2-29-16 - Ransom County Gazette

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Monday, February 29, 2016
The Official Newspaper
for Ransom County
“Serving Ransom County Since 1881”
VOLUME 134 - ISSUE NUMBER 46 - USPS 455-540 SECTION A
First Medic, like other rural services,
is facing personnel shortage crisis
By Terri Kelly Barta
First Medic Ambulance Service of Ransom
County (FMASRC) is
in a crisis, as are many
EMS services in North
Dakota and across rural
areas of the nation.
“I have been providing care in EMS for
more than 25 years,”
said Vicki Berreth, manager, FMASRC. “This is
the first time I can honestly say I am scared for
our services and I am
scared for our future.”
In the past year First
Medic has been innovative in how they provided two crews in two
communities for efficency of operations yet
they are now faced with a shortage of both EMTs and
Paramedics.
In the summer of 2014 First Medic was contacted
by the Casselton Ambulance Service. They were asked
to help provide Paramedic coverage for their service
area. After many months of getting to know each
other and looking at how each area could benefit, First
Medic Ambulance entered into a contract to provide
Paramedics and a Paramedic Manager for Casselton
Ambulance Service in January of 2015.
“We have a Paramedic/EMT crew in Lisbon and a
Paramedic/EMT Crew in Casselton” said Berreth.
First Medic was then faced with a dilemma, how
to provide a “second call” paramedic crew for both
locations. First Medic and Casselton received an EMS
Assistance grant in the fall of 2015 to help provide
this. First Medic and Casselton now share a “second
call” paramedic that is stationed in the community
of Enderlin. This paramedic has a fully stocked ALS
Response vehicle, that moves to either community
when the first call crew goes out. Each service must
provide a “second call” CPR Driver, EMR or EMT.
This was working well until the service lost some
staff in late 2015 and this year, the loss is expected to
be greater.
To add to their woes, there are only 3 EMTs at First
Medic to cover two shifts, 24/7. Starting in April 2016,
two are going on military duty, one to Kuwait
for one year and one
to Basic Training for
4 months. That leaves
First Medic with one
EMt that is shared with
Sargent County ambulance and who is also
a full time paramedic
student.
Ransom County
has 500 calls per year
and with 50% being
transfers, back up crews
need to be provided.
North Dakota law
states that a paramedic
and an EMT must be on
first call. A driver with
CPR and an EMT can
be on second call.
“We are required by
law to staff first call,” said Berreth. “Yet we need to
provide a second call crew because of our volume at
both services.”
The problem is that First Medic needs local providers, who are willing and able to “take call” while
still going about their normal lives.
“We are in crisis because we cannot compete with
the wages that the large services can pay, such as in
Western ND, yet we provide the same service,” said
Berreth. “People need a living wage and that is difficult with such a “small” volume. They borrow personnel from Jamestown and Fergus Falls, when available,
but it is getting to be a crisis they have to solve.
State grant funding that may assist the rural area is
being cut due to oil funds decreasing.
“We have been warned that for the year 2016-17 to
not expect the same level of grant funding, which has
paid for our two paramedics in Enderlin,” said Berreth.
What First Medic is doing is scheduling an EMT
class with online lectures and practical work at the
First Medic building. This hybrid class allows providers to stay home and do letures and coursework which
will make it an easier course to complete.
“If those who take the class give us 24 hours/week
SHORTAGE CRISIS...
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We are read by the nicest people: CLINTON & CHERYL HAGEBERG • LISBON, ND
During recent tragedy...
LHS grads on Fargo Police Force feel supported
By Jeanne Sexton-Brown
The mark of a hero is someone
who rushes toward danger while
others are running away. The eastern half of North Dakota witnessed
a number of heroes following the
death of Officer Jason Moszer,
Edward 143, of the Fargo Police
Department. Officer Moszer was
mortally wounded in the line of duty
on Wednesday, February 10 while
responding to a domestic violence
call in north Fargo. Officer Moszer
died on Thursday, February 11.
Immediately many minds went
to two Lisbon High School graduates who are currently serving on the
Fargo Police Department.
Among those sending out frantic text messages that evening were
Janel Messmer, Fargo, formerly Lisbon and Alice Johnson, McLeod,
formerly Lisbon. Their sons are officers with the Fargo Police Department.
Janel’s message was answered
right away when her son Zach Messmer replied that he was at home, not
on duty. Janel then sent a text to her
youngest son, Gabe’s girlfriend,
who is on the West Fargo Police
Department. Again, she received a
text back from Dora Roll who said,
she too, was safe at home.
It wasn’t so easy for Alice whose
text message to her son Travis Stefonowicz did not get answered until
after 11 p.m. To make matters even
worse, Alice could not reach her
daughter-in-law, Emily, either.
Stefonowicz spent nine years on
the SWAT (Special Weapons And
Tactics) team. During those days,
Alice would get a text message that
said, “Remember I love you Mom.”
“When I received one of those
messages, I knew he was going
into harms way,” recalled Alice in a
recent interview.
The city of Fargo mourned the
death of Office Moszer. The officers as well as the community were
What’s farming like in Costa Rica?
stricken with the death of one of
their own in a small department, by
metro standards.
“It took something like this to
draw us together more as a brotherhood,” said Stefonowicz. “It really
hit home.”
Stefonowicz graduated from
Lisbon High School in 1994 and
went on to NDSCS, then Moorhead
State. He was a member of security
loss prevention for JCPenny Company before attending the Aurora,
CO police academy and joining the
Aurora Police Department. Stefonowicz came back to North Dakota and
joined the Fargo Police Department
in 2002. Now, Stefonowicz is a Sergeant with the FPD and is in charge
of training new recruits, providing
instruction in new procedures as
well as providing the ongoing training hours that are required each year
for recertification to the department.
“I was the proud Mother when
he received the Officer award
in Fargo and the North Dakota
State Awards,” said Alice. “When
received marksmanship awards, I
never realized what that meant. With
every award that meant he was out
there working, defending, protecting and serving all while being in
more and more danger.”
The shooting of a police officer
is very chilling. It takes a different
mindset for a person to kill a policeman, or to take a human life.
“Sheriff Laney brought us a
letter today,” said Stefonowicz on
Wednesday, February 24. “The letter was from a number of inmates at
the Cass County Correctional Facility. It was expressing their sympathy
for the death of our fellow officer. It
was signed by many of the inmates.
It shows that the majority of those
locked up have made mistakes that
have not gone to the extreme of taking a human life. Maybe they got
caught pawning stolen property or
whatever. It takes an entirely differ-
ent mind set to make the decision to
kill someone.”
Stefonowicz went on to say that
Law Enforcement, in general, feel
like they are walking around with a
target on their backs recently. There
are more police officers being shot
in the line of duty now, more so than
ever.
“Just today, a Colorado Sheriff’s
Deputy has been killed in the line of
duty,” said Stefonowicz. “It is very
difficult.”
Stefonowicz’s wife Emily and
Messmer’s wife, Heather are both
very proud of their husbands and
Officer Zach Messmer, and his wife Heather deal with the death
of a fellow officer as best they can. Messmer is a 1996 graduate
of Lisbon High School. He has been on the Fargo PD for 12 years.
Sergeant Travis Stefonowicz and his wife Emily know the risks of
the job and the dangers. Emily and the family support Travis in
his choice of service. Stefonowicz is a 1994 graduate of Lisbon
High School. He has been on the Fargo PD for 14 years.
the job they do. Each cope with the
stress of their husband’s jobs differently.
“We don’t dwell on the fact
that Zach could be killed anytime
he leaves the house,”said Heather
Messmer. “We know it could happen and we always say ‘goodbye, I
love you,’ very rarely do I tell him to
stay safe. We don’t dwell on that.”
She said that her hope is if something bad does breakout that Zach’s
training will kick in and he will
make smart decisions.
For Emily, they have had the talk
about where the important papers
are and who she will need to contact. It is different than when he was
in Colorado.
“In Aurora, his vest had the name
of the hospital he was to be taken to
if he was shot on duty,” said Emily.
“We have not had to think about it
as much in Fargo, it is a reality, but
it isn’t in our face every day, until
now.”
Both men are described as very
calm and having an ability to get
feedback without making the person
LHS GRADS...
Frank Summerfield VFW Post 3633
to sell plaques to honor Veterans
Matt and Sara Lyons, Lisbon, were two of the 18 people from across North Dakota that immersed themselves in the culture of
Costa Rica for a week in February. Matt serves on the North Dakota Farmers Union board. Arenal Volcano is in the background.
By Terri Kelly Barta
Matt and Sara Lyons who farm near Lisbon traveled to Costa Rica with the Farmers
Union “Grow to Lead” program the first week
of February. They were the only ones from this
county, but traveled with 18 other farmers from
across North Dakota.
Matt serves on the board of directors and
the trip was his final step in the “Grow to
Lead” program. The program gives the participants a chance to network with other farmers
in the state from age twenties to people in their
sixties.
“We exchange ag information and get to
know each other,” said Lyons who found the
program beneficial.
His favorite part of the leadership project in
addition to the trip was meeting legislators last
winter and sitting in with District 26 Senator
Jim Dotzenrod to observe the legislative process in Bismarck at the Capitol.
The couple, who has four children, was
happy to take the trip alone together. They
flew into San Jose, Costa Rica on Feb. 3 to
begin their adventure.
Although they stayed in hotels that had all
the amenities on their trip, the first night they
stayed in bungalows with no TV and no air
conditioning. They had to cross a flooded road
to get to the bungalows. Some people found
cockroaches in their bungalows. The shower
only came up to chest level and there were no
curtains.
Matt and Sara said some people complained, but the Lyons thought it was great.
“My favorite was the bungalow,” said Matt.
“We enjoyed it.”
“We picked up the cockroach and let it go
outside,” laughed Sara. “Nobody could really
see into the showers either. I slept my best
night’s sleep in that bungalow.”
Like North Dakota, the Lyons’ found Costa
Rican people very friendly. “They would wave
at us as the bus went by,” said Sara.
The interesting part of the trip for Matt was
observing farming on a much smaller scale.
“Everything is smaller,” said Matt. “ Eighty
cows is considered a big operation.”
He added that the machinery is older and
that much of the work is done by hand.
In San Jose, the houses were simple on the
outside, the houses were gated and barbed wire
protects intruders from getting in. Sometimes
they plant trees called ‘living fences’ to hang
the barb wire from.
“Even thought the houses might look
crappy from the outside, they usually had Satellite dishes for television on them,” noted
Sara. “They also dress like we do.”
The group traveled by bus that drove about
30-35 miles per hour on winding roads. They
stopped for tours of a cacao farm, a coffee farm
and a pineapple farm. They also saw sugar
cane farms.
“The pineapple was very good,” said Sara.
“It is hand picked delicately and sliced up with
machetes.”
Coffee is grown as red berries on little trees.
COSTA RICA FARMING...
Frank Summerfield Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
Post 3633 recently launched a campaign to raise funds
for their new building and to honor Veterans.
They are selling wooden plaques that are engraved
with ‘Post 3633 Thank You For Your Service’ followed
by the name of the Veteran, the branch of service and
when/where deployed or served.
“They are made of white pine,” said Candi Leach,
VFW gaming manager. “We will dedicate a wall in the
new building for just these plaques. They are five inches
by seven inches in size. No other signage will be hung on
the wall with these plaques.”
The lettering can be stained or left unstained. Each
plaque is seal coated with a clear finish. They can be purchased and kept or left to be on display at the new VFW
once it is completed.
According to Leach, the plan now is to put up the
outer shell of the building by fall and complete the inside
as soon as money is available. The plans for the new
building call for a 40 foot by 90 foot structure on the site
of the old building in the 200 block of Main Street. The
new building will take up the space of the old building as
well as the former Lisbon Cafe site.
“They don’t have to be Veterans from Lisbon or Ransom County,” said Leach. “Anyone can honor a family
member or any Veteran from any part of the country.”
Order forms are available at the Gaming Table at
the Cattleman’s Club or at the Ransom County Gazette.
Orders may also be placed through Candi Leach at 701308-0762.
The plaques can be purchased to send as a gift or keep
rather than have them displayed at the new VFW building. If that is the case, instruction for mailing them must
accompany the order form.
The plaques are lettering only, no photos can be
placed on them. The wood is sealed and comes with a
hanger on the back.
“This is a way to honor a service member as well as
a chance to help raise money for our new building,” said
Leach. “The building will have a main floor as well as
an open loft to be used by groups such as the local Tae
Kwon Doe who currently have to rent space. We pro-
FRANK SUMMERFIELD...
Lisbon Rec Board provides recreational
and leisure activities for the community
The Lisbon Recreation Board
would like the public to know that
they have many recreational activities available. Their board meetings
are always open to the public, should
anyone have questions or suggestions.
The goal of the Recreation Board
is to provide activities to improve
the quality of life for the residents
of Lisbon and the surrounding area.
The board’s membership includes a
representative from the Lisbon Park
Board, the Lisbon School Board, and
the Lisbon City Council. According
to its bylaws, the board must have a
minimum of five and a maximum of
nine voting members. At the present
time, the board has the maximum
number allowed as board members.
The Rec Board currently provides athletic opportunities for
children in grades five and six. A
volleyball program for the girls and
a basketball program for the boys
are available for several weeks during the winter. The Rec Board-sponsored programs work closely with
the Lisbon School and are allowed to
use school facilities for their practice
sessions and games.
The board also offers a boys and
girls soccer program for pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. Summer
baseball programs are offered for
various age levels which include:
T-ball, Squirts, Pee Wee, Rookie,
Babe Ruth and Legion Baseball.
Girls’ Fastpitch Softball is also
available for ages 8 to 18. The Rec
Board will soon be sending registration forms home with students in the
Lisbon and Fort Ransom Schools for
their summer programs. The forms
will also be available on the board’s
Facebook page, which is titled “Lisbon Recreation Board.”
The Recreation Board is currently preparing for upcoming fitness classes. The six-week pilot
program, open to ages 12 and up, is
entitled “Insanity.” The classes will
be held on Sunday afternoons and
Wednesday evenings in the Lisbon
Armory. It is a cardio-based total
body conditioning program. (For
more information, see advertisement
in this week’s Gazette Extra.)
The board has also sponsored
Father/Son and Mother/Daughter
sports events. Community members
looking for a fun winter recreational
REC BOARD...
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Ransom County Gazette • February 29, 2016 • Page 2
if e i s
LGood
Keeping Kelly
by Terri Kelly Barta
Woo Hoo! Three weeks until
the first day of spring!
In my humble opinion, this winter has been the warmest one in quite
a few years. I know they are not saying that on the east coast where they
had one of their coldest years. In all
fairness, it was our turn.
All I could say to myself all winter is how very much I was blessed to
have such a nice winter.
Not once did I white knuckle it to
Fargo and in fact, I had opportunities
to visit my family in Fargo several
times this winter. The winter so far
has seemed to me to pass quickly.
Don’t read me wrong! I am
still looking hopefully and happily
towards spring. So much for living in
the moment.
I am already looking forward to
seeing all the baby animals born in
spring. Last year, in my park (mine
and the neighbors backyards), there
were three baby squirrels, a baby
bunny, and some baby birds.
We also had the neighborhood
cat who likes to stand below the trees
terrorizing the babies and their mommas. I love cats but I am not always
impressed with their actions, even
though I understand that it is instinct
for them.
This cat is a good one. When I
tell it to go on home now and leave
the babies alone. It does (at least for
awhile). The squirrels get to arguing
occasionally and I say to them in a
quiet voice, “Is that really necessary?”
I really like the neighbors’ dogs,
they no longer bark at me. The pretty
brown one woofs hello when I greet
him at 7 a.m. with coffee cup in
hand. The black one likes to sleep in,
but sometimes gets up to bark if his
buddy is barking.
I look forward to about 20-30
minutes of peace before I go to work
each morning.
I hope we get lots of animal babies
this year. I may try to photograph
some of them, if they don’t mind.
After all when I am outdoors I am a
visitor in their world.
I also plan to buy a pair of binoculars as my eyes don’t see as good as
they use to and I don’t want to miss
anything.
Don’t worry neighbors, I have no
interest in pointing the binoculars at
any people, just my animal friends.
After all I sit on my deck in a thick
robe and slippers. I wouldn’t want
binoculars pointed at me.
Okay, I might point them at the
adorable little boy who plays with
great imagination in his backyard. I
wish he would come and introduce
himself to me. I would enjoy talking
to him.
I suspect his parents have told him
not to bother the neighbors or else he
is just too involved in his imaginary
world to be bothered. I don’t dare go
and talk to him because he might perceive me as a stranger, which I would
be to him, and he might become
alarmed.
He would be welcome in my
yard or deck, anytime. I would not
take him in the house without letting
his parents know. I raised four boys,
the last one who wandered off all the
time.
I like to walk outside in spring,
summer and fall so I am also looking
forward to walking this spring.
Oh did I mention that daylight
savings time is almost here. It is on
Sunday, March 13 at 2:00 a.m. We
‘Spring Forward’ and gain an extra
hour of sleep.
If reading this column didn’t put
you to sleep, have a great week!
Just A Note
by Jan Hansen
Happy Leap Day!
The official publication date for
this week’s Ransom County Gazette
is Monday, Feb. 29. Why is this
noteworthy? Because it is a leap day
- a date which only occurs approximately every four years.
So, Happy Leap Day! Also, a
special Happy Birthday to all of
our readers who just happen to have
been born on Feb. 29. Those people
have a special designation, being
known as “leaplings,” “leapers,” or
“leap-year babies.”
In non-leap years, some leaplings
celebrate their birthday on either
Feb. 28 or March 1, while others
choose to only observe their birthday
when the actual date rolls around
every fourth year.
There are several instances,
NOTE...continued pg 3
Guest Column
Jim DotzenroD
nD State Senator
DiStrict 26
Cutting oil tax, a missed opportunity
for future of North Dakota
On January 1, 2016, North
Dakota’s Oil Extraction Tax (OET)
dropped from a rate of 6 ½% to a new
lower rate of 5%. That change may
seem small, but the loss in revenue
to the state is around $11 million/
month or $132 million/year using
a ND oil price of $25/barrel. Most
states carefully guard their mineral
resource income. So why, would the
state legislature voluntarily reduce
the tax on oil and forgo state revenue
that is quite significant?
The price of oil was dropping
during the 2015 legislative session.
If the decline continued, the “trigger” provisions of the out-of-date,
pre-fracking, pre-horizontal drilling, law from 1987 would require
the state’s 6 ½% Oil Extraction Tax
(OET) to drop to an effective rate
near 1%. This old, conventional
GUEST...continued pg 3
Gracie ate another shoe!
A Look Back in Time
50 Years Ago
March 3, 1966
Hallquist gets Jaycees support for
Park Levy
Robert Hallquist, chairman of
the Lisbon Park Board is currently
making all details known in the park
board’s need for taxpayer financial
assistance. Explaining how a proposed two mill levy will be used to
keep the city’s swimming pool in
operation, help the park board out of
debt and provide what is hoped will
be an adequate operating budget.
Hallquist addressed the Lisbon Jaycees last week Thursday.
40 Years Ago
March 4, 1976
Region Council discusses future of
Ransom County
Lake Agassiz Council met with
county residents on March 2 at the
Ransom County Courthouse. The
meeting was on the future of Ran-
som County. The group of 22 residents voted on the top 10 issues they
felt were the most needed. They are:
elderly, low income and handicapped
housing throughout the county, water
and sewage system for Fort Ransom
and the county, more and better roads
and bridges, a senior citizens center
for Fort Ransom, and more 100 percent grants from the state and federal
governments. The other five choices
were black top roads at Fort Ransom
and scenic rout, aid to smaller communities for medical services, flood
control, cleaning and snagging the
Sheyenne River and erosion control
county-wide.
25 Years Ago
March 4, 1991
Cease-fire in Persian Gulf produces cautious optimism
Emotions ranging from cautious
optimism to outright euphoria were
expressed by area residents the day
after President Bush announced
an offensive cease-fire in the Persian Gulf. The war which lasted six
weeks nearly to the day has come
to an end. Sally Iverson, mother of
Jamie Iverson who is stationed in the
Persian Gulf, said, “I do feel better
knowing there’s a cease fire, but I
don’t feel it’s really over until everyone’s safely home.”
10 Years Ago
March 6, 2006
Enderlin votes to pursue reorganization with Sheldon
The Enderlin School Board, in
special session on Tuesday, February
28, to pursue a plan of reorganization
with the Sheldon School District.
Present at the meeting, which was
held at the old Enderlin School gym
were both school boards along with
the Enderlin Education Association and other interested community
members.
Our almost 11 month old standard poodle, Gracie, managed to
chew up another shoe overnight.
The count is three that I can
remember. She chewed up one of
Brownie’s bedroom slippers and
still has the shell of it as a toy.
Since we let her keep the carcase
of this slipper, she has not gone
after any other shoes, until last
night. We have been all but hanging our shoes from the rafters to
keep them away from her. Until
recently when we thought she
had outgrown the desire to chew
on shoes.
The shoe she devoured last
night was one of mine. It was an
old shoe, more than six years in
age, well broken in, comfy and
one of my favorite shoes. But it
was old, well worn and ONE OF
MY FAVORITE SHOES!
When picking out a new dog
for your family, it is important
to select a dog that will be the
best fit for your family. Our Gracie can look me right in the eye
when standing on her hind feet;
she weighs more than our seven
year old granddaughter and she
is very smart. Standard Poodles
are one of the top contenders for
smartest breed.
The first rule in selecting a
dog: Make sure you are smarter
than the dog you select.
I’m not sure that we have
done that. You see, our Gracie
is way smarter than we are. This
is a frightening thing. She can
easily out wit us, but then that
isn’t all that unusual, given our
advanced years.
We have wrongly thought that
letting her have the slipper carcass to carry around would keep
her from chewing up any other
shoes. This has worked for some
time now and besides, she looks
funny running around the house
with this gray shell of slipper on
her face, it looks like a nose bra!
Gracie has also taken over the
bed. She sprawls out on her back
with legs everywhere. I have
been pinned more often than not
by this ginormous puppy.
She has certainly brought
excitement to our home. Gracie
is the tallest dog we have ever
owned and the largest puppy we
have ever had in our house. We
have had two large breed dogs
but they came as older, well
trained senior citizen dogs. They
were basic couch potatoes and
did not get into much mischief.
Well, except for Bandit who
ate a pound of butter that was
left on the counter. But he was on
a diet at the time and was over
whelmed with the munchies.
Gracie is still a puppy. She
will get better and more calm
at some point. I look forward to
being able to take her on walks
this summer but I’m thinking that
obedience school is in her future,
that or reform school, which ever
comes first.
Gracie is a challenge, a joy
and a caution, even so...Life is
good!
Lloyd Omdahl
Former Lt. Governor of ND • Former UND Political Science professor
The lady stands up to homeland chauvinists
“Why are we meeting again this winter?”
demanded Orville Jordan as he charged through
the door and pounded his pipe on the table in
front of Ork Dorken, chairperson of the Community Homeland Security Committee.
“Hey! Don’t lay this on me,” Ork responded
defensively. “Madeleine Morgan insisted that
we meet for an important issue that couldn’t
wait until spring.”
The town’s other 12 electors trickled into
the cavernous Bohemian Hall, led by Madeleine brandishing a sheaf of papers.
As chairs scraped and screeched on the
hardwood floor, Madeleine stood impatiently
until all of the town folks settled into seats to
their liking.
“Okay, Madeleine, let’s hear it so we can go
home,” Ork stated with frosty hostility.
“Women are meeting around the state
to recruit candidates for the legislature and
I’ve decided to be one of them,” Madeleine
announced as she waved her papers. “And I‘ve
got the petitions for you to sign to get me on
the ballot.”
A quiet shock settled over the astonished
electors as they collected the thoughts that were
scattered by the abrupt announcement. They
weren’t ready for this sort of drama on a cold
day in February.
“You can’t run,” barked Old Sievert from
his stuffed chair in the corner. It had lost some
stuffing through the years but it was still better
than the metal folding chairs when the temperature was zero. His dad once told him he could
get hemorrhoids from sitting on cold metal
objects.
“What do you mean I can’t run?” Madeleine
barked back. It was obvious she was not backing down.
“Well, you got to be qualified,” explained
Holger Danske.
“I’ve been in the state 11 years, in the county
11 years and in the precinct 11 years and I’m
older than 18 years. What else is there? Don’t
I have the right color eyes? Am I too short? Am
I too fat?”
Einar Stamstead groped helplessly for a
counterpoint. “Well, you got to have experience, like government office or community
committees.”
“I was a constable in Sidney, Montana for
six years,” she explained.
“Did you shoot anybody?” asked Garvey
Erfald, the chief warning officer. “That would
be experience.”
“Do they shoot people in the North Dakota
legislature?” she retorted.
“Well, no, maybe they should but what you
did in Montana doesn’t count in North Dakota,”
reasoned Holger.
“I know manure when I see manure,” she
bristled. “You don’t think I should run for the
legislature because I’m a woman and a woman’s place is in the kitchen,”
“It’s a man’s game,” stammered Einar. “A
lot of unwomanly smearing goes on in politics.”
“Well, I can smear as good as any man.
Women get things done; men just snort and paw
dirt. If elected, women can change the game –
we’ll make it a women’s game, so there.”
“This is a new kind of terrorism,” Chief
Warning Officer Garvey Erfald whispered to
Einar. “Maybe I should run up the red warning
flag.”
“Are you going to be cowboy conservative
or lefty liberal?” queried Holger.
“I’m running as an independent. I’ll be conservative when I should be conservative and
I’ll be liberal when I should be liberal,” she
answered.
That baffled them. It seemed like a parable
or something. The Apostle Paul said stuff like
that.
“I’ll sign that nominating petition,”
announced Little Jimmy, the town scholar
enrolled in college on the Internet.
Having the only computer in town, he was considered a real pioneer.
“What the hell!” exclaimed Josh. “What
have we got to lose? I’ll sign, too.”
Resistance collapsed under the social pressure. Everyone lined up to sign the petition.
Gertie Danske applauded as they streamed
out the door.
“It just takes guts,” she muttered to herself.
“They’re all pussycats.”
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 701-6836140.
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.
IMMUNIZATION CLINIC
Immunization clinics at Ransom County Public
Health Dept. in Lisbon will be every Thursday of
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Immunizations also available the 3rd Monday of the
month from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. No appointments are
necessary. Please bring your insurance card or Medicaid card. Call Ransom County Public Health Dept.
at 683-6140 should you have any questions or contact
your family doctor. (No Monday clinics if they fall on
a holiday.)
LISBON PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Lisbon Public Library hours are:
Monday
11 a.m.- 6 p.m.
Tuesday
11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Wednesday
11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Thursday
11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Friday
11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Closed
Saturday
and
Sunday.
www.
lisbonpubliclibrary.com.
Book donations welcome.
RANSOM COUNTY TRANSIT SCHEDULE
Van: Public Transportation (In-town rides - $2
round trip.)
Monday: Lisbon
Tuesday: Lisbon
Wednesday: Fort Ransom and Lisbon
Thursday: Lisbon
Friday: Lisbon
Bus: Fargo, every 2nd and 4th Tuesday, and
Thursday ($6 round trip.)
Public transportation is open to the public. Seniors
receive priority. Call 683-4295 to schedule a ride. For
more information call 683-3131 or 1-877-857-3743.
ABUSE RESOURCE NETWORK
The Abuse Resource Network is located in the
lower level of the Lisbon Library. 683-5061.
AFTER HOURS EMERGENCY CALLS
Calls to the Ransom County Sheriff’s Office will
be handled by state radio. Call 1-800-472-2121 for
assistance. Their number is on back of driver’s license.
COUNSELING AVAILABLE/ARN
Free counseling available for anyone with issues of
domestic violence or sexual assault available through
Abuse Resource Network located in the lower level of
the Lisbon Library. Call 683-5061.
AA AND AL-ANON MEET MONDAY NIGHTS
The Lisbon Alcoholics Anonymous group meets
every Monday night at 8 p.m. at the Trinity Lutheran
Church, Lisbon.
KIWANIS MEETING
Kiwanis will meet each Tuesday at noon at Parkside Lutheran Home in Lisbon in the dining room. All
are welcome to join.
LISBON EAGLES & AUXILIARY MEETING
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 OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION
The Opera House board meets on the third
Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the community
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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 8, 2016
Fire Hall, Enderlin. 8:30 a.m. Registration, 9 a.m.
Training
• 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.
LISBON SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
The March Lisbon School Board meeting will be
held on Tuesday, March 8th at 7:30 p.m. in the high
school conference room.
AMERICAN LEGION MEETING
The meeting of the Florence Kimball Post #7
American Legion will be held, Wednesday, March
2nd at 8 p.m. at the Eagles.
Saturday, Feb. 27
Friday, Feb. 26
Thursday, Feb. 25
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Wes Well retires from
banking, moving on to
real estate franchise
Ransom
On Health
~Assistant Professor Medical & Aging Sociology, NDSU
Wes Well
member of Lake Aggasiz Community Development board, past
president of Lisbon Civic and
Commerce, helped bring Peace
University to Lisbon a few years
ago, serves as president of the
board for Lisbon’s Endowment
Fund which has increased to $4.8
million this year. He is a member
of several professional banking
and real estate organizations. He
served a term as board chairman of
CHI- Health Services Foundation
board and continues to serve on the
Home Care board for CHI.
Wes and Patty raised two children to adulthood, Anna and Alex.
The couple both enjoy performing as members of the No Name
Players at the Lisbon Opera House
(LOH) and have been active with
that organization.
“We enjoy living in this community and helping it grow,” said
Well.
she won the 1980 Best Actress Tony
Award. She was also nominated for
an Emmy Award for her performance in the 1985 television movie
“Love Is Never Silent.” She eventually married and had two children
with normal hearing. Frelich died
on April 10, 2014 at the age of 70
from a rare degenerative neurological disease for which there is no
treatment.
Other
notable
“leapsters”
include: Pope Paul III, who was
born on Feb. 29, 1468; Jimmy
Dorsey, American saxophonist,
composer, and bandleader, who was
born on Feb. 29, 1904; and Dinah
Shore, American singer and actress,
who was born on Feb. 29, 1916.
Here’s a useful tip for the young
(or not so young, but unattached)
ladies in our readership. There is a
popular leap day tradition in some
countries known as Bachelor’s Day.
Traditionally, women are allowed
to propose marriage to a man on
Feb. 29.
This should be followed by a
warning for the single men who
might be reading this. If the man’s
answer is “No,” he must either
give the woman money or buy her
a dress. In upper-class societies in
Europe, if the man turns down the
marriage proposal, he must purchase the woman 12 pairs of gloves,
suggesting that the gloves might
be useful for hiding the woman’s
embarrassment of not having an
engagement ring.
In case anyone is planning a
Greek wedding, as in the movie
“My Big Fat Greek Wedding,”
you may want to consider that, in
Greece, it is considered unlucky to
marry on leap day.
Late Fall the Center for Social
Research at North Dakota State
University and I conducted a Ransom County randomized survey
studying alcohol usage with underage and adults in the county. The
results are in and will be discussed
in this article. I’ll first discuss the
methodology of the research and
provide selected findings.
Methodology: 1,500 randomly
selected households in Ransom
County, ND were selected for the
survey questionnaire. An introductory postcard was mailed to each
chosen household followed by a
survey packet including the survey
and postage-paid-self-addressed
envelope to return the completed
survey. About three weeks later
a reminder post card was sent to
non-responders. Only 236 of the
1500 households selected returned
the surveys for analysis. The
response rate was quite low at 18
percent.
One question was asked, “In
households not perceive that this
is a problem or issue in Ransom
County? Is it just their problem
or perceived problem? Data that
was collected through the SPFSIG found that Ransom County
does have high rates of under-age
and adult binge drinking and it is a
serious health problem.
In summary, the results of this
survey support the SPF-SIG findings. In all age groups the majority
of respondents stated that 55.7% of
teenagers, 63.9% under-age adults,
and 54.8% adults responded that
alcohol is a moderate or serious problem in Ransom County.
Future articles will provide more
of what the “Survey Says”.
Questions can be directed to
gina.kelly@ndsu.edu. Dr. Gina
Aalgaard Kelly, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Medical and
Aging Sociology in the Department of Sociology-Anthropology
at North Dakota State University
in Fargo, North Dakota.
The little black curly-haird toy
poodle rushes right up to greet a
visitor. He is happy to see a new
face and he admits he wouldn’t be
much of a watch dog because he
would love a person to death.
His name is Lucky and he is
eleven years old, but that doesn’t
seem to slow him down much.
Lucky used to live with one of
Jo’s brothers, but her brother gave
the ball of fur to his sister in 2010.
Lucky belongs to Jo and Enna
Weiss, Lisbon. They get a lot of
entertainment from havng him
around.
His favorite treat is an edible
green bone called a Greenie by his
owner. He knows where his human
keeps the bones and will go and
stand by that cupboard until he can
wheedle one from her.
Jo is not a push over, though.
She limits Lucky to one Greenie a
day.
When someone asks him a
question, Lucky will tilt his head
to one side as if he is listening
intently.
This dog really has the cute
factor going for him. Emma says
Lucky is really lazy and sneezes a
lot. She remembers she used to put
his ears in ponytails when she was
younger.
She calls him over and has him
sit and roll over for a treat which
he obediently does. Of course,
than he squeaks for more treats to
no avail. His owners are on to him.
Lucky wakes Jo up every
morning. He greets her with kisses
and then goes and stands in front
of the bathroom cupboard wait-
well era law provided that if oil
prices began to average below a predetermined “trigger” price (around
$55/barrel), then the tax rate would
drop to near 1%. Conversely, if oil
prices rose above the “trigger” price,
then the 6 ½% OET would return. If
left unchanged, these “trigger” provisions would provide a dramatic
cut in taxes to the oil industry and an
unacceptably large loss of revenue to
the state. While these “trigger” provisions reduced the state’s 6 ½% Oil
Extraction Tax to near 1%, they had
no effect on the 5% Gross Production Tax (GPT) on oil, which in the
majority functions as “local impact
money” for schools, roads, local
government, etc. in the area where
the oil is produced.
It became increasingly clear
that the “trigger” tax break of 1987
no longer fit with today’s level of
industry activity, impact, and development. The move to abolish the
“trigger” was supported by virtually
every member of the legislature and
passed the Senate unanimously when
voted on as a separate proposition in
2013 and 2015. What made the bill
(as approved in 2015) controversial
was the insistence by the leaders in
the ND legislature that the elimination of the 1987 “trigger” tax law
had to be coupled with a permanent
cut in the Oil Extraction Tax from 6
½% to 5%. In the closing days of
the session, with only one week to
consider the bill from introduction
to final passage and almost no time
for citizen input, it passed on a very
divided vote in both chambers of the
legislature.
So, it is now law. The “trigger”
is gone and the 6 ½% oil tax rate is
now a 5% oil tax rate. Eliminating
by Jeanne Sexton-Brown
islature could have eliminated the
1987 “trigger” tax provisions and
left the tax rate alone, at the 6 ½%
rate approved by the voters in a statewide ballot measure in 1980. The oil
tax rates that prevailed in our state
yielded the biggest oil boom in state
history, and made us the second largest oil producing state in the nation.
Those rates placed us just below the
middle of the range of the 8 major
oil producing states when comparing their overall set of oil industry
taxes to ours (Covenant Report, Dec.
2012). It would be hard to argue that
our rates were too high compared
to other states or were holding back
activity in the Bakken.
North Dakota, like other oil and
agriculture states, will have to make
adjustments and difficult budget
decisions will be made as we work
through this time of lower commodity prices. Nevertheless, the decision
of the 2015 legislature to lower the
tax on oil was an avoidable loss of
present and future state revenues that
will certainly limit some of our public policy choices for years to come.
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wooden spoon, lay the spoon beside the potato as a
“stop” for your knife. Slice the potato almost through
to the bottom. Let the wooden spoon stop you before
you cut through the bottom of the potato. Make slices
1/8 to 1/4 inches apart along the potato. Arrange the
potatoes in a baking dish. Drizzle with the bacon fat,
sprinkle with salt and pepper, add garlic.
Bake for 30 minutes, remove from oven and brush
again with the bacon fat, nudging the slices apart a bit.
Bake an additional 30 to 40 minutes or until the
edges are crispy and the centers are tender when
poked with a fork. Brush with melted butter and add
scallions, parsley and bacon pieces to serve. Adjust
baking time according to the size of potatoes. Larger
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Ingredients:
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1 oz. cheddar cheese, cut into 1/4-inch squares
4 slices bacon, quartered
1/4 c. brown sugar
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet
with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat; set
aside. Working one at a time, wrap each tater tot
and cheese square in a piece of bacon. Repeat with
remaining tater tots, cheese squares and bacon pieces.
Dredge each tater tot in the brown sugar, pressing to
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baking sheet. Place into oven and bake for 20-25 minutes, using metal tongs to turn at halftime.
the “trigger” was widely supported
and needed to be done, saving an
estimated $26 million/month (using
a ND price of $25/barrel) of otherwise lost tax revenue. However, if
the oil tax rate had been left as it was,
the savings would have been $37
million/month. The $11 million difference between these two numbers
is the amount of lost tax revenue due
to the rate change from 6 ½% to 5%
using a ND price of $25/barrel. The
effect of this cut in the Oil Extraction
Tax could be quite high because it
will be in place even when oil prices
rise. Had this cut been in effect during the 2013-15 biennium, the revenue loss would have been well over
$600 million. Over many years of
activity in the Bakken Formation,
even with lower oil prices, this tax
cut will mean billions less for critical
water projects, infrastructure development, K-12, property tax relief,
higher education, and the state’s
Legacy Fund.
The decision to cut the oil tax
was a missed opportunity for the
future of North Dakota. The Leg-
ing for Jo to get up and give him a
Greenie. Nothing deters him from
his treat.
Jo credits the dog with alerting
her to breast cancer. He jumped up
on her a few times and landed on
her chest.
“He stepped on me and it hurt,”
said Jo. She investigated further
and there was a lump. Thus began
her fight with breast cancer.
Lucky sometimes gets mistaken for a girl because he wears a
pink breast cancer awareness collar. He doesn’t care. He wants to
support his human.
“It was a coincidence that he
jumped on just the right spot,” said
Jo.
Lucky holds a very special spot
in his owners’ hearts.
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& LIFE OF
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GUEST COLUMN...Continued from page 2
What’s Cooking?
Who doesn’t love bacon? It adds a great smoky
flavor to any food and makes all things better. That’s
my story and I’m sticking to it. If you have a cholesterol problem, use in moderation.
Pan Roasted Brussel Sprouts with Bacon
Ingredients:
4 strips thick-cut bacon
2 T. Butter
1 lb. Brussel Sprouts, halved
1/2 large onion, chopped
Sea salt and ground pepper to taste
Directions:
Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium high
heat until crispy. Remove to paper towel lined plate
then roughly chop. In same pan with bacon fat, melt
butter over high heat. Add onions and Brussel Sprouts
and cook, stirring occasionally until sprouts are golden
brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to
taste and toss bacon back into pan.
Bacon Hasselback Potatoes
Ingredients:
4 slices thick-cut bacon, each cut crosswise into
9 pieces
12 medium Yukon gold or russet potatoes, peeled
Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
1 stick butter
2 scallions, finely chopped
2 T. chopped fresh parsley
1 clove garlic, minced
Directions:
Heat oven to 425 degrees. Brown bacon and set
aside on paper towel to drain. Peel potatoes. Using a
‘Survey Says’
your community, how much of a
problem is alcohol use by Teenagers, Under-age adults and Adults?”
For teenagers, 23.1% stated it
is “Not a problem” or “A minor
problem”, 21.2 stated “Neutral”,
and 55.7% stated it’s “A moderate
problem” or “A serious problem”.
For Underage-age adults (ages 19
and 20), 16.8% stated it’s “Not a
problem” or “A minor problem”,
19.2% stated “Neutral”, and 63.9%
stated it’s “A moderate problem”
or “A serious problem. For Adults
(ages 21 and older) 22.6% stated
it’s “Not a problem” or “A minor
problem”, 22.6% stated “Neutral”
and 54.8% stated it’s “A moderate
problem” or “A serious problem.
Future articles will provide
more results of the survey. As a
social science researcher, I find
myself perplexed as to why there
was such a small response rate
(normally it’s higher) bringing
up several questions: Why did so
many households not respond? Do
By: Terri Kelly Barta
Meet Lucky!
gren. “No referrals are necessary. Anyone in need
of food assistance is welcome.”
Distribution will be done at Trinity Lutheran
Church, 418 5th Ave. West in Lisbon on Monday,
February 29 from 11 am until noon or until it is gone.
For more information contact Andrea at 701232-6219 or at ablock@lssnd.org.
By Dr. Gina Aalgaard Kelly, PhD
NOTE...Continued from page 2
especially in children’s literature,
where a character claims to be only
a quarter of his or her actual age,
based on counting only their leapyear birthdays.
Such a scenario occurs in Gilbert
and Sullivan’s 1879 comic opera
“The Pirates of Penzance,” which,
incidentally, my music theory class
performed when I was in college.
In the story line in that opera, one
of the main characters, Frederic,
had been apprenticed to a band
of pirates as a child. His apprenticeship was to last until his 21st
birthday. At age 21, assuming his
period of apprenticeship was over,
he left the pirate band and soon met
and fell in love with a young lady
named Mabel. However, it is found
out that Frederic was born on Feb.
29, so, technically, he will not celebrate his 21st birthday for another
63 years. Therefore, he is forced to
leave his fiancée and return to the
pirate band.
Phyllis Frelich, recipient of
one of North Dakota’s Roughrider
Awards, was born in Devils Lake on
Feb. 29, 1944 to deaf parents Phillip and Esther (Dockter) Frelich.
Phyllis was the eldest of nine siblings, all of whom were deaf. She
attended the North Dakota School
for the Deaf, and, after graduating
in 1962, went on to study at Gallaudet College, a school for the deaf.
She earned a degree in library science, but, throughout her college
career, also participated in theater.
As a result of those college performances, she was asked to join the
National Theater of the Deaf. She is
most famous for her leading role in
the Broadway production of “Children of a Lesser God,” for which
Great Plains Food Bank contacted Ransom
County Food Pantry on Tuesday, February 23rd.
They informed Yvonne Dahlgren, Ransom County
food pantry coordinator that they would be bringing
perishable foods to be distributed in Lisbon.
“We weren’t given a lot of notice,” said Dahl-
K
Wes Well is retiring from a
34-year career in community banking and has purchased a real estate
franchise, ReMax and is opening
an office in Lisbon.
Well came to Lisbon from
Milnor to open a new branch of
1st National Bank here. He had
served 1st National Bank in Milnor
for seven years and he worked in
Mohall for seven years before that.
He joined Bremer Bank in August
of 1997 and has spent nearly 20
years at that bank, ending his banking career as president of the Lisbon Bremer Bank.
He supervised the projects
of two new bank buildings in his
career the 1st National Bank and
the Bremer Bank, both were in
Lisbon.
“I really enjoyed supervising
the two building projects,” said
Well.
Well has earned and retained a
real estate broker license for many
years. Last summer he purchased
a franchise from ReMax Realtor
and will be opening an office in
Colton Plaza on the corner of 5th
Ave. Main Street. The plaza currently contains Subway and Nick
Storhaug, CPA along with the new
ReMax office.
His last day at Bremer is March
1.
“I am too young and too poor to
retire,” laughs Well.
He also likes to keep busy. He
and his wife, Patty, a pharmacist/
manager, NuCare Drug Store, are
very involved in the Assembly of
God Church. He enjoys teaching
adult religious education.
Well is a Kiwanis member, a
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Audrey M. Schutt
Funeral services for Audrey M.
Schutt, 77, Lisbon, were held Feb.
22, 2016 at First Baptist Church in
Lisbon with Rev. Norm Anderson
officiating. Mrs. Schutt died Feb.
18, 2016 at Parkside Lutheran
Home in Lisbon.
Audrey M. Schutt was born
May 1, 1938 to Leo L. and Lillian
G. (Olson) Hartson in Lisbon. She
attended rural Lisbon School.
Audrey lived in Lisbon all her
life.
She married Charles R. Schutt
on Sept. 1, 1957 in Lisbon. He died
Dec. 2, 2011.
She is survived by two sisters,
Ardis (James) Metzen, Lisbon and
Judy Kamrath, Enderlin.
She is preceded in death by
her husband, a brother, Elroy and
infant sister, Joan.
Pallbearers were Ronnie Hartson, Duane Hartson, Mike Metzen,
Travis Almer, Justin Gores, Allan
Erickson, Mike Schmidt, and Bernard Nordhagen.
Music was provided by organist Ester Officer and soloist Gaye
Wiltse.
Burial will be in Oakwood
Cemetery in Lisbon.
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Brenda Jean Compson
Brenda Jean Compson, Lisbon, formerly West Fargo, age
50, died Feb. 20, 2016 on the big
island, Hawaii.
Brenda died after a long
battle with cancer, on the island
she loved, with her family by her
side.
A celebration of her life will
be held March 19 at 1 p.m. at
Trinity Lutheran Church in Lisbon with Pastor Norm Anderson
officiating.
As Brenda would want,
please dress casual.
Beverly Anne News
On Tuesday February 16, there
was some exciting games of bean
bags. The first game was won by
Betty Bierwagen and the second
game there was a three way tie
for first with Fern Larson, Bernice
Carlson and Edith Hammer.
On Tuesday Garrett Wiltse
came from Liberal, Kansas to visit
his grandfather Jim Wiltse.
Carol Piatz came to visit her
father Glenn Weisenhaus this past
week.
On Tuesday February 16th
Myron Hammer came to visit his
mom Edith Hammer.
On Thursday David and Phyllis Thompson stopped in to visit
his parents, Vernon and Lorraine
Thompson and on Friday Jerry
Thompson stopped in to visit his
parents.
Thank you to Pastor Norm for
doing Bible Study on Thursday
and to Pastor Ed for providing
worship service on Friday. Thank
you to Irene for providing the wor-
Verona News
Don and Eileen Geske paid a
visit to Don’s uncle Willis Lindemann of Fargo on Friday. They
also visited Eileen’s aunt Alma
Brauer in Moorhead.
Marvin and Margie Mangin
returned home Saturday, February 13 after spending three
weeks in Richardson, Texas with
Max, Brooke, Grace, Edward
and George Buehler. While there
they also visited with Max’s family.
Sunday, March 13
2am
ship music. We really appreciate
all you do!
Marie Anderson came in and
had coffee with the residents on
Saturday.
Daughter, Cathy Urbach of
Richfield MN and grandson, Mark
of Apple Valley, MN came visit
Clarice Mairs on Saturday February 20th. Also visiting Clarice on
Saturday was grandson, Jerome
Freeberg. Daughter Gerry Freeberg with her husband Keith visited Clarice on Sunday.
John and Sandy Rotenberger
came to visit with John’s dad, Fritz
Rotenberger on Sunday.
On Sunday February 21 Duane
and Millie Cole stopped by to visit
with Duane’s sister Marion Johnson.
They also visited with friend
Delores Bell, along with Mark and
Jerry Bell.
Kim Jacobson stopped by to
visit with his dad Orlin Jacobson
on Monday February 22.
by Margie Mangin
Saturday Don and Eileen
Geske attended the piano recital
of students of Sephra Puffe at the
First United Methodist Church in
Jamestown. Later they had noon
lunch at Perkins with Jerome and
Margaret Johnson.
Marvin and Margie Mangin
attended the prayer service for
Ron Splitt in LaMoure Sunday
afternoon.
Don Geske paid a visit to Burnel Domine on Tuesday.
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Dinner: Beef roast ................ 12:00
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Valley News
Here it is ND February 21st
thawing even tho last night a light
covering of that white stuff hit the
ground and covered all the bare
spots we received over the past two
days. Mud everywhere and water
puddles--even the Valley road suffered a covering of mud so driving had to be slowed down or a
sliding took place. Three squirrels
are doing a job of taking the kernels off eight ears of corn put on a
hanger. They go thru that many ears
in a week. It was settled when one
stated take your rifle and we will
have squirrel for supper--then your
corn will not disappear so quickly.
This rover planted in the minds of
the great grandkids to hit for the
cornfield last fall and gather her
about 150 ears of corn. They did
and it is disappearing as Tucker
gathers eight ears and hangs them
on. A huge red headed woodpecker
bounced in and helped himself also.
He was gorgeous. About 12:30 this
rover hit for Veterans Home for
church. Piano rang out and people
sang. This rover was given a sheet
of music with a title and it was in
their books so everyone was going
to sing a solo. The sheet of music
was followed but in the large hymnal and the residents book there
was a chorus to the song. McGirdy
stated they had trouble matching
the words with the playing. Well,
it was found there are two pages
so she ripped up the one given
her and went to the large hymnal.
Then in bounces Pastor Ed with a
great sermon in his friendly way
and more singing went on--in fact
he started singing a song and this
rover hunted for his key, found it
but neither one could remember the
name of the hymn so he only did a
short version of it while this rover
rattled her brain and she knew the
hymn but could not remember the
title so it was lost for the day until
a zip home and was found. After
all this “hosko stooge” the service
ended with a great crowd--even
Warren Wiltse and his wife--welcome everyone. Then a happy Vet
came up with a little cup of candies
and we did not get his name written
down plus Don Smith had candy on
the piano as usual besides helping
with everything so it is thanks to all
that made it a great afternoon. In
case some are losing sleep over us
not remembering the name of the
hymn it is, “My Hope Is Built On
Nothing Less”--a favorite of this
rover so why the memory loss?
Sympathy to the family of
Gordy Evenson. He will be missed
horribly as his friendly manor
rocked the place. Why did God
decide to take him from his busy
place of business and family and
friends? Thank him for leaving his
friendly mark behind.
This rover did not know that our
dancer and happy person who had
to sit next to the piano bench passed
on. This was Mrs. Armstrong and it
is sympathy to the family. She kept
perfect time with whatever was
played and sat shoulder to shoulder
with this rover near the piano and
there is a miss.
Crystal Meyers went to her door
and there she found Alice Hieggelke from the Beverly Anne for
a visit. Meyers are expecting company from afar so was getting ready
for it. This rover visited with Keith
Sunday in church.
Ilene Larson zipped to Fargo
and went to her grandkids sports in
swimming, ball playing and eating
out. The work the kids put in tired
Grandma just about thinking about
it. How many rounds of swimming? Beyond the imagination.
She stayed over night to make them
all and that is super. This was the
Walker family with Ilene’s daughter Deb and her husband Pat in
charge of the talented kids.
Alice Bartell of Gwinner way
writes of Permanents in the old age:
“Elsie was done with nurses training and was working in Wishek.
Janet was going to school in Jamestown. Janet did not have a car and
Elsie did. Janet asked Elsie to come
and pick her up and when she came
she brought a permanent along and
asked if she would take her home
for the summer. Elsie said O.K.
and she wanted Janet to give her a
permanent. I don’t have anyone to
give it to me. You have to cut my
hair and then give me a permanent.
Janet said she could not do that as
she had never cut hair nor given a
permanent. Elsie told Janet there’s
nothing to it. You just hold the hair
up, hold it out evenly from the
head, cut it and then put the curlers in afterward. You give me the
perm, there is nothing to it. It is
easy. Elsie turned the scissors loose
in Janet’s hand.
Janet held Elsie’s hair out and
cut it and when she got done she
held Elsie’s hair out and cut it
again. Instead of cutting it to the
curve of the head, Janet cut it off
straight. Right in a circle in the
middle of the back of the head the
hair was almost an inch long. No
way was Janet ever going to be
able to put curlers in there. So Janet
gave Elsie a perm anyway. It turned
out pretty good but right in the middle of the back Elsie had this hair
one inch long without any curl in it.
Elsie never asked Janet to do that
again. Janet had warned Elsie from
the start. Now tables were turned.
When Janet got home from school
Elsie gave Janet a perm and had
some left over. They had two boys
staying with them and each one got
a perm and were very happy with
it.”
Here comes Parkside and the
Swing Bed church services Wed.
Music rang out and in comes Pastor Ed hopping to it. His sermon
was on Judas and the terrible things
he had done. It was very good
and right to the point. God always
knows what’s going on so Judas
really did not get by with anything.
Thanks to Pastor Ed and for all that
came for the services. Next being
Lent there was a supper at Trinity and it was very good. Thanks
to the people responsible. At Ruth
and Irene’s table were Betty Ann
Tufty who brought Nettie, Carol
Radcliffe, a former teacher with
her daughter, Connie, Mrs. Sletmoe
and a young gal, was it Mund? It
was a great visiting session as they
ate the luscious supper. Next was
the service with Pastor Norm and
the room was filled with young
people as well as older ones. How
great!
We find Mrs. Sletmoe is married
to once milk hauler for Cass Clay
Smoky Sletmoe. She states she has
a home at Detroit Lakes along with
their place in Enderlin. Smokey
would come in with the milk truck,
take time to zip into Myles and
Irene’s for breakfast, while Harv
and Dale caused mischief to either
his boots or truck. He was a super
milk hauler.
There is Linda Brown Schjelderup home from surgery and doing
fine. Her kitchen is all finished.
Happy Birthday to her on Feb.
28th. They plan on eating out to
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Zion Lutheran Church
420 1st St SE, Gwinner – Missouri
Synod. Pastor Matthew Richard
678-2401. Cell 680-2658. www.
ziongwinner.org Sunday: Divine
service 10 a.m., Sunday School
for adults and children, 9 a.m.,
Communion 1st and 3rd Sunday of
the month. Wednesday: Pastor’s Bible
Study 9 a.m. “The Lutheran Hour”
radio program heard Sundays 7:30
a.m. on KFGO 790 AM, 4:30 p.m. on
KFNW 1200 AM, Confirmation, 4 pm.
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, 4325688 & Pastor Carl Glamm, 8834515; Wednesday, Mar. 2, 7 p.m. Lent
Worship service (soup and bread prior
to), Sunday, Mar. 6, 11 a.m. Worship
service
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Englevale, Pastor Cheri Danielson,
432-5688 & Pastor Carl Glamm,
883-4515, Wednesday, Mar. 2, 7 p.m.
Lent Worship service @ St. John’s
(soup and bread prior to), Friday,
Mar. 4, World Day of Prayer, 1:30 at
Trinity Lutheran Church (Griswold)
rural Litchville, Saturday, Mar. 5,
1:30 Luther League meeting to make
cupcakes, Sunday, Mar. 6, 9 a.m.
Worship service, 10 a.m. SS
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 4373777,
(815)
883-1673.
www.
hopelutheranenderlin.org.
Sunday
School 10 a.m.; Adult Sunday School
10 a.m, Sunday Worship 11 a.m.
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 1-877525-2113.
The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints
Wahpeton Branch 505 Richland Ave.,
Wahpeton Phone 642-2463; Lee
J. Allen, President 701-241-9929.
Meetings on Sunday: Sacrament 10
a.m.; Sunday School and Primary
11:15 a.m.
First United Methodist Church
602 Forest St., Lisbon. Rev. Juwle S.
Nagbe. Office 683-4479, Residence
683-5996. Sunday Worship 9:45 a.m.
Trinity Lutheran Church
418 5th Ave. W., Lisbon, Pastor
Norman Anderson Phone 683-5841.
Wednesday, Mar. 2, 5:30 p.m. Lenten
Supper, 7 p.m. Lenten service, 8 p.m.
Choir, Sunday, Mar. 6, 9 a.m. Liturgy
of the Word, 10 a.m. Sunday School.
Trinity Lutheran Church LCMC
319 4th Ave, Enderlin, Phone 4372433. Pastor Grant Patterson. Sunday
Service, 9:30 a.m., Sunday School,
10:40 a.m.
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celebrate.
There is Audrey Lester Saab,
daughter of Hazel Lester and we
find she is telling us it is Leap year.
She states, “It is single ladies time
to howl. No one here in Washington to howl over, how about Lisbon?” She is wondering about the
obit of Ellen Jean Kval. It has not
been printed yet. Sympathy to the
daughter Sheryl and family and
friends. Sheryl is the only daughter
and they lived in Colorado. All of
Ellen’s family are gone to a better
world, Elaine Hovet, Erwin Kval,
Elsie Lundy, now Ellen Jean Kval
and their folks, Ed and Ella Kval
Sheldon area. Ella is a sister to Larsons gals which included Mamie
Hoaby.
The Sheyenne is opening up
and we find when it erupted its
banks to full height, there were
beaver hunters out there in a boat.
They anchored by the Hoenhause
bridge with blood covering the
floor of the boat and stated to Irene,
Yup, there is one of us missing with
laughter and explained they got a
beaver. A guy is now sitting on the
river bank and hears gnawing. He
finds beavers cut trees any length
and knows how to land them on the
edge of the river which is for their
food. They are a slow animal and
live in the water. They know how
to make uneven cuts to fell the trees
right where they want them. Ya, tell
me about the beavers and all of this
rovers chokecherry trees. They cut
them down and dragged to the river
so not a tree remains.
There was Mark Carlblom and
Chelsey at Maria, Maria, Mexican
Cafe Sunday greeting Ruth Carlblom his grandmom. This rover was
also on the great food which would
fill any cavity and good. The boss
waited on the crew and did a great
job so all was pleased. The young
couple live in Milnor but Mark
does check on his Grandmom Ruth.
Alex Drake did a good deed. He
works at Capt. T’s and his wife at
Parkside. This rover was built too
short. He reached up and delivered
to her the supply she was after at
Teals. He is a friendly person and it
is thanks to him.
Oh, my, oh my--this rover was
after lard to make donuts. First
she greeted Pastor John Anderson
from Fargo as they steamed into
Maryhill to produce a program for
birthday party of the month. There
were Joe Bartholomay, Olive Bratlie, Ramona Ward, Norma Schaper
who received balloons and were
sung to. Pastor John zipped into
Cab Driver to add steam to their
great birthdays--Happy Day. Many
fiddle tunes with piano were accomplished and singing for a great
crowd and it is thanks to them for
coming and making the party super.
Thanks to John for coming that far
and had to drive back to go to work.
Now back to the lard. She and Ruth
stopped at the meat market where
lard is great but they were closed.
Went to the grocery store and none
there but the help were super. Next
back to Lisbon to Teals. Searched
the counters and ran into Linda.
She led us right to the donut stuff
and a lot of it in square boxes like
butter. Now to make the donuts and
the help wanted some brought in so
it was a fun party about donuts at
Teals.
Thank you Lord for a super
wonderful winter thus far. Spring
is coming and maybe the calf season might be a headache if weather
changes its course to being snowy
and cold and miserable.
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
1.01 THE PROJECT:
Fort Ransom
Visitor Center
Fort Ransom, ND
1.02 THE OWNER (HEREINAFTER
REFERRED TO AS OWNER):
North Dakota Parks & Recreation
Department
1600 East Century Avenue
Suite 3
Bismarck, ND 58503
1.03 DATE: FEBRUARY 2016
1.04 TO: POTENTIAL BIDDERS
A. Sealed SINGLE BASE BID will
be received for ALL WORK for the above
referenced project. In accordance with
North Dakota Century Code, Bids may
also be submitted as individual Bids for
General Construction, Mechanical Work,
and Electrical Work. The Owner will solicit
proposals for the Quality Control/ Special
Inspections Contractor after award of the
Contract(s).
B. All Bids will be received by the
Owner until 2:00 P.M. Central Standard
Time on March 08, 2016.
1. Bids shall be delivered before the
time and date above to Tyler Modlin, Manager, at Fort Ransom State Park, 5981 Walt
Hjelle Parkway, Fort Ransom, ND 58033, or
they may be delivered to the Fort Ransom
State Park maintenance shop, at which time
the Bids will be publicly opened and read
aloud. Telephone and Fax Bids will not be
allowed.
2. The Architect assumes no responsibility for receiving and delivering Contractor Bids to the bid opening.
C. All bids shall be in accordance with
Bidding Documents prepared by YHR Partners, Ltd., 420 Main Avenue, Moorhead,
Minnesota 56560.
D. The Bidding Documents may be
examined at the following locations until
Bid opening time:
1. The offices of the Owner and Architect.
2. The Builders Exchanges of Bismarck
(Construction Plains), Fargo, Grand Forks,
and Minot, North Dakota.
3. The Builders Exchanges of Minneapolis and St. Cloud, Minnesota.
4. The Builders Exchanges of Aberdeen
and Sioux Falls (Plains), South Dakota.
E. Bid Documents may be obtained
from the office of the Architect as outlined
below. All deposits and/ or payments for Bid
Documents shall be made payable to “YHR
Partners, Ltd.”.
1. Bid Documents may be obtained by
prime Bidders and Mechanical and Electrical Work Sub-bidders upon receipt of a
refundable deposit, by check, in the amount
of $200 for one set of Bidding Documents.
Full deposit will be returned to those submitting legal prime Base Bid provided
complete set as issued, including Addenda,
is received by the Architect within 14 days
following bid opening. No plan deposit will
be returned if these conditions are not met.
a. Additional sets may be obtained by
prime Bidders at a non-refundable cost of
$200. Submit payment for those sets by
separate check.
2. Full sets of printed Bid Documents
may be obtained by non-bidders at a nonrefundable cost of $200.
3. Any party may obtain electronic Bid
Documents (pdf files on disk) for a nonrefundable cost of $50 per disk, by completing
and submitting the REQUEST FOR ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS form in Section
01 15 00.
F. No Bids will be read or considered
which do not fully comply with North
Dakota bond and license requirements as
stipulated in Section 00 21 13 - Instructions
to Bidders and the North Dakota Century
Code.
G. Each Bid shall be accompanied by
a separate envelope containing a Bidder’s
bond in a sum equal to 5% of the highest
amount of the Bids, executed by the Bidder as principal and by a surety company
authorized to do business in this state,
conditioned that if the principal’s Bids be
accepted and the contract awarded to principal, the principal, within ten days after
Notice of Award, will execute and effect a
contract in accordance with the terms of the
Bids and a contractor’s bond as required by
law and the regulations and determinations
of the Owner.
H. Bidder shall have North Dakota Public Contractors License for highest amount
of Bids, including any Alternate Bids, and
such license shall have been in effect for at
least ten days prior to Bid opening date.
I. Bid security shall be made payable to
North Dakota Parks & Recreation Department.
J. Bid security will be retained and your
Bid will be required to be submitted under
a condition of irrevocability until Contract
has been awarded and executed, but not longer than a period of 30 days after the Bid
date.
K. The Owner reserves the right to
reject any or all Bids and waive informalities therein.
1.05 SIGNATURE
A. For the Owner:
North Dakota Parks & Recreation
Department, Bismarck, ND
B.
By: Jesse Hanson, Coordinator
END OF SECTION 00 11 13
Publish Feb. 15, 22, and 29, 2016
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed bids will be received at the
office of the Ransom County Auditor, P.O.
Box 668, Lisbon, ND 58054, for the furnishing of supplies in such quantities as the
County may require from March 15th 2016,
to March 31st, 2017. Bids may be delivered to the County Auditor up to the time
of opening bids as stated below and must
be enclosed in envelopes plainly marked to
indicate items covered by bid. Date for bid
opening is March 15th 2016.
Gasoline, Diesel Fuel and Propane:
Bids to be opened at 9:45 a.m., $50
bond or certified check required. Bid forms
may be obtained from the Ransom County
Highway Department.
Gravel, Clay and Chips:
Screening, crushing, loading, stockpiling and hauling of chips, gravel, and clay.
Contractors may bid on all or part of the
gravel contract. All bidders shall have at
least a North Dakota Class D Contractor’s
License, which has been in force at least
ten days prior to the date of receiving the
bids. Bids to be opened at 10:00 a.m., $500
bond or certified check required. Bid bond
shall be accompanied by a copy of the con-
tractor’s license or renewal certificate. Bid
forms may be obtained from the Ransom
County Highway Department.
Successful bidders as part of their supply contract will be required as part of the
bid acceptance to comply with the following:
1. All noxious weeds must be sprayed
within the pit and extraction area each year
in compliance with North Dakota State
Agriculture Department recommendations
for noxious weed control.
2. The County weed officer shall
inspect the pit area before any materials
shall be removed and shall, by written letter, certify operator’s compliance with the
North Dakota State Agriculture Department
recommendations for noxious weed control.
3. Any questions concerning the certifications of compliance for noxious weed
control and the requirements are available
from the County Weed Officer.
4. Reclaim the pits as per the Century
Code 38-16-011.
Bids must be accompanied by a bond or
certified or cashier’s check. The bid shall
be in one sealed envelope. The bond or certified or cashier’s check shall be in a separate sealed envelope attached to the outside
of the bid envelope and received in such a
manner that the recipient can determine
without opening anything that two separate
envelopes are being received.
The Ransom County Board of Commissioners reserves the right to accept or reject
any or all bids or parts of bids.
RANSOM COUNTY AUDITOR
P.O. BOX 668
LISBON, ND 58054
Publish Feb. 22, 29, and Mar. 7, 2016
NOTICE OF SALE
Civil No. 37-2015-CV-00096
Notice is hereby given that by virtue
of a judgment of foreclosure by the District
Court of the Southeast Judicial District in
and for the County of Ransom and State
of North Dakota, and entered and docketed
in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on
December 18, 2015, in an action wherein
Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC. was Plaintiff and Michael W. Sutherland aka Michael
Sutherland; State of North Dakota acting
by and through the Department of Human
Services; and any person in possession were
Defendants, in favor of Plaintiff and against
the Defendants for the sum of $113,827.96,
which judgment and decree, among other
things, direct the sale by me of the real
property hereinafter described, to satisfy
the amount of said judgment, with interest
thereon and the costs and expenses of such
sale, or so much thereof as the proceeds of
said sale will satisfy; and by virtue of a writ
issued to me out of the office of the Clerk of
said Court, I, Darren J. Benneweis, Sheriff
of Ransom County, North Dakota, will sell
the property described in the Judgment to
the highest bidder for cash at public auction
at the front door of the Courthouse in the
City of Lisbon in the County of Ransom and
State of North Dakota, on March 28, 2016,
at the hour of 10:00 A.M. (CT), to satisfy the
amount due, with interest thereon, and the
costs and expenses of such sale, or so much
thereof as the proceeds of such sale will satisfy. The property to be sold is situated in
the County of Ransom and State of North
Dakota, and described as follows:
Lots 3 and 4 in Block 10 of Adams and
Frees Addition to the City of Lisbon, Ransom County, North Dakota aka 706 Ash
Street, Lisbon, North Dakota 58054.
If the sale is set aside for any reason, the
Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to
a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser
shall have no further recourse against the
Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and seal this 16 day of
February, 2016.
Darren J. Benneweis
Sheriff of Ransom County, North Dakota
By: Deputy
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
:ss.
COUNTY OF RANSOM
)
On this 16th day of February, 2016,
before me, a Notary Public in and for said
County and State, personally appeared Darren J. Benneweis, known to me to be the
person who is described in, and whose name
is subscribed to this instrument.
Teresa G. Sorby Rotenberger
Notary Public
Ransom County, North Dakota
My Commission expires: Nov. 14, 2018
MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM
38 Second Avenue East
Dickinson, ND 58601
Attorneys for Plaintiff
37-2015-CV-00096
Publish Feb. 22, 29 and Mar. 7, 2016
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Project: Lisbon Track and Field Facility
Improvements
Owner: Lisbon Public Schools #19
PO Box 593
Lisbon, ND 58054
Architect/Engineer: LJA
700 Main Avenue
Fargo, ND 58103
Date: 29 February 2016
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
Owner will receive sealed bids for Lisbon
Track and Field Improvements.
Bid Location
High School Business Office
502 Ash Street
Lisbon, ND
Bid Opening 2:00 PM, 17 March 2016.
Bids will be opened after indicated time at
the Lisbon High School Conference Room
for the following work:
BASE BID
Reconstruct existing football field and running track and install drainage system.
Install rodent barrier and asphalt infill.
Design and install bleachers. Replace timber steps with concrete stairs and walk. Provide track and field lighting system. Provide
landscaping.
ALTERNATE A
Reconstruct high jump area.
ALTERNATE B
Reconstruct long jump/triple jump runways and pits.
ALTERNATE C
Resurface pole vault runways.
ALTERNATE D
Provide chain link gate.
ALTERNATE E
Relocate existing storage building to
new pad.
ALTERNATE F
Design and build irrigation system.
ALTERNATE G
Reconstruct shot put area.
Bidders are required to prequalify to the
requirements described in Document 00 21
14.
Electronic Bidding Documents may be
obtained from the office of the Architect/
Engineer. Contact: Todd Jelinski at tjelinski@lja-1.com.
Bidders will be required to provide Bid
security in the form of a Bid Bond in the
amount of 5 percent of the Bid Sum.
Refer to other bidding requirements
described in Document 00 21 14 and Document 00 31 00.
Submit Bids on the Bid Form provided.
Bidders are required to complete Bid Form
Document 00 41 13. Bidders may supplement this form as appropriate.
North Dakota Law requires all bidders
must be licensed for the highest amount
of their bids, as provided by North Dakota
Century Code Section 43-07-05; and no bid
will be read or considered which does not
fully comply with the above provisions as
to bond and licenses, and any bid deficient
in these respects submitted will be resealed
and returned to the bidder immediately.
Bids will be required to be submitted
under a condition of irrevocability for a
period of 30 days after submission.
The Owner reserves the right to accept
or reject any or all Bids.
Lisbon Public Schools #19
per: Steven L Johnson, PhD, Superintendent
Publish Feb. 29, Mar. 7, and 14, 2016
Council Proceedings
City of Lisbon
January 4, 2016
The meeting was called to order by
Mayor Meyer. All councilmen were in
attendance. Guests in attendance were Don
Eppler, Terri Barta, Sherry Lunneborg,
Randy Seelig, and Jeanette Persons.
MOTION-Mairs SECOND-Thomason
To approve the Minutes for the December 7, 2015 Meeting.
All Aye
Bid for paving Amory Parking lot did
not come in. Councilman Mairs will have it
next month.
Offer from Open Door for the Sale of
Lots 3 & 4 Block 3 remained tabled
Officer Persons brought up Server
Training requirements that the County had
put into place. Mayor Meyer referred this to
the Public Safety Committee.
MOTION-Cole SECOND-Smith
To approve the Police Report. All Aye
Discussion on abandoned car policy and
property clean up. Council directed Officer
Persons to issue citations per Ordinance.
MOTION- Johnson SECOND- Smith
To approve the following engineering
invoices: Levee C $5,650.00 and Levee E
$3,061.80.
All Aye
Mayor Meyer asked planning & zoning
committee to work with applicant on building permit below:
2542-Kevin Evenson moving shed
Eppler presented information regarding
amendment to the Home Rule Charter. No
action taken at this time.
MOTION-Mairs
SECOND-Cole
To approve opening a separate noninterest bearing account with First State
Bank for the LAGC per federal requirements. With Auditor, Deputy Auditor, Mayor
and President of Council, (Gwen Crawford,
Pam Carbno, Tim Meyer (Mayor) and Walt
Johnson(President of Council) as signors.
All Aye
MOTION- Johnson SECOND-Smith
To approve the following Off Site
Liquor Permits:
Off Premise License- Cattleman’s
Expo-Laurie Bishof Benefit 3-12
All Aye
MOTION-Thomason SECOND-Cole
To approve the following Gaming Permits:
2016-05 Lisbon Wrestling Club
2016-06 Laurie Bischoff Benefit
2016-07 Lisbon Band & Choir
All Aye
Councilman Smith gave update on the
Buchholz building.
MOTION-Mairs SECOND-Smith
To approve the following bills :
Verizon Wireless
281.26
Quam Construction
9033.30
Verizon Wireless
120.46
Sanitation Products, Inc.
1327.49
Cass County Electric Cooperative
50.33
Swanston Equipment Corporation 404.44
Cass County Electric Cooperative 279.80
Border States Electric Supply
610.72
Heartland Payment Systems
63.51
Dakota Pump & Control
970.00
Reiner Contracting Inc.
575658.26
Bremer Bank
22610.32
Otter Tail Power Company
6631.22
American General Contractors
3820.50
Dickey Rural Networks
872.87
Jason Berube
750.00
Waste Management of WI-MN 17868.33
Rob Waletzko
1200.00
The Window Man
26.00
Lisbon Oil Company
75.19
Dakota Water Solutions
32.00
MT Fire and Safety
812.75
City of Lisbon
274.72
Lisbon Fire Department
100.99
Overn Electric
2943.40
Dakota Plains
10.00
Lisbon True Value
151.99
Bri-ton
10.77
Titan Machinery
159.20
Essentia Health
52.00
Sturdevant’s Auto Parts
102.92
Black Mountain Software
500.00
MAC’S Inc
16.77
Bank of North Dakota
14701.74
Gas Plus
169.39
Justin Olson
1200.00
City of Fargo
92.00
Bremer Trust NA
544.99
Hovland Veterinary Service, PC
87.50
City of Lisbon
15429.48
State Industrial Products
289.84
Joshua Marvig
11.83
Ransom County Gazette
252.29
Bri-ton
5.76
Ransom County Hwy Dept.
204.28
Aqua-pure Inc.
9112.65
Lisbon Oil Company
1087.50
North Dakota Dept. of Health
656.79
NAPA Auto Parts
260.19
Newman Traffic Signs
119.92
Bonnie Melhaff-Mattson
486.68
Graymont Western Canada Inc.
6174.40
Advanced Business Methods
355.93
Ottertail Power Company
42.78
Dacotah Paper Company
117.14
Midwest Pest Control
80.00
National Association of Chiefs of Police
60.00
AW Diesel Service
148.16
Welton’s Tire Service
71.00
SEMCO Manufacturing Company, Inc.
53.61
Berube’s
43.16
Galls, LLC
22.00
Fergason Waterworks #2516
5027.06
Grainger
97.95
Black Mountain Software
38.00
Reardon Office Equipment
111.00
Shopko Stores Operating, Co.., LLC 32.96
Overn Electric
1311.60
Michael Todd & Company, Inc.
138.61
Municipal Finance Officers Association
30.00
Eppler and Leadbetter Law Office 1800.00
Lisbon Civic & Commerce
750.00
Sundale Company
2400.00
Postmaster
246.69
Theresa Davis
136.00
Clay Chose
502.00
Reiner Contracting, Inc.
756477.91
Lisbon Public Library
75.00
Moore Engineering, Inc.
71516.70
Sheri R. Anderson
124.00
Ethanol Products, LLC
368.95
Grainger
16.76
Teal’s Market
467.34
ND Sewage Pump and Lift Station Service
4416.25
Record Keepers Llc
16.00
Team Laboratory Chemical Corp
151.50
Lisbon Area Health Services
40.00
Maxair, Llc
114.47
Sopp Control Services
6633.90
Abuse Resource Network
745.10
Petty Cash
40.20
Al Reinke
270.00
Ransom County Gazette
31.60
Postmaster
225.00
Grainger
503.45
Eppler & Leadbetter Law Office 1582.50
North Dakota Water Coalition
1000.00
Berube’s
416.75
D. Excavating
17498.69
Overn Electric
812.20
All Aye
MOTION-Thomason SECOND-Cole
To approve the auditor’s report
All Aye
MOTION-Johnson SECOND-Cole
To approve the Fire Departments slate
of officers as following:
City Chief-Justin Olson; Rural ChiefJason Berube; Assistant-Justin Ward and
Secretary Rob Waletzko
All Aye
Meeting Adjourned
ATTEST:
TIM MEYER, MAYOR
GWEN CRAWFORD, AUDITOR
Publish Feb. 29, 2016
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) will receive bids for the
construction of the following project(s):
Job No.: 45
Project No(s).: H-8-032(039)021
Length: 14.699
Type: CHIP SEAL
County(s): RANSOM & SARGENT Cos
Location: ND 32 FROM W JCT ND 13,
NORTH TO THE CITY OF LISBON
Job No.: 46
Project No(s).: SS-8-999(035)
Type: PAVEMENT MARKING
County(s): RANSOM, CASS, RICHLAND,
SARGENT, & TRAILL Cos
Location: VARIOUS US AND STATE
HIGHWAYS IN THE FARGO DISTRICT
Bids will be received via the Bid
Express on-line bidding exchange at www.
bidx.com until 09:30 AM, March 18, 2016.
Bids will be opened at that time at the
NDDOT building on the capitol grounds in
Bismarck and the bid results will be distributed and posted online at https://www.dot.
nd.gov/business/bidinfo.htm approximately
30 minutes after bids are opened.
The proposal forms, plans, and specifications are available on the NDDOT
website at http://www.dot.nd.gov and may
be inspected at the Construction Services
Division, 608 East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, North Dakota.
All bidders not currently prequalified
with NDDOT must submit a Contractor’s
Prequalification Statement (SFN 9384) to
the Department at least ten (10) business
days prior to the bid opening. The form can
be found on the NDDOT website.
NDDOT reserves the right to reject any
and all proposals, waive technicalities, or to
accept such as may be determined in the best
interests of the state.
Requested by:
Grant Levi, P.E., Director
North Dakota Department of Transportation
Publish Feb. 29, 2016
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH
JUVENILE COURT
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
TERMINATION
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, TO
WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, AND TO:
1. Julio Cesar Perez Zeledon, father
of Amberley Adrianna Perez Zeledon,
d.o.b.06/26/14, Termination Petition 15-700781-1 filed 11/03/15.
2. Julio Cesar Perez Zeledon,
father of Yojeylin Julixa Perez Zeledon,
d.o.b.01/06/11, Termination Petition 15-700780-3 filed 11/03/15.
A Termination Hearing will be held on
April 25, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. at Snohomish
County Juvenile Justice Center, 2801 10th
Street, Everett, Washington 98201.
You are notified that a petition has been
filed in this matter requesting that your
parental rights to the above-named child
be terminated. You have important legal
rights and you must take steps to protect
your interests. This petition could result in
permanent loss of your parental rights. THE
ABOVE NAMED INDIVIDUALS ARE
SUMMONED TO APPEAR at said hearing
regarding your child. If you fail to appear
at the hearing, the court may take evidence
against you, make findings of fact, and order
that your parental rights be terminated without further notice to you. To request a copy
of the Notice, Summons, and Termination
Petition, and/or to view information about
your rights in this proceeding, go to www.
atg.wa.gov/TRM
SONYA KRASKI, Clerk of the Superior Court; T. BROWN, Deputy Clerk
Publish Feb. 29, Mar. 7 & 14, 2016
Part 10 of a continuing series...
Historical items from 1915 editions of
the Sheldon Progress and Enterprise
By Janet Hansen
(Editor’s Note: Karen Schultz, Fargo, formerly of Sheldon, does historical research and
has a pile of clippings from the Sheldon Progress
and Sheldon Enterprise, some of which date back
to a century ago. She is sharing those clippings
with the Gazette. We are picking out news items
from her clippings which we feel might be of greatest interest to our readers and will be publishing
them intermittently. We are also adding additional
information when we feel it is pertinent.)
The September 23, 1915 issue of The Sheldon
Progress and Enterprise reported that a threshing crew
working at the Albert Leidal farm had gone on strike,
asking for $4.00 a day. Oscar Dagman, who was running the rig, was reported to have fired the crew.
Albert M. Leidall (note the difference in spelling)
was born in 1885 to Knut Larson Leidall and Emma
Knutson Leidall. His siblings included Oscar, Willie,
Fred, Robert, and Walter Leidall and three others. It is
believed that Leidall died in the Enderlin area.
N.H. McCain, who had been working as cashier at
the Soo Depot in Enderlin, was reported to be moving
to Wendell, MN, where he would be doing the same
type of job. The move was considered to be a promotion.
N. H. (Norman Harvey) McCain was born in Minnesota in 1878. He was the son of Jerome and Mary
Ann (Fishbaugher) McCain. He married Harriet V.
Hauer. The couple had five children, Donavon, Consuelo, Mavis, LaVaan, and Shirley. The three oldest
children were born in Minnesota. LaVaan was born
in Enderlin in 1914. Her married name was Rogness.
Shirley was born in North Dakota, after the family
had left Enderlin. According to the 1920 Cass County
Census, the family was living, at that time, at Pontiac. The census listed McCain as a railroad agent. Mr.
McCain died on Nov. 8, 1954.
Mr. Burtness and Mr. Fjoslien had reportedly let
a contract for the erection of a new garage at the corner of Railway Street and Second Avenue in Enderlin.
The building was to be a large, fireproof structure, 50’
x 76’, with a full tile basement. Their workshop would
be in the basement. Cars would reportedly be lowered
into the basement work area with an elevator. The
building was expected to cost nearly $8,000.
Francis Pierce had reportedly broken his right
arm just above the wrist while attempting to start his
Ford car by cranking the engine. They were near the
Herman Petrich farm at the time and had gone there
to phone for a doctor. The physician had hurried to
the scene of the accident, but, by that time, the boy’s
father, Cashier Pierce, had arrived with his car and
taken Francis to the hospital where his fracture was
set.
Francis Pierce was the grandson of Patrick and
Mary (Cronin) Pierce, who were among the first residents of Enderlin, and the son of Thomas and Trena
(Selvig) Pierce. Thomas initially operated an elevator
in Enderlin. In 1897 he became cashier at the Enderlin
State Bank, where he remained until his retirement.
Thomas Pierce died in 1955. His wife, Trina, was an
active member of the Catholic Church in Enderlin and
the Clio Club, to which she contributed much time
and effort to the Club’s project, the Enderlin Public
Library.
As an adult, Francis Pierce, Thomas and Trina’s
oldest child, practiced law in Florida.
In the Owego News, it was reported that a Young
People’s Society had been organized at a meeting
of the members of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in
Owego.
It was reported in the Leonard News that the new
post office building was nearing completion. The
building would also provide living quarters for Miss
Minnie Biever, the postmistress.
Miss Lou Driscoll had been hired to teach at the
Rhoads School located six miles west of Leonard.
The potato crop in the Leonard area was reported
to be good and potato dealer M.J. Elefson, Kindred,
had indicated that he would be buying them.
J.L. Smith, department commander of the North
Dakota G. A. R. was planning a trip to Washington,
D. C., to attend the national encampment of the old
soldiers.
G.A.R. stands for Grand Army of the Republic.
The veterans’ organization was founded in Decatur,
Illinois on April 6, 1866 by Benjamin F. Stephenson.
Membership was limited to honorably discharged
veterans of the Union Army, Navy, Marine Corps or
the Revenue Cutter Service who had served between
April 12, 1861 and April 9, 1865.
George E. Perley, chairman of the executive board
of Fargo College, and Professor Slocum, along with
three surveyors were in Leonard for the purpose of
platting a new addition to the village.
Henry Gulland’s son, age 15, of Silver Prairie, had
been brought to Leonard for treatment by Dr. Huntley.
A September, 1915 issue of the Sheldon Progress and Enterprise reported that Anton Brazda, an
Enderlin shoemaker, had been killed while hunting a
mile and a half south of Enderlin by the accidental
discharge of his gun. On the same day, John Boos, a
retired merchant from Leonard, was accidentally shot
while hunting. He was rushed first to Dr. Huntley at
Leonard and then to St. John’s Hospital, Fargo, where
he was operated on. Boos survived, but was expected
to be crippled because of the accident.
It was reported that a transient worker in Englevale
had been clubbed in the head and robbed of $12.50.
The offender was not identified, but liquor was said to
have been involved in the incident.
E.F. Rhinehart had reportedly harvested his grape
crop, picking more than 100 pounds from just one
vine. Rhinehart had been growing the single vine of
Concord grapes in his garden behind his house for
four years and that was the first time it had yielded
such a good crop.
E. F. Rhinehart is believed to be Ed Rhinehart,
who was mentioned in an early history of Sheldon
prepared by Ed Pierce and read at the Old Settlers Picnic in Sheldon in July of 1906. According to Pierce’s
notes, Rhinehart had filed a claim on land at Bonnersville on May 28, 1879. In a note by Enderlin historian
Susan Schlecht, Enderlin, which was added to Pierce’s
history, the settlement of Bonnersville was located in
Shenford Township, about three miles southeast of
Anselm.
Rec Board...
Cont. from front
opportunity are welcome to participate in open gym each Sunday afternoon from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. at the
Lisbon Armory. The Rec Board has
also joined with the Lisbon Bronco
Athletic Boosters in hosting basketball tournaments.
The Rec Board, along with others in the community, were responsible for the recent renovation of the
Rose Street Baseball Park and Playground, which has been a great addition to the summer ball programs
as well as for the enjoyment of the
entire Lisbon Community.
The Lisbon Recreation Board
meets a minimum of six times a
year. The majority of their meetings
are held in the Lisbon Fire Hall. The
board members try to meet monthly,
but the board is flexible and tries to
schedule their meetings around members’ busy schedules. Their meetings are open to the public. Anyone
wishing to either attend a Rec Board
meeting or to stay informed on current Rec Board sponsored activities
and their schedules should check the
Rec Board’s Facebook page.
For questions or more information, please contact any of the current board members, who include:
Jim Levos, Chad Johnson, Kara
Tuhy, Josh Maus, Nick Runck, Todd
Odebard, Dawn Bentten (Lisbon
Park Board Representative), Matt
Webb (Lisbon School Board Representative), and LyDell Mairs (Lisbon
City Council Representative).
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Carrington wins State Dual tournament, Lisbon second North Dakota High School
George Smith lifts his opponent off the mat for an eventual takedown during the State Class B wrestling tourney. The senior 145
pounder finished a very productive season with a record of 33-17.
By Joe Howell
Carrington was as advertised
“TOUGH and DEEP”! The Cardinals rolled through their three team
dual opponents to capture their
second straight title. Minot Ryan,
Central Cass, and Lisbon in the
championship dual all fell by wide
margins to Carrington.
Lisbon entered the tournament
as the number three overall seed
and earned the Region 1 title earlier
in the month. The Broncos would
face a challenging Velva squad in the
opening round.
The match began at 220 and
Velva never recovered from a
Bronco onslaught. Spencer Schwab
at 220, Taylon Sad at 285, and Hunter
Schwab at 106 all pinned their opponents for an 18-0 Lisbon lead.
Seventh grader, Averey Dick,
weighs less than 100 pounds, scored
an emotional 12-10 comeback
victory for LHS at 113 and Rory
Waliser also won by decision at 120
to increase Lisbon’s lead to 24-0.
The scary part for Velva was that
Lisbon was about to get to the heart
of their order.
Velva won the next two matches
before Jacob Reinke, Ethan Elijah,
George Smith, Dalton Reinke, Jordan Urbach, and Soren McDaniel
strung six straight Bronco victories
and it was match, set, point, and onto
the semifinals.
Jacob Reinke, an 8th grader, used
a quick take down at 138 and pinned
his opponent in just :30 seconds.
Another big emotional lift from one
of Kern’s junior high students.
Next up for Lisbon was number 2
seed, Hettinger-Scranton.
Broncos #3 Seed at State Wrestling – Face Velva in Opening
Round
Lisbon
57
Velva
12
220 - Spencer Schwab (L) pin Blumhagen (:28)
285 - Taylon Sad (L) pin Hodges
(3:17)
106 - Hunter Schwab (L) pin
Bronco seventh grader Averey Dick is piling up backpoints
against Velva’s Brady Irmen in their 113 pound opening round
dual match at State. Averey won by a 12-10 decision.
Rory Waliser works for a takedown against Michael Thomas in
the 120 pound match against Velva in the opening round dual
match at State. The Bronco junior won by a 7-0 decision.
Krueger (:49)
113 - Averey Dick (L) 12-10 decision Irmen
120 - Rory Waliser (L) 8-5 decision
Thomas
126 - Dean 6-3 decision Tristin
Howard (L)
132 - Mogen 2-0 decision Brock
Aberle (L)
138 - Jacob Reinke (L) pin (:30)
Yanish
145 - Ethan Elijah (L) pin Hackman
(1:43)
152 - George Smith (L) 8-3 decision
Irmen
160 - Dalton Reinke (L) pin Selzler
(:32)
170 - Jordan Urbach (L) pin Dove
(2:16)
182 - Soren McDaniel (L) pin Olson
(2:48)
195 - Helseth pin Caemon Kelly (L)
(:25)
Semifinals
In the world of dual matches,
scoring extra points for your team
or avoiding giving up bonus points
to your opponent are keys to winning the match. The Broncos would
prove to be up to the task of stopping
Hettinger-Scranton in the semifinals.
The match began at 145.
Lisbon took at 10-4 lead after a
Dalton Reinke pin and a major decision by Jordan Urbach.
With the match tied at 10, Soren
McDaniel won by fall as did Caemon Kelly at 195 and the Broncos
led 22-10.
HS answered quickly with wins
by fall at 220, 285, 113, and added
decision victories at 106 and 120 for
a 34-22 Hettinger lead.
The Broncos would need wins at
the final three matches at 126, 132,
and 138. Not only would Lisbon
need to win all three matches but
they would need bonus points that
come from majors, tech falls, and
pins. On top of that at 132, Brock
Aberle would face a defending state
champion.
Tough order but when the going
get tough the tough get going! At
126, Tristin Howard pitched a shutout of 7-0 and LHS had crept to
34-25.
Aberle scored a knockout blow
with his pin over Cale Schalesky
at 132 in 5:17. The Broncos only
trailed by three at 34-31.
It was hammer time and Ethan
Elijah was swinging a 16 pound
mall. Elijah earned a pin in 1:22 and
Lisbon was onto the finals.
Lisbon
37
Hettinger-Scranton
34
145 - Alec Andress 18-7 major
George Smith (L)
152 - Dalton Reinke (L) pin (2:29)
Logan Lachowitzer
160 - Jordan Urbach (L) major 14-6
Ethan Anderson
170 - Issac Anderson pin Gannon
Johnson (L) (3:13)
182 - Soren McDaniel (L) pin Paul
Abrahamson (1:12)
195 - Caemon Kelly (L) pin Andrew
Sulzman (1:26)
220 - Jacob Schalesky pin Spencer
Schwab (L) (5:43)
285 - Colbey Steeke pin Taylon Sad
(L) (2:54)
106 - Mason Defoe 6-3 decision
Hunter Schwab
113 - Kyle Burwick pin (1:34)
Averey Dick (L)
120 - Carlos Martinez 11-6 decision
Rory Waliser (L)
126 - Tristin Howard (L) 7-0 decision Braden Kline
132 - Brock Aberle (L) pin (5:17)
Cale Schalesky
138 - Ethan Elijah (L) pin (1:22)
Ben Dalley
Championship Match
The Cardinals won their second
straight dual championship as they
carved out their 57-12 victory over
Lisbon. It was the closest any of the
three Cardinal opponents got to the
two time state champions.
Carrington used eight pins as
Track practice to begin
On Monday, February 29, high
school track and field athletes are
allowed their first official practice.
Schools will have the option of
when they would like to begin their
practice.
Area schools will begin their
practice on:
Lisbon – Monday, February 29
Sargent County – @ North Sargent Monday, March 7
@ Sargent Central Tuesday,
March 8
Milnor-Wyndmere-Lidgerwood
– Tuesday, March 8
Polls & Standings
Photos by Walt Johnson
Bronco sophomore Tristin Howard defeated Braden Kline in
a crucial 126 lb match in the semi-final dual against HettingerScranton.
ND State Basketball Polls
Girls B
February 10
1. Thompson
19-0
2. North Star
18-1
3. Watford City
17-2
4. Rugby
18-1
5. FCT
19-1
6. Park River FL
17-2
7. Edgeley Kulm Montpelier 17-2
8. Bismarck Shilo
16-3
9. LaMoure LM
16-3
10. Grafton
14-3
Boys B Basketball
February 23
1. 4 Winds-Minnewaukan
18-1
2. Our Redeemers
18-1
3. Shilo Christian
17-2
4. Beulah
17-3
5. Larimore
18-2
6. Hillsboro-CV
18-2
7. St. John
17-2
8. Strasburg-Zeeland
15-4
9. Dickinson Trinity
16-4
10. Parshall
17-2
Region 1 Boys Basketball
February 19
Team
Region
Northern Cass
10-2
Milnor-North Sargent
9-3
Enderlin
9-3
Hankinson
8-4
Central Cass
8-4
Kindred
7-5
Richland
7-5
Lisbon
6-6
Wyndmere-Lidgerwood
5-7
Oak Grove
5-7
Maple Valley
3-9
FCT
1-11
Sargent Central
0-12
Dakota Sports
Bronco eight grader Jacob Reinke has Velva’s Braetyn Yanish in
a cradle on his way to a pin at :30 in first round action at the State
Dual at the Fargo Dome.
they rolled to their championship
trophy on Friday, February 19.
Hunter Schwab and Brock Aberle
picked up wins by decision and
Ethan Elijah won by pin to account
for all fo the scoring for Lisbon.
Carrington
57
Lisbon
12
145 - Bryce Carr pin (3:47) George
Smith (L)
152 - Walker Carr 6-0 decision Dalton Reinke (L)
160 - Billy Holtan 7-2 decision Jordan Urbach (L)
170 - Kaden Wolsky pin Gannon
Johnson (L) (2:51)
182 - Bridger Anderson pin Caemon
Kelly (L) (1:12)
195 - Riley Lura 3-1 decision Soren
McDaniel (L)
220 - Tyrell Larson pin Spencer
Schwab (L) (:30)
285 - Bradee Schroeder pin Taylon
Sad (L) (3:32)
106 - Hunter Schwab (L) 10-4 decision Tate Hoggarth
113 - Austin Hendrickson pin 3:01
Averey Dick (L)
120 - Lucas Geiszler pin (1:15) Rory
Waliser (L)
126 - Tyler Hoggarth pin Tristin
Howard (L) (1:12)
132 - Brock Aberle (L) 6-4 decision
Zach Broadwell
138 - Ethan Elijah (L) pin (1:39)
Brady Davis
Class B
Thursday, Feb. 18, 1 p.m.
Opening Round
#1 Carrington
62
Minot Bishop Ryan
12
#4 Central Cass
Beulah-Hazen
39
34
#2 Hettinger-Scranton-R
Linton HMB
40
33
#3 Lisbon
57
Velva
12
Friday – February 19 – 1:00 PM
Championship semifinals
Carrington
68
The Lisbon Broncos fans were on their feet several times supporting their team during the State Class B Wrestling Tournament at the
Fargo Dome Feb. 18-20.
Central Cass
3
Lisbon
Hettinger-Scranton-R
37
34
Consolation semifinals
Minot Ryan
Beulah-Hazen
41
20
Velva
Linton HMB
43
30
Championship
Carrington
Lisbon
57
12
Third Place
Hettinger Scranton
34
Central Cass
25
Fifth Place
Minot Ryan
48
Velva
20
Friday – February 19 – 7:00 PM
Class A
Bismarck
62
Wahpeton
18
Minot
Fargo Davies
53
16
Valley City
Mandan
32
29
Bismarck Century
West Fargo
39
36
Championship semifinals
Bismarck
60
Minot
9
Bismarck Century
Valley City
48
22
Consolation Semifinals – Class A
does not hold
Championship
Bismarck
Bismarck Century
37
29
Third Place
Minot
46
Valley City
17
Mat notes from 2016 state
wrestling tournament
• Lisbon seventh grader, Averey
Dick recorded a win by decision
during Lisbon’s opening round dual
win over Velva. Later that evening,
older sister, Livia, sang the National
Anthem.
Past Coach of the Year
1976- Nick Storhaug
1978- Nick Storhaug
1988 - Nick Storhaug
1995 - Ron Pister
2008 - Joe Kern
Past Lisbon Class B
Mr Wrestler of the Year
1996- Cody Anderson
2011- Michael Nord
2014 - Dylan Urbach
Most Wins Varsity Career
Class B
Dylan Urbach Lisbon
243
Most Pins by Weight Class –
Retired
112- Mark Lemieux 22 in 1982
135 - Michael Nord 33 in 2009
140 - Patrick Nord 28 in 2008
160 - Michael Nord 33 in 2011
Most Pins by Current
Weight Class
152 - Dylan Urbach 28 in 2014
220 - Wyatt Smith 29 in 2012
Four Time State Champions
Michael Nord 2007-2009 & 2011
Three Time State champions
Cody Anderson 1994-96
Lisbon Team Championships
1978, 1983, 2008
Class B Team Dual
Championships
2008
• Four Winds-Minnewaukan rang
up 127 points in their recent win over
Warwick 127-46.
• Killdeer track and field head
coach, Nathan Horgeshimer, recently
stepped down from that position.
The Horgeshimers have three young
children and the coaching commitment was taking away from his
family time. Nathan will stay on
as an assistant this spring. Former
Dickinson Trinity and Dickinson
State standout, Andy Murphy will
switch track coaching positions with
Nathan.
• Napoleon’s Jonathan Grunefelder won his 200th career match
in the quarterfinals of the state wrestling tournament.
• Number two Shilo Christian
defeated number 5 Linton HMB
52-48 in boys basketball.
• Number 5 Strasburg-Zeeland
clipped number 9 Ellendale in a
Region 1 boys basketball tilt.
• The patrons of the Kulm school
district have passed a new building referendum and with it comes
that closing of their GYM! Built in
1939, it closely resembles the current Lisbon Middle School gym. The
new gym will start hosting sporting
events in the next school year.
• Number 1 Four Winds-Minnewaukan edged number 2 Bismarck
Shiloh Christian 55-51 in boys basketball.
• State ranked Linton HMB fell to
Washburn 52-50 in boys basketball.
• The University of Jamestown
women and the Dickinson State men
won the North Star Indoor track and
field crowns.
• University of Jamestown senior
and Enderlin graduate, Michael Nord
qualified for the NAIA national wrestling tournament with his third place
finish at the North Region qualifier
held in Missouri.
• The South Valley Cossacks
wrestling team features two of LHS
graduate, James Elijah’s sons. Aaron
is a junior and Caleb a seventh
grader. Aaron took third place in the
126 pound weight class at the SDHSAA Region 1B tournament held in
Britton.
Aaron is the number 2 seed at the
state tournament that is being held in
Rapid City on February 26 and 27.
There is no team state dual tournament held in South Dakota.
Round-up
For the next several weeks, I will
be looking back at the roster, examining the positions to find weaknesses as
well as strengths.
Last week, we went over the quarterbacks, running backs and full back
positions. This week, I will turn my
attention to the wide receiver group
and the tight ends. The wide receiver
group has gotten thrown under the bus
a lot, but that is to be expected since
the Vikings are a run first team who
threw the least amount of passes in the
NFL in 2015.
Stefon Diggs was by far the
Vikings’ best receiver in 2015, leading
the team in receptions (52) and yards
(720) to go with four touchdowns
(even though he only started nine
games and played in 13 total). Pro
Football Focus rated Diggs as the 25
best WR in the NFL last season with a
player grade of 82.0.
Diggs was only a fifth round pick
in last year’s draft, but he showed he
has what it takes to be a good player
in the NFL. However, it’s unclear if he
will ever become a true number one
receiver on the team or simply remain
a great complimentary player. Diggs
has three years left on his rookie deal.
Mike Wallace was a huge disappointment in Minnesota after the
Vikings basically traded Greg Jennings and a fifth round pick to acquire
him. Wallace was third on the team
(behind Diggs and Kyle Rudolph) in
both receptions (39), yards (473) and
touchdowns (2). PFF also ranked Wallace 96 out of 121 qualifying receivers in the NFL with a player grade of
55.4.
With a cap hit of around $11 million this upcoming season, I don’t see
any way the Vikings bring him back.
Even if Wallace was willing to take a
pay cut, I believe it would be in the
best interest of both parties to go their
separate ways.
Jarius Wright only caught 34
passes for 442 yards and zero touchdowns, but he was reliable. The
Vikings know who Jarius is, and that
is a receiver who will never be elite
but will usually be reliable. Jarius is
the perfect third or fourth receiver to
have on a team. With a grade of 70.0,
Wright comes in at number 65 in
PFF’s rankings. Wright has four years
left on his recent contract extension
and a cap hit of around $2.5 million.
Adam Thielen only caught 12
passes for 144 yards. Thielen did not
play enough to be ranked by PFF, but
his grade of 60.4 would have put him
at number 86 in the NFL. Thielen is a
By Joe Howell
By: Jordan Wright
free agent this year, and I expect the
Vikings to give him another chance to
make the roster this summer.
Charles Johnson was a colossal disappointment this year. After
looking like a potential number one
receiver in 2014, Johnson fell back
to earth this season, only catching 9
passes for 127 yards. Like Thielen,
Johnson didn’t play enough to be
ranked by PFF, but his grade of 66.1
would have placed him number 79 in
the league. Johnson is under contract
for one more season.
Wallace and Johnson might have
been disappointments this season, but
the biggest disappointment by for was
Cordarrelle Patterson. After making
the Pro Bowl his rookie year, Patterson has fallen out of favor with the
coaching staff. CP84 might be one
of the best return men in the game,
but poor route running and lackluster effort have ensured Patterson will
never be more than a gadget player
in the NFL. After only catching 2(!)
passes for 15 yards, Patterson has a
PFF score of only 61.5 which would
have ranked him number 82 in the
league had he qualified. Patterson
is in the final year of his rookie deal
and has a cap hit of nearly $2.3 million which is a high price to pay for a
kickoff return specialist.
Kyle Rudolph had a decent season, but was unable to live up to the
lofty expectations placed on him by
the media. Rudolph caught 49 passes
for 495 yards and 5 touchdowns while
earning a PFF grade of 71.9, good for
23rd in the NFL. Kyle has four years
left on his recent contract extension
and has a cap hit of $7.3 million this
year.
Rhett Ellison comes in at number
40 of PFF’s tight end rankings with a
grade of 66.7. Ellison only caught 11
for 124 yards, but it was his work at
a blocker where he really showed his
value. Ellison is an unrestricted free
agent this offseason, but it wouldn’t
surprise me if the Vikings brought
him back.
MyCole Pruitt was given a grade
of 67.2 by PFF, and although he didn’t
play enough to qualify, his grade
would have brought him in at number 39. Pruitt caught 10 passes for 89
yards in his rookie season. He also has
three years left on his rookie contract.
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)
Lisbon fourth at State Individual Wrestling tournament...
Broncos crown eight state placewinners
By Joe Howell
It was a fruitful weekend at the Fargodome on the days of February 18-20
for the Bronco wrestling team. Lisbon
made its way back into the Top Five in
the individual tournament with their
fourth place team effort.
The Broncos also won second place
in the dual tournament falling to Carrington in the championship match.
On top of all of that, Coach Joe
Kern’s squad had eight wrestlers earn
all state status with their top 8 finish
including unseeded matmen, Gannon
Johnson and Caemon Kelly.
Ethan Elijah, Jordan Urbach, and
Soren McDaniel all placed second at
state. Brock Aberle and Dalton Reinke
finished in fourth place, Spencer
Schwab captured seventh, and Johnson
and Kelly placed eighth.
Carrington crowned six individual
champions and ran away with their second straight team title.
After the first day of competition,
the Broncos were in third place behind
Carrington and Pembina County North.
Lisbon Coach Joe Kern commented
on his teams performance at the state
individual and dual meets. “What an
amazing weekend of wrestling. It was
an emotional roller coaster filled with
ups and downs but when all the dust
settled we came out of there accomplishing what we set out to do at the
beginning of the year and more. It was a
year when every team was wrestling for
2nd place, kind of like back in the mid
2000s behind those dominant Napoleon
teams. Carrington proved to be an even
more dominant team setting a new state
record for most points ever scored in an
individual state tournament.
Our dual team was amazing. Starting out with an awesome 57-12 win
over Velva, setting up the most anticipated dual of the tournament against #2
seeded Hettinger. This dual was one of
the most memorable duals I have ever
been apart of. It was a true back and
forth battle, our kids were resilient and
scrapped every second of every match,
the fight they showed was some of the
best I have ever seen from a team. We
built a 22-10 lead, then Hettinger overtook us with a 34-22 lead, and then we
had a comeback for the ages with 3
matches remaining.
“Tristin Howard had to get a win
to keep our hopes alive and he did with
a big 7-0 win and then Brock Aberle
had to at least major decision defending state champion Cale Schalesky who
also ended up placing 6th in state this
year, and Brock came up big time with
a pin at 5:22, setting up teammate Ethan
Elijah to take it home for us and Ethan
rocked it and sealed the deal with a first
period pin.
“I was so impressed and proud of
how each and every kid absolutely gave
it everything they had for us to be in
position at the end to win that dual. I
still get chills thinking about how exciting that dual was. The atmosphere was
electric throughout the whole dual. We
got back into the state dual finals for the
first time since 2012 and our kids wrestled hard against Carrington and gave
them their toughest dual of the tournament as they beat Bishop Ryan 62-12 in
the first round and then beat #4 seeded
central cass 68-3 before we fell to them
57-12 finishing as the 2nd best class B
dual team in the state as Hettinger beat
Central Cass 34-25 for 3rd place.
“On the individual side we had a
great tournament and got our beginning of the season challenging goal of
finishing and getting back into the top
5 with our fourth place finish. All 12 of
our wrestlers contributed as everyone
had at least one win. We only had 6
seeded wrestlers going in but we ended
up with 8 state place winners which ties
the most we have ever had in a year in
the past 13 seasons.
“Our 3 state finalists wrestled outstanding to get into the finals but ultimately came up just short of achieving
state championships for themselves,
but they gave it their best shot against
3 opponents who had all been previous
state champs themselves. It was just a
great weekend and we walked out of
there with 2 trophies.
“Our seniors Brock Aberle and
George Smith were of big part of getting that done on both sides and had
great careers and couldn’t be happier
for them to be able to go out with that
type of team performance that they can
always remember from their senior
year.”
Coach of the Year – Josh Kerbaugh of Carrington
Senior Athlete of the Year –
Michael Kelly of Oakes
Team Scores
1. Carrington
237
2. Pembina County North
144
3. Hettinger-Scranton
135
4. Lisbon
124.5
5. Minot Bishop Ryan
98
6. Oakes
88.5
7. Napoleon GS
84
8. New Salem-Almont
74
9. Linton HMB
70.5
10. Central Cass &
70
Beulah-Hazen
14. Ellendale-Edgeley-Kulm
48
20. South Border
32
25. Kindred
15
30. LaMoure-Litchville-Marion 4
Team Scores by Region
Region 2
571
Region 1
466.5
Region 4
383
Region 3
316.5
Class B State Champions
106 - Tayt Wolding New Salem Almont
113 - Kyle Burwick Hettinger-Scranton
– 2 state titles
120 - Lucas Geiszler Carrington
Carrington’s Riley Lura and the Broncos Soren McDaniel (right)
tie up in the championship match at 182
126 - Grayson Roney Oakes
132 - Jesep Mogen Velva
138 - Brady Horgan Pembina County
North
145 - Walker Carr Carrington – 3 titles
152 - Billy Holtan Carrington – 2 titles
160 - Luke Hastings Hillsboro-Central
Valley – 2 titles
170 - Bridger Anderson Carrington
182 - Riley Lura Carrington – 2 titles
195 - Jordan Will Minot Bishop Ryan
220 - Michael Lafferty Pembina County
North
285 - Michael Kelly Oakes – 3 titles
106 – Hunter Schwab opened with
a 10-0 win over Kyle Alfson of Hillsboro-Central Valley. Schwab the seventh seed lost to Tayt Wolding of New
Salem 6-2 in the quarterfinals and was
eliminated by Liam Shannon of Watford City 8-6. Hunter’s season record
is 27-16.
120 – Rory Waliser lost in the
opening round to Carrington’s Lucas
Geiszler by fall. Waliser continued his
late season surge with an 8-1 decision
over Michael Thomas of Velva. Rafe
Schill of Pembina County North won
by fall over Waliser and ended Rory’s
season. Rory’s season record stands at
20-19.
132 – Brock Aberle scored extra
points with a tech fall win over BeulahHazen’s Hunter Fritz 18-1 and reached
the semifinals with a 5-2 victory over
Zach Broadwell of Carrington. Brock
lost his semifinal match to Jeseb Mogen
of Velva by fall, one day after losing 2-0
to Mogen in the Bronco dual win over
Velva.
Aberle pinned Clayton Mattern of
Bowman County Beach in 2:03 and
lost in the third place match to Andrew
Jahnke of Central Cass 8-5 to finish
in fourth with a record of 34-11. This
is the third straight year that Aberle
has placed at state. Brock finished his
senior year with a record of 31-9.
138 – Ethan Elijah reached the
semifinals for the third straight year.
The number one seed at this weight
won by tech fall 15-0 over Jacob Scheer
of Beulah-Hazen and 16-0 over Trace
Bakke of Kindred. As he did in the
Bronco’s dual victory over Velva, Elijah pinned Elijah Hackman in the semifinals to reach the championship match
for the third straight year.
Ethan was leading his championship match 4-3 with Bradyn Horgan of
Pembina County North when the official stopped the match with 21 seconds
remaining. Horgan quickly scored a
reversal and nearfall and Ethan finished
in second for the second straight year.
Ethan finished with an overall record of
45-5.
145 – George Smith lost by fall in
his first match to Nathan Volk of Central Cass. Smith won his first match in
wrestlebacks with a 7-0 decision over
Wolf of South Border. George missed
placing by one point as he lost to Bitz
of Napoleon 3-2 in the second round
of wrestlebacks. Smith finished a very
productive season with a mark of 33-17.
152 – Dalton Reinke had a first
round tussle with Noah Flores of Grafton but outhustled the Spoiler for a 5-2
victory and reached the semifinals with
a 6-1 victory over Mark Hastings of
Hillsboro Central Valley. Dalton lost
a close 5-3 decision to Minot Ryan’s
Konner Beeter 5-3. Reinke bounced
back from his semifinal loss to pin Troy
Wiegandt of Larimore in 4:19 and lost
to Bradley Ladwig of Stanley Powers Lake in the third place match by
tech fall to finish in fourth. Dalton, a
junior, finished his season with a mark
of 38-11.
160 – Sophomore, Jordan Urbach
reached his first semifinals with a pin
over Justin Smith of Stanley-Powers
Lake and a 2-0 decision over Wade
Berg of Central Cass. In a WILD
semifinal that went to sudden victory,
Urbach nailed a spot in the finals with
a 9-7 win over Sterling Lee of Bowman
County-Beach.
Jordan lost a 6-0 decision to Luke
Hastings of Hillsboro Central Valley in
the championship match. This is the
first year that Urbach, a sophomore, has
placed at state and he finished the season with a record of 36-11.
170 – Gannon Johnson took a 2-0
lead in his opening round match with
Hettinger’s Isaac Anderson but lost by
fall. Gannon became the third son and
fourth member of the Walt and Missy
Johnson family to become a state placewinner. Father Walt and brothers Wes
and Grant also earned state placing trophies. Johnson moved up from 160 in
February. He pinned Garret Dove of
Velva and Chandler Hersch of Central
Cass to earn a berth in the consolation
quarter finals.
Gannon, a junior, lost his last two
matches of the tournament to finish 8th.
Johnson lost 9-6 to Carsen Canfield of
Williams County and by fall to Issac
Anderson of Hettinger Scranton. Johnson had a season mark of 20-18.
182 – Like Elijah, Soren McDaniel
reached the semifinals for the second
straight year. Soren pinned both Brndon Ledahlol of Mondak and Connor
Dennis of Watford City on the first day.
McDaniel squared off for the second
time this season with Dillan Jepson
of Killdeer. Like he did at the Lisbon
Storhaug meet, Soren won by decision
9-7.
For the second straight year, Soren
lost to Carrington’s Riley Lura in the
championship match this time 5-4.
McDaniel finished his junior season
with a record of 33-4.
195 – First time state qualifier, Caemon Kelly lost by fall to Jordan Will of
Photos by Walt Johnson
Working to turn Mark Hastings of Hillsboro-CV is the Broncos
160 pounder, Jordan Urbach
Brock Aberle does what he does best – sets the cradle on his way
to a fourth place finish at 132.
Minot Ryan in his first match. Kelly
won his first state tournament match
with a pin over Cole Berg of MonDak.
Kelly ambushed number 8 seed, Jose
Martinez with a 4-1 decision and guaranteed himself a trophy at state.
Caemon, a junior, finished in 8th
after losing to Garret Roemmich of
Linton 6-1 and lost by fall to Wyatt
Nitschke of EEK and had a season
record of 16-18.
220 – Spencer Schwab pinned
seeded Garrett Hoelscher of StanleyPowers Lake in the opening round but
lost an 11-5 decision to Denzel Sanders
of Beulah-Hazen in the quarterfinals.
Schwab earned a trophy with his pin
over Spencer Koehmstedt of Rugby.
Spencer, a junior, lost by fall to
Jaryn Rasmussen of Willaims County
and captured seventh with his pin in :45
over Garrett Hoelscher of Stanley-Powers Lake. Schwab finished the season
with a mark of 30-14.
285 – Junior Taylon Sad won an
exciting 4-3 opening round decision
over Jackson Faller of Watford City
and lost to three time state champion,
Michael Kelly of Oakes by fall in the
semifinals. Sad lost a heartbreaking
decision to Region 1 rival, Josh Fastnacht of EEK 8-2 and did not place.
Taylon’s season record stands at
23-16.
Broncos fall to Raiders
at Wahpeton Bonanza
By Joe Howell
From sunrise past sunset, 16
boys high school basketball teams
from the tri-state area competed at
the annual NDSCS boys basketball
bonanza on Saturday, February 20.
The Broncos fell to Maple Valley
52-42 in the fifth game of the day.
Lisbon was not cold on the offensive
end of the court but FRIGID.
Lisbon trailed by only nine at
half despite Noah Ward and Austin
Pithey not scoring in the first half.
The Broncos lone offensive weapon
during the first two periods of play
was that of Riley Lau who hit for a
team high of 10 points.
It only got worse in the second
half as Noah Ward connected on
a deep three seconds into the third
quarter to bring Lisbon to within six
at 26-20 but the Broncos would not
score for the next six and a half minutes. A combination of good defense
by the Raiders and just shooting at a
rim with a lid on it kept the Broncos
at bay.
Lisbon would make a late third
quarter charge. Trailing 34- 20,
Maverick Coleman scored on a put
back and Austin Pithey a layup. This
was the start of a 11 straight point
run that closed the gap to one with
6:11 remaining in the fourth quarter.
Another Pithey layup, a Ward three,
and a Brendan Colgrove basket off
of an assist from Tayler Goettle.
A Riggs Nudell jumper for the
Raiders was answered by a Pithey
drive and Jesse Johnson connected
on his third three of the game and
Maple Valley led 39-35. Colgrove’s
put back rebound closed the count to
39-37 but the Raiders would run off
six straight points for the win.
Lau and Pithey led Lisbon in
scoring with 10 each and Ward
added nine.
Game high scoring honors went
to Jesse Johnson of the Raiders with
22.
Lisbon’s overall record fell to
8-12 and the Raiders finished the
regular season at 10-10.
Johnson and Pithey were the
players of the game according to 740
KFAN announcer, Brad Anderson.
Maple Valley
2
3
4
11
26
24
52
Lisbon
8 17 26 42
MV: Arthur Punton 14, Caid
Combs 2, Jesse Johnson 22, Dustin
Kasowski 6, Riggs Nudell 8.
L: Noah Ward 9, Kyle Odegard
5, Gunnar Fraase 2, Austin Pithey
10, Riley Lau 10, Brendan Colgrove
4, Maverick Coleman 2.
Bonanza Results
Breckenridge JV
63
Milnor North Sargent JV
37
Kindred
Oakes
67
51
Central Cass
Milnor North Sargent
80
77 OT
CGB
Sargent Central
55
49
Maple Valley
Lisbon
52
42
FCT
Rosholt
65
47
Hankinson
Northern Cass
81
71
Wyndmere-Lidgerwood
Richland
74
50
Richland Colts pass
Broncos in fourth quarter
By Joe Howell
Visiting Lisbon led most of the
first three and a half quarters in their
Region 1 boys basketball game at
Richland on February 18. The Colts
broke the game open after the last
tie of the contest at 46-46. Richland
went on to outscore the Broncos
13-6 down the home stretch.
The Colts Alec Heesch led all
scorers with 18 points. Heesch was
followed in scoring by teammates:
Cooper Lingen 12 and Cade Koenig
10.
Lisbon also had three in double
figures with Riley Lau leading with
17 and Austin Pithey and Noah Ward
added 13 and 11.
1
2
3
4
L
16
26
39
52
R
11
22
38
59
L: Tayler Goettle 3, Noah Ward
11, Kyle Odegard 2, Gunnar Fraase
6, Austin Pithey 13, Riley Lau 17.
R: Brady Heyen 7, Cooper Lingen 12, Cade Koenig 10, Travor Flaa
7, Alec Heesch 18, Nathan Myers 4,
Devin Flaa 1.
BowlingNews
Bronco 220 pounder, Spencer Schwab not only earned a pin but
a seventh place finish at the state tournament
Ethan Elijah scores two on this single leg takedown during the
138 pound championship match
195 junior, Caemon Kelly hustled his way to an eighth place finish at the state tournament.
CITY LEAGUE
2/15/16
Team Scratch Game
Sparetime Lounge
841
Team Scratch Series
Tri-County Lanes
2260
Individual Scratch Game
Scott Wertman
224
John Welton
203
Drew Welton
201
Individual Scratch Series
Drew Welton
548
Scott Wertman
537
John Welton
512
Team Handicap Game
PGA
825
Team Handicap Series
PGA
2409
Individual Handicap Game
Don Dick
249
Matt Lund
239
Mike Johnson
225
Individual Handicap Series
Matt Lund
665
Don Dick
628
Gary Lindemann
589
Team Standings
Tri-County Lanes
17-7
PGA
15-9
Sparetime Lounge
13-11
City Side Collision
8-16
Heacox
3-21
WEDNESDAY
BUSINESSMEN’S LEAGUE
2/17/2016
Team Scratch Game
Maras Trucking
851
Team Scratch Series
Maras Trucking
2486
Individual Scratch Game
Don Pfaff
226
Dustin Nelson
202
Gena Johnson
190
Individual Scratch Series
Dustin Nelson
554
Don Pfaff
527
Guy Eskelson
517
Team Handicap Game
Miller Lite
809
Team Handicap Series
Page Body Shop
2572
Individual Handicap Game
Shelly Hanson
247
Sirena Jankowski
240
Al Stolz
232
Individual Handicap Series
Kyle Justus
635
Al Stolz
626
Bob Richards
620
Team Standings
Maras Trucking
18-10
Page Body Shop
16-12
Shop n’ Fuel
15-13
Miller Lite
14-14
Dakota Plains Credit Union 11-17
VFW
10-18
TUESDAY
BANTAM - PREP
2/16/2016
Colten Iwen
128-90
Kendra Iwen
45-34
Aiden Chamberlin
38-45
Eve Chamberlin
55-68
Rylee Iwen
35-42
JUNIOR-MAJOR LEAGUE
2/14/2016
Austin Glarum
112-126-120
Michael Ripplinger
161-128-157
School’s in
session...
Junior Dalton Reinke became a two time state placewinner with
his fourth place finish at the Fargodome.
1
Working for control during his 170 match at state is Gannon Johnson. Like father and his two older brothers, Gannon became a
state placewinner with his eighth placed showing.
Stop for
Children
in Crosswalks
REGION 1 BOYS' BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
Feb 29 - Mar 1 - Mar 7 - Mar 8 - Mar 10
Scheels Arena - Fargo, ND
Round 1 - February 29/March 1
Round 2 - March 7
Admission
$9.00
Students
$6.00
Prices set by the
NDHSAA (includes
$1 facility charge)
Game 6
Monday, Mar. 7
3:00 PM
Lisbon
Game 1
Monday, Feb. 29
4:30 PM
Tim Campbell
Michael Vipond
Chris Heise
Brett Moser
Lidgerwood/Wyndmere
Game 10
Tuesday, Mar. 8
6:00 PM
Hankinson
Game 2
Monday, Feb. 29
20 Min after G1
Sargent Central
Richard Peterson
Chris Wallace
Nathan Berseth
Ryan Gellner
Brad Sylliaasen
Winner of Game 6
Winner of Game 1
Officials
Reggie Jackson
Round 4 - March 9
Northern Cass
Per Day:
Adults
Round 3 - March 8
Central Cass
Game 3
Monday, Feb. 29
20 Min after G2
Winner of Game 10
Winner of Game 2
Game 7
Monday, Mar. 7
20 Min after G6
Winner of Game 7
Winner of Game 3
Game 13
Thursday, Mar. 10
20 min. after Game 12
F-C-T
Champion
Manager
Kent Dennis
Richland
Game 8
Monday, Mar. 7
20 Min after G7
Game 4
Tuesday, Mar 1
6:00PM
Winner of Game 4
Winner of Game 8
Game 11
Tuesday, Mar. 8
20 Min after G10
Oak Grove
Winner of Game 11
Enderlin
Kindred
Game 9
Monday, Mar 7
20 Min after G8
Game 5
Tuesday, Mar 1
20 Min after G4
Winner of Game 5
Winner of Game 9
Broncos control tempo and Central Cass
By Joe Howell
In a year of regional surprises,
Lisbon ambushed Central Cass in
the Bronco gym on Tuesday, February 16, 64-59. The Squirrels
have been rated as high as four in
the state.
Lisbon, Richland, Oak Grove,
and Hankinson have each taken
a turn in beating one the top
three four preseason favorites in
Enderlin, Milnor-North Sargent,
Northern Cass, and Central Cass.
Although Hankinson has been the
most consistent of the four upstart
teams. After the dust cleared on
the 16th, Milnor-North Sargent
and Northern Cass were tied for
the top spot at 9-2 in regional play.
Hankinson and Enderlin were tied
for second.
“We played very well and
our defense keeps getting better.
Obviously, we had trouble keeping
Grady Bresnahan from scoring but
we did manage to hold everyone
else under double figures,” commented Lisbon Coach Kim Mark.
Bresnahan led all scorers with 27
points.
The Broncos controlled the
pace of the game and needed to as
Central Cass typically wins high
scoring affairs that reach into the
70’s and beyond.
“Noah Ward shot well, Austin
Pithey is so tough off the dribble,
Lau cleans things up at both ends
of the court inside, and Tayler
Goettle is an assist king that plays
solid d. We are getting all we
can out of Kyle Odegard, Gunnar
Fraase, and Brendan Colgrove. It
was a heck of a win for us.”
It was the first time since the
2009 season that Lisbon had
beaten Central Cass. The Squirrels
in 2010 had stopped a long Lisbon
win streak against the Casselton
based school district.
It was Lisbon’s third win in the
Riley Lau snatches this errant Central Cass pass.
Striking from deep, is Bronco senior guard, Noah Ward.
last four games and this one came
on Parent’s Night!
Ward with 21, Pithey 19, and
Lau 18 combined for 58 points.
These three and Brendan Colgrove, Kyle Mark, and Tayler
Goettle competed in their last
Loser Game 10
Maple Valley
Game 12
Thursday, Mar. 10
6:00 PM
3rd Place
Loser Game 11
Region 1 Boys Basketball tourney set for Scheel’s Arena
By Joe Howell
For the first time since 1986,
the Region 1 boys tournament
will be hosted in a venue other
than the Fargo Civic Center or
NDSCS Clair Blickre Center.
The Scheel’s Arena in Fargo
will host this year’s tournament
on February 29, March 1, 7, 8,
and 10.
The top three seeds in the tournament (Northern Cass, MilnorNorth Sargent, and Enderlin) will
have byes and will not play until
March 7.
Lisbon and Wyndmere-Lidg-
erwood will open the tournament on Monday, February 29 at
4:30pm. Hankinson and Sargent
Central will follow with the Central Cass and FCT contest closing
the day.
On Tuesday, March 1, Richland takes on Oak Grove at 6pm
and Kindred and Maple Valley
will play in the second game.
The winners will advance to
March 7 with four games beginning at 3pm. Semifinal play will
be on March 8 with the third place
and championship games to be
played on March 10.
Austin Pithey scores off a drive.
home game for the Broncos.
The Broncos lost a close JV
game but won the C contest.
1
2
3
4
CC
18
33
49
59
L
18
35
52
64
CC: Grady Bresnahan 27,
Camas 2, Koetz 7, Morris 6, Prante
9, Ueland 6, Schneider 2.
Three point goals – Bresnahan
1, Harrison Koetz 1, Prante 1; 14
of 19 free throws; 21 of 52 field
goals = 40 percent;
L: Noah Ward 21, Taylor
Goettle 3, Kyle Odegard 3, Austin
Pithey 19, Riley Lau 18.
Three point goals – Noah Ward
5, Tayler Goettle 1, Kyle Odegard
1, Austin Pithey 1; 8 of 11 from the
free throw line = 72 percent; 24 of
40 field goals = 60 percent; 21
assists – Tayler Goettle 10, Austin
Pithey 4, Kyle Odegard 2, Gunnar
Fraase 2, Noah Ward 1, Riley Lau
1, Brandon Colgrove 1; 16 turnovers; 23 rebounds – Pithey and
Lau 7 each.
FCT and Kindred to play in Region Championship
Submitted photo
Knights of Columbus District 1 free throw winners. Ella Tuhy, Lisbon, is 2nd from the right in the
front row. She won the 10 year old female division at the District 1 free throw championship in
Wahpeton.
Ella Tuhy is District Free Throw champ
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
CLASSIFIEDS
By Joe Howell
Area Knights of Columbus free throw champions converged on Wahpeton on Sunday, February 21 for the
District 1 championship.
Lisbon’s Ella Tuhy won her age division and earned the right to advance to the region championship that
will held in Fargo in March.
ConCessions avaiLabLe • admission: $4 (ADULTS) / $2 (STUDENTS)
ing Hankinsnon 71-37 and Kindred
blitzed the Broncos 66-31.
Wyndmere-Lidgerwood outlasted
Fargo Oak Grove 57-50 and Maple
Valley’s comeback win sidelined number 3 Richland.
FCT played Wyndmere-Lidgerwood and Kindred squared off with
Maple Valley in games that were
played on Tuesday, February 23. The
winners of those contests will play for
a region title and a berth at the state
tournament. Kindred is the defending
Region 1 champion.
Kindred bolted to a 12-2 first quarter lead on the back of their relentless
defense and offensive rebounding.
The Vikings forced 19 first half Lisbon
turnovers on their way to a 27-14 lead
at intermission.
Haley Anderson’s two free throws
with two seconds remaining in the first
quarter put Lisbon on the board. Kindred stretched their lead to 21-4 before
Lisbon outscored the Vikings 10-6 to
close to within 13 at the half.
In the game of IF, if the Broncos
could get off to a great second half
start, they would be right back in the
ballgame. Turnovers again led to a
poor point total in the second half as
Kindred bolted out of the gate in the
third period and put this game away
quickly as the number two seed led by
27 after three quarters of play after a
13-0 start in the second half.
The Vikings scored 33 points off
turnovers, had nine first half offensive
rebounds, and displayed a nice inside
outside game. Sierra Graff scored
12 points in the post and Madeline
Braaten added 10. Five other Kindred
players scored between 7 and 9 points.
Haley Anderson and Sydney
Griffith played in their last basketball games as Broncos and Coach
Barb Sweet’s squad also loses injured
starter, Payton Ercink. Anderson and
Griffith led Lisbon in scoring with 10
and 8 points.
The Broncos finished the season
with an overall record of 12-11.
1
2
3
4
Lisbon
2
14
21
31
Kindred
12
27
48
66
Lisbon – Elizabeth Lyons 7, Sydney Griffith 8, Haley Anderson 10,
Grace Elijah 2, Kaitlin Geyer 2, Sadi
Deplazes 2
Kindred – Madelin Braaten 10,
Victoria Braaten 5, Brooke Hiatt 9,
Kyra Braaten 9, Madison Erickson 2,
Mikayla Reinke 7, Sophia Abraham
8, Sierra Graff 12, Breanne Andel 2,
Makayla Heinrich 2
Region 1 Girls Basketball
Tournament Results
Opening round – February 15
Hankinson
47
Northern Cass
45
Lidgerwood-Wyndmere
59
43
Oak Grove
Sargent Central
58
38
Lisbon
Central Cass
48
28
Maple Valley
Enderlin
Quarterfinal round
56
33
FCT
Hankinson
Feb. 22
71
37
Lidg-Wynd
Oak Grove
57
50
Kindred
Lisbon
66
31
Maple Valley
Richland
Semi-final Round
February 23
FCT
Wyndmere-Lidgerwood
53
47
63
52
Kindred
Maple Valley
69
61
--------Girls Class B District Results
1 & 2 - No District – Super Regional
3 & 4- No District – Super Regional
5 - Carrington
6 - Medina-Pingree-Buchanan
7 - Lakota-Edmore
8 - North Star
9 - Bismarck Shiloh Christian
10 - Wilton
11 - Rugby
12 - Minot Bishop Ryan
13 & 14 - No District – Super Regional
15 - Watford City
16 - Stanley
Girls Region Finalists
1 - FCT vs. Kindred
2 - Thompson vs. Park River FL
3 - Carrington vs. Edgeley-K-M
4 - North Star vs. Langdon-Munich
5 - Shiloh vs. Turtle Lake MercerMcClusky
6 - Rugby vs. Velva
7 - Dickinson Trinity vs. Glen UllinHebron
8 - Watford City vs. New Town
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(701) 799-7212 • krlapka@yahoo.com
JIM LEVOS
(701) 308-1311 • jim.levos@titanmachinery.com
By Joe Howell
In a rematch of last year’s Region
1 girl’s basketball championship
game, defending champ Kindred will
play runner-up FCT on Thursday, February 25.
Semi-final Round
Feb. 23
The Vikings jumped all over
Maple Valley and Rylee Nudell in the
first half and led 42-22 going into the
lockeroom. Nudell scored a game
high of 43 points in attempting to rally
the Raiders into the championship
game but the early lead and the balance of Kindred stopped any hope of
that. It marked the fifth straight year
that Maple Valley had reached the
semifinals and did not advance to the
championship contest.
FCT also doubled up their opponent at halftime and led 36-18 before
the Warbirds of Wyndmere-Lidgerwood closed to within five at 57-52
with a little over two minutes left. The
Rebels hung on and won 63-52 to gain
a berth in their third straight regional
championship.
Quarter Final Round
February 22
The quarter final play of the girl’s
Region 1 tournament took place on
Monday, February 22. Number 1 seed
FCT and number 2 seed Kindred overwhelmed their opponents.
The Rebels downed neighbor-
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Photos by Katherine Plessner
Lisbon senior, Sydney Griffith
scores her last two points
during Region 1 tournament
action.
Leading Lisbon in scoring during their Region 1 basketball
game against Kindred was
Haley Anderson
Bronco defenders swarm Kindred’s Sierra Graff. Graff and her
Viking teammates defeated Lisbon in the second round of the
Region 1 tournament.
QUESTION
Of the Week!
“If your pet could talk, like you
and me, what would it say?”
Lincoln Adair, 8, is a third grader
in Mrs. Sjomeling’s class at Lisbon
Public School: “I would like to
have a cat and I bet it would say,
‘Hello!’”
Tyriq Atchison, 9, is a third
grader in Mrs. Sjomeling’s class at
Lisbon Public School: “I have two
adult English Mastiff’s and four
English Mastiff puppies. I think
they would say, ‘Let me on the
couch!’”
Bryant Davison, 9, is a third
grader in Mrs. Sjomeling’s class at
Lisbon Public School: “The kitten
would say, ‘I’m hungry; Bobo the
cat would say, ‘Can you pet me?’
and Mylo the cat would say, ‘Don’t
touch me!’ He’s antisocial.”
Cayden Fliflet, 8, is a third grader
Public School: “I have a cat. He
would say, ‘Water me!’ His water
dish gets really dirty quickly.”
Hayden Hoff, 9, is a third grader
Public School: “I have a dog named
Gertrude. She would say, ‘I have
the best owners!’”
Alexis Reinke, 8, is a second
grader in Mrs. Webb’s class at Lisbon Public School: “I don’t have a
pet, but I think it would say, ‘How
did your day go?’”
Maylee Welton, 8, is a second
grader in Mrs. Webb’s class at Lisbon Public School: “I have a cat, it
would say, ‘Hi!’”
School Lunch Menus Lisbon Middle School Student of the Week
LISBON SCHOOL
BREAKFAST MENU
Mon., Feb. 29- Assorted cereal,
yogurt or cheese stick, fruit
Tues., Mar. 1- French toast sticks,
yogurt or cheese stick, fruit
Wed., Mar. 2- Breakfast pizza, fruit
Thurs., Mar. 3- Ultimate Breakfast
Round, yogurt or cheese stick, fruit
Fri., Mar. 4- Assorted cereal, yogurt
or cheese stick, fruit
LISBON SCHOOL
LUNCH MENU
Mon., Feb. 29- Chicken medley
over biscuit, salad, fruit
Tues., Mar. 1- Corn dog, baked
beans, potato wedges, fruit
Wed., Mar. 2- Soft shell taco, black
beans, all the fixings, fruit
Thurs., Mar. 3- Tator tot hot dish,
cinnamon roll, salad, fruit
Fri., Mar. 4- Rottini noodles,
spaghetti
or
cheese
sauce,
breadstick, salad, 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., Feb. 29- Waffles
Tues., Mar. 1- Bug Bites
Wed., Mar. 2- Cook’s Choice
Thurs., Mar. 3- Oatmeal
Fri., Mar. 4- Cook’s Choice
• Regular breakfasts are served
every day and include toast, peanut
butter, cheese slices, juice and milk.
FORT RANSOM SCHOOL
LUNCH MENU
Mon., Feb. 29 - Chicken Strips
Tues., Mar. 1- French Toast, Ham
Slices
Wed., Mar. 2- Chicken’n’Rice
Thurs., Mar. 3- Cheeseburger Soup
Fri., Mar. 4- Cheese Enchiladas
• Meals served with salad bar, fruit,
vegetables and milk.
8th Grade
Ethan Lyons has been selected
as the 8th grade Student of the
Week. Ethan works hard and takes
time to make sure his homework is
done well. Ethan works well with
his classmates, is proactive when he
misses school by finding his assignments before he leaves, and has
them done when he returns. Ethan
takes responsibility and is an active
learner.
7th Grade
Olivia Tuhy is the seventh grade
student of the week. She is an active
learner in all her classes by participating in classroom discussions with
thoughtful responses, completing her
assignments on time, and turning in
quality work. Olivia is very respect-
ful to her teachers. She is polite and
helpful when dealing with classmates. Her behavior and attitude
reflect the Bronco Stars criteria each
and every day.
6th Grade
Johnny Adam is this week’s sixth
grade student of the week. Johnny
is always respectful to peers and
staff. He is careful to get work done
correctly and completed on time.
Johnny is always an active learner in
the way that he participates in class
discussions, asks questions, and stays
on task. Congratulations Johnny!
5th Grade
Grant Lyons is the 5th grade Student of the Week. Grant is a responsible student who completes his
assignments on time, turns in quality
work, and prepares for tests. He is an
active learner in the classroom who
participates in classroom activities
and discussions and is productive in
his use of class time. He is respectful
to both his teachers and classmates.
Pictured (l to r); Ethan Lyons, Olivia Tuhy, Johnny Adam, Grant
Lyons.
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. SANDESS-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
Mercy Home Care - Hospice
905 Main Street • Lisbon, ND
www.lisbonhospital.com
~ MeritCare & Dakota Clinic Network Provider ~
DENTAL
(701) 427-5300
Clinic Hours: 8am-1pm
Monday-Thursday
Brenda rick, nP
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
“clear vision begins with healthy eyes”
ASSISTED LIVING
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eve
B Assisted Living Center
e
For Appointments Call:
CHIROPRACTIC & MASSAGE
Retirement living apartments
with several services and cares
available at your choosing.
400 E. Jackson Ave., Lisbon
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
For an appointment Call:
1-800-347-0170
To Rent A Space In The Medical & Health Directory
Call (701) 683-4128
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
Parkside Lutheran Home
Skilled Nursing Service,
Physical, Occupational,
Speech Therapy, & Respite Care
501 3rd Avenue West, Lisbon
(701) 683-5239
Shortage crisis...continued
we will pay for the course,” said
Berreth. “They will get paid pager
time for being “on call” and a higher
wage when actually going on calls,.”
With this much of a shortage,
it may become impossible to cover
special events as the service has
done in the past.
“We will, of course, cover what
we can,” said Berreth.
If anyone in this community or
surrounding areas is interested in
taking the course or is already certified as an EMT or Paramedic and
would be willing to work, please
contact Berreth at vberreth@ringdahlems.com or call 683-4721 or
701-226-0120 and leave a message,
if necessary.
For paramedics who are willing
to make a two-year commitment to
First Medic, they may be able to
receive some or all of the cost for
their paramedic training covered.
“Our staff though very small is
so loyal and dedicated to our conpany and our community, we need
to get them some relief,” said Berreth.
First Medic Ambulance Service of Ransom County. like many
other rural EMS services,is facing a crisis of not enough Paramedics and EMTs in the local area.
Frank Summerfield...continued
vided them space rent free until we had to tear
down our building.”
The VFW has contributed to local charities over the years and is now in need of
financial support. The plaques have a two fold
purpose, honor and support.
“We will take up as much wall space as
we need,” said Leach. “What ever room is
needed to see that the plaques are all on display to honor Veterans from any branch and
from any war or conflict or peacetime service.”
LHS grads...continued
feel like they are being interrogated.
They love what they do, and do it
well.
For those who saw the funeral of
Officer Moszer, the status check was
very moving. As a part of the police
officer funeral portion of the service,
central dispatch was asked to do a
status check. Each officer was called
by their call signal.
Messmer explained that the
names, such as Edward 143, had a
significance to the Fargo Department. For Fargo, Edward represents
the evening shift. The number “1”
represents the district and the last
two digits represents the officer’s
beat. Officer Moszer was Edward
143. That call signal will be retired
and never assigned to another Fargo
officer.
Day shift is given the call name,
David, nights are Nora, inspectors
are Ida, and administration is Adam.
Messmer is ‘David 122’ for
instance. He works days, is in the
downtown district and his beat is
from Main Street south to I-94 and
from the river to 25th Ave.
During the Status Check, each
officer responded with their call
number and “Code 4” meaning they
were okay or clear. When Officer
Moszer was called he, of course, did
not respond. Dispatch called again
with no response. The dispatcher
then stated “Edward 143, status
check, last call.” This was followed
by “Adam 1 Central, Edward 143 is
Code 10-42 End of Watch February
11, 2016 at 1245 hours.”
This was very moving for the
officers, their families, and most
everyone who was in attendance or
watching on television.
The funeral service combined
military honors as well as a police
honors as officer Moszer served in
the military as a medic in two tours
as well as his six years with the
Fargo Police Department.
Messmer stated that Officer
Moszer’s body was never left alone
as is the custom of a veteran and
officer killed in the line of duty.
“The processional to take Jason’s
body to Grand Forks and return him
was as much for the surviving officers as it was to pay honor to Jason,”
said Alice. “This was a military
honor. This was so important for the
healing process.”
Emily stated that Jason’s wife
was given choices and was not
forced to go along with the funeral
as it was handled.
“This was the last gift that a wife
can give her police officer husband,”
said Emily. “They were big Fargo
Force fans who held season tickets.
Rachel (Moszer) chose to have the
funeral there, perhaps because of
Jason’s love of hockey.”
For Messmer and Stefonowicz,
the show of support has been very
uplifting. The outpouring from the
community and fellow officers from
around the country and Canada
brought a great deal of pride as well
as comfort to the entire department,
according to the two officers.
Messmer stated that he does not
think about dying every day that he
heads out to work.
“I don’t mean to sound flip or
egotistical,” said Messmer. “I made
peace with my decision to be in law
enforcement. I have made peace
with the fact that I could lose my life
in this job but if that is the way it is
to be, so be it. What I do think about
is my children. I can’t wrap my head
around them growing up without
me.”
Stefonowicz said something
similar.
“When I went into law enforcement in my 20s I had a different
outlook,” said Stefonowicz. “I had
only myself to worry about. I had no
earthly possessions to consider and
only my mother, brother and sister
(Left) Frank Summerfield VFW Post
3633 Plaques to
honor
Veterans.
Top left is unstained
lettering,
bottom
right is stained lettering.
Plaques
are 5 x 7 inches in
size; proceeds to
be used for the new
VFW building.
to leave behind. Now, I have a wife
and three children. This is very real
to me.”
For Stefonowicz the outpouring
of support from the community has
had the greatest impact on him.
“We have had people calling
in saying their five year old wants
to have a bake sale to raise money
for the family,” said Stefonowicz.
“There are people from the community that just want to help. The
outpouring has been amazing and it
feels wonderful.”
Local law enforcement officers
Josh Melvig and Tim Jordan from
the Lisbon Police Department and
Ransom County Sheriff’s Deputies
Chris Sandvig and Jackson Kriel
attended the Monday, February 22
funeral.
Officer Melvig stated that for
him, it was a time to be with other
officers who can admit their emotions. He saw it as a healing process
and a time to reevaluate his decision
to go into law enforcement.
“I graduated from college with
a 3.9 GPA,” said Melvig. “I could
certainly go somewhere and make
more money, doing something far
less dangerous, but this is what I
love to do. Our community is so
supportive and appreciative.”
Melvig is from the Fargo Moorhead area. While attending the
funeral he ran into a classmate from
high school who is now on the Fargo
Police Department.
“I was able to give him a hug
and show support for him as a fellow officer,” said Melvig.
For Chief Jeanette Persons her
decision was to send Jordan and
Melvig to give them the opportunity to experience a police officer’s
funeral with full honors.
“I attended the funeral for the
officer in Bismarck who was killed
in the line of duty,” said Chief Persons. “It was very impressive and
very moving. I wanted our guys
to have the experience. I hope we
never have to attend another one.”
Heather and Zach Messmer have
three children; Lilly, 13, Loghan, 11
and Zy, 5.
Emily and Travis have three
children; Taylor, 9, Jaxon, 5 and
Brooklyn, 3.
“Right now, our department
and the public are in the honeymoon phase,” said Messmer. “I’m
sure there will come a time when
this support wanes. For now, we
are taking it as it comes. There are
other heroes out there. All of them
doing their job and taking the necessary risks to do what they love to
do. Police officers are just a few of
the many heroes who protect and
serve.”
Costa Rica farming...continued
Seeds are inside the berries. The berries go in water. Immigrants from panic and everything was fine. They saw sloths and iguanas, as well.
Nicaragua tie baskets around their waists to put coffee berries picked
They floated through a Tropical Rain Forest and visited the Cano
by hand. They receive about $2/basket. The process takes all day to fill Negro Wildlife Refuge where many animals could be seen and several
a basket.
kinds of birds.
Another stop on their tour was to the award winning Sibu Chocolate
The very last day was a free day which Matt and Sara chose to spend
Farm. At the cacao farm the group listened to a speaker on the history of sitting on the beach looking out on the Pacific Ocean.
chocolate for 11/2 hours before getting to taste the plate of seven choco“When you get up in the morning the sun is bright and it is already
lates placed before them.
85 degrees, “ said Sara. “If you want to sit on the beach you have to get
“I was so interested in the process and the fact that the best way to there before noon because the tide comes in and covers the beach.”
make chocolate came about when someone accidentally left a machine
The Lyons are very appreciative of the opportunity they had to go to
containing chocolate on overnight,” said Sara. “Normally, I wouldn’t Costa Rica. Learning about a different culture was enlightening.
be able to leave a plate of chocolate alone for that long but it was so
“A lot about the Costa Rican culture was different but a lot was also
interesting.
the same,” said Sara.
“The people of Costa Rica are so eco-friendly, they make their boxes
to send the candy in from by products of cacao,”
added Sara.
Costa Ricans told the group they hire immigrants from nearby Nicaragua to do the less desirable jobs in their country.
Another example of eco-friendly culture is that
they re-use methane gas. Every byproduct has a
use. Barley and other wastes from the production of
beer are used to feed cows.
When asked by the group if the Costa Ricans
sell a lot of land, they replied, “No, No, land never
gets sold here, it stays in the family.”
School was just starting in mid February and
goes through November. The summer season in
Cost Rica is mid-November through mid February.
Education is free in Cost Rica. Even public universities are free for those who qualify in one of the
programs they offer.
For people who work, 9% of their income is
taken out for health insurance so there is no cost
when they get sick or injured. The cost of living is
high in Costa Rica where gas sells for the equivalent of $6.40/gal. A lot of scooters and bikes are
used. Since it is a country which relies on tourism,
tips are very helpful for the workers.
On day 4, the group went to the Arenal volcano.
Matt was hoping to climb to the top of the volcano
and look into it but that wasn’t part of the tour.
Along the way, the group drove
through beautiful agricultural
landscapes. A thermal springs was
also part of the day.
(Above) Pineapples
“My favorite part was sitting
are
hand-picked
under a hot waterfall,” said Matt.
on the Pineapple
“It was like getting a massage.”
farm that the North
Dakota
Farmers
The group enjoyed two riverUnion group visboat tours. On the first, the group
ited on their trip to
saw monkeys up close and perCosta Rica.
sonal as they climbed aboard the
boat.
“They were very polite,” said
Sara. “One climbed up and sat on
my head which was my favorite
part of the trip.” The guides had
told the group not to over react but
just let them be and this worked
out well.
The Costa Ricans eat a lot of
dishes with rice and beans in them.
“There was plenty of American
food in the hotels but I liked their
food,” said Sara.
The cattle are grass fed and are
very thin. Matt had a hamburger
which was quite lean compared to
North Dakota burgers.
On the second river boat tour,
the group was only a few feet Nicaraguans are hired to work the crops in Costa Rica. They are seen in
from crocodiles. Again they didn’t this picture with machetes in hand harvesting a crop of sugar cane.
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