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100 years ago, Boy Scouts gathered in an encampment at Valley Citys Chautauqua Park. To read memo-
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and 11. (Postcard/From the collection of Dennis Stillings)
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orscht season
is upon us. For
those non-Ger-
man or Polish descen-
dants, borscht is a beet
soup served usually
with sour cream. In
our family, it was
whatever-you-had-in-
the-garden soup.
So, as we near the end of July, there
is an abundance of green beans, beets,
potatoes, onions, garlic and small (or
large) carrots. So lets make soup.
Lets begin with a good soup stock.
Dont make fun of me for keeping
empty bags in the freezer. I use them
over and over again to collect scraps
for soup stock. You know, things like
beef trimmings, the parts of chicken
we dont cook up and eat, onion
scraps, celery leaves, broccoli trim-
mings and veggies that have been lef
for dead in the refrigerator tray. Keep
in mind, they dont need to look good,
they just need to add favor to our
water.
If you are not opposed to beef
then take a cut of round or sirloin
steak and place it in a small roasting
pan. Add the vegetable scraps and
other frozen meat scraps to the pan.
Make sure you have plenty of onion
and garlic in there as well as a bay leaf
or two and some all spice balls.
Roast that pan of goodies in the
oven at 350 until everything is
beautifully browned. Ten scrap into
your Kettle Maximus and add water
to cover. At this point you may or
may not add the steak. If you want it
to taste good in the soup, store it in
the refrigerator until later; then cube
it and add to soup when you add the
vegetables.
Simmer the broth until about an
hour before you wish to serve the
soup. I have been known to simmer
and chill soup stock for two or three
days. Chilling the stock afer straining
the limp veggies out of it makes it easy
to scrap of the fat and you will have a
favorful broth without the fat.
Now heres the fun part. Add cubed
beets, potatoes, green beans, peas,
edamame, carrot coins, onion slices
and zucchini cubes whatever you
can harvest small and tender. Now,
if you are a cook that measures, you
can measure about a cup of each of
these ingredients or just use what
you have trying to keep within the
bounds of that humongous kettle.
Do not salt until you are ready to
put it on the table you dont need
all that sodium and adding at the last
minute will keep it fresh... and you
will use less salt.
Okay, afer simmering for a day,
straining the liquid (optionally
cooling it down in the refrigerator
overnight and skimming the fat) you
may now add your vegetables. Cubes,
coins, slices, dices drop them in the
broth and cook just until tender, do
not boil! If you have canned tomatoes
you can puree a quart jar and add also
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ple 21-plus. More info: Tara
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Barnes County Senior
Center activities: 9:30 a.m.
bone builders exercise,
11:30 a.m. lunch (pork
chop, baby potatoes, broc-
coli with cheese sauce and
pudding); 1 p.m. bingo.
Saturday, July 28
The Debbie Gabel
Memorial Ride and Street
Dance features a noon ride
with registration from 9 to
11:30 a.m. at Memorial
Park in V.C. A meal and
silent auction begin at 5
p.m., and a street dance
follows, with net proceeds
beneting cancer patients.
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Roses Valley City Farm-
ers Market takes place
from 10 a.m. to noon every
Saturday through Hallow-
een at Hinschberger Park.
More info: Becky Huber,
701-924-8278.
Barnes County Senior
Center activities: Noon
lunch (Salisbury Steak,
Mashed Potatoes, Green
Beans and Brownie).
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Viking cheerleaders to return
for annual Debbie Gabel fundraiser
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heerleaders from the Minnesota
Vikings will join Rocky Gabel and the
Thundering Saints for this years an-
nual Debbie Gabel Cancer Memorial Ride
set for Saturday, July 28.
The event was created in honor of Deb-
bie Gabel, whom Rocky lost to cancer,
and to help raise funds for cancer care and
research.
The cheerleaders will be available for a
Meet-n-Greet from approximately 9 a.m.
to noon in the Veterans Memorial Park on
Main Street in Valley City, then again from
approximately 9 p.m. to midnight at the
street dance in downtown Valley City.
If you cant meet em in the morning or
evening, then hit the road with em; the
Viking cheerleaders will be motorcycling
with the rest of the riders. Registration for
the ride runs from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the
Veterans Memorial Park. Cost: $20/ bike.
More info: www.thunderingsaints.com
Sunday, July 29
GTO Cruise to Fort Ran-
som State Park. More info:
701-973-4271.
Barnes County Senior
Center activities: 12:30
p.m. Lunch (BBQ Ribs,
Baked Potato, Peas and
Carrots, Sour Cream and 2
Tone Dessert).
Monday, July 30
The Valley City School
Board hosts its annual
meeting at 5:15 p.m. at
the Central Administration
Building. More info: 701-
845-0483.
Buffalo Senior Citizens
meets every Monday at
the Community Center,
Buffalo, from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m.
The Valley City Farmers
Market takes place from 4
to 6 p.m. at the Rosebud
Visitor Center parking lot.
More info: Norma Voldal,
market manager: 701-
845-4303.
Cribbage takes place
at 7 p.m. at the Stavenger
Building, 223 Central Ave.
N., Valley City. Bring your
own game. More info: Paul
Stenshoel, 701-840-9313.
Barnes County Senior
Center activities: 10:30
a.m. Exercise; 11:30
a.m. Lunch (Roast Beef,
Mashed Potatoes/Gravy,
German Vegetables and
Apple Crisp); 1:15 p.m.
Whist.
Tuesday, July 31
The Valley City Rotary
Club meets every Tuesday
at noon at the Valley City
VFW Club.
The Page Area Farmers
Market takes place from
5 to 7 p.m. at Page City
Park.
Barnes County Senior
Center activities: 11:30
a.m. Lunch (Turkey Noodle
Casserole, Coleslaw,
Juice and Peaches); 1:15
Pinochle.
Wednesday, Aug. 1
The Valley City Park
Board holds its regular
meeting at 7 a.m. at city
hall. More info: 845-3294.
The Valley City Kiwanis
Club meets every Wednes-
day at 12:04 p.m. at the
Valley City VFW Club.
Music at the Court-
house features ADAPT of
Valley City at 7:15 p.m. at
the Barnes County Court-
house. A freewill offering
goes to repairing the City
Park band shell; bring a
lawn chair or blanket to
sit on. More info: Diane,
845-3294.
Open Mic takes place
at Duttons Parlour in Val-
ley City every Wednesday
from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. En-
tertainers (music, comedy,
poetry, etc.) and audience
members are welcome. No
cost.
Tower City Senior Citi-
zens meets every Wednes-
day at the Community
Center in Tower City from
10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. A
meal is served. More info:
Betty Gibbons, president;
701-840-0184.
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Sheyenne Snodrifters
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5. Nay sayer
9. Jordan's capital
14. Zion National Park
state
15. Like good pastrami
16. Note from the boss
17. Reason for a
procrastinator to
shave?
20. Low-budget prefix
21. Front end of a bray
22. "Guarding __"
(1994 movie)
23. China's longest
river
26. Ho-hum
28. Senate spots
30. Natural talents
34. Mil. address
37. Vincent Lopez's
theme song
39. Stan's slapstick
partner
40. Comedy show for
procrastinators?
44. Political influence
45. Mushroom part
46. "Omigosh!"
47. Greek messenger
to the gods
49. Sound from the
bull pen
52. Early VCR format
54. Like pre-1917
Russia
58. Smooth-tongued
61. City area,
informally
63. Seaweed-wrapped
fare
64. Pre-2001 World
Series, to a
procrastinator?
68. Fred's dancing
sister
69. Rex's sleuth
70. Istanbul inhabitant
71. Inventor Nikola
72. Playing hooky, to a
GI
73. Wimbledon units
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1. Gary of "The
Buddy Holly Story"
2. Erie Canal city
3. WASP part
4. Summer footwear
5. The whole
schmear
6. Prefix with classic
or natal
7. Dashboard gauge,
briefly
8. Readied, as a
printing press
9. Blond shade
10. Trattoria spheroid
11. Iranian of old
12. Author Oz
13. Anchor's concern
18. Sheep shelter
19. Feudal drudge
24. Off-the-wall
25. Some jackets or
collars
27. Zillions
29. Gill openings
31. "Would __ to you?"
32. Tear apart
33. Be "it," in a game
34. Yiddish author
Sholem
35. Act the crybaby
36. __ close to
schedule
38. Powers or Smart
41. Ignoramus
42. To __ (perfectly)
43. Managed care gps.
48. Bit of theater litter
50. Tabula __ (clean
slate)
51. Has confidence in
53. Skybox locale
55. One Time?
56. Gambler's loss,
figuratively
57. Watch sounds
58. Pesky flier
59. Prospector's strike
60. Oscar winner Burl
62. Witch's concoction
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raveling back into
childhood memories
is a bit treacherous:
many memories are vague
and uncertain, but some
are very clear. Such are
my memories of Scout-
ing in Valley City. Perhaps
these memories are unclear
because it seems to me,
in retrospect, that most boys at that time
were, in a sense, already Scouts. Our lives
were mostly outdoors, winter and sum-
mer. Tere was very little television worth
watching if your parents even owned
one and juvenile radio programs, while
fascinating, did not occupy much of the
day.
We roamed the valley and the hills,
swam, fshed and boated in the river, hunt-
ed and trapped, bicycled, and occupied
ourselves with various crafs. Joining the
Cub Scouts and the Boy Scouts formalized
some of our regular activities, introduced
us to new interests and skills, and provided
guidance and preparation for civic partici-
pation and adulthood. It was a benign form
of initiation.
Initiation into adulthood, sorely lack-
ing in modern western culture, has existed
world-wide since time immemorial. Some
make the argument that a need for pub-
lic transition into adulthood is built into
our DNA. Lacking collectively sanctioned
rituals of entry into adulthood rituals re-
quiring some risk, discipline, and responsi-
bility have led to young people inventing
their own approaches to initiation ofen
highly dangerous group activities, such as
drugs, criminal behavior, jail-time in what
appear to be senseless rebellions and uncal-
culated risk-taking.
Te Mission Statement of the Boy Scouts
of America is to prepare young people to
make ethical and moral choices over their
lifetimes by instilling in them the values
of the Scout Oath and Law. Te Scout
Law reads: A Scout is trustworthy, loyal,
helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient,
cheerful, thrify, brave, clean and reverent.
Te Scout promises that On my honor I
will do my best to do my duty to God and
my country and to obey the Scout Law;
to help other people at all times; to keep
myself physically strong, mentally awake,
and morally straight.
Let me assure you especially you older
folks who still remember the importance
of virtues that these Scouting ideals are,
in the modern mind, if not actually held in
contempt, regarded as quaint and antiquat-
ed. Tey are not cool. Te Cult of Cool,
currently a dominant factor in American
culture, has been extremely destructive.
By holding to the cool young people lose
their way in moral relativism and many
hold ignorance as part of being cool.
Tey thus become vulnerable to manipula-
tion by the unscrupulous and lose out on
those experiences that create maturity and
character.
Te Boy Scouts have, indeed, been under
actual assault by the political lef and the
politically correct mobs. To list, describe,
and discuss the nature of these attacks,
which have been very serious indeed, is
beyond the limits of this column...
My own Scouting career began with the
Cub Scouts. About all I can remember of
this is that we met at the home of our Den
Mother. We were taught skills, among
which was sewing. (A Scout was supposed
to be able to make minor clothing
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FROM THERE TO HERE
memories of scouting in valley City in the early 50s
by dennis
stillings
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Tis is my tenth and most challenging
show! says Jane Anderson who plays Eve in
Te Diary of Adam and Eve and the title role
in Passionella this year at LaMoure County
Summer Musical Teatre. No stranger to
theatrical challenges, Anderson played Ma-
ria in Te Sound of Music with LCSMT last
year, and has played Marian the Librarian in
Te Music Man, Babette in Beauty and the
Beast, and Yente in Fiddler on the Roof. An-
dersons sons, Bryce and Preston, join her
onstage this year as the Balladeer and San-
jar in Te Lady or the Tiger, leading roles in
Act Two of Te Apple Tree.
Families are important to the annual pro-
ductions at LCSMT. Not only is the enter-
tainment family-friendly, with audiences of
all ages, but family members ofen spend
their summers together in the productions.
In addition to the Andersons, the Spiese fam-
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Tis year Michael A. Spiese plays Adam and
Flip in Acts One and Tree, while his son,
Michael B, plays King Arik in Act Two, his
daughter Abigail plays several woodwind
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From left: Bob Muhs, Preston Anderson, Susan Kusler, Michael B. Spiese, and Laura
Kusler perform in The Apple Tree. (Photo/ Olivia Larson)
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instruments in the pit, and
Suzanne, his wife, is the cos-
tumer for the show. Susan
Kusler and her daughter,
Laura, drive from Kulm to
play several roles and musi-
cal instruments in the show.
Te Apple Tree is a musical
revue that explores facets of
love in three short stories by
Mark Twain, Frank Stock-
ton, and Jules Feifer. Te
Diary of Adam and Eve, Te
Tiger or the Lady, and Pas-
sionella provide the tales on
which Jerry Bock and Shel-
don Harnick based their
book, music, and lyrics.
Director Jenni Lou Russi
of Valley City worked with
LCSMT Musical Director
Renee Bowen to accommo-
date the instrumental music
needs in the production by
including the actors in the
pit, playing musical instru-
ments when not on stage.
In rural areas we come
up with unique solutions
to challenges. Its no dif-
ferent in Teatre, says
Russi. I was inspired by
Tony award-winning direc-
tor, John Doyle. His actors
played musical instruments
on stage in his 2006 Broad-
way revivals of Stephen
Sondheims Sweeney Todd
and Company. Tis cast is
uniquely talented, so I knew
this could work. We have
a full instrumental sound
with a talented and focused
cast onstage.
Te Apple Tree opened
July 19 at the historic audi-
torium in Memorial Park,
which now has a concrete
foor. Te show will contin-
ue its run July 26-28th at 8
p.m., with a 2 p.m. matinee
on July 29.
Reservations for tickets
can be made by calling the
LCSMT box ofce at 701-
883-5230 between noon and
4 p.m. weekdays, and from
noon to 8 p.m. on show
days.
LEFT: Jane Anderson portrays Eve in The Apple Tree,
a musical review directed by Jenni Lou Russi of Valley
City. (Photo/Olivia Larson)
Jenni Lou Russi
By Mary E. Fischer,
Library Director
J
oin our book discus-
sion club: Meeting
each month on the last
Wednesday at 2 p.m. in
the librarys multipurpose
room.
Tanks to Sandy Ley and
company for grooming the
library yard. She and her
helpers are to be commend-
ed for manicuring our out-
doors.
Amish stories: Read one,
youve read them all! Not
really, but it may seem like
it. I took home both Te
Scent of Cherry Blossoms
by Cindy Woodsmall and
A Lancaster County Christ-
mas by Suzanne Woods
Fisher on a Friday night and
had then both read by Sun-
day. Yes, both stories exhibit
deep religious traditions that
challenge the characters, but
the stories are very indi-
vidual. A snow storm saves
a marriage in A Lancaster
County Christmas while
cherry trees are the ultimate
salvation for Annie Mar-
tin and Aden Zook in Te
Scent of Cherry Blossoms.
Entertainment, inspi-
ration, humor: Harriet
Beamer Takes the Bus by
Joyce Magin has it all! Harri-
et, a 72 year-old widow, has
a slight accident. She falls
while hanging an ornament
on her Christmas tree. Son
Henry and wife Prudence
happen by at that moment.
Harriet bets her ankle is
only sprained. She bets big!
If it is broken, she will move
to California and live with
her children. Harriet loses
the bet, but she also decides
her eventual move from
her home in Pennsylvania
will be on her own terms.
She is going to take the bus,
not the conventional Grey-
hound, but the buses and
trains that move about each
city. She does send her dog
Humphrey on ahead along
with her vast collection of
salt and pepper shakers. Her
frst stop will be the Salt and
Pepper Shaker Museum in
Gatlinburg, Tennessee. An
unseasoned traveler to say
the least, Harriet is helped by
the people she meets along
the way. Lacy helps her get a
Droid phone which includes
a GPS and touch screen
technology, which Harriet
immediately names Ame-
lia. Several incidents gain
her notoriety: an attempted
mugging which she prevents
from happening by swing-
ing her bag at the assailant;
then an attempt to steal her
credit card which is stopped
by three bold Native Ameri-
can men. Harriet rides in
a helicopter, a motorcycle
sidecar, and a gambling bus
to name a few of her uncon-
ventional transports. She
does eventually arrive near
California, but not without
incident. A crazy tries to
take her with him in an at-
tempt to commit suicide be-
cause he doesnt want to die
alone. Afer that incident, a
slight heart attack lands her
in the hospital. Will Harriet
ever be able to complete her
trip? She learns to trust God
for the grace she needs.
Trusting is hard! Needs,
difcult to discern, thinking
through helps the mess, but
doesnt always yield success.
Trying hard, we stumble
some, but trust in God saves
everyone.
Daddys Angel by An-
nette Broadrick was on the
withdraw list as we weeded
in our paperback area. I
took it to read. It gave me
reason to keep it on our
shelves. A family has lost
mom to death; four chil-
dren and rancher dad are
coping but not really living.
Teir Christmas treetop an-
gel sees the dilemma when
their housekeeper breaks
her leg just before Christ-
mas. She asks permission to
be real until Christmas Eve
and help this family in their
need. No one expects what
happens next: healing, joy,
love and expectations cause
Noelle, the Christmas angel,
to request permanent status
in the home of Bret and his
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repairs while camping, as part of being prepared.) I felt a bit
embarrassed about doing girls work, and even more embar-
rassed when my sewing eforts were pointed out by the Den
Mother as being very good.
Boy Scout experience was more adventuresome. I was in
the legendary Sam Hills Troop (more about him in another
column). I recall camping in Little Yellowstone, learning to
set up a tent, how to trench it in case of rain (which it did),
hiking, and cold and wary skinny-dipping in the creek.
Te big adventure was doing a week of camping at Bad Axe
Lake in Minnesota. We loaded ourselves up in the back end of
a truck and bounced, singing and sight-seeing, the 165 miles
to 2,400-acre Camp Wilderness on the east side of the lake.
(Camp Wilderness was founded by Herman Stern in 1946.
Herman Stern was a great supporter of the organization.
Straus Clothing had a section devoted to scouting uniforms
and paraphernalia. A room in the Straus Building was also
provided for Scout meetings.)
Te week at Bad Axe was spent on nature hikes during
which a guide pointed out and identifed local fora and fauna.
Much of the time also was spent on working on skills counting
toward Scout merit badges: swimming (doing a quarter-mile
out and back), life-saving techniques (including when the
drowning person puts up a fght), wilderness frst-aid (which
I got applied afer walking into a ground-wasp nest), boating,
canoeing, fre-building, skeet-shooting with .22s and birdshot,
bed-making and clean-up
to mention just a few. It
was not all pure fun. Tere
was encouragement, but no
self-esteem tricks. Merit
badges meant that you
had actually learned how to
do something right.
At the end, a huge bonfre
was built near the shore
of the lake and songs were
sung, such as Dakota Land
(1950 versionTo the tune
of Oh Christmas Tree):
Dakota Land, Dakota Land,
Upon thy fertile ground we stand,
And gaze across thy burning
plains,
And pray to God to send the
rains.
We have no wheat, we have no
oats,
We have no corn to feed our
shoats,
But with a smile upon our lips,
We gather up the bufalo chips.
Our horses are the fnest race,
Starvation stares them in the
face;
Our chickens are to poor to eat,
Teyve scratched the toes right
of their feet.
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early Canada
goose season starts
Aug. 15, hunters who
fnd themselves in the
right situation will
likely have a limit of
15 birds a day, up from
eight last year and fve
in 2010.
Tis is a remarkable development
for someone like me who grew up
and started hunting in the 1980s,
when the state had established zones
where shooting of Canada geese was
prohibited, and outside those zones
the limit for much of the season was
one Canada goose per day.
I relay this scenario when I occa-
sionally hear disparaging remarks as-
sociated with Canada geese, or snow
geese as well. While its no secret that
todays population sometimes creates
problems with crop depredation and
even encroaching on residential areas,
the restoration of the giant Canada
goose from near extinction in North
America is a success story that has
few equals in the history of wildlife
management.
Te State Game and Fish Depart-
ment is well aware of the issues with
geese eating primarily row crops
planted near wetlands, grazing on
lawns near waterways, and leaving
droppings behind on golf course
greens and other public areas.
For more than a decade, Game
and Fish has lobbied the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service for more days
to hunt resident Canada geese in
late summer, when hunter efort can
target birds that are born and raised
in the state. Te higher limit this
fall, and the opportunity to start the
season in August, is a direct result of
that input.
In addition, since 2002 special per-
mits have provided to landowners the
option to directly kill or destroy nests
of birds causing depredation in early
spring and summer.
Even before that, Game and Fish
suspended relocation eforts and
removed goose hunting closure
zones, but due to an unprecedented
wet cycle, which created near-perfect
habitat conditions, the population
continued to increase until 1999
when the state held its frst early
Canada goose season in two counties
in southeastern North Dakota.
In my mind, a large Canada goose
is as much a trophy now as it was
when I bagged my frst one in the
1980s, and theres still something spe-
cial about seeing the largest Canada
goose on the prairie fy overhead
and not just in pictures.
North Dakota hunters and land-
owners had an integral role in restor-
ing these birds to the point they could
be hunted at all.
From a fock of giant Canada geese
established at Slade National Wild-
life Refuge near Dawson in Kidder
County in 1969, to large-scale re-
leases of hand-reared geese starting in
1972, North Dakota has seen steady
increases and these magnifcent birds
now nest throughout the state.
By 1988, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service annual spring waterfowl sur-
vey indicated about 18,000 resident
Canada geese. By 1993, the popula-
tion estimate was 20,000.
Ten the wet cycle started, and
all of us relearned the value of good
habitat. With water occupying many
wetland basins in the state for going
on 20 years now, the 2012 spring
count topped 309,000 resident
Canada geese.
Game and Fish has always had
the philosophy that increased hunter
opportunity should be the primary
method of goose population man-
agement. Tere is also a place for
agricultural producers to harass or
even directly kill geese that are eating
crops.
While hunting waterfowl in Au-
gust is ofen hot, humid and buggy
almost the exact opposite of a
crisp, dry October morning its still
something to look forward to, and the
prospects might never be better.
Leier, a biologist with the North Dakota
Game & Fish Department, grew up in Valley City.
Reach him by email: dleier@nd.gov
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I have found on my favorite
rivers; changed from year
to year by moving waters
which transport debris,
rocks and substrate to new
locations, altering where
sh relate on a ow. Other
times it is seasonal, drawing
and retaining sh at certain
periods as they move in and
out of the depths in relation
to spawning, resting, feed-
ing and other impulses.
Ive had the opportunity
to sh a few of these fabled
places some Ive found on
my own, others have been
graciously bestowed upon
me by friends and fellow
anglers. Some have been
as simple as a rock under a
dock ,which draws in one
large bass who resides there
all summer for catch-and-
release fun and others have
been a bit odd, like an old
set of sunken bridge pilings
on the edge of a reservoir
channel that stack up bass,
walleyes and crappies
throughout the year.
My favorite was a scour
on my local trout stream
which, aer tumbling over
some rock, rapids cut hard
against a bank with fallen
trees. e brown trout
stacked up in the atwater
and seam adjacent to the
ri e, making for very fast
action.
Even last weekend, the spot-on-a-spot phenomenon
factored into a successful walleye trip. It was hot, sunny
and dead calm in the middle of the day not ideal shing
conditions for the wary species. Following the contours on
my buddys GPS and watching the sonar closely, we traced
a sunken point rising up to 16 feet out of the 20-foot main
lake basin. Just before it dropped o into the depths, we
noted six or seven bumps on screen with the tell-tale
arches of sh around them.
While we had been marking sh all day, none of them
would bite, until we passed over this particular spot-on-
a-spot. As we surmised, it was an old rock pile from the
feel of it as we passed over, we simultaneously felt the
taps on our lines. We quickly reeled up a pair of keepers
and dried out into the
basin. Turning around we
passed over the spot again
and marked it on his GPS. e only bites wed muster that
aernoon came within 30 feet of the waypoint, but we
landed 50 walleyes before the trip was over.
Odds are, if you sh with any regularity, you have a
spot-on-a-spot of your own. Maybe you made it by adding
a brush pile (where legal) out in front of your dock, or
maybe you found it one lazy day while you dried around
with your trolling motor not looking for anything in
particular. Wherever it is and whatever you catch on it, the
location is someplace sacred and integral to your success.
My advice for preserving it is simple and tripartite. First,
know how to nd it, with and without technology. How
did the last generation of anglers know where to take us
without sonar and GPS? By using landmarks, estimating
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By Nick
Simonson
Pick-up topper for sale,
fts full size box, green col-
or, sliding windows, good
condition - $200. Call 845-
9915 for address.
Fridge for sale. Gibson.
21.7 cu ft. Almond. Works
great. $250. In Cooper-
stown. Call 840-8653.
Good, used Whirlpool
Refrigerator for sale. Call
Mary at 845-3971 for more
details. May be seen at
326 4th St NW, Valley City.
FOR SALE: 64 string
harp guitar, 1915 model
in original box. Call 845-
1525.
4X6 Rubber Mats. Only
$40 each. Call 701-789-
0228.
Pews for sale. Contact
Donelda to make arrange-
ments to see. Four antique
pews to choose from. Plus
an ornate high-back chair.
Call 845-3845.
Light-blue davenport for
sale. Like new. $225. Will ne-
gotiate. Grace, 845-0877.
Pair of 225/70/15 stud-
ded snow tires mounted on
rim. Fit Ford or Dodge. $150.
845-1525.
14 tandem disc int.
& 15 feld cultivator int.
Wanted: 5 or 6 feld cul-
tivator for 3-pint hitch. Call
Marvin, 845-9993.
Vintage hat boxes, all
sizes; 1950 metal ice box;
1960 blonde dresser and
matching hi boy; 1950s
leather-top end tables
(mahogany); 1950 lamps,
Hi back chairs; gun case;
Chair cushions and pil-
lows; call 701-762-4496.
CHEVY MALIBU 2003.
very good condition. Call
840-9386
1955 Ford 2-ton 272 V8,
hoist. $700 OBO. Leave
message: 701-840-2741.
2001 Honda Shadow VLX
Deluxe Windshield,Saddle
Bags, Back Rest 8135 miles
Blue Like New $2500.00
OBO 701-749-2553.
Very nice van. 1990 gas
Dodge Ram Leisure Van.
63,839 miles, two-tone
brown & cream color. New
tires call Lila at 701-845-
4681.
Trouble getting around?
Buy a PRIDE 3wheeled
scooter. Mint condition.
$500. Call 845-3790 or 490-
2280.
Windfall, the movie. A
must see, for people living
in a wind turbine commu-
nity like ours. This movie
will help the public better
understand the conse-
quences when 400 wind
turbine are installed near
homes and farms. People
living in the townships of
Green, Heman, Svea, Ho-
bart and Marsh, where the
Green Hill Energy Project
may have an impact, are
encouraged to contact me
so we can make arraign-
ments to make the movie
available for your free per-
sonal viewing. If you are
interested in seeing this
documentary, I can be
reached at the following
phone number or address,
where arrangements can
be made: Paul Stenshoel,
223 Central Ave N in Val-
ley City or call 701-840-
9313.
Hummer H2 SUT. Phone
701-840-9322.
Current or ex-Avon la-
dies with Soft Musk on
hand. No vintage please.
Also Mark Hello Pretty,
Hollywood Pink & more.
701-840-0476 w/prices.
Old satellite dish. Call
Kent 701-490 6462.
Want to buy: Winchester
1894s most any year, also
frearms of most any type.
Also Kawasaki 3 cylinder
2 stroke motorcycles. Call
701-845-5196.
HORSES TRAINED.
Litscher Training Stables
in Tower City is a full ser-
vice training facility with
Indoor-Outdoor arenas.
Offering training, lessons,
showing, sales, and more.
Contact Jenna for more
information and to reserve
your spot for this spring.
Hurry! Stalls are flling up
fast. 608-566-4237.
BATTERIES. Buying
old batteries. $5 auto. $8
tractor. $1 lawn mower or
motor cycle. TC Salvage,
701-840-0800.
ATTENTION FARMERS.
Buying Farm Scrap & Car
Bodies. Rock & gravel
sales available. Tandem
truck to haul. Will trade
barn cleaning for scrap.
Will pick up car bodies in
town and rural. Call Elroy
Patzner, Jamestown, 701-
252-2533 or 701-320-
2239 (cell).
100% WOOD HEAT, no
worries. Keep your fam-
ily safe and warm with an
OUTDOOR WOOD FUR-
NACE from Central Boiler.
RLH Enterprises 701-412-
3143.
$WE PAY MORE$ Want-
ed scrap metal of all kinds.
Buying farm scrap, cars
and snowmobiles. Always
buying batteries. Call 701-
840-0800. TC Salvage.
Land for Sale in Fin-
gal. 2.74 acres. Good site
for storage unit. Close to
pavement. Call Terry, 701-
840-2741. Leave message
if no answer.
One persons junk is
anothers treasure.
Make some cash
and clean up your
home and yard.
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1- & 2-bedroom apart-
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laundry facilities are avail-
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amount of rent. Parklane
Homes, Inc., Litchville.
Sandy Sandness, Mgr,
701-762-4496. Parklane
Homes, Inc., temporar-
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persons without regard to
income restrictions.
Tis institution
is an equal
opportunity
provider &
employer.
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sTillinGs: from 11
But in this land were doomed
to stay;
We are too poor to move away.
Dakota Land, so fertile and rich,
We think you are a .
honey!
Dakota Land, Dakota land,
Upon thy fertile ground we stand,
and gaze across thy fooded
plains,
And pray to God to stop the
rains!
We have no wheat, we have no
oats,
We cannot harvest them in boats,
But with a smile upon our lips,
We wade in mud up to our hips.
Our horses are the fnest race,
Tey have to swim from place to
place,
Our chickens are too poor to eat,
Tey have no webs upon their
feet.
But in this land were doomed
to stay;
We have no boats to row away.
Dakota Land, so fertile and rich,
We think you are a
honey!!
Since leaving Valley City
in 1956, I have had no per-
sonal contact with Scout-
ing. I have, however, fol-
lowed some of the political
news involving the orga-
nization, and I am all-too-
aware of the social changes
in America that have,
from time to time, placed
ridiculous and undeserved
burdens on Scouting.
To be an active and
accomplished Cub, Boy,
or Girl Scout these days
demands character and
builds character. Tese days
committing to Scouting
even has an heroic qual-
ity about itnot only for
young people, but for their
parents as well.
library: from 10
family. We all have angelic protection, even if we seldom
acknowledge it.
New materials include:
Adult books: Te Columbus Afair by Steve Berry;
Mudwoman by Joyce Carol Oates; Te Unseen by
Heather Graham; Capitol Murder by Phillip Margolin;
Te Inquisitors Key (A Body Farm novel) by Jeferson
Bass; Te Beginners Goodbye by Anne Tyler; Te Fam-
ily Corleone by Ed Falco (Godfather prequel); Crystal
Gardens by Amanda Quick; Gone Missing by Linda
Castilo; and Christmas Miracles (Stories of Hope Haven
v.10) by Charlotte Carter,
Non-fction: Te Expectant Father: Facts, Tips and Ad-
vice for Dads-To-Be by Armin A. Brott and Jennifer Ash;
Te Pioneer Woman Cooks Food from My Frontier by
Ree Drummand; Te Pacifc: Hell was an Ocean Away
by Hugh Ambrose; Te Somme: Te Darkest Hour on the
Western Front by Peter Hart; and Te Foundation Direc-
tory 2011.
Large print: Te Creative Heart (Te Daughters of Ca-
leb Bender v.2) by Dale Cramer; Beautiful Sacrifce by
Elizabeth Lowell; Summer Breezes by Nancy Tayer; Te
Secret Keeper (Ladies in Waiting series) by Sandra Byrd;
Harriet Beamer Takes the Bus by Joyce Magnin; Trago
by Frank Bonham; and Texas Bloodshed (Sidewinders
Series v.6) by William W. and J. A Johnstone.
Paperbacks, Heartsong, Historical, Suspense: Mistaken
Bride (Irish Brides) by Renee Ryan; Canyon Caf by Ju-
lie Jarnagin; Heart of Honor by Connie Stevens; Prides
Fall by Darlene Franklin; Her Small-Town Sherif by
Lissa Manley; Sheltering Love by Elizabeth Goddard;
Te Cattle Barons Daughter by S. Dionne Moore; Man-
dy and the Missouri Man by Linda Ford; Jobs Tears by
Rose Ross Zediker; and Sweet Lullaby by Paige Winship
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YOUR HEALTH: From 6
Keep the door of com-
munication open. If you
have reason to suspect your
child is viewing inappropri-
ate sites, do not overact. Ap-
proach your son or daugh-
ter with respect.
Add to online pro-
les that you monitor your
child's use of the Internet.
Know your children's
online friends.
Use a pre-ltered Inter-
net Service Provider (ISP).
Visit www.FilterReview.
com for help.
Check media storage
devices such as CDs, zip
disks and memory sticks.
Check history les of-
ten.
Spend time with your
child as they surf the Inter-
net.
Ask your child to show
you what IM (instant mes-
saging) looks like.
Have your child teach
you about their favorite on-
line destinations.
Get to know and use
the Parental Controls pro-
vided by your Internet Ser-
vice Provider and/or block-
ing soware.
Always maintain access
to your child's online ac-
count and frequently check
his/her account.
Teach your child about
responsible use of the re-
sources on the Internet.
Find out what safe-
guards are used at your
child's school, the public
library and at the homes of
your child's friends. ese
are all places outside your
supervision where a child
can encounter an online
predator.
Instruct your child
NEVER to arrange face-to-
face meetings with some-
one they met online and
not to respond to messages
or bulletin board postings
that are suggestive, obscene,
belligerent or harassing.
Tell your child to NEV-
ER give out identifying in-
formation such as name,
address, school name or
telephone number to people
they don't know.
Direct your child to
NEVER post pictures of
themselves or their friends
on the Internet. Let them
know this has seriously
harmed other children.
Teach your child to
come and get you when they
access something on the In-
ternet that makes them feel
uncomfortable, no matter
what it is.
Teach your child that
the Internet is a good source
for educational, recreational
and creative searches, but
has intentional landmin-
es placed that could hurt
them.
Bryan Kriewald is technology
coordinator for Valley City Public
Schools. The YOUR HEALTH column
is coordinated by Mercy Hospital.
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your
athlete
Help get your childs
athletic season of to a
winning start. Athletic
physicals ensure your
children are ft to perform
their best and can help
prevent injuries.
Schedule their athletic
physical with their
provider today by
calling Sanford Health
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(701) 845-6140.
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distance, and looking for
environmental cues. Sec-
ond, unless you are very
condent that they will keep
the secret or you dont mind
giving up the location, dont
tell a soul. My buddy and I
found a spot nearly a decade
ago, one which I havent
shed in four years, but nev-
ertheless, I havent told any-
one about this big sh loca-
tion because it is that good
and I dont even know if it
is still there. If you do blab,
dont expect it to be your
spot-on-a-spot anymore.
Finally, treasure your secret
waypoint. You never know
when things will change. If
you sh owing water, it is
a given that one day it will
be gone. And even if it is a
spot on a lake, the seasons,
weather and ckleness of
the sh might mean that it
might not nearly be as good
the following year, or even
next week.
Whether its a fallen tree
at the perfect bend in a river
with a mess of smallmouth
relating to it, a large boulder
along an unassuming break-
line that draws in walleyes,
or an opening in a big patch
of cabbage that you always
get a muskie to follow from,
safeguard, treasure and enjoy
the success at your spot-on-
a-spotin our outdoors.
Nick Simonson grew up in Valley City.
TINY BITES: From 2
at any time during the stock
making process.
Now here is what sets
this soup apart from winter
soups dill. Yes, before you
serve the soup, add a cup
of chopped fresh dill weed
from your garden. Salt and
pepper to taste and serve
with or without a dollop
of sour cream on top. Oh
yummy.
To see what your soup
can look like via YouTube
video, email me and Ill
send you link.
Reach Sue B. Balcom by email at
sbalcom@farrms.org
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HOT AUGUST ADVERTISING
Find out more. Call Lori Froemke today: 701.320.0780
T
he community of Sib-
ley, N.D., started out
as a small resort (Sib-
leys Trail Resort) on Lake
Ashtabula, so named due
to its proximity to the trail
taken by General Henry
Hastings Sibley in his pur-
suit of the Native Americans
involved in an uprising in
Minnesota. Ed and Edythe
(Toots) Hagglund started
a permanent settlement
there in 1954 which was
called simply Sibley.
Sibleys ofcial population
is given variously as 20, 21,
42, and 45, so there seems to
be a problem with counting
residents. Te population is,
of course, much higher dur-
ing the summer months.
Te lake area around Sib-
ley, just north of Valley City,
is popular for ice fshing in
winter and fshing tourna-
ments in the summer. Its
amenities include a restau-
rant, a dance hall, a con-
venience store and a cozy
48-site campground. Ad-
ditional rental accommoda-
tions are also available.
Sibley gained national attention in 2007
when Toots put up the town for sale by auc-
tion. One of my brothers and I attended the
auction. My brother who had, perhaps,
one beer too many and tended to gesticu-
late wildly while talking unintentionally
entered a bid of $80,000 on one of the prop-
erties. It amused me to draw his attention
to this....
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Kids? Pets? Dirt?
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Yes!
We DO do
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Spend more time
outside this summer
& well do
the work inside!
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The Service
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