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Features 07 Beltrami County’s Sesquicentennial

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Learn six interesting facts about Beltrami County in honor of its 150th anniversary.

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Sam Nienow: Zest for life

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HydraHeads: “Our plan is to win”

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Computers, Motherhood & Downward Dogs

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Meet a passionate Bemidjian who is a connecter of the community through her business and hobbies.

A local dragon boat team shares about its dedication to rowing in the annual summer festival.

Julie Frank talks about how yoga transformed her life with her own personal story.

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#Bemidji Instagram Harmony Natural Foods in style: Profile Eat for your body type Summer festival calendar 4th of July traditions Chattin’ with Carol Olson Larisa Cooks: Campfire Crafts: Succulents Where is it?

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Bemidji is mentioned on Instagram quite often.

Here are a few of our favorite photos found from the area.

Beltrami County

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This year marks the Sesquicentennial of the establishment of Beltrami County. So with the help of the Beltrami County Historical Society, we unearthed a few things about county history that you should know to be a true local resident, or at least score a few more points in the next pub trivia game.

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2 A Socialist legacy

Trimming down Compared with today, Beltrami County was much larger when the state of Minnesota established it on February 28, 1866. Beltrami County gave 19 townships to Roseau County in 1895; Clearwater County broke from Beltrami County in 1902; and Lake of the Woods County broke away in 1922.

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Babe traveled; Paul didn’t

Of Beltrami County’s two most recognizable features, Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox, only Babe left the county.

Originally made of a blue canvas material and mounted on an International truck, Babe visited St. Paul for the Winter Carnival in 1938.

Babe’s eyes, made from tail lights, glowed red, and exhaust from the truck flowed out of its nostrils. Paul had to stay at home in Bemidji. Babe took its more permanent spot next to Paul in 1939.

In the 1912 presidential election, Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft failed to win Beltrami County.

Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs carried the county. Afterward, a group of supporters in Roosevelt Township formed a town and named it Debs. Debs School, constructed at about the same time, still stands and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Eugene Township, now located in Lake of the Woods County, also gets its name from Debs.

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Five years of Vikings The Minnesota Vikings held training camp in Bemidji for the team’s first five seasons from 1961 to 1965. Players spent their down time canoeing, fishing and visiting local pubs. The team moved to Mankato in 1966, reportedly to be closer to the Twin Cities for players and media.

6 An entire town goes to NYC In May 1953, the town of Funkley, boasting a population of 25, received an all-expense paid, five-day, sight-seeing trip to New York City. Pacific Mills, a manufacturer of sheets and textiles, awarded the trip to Funkley to recognize the efforts of the Women’s Missionary Society of the Evangelical Free Church, which held monthly meetings where Funkley women and nearby friends tore up old bed sheets and transformed them into dressing for the American Cancer Society. According to Life Magazine, all of the Funkley residents except for two took the trip. Richard Smith said his “feet were on the bum,” and Hank Huffstutler maintained that Funkley was just as good as New York. “I was there in 1900,” he said.

“It’s just a lot of concrete.” (“Tiny Funkley Takes a Trip,” Life Magazine, May 25, 1953)

The Outlaw from Bemidji There are not necessarily any famous outlaws who hail from Beltrami County, but The Outlaw was from Bemidji.

Actress Jane Russell, who gained notoriety as the star of the 1943 Howard Hughes’ film “The Outlaw,” was born in 1921 in one of the first cabins built on Lake Bemidji, near what is now Ruttger’s Birchmont Lodge. She later moved to California with her family and starred in numerous other films, including alongside Marilyn Monroe in the 1953 film “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.”

Find more interesting stories by visiting the Beltrami County Historical Society: Beltrami County Historical Society 130 Minnesota Ave SW Bemidji, MN 56601 (218) 444-3376 beltramihistory.org Hours: Wednesday-Saturday 12-4 & by appointment

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In spring 2014, Jack Judkins from the Bemidji Community Food Shelf decided he wanted to share his father’s delicious pickled asparagus recipe with the larger community.

But where to start? For answers, Judkins turned to Harmony Natural Foods Co-op in downtown Bemidji. There, he was able to work with Harmony staff as they walked him through the entire process of producing a retail food product. Sounds simple, right? But there’s a lot that goes into such an undertaking. Harmony staff helped Judkins to ensure he had the proper certification, insurance and licensing to produce a retail food product in Minnesota. They also assisted with ordering the appropriate sized jars for retail shelf space; linking him with the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute so he could get nutritional labels made for the product; and getting him a meeting with Harmony’s grocery manager so he’d have an ongoing contact to keep the product moving.

By the end of that summer, Judkins’ “Juddy’s Pickled Asparagus” was on Harmony’s shelves. And two years later, Judkins has expanded his product line to include “Gen’s Dilly Mix.” “Kathy’s Crunchy Carrots” and “Rae’s Dill Pickled Garlic.”

Helping bring locally grown food to the market is just part of Harmony’s mission, officials say.

Food cooperatives have been proponents of “going local” basically since the first food co-op appeared in the United States circa the early 1970s, says Lisa Weiskopf, produce manager at Harmony. In the 40 years

since, natural and organic products from all over the globe have reached Harmony’s shelves – from Fair Trade Networks in Guatemala to Farmers Cooperatives in Wisconsin – and yet the emphasis on local and regional products has remained central to the co-op’s mission. And that comes also in the form of providing an everexpanding outlet for local growers and producers.

“As a cooperatively governed business that prioritizes providing across-the-board access to wholesome and sustainable products for our region, it only makes sense that Harmony plays a leadership role in sourcing wholesome and

sustainable products from our region,” Weiskopf says. “We know it’s a win/win situation all around.

Foods that travel shorter distances from farm to fork are fresher and require less refrigeration and fuel in transport. The average distance food travels in distribution is approximately 1,500 miles, which

is one factor of many that tags industrial agriculture as the fifthlargest consumer of petroleum in the U.S.” And having local products sold here also helps the local economy.

According to the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, choosing a locally owned store generates almost four times as much economic benefit for the surrounding region as shopping at a chain store. The same study also found that local retailers return an average of 52 percent of their revenue to the local economy.

But what is local? Harmony breaks it down this way: • Local products are considered to be products grown and/or processed within 100 miles of Harmony.

(Examples include: Juddy’s Pickled Asparagus, Clearwater Woodcraft produce, Secret Garden Soup Mixes, Wollman Coffee Beans, Zeller’s Natural Health Happy PMS, etc.)

• Regional products are considered to be products grown and/or processed within Minnesota’s “Tri-State” area; Iowa, Wisconsin, and North Dakota. (Examples include: Kadejan Chicken, Fox Farm Pork, Northstar Bison and Great Harvest Bread.)

Another added benefit of purchasing local and regional food products is that it can strengthen the natural environment by increasing genetic diversity in the food supply, Weiskopf says. While large industrial farms focus on only a select few seed varieties, which are then typically planted in large “monocrop” plots, smaller farms rely on a more diversified seed bank, which is then

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planted using sustainable farming approaches such as crop rotation and companion planting.

Harmony officials say they plan to keep growing their local and regional product mix. But in order to do that, they wanted to know

2012 to 2015, Harmony increased sales of regional products by 17 percent, officials say. In those same three years, Harmony increased sales of local products by 91.6 percent.

While each geographic region has its own unique set of challenges

expanding their product line; as well as facilitating Grower/Buyer meetups such as the annual Grower/ Buyer Summit. Harmony also offers small business entrepreneurs scholarships for Community Kitchen use to help launch their product

Local products are considered to be products grown and/or processed within 100 miles of Harmony. what they had been selling. So, last year, the cooperative fine-tuned its local/regional product tracking system by shifting its focus to look at the information on an item-byitem, department-by-department basis that allows each department clearer information on which to base strategic growth goals.

Once that was completed, officials started to dive into the data. From

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to “going local,” Harmony’s goal is to create as many avenues as possible to grow the circulation of sustainable local products throughout the region, Weiskopf says. That means each department manager researches local and regional product options and sets growth goals for local and regional purchases. They also assist new business entrepreneurs in creating or

(Harmony has just awarded one of six 2016 community scholarships to a local cake baker who supplies local restaurants with fresh made cakes, Weiskopf says). The community partnerships that are created from this activity continue to vitalize the local economy and natural environment, as well as strengthen our community “spirit” and our sense of place within it.

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We spent an afternoon getting to know Monica Hansmeyer, the sole operator of Seven Sister Design, in her studio at her Turtle River home. She creates beautiful sterling silver, gold, etched and handmade jewelry with gems and stones that can be found locally at the Art in the Park festival, the First City of Arts Studio Cruise and Kelsey’s Jewelry in Bemidji. You can also find her on Facebook as “Seven Sister Design.”

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How long have you been doing this?

MH:

I’ve been doing this full-time as a business for 15 years and before that I worked for other jewelers and went to college for this. I got a degree at Bemidji State, or finished at Bemidji State.

I started at (University of Wisconsin) Stout.

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class at Stout University in Wisconsin pretty much by accident. The painting class was full so they had me sign up for a metals class and I said alright and I fell in love with it. I became the lab work study person, so I got to be in there all the time and I just kept on working in jewelry on and off. I was 19 when I took my first class but it wasn’t until I was 30 that I was fully self-employed.

in: What’s your process with custom pieces of jewelry?

MH:

So how it works for me is I like to work off of what I already do so it looks like my work.

I can do pieces that you show me something from a catalogue that you like, but I really prefer not to copy someone else’s designs.

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How did you get your name, Seven Sister Design?

MH:

I have six sisters.

So there’s seven of us. I came up with that name in my 20s. I grew up on a farm in central Minnesota, Long Prairie. I have seven brothers, too. I’m the youngest daughter.

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How long have you had all of your equipment?

MH:

I’ve slowly, slowly added on through the years and what I started with was a torch and probably this fleck shaft tool and hammers and pliers, and then just recently I got a pretty large fellowship through the legacy and Region 2 Arts Council to work with a master jeweler and to buy some more tools and to take some workshops in California.

You couldn’t afford to buy all this at one time. You just slowly, slowly add on.

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Do you work an average 40hour week?

MH:

When I first started, I was much more just driven to work, work, work all the time. When you’re self-employed, you can price your jewelry while you’re watching TV at night. You can email whenever. Because I run the whole part of this business. I don’t just make jewelry, I make it and I

sell it and I market it and I create it. You have to find time for the creative part of it along with running a business. I love it. It’s pretty consuming. I’ve found a better way to balance it now that I’m a little older.

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Are you a perfectionist or do you like a little imperfection in your work?

MH:

Both. You have to be a perfectionist in some ways and then you have to let it look like it’s handmade sometimes, too.

Say for instance a stone setting, if you want the stone to be centered, it has to be centered and even when it’s the tiniest bit, you know it’s off. But in other ways, do I want the pattern to be the same always -no. I like organic shapes and patterns.

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Do you spend time designing your own jewelry?

of it. I might sell it after I wear it for a while but I don’t get too attached to things that I make. I’m not a very materialistic person so I don’t have that sort of want, want, want in me.

But I love when people want. It is so much more gratifying for me to find a new home for a piece than to keep it.

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How did you develop your style?

MH:

When I found etching, I knew that I found something that I love because I was always trying to put surface design onto metal and then when I realized, “Oh my gosh, the pictures I draw, I can get them into a metal surface,” and I learned that at Bemidji State. And then the next step was I got that degree and I knew it would be really great to be a selfemployed jeweler. I had no idea how.

I got an internship in the Twin Cities with a jewelry designer and what that guy did was he worked with really interesting stones.

Unusual shapes. I worked with four other bench

jewelers. That’s where I began to understand I could make a living by being a jeweler. I didn’t have to own a store, nor did I have to do lots and lots of art fairs. I could make jewelry and send it to galleries and stores. I love stones, I love surface design, then I just kept on working at it and wherever I lived I would set up my workshop in the basement of where I rented and I would just want to make jewelry after my day’s work whatever I did. I worked at a school.

It’s a passion. You just slowly work at it and let it unfold. The other part of it is you have to figure out a way to not just make it, but if you want to make a living, then you have to find a way to sell it. So what I did was I slowly came up with this line of jewelry that I felt pretty good about, because I sold it to friends and family, and I brought it to a gallery in Duluth and they loved it and they started buying.

I remember running out of that gallery with my hands flying in the air like, “YEAH!” That’s kind of the short version of it, actually.

· I t ’s a passion. You just slowly work at it and let it unfold.

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Oh, yeah! All

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in health

What is a metabolic type and why do I want to eat right for my body type? The basic metabolic type you are determines how you metabolize/digest, and process proteins, carbohydrates and fats. How you mix macronutrients (proteins, carbohydrates and fats) together on a daily basis so that you can be as healthy as possible with what you choose to eat. When you eat your right metabolic type you have energy, aren’t hungry and snack a lot during the day.

Eat right for your body type The first thing to determine your metabolic body type is to take the following nine question quiz.

Rate yourself on a scale of 1-10.

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Does a high-carbohydrate meal or snack one that is loaded with plenty of vegetables, bread, toast, cereals, rice, fruits, grains or potatoes, as the main food source satisfy your appetite, or simulate it further?

(Satisfies 1…10 Stimulates) Do higher-fat meats like beef, lamb, duck or dark chicken meat cause you to lose or gain body fat? Do you look slimmer in the mirror or is it easier for your clothes to fit? (gain weight 1…10 lose weight) Do you constantly think about food and frequently look forward with eager anticipation to your next meal or what you want to eat? (no 1…10 yes)

Add up each of the 11 numbers you wrote down for your total score.

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What is your appetite like at breakfast, lunch and dinner? a. Breakfast (weaker 1…10 stronger) b. Lunch (weaker 1…10 stronger) c. Dinner (weaker 1…10 stronger) Does eating something higher in fat and/or protein such as dark meats, avocados, cream, butter, or coconuts within an hour or two of bedtime help you sleep better? (no 1…10 yes) If you ate a large salad with some low –fat meat like chicken breast for lunch (versus higher fat meat like a hamburger patty), how would it affect your productivity throughout the rest of the afternoon? (I’d have ample energy and feel satisfied 1…10 I’d become tired and hungry)

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How often do you typically feel the need to eat on an average day? The extremes here would be feeling good with one meal scored as a 1, while needing 5-6 meals a day would place you at a 10. If you felt good at 5 meals a day that would be a 5. (1-2 times including snacks, 1…10, 5-6 times including snacks) How much do you enjoy sour foods like pickles, sauerkraut or vinegar? (love them 1…10 can’t stand them) At Thanksgiving or a meal when you eat turkey, and assuming all the turkey is moist if you prefer white meat give yourself a 1, if you only prefer the dark meat give yourself a 10, and if it doesn’t matter give yourself a 5.

(1,5 or 10)

Over 60 indicates Protein Type The higher you score above 60, the more likely you are truly a Protein Type.

Under 60 indications a Carb Type The lower you score under 60, the more likely you are truly a Carb Type.

Between 40 and 70 indicates a potential Mixed Type If you scored in this range, you can begin fine-tuning your diet.

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Food can be broken down into three categories, 1) proteins; healthy examples are: fish, chicken, beef, wild game, eggs, nuts, and seeds 2) carbohydrates; healthy examples are: fruits and vegetables, 3) fats; healthy examples are: avocados, coconut oil, olive oil, walnuts, almonds, flax seed, fish oil. This could essentially be your shopping list.

There is no category that is better or worse than the other.

It is just a way to determine how to mix macronutrients (proteins, carbohydrates and fats) together so you can be as healthy as possible with what you eat.

Protein Type: 30% Carbohydrate 40% Protein 30%Fat

Here is another very simple example of how to use the system.

Carb Type: 60% Carbohydrate 25% Protein 15%Fat

Mixed Type: 50% Carbohydrate 30% Protein 20%Fat

Let’s make a chicken salad. Take one cooked chicken breast and put it on a plate full of romaine lettuce, add half of an avocado, a few slices of cucumber, carrots, celery, yellow and red pepper and top with olive oil, sea salt and pepper. One hour after you have eaten, you take the following quiz:

Right Macronutrient Ratio

Wrong macronutrient Ratio

You feel satisfied, not hungry or over-full.

You may feel physically full but you’re still, hungry, or get hungry too soon again.

You have no food cravings, especially sweets.

You have food cravings such as sweets or feel that something else was “missing” from the meal.

You feel like your energy has been restored.

You feel tired, lack of energy, or too hyper, bouncing off the wall.

Your mind is clear and sharp.

You can’t focus well, you’re spacey, or your mind is racing.

You feel happy.

You feel down, depressed, short tempered, apathetic.

Any disease symptoms you have are either unchanged or improved.

If you have a disease or disorder, your symptoms are sharper or worse.

If you answered four or more questions in the right macronutrient ratio column, you ate a near perfect meal for your body type. This will satisfy your hungry for several hours, nourish you body and its cells and sustain good blood sugar for several hours as well, leading you to abundant health.

If you answered four or more from the wrong macronutrient ratio, you

don’t have to go back to the drawing board and start over. However you have to do some fine tuning to your meal.

For instance, with our chicken salad described above, if you eat it and you are still hungry you need to add more protein and fat to the salad. If you are stuffed and feel heavy after it, it is because you ate too much protein and fat.

When you really listen

to your body, you don’t have to measure and weigh every bit of food, you have to be conscious of how your body feels after a typical meal. Always make sure you are getting plenty of good healthy fruits and vegetable (good carbs) and vary your protein and fat intake according to your after meal quiz.

The biggest mistake I have seen in all of my years of teaching, is that

people get a book or a diet plan and follow it exactly like it says and they don’t listen to their body and how it feels after they eat a certain protein bar or drink a protein shake. You have to feel comfortably full and satisfied for several hours after you have eaten a meal otherwise the meal wasn’t appropriate for you metabolic meal type.

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SUMMERFESTIVALS

JUNE

Bemidji Area • Park Rapids Area • Walker Area

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Hubbard County Relay for Life | Park Rapids

• Emmaville Annual Centennial Celebration | Live music, good BBQ food,

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• Bike Bemidji Loop the Lake Festival

and hay rides!

• Knights of Columbus Walleye Classic | Bemidji • Grandma’s Attic Vintage Flea Market

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Moondance Jammin Country Fest | Walker

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Bemidji Book Festival

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Paul Bunyan Days | Akeley

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Bark for Life | Bemidji

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Waa Wiye Gaa Maag (Round Lake) 13th Traditional Pow Wow | Squaw Lake

Enjoy the K-9 unit demo, pet photo contest, and a walk with your dog.

Bemidji Jaycees Water Carnival Food, rides and games

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Fourth of July Traditional Pow Wow | Cass Lake

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Deer River Wild Rice Festival

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Independence Day Celebration | Laporte

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JULY

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Sweetheart Days | Hackensack • Relay for Life of Beltrami County | Bemidji • Art in the Park | Bagley

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8th Annual Nevis Pig Races

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Bite of Park Rapids Street Fair

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Mii Gwitch Mahnomen Days 54th Annual Traditional Pow Wow

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Art in the Park | Bemidji

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66th Annual Muskie Days Festival | Nevis

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• Lake George Blueberry Festival • Onigum 17th Annual Traditional Pow Wow

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Blackduck Woodcarvers Festival

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Car Show | Bemidji

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Moondance Jam | Walker

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Cass Lake Summer Fest

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Zest for life

Have you ever wondered how some people manage to get so much more accomplished in the same 24-hour period as everyone else? What’s their secret? After meeting with Samantha Nienow, we have found that it has everything to do with passion.

She has many passions in her life. Some pertain to her business. Some are hobbies. Some are big ideas. Sam is one of the exceptional people who thrives as a connected center to the Bemidji community, a person who knows many, for many reasons. She is a true inspiration and her energy must be endless. We spoke with Sam to determine what makes her take everything to the next level and beyond.

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By Matthew Liedke Passion is adriving factor in the life of Bagley resident Samantha Nienow, a woman who is heavily involved withthe community and runs her own business.

Through her dedication to both, Nienow has been able to engage with others on a range of topics from entrepreneurship to fitness.

As a professional, Nienow operates Red Zest Design, a company providing creative services to businesses, such as helping in the creation of powerpoints, keynotes and other presentations. At the same time, Nienow is also involved in organizations focused on boosting entrepreneurship in the region.

Originally from Battle Lake, Minn., Nienow’s journey to the world of graphic design started when she attended Minnesota State University Moorhead.

After time spent in Moorhead, Nienow joined a national student exchange program and continued

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her studies in northern California, when she got involved with a start-up company called LearningChange.

She returned to Minnesota in 2006 and in 2009, started Red Zest Design.

“I wanted to go out on my own and pursue presentation design,” Nienow said. “I get to work with CEOs, executive directors and trainers on making their presentations look as amazing as they can be. They’re really busy folks who don’t have a lot of time to spend preparing visuals that look great with their presentations.”

While based in Minnesota, Nienow added that the majority of her clients come from across the nation.

To help inspire and spread her enthusiasm with design and entrepreneurship, Nienow became part of an organization that holds PechaKucha nights. The events are setup to allow multiple people to make short, six-minute presentations and display their talents.

“They can share something they really believe in, their passion, with the audience in a short presentation,” Nienow said. “We’ve done 26 events since 2010, so it’s been going for a while, with our last one in December.”

According to Nienow, the event format first took place in Tokyo in the early 2000s and now there are 800 cities, including Bemidji, that host them regularly.

“My mindset is that I love to be part of a community that’s thriving and creative, and there’s so much talent in Bemidji,” Nienow said.

“I want to be part of helping to create the community I want to live in, and that means getting involved.”

Along with the PechaKucha events, Nienow is also regularly involved with the entrepreneur meet-up at the Launchpad in the

“My mindset is that I love to be part of a community that ’s thriving and creative, and there’s so much talent in Bemidji. I want to be part of helping to create the community I want to live in, and that means getting involved.”

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Mayflower building. The meet-ups, Nienow said, take place on a weekly basis and are meant to support those who are thinking about starting a new business or have already started a business and are offering something new to the public.

At the regional level, Nienow also helps presenters give TEDx (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Talks in various cities such as Grand Forks and Fargo.

“I want to help our region to be fantastic in that it’s recognized technology-wise and for creativity,” Nienow said.

On top of the business aspects of her involvement, Nienow has also made being fit and active a high priority. On a yearly basis, Nienow participates in Bike Bemidji’s Loop the Lake Festival in June and the Blue Ox Marathon in October while also lending her design talents to both events.

“I really care about being fit and active,” Nienow said. “I want to share that passion with my nieces and nephews and the rest of the community.”

Her passion for fitness led her to Wisconsin last September, where she competed in the Ironman competition. The event included swimming a loop (2.4 miles) in Lake Monona, going on a 112-mile bike ride and finally a 26.2-mile run (full marathon) through Madison.

“It was a bucket list goal,” Nienow said. “I did it with a close friend and we trained together for the last two years to prepare. We were just average people doing it. It took us a really long time to complete it, but we really wanted to accomplish something amazing and we did it.”

With so much constantly going on, it can seem overwhelming from a time perspective. However, Nienow said she’s able to continue thanks to her loving all the things she does on a regular basis.

“My spare time kind of overlaps with the passions I have,” she said.

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4th of July Traditions It’s no surprise that every Bemidjian we spoke to mentioned fireworks and the lake as part of their Fourth of July tradition, but each person had a specific twist to how they enjoy the holiday.

We spent an afternoon in downtown Bemidji asking people how they celebrate.

Anna & Alex Anna Buck and Alex Whitlow usually spend the Fourth of July with family while watching fireworks in Bemidji and also tube down the Mississippi River starting at Power Dam.

Olivia & Nathan Amanda Amanda Brueggemeier attends a family reunion each year on the Fourth of July.

Her mother’s side of the family hosts the event in Little Falls.

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Joe Ruffenach, a photographer, has only lived in the area for a few years but enjoys taking photos of Fourth of July parades and watching the fireworks.

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Olivia, 5, and Nathan Glander head down to the Lake Bemidji waterfront every year to watch the fireworks with their family.

Anna & Leanne Anna Eriksson and Leanne Oakes spend the Fourth of July on the lake in their pontoons and boats with a group of about 20 people.

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HYDRAHEADS KEEP MOMENTUM FOR ANOTHER DRAGON BOAT SEASON

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Jillian Gandsey and Maggi Stivers

Every summer they snap into place like pieces to an old puzzle.

The HydraHeads are usually the best team at the Lake Bemidji Dragon Boat Festival, in large part because they fit neatly together, unaffected by time. They can convene after a year apart, some having not seen each other since they won the last time, and then perform with an efficiency that is almost mechanical.

Their boat is powered by synchrony, the same way others are powered by diesel or steam.

“You’re sitting in a 600-pound boat with 2,000 pounds of people,” said John Arenz, who paddles in one of the middle rows and has been there since the beginning. “You need to stay in beautiful synchronization, you need to hit the power stroke.

You’ve got to put it all together, or the boat won’t move.”

Even the clumsiest paddling will move a boat — ­ maybe not all that fast, or in the right direction, and certainly not in a way that meets HydraHead standards. The team’s captain, Mark Walters, owns Headwaters Canoe & Kayak shop in Bemidji, and he didn’t start the HydraHeads so they could finish behind anybody.

“Our plan,” he said, “is to win.”

Some teams at the festival, including the one fielded by the city’s newspaper, set low expectations or none at all. They wriggle into matching T-shirts and sit atop the hill that slopes down to

the lake, locked in a pleasant pattern of eating sandwiches and drinking beer, a pattern broken only when it’s time to race.

The Lake Bemidji Dragon Boat Festival attracts about 60 teams with about 20 paddlers on each, and a winner is found after a series of heats that lasts until the sun starts to drop for the evening. All day the lakeside hill is a village of canopy tents where people plop into lawn chairs with an abundance of built-in cupholders — people who can’t be bothered to get up unless it’s to dig through the cooler, or to chuck a beanbag at a round hole.

“That’s fine,” Walters said. “Some teams just want to have fun, and that’s great.”

But, he reasons, winning is fun too.

The HydraHeads have won five of the eight festivals since the team was founded, including the past three. It may well be four after this year’s races Aug. 6, if the HydraHeads can slip once more past the Canadians from Winnipeg. Listen to Walters, and they sound like the biggest threat.

“They have their own club, like a country club with membership fees,” he said. “They train indoors in the winter.

They have a huge pool.”

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Computers, Motherhood & Downward Dogs Photos & Story submitted by Julie

At 18 years old, I was in a car accident that left me in a chiropractor’s office multiple times per week. I started suffering from migraines and back pain. I was searching for natural healing modalities and decided to try yoga.

Within six months, my migraines and back pain were gone. After I was feeling good once again, my life was no longer about pain management, simply living normally.

My college years were spent in Bemidji with large gulps of the great outdoors. From there it was on to my first career in Minneapolis, where I spent a decade traveling as a software consultant. While I attended yoga classes as part of my fitness routine, it wasn’t until 2007, when time and fate somehow guided me back to Bemidji, the region of my childhood, that yoga became deeper than just fitness, once again.

Somehow, in the move up here, the stresses of remodeling and selling a house while at the same time, building a house and traveling for work, it was difficult to stay healthy. Combined with pregnancy, I inadvertently gained 100-plus pounds. I’ll never forget the moment I stepped on the scale in the doctor’s office and the numbers read 303 pounds.

It was shortly thereafter I once again found my love for yoga and the quiet I found both in my body and mind.

As a result, I took off 100 pounds and was once again loving life and myself. I had removed the fat suit that was suffocating me mentally, physically and spiritually.

In 2010, I began yoga teacher training, I was staying at home with my son, and the timing felt perfect to begin this adventure. I dove deeply into the philosophies behind this 5,000-year-old tradition. We studied the postures (asanas), anatomy and physiology in great depth. We learned to breathe in many different fashions (pranayama). We learned how to meditate. After 200

Yoga is the journey of the Self, through the Self, to the Self.

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hours of study, we became Registered Yoga Teachers with Yoga Alliance.

Nearing the end of yoga teacher training, I became pregnant with my second child. A girl this time. I felt very blessed, yet was fearful of regaining the weight. There’s something crazy that happens inside this body when it becomes pregnant. It’s as if the babies are screaming for ice cream and chocolate. While I kept my yoga practice strong, and taught throughout, I still gained too much for my health and happiness.

I had worked so hard to lose this weight and here I was with an enormous amount of weight to lose, again; but this time with a toddler and a newborn to care for. I was exhausted, defeated and depressed.

Once again, I came back to my yoga practice.

When the postures finally became easy physically, my mind began to wander all over the place. After I learned how to quiet my mind and breath during these once difficult postures, there was an internal light bulb that turned on that was pointing me to my truth. This weight did not get here overnight. If I was going to change this dramatic weight loss/gain pattern that had been plaguing me all of my life, I had to dive back further than just the blaringly obvious fact that I was overweight.

When you can be quiet with yourself, listen to your body and breath, you can finally make peace with yourself. Become friends with yourself. I needed to love myself despite feeling like a big fat failure. I had to be honest with myself, it was not kind to tax my organs with all that added weight. My toddler showed me just how slow I really was. And I was embarrassed of how I looked.

It was at this time, I explored my unhealthy relationship with food and quit living my life on a “diet,” which had been running my life for as long as I remember. I learned to cook real foods that are enjoyable. This was a lifetime

of unhealthy behaviors that had to be undone. I now cook with pleasure and have even started blogging about food. This is such an amazing concept, given my inability to boil an egg prior.

I will be very honest and say that Downward dog did not magically remove 151 pounds. It was a sum of all the parts that helped me not only lose the weight and heal a lifetime struggle of poor eating habits and low self-esteem. Yoga has this way of nurturing you with patience and love, you start to see the magic happen inside and out. It gives me energy, it keeps me healthy mentally, physically and spiritually. There’s nothing life altering about a downward dog, it’s those moments of silence and clarity that potentially happen in a downward dog, (or any other pose) on or off your mat. When you are connecting body, mind and higher consciousness, you are “doing” yoga. We are all on a journey, filled with many twists and turns as life always presents. Find what works for you. I have no idea what life will turn up next, but know that my yoga mat is always within reach.

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Chattin’ With...

Carol Olson Photography & Story by

Maggi Stivers

Bemidji summer tourists are bound to see three fixtures on their visit: Paul Bunyan, Babe, the blue ox and Carol Olson, the Tourist Information Center manager. She recently celebrated 30 years in her position with Bemidji Area Chamber of Commerce. in: After growing up in Bemidji, did you leave the city?

What brought you back?

CO: After graduating from Bemidji High School, I enrolled at Minneapolis Business College. Upon completion I worked for United Hardware, the home office for Hardware Hank. When I left United Hardware, I was employed by International Multifoods and then I worked for Calhoun Insurance (Calhoun Realty.) With family in Bemidji, it seemed right to move back. in: When you did you begin working at the Tourist Information Center?

CO: I was hired by Tim Campbell, Executive Vice President, and Joe Forbes, President of the Chamber.

It is easy to remember the exact day I started as it was Secretary Appreciation Day April 26, 1986. I was scheduled to work for two weeks while Lucille Bewley, the Chamber Secretary and Bunyan House Supervisor, was on vacation. My two weeks have continued until today. It was a time in history when copies were made either on a hand rolled Ditto machine or typed on a stencil and put on a stencil machine. in: Thirty years, that’s a long time. Did you plan on working at the Tourist Information Center for that long?

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CO: I did not give it a thought as how long I would be here and still have no thoughts on the subject. I do not know of many people that ever give a thought as to how long they may be at the same job when they start. in: Describe a typical day.

CO: Some routine items that happen, we open at 8 a.m. and close at 5 p.m., except we are open seven days a week from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. We send out the Bemidji Area Lakes Guide to those that inquire about wanting information on Bemidji, whether it is for a vacation or relocation. We send out student packets when we get letters from students to do a report on another town. Flat Stanleys frequently visit us, Sue Wells has done simple weddings here.

Elementary schools and the children of the Jaycees take turns decorating the Christmas tree every year.

Elementary schools have field trips and stop in to hear about Paul Bunyan. in: Do you have any childhood memories of Paul and Babe?

CO: There are many memories. Friday evenings in Bemidji were very special for local families. Paul Bunyan Amusement Park had a ride special and the first ride that everyone raced to get on was the train. Other popular rides included the chain chairs, paddle boats and sea plane rides and the Bemidji Belle, which was my favorite.

The armory was a favorite place to go for roller skating.

It brought in school groups from all the surrounding towns. The Bunyan House with all of Paul’s artifacts,

the Beltrami County Museum, containing the Morrison Indian Collection, and wildlife museum. Morrell’s Trading Post was within walking distance and had Lobo the wolf there. To end an evening at the waterfront Herb’s Popcorn Wagon was a favorite and ice cream cones from Red Cap Dairy.

The tradition of Friday night rides started over for me when my own children were old enough to go on them. It was very sad to see that the rides would not be there for the next generation. It is great to see than an Inclusive Playground will replace the rides. in: Tell us about some of the changes that have happened at the waterfront.

CO: The first major change was in 1995 when the current Bunyan House was taken down and the Tourist Information Center was built. The Fireplace of States was saved and is a major attraction in the center.

Paul Bunyan and Babe are repainted almost every two years. Babe has the tendency to crack in the spring.

The Rotary Club is responsible for the costly repair to Babe. There has been the addition of two webcams: one is directed to Paul and Babe and the other overlooks the lake. Many of our visitors will call home and have someone see them on the webcam. Now, the new plaza and trails comprise most of the new look to the lakefront.

CO: The telephone. It is not necessarily my favorite but it seems to be the favorite of everyone since the cell phone has become the phone of today. It is the most frequent picture taken in the Tourist Information Center—except for Paul and Babe outside. Kodak once said that it was the second most photographed item in the United States. in: Do you have stories about interesting visitors to Paul and Babe statues from over the years?

CO: One strange question was a lady that wanted to know about wildlife she could see. I told her about a bald eagle flying over the lake. Various birds Canadian geese, a wild bear, of course, deer. She then asked about seeing a moose, I told her that it is very rare. She asked how many years it took a moose to become a deer. It was really hard for me to tell her that they are two completely different animals.

I was asked for a cardamom bread recipe.

I did not have one at work, but I knew I had one at home because my mother growing up made it. The lady left me her -Carol Olson address and I mailed it to her.

I especially like to talk to former residents and visitors that come back after many years. They ask questions about old memories like what happened to the high school and why it is not standing anymore, where is a restaurant that they used to go to or what happened to the house they had lived in.

Then there are the questions about Paul. Was he really real and why is Babe blue? Are all the artifacts actually real and were they really Paul’s? What size shirt does he wear? The list goes on and on…

It is very rewarding for me when I can provide an answer to people that have no idea who to call when they have an unusual question.

in: What’s your favorite part of the job?

CO: Just getting up in the morning and going to work.

The wide variety of people who stop in or call for help and with what they want to know or do. One of the first calls that I always remember was in 1986. It was a call wanting to put a T-shirt on Paul. Jimmy George who worked for the city took Paul’s measurements. Autotype had the shirt made and Jimmy put it out for Autotype’s ad campaign. It is very rewarding for me when I can provide an answer to people that have no idea who to call when they have an unusual question. Jimmy George still has the T-shirt. in: Favorite Paul and Babe story or fact?

CO: Bemidji can claim that we have the original statues of many that are in various cities and states.

Life Magazine featured them in 1937 and again in 1942.

The Tourist Information Center features many of Paul Bunyan’s belongings. Our newest item is a picture of Mayor Earl Bucklin whose measurements were taken and multiplied by three to build Paul. in: What is your favorite Paul Bunyan artifact in the Tourist Information Center building?

in: Tell us about your life outside of work: family, friends, hobbies.

CO: My family, my daughter Stephanie and her two sons Nathaniel and Nickolas and my son Bradley. He has overcome a lot of obstacles with his diagnosis of Autism at 18 months old. Bradley’s autism and disabilities have been a major part of our family life. We have all been involved as volunteers for Special Olympics. Stephanie has an essay that was published in a book by Jessica Kingsley Publishers regarding growing up with a sibling with autism.

One other very important part of our family is getting together at my brother Bob’s house for holidays and other family gatherings, where he does all the cooking. in: Any additional memories of the Bemidji area?

CO: Swimming lessons at Diamond Point Park in cold Lake Bemidji. The waterwheel, the raft, the logs and the diving board. The city parks with teeter totters that were adjustable for the weight on each end, the merry go round, the jungle gym and the monkey bars.

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Photography by Danielle Carty

Summer is here and that means more time outdoors. Whether it is camping or just having a fire out in the backyard, here are some tasty treats to whip up at anytime of the day. These recipes are easy, quick and tasty meals to make on the go or before your big trip.

They can be made over the intentional campfire, or conveniently from your grill or oven at home.

If you are to pack these meals on the go for camping, it will be crucial you store them in an airtight container. When storing food items in a cooler the ice can melt and get into the food. Also, don’t forget tinfoil and pie tins to cook your meals with ease!

The best fire to cook over is one that has been burning long enough to get a nice ember base; this will cook your food thoroughly and through. Unlike just straight flames which will burn the outside of your food and not cook the inside properly. Enjoy your summer by campfire with some good cooking!

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Ingredients 1 package Andouille sausage 1 1/2 lbs. Shrimp 1 lb. Baby red potatoes 2 ears of corn

Directions

2 T. Parsley 3/4 cup of brown sugar

1/3 cup of oats

4 Apples

Top with caramel, and/or

Optional:

1/3 cup butter

1/2 cup of flour

Ingredients 4 tsp. Cajun Seasoning 1 tsp. Cinnamon

a scoop of ice cream

2 T. Olive Oil Salt and Pepper add to taste 2 T. Sugar

Directions

Mix together oats, brown sugar, flour and butter until pieces of butter are evenly dispersed throughout the mixture.

Add in your chopped apples, cinnamon, and sugar. Mix.

Cut four sheets of foil, about 12-inches long. Divide shrimp, sausage, corn and potatoes into 4 portions equally amongst each sheet of foil in a single layer.

Add olive oil, cajun seasoning, salt and pepper and mix. Fold up all 4 sides of each foil packet and make sure it is sealed and completely closed.

Take four long pieces of aluminum foil (about a foot and a half), fold each side up and pinch the ends together forming a boat-like shape.

Optional: Veggies

4 Bananas

Break up some graham crackers and sprinkle on top.

Optional: 1/2 cup of Mini Marshmallows

1/2 cup of Chocolate Chips

Ingredients

Cook on a grate over the fire pit for 15-20 minutes. If your fire doesn’t have a grate, place the package in the fire pit, on the edge furthest from the flames, rotate, and cook for 10 minutes.

Place ingredients in each piece of foil then fold the sides over to seal.

Place foil packets on the campfire, grill or in your oven and cook until done.

Approximate cooking time 12-15 minutes on the grill.

Baked in the oven at 425 degrees F. 15-17 minutes.

Frequently check if over campfire.

8 red potatoes

Ingredients 1 lb. ground beef

Use your own meatloaf recipe utilizing one pound of ground beef.

Directions

Olive oil, salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Slice bananas down the center being careful not to cut through to the other side.

Eating made easiest by using a spoon.

Place on the fire, grill or in the oven at 300 degrees F. for 10-15 minutes, or until chocolate and marshmallows are melted.

Wrap in aluminum foil.

Open up carefully and fill with chocolate chips and marshmallows.

Slice 2 red potatoes for each pie tin thinly (about 1/8 inch) Make 4 Meatloaf patties using your own meatloaf recipe and place one patty into each pie tin.

Sprinkle meatloaf and potatoes with seasoned salt or garlic salt and pepper, then drizzle with olive oil.

Cover with foil and place onto fire or grill or in the oven at 400 degrees F. for 35-45 minutes or until potatoes are fork tender.

Serve with BBQ sauce or Ketchup.

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Succulents

By Jillian Gandsey & Danielle Carty

What you need: - Succulents - Containers - Potting soil - Spoon - Water

Succulents are the perfect way to add a bit of life to your home without much maintenance.

They come in different shapes, sizes and colors.

They only need sunlight and to be watered about once a week in the summer and even less in the winter months.

For this project we bought tiny succulents and then sifted through Mattie’s Menagerie in Bemidji to find vintage-looking containers to plant them in. We found an old soap dish, a tea container and a creamer.

One:

Loosen up the dirt in the container the succulent came in and prepare the new pot with the appropriate amount of potting soil.

Two:

Transfer the succulent into its new home using a spoon or your hands. Lightly pack more potting soil around the sides and in the container so it sits upright.

Three:

Add a small amount of water to the new container, clean up any dirt mess and voilà! It’s a simple and easy way to add some green to your home.

To see step-by-step photos, visit www.inmagazine.areavoices.com.

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1. Historic Chief Theater in downtown Bemidji. 2. Sign for Taber’s Bait. 3. Sculpture outside of the Bemidji public library.

4. Sculpture outside the American Indian Resource Center at BSU. 5. Sign for Lucky Dogs in downtown Bemidji.

5 Can you identify what these five objects are and where you can find them in Bemidji?

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