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HOME TOWN 2021

Champions

Retired Rugby doctor helps others at home and abroad.... 54 Beautifying Bottineau.............. 59 Going out a champion (Minot) ....................... 62 Helping residents in need (Kenmare) ........................................ 71

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Ashley leads on water issues (Voltaire)......................... 39

Harvey Kiwanis focus on youth (Harvey) ............................................75

HAV-IT champions people with Hometown champion disabilities (Harvey) ................... 77 photographer (Glenburn)....... 42 Solid as a rock (Parshall) ........79 Bringing communities and oil and gas industry together A champion of trees (Minot) ............................................. 49 (Towner) .......................................... 82 Haugeberg represents Magic City at Taekwondo World Championships (Minot) ............51 Tying the ends together (Rugby)..............................................53

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Visit Minot takes action, improves economy ..................... 85 Majettes’ Perrin, Burke represent Minot on National scale ................................................... 88

Dear Readers: Welcome to The Minot Daily News’ annual edition of its award-winning Hometown magazine, this year themed Hometown Champions. In the past we have gone with many themes, from heroes to volunteers, and local hangouts. Some themes have been quite obvious, such as heroes, because they are all around us. But champions? Yes, we have those in great numbers too. We consider many people to be champions for what they contribute to society. People champion great causes, their towns, their favorite sports and mentor those who might choose to follow in their footsteps. We certainly hope you enjoy this year’s Hometown magazine and keep it handy to share with others. We think you’ll find it a good read the first time you pick it up – and the next.

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Music with a cause MSU instructor merges social concerns with art By JILL SCHRAMM

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s a composer and conductor, Emerson Eads finds music can voice a message in ways that words alone can’t. Since joining Minot State University in 2018 as an assistant professor of music and director of choral activities, Eads has been making the connection between music and social concerns with his students. “If there’s one thing I want to inspire, with the kids here particularly, is that in a lot of ways music is a luxury,” he said. “But it also has such power. It’s not just a craft, and it’s not just an occupation. I think a lot of kids here want to be music teachers, and the faculty are fabulous and the program for music education is fabulous. But it’s far more than that. “It comes with such responsibility to use that power in a way that gives voice to the voiceless, gives comfort to those that need comfort, and maybe at times, puts a fire under people when they need to feel uncomfortable,” he said. Eads developed his approach to music while studying in Alaska with John Luther Adams, an acclaimed composer. Although Adams’ music was focused around Alaska and environmental issues, he didn’t push his students to address social issues in their music composition. “But it was just present when I was around him. He was just so cognizant of his surroundings and so passionate about the state,” Eads said. “I didn’t really even know it was inspiring, but it was. I didn’t really know how to implement that. He was always very keen on you finding your own path, finding your own voice, and it wasn’t clear to me what my voice was.” Later, during his first year in graduate school at Notre Dame, Eads found the Catholic aesthetic of social justice to be palpable there. Around that time, a group of four Native Alaskan youths who had been questionably imprisoned 18 years earli-

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Emerson Eads directs a choir at Minot State University during a rehearsal in February 2019. er for murder were released in 2015 based on the work of the Innocence Project. “I knew this was a big deal,” said Eads, who grew up in Alaska. Moved by the weight of that lost time for the “Fairbanks Four,” Eads wrote “An Unused Day” and presented it to his instructor with the backstory. His teacher responded that the issue is bigger than a single piece and needs to be developed into a mass. “So I ended up writing the whole mass and called it ‘Mass for the Oppressed,’” he said. “I used Pope Francis’s texts; my brother Evan wrote some text. And it was in that sort of crucible of time where I realized that everything that I had been going through musically, in training and education and experience, was an opportunity to make beauty in the world where beauty did not exist. It was empowering to realize that music had the possibility to speak when words did not.” The mass premiered at the Summer Arts Festival in Fairbanks under the direction of the Houston Symphony assistant conductor, with the

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Fairbanks Four present. Eads recalled the audience had segregated itself between Natives and non-Natives, but when the Fairbanks Four were introduced and rose, the entire auditorium erupted in clapping that Eads describes as a sonic hug. The conclusion of his mass generated the same response. Eads personally met the Fairbanks Four, who currently are seeking redress from the City of Fairbanks for their lost years. They lost an initial lawsuit, but the case is going back to trial. “I’m glad the Mass continues to rally support for them,” Eads said, adding that proceeds from a recording are going to the Alaska Innocence Project. His “Mass for the Oppressed” was to be performed in Washington, D.C., but was postponed due to COVID-19. Eads has had compositions performed in several states and in Canada. This past summer he was awarded third place in the American Prize in Composition in the vocal chamber music division for his song-cycle “The Gleaners.” At MSU, the first concert Eads directed was in

recognition of the 100th anniversary of the armistice in World War I, acknowledging veterans and how America treats the greatest among them. His next concert refracted the tragedy of missing and murdered Native American women and girls through music of the western prairie. Sen. Kevin Cramer and Alaska’s Sen. Lisa Murkowski spoke via videos. He followed with a concert on the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage and the voice of women. His opera, “The Princess Sophia,” about the sinking of the SS Princess Sophia in October of 1918, premiered in Juneau, Alaska, and his “A Prairie Cantata,” with poetry by North Dakota poet Huldah Lucile Winsted, premiered with the MSU Choir. Donations from a free concert in 2019 supported survivors of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. Planning concerts around social justice issues is a subconscious process of wrestling with concepts and waking during the night with ideas, Eads said. “Sometimes it does mean writing an arrangement of something that’s really important to the topic. But more than anything,” he said, “once I become burdened about something that seems to be of import, it seems like everything then starts connecting to that burden in some way.” Whether it is the music that drives

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Emerson Eads sits at the piano in his office June 10. He has been a member of the Minot State University Music Department faculty since 2018. him to a message, or the issues around him that shape the music, the music tends to arise from experiences, he said. Additionally, Eads likes to incorporate a visual aspect to every concert. “Her Voice Resounds,” the concert celebrating women’s suffrage, includ-

ed a difficult piece by experimental composer Luciano Berio that had never been recorded until MSU posted its concert piece online two years ago. By combining the music with visual art by North Dakota women, listeners were able to accept the atypical sounds in

ways that they otherwise would not, Eads said. The COVID-19 pandemic brought a new social issue that directly impacted faculty and students. “There just hasn’t been a time where we haven’t had some focus on what’s happening around us in some sense,” Eads said. “So when COVID hit, I don’t think anything changed in terms of the intent or what we did with our concerts, but it certainly made us more creative.” The pandemic forced new ways to make music and perform it publicly. “It made us maybe more aware of our fallibility and inability,” Eads said. Music also needs to be performed occasionally in different spaces than one would normally expect, said Eads, who has directed his MSU students in a train depot and an art gallery. “Because it’s a different space, the music, not only does it sound different, it also catches people off guard,” he said. “When a random stranger hears you singing in a space that they didn’t pay a ticket to see, you run the risk of lighting a fire that wasn’t there before – in a beautiful way.” Eads also has taken the MSU choir to Stanley and Watford City to perform for high school students and to Norway. “I think the more that we take this group of students out of the confines

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of the academic setting, not only are you introducing populations to music and sounds that they may not have been privy to, but you’re also really expanding the hearts of students and faculty alike in terms of connecting with these people, connecting with these geographical places,” he said. “Place is important and catching ourselves off guard and catching other populations off guard is important. I look forward to doing it every chance I get.” Eads also loves to spend time at the piano, which is where his composing begins. “I wish I had paid better attention to my dad when he was trying to teach me,” he laughed. “My dad is an unbelievable pianist and composer himself.” Part of a musical household, Eads and his two younger brothers all sing and have collaborated on composing. His brother, Eran, is a Washington, D.C., poet and contributed to the “We Will Shine” cantata performed by the Minot Chamber Chorale. Although Eads grew up loving to sing, his goal was law school. However, his high school music teacher saw musical promise in him and invited him to study with her. He declined. The next day the teacher, who occasionally asked students to direct, asked Eads to conduct during a rehearsal of “The Messiah.” “I didn’t know what I was doing at all, but I just remember bringing in the sopranos. As soon as the sopranos started singing, I was just totally in a different place. From that point on, I just wanted to know everything there is to know about conducting a choir,” he said. Eads earned his undergraduate and master’s

degree in vocal performance at University of Alaska in Fairbanks. He taught at the university, started the Fairbanks Symphony Chorus and was engaged in other musical pursuits before pursuing his doctorate at Notre Dame. Coming out of graduate school eager to teach, he said, he discovered how much he had to learn next to the quality of faculty at MSU. Erik Anderson, chairman of the Division of Performing Arts at MSU, said Eads provides an excellent model for the powers of music and musical events to highlight social issues and bring community together. It makes an often solitary and academic experience relevant and inviting for students, who must learn to make their professional efforts meaningful, he said. However, he added, “Emerson’s prolific work as a composer is his greatest contribution. Projects like the ‘Alma Mater,’ the ‘Prairie Cantata,’ and the recent virtual project ‘We Will Shine’ demonstrate that art music for choir and symphony is an unbroken, living tradition. The music community of Minot is fortunate to be able to premier these works, working directly with Dr. Eads.” Now in his fourth year at MSU, Eads may have a concert brewing around the 10th anniversary of the 2011 Souris River flood, observed in Minot this summer. In Eads’ mind, the important element is not the flood itself but the community’s response in taking in friends and family left homeless. “That sort of arm linking and sense of brotherhood is something that really inspires me,” he said. “Maybe that is the theme for the next concert.”

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Samantha Blessum, left, and Katy Larcombe are shown with Little Horse, a P-51 Mustang, at the Dakota Territory Air Museum in Minot. They are co-education coordinators of the ACE and PACE Aviation Camps held each year at the air museum.

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amantha Blessum and Katy Larcombe come from families involved in aspects of aviation. Both are kindergarten teachers in Minot Public Schools and they’re also co-education coordinators of the ACE and PACE Aviation Camps at Dakota Territory Air Museum in Minot. The ACE/PACE program, fun, educational camps for grade school kids, started about eight years ago. Michelle Saari and Melessa Bosch developed the program at the air museum. When the program started Blessum and Larcombe got involved as aviation mentors. “We were still in college so we helped out

as needed,” said Larcombe. Blessum and Larcombe would each take one of the stations of the program to help out or were the teacher for a specific station. “It just depended on who was able to show up that day,” Blessum said. This is Blessum’s second year as an education coordinator and Larcombe’s first year in that capacity. Blessum shadowed Saari before taking over as an education coordinator. Larcombe came on board as a co-education coordinator when Blessum needed some help with the program. “It’s nice having two co-coordinators,” Larcombe said. Both have family members involved in aviation. “My dad is a pilot and he’s also an airplane mechanic,” Samantha Blessum said.

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She said he got his pilot’s license when she was one and when she was in middle school he started crop dusting. Now her parents, Jay and Suzanne Blessum, own Minot Aero Center. Suzanne runs the flight school side and Jay takes care of the maintenance shop side. Samantha Blessum is learning to fly and was scheduled to take her checkride in late July. The checkride is the Federal Aviation Administration examination a person must take to receive an aircraft pilot’s certification, or a rating for additional flight privileges. Aviation also runs in Larcombe’s family. “My grandfather, Neil Kelstrom, was a pilot and aviation mechanic,” said Larcombe. “I’d visit them (Neil and Eileen Kelstrom) for a week (in Turtle Lake) in the summer and he’d always take me flying. He had his own airstrip.” She said her dad, Rich Larcombe, has been part of the air museum since its early years and is its current vice president. “I’ve kind of grown up here (at the air museum) and with my grandpa taking me flying. This (air museum) has always been kind of a second home so it was a natural thing when they needed volunteers for this education program, especially with me wanting to become a teacher – my mom (Cindy) was a teacher. This just kind of melded my two worlds together,” Larcombe

said. Both Blessum and Larcombe are kindergarten teachers. Blessum teaches at Lewis and Clark Elementary and Larcombe teaches at Longfellow Elementary. They’re also roommates. “We’ve known each other since about fourth grade,” said Larcombe. “We went to high school together, we went to college together and work together here,” Blessum added. Both attended Little Flower Elementary School and are Bishop Ryan High School and Minot State University graduates. The ACE and PACE Aviation Camps are supported by the North Dakota Aeronautics Commission and Farstad Foundation. ACE Aviation Camp, a day camp, is for third- and fourth-graders and PACE Aviation Camp, a week-long camp for three hours a day, is for fifth- and sixth-graders. Blessum and Larcombe said promotion of the camps is mainly done through Minot Public Schools Digital Backpack, Visit Minot, on social media and by word of mouth. Because the camps have been held continuously since they were started Blessum said people will also call to ask about the camps. Kids attending the camps are from Minot, Minot Air Force Base and sur-

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A tour of the air museum to see upclose a variety of military and general aviation aircraft and how they can be used is part of the ACE Aviation Camp program for the younger kids. During the camp for the fifth- and sixth-graders they fly simulators at Minot High School-Magic City Campus through instructor Meric Murphy. Flights of Amber, a hot air balloon business, brings their balloon to the school for the kids to see how large it is and how it works. The camp participants also get a tour of the Minot International Airport. The last day of the session Minot pilot Warren Pietsch talks about honor, courage and military aviation. Minot Aero Center donates planes and pilots for the camp participants to take a plane ride on the last day of camp. “It’s really cool to watch the kids experience that. They’re so excited,” said Larcombe. ACE and PACE Aviation Camps are planned again for 2022. Two additional educational events held first in 2021 will again be held during the summer: Touch A Plane and Air Museum Storytime and Craft. The additional events will be open to students of any age. “Our camps are free,” Blessum said, adding, “Any educational event will be free of charge for the kids.”

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he Souris Valley Animal Shelter and its dedicated staff and volunteers have been champions for the many companion animals in need of rescue. Volunteers were needed more than ever during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which happened at the same time as a $3.5 million building project that has completely upgraded the shelter. Because animals could not be housed in the shelter during construction, foster families were recruited from across the state to love and take care of cats, dogs and other pets. “The foster program was created during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020,” said executive director Shelbi Waters. “In order to keep our employees safe, we moved forward with closing the shelter to the public. However, that didn’t stop the animal crisis from happening. Our team worked with Maddie’s Fund research students to develop a solid and professional program. It has been wildly successful.” Waters said the animals just do better when they are able to live in a home with a family instead of in the stressful, institutional setting that a shelter provides. “Fostering is important because it allows a completely different experience for animals who are abandoned, abused, or ill,” said Waters. “It has been proven that animals do not thrive in a shelter setting. By allowing animals to enter a home instead of a shelter, they are able to develop the basic mannerisms that allow them to become more adoptable. The shelter is able to find out more about the animal’s personality through a foster caregiver, and therefore allow the SVAS adoptions team to make better decisions on adoptive placement. Bottom line, animals do significantly better in a comfortable home with loving humans than they do in any shelter setting.” Every person on staff at the Souris Valley Animal Shelter has fostered a pet and understands intimately what is involved in caring for the animals. “Our fosters do the hard work,” said Waters, who often takes over the role of a mama cat and cares herself for newborn, orphaned kittens who need to be bottle fed ever three to four hours while remaining on heating discs and physically stimulated so they can defecate and be weighed every day. “They care for the sick animals. They care for neonatal puppies and kittens. They care for nursing mommas. They care for animals with significant behavior challenges. They care for the dogs that are too afraid to come out of their kennel and the cats that won’t allow you to touch them. All of those are challenges that fosters take on with big hearts.” All the care given to the baby kittens landed the shelter a $40,000 grant from Best Friends, said Waters. This year Waters has fostered 23 cats and 15 dogs, while also running the shelter and overseeing the building project. In December she fostered a litter of a dozen puppies along with the mother dog. Waters said her husband fell in love and they ended up adopting one of the puppies from the litter. They are also dog lovers and foster St. Bernard dogs because they love the breed. Other staffers are equally dedicated. Logan Wood, the staff veterinarian, fosters animals with severe medical problems and adopted an elderly chihuahua with severe heart problems. In mid-August Wood was taking

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rent Thomas has the top office in the Minot Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 753. The native of Litchville, Minn., Thomas became commander of the Minot VFW Post last year and will serve another term the next coming year. The VFW year runs from July 1 to June 30. Earlier Thomas was elected junior vice commander. As a junior vice commander, the next step is commander in about two years but when the commander resigned, Thomas moved into the commander’s position later last year. “I’ve been a member of the VFW since 2006,” said Thomas. “My Uncle Mike was the post commander in my hometown and based off mine and my brother’s first deployment he had signed us up for the oneyear membership and shortly after that I deployed again. I just bought the lifetime membership to the VFW,” Thomas said. When he was considering to join the Minot VFW Post, he said, “Actually I called to get his permission to see if it was alright for me to transfer out here. He said, ‘No, we’d love to have you active.’ It’s been a whirlwind ever since.” Thomas was active duty in the U.S. Air Force for about 11 years. He and his wife, Heather, a Minot native, were living in Minnesota for a time but in fall 2012 moved back to Minot. Thomas was a traditional Guardsman – one weekend a month and two weeks in summer. Then in December 2017 he became a full-time Guardsman. Now he is first sergeant with the North Dakota Air National Guard’s 219th Security Forces Squadron at Minot Air Force Base. “The VFW prior to me becoming commander adopted our unit so the 219th is adopted by this post,” Thomas said. “I think approximately from my squadron alone we have 25 active members right now, which is kind of a huge number from where we started at,” Thomas said. To get new members Thomas said several of the members have been attending various events where veterans will be, providing information and also asking if they are interested in joining the VFW. Thomas said being a member of the VFW and serving as the Minot post’s commander is significant to him. “First, I’m honored to be the commander. It’s just an honor to be a part of the post and

watch it grow,” he said, adding, “We’re doing spaghetti feeds and different activities and more involved in the community. It’s fun to see the regrowth of what our predecessors had established before us and that’s what I find most beneficial to myself as being a part of that.” He said they are also able to help veterans ensure they are receiving the benefits that they are entitled to and referring them to to the Veterans Service officer at the Veterans Administration in Fargo. He said some Disabled American Veterans members are also Minot VFW members “so there’s some great crossovers between those two organizations.

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ABOVE: Trent Thomas became commander of the Minot Veterans of Wars Post 753 last year. LEFT: The Minot Veteran of Foreign Wars Post 753 and Ladies Auxiliary entered this unit in the North Dakota State Fair Parade this past July.

The Minot VFW post has also become more involved with some of the private organizations at Minot Air Force Base and supporting their activities. As far as membership, he said they did quite well this past year. “I think we had the second largest growth in the state of North Dakota. We were at 107% membership from the previous year. We got beat by one post,” he said. He said that was a small town in central North Dakota. “They had 10 members and recruited one so they had 110% but percentage-wise we were second. As far as actual new members I think we probably did the best in the state.” This year the Minot post is observing

the 100th birthday of its existence. “We also just received notification that we are an All-American post.” Thomas said. He said the VFW honor is based on various programs and activities throughout the community including membership, poppy drives, Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s pen essay contest. The wAuxiliary and the Cooties (Military Order of the Cootie, a national honor degree membership association) are an important part of the post and its activities. “We’re excited about it this year to actually be back in the schools,” Thomas said. Information on VFW-sponsored programs geared for youth will be provided at three local schools, Nedrose, Bishop Ryan and

Velva. When major flooding of the Souris River occurred in 1969 and again in 2011 the Minot VFW Post 753 building and area land on the east side of the city were extensively damaged, but thanks to volunteers everything was rebuilt. “There’s a lot of sweat equity that was put into this place in particular by a handful of members. I wasn’t here at the time but I think they did a pretty good job of gutting it ahead of time and salvaging as much as they could. I don’t know that there were a lot of outside resources that were hired to put it all back together,” Thomas said. He said the VFW also is available for events. Membership is not required to rent space there for weddings and other events in the building or nearby park. “Our post meetings are the second Tuesday of every month at 7 o’clock if anybody is interested in coming down and seeing what we’re about. We’d love to entertain them,” Thomas said.

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too surprised what she asked for. He said maybe that’s beRegional Editor eogden@minotdailynews.com cause of the entrepreneur in him that Jane would ask for hen Jane Pe- such a wish. The Petersons terson of Burl- own Pointe of View Winery ington was 16, near Burlington. In a Make-A-Wish video Make-A-WishNorth Dakota, the nonprof- done in 2015, Jane tells about it organization that grants how her wish came about. In wishes to children with another video aired on Earth critical illnesses, offered Day 2021 on April 22, she and another Make-A-Wish-Alaska her a wish. While most recipients of a and Washington recipient, wish often ask for a trip, Jane Bradon, told about their interhad something else in Minot ests in insects, their Make-A– she wanted bees. That wish Wish wishes and how their developed into her business, wishes have impacted their lives. Buzz Off Honey. “We were driving to Jane had been diagnosed with osteosarcoma in 2015. Mayo (Clinic in Rochester, She had been playing foot- Minnesota) and I got a call ball with some of her friends from Make-A-Wish,” Jane when her ankle broke. An explained in the Earth Day X-ray showed she had a large video. Initially, Jane had no idea cyst, diagnosed as being osteosarcoma in her ankle. The what she wanted for her wish lower part of her leg was am- but driving eight hours on her way to doctors and back putated. When Make-A-Wish she said they always drove North Dakota asked her in by Five Star Honey, a hon2015 what her wish would ey business at Minot. She be, Jane’s mother, Diana, said thought that was something Jane could have asked for she could do. She let Make-A-Wish anything. But Jane, who said she know she wanted bees. When likes to work a lot, asked for she made that request, she bees. Jane’s dad, Jeff, wasn’t said her Make-A-Wish con-

tact questioned, “What do you mean you want bees?” “I told them I just want bees,” Jane said. She said they approved it and for her wish, they arranged for her to go to Five Star Honey. “They showed me around because I had never even been around bees,” Jane said. “They showed me all around their place and taught me about bees. By the end of the day I had all the knowledge.” Jane was presented with her own bees and from that developed a small honey business, Buzz Off Honey, selling honey at her parents’ winery and at local farmers’ markets. To top all this off, when it was time for her to harvest the honey for the first time, she said she had no clue what she was doing but Will and Peggy Nissen of Five Star Honey came to Jane’s home to show Jane how to harvest the honey, what she would need to do in the future “and altogether very helpful because I just dove right in. I didn’t know what I was doing until after the fact and then I started learning more about it,” she said. Will and Peggy Nissen

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were happy to help Jane – to meet with her and show her the honey business. “Anytime you see a child smile, it’s just wonderful,” Will said in the Make-A-Wish video released on Earth Day. “She’s just had a wonderful time. You can tell by the look on her face, the comments and everything she said.” “Jane is a natural beekeeper. She was calm. She wasn’t giving off bad vibes where the bees actually sense it,” Will added. In the Earth Day video with Jane, Bradon, an out-ofstate Make-A-Wish recipient, said he was younger than Jane when he was granted a wish to go on a bug safari in the rain forest in Panama. He was 11 when he made the trip with his family. He then started teaching bug workshops and that turned into his business, Little Dudes Insect Academy and now it’s a non-profit organization. Jane has some advice for others interested in insects and new ventures. She gave her advice in the Earth Day video. For those who are new beekeepers, Jane said her advice is the best way to learn is

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TOP LEFT: Jane Peterson is shown with empty frames of the hive after a long day of harvesting honey. ABOVE: Peterson is suited up and checking on the bees. hands on. “But another really important thing is just keeping up with everything that’s going on because our environment is constantly changing with everything going on in the world so therefore everything that affects bees is always changing. Just staying on top of everything I think is definitely most important,” she said. Jane said the honey from her bees is sold at her parents’ winery and also at farmers markets. She has also tried her

hand at making environmental-friendly beeswax wraps instead of plastic wrap. “I tried getting into making lip balm and that kind of thing but I wasn’t very good at it so I did not go through with that,” she said. Jane graduated from Minot High School and then Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, in 2020, receiving a bachelors degree in religious studies. She was Miss Norsk Hostfest in 2016 when she was a senior in high school and while in college she was

Miss North Dakota State Fair and then Miss Minot. While in college Jane took a beekeeping course, lived in an environmentally-friendly campus housing and interacted with bees kept on the campus as part of its garden. This past summer Jane has been working at a church in Wyoming. Her parents and sister, Sarah, are taking care of the honey business for her right now. Of when her wish from Make-A-Wish North Dakota was granted to her, Jane said it was helpful to her. “It gave me something to do and I had to take care of everything,” she said. She added it was a “good wish” for her and the wishes are good for others who are recipients.

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The mission of Make-A-Wish North Dakota is, “Together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses” and our vision is to grant the wish of every eligible child in North Dakota. We serve children ages 2 ¢ to 18 years old who have been diagnosed with a progressive, degenerative or malignant illness that places their life in jeopardy. The power of a wish has helped many of these children go on to live full and healthy lives. While wishes aren’t medicine, we know from research that children who receive a wish from Make-A-Wish do better in their long term health journey. It is estimated that 50 children in North Dakota are diagnosed with a qualifying illness each year. We’ve been working to grant each of those children their wish come true since 1985 and are honored to be granting our 1,000th wish in July 2021! Children are connected to Make-A-Wish through referrals from medical professionals, family or close friends, or the child themselves. The referral form is available online at www.wish.org/northdakota, or by calling us at 701-280-9474. – Source: Make-A-Wish Foundation-North Dakota

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Minot grad victorious at Oxbow Tschetter claims second straight tourney win Minot native Becca Tschetter proudly displays the trophy she won at the State Stroke Play Tournament, which took place at the Oxbow Country Club in Oxbow on July 25. It is the second consecutive year she has won this event. Submitted Photo

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or the second year in a row, a competitive golfer from Minot is making her presence felt locally. Becca Tschetter is a 2020 graduate of Minot High School who now competes collegiately at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. On July 25, Tschetter won the North Dakota Women’s Golf Association’s State Stroke Play Tournament, which took place at the Oxbow Country Club in Oxbow. Representing Minot’s Vardon Golf Club, it was the second time in as many years that Tschetter has won the tournament. When Tschetter won the two-day event a year ago, she finished 2-over par. This year, she paced the field at 2-under par and shot 68 in the second round, the best single-round individual mark of any competitor. Overall, she was five strokes better than the second-place finisher. Tschetter was down by three strokes after the first day of the tournament, so she reveals her mental focus on day two was a crucial factor in getting the win. “I knew I had to come back strong if I want-

ed to win this tournament, so I slowly chipped away at the lead and came out on top,” Tschetter says. “It was a great learning experience for me to come from behind to take the lead and win. You have to learn to adjust your game in different situations.” As the Division 1 golfing talent explains, it was her first time playing on the Oxbow course as last year’s event took place in Bismarck. Tschetter says the course conditions worked in her favor. Additionally, it was the attention to detail in her wedge play and putting game over the past year that yielded such a dramatic improvement in this summer’s tournament. “At this level, a lot of people can drive the ball far, but if you can’t chip and putt, you can’t get very far against the competition,” Tschetter told The Minot Daily News. “My short game is way better this year, and it’s good to see all that extra work has paid off.” Tschetter’s road to becoming one of the top young golfers in the region has been a long one. She said her first golf lesson took place in the eighth grade at the suggestion of a family friend. It was at that point she was introduced to Coach Milo Lines of Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club in Gold Canyon, Ariz. The young golf standout said Lines imme-

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diately recognized her potential. However, he stressed to her the importance of commitment and hard work in order to unlock that potential on the course. “He told me that success was not going to come instantly, but I could go pretty far if I worked for it. That’s why I just decided to put all my heart into the sport, and I’ve pretty much lived at the golf course ever since.” After honing her skills for the next few years following that initial golf lesson, Tschetter said it was her breakout junior season at Minot High that made her believe she could compete at the collegiate level. That season, Tschetter finished third at state and also qualified for the USGA Girls Junior Tournament in Arizona. It was at that point college recruiters came calling. The former Majette says performing well under pressure during big tournaments can be stressful, but if used properly, she believes the added stress can help gain an edge over the competition. “When things get mentally tough out there, I just think about all the work that I have put into my game to this point. I am a really hard worker, so I try and remind myself about all the hours I’ve spent before a tournament to prepare myself. That gives me the confidence to get over

the anxiety of a big moment,” Tschetter adds. Prior to her college years, the Minot native would make trips once or twice a year to Arizona to work on her game. Now, Tschetter lives in the Grand Canyon State on a full-time basis and takes advantage of the favorable climate to work on her golf skills all year round. Having already established herself as one of the top players in the State Stroke Play Tournament, Tschetter said she plans to compete in next summer’s event as well while attempting to win for a third straight year. Currently, next year’s event is

slated to take place at the Souris Valley Golf Course in Minot. In the meantime, she will continue to work on her game in an effort to earn more playing time during her upcoming sophomore season at the collegiate level. “It’s so much fun getting a chance to play in my home state, so I definitely plan on getting to do this tournament again next summer. I just want to play as well as possible to defend my title. Seeing familiar faces of the girls I used to compete with in high school was also a bonus,” Tschetter adds.

In addition to her individual success within the game of golf, Tschetter is actively involved her local communities promoting the sport she loves. Always quick to lend a helping hand to the next generation of golf enthusiasts, Tschetter enjoys not only playing the game, but also the social aspect of growing a passionate fan base. “I tell everyone it is a very hard, but very rewarding game. Most importantly, I think people should have fun with the fact that you get to be outdoors and take in some beautiful scenery when you travel to different courses. There’s really nothing like it.”

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he horse-and-buggy era never ended for Allen Lund. It lives on in black Percherons and a red stagecoach, a covered wagon and other teampulled buggies and wagons at his ranch near Ross. Lund has been keeping the era alive to the joy of oldtimers who still remember earlier days and to the delight of youngsters who get to experience what is largely a bygone mode of travel. Whether it is a parade, rodeo grand entry, a wedding or a funeral, there’s something about a horsedrawn carriage that makes an event special. That it is special to Lund is beyond question. For the past 10 years, he has been offering rides and participating in private and public events throughout a good portion of North Dakota. “This truly is his passion. I can’t believe how he has taken off with it,” said his wife, Debbie Lund. Lund grew up in the Ross area and after serving with the Army in Vietnam, he returned to ranching and participating in rodeos. After he and Debbie married, he focused on ranching and kept his ranch horses. “In the early ‘80s I bought a team of mules. We used them for driving and fun,” he said. He eventually sold them, only to later purchase a team of Palomino horses. He later replaced them with a team of Percheron mares from Minnesota, which he replaced with more Percherons. He currently has four Percherons and typically uses them in teams of two. At 18 hands, a term of horse measurement, his males stand about six feet tall. Lund also has a quarter-horse/small draft horse mix, Charlie, to give wagon rides at children’s birthday parties. His teams first received public exposure when Lund entered them in area parades. Then the Stanley Commercial Club began calling about having Lund bring his team to participate in some of its events. Other communities began doing the same. Lund and his team have participated in a number of weddings and about a dozen funerals. Lund recalled taking the stagecoach to a Kenmare wedding as a surprise arranged by a family member of the bridal couple. He quietly pulled up to the church once everyone was inside and waited to surprise the couple after the ceremony.

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Several of the 13 buggies and wagons owned by Allen Lund are shown at his ranch. The various transportation styles serve a variety of functions. “They loved it,” he said. Although funerals are sad occasions, Lund said he likes being able to contribute to a family’s memorial service and finds people are so appreciative. Lund particularly enjoys giving rides to elderly residents and children. He recalled one elderly resident whose Alzheimer’s was barely noted as she conversed during a buggy ride, likely remembering similar rides in her youth. It made for the most heart-warming trip he has taken with his team, Lund said. Lund’s Cinderella carriage not only serves for weddings but last May was used in helping Make-A-Wish grant a 10-year-old girl’s wish to be a princess for a day. A fully equipped knight and a court of princesses took part in a Dickinson parade and a trip to the Enchanted Castle in Regent. “That was just awesome,” Lund said in remembering the young girl’s joy. “We met with everybody that night before, and they told us don’t expect too much out of her. She’s really shy. She wasn’t shy at all. She had a grin on her face from ear to ear the whole time.” Another interesting experience for Lund’s team has been participating in Stanley’s Parade of Lights. Lund installed a light to help guide his horses, but he said they do surprisingly well finding their way in the pitch black darkness.

“We go to Stanley a lot. We had quite a few calls that we had to turn down this year, too, because of other commitments,” he said. “A young guy that had a good team and some equipment, he could make a living at it. I very seldom take a dime.” He often keeps a tip box at an event and then donates the contributions to the local fire department or other charitable group. He might charge for private functions but typically not if it is family or friends. He’s traveled from Ray on the west to Towner on the east in response to requests to participate in different functions. Most of his travels, though, fall in about a 100-mile radius. Taking his team to different events involves a significant amount of labor, from cleaning the equipment and horses to loading them in a special horse trailer to haul. The Lunds also have hosted groups at their ranch for rides on their trails. The Lunds make an annual trip to Waverly, Iowa, for a draft horse and equipment sale. It was there Lund bought his white hearse, which presents an eye-catching sight when pulled by two black horses. Lund’s collection of 13 carriages includes a smaller and a larger bobsled for winter rides. Lund has wagons for hay-

rides as well. His collection includes a restored buggy from the early 1900s, a reproduction of a covered wagon and a stagecoach reproduction built in 1994 by an Amish carpenter, who kept the leather suspension that the original would have had. Another of Lund’s wagons was purchased at auction and became a 4-H project of his granddaughter a few years ago. From November through March, he oversaw her work in renovating the 1880s freight wagon. “The wood was totally rotten,” Lund said. “We took everything apart. We took every spring completely apart and we have pictures of her sanding it and painting it. It turned out good.” The wagon won grand champion honors in local and state 4-H competitions. Other than rubber laid over the steel tires, the wagon is back to its original look when first owned by Debbie Lund’s grandmother’s half brother from Penn. Lund also has rebuilt wagons. One he uses for weddings and Stanley’s lighted parade. Debbie Lund said the first wagon her husband refurbished was one her father had used in feeding livestock. It was old and rotting when he rescued it from disposal. Another preserved item was a sleigh that Allen Lund’s grandfather had ac-

quired shortly after coming to the area to homestead in the early 1900s. Lund wanted to restore it himself but due to some special work required, he took it to a renowned South Dakota restoration company. “He gets excited about the wagons, but the real stars are right over there,” Debbie Lund said, pointing to the Percherons. The horses are Amish-broke, so they are easy to work with and love people, she said. “They are just very gentle,” she said. “They are just truly a very, very amazing team.” Nothing stresses them, even having a semi-truck drive by as they are walking down the highway, Allen Lund said. That makes them ideal for public appearances. Having passed down their love for horses and rodeo, the Lunds enjoy it whenever other family members are able to also join them in working with the horses and buggies. Their son, Justin, has assisted at times in driving the teams at parades and funerals. “I wish there were more young people getting into this,” said Lund, who believes horses and buggies still have a lot of enjoyment yet to bring. He’s working to persuade the next generation to continue the tradition – one ride at a time.

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Emily Burkett’s passion is 4-H By ELOISE OGDEN

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ABOVE LEFT: Emily Burkett, 4-H Youth Development agent with NDSU Extension-Ward County, is shown at the State Fair in Minot on July 28. Submitted Photo

TOP RIGHT: Emily Burkett, right, 4-H Youth Development agent with NDSU Extension-Ward County, is pictured at the state 4-H/FFA Land Judging Contest held Aug. 5.

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mily Burkett has a passion for 4-H. Burkett grew up in 4-H, having been a part of the organization while growing up in Minnesota. Now she is the 4-H Youth Development agent with NDSU Extension-Ward County. She has been in Ward County since 2017 and before that was an extension agent in training for three counties – Eddy, Foster and Wells. Prior to that, she was an intern in her home county in Swift County, Minn. Burkett was born in Fargo, her mother is originally from the Hope area and her dad is from Minnesota, where Burkett grew up. Burkett was a Cloverbud for one year. Cloverbuds are the youngest participants in the 4-H program. “In Minnesota it’s by grade and not by age so I was a 4-Her from second grade to 13th grade which is one year out of high school,” she said, adding, “I enjoyed my time.” As the 4-H Youth Development agent with NDSU Extension-Ward County, Burkett said, “A lot of my work is geared toward youth development. I know when a lot of people see me they think of the fairs and achievement days but there’s more than that. There’s a ton of things.” “Back before COVID we were rockin’ and rollin’ with this program called National Youth Science Day. Now they changed it to STEM (science, technology, engineering and math). It’s a program created by 4-H but I would go to the schools and share it and teach it in the classrooms. The most popular and best one that I thought they’ve come out with is called ‘Code Your Dance.’ It’s teaching kids how coding works. It also puts a fun spin in it. You break down the instructions for the ‘Chicken Dance’ so you are teaching them this is like a code when you program computers and the computer can only do what you write. We have them write out instructions

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and they have to act out the instructions exactly as they wrote them. This is what the computer is going to read so we have to be as detailed as we can. “I’ve seen it where like the eighth or ninth-graders who think they’re too cool to do this, love it. And I’ve seen it where the little kids are like, yeah. I love that lesson. I taught it to close to 600 students one fall. It was super successful,” Burkett said. She’s taught the program at a number of Minot and area schools in Ward County. She said they hope to start up the program again. “We’ll get our new lessons sometime in September and then I’ll send it out to the schools to see who is interested.” “It’s fun to take it out in the county and see everybody and as I do it, of course, I promote 4-H because I’m passionate about that too,” she said. Burkett said she has also done day camps in the past but none are scheduled this year. She has helped with the 4-H Camp at Washburn in years past. For a time Burkett was one of the youngest people in Extension so she and a colleague, Rachelle Vettern, taught generations in the workplace. “I loved that,” she said. She said it may not be youth specific but it is applicable for everyone. Vettern is with the Center for 4-H Youth Development at NDSU. “We just created a new curriculum about Generation Z – those are the early college students/high school age kids. It’s fun to share what we learn from the research,” she said. “We do promote kids to be in a (4-H) club because I feel that’s the best way. I can’t be everywhere at the same time and the leaders are there to teach and guide the kids in their club,” Burkett said. Ward County has about 15 4-H clubs across the county, Burkett said. “When I first started we didn’t have a club in Kenmare,” she said. Now there is a club there. 4-H members take part in many programs available to them. Burkett said the 4-H members’ parents are very supportive of them for the programs their sons or daughters take part in.

Programs available to 4-H members in Ward County include various shooting sports and archery, judging contests including livestock, horse and crops judging. “What’s cool about these are you don’t have to own animals, you don’t have to be on a farm to learn about it. You go to the contest and you are judged on the knowledge,” Burkett said. She said there’s also hippology (equine knowledge), communication arts or the speech composition component of 4-H, consumer decision making, land, range and meats judging, sewing, speeches and many more. “If you have a passion for and are interested in learning more, that’s when we come in. We can guide you to where you want to go,” Burkett said. “There’s a thing in 4-H called the Big M. The Big M stands for Belonging, Independence, Generosity and Mastery. We want people to find their place in 4-H in that order. Ultimately, in the end we want the youth to master what they’re accomplishing or what they’re learning about,” she said.

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4-H Achievement Days and then the North Dakota State Fair are the showcases of the 4-H members’ work. Everyone doesn’t get a championship honor but Burkett said, “To me the ultimate goal is the mastery at the end. If you’re consistently getting better, that’s all I care about.” “When you go to the State Fair and you go to the Achievement Days, you see the kids who have been putting in the hours with their animals, have maybe spent time to finish that quilt – it’s all these things that I just look around and say, ‘Wow.’ This is incredible. “Part of the learning experience is maybe getting a red ribbon or a white ribbon or not doing as good as you think you did but we hope we generate an atmosphere to give feedback so that they can improve and come back next year better and stronger. And that’s life, isn’t it? Sometimes you work really, really hard and at the end of the day, it’s still not enough so how are you going to handle it? That’s a good life skill,” she said. She said one of the life skills that 4-H members learn is public speaker. “Not every kid participates in communica-

tion arts, which is the speech component, but many times if you are in a 4-H club you are required to give a demonstration to your small group. If you have been doing that since you were 5, by the time you are in school and have speech class, I don’t know how many times I’ve heard someone say, ‘My son’s teacher told me that she was so impressed with my son’s ability to give a speech even though he’s super shy or he’s not a very outgoing kid.’ This is a skill that’s going to stick with them forever,” Burkett said. She said they might use that skill when running a meeting and being involved in their community later in life “because they have had the background of participating in a club, using parliamentary procedure, those kinds of skills that are developed, working with people in general,” Burkett said. To be in 4-H Burkett said, “You don’t have to own a farm, you don’t have to live in the country, you don’t even have to have animals to participate in 4-H. If you are passionate about those things, we can certainly find a way to enjoy those and get involved,” she said.

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or going on 19 years, needy kids throughout the Minot area have been able to enjoy shopping with a cop at Christmas. Minot Police Dept. Patrol Sgt. Paul Burns, who spearheads the event, said cops don’t care if the child spends $150 on bubble gum. Aside from a few sensible restrictions like no violent video games or other toys that advocate violence, that is their money to spend on what will bring them joy. Kids who might benefit the most from the program are previously identified and parents are asked to sign permission slips. Then, on the big day, they are paired with individual volunteer officers from the Minot Police Department, Ward County Sheriff’s Office, North Dakota Highway Patrol, U.S. Border Patrol, and Minot Air Force Base

Security Forces and get to go on a shopping spree at Walmart Helping out the kids also brings the cops a lot of joy. Burns and the other officers who are involved do all the fundraising and organizing on their days off. Burns said he approaches up to 95 businesses to ask for donations and approaches a few new businesses each year if a few previous donors have closed or dropped out. Businesses and individual donors also donate to other police organized fundraisers like the annual Stuff-a-Squad Toy Drive. Aside from being fun for all involved, the community outreach is a good way for police officers to build strong relationships with the people they serve, said Sgt. Cole Strandemo, who works in crime prevention and community outreach. Anytime people, especially children, can have a positive interaction with a police officer and see them as regular people, they might be more apt to

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Strandemo said the department tries to have a table set up at different events, such as the recent Juneteenth celebration, Pride in the Streets, and North Dakota State Fair. The National Night Out event held this summer gave police from different agencies as well as first responders a chance to show off equipment like a police squad car or police robot and a working police dog demonstration. Strandemo said this is an “awesome” event and it felt good to hold the event again this year. Police are also active in other events through-

out the year, including the Coffee with a Cop event, which has been held at different coffee shops in the area Officers read to kids at the Minot Public Library and would like to get involved in more activities at the Roosevelt Park Zoo, said Strandemo. He said teachers have called on police to give talks about bicycle safety and businesses like banks have asked police to give presentations on burglaries. Minot police and the Minot Fire Department have a friendly rivalry with the annual charity blood drive, Battle of the Badges. The Minot police had won the

blood drive the previous four years but this year the fire department won. “We’re going to have to regroup and come back stronger than ever next year,” said Strandemo. The Minot Police Department and the Fire Department also work with the Sabre Dogs on a softball game that raises money for local charities. Police officers have different reasons for joining the force, but Strandemo said he thinks the biggest reason for most is to serve the community. In order to be a good police officer, it has to be boil down to a desire to do good, he said.

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usiness, family and community aren’t separate facets of life to Kathleen Neset. Rather, it’s her insight into their interconnections that have encouraged good things to happen in her industry and community. Known for her leadership in the Bakken oil and gas industry as owner of Neset Consulting in Tioga, Neset also is acknowledged both inside and outside the industry for her pride in her community and desire to make Tioga and North Dakota even better places to live. “She’s very loved in this area,” said Abby Salinas, Tioga’s city auditor. “She’s just one of those people that are constantly ensuring the well-being of the area.” “I have observed Kathy for many years and she really takes community responsibility very seriously,” said Dennis Lindahl, Tioga’s economic developer. “She’s a tremendous asset to the community and to the state.” As work, family and community blend together, Neset has prioritized support for child care, advancement of women in the oil and gas field and releasing employees into the community to give back.

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LEFT: Kathleen Neset visits with children in the company’s childcare facility in Tioga July 8.

As a result of Gov. Jack Dalrymple asking her to serve on the steering committee for the state’s 2020 & Beyond, initiated in 2012, Neset said, she learned the scope of the childcare crisis that was affecting every city in the state. “We visited nine cities,” she said. “Every single community, the number one problem – the need for good, reliable daycare.” Shortly after joining the steering committee, Neset Consulting broke ground on a new headquarters in Tioga. “I have a young workforce here.

They’re young families, and it was all about employee retention. That was what spurred the desire to get the daycare built into the design of this building,” she said. “We designed the daycare and it’s based on the need. If I had not realized, through 2020 & Beyond and the work with Governor Dalrymple, I would not have foreseen to put the daycare in here. And we love it,” she said. Neset has become Grandma Kathy to the daycare children, who numbered 22 this past summer. Neset said the daycare fulfilled its

purpose in retaining workers, but having the children on site has meant more than that. “It is such a mood booster,” she said. “It’s wonderful. It’s a blessing. That’s the bonus part.” During the height of the oil boom, the Neset daycare served its workers first but then prioritized the community’s essential workers, such as teachers and medical and emergency personnel. Neset has given advice to other oil and gas companies that have considered on-site child care. One of the challenges is that childcare facilities aren’t cost effective, she

said. “But I really feel that it’s not just about the bottom line. It’s also about what works best for the company. I think there’s benefits by being able to retain this workforce that far outweigh the financial burden of a daycare. It’s good for the community,” she said. Beyond ensuring her company’s workers have child care, Neset also has sought to create avenues for women to get into good-paying energy jobs. She recalled the oil boom when Neset Consulting was taking on a lot of new workers. “So many of the women who

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came in, they would come in because they knew I was a woman and in the oil field, and their question – or their mom and dad’s question – was ‘Will I be safe out there?’ I said absolutely, it’ll be safe. I am doing it. I have done it,” she said. “I spent 27 years living out on the drilling rigs. I’m 41 years into the job and into the work. I can tell you firsthand – you set the tone for your work out on a site. You set the tone for your work in an office or anywhere else you are. Are you going to be professional? You are there to do a job.” Neset considers guiding the next generation to be an important aspect of her job. Neset Consulting actively sought out and trained interns until COVID-19 restrictions put a damper on the program in 2020. “Every single year I would have college interns come and work. I had high school interns here in the office as well, but we would have college interns go out onto the site and spend their summer and make some good money, learning the skills of the wellsite, whether they were engineers or geologists,” she said. “We would have anywhere from six to 12 interns out in the field in the summertime. Some came back in the wintertime, spent their winter break doing it, too.” In a sense, helping young people get into the oil and gas industry is payback for her. “There have been industry people who have truly assisted me. It’s time for me to turn around and help that next young scientist in line. I’ve been very fortunate. I also think that I could never have come up with this path through life myself. This is truly a God-driven path because I never would have seen myself in the oilfield of North Dakota when I was growing up in New Jersey,” she said. Neset arrived in North Dakota in 1979, married her husband, Roy, in 1980 and made a life on the farm, raising a family and working as a geologist while building Neset Consulting with her husband, who died in 2005. Neset continues to run the company, with her two sons on board in engineering and technical positions. Neset Consulting is a certified woman-owned business through the Women Business Enterprise National Council and Woman-Owned Small Business. Looking back, Neset considers her greatest achievement to be the recruitment of young college graduates into the oil and gas industry, especially the young women. “We’ve typically run about 20% women in the field operations,” she said. “That is an incredibly high number compared to other companies.” Additionally, a large share of Neset Consulting’s administrative positions are held by women. As a businesswoman, Neset has had opportunities over the years to serve on statewide, regional and local boards. She currently serves on the Tioga golf course board, her church council, Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation board and has been active with the North Dakota Petroleum Council, currently serving as chairwoman. Neset also has an informal role in her community as a liaison in economic development efforts to help foster relationships with oil and gas companies. Lindahl said Neset has been generous with Neset Consulting’s headquarters in Tioga, allowing the use of a training/conference room for outside functions. He called the Neset building “a point of pride and prominence in Tioga.” When the economic development corporation needed a place to hold workforce development classes, Neset provided the space in the building at no charge. She even has some of her employees attending to broaden their skills in new areas, Lindahl said. Neset worked closely with the economic development group when she served on the regional Federal Reserve

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Debbie Jorstad, left, and daughter, Jessica, tend to a youngster in the childcare facility at Neset Consulting July 8. Board in Minneapolis. Neset also recently completed service on the State Board Higher Education, which she began when appointed by Gov. Dalrymple in 2012. Neset has had a lifelong interest in education. After high school, she had enrolled at Brown University with the intention of becoming a teacher. An elective geology course changed her direction, but education never has been far from her heart. She worked as a substitute teacher for a time early in her career, and filled in as science teacher at Tioga High School in 1985-86. She also had filled in temporarily as the school’s business manager and served 10 years on the Tioga School Board. Additionally, Neset co-chairs, with Mikey Hoeven, the Gateway to Science capital campaign for a hands-on science center, primarily for children, in Bismarck. Educating people about the oil and gas industry has been another focus for her. That education might happen at landowner meetings or one-on-one at the kitchen table or at a T-ball game. “I love sharing the information,” Neset said. “I have taught throughout my life and I enjoy it.” Ron Ness, president of the North Dakota Petroleum Council, said Neset has demonstrated her teaching skills in talking about energy to future military leaders at a Virginia college and presenting at the council’s outreach efforts into communities. She has spoken with teachers to give them a better understanding of the oil and gas industry to take into their classrooms, he said. “Kathy has a unique way of engaging with the audience – whether it be oil and gas or geology or Bakken well completions or the opportunities for young people – in a way that people just really grasp it and connect with her,” Ness said. “Her enthusiasm, her style of presentation, it’s just truly remarkable.” Her presentations on the drilling process are often illustrated using a straw. “Kathy and that straw are certainly an integral part of North Dakota and what we’ve done in the last decade and a

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half with the Bakken. But she’s just a remarkable person and she’s energetic. People migrate to her,” Ness said. “She does a great job of providing internships and opportunities to young people, and she’s just a tremendous ambassador for our state, not only across North Dakota but across the country.” Neset’s desire to educate goes beyond informing people about the oil and gas industry. “I hope I’m teaching these young workers here at Neset about hard work, stay involved, give back,” she said. Neset Consulting encourages employees to volunteer in the community, releasing them to do so during their work hours. A regular supporter of the charitable projects of the local American Legion, Neset Consulting has had staff working with the Legion to design and build a new baseball field in Tioga. Neset has been working with Tioga’s Norseman Museum to help install a new oil and gas display. The company has been involved with the Tioga airport because of the importance of air service to the energy and agriculture industries. Neset said her sense of duty to her community was instilled by her parents, both of whom were active in their small town. “It’s just ingrained in me. This is who I am, and I think it all comes down to your priorities,” she said. “Family has to be right up there, whether your family is your immediate family, or your extended family, or your work family or your Tioga family.” In the future when people look back at her life, she wants to be remembered as a good geologist who had a role in the science of oil and gas development and also in the transition to fueling a cleaner environment. More importantly, she said, she wants to be remembered as a good mother and a business owner who cared about her team and her community. “Tioga is in me,” she said, “and I think that is what we have amongst this entire community. When I look at the community of Tioga, they work very well together. We work very well together.”

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he asked to purchase it in 2008 and was told no. In 2018 she asked again and the answer was yes. “I was meant for that building. I offered to buy it without having seen the inside of it,” stated Lisa Thomas. The building referred to by Thomas was originally known as the Lakeview Hotel, overlooking the water of Powers Lake from the south end of Main Street. It was Photos by Kim Fundingsland/MDN built and opened in 1909, the year Powers ABOVE: Lisa Thomas, owner/operator of the historic Hyg- Lake was officially formed, and served the ge Hotel in Powers Lake, inside the lobby of the building community for many years. she helped design and renovate. Eventually, though, the aging Lakeview was purchased in 1967 by Father Fred TOP: Each room in the renovated Hygge Hotel reflects a Nelson who renamed it the Marion House for the Catholic Marion Sisters. When Fa“calm and comfortable atmosphere.” ther Nelson passed in 1993 the Lady of the Prairie Foundation took ownership of the property. In 2003 the property was sold to Jerome Jorgenson, a certified public accountant in Minot who grew up in Powers Lake.

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Jorgenson had plans to turn the aging hotel into a hunting lodge, said Thomas, but the project never came to fruition. Thomas, who had been living in Washburn for 11 years, moved back to Powers Lake in 2018 to help with the family farm and was again drawn to the former hotel. “I would drive by that building and see that nothing was being done, so I asked again if it was for sale. He finally changed his mind and let me buy it. I had waited 10 years,” said Thomas. Thomas and her husband, Kelly, were both employed by the Hess Corporation at the height of the oil boom in northwest North Dakota. Taking on the renovation of a more than 100 year old, two-story building seemed like a monumental task for the couple. “I was raising twin girls and working full-time, pregnant with my son, helping with farming and ranching, and working on the building evenings and weekends,” said Thomas. She and her husband worked on the project as often as time would allow, along with other relatives and friends who

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would pitch in from time to time. The two-story building was completely gutted. “It took two months to knock the walls out. It was all lathe, plaster, and stucco,” said Thomas. “We hauled out 47 grain truck loads of material. It was in December of 2018 that we started rebuilding and opened July 12, 2019.” The building needed all new plumbing and electrical, which was the only part of the rebuild that was not done by the Thomases and friends. What’s more, it was project that faced a looming deadline. Thomas vowed to complete the renovation in time for an upcoming school reunion in Powers Lake. “We shake our heads now. How did that happen? We gave ourselves an unrealistic deadline and had to finish quickly. I would never recommend it but it was

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“I designed the whole thing but everything changed. We went room by room and the design came along as we went,” recalled Thomas. Then came COVID too, with all the accompanying precautions. The restaurant on the main floor of the Hygge was closed to the public. Thomas countered by providing a drive-through operation. “There was nothing local for a place to eat,” said Thomas. “We did coffee, ice cream, and some food sales and attracted local traffic. Eventually that grew into a full menu, something I’ve really enjoyed and the locals were really good about supporting us.” Today the quaint restaurant at the Hygge is open for business, serving a variety of items many would not expect to be available in a small town in a remote part of northwest North Dakota. As for the origin of the name, Hygge, pronounced hue-gah, it is Danish.

“The guy I bought this from, Jerome Jorgenson, was Danish and into geneology and history and ancestry. As a nod to him, and my mother who is Danish, came that word from the Danish language. The definition of hygge was all the things I wanted the business to be. That’s how it came about.” Response to the opening of the Hygge has even startled Thomas, particularly the number of guests who have stayed at the hotel. “I think we’ve had every state in the nation stay with us in two years,” remarked Thomas. “It’s amazing that there’s a need like that in Powers Lake. That is so interesting to me. I’ve met some unbelievable, neat, neat people from every walk of life.” Included was a woman from Los Angeles who was traveling to national parks and her trail led her to a stop-over in Powers Lake. She had learned of the Hygge on the internet and had wanted to stay

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aving dedicated more than 20 years to water management, David Ashley has earned recognition as a leader and champion for flood protection for northcentral North Dakota. “My book is full in terms of things I’ve seen, things I’ve done, and it’s been good, but it’s been challenging, too,” he said. The Voltaire-area farmer and rancher has served as chairman of the Souris River Joint Board for the past 10 years, helping to oversee a billion-dollar, basinwide flood protection project. He also is chairman and longtime member of the McHenry County Water Resource Board. Ashley traces his drive to improve water management back to his great-grandfather HT Lee, who during the 1930s helped some people survive a drought by providing hay. “He’s also documented historically as one of the founders of flood irrigation for that area of the basin,” Ashley said. “I guess I credit him somewhat for my desire to do this. He was a pioneering individual.” Along with the influence of his great-grandfather, Ashley was moved to get involved in water management because of the 1969 Souris River flood that affected his family farm. “I can still remember some of the scenes and issues from the ‘69 flood, even though I wasn’t very old at that time,” he said. Ashley, who earned an economics degree at North Dakota State University, particularly became interested in flood protection after taking up full-time farming. He realized that flood protection implemented in response to the 1969 event offered no protection for rural areas. He also noticed that individual rural residents wanted different things, and that lack of consensus led to limited response to their concerns. He joined the McHenry County Water Resource Board in about 2000 as a way to try to make a difference. He also became involved on the state executive board of the North Dakota Water Resource District Association, serving as president for a time. “That led me to opportunities to participate and to tell the story as best I could in numerous legislative committees,” he said. He was able to work with various policy committees locally and statewide. In 2002, he joined the Souris River Joint Board, whose mission was to monitor dike repairs. After the 2011 flood, that mission expanded considerably when the board became the overseeing agency, working with the state, to develop the Mouse River Enhanced Flood Protection Project. It was at that time Ashley was tapped to be chairman. It was a weighty decision to accept the post, he said.

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David Ashley, chairman of the Souris River Joint Board, and Col. Daniel Koprowski, St. Paul District commander for the U.S. Army Corps, sign a cost-sharing agreement on a basinwide study for flood protection on May 6, 2016, in Minot. From left with their titles at the time are Congressman Kevin Cramer, Sen. John Hoeven, Minot Mayor Chuck Barney, Koprowski, Ashley, Gov. Jack Dalrymple and Sen. Heidi Heitkamp.

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David Ashley, chairman of the Souris River Joint Board, left, and Sen. John Hoeven prepare to don hard hats for a ceremonial ground-breaking March 28, 2018, for the Mouse River Enhanced Flood Protect Project construction in Minot.

In explanation, he tells the story behind a picture hanging in his house of a young girl looking down Minot’s flooded Fourth Avenue toward the Dairy Queen. Looking at the floodwater, she asked her aunt if she would ever get to the Dairy Queen again. When assured she would, she asked about her great-grandmother who lived on that street. Then she asked about her pony and grandparents on the farm and her friends. “How is this all going to be taken care of?” she asked. Her aunt reassured her that her grandfather was on the water board and he would do his best. Ashley’s granddaughter piped up, “Well, he better get to work!” “That’s one of the reasons I took the chairmanship on,” Ashley said. “If this little 5-yearold girl – I don’t care who she was – can think that big about basinwide and the big picture, all of us better be able to.” From the beginning, Ashley pushed the SRJB’s plan for a basinwide project, including looking at updated river management. “I pushed for the international plan of study – pushed hard – to give it the highest level of research that can be done at the three tiers, and I wanted the highest level because there’s no question about it. We’re going to get some rural thoughts into this. We have to look at the whole basin, and that includes Saskatchewan, North Dakota and Manitoba,” he said. “I wasn’t going to back down from that. Neither was the board.” Ashley, who represents SRJB on an agency advisory group to the International Souris River Board, is unrelenting regarding a basinwide approach in speaking to officials at all levels. He once told federal officials that if flood protection only took an urban perspective, “it’s going to plug up and it’s going to stink like a backed up sewer.” Although the analogy generated chuckles, it also sold the message. Minot Public Works Director Dan Jonasson, who represents the City of Minot on the SRJB, attests to Ashley’s commitment to the overall project. “He has the big picture view all the time,” Jonasson said. “He always keeps that picture in mind, making sure that everybody is being included and we are looking at flood protection for the rural areas and the urban areas.”

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Jonasson also noted the tremendous amount of time Ashley devotes as an unpaid volunteer. “It’s an extreme dedication toward the Souris River Joint Board and all water-related issues,” he said. Ashley said his family’s personal experience with the 2011 Souris River flood has fueled that dedication. “Our facilities were destroyed. We had to sell our livestock herd because there’s no way we can get it back together after the flood impact. All we could keep was a few heifer calves,” he said. “We had to build the operation back from that. “I can so relate to the person that’s sitting across the table just mad as heck at me about what’s going on because I can understand,” he added. “Mainly, I’d like to do more for people and there’s a limit in what’s physically possible to do, especially in the rural areas.” He has found himself serving as counselor, mathematician and engineer, even though he says he’s none of the above. “It’s extremely challenging. But it’s also extremely rewarding to work with some people who are really trying to come up with solutions,” Ashley said. “If you have an issue, wherever it came from, my approach and the joint board’s approach is, OK, let’s find a solution to that problem. If you can find a consensus, we will work to find that solution. I think that’s very good that we are

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David Ashley speaks at a meeting on a phase of Minot flood protection as Jason Westbrock with Barr Engineering listens at right. in that position to at least do that.” Ashley is quick to acknowledge engineers, City of Minot staff and SRJB members for coming up with solutions and tools necessary to accomplish the work. He also appreciates the support of family, who accept without complaint his frequent absences to travel and to attend meetings. SRJB member Clif Issendorf, Newburg,

said Ashley is public-minded, taking everyone’s views into consideration. “Consequently, because of his leadership and his abilities to put different aspects of a project together, that’s one of the reasons Minot is moving forward at the speed it is with flood protection,” he said. Maurice Foley, a long-time member of various water boards over the years, said

there’s no better person to chair the SRJB than Ashley. He does the research, challenges the engineers, expertly engages the public at meetings and exercises patience, even when getting calls at home or hearing from upset landowners, Foley said. “He’s really an outstanding individual,” he said. “He’s good on his feet, a good speaker and when he says something, he means it.” Most importantly, he added, Ashley gets the job done. Getting things done is what Ashley defines as his primary goal. Sometimes he would like to see things get done faster when it comes to flood protection, but he voiced appreciation for state funding that keeps the project advancing. Ashley said a book could be written on what he has seen over the years. “There’s a lot of things involved with water,” Ashley said. “It’s also the most contentious of topics, whether it’s flood control, water delivery, you name it.” He said the opportunity to help alleviate some of that tension was another reason he has been drawn to working with water issues. “The end goal is just to do the best job and make sure that everybody acknowledges more than just ‘I’m affected.’ Everybody in the basin is affected by a decision made, and we’ve got to try and make those decisions right,” he said.

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e sees a lot of sporting events through a camera lens, from gymnasiums to outdoor arenas. Tim Zeltinger doesn’t just snap a photo here and there either, he enjoys doing it as part of constantly improving his passion, photography, and to capture special moments in athletes’ lives. “I shot probably 6,000 pictures during the basketball season,” said Zeltinger who has been snapping pictures of Glenburn athletics for about four years. “I didn’t know these kids before. They all know me now. I can walk into that school and everyone of them says ‘hi.’ ” Zeltinger says photographing sporting events has helped him expand his knowl-

edge with a camera. “It’s practice. Good practice for my other photography,” he said. “It’s good for the kids because they don’t have a photo club or anything like that. Now the morning after a game the first thing they are doing is looking at their Facebook page for what pictures I posted. That parents are the same way.” Zeltinger’s other photographic endeavors includes wildlife, landscapes, and night images, but it is his sports photography that he finds particularly rewarding. He cites the personal impact of each image. “These kids remember them,” remarked Zeltinger. “They wait for me to post pictures on Facebook, 70 or 80 of them at 10 or 11 at night, and the next morning I’ve got 200 likes.” Zeltinger enjoys sharing his knowledge of photography. He judges the 4H photography competition at the North Dakota State Fair,

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something he has done for the past several years. This year he even hosted a zoom meeting well in advance of the competition. “The kids needed a little bit of guidance before they took pictures. I did that zoom meeting so that I could tell the kids some things about composition and what to look for, what judges look for,” explained Zeltinger. “We have some amazing kids out there that love to take pictures.” Basic composition techniques taught by Zeltinger included position moving objects on one side of a frame to allow for lead space. “If a person or object is moving left, place them on the righthand side of the frame,” advised Zeltinger. “Never center a picture. Never center the horizon. Submitted Photo Never center the sun, don’t put it Photographer Tim Zeltinger captured the moment when in the center.” catcher Lorelei McIver, Glenburn, caught the softball as a Simple rules to follow that make for better photography Rugby player begins her slide at home plate. composition, more impactful

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photographs, and more accomplishment for the photographer. Zeltinger’s advice comes from experience. He remembers very well the learning process to taking good photographs. “Everything I’ve done is self taught. I look at other photos of people that I follow and I follow a lot of photographers from all over the world,” said Zeltinger. “I’m just awestruck at some of those images. It’s why I like to help kids learn.” Zeltinger recalls one of his early photographs that he was particularly proud of. It was of a bald eagle, the national symbol, sitting in a tree. He posted the photograph on his website, fully expecting to get praise from other photographers. “One guy came on and said he would take the picture off his computer and delete it,” recalled Zeltinger. “I was totally, how dare you say something like

that? I nailed this one!” One reply asked Zeltinger, “Do you know who you are talking to? You might want to listen. He a photographer for National Geographic in South Africa. He knows his stuff.” “I really became humble,” said Zeltinger. “Now if a picture is a little iffy I delete it. Being a photographer is work, just like being a basketball player or a mechanic. You have to be willing to work at it.” Zeltinger likes to help young photographers avoid some of the pitfalls he went through when he first picked up a camera. An example is his sharing of an extra camera during the Glenburn basketball season last year. “I gave one of the kids my other camera and showed how to set it up and focus, told some real basics,” remarked Zeltinger. “Some of the shots were better than mine!”

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The Glenburn photographer has some additional advice to share for those interested in improving their camera skills. “First of all, practice, practice, practice,” advised Zeltinger. “If you want to do action then go down to the grain elevator and take pictures of pigeons. Get them in focus. Then you are doing pretty good.” In all his photography Zeltinger stressed the need for impact, “the story behind the picture” as he says it. One of his memorable shots was of a bullrider kneeling to say a prayer before entering the chute to get on a bull. The image won best-of-show Grand Champion at the State Fair.

“Totally shocked me,” recalled Zeltinger. “I was there at the right time. That’s one thing I like to teach kids about photography. Sometimes you’ve got to sit there forever.” In an effort to expand his photography skills, Zeltinger started going to area rodeos and asking permission to photograph near the action. Now, he says, rodeo might be his favorite subject through the lens of a camera. “I enjoy all my subject matter but, actionwise, I’d say rodeo,” remarked Zeltinger. “I think I like the bullriding. Once I started taking pictures of bullriders and bullfighters they all became my friends on Facebook because they knew I would post pictures. I see these people all

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essa Sandstrom and the North Dakota Petroleum Foundation reach out to many communities in the local area and across the state. Sandstrom, originally from New Town, is the executive director of the Foundation, based in Minot. She began working at the N.D. Petroleum Council in 2012. “I had been working in Washington, D.C., for Senator (John) Hoeven and wanted to get back to North Dakota,” Sandstrom said. When the communications manager position with the N.D. Petroleum Council opened up, she was hired and returned to the state. NDPC provides governmental relations Eloise Ogden/MDN support to more than Tessa Sandstrom is execu550 companies intive director of the North Davolved in all aspects of kota Petroleum Foundation. the oil and gas industry including oil and gas production, refining, pipeline, mineral leasing, consulting, legal work, and oil field service activities in North Dakota, South Dakota and the Rocky Mountain region. It is supported by members of the American Petroleum Institute who have interests in North Dakota and South Dakota.

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“It was a very memorable first week,” Sandstrom said. “It was a couple weeks before the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference and 2012 was a big year so just starting a new job, getting ready for that and within that week we surpassed California to become the number three oil-producing state. There were a lot of media calls and within a day or two we surpassed Alaska to become the number two so even more calls. It was a very busy week. “It wasn’t uncommon in those days to probably field, depending on what was happening, anywhere between 10 to 30 media interviews a week – a lot of national (media),” she said. Sandstrom graduated from the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks in 2006 and interned with the State Historical Society of North Dakota for the summer. In the fall she got a job with Clearwater Communications in Bismarck. She was there about a year when she joined Hoeven’s gubernatorial reelection in 2008, spent a year working with the Governor’s office before going over to Hoeven’s U.S. Senate campaign and then was in Washington, D.C., for about a year. Overall, she served in various capacities with Hoeven’s office and campaigns. “I enjoyed writing so I went to school for journalism communications,” she said. With Clearwater Communications she did quite a bit of writing as the communications specialist and and other work. “When Hoeven’s campaign was looking for a communications person, Ron Rauschenberger, recommended me,” Sandstrom said. “It was an opportunity and one you really can’t pass up,” she said. Rauschenberger retired from state government in 2017. He was chief of staff to former governors John Hoeven and Jack Dalrymple before working as Gov. Doug Burgum’s senior adviser. Now Sandstrom’s work involves the N.D. Petroleum Foundation with the mission “to provide and support education and outreach opportunities relating to the petroleum industry, develop and advance quality of life initiatives, and promote and enhance the conservation heritage of North Dakota.” The N.D. Petroleum Council started doing outreach activities in 2008, Sandstrom said. She said seminars for teachers were done for several years before that. In 2009 the Petroleum Council held the first Bakken Rocks CookFest. “From there it just continued to snowball,” Sandstrom said, adding, “Pick up the Patch came in 2012. “The North Dakota Energy Education Career Awareness started earlier but that started to grow as more activity happened and teachers were more interested in how oil and gas is developed and what kind of training or education their students might need,” she said. That program includes teacher education seminars and has been done for at least two decades. “All those activities have been housed under the Petroleum Council for several years and then in 2018 they decided to roll that into a separate 501c3 nonprofit,” she said. Sandstrom took a brief leave of absence from the Petroleum Council to help Rep. Kelly Armstrong with his campaign and after that assumed the N.D. Petroleum Foundation position in 2019, with an office in Minot. A tree program, one of the programs of the Foundation, was started about three years ago. “It’s been a very popular program,” Sandstrom said. “I think we’re around 134,000 trees since we started in 2018.” She said the majority of the trees are on projects meant for future habitat on private land. The program is throughout the state but she said the majority of the trees have been in Kidder, Burleigh and Morton counties. “But next year I have quite a few applications for Mountrail,” she said.

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zation, like Mohall 4-H kids were amazing this year,” she said. The event gives local residents the chance to learn more about the oil and gas industry. meet the employees of companies working in their area, and enjoy a barbecue. There’s also games and activities for kids, There’s also live music. “We try to get local talent,” Sandstrom said. “It ends early – 7 o’clock,” she added. A scholarship program was under NDPC for a long time but when the foundation was developed, it was rolled into the foundation when it became a 501c3 organization, Sandstrom said. She said a fishing derby is held the Wednesday before the cookouts at the 4 Bears Marina, west of New Town. The charity tournament helps raise money for the Planting for the Future programs. Sandstrom said 53 teams took part in the fishing derby this year and the event raised about $16,000 for conservation projects. The foundation also participates in a youth advisory council, headed up by the Lignite Energy Council. Several students from throughout North Dakota are on the advisory council and participating in various seminars throughout the summer to learn about the oil and gas industry, coal industry, ag industry and tourism was added as well, Sandstrom said. A history project has been on hold, but plans are to resume it, Sandstrom said. “We’ll be talking to some of the oil veterans, their oral history on video and recording and produce some short two to three minute mini-docs based on their stories and also publish some brief articles on them,” she said.

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The next level is the district tournament, which, unlike state, is one set tournament in Sioux City, Iowa where the state winners will compete against each other with a trip to Phoenix on the line. Haugeberg prevailed at both levels in traditional sparring, hen Minot native Heatthyr Haugeberg took up combat sparring and the forms competition to earn the expekickboxing back in 2015, she was simply lookrience of a lifetime. ing for a new avenue leading to improved fit“Forms is where you do a pattern of movements,” Dan ness and physical health and fitness. What she Merck explained. “They’re judging the quality of your kicks, would find six years later, she could never have dreamt of. punches, stances and the quality of your moves. Haugeberg, currently serving as the Sparring is when you’re punching and kicking toDirector of Nursing at the Dakota Boys ward another person and scoring points. Combat and Girls Ranch, recently wrapped up sparring is where you have a padded stick and competition at the American Taekwonyou’re actually sparring, scoring points by hitting do Association’s (ATA) World Champithe other person with the stick.” onships held in Phoenix, Arizona July Haugeberg’s time in Phoenix vastly exceeded 29-30. There, she cemented herself her expectations, to the point where she even felt among the country’s current top female a bit intimidated being surrounded by the some of Taekwondo competitors just six years the greatest participants in martial arts today. She after she threw herself into the activity initially began competing just for fun, and soon on a whim. discovered that she was good enough to move up Currently 36 years old with her through the ranks of competition. husband, Kyle, and eight-year-old son, “I am truly honored that I was able to represent Blake, who completes her family of Minot ATA at the World Championships in Phoethree Taekwondo black belts, Haugenix,” she said. “There’s a high caliber of martial artberg began her journey into the martial ists throughout the United States, and I was able to arts realm in 2015 at the ATA school, owned by compete against the best of the best and see what’s Dan and Tina Merck, in the southern segment of out there. I was also able to network with these Minot. ladies to figure out what they’re doing for training “I joined the kickboxing program there just to and what they do to stay physically fit.” get in better physical health,” Haugeberg recalled. Haugeberg finished in fifth place in the forms “A lot of my friends were doing it and I just wanted competition, fourth in traditional sparring and 10th to see what it was all about. I signed up just to see in combat sparring, but the time she spent there what it would be like, and I’ve never left.” and the opportunities the experience presented to She spoke highly of her experience with Tina, her meant just as much as, if not more than, her who runs the kickboxing sessions at the school final placing in the events. and subtlety incorporates different elements of She even has plans for her next tournament in Taekwondo into her kickboxing classes, but two the works only a week after her return from Phoeyears later in the winter of 2017, Haugeberg’s curinix. She planned to continue competing at the reosity once again got the better of her. gional tournament held in Fargo Aug. 20. “Naturally, when you’re at kickboxing at ATA, Haugeberg is not the only member of her famiyou can’t help but notice the other activities goly who has entered into Taekwondo competitions ing on,” she said. “So I took notice of Taekwondo Submitted Photo either. Kyle and Blake have both competed in the and Jiu-Jitsu, and seeing what that looked like, I Heatthyr Haugeberg poses with her husband, Kyle, and son, past as well, the former winning the North Dakota thought ‘I kind of want to try that too.’” Haugeberg first decided to have then-four-year- Blake. All three members of the Haugeberg family have earned state competition in 2020 in the male division but declining to pursue further competition. old Blake partake in Taekwondo sessions, because their black belt in Taekwondo. None of her family’s experiences in Taekwondo in addition to the physical training, the life skills he would glean from the classes would serve him well as he your routine,” she said. “Gaining that confidence was a chal- would have been possible without the instructional staff at lenge for me, but it’s something that has really benefitted me ATA, she says, including the head instructor, Jesse Ward. grew up. “He is fantastic,” Haugeberg said. “I cannot say enough “A lot of the kids have significant success, and they learn both personally and in my professional life as well.” After she accrued a few years of building her physical good things about him. He is a young man who puts his heart a lot of really good basic life skills, like respect, honestly, perseverance and humility,” she added. “I wanted that for my skills and level of confidence in Taekwondo, she took the and soul into the training at ATA, and he has been a positive influence on everyone in my family, probably mostly Blake, plunge into competition in 2019. son Blake, so that was something we put him in.” For those interested in competing in Taekwondo, there who really looks up to Mr. Jesse Ward.” Haugeberg soon followed her son into the world of TaeHaugeberg and her family have no intentions of stopping, kwondo and never looked back. She immediately fell in love are two levels one must advance past before reaching the with her new art, and found her past in kickboxing quite prestigious World Championships in Phoenix. Haugeberg and all look forward to continuing to grow in the craft they all have come to love and share. began her climb at the state competition level. helpful in quickly learning Taekwondo. “All around it was a really positive experience,” she conThe initial step is not one set tournament that takes place It was not only the activity itself that welcomed her with open arms, but the new community of which she found her- on a specific date, rather it is a series of tournaments over tinued. “It certainly boosted my confidence a little bit in letself a part. She was treated with such respect and kindness, a period of time. To win at the state tournament level, one ting me know this is something that I can do, this is someand soon she had discovered she now had a second family. must gain the most points throughout the tournaments by thing that I’m good at, and it’s something that I for sure want to keep doing.” Of course, her transition to Taekwondo was not without a performing their moves. Sports Writer rladika@minotdailynews.com

degree of difficulty. She pointed out that the school’s instructors do the best they can with mixing adults with younger teens and adolescents, but Haugeberg, in her 30s, still found herself occasionally sparring and training with teens. Haugeberg’s new activity also tested her mentality and self-confidence, an area in which she admitted she was not quite as strong then as she is now. “You have to use a loud voice and you have to be comfortable getting up in front of people and talking and performing

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n invisible force brings the arts to Rugby residents, keeps things at the local pool running smoothly, serves up food at Rockin’ Relics Cafe and makes a difference in the lives of people with disabilities. That force is Bonnie Berginski. With her typical modesty, Berginski often shrugs at the mention of the roles she plays in her community. “I prefer to stay behind the scenes, I guess,” Berginski says. As president of Village Arts, Berginski says she “ties the ends together - soliciting volunteers, rounding them up and spreading the word about what we have to offer.” At the Rugby Swimming Pool, Berginski teaches lessons, manages staff and makes sure the pool is well maintained. In July, she gave Rugby City Council members a tour of the pool building, pointing ouy areas that needed replacing and repairs. When she took a rare day off that month due of illness, her staff of teens and young adults kept lessons going in the pool and watched as lifeguards during free swim times. Berginski had trained them well. After returning to work, Berginski took a brief break to talk, her hair still wet from teaching lessons. Berginski described her approach to managing the

pool and her business, Rockin’ Relics Cafe. “I try to be helpful,” Berginski said. “I try to think ‘If I were doing this, what would I need? What would I need help doing?’ So, if I could help somebody else out, I do. When I’m asking for help at any job, I never ask anyone to do something I wouldn’t do myself.” “I’ve been swimming since I was a kid,” Berginski added. “We lived at the pool when we were kids and I always thought it was important and fun to take my kids and daycare kids swimming,” Berginski, mom to four young adults said. “I had a daycare and took my kids swimming at the pool and lake, but being at the pool was a big part of their time in the summer. I think a majority of my daycare kids learned to swim with me, either through lessons or just by playing.” “Probably about 10 years ago I got my water safety instructor (WSI) certification,” Berginski added. “I used to do aquasize classes and after doing aquasize classes, I decided it would be better to get my lifeguard certification, so I decided to do that. Then, after getting my lifeguard certification, I started doing swimming lessons.” After passing her WSI, Berginski said, “I got kind of hooked into it.” “I became a pool manager around that time. I needed See BONNIE — Page 56

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ive years after retiring from his medical practice in the Rugby area, Dr. Hubert Seiler uses his free time on pursuits ranging from Lewis and Clark to improving the lives of the poor in the U.S. and

abroad. There’s not usually much free time for Seiler. Seiler’s a familiar face in the crowd at the Rugby Lions’ Music in the Park, Village Arts events and the Prairie Village Museum, where he serves as president of the board of directors. One day late in July, Seiler mulled over ways to take advantage of an AARP Community Challenge grant to create an edible park on the museum grounds. “I haven’t seen the plans,” he said of the proposed park. “I know we’ve been trying to work with some landscape people to figure it out. Some of it would actually be right in front of the museum, so we don’t want trees that are too large to hide the museum behind the trees.” “The main problem here of course is it apparently has to be done by the end of the year,” Seiler added. “That only gives us a couple of months to get things planted and this is not the best weather for planting things. I don’t know how that’s going to work.” Seiler said his interest in history goes “way back.”

“I liked history in high school but I hated it in college,” Seiler said. “I’ve been interested in the railroads most of my life. I belong to the Great Northern Railway Historical Society and we have regular meetings. We’ll have a meeting in the Midwest one year and the West Coast the next year.” Seiler added, “I’ve also become interested in Lewis and Clark. I’ve got a bunch of books about them. And I started going to the historical society meetings here in Rugby and eventually, they asked me to be on the board. Then, I’ve been variously involved in projects out here.” “I was never really a farmer but I’m interested in agricultural history stuff, so that’s another area I’m somewhat interested in and some of my projects have had to do with that,” Seiler said. Seiler said he’s grateful for the number of volunteers who visit the museum grounds to clean and maintain exhibits or work at museum events. “Unfortunately, we have different people who have different interests. The goal is to bring them together,” Seiler said. “We have a lot of space, so we have a lot of buildings that have been on this property for up to 50 years and some of them were old when they were put on this property.” “We wouldn’t survive without the volunteers,” Seiler said. “For years, I was and still am one of those volunteers. I keep trying.” “My problem is I’m involved in so many things,” Seiler added. “That doesn’t even include my international stuff.” “I’m on an international board called Friends of Chimbo-

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te. We have a mission presence in Chimbote, Peru,” Seiler said. “We provide food, shelter, clothing and water for the poor in Chimbote, which is a big city, but it’s really poor.” “All the neighborhoods are poor and COVID has devastated them,” Seiler noted. “We lost some of our employees.” “The priest that founded it was a priest temporarily in Rugby for two months,” Seiler said. “He was in seminary when I was in college. I went to St. John’s University in Minnesota, a small Catholic college. He was in the seminary there and his brother was in my class at St. John’s. I had a cousin there in the seminary at the same time.” Seiler said he graduated from “a little Catholic school in New Rockford. My graduating class had 12 kids. We had all 12 grades there. I went all 12 years of Catholic education.” After graduating from St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minn., Seiler completed his studies in medicine at the University of Iowa. Seiler said he stayed in touch with his friends from St. John’s and became involved with the charity founded by his classmate’s brother, Father Jack Davis. The friendships Seiler cultivated would lead to four trips to Chimbote. “With Friends of Chimbote we send people who pay to go down there,” Seiler said. “They help build a house and work in construction and soup kitchens,” Seiler said. “Most people who go down there fall in love with it and want to go back or want to donate.” See DOC — Page 56

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a job where I wasn’t always on my feet,” Berginski added. “I had had surgery on my foot and being in the water was good for that. In the pool, you’re not on your feet as a water safety instructor. So it worked out well to do that and it’s been about eight years.” When she’s out of the pool, Berginski tends to her business, Rockin’ Relics Cafe, located in the former Ellingson and Gronvold Hardware building in downtown Rugby. Berginski and her husband, Greg, refurbished the old building in 2006, bringing the original early-1900s ceiling back to life, then recreating an old 1940s-era soda fountain, complete with a menu to match. Berginski enlists the help of family members and employees to keep the restaurant running as she branches out to serve the community in other ways. “I do that because my staff

picks up my duties,” Berginski explained. “My sister is used to managing restaurants. I wouldn’t be able to do the pool job without her doing her own job and my job in the summer. Then, we have summer help and that takes up more of the extra work.” Berginski uses skills picked up with her business degree from North Dakota State University and being a parent to branch out even more. “I’m not blessed in music and fine arts but I do like to support it,” she said with her characteristic modesty. Berginski’s support of the arts at first came in the form of sewing costumes for plays produced by Rugby’s Village Arts, Inc. When the organization had former President Glory Monson and Music Director Deb Jenkins at the helm, Berginski said she “observed what they did at rehearsals. I used to make costumes. That’s how I first got involved, making costumes for

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“We people in the United States don’t know how good we have it. We complain about everything but we shouldn’t be complaining too much,” Seiler added. “I caution people, especially if they’ve spent more than a week, ‘When you go home, you’re going to be a changed person and you’ll miss people you’re working with. You’ll be a little short-tempered with people at home because they’re complaining about how the food’s too hot or too cold. At least you’ve got food.” “I’ve also been to Guatemala with God’s Child Project. I’ve been to Mississippi and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina; I’ve been to Haiti after the earthquake in 2010. I’ve built with Habitat for Humanity in Africa, South America, Central America, Europe and Asia. Intermixed with that is all the volunteering I’ve done at home. I was involved with Boy Scouts for a while, too,” Seiler recounted. Seiler’s volunteer work includes everything from financial support to providing hands-on medical care to natural disaster victims far from North Dakota. His work as a physician brought him closer to home, however. Seiler said when he finished his med-

the kids,” Berginski said. “I wouldn’t call myself a director by any means but I could tell what was going on. I had done theater in high school and in the past but I don’t find myself being onstage.” Still, her years-long involvement with Village Arts led her to a place on the board, then to the president’s post. “I do the grant writing and represent Village Arts to the North Dakota Council on the Arts and the community,” Berginski said of her job. “I try to keep it going. I just keep encouraging volunteers, encouraging board members to find different activities in the arts that we can do.” In her first year as president, Berginski helped with the board’s purchase of the former Bethany Lutheran Church building, which would give Village Arts a permanent center home. Before the purchase, the organization had performed plays and concerts at several venues, mostly Rugby High School’s Tilman Hovland

ical residency, “I wanted to practice in a small town. Part of it was financial because if I practiced in a town of under 5,000, I got 20 percent of my loans forgiven every year with no interest accumulating. And Rugby, of course, qualifies as under 5,000, so that helped quite a bit with my finances. I also came to Rugby because they had a group established and I didn’t feel comfortable necessarily wanting to be in practice all by myself right out of internship. I grew up here and kind of picked what I wanted,” he said of his choice to settle in central North Dakota. “I had some indirect contacts. For the Johnson Clinic, one of the Johnson cousins recommended me coming to Rugby. And of course, the Johnson Brothers founded the Johnson Clinic. They both were still alive when I came,” Seiler said. Seiler began practicing medicine in Rugby in 1973. He said he briefly considered leaving the area, however. “I looked to leave twice,” he said. “I really could not find something I thought would be better for me. The first time I looked, it was pretty serious. I almost accepted a place in Texas but decided not to move.” After Seiler considered relocating, he said he “pretty much wanted to stay here.” “I was in family medicine and I had a Bush Foundation fellowship in 1992 that I spent a year studying geriatrics with,” Seiler

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Auditorium. Then, COVID struck in 2020, adding a new challenge. As state health guidelines loosened, the new center began hosting plays. Again, Berginski found herself faced with a need for volunteers. She still does. “We need volunteers who have talents, or experience running a business, artistic people,” Berginski said. “I want to keep it going in the community. That’s my part - to keep it going on the business end to keep it going as a whole.” “I would credit Deb and Glory for (starting things out). It’s their dream and you just want to help keep it alive,” Berginski said, adding, “I’m just one person there but I couldn’t do what I do without the help of other people, on the board and in the pool.” “I try to put my best foot forward and accommodate as many people as I can. Sometimes, I overbook and get myself in trouble, but you just try to do what’s best for

the most people,” Berginski said. Berginski admitted there were times when she felt “overextended - sometimes when we’re in a deadline for different things, like government reports or grant deadlines or tax things.” How does she manage stress? “I own an ice cream shop,” Berginski answered with a smile. “My Easter Seals job also keeps me grounded,” Berginski added, noting she works part time as a direct support professional with the North Dakota nonprofit. “It was something that was very flexible and it was an opportunity to make someone else’s life better. You’re helping someone who needs help.” “I gravitate toward people with special needs,” Berginski said. Berginski’s the mom of children who live with autism. “They’re adults now, so they’re out doing their own thing. They hold jobs and they’re living their lives,”

added. “That was throughout the Midwest at different universities. So, I became a geriatric specialist, which I enjoyed somewhat more than what I was doing. And we have long term care and the Haaland Home, and I enjoy taking care of those patients.” “I liked sharing their stories,” Seiler said of his patients. “Dr. Fox was one of the cofounders of the clinic here and I considered him one of my mentors in Rugby. I learned from him to stay calm. I also learned that you need to express some interest in your patients. So, for example, I’d make a note that So and So’s daughter is getting married, so the next time I see them, the note would remind me to talk to the daughter who’s getting married. It changed a little bit the way I practiced.” Seiler’s ability to build trust with his patients caught the notice of the National Rural Heath Association, who named him Rural Health Practitioner of the Year in 2014. “I had to go to Las Vegas to get the award,” Seiler said modestly. Seiler’s reputation has stayed with former patients and their families, who often speak highly of him. Tammy Tufte, Activities Director at Haaland Estates, an assisted living facility in Rugby said, “When my mother- in- law was seeing him he had a lot of compassion for her. He was so good with her and made her feel

she said. “I like to see people blossom,” Berginski said. “I like to see people be happy. It’s the same thing that runs across everything I do - to watch somebody grow or experience something new or just find some enjoyment. Even at the restaurant - to see somebody coming through the door who’s never been there before and see them enjoy the experience. The same thing goes with a new student coming to the pool. This is like a new experience and we want to make it fun and rewarding for them and learn how to be safe in the water. It’s the same thing when you come into the theater for a part, to find some creativity in yourself and express it, so we make an avenue for you to grow and experience it, even if you’re just coming to be entertained. It makes people happy and brings joy.” “The same thing goes with my Easter Seals,” Berginski added. “If you can get that person to smile, that just makes your day.”

like she was important, not just another person on his list. He was genuine. He cared.” “He really cared about the elderly. You could clearly see that,” Tufte added. “The residents he saw at the Haaland Home, they loved him,” Tufte said. “He was so good and very caring. I can’t say that enough.” Seiler said he hopes to instill a desire to care for others in teens and young adults. “I was asked to talk to a confirmation group at my church one night and one of the things I told them was please give back,” Seiler said. “That may just be volunteering at the church to fold bulletins or mow the lawn but it might be bigger, like going overseas. It might be bigger than just outside of your church.” “Almost all of these organizations couldn’t survive without volunteers,” Seiler said of charities operating locally and abroad. “People think when I sign up for these trips for Habitat for Humanity that they pay all my way,” Seiler noted. “They don’t pay anything, really. I do have some help - Habitat trips are co-sponsored with Thrivent Financial. If you’re a Thrivent member, you get $500 off your costs and then if you send a group of eight people, Thrivent will give $8,000 to Habitat in the country you’re working in.” “In most countries, that’ll build a couple of houses, or even more,” Seiler added.

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ppropriately enough for a town located in the Turtle Mountains, downtown Bottineau is filled with images of turtles. Much of it is thanks to the work of an army of volunteers working with the City of Bottineau’s Beautification Committee. Just last May, stepping stones in the shape of turtle were installed in a gravel courtyard area in the downtown on the east side of Marie’s Restaurant. The stepping stones came from a company in Boissevain, Man. Getting them across the border at a time when U.S.-Canadian border was closed to all but essential travel took a bit of work, said Penny Nostdahl, the city auditor. Daryl Fisher at Paterson Grain agreed to pick up the turtle stepping stones in Canada and bring them across the border. Essential business travelers were permitted to cross the border this spring. In the courtyard are planters made from concrete slabs that are marked with handprints and signatures of groups that performed at the Rockin’ the Hills concerts that were held at one time in the area. The Beautification Committee will probably call the “pocket park” “The Rockin’ Park.”

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ABOVE: Turtle-shaped stepping stones were added in a gravel courtyard in the spring. MIDDLE: Rocks painted with turtles are located near Bottineau’s Little Free Library, where people can take or leave books for free, in downtown Bottineau.

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They were planning to add other touches to make the area more inviting, including a picnic table and signs that explain the history of Rockin’ the Hills. More rocks painted with images of turtles have been installed downtown in front of a little free library, where children can take books or add books for free. Tommy the Turtle, a giant statue of a turtle on a snowmobile, is installed in a park in Bottineau and has made Bottineau famous, but another turtle statute is about to be installed. A bronze statue of a turtle, costing about $26,000, will be installed next year at the location of the former Central School in Bottineau. The statue design shows children playing on the back of the turtle. The statue will honor all of the children who attended the school over the years as well as Bottineau’s location in the Turtle Mountains. Whitney Gonitze, executive director of the Bottineau Economic Development Corporation, applied for a grant that will help pay for the display. There is a gazebo area outside a drugstore in downtown Bottineau that has become a gathering place for some people. Gonitzke said she has seen people have their lunch there or their morning or evening coffee with friends, “which is so cute,” she said. One day she saw people playing cards at the site.

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Volunteers also help paint and make plans with businesses in downtown Bottineau for the murals that decorate the outside walls of many stores downtown. One recent mural painted by Erin Hanson shows a bee sampling the nectar from a flower along with the inspirational saying, “What if I fall? Oh, but my Darling. What if you fly?” The murals improve the appearance of the downtown and draw customers but, once they are installed, they also need to be maintained. Walls have to be power-washed so they are clean and ready for the work to be done, which also requires work. Business owners first have to agree to have murals located on their property. The beautification committee is working with several property owners that are interested in having murals painted. Visitors to the town often take notice of how attractive the town has become, said Nestdahl and Gonitzke. Members of the beautification committee, which includes Nostdahl, Gonitzke, Keith Fulsebakke, Kathy MacGhan, Stevie Backman, Kory Halvorson, Apryl Mawby, Harley Getzlaff, Trudy Marum, Kelly Beaver, and Elma Severson, meet regularly to discuss new plans to continue to make Bottineau beautiful. At one recent meeting the town was also discussing a welcome to Bottineau sign that would be installed at the north side of the city, downtown banners and painting street light poles. Gonitzke said Bottineau is one of several small towns in the region that are taking steps to improve the appearance of their downtowns and draw visitors.

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f the North Dakota State Fair Arm Wrestling Championships was indeed his last competitive sporting event, Wally Renfrow sure made the most of it. Renfrow, a Minot native who has been competing in arm wrestling tournaments since the late 1970s, took first place at the State Fair in the master’s division this past July. With the master’s division designated for arm wrestlers over the age of 50, the 55-year-old competed in the 187-poundand-over weight bracket. The North Dakota State Fair Arm Wres-

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tling Championships was promoted by Big Sky Armsports in conjunction with the National Arm Wrestling Association. Big Sky’s co-director and promoter Kimberly Braaton says the master’s division is a great way to build interest in the niche sport of arm wrestling. “I think our master’s division is a great idea because it keeps competitors active for much longer. It’s not uncommon to see guys in their 70s still competing at the master’s level,” Braaton says. As Renfrow states, he told his wife of 27 years, Angie, that he would retire from the sport if he placed in this year’s state tournament. However, he has left the door open for a possible return to the sport at some point, stating that “you never know.” “She’s just worried that I will get hurt if I continue to compete,” Renfrow told The Minot Daily News. “I’ve had some shoulder issues in the past, so she doesn’t want to see that get any worse.” Heading into the competition, the veteran arm wrestler and custodian at Minot Public Schools shared that he expected to either place or win the tournament outright. In the end, Renfrow believes it was his inner confidence that allowed him to perform at a high level in the State Fair. “If you don’t think you can win it all, there’s really no reason to show up and compete. Overall, it was good for me to finish off on a high note.” Renfrow’s journey in competitive arm wrestling began with winning a second-place trophy as a seventh-grader in the late 70s. Since then, he has

won at least one trophy in each of the subsequent five decades. Having competed in several tournaments through the years, one of his most notable wins came at the State Fair in 1989. In his youth, Renfrow competed in conventional wrestling from third to tenth grade. Meanwhile, Renfrow credits his older brother Wayne with providing steady competition during his formative time within the sport. As young adults, the pair of arm-wrestling brothers would routinely compete in taverns in both Minot and Bismarck. “Wayne is a lefty, but I used to practice against him as a righty and I was able to beat him,” Renfrow adds. “We used to go to parties and compete against anybody we could find, that’s how it all started really.” So what has motivated Renfrow to continue arm wrestling for all these years? Simply put, the Minot native states it is the thrill of competition that has kept him coming back to the sport year after year. “I think it’s a great test just to see how strong you are. I just want to see if I’m stronger than the other guy sitting across from me.” Interestingly enough, Renfrow says he does not do any weight training and does not engage in any sport specific workout routine in preparation for events. You will be hard pressed to find Renfrow doing so much as a pushup to get ready for a contest because he finds those tasks to be “a waste of time.” Instead, the 1984 graduate of Minot High School spends his free time indulging in his pas-

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sion for classic cars. Renfrow owns Chevy pickup trucks from 1942 and 1946, and also has Chevy coupes from 1940 and 1941. Along with his 78-year-old father, Curt, the two car enthusiasts were on the popular television program “Rides with Jay Thomas” back in July. As Renfrow states, automobiles have been of interest for about as long as arm wrestling has for him. “I started working as a high school student so I could pay for my first car, and I’ve been in love with cars ever since. I do a lot of modifications to my old Chevys, changing the motor and adding new automatic transmissions, things like that keep me busy,” Renfrow adds. With Renfrow’s competitive arm-wrestling days likely behind him, he encourages the younger generations to give the sport a try. The State Fair winner believes competitive arm wrestling not only provides an adrenaline rush, but it serves as a great experience in meeting new people and developing friendships. Renfrow also offers technical advice to arm wrestling newcomers. “Once you find some good people to practice with, you’ll be on your way. It can be a little intimidating at first, but once you learn all the rules to follow, I think most people will have a fun time with it. Just remember to never let your shoulder get past your thumb. Always keep an eye on the back of your thumb because if your shoulder goes past that area, it’s an easy way to get hurt,” Renfrow said.

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long-time food pantry and a new thrift store are responding to the needs of individuals and families in the Kenmare area. The Kenmare Food Pantry has aided in the launch of The Kenmare Closet, which opened last December. “Our main goal is just to provide the community with very affordable items,” said Kari Emmel, manager of The Kenmare Closet. “Our hope is that it is here for anyone and everyone to come and utilize.” The thrift store poured its initial earnings into paying off expenses, but in July was able to donate $500 to Kenmare’s Lake County Historical Society for its pioneer village. A short time later, the store presented another $500 to the board of the local movie theater. “That was really exciting for us to be at that point that we could give back because that is our goal – that it’s just full circle. People can donate. People can come in and get things at low costs and then, in turn, as we have profits, we give that back to the community,” Emmel said. Food pantry manager Jane Kalmbach said both the closet and pantry are facing an increasing number of families in need, especially new families in the community, even though household members may be employed. “It’s filling a need that sadly keeps growing,” she said. The pantry has averaged 10,000 to 12,000 pounds of food given away annually, although that number spiked during the pandemic. The number of monthly pantry clients averages in the mid-30s and has

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never dropped below 25 households, Kalmbach said. At one time, most clients were elderly, but Kalmbach estimated elderly clients make up only about 30% of pantry visitors now because of the growth in numbers of working families in need who have moved into the community. Many of those clients have children in the home, she said. Through their pantry work, volunteers come to know the clients, and if a regular client doesn’t show up, they will check to make sure the person is OK. “Some of these people have nobody, especially if they’re older,” Kalmbach said. “If you don’t see them for a month or two, you do kind of worry about them.” The pantry also refers clients to The Kenmare Closet, where items can be made available at no charge in emergency situations. “That was my heart behind it,” Emmel said, “that this would be here for people in crisis, that they can get what they need and be able to keep going with their lives.” The closet is more than clothes and accessories. The store sells all things for children and babies, along with household and craft supplies, all provided by donors. “We get anything from antiques to kitchen gadgets you didn’t know existed,” Emmel said. Large furniture and appliances are difficult to stock so the store instead connects shoppers with residents who have notified the store that they have the items available. Emmel said about 12 to 15 volunteers help with sorting donations and preparing them for floor display as well as running the till. “They all make it happen. It’s a lot of work but they kind of have their niches and they come in and do it well,” Emmel said. The Kenmare Closet is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday each week from 2-6 p.m. Three regular volunteers keep the food pantry running month to month. Clients come the second Monday of each month from 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and 5-6 p.m. and can pick out the items they need. The pantry has an unlocked area that is stocked with emergency items that people can pick up if they need help between the regular pantry days. The closet also makes free personal care items available in its lobby. Volunteer support has kept the food pantry going for 25 years. A previous food pantry had closed some time earlier, and a group of volunteers decided it needed to be revived, said Kalmbach, one of the founders of the current pantry. The pantry started in the Kenmare Memorial Hall, moved to Nazareth Lutheran Church and later to a shop building. About two years ago, the pantry used accumulated donations to purchase a building downtown. A back room stocks items for a children’s backpack program that started several years ago. The pantry assembles about 30 bags a week with food and hygiene items in the summer for pickup at designated locations, Kalmbach said. During the school year, backpacks are distributed through the school. The pantry packs about 45-50 bags during the school year, often with the help of youth volunteers. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the pantry was assembling almost 150 bags a week. The Kenmare pantry is supported by government

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Kari Emmel, manager of The Kenmare Closet, displays some of the many baby clothes and other items available in the thrift store. commodities and Great Plains Food Bank, which delivers directly to Kenmare once a month. Community volunteers, including youth athletes, have helped with unloading food supplies. The pantry also has benefited from 4-H youth who came to help with grounds work. “The monetary donations I spend in town. So every month when we’re open we have fresh eggs, bread and milk for our clients,” Kalmbach said. “The (grocery) store is wonderful to offer things at good prices to me. Or if they have a surplus, he just sends me a text and says, ‘Do you want this?’ and if I do, they’ll deliver it. “We have a lot of generous people around,” she added. “I have churches that are phenomenal at donating.” A handful of churches have a box for the pantry almost every month, and one church conducts a Thrivent food drive. “They’ll ask me if there’s certain things I want and I give them a list, and they come with a carload,” Kalmbach said. In addition, there are individual donors, such as a couple who help ensure the pantry is supplied with milk. The Canadian Pacific’s Holiday Train comes through each December. when food donations are collected for the local pantry. The North Dakota Game and Fish Department occasionally provides wild game and fish obtained in the process of its duties. Although the pantry provides some personal care

items, much of the non-food side of the operation has been turned over to The Kenmare Closet. Emmel said she had begun talking with other residents in the spring of 2020 about a potential thrift store. The idea gained traction after visiting with Kalmbach, who had wanted to get a thrift store going but didn’t have time or the space to incorporate one into the food pantry operation. The food pantry has allowed the closet to operate under its nonprofit status while the closet’s board completes paperwork to operate as a separate nonprofit. Emmel said finding a building was one of the most difficult steps in starting the store. Space eventually became available in the upper level of a vacant downtown building, originally a department store. Emmel said the hope is to someday have an accessible location without stairs. “But in the meantime, it has been a really nice space for us,” she said. “We have been overwhelmed with donations,” Emmel added. “People just keep giving, and so we’re able to continually have a turnover of new merchandise, and people coming in and seeing new things. “It’s been well liked by the community and people really seem to utilize it, so things have been going really well,” she said. “We’re to a point where we feel very confident that we can move forward and be self sustaining. That’s been really exciting for us to see that we’ve come to that point.”

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he Harvey Kiwanis Club wants to see a playground for toddlers in their community, and they are working hard to make it happen. The club hopes to raise $54,000 to purchase new equipment to be installed in Harvey’s Centennial Park in 2022. It’s an ambitious goal, but the club has experience with meeting ambitious goals. In 2016, the club raised around $130,000 to build a playground that it now intends to expand by adding equipment for the younger children. “The new playset will add another dimension of play to the already dynamic playground,” said fundraising chairwoman Sandy Teubner. “It will give toddlers an exploration area and age-appropriate equipment for muscular development.” Youth have been the focus of Kiwanis International and the focus of the community-minded volunteers who have represented the Harvey affiliate over the past 98 years. The club was chartered by a Minot Kiwanis club and established on Nov. 15, 1923. “We are proud that we have maintained a stable volunteer membership of 15-19 members for the past five years. We would still welcome new members to infuse our club with new visions and dreams,” Teubner said. The Harvey Kiwanis has been involved in a long list of activities over the years. Examples are supporting student-of-the-month recognitions, providing coupons to enable teachers to buy classroom supplies, reading with elementary students, sponsoring a Boy Scout

ABOVE: Kiwanians Delvin Hansen and Sandy Teubner visit the playground July 13 that the club installed in Harvey’s Centennial Park in 2016. LEFT: Children play on playground equipment July 13. The Harvey Kiwanis Club raised money to erect the playground in 2016 and is working on an expansion for younger children. Photos by Jill Schramm/MDN

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troop, collecting toys for a toy box in the medical center’s waiting room, conducting a Coats for Kids drive and accompanying elementary students on University of North Dakota Aerospace field trips. Members have volunteered with the food pantry, meals on wheels and in serving food at the hospital’s annual health fair and Christmas caroling at the nursing home. Current projects include Welcome Back to School events, ditch cleaning, serving concessions at the local movie theater and taking tickets at high school football games. Thanks to community backing, the club has been able to raise money for a number of causes, including the local Dollars for Scholars, Children’s Miracle Network, Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program, Harvey Chemical Health as well as a prom party and elementary field trips. Another area where the club has invested significant funds over the years is in student scholarships. The Harvey club contributed to the Kiwanis’ Minn-Dak Educational Foundation, which now returns dollars each year for local student scholarships. The club supplements those dollars with additional funds to provide for four $1,000 college scholarships annually. An annual pancake feed to raise money for student scholarships was a tradition until several years ago. Another long-standing fundraiser has been collecting deer hides and antlers from the community’s hunters to sell to a fur and hide buyer. Teaming up with the Eagles, the club is conducting a fundraiser at the Eagles Club on Oct. 23 that includes a meal and a presentation on the history of rock and roll and country music by Kiwanis Club President Delvin Hansen. The club spent a year writing grants and raising money for its first playground. It hosted a fun family event to raise money in bringing in the Harlem Ambassadors, known for their comedy as well as basketball skills. “When we have big projects like the park playground project, we get a very, very good response,” Tuebner said of the community support. “They were excited about the Harlem Ambassadors. We had a very good turnout of people coming to that because they knew we had a big project.” Teubner, club president at the time, said some Kiwanis members had identified a need for a more modern playground, and the existence of the City of Harvey’s Centennial Park created a location. The playground enhances the city parks’ other offerings, which include a walking path, exercise equipment stations, frisbee golf and a gazebo. A new bridge was under construction this past summer. Hansen said the value of the club to the community is not measured so much in money raised but in service hours delivered. Club members donate a total of around 230 hours of service each year. Dollars contributed annually to local and international causes total about $5,000 a year. The affiliation with an international organization offers the club a chance to be part of a larger mission to benefit children worldwide, Hansen said. A past international project raised funds to fight iodine deficiency, and a current project is raising funds to vaccinate for maternal and neonatal tetanus. A 40-year member of the club, Hansen said he joined as a newcomer to Harvey primarily because he was asked, but also because it was a means to meet other

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ABOVE: Dave Voeller represents the Harvey Kiwanis at a Trunk-or-Treat event hosted by First Lutheran Church in Harvey, providing treats to local children at Halloween. LEFT: Kiwanis member Pam Stewart engages her junior high students in cleaning up a roadway ditch in 2019.

people. At that time, the club met weekly rather than monthly. Teubner joined about 13 years ago at the invitation of a co-worker and became her employer’s representative to the club. Since retiring last year, she continues to stay involved, making the trip from her home in Cando to participate. “I believe it’s just the friendships and the relationships I formed over the years,” she said of her strong connection to the club.

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Hansen and Teubner say the ability to recruit and retain members is key to the Kiwanis continuing to have an impact in Harvey. To address busy schedules that might create hesitation, the club is encouraging business memberships in which employees of a business can share responsibilities, such as attending the monthly meetings or participating in the various projects. Teubner said she also is encouraging members to display the Kiwanis logo and wear the Kiwanis apparel. “I don’t think the community of Harvey recognizes really what Kiwanis does or who is in Kiwanis. We’re always kind of behind the scenes,” she said. The Harvey Kiwanis Club is a member of the Minn Dak District, which includes Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota. The district has more than 3,300 members in 119 clubs. Kiwanis International has 180,000 members who stage about 150,000 service projects and raise nearly $100 million every year for communities, families and projects worldwide. The organization estimates every new member to a Kiwanis club touches another 206 children in some capacity. Kiwanis International also offers service leadership programs that include Circle K for young adults, Key Club for high schoolers, Builders Club for 11- to 15-year-olds, K Kids for primary school students and Aktion Club for adults with disabilities. There also are programs addressing bullying, character building, academic success and global youth exchanges.

HAV-IT champions people with disabilities By ANDREA JOHNSON

or over 40 years, Harvey Area Vocational Instructional Training (HAVIT) Services has been helping people with developmental disabilities in the Harvey community live full lives including work, full social lives, and residential services. “HAV-IT is one of the smallest (developmental disability) providers in North Dakota and in a rural area has its challenges,” said Tim Huseth, who has been working with the organization since 1981. “I believe the success of our program is from our dedicated employees and support from the Harvey area community. With those factors in place the people we support can truly be part of their community.” In 2021, HAV-IT served 29 people with disabilities, according to Huseth. It is one of about 25 to 30 non-profit organizations in North Dakota that offer services to adults with developmental disabilities. Some other organizations

in the community include Kalix in Minot and 4th Corporation in New Rockford. Those who are served might receive residential supports, which might include services provided to those living in group homes, at home with their families, or on their own in apartments. The services they require vary depending on the individual client. Some clients might attend a day program with structured activities such as art, hobbies, education, sports, outdoor activities, travel, or participation in different community events. Other clients are employed at different businesses. Job coaches work with businesses to support employees who have developmental disabilities. Those who work with people with developmental disabilities are trained and certified to work with this population and must be patient and compassionate and be good at working with people. Huseth said HAV-IT got its start in 1980, when a group of people got together at the Lonetree Special Education Office to discuss starting a program for adults with disabilities

in the Harvey area. A few weeks later, in November 1980, a thrift store opened on Nov. 17, 1980 to offer “real work” opportunities for people with disabilities and to provide funds for the program. Volunteers were scheduled to help clean, sort and sell items that were donated by the public. That thrift store operated until the late 1980s. In 1981, HAV-IT Adult Services was incorporated with the state as a not-for-profit organization that provides training opportunities and support services to people with developmental disabilities. The organization grew by leaps and bounds over the next few years. By September 1983, the first group home in Harvey was built for people with disabilities. In January 1986 a second group home for elderly people with developmental disabilities was completed, said Huseth. The nonprofit organization also expanded its program to offer individualized residential support services in local apartment units throughout the community.

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oris Jacobson is the “rock” of the Paul Broste Rock Museum. Jacobson has been the curator of the museum in Parshall for the past 15 years. After her husband, Robert “Jake” Jacobson’s death, she took over as curator for the city-owned facility containing the unique collection of rocks and minerals of the late Paul Broste. “I just love it,” said Jacobson of her work there. “I enjoy all the people we meet and Karlene does too.” Karlene Wold of Plaza assists at the museum. On a day in early August, Jacobson and Wold were busily doing their work at the museum when a group of visitors arrived. Jacobson and Wold greeted them. One of the people in the group said she was from Cottage Grove, Minn. Jacobson, who also is the tour guide at the museum, said visitors to the museum come from all over.

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The rock museum was the dream of Paul Broste, a farmer south of Parshall who had an avid interest in collecting rocks and minerals besides being an artist and writing poetry. Broste died in 1975 at the age of 88. He wanted a place to house his vast collection so he designed the facility and with help of volunteer labor, it was built in the mid-1960s on a hill on the north side of Parshall. A grand opening was held July 1-4, 1966, according to museum information. Broste called it his “Acropolis on a Hill.” “Paul paid as much as he could on the building. He didn’t have quite enough to finish paying for it all so he went to the city and asked them if they would finish paying for it. He said he would leave it when he died to the City of Parshall,” Jacobson said. After his death the museum sat empty for two years, Jacobson said. “Then they asked Jake when he retired from RTC (to become its curator). He came up here and worked all winter long on things to get it ready. He had some people come in and put names on everything,” Jacobson said. Jake was also a rock collector. John Hoganson of the North Dakota Geological Survey led the team who spent time at the museum evaluating and inventoring all the rock and mineral specimens including placing names on each. Hoganson said the collection was “the most significant rock and mineral collection in the state of North Dakota.” “There are many unique specimens here that are so rare that you’d probably only see these kinds of things at museums like the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., or the American Museum of Art,” Hoganson said. On this day in early August at the museum Jacobson also was tumbling rocks in a tumbler in a back room. She said tumbling cleans the rocks. “I have the tumbler going all the time. I’m always tumbling rocks,” she said. If she has tumbled rocks ready, she gives three apiece to young kids who visit the museum. She said the rocks she tumbles are ones that Jake had collected. “I never touch anything that belonged to Paul,” she said. Broste’s rock and mineral collection in the museum includes 680 spheres that he made. The museum has many other significant items and features as well. “The Infinity Room is the only one like it in the world,” said Jacobson. “The tree in the middle Paul built on the farm. He spent two years building that and now it’s balanced by the ways the spheres are put on the tree.” The Infinity Room is a room surrounded by mirrors with the sphere tree in the middle of the room. The idea behind the room is the four walls of reflections provide infinity, according to a June 1966 story published in The Minot Daily News. Besides the main museum room with display cases of rocks and minerals, there’s also the Fluorescent Room. “That’s where all the rocks turn color with a black light,” Jacobson said. Antiques belonging to Broste are in a back area in the museum. Paintings that he did are hanging on the walls of the museum. “The machine that he built is back there that he made all his spheres on,” said Jacobson, indicating a machine in the back part of the museum. “That was made out of the rear end of a Model A truck, a wash machine motor and a grinder. That’s how he finished all the spheres we have in the museum and we have 680 that he made into

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ABOVE: Doris Jacobson shows the machine that Paul Broste assembled to use to make his spheres. It was made using the rear end of a Model A truck and a washing machine motor with the grinding wheel. LEFT: The late Paul Broste called the rock museum in Parshall his “Acropolis on a Hill.”

spheres.” The museum contains rock and mineral specimens from more than 18 countries. “He built the cases in here too because he couldn’t find cases that were strong enough to hold the rocks that he would be putting them in,” Jacobson said. Jacobson had to learn about the rocks and minerals when she took over as curator. “I had copies of Jake’s tour,” she said, explaining what she used to brush up on the information about the various rocks and minerals. Before the COVID pandemic, Jacobson said many school groups from numerous cities visited the museum. The museum was closed this past year due to the pandemic. “I only had two classes this year. It was second-graders from Parshall and fifth-graders from Powers Lake. We were happy to see them,” she said. When the museum was closed this past year, Denise Peterson and her daughters, Julia and Jeanne Peterson, of Makoti, cleaned and painted the entire museum, Jacobson said.

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Wold began working at the museum in May. She said she knows many of the people who stop to visit the museum and enjoys visiting with them. She said the museum gets visitors from other areas in the state and also other states. She said many are surprised there is such a museum. “They never would have thought in a small town like Parshall that we would have a rock museum like this,” she said. Jacobson said recently three women riding motorcycles from Wisconsin to Montana stopped to see the museum. She said they said someone in Grand Forks told them to be sure to stop in Parshall to see the museum. Wold said visitors always comment on tours of the museum. “When they end the tour, they say, ‘Doris, you do a wonderful job. Keep up the good work,’” The museum is open May through September from Wednesdays through Saturdays. Visits during October and November are by appointment by calling the museum number at 862-3264. The museum is closed during the winter months.

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inot High soccer players Emerson Perrin and Maicee Burke had quite the year on the turf. The freshman duo helped lead the Minot Majettes to an undefeated 2021 spring season, punctuated by the first girls’ soccer state championship in program history. Minot outscored its opposition 106-4 through its 16 games, ending the season with a 6-0 victory over Fargo Davies in the title game and a remarkable seven consecutive shutouts overall. While the rest of their teammates were storing away their cleats and shin guards for the offseason, though, Perrin and Burke’s season was just getting started. With the conclusion of their high school season in early June, Perrin and Burke were free to hit the road to South Dakota and start practicing with U.S. Club Soccer’s South Dakota United club in preparations for the upcoming regional and national tournaments. The club practices year-round, but Perrin and Burke did not join until their school season had wrapped up due to a league rule. Head coach Matt DeBoer was looking for a couple of girls to fill out the roster back in January, and the pair from Minot High impressed him enough to offer both of them a spot on the team that they could take following the end of the Majettes’ season. “They’re both just terrific soccer players, they’re good team players and they fit our group,” DeBoer said. “This South Dakota group is one of the most competitive, determined and talented groups of young ladies I’ve ever seen in my entire life, and Emerson and Maicee just fit that mold.” Perrin added that the two had tried to join South Dakota United during the previous season, but their school schedule and season clashed with that of South Dakota. The pair were able to work out the scheduling conflict this year, though, and leapt at the chance to continue their 2021 campaign. “In the winter, they always have one training per month that we would drive down to,” she explained. “So I would do that before high school happened. I still had my club training here in Minot, but I would still go to the extra camp with the SDU team so that I can get some training and quality time in with the girls on the team. When it came to high school season, I didn’t go to any trainings, because it’s a rule not to. We just wanted to play it safe.” Perrin and Burke joined the team just in time for the 2021 National Cup XX Midwest Regional Tournament in Illinois just weeks after Minot High’s championship game. South Dakota United began its tournament run with a 1-1 draw against the Indiana Fire Juniors June 18, and only improved from there. The team continued its pool play with a 2-1 victory against the Stars-Pro club June 19 and routed the Chicago Shockers FC 5-0 to enter the bracketed portion of the tournament with a 2-0-1 record and a pool-leading seven points. South Dakota United advanced to the regional championship game with a 2-0 win over Elite FC, and narrowly prevailed in the title contest against Salvo SC 1-0 in a penalty shootout. The slim victory gave South Dakota United the regional championship and a spot in the national tournament in Denver. The girls would go undefeated in their three pool play matches, winning 6-3 against Real Colorado Edge, 2-0 against Amarillo Rush SC, and 3-0 over Houstonians FC, as well as the championship match to claim the national title in their 15U age division. “They were a really good team,” DeBoer said of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, South Dakota United’s championship game opponent. “They were good with the ball technically.

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Emerson Perrin, right, and Maicee Burke pose with their U.S. Club Soccer National Championship medals and trophy following South Dakota United’s 4-1 win against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. They possessed the ball well, moved it side-to-side, played simple, played the way they were facing. We let them possess, they just didn’t get any dangerous attacks out of their possession. When we wanted to, we attacked fast, we attacked their back line, and we were able to prevail 4-1.” Perrin and Burke’s desire to continue playing their favorite sport fueled their initial decision to join South Dakota United, and it was everything they could have asked for and more. “During that time, they were going to more tournaments than our club was doing here,” Perrin said. “It gave me more opportunities and more time to go and play. It kind of sucked for a while to not have any tournaments due to COVID-19, so I wanted to take all the opportunities I could get to go and play.” “It was really nice getting invited to a really good team,” Burke added. “There are a lot of people who are really good on the team, and it’s nice getting to play with people who are my own skill level and getting to win games with them.” DeBoer was also, naturally, thrilled with his team’s performance, but also pointed to the bigger picture and how the tournaments are only helping the sport’s growth in the area. “It’s huge. It shows that soccer is coming a long way in South Dakota, North Dakota and Wyoming,” he said. “It’s developing, even with our limited population size, and our difficulties with the way the club is set up and only being able to practice so much. We see chemistry building over a year when other teams are practicing three or four times a week. It shows that the talent level in the Dakotas is really growing, and we’re taking the right steps to grow the game.” Perrin and Burke are already planning to return to South Dakota United next season as well, and enjoyed not only the added competition, but the camaraderie with their new teammates that accompanied it. “Winning was nice, and we all like to win, but it’s also about playing with new people and getting to meet new people and hanging out with them,” Perrin continued. “I loved doing activities with them. We had a team dinner and we also did Top Golf, and they’re good people to be around, they’re very fun people.” “My favorite part was being with the team and getting to meet new people who I have similar interests with,” Burke added. “And getting to play the sport I love with them.”

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