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Friday, July 20
Shufe Off to Buffalo,
with a beach-party theme,
kicks off. Events include
extended hours for the
Old School Buffalo Gift
Shop, open from 4 to 8
p.m. Located at 300 Pearl
St. in Buffalo, all proceeds
go to renovating the 1916
Buffalo High School, listed
in the National Register of
Historic Places. At 6 is a
silent auction beneting the
school. More info: Liane,
701-412-4485.
KARAOKE: Full Nelson
Karaoke is at Punkys to-
night in Dazey. For people
21-plus. More info: Tara
Nelson, 701-840-5308.
The New Life Assembly
of God presents Car-
man at 6:30 p.m. at the
New Life Assembly of God
Sanctuary in Valley City.
Tickets available at Valley
Service or New Life As-
sembly of God. More info:
845-2259.
Barnes County Senior
Center activities: 9:30 a.m.
bone builders exercise,
11:30 a.m. lunch (roast
beef, mashed potatoes/
gravy, German vegetables
and Jell-O w/fruit); 1 p.m.
bingo.
Saturday, July 21
Shufe Off to Buffalo,
with a beach-party theme,
takes place starting with a
7:30 a.m. pancake break-
fast at the Community
Center. Events run through-
out the day and include a
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M
ikey, Katy and Amelia Meester of
Valley City will join the musical duo
Dakota Gospel on the Barnes County
Courthouse steps in Valley City at 7:15 p.m.
Wednesday, July 25.
The Dakota Gospel duo is comprised
of musicians Marlin and Wanda Niess of
Argusville, N.D., who play guitar and sing old
hymns and gospel songs. The Meester sing-
ers are the Niess grandchildren.
Marlin & Wanda are active members of the
Salvation Army in Fargo and enjoy shar-
ing their music at area nursing homes and
churches. The Meester children are active in
school and church programs.
Music at the Courthouse is held weekly on
the courthouse lawn. Bring your lawn chairs
and blankets & enjoy the outdoor atmo-
sphere. In case of inclement weather, the
program will be held in the City Auditorium.
A freewill donation is accepted each week to
assist in Saving the Bandshell.
Wanda and Marlin Niess of Argusville, N.D. are Dakota Gospel.
horseshoe tournament,
arts and crafts fair, pedal
tractor pull, class car/mo-
torcycle show, trivia con-
test, comedy and magic
show, and concert. More
info: www.buffalond.com,
Anita at hovlands@ictc.
com, or 701-556-4776.
Back country hiking at
Lake Ashtabula-Karnak
Bridge. More info: Deb
Koepplin, 845-2935.
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 (tuna hot dish, salad,
juice, bun and fruit).
Sunday, July 22
PARENTS DAY
Back country hiking at
Lake Ashtabula-Karnak
Bridge. More info: Deb
Koepplin, 845-2935.
Barnes County Senior
Center activities: 12:30
p.m. lunch (Swiss steak,
mashed potatoes, scal-
loped corn and strawberry
shortcake).
Monday, July 23
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 (Beef Stroganoff,
Noodles, Mixed Veg-
etables, Juice and Jell-O/
Fruit); 1:15 p.m. whist.
Tuesday, July 24
The City-County Health
Board meets at 4 p.m. on
the fourth Tuesday of each
month. (Note that meet-
ings may be canceled for a
lack of a quorum or a lack
of agenda items.) More
info: 845-8518.
Women at the Park,
a recurring gathering of
women in small area parks
for the purpose of discuss-
ing ideas and concerns
about agriculture, educa-
tion and small business
in an open forum, is in
Litchville at 7 p.m. Every-
one welcome, including
children. The event is orga-
nized by Myrene Peterson,
District 24 Republican
candidate for the state
House of Representatives.
More info: Peterson, 701-
793-9743.
Valley City Rotary 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 (Roast Pork,
Mashed Potatoes/Gravy,
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Wednesday, July 25
Crazy Day, hosted
by the Valley City Area
Chamber of Commerce
and business community,
features events set up
along Central Avenue and
elsewhere. More info: 845-
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The Valley City-Barnes
County Public Library
offers coffee and rolls for
Crazy Day.
Valley City Kiwanis Club
meets every Wednesday
at 12:04 p.m. at the Valley
City VFW Club.
Music at the Court-
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Gospel of Argusville -
including Mikey, Katy and
Ameelia Meester of Valley
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ACROSS
1. Arrest, slangily
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
DOWN
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
65. "Peel __ grape"
66. __-Magnon
67. Cyber-guffaw
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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.
The Valley City-Barnes
County Librarys book
discussion club meets at 2
p.m. in the librarys multi-
purpose room. More info:
Mary, 845-3294.
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.
Texas Holdem Tourna-
ment is every Wednesday
night at 7 p.m. at the Ea-
gles, Valley City. Open to
all player levels. More info:
Richard Hass: 840-2612.
Free, for people 21-plus.
Barnes County Senior
Center activities: 9:30
a.m. bone builders ex-
ercise; 11:30 a.m. lunch
(Meatloaf, Baked Potato,
Squash and Cranberry
Jell-O); 1:15 pinochle and
whist.
thursday, July 26
Second Crossing Toast-
masters meets the second
and fourth Thursdays of
each month at noon in
the Norway Room at the
VCSU Student Center.
More info: Janet, 845-
2596.
Tops Club of Enderlin
meets every Thursday
morning at the Senior
Center. Weigh in from 8:30
to 9 a.m.; meeting at 9.
St. Catherine Quilters
makes quilts for those in
need every Thursday from
1 to 4:30 p.m. and 6:30
to 9 p.m. in the St. Cath-
erine School gym base-
ment, Valley City. Anyone
is welcome; no experience
necessary. More info: Lela
Grim, 845-4067.
The Valley City Farm-
ers Market takes place
from 4 to 6 p.m. at the
Pamida parking lot. More
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h ya spent all of Saturday weed-
ing, picking and cooking and
loved every minute of it.
Its truly starting to be a gardening year
with the hot weather we have been experi-
encing. Of course, we need rain, but thats a
common complaint this time of year.
Fortunately, there has not been a dam-
aging hail storm yet and for that we are
thankful, and for beets.
Tats right - beets. When you plant row
crops, you cant always get them spaced until they are large
enough to thin by hand. Ten you must remove some so
the ones lef have room to grow. So, I thinned out onions,
beets, Swiss chard and picked some zucchini on Saturday.
We had our family picnic on Sunday and I decided to
use everything from the garden. So, I thought hmmmm,
my mom used to make sliced onions in vinegar. I couldnt
fnd a recipe so I thought I would make one up. And then
I got to thinking, I have always wanted to try a raw beet
salad, and so I searched and couldnt fnd what I wanted,
so I made it up. Yes, if you grow your own food you can
make things up as you use it.
I peeled the beets. Tey were small, what a pain. How-
ever, you do not parboil beets for raw beet salad. You peel
them, then process them in a chopper or grate them. Dont
puree them - just grate them like a rough relish. Ten I
sliced all the little onions and put them in with the beets.
About half and half
Ten sprinkle with olive oil, and season with salt and
pepper. If you coat your veggies with oil frst, then the
seasonings stick. Next, sprinkle with as much vinegar as
you wish and refrigerate for an hour or more. Let it come
to room temperature before serving, the beets will have
more favor.
Now, if you put vinegar and oil together they dont mix.
So that is why you coat with oil then add the vinegar,
everything is more evenly favored.
Now, I love the color of beets and I love buttered beets
and I love pickled beets and I love beet chips - which you
can easily make by slicing raw beets with a mandolin and
lightly, very lightly, coating with oil (as in spritzing), layer
in a cookie sheet and sprinkle with sea salt, place a second
cookie sheet with beets over the top. Dry at 250 in your
oven for 10 minutes, switch the placement of the pans and
dry until crisp. Tey will get
crisper afer they cool, so
watch carefully. Te pan on
top keeps them fat.
Oh, where was I going
with that last paragraph,
just wanted to let you know
I have a new love raw
beets try them you love
them. Until next week
happy eating.
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T
his 100-year-old
tinted post card pho-
tograph shows that
camping was not an activity
reserved for Boy Scouts and
outdoorsmen. Te Chautau-
qua Park area at Valley City
was amply supplied on
both sides of the river
with campsites.
In addition to those within the park it-
self, campsites existed on both sides of the
stream outlet to the north (Northern Pacifc
Park), and directly across the river from the
Chautauqua Park swimming hole (where
the fshing dock is now). Tese campsites
were accessed by bridges, two across the
river and one over the creek.
In these early years, Chautauqua Park
was still pretty much out in the country.
Chautauqua Boulevard did not come into
existence until around 1919. Roads and
transportation were not optimum, weather
could cause problems, so it made sense to
be camping on site in order to participate in
the full programs that went on in the park.
Te annual week-long Chautauqua pro-
grams and activities (educational and cul-
tural events that ran from 1911 to 1931)
were attended by as many as 4,000 people.
During the Chautauqua programs, a virtual
tent-city existed in and near the park.
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VALLEY CITY - NOW & THEN
Honoring 100 years of Scouting
I
ts time to commemorate
the 100th anniversary of
the start of the Boy Scout
movement in North Dakota,
and Valley City in particu-
lar, where the frst Scout
encampment was held in the
summer of 1912.
Tis was the ofcial year
when North Dakota Scouts
became registered with the National Boy
Scouts, although initial meetings were held
in the summer of 1911.
In honor of those early Scouts and all that
have come since, I am sharing portions of
an article, along with photos, as submitted
to the North Dakota Historical Society, by
Donald B. McKeon.
Te originals, of course, are available in
the Societys collection, along with foot-
notes, and available to anyone with interest.
You may also contact me or Wes Anderson
at the Barnes County Museum for copies of
McKeons original article.
As stated by Mr McKeon in his cover
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Te Valley Twisters Gym-
nastics Club of Valley City
has hired Suzanne Fischer
as new head coach and club
director. A 20-year coach-
ing veteran, Fischer comes
to Valley City from Branch
Gymnastics in Michigan,
where she served the club
as head coach and program
director.
Fischers career includes
successful experience at
all gymnastics levels, from
preschool to high school;
college to elite, according
Twisters board member
Kirsten Dockter.
She is current on knowl-
edge of national gymnastics
programs and standards, in-
cluding the Federation Inter-
nationale de Gymnastique
(FIG) code of points and
skill requirements through
Elite; the Talent Opportu-
nity Program (TOPS); and
National Team Warmup,
according to a release.
Suzanne is a great choice
for this position because of
her extensive knowledge
and experience in the sport
of gymnastics, said Mari
Milender, Twisters coach.
Suzanne is great with the
gymnasts. I think she is very
capable of bringing the gym-
nastics team to new heights
in Valley City. I'm excited to
see the gym grow and exceed
expectations with Suzanne
leading the way.
While at Branch Gym-
nastics, Fischer coached
the level 8 and 9 girls to re-
gionals and one level 9 girl
to nationals, while greatly
improving the compulsory
gymnasts.
Prior to joining Branch
Gymnastics, she served as
head coach and program di-
rector at Infnite Gymnastics
in Wisconsin. She coached
and managed the girls teams
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Y
oure remodeling
your home you
want to get rid of
some old built-in cabinets
you take them down and
discover a two-foot patch of
mold on the wall. Or maybe
a water pipe breaks in your
basement and some walls
and carpet get saturated.
Despite your best eforts to
dry the area, you still have
this lingering moldy smell.
Mold and mildew issues
are a fairly common prob-
lem that most people have
to deal with at some point in
life. Sometimes the answer
to the problem is simple. At
other times, it may be a ma-
jor undertaking to rid your
home of mold damage, such
as afer a food.
Te answer to the latter
type of mold issue will like-
ly involve hiring a cleaning-
restoration professional
and/or a reputable carpen-
ter. In any case, a rapid re-
sponse to any water dam-
age is crucial if you want to
avoid costly repairs later.
Be aware that:
n Within minutes, water
contamination spreads to
unafected areas.
n Within hours, sheet-
rock swells and disinte-
grates, bacterial odor be-
comes apparent.
n Within days, mold ap-
pears along with musty
odor.
n Within weeks, mold
associated with prolonged
dampness penetrates or-
ganic host materials (paper
covering on sheetrock, pan-
eling, wood, etc.) and mold
can form.
So, lets look at some
fairly simple ways to clean
up smaller problems before
they turn into major mold
projects.
First of all, because molds
thrive at room temperature,
moisture control becomes
a key factor to preventing
indoor mold growth. Com-
mon mois-
ture sources
i n c l u d e
b a c k e d -
up sewers,
leaky roofs,
humi di f i -
ers, damp
basement s
or crawl
spaces, constant plumbing
leaks, shower/bath steam
and leaks, clothes dryers
and combustion appliances
(stove, furnace, water heat-
er, etc.) not exhausted to the
outdoors.
Bathrooms are a constant
source of moisture for mold
remember to use your
vent fan (if available) and
wipe down tile and shower
walls afer each use.
Mold growth may be
found behind walls or un-
derneath materials where
water has damaged the
surface. Look for discol-
oration and leaching from
plaster or ceiling tile or
obvious mold growth eas-
ily detected on sight. Test-
ing is not recommended as
the frst step to determine if
you have a mold problem.
Reliable sampling for mold
can be expensive and re-
quires equipment not usu-
ally available to the general
public.
Removing the source of
moisture is especially im-
portant before replacing any
discarded items with new
materials in order to pre-
vent the new materials from
becoming moldy. Discard
any porous materials such
as paper, wallboard, carpet,
sheetrock and insulation
that exhibit mold growth.
Hard surfaced materi-
als such as glass, plastic or
metal can be kept afer they
are cleaned and disinfected.
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Te important thing to
remember when consider-
ing what to keep and what
to discard is that the mold
needs to be removed. Sim-
ply killing the mold may be
inadequate because it does
not remove the mold aller-
gens from the environment.
One important exception to
consider is canned food. For
more information regarding
canned food go to HYPER-
LINK http://www.ag.ndsu.
edu/flood/home/safe-han-
dling-of-food-and-utensils-
afer-a-disaster http://www.
ag.ndsu.edu/flood/home/
safe-handling-of-food-and-
utensils-afer-a-disaster.
Depending on the size of
the area to be cleaned, aller-
gy sensitive people should
leave the area while the
work is being done. Wear
protective clothing (that can
be cleaned thoroughly or
discarded), gloves, goggles
and breathing protection.
Seal of the area as much as
possible (including air vents
near the work area) and re-
move any furnishings from
the area for later cleaning.
Provide ventilation by open-
ing windows. Use a HEPA
air flter in the work area if
one is available.
Before disinfecting con-
taminated areas, clean the
areas to remove as much
mold as possible. Clean
with a non-ammonia deter-
gent in hot water. Scrub the
entire area afected by the
moisture. Use a stif brush or
cleaning pad on block walls
or uneven surfaces. Rinse
the area with clean water.
Toroughly dry the area as
quickly as possible by open-
ing windows and using fans
and/or dehumidifers.
Afer removing as much
mold as possible, a disin-
fectant can be used to kill
mold that might remain. A
10 percent bleach solution
(1.5 cups bleach to 1 gal-
lon water) is recommended.
Apply a thin coat of bleach
solution to the entire area,
ensuring that the entire area
is cleaned, not just where the
moisture problem occurred
and the mold growth was
removed. Use a sprayer or a
sponge to apply the solution
liberally, but avoid excessive
amounts of runof or stand-
ing pools. Allow the area to
dry naturally (no fans). Dry-
ing time is important for the
disinfectant to be efective
at killing mold and bacteria.
*Warning! Never mix bleach
and ammonia. Te fumes
are toxic.
If you still smell mold,
continue to dry out the area
and search for any hidden
areas of mold growth. You
may have to clean the area
more than once. Do not re-
place fooring or begin to
rebuild with fnish materials
until the area has dried com-
pletely.
For more information, contact City-
County Health District at 845-8518.
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I
must be a deer hunter now. Sure, the
progression was slow at frst; having
not shot a rife before the age of 23, I
had more experience pumping the orange
shotgun at the big bucks that ran across
the screen of the arcade game at the local
bowling alley than I did in pursuing actual
game with a frearm.
But when I harvested my frst deer, drew
my frst arrow back on my compound bow
and came to the realization that the hunt
and not necessarily the kill was the reason to be in the
feld, I knew I was quickly on my way to becoming one.
Now, what once seemed like a lot of activities which might
have interrupted summer fshing or were passed of when
done by others as just symptoms of buck fever, is part of
the new normal.
Afer this weekend, Im sure it is, and Im sure that Im
a deer hunter. High temperatures in the 90s, a dew point
that triggered an immediate sweat on the frst step out-
side, and swarms of mosquitoes, black fies and no-see-
ums in the woods didnt faze me as I wandered toward
the frst stand site with my buddy. Not even tangles of
twisted brambles and briars, along with burrs and other
clinging forest seeds could slow me down.
And when we jumped a pair of bucks a
respectable fve-by-fve and a smaller eight-
pointer I doubled my step and my heart
rose further with anticipation of a success-
ful season.
In those conditions, I was able to fnd an
outlet for the anticipation that comes with
the turn of the calendar one page closer to
autumn and bow hunting opener. I spent
most of both days hoisting stands up into
the trees, trimming branches with my
friend for shooting lanes, and laying out
mineral licks in front of trail cameras in
hopes of getting a good look at the two deer
we jumped from their cover, and perhaps
other, bigger ones that might be in the area.
I used to think this kind of behavior
the cutting, the climbing, the plotting and
planning was of someone stricken with
buck fever, but now Im starting to get the
picture. Its just, well, normal behavior.
In the past, as a casual cervid hunter,
well before the frst THWACK! of an arrow
against my shooting block sounded in the
backyard, I would have waited until a week
or two to throw up a stand and maybe just
days before the season to sight my weapon
in. But now, as I draw back and direct the
fight of each arrow to the white spots on
the target afer work every other night, Im
out months in advance, focused on the sea-
son to come. And the fact that Im out there
10 weeks ahead of opening day might seem
crazy to some (including the me of 10 years
ago), it has become just part of the hunt now for me.
Even while fshing walleyes on Friday evening afer
work, I kept counting down the weekends plans. Tree
stands to put up, two digital trail cameras with memory
cards to clean, and, if a shot of rain ever gets forecast in
the next few weeks, one shooter plot to put in place. By
Sunday afernoon, I was
unwinding from the physi-
cal tasks in the backyard,
but mentally planning for
the next trip to check the
cameras for confrmation
on the estimated num-
ber of antler points and
setting tentative planting
plans based on the 10-day
forecast for the best guess
at the badly-needed mois-
ture to help my would-be
food plot germinate with
enough time to grow a
crop before the season
begins.
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N
o matter the course
in life, when we
sit down and look
at the details of the years
it inevitably leads to some
arguments on when and
where an event took place,
or if it even really actually
happened.
Anglers are famous for
embellishing stories of the
one that got away (aer
ghting for 36 hours), the
size (the perch was bigger
than my bowling ball) or
even how bad the weather
was (the waves were big
enough to surf).
But alas, there are some
facts that have stayed the
same with time, which I
think can help us better
understand the rich history
of shing in North Dakota.
Heres a snapshot of some
key moments in state sh-
ing history, starting before
North Dakota was even a
state, and thats no sh tale!
1881 - First sh law as the
territorial legislature pro-
hibited the use of nets in
taking sh
in certain
waters at
certain
times.
1889 -
North Da-
kota became
a state.
1893
- First documented sh
stocking black (large-
mouth) bass into Lake Me-
tigoshe, Bottineau County.
1908 - North Dakotas
oldest reservoir, North
Lemmon Dam in Adams
County, was built.
1909 e St. John sh
hatchery between Gravel
and Upsilon lakes in Bot-
tineau County was built.
1923 e Spiritwood
Lake sh hatchery in Stut-
sman County north Jame-
stown was built at about the
same time as the St. John
hatchery closed.
1924 - Authorized by the
state legislature in 1923,
shing licenses were rst
required with total sales for
the year at 274.
1934 - About 14,000
resident and 10 nonresident
shing licenses sold.
1939 - Lake Ilo in Dunn
County is the states largest
reservoir.
1949 - North Dakota
Game and Fish Department
hires rst sheries biologist.
1953 - Garrison Dam
completed. Little to no sh-
ing activity on the Missouri
River
System, and none on
Devils Lake. Approximately
40-50 shing waters
statewide.
1954 - First boating regu-
lations established and rst
trout stocked by sheries
personnel. Cost of shing
license increased to $1.
1960 - First year of the
Whopper Club and rst
year of mandatory boat
registration.
1961 - 815 sh houses
licensed and Heart Butte
Reservoir in Grant County
acclaimed as the walleye
capitol of North Dakota.
1964 - Lake Ashtabula
noted as the perch lake in
the state.
1965 - First time sh-
ing license sales reached
100,000.
1966 Cost of shing
license increased to $3.
1969 - By legislative reso-
lution, the northern pike is
named North Dakotas state
sh.
1971 - Rainbow
smelt stocked into Lake
Sakakawea.
1975 Missouri River
System opened to shing
year-round.
1976 - First whopper
catsh recorded from
the Red River. Chinook
salmon stocked into Lake
Sakakawea.
LEIER: 14
NORTH DAKOTA OUTDOORS
By Doug
Leier
Facts, not sh tales, about North Dakotas state angling history
SIMONSON: From 12
All these things have be-
come more than just time-
llers and they cant be
dismissed as just random
symptoms of antler-lust
gone wild. ese activities,
Ive determined, are all part
of the hunt, even if theyre
weeks out from opening
day. More importantly
theyre part of the proper
respect we pay to our
quarry and another unique
part of the tradition of deer
huntingin our outdoors.
Nick Simonson grew up in Valley City.
1923 The Spiritwood Lake sh hatchery in Stutsman County north Jamestown was
built at about the same time as the St. John hatchery closed. (Photo/NDGF)
Pick-up topper for
sale, fts full size box,
green color, sliding win-
dows, good condition -
$200. Call 845-9915 for
address.
Fridge for sale. Gib-
son. 21.7 cu ft. Almond.
Works great. $250. In
Cooperstown. 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. Con-
tact Donelda to make
arrangements 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 negotiate. 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 pillows;
call 701-762-4496.
CHEVY MALIBU
2003. very good condi-
tion. Call 840-9386
1955 Ford 2-ton 272
V8, hoist. $700 OBO.
Leave message: 701-
840-2741.
2001 Honda Shad-
ow 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
community like ours.
This movie will help the
public better understand
the consequences when
400 wind turbine are in-
stalled near homes and
farms. People living in
the townships of Green,
Heman, Svea, Hobart
and Marsh, where the
Green Hill Energy Proj-
ect may have an im-
pact, are encouraged to
contact me so we can
make arraignments to
make the movie avail-
able for your free per-
sonal viewing. If you
are interested in seeing
this documentary, I can
be reached at the fol-
lowing phone number
or address, where ar-
rangements can be
made: Paul Stenshoel,
223 Central Ave N in
Valley City or call 701-
840-9313.
Hummer H2 SUT.
Phone 701-840-9322.
Current or ex-Avon
ladies 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: Win-
chester 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 Sta-
bles in Tower City is a
full service training facil-
ity with Indoor-Outdoor
arenas. Offering training,
lessons, showing, sales,
and more. Contact Jen-
na for more information
and to reserve your spot
for this spring. Hurry!
Stalls are flling up fast.
608-566-4237.
ATTENTION FARM-
ERS. 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
family safe and warm
with an OUTDOOR
WOOD FURNACE from
Central Boiler. RLH En-
terprises 701-412-3143.
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.
COACH: From 9
levels 3-9, as well as devel-
oped and managed the rec-
reation program for both
boys and girls.
I am excited to become
a part of the Valley City
community, Fischer said.
I believe that gymnastics
provides not only for the
for physical needs of chil-
dren, but also teaches the
skills necessary to be suc-
cessful in all aspects of life.
I am looking forward to
developing champion gym-
nasts as well as happy, suc-
cessful individuals.
Fischer is a graduate of
Valparaiso University in In-
diana. Her love of gymnas-
tics began in high school,
where she competed as a
gymnast and participated
on the dance team. While
in college, she contin-
ued to pursue her passion
for gymnastics, coaching
the Valparaiso University
Gymnastics Team to its highest scoring season.
A Michigan native, Fischer and her husband, Dave, have
three daughters, ages 10, 12 and 15. Her husband, also a
gymnastics coach, has experience up to level 9.
Te Valley Twisters board is very excited that Suzanne is
joining our club, said Twisters board member Amber Ol-
son. We feel that Suzanne will be a huge asset to our gym
with her experience and passion for the sport. We are very
excited for her and her family to join our community.
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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.
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persons without regard to
income restrictions.
Tis institution
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provider &
employer.
LAND - SALE/LEASE
SERVICES
leier: From 13
1978 - Fishing license in-
creased to $5.
1980 - 139 fshing waters
managed.
1982 - Record number
of fshing licenses sold
184,000. Catch and Re-
lease program initiated.
1984 - First year of trout
and salmon stamp. Game
and Fish provided cost-
share with a local group on
a poured cement ramp.
1987 - Te frst fsh
cleaning station was built.
1988 - Large expansion
of trout and salmon facility
at Garrison Dam National
Fish Hatchery was dedi-
cated
1989 - First 10 of 40
new fsh rearing ponds
completed at Garrison fsh
hatchery. Fishing license
increased to $9.
1993 - Statewide year-
round fshing season imple-
mented.
1996 - Fishing license
increased to $10. Trout/
salmon stamp eliminated.
Four lines legal
statewide for ice fshing.
2012 - Fishing licenses
still $10, but more than 350
fshing lakes statewide.
Leier, a biologist with the North Dakota
Game and Fish Department, can be
reached by email: dleier@nd.gov
WANTED
Nome Post Ofce
Te US Postal Service is
accepting applications for
the position of Postmas-
ter Replacement at Nome.
Postmaster Replacements
sort and distribute the mail
daily. Tey also perform a
variety of services at public
windows of postal facilities.
Te work involves continu-
ous standing, stretching,
lifing and reaching. Tis
is a non-career position
and does not provide ben-
efts. Te beginning salary
is $11.76 per hour. Contact
Elaine Wadeson, Postmas-
ter, at 701-924-8264 for
more information. Apply
online at http://usps.com/
employment until July 25,
2012. Te US Postal Service
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sCouTs: from 8
sheet, N.D. has something
more then a passing interest
in the Boy Scouts of Ameri-
ca in that the founder of the
movement in this country, a
wealthy Chicago publisher
named W. D. Boyce, had
operated one of the frst
newspapers in the city of
Lisbon.
Since Te Independent
now goes to Lisbon, resi-
dents there should fnd the
city connection to be some-
thing for pride.
Te formation of the
frst National Council for
the scouts was in 1910 and
within months chapters
were appearing in the state,
but according to the McKe-
on document usually with-
out the assistance from the
national organization!
Te photo above shows a
studious Scout of the time
in full uniform probably
studying mapping. McKeon
notes that scouting started
as a way to help fll the lei-
sure time more boys had
around the advent of the
industrial age. Girls were
apparently still considered
to have no leisure time to
spare!
Te Boy Scouts started
in England but soon spread
to several countries. Te
aforementioned W. D.
Boyce brought it to Amer-
ica. Boyce got interested in
youth work by organizing
boys to hawk his papers
when he had been a pub-
lisher in Lisbon.
An April 1, 1911, news-
paper report provides the
frst record of scouting here,
with an April 21 meeting
held later at the Congrega-
tional Church, where the
Rev. Adair and a Boy Scout
from Fargo gave speeches.
Mr. McKeon quotes the
notice of the meeting as
saying the Boy Scouts were
to be a cure for everything
from national degenera-
tion to Consumption, the
White mans Plague. Has
anything really changed
over the last 100 years? Lets
hear it for the Scouts or have
a Big Mac
George W. Hanna of the
public school system was
put in charge as the perma-
nent chairperson, McKeon
notes. All the pastors of the
city were made members
by default, as we would say
now, whether they wanted
to or not! Even the Mayor
and one of the professors at
the college were assigned.
Initially, three troops
were set up based at three
churches: All Saints Episco-
pal Church, the Congrega-
tional Church and the Meth-
odist Church. I am not sure
why the Lutheran churches
were not involved? Perhaps
a language problem?
Fern B. Monson of Far-
go was the boy who spoke
at the frst meeting and
by 1925 was a member of
the national Boy Scouts of
America staf. You heard
him here frst. Well your
grandparents or great-
grandparents did.
At lef is a picture of one
of Valley Citys frst Scout-
masters, also in full uni-
form. He was one of the
most active scoutmasters in
Valley City at the time.
Apparently, the Scouts
were supposed to have tak-
en part in the Chautauqua
programs held at the Val-
ley Citye park in 1911, al-
though there is no record of
what they did!
Te Chautauqua were
a combination of revival
meeting, cultural leisure se-
ries, camping trip and a long
picnic. People would come
and live in tents, attend lec-
tures, play games, conduct
religious services and, in
general, relieve the tedium
of a farm country summer,
as Mr .McKeon says. No
TV or video games at that
time you know. You made
your own entertainment.
Tese programs obvious-
ly went on for some time in
VC as I remember going to
a revival tent meeting with
my parents as a young child
many years later than 1911.
Really! Perhaps not THAT
many years later, but later.
Te following towns had
enough Ccouts at the time
to want to send members
to the frst encampment in
1912, held in Valley City at
or near Chautauqua: Coo-
perstown, Casselton Car-
rington, New Rockford,
Erie, Ayr, Hope, Hankin-
son, Wimbleton and others.
Ironically, Lisbon was not
mentioned as one in McKe-
ons historical article!
In fact, for reasons not
now known, the newly
formed group from Cassel-
ton took the train to Kath-
ryn and then hiked the 16
miles to the Chautauqua
Park area, apparently led by
a woman! Te scouts then
met their leader in VC.
Te exact location of the
encampment was across the
river from the park in what
was then called Mudgetts
Grove, and just north of the
then suspension bridge. Te
land was donated for use by
Major Charles F. Mudgett
who was the father of one
of the scouts.
As you can see from the
map below furnished by
Mr. McKeon (below right),
the frst Boy Scout encamp-
ment was located directly
across from the eastern
most part of the park and
across from the old swim-
ming hole you saw recently
in Te Independent from a
postcard from the collec-
tion of Dennis Stillings.
enCampmenT: 16
ENCAMPMENT: From 15
Te suspension bridge de-
picted on McKeons map ap-
parently connected the park
to the encampment. Only
Scouts were permitted in the
encampment, without prior
permission of the Scout Ma-
jor.
I have heard there is a path
still leading to that area from
the other side, but the bridge
has been long gone.
Tis frst encampment
took place from July 12th
through the 21st fo 1912 and
included the Scouts pictured
below: G. Webster; Warren
Hanna; Glen Moe; R. Pray;
C. Anfnson; Bryan Clark; R
Pray; J. Cook; G. Moultrie;
Scoutmaster James Nelson;
H. Davidson; E. Holcob; H.
Swansee; G. Mudgett; and J.
McDonald.
Activites at the encamp-
ment were somewhat regi-
mented from 6 a.m. until
10 p.m., but most appeared
to have a good time. Swim-
ming, singing, etc. Council
fres in the evening.
Warren Hanna, who was
quoted many years later af-
ter hed moved to California,
noted: Although a certain
amount of camp discipline
and decorum was required,
we all had a happy time,
which - as Mr. McKeon ob-
serves in the conclusion of
his article on the encamp-
ment - which has been the
object of all Scout camps
then and since.
Happy 100th Birthday to
the Scouts. Live long and
prosper.
PS. Tere is NOTHING to
the rumor that Dennis Still-
ing attended this encamp-
ment and took the pictures
with his box camera.
Information and photos edited by
Lowell Busching from documents
furnished by George Dutton.
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