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Giving newcomers the ‘Right Start’ (Minot AFB)

Thunderbird of Native lore makes an appearance (Crosby)

The Laker Zone serves up fun (Burlington)

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Coordinated effort (Harvey)

Play, relax and enjoy the summertime (Sherwood)

Flowers, vegetables, herbs, food and more (Mohall)

Welcoming history lovers with tours of Coglan Castle (Rolla)

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Annie Demers knows everyone in St. John

Hey, hey try the Maah Daah Hey (Watford City)

Murals welcome people to Rolla

Dan McDonald Michael W. Sasser Kent Olson Jim Hart Mandy N. Taniguchi Jill Schramm Eloise Ogden Andrea Johnson Kim Fundingsland Shyanne Belzer

Hometown Hospitality 2018-19 edition is published by the Minot Daily News which is located at 301 4th Street Southeast in Minot, North Dakota. www.minotdailynews.com

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Big water, big draw (Lake Sakakawea)

Powwow hospitality (New Town)

Where it’s a habit to wave (Stanley)

Velva couple combines cooking, cars, community and kids

Residents open their homes to heritage, culture and learning (Minot)

Volunteers welcome campers to International Music Camp (Dunseith)

An unexpected treat (Bowbells)

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Islands hospitality (Williston)

Coffee Cottage in Rugby

‘Magic City’ Hospitality (Minot)

Welcome to Penelope’s (Bottineay)

Home is where the hearth is (Garrison)

Gifts by the Lake (Lake Metisgoshe)

Homemade food to fill the belly (Berthold)

Welcoming the Stranger (Minot)

Hunting haven (Kenmare)

Minot Commision on Aging works hard for the community

A stunning State Park (Killdeer)

Roosevelt Park Zoo’s educational opportunities brings in visitors (Minot)

Welcome to this year’s annual edition of the award-winning Hometown Magazine, dubbed Hometown Hospitality for 2018-19. Our theme revolves around “hospitality” in all of its diverse definitions. From historic eateries welcoming visitors, to sites of warm hearths welcoming travelers, to cities, towns and institutions with open arms policies taking in one-time strangers and helping them find their way into the hearts of communities. “Hospitality” has many different definitions and each of them is embraced by the warm, friendly people who inhabit our region and whom we call friends and family. Hometown Hospitality is designed to be a year-round resource, acting as a guide and inspiration for visiting the cities and towns in our region – armed, in advance with this primer highlighting some things that make our communities distinct and rich in hospitality. We hope you enjoy Hometown Hospitality and refer back to it often. Once again, we learned a lot about our communities – and we hope you do too.

Michael W. Sasser,

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GIVING MINOT AFB

John MacMartin, president of the Minot Area Chamber of Commerce, talks about Minot and North Dakota to participants of the Right Start Program at Minot Air Force Base. The program helps military members and their families learn about the local area.

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Minot Chamber helps military members & their families get acquainted with local area

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NEWCOMERS THE ‘RIGHT START’ When military members arrive at Minot Air Force Base they learn about the base and the Minot area through a program called Right Start. The Minot Area Chamber of Commerce participates in the Air Force program along with other entities mainly from the base. “We give a presentation so they have an idea what there is to do in Minot and in North Dakota,” said Carla Dolan, program director at the Minot Chamber. Twice a month – the second and fourth Wednesday of the month – Dolan and Right Start Committee participants travel to the base to present the Chamber’s portion of the program. “We have a volunteer committee of 24 people and they all sign up for a month,” Dolan said. The program is held at the Jimmy Doolittle Center on base.

The program is sponsored and held yearlong by the base’s Airman and Family Readiness Center. Some spouses of military members also attend the presentations, Dolan said. “We talk about the zoo, we talk about sports, we talk about outdoors – everything we can possibly think of we talk to them about because we want them to have a great impression – a Right Start to their beginning here,” Dolan said. Right Start Committee members volunteer to talk about Minot and North Dakota for various reasons. “It’s just fun to tell people about what goes on in our area – promote Minot, promote North Dakota. Some of them are retired from the Air Force, some of them had spouses that were in the Air Force, and some of them it’s the kind of committee it’s not a huge amount of your time,” Dolan said. With travel time and the presentation, it’s about one and a half hours each visit or about three hours for one volunteers two visits a month. See MAFB — Page 8

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Thunderbird of Native lore makes an appearance at historical site

Writing Rock State Historical Site is a unique stop By SHYANNE BELZER

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Placed nicely in the Northwest corner of the state, Writing Rock State Historical Site is a resting spot like no other.

Around 47 minutes from Crosby, this rest stop and historical site is host to two rocks that give visitors a view into the importance of imagery for the Native Americans who created them. Open year round as long as weather permits, Writing Rock State Historical Site is a simple stop with restrooms, picnicking areas, a playground, and a set of rocks with drawings that represent Thunder Bird, a mythical creator important to the late pre-historic plains Native Americans.

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“It’s a short commitment but a lot of fun and a big impact,” Dolan said. “We have some that do it several times and they’ll fill in if someone says they can’t make it today,” she added. Volunteers for the Chamber’s Right Start Committee sign up in the fall when the

Chamber sends a request to its members to indicate which committees they would like to participate in. The Chamber representatives have a script for the presentation. “Then sometimes we’ll go off script and tell them our own experiences,” Dolan said. For example, if it is near State Fair time, they would talk about the fair and what they like to do at the fair.

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Writing Rock State Historical Site is home to pictographic rocks found in the early 1900s by homesteaders. Preserved and placed in a protective building, the rocks can be enjoyed by visitors year round. Thunderbird is viewed as a protector and a punisher to those of “low moral integrity,” according to an article on mythology.net. A creature responsible for the lightning and thunder, it was seen as a strong deity for the Native Americans who used it in their lore. Many Native American stories and art use Thunderbird as an important deity. According to the State Historical Society of North Dakota, some of the Native Americans who used the thunderbirds in their art and culture included the Plains Cree, Plains Ojibwa, Gros Ventre, Crows, Dakotans, Mandans, and Hidatsas. “These particular pictographs are considered to be sacred to the Ojibwa, Sioux, and the Assiniboine,” said Site Supervisor Kerry Finsaas. The Writing Rocks were founded around 1916 by homesteaders, according to Crosby’s recreational site page. The smaller of the two rocks was moved to be researched. In 1936, the site that now holds Writing Rock State Historical Site was obtained to house the rocks in a nice treed area. A semi-enclosed shelter with Plexiglas covering for guests to

view the rocks while they are protected from erosion and other harms was built in 1956. “The legend is that the inscriptions on the rocks could once predict future events,” explained Finsaas, “but the magic left the smaller one once it was moved.” The larger of the two rocks has never been moved, according to Finsaas, so the magic possibly is still there. According to the Crosby site, both lost their magic the day “white fur traders and trappers appeared on scene.” Surrounded by mystery, a stop at Writing Rock State Historical Site could be a fun stop for the whole family to relax and enjoy. Home to not only the rocks, the spot is full of nature and a good place for bird watching, according to Finsaas. Signs and pamphlets are set out for visitors to take or view to learn more about the history of the rocks and the site. For more information on Writing Rock State Historical Site, visit history.nd.gov/historicsites/writing-rock/index.html or crosbynd.com/arts-leisure/recreation/. Crosby’s site will also give insight into other activities and things to do in the town.

“We always ask questions at the end and find out if anyone has any particular questions. My favorite question to ask is ‘Does anyone know why we’re called the Magic City?’ I’m amazed at how many do. They’ll have done some research,” she said. “If I want to get a little chuckle out of them I’ll ask if they have tried the Fat Frog at Ebeneezers yet? And every single time somebody has

smallest group we’ve ever had is probably 20.” The Chamber representatives also present the base newcomers with packets full of Chamber information including North Dakota and Minot maps, and community and N.D. information plus coupons from Chamber members and information about them. “It’s basically a way to introduce them to the commu-

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tried it. It’s a huge sandwich that has mozzarella sticks in it, chicken strips and you name it,” Dolan said. When she tells the base newcomers why Minot is called the Magic City, she said: “That it went up overnight like magic because of the railroad coming in and it was very cold outside.” At a July Right Start presentation, Dolan said 70 people attended. “I think the

nity so they have a great first impression,” Dolan said. Dolan has also given the presentation at annual meetings and other events. It is also shown when the Chamber’s Community Leadership Institute begins. “People feel like it’s a good way to refresh their memory about how lucky we are in this area,” Dolan said, adding, “And all the great things there are to do.”

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Soup kitchen moved back to former location at Faith United Methodist By ANDREA JOHNSON • Staff Writer • ajohnson@minotdailynews.com

A soup kitchen at Faith United Methodist Church welcomes strangers every Monday who soon become friends.

second trip.” “If we don’t see certain people come in, we The soup kitchen has been in exworry about them,” said Jacqueline Dunn, istence for about 20 years and used to one of the co-chairs of the ministry along be hosted at Faith United Methodist, with Kae Watson. Dunn said. The soup kitchen moved back to the “Our church was one of the first Faith United Methodist Church, located at soup kitchens in the area,” she said. 5900 Highway 83 North, last June for the Volunteers have long been dedifirst time since the Souris River flood of cated to serving patrons in the area. 2011. It had previously been located at Minot United Congregational Church of When Faith United went under the Christ since the flood. water in 2011, one of the soup kitchen “They were a good and faithful partner volunteers served up sandwiches in the in our mission,” said Watson. neighborhood out of a van. The group is grateful to have been able These days the soup kitchen is offered every Monday from 11 a.m. to to make the move back to their own 12:30 p.m. It is closed on major holidays. church building, which used to be a Donations from individuals and a restaurant, the Field and Stream. partnership with the commissary at “We could not have made this move Minot Air Force Base, which donates perwithout the dedication of Eddie Cortez ishable food that is close to its expiration who drives a pick up van for patrons date, has helped fill the table for patrons. who lack transportation,” said Wat“If we don’t see “Last Monday, we were able to share God’s bounty son. “Eddie is a retired school bus certain people driver. We prayed hard about the thanks to Pete and Laurel Marsh who delivered fresh come in, we worry transportation issue and Eddie was corn on the cob Monday morning,” said Watson. “Clyde about them.” — Jacqueline the answer to our prayer. We are so and Joann Huber provided cucumbers from their garDunn grateful to Randy and Clarice Bell den which was made into a delicious salad. Karen for providing the van. We pick up at Heusers and Helen Dennis (assisted by Bill Dennis) are the Pie Ladies. They have made fresh rhubarb, blueberry and 10:45 (a.m.) at Milton Young Towers (this week), apple pie with the apples from the Dennis’ apple each Monday and return the patrons trees. I rank the sour cream apple pie in the top three pieces around 11:30 (a.m.) ... We are adding a second pickup at the United Church of Christ. We will pick up there at of pie I have ever had! I sat down to eat with our patrons on about 10:55 (a.m.) unless the van is full and we need to make a Monday and we were discussing the bounty of fresh food. Submitted Photos

TOP RIGHT: Karen Heusers and Helen Dennis work at the soup kitchen in August. MIDDLE RIGHT: Jacqueline Dunn and Kae Watson, co-chairs of the Faith United Methodist Soup kitchen. BOTTOM RIGHT: Bill Dennis and Linda Basler work at the soup kitchen in August. ABOVE CENTER: Volunteer Bev Pardon works at the soup kitchen at Faith United Methodist in Minot in August.

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One lady said to me, ‘Please thank them from the bottom of my heart.’ When the Soup Kitchen is low of a staple, the congregation of Faith supports the Soup Kitchens with donations. For example, we had a month in which we asked for mayonnaise and received enough to last a year. “We could not operate with the support of the members of Faith United Methodist Church. Our soup kitchen is still feeding people

thanks to generous donations made in memory of Lori Tollefson. We also receive funds each year from the funds left to the Minot Area Community Foundation for the operation of Minot’s Soup Kitchens from the estate of Arnold Besserud. We try to be good stewards of any funds given to us.” Watson said Dunn is an amazing cook who can take the most basic foods and make them into a delicious

meal. Dunn works hard to offer healthy meals at a price the Soup Kitchen can afford. “It is often the best meal I have all week!” said Watson in the email. Dunn said the soup kitchen sometimes serves as many as 100 meals or more. One day in August, they served 58 people. “We go by meals served,” she said. Some people might be hungry enough to eat more than one serving.

The Soup Kitchen doesn’t ask its patrons to pay for meals or about their financial circumstances or what brought them to the soup kitchen, but Dunn said some people come because of financial need or because they have found a community of friends there. There are usually a few new faces every week. The soup kitchen feeds their souls as well as their bodies.

“They just come, they eat, they socialize,” said Dunn. “Some of them like to help a little bit (but) we don’t really ask for anyone to do that either ... it’s a safe haven ... it’s just a comfortable, safe place.” Children sometimes come with their families to the soup kitchen and are able to play on the playground equipment outside, adding to the atmosphere. Monetary donations are always appreciated and volun-

teers are also needed. “We are currently looking for volunteers who might like to work the third and/or fourth Monday of each month starting in October,” said Watson. Anyone interested in joining us can call Kae Watson at 721-1912. She said the bounty of dedicated volunteers and fresh foods make the time they spend together a joy and not work.

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When Deanna Wille opened The Laker Zone in Burlington in the summer of 2017, she was looking to offer more than a nutrition bar. Her efforts to create an inviting atmosphere and a community gathering space has lured young people and other residents not only from Burlington but from around the area.

“This just has a wonderful feel to it because it is a small town,” Wille said of the local sports-themed nutrition club. “It’s a fun environment to work in, just knowing you are helping people. That’s important.” In the summer, The Laker Zone hosts a children’s story time on the second and fourth Tuesdays in conjunction with a visit from the Ward County Book-

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mobile. The Laker Zone also has hosted Shake and Shop events, in which small vendors are invited to set up. “I just feel like I want to utilize this space for the community and support local businesses. There’s a lot of women like me who own their own business and just need a venue to showcase it,” Wille said.

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TOP: The Laker Zone’s young assistants help serve customers on a busy morning. LEFT: Deanna Wille prepares a protein shake at The Laker Zone July 24. ABOVE: Students hold their protein and energy drinks from The Laker Zone in this submitted photo.

On the schedule for this fall are weight loss challenges and exercise classes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; like a Shake and Shake night featuring a Zumba class followed by a post-workout healthy, protein shake. Offering Herbalife products, The Laker Zone offers protein shakes, herbal teas, aloe drinks and other alternatives to high-sugar drinks and snacks. People can buy the treats ready-made or purchase ingredients for home preparation. All protein shakes are under 300 calories, have 24 grams of protein and are low in sugars and high in nutrients. Raspberry Lemon Pie is a fan favorite, but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more than 30 shake flavors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a nice, healthy alternative,â&#x20AC;? Wille said. It was an alternative she felt was needed in Burlington.

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DLB teacher Nicole Opland reads a storybook to children at The Laker Zone July 24. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was going to nutritional clubs in Minot. I was watching our community, especially, the DLB kids, come into the Minot locations. It was like a lightbulb went off. Why donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t we put one in

Burlington?â&#x20AC;? she said. She found a house for rent in a commercially zoned area and received the ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s approval to start her business. The Des Lacs-Burlington community supports its local

athletes, and Wille wanted to reflect that at The Laker Zone. The club uses the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s red, white and blue colors and decorates with vintage uniforms. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also toys and games stocked for the younger kids and a menu of hydrating, kid-friend drinks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the blessing behind this business is itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for everyone,â&#x20AC;? Wille said. Wille is assisted by young people who help out in return for free drinks and an opportunity to practice customer service skills. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They just love to be in here,â&#x20AC;? Wille said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good, safe environment for them to meet their friends and hang out. I wanted to open up this place for it to be a meeting place for the community.â&#x20AC;? Keenan Best and Kaylynn

Melgaard, both 18, are daily visitors. Best said he puts 25 miles on his vehicle every day to be there but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth it, not only because of the weight loss heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experienced but because of the camaraderie. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a really fun place to be and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s safe, and I love the products,â&#x20AC;? Best said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think I have probably had every shake on that (menu) board.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;She brightens my day every time I come in here,â&#x20AC;? Melgaard said of Wille. Wille responded she often feels like a second mother to the young people who frequent the club. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love my kids because they make my day,â&#x20AC;? she said. The Laker Zone is open some evenings in the summer. In the fall, hours switch to 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., giv-

ing students a chance to hang out before and after school. Wille will open on a Saturday for DLB athletes to come by for fuel for their games. Her business concept has been adopted by other smalltown Herbalife distributors in Hazen, Beulah and Boxelder, South Dakota. Wille would love to sponsor even more distributors in other small towns. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My goal is to get into all these little towns and bring these community spaces and healthy alternatives to these little towns,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s taken me a lot of years to find a job that I am happy with and this is it,â&#x20AC;? she added. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel like a pretty lucky girl. This Des Lacs-Burlington community has really wrapped their arms around me and supported me.â&#x20AC;?

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tion. The top was used for hay with catCricket on the Hearth is For reservations and info: one of those surprise gems lotle underneath,” said Jude Iverson, host, 337-5823 cated in a remote and beauticook and operator of Cricket on the Website: ful setting just off Highway Hearth. “We decided to clean it up a www.cricketsbb.com 37 midway between the aclittle bit. It got to be a real fun project. tive communities of Garrison Facebook: We use it a lot. We even have weddings cricket.bb and White Shield. It is a very invithere.” ing bed and breakfast with a unique The “Little Red Barn” has become a fixture link to the past. at Cricket on the Hearth, a marvelous companNot only is it a Victorian-style bed and breakion to the well decorated home which houses the bed and fast, but much, much more. The fabulous and well breakfast proper. The home contains three themed guest cared for grounds, boasting a spacious garden area com- rooms, a breakfast room and a western saloon-type beverplete with a vine-covered archway, is a wonderful setting age bar. for gatherings like weddings and family reunions. A refurOne of the guest rooms is called the “Nest.” bished barn offers a surprisingly spacious and wonderfully “That’s because of the proliferation of birds,” noted Jude decorated loft that easily captures the fascination of guests Iverson, host, cook and operator of Cricket on the Hearth. who marvel at the unique decor. “It is 90 years old but structurally in very good condiSee CRICKET — Page 18

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every piece of artwork in here is a bird. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because of my grandmother.â&#x20AC;? The remaining two guest rooms are the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lodgeâ&#x20AC;? and the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bunkhouse.â&#x20AC;? The Lodge replicates the interior of a hunting lodge while the Bunkhouse, equipped with two twin beds, displays a western theme. While the facility and accommodations are exceptionally pleasing, so too is the demeanor of its gracious hosts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fun project. I love it. It kind of defines who I am,â&#x20AC;? remarked Iverson with a convincing smile. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I simply like to entertain.â&#x20AC;? Iverson has a background in hospitality. She and husband Mel owned and operated a steakhouse in Garrison for several years. Jude did much of the cooking, a craft she thoroughly enjoys sharing with her guests at the Cricket

on the Hearth. Exquisite breakfast and memorable evening meals are her specialty, all served in eye-pleasing fashion. The story of how the Cricket on the Hearth came to be is fascinating. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A family named Brown, I believe, had homesteaded here,â&#x20AC;? said Iverson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In 1927 they bought a catalog house from Sears and Roebuck. Everything came by rail. They put the house together. This is pretty much the same design with a few modifications.â&#x20AC;? The catalog price, depending on amenities, was $2,225 to $2,489. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most people at that point were still living in homestead shacks that had been added onto or upgraded,â&#x20AC;? said Iverson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a bungalow house. Not a farm house.â&#x20AC;? Iverson said the design of the home was likely quite popular for industrial communities tasked with building a town in a hurry to provide accommodations for an influx

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The Lodge is one of three guest rooms at the Cricket on the Hearth. of manufacturing or mining workers. The idea for a bed and breakfast came to Iverson about 10 years ago. At the time she was considering what do to after retirement from day work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was always a dream of mine to have a B&B,â&#x20AC;? said Iverson.

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Choosing the name for the B&B came easy for Iverson. She was a member of the original committee that started the popular Dickens Festival in Garrison about 25 years ago. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a big fan of Charles Dickens, which is one of the reasons I was involved in the Dickensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; project,â&#x20AC;? stated Iver-

son. Cricket on the Hearth is the name of a novelette written by Dickens. Today a brass cricket can still be found on the hearth of the B&Bâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fireplace. The living and dining rooms of the home display a Victorian turn-of-the-century type of design motive. Guests at the Cricket on the Hearth come from a wide variety of places. Some are visitors to the area looking for a quiet, country setting in which to stay. Some are hunters who annually visit the area each fall. Wedding and family events are held at the Cricket on the Hearth too. When asked about a memorable guest or two, Iverson immediately recalled one of her earliest customers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The first year we were open we had some guests from the Netherlands. My grandmother was Dutch so I was quite fascinated with the people,â&#x20AC;? said Iverson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were so much fun. The gentleman from Holland was so

funny. He was a big fan of Peter Sellers and the Pink Panther movies. He got up and imitated inspector Clouseau.â&#x20AC;? Inspector Jacques Clouseau was a perfectly inept detective played on screen by Sellers. Iverson said she has hosted three couples that had a goal of visiting every state in the union, one of which had been to the U.S. 17 times but never to North Dakota. That changed with a stay at the Cricket on the Hearth and helped solidify Iversonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desire to operate the quaint B&B. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It just got to be more fun all the time. We get up. We greet you and we have old grandma cooking here,â&#x20AC;? laughed Iverson. Iverson says the primary season for the Cricket on the Hearth â&#x20AC;&#x153;pretty much starts in Mayâ&#x20AC;? but they accept guests on a year-round basis. However, she cautions, winter stays are sometimes dependent upon weather conditions.

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There is a quaint gift shop here that is infinitely appealing to visitors and locals alike. Gifts by the Lake is located immediately west of the narrows. Customers discover a perfectly wonderful array of unique items. Whether they are mementoes of Lake Metigoshe or craft items for the garden or lake home, Gifts by the Lake can fulfill visitor’s wishes.

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Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Memorial Day through Labor Day Open weekends in other items Wilhelmi said she September too that enjoys visiting with all •Located immediately make wonher customers, but one west of the narrows derful addivisitor in particular retions the decor ally caught her attention. at Lake of lake homes and It was a lady from Australia. Metigoshe

gardens alike. “That’s what we try to do, especially for summer,” explained Wilhelmi. “People buy stuff to put in the yard, the garden or whatever. Tourists buy them and take them home.” Lake Metigoshe cabins are often gathering places for families and friends. Hosts bring guests to Gifts by the Lake to show them the marvelous shop that has become a “go-to” place for souvenir seekers and those searching for unique decorative items, some of which are made by local craftsmen.

“That was kind of shocking for me. All the way from Australia!” exclaimed Wilhelmi. “It was fun just to visit with her. That’s what I like about this shop, visiting with the people, getting to know where they come from and what they do.” Of course, visitors enjoy the experience as well. They step into a gift shop with hundreds of items to see and choose from. The coffee is always on and there’s slushies and cappuccino, too. It all adds up to making Gifts by the Lake a wonderful stop for any visitor to Lake Metigoshe.

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Phyllis Burckhard leads Visit Minot as its executive director as well as people who might be planning to move here. along with Rianne Kuhn, director of marketing and communi“People will come in and ask us the quescations, and Chad Wright, director of sales, sports and events. tion, ‘What is there to do in Minot?’ All they This year Visit Minot has a new feature on its Facebook page have to do is go to our Facebook or our webpage and they can find lots and lots of things to do,” – videos, said Burckhard. Kuhn is spearheading the project. Burckhard said. “Matt (Maldonado) and Eric (Thoemke, both of Indak “We also do different types of Media) are two just really great guys and they’re advertising. We do print parworking with us. We’re going around and “As ticularly up in Canada, and doing 30-second videos,” Burckhard said. we look to the The project began in January. we work with North Dakota future our goal is to The videos might be of local busiTourism on different continue to bring events nesses including restaurants or of campaigns that they to Minot, perhaps ones that shopping. Burckhard said it is have,” she said. used to be here and had to being done to really showcase “We do everyrelocate because of the flood what Minot has to offer. “We’ve thing from contests and the oil boom when there had just a tremendous amount of to just providing inforfavorable comments about it,” she mation on social were no hotel rooms available. said. media. Social media is That’s not our situation now. We She said Visit Minot has also really where we invest definitely have a lot of hotel expanded its website into differa lot of our time,” she space...” ent categories. For example, if said. Kuhn, director of – Phyllis Burckhard someone goes to “Events” on the marketing and commuExecutive Director, nications, leads Visit Visit Minot website, they can filter the Visit Minot Minot’s social media presevents by the different categories (Visitminot.org/events). ence. “They can also sort it in the month that Burckhard said their locathey are looking for events,” Burckhard said. “If you tion at the Scandinavian Heritage Park look at July alone, we have over 280 events,” she said. She on South Broadway is an advantage for Visit said they are averaging in the 200s for events each month. “These Minot. are just ones that are posted,” she added. “I think being located at the Scandinavian Heritage Park is Visit Minot staff work with people who come to Minot to visit such an added benefit for us because it really attracts people to

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the park and then they come in and we can assist them since we have the tourist information not only about Minot but also for the other major cities and actually lots of cities in North Dakota and the surrounding states and Canada,” Burckhard said. “We guide people on everything from what is a good restaurant to different options where they can shop. We definitely promote all of Minot – what the downtown area offers from boutiques to breweries and then the big box stores like at Dakota Square and other places throughout the city,” she added.

Promoting the major events in the city is part of their job as well. “We really help to promote the major events that go on in our community,” Burckhard said. “We’re so fortunate to have two of the largest events in this entire state and that’s the North Dakota State Fair and the Norsk Hostfest. “But aside from that we have so many other places that people can find entertainment from the air museum to the zoo to the HighAir Ground trampoline park, Corbett Field with the Sabre Dogs and all of the events that go on at the Maysa Arena, the (Minot Municipal)

Auditorium, MSU or just lots of different places throughout this community,” she said. “We help to support as much as we can through social media. It’s a good way for us to get the word out about those different events,” she added. Another area designated on the Visit Minot website is entitled “Play.” “We try to keep this as up to date as we can,” Burckhard said. “We work with all of the hotels and the different venues in the community to promote everything that Minot has to offer. She said the website also offers a Deals page. People can go

to the page to find coupons for discounted rooms, coupons from restaurants, etc. “They can print the coupon or it’s a great way to find out what value is out there, what different organizations are offering. It’s a real attraction for our Canadian visitors,” Burckhard said. She said Minot is a very popular destination for visitors from Canada. “We get lots of (Canadian) visitors,” she said. When visitors to the city stop in at Visit Minot, Burckhard said they will ask them what brings them to the city. She said they find that many Canadian people are visiting

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our goal is to get them to come back again. As we would always say, we want to show them the ‘Magic of Minot.’ ” During the July interview with Burckhard, she said Visit Minot recently toured every venue in Minot with meeting or event space. She said it was a great opportunity for Visit Minot’s new sales director Chad Wright to become more familiar with the business leaders in those places and to become more familiar with some of the facilities in the city.

For example, she said, “When you look at the North Dakota State Fair Center, it is a just outstanding area that can have anything from concerts to rodeos to meetings. It’s endless the list of things that go on at that facility. But we’re also so fortunate to have a facility like the Maysa, with having three sheets of ice under one roof.” She said Visit Minot is working with Maysa to think of events or other activities that can be held there that aren’t ice related during the summer months. She said they’re also working with the Minot Park District, with the expansion to the zoo and all the different work

the Minot Park District is doing throughout the city with the parks. When events come to town, Burckhard said Visit Minot provides a welcome package that includes the Visit Minot Visitors Guide but also information about what they can do while they’re here. She said the “infamous” coupon book is included in the welcome packages. “Everyone comes to us to get that. We have them on our rack. It’s a very popular item. That is also a very popular item with our Canadian visitors. When we go to Canada for our trade shows we literally bring boxes of

them. I don’t think I’ve ever come back with any left in my vehicle,” Burckhard said. When Visit Minot staff attend trade shows in Canada, she said normally they go to Regina, Saskatchewan, and Brandon, Manitoba. Military members and their families also seek out Visit Minot for information. “We strongly support our visitors to the north, in fact, we share information so they have it readily available there on base as well,” Burckhard said. The Gift Store operated by Visit Minot at its office also is a popular site. “We have items from the

events to Minot, perhaps ones that used to be here and had to relocate because of the flood and the oil boom when there were no hotel rooms available. That’s not our situation now. We definitely have a lot of hotel space and we invite people to check out our website if there is availability because we do have a link with every hotel in the city where they can find out about availability even during special events like Norsk Hostfest and the North Dakota State Fair. We just want people Planning for the to know there is availability so future they should definitely come “As we look to the future and stay in Minot to experiour goal is to continue to bring ence it in full,” Burckhard said.

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It may be a bit hard to find but it is well worth the search. Welcome to Penelope’s, a coffee and frozen yogurt shop that is a hidden gem.

Penelope’s is located in the basement of the Sawmill Corner C-store at the intersection of the Highway 43 Scenic Byway and Lake Road, a stone’s throw from Lake Metigoshe. Stepping down the stairs immediately inside the front door of the C-store reveals a startling surprise, an enchanting coffee shop on the lower level. Penelope’s serves a variety of coffee and frozen yogurt. Muffins are baked fresh daily. Bagels are popular too. “The bagels come from Fargo,” said owner Tracy Brandjord. “They use North Dakota wheat. That’s important. My husband is a North Dakota wheat farmer.”

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A hidden coffee shop gem Brandjord got the idea for the coffee and yogurt shop several years ago. She was inspired to do so by her daughter, who is allergic to nuts and nut products. “I have four children,” said Brandjord. “I have a daughter who cannot go into a yogurt shop or a bakery. I felt sad for her. I wanted to open up a shop where all kids could come with no nuts or nut products at all. It’s a safe place to come and good for our family to work together.” Brandjord recalls a woman whose grandson was allergic to nuts. She cautiously brought him to Penelope’s where he was able to enjoy a frozen yogurt treat without any fear of a reaction. “Seeing that boy was so rewarding,” said Brandjord. “He loved every minute of it. It just makes me realize this is a gift to be able to offer this to people.” While being free of nuts and nut products is a must for Penelope’s, most people don’t give it a second thought. They are there for the coffee and yogurt and atmosphere. “Located on the scenic byway we see a lot of people. We are kind of in a funny place, the basement of a C-store,” laughed Brandjord. “When people come to the lake they just

want to have a fun time. They live in the city during the week and they are used to their coffee.” Customers find Penelope’s to be a very inviting place. In just their third year of operation their reputation has grown, thanks to satisfied customers who help spread the word about what Brandjord calls the “little, cute coffee shop.” “Lake Metigoshe is awesome. We love living here and being here,” explained Brandjord. “The coffee and frozen yogurt, it’s just a fun thing. It’s fun to see people from all over. Lots of conversation happens over a hot cup of coffee.” Penelope’s is open only during the summer season but does some rental during the winter. The rentals are an offshoot of other activities held at the coffee shop from yoga to Bible journaling. “It’s kind of a craze now,” said Brandjord. “We have a little store called King’s Corner. We also host crocheting, art and jewelry classes.” And, added, Brandjord, “no trail mixes or peanut butter.” Penelope’s, with a walkout basement and large windows, where the coffee is always on and friendly conversation awaits, is a prize worth seeking.

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HARVEY

HAV-IT client makes newcomers feel welcome

Cera Svaleson makes it her business to get to know the newcomers in Harvey. For about the past three years, Svaleson has operated Cera’s Welcome Wagon, which delivers an average of 35 to 40 welcome baskets to new residents each year. A client of HAV-IT, an organization assisting with people with disabilities, Svaleson manages an inventory of gift items from pens to key chains, discount coupons and advertising items that she solicits from local businesses. A $10 annual fee enables businesses to advertise to newcomers through the welcome wagon and provides Svaleson with an income from her efforts. Mayor Ann She then stays in touch with the city Adams and Audi- and apartment owners to locate new tor Karen Nordby residents to whom she delivers the play a role in Har- baskets with the help of a HAV-IT staff vey’s efforts to person. “It’s kind of work to me, and fun at extend hospitality. the same time,” said Svaleson, whose Jill Schramm/MDN naturally outgoing nature had convinced staff at HAV-IT that the entrepreneurship opportunity would be perfect for her. “I would say Cera’s strongest skills are probably the ability to get By JILL SCHRAMM out in the Senior Staff Writer • jschramm@minotdailynews.com community and talk to the people. ciate that she can carry the city’s Anyone new to Harvey She does message back to the business comSubmitted Photo that easily,” shouldn’t have to worry munity as well. “We are much more connected,” Era Svaleson, right, delivers a welcome said Gerald about getting the City Auditor Karen Nordby said. packet to Harvey newcomer Michelle Wilcox, HAVIT employrun-around when seeking “Because Ann is the mayor, she Kukowski in July. m e n t maybe looks at the bigger picture. In m a n a g e r. community information. a small community, we are always Professional in her dress and delivery, looking at our big picture.” Svaleson is serious about her job. The relationship that exists between the chamber, Harvey’s efforts to welcome newcomers and tourists “I think she takes a fair bit of pride CVB and city government means lines of communicagained an added level of coordination just over two years in what she does,” Wilcox said. ago when residents elected their chamber of commerce tion are more open. If Adams gets questions about the Clients of HAV-IT Services also city she can’t answer, she knows who to go to for the anand visitors bureau director as mayor. show their hospitality in other ways, swer. “It’s a marriage. I think it works out good,” Mayor Ann from watering sidewalk flowers placed “I think she gets a lot of good information to people,” Adams said of the blending of roles. by the chamber and convention and As mayor, Adams meets weekly with city department Nordby said. visitors bureau to placing water bags Adams served two years on the council before runheads to discuss the issues, identify problems and highon young trees in the park. They dening for mayor and winning election in 2016. light the positive things happening. liver posters for the chamber to hang in She took the job as director for the Harvey Area “So we are all on the same page,” Adams said. “We all local businesses, including sponsored Chamber of Commerce seven years ago after friends who work together.” posters announcing upcoming movies Adams brings to the meetings her knowledge of the owned a business refused to take her “no” for an answer. at the theater. They help deliver Meals business community and tourism, and city staff appreon Wheels to the shut-in. See HARVEY — Page 35

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Having a place to go and enjoy nature can be extremely relaxing and nice. For many cities and towns, this natural place tends to be a park of some sort. For the small town of Sherwood up near the Canadian boarder, their city park has recently gained a face lift as funds were raised to tidy it up and add some fresh paint to it all as well.

According to Kristy Titus, who is the Renville County Community Development Coordinator, the Sherwood City Park is a big asset to the community that many have been able to enjoy and will get to continue to enjoy. “A lot of people say it’s the best small town park around,” she said. “It is quite beautiful! Very quiet, peaceful, and private.” The Sherwood City Park is home to many lush trees providing shady places to relax, grassy areas where yard games can be played, a playground for children to enjoy, and much more. The park has restrooms, picnic tables and shelters, areas for guests to play yard games, fire pits for relaxing evenings, and camping availability with electric and water inside the grounds. For sports fans, the park is even host to the town’s grandstands and food shacks. They host baseball games for community members and guests to attend and enjoy. The Sherwood City Park has been used for a large variety of activities and events over the many years that it has been open. Camping, exercise, biking, children play-time, and walking are some of the most common, but not the only things going on in the park. Weddings, family or class re-

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unions, and birthdays are just a few Titus named for events the Sherwood City Park has hosted and can host again in its newly refurbished style. The Sherwood Park Board is in charge of the park and in the summer of 2017, the decision was made to raise money for improvements to the park that is so important to the community. “Last summer we held a picnic fundraiser for the community to attend. Improvements were also able to be done through grant funding,” Titus explained of how it all was funded. Improvements to the Sherwood City Park included a brand new sign to tell visitors what the place is, paint jobs for the grandstands, baseball dugouts, food shack, and restrooms, and trimming of trees or removal of some that was needed. The improvements were expected to be finished in the summer of 2018 with any painting being finished and a second new sign added. For guests visiting or wanting a camping experience, the Sherwood City Park charges $12 per night for campers. Shelters are all free to use.

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If you are ever driving north toward Canada and decide to stop in the town of Mohall, a nice place to detour off to during the summer months is The Flower House Garden and Prairie Bistro. Placed comfortably at 9243 38th Avenue NW, the land contains two houses, some animals, and many, many plants of wide varieties. Gardens are interspersed with planters full of blooming beauties for all guests to see.

After you pull in and park, you can head inside the main building where the walls and ceiling are adorned with antiques, gardening tools and decorations, and more. The smell of plant life, fresh dirt, and fresh cooking permeates the air. The Flower House Garden and Prairie Bistro provides a relaxing, country feel to look around and shop for all your garden needs as well as to catch a lunch if you are there at the right time. The Flower House Garden was started in 1969 by Judy Duerre when she decided to grow some plants of her own. She had an interest in horticulture that really showed as her plants grew. The need and want for a greenhouse in the area was higher than expected and soon Duerre was working hard to fill that need. For her daughter, Sonja Duerre Stromswold, the green house was of little interest. She planned to have nothing to do with it all originally. Then, as she grew older, something changed. “I came back from college and my mom needed some help,” explained Duerre Stromswold. “I got involved and started to actually really enjoy it.” She had also begun working on a baking company around the same time. This was something else that was needed in the community and Duerre and Duerre Stromswold made a decision. They added her business and cooking on to the flower shop and after some time, it became what it is today: The Flower House Garden and Prairie Bistro. Recently they have given the business a new nickname to make it easier for people to recognize: Bistro and Blooms. Now into 2018, Bistro and Blooms offers a large selection of lunches, classes, and plants of all assortments for not only the community but surrounding areas and any who decide to travel there. Duerre and Duerre Stromswold work to grow an assortment of flowering annuals, vegetables, unique assortment of perennials, Canadian roses, hydrangeas, different shrubs, container gardens, and more to catch people’s “It’s eyes. all unique. We The Flower House Garden also offers home also always have decor, such as signs, different gift items, garden cheesecakes and we accessories, nice ceramic pots alongside the like to offer monthly plants. From the moment you walk into the dinners where we go all quaint little house that starts off the place, you are out. We serve anything in a gardener’s heaven. from shrimp to prime rib When guests are walking around searching to more.” for their chosen plants, they are able to do more than simply see the plants for sale. If they are in—Sonja Duerre terested, those looking around can even go and see Stromswold the display beds. These display beds can give customers an idea for how their plants they plan to purSee MOHALL — Page 35

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Having grown from 64 to 130 members since then, Harvey’s chamber membership stretches from Devils Lake to Minot and includes businesses in a number of area communities. After Adams had been in the position for a time, Harvey’s Convention & Visitors Bureau director resigned. The chamber decided it wanted to fold the CVB duties into its office, and the city council agreed on a year-to-year basis. Adams said the decision to combine CVB with the chamber increased the cooperation between those groups and proved to keep chamber membership fees down by using finances more strategically to cover mutual activities. “There’s a lot of overlap,” Adams said. “Before the chamber paid for everything. Our advertising alone was breaking us.” Creating stronger ties with the city has been mutually beneficial too. Not many small towns have a mayor with an office on Main Street whose job is to answer questions and promote the community. “It has made the mayor more accessible,” Adams said. As CVB director, Adams is an initial

point of contact for visitors. Her Main Street office offers visibility for people looking for information on things to see or do and places to stay. Along with its multiple area lakes, wildlife management and fishing and bird hunting attractions, Harvey sits at the end of the North Country National Scenic Trail. The trail, open to hikers and other nonmotorized transportation, currently runs from New York to North Dakota, but extensions are planned that could someday place the trail from Maine to Washington state. Newcomers to Harvey also often begin their investigation of their new town with a stop at the chamber, especially if they have business interests. The chamber supplies phone books and chamber business directories for welcome bags delivered to newcomers. Adams said newcomers who stop by the chamber are pleasantly surprised when they have questions related to the city and find out they are talking with the mayor. She said she can answer many of the questions, saving them a trip down the street to City Hall. She smiles in noting the benefits can go the other way too. When someone comes to her office to complain about some action of the city, she’ll encourage the person to get involved to make their

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voice heard – particularly by joining the chamber. Most take her advice. Even as mayor, Adams never takes off her chamber hat. When a new Harvey business owner showed up at a jobs development meeting just to see what was going on, Adams invited him to coffee afterwards and ended up welcoming him into chamber membership. Nordby said the city auditor’s office is an information source for newcomers and other residents too. And people have all kinds of questions. “Sometimes we are the operator – the old-fashioned operator,” she said, referring to the calls from people looking for phone numbers. “It would be so much easier to say, ‘Look it up on the Internet.’ We just answer their questions.” But Nordby said that’s just the way it is in Harvey. “There’s just a lot of friendly people in Harvey who would certainly have a conversation with anybody,” she said. Adams encourages residents to go the extra mile to be hospitable. “That’s one of the things I write about in my blog all the time,” said Adams, who blogs on the chamber website. “If you see (a) neighbor’s grass is long and you know they can’t cut it, cut it for them. Just be nice. Let’s all get along.”

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chase were grown and cared for. Adding the Bistro to their nickname, Prairie Bistro offers lunch six days a week during April through June and three days a week until the end of the summer. Every item they serve made is homemade and fresh. They offer homemade sandwiches and paninis, specialty salads with their special handmade dressings and soups. “It’s all unique,” said Duerre StromswoldStomse. “We also always have cheesecakes and we like to offer monthly dinners where we go all out. We serve anything from shrimp to prime rib to more.” Bistro and Blooms also works to offer more than just food and gardening items. To add to the already uniqueness of it all, Duerre Stromswold has begun teaching a variety of classes for those interested in attending. Classes include dirty dining where students

will learn about planting, different flower classes, an herb class, a kids decorating class and other themes. “And all classes include food,” said Duerre StromswoldStomse. They grow each year as the community and surrounding areas show interest, with the 2018 spring hosting 10 different classes. Each offers knowledge and advice dependent on what the topic is. For their herb class, they describe every herb and what it is best used for. Their goal is to help future and current gardeners and bakers to learn something new and enjoy. The Flower House Garden and Prairie Bistro are open for the summer months from April to the end of August. They begin serving lunches in April on Monday through Saturday until the middle of June. Then they go to serving it on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday only. The hours they are open vary depending on the time of the summer. Their hours can be found online at flowerhousemohall.com.

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Becky Leonard believes in tourism and has been working to help save historic sites and bring people to the Rolla area for decades.

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Staff Writer • ajohnson@minotdailynews.com “If you’re wanting to attract tourists, you have to have something like (Coghlan Castle),” she said. Leonard, who is vice president of Coghlan Castle Inc., gives regular organized tours of the aforementioned castle, the remnants of a 40-foot by 50foot, two story, 109-year-old historic home with a turret that is located on private land three miles northeast of Rolla along Highway 30. People come from all over the area and outside the state to learn more about the history of the place. It is not really a castle, of course, but for the people in the area it has always held a certain mystique. The castle was built in 1909 from granite fieldstones that were hauled from farmsteads in the area. Maurice Coghlan, an immigrant from Ireland, arranged for fieldstone to be hauled

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from from fields beginning in 1906. It was worked on by mason Thomas Bowyer, from Manitoba, and Coghlan’s brother, John Coghlan, completed the carpentry work. When it was built, the house was unusually well-appointed for the Rolla area, complete with hot running water, stained glass parlor windows, a grand staircase and diamond motif oak flooring. The Coghlans were a prominent family who were also part of the history of the area in their own life. The Coghlans, who moved to the area in 1883, before statehood, raised seven children and farmed near St. John and Maxbass. Two of their sons served as judges in Ward County, according to historians. Family members owned a construction company that helped build the Alcan Highway between Alaska and Canada.

An extended family member, Frank DeMers, purchased the property in 1950. Today it is owned by Tim DeMers. The castle fell into disrepair over the years until efforts began to restore it. Some $250,000 has gone into efforts to repair and preserve the exterior of the building, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. An interpretive panel was added along the highway recently to provide interested travelers with information about the site and to discourage them from trying to go up to the house on their own. It is not safe to go inside and trespassing is not allowed. Leonard said it would cost far more than that $250,000 to completely restore the interior. Donations are always needed.

For Leonard, who has battled and beaten breast cancer, the castle has personal meaning. “The castle and I both went through an overhaul at the same time,” said Leonard. She said the tourists who come to Rolla for her organized tours all have different reasons for wanting to see the castle. One group of Canadians

was particularly interested in the stone work on the house, because Bowyer was a famous stonemason. “They assessed the mortar,” said Leonard, and were interested in why the stones had strike marks. Others are fascinated by the architecture of the house or by the history of the family that lived there.

One historic attraction might bring people to the area, but it won’t hold their interest unless there are other things to do. “What I try to do for folks who call me about the castle” is find other things for them to do or suggest places for them to stay while they explore life in the Turtle Mountains. Other sights to see are Mys-

tical Horizons, the so-called “Stonehenge of the Prairie” that is located on the western edge of the Turtle Mountains along the Scenic Byway along Highway 43. The structure features six granite walls of different heights that functions as a working solar calendar. It fulfills Jack Owl’s vision and was built more than a decade ago in partnership with different area

groups. St. John, one of the state’s oldest settlements, is the site of the Maurine House Information Center. The historic Victorian cottage, located at 109 Frauds Avenue SEE in St. John, has information about the early days of the Turtle Mountains. Other sites that draw visitors are the International Peace Garden at 10939 Highway 281

in Dunseith and Lake Mothering State Park, 16 miles northeast of Bounties. Investment in tourism and in the attractions of the area helps draw people to local business and helps boost the economy, too, said Leonard. A knowledgeable tour guide – and word of mouth – is also likely to bring those happy tourists back to the area..

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Annie DeMers has been administrative assistant at St. John Public School for 32 years.

In a small town, the school is often the hub of all activity and also the home of the welcome wagon for newcomers to the community.

Annie DeMers, who has been an ad- tached at the hip to their cell phones and ministrative assistant at the St. John Pub- are used to being able to reach friends and lic School District for 32 years, knows family at any moment. everyone in town and usually has the an“I think cell phones have also made it swers to any questions that might be so I get more calls,” said Demers. “It’s so asked. easy to get ahold of people now that when “I get calls asking what time games we can’t, we almost panic,” said DeMers. start, about bus route changes, even But in those circumstances, Deabout things that are going on in Mers can save the day bethe community,” said DeMers. cause she is so plugged in to ‘I Because the school is the town network. She can get the center of the commuhas befriended many hold of almost nity, people automatically people in St. John and anybody I need assume that Demers will the surrounding area on to.” know what is going on Facebook. —Annie elsewhere in the commu“I can get hold of alDemers nity like “What’s going on most anybody I need to,” said DeMers. after the homecoming game?” When she started out in Parents also still reach out to the job in 1986, she used a typewriter the school when they need to reach a student. and a rotary phone. “I still get a lot of calls to give kids a Now she has a computer and keeps message,” she said. “During the school track of attendance, grading and other inyear, the phone is a huge part of the job.” formation using a program called PowerDeMers said that back in the 1980s, School. Her cell phone helps her work as taking and leaving a message was consid- well as to stay in touch with the commuerably more low tech. Most kids these nity. days – and a lot of their parents – are at“It’s really a great program,” she said of

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PowerSchool. “We’ve had it since 2002.” After so many years with the St. John schools, DeMers said she still isn’t ready to quit. One of the major benefits is the interactions she has with the kids and with their parents and grandparents. “I feel so fortunate that I’ve gotten to know the people that I know,” said DeMers. This past school year, when St. John’s basketball team went to the state tournament, DeMers shared in the excitement of the kids at the school. “Everybody has wanted that since forever,” said DeMers. “... It’s so nice to see just that pure happiness.” When her four sons were attending school there, they were able to ride to the school with her and see her when she was in the office. Now she has a granddaughter attending elementary school in St. John who is able to stop by and see Grandma in the school office. “I’m not going to stay ‘til my granddaughter graduates, like she wants me to, said DeMers, but she might stay on at the school for a few more years.

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Fifteen thousand or more people a year have discovered the scenery and wonders of the Maah Daah Hey Trail. That’s according to the last available count, but the counters were removed from the trail several years ago.

“Five years ago we didn’t see anybody on the trail, at least not often. Now it’s amazing. People are walking or biking the trail all the time,” said Curt Glasoe. “I would say usage has increased over 15,000 per year.” Glasoe, located in Dickinson, is the president of the Maah Daah Hey Trail Association. He has been involved with the formation and improvement of the trail for many years. He has witnessed the 150-mile-long trail become one of the most sought-after treks in the United States. “I tell ya, keeping track, people come from many states to the Maah Daay Hey,” said Glasoe. “You ask people why they came to the South Unit of T.R. National Park and 9 of 10 will say for the trail.” The trail runs from a campground near Amidon to approximately 12 miles south of Watford “It City. Most people is a National traverse the trail Submitted photos Recreation Trail by bicycle. TOP: Horseback riding is Others on from prairie to horseback one way to enjoy the scenic Badlands. There’s river or hiking. crossings, woods and wonders along the Maah “North open areas. There’s deer, Daah Hey Trail in western Dakotan’s elk, porcupines, badger, North Dakota. are finally fox and coyotes. In the CENTER: Hiking the Maah figuring parks you’ll find buffalo Daah Hey Trail is an advenout they and bighorn sheep.” ture enjoyed by many every don’t have to – Curt Glasoe drive everyyear. Hikers can choose from cerwhere. They can tain segments of the trail to the enwalk,” laughed tire 150 miles. Glasoe. “The trail is much LEFT: The most popular way to trabetter on foot than on bike or verse the Maah Daah Hey Trail is by biriding.” cycle. Thousands of cyclists accept the Campgrounds are located challenge of the trail every year. approximately every 20

miles on the trail. While many trail trekkers choose to traverse the entire distance, a growing number have discovered that going from one campground to another and back again is very rewarding. “It looks different from a different angle,” explained Glasoe. “The big thing on the trail is it is up and down, up and down.” Glasoe says his organization first received money for the trail in 1995. He recalls people hauling gravel in buckets and wheelbarrows to make improvements. “It started as a horse trail in 1988 by the Morgan horse group in Watford City,” said Glasoe. Today the trail has become one of the wonders of the West, winding through some of the most scenic land in the country. While it is a huge attraction and challenge for many, it has also become home to one of the largest cross-country bicycle races in the U.S. “Last year there was 530 entrants. This year we limited it to 600 bikes,” said Glasoe. “That’s the big one the first week in August hosted by the T.R. Medora Foundation. A portion of the funds raised by the big race go to “Save the Maah Daah Hey.” While the big bike race places hundreds of people on the trail, it is only for a single weekend. That leaves ample time for others to enjoy the trail in virtual solitude, at their own pace and in their own way. There-in lies perhaps the greatest appeal of the Maah Daah Hey Trail.

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Murals welcome people to Rolla By ANDREA JOHNSON

This mural on the side of the Fairway Building in Rolla is one of several that welcome people to the community.

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People are welcomed to Rolla by colorful murals that decorate buildings throughout the little town, depicting scenes of rural life. In the summer of 2017, a mural was painted on the old Fairway building â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the former site of a one-time grocery store in Rolla. The mural depicts an old time view of Rolla. Another building wildlife settings or nature settings. In 2013, a 40-foot sculpture of mural depicts a Native American village, while three wheat stalks was installed on others have shown the eastern edge of Rolla. The sculp-

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ture commemorates the original settlers of Rolla who came to the area 130 years ago. The Rolla Art Council and Rolla Welding had worked on

the project since 2009. The sculpture was based on a model designed by Brendan Coons, a Minot State University student, according to an

article in the Turtle Mountain Star, and it was crafted by Ross McDougall. The Rolla Arts Council worked to find a location for the sculpture and secured funding through grants and endowments and other organizations and individuals to make the long dreamed of project a reality. Today, the sculpture is the first thing people will see when they drive into Rolla from the east. The Rolla Arts Council also hosts an annual art show where its members display many beautiful paintings that they have worked on throughout the year. Members have taken art lessons and also meet regularly. In July, art council president Jo Dunlop and past president Charmane Disrud were among the members who showed off and sold their art.

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ABOVE: Renae and Pat Wheeler have housed many Vikings for the Norsk Høstfest. BELOW: Jerry Gooch, who houses guests for the Norsk Høstfest, has had the pleasure of housing the Telga Glima and seeing the variety of historical games they offer.

Residents open their homes to heritage, culture and learning

As fall is taking over, the Norsk Høstfest has brought culture, fun, and guests from all around not only the country, but also from the Scandinavian countries themselves for almost 41 years in total.

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itself. One year she housed a group of 11 who played accordion and danced, every member was musical. For Smith, it was a very special time. On another year of hosting, Smith said she got the chance to have the NorNorway, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, and Iceland all bring their unique ways wegian Elvis as a guest in her home. of life, history, and stories with when they come and the people who learn When asked why she decided to house guests, she said “We had extra the most from them are the ones who have opened their homes room and we thought it would be interesting to do.” to the guests of the event. For Jerry Gooch, his 10 years or more of taking in guests have “We Many residents of the Minot area have been housing guests been a very entertaining time. He has housed the Ringling Five, the like to for the Norsk Høstfest for some time, with many being reTelga Glima group from Sweden, and others. He made the deunderstand the turn guest hosters for many years. Renae and Pat cision to do this after his children were grown and moved out. culture and learn Wheeler, Jerry Gooch, and Marva Smith are just some of “I had a four-bedroom house, so I had the space,” he said. new things about the many who have helped out for some time. “I decided to help because it brings people to the commuwhat they do and the Renae Wheeler and her husband, Pat, have been taknity.” Norwegian culture ing in guests for around 12 years. Their usual group of For Gooch, the experience is an extremely rewarding one. itself.” guests is typically entertainers for the Norsk Høstfest, As a people person, having the chance to experience new such as the Vikings and those working at the Viking Vilpeople and learn about a new culture is something he greatly —Renae lage itself. enjoys. His father taught him the lesson of treating others as you Wheeler “We like to understand the culture and learn new things want to be treated and he loves being able to meet new people and about what they do and the Norwegian culture itself,” explained treat them well, giving them a home away from home. Wheeler. His favorite group to house has been the Telga Glima, who are returning to Wheeler and her husband enjoy bringing new people into their home. They his home for the 2018 Norsk Høstfest. The group focuses on historical games and like getting to meet them and getting to know them better. For them, it is a won- always brings the fun. derful social experience that gives them a learning experience unlike any other. “One year they brought a bunch of food and cooked a big meal that had stuff For hoster Marva Smith, having guests at her home has been a really enjoy- that they would eat at the different seasons,” he said. able experience. After 17 years of entertaining guests, she says it has been a good The meal was unique and offered some insight to the meals that Scandinaexperience that has allowed her, like the Wheelers, to learn. vians eat during the individual seasons. Gooch said he really enjoyed it. Smith explained, “I’ve learned a lot from them, all about there country, where The Norsk Høstfest is always looking for more people to host guests from authey live, and what goes on.” thors to vendors to more. Anyone interested in the experience is asked to call Like with Wheeler, Smith has housed entertainers. Many were from Norway 852-2368. Staff Writer • sbelzer@minotdailynews.com

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