sharing
ideas with others. He is always
respectful and actively seeks
help from his peers and teachers
to answer questions or clarify
directions. Sam has a great attitude towards learning!
Communication Arts
contest participants
The Ransom County 4-H Communication Arts Contest was held
in Lisbon on March 14. 4-H members participated in interpretive
readings and recitation categories. The district event will be held
in Lisbon on June 14. Debbie Armstrong was the judge for this
event. Pictured, back row: (l to r) Luke Schwab, Haley McLeod,
Hailey Qual and Blake Qual. Front row: (l to r) Ellery Qual, Carson
Qual and Cody Freeberg.
QUESTION
Of the Week!
“If you could be a character in your
favorite book, who would you be?”
Jaydin Howard, 8, is in Mrs.
Smith’s third grade at Lisbon Public School: “Rob Gronkowski in
‘Legends in the Making’.”
Colton Johnson, 9, is in Mrs.
Smith’s third grade at Lisbon Public School: “Big Nate from ‘Nate
the Great’.”
Adria Larson-Holub, 9, is in
Mrs. Smith’s third grade at Lisbon
Public School: “Kaya the Indian
from the Nez Perce Tribe in
‘Beforever’.”
Hunter Lukes, 8 1/2, is in Mrs.
Smith’s third grade at Lisbon Public School: “Bad Kitty from the
‘Bad Kitty’ books.”
Brooklyn Bergemann, 9, is in
Mrs. Smith’s third grade at Lisbon
Public School: “I would be Thea
Stilton, in ‘The Cloud Castle’.”
Jessie Gilje, 9, is in Mrs.
Smith’s third grade at Lisbon Public School: “An Elephant named
Ruby from ‘The One and Only
Ivan’.”
School Lunch Menus
LISBON SCHOOL
BREAKFAST MENU
Mon., Mar. 21- Assorted cereal,
yogurt or cheese stick, fruit
Tues., Mar. 22- Waffles, yogurt
or cheese stick, fruit
Wed., Mar. 23- Muffin, yogurt
or cheese stick, fruit
Thurs., Mar. 24- Grab N’ Go
style, yogurt or cheese stick,
fruit
Fri., Mar. 25- NO SCHOOL
LISBON SCHOOL
LUNCH MENU
Mon., Mar. 21- Norwegian Kjottkaker (meatballs in gravy),
mashed potatoes, corn, roll, fruit
Tues., Mar. 22- Mexican Taco salad, black beans, all the
fixings, fruit
Wed., Mar. 23- Hamburger,
baked beans, waffle fries, fruit
Thurs., Mar. 24- Spaghetti,
salad, breadstick, 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
Mon., Mar. 21- Cook’s Choice
Tues., Mar. 22- Cereal
Wed., Mar. 23- Cook’s Choice
Thurs., Mar. 24- Cook’s Choice
• Regular breakfasts are served
every day and include toast,
peanut butter, cheese slices,
juice and milk.
FORT RANSOM SCHOOL
Daniel Gruby, 9, is in Mrs.
Smith’s third grade at Lisbon Public School: “The book ‘Nate the
Great.’ I’d be Nate!”
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LUNCH MENU
Mon., Mar. 21 - Chicken
nuggets, FF
Tues., Mar. 22- Tomato Soup,
Grilled Cheese
Wed., Mar. 23- Scalloped Pot/
Ham
Thurs., Mar. 24- Meatloaf, M.
Potatoes
• Meals served with salad bar,
fruit, vegetables and milk.
Medical & Health Services
Directory
HOSPITALS & CLINICS
CHI
Lisbon
Health Clinic
DR. OSCAR FERNANDEZ
KEVIN JACOBSON FNP-C
Clinic Hours: 9am-5pm
Appt. Hours: 7am-6pm
(701) 683-6400
Located At Hospital Main Entrance
905 Main Street • Lisbon, ND
www.lisbonhospital.com
FMC
Family
Medical
Clinic
Dr. Barbara Sheets-Olson, M.D.
Katie Tanner, PA-C
Meredith Kelsen, C-NP
Stacey Spilovoy-Walton, PA-C
(701) 683-6000
Clinic Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30-5:00
“Your Health • Your Choice • Your Clinic”
10 - 9th Ave. E., Lisbon, ND 58054
Lisbon
Brent Buchholz, PA-C
Kathy Siedschlag, PA-C
Larry Hendricks, PA-C
Dedicated to the work of heath and healing
102 10th Ave. West • 701-683-2214
SHEYENNE VALLEY
CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC
Medical & Prof. Center 15 - 11th Ave. W., Lisbon, ND
DR. ANNETTE I. BARTOSH-HEACOX
DR. JODI K. SANDNESS-RIEGER
683-5337
We Are A Participating BC/BS Provider in ND
(701) 683-6400
SERVICES AVAILABLE:
Clinic Services
Laboratory • Ultrasounds
Mammograms
Nuc Med • MRI/CT Scans
Swingbed • Surgery
Emergency Room
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905 Main Street • Lisbon, ND
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DENTAL
(701) 427-5300
Clinic Hours: 8am-1pm
Monday-Thursday
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SERVICES AVAILABLE:
Lab, Xray,
Blood Pressure Check
DOT Physicals
Keeping care
close to home
Essentia Health-Lisbon Clinic
819 Main Street | Lisbon
701.683.4134
EssentiaHealth.org
906 South Main Street, Lisbon, ND
Participating Provider of BC/ BS,
Medica & MeritCare Medical Group
Hours: Mon-Fri.
8am to 5pm
Phone - 683-4582
Dr. Chad Olson and Dr. Corey Williams
Thrifty
White
Pharmacy
420 Main St.,
Lisbon, ND
(701) 683-7695
or 1(866) 683-4654
St. Francis
Milnor Clinic
Lisbon Chiropractic
Clinic
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
DR. MICHAEL L. KEIM
EYECARE
Thrifty White
Pharmacy
Cards, Gifts,
& All Your Health Needs
683-4691
1-800-247-0427
404 Main • Lisbon, North Dakota
Mon-Fri: 8:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday: 8:30am - Noon
NuCara Pharmacy
Corey R. Mairs
O.D.
1-877-683-5815
17 11th Avenue West • Lisbon, ND 58054
701-683-5815
Fax 701-683-9966
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with several services and cares
available at your choosing.
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683-4092
THERAPY/FITNESS
Lisbon, ND 58054
Patty Well, Manager
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
513 Main Street - Lisbon, ND
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REHABILITATION / FITNESS
PHYSICAL THERAPY
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
11 Main Street North
P.O. Box 586
Gwinner, ND 58040
Phone: (701) 678-2244
Fax: (701) 678-2210
NURSING HOMES
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Skilled Nursing Service,
Physical, Occupational,
Speech Therapy, & Respite Care
501 3rd Avenue West, Lisbon
(701) 683-5239
7.625 in.
Fort Ransom School jumps for heart,
District 7 ND Cattlewomen
President Norma
raises money for AHA
Anderson shares mission, seeks new members
Local rural women in attendance at the February 29, 2016 District 7 Cattlewomen reorganization
meeting at the Lisbon Eagles.
By Angela Kolden
After being around cattle for as
long as Norma Anderson and her
husband Gary have been, the beef
industry has become as much a part
of who they are as the color of their
eyes.
With 40 years ranching expe-
District 7 North Dakota Cattlewomen’s President Norma
Anderson with her husband
Gary on their ranch located in
between Leonard and Sheldon.
Considering District 7 is a huge
district that primary includes the
counties of Ransom, Richland and
Cass, there is a need for increased
membership.
Currently, there are about 20
to 25 members who are kept very
busy planning a host of special
events and cattlewomen projects
aimed to fulfill the CattleWomen’s
Creed.
“Believing that the livestock
industry is of basic importance to
world existence, we, the American
National CattleWomen, dedicate
ourselves to support it with our
labor and finances; to promote it
through information and publicity; to encourage its producers
with our understanding and love;
to do all in our power to instill
in the coming generation the love
of the land and of life, the humility and awe before nature, and the
hope and faith in the future that is
inherent in cattlemen and cattlewomen.”
Some of the projects include
“Beef for Father’s Day,” a project
that involves a radio contest where
a beef gift certificate is awarded
to fathers who correctly answer
questions pertaining to the beef
industry. In addition, the cattlewomen participate annually in the
On March 8, Fort Ransom School held their Jump for Heart Event raising an amazing amount of
money for the American Heart Association! Pictured, back row: (l to r)Jed May, Zahr Wobbema, and
Caleb Olson. 3rd row: (l to r) Savannah Close, Griffen McDaniel, Sierra Froemke, Ali Bjone, Kelby
Anderson, Quinton Mischke, and Kodi Lautt, and Zannika Wobbema. 2nd row: (l to r) Julie May,
Wyatt Olson, Damian Modlin, Jocelyn Birklid, Emersyn Schwab, Ryatt Wertman, Parker Ercink, and
Haydon Sorby; Front row: (l to r) Madden Schwab, Christian Modlin, Taylor Sorby, Sawyer Froemke,
Peyton Miller, and Hudson Due; Not Pictured: Carter Sorby.
One of the older girls shows
a younger girl how it is done.
Pictured are: Jocelyn Birklid
(left) and Peyton Miller.
These girls particip[ated in Jumprope for Heart at Fort Ransom
School. Pictured: (l to r) Sierra Froemke, Kodi Lautt, Savannah
Close, and Ali Bjone.
Valley News... cont. from page 4 Lisbon resident shares news of a blizzard from 70 years ago
Those black piles of dirt are rampant all over with pocket gophers
hard at it. This rover sprinkles mice
seed or grain over the dirt and they
do a get-away. They are hard to mow
over so let them find another home
and not in this rover’s yard. A trek to
Ardell Slattum Farm Sunday proved
there is not much live stuff around.
Not an animal, pheasant or turkey
or deer. A stop at the Cafe’ and there
was Thor to make up a super lunch. A
sign stated church was on at Lisbon’s
Catholic Church for Joey Haecherl.
Sympathy to the family.
There is Christy Hoaby Swercycek enjoying sorting over 10,000
photos they have taken in the years of
their Army years all over the world.
Both she and Tony, had one child
born in Japan. They have a son Sam
and daughter Ana who is married and
lived with husband in Calif. Christy
wants to create a digital photo album.
There were these two zebras waiting to get on Noah’s ship. They roved
around in the rain waiting for their
turn and admonished, “Why does this
have to alphabetically?”
Here comes a call from Moorhead. “Why didn’t you write any Valley News? Jerry and I have searched
the paper and can’t find it.” Well, this
rover’s news was in, but in the third
section of the paper where you don’t
expect it”- they were told. This rover
waited for them to get the paper and
find it or else maybe the brain was
going astray and it was not in the
Gazette. This was Sunday and what a
super church service at the Veteran’s
Home. Irene dressed in green for St.
Patrick’s Day, hit the keys for the
Irish songs and “I’m Looking over
a four leaf clover.” With the great
warm March Day with a very, very
little snow lying around you could
almost look for the clover with the
four leaves. When hymn time came,
in bounces Pastor Norm taking Pastor Juwle’s place. He went into a
great story which brought even tears
to this rover. He took the place of the
Dad to the two Prodigal sons. He has
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appropriate? Then the service ended
and Pastor Quibell of the McLeod brought into the Gazette a section
church and Fargo came forward with from an old Fargo Forum dated Feb.
a friend who has a sight affliction, 16, 1946. The newspaper is yellowed
Mr. Hendriction. Both hands had to with age, but the print is still entirely
be shaken by the piano player while legible. The special section of the
the Pastor sang a couple Irish ballads. paper from 70 years ago was devoted
Pastor Quibell is a very musical man to news of a blizzard which had raged
and can sing even Norsk. You don’t through the tri-state area on Wedneshave to worry about not finding the day and Thursday, Feb. 6-7 of 1946.
It was reported that the storm
right key for him--he’s right on. It is
thanks to him and all the rest for being had been widespread, extending over
at church and singing their hearts out. wide portions of eastern North Dakota
A stop at Gordy’s and there was and western Minnesota and well into
Michelle Dickenson a four year South Dakota. Although the blizzard
worker there and friendly plus help- was one of the worst in the area’s
ful. She hails from Minnesota-We history, the newspaper reported that
its toll on human life had not been
hope she will stay put in Lisbon.
This rover ran out of flour for the as great as the blizzard of March 15,
third batch of donuts. Called Grand- 1941. The 1941 blizzard had struck
daughter Heidi Hoenhause who says suddenly on a Saturday evening, when
she does not work at Head-Start on many rural residents were shopping
Fridays. Over she walked from her in nearby towns. That storm had left
home with a couple cups of the white more than 75 people dead throughout
stuff which this rover can’t remember basically the same area affected by the
running out of it. A great catching 1946 storm.
According to the Forum report,
up on home events took place and it
is thanks to her for fun visit and the nine people had died in the 1946
storm, six in North Dakota, two in
flour. Donuts got made.
There is Scott Wolters, employed South Dakota, and one in Minnesota.
Blizzard forecasts had been issued
at Wil’s Body Shop Lisbon. His wife
Stephanie is also there as a book- as early as Monday, Feb . 4. Early
keeper and telephone magistrate on Tuesday morning, Feb. 5, a light
with a super disposition. They have drizzle had begun falling, causing an
a home in Nome, ND and drive the icy glaze to form on streets, sidewalks,
distance every work day. Scott loves highways, and communication lines.
four wheeling, baby sitting their By 11 a.m. the precipitation had turned
five and three year olds, plus his job into a mixture of sleet and drizzle. By
of many years at Wil’s Body Shop, noon the winds had started getting
where they take kinks out of anything stronger and, by about 2:30 p.m., it
this rover can put in vehicles or any- was starting to snow. Winds varied
thing else. Stephanie loves horses so from 40 to around 50 miles per hour,
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appendectomy. The man’s pain had
reportedly been kept under control,
to some degree, by his wife, who followed instructions given by telephone
by their family physician.
Another Fargo doctor had reportedly attempted to walk and crawl
through the storm and drifted snow to
attend to an expectant Fargo mother
who was unable to get to the hospital.
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recently named President of the
District 7 North Dakota CattleWomen’s Association.
As the wife of a rancher, she
chose to become involved in
NDCW because it is important to
her to help support the industry by
promoting beef.
Having been handed the presidential reins in October of last
year, she admits to being pretty
green in her new position, but she
is enjoying the learning process
along the way.
One of her top priorities has
been addressing membership and
finding ways to attract new (and
younger) members.
Letters were drafted and mailed
to all potential new members, requesting they consider joining
NDCW.
If turnout at this month’s meeting was a fair indication, there is an
entirely new generation of women
who are eager to join the organization.
“I’m pretty pumped,” Norma
said of the potential new members
and the new ideas they brought to
the table. “It was a pretty successful meeting. A lot of younger gals
attended and we had a good talk
session.”
Red River Valley Fair, by having a
booth in the Ag Education building
where youth educational materials
and games are provided.
Those who are recently married
will benefit from the Newlywed
Project. The cattlewomen provide
all couples who register for a marriage license at the courthouses
within district 7, a packet of beef
brochures including recipes, cooking safety tips, and a postcard redeemable for a beef gift certificate.
In addition, several new project ideas are being generated. This
year, NDCW will participate in
several area parades with plans for
their float in the works.
They are also going to participate in the Ransom County Fair,
manning the same booth they have
at the RRVF. Also, they are planning a 5K marathon, beginning in
Enderlin with participating members handing out beef sticks to all
marathon runners.
Perhaps the project with the
biggest impact is the annual donation the District 7 CattleWomen
make to the food pantries in Cass,
Ransom and Richland Counties.
“We donate $500 worth of
ground beef each year,” Norma
said, explaining the donation is
made after NDCW members attach
a tag to each pound of hamburger
that says, ‘donated by District 7
CattleWomen.’
Norma encourages any women
who are involved in ranching to
contact her if they are interested in
becoming involved with NDCW.
She may be reached at 701-8823369.
“It’s a good way to work with
our husbands to show support for
the industry.”
The Andersons raise about 700
head of Purebred Black Angus cattle on their ranch located between
Leonard and Sheldon.
With calving season fast approaching, they are happy to have
the help of son Jordon and his wife
Sara.
In addition to Jordon, the couple has two other sons, Josh (Sabrina) and Eric, as well as four
grandchildren.
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cess and was on his way. The baby was back to his home. The lady who had
born at home on Thursday morning, rescued the mail carrier suffered from
Feb. 7, with a couple of women (the shock as a result of her fright and the
mother’s sister-in-law and a neighbor) effort of getting him into her house.
Her husband finally arrived home the
attending.
A Fargo home burned to the following day.
In addition to the Fargo storm
ground during the worst part of the
blizzard on Thursday night, because news, the special edition of the newsthe fire trucks were unable to get to the paper also carried news of the outlying
area.
house through the drifted streets.
It was reported that a group of
Many unusual incidents which
happened during the storm were 408 GIs, newly discharged from their
reported. One of them occurred at service in the India-Burma campaign,
Fargo’s Park School. During the worst had been stranded in Valley City for 45
of the blizzard on Tuesday night, the hours en route to the separation cenwind blew a branch off a tree and sent ter at Atterbury, IN. A month before,
it through a classroom window. The they had left India with temperatures
school’s elderly janitor had walked sometimes reaching 135 degrees and
home several blocks through the storm reached North Dakota in one of the
and was stranded there. The princi- worst snowstorms in the state’s hispal, Miss Edith Skogen, and another tory.
Branch lines of the Great Northteacher were staying at the school with
three or four children whose parents ern, Northern Pacific and Soo line
were unable to get through the storm railroads were still being cleared as
to take them home. The women did the special evening edition was being
not know how to repair the window. printed on Feb. 16. It was reported
They knew they had to do something, that machine breakdowns and addihowever, as the snow was blowing in tional drifting of snow were causing
and the cold wind was cooling off the the hold-up. It was further reported
entire building. Skogen called a school that Marion and Kathryn, ND, as well
board member who lived within a few as other towns along the same line,
blocks of the school. She also called had been isolated since the storm had
the municipal water and light plant, ended around 10 days before.
Maj. Sidney Bjornson, son of Dr.
which was near the school. The school
board member fought the elements and Mrs. B. K. Bjornson, Fargo, had
and managed to fight his way through been serving in Iceland with the veterithe drifts to the school, as did a couple narian corps for the past two years. He
water and light plant employees. The had been discharged and was returnmen found some old storm windows ing home when the blizzard struck.
in the basement, nailed one onto the His wife, Florenz, had met her husinside of the broken window, and band in Minneapolis and they were en
stuffed rags in the cracks where the route home on Tuesday, Feb. 5, in the
makeshift repair did not fit tightly. storm. They had picked up a stranded
Those marooned at the school then motorist and continued on. Then, two
bedded down for the night using gym- miles southeast of Baker, MN, the
nasium mats for mattresses. There Bjornson’s car had become stalled. A
were some provisions in the school’s Moorhead salesman, who had already
kitchen, so they were able to find picked up two other stranded motorenough to eat until the storm subsided ists, offered to take the Bjornsons
and their passenger into Moorhead.
and they were able to get home.
A Fargo resident had reportedly In Moorhead the Bjornsons boarded
saved a mailman from freezing to a bus. However, the bus stalled about
death during the storm. The woman a block from the Powers Hotel. Major
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saw what appeared to be a man lying
in the snow. Assuming it was her hus- anything he’d experienced in Iceland.
Animals, as well as humans, were
band, she ran outside, wearing bedroom slippers and without a sweater affected by the storm. A 39-year-old
or coat. When she reached the man, mare named “Babe” had been found
she quickly saw that it was not her dead in her farmyard home near
husband. However, she realized that Thompson, 12 miles south of Grand
the man needed help. She reached his Forks. Her owner, Erwin Thompson,
shoulders and managed to drag him had discovered the horse when he
into her home, losing her slippers in returned home on Saturday night after
having been stranded in Grand Forks
the snow in the process.
People rooming at her home for several days during the blizzard.
helped carry the man to a couch. They He believed the mare had fallen vicbrought him hot coffee and took other tim to the storm when she was unable
measures to revive him. The man was to reach her feed manger because of
suffering from exposure, but showed deep snowdrifts. The mare had been
no signs of frostbite. After the mail- born on the Thompson farm in 1906.
man recovered, two of the gentleman She was the family’s best workhorse
for many years, putting in nearly 33
years of work before she was retired
to a life of ease in 1940. After that
time she was allowed to roam the farm
at will, eating from her special grain
manger and drinking from an electrically heated watering trough in the
winter.
A chocolate brown Labrador-type
dog had found shelter during the storm
at The Fargo Forum building in Fargo.
Employees brought the dog bones and
shared their breakfast or lunch with
her. Once the blizzard subsided, the
dog disappeared as suddenly as she
had come.
Some of the stories carried in the
special edition had ties to Ransom
County and its surrounding communities.
The newspaper reported that
the Brown quadruplets of Leonard
had celebrated their fifth birthday on
Wednesday, Feb. 6. However, the
story of how they celebrated would
have to be told at a later date, since
telephone connections with Leonard,
as well as other nearby communities,
was impossible. Northwestern Bell
reported that direct circuits to Leonard
were down and “roundabout” circuits
through Lisbon and Sheldon were also
out of order. The quadruplets, Connie and her brothers, Cleo, Claire and
Clayton, were born on Feb. 6, 1941 in
St. John’s Hospital, Fargo.
Another article reported that residents along a rural Enderlin mail route
had received airmail service when
the blizzard made regular methods of
delivery impossible. Mail carrier William Jaster had enlisted the aid of Kenneth Lindemann, an Enderlin pilot, to
fly the mail to snowbound residents
along his route.
After the mail had been wrapped
in individual packets, Lindemann took
off in his Piper-Cub plane with Jaster.
The plane, equipped with skis, had
been serving to bring brothers Kenneth and Jack Lindemann to Enderlin
to pick up their own mail, groceries,
etc. The postal patrons were told that
the plane would attempt to get their
mail to them and were asked to be on
the lookout.
Most of the patrons along the route
had been without mail service for several days. Roads were totally blocked.
Jaster was unable to get through the
drifts, even with his reliable snowmobile. Therefore, those along the route
were watching for the plane with great
anticipation.
The individual packages of mail
were dropped from the air as near to
the buildings as possible. The 31-mile
route, partly in Ransom County and
partly in Cass, and which serves 78
families, was covered in an hour and
20 minutes. All except one patron
were on hand to accept the air delivery. The only snag was that one farmer’s mail landed in a tree. Lindemann
managed to land his plane near the
farmer’s yard, so that he could inform
him about where to find his mail.
A picture on the last page of the
storm section showed a farm tractor with a scoop clearing a street in
Enderlin. The accompanying article
explained that the town of Enderlin,
at that time, had no snow removal
equipment. However, local farmers
were taking care of the street clearing
details. Tony Tsigarides, who lived
near Enderlin, had brought his tractor, equipped with a snow scoop, to
town on Monday morning, Feb. 11.
Tsigarides, along with his two sonsin-law, George Lefeuer and Oscar
Oeder, cleared the streets, using the
tractor and a large truck equipped with
a hydraulic dump. Two other trucks
were added by the city.
An additional article reported that
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hanners, their son,
Walter, and their dog, Buster, all of
Fairbury, NE had been on their way to
Lisbon on Tuesday by car. They were
on their way to visit Rev. Andrew G.
Hanners, pastor of the Church of the
Nazarene at Lisbon. The Hanners family fought the blizzard until they got to
the farm home of R. C. Johnson, a mile
east of Gwinner. Since they could get
no farther, they spent the night at the
Johnson home. They hoped to be able
to travel on to Lisbon on Wednesday
morning. However, with the storm still
raging and roads blocked, they had to
stay put. The Johnson farm had no
phone, so the Hanners’ could not contact their son and his family, who were
expecting them. It was not until Friday
morning, when Johnson and his wife
hitched horses to the sled and went to
Gwinner, that the Hanners could get
word of their whereabouts to their son.
The Hanners family was finally
united on Saturday, when a rescue
party arrived from Lisbon. Morris Jorgenson and Rev. Hanners had taken
off in a plane co-owned by Jorgenson,
Carl Stillwell and Lewis Lilyquist, all
of Lisbon. They located the right farm,
fashioned a parachute, attached a
note for the stranded couple, and then
landed the plane, which was equipped
with skis, and taxied up to the barnyard. It took four trips to get the entire
family to Lisbon in the two-seated
Piper Cub.
Mrs. Hanners, with Buster on her
lap, took the first trip. Mr. Hanners followed on the second trip. The Hanners’
son, Walter, was rescued on the third
trip. Finally, Rev. Hanner followed, on
the fourth and final trip. It was 2 p.m.
when the entire Hanners family finally
gathered in the minister’s home. His
wife had food and coffee ready to welcome them.
Although Mr. and Mrs. Hanners
had vowed never to take an airplane
ride, they stated later that they were
glad to see the plane arrive to take
them to Lisbon. Walter Hanners felt
much more at home in the plane than
did his parents, as he had recently
returned from two years’ service with
an army airway communications
squadron in the Pacific.
The Hanners had to leave their car
at the Gwinner farm, behind snowdrifts 10 or 12 feet high.
The Hanners were thankful for the
Johnsons’ hospitality, but stated that
the next time they decided to visit Lisbon, they would come in the summer.
Flood Protection...continued from front
and Fort Ransom). The request gives the city (of
Lisbon) the right to use a portion of those state
funds for Levee E, according to Klabunde’s report.
An engineer’s report was authorized, reviewed
and approved at the March 7 meeting of the city
council directing Moore Engineering to assess
remaining flood control projects including Levee
E. This is the first step in the process to preparing
for the possibility of going forward with Levee E if
the city approves.
Levee E will include constructing a clay levee
from the Highway 27 bridge to the train tracks on
5th Ave. East. A pump station (6th Ave.) similar to
the pump staation put in at 3rd Ave, will be part of
the project.
Part of the reason for this meeting is for people
to give input not only on Levee E but on where the
City wants to go in the future for flood protection.
“The immediatee goal is to get north and west
of the train track out of the flood plain,” said Mayor
Tim Meyer. “The ultimate goal is the get the whole
city out of the flood plain.”
He said that there should be information available at the public meeting on how much it will cost
the city to cover its 20% cost share with the state
which pays the other 80% on any projects moving
forward.
Roughly $10-12 million is still in the ND State
Water Commission budget for flood protection. The
city would have to pay its 20% of cost share to use
any part of the money for more flood protection.
What the city needs to decide and what they would
like the residents of Lisbon to input is what way the
City could go forward with the cost/share funds.
The city has not had to use eminent domain on
any of the properties far. Owners have have been
very cooperative in working with the city. State
funds can’t be used for eminent domain.
The City would appreciate as much resident
input as possible.
Commissioners...continued from front
bridge ends, the remainder of the road surface appeared to
still be in good shape. He suggested that it might be dangerous to remove all of the road’s current pavement, since
it is not known for sure what lies under that road’s surface.
He also reminded the board that the mix used now is of a
much better quality than that which was used on the road’s
surface around 20 years ago.
The board was then left with two alternatives. The first
would be to mill off four inches of existing pavement and
replace it with a four-inch overlay. This, Loegering estimated, would add extra strength to the road’s surface, but
would cost $15,000 more than the second option.
The second option would be to mill off two inches of
the existing pavement and replace it with a two-inch overlay. Loegering felt this option would be sufficient.
Lamb indicated that he believed it would be worth the
extra $15,000 to go with the four-inch overlay instead of
the less expensive two-inch overlay, since the road sees so
much truck traffic.
After further discussion, Bunn moved to go with one
of the mill and overlay options rather than the complete
reconstruction of the road. The motion was seconded by
Dick and carried with a unanimous vote. It was understood that the areas of roadway on both ends of the bridge
would undergo a more extensive reconstruction project.
After additional discussion, Dick moved, seconded by
Hansen, to mill off four inches of the current pavement
and replace it with a four-inch overlay, as recommended
by Lamb. The motion passed unanimously.
Lamb asked whether any excess millings could be used
in the sub-base when doing the reconstruction of the road
on both sides of the bridge. Loegering stated that he was
not sure how much milled material would be left over,
since some of the millings will be added into the new mix.
However, he will discuss that with the contractor.
On another road department issue, Loegering stated
that KLJ had done some preliminary work on the Hock
Bridge replacement project, which has been on the county’s back burner for a number of years. He stated that KLJ
is now at the stage where the Board of Commissioners will
need to decide which alternative to pursue before they can
go on with their biologic assessment. Loegering went on
to state that with recent state and federal budget cutbacks,
it is doubtful that the county will be receiving money to
replace the bridge in the foreseeable future. He explained
that, because environmental requirements are constantly
changing, if the project is put off for another few years,
it may be necessary to redo some of their studies, if they
go ahead any further. Most of what has already been done
should, in his opinion, be able to be used if and when the
project is continued, no matter the timeline. For those
reasons, coupled with the fact that landowners in the area
near the bridge seem at odds over which alternative should
be pursued, Loegering suggested that the project be put on
hold. KLJ would not charge the county for the remainder
of their unused contracted hours for that project.
After further discussion, Hansen moved to put the
Hock Bridge project on hold as recommended by Loegering. Dick seconded the motion, which passed with all
commissioners voting “Aye.”
Bids
Bids for gas and fuel were opened by Ransom County
Road Secretary Tricia Kriel. Despite the fact that Kriel
had sent bid forms to six or seven dealers, only three bids
were received. The suppliers submitting gas and fuel bids
included: Good Oil Co., LaMoure; Dakota Plains; and
Lisbon Oil. Just one propane bid was submitted, that being
from Dakota Plains.
After the commissioners read through the bid sheets,
Steve Dick moved to table the bids until the next meeting,
allowing Ransom County Highway Superintendent Jerry
Lamb time to review the bids and make his recommendation. The motion was seconded by George Bunn and carried, with Dick, Bunn, Connie Gilbert, Norm Hansen, and
Chairman Neil Olerud all voting “Yes.”
Bids on gravel, clay and chips were then opened. Bids
were received from the following suppliers: Dick’s Construction, Englevale; Lesmeister Gravel, Lisbon; Bernard
Mahrer Construction, Rutland; Camas Sand & Gravel,
LLC, Wheatland; Bear Creek Gravel, Inc., Englevale;
Mark Sand & Gravel Dakota Company, Hankinson; and
H & S Contracting, Inc., Moorhead, MN.
A representative from H & S Contracting, Inc., a new
bidder for Ransom County gravel,clay and chips, was
present at the meeting and available to answer questions
about the company.
After the commissioners reviewed the bids, Gilbert
moved to table the bids until the next meeting, allowing
time for Lamb and Kriel to compile the bids and bring
back a recommendation. The motion was seconded by
Dick and passed with Gilbert, Dick, Bunn, Hansen, and
Olerud all voting “Yes.”
Auditor Kristi Johnson stated that she would put the
bid acceptance on the April 5 board meeting agenda in the
9:30 a.m. time slot.
Clerk of court options weighed – decision made to
leave as is
Ransom County Auditor Kristi Johnson reported that
the Board of Commissioners had received a letter from
the Office of the State Court Administrator. The letter was
to inform them that it was time to decide the manner in
which the clerk of district court services would be provided in the county for the 2017-19 bienniem. That decision had to be made and the Supreme Court notified by
April 1, 2016.
Under the statute, Ransom County had to choose from
the following three options: (1) The board could, after
consultation with the clerk of court, elect to have the clerk
and clerk staff become employees of the state judicial system. Under this option, the county’s clerk of court staff
Rasmusson...continued from front
big deal and it is my home rodeo. So, I will
have to make that decision at some point.
I can go to either one. It will be hard to
decide.”
Former local winners of the Miss North
Dakota Winter Show Rodeo Queen titles
are Samantha (Stanke) Bishop and Jessinta
(Hammer) Widdel, both of whom went on
to win the title of Miss Rodeo North Dakota.
What started Rasmusson’s career in
Rodeo Queen Competition was her mother
and her aunt.
“My mom and aunt sort of threw my
sister, my cousin and I into a Fort Ransom
Arena Association competition years ago,”
laughed Rasmusson. “Actually, my sister
Shaina was the first of us to enter on our own
after that.”
The Winter Show came one week before
NDSU dismissed classes for Spring Break,
would be limited to one full-time employee. (2) The board
could choose to enter into a funding agreement to receive
reimbursement from the state for providing clerk services,
or (3) They may elect to provide the clerk of district court
services at the county’s own expense.
After consulting with current Clerk of Court Bea
Roach, it was decided to remain with the second option,
that of entering into a funding agreement to receive reimbursement for providing clerk services. Gilbert moved to
have the county remain with Option 2, as per Roach’s recommendation. The motion was seconded by Hansen and
carried with a unanimous “Yes” vote.
Regarding court services, Olerud mentioned that he
had been hearing comments from people inquiring as to
why the county does not have judges who are voted on by
our county residents rather than having judges from other
areas presiding over local court cases. Those questioning the court system suggested that locally elected judges
might have a better understanding of what is going on
locally and have more interest in those issues. The remainder of the board members replied that the county has no
control over that system. Judges are currently elected by
a large district, because that it the way the state’s court
system is set up.
Need for vehicle impound storage building discussed
Sheriff Darren Benneweis had explained at the board’s
March 1 meeting that his department has a growing need
for an impound building. No decision being made at that
meeting, the topic was brought up for discussion once
again at the March 15 commission meeting. The discussion included the fact that a recent accident had resulted
in the impounding of two vehicles. It is, Benneweis
explained, difficult to find a suitable place to store such
impounded vehicles.
Benneweis stated that a good place to start the discussion might be to discuss where a new storage building might be built. Olerud and Dick suggested that there
might be room behind the old county shop building in the
southwest corner of Lisbon.
Gilbert asked whether the board was considering
building a new storage building.
It was mentioned that the old Dickey Rural Network
(DRN) building behind the former Dairy Queen Building
on South Main is being offered for sale.
The board then stated that they needed more information before they could make a decision on the matter. They
asked Benneweis to provide them with cost estimates on
a new cold storage building of the size his department
would need as compared to the cost of purchasing the old
DRN building. They also asked Benneweis to talk to Road
Department Superintendent Lamb regarding how he feels
about putting a storage building in the area behind the old
county shed.
Hansen commented that, in his opinion, it would be
better for the county to acquire an impound building on
their own instead of doing some type of co-op with another
entity. Benneweis stated that he shared that opinion.
Benneweis stated that he had seen a 30 by 40 foot cold
storage building similar to what he had in mind that had
been put up at a cost of $13,000, but he would do more
investigating and come up with more complete information.
Park Board business
Bobby Koepplin, manager of rural development
for Cass County Electric Cooperative and chairman of
the Barnes County Park Board, came to the board with
a request for help in getting a Garrison Diversion grant
to help fund improvements to Little Yellowstone Park.
He also reminded the board that Ransom County has,
for many years, provided some financial help with Yellowstone Park improvements because a portion of the
park’s campground is located within Ransom County. He
explained that, since several improvement projects to the
park have been completed, use of the park has been rapidly increasing.
Improvements done last summer included: the replacement of 11 fire rings, the creation of two new primitive
campsites, changing the registration system so that all
campers register at one location, replacing the cover at the
large shelter, replacing two old power pedestal poles with
telespar (square tubing), pulling of unused steel posts, and
the installation of a stainless steel cover on the water collection system. A successful campground host program
was maintained.
He went on to explain that the park currently has two
wooden outhouses that the Barnes County Park Board
would like to replace with concrete privies. He estimated
that the project would cost $39,000.
Other improvements planned for 2016 include installation of Barnes Rural Water to alleviate contamination
of the current spring water system, marking and numbering the park’s 35 campsites, printing new park brochures,
and completing of an asphalt overlay on the paved loop.
In addition to the Garrison Diversion grant application,
Koepplin also plans to apply for a ND Heritage grant.
He explained that by having more than one county
involved in the project would help attain approval of the
grant. The application, he explained, has to be submitted
by April 1.
Earlier in the meeting, Auditor Kristi Johnson had
reported to the board that she had been contacted by Commissioner George Bunn, who had received the request
from Koepplin. Koepplin had explained to Bunn that, in
January, he had attempted to apply for the $2,500 in Ransom County Park Board funds as he has done on an annual
basis for some time. However, due to the reorganization of
the park board, he had trouble finding the correct person to
handle the application.
Having looked on the internet for the chairman of
the Ransom County Board of Commissioners, Koepplin
which meant that Rasmusson had to take her
finals early in order to attend and compete in
the Winter Show Rodeo Queen competition.
Bobbie Jo Manikowski, formerly of
Geneseo was at the Winter Show to give
her support to Rasmusson. Manikowski is
something of a legend as a bullrider and
Ranch Rodeo competitor. During her years
at Kansas State University, Manikowski
roomed with Lauren Rumbaugh who is currently Miss Rodeo Kansas 2016. Rumbaugh
came to give some pointers and encouragement to Rasmusson as did Mikayla Sich,
Miss Rodeo South Dakota.
“The best advice they gave me was to be
myself,” said Rasmusson. “They told me not
to worry about the others, not to over think it
and be yourself. That way I would be more
genuine.”
This past summer was the first summer
in a long time that Rasmusson has not competed in a Rodeo Queen contest. She had an
idea she would like to compete in the ND
Winter Show Rodeo Queen contest and any
other Rodeo Queen title taken in the summer
of 2015, would have overlapped the duties
of this title.
Rasmusson is in her first year at NDSU
in the Ag Ed program. With a degree in
Agriculture Education she will be able to
either teach Ag related courses or work as
a County Extension Agent, both of which
interest her.
“I am very thankful for my sponsors,”
said Rasmusson. “Kelly and Tessa Klein
with Bailey Pro Rodeo, Wild Flowers, Inc.,
Erdmann Angus Ranch, Thor’s and Creative
Pictures have been wonderful to me. I’m
really looking forward to my year as North
Dakota Winter Show Rodeo Queen!”
LHS TWINS...continued from front
found former chairman George Bunn’s name. That is why
he had contacted him. Bunn had explained that the board
had also reorganized and Neil Olerud was now chairman.
However, Bunn offered to contact Auditor Kristi Johnson
and get Koepplin on the agenda for the upcoming meeting
in order to speed up the process, since the April 1 grant
application deadline was fast approaching.
After hearing from Bunn, Johnson had contacted present Ransom County Park Board Chairman Dawn Bentten as well as Fort Ransom State Park Manager Tyler
Modlin who was recently appointed to the board, hoping
to set up a park board meeting at the Board of Commissioner’s March 15 meeting. Neither Bentten or Modlin
could be present at such short notice. However, Benteen
stated that she saw no problem with granting the Barnes
County Board’s request for $2,500 for Little Yellowstone
Park improvements, since that was the amount that had
been approved on a yearly basis for several years for that
purpose. Modlin, however, stated that he had reservations about giving Ransom County Park Board money to
Barnes County, for a park mainly contained in that county.
Discussion at the commissioners’ meeting centered
around the fact that Little Yellowstone Park is a popular
getaway for many Ransom County residents and that the
county has shared in the park’s upkeep for many years.
Koepplin went on to state that Ransom and Barnes
Counties were “in this together.” He offered to help get
grant money for Dead Colt Creek Recreation Area and
to help get new electrical hookups and other improvements there at a discounted price. He explained that the
two counties have also worked together closely on Scenic
Byway improvements.
The board of commissioners discussed the fact that
Little Yellowstone Park is a popular camping and recreation area for Ransom County residents.
After further discussion, the board agreed they wanted
to help with improvements to Little Yellowstone Park.
They questioned whether they needed to recess the commissioners’ meeting and call a park board meeting to order
in order to approve the funding, but decided that, since
they had already informed the other two park board members about what would be discussed at the meeting and the
Board of Commissioners generally made the final approval
of grants, they could do so as the Board of Commissioners. Bunn presented a resolution stating that the Ransom
County Commission approves and supports the Garrison
Diversion Recreation Grant application to be submitted
by the Barnes County Park Board for replacement of two
wooden restrooms with two concrete privies at Little Yellowstone Park located in Barnes and Ransom Counties.
Gilbert seconded his motion, which passed unanimously.
With time of the essence, the board then unanimously
approved a $2,500 Park Board grant, as requested in the
Jan. 4, 2016 application, for improvements to Little Yellowstone Park, to be given to the Barnes County Park
Board, which would be doing the actual work.
Human Services Director Contract with Sargent
County
The board then discussed whether they would pay a
portion of the sick pay and vacation pay which Sargent
County has indicated they owe to former Ransom/Sargent
Human Services Director Wendy Jacobson. Discussion
centered around the fact that, even though the board did
not know that Sargent County was going to approve such
a policy of paying for unused sick and vacation hours, they
realized that the contract with Sargent County through
which the counties shared a Human Services Director read
that Ransom County would abide by Sargent County’s
decisions while sharing the director position. Therefore,
the Ransom County Board of Commissioners decided that
they had no choice but to pay their share of the bill.
After further discussion, Bunn moved to instruct Auditor Kristi Johnson to contact Sargent County officials,
stating that the Ransom County Commissioners agree
that, since paying their share of the bill is part of their
responsibility, they request that Sargent County send them
a bill. The motion was seconded by Hansen and passed
with Bunn, Hansen, Gilbert, Dick, and Olerud all voting
“Yes.”
No farming in right-of-way notice
After a short discussion, the board instructed Johnson
to prepare a notice to be sent to the county’s official newspaper, The Ransom County Gazette, instructing area farmers to refrain from farming county road rights-of-way.
The board asked that the notice be published twice, in the
March 21 and 28 issues of the paper.
County website
Johnson reported that she had contacted Jeff Eslinger,
NDACo, regarding website domains, etc. He had provided the name of someone who has a template for a
website. Johnson had learned that it would cost around
$1,500 to recover the county’s old website, which is no
longer in operation. The board agreed that recovery of the
old website would not be worth that amount of money.
Johnson further reported that she had also contacted Angie
Goehring, a local website designer, and was waiting for a
quote on what it would cost to obtain a website domain
through her.
Johnson explained that she and other department heads
would like to have a county website which they could use
to get valuable information out to residents. She explained
that since the county’s old site is no longer available, she
has received a lot of calls complaining that the site is
down. That proves, she explained, that the site was being
used. Treasurer Norine Erickson has commented, Gilbert
explained, that some residents were making tax payments
via the website and that option is currently not available.
Johnson stated that she should have some quotes for
options on setting up a new website available by the
board’s next meeting.
taking electrical technology
while Ben will be majoring in
general business.
Emilee and Jerod are heading to Fargo Moorhead where
Emilee will be enrolled at NDSU
in communications and Jerod
will be at MSUM majoring in
business administration.
Because the Hansen twins
were born a month premature,
they were small and their parents
decided to hold off on sending
them to school until they were
six.
“Ryan was so busy,” said
Lynn Hansen, his mother. “He
just couldn’t sit still for long.
We put them in kindergarten
together but their teacher, Mrs.
Smith told us that we really
needed to make sure they were in
different classes because Emilee
was such a mother hen that she
was doing everything for Ryan.
They have never been in the
same classes until high school
when they might have some of
the same ones.”
For Jerod and Ben, they have
never been in the same classes
at all. But, Ryan and Ben have
gone all through school, in the
same classroom and Emilee and
Jerod have always been in the
same classroom.
Jerod and Ben don’t think
they were born premature but
they did have health problems.
Jerod had to have surgery when
he was very young due to his
stomach not opening up properly, causing him to throw up.
Ben had neuroblastoma, a form
of cancer that required surgeries
and treatment. Ben’s dad attributes his being outgoing to all
of the doctors and the treatments
that he had while so young.
“Mine was a quick surgical fix,” said Jerod. “Ben went
through more than me.”
Ben says he and Jerod fight
like brothers but he really likes
being a twin. Jerod not so much.
“Not a day goes by that
someone doesn’t call me ‘Ben’,
at work,” said Jerod. “At least
three times a day, I get called
‘Ben’. I have to tell them, ‘nope,
I’m the other one’.”
When the Gemar twins were
younger, their mother dressed
them alike. They hated it.
“We dressed alike until we
were old enough to say that we
hated dressing alike,” laughed
Ben.
“Your mom dressed you in
polo shirts, didn’t she?” asked
Ryan.
“Oh yes, polo shirts and
bumble bee shirts with stripes,”
said Ben, shaking his head.
“We were dressed in themes,”
remembered Emilee. “If I had
a Big Bird Dress, Ryan had to
were a Cookie Monster outfit.
Or if Sarah and I had the same
dress, he had to have an outfit
that was coordinated to match
us.”
They are all thankful those
days are over.
Jerod specifically does not go
out for sports or any activity that
Ben is in. He prefers to work.
SOMETIMES MY
HUMAN DOESN’T
WEAR PANTS AT
HOME. IT’S A RIOT.
— COLBY
adopted 06-18-11
They played Monarch football
and Ben played football in junior
high but they don’t anymore.
Ben threw shot put and javelin
in track and is now in golf.
Both boys were in band.
Jerod played the saxophone and
Ben played the trumpet but not
into high school. Their musical
careers ended in junior high.
Ryan also played the trumpet until he was a sophomore.
Emilee played percussion.
Emilee and Sarah both took
dance classes and piano. But,
Emilee gave up dance classes
to concentrate on piano while
Sarah stuck with dance and gave
up piano.
For the most part, folks don’t
realize that Emilee and Ryan are
twins, according to the family.
“Most people think Ryan and
Sarah are twins and that I am just
their sister,” said Emilee. “Ryan
and Sarah are far more alike than
we are. For a while, I was about
a foot taller than Ryan. That is
when everyone thought he and
Sarah were the twins because
they were the same height and
so much more alike. I’m the
quiet one and Ryan and Sarah
are more outgoing.”
Jerod and Ben are more easily
identified as twins though they
have totally different interests
and personalities. They really
don’t look that much alike.
“I can let Ben be the outgoing one,” said Jerod. “I can take
credit for the good stuff he does
for now. There is time for me to
make my mark and be the leader
at some point. For now, I’m fine
with him being out there.”
Emilee has expressed some
concern with not having Ryan
in the same school as her when
they leave for college.
“If I need Ryan’s help, like
with the car,” said Emilee,” that
will be hard but I will have Jerod
close enough to call for help.”
As these two sets of twins
make plans for their future, they
are taking different paths and
heading off ‘to the east.’
“We aren’t going so far and
we are all going in the same
directions,” Ryan said. “At least
we are going to be in the eastern
part of the state.”
For now, they are just going
through the preparations of finishing their high school careers
and making plans for college
and life.
Emilee would like to work
in communications dealing with
programs like Relay For Life or
working at the Diocesan offices
doing public relations type work.
Ben would like to own Pizza
Ranches in Montana, Wyoming
and Colorado some day. He likes
the company and what they stand
for. But, it is a big investment to
start a business from scratch.
Ryan isn’t real sure where
his studies in electrical will take
him, but for now, that’s a start.
Jerod would like to own his
small business someday. He
wants to make it a full career
to expand his retail business
throughout North Dakota.
LISBON
BRONCO
Recognizing Our
2015-2016
WINTER SPORTS TEAMS
Wrestling
•4th Team
Individual at State
•2nd Team Dual
at State
Row 1: Caleb Nielsen, Simon Sveum, Hunter Schultz, Justina Nieves, Clarissa Sours, Megan Howell, Allie Nord, Haley Wheeler, Jacee Baarson, Jaden
Schmidt, Brody Aberle, Kaden Mark. Row 2: Gannon Johnson, Jacob Reinke, Levi Schwab, Hunter Bentten, Dalton Reinke, Gavin Reinke, Soren
McDaniel, Dalton Aabrekke, Cort Thorfinnson, Colton Fraase, Rory Waliser. Row 3: Ben Shearer, Caemon Kelly, Spencer Schwab, Brock Aberle, Tristin
Howard, George Smith, Gabe Nieves, Ethan Elijah, Chase Kemmer, Jordan Urbach, Taylon Sad, Sam Rieger. Row 4: Layton Thompson, Isac Bentten,
Logan Mulder, Hunter Schwab, Coach Richard Lacina, Coach Kevin McCleary, Head Coach Joe Kern, Coach Bob Moller, Coach Chris Smith, Zach Nord,
Jordan Sours, Granger Dick, Steven Froemke.
•Region 1 Champs
in Team Dual and
Team Individual
Joe Kern
Region 1
Coach of the
Year
State
Place
Winners
Ethan Elijah • 138#
nd
2 Place &
100 Win Club
Soren McDaniel • 182#
nd
2 Place &
100 Win Club
Jordan Urbach • 160#
nd
2 Place
Boys Basketball
Brock Aberle • 132#
4th Place &
100 Win Club
Dalton Reinke • 152#
4th Place
Spencer Schwab • 220#
th
7 Place
Caemon Kelly • 195#
8th Place
Gannon Johnson • 170#
th
8 Place
Won first game in
Super Region 1
Tournament
Finished 9-13
Riley Lau
All Region
Austin Pithey
All Region
Row 1: Jocelyn Metzen, Abigail Shockman, Kyle Mark, Lida Le, Taeya Haecherl. Row 2: Matt Johnson, Chase
Johnson, Ben Levos, Wyatt Runck, Stetson Scott, Garrett Oland, Jacob Dawson. Row 3: Jayden Bittner, Logen
Jacobson, Conrad Pederson, Kyle Odegard, Brendan Colgrove, Noah Ward, Gunnar Fraase, Jordyn Bittner. Row
4: Austin Pithey, Maverick Coleman, Coach Brad Bittner, Head Coach Kim Mark, Coach Justin Reinke, Riley Lau,
Marshall Bartholomay.
Girls Basketball
Winners of
Mini Goat Game
Sydney Griffith
Row 1: McKenzie Metzen, Brianna Nielsen, Lydia Lyons, Preslie Ercink, Shaina Rasmusson, Jamie Reinke, Kalli Lautt, Karly
Schultz. Row 2: Elazea Broeren, Sadi Deplazes, Livia Dick, Elizabeth Lyons, Hope Huffman, Kaitlin Geyer, Grace Elijah. Row
3: Cole Turchin, Coach Stacy Schimming, Coach Jason Kunze, Haley Anderson, Sydney Griffith, Payton Ercink, Head Coach
Barb Sweet, Samantha Bergrud.
All Region
Won first game in
Super Region 1 Tournament
Finished 12-10
Thank You for Representing our School and Our Community with Pride!
Ag Country
Berube’s
Bobcat
Bremer Bank
Casual Living
Differding Construction
DRN
Farmers Union Insurance,
Lance Gulleson, Agent
First National Bank
Gordy’s Grill & Fill
Hefty Seed
Hodenattes
Hovland Veterinary Clinic
J&K Attorneys at Law
CHI Lisbon Health Services
Lisbon Farmers Union
Credit Union
Lisbon Oil Company
Lisbon Pizza Ranch
Nick Storhaug, CPA
Ottertail Power Company
Ransom County Gazette
Riverside Building Center
Saxerud/Candlelight Cottage
Scenic Theater
State Farm Insurance,
Tracey Urbach, Agent
Thrifty White
Pharmacy & Gifts
Tracat
Walock-Johnson
Insurance Agency
Welton Tire Service

Leprechaun - Ransom County Gazette

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