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Volume 9, Edition 39

Focusing on Today’s Rural Environment

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Cher Becker of Eden Valley embraces KBF Adoro, her original Andalusian stallion that was a champion in Doma Vaquera and trained to Level 4 Dressage. He was heir to the oldest Andalusian bloodlines and had to be put down after shattering a leg.

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BY CHRISTINE BEHNEN | STAFF WRITER

DEN VALLEY – A great horse can make the dreams of storybooks become reality, and his loss can break a heart. Around the next bend, the appearance of a great horse can make the heroics of the healing worth all the time and effort it may take. Many years ago, Cher Becker was homeschooling her children from their farm in Eden Valley and horses were not a part of their lives. She had no idea that little more than a decade later she would be running an Andalusian breeding program with her two teenage daughters, Cassidy, 20, and Gracie, 16, acting as business partners and trainers. She certainly had no intimation of the tragic heartbreak – and miraculous renewal – that would be required of her. One day back in 2010, Cher was in the library with her children when she happened upon a picture book

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about Andalusians. She had grown up with horses, Arabians specifically, but some time had passed since then. A latent readiness sparked up in her as she browsed through image after image. “Every picture in the book was so gorgeous,” Cher recalled. “Seeing the horses in that book, I knew I’d have horses again. I knew it would have to be Andalusians.” Andalusian lore illustrated them as the horse of kings. They could carry armor and carry their riders into battle. Exciting, beautiful and brave, this Spanish breed would fight and chase bulls. As their legendary history goes, in the 1500s the Carthusian monks hid away their stock to preserve the purity of their bloodlines. In modern times, the Andalusian excels in dressage, pleasure shows, ranch work and an PHOTO BY CHRISTINE BEHNEN

Cassidy (holding reins, from left), Cher and Gracie Becker are pictured with Uno (Ultimo Triunfo) March 19 at the farm in Eden Valley.

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Wrestling with mud Diane Leukam column

12 April is go-time at fishery Garfield

21 Lambing season at Lipperts Renville

Daughters’ achievements highlight of Lindgren’s FFA career Staples

15 Country cooking Clontarf

26 Art form brought to life Farwell

17 Working out safetly Nancy Leasman column

28 Dairy Princess Q&As

Selling chicks a way of life Willmar

35 Ag in Minnesota

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artistic discipline called Doma Vaquera, which is tied to the bull-fighting tradition. Their baroque, noble physique and powerful eye-catching movement captured Cher’s imagination and she wasted no time in acting. With the support of her husband, LuVern, Cher’s search for a foundation stallion began. “The only reason I was looking for a stallion is because I thought I would have a better chance of talking my farmer husband into getting a horse if I told him that it would make some money,” Cher said. When she found KBF Adoro in 2011, he was a genuine polished diamond. He was Level 4 in dressage and a Doma Vaquera champion. He was also living the traveling life, with a cowboy and a Mustang as his best buddies, and had come up for sale on Craigslist in Texas. “The cowboy didn’t want to send his beloved stallion across the country all by himself, so he gave me the mustang,” Cher said. “It broke his heart to let them both go.” Cher had found a magnificent stud to begin her program. His dam had been imported in the 80s when Andalusians were still quite new in the United States. His lineage was pure

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Cassidy Becker does much of the training of the young horses. Mac (Gansi Serenador) is Cassidy’s training project, and she anticipates taking him in the direction of dressage and showing. Here he wears a traditional Andalusian halter.

Carthusian all of the way back to the monks of the 1500s. Cher committed to preserving the old-fashioned baroque bloodlines which had culminated in Adoro. After Adoro came the mares, with the first two coming from Montana. Cher was fortunate

to receive mentorship and help starting her breeding program from Jean and Jamie Liestman of Reflection Farm nearby. The first foal, Gansi Serenador (Mac), was born in the spring of 2014, and he was beautiful. Two more foals were expected in 2015. P4 Spanish Horses

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Mac (Gansi Serenador) shows off the powerful and expressive movements of the Andalusian breed, March 19 in Eden Valley.

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were becoming established. It was at this time of expecting the next round of foals that tragedy struck. It was April of 2015. Mac was expected to be sold on Saturday, but the week before, Adoro attempted to jump the fence and shattered his leg. “We had to put him [Adoro] down,” Cher remembered. “I cancelled the sale, but Mac was already gelded.” Adoro was a horse of a lifetime, and he was irreplaceable. His last foals, Marley and Uno, were born months later, but Cher was grieving and seeing them was difficult. “I couldn’t bring myself to look at them,” Cher said. “They would act just like their sire, and still do. They throw their legs and heads the same. I couldn’t sell them, and I couldn’t look at them. My heart was broken, and Adoro’s babies went pretty much untouched.” A few years passed. The rest of the family took care of the foals. Cassidy and Gracie, were also taking lessons at Reflection Farm and working with their own horses. The foal that was almost lost, Mac, be-

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“The only reason I was looking for a stallion is because I thought I would have a better chance of talking my farmer husband into getting a horse if I told him that it would make some money.” - Cher Becker

Becker from page 2 give them a really good foundation.” Cher took on training Uno herself. She envisions a stallion with beauty and presence, which would be able to do dressage or western dressage, shows, obstacle courses and trail rides. Again, the dream was on track, but then another accident happened. Whereas Adoro had broken his leg, this past June, Cher broke her own leg. “There are a lot of similarities,” Cher said. “He shattered a leg; I shattered a leg.” Fortunately, Uno’s training is continuing with Jean and Jamie Liestman at Reﬂection Farm. Uno now has three foals on the ground with another on the way, and is open to outside mares. There are even plans to cross-breed him with a few Quarter horse mares. This Andalusian-Quarter horse cross is called “Azteca.” The Andalusion inspiration, as well as any misfortune, has led to the Becker family stepping in. LuVern has stepped in with remarkable skill and solidarity.

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Uno (Ultimo Triunfo) exercises in his pen March 19 in Eden Valley. Uno is the only breeding stallion from KBF Adoro’s two crops of foals.

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came Cassidy’s horse. Then, in January of 2019, something wonderful began. Mac, Marley, and Uno were becoming more beautiful by the day, and Cher found herself falling in love with them. She had always dreamed of exhibiting Andalusians at the Minnesota Horse Expo, and they began preparing them for the experience. It eventually became clear that Uno (Ultimo Triunfo) had the quality to be Adoro’s successor as reigning sire at the farm. “There are so many similarities (to Adoro),” Cher said. “They are this fabulous ball of power, and they still let you ride. Riding them feels the same. They try so hard to make their person happy.” Cher, Cassidy and Gracie do not start riding their horses until they are 4 or 5 years old. Groundwork and manners begin immediately from day one, valuable years for learning and building a relationship. “In four or ﬁve years of doing other things together, if you spend that much time with a horse, you build a partnership,” Cher said. “We like to

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“Guess who built everything for us,” Cher said. “One day I came home from a trip, and he had built the round pen out there. All of this stuff is all him. When I shattered my leg, he came down and took care of everything for [many] months.” Cassidy and Gracie have become integral to the business over the years. Their experiences and knowledge offer them a solid place in the horse world. Gracie is responsible for the website, social media, marketing, communications and some training. Her personal story is as heroic as that of her mother and the Andalusian dream itself. A scary experience while riding had kept her from riding for three years. Her bridge back to horses took the form of a 3-month-old miniature horse who came home in the back of the mini-van one day and since then is Gracie’s shadow, following her

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Uno (Ultimo Triunfo) is pictured March 19 at the Becker farm in Eden Valley. Uno is an Andalusian, an ancient breed which is sometimes called PRE (Pura Raza Española), the horse of kings that is brave and level-headed, gorgeous yet strong enough for battle. (left) Uno (Ultimo Triunfo) shakes his head, a movement reminiscent of his sire, KBF Adoro.

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Staples-Motley FFA members and their parents attended the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. Pictured are Molly Lindgren, American FFA Degree recipient (from left); Jennifer Strickland; Staples-Motley FFA Advisor Kerry Lindgren; Katie Benson, Minnesota State FFA President, Minnesota’s National Officer Candidate and American FFA Degree recipient; Dominic Nistler, American FFA Degree recipient; Steve Benson; Mikayla Sauber, American FFA Degree recipient; Scout Strickland, Staples-Motley FFA President; and Julie Benson. BY SARAH COLBURN | STAFF WRITER

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Lindgren retired after 36 years of serving as an FFA advisor and agricultural education teacher. He said he didn’t always get to see the outcome of his work but sometimes runs into former students who tell him what they’re up to. In true teacher and parent form, Lindgren said his reward through the years has come through the kids and their successes. He even got to lead his own daughters when they came through his FFA chapter. “When I saw them getting certain things, that was the highlight for me,” he said.

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His daughter, Megan, who has epilepsy, earned the Minnesota FFA’s highest award, the Minnesota State Degree. His youngest daughter, Molly, earned her state degree and American Degree, was elected region president, competed at the national level in the Agricultural Communications Career Development Event as a ninth-grader and went to nationals for Creed Speaking. Lindgren often worked 60 to 70 hours a week between teaching and FFA leadership responsibilities. As a parent looking back after retirement, he said, he worried that he spent too much time working but realized he was able to spend more time with his daughters as they progressed through

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Members of the Staples-Motley FFA participate in the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. Pictured are Staples-Motley FFA Advisor Kerry Lindgren (from left) with Brian Sterricker, National FFA band member; Katie Benson, Rebecca Paskewitz and Molly Lindgren competed in the National FFA Agricultural Communications Career Development Event; and Zach Strickland (far right) earned the American FFA Degree.

Lindgren from page 6 FFA. “They were basically with me a lot,” he said. “My family was part of that program.” Lindgren coordinated interesting agriculture experiences for his FFA students. The Staples-Motley School District owns about 300 acres of land they refer to as the Ag Center; it was leased to what is now Central Lakes College. The land provided an opportunity for Lindgren’s students to work side-by-side and hands-on with agricultur-

al professionals including college professors. “We had really close partnerships with the college,” he said. Together, students and professors studied everything from the impact of raising tomatoes with manure to studying how nitrates leached into the water system. Additionally, the school has its own greenhouse and high tunnel for use by the ag classes and FFA and also owns two 80-acre forests that FFA students have managed through the years. They would coordinate loggers to do the harvesting and the students saw the real-life impacts of land

management. The stewardship of the land and the area’s dedication to agriculture are what ﬁrst attracted Lindgren to the area. He said he never thought he would stay for 33 years. The students and the diversity of the program are what kept him going. He worked to provide a program that focused on personal growth, career success and premiere leadership. “We can help ignite that passion within but it was their responsibility to maintain that ﬁre, that intrinsic motivation,” he said. “I wanted to tell the students ‘This is yours, you gotta dig deep.’”

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“It keeps me busy and keeps me out of doing stupid things,” he said. “In a way, I think I’m getting a jump start on something I want to do the rest of my life.” - Hunter Dahline

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hour window where they don’t need food or water as they absorb the egg yolk and survive on its nutrients. He checks weather maps across the country so he can pack the chicks accordingly, prints his own shipping labels and brings the boxes the post office. Most everything

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from page 12 each winter on Lake Le Homme Dieu, the career was a natural fit. He remembers being small enough to sit on a coffee can when he first started catching whitefish with his uncle on Lake Ida. He and his dad and his brothers fished regularly throughout his childhood and as a teen, Bosek began entering fishing tournaments. By the time he was in his late teens he was driving to five different states, participating in fishing tournaments every weekend, sleeping in his car and then returning home. He’s got bevy of fishing awards and accolades to prove it.

Even so, fishing for Bosek is still about the experience. “When we go fishing, we use a pontoon, get the grandkids, our kids and us grandparents all together,” he said. “I don’t know what else you can do in life that would be better than that. That’s what we enjoy.” Bosek continues his work because he knows it creates experiences for others. “(Stocking) gives them the opportunity right out their backdoor to fish locally,” Bosek said. “Rather than head clear up north one weekend out of the year because that’s the only chance to go fishing, the stocking allows all those little towns in southern Minnesota the opportunity we take for granted right here in Douglas

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Depending on the type of fish he’s raising, the process is a little different. With walleye, April is the beginning of the year. He traps the walleye he’s raising in live nets, the fish swim in and he and his crew remove the eggs and release the fish. The eggs are fertilized and placed in coolers where they’re acclimated to the same temperature as the Boseks’ hatchery. He treats the eggs to reduce fungus and their stickiness and then they become free-flowing. The eggs are released into clear, plastic 6-quart jars filled with water and aeration. The eggs take 18 to 21 days to hatch and as they hatch, the fry swim up the current, out of the jar, through a trough and into a tank. Bosek uses fine mesh nets to scoop them off and weigh the fry to estimate how many are there. They go from the tank to a rearing pond within the first 24 hours. In mid-May Bosek and his crew, which consists of his two broth-

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other fish like Blue Gills, Black Crappies and Yellow Perch, fish types that spawn naturally in ponds. He puts 40 to 50 pounds of adults of various species into his ponds and by fall he can harvest out the young of the year. His team catches the fish all in live nets and, using a grader sys-

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Jim Bosek unloads walleye fingerlings into a lake.

from page 18 tem, they separate the younger ones from the adults. Then, he sells off the adults and keeps the young to begin the process all over again. Though he stocks fish all over Minnesota, he said the southern part of the state is more popular for stocking Blue Gill, Black Crappies and Yellow Perch. There, he said, it’s shallower water, more fertile water and faster fish growth versus the northern part of the state which is home to more sand, gravel, rock, cooler temperatures and slower-growing fish. The Boseks’ business runs year-round and Jim Bosek can often be found wearing waders more than shoes. His waders are over-sized so he can wear warm layers under them. He also wears a rain coat and rubber gloves. In December, he and his team cut 8- by 30-foot holes out of the ice and run trap nets to remove the fish throughout the winter. The winter months also bring a focus on the bait side of the business. When Bosek isn’t working with his fish, he’s talking about fish. He supplies fish to the

Douglas County Fair game booth and brings in crayfish, salamanders and turtles to do hands-on activities in the schools and explain different species of fish to kids. “A lot of these children, even in Minnesota, haven’t fished and they haven’t gotten out there,” he said. “If every child had that opportunity to get out there and catch fish like that, they’d all be hooked on the outdoors.”

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Focusing on Today’s Rural Environment

Volume 9, Edition 39

Lambing season

at Lipperts

Renville farmer keeps family tradition raising sheep

BY DIANE LEUKAM | STAFF WRITER

ENVILLE – March 23 was a normal spring day on the farm for Ryan Lippert of Renville, where he lives and works with his wife, Erin and children, Emily, 16 and Hayden, 12. Lippert fed animals, including milk for 65 head of baby calves on the 400-head steer operation, and he worked on machinery in preparation for the upcoming cropping season. Lippert grows corn, soybeans, winter wheat, alfalfa and peas along with cover crops on 800 acres. But, as is also normal on a spring day, he oversaw his 120 ewes. After all, it is lambing season on the farm. He considers himself one of the “little guys” when it comes to sheep, but he wouldn’t want to be without them. In his lifetime he has only gone a few years without them when he and Erin lived in Welcome, Minnesota. That didn’t sit well with him. “Down south we didn’t have sheep

for about three years, and I was back here helping my father-in-law and uncle, I needed to do that,” he said. “I’ve always liked sheep. I grew up with them; they just need to be here.” Lippert’s flock consists of mostly Polypay crossed with Columbia, with a number of Cheviots and Rambouillet mixed in. He chooses the Polypay for their excellent mothering and, in most cases, they give birth to twins. Lippert wants nothing to do with triplets. “Back 20 years ago we had to have triplets,” he said. “I want a ewe to have two big lambs and take care of them on her own. Triples are OK but they have to do it on their own. I have no time for bottles.” Just up the road from the farm is an abandoned farm site that just keeps going. A very old barn is built into a

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Two ewes and four lambs relax in their lambing jug March 23 on the Lippert farm near Renville. It was not obvious which lambs belonged to each ewe, so Ryan Lippert placed them together so they could get it right.

(above) Ryan Lippert is pictured March 23 in the lambing barn on his farm near Renville, where he raises sheep, steers and crops. Lambing begins in midMarch and finishes by mid-April.

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PHOTO BY DIANE LEUKAM

Most of the sheep at the Lipperts’ farm are all white, but some show black speckling on their faces, the product of the type of ram Lippert prefers for a more hardy lamb.

hillside; the roof is leaning precariously, but the lower barn is solid and still functions as shelter for the flock. Someday when the roof collapses, or before that, Lippert plans to replace the roof and continue using the barn. “My theory with sheep is low budget,” he said. Upon entering the barn, the sound of sheep bleating meets the ears. Ewes with their lambs are housed in lambing jugs that were originally cattle stalls and, at one point in the barn’s history, farrowing crates. Day-old babies – what Lippert affectionately calls “storybook lambs” – run to their mothers searching for comfort and milk. One larger jug had two ewes. “These were born yesterday afternoon; there were four lambs and two moms and they wouldn’t let me decide which ones were whose, so I put them in a pen and said, ‘you guys figure it out,’” Lippert said.

“So, they are together. They have figured it out, everybody’s been drinking and they look OK.” After a few days the ewes and lambs are placed in a larger pen and after that pen fills to about 20 head, they run as a larger group on the other end of the barn, with access to a large pen outside. That is where Lippert enjoys seeing them most. “The best part for me is, I’ll let the ones with lambs out there where there is a manure pile we buck up and it’s king on the hill,” he said. “They’re racing around and I could sit there for an hour and watch them, it’s so fun.” Each night, though, it’s inside for all the sheep because of a problem with coyotes that live in the area. First thing in the morning, Lippert does a walkthrough to find newborn lambs which are then transferred to the jugs with their ewes. In the spring on the farm, there is plenty of mud to go around. “My theory is as long as they have a dry spot to lay down and a dry spot to eat, the rest of it they don’t have to

be in the mud, that’s their choice,” Lippert said. “Sheep want to be cleaner than the cattle; they’ll spend most of the day up here [by this bedded area] or by the hay feeder.” Most of the babies are white, but some have black-speckled faces, the product of a black-face ram. Lippert feels these speckled babies are more robust and grow faster than their counterparts. There are several rams kept on hand for breeding the flock in the fall. After several crops of lambs, they are replaced with others. Ewes are kept for as long as their udders are good, which can range from four to eight pregnancies. For replacement ewes, Lippert keeps 10 to 15 ewe lambs born as twins, which will be more likely to produce twins as adults. Their ears are notched as babies to identify them, and they are tagged when they get older. “I don’t have the extensive record keeping,” Lippert said with a wry

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PHOTOS BY DIANE LEUKAM

A group of ewes gathers outside March 23 at the Lippert farm. One of their favorite activities is playing on the hill of pushed-up manure in the background.

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smile. “I am kind of old school; I could do better at things.” To feed the sheep, about 20 miles of road ditch hay is harvested for a couple hundred round bales. They are also fed scraps from the grain operation, along with about 20 acres’ worth of alfalfa. Depending on

the year, they have access to grazing acres. Each spring as lambing season rolls around once more, the sheep are sheared at two weeks prior to the first lambs being born. Lippert hires out the shearing; the job is done in a matter of hours and the wool is shipped to Illinois. The shearing is done with just one goal. “I don’t care what the ewe looks like, but I want the belly and bag area as clean as possible;

I want that lamb to find milk,” Lippert said. “In a matter of two weeks they fuzz out anyway.” As for the feeder lambs, they are weaned between seven and 10 weeks with a goal of marketing at 6 months of age at 140-150 pounds. Lippert hauls them to Watertown, South Dakota, from where they are sold for meat. Lippert likes lamb meat. They don’t often have any lamb in the freezer at home, but he

will order it in a restaurant. He encourages people to try lamb. “It frustrates me, back in the war days it was always mutton; this is not mutton, it’s lamb,” he said. “You want mutton, I’ll give you some mutton, that’s an old ewe. Try

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lamb.” There is a secret to good lamb. “The biggest thing with lamb is you have to keep it from drying out,” he said. “Dry lamb is not good.” He does his part to introduce people to the meat. Every year in the summer, they do a plowing bee on the farm, calling it the Lippert Plowing Emporium. An average of 1720 people show up with old tractors and two- or three-bottom plows to turn 20 or 30 acres. Lippert’s uncle, Jim Lippert, started it in 1987; when he retired from it 10 years ago, Ryan took it over. They started with hog roasts for the event but a few years ago Lippert decided to serve lamb as well. “We’ll take a fat lamb, 130-140 pounds, and we’ll roast it on the hog roaster,” he said. The day before the event, they place the lamb in foil pans, cover it and roast it for four to five hours. It is cooled and deboned and placed back in the pans. The next day, they add a little water and reheat it. Lippert says the crowd of 100-150 people like the lamb as well as the pork. “We tell everyone to come for the meal too; it’s good to visit,” he said. “And, it’s a reason to get the neighbors together, because neighbors don’t get together

Jim Lippert drives his tractor on the farm near Renville. In 1987, Jim started a plowing bee on the farm and when he retired from it 10 years ago, his nephew, Ryan Lippert, took over the event.

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“It’s a reason to get the

neighbors together, because neighbors don’t get together anymore. We want to keep that tradition going.” - Ryan Lippert anymore. We want to keep that tradition going.” Another tradition he likes to see is people who have sheep. “I like to see these people with half a dozen sheep,” he said. “I just love seeing that they’re proud of them, and they

should be. My daughter’s friend has six ewes and they all had twins. Wonderful. Some people have 20 or 30 and the next guy has 250 or 500. Everybody’s different. I like seeing people with a few here and there. I grew up with them so it gets in your blood.”

In the distance, a small field turns light green with a new growth of winter wheat. This field will be the site of the Lipperts’ annual plowing bee this summer.

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Carol Braaten applies her paintbrush to a piece of wood. She specializes in Rosemaling and has for 20 years, taking care to create pieces in the style from a singular region from Norway. Each region has its own distinct Rosemaling style and each of the styles has its own color palette.

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The little black chair was an original design by Carol Braaten, painted for her grandson, Tyson. It is an authentic Norwegian chair made by her husband’s uncle, John Braaten. The chair is painted in Os style Rosemaling, which is from the Hordaland region near Bergen, Norway, which is where Braaten’s ancestors originated from.

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FARWELL – Carol Braaten is bringing to life an art form more than 200 years old. Poised with a paintbrush and a hand-mixed palette of artist oil paints, she takes to the woodenware, usually painting on smooth, grain-free basswood. Braaten knows and understands Rosemaling or rose painting – the distinct Norwegian decorative folk art. The style of painting can be applied to trays, trunks, bowls, chairs and decorative items. For Braaten, it’s an homage to her Norwegian heritage and now, 21 years of classes and art projects later, she knows the specifics of the various Rosemaling styles. “There’s just an in-

tensity to Rosemaling, it’s a very precise art form, a learned art,” Braaten said. Each region of Norway has its own distinct Rosemaling style and each of the styles has its own color palette. One

style isn’t meant to be mixed with another and each style has its own guidelines. “Each style is very distinct with its specific design details,” she said. Rosemaling of the

Telemark region, for example, has more scrolls and fantasy flowers while Rosemaling of the Valdres Valley region consists of a floral bouquet with a cabbage rose as the central flower. Os style of Rosema-

ling consists of more cheerful colors like yellows and reds, often on a black or white background. In 2001, after Braaten had taught a class on faux wall finishes through the county

Home Extension office, one of the students and also a friend, stopped by Braaten’s house to pick up some class visual aids to share with her Home Extension club. As she looked around Braaten’s home, she mentioned that the wallcoverings were representative of Rosemaling and suggested that perhaps she should sign Braaten up for a Rosemaling class. Braaten agreed and found her niche in the art of Rosemaling. “Apparently my Scandinavian heritage

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runs deep because that’s what my eye went to when I was picking out (wallcovering),” she said. Braaten is half Swedish and half Norwegian. Keeping the tradition of Rosemaling alive is important to her. “I just think it’s important for people to be aware of what it involves,” she said, “No matter your nationality or race, learning your heritage has a special grounding effect.” For Braaten, the art form also allows her the opportunity to be creative and to exercise her brain. Even if she’s developing her own original designs, she adheres to the guidelines of each region so she can keep each style true to its origins. Braaten has entered original Rosemaling designs on plates, clocks, candleholders and other decorative pieces in the Terrace Mill Rosemaling competition through the years. She has earned the “Bedrift” award for her entries. Bedrift is a Norwegian word for “high achievement.” As a member of the Terrace Mill Foundation-Rosemaling Association, Braaten attends classes twice a year, in June and September, to continue to expand her painting skills. The classes that she attends are typically taught by Gold Medal award winners from all over the United States. Braaten mixes her own colors and commits to finishing a piece before her palette dries out. She wraps the palette in plastic wrap and stores it in the freezer in between art sessions. Braaten finds time to paint on rainy days and snowy days; a threeday blizzard, she said, allows her to immerse herself in her projects. She also tries to find the time to paint in the evening. It can take her anywhere from 30 to 80 hours to finish a piece. Though Braaten has entered a number of competitions through the years and taken home Best of Show awards, she doesn’t plan on working toward a gold medal in Rosemaling. She does special orders and sells pieces through the Elbow Lake Thorson Library and other markets. “It’s a wonderful sense of accomplish-

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Tines like this one were once used as lunchboxes or to transport food to church or the neighbors’. It is painted by Carol Braaten in the Telemark design, which is from the Telemark region of Norway. Telemark is made up of scrolls and fantasy flowers with the design always circling back to the root.

“I just think it’s important for people to be aware of what it involves. No matter your nationality or race, learning your heritage has a special grounding effect.” - Carol Braaten

ment,” she said. “When I’ve finished painting something that’s very, very intricate I look back at it and say, ‘Wow, I did that? Really?’ It’s a great sense of accomplishment.”

(above) This plate by Carol Braaten is painted in the Rogaland style. Rogaland consists of mirror image designs in the shape of a pie. The words are the beginning of the Norwegian table prayer, “In Jesus’ name we go to the table to eat and drink of His word.”

This birdhouse is painted with an original Os design created by Carol Braaten. The Os styling comes from the Hordaland region of Norway. Os is painted in cheerful colors including reds, yellows, black and white.

This Welcome sign created by Carol Braaten is finished with an Os design. She was inspired to create this design from a design she saw on a woman’s wallet.

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Madison Westerman AGE: 16 | LITTLE FALLS

Why did you decide to run for dairy princess? I want to be a part of promoting the dairy industry.

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Describe your farm and what your role there has been: I live on a 400-acre farm, milk 40 cows and we have some beef cows. My main job on the farm is to milk the cows, take care of the calves and do any other chores that need to be done.

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Makayla Breth AGE: 19 | ST. ANTHONY

Why did you decide to run for dairy princess? I enjoyed my time as a dairy princess for the past three years. During that time, I loved connecting with the community and being present at different events around the county. At these events I get to share my joy for dairy. I also get to know the other girls who share the same passion I do for the dairy community. How do you plan to use this position to promote the dairy industry? I plan to connect with people of all ages when I attend various events. When I connect with others it builds trust, which is important when being an advocate.

Stearns County Jerry and Tammy Breth

Describe your farm and what your role there has been: My family milks in a tie stall. The main role I have on my family’s dairy farm is feeding the cattle. Every morning and evening that I am home, I am in the barn caring for the cattle. In the summer I enjoy doing field work. I also assist in any building repair, and I am not afraid to go on any roofs.

Alexandra Christen AGE: 20 | SAUK CENTRE

Why did you decide to run for dairy princess? I decided to compete for a dairy princess representative role because it allows me to be out in the community promoting dairy foods when farmers do not have the chance to. Between harvest and everyday care and maintenance of their farms, farmers often do not have the time to be out promoting their way of life, and the nutritious and wholesome foods they produce. Competing for the dairy princess role gave me the chance to help our farmers in every way possible.

Stearns County Glen and Becky Christen

How do you plan to use this position to promote the dairy industry? My position as a dairy princess allows me to promote dairy in a variety of ways. Throughout the last couple of years, we have been able to promote dairy farmers and dairy foods through social media platforms when we were unable to be out and about in our communities. With more face-to-face events happening this year, I hope to promote dairy farmers of Stearns County by telling my dairy story. I will also educate our community about the locality of dairy and the nutritious and responsible values of the dairy community. Describe your farm and what your role there has been: I grew up on a small dairy farm just outside of Sauk Centre, where my family milks 35 Holstein cows. Through my years on the farm, my role changed from feeding the calves at a young age to helping with the milking as I got older. I also help out with other miscellaneous chores, such as piling bales in the summer and helping keep everything clean around the farm.

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How do you plan to use this position to promote the dairy industry? I hope to be able to talk to all different age groups throughout my reign as princess. It is important that everyone knows about the nutrition benefits of dairy foods from a young age. I also hope to shed some light on how our farms work and how we take care of our animals. Any questions that consumers may have, I am happy to answer. Describe your farm and what your role there has been: I live on a fourth-generation dairy farm in Avon. My parents, Glen and Leslie, as well as my uncle Mike, own and operate our farm. My brothers, Cole and Devin, and I help as well. We milk about 75 cows, and our main breed is Red and White Holsteins. Also, we have been adding more Milking Shorthorns to our herd. I do a little bit of anything that needs to be done on our farm. Anything from milking, to feeding, and helping run equipment. I have been showing dairy cattle from our farm for nearly nine years. This helps me to be more involved in the genetics, nutrition, health and training aspect of our farm. A great chunk of my time is spent outside training and caring for my show animals.

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Describe your farm and what your role there has been: I live on a 250 cow, four-robot dairy farm just outside of Albany with my mom, dad, and four younger siblings. We farm about 400 acres, along with milking cows. We also have many other animals like dogs, cats, goats, chickens, ducks and Guinea Hens. On the farm, I help with daily chores like feeding calves and washing robots. I try to help as much as possible outside, when I am not in school or sports. John and Kristie Schiffler

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Sophia Schiﬀler Why did you decide to run for dairy princess? I decided to run for dairy princess because I really wanted to share my story with the local community, and spread why the dairy industry has such an important role. It has also been a dream of mine since I was a little girl.

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Why did you decide to run for dairy princess? I decided to run for dairy princess because I am a farmer’s daughter. I want to help people realize that farmers are good people who try their best to provide and care for their animals. I enjoy getting out in our local communities and spreading good news and information of our local, appreciated dairy farmers. Also, I want to go out and inform people of the types of nutritious dairy products that are available for them to consume.

Stearns County

How do you plan to use this position to promote the dairy industry? I plan to use this opportunity to promote our local dairies by getting out in public and answering all the questions I can. I will also share about my experience living on a dairy operation. Getting personal and making the experience great for our consumers is my biggest goal, and showing them that the dairy community is important to our local communities. Giving consumers the opportunity to try products such as cheese, off of the parade floats, or even ice cream at the fair, is also a goal for me. I want people to see the enjoyment that everyone has for the products that the dairy community provides. Keith and Patty Woitalla

Describe your farm and what your role there has been: Our family dairy farm is co-owned by my dad and uncle, Keith and Kurt Woitalla, and was established by my grandpa, John Woitalla. We are currently milking 125 cows in two connecting tie stall barns. In total we have about 500 head of cattle and a chicken barn. My role in our dairy operation includes milking, mixing feed and feeding animals, animal health care, cleaning and barn maintenance, and I am very involved with field work. Over the years my roles and knowledge have grown a lot and I wouldn’t trade this way of life for anything. It is a lot of hard work but the outcome and products are so worth it.

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