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ON THE COVER Erika Bailey-Johnson with her two sons Reed and Noah.

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Hear from local veteran Daniel Olson and learn about how his life changed when he was paired with his service dog Jackson in 2015.

Gone green

Learn about Erika Bailey-Johnson’s new role as the director of the Niizhoo Gwayakochigewin Collaborative and read up on some tips to live more sustainably.

Essential oils

Harmony Foods product manager Lisa Weiskopf talks us through several different essential oils and the good they can do as healing agents.

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The Stennes sisters share about their business S.S. Baits Co. and what goes into handrafting fishing lures in their basement workshop.

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The Bemidji Garden Club is celebrating 75 years of existence this year and continues to beautify our downtown Bemidji area and beyond. The club formed in 1943 and went through a reorganization in 2006.

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In the past few years, the Bemidji Garden Club has also been donating various funds to local organizations to assist their community work. The garden club’s largest fundraiser is its annual plant sale held in May at the Beltrami County Fairgrounds. Their fi rst was in 2008 at Paul Bunyan Park. Donations have been made to the Bemidji Community Food Shelf, the Wolfe Center, Greenwood Cemetery, Boys and Girls Club of the Bemidji Area, Bemidji Public Library, Bemidji Night We Light, Bemidji homeless children’s groups and more. Donations total between $1,500 and $2,000 per year.

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We believe in the pleasure derived from plants and gardening and are banded together to learn more about horticulture, to encourage improvement of our community and share fellowship with others around our common bonds of plants and gardening.

“Birds, Bees and Butterflies—Bemidji” The garden club also involved itself with the “Birds, Bees and Butterfl ies — Bemidji” project in early 2017. The project involves several community groups concerned about the lack of native habitats for birds and insects in general. Th ree areas in the Bemidji Public Library garden were cleared and converted into areas planted with native flowering plants. Th is summer the Little Bird Sculpture Garden will also be converted to native flowering plants to support the project. The project’s partners include the garden club, the Bemidji Parks and Recreation Department, the Bemidji Audubon Society, Minnesota Master Naturalists, BSU’s Sustainability Office, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, University of Minnesota Extension, Beltrami County Master Gardeners, Bemidji Downtown Alliance and Bemidji Area Garden Center.

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In 2007 the garden club formally adopted the care and maintenance of the Bemidji Public Library as its official community project. The gardens in front of the library were overrun with weeds, dying original plantings and general neglect. The club worked with the Bemidji Parks and Recreation Department to restore the garden, which is still maintained by the garden club today.

Two years later in the spring of 2009 the club received a $500 Beltrami Electric Touchstone Energy Grant. And in the fall they built a stone surround in the front of the library. Previously the area was fi lled with only green grass.

Also at that time, the garden club decided to purchase a sculpture called “Little Bird,” which depicts a young girl sitting in a garden reading a book with a little bird sitting on her shoe. The sculpture was jointly purchased by the club, the Friends of the Library and Region 2 Arts Council. The Bemidji Sculpture Walk committee facilitated the moving and placement of Little Bird onto the north side of the stone surround and it’s still set there today.

In spring 2010, the stone surround with Little Bird officially became “The Little Bird Sculpture Garden” after new soil and multiple flowering plants were placed in the stone surround. Each year it has varieties of flowering plants inside it and is tended to by the garden club with donations from Friends of the Library.

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A meaningful mobile How to create a seashell mobile to add a naut ical touch or for a gift

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or the summer edition of inBemidji, I’ve put together a seashell mobile, which will also double as part of a wedding gift for one of my most wonderful friends, Liz. She will be married this June and we recently spent a long weekend celebrating her love in Clearwater Beach, Fla. While there I collected some seashells from the beach with the thought of putting something together to be part of Liz’s wedding gift.

Liz is originally from northern Minnesota, now lives in North Carolina and will be married in Wisconsin. So I’ve gathered a stick from the northland and plan to incorporate North Carolina and Wisconsin into the gift as well.

Putting together this mobile was pretty easy for the most part. I only ran into a little bit of trouble when trying to thread the twine through the holes drilled in the seashells, but if you use tape to hold the end of the twine, or use a pin to help push it through, it becomes easier. The seashell mobile could add a nice touch to a nauticalthemed room or could be a great gift for someone who has a beach vibe going on in their home. If you give it a try, feel free to show us on Facebook at inBemidji.

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Drill small holes in your seashells. Just big enough for a string or in my instance twine to go through.

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Along came Jackson Service dog helps Bemidji man with PTSD

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hen Daniel Olson met Jackson, the yellow lab, it was more than just love at first sight. It changed the retired soldier’s life. Maybe Jackson’s, too.

Olson, 58, suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. The Bemidji man served 26 years in the United States Army’s special forces unit.

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approaching him from behind. He was certain it would be that way for the rest of his life.

Along came Jackson.

The service dog was 3 years old when Olson met him at Service Dogs for America, a training facility in rural North Dakota. After years of work with mental health professionals, and after years of denying his PTSD condition, Olson found an answer in a calm, loving, and very social canine who has become his constant sidekick.

“He’s been a lifesaver for me” “He’s been a lifesaver for me,” Olson said. “He can tell when I’m getting really agitated. That’s when he’ll come up and he’ll lean up against me. He brings me back to the here and now. Kind of pulls me away if I get thinking, and past things bother me.”

At Service Dogs for America, the matchmaking and training process is extensive. “You have to go out there initially so they can marry up a dog,” Olson said. “They’ve been working with the dogs for 2½ years, so they know the dogs well.”

First, Olson sat in a room all alone while several dogs were brought in. None of them paid any attention to him. “They just kind of wandered,” he said. “And I thought, ‘what’s the problem here?’

None of them really made any gestures toward me.”

Jackson was in the second group of dogs brought into the room.

“Jackson came over and put his chin on my knee,” Olson recalled, “and I knew that’s the one” They spent the next month together 24/7 at the facility, sleeping in one of the cabins and training every day. At fi rst, Olson wondered why it would take a month to learn all of the commands. But afterward he understood. “It was worthwhile,” he said.

The North Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs paid $24,000 for Jackson, and all of his veterinary bills also are taken care of by the VA. Olson was working for the Department of Justice in Fargo at the time, but retired and moved to Bemidji shortly afterward. He bought a home next door to his parents, and he also has a sister in the Bemidji area.

Jackson made an instant impact on Daniel’s life.

“Probably the most immediate thing, and it was one of the things that stressed me the most, was that I would have night terrors,” Olson said. “They were repeats. It was two different ones, but it was always the same thing. Anybody who has had them, man I can really feel for people, because you can smell, you can feel everything. It’s so real. But at the same time I knew I was asleep and I wanted to wake up, but I couldn’t get myself to get up. I suffered with these for years.

One of the things that Jackson was trained for is he sleeps up in the bed with me and if he feels my stress level going up or if I thrash, move around quick, he comes up and licks my face until I get up.

That was a lifesaver. Just the simple thing of waking me up before I got totally into it.”

Olson’s military career was intense. He joined the Army right after graduating from Moorhead High School, and went directly to special forces. He suffered several injuries, the last of which occurred during a jump from a plane in 2001 and led to his retirement the next year.

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“There’s a journey with PTSD,” Daniel said, “but there’s a journey back.” in, because I … look back now and also talk to friends from that time frame, there was quite a bit of PTSD. But no one would even hedge on that. We even had dedicated psychologists and psychiatrists, but no one would give the symptoms, or fess up to it for fear that it may interfere with their career going forward.

There were a lot of specialized guys and gals that had walls built up around them.

“I can remember where they were prodding, trying to break through that crust to say, you know, is this deeper than what you’re (telling us)? I was great at it. I had that wall. I’d kind of stop them right there and say, ‘Naw, it’s not bad. I’ve been working mobile training teams for six years and I’m just burned out.”

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“I look back on it now and it’s funny,” he said. “We were just doing a daytime jump and … it was supposed to be a water jump.

But from where I was I figured with the winds I could hit that land and not have to worry about getting all the equipment wet.

So I shot for there, and all the other guys landed in the water. I was going to be the smart guy.

He spent the next several months in and out of Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

“They were trying to fi x me and determined they just couldn’t get me physically back,” he said. “It was kind of like the last straw.”

Olson said PTSD is a misunderstood disorder, even to those who suffer from it. “(PTSD) was undiagnosed for years,” Olson said, “but it was also the atmosphere I was

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Eventually, Daniel found answers.

“I still didn’t really admit it was PTSD because even back when I was serving it was like, PTSD is a weak mind. Aw, you just can’t face what you did. It took a long time to break that from me. I went through counseling, then was diagnosed. I kind of let them diagnose me. And then they started treating me for that.”

Finally, he was pointed toward his lifesaver, Jackson.

Since they moved to Bemidji almost three years ago, Daniel and Jackson are quite the men about town. They joined the Bemidji Rotary Club, where Jackson has become the group’s unofficial mascot. He’s even picked out the winning card in a fundraising game three times in five tries. Olson thinks that has something to do with the dog’s training, which included picking a credit card off the floor and giving it to the owner.

But they might be best known for their attendance at Bemidji State University hockey games, where Jackson has his own fan club.

“Every game they’ve got to come up and say hi to Jackson,” Olson said. “I would have never gone to a hockey game (before getting Jackson). I couldn’t deal with the crowds. People coming up behind me fast, things like that just ... I was afraid of what I would do. He’s got a very calming effect. And if we’re walking through the Sanford Center, if I stop and somebody is walking up behind me fast ... he’ll go behind me so there’s that buffer there.”

That furry “buffer” certainly has changed Daniel Olson’s life.

“There’s a journey with PTSD,” Daniel said, “but there’s a journey back.”

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GONE green Erika Bailey-Johnson lives the mission of sustainability Photos & story by Jillian

Erika Bailey-Johnson lives her mission.

Her passion for sustainable living, respecting the Earth and spreading her message is apparent in just about everything she does.

Most people know Erika for her impressive work as Bemidji State University’s sustainability director. She was the university’s fi rst in that position and was there as a graduate student, pushing for a sustainability office when the opportunity came.

At her home on Long Lake, you’re greeted by a rooster.

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Erika considers her family to be “localvores” in that they hunt or fish for their meat. They harvest wild rice, can and freeze berries.

“I just have a mission to have us realize that we have a responsibility to protect and care for the Earth so that’s what I’m trying to do, ultimately,” she said while at her home in early May. “And I try to be a role model for that, too. I think it’s just critical.”

Her position at BSU as the sustainability director is only a quarter of her role. Since January, 50 percent of her work there is now as the director of the Niizhoo

>>Her upbringing

Erika didn’t just stumble upon her lifestyle in a college class or anything like that. As she looks back, her upbringing certainly shaped who she is.

She was born in Grand Rapids, Minn., and when she was 10 moved to Williams, Minn., and eventually graduated from Lake of the Woods High School.

When she was younger, she can remember her mother catching bees in the house and making sure they safely made it outside.

“You watch that and that’s what you know and so that’s

Gwayakochigewin Collaboritive. The last quarter of her work takes on coordinating the People in the Environment classes at BSU. The university received a grant for the Niizhoo Gwayakochigewin Collaboritive, which brings indigenous perspectives into environmental sustainability initiatives.

Niizhoo Gwayakochigewin is an Ojibwe phrase that stands for “two ways of making things right.”

Other than bridging BSU’s environmental studies program and the indigenous studies program, they will also hire undergraduate

how you are like ‘OK, we respect everything,’” Erika said.

“I was really lucky to have had that role modeling in my life.”

Her father’s side of the family are Red Lake Ojibwe people and she grew up hunting and trapping with him.

“I just was really fascinated by it,” she said. “I thought it was just really beautiful to learn about these animals in this way.”

Her father was a paraplegic after a logging accident 1979 and was also a Vietnam War veteran. So she’s always been sensitive to disabilities and also supportive of the military.

After high school, Erika

and graduate students. The undergrads will work with mentors in indigenous communities, and the graduate students will help to conduct the grant work.

“For me, it’s a lot of connecting the way people that have lived on this land for thousands of years,” Erika said.

The collaborative will also focus on creation of curriculum and faculty development, which would help bring a environmental and indigenous perspectives into teaching.

attended the University of Minnesota Morris and received a degree in biology and also received her teaching licensure.

She and her husband Matt, also a teacher whom she met in college, were married just after they graduated. They taught abroad in Mexico for a few years and then in Kuwait, where she taught her first unit of environmental science.

She had her first son, Noah, while in Kuwait. That and realizing she wanted to attend graduate school is what brought her back to Bemidji for the environmental studies program here.

It all eventually led to BSU’s green fee, the opening of the sustainability office and her position here at the university.

Now, Erika can’t quite imagine another life outside from hers in Bemidji. In the summer, she bikes 14 miles to work and when summer meets fall, the wild rice harvest is one of her favorite times of the year.

“I feel like Bemidji’s trying really hard to make things better in lots of ways,” she added. “Not only with the Earth but with race relations and all that. I feel like we have a long way to go still but the effort’s there and it’s awesome.”

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There are so many ways that we could be living more sustainably and sometimes we just need a gentle nudge to get there. There are small efforts that can make a huge impact and there are larger efforts that take some investment, but in the end, it’s worth it.

Erika’s come up with a list of tips for us and our inBemidji readers. Even incorporating a few of these into your daily life can make a difference. Have a tip that we haven’t listed here? Let us know! You can post it to our inBemidji Facebook page.

1 WASH LESS

Sometimes we get in the habit of taking clothes off and just tossing them in the laundry bin. But are they really dirty? Sometimes yes. But clothes really only need to be washed if they’re dirty or smelly. So if they aren’t that way, just fold it up and stick in back in your drawer.

2 SHOP LOCAL

Th is may come as a surprise, but shopping local is shopping more sustainably. When we order everything we need off the internet, it comes with a whole bunch of packaging that’s not good for the environment.

“If you can get it locally, it’s so much better for the environment. Because a lot of times they get things in bulk and it’s not as much packaging waste and it doesn’t have to go directly to your location,” Erika said.

3 REUSE CONTAINERS (GLASS IS BETTER)

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Items such as napkins and paper towels can be replaced with more permanent products. Th is stems from thinking about everything you throw into the garbage. Could it be replaced with something permanent? Cloth napkins and towels are inexpensive and can last a lifetime. You could also use old shirts or socks as rags.

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used to is just accepting plastics. Whether it’s a bottle of water, a plastic bag or a straw, it’s unfortunately become the norm. So Erika suggests that we refuse!

Decline plastic bags at stores and replace them with reusable bags. Carry around a water bottle with you so you can fi ll it and don’t purchase bottled water or other drinks that come in a plastic bottle.

You can also ask the waitstaff at a restaurant to not give you a straw with your beverage. These things are small, but can make an impact. It’s just a matter of breaking the habits we’re used to and starting new ones.

Reusing containers is an obvious one, but Erika also suggests focusing on glass. Especially to store food in.

“There’s a lot of issues with heating and cooling plastics and we don’t exactly have all the good information but there’s a lot of research that shows there’s chemicals that leech into foods and drinks from plastics,” she said.

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6 REDUCE FOOD WASTE

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Reducing food waste is an easy habit to make or break.

Always save your leftovers! And know what’s in your fridge. Make the most of your week’s food whether that’s planning out meals before you shop or being really good about paying attention to the food you have saved in your fridge that could go bad soon.

Erika remembers when her son Noah had a babysitter who threw out the macaroni and cheese leftovers when he was younger. “Noah comes up to me and whispers, ‘Mom, she threw away the extra macaroni and cheese. Is she going to get in trouble?’ But what’s awesome is that we just know that you don’t do that. You eat all your food. If you don’t eat it, you save it,” she said.

And that way they will last. “For me, it’s always thinking about whatever this thing is, this tablecloth, this bag, this item, this food,” Erika said. “You want to make sure you think about its full use. Its full cycle. Is it something I can hang onto, reuse?”

10 CONSIGNMENT

Whether you are contributing to consignment or purchasing, it’s a good way to go. You may not have a use for an item anymore, but someone else might. Just like you may be able to find a certain thing that became useless to someone else. “So all of that is just a really, really awesome way to keep things from being in a landfi ll or incinerated, which is where most of that stuff goes for us,” Erika said.

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That includes everything from LED light bulbs to solar panels. It’s good to use power strips with your TV and computer and remember to turn them off after. Investing in energy efficient appliances is also great. “We have a wood stove in the basement,” Erika said. “We have solar panels.

We’re trying to use renewable energy as much as we can.”

Finally, passing these habits onto our children and those we impress upon. Even if it’s hard to stick to some of these things ourselves, it’s good to pass on the message. If you can lead by example, that’s even better. “I just feel like if we were ever able to figure that out, to teach a whole generation how to do this right and well, that would be awesome,” Erika said.

“Everything would be better.”

It’s also important to teach youth the names of plants and animals. “Just like people, once you learn the name of somebody, it’s like this special connection is created and it’s the same for all of life,” Erika said.

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Because a gentle reminder never hurt anybody. Do all of the lights need to be on in your house at night? Nope. They most likely do not.

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George comes from a long line of woodworkers who gave him the skills and knowledge base he uses today. He started by helping his father with remodels and has since built and designed furniture pieces such as dining room sets and drawing tables made completely out of wood. He has more than 40 years experience in the cabinet and furniture industry and has spent the last 28

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Your most essential Essential oils have been used successfully for centuries as healing agents to address a variety of issues, from boosting immunity and energy to calming anxiety and sleeplessness. There are three basic ways to use essential oils: aromatically, topically and internally.

Caveat: not all essential oils can be ingested so be sure to check the label to make sure the essential oil you’re using is food safe if you plan on using it internally.

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Here we’ll focus on six powerhouses of the essential oil family

by Lisa

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Lavender

Aromatically: Inhaling lavender essential oil vapor aids

in treating insomnia, sleeplessness, depression and anxiety.

It can also help to prevent brain oxidative stress and improve cognitive impairment.

Topically: Its anti-fungal and anti-viral properties speed

healing of burns and wounds and reduces inflammation of acne. Its antioxidant qualities also slow skin aging.

For Summer: Effective bug repellent (for your closet

too!) Reduces irritation caused by bug bites, speeds healing of sunburns, and slows the aging of sun-exposed skin.

Internally: Not recommended.

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Lemon Aromatically: Diffused in the air, or as an addition to laundry liquids, body lotions and cleaning agents, the scent of lemon essential oil uplifts the mind and energizes the body.

Topically: Lemon oil is highly regarded as one of the most powerful anti-microbial agents of all the essential oils. Because of this, its uses are numerous, as a few drops of the oil can be added to laundry liquids, body lotions, household cleaning agents, toothpaste and facial washes.

For Summer: Adding

a few drops of food-grade lemon essential oil to your water in the summer will help rev up your metabolism, burn fat and leave you with fresh breath.

Internally: Lemon oil is

a powerful cancer fighting antioxidant, d-limonene, and has been shown to reduce nausea associated with pregnancy, regulate dopamine levels for enhanced mood, protects against pathogens like e-coli and salmonella, and promotes fat loss by increasing metabolism.

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Recipe for “Essential”

MOSQUITO REPELLENT 1 12 ounce bottle of Witch Hazel 15 drops of citronella or lemon essential oil 15 drops of lemongrass or lavender oil 10 drops of peppermint essential oil 10 drops of tea tree oil 1 funnel 1 empty spray container (colored glass works well and can help protect the oils from sunlight) 1 two-cup measuring cup (preferably with a lip to pour without making a mess)

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Directions: Pour the witch hazel into the measuring cup. Add your essential oils and mix well. Use the funnel to pour into your spray container.

Shake the mixture up a bit before each use so the oils are evenly distributed.

Oregano:

The superstar oil Aromatically: Not generally used aromatically.

Topically: Oregano’s strong anti-fungal and anti-

bacterial properties make this an ideal and safe treatment for athlete’s foot, nail fungus, cuts, wounds and skin abrasions.

For Summer: Because of oregano’s strong anti-fungal

properties, applying this oil to athlete’s foot or nail fungus will make you sandal-ready for those special summer days.

Internally: Taken internally, oregano oil’s main

components, carvacrol and thymol, both strong antibacterial and anti-fungal agents, are proving themselves to be as powerful as many modern antibiotics but without the side effects like destroying beneficial intestinal flora and increasing antibiotic resistance. Oregano oil can therefore be used for bacterial, viral and fungal infections such as the common cold and flu, a range of digestive issues, parasites, food-borne pathogens like listeria and e-coli, parasites, yeast overgrowth and colitis.

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Frankincense

Aromatically: Inhaling the oil has been shown to

reduce heart rate, high blood pressure, headaches, anxiety, lung congestion, mood swings and depression.

Topically: As a powerful astringent, the oil can protect skin cells to reduce acne, scars, stretch marks, wounds and wrinkles. Used as a mouthwash or as an addition to your toothpaste, these astringent qualities can prevent tooth decay, bad breath, cavities and oral infections. Used as a household cleaner, it can reduce indoor pollution and disinfect air and room surfaces.

For Summer: Used with water as a facial mist in the

summer, the oil can provide protection to sun-damaged skin.

Internally: Not recommended because it’s toxic in high doses, however new studies in India are being conducted regarding the oil’s ability to fight cancer.

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Tea Tree:

Another superstar oil Aromatically: Tea tree oil should be a part of

every family’s medicine cabinet, period. Used in a diff user or humidifier, the oil’s powerful anti-viral and anti-bacterial properties effectively and safely kill mold, viruses, and bacteria in the air, making it invaluable for cold and flu season. Used as a vapor-steam and inhaled, tea tree oil reaches to the deepest part of the lungs where other medications often cannot penetrate, to treat bronchial and sinus infections as well as congestion and cough.

Topically: Tea tree oil’s anti-viral and anti-

bacterial agents are effective for just about every kind of wound or skin abrasion imaginable, including cuts, acne, toenail fungus, ringworm, psoriasis and eczema. It has been shown to effectively and safely treat head lice and dandruff, and is a powerful anti-bacterial mouthwash or an addition to your favorite toothpaste.

For Summer: Because of tea tree oil’s strong anti-fungal properties, it is also great at treating athlete’s foot or nail fungus.

Internally: Not recommended.

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Peppermint

Aromatically: Inhaling diffused peppermint oil can unclog your sinuses and offer relief to headaches and scratchy throats. Peppermint acts as an expectorant and may provide relief for colds, cough, sinusitis, asthma and bronchitis.

Topically: Adding peppermint to your shampoo and conditioner can energize the mind, stimulate the scalp and reduce dandruff.

Adding drops to lotion or salve and applying on the forehead can help reduce the heat of fever. When applied on sore muscles, this homemade concoction can relieve muscle tension and increase circulation to speed healing.

For Summer: When mixed with any carrier oil

(olive, coconut, almond, grapeseed) peppermint oil can hydrate and relieve the pain of sunburnt skin. Peppermint oil also repels ticks, ants, spiders, cockroaches, mosquitos and mice, which can be a helpful tool in the insect-heavy summer season.

Internally: Because of its anti-microbial properties, adding

peppermint to water, juice or tea soothes digestive issues and freshens breath. Peppermint oil taken internally has been proven to be effective at naturally treating irritable bowel syndrome. In fact, one study found a 50 percent reduction in IBS symptoms with 75 percent of patients who used it.

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LURED -INTO THE-

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C AV E Bemidji’s Stennes sisters create traditional fishing lures

Story by Jordan Shearer Photos submitted and by Jordan Shearer

Submitted photo Although Erica and Shanna Stennes have been making fishing lures since they were children, the production process has come a long way since the sisters were trudging around the shoreline of a small lake near Nevis.

About three years ago, the sisters formed the business S.S. Baits Co., which stands for Stennes Sisters. Since then, they’ve started to gain a following for their handmade fishing lures created in the basement shop of their Bemidji home. They’ve since named the workshop “The Bait Cave.”

The business has only grown over the last three years, consuming much of their time between production and marketing of the lures.

They took their product to 45 shows last year alone, in addition to having their product in a couple local shops. Th is year, they barely have a weekend off until fall.

“Our biggest problem is we can’t keep up with inventory,” Erica said.

The production starts with Shanna, who accumulates the wood for the lures. She has it milled and then lathes it and shapes it. Once Shanna finishes, Erica applies a hardening lacquer and then the various layers of paint and epoxy. They work in batches of various

sizes depending on the project.

The business has become so popular that Shanna and Erica don’t have as much time to fish for their own enjoyment as they’d like.

They’ve resorted to having friends take over the quality control of the lures.

“We started having to give people our lures just to try because we don’t have the time,” Shanna said.

Their business includes a few different products, such as poppers, fetch sticks and hardwood spoons. They also do custom painting of rattle baits. The duo has also considered launching a line of spearing decoys, although that’s not a priority for the time being.

While modern lures are being manufactured to look more and more realistic, the sisters like to keep theirs more impressionistic — more in -Erica Stennes line with old-time fishing lures.

“That’s traditional lure craft, and that’s what we’re inspired by: our grandpa’s tackle box,” Erica said.

The sisters target their fishing equipment toward musky, pike and bass.

As of recently, anglers can find S.S. Baits Co. lures at Compass Rose in downtown Bemidji and Northwoods Bait and Tackle on

That’s traditional lure craft, and that’s what we’re inspired by: our grandpa’s tackle box

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Bemidji Avenue. The sisters also have started looking into the possibility of selling their lures in a shop in the Twin Cities.

Much of their current sales, though, come through the art shows they attend. Going to the shows gives the sisters a chance to tell their story face-to-face with anglers they meet.

“A lot of people appreciate meeting the maker,” Shanna said.

While the current form of the business may be only three years old, it has its roots in the sisters’ childhood when they would fish to avoid doing chores around the house. Those long hours at the lake required that they become creative with their fishing supplies. They began by pounding bottle caps flat and adding hooks to them.

“If we were under his feet, he’d put us to work doing his ‘honey-do’ list, which was never as fun as fishing,” Erica said about their dad. “We quickly

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A lot of people appreciate meeting the maker -Shanna Stennes

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realized that if we went down to the lake, he’d just leave us alone and let us do our thing.”

The sisters are growing the business as fast as they’re able to keep up with it. If they meet their goal by the end of summer, both Shanna and Erica will go full time.

On the other hand, though, they don’t want to get to the point where they lose touch with the

process and the unique quality of the lures.

“We don’t want to get to the point where we’re not making small batches anymore because that’s a big part of what we’re doing,” Erica said.

“Each lure, we’re touching multiple times. Every one is a little unique. We’re never making the exact same lure twice.”

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Paninis on the patio

by Larisa

Severson, inBemidji | Photos by Jillian Gandsey

For this summer season,

Larisa Cooks and inBemidji bring you five recipes for panini sandwiches. If you’re hosting a summer party, what better to serve than a sandwich board with something for everyone. The delicious sauteed vegetable panini can be made vegan using vegan cheese and butter. The rest offer flavors that are sure to please the whole crowd. Enjoy!

Cuban Panini Ingredients:

Ingredients:

Directions:

Directions:

Deli honey ham Dill pickle planks, sliced Sliced swiss cheese Sourdough bread (2 slices per sandwich) Yellow mustard

Preheat panini griddle. Butter one side of each piece of bread.

On the unbuttered sides spread mustard, two pieces of swiss cheese, honey ham, two dill pickle planks, two more pieces of swiss cheese and the other piece of bread. Place in panini griddle (butter side down) and cook until cheese is melted and bread is golden in color.

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Pepperoni Pizza Panini

Sliced pepperoni 2 tablespoons pizza sauce Sliced mozzarella cheese Sourdough bread (2 slices per sandwich) Italian seasoning

Preheat panini griddle. Butter one side of each piece of bread.

On the unbuttered side add two pieces of mozzarella cheese, a layer of pepperoni, pizza sauce, a sprinkling of Italian seasoning, two more pieces of mozzarella cheese and the other piece of bread. Place in panini griddle (butter side down) and cook until cheese is melted and bread is golden in color.

Sauteed Vegetable Panini with Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto

Ingredients:

3 bell peppers (red, orange and yellow) 1 medium onion 8 ounce package sliced mushrooms 2 teaspoons sun-dried tomato pesto Italian bread (2 slices per sandwich) Sliced mozzarella cheese 2 tablespoons olive oil

Directions:

Cut peppers and onions into pieces about the same size as the mushrooms. Add the olive oil to large saute pan and add peppers, onions and mushrooms to pan and cook until tender.

Preheat the panini griddle and butter one side of both pieces of bread. On the other side spread the sun-dried tomato pesto (approximately a teaspoon per side), add two pieces of mozzarella cheese, a large spoonful of the peppers, onion and mushroom mixture, and two more pieces of mozzarella cheese and the other slice of bread. Place in panini griddle (butter side down) and cook until the cheese is melted and the bread is a nice golden color.

Spicy Italian Panini

Ingredients:

Sliced pepperoni Hard salami Deli ham Roasted red peppers, sliced Pepperoncini peppers, sliced

Directions:

Sliced provolone cheese Italian bread (2 slices per sandwich) Italian seasoning Crushed red pepper flakes Mayo

Preheat panini griddle. Butter one side of each piece of bread. On the unbuttered sides spread with mayo, two pieces of provolone cheese, a layer of pepperoni, ham, hard salami, roasted red pepper slices, pepperoncini peppers, a sprinkling of Italian seasoning, a sprinkling the crushed red pepper flakes, two more pieces of provolone cheese and the other piece of bread. Place in panini griddle (butter side down) and cook until cheese is melted and bread is golden in color.

Bacon Chicken Ranch Croissant Panini

Ingredients:

Cooked chicken breast, sliced Cooked bacon Sliced cheddar cheese Croissant 1-2 teaspoons ranch dressing

Directions:

Preheat panini griddle. Cut open the croissant. On one side add a piece of cheddar cheese, two pieces of bacon, chicken breast, ranch dressing, another two pieces of bacon, one more piece of cheddar cheese and the other half of the croissant. Place in panini griddle and cook until cheese is melted.

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