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Groundbreaking for the new Barnes County North School campus took place Monday, July 9. The site is on High-
way 9, to the south and west of Leal. The building is to be ready for the start of classes in the fall of 2013, for students
pre-kindergarten through grade 12. Pictured, from left, are school board members Kyle Petersen, Chip Steckler, Jason
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I
ts the beginning of my
favorite time of year
when shopping for
supper takes place in the
garden. Days are hot; nights
smell like heaven, and an
assortment of greens make
for wonderful summer
salads.
Im not talking about
head lettuce and ranch
dressing rather, summer
salads are full of textures
and tastes and need little or
no dressing to be enjoyed.
Packed with vitamins and
favor, easy-to-prepare sum-
mer salads can be a com-
plete supper in our house.
So lets come to the table
in the next few weeks and
enjoy the labors of our gar-
deners and farmers.
Unlike store-bought
heads of lettuce, which my
friends and I commonly
refer to as solid water
because it has no taste and
little nutritional value,
garden greens are quite the
opposite.
Some common greens
include spinach, kale, chard,
mesclun mixes and leaf
lettuces of all varieties and
colors.
People laugh when I say
I plant mesclun mixes
which simply means a mix-
ture of greens ranging from
red oak leaf lettuce to dif-
ferent mustards, raddcicio,
endive and arugula. Flavors
are mild, bitter, mustardy
and spicy. Put them all
together and wow - favor
sensation
salad.
Lettuces
are cold
weather
crops and if
you are an
early-bird
planter like
myself, you
have already depleted your
supply of leaf lettuces, rad-
ishes and peas. But, now Im
into Swiss chard, everlast-
ing spinach, kale and garlic
scapes.
Many non-gardeners have
never heard about garlic
scapes. Not to let anything
go to waste, gardeners and
fne chefs use the scapes,
which are removed from
garlic plants as soon as they
curl, in lieu of garlic. Tey
are very spicy and can be
used chopped, sauted and/
or ground into a fne pesto.
(Just learned that this week-
end from a local farmer).
So go to your farmers
market or your garden and
get some greens to enjoy
this simple recipe that
EVERYONE loves. And
trust me when I tell you
it is much healthier than
dousing greens with bottled
dressings.
INGREDIENTS:
Fresh washed greens.
Wash, spin dry and store in
refrigerator.
Peas, radishes or any
other veggies you may have
(doesnt matter where you
got them) chopped or diced
and sliced.
Olive oil
Balsamic vinegar
Garlic one or two toes.
Salt regular or sea
Dry Mustard
Pepper
DIRECTIONS: Peel the
garlic toes and crush on a
cutting board with the back
of a heavy spoon or knife
blade. Cover with salt (tea-
spoon or so depending on
how large the salad.) Grind
the garlic and salt together
into a paste. Put the paste
into a small jar and add
black pepper and mustard
to taste.
Stir in cup olive oil
(once again depends on the
size of the salad), and mix
well. When you are ready
to serve the salad, douse the
greens with the olive oil mix-
ture and stir until all leaves
are coated. Sprinkle with
vinegar to taste and serve
immediately.
Your family will love it.
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shot a 25 out of 25 skeet
shoot at the Valley City
Trap Club on July 3. The
holes shown at left in
his favorite cap resulted
from the clubs custom
that, on a shooters frst
perfect score, the hat is
surrendered to the other
competors for target
practice.
(Photo submitted/Mitch Anderson)
Friday, July 13
Sanborn Bull-A-Rama
takes place at 7 p.m. in
Sanborn. Admission: $15
adults, $10 kids ages 7 to
16. Kids 6 and younger ad-
mitted for free. More info:
840-1025.
Barnes County 4-Hs
Achievement Days exhibits
open for public viewing at
12:30 p.m. at the North
Dakota Winter Show build-
ing. A dog show takes
place from 5:30 to 8 p.m.
Free admission. More info:
Ellen Bjelland, 701-845-
8528.
The VFW in Valley City
hosts the dance band Face
for Radio, starting at 8:30
p.m.
Barnes County Senior
Center activities: 9:30 a.m.
Bone Builders Exercise;
11:30 a.m. lunch (BBQ
Chicken, Baby Bakers,
Peas and Apple Crisp);
1:00 p.m. Bingo.
Saturday, July 14
BASTILLE DAY
Barnes County 4-Hs
Achievement Days contin-
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Winter Show building, with
the Premium Sale Buyer
Appreciation Supper at
5:30 p.m. and trophy
presentations at 7. Free
admission. More info: Ellen
Bjelland, 701-845-8528.
The Fort Ransom Sod-
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Wednesday, July 18.
Randie Meyer, son of DeMar and Shirley
Meyer, and Katie, daughter of Clarence and
Lillie Olson, have been married for 42 years.
Their four children have been singing since
they were two years old and now the 15
grandchildren are helping Pass the Faith
Along as one of the familys favorite songs
notes.
Randie and Katie have been singing since
high school days. Randie began singing with
the Gospel Lighthouse Quartet in 1974. They
made four recordings. The lead singer bowed
out and Katie took his place in the 90s,
singing with the quartet until a few years ago
when the group disbanded.
Bring your lawn chair or blanket. In case
of inclement weather, the program will be
held in Valley Citys City Auditorium.
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Transit Connect/Fiesta
a.m. to 5 p.m. at Fort Ran-
som State Park. Admis-
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free. More info: 701-973-
4331.
Roses Valley City Farm-
ers Market takes place
from 10 a.m. to noon every
Saturday through Hallow-
een at Hinschberger Park.
More info: Becky Huber,
701-924-8278.
The VFW in Valley City
hosts Hammers Karaoke
at 8:30 p.m.
Center activities: Noon
lunch (Hamburger Casse-
role, Coleslaw, Juice and
Cheesecake).
Sunday, July 15
The Fort Ransom
Sodbusters Association
hosts Sodbusters Days
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at
Fort Ransom State Park.
Admission: $5, 12 and
younger free. More info:
701-973-4331.
The Wimbledon Fire
Department hosts side-by-
side mud runs at noon on
the north side of Wimble-
don. Registration is from 9
to 11 a.m. with a $20 entry
fee per class. Adults: $13.
Ages 13-18: $5. 12 and
younger free. More info:
Kurt, 701-320-6994, or
Mark, 701-320-0099.
Center activities: 12:30
p.m. lunch (Chicken and
Rice, Mixed Vegetables,
Juice and Bar)
Monday, July 16
The Valley City City
Commission holds its
regular meeting at 5 p.m.
at City Hall.
The Valley City Farmers
Market takes place from 4
to 6 p.m. at the Rosebud
Visitor Center parking lot.
More info: Norma Voldal,
market manager: 701-
845-4303.
Buffalo Senior Citizens
meet every Monday at the
Community Center, Buf-
falo, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Cribbage takes place
at 7 p.m. at the Stavenger
Building, 223 Central Ave.
N., Valley City. Bring your
own game. More info: Paul
Stenshoel, 701-840-9313.
a.m. Exercise; 11:30 a.m.
Lunch (Lasagna, Tossed
Salad, Juice and Pudding);
1:15 p.m. Whist.
Tuesday, July 17
The Barnes County
Commission holds its
regular meeting at 8 a.m.
at the courthouse.
North Dakota State Uni-
versitys Extension Service
in Stutsman County hosts
Lets Preserve Salsa! at
10 a.m. and Lets Pre-
serve Jellies and Fruits!
at 1 p.m. in Jamestown.
The sessions can get you
started in safe methods of
food preservation. More
info: 252-9030.
United Blood Services
hosts a blood drive from
1 to 6 p.m. at Grace Free
Lutheran Church in Valley
City. To schedule an ap-
pointment, call Elaine at
845-9972.
The Page Area Farmers
Market takes place from
5 to 7 p.m. at Page City
Park.
The Fort Ransom Horse
Arenas United Barrel Rac-
ing Association-sanctioned
barrel series takes place.
More info: 701-973-4811.
Valley City Rotary meets
every Tuesday at noon at
the Valley City VFW Club.
Center activities: 9:30-
11:30 a.m. Myron Jabs
Medicare Fraud; 11:30
a.m. lunch (Pork Chops,
Mashed Potatoes, Cream
Gravy, Peas and Onions
and Fruit); 1:15 p.m.
Pinochle.
Women at the Park,
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women in small area parks
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ACROSS
1. New-__ hay
5. Synthetic fiber
10. Alka-Seltzer-
landing-in-water
sound
14. Indy winner
Luyendyk
15. Bobby of the Black
Panthers
16. Ready to pluck
17. Greek Z
18. Recap giver
20. Monroe __ (1823
pronouncement)
22. Churchillian
gesture
23. Blond shade
24. Basis for
discrimination
25. Is so minded
29. Goldie of "Laugh-
In"
31. In an evasive
manner
32. Ibn __ (Arabia's
founder)
34. It has 100 seats
36. Beau Brummell
37. De Mille or
Moorehead
39. Signed like an
illiterate
40. Dustin's "Midnight
Cowboy" role
42. "Welcome" giver
43. Think highly of
46. Vintner's dregs
47. Lily Tomlin's
Ernestine, for one
49. Irish Rose's man
51. Like some
deodorants
52. Bearded beast
53. "Platoon" war
zone, informally
56. Part of SSN: Abbr.
57. Not invincible
59. Sparsely
distributed amount
63. Shaker stuff
64. Hammer head
65. Like a King story
66. Ballet bend
67. Capp or Gump
68. Rationed, with
"out"
69. Malamute's tow
DOWN
1. Miata maker
2. Stackable cookies
3. "Red Scare"
fanatic, so to speak
4. Clutter-free
5. Hands out
6. See the old gang
7. Partner of rank and
serial number
8. "Slippery" tree
9. Ultimatum
alternative
10. Blesser of holy
water
11. Smith or Claiborne
12. Unlock, poetically
13. __ annum
19. "__ Madness"
(anti-marijuana
film)
21. Like steak tartare
25. Lamp cover
26. Highest-numbered
item in a rack
27. "How can __?"
(gambler's query)
28. Proofreader's finds
30. Suffix with cannon
or block
31. Look from Snidely
32. Pago Pago's place
33. Slack-jawed
35. Sing the praises of
38. One surrounds
each theme entry
in this puzzle
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55. Allotted, with "out"
57. Compete in
logrolling
58. Krait cousins
59. Therapeutic spot
60. Relief pitcher's
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61. Checkers color
62. Writer Rosten
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Tower City Senior Citi-
zens meet every Wednes-
day at the Community
Center in Tower City from
10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. A
meal is served. More info:
Betty Gibbons, president;
701-840-0184.
Texas Holdem Tourna-
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night at 7 p.m. at the Ea-
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all player levels. More info:
Richard Hass: 840-2612.
Free, for people 21-plus.
Center activities: 9:30 a.m.
Bone Builders Exercise;
11:30 a.m. Lunch (Beef
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Friday, July 20th
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4:00 pm Attend the third annual Buffalo High School Homecoming & Visit with classmates, friends and family
Explore the Olde School Gift Shoppe & Dakota Territory Gallery and Tour historic sites
Enjoy good food by Tower City B & B and beverages by Old 10 Saloon
6:00 pm Participate in BHS Beneft by Tabor Auction Services
Celebrate special class reunions
Party at the Prom with A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation
7:30 am Pancake Breakfast sponsored by Buffalo Food Market - at Community Center**
8:00 am 5K Run/Walk by Park Board - Ball Diamonds**
8:30 am Horseshoe Tournament - Main Street City Park**
9:00 am Olde School Gift Shoppe & Dakota Territory Gallery 1916 Buffalo High School
9:30 am Punt, Pass, Kick - Grade School
10:30 am Radio Control (RC) Airplane Show by Dakota Skymasters
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11:00 am Arts & Crafts Vendor Fair - 1916 Buffalo High School lawn**
11:30 am Lunch by Buffalo Daycare - under the tent**
12:30 pm Pedal Tractor Pull - Main Street
1:00 pm Classic Car/Motorcycle Show - Main Street
1:00 pm Co-ed Mud Volleyball - Main Street**
1:30 pm Trivia Contest - Community Center
3:00 pm Minute to Win It - Main Street
4:00 pm Bingo & Refreshments - Community Center**
4:30 pm Strolling Entertainment by Magician Jeffrey Salveson
5:30 pm Pulled Pork Supper sponsored by JDA - under the tent**
7:00 pm Jeffrey Salveson Comedy and Magic Show - under the tent
9:00 pm Betty Does Street Dance
Saturday, July 21st
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Women at the Park,
a recurring gathering of
women in small area parks
for the purpose of discuss-
ing ideas and concerns
about agriculture, educa-
tion and small business
in an open forum, is in
Chaffee, N.D., starting at
7 p.m. Everyone wel-
come, including children.
The event is organized by
Myrene Peterson, District
24 Republican candidate
for the state House of
Representatives. More
info: Myrene Peterson,
701-793-9743.
Thursday, July 19
J.A.K.E.S. Day takes
place at the Valley City
Trap Club. Pre-registration
required, its a fun time for
kids of all ages.
The Valley City Farm-
ers Market takes place
from 4 to 6 p.m. at the
Pamida parking lot. More
info: Norma Voldal, market
manager: 701-845-4303.
Tops Club of Enderlin
meets every Thursday
morning at the Senior
Center. Weigh in from 8:30
to 9 a.m.; meeting at 9
a.m.
a.m. Exercise, 11:30 a.m.
Lunch (Soup, Sandwich,
Juice and Cake); 5:30
p.m. Supper (BBQ Ribs)
Entertainment: Nikki Nel-
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I
n last weeks column,
I mentioned the new
FDA guidelines for sun-
screen. Sunscreen is a very
important defense against
skin cancer. Although it is
not the primary defense, it
should be used when in the
sun for extended periods
of time. Unprotected sun
exposure can cause many
types of skin cancers. Mela-
noma is not the most com-
mon, but it is the deadliest
type of skin cancer.
M e l a -
noma is a
type of skin
cancer that
can appear
s u d d e n l y
and prog-
ress rapidly.
Roughly 73
percent of
deaths from skin cancer are
cause by melanoma. It is
treatable if detected early,
but is usually fatal if spread
to the internal organs. Mel-
anoma is most common in
people that were exposed
to excessive sunlight in the
frst 10 to 18 years of life so
that is why it is important
to protect kids from the sun
and use sunscreen when
going out in the sun for ex-
tended periods.
Melanoma is caused by
mutations in skin cells that
result in color changes in the
skin. Most of these changes
occur as moles. Te ABCs
of moles can help you de-
tect a potentially cancerous
mole. If you notice any of
the following, you should
schedule an appointment
with your doctor or derma-
tologist.
A stands for asymmet-
ric. All moles should be
symmetrical (regular in
shape).
B stands for border. If a
mole has an irregular bor-
der it could be cancerous.
Moles should be round with
no irregularities.
C stands for color.
Moles are typically brown. If
you notice shades of black,
blue, red or white in a mole
you should be concerned.
D stands for diameter.
Moles should be smaller
than the size of a pencil
eraser. If you notice a mole
that is large, you should get
it checked.
E stands for elevation.
Any mole that is raised
from the skin is suspicious.
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Normal moles are usually
fat.
Other warning signs of
cancerous or pre-cancerous
moles would be if you notice
any moles of yours chang-
ing. Tis is why it is impor-
tant to get them checked
every year. If you notice a
change, you should schedule
an appointment and have a
biopsy done. A bright red le-
sion on your skin should be
a red fag that you need to
get checked right away.
Risk factors of develop-
ing melanoma include: hav-
ing fair skin, blue or brown
eyes, and blonde or red hair;
spending a lot of time out-
doors due to a job; using
tanning beds; having a sun-
burn that resulted in blister-
ing as a child; having a fam-
ily history of melanoma; or
having a weakened immune
system.
Treatment for melanoma
can range from surgery to
radiation to chemotherapy.
Te earlier it is caught, the
better. Tat is why it is im-
portant to wear sunscreen
during the summer so you
do not have to worry about
skin cancer down the road.
Playing in the sun is always
fun as long as you protect
yourself from the harmful
rays.
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Mercy Hospital. Your Health is coordi-
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ments of his Competent
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the sergeant-at-arms for the
2011-2012 club year.
Mayfeld, who joined Sec-
ond Crossing Toastmasters
in July 2010, is a project
manager for the Kadrmas
Lee and Jackson engineering
frm in Valley City.
Second Crossing Toast-
masters was chartered on
July 26, 1982, and will cel-
ebrate its 30th anniversary
this summer. Te mission of
the club is to provide a mu-
tually supportive and posi-
tive learning environment
in which every member has
the opportunity to develop
communication and lead-
ership skills, which in turn
foster self-confdence and
personal growth.
Meetings of Second Cross-
ing Toastmasters are always
open to anyone who wishes
to develop communica-
tion and leadership skills.
Te one-hour meetings are
Tursdays at noon in the
Norway Room in the VCSU
Student Center.
For more information
about Toastmasters, con-
tact club ofcers Larry E.
Sayler (840-2663), Brad
Cruf (845-0674) or Kerry
Johnson (840-0403) or any
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Shawn Mayfeld of Valley City receives his Compe-
tent Communicator Award in a ceremony hosted
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#4943. Toastmasters is an international organization
of adults working with members of their local chap-
ters to improve communication and leadership skills.
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Mayfeld receives award
The Valley City Community Gardens
(VCCG) Steering Committee invites you
to send your gardening questions to
VCCG Gardening Column, 230 4th St.,
N.W., Rm. 204, Valley City, ND 58072
or by email: vcgardens@gmail.com.
By VC Community Gardens
Steering Committee
F
lowers growing in
containers may need
to be watered daily.
Hanging baskets of fuchsias
and other fowers are espe-
cially prone to drying out. A
layer of mulch in containers
can reduce watering needs.
Remove fowers in the
garden afer they fade. Tis
is called deadheading. In
this way, the plant wont
waste any energy on pro-
ducing seed in these faded
fowers. Rather, the plant
will spend its energy on
producing new fowers.
Most annual fowers do
not need to be sprayed with
fungicides. Focus on sanita-
tion instead remove
faded fowers and any leaves
that show disease spots.
A thin layer of organic
mulching in a fower bed
will keep the plants cooler
and healthier. Te need for
watering will be reduced,
ofen in half!
Cocoa bean mulch is
hazardous to dogs. Usually
dogs are not interested in
the mulch, but in rare situ-
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the mulch, they can die!
Keep roots of lily and
clematis cool; mulching
is very valuable for these
plants.
Mulch peony bushes and
clip of seedpods from spent
blooms.
Te best time to clip
fowers for drying is mid-
day. Te fowers should
be in peak form. Remove
the leaves and hang upside
down.
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Myrene Peterson, Re-
publican candidate for the
District 24 state House seat,
will host a series of open fo-
rum gatherings she is calling
Women at the Park.
Women at the Park is
a gathering of women in a
small park for the purpose
of discussing their ideas and
concerns about agriculture,
education and small busi-
ness, Peterson said in a re-
lease.
Te frst Women at the
Park gathering is set for 7
p.m. on July 17 in Sheldon.
Subsequent July gatherings
are July 18 at Chafee and
July 24 at Litchville, begin-
ning at 7 p.m. in the city
parks.
Peterson explained the
concept behind the gather-
ings as follows:
Women for decades have
been the champions of edu-
cation, both as teachers and
parents. Tey have made
sure that the education sys-
tem in North Dakota is pro-
gressive and is meeting the
needs of the 21st century
student.
Women have played a vi-
tal role in the advancement
of agriculture in the state of
North Dakota.Todays wom-
en in agriculture bring to the
table a great deal of knowl-
edge about farming and the
technology that is needed to
compete in the world mar-
ket.
Women are the major-
ity of owners of small busi-
nesses. Tey are backbone of
small towns across the Unit-
ed States. Small businesses
hire more people than the
giant corporations. Tey are
vital for the survival of the
towns in North Dakota.
Although labeled gather-
ings for women, Peterson
says everyone is welcome at
Women in the Park, includ-
ing children. Te forums
are open to anyone with an
interest in North Dakota
womens issues
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A
mezzoting print by
local artist Linda
Whitney captured
the top prize at the annual
Pekin Days Art Show, a ju-
ried competition held June
20-24 in Pekin, N.D.
Te winning piece - "Mas-
querade Powwow...Tanks
FS!" - is an ironic statement
about the masquerade pow-
wows...where sometimes fe-
male dancers dress in male
regalia and guys dress in
female regaliam, according
to Whitney.
Te mask faces hanging
of the back of three female
traditional dancers are male
masks and borrowed from
Fritz Shoulder's paintings,
who was a Native American
artist working in the white
world, she said.
Te image is created by
hand rocking copper plates
with a serrated curved
rocker, rocking 8-12 di-
rections, and then using a
small burnisher to burnish-
ing the image by pressing
the rocked surface smooth
to create grays and white.
An image the size of Whit-
neys winning mezzotint
takes at least 12 months...
working full time...to cre-
ate.
More than 500 pieces of
artwork were entered in the
Pekin competition, created
by 117 exhibiting artists in
multiple categories, includ-
ing paintings and drawings,
photography, printmaking,
pottery and glass, sculp-
tures and jewelry.
Whitney is a printmaker,
Professor of Art, and Chair
of the Art Department at
Valley City State University.
She is the recipient of the
2002 North Dakota Coun-
cil on the Arts Fellowship
and the 1999 North Dakota
Governors Award for the
Arts. She is also a recipient
of the Art Midwest / NEA
Regional Fellowship Award
and the Intermedia Arts
Minnesota Interdisciplinary
Arts Grant. Her work has
been included in numerous
regional, national and inter-
national exhibitions includ-
ing a traveling solo exhibi-
tion of mezzotints and color
intaglios.
Other local artists captur-
ing the Pekin jurors atten-
tion were Whitneys daugh-
ter, Jessica Christy of Valley
City, who fnished second in
printmaking with H is for
Housefy (lithography, pa-
per, thread); Jefrey Hof of
Jamestown, honorable men-
tion in acrylic painting with
A Hint of Gold; B.L. Getz
of Cooperstown earning
second place in sculpture
with Totem (metal, weld-
ing). Hofs acrylic painting
A Hint of Gold also won
the Peoples Choice award.
Next years Pekin Days
Art Show is scheduled for
June 26-30, 2013.
mezzotint artist wins pekin printmaking prize
masquerade powwow...Thanks fs! by linda whitney, valley City. mezzotint, hand rocked
copper plates (each 12 x 18 for a total of 24 x 18).
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efore video games,
yea, even before tele-
vision, young people
in Barnes County generally
found and made their own
entertainments.
We made slingshots and
rubber-guns, arrows and
lathe swords. Tere was
fy-tying for smallmouth,
bluegills, sunfsh and crap-
pies, and throw-lines for
bullheads. Occasionally
we would build a hot-rock
oven in the ground and
roast roasts
and cook
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ence works
was the
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row Injun-
Uity cards
that separated the layers of
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Murray Hamlet, a Valley
City grade-school friend
of mine, collected these
cards religiously, and did
several of the projects they
described. Te information
given on these cards was
considered fairly authentic.
Straight Arrow as some
of you might know, was
a radio program that ran
from 1948 to 1951 and
began with the thrilling
introduction: To friends
and neighbors alike, Steve
Adams appeared to be
nothing more than the
young owner of the Bro-
ken Bow cattle spread. But
when danger threatened
innocent people, and when
evil-doers plotted against
justice, then Steve Adams,
rancher, disappeared and in
his place came a mysterious
stalwart Indian, wearing
the dress and war paint of a
Comanche, and riding the
great golden palomino Fury.
Galloping out of the dark-
ness to take up the case of
law and order throughout
the west comes the legend-
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ARROW!
Most people who re-
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believe that Straight Arrow
was a white man who
disguised himself as an In-
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goes, Straight Arrow was
a Comanche Indian raised
by whites and, as an adult,
Steve Adams was his secret
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E
ven though fshing season is open
year-round in North Dakota, judg-
ing by phone calls and emails the
month of July sees a good share of fshing
activity.
Whether its planning an annual fshing
outing with friends and family, part of an
anniversary or community celebration,
or simply an individual with questions,
there are a few regulations that might be
overlooked by some anglers.
Why cant we party fsh?
North Dakota regulations do not allow for party
fshing (or party hunting for that matter), meaning each
angler can catch and keep only their own daily limit. Te
philosophy behind this is that each individual should
have their own opportunity to experience and enjoy the
outdoors and catch and
harvest their own fsh.
Tere are always concerns
that less experienced anglers,
especially youth, are taken
on fshing trips so older
anglers can catch and keep
additional limits and thus
ruin the enjoyment of fshing
for those who arent allowed
to catch their own fsh. Also,
North Dakota fshing regula-
tions are based on past and
present fshing experiences
and success rates. If regula-
tions allowed for party fsh-
ing, overall limits might need
to be reduced.
Can I put game fsh in a fve-
gallon bucket with water and
transport them live?
No. Only legal bait and
legal live baitfsh can be
transported. Since fathead
minnows remain as a legal
live baitfsh, there is no
alternative other than allow
some water, in bait buckets,
to transport minnows to a water body for fshing. In the
case of game fsh, there are viable alternatives to transport
them home or to a fsh cleaning station and they do not
need to remain alive.
Can I transport home some small fsh I caught from a lake
and use them as aquarium fsh?
No. It is illegal to transport any fsh in water away from
LEIER: 13
A
couple of weeks ago, my brother
Ben Simonson of Valley City,
received a report via email from
the Minnesota Department of Natural
Resources (DNR) regarding a lake stur-
geon he caught on our frst trip to the
Rainy River in May. Te yellow tag marked
#82,661 was the frst thing we noticed
when he held the fsh up out of the net. Af-
ter releasing the fsh, we typed the number
into our phones and saved it as we got back
to angling, in hopes of submitting the report the following
week when we returned.
Trough a quick online submission program through
the DNR tagged fsh report web page, my brother turned
in the tag number and length of the fsh and awaited the
details of his catch.
Sturgeon #82,661 was captured and tagged by the DNR
at the junction of the Rainy River and Lake of the Woods
at Four Mile Bay in April of 2004. At that time, it was
27.2 inches in length and its sex was unknown and would
remain a mystery. Te fsh was caught by an angler for the
frst time afer tagging in April of 2007, and according to
that fshermans report, it taped out at 33 inches.
Te frst reported catch afer tagging was just a mile up
the river from the point where it was catalogued by the
DNR. Sturgeon #82,661 was caught and released again by
an angler in October of 2008 and, by that time, it stretched
the measuring stick to 38 inches. However, that catch came
far upstream nearly 30 miles away from Lake of the
Woods and almost halfway up the river to Rainy Lake.
Finally, when I put the net around it and my brother
held it up for the camera in early May of this year, the
sturgeon measured out at 46 inches and was back in its ap-
parent home stretch, just out in front of Wheelers Point a
mile up from the lake. According to the estimate chart put
together by DNR biologists over the past several decades,
the 46-inch sturgeon was approximately 20 years of age.
In his correspondence relating to Sturgeon #82,661, Tom
Heinrich, DNR Large Lake Specialist, revealed a great deal
about the individual fsh and the species in general.
As of this spring, the DNR has tagged 6,470 lake stur-
geon, with 3,405 longer than the 45-inch minimum size
limit, at the time they were tagged. Te longest sturgeon
that the DNR has tagged was 71.3 inches long, but weight
was not recorded for this fsh. Tis fsh was tagged on the
Rainy River, near the mouth
of the Littlefork River, in
2004. Te heaviest weight re-
corded for a tagged sturgeon
was 93 pounds, but only 69.5
inches long (though she had
a 31.5-inch girth). Tis fsh
came from the Rapid River in
2012. Te largest sturgeon the
DNR has sampled was caught
of of Pine Island in Septem-
ber of 2007. Tis fsh was 73
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ed to weigh 120 pounds.
Unfortunately DNR sta
members were not set up
to tag this sh, so it was
released without a tag.
DNR biologists have
found that in the Lake of
the Woods-Rainy River
system, male lake stur-
geon begin to reproduce
when they reach 17 years
of age, while female
sturgeon do not mature
until they are about 26
years old. Aer matur-
ing, males spawn only
every two to three years
while females spawn ev-
ery three to six years.
Intense commercial
exploitation during the
late 1800s and early
1900s decimated the
once abundant sturgeon
population. Aer the de-
cline of the commercial shery the sturgeon
population was unable to rebound due to
water pollution in the Rainy River, the pri-
mary spawning area. With the passage of
the Clean Water Act and its amendments in
the late 1960s and early 1970s, the sturgeon
population started to grow and reproduc-
tion is successful in most years. e stur-
geon population grew
from about 16,000 in
1990 to about 60,000 in
2004. Today, the Lake of
the Woods-Rainy River
system is one of the few
areas in the country that
has a lake sturgeon pop-
ulation that is healthy
enough to support a
shery.
rough the eorts of
agencies like the DNR
and conscientious an-
glers who take the time
to report tagged sh like
sturgeon #82,661, biolo-
gists and other sta are
able to gain a better un-
derstanding of the wide
variety of species we
sh for, whether theyre
walleye, trout, sturgeon
or others. In turn, this
information helps those
agencies to better man-
age sheries and help
anglers nd better success on the water. In
addition to all these benets of a sh tag-
ging and recording program is the unique
insight into the life of a sh that my brother
and I had a chance to touch, unhook and
release to be caught and hopefully reported
againin our outdoors.
Nick Simonson grew up in Valley City.
Ben Simonson of Valley City poses with sturgeon #82,661, a tagged sh caught in
Minnesota. (Photo/Nick Simonson)
This map, generated by the
Minnesota Department of
Natural Resources, shows where
Ben Simonsons tagged sturgeon
was caught.
LEIER: From 12
the water body from which it was caught,
except for legal baitsh.
Can I use parts of sh I caught for bait?
e use of nongame sh as cut sh
or bait is legal. Cut sh is dened as a
nongame sh that has been reduced to
sections, pieces or parts thereof. Heads
and entrails of nongame sh are consid-
ered cut sh. Nongame sh, yellow perch
eyes, and trout and salmon eggs which
have been preserved by freezing, salting
or otherwise treated to inactivate repro-
ductive products are also legal bait. Use of
other game sh or game sh parts as bait
is illegal.
Why cant I release sh held in a livewell
at the end of a shing outing?
If allowed, sh that were stressed (e.g.
on stringers, possibly not in a functional
livewell, etc.) would experience delayed
mortality aer being released. e sh
may swim away but may not be healthy
and eventually die.
Further, if the release of a sh (or two)
at the end of the day was allowed, it could
possibly lead to high-grading or culling.
High grading is the practice of selectively
harvesting sh catching a sh, reduc-
ing it to creel (e.g. in a livewell), and
then later releasing the sh aer catching
additional sh of a more preferable size.
High grading has been against the law for
at least the past 60 years in North Dakota.
Allowing for some release of sh aer
being reduced to creel, would at the very
least, complicate enforcement and at its
worse, greatly confound the overall sh-
ing regulations.
Leier, a biologist with the Game and Fish Department,
grew up in Valley City. Reach him by email: dleier@nd.gov

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An open letter to Lloyd Nelson
Letter from Lowell Busching
Valley City, N.D.
Tis is in response to your recent Letter to the Editor (Te
Independent, July 6, 2012) concerning the comments of one
of the new commissioners. Although I agree with what you
say, I think you are being somewhat unfair to the commis-
sioner in question.
I, too, have noticed a number of mostly older homes
available around town with the owners either leaving town
or moving to the senior homes. Essentially the same thing
as someone pointed out to me property tax-wise. Te ones
staying in Valley City in the senior homes are removed from
the tax roles just when we need them and, almost without
exception, the places they are moving into are tax-exempt
for long periods - sometimes more then fve years if a rea-
son can be found. Not exactly a win-win situation. How-
ever, these older homes and their possible higher mainte-
nance costs may not be suitable for the type of people this
commissioner has in mind on either end.
Possible CEOs or managers moving into VC for the many
anticipated ventures, that are not yet reality? I believe a
number of the current ones currently live elsewhere. Tey
want the high-end homes largely only available in markets
like Fargo. Do we really need to build them also? Would
they come and become part of our community? Doubtful.
On the other end, the generally younger high tech em-
ployees struggling along on only a minimum of $30,000
a year are mostly looking for newer and more afordable
housing. Lower salary people rent homes or apartments,
some of which are tax-exempt.
Finding such homes might have been possible in VC at
one time, but with currently artifcially high values of all
the homes, in order to make up for the 48% of the city not
paying any taxes of any kind, even these are hard to sell.
Te commissioner should have, perhaps, been more spe-
cifc on just what kind of homes and in what price range
and what locations she is talking about.
Concerning the comments about the sidewalks, again it
appears she did not say if she is only concerned with the
sidewalks themselves for safety in walking or jogging, but
also obstructions like vast amounts of weeds and debris in
some areas that could trip anyone up, especially at night.
Tis can easily be corrected for pennies by spraying or
pulling such weeds or moving the debris. Repairing the
sidewalks that exist now could indeed be costly and not that
many of them are that bad. Some just need to be jacked up
to smooth them out or minor patches made. Replacing the
entire sidewalks would be a waste of needed money at this
time. Some curbs ARE shot.
Your observation that before spending a lot of money on
sidewalks in current areas with sidewalks, the areas of town
where there are no sidewalks and never have been need to
be taken care of is a good one.
A vision impaired friend lives on Ninth Avenue N.E. near
the river in what is now a very clean and well-kept area by
most, if not all, the residents. Since longer than even I can
remember, this area once called Frog Town and avoided
by many residents, has lacked sidewalks of any kind, and
residents walking from that area are forced to walk in the
ofen poorly maintained streets.
Te area has deserved sidewalks and gutters for a long
time now, but probably never will get them due to city f-
nancial problems for such things. My friend has injured
himself, sometime badly, by stumbling in the street in front
of his house with no sidewalk to use while heading down-
town on his own. A double danger from vehicles and the
street.
Are there any plans to ever address these things? I doubt
it. Nothing ever really changes in a town this size with one
foot in the 30s (Frog Town etc. with no sidewalks), and one
foot in todays Quality of Life environment of largely un-
used bike and walking paths, with more going in, multi-
million dollar sport and hi-tech complexes, and NEW
buildings while well built ones lie empty and crumbling.
As you implied, we need a plan for the whole city, not
just a select few. Dont hold your breath, Lloyd, unless once
again you fnd a porta potty parked on the city boulevard
in front of your house. Remember, you had it more conve-
nient then many of us did! Be grateful to City Hall at the
time for that. I had half a block! You were blessed.
A primer on special assessments
Letter from Robert Drake
Valley City, N.D.
I am getting sick and tired of telling the leaders of this
community about special assessments and how they work
and what they can do with them. If they were not so very
painful and devastating to so many people in our commu-
nity I would just give up and move on. But that is not going
to happen any time soon, so I will again try to explain, to
those who are in charge and those of you that are interested,
how special assessments work and how, if used correctly,
need not be so expensive for us.
Having said that, I have to say this, you must all realize
by now that city hall and others have an agenda that is to
not allow special assessments to be used city wide, Right?
Well, they do. Why they do is beyond me. City Administra-
tor David Schelkoph better get quit with the truth telling
or be prepared a for Rossover. I just made that word up, it
means, well, you fgure it out.
As far as I can see our City Administrator did not mislead
or misinform no matter what language he used. Te truth
of the matter is this: YOU CAN MAKE VALLEY CITY
ONE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT!!!!! No matter
what the city attorney says about it. You have to understand
something about our city attorney; he does not work for
us. He works for city hall, his marching orders and agenda
come from city hall. Tat is how I know that city hall does
not want special assessments to be used city-wide.
Te authority to use special assessments on a city-wide
basis is very clear in the North Dakota Century Code. Oth-
er cities do it. It is just that Valley Citys agenda is to not
allow it.
Do you remember John Wagar, former and soon to be
forgotten city commissioner who said at a city commission
meeting several months ago that we have been doing it this
way for so long we can not change now or we will make all
those people mad because of the way we handled special as-
sessments incorrectly in the past. What he said was we cant
change now because we have done it wrong so long that we
can not fx it or we will look like dummies. Well, too late
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OPINION: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
W
hile many
North
Dakotans
have made signif-
cant contributions
to the state and our
communities, the
eforts of three such
individuals deserve
special mention upon
their passing. In some
ways, their unique contributions have
gone unnoticed.
For many, Sen. George Longmire
(R-Grand Forks) was best known as
a majority foor leader in the state
Senate, but George played a larger
role in state afairs than leadership
in the Senate. He was a key player in
building the two-party system that
had eluded North Dakota from 1916
through 1956.
In his day, the Nonpartisan League
fled candidates in the Republican
primary to oppose the candidates
ofered by the regular Republicans,
then known as the Republican Orga-
nizing Committee (ROC).
As the Insurgents fought to
wrest the NPL from the Old Guard
during the 1950s so they could fle
NPL candidates in the Democratic
primary, George was busy as chair of
the Republican Unity Committee.
His task was to reconcile the Old
Guard NPL state ofceholders with
the ROC Republican ofceholders
and get them running together on
one unifed ticket. Tis was no minor
challenge, as both groups had devel-
oped a strong dislike for each other
afer years of bitter competition. But
George, a paragon of diplomacy, won
them over and a united Republican
ticket ran in 1956. He had done his
part to bring a two-party system to
North Dakota.
Arnold Holden of Bucyrus (Adams
County) was virtually unknown and
he liked it that way. But his contribu-
tion continues to impact every North
Dakota citizen casting a ballot in
primary elections.
When I was on Gov. William Guys
staf in the early 1960s, Arnold would
occasionally stop by to complain
about the lack of secrecy in primary
elections. At that time, voters were
required to declare publicly before
the election board the name of the
political party for which they wished
to vote. Tey would then be handed
that partys ballot.
Without funds for legal assistance,
Arnold prevailed on me to draf the
language for a secret primary system
in which voters would no longer
declare their party preference but get
a ballot listing all parties. Ten voters
would vote for the candidates of the
one party they preferred.
Arnold single-handedly gathered
the required 12,000 signatures to put
the proposal on the ballot. In the
omDAhL: 15
OPINION: LLOYD OMDAHL
Three who made North Dakota a better place
By Lloyd
omdahl
A
mong religious wars, drug wars,
civil wars, genocides and dozens of
other kinds of horrors, Planet Earth
remains a dangerous, fascinating place. Te
Shiites and Sunnis of Iraq and Afghanistan
continue to kill each other with car bombs
and AK-47s. On a recent morning, 30
people were killed in Baghdad with two car
bombs. Te Mexican drug cartels are using
every evil method known to man to intimi-
date, maim, terrorize and kill each other
and innocents to gain market share in the
United States. Afer all, U.S. druggies con-
sume 50 percent of the worlds major drug
products costing us $65 billion. Religious
and civil wars can be particularly nasty but
nothing is nastier than a hustle for money.
Muslims have been doing terrible things to
each other for almost 1,500 years to gain
political and economic supremacy, but the
Mexican drug cartels in just a half century
have developed killing and maiming to a
high art. Tey even communicate through
the bodies they leave, headless or other-
wise, on the streets, bridges and in Mexican
homes in cities large and small.
If the body is missing one fnger it means
the victim pointed at someone and was a
snitch. If one or both legs are missing that
means you had the temerity to be a trai-
tor to your cartel. A corpse with missing
tongue means you are a gossip about cartel
business or said something to somebody
you shouldnt have. If a body has a hand
cut of it means the victim stole drugs or
money from the cartel. Ordinary people
just disappear. Others meet horrible ends. A
San Fernando farmers son
was kidnapped and held
for $10,000 ransom. Te
farmer paid everything he
had to the cartel$5,000.
Tey sent him the upper
half of his sons body. If you
have something personal
against someone in Mexico
hundreds of sicarios (as-
sassins) are available for as little as $80 per
kill.
Te Zetas And Te Sinaloans
I have been keeping a fle on the drug
wars since Richard Nixon started them 40
years ago. My problem is Im on a huge
pendulum, swinging between complete
decriminalization of drugs or shooting all
drug dealers, large or small, on sight. How
can a society stop a person from shoving
the white stuf up his nose or shooting it up
to gain some kind of Nirvana? Te search
for excitement, the escape from boredom,
and the resulting addiction is overpowering
for some.
Te ratio of users of alcohol and drugs is
about the same. Twenty percent of Ameri-
can drinkers consume 80 percent of the
alcohol sold here. About one percent stay
completely bombed. Te Drug Enforcement
Agency (DEA) estimates that about three
million Americans, only one percent of the
population, consume 80 percent of the illic-
it drugs, while 20 percent consume the rest.
We know alcohol prohibition didnt work.
Been there, done that. Prohibition brought
us both Al Capone and Joe Kennedy.
I have been using an article in the July
2, 2012, New Yorker by William Finnegan
called Te Kingpins:Te Fight For Gua-
dalajara to fll out my fle for this column.
Tere isnt much doubt that Mexico has be-
come a narco-state. When retiring Mexico
President Felipe Calderon started his war
against the cartels in Juarez, he brought in
2,500 soldiers and police (Mexico has over
2,000 diferent police agencies) in 180 mili-
tary trucks, six helicopters and three C-130
Hercules airplanes for logistical support. It
was called Joint Operation Chihuahua. Te
government forces lost the battle.
Te rival drug cartels had turned the city
into a chamber of horrors. In Cecilia Ballis
article Calderons War, the Zetas and the
Sinaloans were doing this to each other to
gain supremacy: Decapitated heads were
delivered to doorsteps in ice chests, corpses
were dangled from bridges over major
thoroughfares, and videos of decapitations
appeared on YouTube. In one bizarre mes-
sage a victims face was sewn on to a soccer
ball. Cartel members were kidnapped and
tortured by rivals, and their interrogations
ofen ended with the tiro de gracia, the
beheading.
Te Zetas control the drug markets
in western Mexico while the Sinaloans
dominate the eastern Mexico markets. Both
cartels have gone into the amphetamine
business since the DEA has concentrated on
putting meth dealers out of business in the
U.S. Mexico is currently the worlds largest
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By Ed
Raymond
Old Mexico would make good choice for 51st state
DRAKE LETTER: From 14
for that. But Special As-
sessments can be fxed and
should be fxed.
I will show you and the
commission, the city attor-
ney
and city administrator, in
black and white, the Cen-
tury Code
that allows special assess-
ments to be city-wide.
Te Century Code, num-
ber 40-22-09, says: Size and
Form of Improvement dis-
tricts - Regulations govern-
ing. Te part we are interest-
ed in is the second sentence
which states Each improve-
ment district shall be of such
size and form as to include
ALL properties which in
the judgment of the govern-
ing body, afer consultation
with the engineer planning
the improvement, WILL
BE BENEFITTED BY THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE
IMPROVEMENT PROJ-
ECT!
Tat is the authority to
make Valley City one pav-
ing district. 40-22-09 allows
for a city-wide special as-
sessment and, in my opin-
ion, that should be used on
Ninth Avenue and it could
have been used on both
Fifh Avenue and the Valley
City State College
project as well, no matter
what city hall says no matter
what the city attorney says,
Oh, he will come up with
a bunch of bla bla bla legal
bla bla to try and convince
you that I am wrong, But do
not worry about that. I know
this to be true, I can defend it
and we will prevail. What re-
mains to be seen is just how
much egg city hall wants on
their face before they do the
right thing for us all and fx
special assessments.
One thing for sure needs
to be changed and that is the
president of the Special As-
sessment Commission. Mr.
Jim Knutson needs to go,
and fast. He is not only the
president of the Special As-
sessments Commission he is
also Vice President in charge
of one of the largest proper-
ty owners in Valley City. You
all know him as Mr. George
Gaukler.
Having followed spe-
cial assessments for nearly
10 years, I have seen some
strange lines being drawn.
Sometimes the line seem to
favor certain people, if you
know what I mean. I am
sure that Mr. Knutsons po-
sition on the Special Assess-
ment Commission has noth-
ing whatso ever to do with
his boss owning so much
property in town. I am sure
it is just a coincidence. But
just to be sure, he needs the
boot.
I would suggest to all of
you out there that a lawsuit
needs to be brought against
the city for failing to handle
special assessments fairly
throughout
the city of Valley City and
I would be happy to put in
the
$5,000 to get things start-
ed.
I am a little concerned
about city halls ability to
correct their mistakes and
do the right thing for us
here in Valley City. My con-
cern comes from the way
they handled the Ross situa-
tion, I mean, really, 20-some
charges, none of which were
proven! BCI cleared Ross
of all charges and said no
laws where broken. I think
the problem at city hall is
still there and for them to
now do a u-turn on special
assessments is not going to
happen. So I think the best
result that we can hope for is
a lawsuit and put our prob-
lem in the hands of clear-
thinking judge that does not
have an agenda or an axe to
grid.
OMDAHL: From 14
November 1962 election, his proposal
was approved 110,000 to 81,000 and vot-
ers have had a secret primary ballot ever
since.
Don Gackle of Garrison was a fellow
member of Sigma Delta Chi, the pro-
fessional journalism fraternity, at the
University of North Dakota when we
frst became acquainted in 1950.
Afer graduation, Don spent some
time with the Greater North Dakota As-
sociation, forerunner of the state Cham-
ber of Commerce. Ten he went into the
newspaper business, buying the McLean
County Independent, an entity that be-
came publisher of a chain of weeklies in
central North Dakota.
But Don was determined to serve his
community and his profession beyond
his circulation area.
Steve Andrist, publisher of the Divide
County Journal in Crosby and the Tioga
Tribune, put it best:
Don was pretty much the guy who
put the word community into commu-
nity newspapers, Steve noted, because
Don believed that community news-
papers and vibrant communities went
together.
For many years he was president of
the North Dakota Newspaper Associa-
tion Education Foundation, and was
responsible for developing the groups
three pillars continuing education for
newspaper people, literacy for all, and
promotion of the First Amendment and
open government.
As president of the NDPA Education
Foundation, Don spent many years en-
couraging the development of a news-
paper industry that would attract young
people from across North Dakota into
the publishing feld.
T
he tremendous
growth of oil pro-
duction in western
North Dakota has created
real challenges for local po-
litical subdivisions. In my
last report, I referenced the
impact on re departments
and emergency medical ser-
vices.
e impact is felt as well,
by local school districts. It is projected that
there will be an additional 3,000 students
enrolled in the public schools in oil-produc-
ing counties this fall. Williston is expecting
an additional 1,000 students alone. Ad-
ditionally, a small rural elementary school
near Williston is expecting 200 additional
students. Needless to say, school adminis-
trators are scrambling to keep pace with this
unprecedented growth. e need for more
classroom space, desks, computers, books
and supplies is real. Schools are purchasing
more buses and hiring additional teachers
and support sta in an attempt to keep pace
with this growth.
Unfortunately, these challenges are much
more di cult than one might expect.
Schools are hard pressed to recruit and re-
tain teachers at salaries that fall far short of
what a truck driver or other workers can
can earn in oil country. In addition, many
school districts are nding that hiring a
teacher is one thing, providing housing for
that teacher is another issue. With housing
costs skyrocketing, teachers nd themselves
unable to aord rental rates of $3,000 or
more for a two-bedroom apartment. In re-
sponse, many school districts are building
apartment units to accommodate the hous-
ing needs of their instructional sta. e is-
sue is not only a concern in the recruitment
of new teachers, but the retention of exist-
ing teachers and support sta as well.
e sta ng issue is broad-based. Schools
are also struggling trying to nd bus driv-
ers, and other support sta. e demand for
truck drivers, coupled with the high pay, is
very attractive to school bus drivers, who
make far less than a truck driver in oil coun-
try. Reports that workers at McDonalds in
Williston are earning $22 per hour seem
unrealistic, but in fact, that is the case. Even
with salaries at that level, the fast food res-
taurants are struggling nding workers.
e signicant increase in students, and
the diversity of that population, brings with
it an increase in the numbers of students
with special needs, and students on indi-
vidual educational plans. is places addi-
tional burdens on the school systems. Many
of the new students do not speak English
uently. A number of them come from tran-
sient families, and as a result, are behind
their peers academically, because they have
moved from one school system to another
so oen.
During a recent presentation to the leg-
islative budget section, the superintendent
of schools from Stanley stressed the need
for a signicant increase in nancial aid for
the schools in oil country. He characterized
the situation as "A State of Emergency." e
superintendent cited building needs of $100
million; sta ng needs of $30 million; rapid
growth grants needs of $25 million, trans-
portation needs for buses, additional driv-
ers, etc. of $8.5 million; special education
needs of $12 million; teacher housing needs
of $6 million; and equipment needs of $25
million. Wow! at seems to be excessive,
but at a minimum it underscores the dra-
matic impact that growth in oil country is
having on our public schools.
ese and other challenges will be front
and center when the legislature convenes in
January 2013. As I mentioned in my last re-
port, North Dakota is blessed with a strong
economy driven by strong farm prices and
energy development. We are fortunate to
have a strong general fund balance in the
state treasury. Although we have tremen-
dous challenges, we also have exciting op-
portunities. Future generations will judge
us by how we respond. We must make wise
investments and decisions today to ensure a
bright and exciting future for our children
and grandchildren.
Salon grand opening was great
Letter from Jessi Winter
Valley City, N.D.
Christine and I are so excited and grateful to everyone
that helped to make our grand opening a success! ank
you to all of those who have supported us; whether it was
by putting in long hours to get us up and running, helping
to coordinate the open house activities or just by coming
to our event and sharing in the celebration with us!
We had such an awesome turn out and were so excited
to be getting involved in the community and with the
Open Door Childrens Program.
We also want to say a big thank you to our clients who
have become our friends. Without you, we wouldnt have
been able to turn this dream into reality. You continue help
us stay passionate about our art and we love you for it!!

Jessi Winter is owner of Dancing Wildower Salon in Valley City. The salon
recently held a grand opening celebration and fundraiser for the Open Door
Center, with more than 75 people attending the event. Winning a Day of
Wellness and Beauty was Jen Miklas of Valley City. The Peoples Choice art
contest winner were: Rob Olstad, rst place (photo); and Linda Carico, second
place (quilted wallhanging). More than $250 was raised for the
Open Door Centers childrens program.
Folk festival inspires reader
Letter from Paul Stenshoel
Valley City, N.D.
Bird Hill Park in Winnipeg, Canada, has become the
scene for a highly recognized traditional folk festival and
has been going-on for 32 years and running. e park is a
large open section of roaming prairie, with trees, accom-
modating parking lots, camping, several stages including a
main stage, a bunch of tented workshops and private ven-
dors, all put-on for a four-day annual event.
e festival has become part of their culture creating a
whole bunch of jobs and revenue. When Bird Hill Park is
not used for festivals, it used by the general public for hik-
ing, biking and for general public use. For anybody who is
a true folk lover, here are some of highlights, from Saturday
July 7:.
Mary Gauthier: e Poet of Pain. Mary and her band,
which included an accordion player, played on the Small
Stage. Singing from behind her rose-colored glasses, she
went through her repertoire of wrenching pain and weari-
ness. Songs included My Sister Cried All the Way Home,
I Drink, and from her new album, Sweet Words.
Success, doesnt seem to be a part of Marys character, to
me, shes already too good.
Peace queer, Todd Snider: Opened with the Ballad of the
Kingsman. Flanked by an electric bass guitar player and
drummer who both looked like they crawled out of the
back of a pick-up truck aer spending the night sleeping
in a Walmart parking lot, played the Main Stage. Snider al-
ternated between electric and acoustic guitar and played
his trashy number Just Like Old Times, then moved into
a tragic rendition of Alcohol and Pills before getting into
his political charmer, Conservative Christian Right Wing
Republican Straight White American Males. ank God
there wasnt enough time for him to get o on any of his
typical agnostic rants. Big Finish was the only song played
o his new album, before closing with everyones favorite,
Louis Louis, written by Seattles one-hit-wonders e
Kingsman.
Charles Bradley: is 62-year-old stole the show. Ring-
ing true to what it must have felt like to be sitting in the
Apollo eater during the early 60s listening to the likes of
James Brown or Salomon Burke, this guy was pure enter-
tainment.
Singing in his bold raspy tones and screams, the Joe Fra-
zier look-alike sang simple-clear lyrics that rang out from
what you might hear from some gospel singing preacher
from the south. Lyrics like, Why does it have to be so hard
to live in America, even appeared to strike a chord with
the predominantly Canadian crowd. Following an encore,
Bradley lingered in the sea of tarps (the audience), where
people hurried forward to get in on one of his loving hugs.
When it was all said and done, it didnt feel like an act at all,
it felt like some cleansing or baptismal. It was incredibly
impressive, and extremely entertaining.
is was the rst time I had attended e Winnipeg Folk
Festival and the diversity I experienced was something I
wasnt expecting from the northern prairie. I had such a
good time, that when I was driving back the next day, it
made me think back to when I rst came to Barnes County
in which to live, when my thoughts were fresh and I was
uncorrupted by anything other than desire for wanting to
be here.
Everybody agrees Valley City is one of the quaint-
est towns on the North Dakota map. Why not think
in terms of maximizing its untapped potential?
With the band shell in City Park, the stone amphitheater in
Pioneer Park, a beautiful historic theater at Vangstad, right
there you have three venues that are all better than anything
I saw at Bird Hill Park.
With the unused Auditorium, tent stages in Chautauqua
Park and maybe Hanna Field, you now have everything you
need to pull o something similar to what Winnipeg is do-
ing. Clausens Springs and Little Yellowstone are just wait-
ing there for something like this to happen. A continuous
24-hour bus service running up and down the Sheyenne
Valley for the festival can show o what a pretty place we
all have to live in.
In the big picture, I could really see something like this
working well. Just some food for thought. ere is untapped
potential in Barnes County, almost everywhere one might
look. Accessing it is another story.
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GARDEN: from 9
down in a dry, dark, well-ventilat-
ed area for drying.
When clipping rose fowers,
make the cut down on the stem at
the frst 5-leafet leaf. Tis will en-
courage stronger, healthier plants.
Plant autumn crocus bulbs as
soon as they become available at
garden centers.
Tall fowers can be staked to
prevent wind damage. Use stakes
that are not conspicuous. Green
bamboo stakes work well for this.
Spindly petunias or other annu-
al fowers can be pinched back to
stimulate bushier growth. Snap-
dragons should be pinched back
afer blooming to stimulate an-
other spike of blooms.
Harvest gladiolus spikes when
the fowers on the bottom third
are starting to open, the middle
third are swollen and the top third
are held tight. Keep four leaves on
the plant when cutting, so bulbs
can replenish themselves. Keep
spikes upright to maintain natural
fower shape.
Te best time to harvest fowers
for fresh foral arrangements is in
the morning just afer the dew has
dried away. Re-cut the stems just
before placing them in the vase.
Perennial fowers can be fertil-
ized now. Dont fertilize in au-
tumn since this will encourage
new succulent growth that will be
winterkilled.
Fruits. Its time to renovate your
strawberry bed. Set your mower
at its highest setting and mow
the tall foliage, making sure you
do not damage the crowns. Use a
hoe or tiller to narrow each row
to a width of 1215 inches across.
Rows should be centered 3642
inches apart. Fertilize plants
with six pounds of 101010 or
a similar fertilizer per 100 feet of
row. Tese nutrients will be used
in forming fower buds (for next
years crop) and runners. Fertilize
plants again in mid-
August. Use three pounds of
101010 or a similar fertilizer
per 100 feet of row.
Vegetables. Colorado potato
beetles continue to attack our po-
tato, tomato, eggplant and pepper
plants. Tese orange and black-
striped beetles can be picked of.
Look for their bright orange eggs
that can be clustered on the un-
derside of leaves. Simply rub of
the eggs or pick of the beetles.
For severe infestations, spray with
carbaryl (trade name Sevin), one
of the most efective beetle killers
on the market. Some strains of the
natural insecticide Bacillus thur-
ingiensis are safe-to-use and very
efective.
You can easily tell which fow-
ers on a cucurbit vine are female.
Female fowers have a baby fruit
attached at their base. Male fow-
ers are more plentiful and do not
have fruits attached.
Now is a good time to fertilize
asparagus. Sidedress 1 pound of
101010 fertilizer per 100 feet of
row.
Keep your tomato vines ad-
equately watered and mulched to
prevent blossom end rot, which
forms a hard black spot on the
bottom of fruits. Tis disorder
ofen afects the frst fruits. If you
see damage, simply pick of these
fruits.
Now is a good time to plant Chi-
nese cabbage. Te heads will de-
velop as the days get shorter. Chi-
nese cabbage tastes like a crunchy,
mild cabbage and has the texture
of iceberg lettuce.
Do you like eating turnips?
Probably not. Sow seed from
mid-July through mid-August.
Te cool night temperatures will
raise the sugar levels in the roots.
Turnips grown in autumn will
taste edibleno kidding!
Trees and shrubs. Whenever
you start your lawn mower, every
tree in the yard starts to shiver in
fear. Be careful when mowing
around trees. Te most precious
tissues on your tree are the young
rings just beneath the bark. When
you damage the bark of a young
tree you can expose these rings to
dryingthis can stunt the tree for
decades. Be especially careful if
you use a weed wacker.
Bumps and other unusual
growths may be seen on the leaves
and twigs of ash, oak, and maple
trees. Tese growths are galls
caused by mites or aphids that bit
into the leaves/stems when they
were emerging this spring. Tese
galls are completely harmless to
established trees. No sprays are
recommended.
Ash trees may drop their leaves
in July. A closer look at the fallen
leaves may reveal brown spots
and curling. Tis is anthracnose
disease, which ofen occurs afer a
wet spring. Dont worry. Te tree
is under minimal stress and there
is no long-term harm to the tree.
Rake and dispose of the leaves to
prevent anthracnose from infect-
ing the tree next spring. No chem-
ical sprays are warranted.
Lawns. Most lawns in North
Dakota begin to turn yellow and
go dormant in July. Tis is a natu-
ral way for our lawns to survive.
Its okaythere is nothing wrong
in letting your lawn take a sum-
mer nap. You can take a break
from lawn care, too. You can both
be happy.
Teres an old trick to see if
your lawn is thirsty. Take a walk
across your lawn and look back
at your tracks. If you can see your
footprints in the grass, the lawn
needs a drink. Water deeply once
or twice a week, depending on
weather.
Te best time to water your lawn
is in the morning. Te grass plants
are active and will absorb the wa-
ter they need. Te worst time to
irrigate is in the evening since the
lawn will stay wet all night, lead-
ing to diseases.
Detroit Lakes Shakespeare in
the Parks Romeo and Juliet
featured Tony Trautman (center)
as Mercutio. A friend of both
Romeo and Juliet, and the frst
to die in the story, Trautmans
role is pivotal, defning the rift be-
tween the two families. His Mer-
cutio possessed a unique sense
of humor with physical comedy
and light-hearted verbal spar-
ring, according to VCSU Theater
Director Jenni Lou Russi. These
actor choices contributed to the
void the audience felt from the
other characters when Mercutio
was killed during the pivotal turn-
ing point in the play, Russi said.

This August, Trautman will return
to VCSU for his second year,
and will be a stage manager/as-
sistant director for Third, the frst
production in VCSU Theatres
2012-13 Season.
Local audiences may remember
Trautman as Mr. Mushnik in Little
Shop of Horrors and Perry in Life
in the Fat Lane. Hes the son of
VCSU alumnus, Tom Trautman.
(Photo/submitted)
Fridge for sale. Gib-
son. 21.7 cu ft. Almond.
Works great. $250. In
Cooperstown. Call 840-
8653.
FOR SALE: 64 string
harp guitar, 1915 model
in original box. Call 845-
1525.
4X6 Rubber Mats. Only
$40 each. Call 701-789-
0228.
Pews for sale. Contact
Donelda to make ar-
rangements to see. Four
antique pews to choose
from. Plus an ornate
high-back chair. Call
845-3845.
Light-blue davenport for
sale. Like new. $225. Will
negotiate. Grace, 845-
0877.
Pair of 225/70/15 stud-
ded snow tires mounted
on rim. Fit Ford or Dodge.
$150. 845-1525.
For Sale: 14 tandem
disc int. & 15 feld cul-
tivator int. Wanted: 5
or 6 feld cultivator for
3-pint hitch. Call Marvin,
845-9993.
FOR SALE: Vintage hat
boxes, all sizes; 1950
metal ice box; 1960
blonde dresser and
matching hi boy; 1950s
leather-top end tables
(mahogany); 1950
lamps, Hi back chairs;
gun case; Chair cush-
ions and pillows; call
701-762-4496.
1955 Ford 2-ton 272 V8,
hoist. $700 OBO. Leave
message: 701-840-
2741.
For Sale 2001 Honda
Shadow VLX Deluxe
Windshield,Saddle Bags,
Back Rest 8135 miles
Blue Like New $2500.00
OBO 701-749-2553.
Very Nice Van
1990 gas Dodge Ram
Leisure Van. 63,839 miles,
two-tone brown & cream
color. New tires call Lila at
701-845-4681.
Trouble getting around?
Buy a PRIDE 3wheeled
scooter. Mint condition.
$500. Call 845-3790 or
490-2280.
Windfall, the movie.
A must see, for people
living in a wind turbine
community like ours.
This movie will help the
public better understand
the consequences when
400 wind turbine are in-
stalled near homes and
farms. People living in
the townships of Green,
Heman, Svea, Hobart
and Marsh, where the
Green Hill Energy Proj-
ect may have an im-
pact, are encouraged to
contact me so we can
MISC. FOR SALE
ANNOUNCEMENT
VEHICLES
CLASSIFIEDS
GADFLY: From 15
meth producer, making
meth second only to mari-
juana. Both cartels cook
meth on an industrial scale,
importing the necessary
materials from Asia, partic-
ularly China. To give an idea
of all of the meth available
in the world, Iran shut down
126 meth labs last year and
hanged 22 producers. Te
Czech Republic shuts down
an average of 400 labs a
year.
Te Current Drug War
Deaths In Four Years: 55,000
And Climbing. For the frst
time since 1979 when we
started to track drug deaths,
the U.S. killed more people
with legal and illegal drugs
(37,485) in 2009 than we lost
in auto accidents (36,284).
We lose a person to drugs ev-
ery 14 minutes. Prescription
drugs such as OxyContin,
For Sale on BidS
Katolight Generator
on Trailer
Model: KLS1-25-540
KW 25
Volt 120/240V
Serial # GD097147-01
1 Phase With 50 Amp
25 long cord
With PTO Shaft 540 PTO
John deere 1965 Tractor
Serial # SNT 213P109491R
Power Shift
Tires 18.4X34
3 point hitch
Dual Loader 3100
2 Aux Hy
$7500 in work done in
2007
For more information
call Marly Halland
at 1-701-840-1927.
Please send sealed bid to:
Scott Salberg, Mayor
Box 55
Tower City, ND 58071
The City of Tower City
reserves the right to refuse
any or all bids. Deadline for
serious buyers is 4:00pm,
August 3, 2012.
Vicodin, Xanax and Soma now kill more
Americans than heroin and cocaine.
But in Mexico, the innocents are killed
right along with the guilty who are as-
sociated with the drug cartels. Te largest
mass grave due to the drug war, efcient-
ly dug by big backhoes, was discovered in
San Fernando, Mexico. Mexican authori-
ties said that 122 of the 177 bodies found
in the grave came from passengers pulled
of buses on the major highway to the
United States. Most victims died of blunt
force trauma tied to a sledgehammer
found at the site. Very few were killed
with a gun. One bus with all passengers is
still missing in the area. In one incident,
Zeta cartel gunmen attacked the small
city of Miguel Aleman, across the border
from Roma, Texas, used grenades and
rife fre to burn down three car dealer-
ships, an auto parts store, a furniture
outlet and a gas station. In Tamaulipas,
Mexico, 34 grave sites were discovered
scattered around the farming town afer
Mexican Marines had established a camp
for ground and helicopter patrols.
Self-Rule Prisons. Most Mexican pris-
ons are run by the autogobierno meth-
od, which is known as self-rule. Many
druggies from both cartels are in prison
but they ofen determine what their life
in prison (if they survive!) will be like. A
recent NBC News story out of Acapulco,
a famous resort town now fading slightly,
revealed, to no ones particular surprise,
some interesting and very unusual prison
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make arraignments to
make the movie avail-
able for your free per-
sonal viewing. If you
are interested in see-
ing this documentary, I
can be reached at the
following phone num-
ber or address, where
arrangements can be
made: Paul Stenshoel,
223 Central Ave N in
Valley City or call 701-
840-9313.
Wanted: Hummer H2
SUT. Phone 701-840-
9322.
Wanted: Current or ex-
Avon ladies with Soft
Musk on hand. No vin-
tage please. Also Mark
Hello Pretty, Hollywood
Pink & more. 701-840-
0476 w/prices.
Wanted: Old satellite
dish. Call Kent 701-490
6462.
Want to buy: Winchester
1894s most any year,
also frearms of most
any type. Also Kawa-
saki 3 cylinder 2 stroke
motorcycles. Call 701-
845-5196.
HORSES TRAINED
Litscher Training Sta-
bles in Tower City is a
full service training facil-
ity with Indoor-Outdoor
arenas. Offering train-
ing, lessons, showing,
sales, and more. Con-
tact Jenna for more in-
formation and to reserve
your spot. Hurry! Stalls
are flling up fast. 608-
566-4237.
ATTENTION FARMERS
Buying Farm Scrap &
Car Bodies. Rock &
gravel sales available.
Tandem truck to haul.
Will trade barn cleaning
for scrap. Will pick up
car bodies in town and
rural. Call Elroy Patzner,
Jamestown, 701-252-
2533 or 701-320-2239
(cell).
Eliminate your heating
bills. OUTDOOR WOOD
FURNACE from Central
Boiler. RLH Enterprises
701-412-3143.
Land for Sale in Fingal.
2.74 acres. Good site
for storage unit. Close
to pavement. Call Terry,
701-840-2741. Leave
message if no answer.
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APARTMENTS FOR RENT
1- & 2-bedroom apart-
ments for rent in Litch-
ville, utilities included,
laundry facilities are avail-
able. Income determines
amount of rent. Parklane
Homes, Inc., Litchville.
Sandy Sandness, Mgr,
701-762-4496. Parklane
Homes, Inc., temporar-
ily rents apartments to all
persons without regard to
income restrictions.
Tis institution
is an equal
opportunity
provider &
employer.
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MWW: From 11
identity. Steve Adams
(note the same initials) was
the owner of the Broken
Bow cattle spread. His secret
identity was known only to
his side-kick, Packy Mc-
Cloud.
In our childhood games
of Cowboys and Indians,
there was no diference in
status if one were either a
cowboy or an Indian. As
fans of Straight Arrow, we
designated a special fshing
and camping area near the
Hi-Line Bridge in what
used to be N.P. Park as
our Broken Bow.
Trough the wonders of
the internet, the radio series
Straight Arrow may still
be heard at RUSC (RU Sit-
ting Comfortably) at http://
www.rusc.com/
Museum Without Walls is an original
column by Dennis Stillings of Valley
City that examines images, landmarks
and artifacts that showcase the his-
tory of communities in our area. To
suggest a topic for a future column,
provide leads or further information on
subjects covered here, or comment on
a previous column, feel free to contact
Dennis Stillings by email at: stillings@
gmail.com From the collection of Dennis Stillings.
THIS WEEK AT THE VFW
Friday, July 13: Dance to
Face for Radio. 8:30PM to 12:30AM
Saturday, July 14: Join the fun.
Hammers Karaoke. 8:30PM to 12:30AM
Sunday, July 15: Maintenance
Breakfast, 9AM to 12:30PM
VFW POST 2764 - 138 E. MAIN ST. - VALLEY CITY
GADFLy ON PRISONS: From 18
items: Two peacocks described as pets; two fghting
cocks (legal in Mexico); 19 prostitutes living in cells; 100
new plasma TVs; two sacks of high-grade marijuana; sev-
eral bottles of alcohol; and many knives. Te prisoners in
the Sonora jail rafed of an air-conditioned luxury cell,
equipped with refrigerator and DVD player.
When Zeta prisoners ofered to paint the Catholic cha-
pel in the Saltillo Prison, the prison chaplain told them
not to because the leaky roof would soon ruin the paint
job. No problem. Te inmates repaired the roof frst and
painted the chapel all in one day.
Te Zeta cartel is perhaps the most powerful in the
country and is known for the practice of beheadings.
Many members started out as soldiers in special forces
units. Te Mexican National Human Rights Commission
reported that 37 percent of Mexican prison have self-rule,
and both the Zetas and the Sinaloans run most of them.
When under self-rule, inmates manage most internal
functions such as controlling keys, janitorial duties, and
assignment of inmates to cells and dormitories.
Saltillo is a minimum security prison and operates as
such. Inmates communicate with people outside of the
prison without restriction. When families visit, they ofen
sell handicrafs in the prison yard while picnicking, and
then spend some time in the chapel praying together. In
one prison, the Zetas operate stores, run a strip joint, and
serve whiskey under their own label! In other prisons, the
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Zetas build workshops and then
charge the inmates for using them.
In self-rule prisons, the inmates of-
ten enforce attendance at ag-rais-
ing and other ceremonies, insist that
prisoners attend education classes,
and protect inmates from in-house
robberies.
Why Has e War On Drugs
Failed? e consumption of drugs
by U.S. druggies in just 10 years has
increased dramatically: opiates up
35 percent, cocaine up 27 percent,
pot up 8.5 percent. Why dont Latin
American farmers grow soybeans
and corn? Cocaine sells for $3,000
an ounce while corn sells for about
$6 a bushel and soybeans about $10
a hundredweight. Why not grow
something that at the retail level is
double the price of gold? If cocaine
were legalized, a kilo (2.2 pounds)
worth about $2,000 would sell prof-
itably for a rather small markup. But
the criminalization of drugs and
cartel business expenses forces the
wholesale price up to $20,000 per
kilo in this country, where it retails
for more than $100,000. e price
of one gram of pure cocaine on the
street is now $177.26, according to
the DEA. Its cheaper than ever, al-
though the DEA has spent up to $25
billion a year to make it scarce!
ere are so many corner drug
salesmen in every U.S. city that to-
day they make less than minimum
wage. Perhaps we should call the car-
tels job creators. Ten years ago, big
city corner dealers could make $30
an hour. Evidently their union is not
very strong. Our very stupid drug
laws oen turn a $200 illegal corner
drug transaction into a three-year
prison sentence costing society over
$100,000. Over 50 percent of Amer-
ican citizens believe that at least pot
should be legalized. Our jails are
jammed with over 500,000 minor
drug dealers learning how to com-
mit real crimes. In 2010, we arrested
1.64 million for drug oenses.
Washington, D.C., and 16 states
have legalized medical marijuana.
Perhaps if all members of Congress
used it as a sedative or a counter to
legislative brain freeze their ap-
proval rating would be higher.
Why Not Invite Old Mexico To
Become e 51st State Next To New
Mexico? Poor Mexicans have come
to the United States in the millions
in the last half century, oen recruit-
ed to pick our tomatoes and lettuce
and kill our chickens, cows and pigs.
Our corporations claim our work-
ers will not do that scut work. We
know Americans will do anything
if the money is right. ose cor-
porations our Supreme Court has
deemed to be people have only two
interests the bottom line and cheap
labor, regardless of where it is on the
planet. Mexico has become such a
dysfunctional narco-state in the last
generation that wealthy Mexicans
are now moving to San Antonio, El
Paso and Tucson to survive, and are
running their businesses in Mexico
by phone and airplane. Ten percent
of San Antonio homes are owned by
wealthy Mexicans in gated commu-
nities. Many Maseratis and Porsches
are seen on the streets. In Mexico the
wealthy drive Chevy junkers or have
to travel in black armored SUVs. I
think if a vote were held in Mexico
accepting an invitation to join us as
a state the vote would pass. It would
help both countries solve several
major problems drugs, immigra-
tion, our oil dependency and many
economic problems. e richest
man in the world, Carlos Slim, lives
in Mexico and has to hire thousands
of security guards to keep his body
in one piece. Even he might like a
break from such pressure.
According to the American Legion
magazine, because the Zetas and the
Sinaloans have formed mini-armies
and are now equipped with mortars,
sophisticated sniper weapons, mor-
tars, rocket-propelled grenades, ba-
zookas, land mines, and armored as-
sault vehicles, the cartels outgun the
Mexican military. e cartels have
built 100-foot submarines capable
of delivering eight tons of cocaine to
our shores. e magazine also claims
that the U.S. Joint Forces Command
has plans to handle the descent by
Mexico into chaos, which would de-
mand an American response. Oth-
er Latin American countries have
asked the U.S. to help plan a regional
defense against the cartels. But this
is a war that cant be won.
One should continue to ask our
politicians why we are continuing to
waste blood and billions on another
failed state, Afghanistan 7,000 miles
away, when we have a more terrible
Taliban on our Southern border.
Which is more important, particu-
larly when we lost the Afghan War
10 years ago? I choose Mexico as
one of our states over Afghanistan.
SANBORN ON THE FOURTH
PHOTOS COURTESY
OF
KAYLYN GABEL
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