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was a good way to make things fair, having pledged $50,000 to baseball and $50,000 to the Langdon pool over two years, at the end of 2021.
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They also were planning to give big to St. Alphonsus School, the other nonprofit in Cavalier County participating in Giving Hearts Day, and were trying to level the playing field with schools and kids in Langdon.
Letter from the Editor Page 4 “Who Will Be the Biggest Loser in Munich? by Matt Mitzel Page 4 Walhalla School News by Principal Phil Leitner Page 6
Board members decided to give St. Alphonsus School $25,000 and give the Pembina Gorge Foundation $25,000 in the form of a giant check.
Family Makes Winter Fun with Old-Fashioned Tradition Page 7
“Our president picked the check up and turned it around, and the look on everyone’s faces was priceless,” Witzel said. “The smiles and the tears of joy were more than any thank you. Every one of ‘em if they weren’t teared up…there were a lot of happy laughs. To bring that happiness to an organization, it’s just priceless.”
Jake’s Take On Sports Page 8 Back Row: Shawn Amundson, David Hein, Pat Hardy, Steve Anderson, with the Langdon Eagles Club; Patty Gorder, Frost Fire Park general manager, Dallas Witzel and Patrick Hoffarth, Langdon Eagles Club; Randy Bata and Dustin Gorder, Pembina Gorge Foundation. Front row - Dean Agnes and Tyler Feist, Langdon Eagles Club; Van Howatt and Patrick Chaput, Pembina Gorge Foundation board. Photo by Lisa Howatt.
Index: News Agriculture Columns Community Education Outdoors Jake’s Take On Sports Sports Obituaries
LANGDON EAGLES CLUB
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Stuns Nonprofits with Big Donations
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Langdon Eagles Club Aerie 3454 gave back to the community in a big way by jump-starting the match dollar account for two Cavalier County nonprofit organizations that are participating in Giving Hearts Day on Feb. 10. Giving Hearts Day is a 24-hour fundraiser that has more than 500 North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota nonprofits that participate. The event was started in 2008; the group encourages people to donate $10 or more to unlock the match dollars of their favorite nonprofit organization.
FOR A LAUGH: Why did the orange lose the race? It ran out of juice. What do you think of that new diner on the moon? Food was good, but there really wasn’t much atmosphere. What did one plate say to the other plate? Dinner is on me.
“Giving Hearts Day is a very fun one to donate to because it’s a match donation. That’s one way we can really
give back stronger. It’s an easy one to donate to because your money is doubled,” said Dallas Witzel, past president of the Langdon Eagles Club. “If you can give a $250 donation, you turn it into $500. That’s how we looked at it as a board - that we technically helped raise $100,000 in the county.” The Eagles had an idea of what they wanted to donate to Frost Fire Park to help with the match dollars. After stopping out to Frost Fire for a tour and hearing from general manager Patty Gorder, they thought they should do something bigger. They also thought the $25,000 donation
Steve Anderson, Langdon Eagles Club president; Lindsey Meidinger, St. Alphonsus School Board; Carrie Hope, St. Alphonsus School principal; Koree Hoffman, St. Alphonsus School Board; and Dallas Witzel, Langdon Eagles Club past president. Photo by Larry Stokke.
Recreating and Completing the
HISTORIC I-500 SNOWMOBILE CHALLENGE
By Hilary Nowatzki
Up in the Borderland, it’s cold enough to make even long-time residents bundle up simply to get into their cars to run errands. In the midst of deep win-
bly, a little crazy. Their family is based out of Fargo, N.D. with ties to Cavalier County, and they each own a 1973 model John Deere snowmobile with
finish line with one ski. The race faded out in the 1980s, but as Roger and his wife were on a long
complete the challenge last year, but plans were halted because of the pandemic. Not to mention, putting off the ride one more year simply meant
At the start of day three of the I-500 Challenge Ride. Submitted photo.
ter up North, temperatures can range from freezing to -40 with winds that cut like a knife, omnipresent snow, all on top of sketchy terrain. None of that stopped a father-son, vintage John Deere snowmobile enthusiast duo from recreating the I-500 mile challenge ride in celebration of the 50th year anniversary of the release of John Deere snowmobiles. The ride began in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Jan. 24 and finished in Elk River, Minn., on Jan. 29. These courageous souls are Roger and Wyatt Kram. They are mechanics, snowmobile enthusiasts, and, possi-
their names affectionately printed on the front. The I-500 Challenge Ride was created in 1966 and ran through the 1980s as a cut-throat race with millions invested and at stake. Those years were the peak of the release of snowmobiles and all their glory which attracted crowds of all ages, sponsorships, attention from schools, and brought excitement to each city as racers passed through. Weather was much less predictable then, trails were less maintained, and wrecks happened along with injuries. Wyatt recalls hearing of men pushing their own snowmobiles or barely scooting across the
drive home around three years ago, Roger looked out over the endless fields conjoined with gray skies and told his wife, “There’s something new I’ve got to put on my bucket list.” Within weeks maps were pulled out, research began, and overhauls revamped on the pair’s vintage snowmobiles began. Roger knew his son wouldn’t take much convincing to join him, since he’s got what Roger calls ‘snowmobile disease'. Both men have expressed that although the original I-500 was all about speed, this version is different. The riders attempted to recreate and
the ride could be in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first John Deere snowmobile in 1972. Considering both of their mounts are 49 years old, the men focused solely on finishing the ride, not beating a time or competitors, although they did have plenty of company on the trails from other snowmobile riders, enthusiasts, and helping hands. “Each of the snowmobiles have been reconstructed, refurbished, and every single nut and bolt has been touched, replaced, or adjusted,” Roger said. His snowmobile has its roots in Langdon, N.D., where he bought it from a friend with 700 miles on it, although
that engine has been fully replaced as well. Wyatt’s mount is actually reconstructed from two separate 1973 snowmobiles, with most of the work
Roger Kram and Wyatt Kram. Submitted photo.
done on it by him and his father. The men rode approximately 100 miles each day for five days. Each
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News
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Choice Bank DisNorth Dakota’s N.D.'s Longest-Serving Attorney General Dies Unexpectedly hospital. Brocker said she could not both as a legislator and as the lontributes Child Care Data Center Repuprovide additional details. Steneh- gest-serving attorney general in the Grant Funding tation Grows jem’s brother, Allan, earlier reported state. By Shanda Christianson
by Nick Vorlage
Choice Bank distributed $150,000 through its Choice Bank Child Care Grant program. Some of the day cares that received grant money were in Park River, Walhalla, Cavalier, Langdon, Minto, and Hoople.
North Dakota has decided to invest $1.9 billion into a new data center, which will be based in Williston. According to Governor Doug Burgum (RND), this center is poised to be one of the largest standalone data centers on the planet.
Choice Bank reported receiving many applications and a lot of interest in this program when it rolled out with over $600,000 worth of requests received within the first 6-7 weeks the applications were open. The grant program was born through charitable work the bank had done in the past with the day care gala in Langdon, an event the bank supported. The idea for the grants was taken to the board level, and Todd Borchardt, president of Choice Bank in Langdon, said board members were supportive of moving the program forward and helping where they could with childcare in markets where Choice currently has banks. Borchardt said the market sizes are similar to what Langdon’s is, and the board found a common problem: the need for day care in all of the like-size communities is high and the resources and financial pieces of the puzzle were a struggle in most of the markets. Recipients received word of their grant awards over the phone. “It was a lot of fun. I got to be part of the group who made the phone calls to the selected recipients, so there was a lot of excitement in those communities and from those folks,” Borchardt said.
Hunter Safety Classes Set in Langdon Class dates for the hunter safety course have been set for Langdon. Class dates are Tuesday, Feb. 8; Thursday, Feb. 10; Tuesday, Feb. 15; Thursday, Feb. 17; and Tuesday, Feb. 22. Each class will be from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. at the Langdon Research Center. Class participants may enter through the east door. All students must register for the class on the North Dakota Game and Fish website (gf.nd.gov.) This course is free, and all are welcome. Questions may be directed to Leon Hiltner 256-2188, 370-8986 or Rod Howatt, 370-9988.
“It’s gonna be one of the largest single location data centers in the world, and this is a major investment that’s occurring,” Burgum said. “It’s going to further cement North Dakota’s growing reputation as a global hub for data centers.” One of the other prospective data centers could be at the Stanley R. Mikkleson complex in Nekoma, which continues to undergo renovations. “That is a huge project. It’s going to be a very interesting one to watch and what it probably will help do is turn more of a spotlight on North Dakota as a really good place to build data centers of various kinds,” said Carol Goodman, Cavalier County Job Development Authority, who is spearheading the project. She said the Williston announcement is an exciting development. The Williston data center, according to Gov. Burgum, will be heavily involved in crypto-currency mining which takes massive amounts of computing power to undertake. Goodman says crypto-mining could also be a possibility at the Nekoma site. “We are open to any kind of idea along that line and different types of data centers,” Goodman said. “You know, we have a lot of space out there so the site really lends itself to technology of all kinds. We have always focused on the data centers, including the crypto-currency possibility.” The Nekoma site is continuing the renovation process, including the removal of asbestos. Goodman said a bid package will be sent out on March 1 to allow interested companies to tour the site in the spring.
Bread Pan Bakery Holds Fundraiser for St. Alphonsus School As part of Giving Hearts Day, the Bread Pan Bakery in Langdon is donating 50% of all bakery sales on Thursday, Feb. 10 to St. Alphonsus School. This is the second year St. Alphonsus School will participate in Giving Hearts Day. The Bread Pan held a similar event last year and raised $1,400 for the school. The Bread Pan is open from 7 a.m. - 2 p.m.
that Stenehjem had been taken to a hospital Friday morning after a medical call to his home.
North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem died at age 68 on Friday, Jan. 28 shortly after he was hospitalized for what his brother said was an inflamed ulcer. Stenehjem's spokeswoman Liz Brocker says he died about 6:20 p.m. Friday at a Bismarck
Nursing Center Helps Employee After House Fire
Stenehjem was elected as the state’s 29th attorney general in 2000 and was re-elected in 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018, holding the position for 21 years. Stenehjem also served in the North Dakota Legislature for 24 years, including four years in the House and 20 years in the Senate, where he was chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 1995-2000. He announced on Dec. 17, 2021, that he would not seek another term in office as attorney general. Gov. Doug Burgum said his fellow Republican “embodied public service”
On Jan. 28 Burgum directed all government agencies to fly the United States and North Dakota flags at halfstaff until further notice and encouraged North Dakotans to do the same at their homes and businesses in honor of Stenehjem and his longtime service to the state. The funeral was held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 3 at the Bismarck Event Center Exhibit Hall. Visitation was Wednesday, Feb. 2 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the North Dakota State Capitol Great Hall. Both were open to the public. At press time, no cause of death has been made public.
Two Charged in Cavalier County
By Nick Vorlage
The Pemibiler Nursing Center in Walhalla is helping out one of their CNAs after a tragedy occurred. Juanita Nordin, who has been working at the nursing center for over six years, was putting in extra hours to help the center during its staffing shortage on the evening of Tuesday, Jan. 25, when an electrical fire broke out at her home in Milton.The Osnabrock Fire Department responded to the fire. Juanita’s husband and their two children, ages 13 and 11, who were all home at the time, were able to escape the fire, but the home is considered a complete loss. The family’s horses were unharmed. Juanita also works at Good Samaritan Society in Park River. A spokesperson for Pembilier Nursing Center said they contacted the Red Cross on behalf of the Nordins, adding that Juanita works over 80 hours a week to provide for her family. Since she has touched so many lives, the residents and the staff at Pembilier are reaching out to the community to help the family. The nursing center is setting up an apartment for the family in Walhalla, as well as assisting with getting the children situated in the local school district. Organizations such as LOAN and Faith in Action have also reached out to help. At press time, the Nordins’ horses, four in total, were still in need of shelter. Pembilier Nursing Center also set up a benefit account at Choice Bank in Walhalla. Anyone wishing to donate can drop off a donation either in person or mail a check to the Choice Bank, C/O Nordin Benefit, P.O. Box 468 Walhalla, ND 58282.
Shyla Kaiawe-Lopes
Kaylysta Eid
On January 17th, 2022, at approximately 2:57 PM a deputy with the Cavalier County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a local business in Langdon, ND. It was reported that there were two females shoplifting in the store.
transported to the Cavalier County Correctional Center. Kaiawe-Lopes was charged with Possession of Fentanyl – Subsequent Offense - Class C Felony, Possession of Methamphetamine – Subsequent Offense - Class C Felony, and Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia – Subsequent Offense- Class C Felony.
When the deputy arrived, he made contact with 28-year-old Shyla Kaiawe-Lopes and 23-year-old Kalysta Eid both of Fargo, ND. The deputy located stolen property on both Kaiawe-Lopes and Eid. The deputy also located methamphetamine, fentanyl, and drug paraphernalia in their possession. Both Kaiawe-Lopes and Eid were
Eid was charged with Possession of Methamphetamine – Subsequent Offense - Class C Felony and Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia – Subsequent Offense- Class C Felony. A Class C Felony has a maximum penalty of five years' imprisonment, a fine of $10,000, or both, may be imposed.
Agriculture
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How Producers Can Achieve Strong Early-Season Weed Control
By Shanda Christianson, NAFB Farm Director All weeds are troublesome, but the early-season ones in particular can quickly cause irreparable damage to a farmer’s bottom line. “Early season weeds greatly reduce an acre’s yield potential. Immediately after planting, environmental stresses reduce each plant's yield potential,” said Chad Threewits, an agronomy service representative. Threewits said early-season weeds can steal vital nutrients like nitrogen and water, among other things needed for corn growth and grain fill. Studies have found that one-inch to two-inch weeds consumed more than nine pounds of nitrogen per acre, and in three days, three-inch weeds can remove one inch of water from the soil. “So applying a strong herbicide program with overlapping residuals will give crops the advantage in this crucial early season window,” Threewits said. He said that residual control is something important to look for in a herbicide, saying it helps keep fields cleaner longer, and it gives producers flexibility on post application. “Without residuals, your chances for weed escapes increase, which can grow really quickly, and they can get out of control very fast. And we really want to try to manage these weeds once they get four inches in height,” Threewits said. “Once they get larger than that, it can limit our host options and also increase our chances for herbicide resistant weeds, and those in turn will go back into the weed seed bank.” Threewits said choosing a herbicide with a long-lasting residual control and multiple effective sites of action will save weed management headaches down the road and the right herbicide program to even pay back and potential yield.
Higher Input Costs Due to Rising Worldwide Commodity Crop Prices
By Shanda Christianson, NAFB Farm Director Dr. Steve Meyer with Partners for Production Agriculture said livestock and crop producers are experiencing higher input costs due to rising worldwide commodity crop prices. “It started with a so-so crop in South America last year, and then it started with a questionable crop in the United States,” Meyer said. “So we've ended up with very good corn and soybean crops in the United States, but the world situation, especially for soybeans, is not very good. And so that's really underpinned soybean prices.” For a producer, there isn’t a shortcut to getting around the input costs. “We've used fat in the diet for energy for many years, and it's a real positive because we can lower our feed conversion ratio; we can increase daily gain by cranking up the energy in these diets,” Meyer said. “From a cost benefit analysis right now, those fats cannot be used in hog diets, because they're too expensive.” Meyer gave some examples to cut feed costs, including adjusting feeders, ensuring the grind mix is correct, managing costs, and avoiding out of feed events. Producers can also leverage insurance options. “That’s the federally subsidized Livestock Gross Margin insurance products that you can buy, which basically put an option on hogs and a call option on corn and soybean meal all in one package. And so I think producers should certainly talk with their risk managers and their insurance agents about LGM insurance right now because it would cover both hogs and feed costs,” Meyer said.
Groups Campaign Good Outlook for Commodity Prices By Shanda Christianson, NAFB Farm Director for More Ag on the Lingering issues from the last 2 years nese food and feed purchases, and Trade Front will remain in 2022, but commodity the Chinese fertilizer export ban. We By Shanda Christianson, NAFB Farm Director
The American Farm Bureau and other ag groups have been campaigning for the Biden administration to get more active on the trade front. Dan Whitley, the administrator of the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service, believes the administration's trade policy agenda will encompass four principles: 1). Middle class: a trade policy where the middle class can see itself, 2) A trade policy that works for our manufacturing sector, 3) A trade policy that meets the administration's priorities on labor, and 4) a trade policy that meets the administration's priorities on the environment. He can see agriculture fitting in well with all four of those priorities. “That's what I kind of think we'll see come out of [United States Trade Representative] USTR deliberations and consideration of what the administration's trade policy agenda should look like,” said Whitley. Whitley pointed to the middle class saying there are 2 million family farms in the United States and 75% of those farms earn less than $50,000 a year. “That is true blue, core middle class. You can't think of a better definition than that, so we know agriculture fits into the core definition of the middle class,” Whitley said. “The second piece is manufacturing. Now, this might surprise some of you: agriculture is the third-largest manufacturer in the country. It surprised me when I learned this. When I heard that, I thought, okay, it's probably behind automotive or some other steel commodities. No, that’s not true. Number one and number two are chemicals and computers. Agriculture is a bigger manufacturer than the automotive sector. So, when you talk about a trade policy that encompasses the interest of manufacturing, agriculture has got to be under serious consideration of what it needs.”
Ag Committee Hears Arguments For and Against Electric Vehicles By NAFB News Service
Electric vehicles still have problems, while ethanol is reducing carbon pollution, witnesses told the U.S. House Agriculture Committee.
tices, carbon capture, sequestration and storage, and other technologies, we are well on our way to producing zero-carbon corn ethanol.”
next vehicle purchase, and 70-percent are strictly considering an internal combustion engine for their next vehicle purchase,” Cooper said.
GM vice president for Global Regulatory Affairs David Strickland told ag lawmakers that despite electric vehicles’ high costs, range, recharging, and rare mineral issues, “the future of ground transportation is electrification, period. The world has recognized it, too; it isn’t just us, it’s Europe, it’s China, it’s Asia.”
Trevor Walter, executive for Sheetz for the National Association of Convenience Stores, also argued for a technology-neutral approach, “Those who would ban internal combustion engines are making a grave mistake. Such a ban would end investment in those technologies and the technologies that fuel them. A ban would set renewables on a path to elimination and would cause economic hardship for the farmers that produce and sell the feedstock for those fuels.” Renewable Fuels Association’s Cooper pointed out before the hearing that a recent survey shows the public is still wary of electric vehicles. “Only 10% of those surveyed said they would consider a battery-electric or plug-in hybrid-electric vehicle for their
The Energy Information Administration found that most vehicles will still use internal combustion engines by mid-century.
Renewable Fuels Association chief Geoff Cooper argued that corn ethanol is already here and reducing carbon emissions, “Today’s corn ethanol already cuts greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 50-percent compared to gasoline, according to the Department of Energy, Harvard University and others. With increased adoption of low-carbon farming prac-
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prices are projected to be higher.
“Prices are looking pretty good for many of the benchmark crops and animal products,” said Roger Cryan, American Farm Bureau Federation Chief Economist. “So, despite higher prices for fertilizers and chemicals and other inputs, farmers market returns should be higher in 2022.” Beyond input prices, Cryan says there are other things to watch this year. “Inflation is a big concern, and we're hoping that the Federal Reserve Bank will follow through on their promises to rein that in. Geopolitics keeps batting around our trade relationships, including things like sanctions blocking Belarusian fertilizer supplies, Chi-
also see labor as a continuing issue for the farm economy in 2022,” Cryan said. Cryan adds that some issues from 2021 will linger in 2022.
“Farmers received very large government payments in connection with COVID in 2020 and 2022, and we don't expect to see that to continue in 2022. We hope that the port problems can clear up some, at least for agricultural exports,” Cryan said. “If more containers are built and made available for U.S. exporters, it'll be easier to get those containers filled up here in the U.S. for the trip back across the Pacific, instead of going back empty, but a lot of supply chain issues will continue well into 2022.”
RIPE Program Helps Environment By Shanda Christianson, NAFB Farm Director The North Dakota Grain Growers Association joined the Rural Investment to Protect Our Environment (RIPE) program near the end of 2021. “RIPE is an organization that’s looking to pay farmers $100 an acre for cover crops. And what that would do is get you the cost of your seed, the cost to put that cover crop in the ground and it would actually give you a profit, said Ed Kessel, vice president of the North Dakota Grain Growers Association. “We’re looking to pay farmers to take care of the environment. There’s a great number of social benefits to this. The environmental benefits are huge too.” Kessel talked about utilizing cover
crops and said there are some crops that work better than others. He said wheat and barley – especially winter wheat – are some excellent ways to plan cover crops. “I know they can make it work in corn, they’re a little bit tougher in soybeans but there’s no magic bullet out there for them and you have to learn to make it work on your farm,” Kessel said. “You just don’t go out there and do it. Every farm’s a little bit different so to change these farming practices you definitely need to experiment a little bit.” For more information on the RIPE program, visit riperoadmap.org.
The Future for Canola Acres By Shanda Christianson, NAFB Farm Director The executive director of the Northern Canola Growers Association said by all indications, canola will have record acres in 2022. “Several predictions are 2 million acres and maybe even beyond that, but we’ll see,” said Barry Coleman, executive director of the Northern Canola Growers Association. “We were at 1.72 million acres this last year so that’d be quite a jump to get up to 2 million, but it certainly does look positive for this next year. Especially with the increased snow we’ve had, we had some decent moisture in some parts of the state last fall there, certainly helping us go into a better spring situation than last year.” Colman said the increase in canola acres could be seen in every region, including into South Dakota and Montana. “We’re seeing a widespread expansion of acres everywhere,” Colman
said. “We’re gonna see in the next 4 to 5 years a dramatic change in the northwest part of North Dakota and northern Montana because of the amount of crush capacity in this region. We’ve got a plant up by Northgate that’s going to be going in, we’ve got several plants up in Regina, Saskatchewan. The talk of the town from everybody is the increased crush capacity in this region and the need for canola acres that it’s going to garner.” Coleman said the future canola acres will primarily be used for fuel markets: renewal diesel, biofuels, and biodiesel. “There will be food as well, but that biodiesel market is going to compete with the export market right now. Long term, the canola industry in North America is going to be much less reliant on China, which I think is going to be a good thing for growers to be less reliant on a volatile market like China,” Coleman said.
Opinion
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Letter from the Publisher people want us to know they are happy with the product they are receiving, and they’re already getting used to expecting it in their mailboxes on Fridays.
While we’re already in the habit of getting a newspaper out to you each week, we’re continuing to set up systems, handle all the paperwork for our mailing permits, and create the tools necessary for our sales team. I’m approached all the time out in public, and everyone that I meet provides wonderful feedback. Mostly,
The Friday switch was made for a couple of reasons. We liked the idea of a Friday delivery better and even had a request from the postal service to consider moving from the Saturday delivery that the former newspaper had to a Friday delivery. Newspapers add weight, and that’s a lot of extra to be carrying around on a Saturday, which is already a high-volume delivery day. Our Friday delivery helps space things out a bit locally. Our move to Friday also had to do with the grocery store’s decision to not put their inserts into our paper the way they had done with the past paper. Leevers liked the Saturday delivery for the deals that started Monday, but without Leevers in the mix, our deliv-
ery day was really only dependent on press availability. I have been approached by many readers who miss having those flyers delivered to their doors in the newspapers. We’ve learned that the process has quite a few moving parts. The flyers need to be put into the newspapers at the printing plant in Grafton, and if they are printed elsewhere, they would need to be printed, folded, packaged, and shipped in time to be inserted into the newspaper. Inserts add weight to the newspaper, which leads to more expensive mailing costs, especially as we are still in the process of securing our periodical permit from the United States Postal Service. If you have friends in the area that haven’t subscribed yet, you can send them to one of our newsstand partners.
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Letter from the Editor I had a secret weapon in my back pocket I had been hanging on to until I felt I knew one of the designers well enough to bring it up. If you have graphic designers in your office, this is a fun way to get a reaction, but you have to be completely serious. “I’d really like to change some of the fonts to Comic Sans,” I said, innocently.
As we gathered for our weekly news meeting this week, the talk turned to fonts. Words like “helvetica” and “arial” were thrown around like common slang.
One of our sweet, talented graphic designers had his eyes bug out of his head at the mention of a font that is meant for comic books. It’s a font most graphic designers don’t ever want to hear about. It gave me great joy to get such a reaction, and I hope
it will help you some day as well. While you won’t find that font in our pages, you will find many others. As a new subscriber you may have missed out on the three free issues we sent out to our trade area from Dec. 24 to Jan. 21. Now through Feb. 28 you can order those and have them mailed to you. For $5 shipping and handling, we will send you our Christmas Edition, Jan. 14, and Jan. 21 issues to round out your collection of The Borderland Press. You may send a check and your mailing address to: The Borderland Press Attn: Sarah P.O. Box 230 Langdon, ND 58249
While I wait to hear from you, I will prepare my Giving Hearts Day donations. Next week we get to celebrate the most giving day of the year. Giving Hearts Day runs the full 24 hours of Thursday, Feb. 10. I have seen the difference this day can make in the operation of a nonprofit organization and for those which the organization serves. It’s a day when emotions run high, positivity reigns, and people need to expect the unexpected. Donations of $10 or more will be matched up to the organization’s match total. It’s a great way for you to double your money and help a local, regional, or statewide organization, and there are more than 500 of them participating! Visit GivingHeartsDay.org to fill your cart with
some new nonprofits to love or help out your favorites that could use a boost. Enjoy your week and Giving Hearts Day,
Sarah Hinnenkamp Editor
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THE MORNING RUN: temperatures, icy roads, low visibility, and winter weather advisories than most southern states experience all year. Or ever. My favorite weather related announcement so far has been the school superintendent reminding students to start their vehicles over the noon hour and that he had jumper cables, just in case.
Hotdish
by Sara Goodman I’m writing this on January 27th. When you read this it will be February, which is really just another 28 days of January. We had more school early-outs, late starts, and activity cancellations in January due to frigid
January means it’s officially the middle of hockey and basketball season, and the Goodmans are in survival mode. Just this week we have five (FIVE!) basketball games, 3 doctors appointments, various practices and piano lessons, a meeting, and two hockey games. It is very likely there’s a school bake sale lurking around the corner that I’ll be made aware of with a 30 minute deadline. Those are the best! If you see me walking around Leevers looking dazed and confused, please direct my attention back to the yellow sticky note shopping list
attached to my phone. A quick, nosy glance will give you a pretty good idea of the meal rotation this time of year. Hotdish, soup (canned, of course), and sandwiches. Probably Oreos and Ziploc snack bags for that surprise bake sale. You’ll be impressed by the lengthy list of fresh veggies and bagged salads, but who are we kidding? Those are for looks. This time of year, if it takes longer than 13 seconds to peel, mix, warm or cook, it’s going to spend the remainder of its days in the crisper drawer slowly fermenting. Spending the majority of our time in hockey arenas and overly warm gyms for practices and games means there’s a healthy mix of tacoin-a-bag in that meal rotation. That one is a win-win for me. All the major food groups in one neat little package with zero prep or work on my part. Just fork over my 5 bucks and walk away.
Back to hotdishes…I’m going to share my easiest and fastest hotish that I make on a very regular basis, especially in January. In fact, I think last week it made its 28th appearance given that there are 300 days in January. I apologize in advance for the lack of specifics in the recipe because as a general rule, I don’t use recipes. Or to clarify, I don’t really follow recipes. The “OG” Hotdish (aptly named by my kids, “OG” stands for Original): Cook a full box or bag of pasta in a big pot. While the pasta drains, use the same pot to brown a pound of meat. I use either beef or elk. I hope you have a meat chopper because if you don’t, you need one. Once the meat is brown, add a jar of pasta sauce, a can of corn and about a half cup of cheese. Toss your meat sauce together with your pasta in a throw away aluminum pan sprayed with some non-stick stuff. Top it all with more
cheese and bake for 25 minutes at 350 F. If you were paying attention that’s one pot, one strainer, a meat chopper, and a spoon. Less dishes. You’re welcome. Next week- Why Being a Hockey Parent is Awesome: The Rebuttal. Sara Goodman is an avid runner who says her best ideas come to her between 5:30 and 6:30 a.m. She grew up on a cattle ranch in Watford City, N.D. After recently retiring from 15 years of long-term care consulting, she now helps her husband, Greg, run the family farm near Milton and volunteers on many boards and committees in her church and community. The Goodman house has 3 kids, 2 cats, and a dog.
Who Will be the Biggest Loser in Munich? By Matt Mitzel
when taking a soft-spoken kind of approach just gets you walked over, it’s just easier to work on your body.
With every New Year brings New Year’s resolutions and no matter how hard we all try, it's easier to focus on body rather than behavior. Every year I might have a moment of clarity where I try and work on being a better person, so I go into December thinking of forgiveness, professionalism, or maybe even being more cavalier. However, just when I think I can tackle one of these attempts, I realize it’s impossible. When the people you dislike find a new way to be a bigger idiot or
Five years ago, L&M Fitness opened and started a “Biggest Loser” contest at the start of a New Year. The first year it was short and sweet: 30 days to see who could lose the most body fat percentage. In order to keep it somewhat anonymous, the participants are asked to weigh in at the gym and submit it with a fake name (i.e. Mike Crapbag, Princess Consuella Banana Hammock, etc). Each week, they would write down their progress on a goal sheet for everyone to see for motivation. It went pretty smoothly, and the winner was definitely worthy of the title. The next year, I pushed it to two months to increase the outcome and hit swimsuit season at a full sprint. It started out honorable, but the competitiveness got the best of us. The realization of winning the title became more gratifying than actually getting in shape which led to strategy. I understood I would not have to
work as hard at losing weight but work smarter at getting my competition to gain weight. So I talked with family members and friends to figure out which foods would trigger the other participants into a bender, and I capitalized on it. For example, Mike Crapbag loves chips, so I would go out to his farm and put Doritos in his shop, pickup, ranger, and house. One participant really liked Twizzlers, so I put a standing order in at the Munich Grocery Store and placed six bags per week around their work and home. Another technique that threw off the competition was skewing the numbers after the initial weigh in. I’m still an honest man, so I weighed in to start the contest in the same outfit that I weighed in to end the competition, but it was the weekly weigh-ins where I conned my competition. If I lost 4 pounds that week, I’d add 2.5 pounds of weight in my pockets to make it look like I wasn’t losing a lot. This in turn had a positive effect on my competitors as they stopped working so hard for the big numbers but only enough to stay on track. Then in
the final week, I took all the weights out and put up a huge number that threw them for a loop and helped me crown myself the champion. The one thing around here is that competitiveness is our main drive. No matter what the event, we give it all our energy and utilize every tool to gain the advantage. COVID threw a wrench in the last couple of years for the contest as gyms have been villainized with being super spreader areas for the disease, but now it seems people are pushing passed their fears with either vaccines, prior positive exposures, or just general healthy practices, so we started it back up
this year. The start date was January 15th, because no one wants to start a resolution off with a hangover at the start of the year, and ends on Easter for a full 120 days. Friends have become foes, family members are pitted one versus another, and all prior alliances have been called off. So when we get ready to celebrate Easter Sunday on April 17, the question will be…who will be the biggest loser in Munich? Matt Mitzel is the unofficial events coordinator for the city of Munich, a supporter of Langdon Area Edmore Munich athletics, football coach, and all-around Munich mega fan, earning him the nickname “Mr. Munich.”
”Matt Mitzel,” 2019. Submitted “photo.”
Community
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A Brush with the Bunch! by Leo Beauchamp
Another request from the Editor Sarah Hinnenkamp of the new Borderland Press is for me to do a biography of myself. I told her that I am not one to "toot my own horn," so I am going to print an article that was written and printed back in April of 2020, an article that was written by Laurel Brusseau - “Leo Beauchamp has been ever faithful in providing creative articles for the Brush Bunch. Well, this time I get to report on the reporter. Back in the early 80's, Leo and Frankie Carrier, another Brush Bunch member, met at our house and at our kitchen table for Leo's first painting day. He finished one painting at that stage. The next week Leo came with materials - canvases, paints, & brushes - to do his second painting. His subject matter was his grandfather’s blacksmith shop. It was a terribly difficult subject with perspective on the ceiling, tools all over the walls, a forge and, of course, Grandpa himself. I had been painting for a while so I felt I knew something about painting at
that point but would never have chosen that difficult a subject matter. It was obvious that Leo was destined to be an artist as he ended up with wonderful results, & I think he still has that painting in his possession. (Actually Kevin, Cocoa, has it). After his retirement, Leo joined the Brush Bunch in the 96-97 season. He has been a devout member helping in all kinds of different ways. He has painted more paintings in the last few years than many of us ever will, and his work is advancing with creative ideas using multimedia. We thank him for doing the Brush Bunch articles, which has made many of you acquainted with the Brush Bunch Art group. The picture that accompanies this article is one that he has been working on for his cousin, Bruce, of Clairmont, Oklahoma, as well as his "self portrait" created for another Brush Bunch Art show.” I, once again, thank Laurel for this article. Now I will "toot my horn." I would like
to mention some of my favorite subjects that I have painted; my hometown of Olga would be high on that list. I did a booklet titled "Rebuilding Olga in Oils" using a collection of postcards - I painted a dozen oil paintings of Olga dating back to 1915. I also painted and have a collection of churches from the area. Another collection I have is birds. During the pandemic of 2020 I painted several oil paintings of birds and added multimedia of posts, branches, and flowers. I also painted a six foot, double handled bucksaw that is over the doorway to the dining room at Frost Fire. I have just finished an article that will be published in the New Earth magazine that is printed for the Diocese of Fargo; this will come out in February. I have participated in all the Brush Bunch art shows since 1996 as well as a showing at the Mountain Chalet, the Langdon Centennial and the Northern Lights Art Council’s Art in Unexpected Places among others too numerous to mention. I have to make a correction from a week ago. A prospective member, Leona Weiler, may give a demo on quilling NOT quilting - what a difference one letter makes. I guess this will qualify as a Brush Bunch news article, so I will mention that we are busy but never too busy that we cannot take a few minutes to visit with you should you stop in. We hope you send in your idea for a mural; remember the February 18th deadline. Your voice is important to this project. We are to select a theme for the Brush Bunch Art Show and Sale #51 from several suggestions at our February meeting which is next Tuesday. One more Capsule Sermon: "A certain amount of opposition is often a great help."
At the Heart of It All
I’ve always thought the heart is an amazing organ. It not only pumps the river of life throughout our body, but it also feels love, joy, contentment, and even pain when we are emotionally distraught. Our heart is not only vital to our physical survival, it takes an important role in building relationships. Some people would argue that they are not the same thing – that the heart is a physical thing and not connected to our emotions, but when there is physical pain in the center of our chest associated with both a heart attack as well as emotional heart break, there has to be some sort of a connection. Our hearts beat about 100,000 beats a day without our conscious thought. It’s kind of amazing to think of our hearts beating 35 million beats a year or 2.5- 3 billion beats in the average lifetime. It is what doctors check each time an expectant mother comes in for a checkup. A mother’s heartbeat is the first thing a baby hears, and it’s the last sign of life checked when someone passes away. There is no limit to the capacity of love a heart can hold. It can lead us to our greatest desires and be crushed with a single word. It can beat faster in a time of excitement and feel calm in a peaceful environment. It can lead us to devote our time to the needs of others. It’s astounding that something so small could do so many spectacular things. That’s why we should spend time and energy keeping it healthy. February is American Heart Month. What a fitting time of year to have hearts be the center of our attention. It can be a time to not only focus on the love we have for others but for us to get on track to having a heart healthy lifestyle. To understand being heart healthy, it’s important to understand the risk factors associated with heart disease.
The great news is that even if a person has several of these risk factors, all of them except family history can be changed with a few simple lifestyle changes. In fact, eating a diet high in fruits and vegetables, whole grains, lean protein sources, and lowfat dairy, along with increasing physical activity will not only help you feel good, but it will directly affect six of the eight above mentioned risk factors. It’s as simple as that. The only problem is that sometimes it doesn’t FEEL that simple. That’s why it’s important to find resources and support to help you on your heart healthy journey. The US Department of Health and Human Services has a dedicated website called Million Hearts (https://millionhearts.hhs.gov/). It’s a national initiative to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes within 5 years. There are a variety of tools and resources available to people on the site and can be a great resource to look into. American Heart Association (https:// www.heart.org/) is another great resource to use. It’s full of information for healthy living and health topics, and the organization is dedicated to decreasing heart disease and helping people live healthier lifestyles. They even have great recipes like this one: Hummus Ingredients 30 ounces canned, low-sodium garbanzo beans (chickpeas) (drained, rinsed) 1/2 cup lemon juice 2 tsp. minced garlic (from jar) 1 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil 1/4 tsp. paprika 1/2 tsp. dried parsley Directions Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. Serve with veggie slices or veggies sticks as a dip. Nutrition Facts Calories: 126 Per Serving, Protein: 6g Per Serving, Fiber: 4g Per Serving NDSU Extension also has some re-
What does a County Veteran Service Officer Do? By Steve Anderson
This is the first in a planned monthly article relating to what the Veteran Service Officer does for local veterans. So, what does a Veteran Service Officer (VSO) do? VSOs are trained and accredited by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or other recognized organizations to provide assistance to veterans, their dependents, and survivors. We provide clients with information related to veterans’ benefits services and programs. We interview, counsel, and assist in preparing and filing claims for service connected disability compensation, service connected disability pension, and widow's pension. We advise and provide technical assistance, present claim applications to appropriate administrative agencies, and verify benefits received. We also assist claimants in obtaining documentation and records, maintain veterans’ records and provide certified copies of military discharges, assist
sources such as our “Have a Healthy Heart” publication (FN589) that is full of information like risk factors, signs and symptoms, tips and tricks to reduce fat intake, and more. This publication, and many more, can be found at our website https://www. ndsu.edu/agriculture/extension. You can also call our office (256-2560), stop in the courthouse, or email katie.d.henry@ndsu.edu with any questions or requests for heart healthy information. Even if you don’t have a motivation for yourself to get heart healthy, do it for those you love. There is not much scarier than seeing someone you love look at you with large, tear-filled eyes because of the pain of a heart attack. There is not much scarier than seeing a person you love get a gray pallor and lose consciousness while emergency medical professionals call a code blue. Take it from someone who’s been there- it’s not a place you want you or your loved ones to be. At the heart of it all, it’s a matter of a few lifestyle decisions that can lead to big results. The month of February is a great time to kick start our heart health so that we reach those 3+ billion beats and infinitely fill our hearts with love.
veterans/dependents in correcting problems encountered in receiving benefits, and assist veterans with enrollment into the VA health care system. We even assist in obtaining appointments with health care providers and transportation, if needed. If you have any questions, please contact me: Steve Anderson, Cavalier County Veterans Service Officer. My office phone number is 701-2562146, and my office hours are Tuesday from 9 a.m. - Noon and 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. and Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to Noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. My office is located at 901 3rd Street (courthouse), Suite #10, Langdon. Steve Anderson is a retired Marine Corps GySgt, currently serving as the North Dakota American Legion Commander. Steve’s passion is helping veterans. He has been the Cavalier County Veterans Service Officer since November 2020.
WALES FIRE DEPARTMENT “Big Game” Sunday Pancake Breakfast The Wales Fire Department is hosting its 16th year of a breakfast on “Big Game” Sunday. Breakfast will be served from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 13 at St. Michael’s Parish Hall in Wales. It will be a free will donation, and take out is available. The menu includes Hickory Hut sausage, pancakes, and scrambled eggs.
Have a great day, and God Bless.
By Katie Henry, Family and Community Wellness Agent, NDSU Extension – Cavalier County Risk Factors: •Sedentary lifestyle •Overweight or obese •High cholesterol •High blood pressure •Diabetes •Tobacco use •Diet high in sugars and saturated fats •Family history
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The department will follow all state guidelines regarding public gatherings. Hand sanitizer will be available, and tables will be disinfected between each group. The volunteer fire department has 16 members and started this event in 2007. The department serves mutual aid for Cavalier County. They hope to use the money raised for equipment purchases and replacements.
Cavalier County Senior Menu
Provided by Cavalier County Senior Meals & Services, Langdon Monday, Feb. 7 Tater Tot Hotdish / Green Beans / Cookie / Fruit Tuesday, Feb. 8 BBQ Chicken / Parmesan Hash Browns / Steamed Broccoli and Cauliflower / Fruit Wednesday, Feb. 9 Swedish Meatballs / Mashed Potatoes / Peas / Apple Crisp/Ice Cream Thursday, Feb. 10 Potato Latke Sausage / Beets / Fruit Friday, Feb. 11 Salmon Patty / Twice Baked Potato / Malibu Vegetables / Fruit
Health Tip
By Cavalier County Health District It’s not too late to get a flu shot. Influenza causes millions of illnesses, hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations, and thousands of deaths every year.
EBT/SNAP accepted. Full cost of a meal: $8.00. Suggested Donation: $5.50 for those over 60 years of age. Please contribute what you can. Those under 60 are required to pay the full cost of the meal. Menus are subject to change. Due to COVID-19 we have been experiencing shipping issues and food shortages. Cavalier County Senior Meals & Services is located at 211 8th Ave. in Langdon.
Education
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WALHALLA High School News By Principal Phil Leitner
wrestling teams are fighting for the top seed in the region standings. It has been a pretty exciting sports season so far, and we are excited for it to continue.
Happy New Year! My name is Phil Leitner, and I am the high school principal at Walhalla High School. I will be writing a periodic column appearing in the Borderland Press, and the first one starts today. Thank you to Sara and the crew at the paper for allowing me to talk to all of you in this column. I really look forward to interacting with all of the readers and talking to you about all the great happenings going on at Walhalla High School! Second Semester Begins Our second semester began on January 3, so we are already a month into the new semester. It’s crazy how school years seem to keep going faster and faster! The winter sports season is about half over, and our Eagles and Grizzlies sports teams are experiencing success on and off the court and mat. We are proud of how all of our student athletes represent our school. Our girls basketball team is fighting for a home play-in game, and our boys basketball team and
Point to Ponder One of the themes that has come out of our recent pandemic is the importance of human contact on a daily basis. We need it so badly. I would like everyone to be conscious of that fact and make a concerted effort to reduce the amount of time we all spend on our phones and other electronic devices. We don’t need to have our phones everywhere we go, and we certainly don’t need to be recording every moment of our lives. I am just as guilty as anyone and am certainly trying to do better. We need to have real experiences talking to real people that we encounter in our daily lives. You won’t be disappointed in working to develop your interpersonal skills as they are so vitally important to our success and overall personal well-being. Shout Out This month’s “Shout Out” goes to Mr. Louie Calvillo and his North Border High School band. Mr. Calvillo is in his second year of organizing the Walhalla and Pembina bands. It has been great to combine the musical talents of both schools and hear them playing at our sporting events. I can see the band members and the crowd having fun, too. We have such a great atmosphere at our home events. Come and check out a game!
Also, research shows that students participating in music have better grades and are more successful with school than students that do not. So, if you are a parent of an elementary student, please consider allowing your child to participate in band whether or not they attend the North Border School District. A future high school honors student with college scholarships will thank you. Phil Leitner is the grades 7-12 high school principal at Walhalla High School. It’s his 4th year at North Border and second year as high school principal. He is a former social studies teacher and school counselor. Mr. Leitner holds a B.S. in Education from Valley City State University and a Masters in Counseling from the University of Mary.
Langdon Area High School manufacturing class with their custom cornhole boards: Brody Steinmetz, Gage Goodman, Rachelle Klindt, Dawson Hein, Brady Regner, Reese Hoffarth, Carter Henderson, Kaden Hoffman, Ryan Henderson
High School Class Creates Game Sets
It’s a project that had never been done at Langdon Area High School. While brainstorming with his manufacturing class about projects to tackle last semester, Rich Olson threw out the idea of creating wooden cornhole game sets. The class voted, and the cornhole board project was the overwhelming choice. The class made six sets for the physical education department using a generic cardinal design on them; they made four sets to sell, and then each student made a set of their own with their own unique designs all being careful to follow copyright laws.
(Pictured: Grady Hornung and North Border Choir Director Louie Calvillo. Submitted photo.
Walhalla Senior Selected for All-State Mixed Choir
Walhalla High School senior Grady Hornung was recently selected as a member of the North Dakota AllState Mixed Choir. They will perform at the Bismarck Civic Center on March 26. The All-State Mixed Choir is made up of the top performers of Class A and Class B students. Hornung was one of 14 Class B students that made the choir.
The photo shows 13 of 20 cornhole board sets that the students made. The frames were made from birch plywood and the legs from birch and maple. The design used for these boards was modeled after the professional American Cornhole League (ACL) boards seen on television. “It doesn’t seem like a project that would take very long, and I don’t think it is for the weekend warrior that wants to make a set, but when you’re modeling it after the ACL and having custom graphics, it takes a while,” Olson said. Olson said they underestimated the amount of time it would take to complete this type of project, but the hours that the class put in led to pride for their work. In fact, many students came in during special additional class hours to finish by the end of the semester because they were running out of time. The class worked together to make and assemble the parts. After all the group work was complete, each student was in charge of their own custom graphics, laser engraving, apply-
ing finish, and final assembly.
The manufacturing class is part of the Career and Technical Education department at the high school, which also includes Amy Kram, who teaches Family and Consumer Sciences, and Tanner Groth, who teaches business and office education classes. Each of these classes has an advisory board made up of three members from the community that forms a joint committee that meets twice per year - once in the fall and once in the spring. The manufacturing class’s advisory board includes Larry Stokke from Picture This Photograph, Mark Zimmer from the Langdon Building Center, and Janelle Schefter from Sign It - all Langdon-based businesses. “I really use my members a lot. I call them at any time to talk about building materials, photography,” Olson said. “They’ve been there for over 10 years. We really appreciate all their support for our programs.” Olson reached out to his advisory board members to ask questions about this project, including Schefter, who helped with the logistics of the graphics portion of the project. When discussing possibilities, it was decided they should use a decal on the board because the game surface is supposed to be smooth. The class used Internet research to learn about different ways the boards are made. They discovered the high-end boards are screen printed, which wasn’t an option for the class, so they decided to use vinyl as a stencil and stain them. “It took a long time, and there were a few mistakes that had to be fixed,” Olson said. “It was trial and error to try to find the best way to do it.” While Olson had never had a class do this project before, he saw the pride his students took in being able to take these home and show their parents. “I hope these projects will be around for many years to come,” Olson said. “If I see [the students] in 10 years, I hope they’re still playing.”
St. Alphonsus Second Quarter Honor Students A Honor Roll: Demetrius Janis Porter Pritchard Tristan Thompson B Honor Roll: Christine Joyner McKenzie Regner Christian Tollefson Jacob Tollefson
Outdoors
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FA MI LY M A KE S W I NT E R F U N with Old-Fashioned Tradition By Sarah Hinnenkamp
Taking the wooden sleds out of storage for the winter season is a generations old tradition for the Jacobson family of Langdon. When those sleds are flying down a no maintenance road near a coulee out in Cavalier County, you can bet those with the need for speed are operating a sled with a name. “There’s Psycho and Speedicorn, but they have to earn a name. Only the good sleds have names,” said Andrea Jacobson, who married into the sledding tradition and is now helping her husband, Zach, to pass the skills down to their four children. It was just a few years ago that the tradition was given new life and introduced to a new generation by Zach’s dad, Joel Jacobson, who grew up in the county with family who used to sled the same mile-long road. Lately, he’s been fixing up the vintage sleds, repairing metal runners, and improving the steering.
Cooper Fetsch enjoys a day of sledding with the Jacobsons.
“I am not on the same quest; I drag my feet,” Andrea said. In a typical winter, the Jacobsons aim to sled 6-10 times during the season, and each year there’s more added to this old-fashioned type of event that has become an all-afternoon adventure. Just last year they started the bonfire tradition. They also set up tables, bring out some food, and make it a whole production lasting 5 to 6 hours. There’s a river at the bottom, so people bring ice skates and take a break from sledding to skate on the river just like in the old days.
“You have to have a drivable sled. It’s a very winding road; you have to steer – it’s a meandering coulee road,” Andrea said. “If you tried with a different sled, you would fly into trees.”
As more come out to try the activity – Jacobson estimates they have hosted 100 people over the last few years – more people get excited about a new pastime and start scouring online selling sites to find the vintage wood sleds.
A rare photo of our photographer, Larry Stokke! He's getting big hugs at a recent game. Photo by Vanessa Chaput.
Riley Jacobson, Stella Busse, Harper Jacobson, and Hunter Jacobson, ice skating on the Little Pembina River.
good, clean fun.” It’s a way for a generation to share childhood memories. During one of the sledding days, a couple of guys from Bismarck pulled up in their pickup and stopped to visit, trying to figure out what was going on. “They were chatting, and all of a sudden they saw the sleds – they went down the hill 2 or 3 times – in their jeans!” Andrea said. It just so happened the two men grew up in the same area and used to sled down that same road growing up. It was a connection to the past for them.
In this good old-fashioned tradition, there’s no shortage of sleds. Andrea estimates the group started with 1015, and now the number of sledders has grown and so has the sled supply - now there’s about 30.
Andrea votes her husband, Zach, as the most competitive, but it’s mostly competition with himself. He has fashioned a contraption that will sprinkle the trail with water, creating ice and leading to higher speeds. He has even downloaded a ski app to his phone, and he is always on the quest to go faster.
Members of the Busse, Fetsch, Smith, and Jacobson families heading up the hill for more sledding.
What makes this exceptionally fun is that everyone in the family enjoys going out to sled.
Even though many people have experienced this sledding tradition, no one goes without the Jacobsons, and that’s mostly because of the work it takes to prepare the sledding run. They groom the trail and get the snow in just the right condition. It’s something they are happy to do. Andrea said winter gets really long if you have to stay inside, and we live in a place with long winters.
“I just like that it’s so family friendly. So many activities for our kids, one or two are participating and the rest are watching, so having skiing and this are two things that we can all do together,” Andrea said. “It’s literally just
“Get outside, and find these activities, and winter can be just as fun as summer,” Andrea said. “So many people dread winter, but when you find things like this to do, you don’t have to dread any season.”
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Wrestling
Jake’s Take on Sports More Super Fun, Stormy Weather to Welcome in February By Jake Kulland
Cards have a first-round bye and won't play until Feb. 12, so that is why playing on Feb. 10 would work out.
As we come to you this week on Jan. 31 (still getting used to new deadlines as I'm sure many of you are out there too), it's yet another evening of stormy weather - this time with freezing rain. Believe or not, we were set to hit a 60 degree swing in temps (shocking this winter, I know), going from 32 degrees above zero Jan. 31 to a -32 expected on the night of Feb. 2. This caused even more postponements across the region.
The Winter Sports postseason begins Feb. 5 Tournament time is here for winter sports for North Dakota, and starting things off are regional dual wrestling meets. The Region 2 meet will be held in Mayville on Feb. 5, and we are happy to report that the Pembina County North Grizzlies are the number one seed in the tourney. PCN will also be hosting the Region 2 Individual Meet on Feb. 12 with the State A & B Wrestling Tournament happening at the Fargodome the weekend after. These wrestling tourneys are just the start of tournament season for winter sports, as basketball and hockey will soon follow. We've made it through January. Now the fun time of the year begins as we hit the big postseason run, which actually brings us to some sad news.
Langdon-Edmore-Munich was to have a big showdown with second ranked Four Winds-Minnewaukan in girls basketball, but icy roads forced that game to be moved to Feb. 10 just ahead of the District 8 Girls Basketball Tournament, which starts Feb. 11 at the North Star School in Cando. The Lady
The last ever District 8 Girls Basketball Tournament begins Feb. 11 For those who haven't heard, this is the last year for both the girls and boys District 8 basketball tournaments. Due to an impending basketball co-op with Rolla and Rolette which will start
next season, this will leave only five teams left in District 8. This makes having a tournament where four out of five teams go to the regional look pretty silly. Next season there will be a Super Region 4 for our area; District 7 to the south will be done after this year as well. Now, remember - it's Region 4; this doesn't mean four regions in the state (which is the rumor that some are spreading) - there will still be eight regions overall. Region 2, where North Border and Cavalier play, has been doing a Super Region 2 for years now, and it seems to have worked out okay. We will see how it works out for Region 4, but being these are what look to be the last District 8 tournaments, we certainly hope that people get out and attend some games in person. The District 8 Girls Tournament will be held at the North Star School in Cando Feb. 11-14 with the District 8 Boys Tournament going on in Langdon Feb. 25-28. As Kenny Loggins used to sing "this is it" for districts. We actually find it a little sad, as many people have looked forward to them every year. District 8 has been running since the 1998-99 school year by the way, and we will have more on this topic the next time we visit. "See ya!" next week!
Girls Hockey Blades Girls Get Back on Track Winning Over Crosby, Bottineau By Jake Kulland
After losing their first game of the season to Williston on Jan. 23, the Langdon Blades girls hockey team took to the road for league games at Crosby on Jan. 29 then at Bottineau Jan. 30. The Blades came away with two wins, winning handily over the Comets 8-0 and coming back to defeat Bottineau 3-2. With the wins, Langdon is now 13-1 in North Dakota league games on the year. They will host Crosby Feb. 5 at 8:00 p.m. then have added a league jamboree to their schedule in Mandan Feb. 11-13.
players scored goals - Abby Forest led the way with three goals for a hat trick, and Alexa Schneider, McKenna Schneider, Graci Witzel, Arianna Haraseth, and Hayden Balsdon also had scores in the game. McKenna Schneider had two assists with Drew Rostvet and McKenzie Regner getting one apiece. The Blades put up five goals in the first period and added three more in the third in the win. Langdon goalie Jaelyn Buckman added another shutout with 24 saves, as the Blades outshot Crosby 42-24.
The best thing about the Blades’ win over Crosby was that six different
It was much tougher for the Blades the next day at Bottineau. Langdon
got out to a 1-0 lead in the first period on a goal by Forest, nicely set up Catelyn Goodman and Kenadee Cluchie, who were each credited with an assist. After Bottineau got the lead with two goals in the second period, the Blades came back with two goals in the third - McKenna Schneider scored unassisted to tie the game, then Regner put in the eventual game winner on an assist by Haraseth. Buckman made that lead stand, as she stopped 30 shots for the game. Bottineau outshot Langdon in this one 32-27.
Pembina County North Wrestling Results from Jan. 25 By Mitch Greenwood
Pembina County North 52, Harvey/ Wells County 24 Pembina County North 57, Linton/ HMB 18 Pembina County North 53, Velva 16 The Pembina County North wrestling team hit the road Tuesday to travel to Harvey for a Quad Dual event featuring four teams from around the state. The Grizzlies kicked things off with a rematch of last year's State Quarterfinals Dual against the Velva Aggies. The Grizzlies got off to a great start winning 11 of the 14 varsity matches to win the dual 53-16. The highlight of this match was Trevor Hinkle defeating Carson Hildre 7-1. Hinkle is ranked 2nd in the state while Hildre is ranked 7th. The most important dual of the evening came in the second round as PCN took on host-school Harvey/ Wells County. The two teams entered the night with identical 6-0 records against Region 2 opponents - mean-
ing that the winner of this dual would secure the number one spot for the regional tournament while the loser would clinch second. Harvey took an early lead getting a pin in the first match, but PCN stormed back winning the next five and ten of the 14 total matches. Highlights included Levi Hinkle getting a win over Kayl Sieg and Eli Bjornstad, ranked #2 at 220 pounds, moving up to heavyweight to get a pin against the #8 ranked 285 pounder in the state, Jayden Vlaminck. The night of wrestling concluded with a dual against Linton/HMB. PCN kept on their winning ways winning eleven of fourteen matches to cruise to a 5718 win to go 3-0 on the night. Trevor Hinkle, Carson Brown, Levi Hinkle, and Demetrius Avila got the dual going in the right direction winning the first four matches. All four of those wrestlers went 3-0 on the night. Grady Hornung, Eli Bjronstand, and Logan Werner also went unbeaten in the three matches.
Pembina County North Wrestling Recap for Jan. 28 and 29 By Mitch Greenwood
Girls Wrestling: The PCN girls wrestling team traveled to Casselton on Friday to compete in the Central Cass Invitational All-Girls tournament. Overall there were 17 teams that competed. PCN wrestled very well placing third overall behind Central Cass and Minot High School. Individual place-winners were as follows: 100- Cheyenne Moore- 5th 105- Dannika Bennett- 2nd 105- Tia Huguley- 5th 115- Marlie Stremick- 1st 120- Gracie Stremick- 1st 135- Sarah Nelson- 2nd 140- Carmyn LeTexier- 2nd 155- Aniya Fisher- 5th Boys Wrestling: Pembina County North 57, Grafton 19 PCN hosted the Grafton Spoilers on Friday night for their Region 2 regular season dual finale. The host team Grizzlies got a dominating win to improve to 8-0 against Region 2 teams and 17-4 overall in dual competition. The Grizzlies will be the #1 seeded team at the Region 2 dual tourna-
ment next weekend in Mayville where the top two teams from Region 2 qualify for the state dual tournament. The Grizzlies competed in Lairmore on Saturday at the Larimore Invitational which featured 15 teams including six class "B" schools, six class "A" schools, and three more from Minnesota. The Grizzlies were a little short-handed due to some injuries, illness, and wanting to rest a few kids prior to the Regional competition, but even with just 10 of the 14 weight classes filled for the varsity tournament, they were able to edge Grand Forks Central to win the tournament championship. The Grizzlies finished with 150 team points compared to GFC's 136. Individual place-winners were as follows: 106- Logan Werner- Champion 120- Brock Freer- 2nd Place 132- Trevor Hinkle- Champion 138- Carson Brown- Champion 145- Levi HInkle- 3rd Place 152- Demetrius Avila- 3rd Place 182- Grady Hornung- 2nd place 220- Eli Bjornstad- Champion
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Cardinals: Boys Basketball
Lady Cards: Girls Basketball
Cards Boys Hit Tough Stretch of Season, Losing to Three Top 10 Teams, Salvage a Win at NR-S By Jake Kulland
Lady Cards Stretch Winning Streak to Seven with Four Wins in Six Days By Jake Kulland
The Langdon-Edmore-Munich Cardinals boys basketball team knew the last week of January was going to be a huge challenge for them - they played three of the top 10 teams in the state. They lost at number one Four Winds-Minnewaukan 88-44 on Jan. 24; were beaten by Dunseith, who has been in and out of the top 10 all year, 86-53 on Jan. 27; and lost to now ninth ranked North Star at home 65-53 on Jan. 28. The Cardinals played their fourth game of the week and third in a row at New Rockford on Jan. 29 and came away with a 55-51 win. The Cards catch a little breather before they play at Benson County in Maddock on Feb. 3 then head to Grafton Feb. 4. Here is a recap of their last two games:
NS: 23 (D. Hagler 11) Steals -- LEM: 10 (Goodman 4); NS: 10 Turnovers -- LEM: 18; NS: 16 Field goal percentage -- LEM: 16/47 (34.0%); NS: 26/46 (56/5%) Free throw percentage -- LEM: 9/18 (50%); NS: 6/14 (53/8%)
North Star 65, Langdon-Edmore-Munich 43 The Cardinals felt they could have stayed right in this game with the Bearcats if they just could've hit some shots. Langdon-Edmore-Munich missed their first 10 tries from the field, helping North Star to an early 14-0 lead. They finally got their first points with 2:14 left in the first quarter. The lead stayed right there for the most part for the rest of the game with the Cards getting seven points from Markus Kingzett in the second quarter and 11 from Rayce Worley in fourth.
The Cards led 29-9 after one, but as people have seen all year, the Cards can either heat up or cool down at the drop of a hat. That happened in the third quarter when they went just 1 for 12 from the field and only scored three points. This allowed the Rockets to get back in the game, closing the lead to nine going into the last quarter. After NR-S got to within three, a Worley streak and slam dunk put it back out to 51-44, and the Cards hung on to win. They had several great defensive stands to close out the game, led by Jack Romfo in the paint. Worley also put down four free throws in the closing seconds, and he ended with 28 points on the day. Nick Berglund would lead the Rockets with 18. Kingzett pulled down 11 rebounds, and Tetrault had five assists.
Like the Cardinals boys team, the Langdon-Edmore-Munich Cardinals girls basketball team had a busy four game week scheduled to end January. It would have been busy, but their game on Jan. 31 at Four Winds-Minnewaukan got postponed due to icy roads and is rescheduled for Feb. 10. In their four game run, the Lady Cards won at Rolla 55-39 on Jan. 25, crushed Rolette at home 68-9 on Jan. 27, and won at New Rockford-Sheyenne on Jan. 29. They also beat Dunseith at home as we reported to you last week. The Cardinals are now 12-2 on the season and on a seven game winning streak as they wind down their regular season. The Cards will play a fourth ranked Grafton on Feb. 4, travel to Minnesota to play Stephen-Argyle on Feb. 5, then host Warwick on Senior Night Feb. 7. The District 8 Girls Basketball Tournament begins in Cando Feb. 11-14 with the Cards having the top seed and getting a bye in the first round. They will start tournament play Feb. 12 at 5:00 p.m. Here is a recap of their last couple of games: Langdon-Edmore-Munich 68, Rolette 9 After struggling on both ends of the floor in an ugly win at Rolla, Cardinals coach Rob Scheer switched a few things up defensively versus Rolette. Those changes and a harder effort worked well as the Cardinals allowed just two baskets to the Comets the whole night. The Cards took off their pressure defense early, and every player saw considerable court time with nine players getting into the scorebook led by Jaya Henderson with 18 and Meredith Romfo with 12. Henderson led the team with six assists followed by Morgan Freije, who had five points, five boards, and five assists.
North Star, however, hit buzzer-beating 3-pointers at the end of the second and third quarters and got four huge 3's from senior Drew Nicholas to keep the Bearcats comfortably ahead. Dane Hagler led all scorers with 25 points, while Nicolas had 14 for North Star. Worley would end with 17 and Kingzett 12 for the Cardinals. Kingzett also led the team with nine rebounds. Carter Tetrault had four assists. BOX SCORE NORTH STAR 65, LANGDON-EDMORE-MUNICH 43 NS --19 15 13 18 -- 65 LEM -- 6 11 12 14 -- 43 Langdon-Edmore-Munich -- Rayce Worley 17, Markus Kingzett 12, Jack Romfo 5, Tucker Welsh 5, Gage Goodman 4 North Star -- Dane Hagler 25, Drew Nicholas 14, Parker Simon 11, Karson Simon 6, Brett Dilley 6, Hunter Hagler 3 Rebounds -- LEM: 28 (Kingzett 9, Worley 7); NS: 27 Assists -- LEM: 11 (Carter Tetrault 4);
Langdon-Edmore-Munich 55, New Rockford-Sheyenne 51 As cold as the Cards were at the start against North Star, they were exactly the opposite at New Rockford. The Cardinals shot the lights out, going 11 of 17 from the field in the first quarter - just under 65 percent. Rayce Worley had 15 first quarter points followed by Markus Kingzett and Tucker Welsh with five apiece.
BOX SCORE LANGDON-EDMORE-MUNICH 55, NEW ROCKFORD-SHEYENNE 51 LEM -- 29 13 3 10 -- 55 NRS -- 9 15 12 15 -- 51 Langdon-Edmore-Munich -- Rayce Worley 28, Markus Kingzett 9, Tucker Welsh 7, Gage Goodman 7, Jack Romfo 4, Cody Amble 2 New Rockford-Sheyenne -- Nick Berglund 18, Luke Yri 9, Hayden Meier 8, DJ Mudgett 5, Kaden Jensen 4, Easton Benz 3, Koby Duda 2, Trevor Waldo 2 Rebounds -- LEM: 40 (Kingzett 11, Romfo, Worley 7); NRS: 33 (Berglund 10) Assists -- 11 (Carter Tetrault 5); NRS: 8 Steals -- LEM: 7; NRS: 5 Turnovers -- LEM: 9; NRS: 12 Field goal percentage -- LEM: 21/58 (36.2%); NRS: 20/51 (38.5%) Free throw percentage -- LEM: 9/11 (81.8%); NRS: 5/10 (50.0%)
Rayce Worley puts up a shot and scores 2 of his 17 points over Bearcat Brett Dilley. Photo by Larry Stokke
Jack Romfo drops in a basket against the Bearcats. Photo by Larry Stokke.
BOX SCORE LANGDON-EDMORE-MUNICH 68, ROLETTE 9 R -0 7 2 0 -- 9 LEM -- 25 17 20 6 -- 68 Langdon-Edmore-Munich -- Jaya Henderson 18, Meredith Romfo 12, Jalynn Swanson 9, Halle Jabs 8, Claire Chaput 6, Morgan Freije 5, Marlee Hetletved 4, Whitney Pankratz 3, Tayler Lorenz 3 Rolette -- Sierra Heinz 2, Morgan Casavant 2, Addi Strong 2, Karesse Heinz 2, Eva Tastad 1 Rebounds -- LEM: 34 (Henderson 6,
Whitney Pankratz drill a 3-point shot in the Cards win over Rolette. Photo by Larry Stokke
Freije 5); R: 17 Assists -- LEM: 18 (Freije 5, Swanson 4, Lorenz 3); R: 2 Steals -- LEM: 18 (Romfo 5); R: 5 Turnovers -- LEM: 9; R: 30 Field goal percentage -- LEM: 26/61 (42.6%); R: 2/19 (10.5%) Free throw percentage -- LEM: 9/12 (75%); R: 5/10 (50%) Langdon-Edmore-Munich 63, New Rockford-Sheyenne 29 In their last game of the week-long ride, the Cards fell behind at New Rockford early at 7-2 before they recovered and eventually took a 29-19 lead at halftime. Meredith Romfo had the best game of her young Cardinals career. The freshman had a rare but very cool statistic of having two 3-pointers and two three-point plays in the same game. This propelled her to a team and career high 17 points on the day. Langdon-Edmore-Munich outscored the Rockets 34-10 in the second half and also saw Jaya Henderson reach double figures in scoring with 14 points and Morgan Freije with 12. Freije had a double-double with 10 rebounds plus a team high five steals while Jalynn Swanson had nine points and six assists on the afternoon. BOX SCORE LANGDON-EDMORE-MUNICH 63, NEW ROCKFORD-SHEYENNE 29 LEM -15 14 18 16 -- 63 NRS -10 9 8 2-- 29 Langdon-Edmore-Munich -- Meredith Romfo 17, Jaya Henderson 14, Morgan Freije 12, Jalynn Swanson 9, Marlee Hetletved 3, Whitney Pankratz 3, Halle Jabs 2 New Rockford-Sheyenne -- Kelsie Belquist 8, Kennedy Demester 8, Ava Peterson 8, Mya Cudworth 4, Maddi Myhre 1 Rebounds -- LEM: 34 (Freije 10, Romfo 6, Henderson 5); NRS: 21 (Belquist 9) Assists -- LEM: 19 (Swanson 6, Henderson 5 Hetletved 3); NRS: 6 Steals -- LEM: 16 (Freije 5, Swanson 3); NRS: 12 (Belquist 8) Turnovers -- LEM: 17; NRS: 24 Field goal percentage -- LEM: 26/51 (51.0%); NRS: 12/40 (30.0%) Free throw percentage -- LEM: 7/11 (63.6%); NRS: 3/10 (30%)
Jaya Henderson had a great night against Rolette and finished the game with 17 points. Photo by Larry Stokke
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Eagles: Boys Basketball
Eagles: Girls Basketball
Eagles Boys Roll to Three Region 2 Wins Over M-M, Larimore, PRFL Cosley pours in 39 in rout of Polar Bears
Eagles Girls Beat Larimore, Lose to MPCG, Cavalier in Latest Run By Jake Kulland
By Jake Kulland
After their first loss of the season against Thompson, the North Border Eagles boys basketball team got back on track with wins in three Region 2 games. The Eagles won big in all three: defeating Midway-Minto in Pembina 77-33 on Jan. 24, 8225 over Larimore on Jan. 27, and at Park River-Fordville-Lankin in a makeup game in PR on Jan. 29. With the wins, North Border is now 10-1 overall on the season, and they are tied for second in Region 2. The Eagles also moved up to number seven in the latest Class B boys basketball poll. The Eagles continue a busy schedule: at home versus Hatton-Northwood on Feb. 1, at home in Pembina versus Drayton-Valley-Edinburg on Feb. 4, and travel to Lakota for an afternoon game on Feb. 5. Here is a recap of their last two games: North Border 82, Larimore 25 After dismantling Midway-Minto earlier in the week, the Eagles played a girls/boys double header at Larimore. This game was a career day for junior guard TJ Cosley. He was all over the floor, coming up with 11 steals and finishing with a career high 39 points including four 3-pointers. Cosley was an unreal 16 of 24 from the floor for the game in just under three quarters of work. North Border put up some video game-like stats against the Polar Bears. They outscored Larimore 30-2 in the first quarter on their way to a bananas 59-7 lead at the half. Ayden Stainbrook notched another double-double for the Eagles with 11 points and 10 rebounds, while Jaxon Johnson also reached double digits in scoring with 10. Ten different players got in the scorebook for North Border. Larimore was led by Bo Salander with 15 points. BOX SCORE NORTH BORDER 82, LARIMORE 25 NB --30 23 21 8 -- 82 L -- 2 7 7 9 -- 25 North Border -- TJ Cosley 39, Ayden Stainbrook 11, Jaxon Johnson 10, Grant Cosley 7, Nic Carignan 4, Dan Dummer 4, Grayson Ohman 3, Kyle Thomas 2, Wyatt Brusseau 1, Logan Peterson 1 Larimore -- Bo Salander 15, Bode
Gram 6, William Stover 2, Brison Falch 2 Rebounds -- NB: 43 (Stainbrook 10); L: 28 Assists -- NB: 6; L: 4 Steals -- NB: 20 (TJ Cosley 11, Peterson 3); L: 7 Turnovers -- NB: 11; L: 24 Field goal percentage -- NB: 35/65 (53.8%); L: 8/47 (17.0%) Free throw percentage -- NB: 1/14 (50%); L: 8/12 (66.7%) North Border 60, Park River-Fordville-Lankin 29 Things were a little different to start the game for the Eagles at Park River. The Aggies actually had the lead after one quarter at 11-10, but they would be held to just 18 points the rest of the way. North Border grabbed a 25-17 lead at the half and kept the momentum going, turning it into a 31 point win. TJ Cosley, Ayden Stainbrook and Jaxon Johnson, again, were the main cogs in the win with Cosley netting 21 points, Stainbrook 20, and Johnson 12. Cosley also led the team with six assists. The Eagles outrebounded the Aggies 33-23. Stainbrook, again, came away with a double-double with 10 boards followed by Johnson with nine. Avery Rosinski had 12 points to lead PRFL. The Aggies were a staggering 1 for 12 from the free throw line. BOX SCORE NORTH BORDER 60, PARK RIVER-FL 29 NB -- 10 15 23 12 -- 60 PRFL -- 11 6 6 6 -- 29 North Border -- TJ Cosley 21, Ayden Stainbrook 20, Jaxon Johnson 12, Grant Cosley 5, Grayson Ohmann 2 Park River-Fordville-Lankin -- Avery Rosinski 12, Mitch Shirek 6, Owen Zikmund 4, , Brady Omdahl 2, Nevin Daley 2, John Beneda 2, Jonah Zikmund 1 Rebounds -- NB: 33 (Stainbrook 10, Johnson 9); PRFL: 23 Assists -- NB: 13 (TJ Cosley 6, Stainbrook 3); PRFL: 6 (Rosinski 3) Steals -- NB: 10 (Johnson 4, G. Cosley 3); PRFL: 6 Turnovers -- NB: 14; PRFL: 20 Field goal percentage -- NB: 23/50 (46.0%); PRFL: 14/40 (35.0%) Free throw percentage -- NB: 8/10 (80.0%); PRFL: 1/12 (8.3%)
Jenna Fraser puts up a right hand layup over Cavalier's Eden Carrier for 2 points. Photo by Larry Stokke
Like most area teams, the North Border Eagles girls basketball team had a busy schedule in the last full week of January. The Eagles lost at home in Pembina to May-Port-C-G 55-44 on Jan. 25, won at Larimore 46-37 on Jan. 27, and then lost to rival Cavalier on the road 77-40 on Jan. 29. After the three-game run, the Eagles record is now 5-12 overall and 3-11 in Region 2 games. After playing at Drayton-Valley-Edinburg on Jan. 31, the Eagles travel to play Hillsboro-Central Valley in CV on Feb. 3 then host Nelson County in Pembina Feb. 7. Here is a recap of their last three games: May-Port-C-G 55, North Border 44 A tough second quarter for the Eagles would help decide their game with the Patriots. After leading 13-11 after the first quarter with the help of seven points from Jenna Fraser and a 3-pointer by Lauren Carrier, MPCG came out in the second and hit four shots from long distance to take a 3224 lead into the halftime break. North Border shot 18 free throws in the second half, but the Patriots would answer with some big baskets to maintain the lead. Fraser had 13 points to lead the Eagles followed by eight from Carrier. Taelyn Dunnigan led the Eagles with eight rebounds and seven from Keira Moore. Rylee Satrom led all scorers with 20 points for the Pats, and Maysa Larson had 13.
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BOX SCORE MAY-PORT-C-G 55, NORTH BORDER 44 MPCG -11 21 13 10 -- 55 NB -13 11 12 8 -- 44 North Border -- Jenna Fraser 13, Lauren Carrier 8, Addi Brown 7, Kierra Helland 6, Taelyn Dunnigan 5, Keira Moore 3, Kaite Volk 2 May-Port-C-G -- Rylee Satrom 20, Maysa Larson 13, Raina Satrom 9, Kate Bradner 6, Raegan Zerface 5, Isabell Parker 2 Rebounds -- NB: 33 (Dunnigan 8, Moore 7, Helland, Volk 6) Assists -- NB: 7 Steals -- NB: 7 Turnovers -- NB: 17 Field goal percentage -- NB: 11/44 (25%) Free throw percentage -- NB: 18/27 (66.7%) North Border 46, Larimore 37 In their win for the week, the Eagles got a two-point Region 2 victory over the Polar Bears. Jenna Fraser caught fire and kept it going the whole game knocking six 3-pointers in the win and finishing with 22 points. North Border held a slim three-point lead at the half, but they clinched the win by outscoring Larimore 15-4 in the third quarter with Fraser hitting two of six shots from beyond the arc in the frame plus Addi Brown hit two big baskets. Taelyn Dunnigan had five points in the fourth quarter to seal the deal for the Eagles. She reached double figures with 13 points for the game. North Border did a great job on the glass with 36 total rebounds led by Keira Moore with 10 and Keira Helland with eight. Lauren Carrier dished out six assists. Willo Morten had 10 points to lead the Polar Bears. The Eagles took care of the ball well with only seven turnovers the whole night. BOX SCORE NORTH BORDER 46, LARIMORE 37 NB -11 11 15 9 -- 46 L -10 9 4 14 -- 37 North Border -- Jenna Fraser 22, Taelyn Dunnigan 13, Addi Brown 4, Keira Moore 4, Katie Volk 2, Keira Helland 1 Larimore -- Willo Morten 10, Beth
Holter 9, Sadie Aamodt 6, Carly Pietron 6, Addi Dietzler 6 Rebounds -- NB: 36 (Moore 10, Helland 8) Assists -- NB: 10 (Lauren Carrier 4) Steals -- NB: 7 (Moore 3) Turnovers -- NB: 7 Field goal percentage -- NB: 16/63 (25.3%) Free throw percentage -- NB: 8/12 (66.7%) Cavalier 77, North Border 44 Against the Tornadoes, North Border was facing a team that has been shooting the ball extremely well. They hit 16 3-pointers at North Star earlier in the week and kept that going against the Eagles. Cavalier would throw down 10 3's in this game, which was too much for North Border to overcome. The Tornadoes led by 20 at halftime and had the foot to the floor from there. Jenna Fraser and Taelyn Dunnigan each had 14 in the loss for the Eagles, who were 0 for 10 from the three-point line. Teagyn Fitzsimonds had a career high 23 points for Cavalier with five shots from downtown. Also reaching double figures for the Tornadoes were Jade Kihne with 15, Rylan Burgess 14, and Eden Carrier with 13 points. BOX SCORE CAVALIER 77, NORTH BORDER 40 NB -10 10 13 7 -- 40 C -21 19 24 13 -- 77 North Border -- Jenna Fraser 14, Taelyn Dunnigan 14, Addi Brown 8, Katie Volk 3, Kierra Helland 1 Cavalier -- Teagyn Fitzsimonds 23, Jade Kihne 15, Rylan Burgess 14, Eden Carrier 13, Madi Nordstrom 9, Graycen Helgoe 2, Kaylee Kemp 1 Rebounds -- NB: 27 (Keira Moore 8, Dunnigan 7) Assists -- NB: 6 Steals -- NB: 4 Turnovers -- NB: 19 Field goal percentage -- NB: 12/45 (26.7%) Free throw percentage -- NB: 16/25 (64.0%)
Obituaries
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Brian James Dunford A celebration of life service was held in Fargo on January 15, 2022, for Brian James Dunford, 58, of West Fargo, ND, who passed away on January 8, 2022, in his home surrounded by his
loving family after an unbelievable, courageous battle with Gliosarcoma brain cancer.
the ladder from sales rep to president where he worked until his health declined taking on a consultant role.
Brian was born on January 5, 1964, to John and Betty (Wendt) Dunford in Valley City, ND. His family moved to Langdon, ND, where he grew up and graduated from Langdon High School. He attended Jamestown College on a scholarship for track & field and football. After his time at college, he lived in Oregon for a few years before returning to North Dakota, working various jobs in Fargo, ND. He was united in marriage to Cristy McLaren on February 6, 2004, in West Fargo, ND. That same year, he began working at Floor To Ceiling Carpet One Floor and Home as a sales rep. He moved up
Brian was an avid sports fan, especially the Cubs and Bison. He had a love for golf and made golfing trips from Vegas to Scotland. He was a very stoic, empathetic, and easy going individual. He rarely put himself first and was always looking after the needs of others, especially his family’s. His family was the centerpiece of his life, and he cared for them deeply. Brian is survived by his loving wife, Cristy; children: Dalton (Kristin) Dunford, Ryne Dunford, and Addison Dunford; mother Betty; siblings: Brad (Terry) Dunford, Brenda (Merlin) Schill, Brent Dunford, and Bryce Dunford;
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nieces and nephews: Brandon, Marcus, Eric, Jessica, Justin, Samantha, Austin, and Tyler; the Mark family; and many other loving relatives and friends. He is preceded in death by his father, John. A video tribute, guestbook, and livestream of the service are available on Brian’s webpage on www.wrightfuneral.com.
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The family of Bill McGauvran is deeply appreciative of the many kindnesses shown to us at his passing. Everyone was so eager to help out and planning a funeral when the family is in three different places made for some challenges, however, today's technology allowed us to do just that. Thank you to Brooks Funeral Home for your wonderful service and willingness to accommodate us and to Langdon Floral for all the beautiful arrangements at the church - we are so grateful for your efforts. Thank you to Pastor Sue Mackey and your comforting words, care and concern. You had a special place in Bill's heart. Many thanks to Evelyn Klein for the beautiful organ music and to the pall bearers who got to show off their muscles. A big thank you to the women of the church for serving the delicious lunch after the service. Thanks to the relatives who made the trip and all those who were willing and able to attend a funeral in ND in January. May God richly bless you and yours. Lottie McGauvran and family
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cont’d. from page 1 - Langdon Eagles Club Stuns Nonprofits with Big Donations While the Eagles experienced joy at being able to give such a gift, the recipients didn’t see it coming. “I was shocked. I really was shocked. We kind of set our sights at $10,000, and when they came back with that number, we were very ecstatic about it,” said Van Howatt, executive board member for the Pembina Gorge Foundation. “They were jubilant about doing it – they were so happy to do it.” Frost Fire Park wants to use Giving Hearts Day money raised this year to purchase a 4-wheeler for use as a year-round rescue vehicle, help update the bathrooms in the basement of the lodge, put money toward building a ski patrol shack, and help jumpstart renovations to the theater stage. “Any donation from $10 to whatever you find is appropriate for you to give on Giving Hearts Day is very much appreciated,” Gorder said. With gaming, the Eagles Club is required to give the money back to the
community to nonprofits, events, and benefits. They are governed by the Grand Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and are required to donate a large percentage of their gaming profits.
“We just put $50,000 back into our county for Frost Fire Park and the students of St. Alphonsus; it’s a win-win for all of us is how we looked at it,” Witzel said. While board members were able to see a live reaction at Frost Fire Park, someone had to call St. Alphonsus School principal Carrie Hope to tell her the news, and Witzel was up for the task. The first thing he asked was if Principal Hope was sitting down.
“I said, ‘Do you want one check or two?’ I don’t know what she was hoping to get. I said we’ll do $5,000 and then I asked, ‘Do you want another check for $20,000?’” Witzel said. The phone line went silent. “I thought she hung up,” Witzel said. “I said Carrie, are you there?’ I was smiling ear to ear on the other end of the line – it blew my mind. Right then and there the appreciation that the principal had and the Pembina Gorge Foundation board – words cannot describe the appreciation these folks give back to us.” The $25,000 on its own would support the music department and technology lab upgrades for the school. If St. Alphonsus doubles the match amount on Giving Hearts Day and ends the day with $50,000, the school will also be able to purchase a new science curriculum, help the school library, and buy items off teachers’ classroom wish lists.
“Every donation will be put to good use – anything from pencil sharpeners and paint canvases to a new 3D printer – everything helps,” Hope said. “I honestly did not think we would be reaching those goals quite yet, so I’m pretty excited.” Hope said the unexpected donation is uplifting and a big motivator to keep pushing forward with goals. The goal list she keeps at home is getting smaller because the school keeps reaching them. She’s thankful for the Eagles’ donation and admires the Eagles’ commitment for supporting kids and activities in the community and the county.
“Everything they do and are willing to do is pretty awesome,” she said. St. Alphonsus School had been working on raising match donations when the Eagles donated the full match
cont’d. from page 1 - Recreating and Completing the Historic I-500 Snowmobile Challenge day they started out with a convoy of local snowmobile riders who would tag along sometimes for a few hours, sometimes for the entire day. Usually at the end of the day the Krams’ convoy shrunk, but they were hosted at hotels and followed by their mechanic, Ivan, driving a truck towing a heated trailer with a variety of tools needed for possible maintenance along the way or at the end of the day. One of the days Roger stated he had a mishap tipping his sled on a curve and hitting a tree with both skis and the bumper, but it wasn't until he had ridden all the way into Fergus Falls to put new skis on his sled and have some lunch that his arm felt wet. Turns out the sled wasn’t the only thing to take a hit - so did Roger’s forearm. Roger went to the local emergency room where it turns out he needed 13 stitches. Riding for the rest of the afternoon was out of the question for Roger, but
Wyatt’s 14-year-old son was willing to step up and ride in his grandfather's seat 40 miles into Alexandria. Roger and Wyatt both expressed that their pride in Jack was a great highlight in the ride, and although Roger may have technically not completed the whole ride, his John Deere sure did! The duo also have another reason for completing the ride that goes beyond Roger’s bucket list. As a Navy veteran himself, he wanted to bring attention to a bigger cause concerning the Casselton VFW Post along with the Fargo Memorial Honor Guard. Their goal is to raise up to $30,000 by selling off raffle tickets for $10 a piece with 10 winning tickets being selected on Feb. 12th. The Krams said that the easiest way to purchase a ticket is to visit their website at www.I-500challenge.com/raffle.
amount. The previously committed match dollars have been moved to become day-of donations. Seeing how Giving Hearts Day has worked for organizations in the past and knowing their match can be doubled is exactly what Langdon Eagles Club members want to see happen on Feb. 10. They want to see their money get doubled and get to work. The Eagles are careful to say they don’t know how they will be able to help area nonprofits for Giving Hearts Day from year to year, but for 2022, Cavalier County is riding high on the generosity and the excitement of getting wonderful, unexpected news. “Now I know to sit down if Dallas calls me,” Hope said. Pre-giving is open at GivingHeartsDay.org, or day-of donations can be made on Feb. 10. Contact your local non-profit to find out how to donate via check.