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ow, its already September and that means school is in full swing across the state overlapping a bountiful harvest season. What better combination for education By Sue B. about food and farming? North Dakota Farm to Balcom School Week is Sept. 16-22. Thats a great excuse to get some locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables into your schools; tour gardens and farms; and involve children in planning a school garden. Teaching youngsters about growing food and making the connection between food and farmers provides a wonderful foundation for better and healthier eating habits. What are you doing for farm to school? It doesnt have to be much sharing the apples from the tree in your yard or maybe visiting the school and sharing the difference be-
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ansom Countys semi-annual Sodbuster Days, a living history weekend held at Fort Ransom, N.D., features many early pioneer village activities conducted as they were originally performed from the early 20th century to the 1950s. is celebration of pioneer days, set for Sept. 8-9, showcases the beginning of mechanization and innovations that revolutionized the American farm. With a focus on harvest, including the hay, potato and grain harvest, visitors can climb in to the back of a horse-drawn (Belgian and Percheron horses) wagon for a short ride around the farm, pick potatoes or pick up a pitchfork and feed grain into the threshing machine. Other pioneer homesteading activities set for the weekend include: Flintknapping, looming, carding, weaving; Scherenchnitte - paper cutting design; Silversmithing; Blacksmith Shop; Tatting, Spinning; Antique vehicles and
equipment display; Wheelwright demonstrations; Gas engine demonstrations; reshing Machine Bundle Feeder; Pedal-powered woodworking; Horse-powered corn binder; and Horsedrawn potato picker. In addition, an antique machinery exhibit is a permanent display on the grounds. Old-time entertainment is also part of the weekend, including a watermelon seedspitting contest, pie auction, folk music and bluegrass jam session. e event is hosted by the Fort Ransom Sodbusters Association, a non-pro t volunteer organization with a mission to pay tribute to our pioneer ancestors and their lifestyle. e organization works to preserve the Turn of the Century Sunne Farmsite located on the grounds of the Fort Ransom State Park. Entry fees are modest: $5 per day. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4p.m. Sunday.
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its monthly acoustic bluegrass jam session from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Barnes County Museum in downtown Valley City. The jam is free and open to the public. More info: John Andrus, 701-762-4891. The Wings and Wheels AirShow takes place at the Barnes County Municipal Airport north of Valley City with gates opening at 10 a.m. Events included in the show: Bridge City Cruisers Show & Shine begins at noon. AirShow starts at 3 p.m. BBQ supper from 6 to 8 p.m. Dance from 8:30 p.m. To 12:30 a.m. Night AirShow at 9:30 p.m. Fireworks at 10 p.m. LIVE MUSIC: The Valley City Eagles Aerie hosts the Allen Edwards Dinner Show. Dinner: 6:30 p.m.; Show 7:30 p.m. All ages welcome. Ticket info: 701845-2192. from 10 a.m. to noon every Saturday through HallowLIVE MUSIC: 8 Hour Band plays from 8:30 p.m. een at Hinschberger Park. More info: Becky Huber, To 12:30 a.m. at the VFW 701-924-8278. Club in downtown Valley City. A benet for Brent Bubba Baumann, who AA (Alcoholics Anonywas injured in a fourmous) meetings take place every Monday, Wednesday wheeler accident, includes and Saturday at 8 p.m. and a motorcyle and fourevery Sunday at 7:30 p.m. wheeler run, silent auction and porkfeed, and karaoke at Fellowship Corner, 320 2nd Ave. S.E. in Valley City. entertainment. Registration for the poker run begins At 5:30 p.m. Fridays, the meeting is in the Sheyenne at 11 a.m. at Mississippi Tower Bar in Tower City, Care Center conference room. The last Saturday of N.D. The pork feed begins at 4 p.m. - $10 adults; $5 the month is open for all to attend. More info: Sister kids. A 6 p.m. gun rafe Suzanne Stahl, 845-2864. and silent auction is at the Tower City Community The Fort Ransom SodCenter. Karaoke follows busters Association hosts at MTB. Monies raised will Sodbusters Days at Fort help defray the costs of Ransom State Park. More Baumanns medical exinfo: 701-973-4331. penses. Brent Baumann Roses Valley City Farm- Benet donations accepted at First State Bank ers Market takes place of North Dakota, PO Box 125, Buffalo, ND 58011. More info: 701-793-2663 or 701-646-6729. The Fort Ransom Sodbusters Association hosts Sodbusters Days at Fort Ransom State Park. More info: 701-973-4331. a.m. To 1 p.m. At the Hannaford Community Center. On the menu: smoked pork/bun, macaroni salad, potato salad, cole slaw, beverage and dessert. Funds raised will help defray Kunkels medical expenses.
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Spring Creek Lutheran Churchs Annual Burger and Bean Bonanza runs from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Spring Creek Lutheran Church in Hastings, N.D. The menu features burgers, baked beans, potato and cookie salads. There is also a bake sale along with raffle tickets for sale with two prizes - a $100 gas card and a $50 meat certificate. More info: Pastor Marcia Hegna, revmarcia@ hotmail.com or 701-7624228. AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) meetings take place every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and every Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at Fellowship Corner, 320 2nd Ave. S.E. in Valley City. At 5:30 p.m. Fridays, the meeting is in the Sheyenne Care Center conference room. The last Saturday of
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AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) meetings take place every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and every Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at Fellowship Corner, 320 2nd Ave. S.E. in Valley City. At 5:30 p.m. Fridays, the meeting is in the Sheyenne Care Center conference room. The last Saturday of the month is open for all to attend. More info: Sister Suzanne Stahl, 845-2864. Valley City Rotary Club meets every Tuesday at noon at the Valley City VFW. The Valley City School Board holds its regular meeting at 5 p.m. at the Central Administration Building on Central Avenue in Valley City. The Page Area Farmers Market takes place from 5 to 7 p.m. at Page City Park. The Valley City-Barnes County Public Library Board holds its regular meeting at 5:15 p.m. at the library in Valley City. More info: Mary, 701-845-3821. The Sheyenne Valley Friends of Animals organization hosts its annual meeting at 7 p.m. in the Valley City Municipal Courtroom. The meeting includes election of board members by paid members. On the ballot are Julee Russell, Ellen Bjelland, Sheryl Solberg and Tracy Lee. Also on the agenda: committee and animal updates, treats and door prizes. More info: Pam Erickson, svfa.pam@ gmail.com Valley City Kiwanis Club meets every Wednesday at 12:04 p.m. at the Valley City VFW. The Barnes County Soil Conservation Board meets every second Wednesday of the month at 4 p.m. at the Barnes County SCD office, 575 10th St. S.W., Valley City. More info: 701845-3114, Ext. 3. Texas Holdem Tournament is every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Eagles Aerie, Valley City. Open to all player levels. More info: Richard Hass: 840-2612. Free, for people 21+. food and music rounding out the evening event. Free. More info: Anita, 701253-5234. Barnes County Wildlife holds it monthly meeting at the Valley City VFW. Burgers at 6 p.m., meeting at 7 p.m. More info: Perry Kapaun, pskapaun@msn. com
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lin. 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. Catherine School gym basement, Valley City. Anyone is welcome; no experience necessary. More info: Lela
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Visual Art: An exhibition of work by Jennifer Wells and Andrea Moon is on display at the Valley City State University Gallery from Monday, Aug. 27, through Sept. 28. More info: linda.whitney@vcsu. edu Open Mic takes place at Duttons Parlour in downtown Valley City every Wednesday from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Entertainers (music, comedy, poetry, etc.) and audience members are welcome. No cost. Tops Club of Enderlin meets every Thursday at the Senior Center in Ender-
AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) meetings take place every Monday, Wednesday The Buffalo Commuand Saturday at 8 p.m. and nity Health Ministry board every Sunday at 7:30 p.m. meets the second Tuesday at Fellowship Corner, 320 of each month. More info: 2nd Ave. S.E. in Valley City. Parish Nurse Gwen Fraase, At 5:30 p.m. Fridays, the 701-633-5533. meeting is in the Sheyenne Tower City Senior Care Center conference Citizens group meets every room. The last Saturday of Wednesday at the Comthe month is open for all munity Center in Tower City to attend. More info: Sister from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Suzanne Stahl, 845-2864. A meal is served. More The Jamestown Addicinfo: Betty Gibbons, presition Counselors Associadent, 701-840-0184. tion is hosting its Fourth Storytime takes place Annual Recovery Walk from at 10:30 a.m. at the Valley 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. At McElCity-Barnes County Public roy Park Sertoma Shelter Library. More info: Mary, in Jamestown as part of 845-3821. Recovery Month 2012 with
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A better long-term solution is to regularly prune out old canes (do this after flowering in late spring), and increase the sunlight to the bushes (remove overhead branches of nearby trees). Rake away infected leaves this fall to get the fungus out of the area. n Newly planted trees and shrubs should be watered regularly until the ground freezes. n Dont fertilize trees and shrubs now. This will lead to succulent growth that will be winterkilled. n The fall webworm and other leaf-eating caterpillars can be found on trees now. Dont worry. The leaves have done their job for the year and were soon going to drop anyhow. Insecticide treatments are not warranted. n Cankerworms may defoliate trees in spring. Repeated defoliation over several years can stress trees and cause branches to die back. The wingless female moths of fall cankerworms climb up trees in September to lay their eggs. If you have had repeated infestations in recent years, you can trap the crawling moths by placing a 3- to 4-inch band around the tree. Apply a thin layer of a sticky material such as Tanglefoot on the band. A picnic on Food Day. If you got the Food Day resource site at www.foodday.org you can register your event for North Dakota and/or order free resources to use. Whew, lots of opportunities to share a good meal with your friends this Fall. Let us know if we can help; or just let us know what you are doing. Eat well my friends.
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BETWEEN THE ROWS: From 7 now. Trim away their foliage once its yellowed. September is a good time to divide these plants. n Lift gladiolus corms when leaves begin to brown. Dry in the sun for a few days before storing indoors overwinter. Kentucky bluegrass is a hardy grass that is recommended for sunny areas. The fine/ red fescues are best for shade. Perennial ryegrass is useful since it germinates rapidly and stabilizes the soil until the other lawn grasses emerge. n Fall is the most important time to fertilize your lawn. Lawns are actively growing and will develop most of their roots this time of year. If you fertilize your lawn only once a year, do so in early September. For higher maintenance lawns, a followup fertilization in mid-October is also recommended. n Lawn aeration is like us getting a massage: most of us would enjoy it, but we really dont need it. If your soil is hard and compacted, fall is the best time to aerate it. Aerated lawns will respond with vigorous root growth until the ground freezes. Many persons overseed immediate after aeration. If overseeding, do this by mid-September. n Creeping Charlie is difficult to control. Mid-September to mid-October is the best time to control it. Use broadleaf weed killers that contain dicamba (this includes Trimec formulations). Give the chemical a couple weeks to work. If that doesnt kill it, use a broadleaf weed killing products that contains triclopyr.
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he full moon is an interesting time in the lunar cycle. Theres something with the gravitational pull that makes crazy things happen. I dont pay too much attention and dont ask me to explain the theory exactly, but I do find it interesting. Having worked in a television newsroom, whenever we got bombarded By Sarah with a big heap of crazy news at the same McCurdy time, someone always hollered, Is there a full moon or something? Often, there was. Last week during the full moon a blue moon I woke up in the middle of the night and had trouble making it back to dreamland. I trudged downstairs and set up camp on the couch, snuggling under a blanket with my blearyeyed dog cuddling close. We spent an hour or two keeping up with the Kardashians on reality television and watched whatever else is on at 3 a.m. I was getting quite sleepy but it was almost time for my husbands early morning alarm to go off and I didnt want to wake him up a second early. I thought I would stall for a few minutes before going back upstairs. I filled up a glass of water and peaked out the kitchen window. The full moon was captivating and seemed extra bright. Finally I turned out the lights on the main floor and I tip toed up our steep staircase. That bright white moonlight flowed through a small window at the top of the flight the combination of the light and the extreme silence created an eerily calm moment. As I approached the top stair something in my peripheral vision caught my eye on the landing. My mind raced as I began to piece together what was happening. I realized that next to me was a very tall figure in what appeared to be a flowing white gown it stood close enough for me to reach out and touch it. I stopped breathing due to fear. The white figure seemed to float above the top of the landing and the brilliant illumination of the full moon made the figure easier to see. I started to breathe again. Then I screamed. It was loud, sharp, and it likely woke at least one person in the neighborhood. What the heck are you doing? I heard a voice ask, in a confused tone. My eyes adjusted to the darkness and I realized it was my husband standing on the landing, in his white robe. What the heck am I doing? I fired back. What the heck are you doing? Terry was up for the morning and just waking up. I happened to accelerate that process with my shrill, involuntary vocal stylings. Im sure someone in the neighborhood has called the police after that, he said dryly. Once I was able to process exactly what had taken place, I tried to slow my terrified racing heart and I started to laughhysterically. I guess strange occurrences including near ghost sightings really do happen under a full moon.
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By Ron Smith, Horticulturist NDSU Extension Service Q: I have two adult walnut trees in my yard that have green walnuts the size of golf balls. How do I know when the walnuts are ripe and ready to pick? What signs do I look for? (Franklin, N.C.) A: They should be ripe by now or very close to it. The nuts outer husk is dehiscent, which means the husk will split open when the fruit inside is mature. If youve never worked with black walnuts, be prepared to have black-stained hands for about a week or wear disposable gloves. Generally, when the local squirrel population shows an interest in the nuts also is a good barometer of when they are mature. At that point, youd better move quickly to get any kind of a harvest! Q: Can picking tomatoes before they are ripe lessen the chance of blossom end rot (BER) from occurring? (email reference) A: It should, at least somewhat. The final cell formation takes place while the tomatoes are green. If BER hasnt shown up by then, the tomato should ripen without the BER manifesting itself. By removing the tomatoes from the vine, the water pressure surges that can cause BER also are gone, so the chances of success should be increased quite a bit. Q: The bark on my lilac tree has a green, powdery substance on it. It almost looks like a moss or mildew. Every year, the tree seems to produce fewer lilacs. I HORTISCOPE: 13
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ome of North Dakotas political candidates, and many political observers in the state, seem to have lost sight of the concept of consent of the governed. Much of the campaigning in the Public Service Commission race between Democrat Brad Crabtree and Republican By Rob Randy Christmann, and the U.S. House Port race between Democrat Pam Gulleson and Republican Kevin Cramer, has circled around allegedly unethical campaign contributions Cramer and fellow Republican PSC member Brian Kalk took from coal and wind power energy interests. Crabtree and Gulleson have, in their written statements on the matter, walked a fine line between mere opinion and libel in suggesting that these contributions are illegal, and perhaps have violated campaign laws prohibiting coordination between state and federal candidates. Ill leave those issues to others. What interests me is this idea that those who are regulated should get no say in who regulates them. What we are dealing with are contributions from individuals and registered political action committees made to statewide candidates and disclosed as required by law. Whats more, those alleging that these contributions are unethical can point to no action taken by either Kalk or Cramer which represents the quid for the allegedly unethical quo. The Democrats expect us to believe that these contributions are in and of themselves unethical, but lets examine that for a moment. We elect legislators and governors to make and enforce laws for all of us. We elect an Agriculture Commissioner to administer policy for ranchers and farmers. We elect a Superintendent to administer education policy. If we take the logic espoused by the Democrats - that contributions from those who are regulated to those who govern them are inherently unethical - then farmers are behaving unethically when they contribute to candidates for Ag Commissioner. Teachers are behaving unethically when they contribute to candidates for Superintendent. And were all behaving unethically when we contribute to legislative or gubernatorial candidates. If this sounds absurd, thats because it is. But it is this absurdity that Democrats hope we will buy into when they apply it with narrow focus to their opponents. The manufactured controversy in the PSC race isnt the only place where our friends on the left are attacking free political speech. Nationally, liberals have railed against federal court rulings, chiefly the Citizens United vs. FEC ruling, holding that independent political spending by corporations and other organizations is protected free speech. Theyd have us believe that individuals, when acting through a group like a political non-profit or a corporation, lose their free speech protections. This smacks of politicians and political activists who generally support policy that is restrictive and destructive to business looking to silence dissent from business PORT: 15
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Dont shoot the messenger Signature fraud kills natural resources measure
lleged fraud in the collection of signatures has rescued the initiated measure to divert state oil revenue to natural resources programs from the Nov. 6 By Lloyd Omdahl ballot. The measure was removed when it appeared that thousands of signatures were improperly entered on the petitions by paid circulators. The measure would have created a nine-member Clean Water, Lands and Outdoor Heritage Board to finance natural resource projects for various governmental and nonprofit organiza-
tions, using five percent of the states oil revenue. Advocates of the proposal explained that they were initiating the measure because North Dakota state government has not been inclined to address this critical issue.so the measure was written to ensure that the will of the voters is not subverted by the legislature. When the petitions were first circulated, sponsors expected that five percent of the oil revenue would yield $50 million annually for their projects. As the development of the Bakken field continued, however, that estimate ballooned to $85 million. By the first of the year, it could be well over $100 million. And even more in
the future. With the measure removed from the November ballot, the sponsors may have dodged defeat at the polls. They now have time to strengthen their case and review provisions of their constitutional amendment that could have been fatal. First of all, it must be conceded that the state has been negligent when it comes to natural resource protection and development. On this issue, the sponsors may have had a point but would they have had a case? It is indisputable that North Dakota has been extremely active in water development all across the state, providing capital funds for building and OMDAHL: 15
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IN MEMORY OF NEIL ARMSTRONG
Letter from Lowell Busching Valley City, ND ust like with the death of President Kennedy, they often say that most people remember where they were when Neil Armstrong set foot on the sand of the moon. I certainly do. Not only did it occur on my birthday, July 20th, by accident rather then design (they were originally supposed to land a day before), but I was working on the Apollo Program
at the time for Bendix Field Engineering on their contract work for NASA. I was on the Simulation Team that helped check out the readiness of the worldwide tracking stations to be part of the project to keep track of where they were and to transmit and collect the data. Thus, my job at that point was to help monitor what was going on in case the stations did something wrong. As was obvious with the results, they did everything right. From traveling to Bermuda to Guam to Ascension Island in the mid-Atlantic to
various stations, I had no doubt the mission would be successful because there was MUCH built-in redundancy, for one thing. Redundancies included making sure at least two stations were locked on to Armstrong and the crew at all times possible, except when they were behind the moon, of course. Without that redundancy, millions might never have seen Armstrong set foot on the moon live, or at least realized what they were seeing! We were watching like
everyone else at the Goddard Space Flight Center near Washington, D.C., the feed being given to the most trusted man in America at the time: Walter Cronkite. That was not an accident I am sure. Despite that, even today, there are people who doubt we actually landed on the moon, much like the birther movement today concerning Obama. Nothing will ever change their minds. The grainy, black and white images were hard to make out at best, but during A r m s t r o n g s BUSCHING: 15
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n a previous column, I tried to make the case that Mitt Romney might be an alien cyborg raised on Pluto, so far the only explanet in the universe. Im still trying to discover what Mitt is. He has no pimples, no cavities, perfect political hair with no dandruff, wears wrinkle-proof suits and $400 sharp-crease jeans and business shirts. Every time I see the robot explorer Curiosity moving across the Martian landscape I expect to see big and little Mormons running alongside that amazing machine. If I have the Mormon religion By Ed right, leaders Raymond who ascend to the very pinnacles of the church are awarded their own planet. Father George Romney must be up in the universe someplace. I still have no clue what makes Mitt tick. Mitt has been running for office for the last two decades, the presidency for six. He doesnt seem to have a single bone in his body. He can gyrate, twist, turn himself inside out, have rubber lips, and yoga himself into indescribable positions on every major issue. I ran across the perfect cartoon in the New Yorker the other day that summarizes Mitts flexibility. Is Mitt A Yam Not? Popeye is on a shrinks couch being psychoanalized by a character that looks like a Freudian Frankenstein. The psychiatrist is trying to pin Popeye down, but he is a slippery character. Popeye responds to the big question: ...So I yam what I yam, and thats all that I yam. But what if yam NOT what I yam? What if I yam what I yam NOT? How do we know what we yam? If we yam... Well, you get the picture. Mitt seems impenetrable. His brain is in constant flux. Its as if his three pounds
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of gray matter has been in a blender that never stops spinning those 100 trillion neurons into useless clumps. When the Mormons crossed Utah in the 19th century, forbidden to use tea or coffee, they discovered Mormon Tea, a mixture of ephedrine and other pharmacology related to amphetamines growing along the paths. Mitt acts as if he is a daily user. Example: Mitt claims he graduated GADFLY: 17
BUSCHING: From 14 descent down the ladder to the moon none of us could figure out what we were seeing!It was a blurred mess for unknown reasons. Antenna pointing or whatever. Even at that time in the late 60s, NASAs Sat. voice network was of excellent quality worldwide - like you were in the same room.Suddenly a loud voice came through the normally quiet speakers as Goddard had little to do with the landing itself. That was Houston. The voice was from the large backup antenna station in Australia, run by the Australians rather than our company. An exception. Do you know your image is upside down? the voice said.The director of the Goddard Operations was startled and said of course, No. He either quickly switched over to the Australian station or the operator at Goldstone Tracking Station in the Mojave Desert near Barstow (about 70 miles into the desert) heard that voice too and flipped the switch. This all happened before Armstrong actually OMDAHL: From 14 expanding water systems. But this has been done only because of the availability of vast sums of federal money, much of it from earmarking by the states Congressional delegation. To make their case for more state funding, the sponsors would be well-advised to appear at the next North Dakota legislative session and ask for the funding they feel is necessary. If the Legislature turns a deaf ear, then the sponsors could go back to the voters with proof that
jumped off the ladder to the surface. All subsequent broadcasts showed the correct orientation either by rebroadcasting the Australian data or correcting the tapes at Goldstone.Nothing further was ever said by anyone I know of about this. At least not to us contractors. The less said the better. Background. How could this glitch, as we called it or digital anomaly as the higher ups preferred, occur? For whatever reasons, the equipment at the tracking stations that took the incoming data and displayed it much like the very old cameras did that you have seen in the movies. The image was upside down. This was normally electronically swapped over for transmission off-site.That did not happen this time. Perhaps they were too concerned with the general poor quality of the TV image and did not notice?Who knows.The rest is history, just like Neil Armstrong himself.May he rest in peace. Now for some minor trivia on the Apollo Pro-
gram that few knew about at the time and even now.If it had not been switched over in time, all reruns would have looked OK, but only the few that for some reason had been looking at the top of their TV screens would have seen the event live the first time. I kid you not. I still remember was the guy standing next to me in the operations room at Goddard Space Flight Center in the D.C. area, where there were more likely to be NASA people than in Houston, as it was mostly monitoring at that point. He was a poster boy for NASA, I think - little talking of course, but I did find out he had been on the program from day one. He wore a threepiece dark suit and looked like a Hollywood version of a NASA engineer. Perhaps he was dressed to be the spokesperson if the mission failed, as most of us were in casual dress. Little if any cheering happened when it landed. He just said, Well thats it, probably thinking, Where do I go after this? Ha! Just another day at the office. And so, where were YOU when it happened? to defend a request for $55 million but virtually impossible to get the voters to approve an annual take of $100 million. There is no doubt that the sponsors are disappointed that their proposal has been sidetracked. All facts considered, it wouldnt have had a chance of passage. Supporters now have an opportunity to consider revising the proposal and make it more salable in a hard-fought campaign.
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the Legislature is neglecting the states natural resources. Giving the Legislature an opportunity to redeem itself is important. We learned in the fight over the $800 million the state won in its suit against the tobacco industry that the Legislature gets vindictive when it is bypassed. When the Legislature started spending the tobacco money on everything except tobacco programs, a committee successfully initiated a measure in 2008 calling for a committee and an appropriation to fight tobacco use.
Because it was bypassed, the 2009 legislature threw a tantrum and waited until the waning hours of the session to grudgingly pass the implementing legislation. By giving the Legislature a clear opportunity to fund natural resource development and protection, it would have little reason to fight an initiated measure intending to do what they refused to do. Another embarrassment avoided by stripping the measure from the ballot is the amount of money represented by five percent of the oil revenue. It would have been easy
PORT: From 14 interests. When we are speaking of political candidates, contributions should, of course, be disclosed. But when we are talking about private activism engaged in by private interests, anonymity can be important. Our founding fathers recognized this. Benjamin Franklin was famous for writing letters to publications under all manner of assumed names. When Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay were writing the Federalist Papers in an effort to influence the outcome of the political battle to ratify the Constitution, they did so using the pseudonym Publius. The authorship of those writings were a closely guarded secret at the time. Only the death of Alexander Hamilton, the better part of a decade after their initial publication, confirmed his authorship of most of the writings. The involvement of the other two writers still hasnt been confirmed except through the widely-accepted analysis work of historians. It is the message that matters, not the messenger. Those who seek the identity of the messenger are usually looking to obscure the message with attacks on that messenger. This is shoot the messenger writ large. But these lines of attacks get traction with the public, whether were talking about the PSC candidates issue or contributions made to independent political groups. For a lot of very good reasons, we are inclined to be cynical about the relationship between money and politics. But we ought to be careful for allowing that cynicism to be leveraged into popular opposition to what is otherwise perfectly legitimate political speech.
Rob Port blogs at the North Dakota politics website SayAnythingBlog.com Reach him by email at rob@sayanythingblog.com
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Letter from Bernie Wagner & Jim Drong - Valley City, ND ecently, the Republican candidate for the North Dakota Senate from District 24 sent out a letter which had some misconceptions about District 24 Democratic State Sen. Larry Robinson. Keith Hovland stated that District 24 has been on the outside looking in for th elast two decades. Were not sure where he has been living for 24 years, but he has his facts very wrong. He stated that Sen. Robinson had little in uence in the Legislature and we have not had a voice in Bismarck. In fact, Sen. Robinson is one of the most respected stete senators there. Sen. Robinson has been a strong
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supporter of North Dakota veterans and has done an outstanding job of protecting our rights and ghting for veterans issues. e problm sees to be in the opposing party in the Senate. We will state a few of the things that SEn. Robinson has done for the veterans of North Dakota: Sen. Robinson was very involved in securing stable funding for the ND Veterans Cemetery. early on, the cemetery struggled nancially. He worked to correct that issue and we now have a very lovely Beterans Cemetary. Many of our local veterans are buried there. He worked to keep and resisted several attempts to rais the Veterans Post War Trust Fund. e Republican Treasurer did all she could to get control over this. Sadly, she will keep trying to take it over, which is a big mistake; it
needs to be kept where it is. Sen. Robinson has been involved in the tuition waiver program for the National Guard. He was very involved in securing the state portino of funding for the new Veterns Home in Lisbon, which also was a real struggle. He has helped to get legislation providing preference of veternas in obtaining college coaching jobs, providing for veteranslicense plates, the mill levy e ort for veterans service o cers and many more pieces of legislation, including getting a highway designated as the 164 Infantry Highway for the veterans in the 164th Infantry. Very important is that Sen. Larry Robinson has not missed a vote on veterans issues. He has always worked hard for the veterans. eyes, nose and every other bodily crevice. (Have I mentioned it was hot?) A er doing this for half a day, I was lthy. Cleaning up in the bathroom at home was not allowed. Instead, I would rst go for a swim at the Little Dam; then I would visit the Municipal Pool and take a good shower. Next, I would swim in the pool for a while and, lastly, go home and take a bath. ere was still a ring of dirt in the tub when I nished. I suspect that imbedded dirt contributes to the famous farmers tan. I regard it as a great privilege to have been of conscious age at a time when local ethnic cultures were still strong and the old farm practices still existed. For a child, it was a wonderful world. By the early ies, rural electri cation had turned kerosene lamps into collectibles, and ice boxes into refrigerators. Wood-stove cooking was over, and horses a recreational luxury.
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STILLINGS: From 20 gathered, and milking was by hand. My most impressive memory of Julius farm was witnessing the slaughter of a large hog. I was probably no more than 5 or 6 years old at the time and I believe that no child would be allowed to witness this process today. In fact, I will not describe it here. ose who know will understand. I have since then, in my readings of famous writers, run across descriptions and allusions to the old farm-slaughtering of hogs. ey remembered the event vividly even to the end of their days. I can recall both my grandfather (Harlow Stillings Sr.) and my great-grandfather (Axel Axelson) strapping themselves into harness behind a team. ere was a dramatic instantaneous lurch when the horses started and the sod began to turn over. Since they had tractors, I suspect that they used horses for the fun of it, or else because my greatgrandfather was notoriously frugal to save money. I was very young when I accompanied my dad and grandfather to a threshing job. Neighbors got together
to do the harvest at one farm, then they would move on to another. Dinner was prepared and delivered by the women, and sandwiches on homemade bread were devoured enthusiastically. I remember little else of this adventure but it was sure hot that day. My dad li ed me up into the box of a grain truck where I saw a couple dozen interesting black beetles scurrying about. I grabbed a handful. at was a mistake. My grandfather worked regularly at the Axelson farm, where I spent more time when I was older. He would nish his rural mail route as quickly as possible, then he and I would head out for the farm o en in the old Model-T, which was a special treat. I loved to sit in the drivers seat of the parked Model-T pretending I was driving. For my entertainment at the farm, I was taught how to snare gophers, that skunks were not cats, and how to handle a gun. I roamed the hills and looked for unusual stones, occasionally getting butted from behind by playful calves. e farm dump was of considerable interest a real archaeological site.
Many of the objects I found there would have collector value today. My rst farm job was to re ll and tote gallon HiLex bottles of water from the farmhouse, along an old stone fence, to my grandfather, who was plowing about half a mile away. He showed me how to hoist the jug over my upper arm in order to drink from it. He would go through at least two gallons. e weather was hot. By the time I was 10, I was allowed to do some plowing using a Fordson tractor, which was small and easy to handle. I would also ride the rake, an old clunker that frequently locked up so that the tines started whacking the back of the seat I was on. is was a bit frightening. I also remember planting a large crop of potatoes on the farm with my dad. is was hard work, eventually rewarded by drought conditions that killed o the crop. e really hellish work, however, was picking rock. A sledge was drawn by a pair of horses while Uncle Red, my dad and I would load it up, eventually dumping the load at a rock pile. Dust and dirt permeated our clothes, stu ed our ears, got into our
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Letter from Duane Stahl Valley City, ND he government has ordered that vehicles average 54.5 mpg by 2025 or manufacturers will face fines, etc. By royal edict, we will reduce emissions, save gas, and reduce dependence on foreign energy. Consumers demanded government DO SOMETHING? Nope. Europe's been doing this. Car and Driver magazine reports a Ford Focus (in 2009 dollars) cost an American about $15,000 for a 140 horsepower sedan and 28 mpg. A similar Focus in Europe cost about $20,000 for 79 horsepower and 30 mpg. (An extra $5,000 44 percent less horsepower, less than 10 percent better mileage.) In America, the Focus is a smallish car, but in Europe it's a typical family-size. We'll get
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used to it. Don't have more than two kids and small luggage. The electric Chevy Volt? In 2011-12 it got green awards! But since December 2010 about 19,000 have been sold compared with 250,000 Chevy Cruze. Besides requiring a 240volt charging unit, the Volt costs over $46,000. The Cruze? $17,000. In about 15 years of 15,000 miles a year at $3.00/gallon, gas savings will recover the extra cost. Chrysler and GM say they're pleased they'll know what to build no guessing. But since both received billions in government loans, they certainly can't badmouth the boss. And Ford may have its hand out if the economy doesn't improve. Bureaucrats say the increased cost will be $1,300 per vehicle. Car and Driver says only if you trade down a few vehicle sizes. Besides, government dictating to private business is in the Constitution, right? That relic?
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GADFLY: From 15 from Stanford with a major in English literature. If true, he still doesnt understand what a metaphor isand he lies without any sense of guilt or remorse. Mitt said: We have a president who I think is a nice guy, but he spent too much time at Harvard, perhaps. The problem is Mitt actually spent twice as much time as Obama did at Harvard. He came up with this weirdism: I have some great friends who are NASCAR team owners. How about This feels good, being back in Michigan. You know, the trees are the right height. Or My wife drives a couple of Cadillacs. Or I like being able to fire people who provide services to me. Heres the one that tops them all: Corporations are people...Of course they are. Everything corporations earn ultimately goes to people. Where do you think it goes? The JellyfishThe Perfect Vulture Capitalist. I recently discovered the perfect metaphor to help in understanding what Mitt is about. Mitt: pay attention. The comb jelly is an invisible jellyfish that is slow, blind and brainless but can eat ten times its body weight per day. It scarfs up everything at the bottom of the food chain by ingesting water containing tiny residents. This type of jellyfish
reminds me of hedge fund managers and vulture capitalists who prey on the little peoplelike Mitt did for 25 years at Bain Capital. Short-term profits are the only goal. Wall Street is no longer interested in long-term growth. In a recent poll 24 percent of Wall Street executives say unethical or illegal conduct is a necessary part of doing business in Street finance. So Gordon Gekkos theme Greed is Good is the Golden Rule. Is there any evidence that our leading MBA business programs even bother teaching integrity, honesty, ethics and morality? Republican Convention Concentrates On Women. I thought there was a certain sense of irony that hundreds of Republican women trudged up to microphones in the Tampa Hall spouting the minuteby-minute Talking Points produced by the employees of people who continue to squeeze through the eyes of needles. Not a female in the hall would be eligible for an abortion according to the sacred sections of their political platform. Incest? No, raise the child and take her to visit her father in prison!! Save the mother from a life-threatening condition caused by the fetus? No, let Mom die! A personhood brought on by a legitimate rape? No abortion, folks. Republicans seem to believe in religious and biological fantasies
that have been around for eons instead of modern scientific research conducted under rigid protocols. Witness RepresentativeLegitimate Rape Todd Akin of Missouri. Women have some kind of mysterious antidote, a hate hormone that kills sperm as it plods by the millions toward eggs, or some kind of DDT mixture that automatically sprays the uterus with death-dealing cells that prevent rape impregnation. It really wasnt until the 20th Century that intelligent human beings finally dumped Greek philosopher Platos 2500-year old diagnosis that the female uterus was a little brainy animal (like a rabbit?) that traveled throughout the wonders of the female body blocking passages, obstructing breathing, and causing disease. Plato immortalized the traveling uterus in his dialogue Timaeus. Its commonly called The myth of the wandering womb. I wonder if all of the Tampa strip clubs that catered to family values Republican delegates warned clients about the folk legend of the toothed vagina. Woman were monsters centuries ago, thats why so many females were burned at the stake or hanged as witches for seducing poor, helpless males. Stories about vaginaeating penises have been around for a long time. The rumor was
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MORE HORTISCOPE: From 13 leave our garden produce alone. Visit a farm supply store and purchase some eld corn still on the cob and hang it from a tree branch. ey also will go after the corn. None of this is foolproof, and you have to keep changing tactics a little at a time. If any readers of this column have better or more e ective solutions, Ill pass them on.
To contact Ron Smith for answers to your questions, write to Ron Smith, NDSU Department of Plant Sciences, Dept. 7670, Box 6050, Fargo, ND 58108-6050 or email ronald.smith@ndsu.edu.
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One-story home in Tower City with attached garage, 2-yr-old 32x32 unattached shop, 6-ft privacy fence in backyard on two city lots. All appliances go with the home - under 2 years old. MUST SEE TO APPRECIATE! Call Byron at 701-371-0732
LEIER: From 13 Unlike years ago, you dont have to wait for lm to be developed, and once you have your digital equipment, shooting one or 100 images costs the same. Im sure some people reading this have never taken pictures on lm, but trust me. For amateurs, digital imaging has made hunting and shing shooting cheaper and easier.
Doug Leier, a biologist with the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, grew up in Valley City. He can be reached via email: dleier@nd.gov
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excellent condition. Choose from automatic or custom-
2003 Ford F150 Lariat Want to buy: Winchester supercrew 4x4, loaded. 1894s most any year, also Call 701-796-7141. Leave rearms of most any type. a message. Also Kawasaki 3 cylinder 2 stroke motorcycles. Call 701-845-5196.
SERVICES
HORSES TRAINED. Litscher Training Stables in Tower City is a full service training facility with Indoor-Outdoor arenas. Offering training, lessons, showing, sales, and more. Contact Jenna for more information and to reserve your spot. Call: 608-5664237. ATTENTION FARMERS. Buying Farm Scrap & Car Bodies. Rock & gravel sales available. Tandem
Come over and try this outit feels wonderful! We bought it about four years ago and its in
1- & 2-bedroom apartments for rent in Litchville, utilities included, laundry facilities are available. Income determines amount of rent. Parklane Homes, Inc., Litchville. Sandy Sandness, Mgr, 701-762-4496. Parklane Homes, Inc., temporarily rents apartments to all persons without regard to income restrictions.
is institution is an equal opportunity provider & employer.
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SIMONSON: From 12 before returning with a positive mindset to the clay thrower. e challenges we face in the outdoors are supposed to be fun, not frustrating. If I ever do feel like whatever pursuit I am undertaking is more work than play, I hit pause, take a break and nd another avenue. Switching from muskie baits to pan sh on the y, or hanging out in the deer stand a er a tough upland walk are just a couple of examples. Always remember, you have options and ways to break from what youve been doing to nd a changed perspective, renewed enthusiasm and enhanced enjoyment of all the opportunities availablein our outdoors.
Nick Simonson grew up in Valley City.
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THEME: FOOTBALL Across 1. Writer _____ Asimov 6. *Quality of a football lineman 9. Shakespeare, e.g. 13. Stallions cry 14. University of Rhode Island 15. Used in printing 16. Gymnast Comaneci 17. Mans tasseled hat 18. Unlace 19. FEMA help, e.g. 21. *Hes now a Bronco 23. *Defensive ___ 24. Deal with it 25. *It airs Sunday night football 28. Silage holder 30. *Last years BCS runnerup 35. Having wings 37. *NCAAs initial ____-team playoff 39. Academy in Annapolis 40. Welt 41. Yesteryears 43. *1977 football flick, ____ Tough 44. Type of acid 46. Manufactured 47. ____ and proper 48. Pollute 50. The ____ Show (19761980) 52. Owner of a Lonely Heart band 53. Film shot 55. Dog command 57. *Tides color 61. Not very far 64. Rajas wife 65. Major time period 67. Water nymph
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Monday, Sept. 10
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Turkey Breast Dinner Pork Roast Dinner Chili/Hot Dogs

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Thursday, Sept. 13
Buffet meal includes salad, rolls, vegetable, potatoes, coffee and dessert!
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A crew of eight threshing wheat near Valley City in 1924. Left to right: A horsedrawn grain wagon stands in front of a wood Yellow Fellow grain separator receiving shocks of wheat from another wagon. The drive-belt stretches from the Reeves steam engine (behind the water-wagon) all the way to the grain separator.
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s a child in Valley City from 1942 to 1956, I was a town kid. However, like many other town kids, I spent quite a bit of time on the farm actually two farms: the Julius Axelson farm and the Albert Red Axelson farm both in Green Township. The Axelsons were greatuncles on my fathers side. The old Stillings homestead was located on the Reith property, not far from Julius place, but by the time I was born, no Stillings farm exist-
Remembering the Farm
ed in Barnes County. When I was very young we spent considerable time at the By Dennis Julius Axel- Stillings son farm. It was fun. The barn had a hayloft full of hay, the farm was on St. Marys lake, and in the winter, if conditions were right, we could toboggan down the hill to the lake and continue skidding for a
considerable distance on the bare ice. Maggie Julius wife cooked on a wood stove and set a classic farm table for our family Sunday dinners.
Kerosene lamps provided light and water came from a pump behind the house. There were chickens all over the place, eggs were STILLINGS: 16
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