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EDITORIAL

ONE ELECTION, NOT TWO

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ome call it a potential conundrum.

Sitting Fargo City Commissioners are required to tender their resignations should they choose to run for the mayor’s seat vacated when Denny Walaker died. Conceivably, that could result in a real mess.

Let’s look at this issue piece by piece.

The City Commission is required to set up a special election in order to fill any vacancy that occurs unless there is a regularly schedule election within six months time. Well, the next regular election is June 2016.

Further, the timing of any special election needs to include a public notice in the city’s official newspaper that gives notice of a 30 day window to petition and to file to run for the open mayor’s seat. Then, after that, such a filing deadline needs to be at least 64 days prior to any special election that is scheduled.

There are some potential problems that could surface. Exactly how the City Commission spells out the special election could resolve such problems, or exacerbate them.

For example, and this is only theoretical, but what if all four sitting commissioners decide they want to run for mayor. According to the city attorney, that means they’d have to resign to do that, and that their resignation would be effective at the start date of the new mayor’s term, approximately two weeks after any special mayoral election.

So, continuing with that particular example.

Let’s say that Tim Mahoney, Mike Williams, Dave Piepkorn and Melissa Sobolik all decide to run for mayor. That means all four would be resigning.

Then, add to the mix the public expectation that Brad Wimmer will throw his hat in the ring again for mayor. If Wimmer were to win, all four sitting commissioners would be out. If one of the current commissioners were to win, then three of the commissioners there now

would be gone. And who knows who else will be on the ballot?

Exactly how any special election is structured could hugely affect the functionality of Fargo’s City Commission for months on end.

For example, looking into the political kaleidoscope. What if the commission simply sets a special election for the mayor’s seat, and leaves the filling of any vacated commission seats to yet another special election. That means we would have an election for mayor within six months, and then another election for commissioners in the next six months after that. That also means a fractured commission, number wise, for up to a year, operating at less than full membership.

On the other hand, the commission absolutely could choose to set up the mayor’s special election such that it also becomes the special election for any commission seats open, if the willpower exists to do that.

Being as there is a requirement for 30 days to file for positions, and then another 64 days between the filing deadline and the election, our recommendation is to have a second filing period for commissioners that follows the filing window for mayoral candidates. That second filing period would hence be followed by an election for both mayor and any commission seats 64 days afterwards. Then, if any sitting commissioner opts to run, or even if they all opt to run, we will for certain have a full, five-member commission after the special election date.

And that’s important. With a four member commission, we have potential gridlock with 2-2 ties. There’s also legitimate concern about the ability of sitting commissioners to simply talk to each other without breaking state open meeting laws.

Worst case scenario, with all four incumbent commissioners running, we could have

Jas@hpr1.com a mayor and no commissioners at all if the filing windows did not accommodate a special election for those open commission seats at the same time.

Now, getting real with these possible scenarios. We highly doubt that all four commissioners will run for mayor, especially if it requires their resignation. In fact, we’d be surprised if more than one – Tim Mahoney – file. Yet, the commission has to prepare for all scenarios as they plan the mayoral special election.

If the commission knows in fact who will be running for mayor from their ranks, they can plan the special election accordingly and assure one election for everything. Or, if they plan two separate and staggered filing periods,

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one for mayor followed by one for commission, they could also set the election for both at the same time and satisfying the 64 day minimum.

After this is all said and done, you can rest assured there will be discussions about how to tweak home rule charter and any requirements necessitating the resignation of a sitting commission for a vacant mayor’s seat, should that ever happen again, and hopefully it never will.

Bottom line, we need to do this in one election, period. There are problems otherwise and we can avoid those problems.

One election, with two filing deadlines, the first for mayor, the second for commissioners, not two elections. It’s not only possible, it’s necessary.

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THE GADFLY

IMMIGRATION AND BORDERS

To Congress: How Do You Control 21,415 Miles Of Our International Border?

At our Pelican Lake home we have about 30 wild turkeys show up occasionally to spend a half-hour or so cleaning up under our bird feeders. Blue jays and marauding squirrels have terrible table manners, spilling sunflower seeds, millet, and corn all over the place. If we let the dogs out while they are feeding, helter-skelter results. Some fly 70 feet to the top of trees, some run for the woods and bushes while sounding the turkey alarm.

As a commie-pinko socialist, sometimes Libertarian liberal, I have often considered right-wing Republicans are like wild turkeys, not too bright and dashing off in all directions when challenged by facts.

When President Barack Hussein Obama, threw down his executive order gauntlet about immigration, Republicans became wild turkeys flying off squawking in all directions, or dashing for the safety of woods-squawking.

Immediately we had the reincarnation of Wisconsin Senator Joe McCarthy, dead drunk on senatorial power and alcohol, finding hundreds of commies in President Dwight Eisenhower’s State Department. McCarthy destroyed people and the truth until he was publicly challenged with this question by Joseph Welch during a hearing after McCarthy berated and ridiculed a witness: “Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty and recklessness … Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last, have you left no sense of decency?” The question destroyed McCarthy. He died of alcoholism and lack of power at the age of 48. Texas Senator Ted Cruz is the reincarnation of McCarthy, drunk on power, an egomaniac who thinks he is the smartest guy in the room. He has labeled Obama as “dictator” and “emperor” while threatening to close down the government because of the executive orders. He has pledged lawsuits and the blocking of any appointees to government positions.

This proves he has no thought of governing, he just wants to raise hell. Or perhaps impeach Obama and end ObamaCare.

Let’s Take A Look At The Law That Could Have Ended All Illegal Immigration In 1986 under President Ronald Reagan the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) with the following provisions was added to other immigration statutes: Penalties for hiring illegal immigrants: (1) First offenders: $250-$2,000 fine per illegal employee, (2) Second offense: $2,000-$5,000 fine per illegal, (3) More than two offenses: A $3,000-$10,000 fine per employee, (4) If there is a pervasive hiring of illegals an employer could go to jail for six months. If an employer “harbored” more than 10 illegals at one time he could get a 10-year prison sentence.

Let’s look at an example of failure to uphold immigration laws. In what was called the largest workplace immigration raid in history, the Immigrations and Customs Service (ICE) with the aid of thousands of police raided six Swift meatpacking plants in the following cities in 2006: Hyrum, Utah; Greeley, Colo.; Marshalltown, Iowa; Grand Island, Neb.; Cactus, Texas: and Worthington, Minn. In this raid alone up to 20,000 illegals were discovered. Many were deported.

But how did thousands of illegals from all over the world, but particularly Mexico and Latin America, find out about jobs in these six plants? Looking for the cheapest labor they could find, American corporations hired “coyotes,” otherwise known as labor contrac4

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tors, to recruit laborers and sneak them across our borders and provide them transportation to all of these plants. Cargill, Tyson Foods, and many California corporations were involved in the breaking of immigration laws. Even Basin Electric in far-away Bismarck, N.D. got caught hiring illegals as maintenance personnel. Lots of “winking” fed the process. It’s

according to the law. How many millions did he make off his cheap labor? That’s the major problem with this country. Steal a few grams of pot or a $100 and you go to prison. Steal a $100,000,000 and you buy another estate and are appointed an ambassador.

Les Everett of St. Paul outlined our real immigration problem in a Tribune letter: “As

Wall Street corporations representing our major industries went around the world recruiting cheap labor to fill their own pockets instead of the pockets of their American neighbors with decent wages. estimated that between 7 million and 9 million illegals entered the country in the last 25 years.

Oh, these companies paid some fines. Even WalMart was fined $11 million at one time for staffing its stores with illegals. The other “cheap labor” corporations sometimes were fined. But I can’t find the name of one CEO or even small business employer who went to jail for hiring illegals. No manager, no CEO, no recruiter, no personnel director, no foreman, no supervisor has ever gone to jail for violating the immigration acts (IRCA). One can imagine that the CEOs and Boards of Directors of Swift, Cargill, Tyson, WalMart, and California farmers have hired millions of illegals. I have Googled and Googled government and mainstream media sources to see if one employer has gone to prison for hiring illegals. Nada.

Nothing. Not a single soul. Fines have always been considered just a cost of doing business by big business. Fines are no punishment at all when you can just write them off. Prison time marvelously concentrates the mind.

Prevention Has To Be Internal, Not External Forget The Fences And Cameras There’s no doubt that the Walton family of WalMart retail fame and fortune, each worth about $36 billion at last accounting, has made billions of dollars off the backs of illegals from around the world. Meatpacking and food industry giants have made billions off the gnarled hands and twisted backs of illegals for decades. What would have happened to our borders if the CEOs of Swift, Cargill, and WalMart had each served five or 10 years in jail for violating our immigration laws in the last two decades? Would small-business owners of motels, restaurants, and landscape companies have taken the chance of hiring illegals after the big boys ended up in 6x10 cells?

I don’t think so. That’s the only way to keep our borders closed to millions of illegals.

A Walton in prison could have sent an important message. Check out who you’re hiring. Set up a process of verification of visa and citizenship. Pass guest worker legislation.

To keep people from crossing 21,415 miles of border it has to be closed by a fence of internal law, not an 18-ft. high external steel fence.

Have a good work visa program with adequate enforcement. But now it may be too late. The rich want cheap labor so Congress and the Justice Department provide the mazes and sieves for illegals to squeeze through. A case in point: Multi-millionaire Mannem Reddy of Great Falls, Va. admitted defrauding the government for 12 years by submitting 24 fraudulent employment applications and lying about others.

He was put on probation and fined $5,000! He should have been put in prison for 10 years

long as there is extensive poverty and conflict, there will be an overwhelming demand to escape to countries with greater security and better economics. The United States and Europe cannot absorb the large numbers who want to settle here without degrading our own natural-resource base and quality of life. Water, air quality, green space, and agricultural land are already being stretched to the limit … by a national populace that has tripled in less than a human lifetime.” Congress has given no evidence they understand what Everett is writing about.

Observations From Coast-To-Coast With a brother in Florida and a brother and sister in California, Corky and I often motorhomed between coasts during the winters after we retired. We observed illegals waiting for their “employers” to pick them up from the street corners in Mesa, Phoenix, Tucson, San Diego, Los Angeles, and many other smaller cities. In San Diego in 1997 we enjoyed the story of a California millionaire complaining to the San Diego City Council about the filthy illegal camps in the hills and canyons near his huge home in the hills. The camps “were unsanitary and lowered his property values.”

He wanted them out of sight and out of mind.

But a reporter followed him out of the meeting after his strident complaints. The complainer drove in his new Jaguar to a local street corner and picked up several illegals to do his lawn and garden chores. The reporter found out later that the complainer paid the illegals half the minimum wage. Welcome to the real problem.

We lived in Sun City West one winter so saw many of the immigration problems first-hand on the streets of Mesa, Phoenix, Apache Junction, and Tucson. I remember the famous “pink underwear” sheriff of Maricopa County Joe Arpaio saying he was going to conduct a twoyear search for employers in the area hiring illegals. If one drove around the county early in the morning you could see hundreds of bosses hiring illegals and loading them into vans and trucks for rides to worksites. It happened every morning. Poor, Joe! After looking for employers breaking the law for two years, he admitted he couldn’t find a single one!

Immigration Is A World-Wide Problem—And Opportunity Remember when the Catholics and Protestants of Northern Ireland were committing violence against one another for centuries?

Violence is again erupting in that part of the Emerald Isle again, this time between immigrants from Pakistan, China, India, Africa, and many other countries—and Northern Ireland-

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ers. The European Union has an open border policy because some countries need workers.

Many legal migrants try to settle in Britain and Ireland because of the quality of life and higher salaries. An average of three hate crimes a day are reported to the police in Ireland now, hate crimes defined as crimes against race. But of the 14,000 race-related crimes reported over the last five years, only 12 were successfully prosecuted. Over 70% of the hate crimes reported come out of Belfast. Housing is a major problem, even if only 1.8% of the population are immigrants. American Klu Klux Klan flags have been spotted flying in Belfast, and both Catholic priests and Protestant ministers rant at the public with remarks such as this: “Islam is heathen; Islam is Satanic; Islam is a doctrine spawned in Hell.” Actually many Catholics from Poland have immigrated to Ireland since 2004.

Over 2,500 refugees have made Calais, France, their home until they are allowed— or can sneak—into England. Although these refugees are from most of the conflict zones of the world such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Iraq, Libya Eritrea, Somalia, and Sudan, most of them speak English and want to migrate to Britain. These refugees often try to make the 21-mile journey across the channel stowing away on trucks, trains, and cars.

Some have been caught hanging on to axles of trucks and semis. In the meantime French citizens of Calais want the police to clean out the camps and arrest those violent migrants who are getting desperate. Over 130,000 refugees have tried to cross the Mediterranean, with several thousand dying in the process.

The Coast Guards of countries surrounding the Med are kept busy saving refugees from sinking ships and boats and recovering bodies of those who didn’t make it. So the US is not alone in having immigration problems.

American Corporations Say They Are Struggling To Fill 3.7 Million Job Openings, Many Of Them In Science At the present time 13% of our population is foreign-born. In 1913 it was 15%. Not much difference. Since 2007 we have lost over 900,000 undocumented illegals. Curiouser and curiouser, in a February 2014 Washington Post poll, 60% of Republicans approved “a Path to citizenship.” But if President Obama’s name was added to the language of the poll only 40% of Republicans approved the “path.”

Ain’t race and politics wonderful? Although the latinos crossing the Rio Grande get 99% of the publicity in the mainstream press, the US has undocumenteds from all over the world, including every Asian nation, every South American nation, every European nation.

Look at the percentage of foreign-born in these states: California, 27.2%; New Jersey, 21%; New York, 22.2%; Illinois, 13.7%; and Texas, 16.4%. California is home to one-third of our 11 million undocumenteds, even if it has only a 125-mile border with Mexico, much of it guarded by 16 ft. and 18 ft. fences.

Remember when politicians kept yelling about building tall fences to keep illegals out—at $2.8 million a mile? They are still trying to recover from a serious case of Stupid Virus.

They did create jobs making 17 ft. and 19 ft. ladders. The California illegals from Mexico, Philippines, Central America, South Korea, and Japan pick our lettuce and broccoli in the Valley, have manufacturing jobs in LA, and work as programmers, housekeepers, maids, cooks, and gardeners keeping our Silicon Valley billionaires happy in their multi-million dollar homes. Half of California illegals have lived here at least 10 years, and one-sixth of California children have at least one parent here illegally.

Let’s face reality. We convinced illegals to come here to do our scutwork on the cheap.

Wall Street corporations representing our major industries went around the world recruiting cheap labor to fill their own pockets instead of the pockets of their American neighbors with decent wages. Now the American middle class is being turned into charity sharecroppers.

Illegal immigration has to be solved soon.

OPINION

SAY ANYTHING

|BY ROB PORT|

SPENDING SHIFTSAREN’TTAX RELIEF

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uring his budget address earlier this week Governor Jack Dalrymple proposed a state takeover of local social service spending.

This isn’t a new idea. The Legislature actually authorized the counties taking over social services back in the 1980s when the state was broke. Last session the state House defeated the bill – HB1233 – on a relatively narrow 41-49 vote.

Today the mill levy for social services represents about $52.4 million in revenues around the state (that number from 2013 per the Tax Commissioner’s Office).

Dalrymple’s plan is to shift about $23 million worth of that spending from local budgets to the state budget in the coming 2015-2017 biennium, and launch a study to shift all of the spending in the 2017-2019 biennium.

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The proposal may receive some opposition.

Lawmakers I’ve spoken to oppose this move because they are weary of supposed tax relief plans which include air-lifting local spending into the state budget. These lawmakers worry about what will happen when the state is no longer seeing double-digit increases in revenues thanks to booming energy industry activity.

Dalrymple’s plan is the latest stab at reducing local tax burdens by increasing state spending. Dalrymple, and Governor-turned-Senator John Hoeven before him, have been trying to push local property taxes lower with state buydowns of local spending.

First we saw temporary buydowns renewed by the Legislature each biennium. Then, beginning in the current biennium, Dalrymple proposed and lawmakers approved a permanent buydown of education spending representing more than $600 million in new state spending.

Lawmakers are on the hook for meeting that new obligation to local education spending every biennium now, and Dalrymple would add an obligation to local social service spending too.

(It’s ironic that Dalrymple and others are pushing for this shift in spending from local to state after the vicious campaign against abolishing property taxes during which opponents, like Dalrymple, likened replacing property tax revenues with state appropriations to a sort of extremism. But I digress.)

This is all happening under the guise of “tax relief,” but let’s be honest. Shifting spending from local budgets to the state budget isn’t tax relief. It’s simply a change in how we carry the spending burden.

It is like taking money out of the right pockets of taxpayers instead of the left pockets.

We still pay. All that changes is the manner in

which we pay.

It’s been easy to push this sort of policy as “tax relief” in this heady oil boom era when state coffers are overflowing with revenues, but what happens when the boom plateaus?

What happens when revenues fall back down to earth, but these new obligations to local spending remain?

If revenues fall, these new obligations to local spending will have to be paid for out of state tax revenues, meaning more upward pressure on taxes like the income tax or the sales tax.

Which isn’t to say that this is necessarily a

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bad proposal. Maybe it makes no sense for locals to pay for social services, especially given that local officials have little control over the social services policy they’re obligated to fund.

But can we at least stop pretending that shifting spending from local budgets to the state budget is tax relief? That’s misleading to the public, who are given the idea that they’re getting hundreds of millions of dollars in tax relief when they’re really just being asked to pay for spending a different way.

If we’re going to make these sort of policy changes, let’s do it from a place of honesty.

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PLACCES INTHEWORLD PLACES Reichardt Makes “Night Moves”

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ilmmaker Kelly Reichardt continues to build her reputation as a storyteller of remarkable skill with “Night Moves,” a pressure cooker of a movie that observes the actions of a trio of radical environmental activists who plot to blow up a dam in the Pacific Northwest. Like her recent work, including “Meek’s Cutoff,” “Wendy and Lucy” and “Old Joy,” “Night Moves” operates with visual precision and thoughtful staging. Rather than depend on dialogue-driven exposition and traditional plotting, Reichardt maintains an exacting distance from the dramatized actions, asking the viewer to draw conclusions from several tantalizing ambiguities.

Jesse Eisenberg is Josh, a sullen, closemouthed organic farmhand wound up tight with a level of indignation that matches his commitment to sustainability. Partnered with Dena (Dakota Fanning), a health spa employee from a wealthy background, Josh prepares to meet up with Harmon (Peter Sarsgaard), a mysterious ex-soldier who claims to have previous experience in planning and executing dangerous, clandestine acts of mayhem. The government would likely label these three people “terrorists,” and one of Reichardt’s strengths is the careful way in which she withholds judgment, neither supporting nor

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condemning the plotters.

Reichardt co-wrote “Night Moves” with Jonathan Raymond, and their story’s similarity to Edward Abbey’s 1975 novel “The Monkey Wrench Gang” resulted in a lawsuit prior to the start of production. A feature film based on Abbey’s novel was being developed by Edward Pressman, who objected to parallels between Reichardt’s project and his own, and the complaint cited three basic areas of overlap: “the targeting of a dam for destruction by means of ammonium fertilizer-laden boats,” a U.S. Marine veteran with a knowledge of demolitions, and a “20-something woman who starts out as a companion of another member of the group but develops a sexual relationship with the bomb-making veteran.”

Obviously, the conflict was resolved and “Night Moves” was completed, but, similarities to “The Monkey Wrench Gang” aside, Reichardt’s film arrived following Zal Batmanglij and Brit Marling’s “The East,” a far more conventional and less satisfying thriller that also addresses eco-terrorism. By contrast, Reichardt’s devoted taciturnity is sophisticated and demanding. The filmmaker runs the risk of alienating those who expect to learn something about the how and the why leading the characters toward violence, but will delight

observers comfortable with drawing their own conclusions. One shocking incident that occurs late in the narrative is so disturbing, it echoes all the way to the movie’s final shot, an image of dread and paranoia.

Based on its subject matter, “Night Moves,” at first glance, seems far away from Reichardt’s three most recent features, but a closer look links the newest film with the other titles.

Thematically, Reichardt likes to contemplate the relationship between all kinds of people and the environments with which they interact.

Human-versus-nature is often identified as one of the classic structural conflicts in literature, and Reichardt grounds her stories in situations that carefully contemplate one’s “place” in the world. Whether or not “Night Moves” is as good as “Meek’s Cutoff” or “Wendy and

Lucy” is debatable, but Reichardt’s remarkable facility with the icebox talk that blooms from the steady supply of nerve-wracking setbacks and unfortunate encounters with potential witnesses reveals a moviemaker at the top of her game.

“Night Moves” is now available on demand.

inspired by and loosely fictionalizing several actual events, provides an overview of Italian society that was then in rapid transition, and foreshadows the international celebrity-obsessed and largely superficial society we pretty much take for granted today. “La Dolce Vita” would make an appropriate co-feature with Billy Wilder’s “Ace in the Hole” (1951) and Alexander Mackendrick’s “Sweet Smell Of Success” (1957), as it takes the cynically critical themes of media celebrity that both films explore and expands their more traditional narratives into a free-form, episodic example of modern cinema, comparable in certain ways to Truffaut’s “The 400 Blows” and Godard’s “Breathless,” as well as films by Antonioni, Buñuel, Resnais and others.

Picture quality on Criterion’s Blu-ray of “La Dolce Vita” is outstandingly crisp and clear for the most part; the spectacularly-composed 2.35:1 wide CinemaScope image was scanned in 4K HD from the camera negative, with some sequences slightly softer due to a scan from a fine-grain positive. The mono audio is very strong; its good range of frequency and dynamics are a great showcase for Nino Rota’s score. Dialogue is Italian with optional English subtitles, but there are occasional

conversations and phrases in English, French, and German.

Bonus features include a fold-out leaflet instead of the usual booklet, with one side containing credits and disc info, while the other side has a fine analytical/historical essay.

While there is sadly no audio commentary, the disc has several fascinating interviews (most in HD): archival ones with Fellini himself and Mastroianni, and newly-recorded interviews with director (and Fellini colleague) Lina Wertmüller and two scholars. There is also an enlightening video featurette (in HD) on the film’s use of cinematography, and an image gallery of advertising and press materials.

LA DOLCE VITA on Blu-ray – Movie : A- / Video : A / Audio : A / Extras: A-

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QUINTESSENTIAL ITALIAN MASTERWORK

ast week I reviewed still-active Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci’s breakthrough film “The Conformist,” but that’s not the only Italian classic new to Bluray. The legendary Federico Fellini (19201993) is probably the best-known director of Italian cinema around the world, by name at least, even among people who have seen few, if any, of his films. He has influenced not only numerous other directors but popular culture itself, with his own name turned into the adjective “Fellini-esque” to describe surreal excesses reminiscent of his later films. One of his characters, a persistent photojournalist named “Papparazzo,” has been pluralized to become an international term for overly-persistent media photographers constantly hounding celebrities. This character and a large part of Fellini’s reputation both come from his career-shifting film “La Dolce Vita” (1960), which was released on a stunning new Blu-ray from the Criterion Collection several weeks ago.

Fellini’s earlier films were often rooted in the post-World War II Italian neorealist movement, but with “La Dolce Vita” he gleefully abandoned that mode for a fresh approach influenced by the French New Wave, classical cinema, and his own idiosyncratic style, anticipating the new direction of Italian cinema and independent international filmmakers throughout the following decade. One of the reporters in the movie even asks a character, “Do you think that Italian neorealism is dead?”

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working classes is largely absent from “La Dolce Vita” (with a few brief exceptions), marking a drastic departure from his acclaimed 1950s classics like “La Strada” and “Nights of Cabiria.” Fellini would later depart into even more eccentric and self-indulgent filmmaking, but “La Dolce Vita” easily stands among his best films, along with “8½” (1963) and “Amarcord” (1973). One of the essentials of international cinema, “La Dolce Vita” is a film that gains in depth and understanding with each viewing; it has that odd ability to document its own era so vividly and yet still resonate strongly with the present day, over a half-century later.

The story takes place in Rome over the course of a few days and nights, following the actions and observations of jaded journalist Marcello (Marcello Mastroianni) as he encounters a wide variety of people: mostly the rich and famous, and wannabes hoping for some publicity; sometimes the diverse women he is involved with in conflicted relationships; and sometimes those whom he renews acquaintance with (like a troubled old friend and his aging father) or randomly crosses paths with. Over the course of the film his passive acceptance and exploitation of “the sweet life” changes to disenchantment and a questioning of his own conflicting values and those of society. Mastroianni is well-supported by Yvonne Furneaux as his needy fiancée, Anouk Aimee as his wealthy socialite mistress, and Anita Ekberg as an American-Swedish movie star he becomes attracted to.

The pervading darkly comic satire, largely

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t’s an old, familiar favorite this time around with the Fargo-Moorhead Opera’s latest offering.

Arriving just in time for the Christmas season is “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” the operatic telling of the three wise men stopping over at the home of a woman and her son while journeying to Bethlehem.

Premiering as a CBS television special in 1951, “Amahl and the Night Visitors” has been seen in Fargo-Moorhead many times before.

It was the first musical production from North Dakota State’s theater department in 1952, mere months after the TV special, and the show is no stranger to the F-M Opera.

Or to executive director David Hamilton, who remembers this as his first opera, it left that kind of impression on him at age 3. It’s that kind of resonance that makes “Amahl” the perfect family outing for Mom, Dad and the kids.

“It really is perfect for bringing children to because it’s short,” Hamilton said. “It holds their attention, there’s lots of stuff going on … It doesn’t matter if children are making noise or whatever, who cares? It’s a fun family event.”

Flashy costumes, eye-catching onstage action and some accessible songs make this show fun for “children of all ages.”

A smaller cast carries this production, with

five adult roles, and the role of a boy character shared by two young performers. This is a part that is trickier to cast for, as the role of the boy has some certain demands of the singer.

“It’s actually rather a high part,” Hamilton said. “So someone has to have a fairly high soprano, otherwise it can be a boy or girl as long as they can portray an 11- or 12-year-old boy, and it can be [a hard search] because of the musical demands of the title role.”

Two young performers portray Amahl, one for each performance of the F-M Opera’s production. This is for safety (if one performer becomes ill) and also for the purpose of sharing such an important role.

In addition to being available for the community at large, the F-M Opera’s “Amahl and the Night Visitors” will be viewed by nearly 700 area elementary school students, with busing to Concordia College made possible through a provided grant.

This year’s staging at Concordia College’s Mainstage Theatre is a new move, as previous productions have called the Fargo Theatre and Festival Concert Hall home.

“It’s really better in a smaller theater,” Hamilton said of “Amahl.” “The Fargo Theatre works really well for us, but the Fargo Theatre’s very busy this time of year … so we thought we would try the Concordia theater.”

For two days, the F-M Opera will relive this

old favorite, “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” in a new space, offering a Christmastime outing that Hamilton points to as perfect.

“It’s really one of those nice things for

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children, kids and grandkids, to start a tradition here,” Hamilton said. “I can say it’s a wonderful story that I never get tired of, and the … music is so tuneful.”

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n a house in Moorhead sit some amp stacks, a PA and a drum kit. The basement is the base camp where S0und, a band featuring Ben Hill on guitar/vocals, Michael Beatrez on bass/vocals, Alex Johnson on guitar and Frankie Maxwell on drums, came together.

Breaking off from the group Bear North, S0und ultimately became for Hill, 20, a group that he had long wanted to form. Suave and Lennonesque, he sat down with me, and we discussed the group.

HPR: Let’s start at the very beginning.

Ben Hill: So back home in England, I wasn’t planning to go to university. I didn’t want to; the only reason I went to university was I wanted to start a band. So I met a couple people there, (originally at Lincoln University) told them I played some instruments, then the opportunity to study in America came up so I leaped at that. I always wanted to go to America, I didn’t care where it was, and I just ended up in Moorhead (MSUM). Then I met Michael Beatrez, who is now the bassist of the group, at a party. And I went over and spoke to him, said we should have a jam sometime, and then we formed our first band, Bear North, which was sort of a 60s-vibe rock & roll band.

HPR: Why did you form another group out of Bear North?

BH: The reason why I wanted to do S0und, it was originally a side project, and I wanted something a lot heavier, something with a

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driving rhythm. And I wanted to rant about issues I felt strongly about. So last spring I just started writing all these songs. I wrote an album’s worth, like 10 songs in the space of two months, or so. Sort of heavy writing, but it came very naturally and quickly to me, because it was something different, using this riff-based stuff opposed to melodic chords. I was ranting, adding swears, basically telling it how it is.

HPR: What sort of issues?

BH: Issues I’d seen back in home England, in the clubs: how guys would just be going out to fight, or go out to pull (pick up women).

That’s all it was. And they just had one thing on their mind, and that really annoyed me. I’d just go out to dance, chill out with my mates, and all my friends would say “how many birds they’d shagged,” and I was always like, “You shouldn’t speak like that, it’s just dehumanizing.” It’s just issues like that that annoyed me.

I just wanted to have an opportunity to rant.

When I’m writing a song it’s always good to have something I feel strongly about, the lyrics come easier, come closer to me.

HPR: S0und’s demo, “Wave,” yet to be released, has some tracks that Hill described, which vented his anger, frustration, and gave a harsh look at where we are, and where we are heading.

BH: “Welcome to the Streets,” which I believe is going to be the opening track, that’s

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just about my hometown of Nottingham: how scummy it is, people that are benefit scroungers cheating the system, underage drinking and things like that.

HPR: How would you describe S0und’s sound?

BH: Alex Johnson said it best: “If The Arctic Monkeys and Nirvana got really high and watched ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. The World’, and then had a jam session, that’s what S0und is.” But for me, my take is, it’s just passionate songs that go deeper than songs about love.

There’s more to it, more realistic issues.

HPR: Songs that go further than the traditional pop song.

BH: Right. Just fun to play.

HPR: Michael Beatrez coined the term ‘chimp rock’ for describing S0und. Can you explain that?

BH: It started from a joke, it’s sort of DIY, lo-fi music. There’s the saying if you put some chimps together in a room, eventually they’ll come out with Shakespeare.

HPR: Who are your biggest musical influences?

BH: The Beatles were my primary influence in Bear North, then I started playing more lead guitar, more riff-based guitar in S0und. The Arctic Monkeys, then subconsciously, I realized, Nirvana. Frankie said “This sounds like Nirvana,” and I became aware of that. Those groups the most. Led Zeppelin, that sort of riff-based, pre-heavy metal. Queen, they used to be my favorite band when I was a kid. My dad would always play The Stones and The Beatles. So I’ve always had a different taste in music, because kids were listening to the shit

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in the charts, and I was listening to Cream, among others.

“Wave” is the name of the upcoming demo; S0und “Wave” sounds very tongue-in-cheek.

Hill revealed the origin of the band’s name.

(Also, the O in S0und is the number zero.)

BH: My dad actually came up with the name S0und. He said you should call a band Sound, this was like three or four years ago, and you can always name the albums with this pun, like sound wave, sound thinking, and so on.

HPR: How will you set yourself apart from other local groups? How will you stand out?

BH: I think it’s very British in a way, the sound, obviously. Something the local scene’s not used to. A lot of people around here, they’re not open-minded enough; that’s what I found out at many shows. If they haven’t heard it before they don’t want to hear it. People don’t know how to take it.

HPR: Yeah, there’s a lot of diversity, but a lot of skepticism. You have to meet the groups halfway, you know?

BH: Right.

HPR: Do you think you’ll do more writing/ recording than playing live?

BH: I want to play as much as possible, but then I want to use the internet to my advantage.

I want to reach out to more people, locate these forums, find a niche market. I’ve whacked out some demos, but I still want a nice (official) recording. I want to get the other guys involved with the writing; I’m the primary writer, but I know what I want.

Check out S0und on soundcloud.com/ SOUNDBANDUSA and on Facebook for music updates and upcoming shows.

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TOP 10 UNDERDOG ALBUMS of 2014

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n a year marked with monstrously popular and impossibly creative albums from indie newcomers (Sylvan Esso, Perfect Pussy), breakout novices (tUnE-yArDs, Angel Olsen, The War on Drugs) and stalwarts (Ariel Pink, Real Estate, Caribou) alike, some gems inevitably get buried in the hubbub. I’ll be wrapping up this year in music with a special, two-part list of 2014’s most deserving underdog albums.

10. NIKKI LANE, “ALL OR NOTHIN’” An all-killer-no-filler collection of rocking outlaw country, Nikki Lane’s follow-up to her 2011 debut, “Walk of Shame,” is the antithesis of a sophomore slump. With Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach lending his uncharacteristically transparent production, every pedal steel swoon shines like the Nashville skyline and every chorus aims for the Grand Ole Opry’s rafters. Lane’s twanged voice, an instrument in its own right, drawls sweetly over honky tonk balladry (“Good Man”) just as confidently as it snarls atop southern-fried guitar riffage (“Sleep with a Stranger”). Given the ultimatum, you’d be wise to choose “all.”

Best tracks: “Love’s on Fire”, “Right Time”, “Sleep with a Stranger” 9. TOPS, “PICTURE YOU STARING” Slight and slick, though never skeletal, TOPS’ “Picture You Staring” sounds as if it had been written, rehearsed and recorded in a garage that would have otherwise housed a DeLorean. Referencing the best of 1980s poprock without stooping to downright mimicry, the group’s nostalgic less-is-more approach is just that. With an effortless melodicism, vocalist Jane Penny’s breathy lyrics hover just above the dull neon glow of chorus-laden guitars and shimmering synths. If not for the grounding, and surprisingly jazzy, stickwork of drummer Riley Fleck, this dreamy song cycle may as well have floated off as the 100th “luftballon.”

Best tracks: “Way to be Loved”, “Sleeptalker”, “Change of Heart” 8. STEVE GUNN, “WAY OUT WEATHER” An outward expansion of the front-porch picking of last year’s gently euphoric “Time Off” LP, “Way Out Weather” proves to be Gunn’s most sonically ambitious effort yet.

Gunn, a one-time member of Kurt Vile’s backing slackers The Violators, brings together his Americana, bluegrass and desert blues influences that had previously been exhibited individually on various collaborative and solo efforts. Rooted in the woodsy ramble of a turnof-the-‘70s Grateful Dead, Gunn’s guitar explorations are inventive and hypnotic, without a hint of exhibitionism. Quaintly tied together

by Gunn’s lackadaisical vocal delivery, the clever orchestration that underlies “Weather” takes his music far beyond the porch.

Best tracks: “Tommy’s Congo”, “Milly’s Garden”

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7. ADULT JAZZ, “GIST IS” On paper, it seems as though Adult Jazz doesn’t care whether you listen to them or not.

The band’s moniker is an obtuse red herring, and “Spook,” the lead single from their introductory album, “Gist Is,” clocks in at almost 10 minutes, the longest song of the lot. Even when the needle drops, it’s still unclear what should be expected. The songs defy conventional structure: verses and choruses are often abandoned after their first passings, grooves warp and weave mercurially, and initially divine melodies are met with brassy, dissonant harmony if they are fortunate enough to be repeated. It’s a headphones album if there ever was one, and though it doesn’t fit neatly into any sort of categorization, isolated revisitations are met with worthy reward.

Best tracks: “Spook”, “Hum”, “Am Gone” 6. QUILT, “HELD IN SPLENDOR” While overzealous ‘60s psych-worshipping rockers Temples and Foxygen satisfied those pesky “they-just-don’t-make-‘em like-theyused-to” listeners this year with their contentiously derivative albums, Quilt quietly spun that same faux nostalgia into “Held in Splendor,” a wholly original work that transcends its lysergic influences. Clouded with rich choral harmonies, tinged with Eastern melodies and embellished with lush string and brass arrangements, “Held” is a record that needs no decade-specific context to deliver the confident, oft-gorgeous songs within. While the band’s aforementioned cohorts fixated on capturing exactly the timbres and tones first cut to tape nearly a half-century before, Quilt wisely knows that the songs carry the sounds, not the other way around. Gliding from hushed, orchestral finger-picked folk to fuse-blowing bombast and all points in between, the band eludes any attempts at pigeonholing, creating something truly splendorous.

Best tracks: “Tie up the Tides”, “Eye of the Pearl”, “Arctic Shark” 5. HUNDRED WATERS, “THE MOON RANG LIKE A BELL” Amid all of the bass-dropping button-pushers in the roster of Skrillex’s EDM-heavy record label, OWSLA, Florida-based quintet Hundred Waters’ heady electropop aims more for the ears of the world’s wallflowers than the hips of molly-addled ravers. Cold sheets of sound billow and glitch. Stripped beats subtly thump and pop. Most definitively, vocalist Nicole Miglis’ lush, layered whispers icily accumulate to form ghostly choirs. Recalling the best of Björk, Alt-J and Bat for Lashes without resorting to apery, “Moon” is one of 2014’s finest experimental offerings.

Best tracks: “Murmurs,” “Cavity,” “Down from the Rafters” 4. BLAKE MILLS, “HEIGH HO” Playing like the best Ry Cooder record you’ve never heard, Blake Mills’ masterful

second effort, “Heigh Ho,” is an amalgam of swampy blues, juke joint jazz and traditional Americana with the occasional, joyous burst of “mariachi picante.” Mills, a long-time session man and touring guitarist for the likes of Jackson Browne, Conor Oberst and Fiona Apple (who lends her voice on a pair of the album’s highlights), colors the album with instrumental virtuosity in every pick and strum. Not to be written off for his guitar prowess alone, Mills’ dustily delivered and unflinchingly direct lyrics make liner notes necessary for any first listen. It takes a hell of a lot of panache to sing the expletive-laden chorus of crown jewel “Don’t Tell Our Friends About Me” (“I know I fucked up/I know I fucked up …”) without sounding intentionally risqué, but Mills spins the tail-dragging yarn with the authenticity of someone who’s spent more than a couple nights on the couch.

Best tracks: “Don’t Tell Our Friends About Me,” “If I’m Unworthy,” “Seven” 3. PHOX, “PHOX” Ah, the fruits of musical communes! PHOX, a septet of multi-instrumentalists who crafted their breakout debut in their shared house in Baraboo, Wisconsin, won major acclaim from bloggers everywhere for the irrepressible bounce of lead single, “Slow Motion,” this spring. The confectionary chamber pop of their eponymous introduction, buoyed by plucked banjos, Afro-centric polyrhythms and, wait for it, oboe solos, is a grab bag of band-geek instrumentation and arrangement. Topped off with the cherry of melodist Monica Martin’s feathery voice, “PHOX” is as sugary and refreshing as a hot summer day’s lemonade.

Best tracks: “Slow Motion,” “1936,” “Evil” 2. STURGILL SIMPSON, “METAMODERN SOUNDS IN COUNTRY MUSIC” In a year that pushed popular country music further into “ridonculous” territory with

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forced remixes and a growing obsession with bling, Sturgill Simpson rose above the sea of trucks, drunken mamas and “painted-on pants” with a stunning set of soul-searching honky tonk numbers. With a voice (and name) that wouldn’t seem the least bit out of place on a Highwaymen record, Simpson ably casts himself as the product of Kentucky dirt, though his muses go far beyond the farm. Leadoff “Turtles all the Way Down” sets the record’s tone with cosmic longing for capital-T Truth as he croons “Marijuana, LSD, psilocybin, DMT/ They all change the way I see/But love’s the only that could ever save my life” and more than curiously references “reptile aliens made of light.” Put away your beer bongs; this is country music for the thinking man.

Best tracks: “Turtles all the Way Down,” “Life of Sin,” “Pan Bowl” 1. LANDLADY, “UPRIGHT BEHAVIOR” Marrying a childlike whimsy with art-school experimentation, Landlady’s “Upright Behavior” is an erratic and often euphoric record, packing more toe-tapping and sing-along moments in its 40 minutes than most bands do in their entire discographies. An occasional member of gypsy freaks Man Man and guest saxophonist for the likes of Vampire Weekend and Sleigh Bells, Landlady bandleader Adam Schatz has a Midas touch to match his kitchen sink songwriting. From the anthemic, madcap opener “Above My Ground” to the glee club exuberance of “Maria,” every note is in its right place with a precision that could bring Brian Wilson to bang his head. Listeners ought to check their pretension at the door, however; if you can’t bring yourself to sing along to the booze-breathed chorale “Next to the tomato seeds/Is where I count my sheep” of “Under the Yard,” there’s a chance that “Upright Behavior” isn’t for you. Or maybe you just don’t have a pulse.

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HERE COMES SANTACON

SantaCon Sat, Dec. 13, 2-9 p.m.

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f you are in downtown Fargo on Saturday, Dec. 13, do not be alarmed if you see a horde of Santas on Broadway or a Santa lifting his beard to drink a pint at your favorite bar. SantaCon is once again coming to Fargo (and to approximately 130 other cities around the world). In Fargo, this pub crawl is not only about having a jolly good time at downtown pubs; it also raises money and gathers donated items for the Gladys Ray Shelter and Veteran’s Drop-In Center. The Fargo SantaCon, in its fifth year, is a grassroots, locally planned event. The event is not sponsored by any company, does not advertise for any businesses and makes no profit. Because it is a pub crawl, only those 21 years of age and older can participate.

Besides, we would not want to confuse young children.

SantaCon is in its 20th year worldwide.

The first SantaCon, a flash mob of people in Santa costumes, was in San Francisco in 1994.

Typically, a SantaCon is a gathering of people dressed as Santa, and it usually includes a pub crawl and people dressed in other holiday-themed attire. Fargo’s SantaCon has seen snowmen, reindeer, gingerbread men and lots of Santas. There have even been a couple of sightings of Ralphie from “A Christmas Story”

in his pink bunny suit and a Krampus, a beastlike creature from Germanic folklore.

A group of six friends brought SantaCon to Fargo, after hearing about events in San Francisco, New York and elsewhere. The friends wanted a very positive, cheerful pub crawl that raised funds for a local charity, and they thought it would be fun to see a bunch of Santas in downtown Fargo. The first Fargo SantaCon was in 2010, with approximately 75 participants, who largely found out about the event via word of mouth and a Facebook post.

The event has grown steadily since, with more than 200 participants expected this year.

Through the years, SantaCon has raised funds for the Great Plains Food Bank, Boys and Girls Club/Fargo Youth Commission, and Gladys Ray Shelter and Veteran’s Drop-In Center. In 2012, SantaCon organizers met with the shelter’s director, Jan Eliassen, to work toward helping this organization. They toured the facility and learned about what they could do to help. What resulted was a successful partnership, and SantaCon continues to support Gladys Ray for the third year.

Stacy Lauinger, a yearly participant in SantaCon, has donned a variety of costumes.

Lauinger thinks that SantaCon is “a festive time,” and she especially appreciates the giving component and that Gladys Ray also serves as a veteran’s center. “I get very

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emotional when it comes to our veterans going without,” she says.

Lauinger also loves the costumes: “It is so much fun to see what people come up with and how creative they can be.”

You might wonder how a pub crawl raises funds for a charity. For Fargo’s SantaCon, they ask for a minimum $5 donation, which includes a chance at several donated door prizes. Also, volunteers collect freewill cash, check and item donations. This year SantaCon

is particularly looking for toiletry items (such as toothbrushes, toothpaste and deodorant), as well as ground coffee, powdered coffee creamer and warm gloves for the guests of the Gladys Ray Shelter.

One of SantaCon’s tenets is to “be kind,” with many Santas doing nice things along the way, including giving out candy or small holiday gifts. You may hear Santas jingling with bells as they walk between pubs, but you won’t likely hear growls or calls for “brains!”

Typically, no zombie attacks nor spilled fake blood appear during SantaCon, but Santa may leave tinsel and candy canes in his wake. All participants are asked to extend the giving spirit to their bartenders and servers. Tipping appropriately will spread joy, give you better service, and make servers happier to see Santas year after year. Also, please behave responsibly, including securing a safe ride home.

Fargo-Moorhead has many taxis and sober ride services available.

The Route: 2 pm - Sidestreet Pub 3 pm - Pickled Parrot 4 pm - Rooter’s 5 pm - Dempsey’s 6 pm - Empire Tavern 7 pm - Bismarck Tavern 8 pm - Downtown Fargo VFW (includes holiday carols and door prizes)

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t is 4:45 a.m. as Nancy Kelly reaches her destination, Labor Masters Employment Services. In about 45 minutes Nancy’s business will be bustling with anxious folks waiting by the ear for phone calls from employers’ ephemeral interest for help on the job.

Back in 2011, I too was one of the many millennials who marched towards a career in my desired field, armed with a college degree and debilitating tuition debt. After six months of my near hopeless search, I found Heartland Labor, a place where Nancy once worked as an employee. These workers are actually not far off from our toiling predecessors of the Industrial Revolution and hunter-gatherer era, where people invested the time to search for that day’s food and means of shelter for the night.

It’s a Friday before Thanksgiving and Labor Master’s flat screen hangs on the wall, showing a replay of President Obama’s Immigration Reform speech, driving his belief that immigrants working under the means of family prosperity mirror the catalyst of the American Dream.

A few prospecting temp workers waiting for work that day watch on with a glaring sneer as others eat what may have been their only sort of Thanksgiving cuisine, which Nancy had provided for their Fall Employee Appreciation Day. I was able to interview Nancy, Labor Masters’ president and CEO, along with several of her much appreciated laborers: High Plains Reader: How many temporary employees enter your doors on a daily basis?

Nancy Kelly: We send out about 100 men and women, on average, but during the warmer months we may send work order tickets for up to around 200 people.

HPR: Do employers voice to you their expectations of the sort of temporary laborers that come through these services?

NK: I ask very detailed and strenuous questions to the employer before I sign an account with any business or corporation. It’s very important these companies give feedback to me if we have reached their expectations.

HPR: What setbacks do you face from being the “middleman” of employment services?

NK: If anything goes wrong, guess who is the sounding board between the two sides? But there have never been any serious issues such as being threatened or theft … even from the employees who I know live in shelters or cars and have nowhere to call home.

HPR: Do any of your temporary employees

mikestix7@yahoo.com get hired onto a company?

NK: Since opening in January, a lot of folks who started with Labor Masters have signed onto companies as a “temp-to-hire” employee.

HPR: Finally, do you ever notice any stigmas that surround temporary employees?

NK: Not as much as it was in the past. The whole key is shoe-fitting the correct skills a person possesses with what the employer has to offer. It’s all about the environment; if folks are loitering and drinking around the parking lot of a temp agency, then that’s how stigmas are born, when agencies don’t know anything about their customers or employers.

One Fargo temp agency, containing five to ten employers, reported an annual revenue of 5 to 10 million dollars, which is not bad at all for an enterprise that was once considered illegal a handful of decades ago. But what about the men and women who are seeking such a gig for the day? I was able to gather great feedback from one man who recently moved from the labor-strapped state of Michigan: “After I lost my job out there, I Wikipedia (searched) the unemployment rates of the US and found North Dakota on the top of the list … After a week of stepping out here, surveying the surroundings, I noticed a great way to work while you wait for that job you want, or needing that instant source of income for emergencies.”

Switching from job to job four or five times in a lifespan these days can seem complex to North Dakota’s middle-class, especially for those with steady employment. Even for me, back in 2011, I noticed my steady employment co-workers had some sort of different perception of me as a worker.

I asked one female who had just returned to Labor Masters with her work order ticket if she had experienced the same: “I know my communication skills are important so I’m treated like a worker … But it’s funny to me because I too was once a supervisor and what gets me is that some employees who are full-time at a company can be a pain in the ass and they feel it’s cool to boss the temps around.”

Is contingency work considered a long-term career path? “No, not at all,” says the father from Michigan. “I see working here under Nancy as a means to get my foot in the door.

It’s all about seeing what’s appealing to me once that door is open.”

The four states with the lowest unemploy-

ment rates (North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Nebraska) are also some of the least populated states in the country. Conversely, the highest populated states have the largest unemployment rates (see California or Michigan). Whether populated with 900,000 residents or 10 million, Father Time reveals natural resources reign supreme during these

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days of labor and population. As society becomes more and more proficient in all areas of the workforce, people are gravitating toward labor outside the business of utilizing natural resources ... but it seems North Dakota, as of right now, is wringing in every able-bodied worker it can find.

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fter weeks of the grueling task of sampling the finest drinks and shots from the best bartenders at bars and restaurants of all types throughout Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo, the 6th Annual HPR Cocktail Showdown has come to an end. While the judges had varying opinions and tastes on the wide variety of contestants, the winners compiled the highest scores in categories of presentation, flavor and creativity.

All eight of the bartenders listed, including the runners up, have an automatic spot to compete in the Bartender’s Battle portion of the HPR Cocktail showdown for ultimate supremacy. The competition will take place at The Venue on Sunday, Feb. 15.

Without further ado, it’s time to let you all know who we thought was the cream of the crop from this year’s field.

Andrea Anderson Fargo, 34 “10 years of being a bartender, a friend, and a much needed psychologist for some of the finest people the Midwest has to offer … I think David Sedaris put it best: “... in terms of emotional comfort, it’s a belief that no amount of physical contact can match the healing powers of a well made cocktail ...”

BEST OVERALL: “The Scarecrow Boat” by Andrea Anderson at Monte’s Downtown Andrea Anderson had the whole package with this one, scoring high in each of the categories with each of the judges -- a difficult achievement with so many different tastes and preferences. She poached three different types of pears herself, and, with the fresh fruity ingredients and tasty hard liquor mix, the concoction was strong but wouldn’t make you wince while drinking it. Plus, with Anderson’s engaging and friendly persona behind the concoction, it’s hard not to enjoy your time spent at the bar. She wanted something really warm and “harvest-y” for the fall and winter with the Scarecrow Boat (name inspired by the TV show “Parks and Rec”), and she hit the ball out of the park. The Scarecrow Boat includes St. Germain, Grey Goose Pear, Locations E2 Wine, lemon, a splash of 7-Up and is layered on the bottom of the glass with poached pears and fresh tangerines.

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BEST SHOT: “PB Hold The J” by Davin Henrik at Level Two (Radisson) A dessert drink was Davin Henrik’s goal for the PB Hold the J, and if dessert is your game, this is your shot. It’s not only fun to watch being made, but it puts some fun in your mouth. The Radisson is the perfect place for a bartender to hone his skills, perfecting a drink without rushing, but getting the mix right. You can sit back and chat with the bartender without 10 other people screaming at him or her for something. Davin used Hennessy, Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, Frangelico liqueur and whipped cream for this specialty, which he rimmed with maple syrup, crushed cashews and peanut powder. It’s a tasty peanut butter treat with a bit of a punch.

Davin Henrik Fargo, 32 “After working at Dempsey’s, I started working at the Radisson in May of 2013.

I developed a love of crafting cocktails in high volume service. Customers from all over the world have shaped my bartending skills. Bartending is playing with the palate as much as conversation with the costumers.”

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Scott Motschenbacher Moorhead, 32 “My bartending experience started in a kitchen 14 years ago, when I realized the potential of marrying different ingredients. Shortly thereafter I took a job bartending with Duffy’s, where I discovered major differences in alcohol. I am now trying to perfect my imperfections behind a cutting board and a bar with Beefsteak.”

Scott Motschenbacher named this drink the ND Oil Tanker as a nod to the flammability of North Dakota oil -- and the fact that all of the booze he put in this drink was flambéed with flames nearly reaching the ceiling. So it’s safe to say this drink is just as flammable. Not only that, but explosive, as it creates an explosion in your mouth. Watching Scott put this all together was quite the show, which resulted in the rare perfect score for presentation. If you bump into Scott at the Beefsteak, have him cook up one of these for you, and you will get a definite jumpstart to your evening in more ways than one. The North Dakota Oil Tanker includes coffee, Appleton Reserve spiced rum, Grand Marnier liqueur, butter, brown sugar, spices, candied orange peels and studded with cloves.

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BEST FLAVOR: “Ulfberht” by Andrew Hardy at Usher’s House All of the judges were singing praises for the tastiness of Andrew Hardy’s handiwork with the Ulfberht. He sought to create something awesome, mythical and epic, and named after old German swords. He flat out nailed it. This mix is something you will want to try again and again, as it tastes good from the top of the glass all the way to the bottom -- no boozy or sour afterfinish. The Ulfberht includes Bulleit Rye bourbon, Grand Marnier liqueur, clove simple syrup, muddled huckleberries and oranges, with a splash of lime juice and soda.

Andrew Hardy Fargo, 27 “I have been in the industry for about 10 years. I’ve been bartending for five now. I’ve only worked in a select few bars, but made TONS of friends doing what I love! Cheers!!”

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MOST CREATIVE: “Winter Mule” by Jacob Johnson at The Boiler Room This holiday take on the traditional Moscow Mule was a unique and tasty idea cooked up by veteran bartender Jacob Johnson. Its mix of liquor certainly, and enjoyably, night capped a full evening of cocktail showdowns for the HPR crew and sent us merrily on our way. Even the biggest Scrooge might be forced a smirk after this bad boy. This is one holiday treat you might not get sick of, and it definitely stood out from the rest of the Christmas/holiday related entries in this year’s field. The Winter Mule is served in a stylish copper cup and is made with freshly squeezed lime juice, house simple syrup, Grey Goose Cherry Noir, Gosling’s Ginger Beer, orange juice and garnished with cinnamon sticks, Luxardo cherries and a dab of cinnamon.

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GOING ‘NUTS’ Q&A with owners of Per f ect ly Nut s and Exceptionally Nuts

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the different shows and meeting the other vendors.

HPR: If you’re not out selling at different events how does one find your product? Do you ship?

PN: Check out our website (www.perfectlynuts.net) for ordering information. We have shipped our products to nearly every state!

HPR: Do you find that in this business there is a lot of competition with what you sell?

PN: Yes, in a way, because there are usually a lot of food options, but it is also a fairly unique product. And of course the smell really helps!

HPR: What do you think the perfect combinations of nuts would be for a great holiday gift?

PN: Our most popular holiday item is our three compartment container. It has a half pound of our almonds, cashews and sunflower seeds, so there is something for everyone to try.

HPR: Have you had any problems with all the nut allergies out there? What I am trying to ask is has it affected your sales at all?

PN: We used to roast peanuts but quit due to allergy risks.

Gluten intolerance is the big one beyond nut allergies, but thankfully we are a gluten-free product.

HPR: What is the biggest misconception, in your opinion, about nuts?

PN: Well the almond, which we think of as a nut, is actually the seed of an almond fruit. And of course they are extremely healthy!

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o let’s talk about nuts and the holidays. I do mean the nuts you eat of course. “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)” definitely comes to mind as I write this, and now it is continually looping and stuck in my head! I think it’s really interesting that, for me, the first thing I grab is holiday candy, any kind for that matter. It’s everywhere, but there’s so much more out there to munch on that you can get your sweet fix from, something a little healthier. I’m talking about nuts.

With what I do for a living, catering and vending mostly, I have the pleasure of getting my fix of almonds twice a year (not nearly enough), because they are sold at the Holiday Showcase events that I am involved with in Fargo and Bismarck.

I was wondering how people decide to sell nuts for the rest of their life, so here’s an interview with Perfectly Nuts, a family-owned business from Fargo, and Exceptionally Nuts, a family-owned business from Bismarck. In fact, the couples that own these are in-laws. Here is their a story in their words.

High Plains Reader: What is the most challenging part of this business?

Exceptionally Nuts: Honestly it’s sometimes the setup of things, because everything is made fresh on the spot, packaged on the spot too. You really have to be organized and sure everything is ready to go.

HPR: Has there ever been a major problem for you?

EN: Well, the only real time there is a problem of course is if our suppliers have a problem getting us our nuts. We get them from California. They have always, however, been able to meet our needs.

HPR: Can you give me a little background on your family?

Are you from the Fargo-Moorhead area, and is this what you’ve done all your adult life for business? How long have you been doing this?

Perfectly Nuts: My husband and I are originally from Thief River Falls, MN but have lived in the West Fargo area for 12 years now. Which is also about the time we started the business.

HPR: How did you decide to do this is as a full-time job?

PN: After our first child was born I was in the mortgage business and we were struggling to find a daycare, and I decided that this might be a good opportunity for me to start my own business.

HPR: Can you tell us what it takes to get from your business to the location? What do you have to bring just to set up?

PN: We are permanent vendors in the Fargodome and Scheels Arena, so our booths are always set up and ready for us at each event. However we also do many outdoor art shows and concerts in the summer where we bring a trailer with our roasting equipment and everything we need.

HPR: Is this a family affair outside of your husband and yourself?

PN: This is a total family business. My sister is in Bismarck and my parents are in Grand Forks selling them at the Ralph Engelstad Arena. And of course our kids are starting to help out more and more each year, so there is another generation in the business now!

HPR: How many different nuts do you roast and what is your best seller?

PN: We roast almonds, sunflower seeds, pecans and cashews.

The most popular by far is our cinnamon roasted almond.

HPR: What do your kids think about what you do? Do they enjoy it? I know that sometimes they are helping out or hanging out with you.

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GOTTA-HAVE-IT COOKBOOKS “Nothin’ says Lovin” like s omet hing f rom the bookstore

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collect, or amass, cookbooks the way squirrels stash nuts for the winter. Our family room, perched at the uppermost part of our house, is part workout room, part artsy office and is dominated by a wall of cookbooks. Importantly, those books have all been read, earmarked and referred to frequently over the years.

With the advent of the Internet it is easy to just type in a search phrase and a number of recipe options will pop up.

I have done that in a pinch, but I prefer my trusted sources and the feel of a book in my hands. Besides, I am somewhat tech-challenged and impatient with the process.

That is why I have four new outstanding cookbooks to share with you. All of these books will be appreciated by the serious foodie and cook in your life. That is why I made them all gifts to myself. Each book has an interesting backstory as well, along with clear philosophies about food and unique ways of

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approaching cooking. They go from high-tech modernism to the most down-to-earth approach to food. And they all share one common thread: passion and respect for what nature brings forth.

Diplomats for years have been trying to bring Israelis and Palestinians together for peace talks. So what would seem to be an impossible marriage of cultures was shattered by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi when they joined forces back in 2007. One an Israeli and the other a Palestinian, they have created a restaurant group in London worthy of international acclaim.

Their 2012 cookbook “Jerusalem” was a New York Times bestseller and awarded cookbook of the year by the International Association of Culinary Professionals -- pretty heady stuff. Their culinary styles incorporate all aspects of Mediterranean cuisine, focusing on their similar cultures, and they are vibrant and alive with flavor and textures. Outside of their book “Jerusalem” they have collaborated on “Ottolenghi” and a book focused solely on vegetarian cooking “Plenty.”

Back in 2011 a series of books were published that set the culinary world on fire. Titled “Modernist Cuisine,” the six-volume 2,438 page encyclopedic work is the brainchild of Nathan Myhrvold, a former CEO at Microsoft and scientific and mathematical genius with a passion for cooking. Using his superb analytical mindset, he delves into the processes of cooking, and he explains them in ways never thought of before. It is an absolute historic amount of information.

The volumes start at “History & Fundamentals” and move through; “Techniques & Equipment,” “Animals & Plants,” “Ingredients & Preparations” and “Plated-Dish Recipes.” In 2012 he published “Modernist Cuisine at Home,” and it is well worth the $150 dollars, as it is the equivalent of going to cooking school. In this one volume he brings all the best of the series into one book, in a format the home cook can benefit from. If you want a sample taste of “Modernist Cuisine,” the downtown Fargo library has all the volumes.

There is a science to cooking, a way to understand how food reacts to heat, cold, aging or dehydrating. To be a successful cook you have to be able to feel the food. At this point, some ancestral culinary awareness would be helpful. Granny just knew the pastry was right: a pinch here, a pour there.

This isn’t hippie granola; it is the essence of how San

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Francisco would become the birthplace of New American food, founded on no less than classic French technique. Alice Waters at Chez Panisse spawned the likes of Jeremiah Tower (Stars), Joyce Goldstein (Square One), Jonathan Waxman and Mark Miller (Coyote Café). When you have people from Cleveland who unite with people from California you get Bar Tartine and great food. Bar Tartine resonates the best of the old world while re-inventing how we think about pickled beets and dried ramps.

These guys just get it: it’s all about the food, the technique and making you feel the passion behind the food.

Last winter I posted some pictures of me grilling and then drying some gorgeous pink grapefruits, which, once dried, I pulverized into a fine powder. I sprinkled this powder over dishes for a bright surprise. I believe there are creative currents that circle around us and they become part of us.

When I received my Christmas present to myself (the Bar Tartine cookbook), I realized we were sharing the same creative currents.

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Summit - Harvest Fresh IPA (ABV 7% IBU 70, Minnesota) This transparent copper-colored beer possesses a fluffy white head that rises to the sky. The evident aroma of cascade, centennial and chinook hops rises from the glass while this beer finishes crisp and clean.

JL Beers - Hoppin’ Wet (ABV 6.7% IBU 70, JL Beers Brew) Cascade hops escape this light copper IPA providing a luscious, frothy white head that leaves attractive lacing on the glass. A crisp beginning starts this beer, followed by a slight tingle, and it finishes clean and bright.

Schell’s – Fresh Hopped Equinox Pilsner (ABV 5% IBU 45, Minnesota) This pilsner is fresh hopped with mosaic hops and has a

straw colored body that possesses a decent head, which settles quickly. This light-bodied beer is full of flavor that lingers long after.

Sierra Nevada – Celebration (ABV 6.8% IBU 65, California) Deep copper in color, this IPA is fresh hopped with chinook, centennial and cascade hops. A delectable head and beautiful lacing really add to the beauty of this beer. Subtle caramel notes seep through the malty medium body.

Deschutes – Hop Trip (ABV 5.9% IBU 38, Oregon) This Pale Ale is packed with nugget, centennial and fresh crystal hops, which create a malty beer with a caramel, yet citrusy, tone. A bountiful head sits atop this beer while leaving a beautiful laced glass behind.

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ONGOING EVENTS

*In the Neighborhood: oil work by Beverly Jane, Uptown Gallery, Fargo, 701793-7201, uptownartgallery.com, thru Jan. 3 *Deborah Mae Broad, The Uptown Gallery, Fargo, 701-793-7201, uptownartgallery.com thru Jan 9

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*Creativity on Display, The Uptown Gallery, Fargo, 701-793-7201, uptownartgallery.com thru Jan. 31 *Oil in the Fields: Andy Scholz, Rourke Art Gallery, Moorhead, 218-236-8861, therourke.org, thru Jan 18 *Remembering When: Vintage Linens, Nichole’s Fine Pastry, Fargo, 701-2326430, nicholesfinepastry. com

*Under Construction: Lynn Fundingsland, Nichole’s Fine Pastry, Fargo, 701-232-6430, nicholesfinepastry.com *Hybrid Vigor: Stephen Alexander Wischer, Plains Art Museum, 701-2323821, plainsart.org *In Crypt: On New Worlds Re-Ordered, Plains Art Museum, 701-232-3821, plainsart.org *Todd Herbert Selected Works1999-2014, Plains Art Museum, 701-2323821, plainsart.org *The North Dakota Mural: James Rosenquist, Plains Art Museum, 701-2323821, plainsart.org *Trail Dust and Sentiment, Plains Art Museum, Fargo. plainsart.org *Creative Actions: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Plains Art Museum, plainsart.org *Art of Sacred Spaces, The Rourke Art Gallery, Moorhead, 218-236-8861, therourke.org

The Stag Th age ag e at Island Park, 333 4th St St S, Far argo o Fargo-Moorhead Community Thea e tre prressen ents ts one of th the he wo worl rld rl d’s d’ moos t classic an nd en ngag agin ing g taale less ab about candy. Join the fun with thee Oom mpa p Loom Lo ompa om mpaas, s Gra rand ndpa Joe oe,, Ve Veru ruca Salt, Charliee Bu B ckket and n the rest of the g ng ga g thi his is we week e en ek nd. d. “Go Gold Go ld lde den” tiickets a e av ar avai aila ai l bl la blee at a fmct.or org g orr calll 70123523 5-67 6778 778 78.

*Transformations:The Art of the Mask, The Rourke Art Gallery, Moorhead, 218236-8861, therourke.org *Heart/Land and Living as Form, Plains Art Museum, Fargo. plainsart.org *ART BOOM, Tri-College Art Faculty Show, Plains Art Museum, thru January 4, plainsart.org *Ellen Diederich, The Uptown Gallery, Fargo, uptownartgallery.com *VIVID, The Art of Seth Chwast and Dietrich Sieling, Plains Art Museum, Fargo. 701-232-3821, thru April 5, plainsart.org

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*Doing Our Part — Clay County in WWll, Hjemkomst Center, Moorhead, 218-299-5511, hcscconline.org *FMVA Constraint Show, Hjemkomst Center, Moorhead, 218-299-5511, hcscconline.org, thru Jan 5 *On and On: Cameron Peterson, Nichole’s Fine Pastry, Fargo, 701-2326430, nicholesfinepastry. com *Spirit of Nature: Marcella Rose, Nichole’s Fine Pastry, Fargo, 701-2326430, nicholesfinepastry. com thru Dec 24

*Sheldon Green -- Visual Stories: My Journey from Negs to Jpegs, Cyrus M Running Gallery, Concordia, concordia.edu, thru Dec 14 *Steve Knutson: Off the Map, The Spirit Room, Fargo, 701-237-0230, spiritroom.net *House & Home, Hjemkomst Center, Moorhead, 218-299-5511, hcscconline.org, thru Jan 7 *New Works: Andrew Stark, Ecce Gallery, Fargo, 701-298-3223, eccegallery. com, thru Jan 4 *Frasier, Ltd. Festival of Trees, FargoDome, 701232-2301, fargodome.com

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*The Vase Project: Made in China, Landscape in Blue, NDMOA, Grand Forks,701-777-4195, ndmoa.org, thru Jan. 14 *Barton’s Place, NDMOA, Grand Forks,701-777-4195, ndmoa.org *Out of the Silent Planet: Cameron Peterson’s, The Spirit Room, Fargo, 701237-0230, spiritroom.net *Visiting Artists: David Adams, Eleanor Richards, MSUM Art Gallery, Roland Dille Arts Center MSUM 9 AM

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ART & CRAFTS *Intro to Lefse, Fargo Public Library Carlson Branch, 701.241.1492, cityoffargo. com, 6 PM *Dabble in Calligraphy, West Fargo Public Library, 701-433-5460, westfargolibrary.org 6 PM, Please RSVP *Visiting Artists: David Adams, Eleanor Richards, MSUM Art Gallery, Roland Dille Arts Center MSUM, 10 AM BANDS & LIVE MUSIC ::Flywheel, Shooting Star Casino, Mahnomen, starcasino.com, 7:30 PM, 21+ ::Dave Ferreira Trio, Maxwells, West Fargo, 701-2779463, 6:30 PM

::Jazz Nickel, Basie’s, Fargo, 701-281-7105, 7 PM, 21+ *Old Tyme Jam Session, Red Raven Espresso Parlor, 701-478-7337, 7 PM ::Michael Gibson, Cork n Cleaver, Fargo, 701-2376790, 7 PM, 21+ ::Todd Sisson, Tailgators Sports Cafe, Fargo, 701293-2091, 5:00 PM ::Slamabama, The Windbreak Saloon, 701-2825507, Fargo. 9:30 PM, 21+ ::The Vinegar Strokes, JC Chumley’s, 218-236-7813, Moorhead, 9 PM, 21+ ::Twinkie Jiggles Broken Orchestra, Hotel Donaldson, Downtown Fargo, 701478-8888, 8 PM, 21+ COMEDY *Andy Woodhull, Courtney’s Comedy Club, Moorhead, 218-287-7100, 8 &10:30 PM, 21+ CONCERTS *Holiday Organ Concerts, Fargo Theatre,701.205.4152 , fargotheatre.org, 12 PM *Master Chorale Of FM Xmas Concert, Centrum Knutson Center Concordia, Moorhead, 701.205.0390, fmmasterchorale.org, 6:30 PM ETC *Chess Club, Fargo Main Library, 701-241-1495, cityoffargo.com, 5:30 PM

*Lego Club, Moorhead Public Library, 218.233.3757, larl.org, 6 PM *Season of Light, MSUM Planetarium Bridges Hall 7 PM, Moorhead, 218.477.2920, mnstate. edu, 7 PM EVENTS *ISOC National Snocross Trials, Buffalo River Race Park, MN, snocross.com, 10 AM *Noon Holiday Concert, NDSU Brass Quintet, Plains Art Museum, 701232-3821, plainsart.org, 12 PM *Santa Village, Rheault Farm, Fargo, 701-499-7788, fargoparks.com, 4 PM KARAOKE ::Rooters Bar Karaoke, Rooters Bar, 701-2354082, Fargo, 9 PM, 21+ ::K & L Karaoke, prime rib and ribeyes, Knickerbocker Liquor Locker, Hickson, 9 PM THEATRE *Storefront Church, Theatre B, Fargo, 701-7298880, theatreb.org, 7:30 PM *The Women of Lockerbie, Askanase Auditorium, NDSU Fargo, 701-2317932, ndsu.edu, 7:30 PM *Willy Wonka, The Stage at Island Park, Fargo, 701235-6778, musictheatrefm. com, 7:30 PM

*Willy Wonka Jr, The Stage at Island Park, Fargo, 701-235-6778, musictheatrefm.com, 2 PM *Jekyll & Hyde, Davies High School Theatre, Fargo, 701.446.1000, 7:30 PM

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BANDS & LIVE MUSIC ::The Ciro & Topher Show, Bar Nine, Fargo, 701-356-0099, barninefargo.com, 9:30 PM, 21+ ::Ho Ho Holiday Event, Uncorked, Fargo, 701.356.4014, 4 PM ::Plowboyz, O’Kelly’s Tastes & Toddies, Kelly Inn, 701-277-1880, Fargo. 8:30 PM, 21+ ::“A Gypsy Jazz Christmas” w/ Carluster Crumplebee Orchestra, Studio 222, Fargo, 701-238-8336, brownpapertickets.com, 8 PM ::Confusion, Specks, Fargo, 701-232-0202, 9 PM, 21+ ::Road Trip Radio, Rick’s Bar, 701-232-8356, Fargo, 9 PM, 21+ ::Wilson Bradley Band, M&J Brand Saloon, 701282-3059, West Fargo, 9 PM, 21+ . ::Honkey Tonk StarDust Cowboys, West Fargo VFW, 701-282-4728, West Fargo.

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::Pat Lenertz Fargo VFW, 701-235-8243, Fargo, 9:30 PM, 21+ ::Deadbeats, Lucky’s 13 Pub, Fargo, 701-551-0013, luckys13pub.com, 9 PM, 21+ ::Eric Hedman, Max Lounge, West Fargo, 701356-7464, 9 PM, 21 + ::Boogie Wonderland, Shotgun Sally’s, Fargo, 701241-4386, 9:30 PM. 21+ ::The Roosters, Exit 1 Lounge, Dakota Magic Casino, Hankinson, 1-800-DAKOTA5, Dakotamagic.com, 9 PM ::Flywheel, Shooting Star Casino, Minnesota, starcasino.com, 7:30 PM, 21+ ::San Haven Chuckle, Dempsey’s Public House, 701-235-5913, Fargo. 10 PM, 21+ ::Loy Avenue, Pickled Parrot, 701-356-5227, Fargo.

9:30 PM, 21+ ::Helena Handbasket, Legacy Ballroom, Fargo, ::World Class Art Thieves, The Nestor Tavern, Fargo, 701-232-2485, 9 PM, 21+ ::Pop Rocks, The Windbreak Saloon, 701-2825507, Fargo. 9:30 PM, 21+ ::Dan Christianson, Hennessy’s Irish Pub, Fargo, 701-566-8770, 9 PM, 21 +

::Tune in Tokyo, Spirits Lounge, Holiday Inn, Fargo, 701-277-7330, 9 PM, 21 + ::DJ / Karaoke, JC Chumley’s, 218-236-7813, Moorhead, 9 PM, 21+ COMEDY ::Andy Woodhull, Courtney’s Comedy Club, Moorhead, 218-287-7100, 8 PM &10:30 PM, 21+ CONCERTS *John Michael Montgomery, Dakota Magic Casino, Hankinson, 1-800-DAKOTA5, Dakotamagic.com, 8 PM *Holiday Organ Concerts, Fargo Theatre, 701.205.4152, fargotheatre.org, 12 PM *The Noteables Women Choir, Sheyenne Crossings, West Fargo, 2 PM *Wendy and Linda Show, A Center for the Arts, Fergus Falls, 218-998-2787, fergusarts.org, 2 PM *FM Symphony Holiday Pops Concert, Fargo Theatre,701.205.4152, fmsymphony.org, 2 PM *Master Chorale Of FM Xmas Concert, Centrum Knutson Center Concordia, Moorhead, 701.205.0390, fmmasterchorale.org, 6:30 PM ETC *Santa Village, Rheault Farm, Fargo, 701-4997788, fargoparks.com, 4 PM

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DEC 11 - DEC 18 *Faith and Work: Bridging the Gap, Barry Auditorium, Grant Center, Concordia College, 218.299.3305, concordiacollege.edu, 11:30 AM *Rock-n-Bowl, The Bowler, Fargo, 701-293-0200, 8 PM, All Ages *Free Movie Friday, Fargo Public Main Library, 701476-4040, cityoffargo.com, 1 PM *Free Movie Friday, Fargo Public Library Carlson Branch, 701-476-4040 cityoffargo.com,1 PM *Friday Movie, West Fargo Public Library, 701-4335460, 10:30 AM EVENT *ISOC National Snocross, Buffalo River Race Park, MN, snocross.com, 11 AM *Red Raven Songwriters Night, Red Raven Espresso Parlor, Fargo, 701-4787337, 7 PM

*Toppers Xmas Party for Boy & Girls Club, Fargo Youth Center, 701.235.2147, 4 PM FILM *Stories from the Red River Valley, Hjemkomst Center, Moorhead, 218-2995511, hcscconline. org, 7 PM KARAOKE ::Northsider Karaoke, Northsider All Star Bowl, Moorhead, 9 PM, 21+ ::The Bowler Karaoke, The Bowler, 701-2930200, Fargo. 9 PM, 21+ ::Vic’s Bar and Grill Karaoke and Video Dj, Vic’s Bar and Grill, Moorhead 9 PM. 21+ ::Work Zone Karaoke, Work Zone Bar, West Fargo 9 PM, 21+ ::Millers Hideout Karaoke, Millers Hideout, Harwood 9 PM, 21+

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::Slammer’s Karaoke, Slammer’s Sport Bar And Grill, Red River Lanes, 701235-1912, Fargo, 9:30 PM, 21+ ::Chumley’s Karaoke, Chumley’s, 218-236-7813, Moorhead, 9:30 PM, 21+ ::Rhombus Guys Karaoke, Rhombus Guys, 701-540-4534, Fargo, 10 PM, 21+

SPORTS *Fargo Force vs Cedar Rapids, Scheels Arena, Fargo, 701-364-3672, fargoforce.com, 7:05 PM THEATRE *Storefront Church, Theatre B, Fargo, 701-7298880, theatreb.org, 7:30 PM *The Women of Lockerbie, Askanase Auditorium, NDSU Fargo, 701-2317932, ndsu.edu, 7:30 PM

*Willy Wonka, The Stage at Island Park, Fargo, 701235-6778, musictheatrefm. com, 7:30 PM *Jekyll & Hyde, Davies High School Theatre, Fargo, 701.446.1000, 7:30 PM

SAT::DEC 13

ARTS & CRAFTS *Awesome Art Afternoon, RDJ Rec Center, Fargo, 701499-7788, fargoparks.

com, 1 PM *Unraveled Crafters, Carlson Public Library, Fargo, 701.476.5977, cityoffargo. com, 1 PM *Huge Holiday Vendor / Craft Show, CCRI, Moorhead, 1 PM BANDS & LIVE MUSIC ::Q5, O’Leary’s Irish Pub, Moorhead, 218.287.1957, olearysmoorhead.com, 9 PM, 21 + ::Ciro & Topher, Hooligans, West Fargo, 701.373.0770, hooliganswestfargocom, 9 PM, 21 + ::Carluster Crumplebee Orchestra, Sidestreet Grille and Pub, Fargo, 701271-0092, 9 PM ::Tune in Tokyo, Spirits Lounge, Holiday Inn, Fargo, 701-277-7330, 9 PM, 21

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::Unleashed, JT Cigarro’s, Fargo, 701-277-0711, 9 PM, 21+ ::Helena Handbasket, Zorbaz, Detroit Lakes, 218.847.5305, zorbaz. com, 9:30 PM *Trees at Sea, Into the Lake, The First Timers, Red Raven Espresso Parlor, Fargo, 701.478.7337, 7 PM ::Silverado, JC Chumley’s, 218-236-7813, Moorhead, 9 PM, 21+ ::Dj Twe, Level Two, Radisson, Fargo, 9 PM, 21 + ::Eric Jacobson, Max Lounge, West Fargo, 701356-7464, 9 PM, 21 + ::Road Trip Radio, Rick’s Bar, 701-232-8356, Fargo, 9 PM, 21+ ::Confusion, Specks, Fargo, 701-232-0202, 9 PM, 21+ ::Wilson Bradley Band, M&J Brand Saloon, 701282-3059, West Fargo, 9 PM, 21+ ::The Vistas, Fargo VFW, 701-235-8243, Fargo, 9:30 PM, 21+ . ::Honkey Tonk StarDust Cowboys, West Fargo VFW, 701-282-4728, West Fargo, 9 PM, 21+ ::Sell Out Stereo, Shotgun Sally’s, Fargo, 701.241.4386, 9:30 PM, 21+

::Mike Holtz, Lucky’s 13 Pub, Fargo, 701-551-0013, luckys13pub.com, 9:30 PM, 21+ ::Flywheel, Shooting Star Casino, Minnesota, starcasino.com, 7:30 PM, 21+ ::The Roosters, Exit 1 Lounge, Dakota Magic Casino, Hankinson, 1-800-DAKOTA5, Dakotamagic.com, 9 PM ::The Quarterly, The Aquarium, Fargo, 701-235-5913, 9 PM, 21+ ::Loy Avenue, Pickled Parrot, 701-356-5227, Fargo, 9 PM, 21+ ::Nathan Miller Band, Dempsey’s Public House, 701-235-5913, Fargo, 10 PM, 21+ ::Honkey Tonk Stardust Cowboys, West Fargo VFW, 701-282-4728, West Fargo, 9 PM, 21+ ::Lost Highway, The Windbreak Saloon, 701-2825507, Fargo. 9:30 PM. 21+ ::The Weeping Willards, Hennessy’s Irish Pub, Fargo, 701-566-8770, 9 PM, 21 + ::Happy Hour, The Spirit Room, Fargo, 701-2370230, spiritroom.net, 5 PM ::Aitas w/ Linear Symmetry, The Nestor Tavern, Fargo, 701-232-2485, 9 PM, 21+ BENEFIT / FUNDRAISER *5th Annual Fargo SantaCon Pub Crawl, Downtown Fargo, facebook.com/ fargosantacon, 2-10 PM

COMEDY ::Andy Woodhull, Courtney’s Comedy Club, Moorhead, 218-287-7100, 8 PM &10:30 PM, 21+ *Open Mic Comedy Night, The New Direction, 701318-0742, Fargo. 9 PM. Hosted by Mike Throntveit and Joe Christianson CONCERTS *FM Symphony Holiday Pops Concert, Fargo Theatre, 701.205.4152, fmsymphony.org, 2 PM *Robert Robinson, Top Hat Theatre, Ulen Hitterdal High School, 218-5968853, 7:30 PM, brownpapertickets.com, *Master Chorale Of FM Xmas Concert, Centrum Knutson Center Concordia, Moorhead, 701.205.0390, fmmasterchorale.org, 6:30 PM ETC *Holidays at the Rourke, Rourke Art Gallery, Moorhead, 218-236-8861, therourke.org, 6-9 PM *An Hour of Code, Moorhead Public Library, 218.233.3757, larl.org, 1 PM *Season of Light, MSUM Planetarium Bridges Hall 7 PM, Moorhead, 218.477.2920, mnstate. edu, 7 PM *Santa Village, Rheault Farm, Fargo, 701-4997788, fargoparks.com, 1 PM

*Skating with Santa, Veterans Memorial Arena, West Fargo, 701.433.5360, wfparks.org, 7 PM, ::Rhombus Guys Service Industry Appreciation Day, Rhombus Guys, 701540-4534, Fargo, noonclose, 21+ ::Kelly Inn Service Appreciation Day, O’Kelly’s Tastes & Toddies, Biltmore, 701-277-1880, Fargo, 12 PM, (All Day Event), 21+ EVENTS *ISOC National Snocross Trials, Buffalo River Race Park, MN, snocross.com, 8:30 AM KARAOKE ::Northsider Karaoke, Northsider All Star Bowl, Moorhead, 9 PM, 21+ ::O’Kelly’s Karaoke, O’Kelly’s Tastes & Toddies, Kelly Inn, 701-277-1880, Fargo, 7:30 PM, 21+ ::M&J Brand Saloon Karaoke, M&J Brand Saloon, 701-282-3059, West Fargo, 9 PM, 21+ LITERATURE *Quest for Middle Earth, Fargo Public Main Library, 701-476-4040, cityoffargo. com, 2 PM THEATRE *Willy Wonka Jr, The Stage at Island Park, Fargo, 701-235-6778, musictheatrefm.com, 2 & 7:30 PM *Storefront Church, Theatre B, Fargo, 701-7298880, theatreb.org, 7:30 PM

*Amahl and the Night Visitors, Frances Frazier Comstock Theatre, Concordia College, 701.239.4558, fmopera.org, 2 PM *Jekyll & Hyde, Davies High School Theatre, Fargo, 701.446.1000, 7:30 PM *The Women of Lockerbie, Askanase Auditorium, NDSU Fargo, 701-2317932, ndsu.edu, 7:30 PM

SUN::DEC 14

BANDS & LIVE MUSIC ::Singer Songwriter Nite: Todd Sisson and Shawn Smalley, Hotel Donaldson, Downtown Fargo, 701-4788888, 7 PM, cover, 21+ ::24 Seven, The Windbreak Saloon, 701-282-5507, Fargo, 9:30 PM, 21+ BENEFIT / FUNDRAISER *Roni Delaney Benefit, El Zagal Shrine, Fargo, dakmed.org/lendahand, 1 PM CLASSES *Three Daisies, Fargo Billiards and Gastropub, Fargo, 218-790-3320, call for details, creativelyuncorked.com, 12 PM COMEDY CONCERTS *Master Chorale Of FM Xmas Concert, Centrum Knutson Center Concordia, Moorhead, 701.205.0390, fmmasterchorale.org, 2 PM *FM Gay Mens Chorus Xmas Concert, Fargo Theatre,701.205.4152, fargotheatre.org, 2 PM

*NDSU Baroque Festival: Handel’s Messiah, Festival Concert Hall, NDSU, Fargo, 701.231.7969, 2 PM ETC *Season of Light, MSUM Planetarium Bridges Hall, Moorhead, 218.477.2920, mnstate.edu, 2 & 7 PM *FMUU Sunday Service, Fargo-Moorhead Unitarian Universalist Church, Fargo.

11 AM. Free and open to the public *Santa Village, Rheault Farm, Fargo, 701-4997788, fargoparks.com, 1 PM, *Rock-n-Bowl, The Bowler, 701-293-0200, Fargo.

9 PM. All Ages THEATRE *Storefront Church, Theatre B, Fargo, 701-7298880, theatreb.org, 2 PM *Willy Wonka, The Stage at Island Park, Fargo, 701235-6778, musictheatrefm. com, 7:30 PM *Amahl and the Night Visitors, Frances Frazier Comstock Theatre, Concordia College, 701.239.4558, fmopera.org, 2 PM *Jekyll & Hyde, Davies High School Theatre, Fargo, 701.446.1000, 2 PM

MON::DEC 15

BANDS & LIVE MUSIC ::The Blues Band, Hennessy’s Irish Pub, Fargo, 701-566-8770, 9 PM, 21+

COMEDY *New Direction Open Mic Comedy Night, The New Direction, 701-318-0742, Fargo, 9 PM, Hosted by Mike Throntveit and Joe Christianson.

CONCERT *Noon Holiday Concert, Silver Winds, Plains Art Museum, 701-232-3821, plainsart.org, 12 PM *Holiday Organ Concerts, Fargo Theatre, 701.205.4152, fargotheatre.org, 12 PM EVENTS *Open Computer Practice, Moorhead Public Library, 218.233.3757, larl. org, 2 PM *Season of Light, MSUM Planetarium Bridges Hall, 7 PM, Moorhead, 218.477.2920, mnstate. edu, 7 PM *The Beefsteak Club Service Appreciation Night, The Beefsteak Club, 612 1st Ave N, Fargo. 5-midnight KARAOKE ::Rooters Bar Karaoke, Rooters Bar, 701-2354082, Fargo. 9 PM. 21+ ::The Bowler Karaoke, The Bowler, 701-293-0200, Fargo. 9 PM. 21+ ::Chumley’s Karaoke, Chumley’s, 218-236-7813, Moorhead. 9:30 PM, 21+

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DEC 11 - DEC 18 OPEN MIC & JAM ::Sidestreet Open Jam, Sidestreet Grille And Pub, 701-271-0092, Fargo, 9:30 PM, 21+

TUES::DEC 16

BANDS & LIVE MUSIC ::Live Jazz, D’Vine, Fargo, 701-235-4222, 6-10 PM, 21+ ::Dj/Karaoke, JC Chumley’s, 218-236-7813, Moorhead, 9 PM, 21+ ::Open Mic Nite w Mic Klein, Shotgun Sally’s, Fargo, 9 PM. 21+ CLASSES *Tech Class: One on One, West Fargo Public Library, 701-433-5460, 6:30 PM, *Gingerbread Houses: Teen Crafts, Fargo Public Library Carlson Main, 701.241.1472 cityoffargo. com, 4:30 PM COMEDY *Red Raven Comedy Night, Red Raven Espresso Parlor, 701-478-7337, Fargo. 9 PM

CONCERTS *Holiday Organ Concerts, NDSU Faculty Chamber Ensemble, Fargo Theatre,701.205.4152 , fargotheatre.org, 12 PM EVENTS *Classics Book Club: The Woman in White, Moorhead Public Library, 218.233.3757, larl. org, 6:30 PM *Knitty Gritty, West Fargo Public Library, 701-4335460, 6:30 PM, Please bring size 8 & 10 Needles and Yarn or Hook and Yarn KARAOKE ::Three Lyons Karaoke, Three Lyons Pub, West Fargo 9 PM, 21+ ::Dempsey’s Karaoke, Dempsey’s Public House, 701-235-5913, Fargo, 9 PM, 21+ ::Woody’s Bar Karaoke, Woody’s Bar & Grill, 701241-9817, Fargo. 9 PM, 21+

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LITERATURE *Author Visit: Shannon Galpin, Fargo Public Main Library, 701-476-5977, cityoffargo.com, 7 PM

WED::DEC 17

*Creatively Uncorked’s Snowy Cardinal, Fargo Billiards and Gastropub, Fargo, 218-790-3320, creativelyuncorked.com, 6:30 PM BANDS & LIVE MUSIC ::The Vinegar Strokes, Bar Nine, Fargo,701-356-0099, barninefargo.com, 9:30 PM, 21+ ::The Weeping Willards, JT Cigarro’s, Fargo, 701277-0711, 9 PM, 21+ ::The Brave, Dempsey’s Public House, 701-2355913, Fargo. 10 PM. 21+ ::Ciro and Topher, Hennessy’s Irish Pub, Fargo, 701-566-8770, 8 PM, 21 + ::Mike Hokanson, Zorbaz, Detroit Lakes, 218.847.5305, zorbaz. com, 5 PM ::Lars and Joe Pony Show, O’leary’s Irish Pub, Moorhead, 218.287.1957, olearysmoorhead.com, 9 PM, 21 + COMEDY ::Pickled Parrot Open Mic Comedy Night, Pickled Parrot, 701-356-5227, Fargo, 10 PM, 21+

CONCERTS *Holiday Organ Concerts, Fargo Theatre, 701.205.4152, fargotheatre.org, 12 PM *Noon Holiday Concert, Sarah Morrau & Bekka Devries, Plains Art Museum,701-232-3821, plainsart.org, 12 PM *A Light in the Dark Thodos Dance Chicago, A Center for the Arts, Fergus Falls, 218-998-2787, fergusarts.org, 7:30 PM EVENTS *FirstLink’s Giving Tree of Hope & Connection Fair, Fargo Civic Center, 701.241.1310, myfirstlink. org 9 AM, all day event. *Santa Village, Rheault Farm, Fargo, 701-4997788, fargoparks.com, 4 PM KARAOKE ::Rooters Bar Karaoke, Rooters Bar, 701-2354082, Fargo. 9 PM. 21+ OPEN MIC *Rhombus Guys Open Mic Wednesdays, 606 Main Ave, 9 PM

::Todd Sisson, Tailgators Sports Cafe, Fargo, 701293-2091, 5:00 PM ::October Road, The Windbreak Saloon, 701-2825507, Fargo, 9:30 PM, 21+ ::The Vinegar Strokes, JC Chumley’s, 218-236-7813, Moorhead, 9 PM, 21+ ::Mark Proulx, Max Lounge, West Fargo, 701356-7464, 7:00 PM, 21+ ::Dedric Clark & the Social Animals, Hotel Donaldson, Downtown Fargo, 701-478-8888, 8 PM, $5 cover, 21+ ::Gypsy Lumberjacks, Shotgun Sally’s, Fargo, 9 PM. 21+

::Jazz Night, Basie’s, Fargo, 701-281-7105, 7:00 PM, 21+, no cover ::Dave Ferreira Trio, Maxwells, West Fargo, 701-2779463, 6:30 PM COMEDY *Frank Roche, Dave Johnson, Courtney’s Comedy Club, Moorhead, 218-287-7100, 8 PM & 10:30 PM, 21+ CONCERTS *Rock & Roll Xmas Spectacular, Historic Holmes Theatre, 218.844.4221, dlccc.org, 7:30 PM

THURS::DEC 18

ART & CRAFTS BANDS & LIVE MUSIC ::Isias Quintanilla, Cork n Cleaver, Fargo, 701-2376790, 7 PM. 21+

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Storytime read by the characters • Meet your favorite storybook characters Photos with Santa $3 • Pancake breakfast $5 per person • Make and take home crafts • Games, performances and MORE!

*The Blenders Holiday Concert, Fargo Theatre, 701.205.4152, fargotheatre.org, 7:30 PM *Holiday Organ Concerts, Fargo Theatre, 701.205.4152, fargotheatre.org, 12 PM *Noon Holiday Concert,

Dakota Rose String Quartet, Plains Art Museum, 701-232-3821, plainsart. org, 12 PM ETC *Diabetes Education Opportunity, Sanford Health Diabetes Center, Fargo, 701.234.2245, 4 PM

*Chess Club, Fargo Public Main Library, 701-4765977, cityoffargo.com, 5:30 PM ::Women’s Impact Empower Hour, Max Lounge, West Fargo, 701-356-7464, 5 PM, 21+, no cover *Season of Light, MSUM

Planetarium Bridges Hall 7 PM, Moorhead, 218.477.2920, mnstate. edu, 7 PM *Pride Collective Holiday Open House, Pride Collective and Community Center, Fargo, pridecollective.com, 5:30 PM

*Santa Village, Rheault Farm, Fargo, 701-4997788, fargoparks.com, 4 PM, EVENTS *MSUM Winter Commencement, Nemzek Field House, msum.edu, 1 PM KARAOKE

::Rooters Bar Karaoke, Rooters Bar, 701-2354082, Fargo, 9 PM, 21+ ::Pepper’s Karaoke, Sons of Norway, Fargo, 7 PM, 21+ THEATRE *Storefront Church, Theatre B, Fargo, 701-7298880, theatreb.org, 7:30 PM

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Order your Ralph’s Corner or El Chong T-shirts now online at merchme.us or call Nels at 1.877.653.5884.

EMPLOYMENT

LABBY’S GRILL AND BAR NOW HIRING

Bring your spare bike parts and handy volunteer skills to FM Community Bike Workshop at 209 NP Ave, Fargo. For information email info@ fmbikeworkshop.org or call 701.478.4021.

Labby’s Grill and Bar is now hiring parttime food prep/ cooks, servers and bartenders.

Experience preferred but not required, will train. Apply in person at 1100 19th Ave. N Fargo.

FOR SALE

BLACKBIRD WOODFIRE SEEKING DISHWASHER

UNIQUE JEWELRY Chloe+Isabel Jewelry. Fun, unique pieces. Great Christmas gifts. Shop at fmjewelry.com.

WOLF SPIRIT TRADING POST Handmade Native American Products, 9am-6pm, Monday - Saturday, 817 14th St. S., Fargo. 701.212.9987.

BLUE GOOSE @ THE PLAINS ART MUSEUM The Blue Goose Cafe is looking for cashier, servers and some kitchen help for our cafe opening soon in The Plains Art Museum. Full & part-time positions. Contact Granville Wood via email, BGCafe425@ icloud.com

FARGO BILLIARDS Fargo Billiards is now hiring PT line cooks, dishwashers, servers, and service counter staff. Please apply in person.

PART-TIME DESIGN ASSISTANT Must be proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Have portfolio and resume ready. Contact Raul Gomez at raul@hpr1.com.

JOBS! JOBS! JOBS! Call Express Employment Professionals for a wide variety of job openings. 701.297.8800. www.expresspros.com

RENTALS

ROMO’S TACOS Hiring for all positions. Apply at 118 N Broadway in the basement of the Black Building.

701.232.4343.

PEOPLES ORGANIC CAFÉ

Blackbird Woodfire is looking for a daytime dishwasher. Please apply at 206 Broadway, Fargo.

Currently hiring all positions.

Please call 701.356.6454 for more details.

PIZZA PATROL DAY & NIGHT DELIVERY DRIVERS

SERVERS, BARTENDERS & COOKS NEEDED

Pizza Patrol Day & Night Delivery Drivers. Must furnish own vehicle and insurance. Will train. Apply at 104 4th St. S, Moorhead. 701.241.9000

Independent Contractor delivery openings for High Plains Reader on Thursday mornings. Good pay for a part-time gig. You must have a drivers license and your own car. Please contact Jana at 701.235.1553 or email jana@hpr1.com

Maxwell’s Restaurant & Bar and the new Max Lounge are looking to expand their professional staff at both locations and are seeking full and part-time employment for passionate servers, bartenders and cooks.

Contact 701.277.9463 or email contact@maxwellsnd. com

SALES INTERN FOR HPR Contact HPR sales director John Strand for an internship with the High Plains Reader.

Email jas@hpr1.com for info

ADVERTISING CAREER Do you have what it takes to make a career selling advertising for the High Plains Reader? If you do, email jas@ hpr1.com ASAP

ATTENDANTS / ASSISTANTS In-Home Care: Openings for Aide/Attendants. Naturalpathic / Holistic minded A+. To Assist Disabled person w/ daily activities: Juicing, scheduling, cleaning, food prep, cooking, light house work, office / computer skills, errands & temporary child care. 15-20+ hrs avail. All shifts. Submit resume to jobz@702com. net or call for more info 218.287.0340.

HPR SPRING INTERNS

1 COZY BEDROOM AVAILABLE Seeking studious roommate for 4 bdrm house across from MSUM. Older students preferred. $300/mo plus utilities.

Email holdenlu@ mnstate.edu.

2 BEDROOM AVAILABLE W/Balcony. $635/mo. 1 YR lease. Call Bob 701.205.7925

APARTMENT AND COMMERCIAL SPACE Place your ad here to reach the audience you want to reach when renting apartments,

ACCOUNTING ASSOCIATE FARGO, ND Assist the Corporate Controller in all accounting functions with a primary focus on accounts payable plus other related projects as directed.

Qualifications: Associate degree in accounting or HS diploma with two plus years of accounting related experience.

Must be detail-oriented and have the ability to multi task.

Excellent time management, organizational, strong investigation and follow-up skills. Strong computer/software skills in MS Office applications (Outlook, Word, and Excel) required. Apply online at http:// borderstatespaving.com/or FAX resume to (701) 237-0233 or contact hr@borderstatespaving. com to request an application and a detailed job description.

Border States Paving, Inc. is a second generation, privately held and regionally based urban and highway paving company.

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SERVICES

RAPID RESPONSE Pickup & Delivery Service.

Home and Commercial. Pets, doggie day care, vet care, groomers, dry cleaning, flowers & plants, computer & printer repair, moving and storage boxes. Small engine repair, tools, print materials, blue prints, drawings, supplies. Call Soo @ 701.799.0992.

ABC LOCK & KEY Quick 24-hour emergency service. Auto. Home. Office.

Lockouts. Sales & Service. Call Matt Knopp @ 701.729.4934.

BENJAMIN’S PAINTING Commercial, residential, interior and exterior paint and stain.

Benjamin Evenson, owner/painter.

Over 15 years experience For a free estimate, call 701.238.1934.

For more information, email benjaminspainting@gmail.com, or get information online at benjaminspainting.com.

MUSIC LESSONS Guitar, Bass Guitar & Drum Lessons. Call 218.233.7546.

Marguerite’s Music, 3100 8 St. S., Mhd.

MINNKOTA HEALTH FOR PEOPLE WITH HIV / AIDS Offers counseling, emergency funds, food distribution and other services for people living with HIV/AIDS. Call 1.877.

871.4636 (00)

MEDICAL SUPPLIES Do you need a walker, bath chair or wound care supplies? Do you have health related items you no longer need? Visit HERO for low-cost medical items or donate your gently used medical items or unused supplies for the benefit of others. 5012 53rd St. S., Ste. C Fargo, ND 58104 701.212.1921. www.

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MUSIC LESSONS Harp.

Piano.

701.261.1121

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Come check out the only store that gives aid to those who are having a little hardship, and just need a little help with the furry family member. We carry anything the other thrift stores carry, the only difference is, our profits go to those who need

Calling all theater, art, and music lovers! HPR wants YOU to write for us. Email your interest and or submissions to High Plains Reader editor Diane Miller at diane@hpr1.com.

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