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hris Burke, the actor with Down syndrome best known for his role as Corky in the hit ABC-TV show Life Goes On is back on web TV with a new inclusive childrens show called Forever Friends. e Forever Friends Show features Burke, his band mates Joe and John DeMasi, Feedback the Cat and Newton, the talking computer. It is targeted for ages 3-7 and is unique in that it highlights inclusion not only among the children shown on the show ,but also with the main characters. It shows that everyone has abilities and can get along and be friends, Valley Citys Joe DeMasi. e show highlights music videos from Burke, Joe and Johns Peoples Choice award-winning CDs, as well as a simple story line, a sign of the day and a feature called Down Right Special where children of all abilities send in videos highlighting their special gi s and talents. Two episodes have been lmed so far and can be viewed online at ForeverFriendsShow.org Burke teamed up with Joe and John DeMasi, long time friends and Burkes music counselors right a er he nished with Life Goes On.
Together, they went on to record four award-winning albums and have toured the country extensively promoting their message of inclusion and ability awareness at the numerous concerts, schools, conferences and festivals they perform at every year. ey decided to create a show for kids a few years ago and formed Creative Arts and Abilities, a notfor-pro t they use to raise money to make the show. ey teamed up with Buc Williams of Rissa Productions and are extremely excited to launch the Forever Friends Show. While we have brought our message to hundreds of thousands of school children says Joe DeMasi, we feel that a fun kids show is a great way to reach even more kids in this country and around the world. Joes brother John adds: is is also a great way to continue the groundbreaking work that Chris
LEFT: John DeMasi, Chris Burke and Joe DeMasi are seated in the Magic Yellow Bus, a prop used in the new childrens program Forever Friends Show. RIGHT: The crew is depicted at work as the Forever Friends Show is in production. (Photos submitted/Joe DeMasi) achieved with Life Goes On in helping to educate the world about what people with so called disabilities can do. Today, typical kids will run into kids with challenges, says Burke, and we want to show them what an inclusive world looks like and that we can all be friends. Unfortunately, that wasnt the world Burke was born into back in August of 1965, when the doctors advised Burkes parents to place him in an institution and get on with their lives. e Burkes not only ignored that advice but treated him the same as his older siblings, a decision that has led to a remarkable life and talent. While Burke was forced to attend private schools because of the lack of public education for children with Down syndrome when he was growing up, he spent his summers at a camp on Long Island, N.Y., for children with disabilities. is is where Burke met twin brothers Joe and John DeMasi, professional musicians and published songwriters who worked there as music counselors. Although everyone at the camp was touched by the DeMasis music, it was Burke who became their biggest fan and closest friend. Ive always wanted to be an entertainer just like FRIENDS: 20
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Concert with 32 Below and The Michael D Band. More info: 800-437-0218. The Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit, Key Ingredients: America By Food, is currently at the Barnes County Historical Society Museum in Valley City, now through March 11. The free exhibit is open to the public MonSat 10AM-4PM and Sundays 1-4PM. Formal tours and other hours by appointment. More info: Wes Anderson, 701-8450966. are organized by the Bluegrass Association of North Dakota and are free to musicians and audience members. More info: John Andrus, 701-762-4891. Live Band: Great Outdoors plays at the Valley City Eagles from 8:30 to 12:30 p.m. For people 21+. A coin & currency show runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at City Auditorium in Valley City. More info: 801-840-0341. North Dakota Winter Show activities: 8 a.m. - 4-H/FFA Livestock Judging; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. - 4-H
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Awards; 6:30 p.m. - Miss Rodeo NDWS Coronation; 7 p.m. - PRCA Rodeo. More info: 800-437-0218. Rodeo Dance: VFW in Valley City. For people 21+. The Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit, Key Ingredients: America By Food, is currently at the Barnes County Historical Society Museum in Valley City, ending today. The free exhibit is open to the public Sat 10AM-4PM. More info: Wes Anderson, 701-845-0966 Public Open Roller Skating sponsored by the Optimist Club runs from 6 to 8 p.m. Sundays through April at the Rec Center in Valley City. A 90th Birthday Celebration for Ed Bjerke, formerly of Valley City and Fort Ransom, is from 2 to 4 p.m. at the North Dakota Veterans Home in
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Lisbon. If unable to attend, cards may be sent to Ed in care of ND Vets Home, Box 673, Lisbon ND 58054. No gifts, please. Girl Scouts 100th Birthday Celebration at the Lisbon Opera House. Barnes County Senior Center Activities: 12:30 p.m., lunch (ham, yams, gren beans, dump cake). North Dakota Winter Show activities: 7:30 a.m. - Junior Livestock Shows; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Livestock Display; 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. - Free Stage: Magician keith Raymond; 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. - Free Stage: Mylo Hatzenbuhler; noon and 4 p.m. - Free Stage; Greg Hager; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Commercial Exhibits, Home, Play & Get-a-Way Exhibits and Crafts n More; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. - 4-H Critter Corral; noon to 2 p.m. - Classic Steer Open House; 2 p.m. - PRCA Rodeo. More info: 800-437-0218. bats, a dance and acrobatic troupe from Africa, perform at 7:30 p.m.at the Lisbon Armory in Lisbon, N.D. All K-12 students are FREE with accompanying adult. Tickets available at door for $15. Barnes County Senior Center Activities: 11:30 a.m., lunch (salmon loaf, baked potato, lettuce salad, fruit cocktail in JellO); 1:15 p.m., pinochle. The Buffalo Community Health Ministry board meets the second Tuesday of each month. More info: Parish Nurse Gwen Fraase, 701-633-5533. Tower City Park Board meets the second Tuesday of each month. Valley City Rotary meets every Tuesday at noon at the Valley City VFW Club. Memory loss support group for friends and family of those with memory loss meets the second Tuesday of the month from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Health Education Center at Mercy Hospital, Valley City. The group is sponsored by the ND/MN Alzheimers Association and Faith in Action. More info: Gail Pederson, 701-845-3874. Valley City State University. VCSU Performing Arts Region 2 Vocal Contest takes place today in Foss Hall on the campus of Valley City State University. Club meets every Wednesday at 12:04 p.m. at the Valley City VFW Club. Open Mic at Duttons Parlour in downtown Valley City is every Wednesday from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Entertainers (music, comedy, poetry, etc.) and audiencemembers welcome. No cost. Tower City Senior Citizens meet every Wednesday at the Community
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By Mary E. Fischer Library director Librarians need to be alert: Selection can be tricky, especially if an author renames a title. In my gray state of inattention, one such title nearly slipped by my notice. Yes, I thought it sounded familiar but to go from A Match Made in Dry Creek to Seven Hundred Pansies is quite a jump and Id read it before! Janet Tronstad is the author. Dry Creek has a stop sign shaped like a heart, not because it came that way but because 17-year-old sweethearts hit it as they tried to elope 25 years ago. Now Mom, Mrs. Hargorve, and Pop, Charlie Nelson her neighbor, think something should be done to reconcile their children. A Mothers Day tradition of handing out baskets of pansies is resurrected, and Mom asks Doris June to come home and help. A tourism agent wants to feature the town, displaying the old stop sign. Curt Nelson always wanted to apologize to his former best childhood friend and Doris June would like to end their long silence. Curts son Ben and friend LIBRARY: 8
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In good times, people have a tendency to forget about the bad times; and in bad times, people have a tendency to forget about the good times. paraphrased from the Rev. Robert Alden, Little House on the Prairie television series. ast summer, National Geographic magazine ran a story called Food Ark all about the impending food crisis. Climate change, growing population, concerns about water and soil quality all contribute to what may become a shortage of food in the nottodistant future. Of course, in this fast-food nation of $1 menu items, many folks just dont give a care to what they are eating and where it comes from. By Sue B. Somehow we stopped Balcom thinking about our food. As Americas waistlines have increased, the variety and diversity of our food has decreased. In particular, many garden seed varieties have been lost in lieu of hybrids and now genetically modified organisms or GMOS. (Well, almost lost, read on.) In the past 30 or so years, diversi-
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YOUR HEALTH: Vitamin D and you
pproximately a year ago the Institute of Medicine (IOM) came out with new guidelines for how much vitamin D a person needs each day. The new recommendations are 400 international units/day (IU) for breastfed and partially breastfed infants, 600 IU/ day for people 1-70 years old and 800 IU/day for people over 70 years old. This is an increase from previous recommendations; however, some say it is still not enough. The National Osteoporosis Foundation recommends 400-800 IU/day for people under 50 and 800-1000 IU/day for people over 50. Many experts recommend 1000-2000 IU/day day for adults, and some say as much as 5,000 IU/day are needed to maintain vitamin D levels in the body. There is controversy with the new guidelines because the IOM based its recommendations on how much a person needs for bone health. We are now finding out that getting more vitamin D a day may provide additional benefits. Vitamin D supplementation may decrease the risk of developing colon, breast, and prostate cancer.
A higher vitamin D level has been associated with decreased death from By SAMANTHA colorectal SEELIG cancer and a decreased risk of developing colorectal cancer. Vitamin D may also play a role in preventing Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and multiple sclerosis. Some people are at a greater risk of having low vitamin D levels. These include breast fed infants, older adults, and people with limited sun exposure, dark skin, and those that are obese or have undergone gastric bypass surgery. There is a lab test that you can get to find out your vitamin D level.
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VITAMIN D: From 7 D. Old age indicates a longer time needed for production. You cannot produce vitamin D from sunlight through a window. Sunscreen with a SPF of 8 or greater will block 95 percent of UVB rays, however, generally people do not apply a large enough amount or do not reapply as often as needed to prevent all vitamin D synthesis. It is also important to remember that you do not need to be getting tan or sun burnt to produce vitamin D because vitamin D production happens in minutes. In winter months in North Dakota, sunlight is not reaching us at the correct angle to cause vitamin D production in the skin. This means that from approximately November to early March we are not able to produce any vitamin D via the sun. Vitamin D toxicity is rare, but can happen. Achieving an intake of D from food that is high enough to cause toxicity is unlikely. Also, toxicity cannot be caused from getting too much sunlight because the body has built-in toxicity prevention. However, supplements bypass the bodys builtin toxicity prevention and can lead to toxicity if used in excess. When choosing a vitamin D supplement look for vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol). There are some people that should not take vitamin D so make sure you talk to your health care provider or pharmacist before starting a vitamin D supplement.
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ing to National Geographic to create the biodiversity of our food supply and we are witness to that rapidly disappearing. To our salvation, there are people actively working to save seed varieties. In North Dakota, the Farm Breeder Club, Lamoure, met recently FOR SETUP to discuss its work. You can find them on Facebook. And, Seed Savers Exchange - www.seedsavers.org - is a nonprofit established in 1975 organizing seed savers around the country in an effort to maintain some of the vegetable varieties that may have otherwise been lost in the past 30 years. Im hoping there are more people and organizations working to save those heirloom variety seeds. Just wanted to plant a little food for thought this week as we prepare our gardens for spring.
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TINY BITES: From 7 Of course, as the MSNBC article states, In that instance, the Doomsday Vault holds seeds to older strains that could be reintroduced, or that might be more resistant to pests, disease and drought. But who is holding the key to the vault? In addition to our farm mono-crops being more subject to causing a famine due to vulnerability to disease, modern production has also wiped out 90 percent of the seed varieties we once grew and saved. Think of the flavors we are missing out on in our daily diet. The authors of the National Geographic article compared USDA listings of seed varieties sold by commercial U.S. seed houses in 1903 with those in the U.S. National Seed Storage Laboratory in 1983. The survey, which included 66 crops, found that about 93 percent of the varieties had gone extinct. More up-to-date studies are needed. For instance, of the 7,000 apple varieties that were grown in the 1800s, fewer than a hundred remain. How sad is that? Why would we as free citizens of this country, or the world for that matter, allow the government and Monsanto (yes, Monsanto has a monetary hold on the seed vault) to control what was left of the worlds heirloom seed varieties in a vault in Norway? It has taken some 10,000 years accordknown tracker. Reconnecting with family is Lauren McKlaslins aim as she accepts her Grandmother Marys invitation to come to Montana. Her mom took her away from the family almost 20 years ago and never looked back. Lauren must grasp that she is accepted by almost all her family. She has sisters! She is no longer alone. Her one brother is suspicious; he asks his friend and neighbor, Caleb Stone to investigate Lauren to see if she has ulterior motives. Caleb has his own hurting past but he is drawn to Lauren and summons up feelings in her that she thought she would never experience. Will true love bloom for this couple? Will Lauren be able to accept a real family in Sweet Home Montana by Jillian Hart? New materials include: Adult books: The First Rule by Robert Crais; Angel Time: Song of Seraphim v.1) by Anne Rice; By Nightfall by Michael Cun-
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hog Pie on p. 51, Civil War Recipes, p. 96-99, French Fried Asparagus on p. 151 and Tomato Fudge, p. 141 are just a few that caught my eye. Come and check it out. A new series! Out of Control (The Kincaid Brides v.1) by Mary Connealy. The title says it all. Three brothers, one lost since he joined the army in the Civil War, a daughter of a dishonest gambler, his wife and baby, plus one on the way, make for a interesting set of characters, especially since Julia is a selfeducated fossil hunter and they live just over the hill in Colorado Territory from a mostly unexplored cavern. Julia becomes trapped in the cavern with Raif Kincaid as her savior. Did someone remove the rope on purpose? Will Brother Seth ever come home and what will Julia do when her father dies? Yes, definitely out of control. Raif, Julia, Ethan, Seth, Maggie, Audra and her expected baby are all in danger from an un-
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Repair for Dummies by Deanna Sciar; and Spanish for Dummies by Susana Wald. Large Print: Out of Control (The Kincaid Brides v.1) by Mary Connealy; Pirate of My Heart by Jamie Carie; Maggie and the Maverick (Idaho Brides v.3) by Erica Vetsch; More Than Words Can Say by Robert Barclay; Down the Darkest Road by Tami Hoag; Private Suspect by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro; and Lone Wolf by Jodi Picoult. Large-print paperbacks: The Widows Protector (Fitzgerald Bay) by Stephanie Newton; Undercover Bodyguard (Heroes for Hire) by Shirlee McCoy; At Any Cost by Lauren Nichols; Race Against Time by Christy Barritt; A Love Rekindled (A Town Called Hope) by Margaret Daley; Sweetheart Reunion by Lenora Worth; Her Lone Star Cowboy (Mule Hollow Homecoming) by Debra Clopton; and Redemption Ranch by Leann
Harris. Christian fiction paperbacks: Lost Melody by Lori Copeland; The Wounded Heart (v.1 in Amish Quilt series) by Adina Senft; The Captive Heart (v.2 in Daughters of Caleb Bender) by Dale Cramer; A Marriage for Megan (v.2 in Wayne County series) by Mary Ellis; A Texans Promise (Heart of a Hero series v.1) by Shelly Gray; Tomorrow We Die by Shawn Grady; Heiress (Daughters of Fortune v.1) by Susan May Warren; and A Whisper of Peace by Kim Vogel Sawyer. Childrens books: Mr. Putter and Tabby Ring the Bell by Cynthia Rylant and Arthur Howard; My Name is Mina by David Almond; The Shipwreck (The Inuk Quartet v.1) by Jorn Riel; Sea of Dreams by Dennis Nolan; A Boy Called Dickens by Deborah Hopkinson; Nothing Like a Puffin by Sue Soltis; and Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet by Jane OConnor.
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nd.nothing. I opened the ripped the glow-red bail on his spoon upward and reel and I it wentnowhere. brought up It was a sensation I hadnt our rigs. experienced in quite a ey were while, having spent a matwisted jority of the past few win- By Nick and tied ters searching lakes across Simonson together the upper Midwest for slab like somecrappies and bull blue- thing out of a newspaper gills. But on this, the last cartoon where the sh is weekend of the Minnesota about to play a joke on the walleye season, I felt the anglers above. rush that comes with havRandy cut his line and ing something large and rerigged. I reset my bobber other than a pan sh on and tipped my spoon with the end of the line. a minnow head and began It didnt take long to tie pounding the sand and into our rst sh a er ar- gravel bottom below, just riving on the ice with my o the edge of the muddy friend Randy, just before main-lake basin. the witching hour where Its been awhile since dusk settles in and wall- Ive had anything on that eyes traditionally strap on felt that big, I said, I was the feedbag. While digging scrambling to nd the right through a dusty box of big- drag, I continued. sh tackle and selecting a A er stirring the botnew spoon straight out of tom sediment up with my the package, I glanced up spoon, and creating what and saw the bobber in the I gured was a su cient hole by the door of the ip- cloud of dust that would atover shack steadily making tract some sh, I set to work its way down the cylinder with a rip-fall-pause-jiggle like falling mercury in a pattern that came back to thermometer. me like riding a bike. OcReel up your line, I said casionally, I would raise to Randy as I set the hook the spoon three or four feet with a rm upward tug and o of the bottom, give it a felt an even stronger tug on jiggle and let it tumble back the other end. down. But for the most As he did, his rod blank part, I kept the spoon near doubled over and our lines the substrate. shuddered in unison with Nothing showed on the each powerful run of the sonar, the bobbers were sh. We were tangled up tugged down a couple of over the small gravel bar by times by a pair of eightthe yet unseen creature be- inch walleyes. Despite the low, but its identity would brief lull, the tug of the giremain a mystery. A few ant sh at the outset kept seconds later, we lost our me going and I robotically connection to the sh, he kept the rip-fall-pause-jig-
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slot. And a er a quick picture, I lowered it to the icy surface and it zoomed down the hole. e scenario would replay itself three more times until dark settled in. My goodfaith release of the rst sh brought us three more quality walleyes before the bite subsided, along with our share of sh under 14 inches. ey would hit the bait on the drop, with that passive-aggressive walleye bite consisting of an upward take and the sensation of nothing. It was great to get reacquainted with the bite and the battle. As the action subsided, I sighed a sigh of satisfaction, but slight regret that it would be at least nine months or so before this water and the season would support another trip a er these sh. But as with many things, absence and anticipation for the big bite, makes the heart grow fonderin our outdoors.
Nick Simonson grew up in Valley City.
A good day in the sh house yielded a nice catch. (Photo submitted/Nick Simonson)
gle rhythm. And as I did, another old familiar pattern occurred. ere was the slightest sensation ofnothing, but as my brain and my arm had a slight disconnect, I went to rip the lure back up the column. And as I did, my rod bent in a ninetydegree arc and pointed straight down the hole on the inadvertent hookset. Fish on, and it feels decent, I reported to my buddy. My le hand fumbled frantically to nd the right drag setting as the sh bulldogged beneath the hole. I felt a rush wash over me, one that I had been without for several years. I knew the sh was decent, maybe not huge, but a lot bigger than
anything I had landed in my recent pan sh pursuits. e sh rolled and ran and kept the line tight as the reel gave up several feet of mono lament. I was able to steer the sh toward the hole and saw a fat walleye dri by the bottom of the cylinder cut into the ice. It had been a while since I had to gure out how and when to turn a sh to get it to the surface. A er the fourth try, I angled the sh up and reached into the chilly, dingy water that highlighted the creamy olive-gold skin of the sh. As I did, the angle on the line changed and the spoon popped loose and zoomed up into the fabric of my stocking cap, just few inches above my le eye. With
the line dangling in front of me, I li ed the sh out of the hole. It was the biggest walleye I had landed on the ice in the last four seasons. It seemed so big that I had no choice but to release it. I measured it up and it tipped 20-inches, just over the edge of my personal
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lege students, middle-aged workers, and retired Valley City natives, there is always an interesting mix of experiences and perspectives that come together in order to foster a safe and welcoming environment for all who attend. Valley City, dont miss out on this unique opportunity happening every Wednesday night at Duttons Parlour. Please stop in, grab a cup of coffee, listen to some local music, and dont forget to say hello.
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ington lobbyist blush with envy. Around the state 35 to 50 percent of property owners do not pay all their e agree with much property tax. The majority of what the leader of the exempt properties are big businesses whose taxes of the opposiwould amount to millions tion to Measure 2, Andy if they were paying. But Peterson, stated in a recent the majority of the property column. He said North tax bill falls to the minority Dakota deserves better. He's right. North Dakota of the citizens. Mr. Peterson says Take does deserve better. Cura look at our membership. rently, we have a cronyYes, lets do that. Most of the driven tax code that would opposition's coalition pay make a K Street, Washno property taxes or receive By Charlene Nelson & Charles Tuttle, Empower the Taxpayer
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partial exemptions. Their coalition includes 10 different Chambers, all of which receive membership dues from government groups and have members of government setting Chamber policy. Our review of records show these Chambers do not pay property tax for their office space. In a nutshell, Mr. Peterson supports you and I paying more so his organizations can pay zero. Other groups in Mr. Peterson's coalition include
AARP, Fraternal Order of Police, Associations of Builders and Realtors, many RECs, and the ND Farmers Union. We have listened to the concerns of people in these groups. Some support Empower the Taxpayer, some do not; most want more information. All were unequivocal on the following point, Neither the ND Chamber nor our board should be claiming to speak for all members on this MEASURE 2: 13
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hat started out as a quarrel over the Sioux logo has now become a major threat to the authority of the By Lloyd Board of Higher Edu- Omdahl cation. The Supreme Court decision, whatever it is, will have repercussions for years to come. With the Legislative Council now hiring attorneys to challenge the authority of the Board before the Supreme Court, the Legislature is declaring a full-scale attack on the constitutional jurisdiction of the Board. The use of tax money to pay for attorneys when it is not a party in the case may constitute misappropriations of public funds. The leadership of the House of Representatives is already scouting for new intrusions into the jurisdiction of the Board, including threats to abolish the Board. The attack has spread to other advocates of politicalizing the Board. Some are operating from a seventh grade understanding of government. The federal constitution may call for three branches of government but state constitutions have the latitude to configure the functions of government any way the people choose.
Future of Higher Ed now in Supreme Court

In North Dakota, we have more than three branches of government. The Board of Higher Education has its own governing board and delegated powers that are above the authority of ordinary statutes passed by the Legislature. That makes it a fourth branch, regardless of what the national government looks like. In Federalist Paper No. 48, James Madison made the astute observation that the legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex. He continued with the danger from legislative usurpations which, by assembling all power in the same hands, must lead to the same tyranny as is threatened by executive usurpations. The Board was created to resist usurpations by the political branches of government. In the struggle for control of government, these usurpations are as likely to happen today as they did in the 1930s when the Board was created to extricate higher education from politics. The legislative record proves Madisons point. Bills have been introduced in every session of the Legislature that attempted to encroach on the authority of the Board. Some of these bills resulted from the failure of the Board to deal with a problem but, in most
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cases, they reflected the desire of the Legislature to absorb the powers of the Board into its impetuous vortex. If the Supreme Court should uphold the authority of the Legislature in a case as clearly unconstitutional as the Sioux logo matter, then the Board will have no authority beyond the reach of the Legislative Assembly. The constitutional language will be meaningless and the Legislature will have license to run the institutions of higher education as it chooses. Admission standards, courses of study, athletics, academic freedom, out-of-state enrollments, degree programs, and a host of other activities in higher education will be on the chopping block every session. The Board staff will spend most of its time defending the integrity of higher education in North Dakota. On the other hand, if the Court upholds the Board in the Sioux logo case, it will discourage future attempts by the Legislature to invade the legitimate authority of the Board. The Sioux logo fight has been a stream of endless mistakes. Just about everyone in government is entitled to a little blame. It is now up to the Supreme Court to put an end to this comedy of errors. North Dakota is already the laughing stock of the sports world.
heres no dull day in the United States when so much makes no sense at all. Here we are in a country that has major hospitals advertising $4,000 a night maternity suites (all medical charges extra!) while it ranks 29th out of By Ed the top 30 industrialized countries Raymond in infant mortality. Norway has universal health care available for every citizen and is second in the world in health care expenditures and spends slightly over $4,000 per capita per year to take care of everybody. We spend over $8,000 per capita per year while leaving almost 50 million (20 percent) of our population without health insurance! Out of 194 recognized countries, Norwegians are in 13th place in life expectancy at 80.2 years while we wallow in 36th place and die at 78.3. What would two more years be worth? France has the best overall health care in the world, according to the World Health Organization. It has universal care and spends half of what we do. Maybe this could be one reason medical care costs so much in the U.S.: the average coronary angioplasty costs $14,378 in the U. S. and $7,027 in France. Why Are We Paying $10,000 A Night For Hospital Suites? Out of the 80 percent of our citizens who are insured, no doubt a few get superb health care but many others get average or inferior care. We are ranked 34th in the world, just behind Fidel and Raul Castros Cuba, in overall health care by the World Health Organization. It must be a commy-pinko front. Its evident we are not getting our moneys worth. Germany, which has had universal health care since 1883 because that great liberal Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck thought that healthy citizens made a healthy country, does appendectomies for one-fourth of what our hospitals and doctors charge. An MRI in Germany is two-thirds less than what we charge. The average price in the U.S. is about $1,100. You can get one in Tokyo for $98. No wonder our Health Care For Idiots is terminal and should be placed in national hospice care. I got curious why Germany paid so little for such a common surgical procedure as an appendectomy, so I Googled U.S. surgery costs until I got a reliable source. This source lists the average prices for 31 different surgeries. The range for appendectomies is actually obscene, but believable, because it is happening in the U.S. The surgical costs average $13,405 per patient, but costs for the total care average $67,550, including complications. Several personal stories were included with the surgical estimates: (1) This surgery took place in a hospital named PeaceHealth, a Southwest medical center: This appendectomy totaled out at $29,914 and was considered a normal one. The bill breakdown was fascinating: Pharmacy, $2,153.78; GADFLY: 13
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GADFLY: From 12 incidental drugs, $125; medical-surgical supplies, $8,127; sterile supplies, $1,990; lab tests, $624; Path Lab, $346; CT Body Scan, $4,777; operating room, $5,414; anesthesia, $1,134; emergency room, $2,750; recovery room, $1,094... (As you can see, this is only a partial list!) (2)This California case is unusual, but should be read by young people who are immortal and invulnerable, even without helmets. Here are some particulars as written in a report by the patient: I do not have insurance. The total price, $294,998...I will most likely NEVER be able to pay. I was rushed to hospital... CT scan revealed ruptured appendix... four hours in surgery.... had peritonitis and two abscesses... on ventilator for two days... spent 16 days in hospital... happy to be alive... but jeez... how am I ever going to be able to afford $294,998? (3) In this case, Dean from Round Rock, Texas, tells his story: Went to ER with abdominal pain and fever, took my appendix out and I left the next morning. Surgery and MRI were about $2,500. Hospital bill was $45,000, does not list anything! (4) In another case from Monterey Park, Calif., a man had an appendectomy, stayed one night in hospital and was billed $43,000. His insurance company, HealthNet, paid bill minus the $100 copay. (5) In a foreign case, Stephanie was traveling in Italy and had an emergency appendectomy. She spent two hours in surgery and 11 days in the hospital. She never saw billing because Italy has universal health care and government pays hospital directly, even for non-citizens. Her only cost was $8.50 for a prescription anti-acid. (6) Svyatoslov in Russia had appendectomy and state paid total bill except for $200 additional for a private room. (7) A Canadian in Alberta Province having surgery for emergency appendectomy paid a total of $4 for surgery and hospital stay. She needed Tylenol after the surgery. I dont think she waited six months for surgery which is the usual right-wing charge against the Canadian socialistic universal care system. I think the following jury award in a recent California lawsuit is symptomatic of what is wrong with medicine and society in this country. A man was thrown off his motorcycle by a van at an intersection and suffered fractures to his pubic bone and injuries to the nerves and arteries of his penis. Reconstructive surgery was successful, restoring function, but he lost 1.5 inches in the process. The jury found the van driver at fault and awarded the cyclist $7.553 million for pain, suffering, medical bills, loss of income, and loss of 1.5 inches. If you think that was a reasonable settlement, please stop here. Nothing I write from here on will make any sense to you. The Race Is On For Profits. With the screams of ObamaCare and Socialized Medicine ringing in our ears from the right-wing politicians, and the Gordon Gekko CEOs of health insurance companies complaining that any heath care reforms will put them out of business, the 35 major health insurers are quietly reporting ever-widening profit margins in our Recession. How can that be? We are all suffering, right? The middle-class, the rapidly shrinking part of the 99 Percent, has not gotten a raise in 30 years. How can the insurance companies report they are having the best year in the last decade? A Bloomberg government analysis showed health insurance companies had an operating profit margin of 8.65 percent after ObamaCare was passed compared to 6.9 percent 18 months prior to the law, exceeding all of Wall Streets expectations. The five largest health insurers, UnitedHealth Group, WellPoint, Aetna, Humana, and Cigna, are all doing very well, claiming that they are doing a better job of managing their health programs. Of course, they have all raised their premiums during this Recession! An Autopsy Report On Why We Have Lousy Health Care For The 99 Percent. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development surveys and maintains data in many economic areas for 34 countries identified as the most advanced industrial nations. The United States is the only one of the 34 that does not have some form of a universal health care program for all citizens. They have us nailed: ** Although Germany, Italy and Japan have much higher percentages of the elderly than we do, they spend less than half as much in that category. Their citizens live a minimum of two years more. So, whats the deal? The simple fact is we wait until the elderly are just about dead before we help them then we overspend on tests, MRIs, body scans, drugs, hospitalization and surgery because we dont want to recognize that death happens. And to hospital CEO Gordon Gekko, this is where the money is, the last three months of life. ** The U.S. is way behind other countries in utilizing electronic health records, consequently we commit more errors and costly duplications. Insurance companies employ absolute hordes of clerks and accountants to ensure we will insure only those who are well. Some insurance companies spend only 70 percent of their income on actual health care. The balance goes to Gekko pay, administrative costs and profits. ** No other country has million-dollar Gekko doctors or $10,000 a day rooms. U.S. doctors are paid more than four times what doctors in the other 33 countries earn. A letter to the editor of USA Today from a U.S. doctor is quite revealing: Not all doctors are in it for the money... Some think about all their patients, not just the ones who can afford it...while GADFLY: 14
Social Media Policy 101: A look at VCSUs new policy
ost students on the Valley City State University campus have Facebook, and some of those students that are on the VCSU campus are part of a student organization. As By Derek for me, I have a Facebook Davis account and am part of a few student organizations. I enjoy my time on student senate, the inter-residence hall council, and I am the president of the Gay/ Straight Alliance. There are many other student organizations that have Facebook page for their group, such as VCSU Improv, the VCSU Coloring Club and the Viking Campus Activities Board. However, they may need to change their names soon, if they so choose. During the Spring 2012 semester, VCSUs marketing director, Doug Anderson, composed a policy in regards to social media. Social media has been used to help advertise and promote businesses. If student organizations wish to be affiliated with VCSU, they are signing an agreement that when someone does visit their website, that the Facebook group is promoting the college in a positive manner. Some of the benefits about being affiliated with the university include using VCSU-owned graphics, and any other information that is owned by the university. Keeping this in mind, student organizations will have the choice to be affiliated or nonaffiliated with VCSU. The policy matters because when fami-
lies and their children leaving the nest are researching universities and making decisions about what school to go to, they are most likely going to be looking online. During their search, they may come across a campus organizations Facebook page, or they may stumble upon something else. They should know where the communication is coming from. Doug Anderson, in an email written on Feb. 24, said, Having a well-defined policy governing the use of social media for official university communication is one way to help make this distinction easier for both the university and its constituents. Even though this is a choice left up to each individual organization, those organizations need to seriously consider becoming affiliated with VCSU. It is my opinion that those organizations that have a social media site should be affiliated with the university because they are representing not only their particular organization, but also the university in general. They also get those benefits I mentioned before. When I am working with one of many student organizations, I am representing VCSU every time. I want to give my university a good name, and I feel I do so very well. Those students who do represent an organization are also representing their university. Organizations need to do their part in representing VCSU in a positive manner. I hope my fellow students and their organizations feel the same way.
Davis is a Valley City State University student and a member of College Town, an adhoc group of VCSU students and community members working together to bring campus residents and community residents together.
MEASURE 2: From 12 issue. We are smart enough to think for ourselves. This spring you have an opportunity to take back your government, and other organizations. Political parties will caucus, cities and school boards will have elections, and many RECs will have annual meetings. Attend a caucus and insist on answers from candidates. Attend a candidate forum and insist on answers. Attend one of the following REC annual meetings; Burke Divide Electric Cooperative, Cass County Electric Cooperative (April 19), KEM Electric Cooperative (June 21), NoDak Electic Cooperative( March 31), Northern Plains Electric Cooperative (April 10), Verendrye Electric Cooperative (June 14); and support directors who
are not sheep for the CEO. Finally, as Deep Throat of Watergate fame stated, Follow the money. The latest report from the Secretary of State shows those who oppose Measure 2 received $55,000 from the following sources: NEA Washington, D.C., $35,000; ND Petroleum Council, $10,000; and NDEA, $10,000. Considering most Chambers support Charter Schools, ending seniority and tenure, we have to wonder how the rank and file teachers feel about their leadership partnering with the Chamber. We all deserve better. For transparency, accountability, and fairness, vote yes on Measure 2.
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Keystone XL pipeline: Highway Robbery by Big Oil

he cats out of the bag and its a rabid one. The sordid truths about TransCanada Corporations Keystone XL tar sands pipeline scheme are finally oozing their way into mainstream channels of communication. With straight faces, a passel of cashoiled politicians continue to flood the airwaves with blatant propaganda asserting Keystone XL virtues that simply do not exist. They claim this toxic-tarsands scam will lower gasoline prices for U.S. consumers, lessen dependence on OPEC, boost national security and create a net increase in jobs. The exact opposite has been documented by longstanding science-based sources that do not play politics and do not accept cash from the oil and coal corporations. Last Monday evening (March 5), WDAY-TV ran yet-another unsubstantiated, pro-KXL piece during their news program. It featured Sen. John Hoeven reciting already-refuted sound bites touting how TransCanadas self-serving proposal will produce wonderful benefits for all of America. Worse yet, he was touting his current legislative maneuver to override President Obama and authorize immediate construction on KXL. The clip fairly took my breath away. Id read only a tiny fraction of the available research but enough to know that KXL is purely a stratagem to reroute Canadian tar sands crude around Midwest refineries for shipping overseas, thus manipulating U.S. supplies in order to drive up our prices. In other words, I knew just enough to be appalled. Why on earth would someone elected to represent the interests of the people of North Dakota brazenly promote a scheme that would harm North Dakotans in order to further enrich a foreign oil corporation and its cohorts? Could there possibly be any correlation with DirtyEnegyMoney.coms findings that since 1999, John Hoeven has pocketed at least $393,670 in contributions from coal and oil interests (including even the infamous Koch Industries), and has Sided with Dirty Energy interests in 100 percent of selected votes? I dont know; youll have to decide that for yourself. [Source: http://dirtyenergymoney.com/ view.php?searchvalue=John+Hoeven&zip =&can=&com=&search=1&type=search] Happily, you neednt take my word that KXL represents a disastrous swindle. Go online and check out the overabundance of trustworthy, mainstream sources
deploring this profiGeneral Steven Anderson, a former top teering pipeline, which aide to Gen. David Petraeus, has flatly rewould recklessly channel buked the lies: The Keystone XL pipeline toxic tar sands through will not reduce Americas dependence on the heartland of America, Middle East oil(it) would set back our to the exclusive benefit of renewable energy efforts for at least two mostly-foreign Big Oil. decades, much to our enemies delight. By Vicki Voldal Last week, even the dog- [Source: http://switchboard.nrdc.org/ Rosenau gedly pro-industry Fargo blogs/aswift/retired_general_lugars_keyForum editors felt comston.html] pelled to affirm that the (KXL) pipeline Another military source, VoteVets.org, will, the experts say, cause gasoline is even more emphatic in its report, The prices in the Midwest (read North Dakota, Big Lie: Keystone XL and National SecuMinnesota, et al.) to increase rity. VoteVets believes that Becoming enThe Forums belated revelation was ergy independent must be a top priority of based on voluminous prior documentathe United States. But they reject the KXL tion of how and why this foreign-owned ruse: Unfortunately, the Keystone XL boondoggle would, indeed, raise fuel pipeline ... does not help us get there. Nor prices. Note: a whole year ago, the Star does the Keystone XL pipeline reduce oil Tribune detailed prices that would this fact in Philip hurt our enemies. Verlegers KXL Nor does it help piece (If gas us combat global he sordid truths about prices go up climate change TransCanada Corporations which our own further, blame Canada) that Pentagon says is a Keystone XL tar sands stated: The firms top issue for our pipeline scheme are finally involved have ... military. told Canadian govVoteVets.org oozing their way into mainstream bluntly ernment officials concludes: how the pipeline channels of communication. TransCanada can be used to add and its allies are at least $4 billion playing to nationto the U.S. fuel al security fears of bill. ... At least $500 million of the added the American people to make a buck. expense would come from the Canadian Exporting Energy Security: Keystone market manipulation. Of course, Ameri- XL Exposed, is a Carnegie Council for can consumers will pay the price of this Ethics in International Affairs report that highway robbery... foreign oil interests are directly repudiates the energy-security planning a deliberate manipulation of the fiction: the idea that Keystone XL will U.S. oil market that would raise gas prices decrease America's dependence on forfor Midwest farmers and consumers eign oil is demonstrably false (it) would And of course if farm fuel prices rise, so not in fact enhance U.S. energy security will the prices we pay for food. [Source: at all. The council advises: An honest ashttp://www.startribune.com/error/?id=11 sessment of the Keystone XL project will 7832183&id=117832183&path=%2Fopini show that the oil will be exported and will on%2Fcommentary&path=%2Fopinion% not benefit U.S. consumers or any reason2Fcommentary] able definition of the nation's interest. The venerable Natural Resources [Source: http://www.policyinnovations. Defense Council joins other fact-finding org/ideas/policy_library/data/01614] sources in refuting the whopper about But unemployment still hampers U.S. lowering fuel prices: Keystone XL is economic recovery, so what about all actually a pipeline that bypasses America those jobs to be created (even if it is in order to maximize Big Oils profits in return for game over in the battle approving the pipeline would actually against global warming)? According to the increase the price of oil in the American National Wildlife Federation, the largest Midwest. [Source: http://www.nrdc.org/ grassroots conservation organization in energy/keystone-pipeline/] the country: The fact is, TransCanadas Regarding Big Oils equally-false claims job claims are complete fabrications, and of energy independence, retired Brigadier the Cornell report concludes that KXL
will not be a major source of US jobs, nor will it play any substantial role at all in putting Americans back to work. The State Departments own study suggests that far fewer jobs will be created and most of them will be non-local and temporary. Q: So, how does the 76-year-old NWF really feel about KXL? A: NWF has characterized it as a project that was conceived to milk billions of dollars from U.S. consumers ... time after time, TransCanada and its allies have been caught spreading lies and misinformation about the proposal. [Source: http://www.nwf. org/~/media/PDFs/Global-Warming/ KXL_Myths_vs_Facts.ashx] Outrage against this disastrous profiteering scheme is so deep and wide that it has risen to the global level of spiritual leadership, as articulated by the nine Nobel Peace Laureates who have urged President Obama to do the right thing for our environment and reject the proposal to build the Keystone XL. These Laureates, including Bishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama, denounce proceeding with this scam because, they say, it will not only hurt people in the US but will also endanger the entire planet. [Source: http://nobelwomensinitiative. org/2011/09/nobel-peace-prize-laureatesurge-obama-reject-keystone-xl-tar-sandsoil-pipeline-media-release/] Since this column seeks to overwhelm KXL propaganda with facts disproving the false claims, it seems appropriate to conclude with the strong words of Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club, one of the oldest (120 years), largest, and most influential grassroots environmental organizations in the United States: KXL is a scam undertaken by Big Oils congressional puppets on the orders of oil companies that have billions of dollars at stake. The politicians pushing the pipeline are (how can I put this politely?) lying to the American people and pandering for dirty oil money. [Source: http://blog. sfgate.com/mbrune/2011/12/20/keystonexl-pipeline-scam/] All of North Dakotas political leaders should vigorously oppose this highway robbery and help expose the truths about KXL so that, finally, the people can know what is really going on here.
Vicki Voldal Rosenau lives in Valley City. Reach her by email at vrosenau@csicable.net
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GADFLY: From 13 (ObamaCare) is at best a work in progress, those (doctors) who suggest things were tolerable as long as they were wellpaid scare me. Some is an interesting word. The fact that primary doctors are paid a lot less than specialists should tell us something about the profession. Primary is where the real shortage is. Nor do hospitals and insurance companies in other countries spend millions on naming rights for athletic facilities or for construction of stadiums and basketball courts. They actually spend those millions on health care for their citizens. ** Another research arm, the Commonwealth Fund, says the U.S. is terrific at giving patients what they want, such as getting to a specialist and elective surgery faster than patients in other countries. Our cardiologists carve faster than anyone in the other 33. At the same time, we experience more medical errors because care is uncoordinated and health records are poorly kept. There is also the fact that people without insurance often wait until it is too late for inexpensive treatment because they cant afford primary treatment. ** We often hear the chant from the ignorant that We Have The Best Health Care In The World!! We do rank near the top in survival rates for breast and colorectal cancer, but we are below average in cervical cancer. With so many hospitals heavily involved in the heart business (thats where the real money is) one might think we are pretty good at it. We are not. We dont rank above the middle of the pack. And theres no big money in pneumonia. What A Silly Idea! To Fix Health Care, Help The Poor!! Yale University has collected data from 30 industrialized countries about health and social costs for over 10 years. Although we spend twice as much on health care as any other in the 30, we rank in the bottom half in life expectancy and infant mortality. But if we count money spent toward health care and social services we rank near the bottom in the 30. For every dollar spent on health care, we spend only 90 cents on social services. In the other countries they spend two dollars on social services for every dollar spent on health care. Thats why their babies survive at twice our rate and why they live up to five years longer than we do. But instead of learning medical and social basics from foreign countries such as Sweden and France, we keep on having babies die at twice their rate and live shorter lives. Only one word fits: STUPID. The first few years of life are very important. In research by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, four out of five physicians agree that unmet social needs lead directly to worse health. Why dont we pay some attention to the experts? North Dakota has an uninsured population of 74,092. Multiply that number by the annual U.S. per capita medical expenditure of $8,000. Who is going to pay that $592,736,000 to keep them alive and somewhat healthy? Minnesota has an uninsured population of 453,310. Do the math. Thats $3,626,480,000 to keep Viking fans drinking beer in the stands instead of being toes up. Who is going to pay these billions? Shall we charge off over $4.6 billion to emergency rooms? Its tough to get a kidney transplant or have a three-inch nail removed from your brain in an ER. The American people have been sold a ballast of bilge about socialized medicine. Sooner or later, we are going to have to go to a single-payer, universal care system to hold down costs and take care of our sick before the Gekkos drive us all to bankruptcy. Instead of drinking the Kool-Aid, we are drinking tea made from panda poop at $34,000 a pound. The Chinese seller says the pandas excrement is rich in fiber, nutrients and anti-oxidants, and has a mature, nutty taste and a very distinctive aroma. The guy has great plans. He has collected five tons of panda poop. I think the American people will turn him into a billionaire. His next scam will be a for-profit hospital.
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The JVC Prowl Peewee B hockey team won the Peewee B3 State Tournament in Rugby held March 2-4. They defeated Rugby and Williston in pool play to advance to the championship game against the Fargo Angels.
GAME STATS: JVC Prowl 7, Rugby Icehawks 3 Goals: Connor Fuchs 2, Bryce Nelson 2, Donovan Ask, Baylee Hatlewick, Haley Schnaidt Assists: Donovan Ask, Connor Fuchs, Braxton Heinle, Braeden Kohn, Elly Milender, Bryce Nelson Saves: Matt Schneider 15 JVC Prowl 4, Williston Flyers 0 Goals: Tommy Dion, Connor Fuchs, Elly Milender, Parker Stockert Assists: Braxton Heinle, Braeden Kohn, Haley Schnaidt Saves: Matt Schneider 15 JVC Prowl 5, Fargo Angels 4 (Championship) Goals: Connor Fuchs, Braxton Heinle, Braeden Kohn, Bryce Nelson, Parker Stockert Assists: Connor Fuchs 2, Noah Cabezas, Tanner Hillerud, Elly Milender, Bryce Nelson, Parker Stockert Saves: Matt Schneider 24
JVC Prowl Peewee B hockey team members won the B3 state championship this in Rugby this month. Team members include, from left: front row - Noah Cabezas, Baylee Hatlewick, Matt Schneider, Ryan Olson, Tommy Dion, Tyler Trader; middle row - Braeden Kohn, Elly Milender, Bryce Nelson, Tanner Hillerud, Braxton Heinle; back row - Coach Jack Schnaidt, Parker Stockert, Donovan Ask, Connor Fuchs, Connor Gasal, Coach Jeff Dion, Haley Schnaidt.
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Tower City Council Minutes February 2012 The City of Tower City minutes for the meeting held Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 7:00 PM. Council members present: Scott Salberg, Adam Walburn, Jon Unger and Theresa Tallackson. Guests: Kerry Trenda, Scott Tichy, Amy Milbrandt, Kyle and Matt from Moore Engineering, and Julie Nelson from Park Company Realty. Mayor Scott Salberg called the meeting to order at 7:01 PM. The city council reviewed the minutes from January 9th. Theresa Tallackson made a motion to approve the January 9thminutes as reviewed. Adam Walburn seconded. Motion carried. Several items of New Business were discussed: Park Company Realtors: Council members discussed whether or not to continue using Park Company Realtors; Julie Nelson was at the meeting as a representative of the Realtor. She expressed an interest in keeping Tower City as a client. Jon Unger made the motion to keep Park Company, Adam Walburn seconded. Motion carried. Ms. Nelson will meet with Scott Salberg to finalize the sale for the property that Kerry Trenda was interested in buying. They will also work on matching up lot numbers with the correct legal description of each property in town that is for sale. Tower City Park Board: Scott Tichy and Amy Milbrandt discussed the Park Boards plan to create a walking path in the park. They have acquired a grant to cover approximately 80% of the cost. They asked that the City help out with the remainder of the cost. The Park Board will ask the Community Club to help with the remainder. The Park Board also requested that the City borrow them the amount of the grant. Upon completion of the project, the grant is disbursed, the city would then be repaid. Theresa Tallackson motioned that the City borrow the money to the Park Board, Jon Unger seconded. Motion carried. Increase in Sales Tax: Council discussed the raising of the sales tax to help offset the increasing cost of maintaining and improving our infrastructure. Raising the sales tax would have to go on the ballot for the citizens to decide. Discussion tabled for a later date. Garbage Rates Increased: As garbage rates are continually increasing, the council chose to raise rates from $14.20 to $15.50. Adam Walburn made the motion to raise garbage rates, Theresa Tallackson seconded. Motion carried. City Council Elections: Both Scott Salberg and Theresa Tallackson expressed an interest in running for reelection. That leaves two seats still open. Auditors Report: January financial statements and bills were reviewed. Adam Walburn made a motion to approve the December bills. Jon Unger seconded. Motion carried. Bills paid: AT&T $16.26; Bank of North Dakota $5565.00; Barnes Rural Water $1793.00; Cass County Treasurer $602.91; Cass Rural Water $1151.63; Cenex $112.95; City of Fargo $14.00; Ellison LP-Gas $556.10; Ferguson Waterworks $72.22; First State Bank of ND $751.65; Jody Haseleu $471.75; Sid Hinrichs $60.00; ICTC $125.85; Tom Jorgensen $172.50; Keiths Air Conditioning $296.25; ND Rural Water Systems $200.00; ND Workforce Insurance $315.61; Otter Tail $1182.97; RVS Software $103.35; Suzette Trenda $688.75; U.S. Post Office $109.00; Valley City Times Record $41.75; Xcel Energy $229.96 Department Reports: Adopt-a-community: Deputy Canales absent; Sewer: Jon Unger OK; Water: Scott Salberg OK found a big leak, taken care of; Streets: Scott Salberg OK; Planning and Zoning OK; Forestry: Theresa Tallackson BINGO is going well, funds raised will be used to buy trees for the City orchard. Old Business: Moore Engineering: Kyle and Matt from Moore Engineering discussed the grant application that would help the city pay for repair to its sanitary system. They will continue to work on this process for the City. Community Hall Bathrooms: no bids received. Next City Council meeting tentatively set for March 5. Adjourn: Adam Walburn made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:06 PM. Jon Unger seconded. Motion carried. Jody Haseleu, City Auditor Scott Salberg, Mayor Barnes County Commission Tuesday January 17, 2012 Valley City, ND 58072 The Barnes County Commission met in regular session Tuesday, January 17, 2012 with all members present. Shawn Mayfield and Kerry Johnson, presented an Engineering Contract for the North Valley Bridge Project BRU2-990(040)044. Knutson made a motion, seconded by Leitner, to sign the Engineering Contract with KLJ. Upon a roll call vote, with all voting yes, motion carried. Mr. Mayfield discussed the 2011 ER sites within the Sheyenne/James Basin to include the Counties share of the cost after re-imbursement. Kerry Johnson discussed flood and impacted infrastructure development grants and political subdivisions request dollars from the grants through Emergency Management. Berntson, representing the Commission, thanks all the County Departments for their help to the Auditors office during the absence of the Auditor. There was a discussion on the sick leave of the Clerk of Court. Vicki Zinck, the County Treasurer, presented the Commission with a list of pledge of securities with Dakota Bank, Wells Fargo and Bank Forward. Leitner made a motion, seconded by Froelich, to approve the pledge of securities as presented by the County Treasurer. Upon a roll call vote, with all voting yes, motion carried. Froelich made a motion, seconded by Berntson, to appoint Commissioner Knutson to the Community Service Board. Upon a roll call vote, with all voting yes, motion carried. Froelich made a motion, seconded by Berntson, to pay the $20,000.00 support dollars to the Truck Regulatory Board. Upon a roll call vote, with all voting yes, motion carried. Knutson, made a motion, seconded by Froelich, to appoint Emil Hass to fill the vacant seat on the Senior Citizens Board. Upon a roll call vote, with all voting yes, motion carried. Knutson made a motion, seconded by Froelich, to approve the December 29, 2011 minutes with corrections. Upon a roll call vote, with all voting yes, motion carried. Knutson made a motion, seconded by Froelich, to approve the January 3, 2012 minutes as corrected. Upon a roll call vote, with all voting yes, motion carried. Chairperson Schwehr recessed the Commission meeting and opened a variance hearing. Betty Koslofsky, county Planning & Zoning Administrator, met with the County Commissioners on a hearing for a variance for Leroy Suhr, for a building setback 120 from the center of the Township road. Commissioner Chairman Schwehr closed the variance hearing. Froelich made a motion, seconded by Leitner, to approve a building variance setback 120 from the center of the road for Leroy Suhr, Hobart Twp. Upon a roll call vote, with all voting yes, motion carried. Knutson made a motion, seconded by Leitner, to approve an auditors lot 1 of SW section 16-139-58, Marsh Twp for David Nelson. Upon a roll call vote, with all voting yes, motion carried. Knutson made a motion, seconded by Froelich to approve auditors lot 9 of NW section 22-142-58, Ashtabula Twp for Alex Bitz,. Upon a roll call vote, with all voting yes, motion carried. Froelich made a motion, seconded by Knutson, to approve auditors lot 1 of NE section 6-141-59, Stewart Twp, for Kevin Harstad. Upon a roll call vote, with all voting yes, motion carried. Knutson, made a motion, seconded by Leitner, to approve auditors lots 2 and 3 of NE section 6-141-59, Stewart Twp for Leonard Didier. Upon a roll call vote, with all voting yes, motion carried. Commission discussed building of dikes and opening of gravel pits as to legal options. Randy McClaflin met with Commissioners to open bids for a new Sheriffs vehicle. Bids were received from Miller Motors, for a 2012 Dodge Charger for $25,703.00 with trade in. The Perkins bid was for a 2012 Chevrolet Impala for 21,945.00 with trade in. Stoudt Ross Ford made a bid (option 1) for a Ford Taurus for 21,537.36 with trade in. (Option 2) bid to include additional equipment on the Ford Taurus, for $23,137.36 with trade. Knutson made a motion, seconded by Leitner, to table the decision until next Commission meeting to allow the Sheriff time to review bids. Upon a roll call vote, with all voting yes, motion CONTINUED: 19
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FROM 18 carried. Jennifer Feist, representing the Economic Development Corporation, met with Commissioners to request signing of annual contract agreement between Valley City and Barnes County. Froelich made a motion, seconded by Knutson, to approve and sign the 2012 agreement between Barnes County and the Valley City Barnes County Economic Development Corporation. Upon a roll call vote, with all voting yes, motion carried. Ms. Feist, presented school enrollment numbers in Barnes County & housing status that the Corporation uses in recruitment of businesses. Chairperson Schwehr, recessed the Commission meeting to allow the Park Board to meet. At the completion of the Park Board meeting, Chairperson Schwehr, reconvened the Commission meeting. Knutson made a motion, seconded by Froelich, to approve the Park Board to apply for grant dollars on road repairs at Clausen Springs Park from the North Dakota Game and Fish Department. Upon a roll call vote, with all voting yes, motion carried. Leitner made a motion, seconded by Froelich, that the Park Board review and update the (5 - year) agreement with the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, and present to Commission for approval at a later date. Upon a roll call vote, with all voting yes, motion carried. Liquor license for Sodbusters Club was signed by Chairperson Schwehr. Knutson discussed the Emergency Service Communication System advisory committee and the possibility of sharing 911 services with other Counties. With no further business to discuss, Knutson made a motion, seconded by Froelich, to adjourn. Motion carried. Edward R. McGough Barnes County Auditor Cindy Schwehr, Chairperson Barnes County Commission Barnes County Commission Special meeting Tuesday January 12, 2012 Valley City, ND 58072 The Barnes County Commission met in Special session Thursday, January 12, 2012 with all members present except Leitner. Jerry Heib representing the Barnes County Water Resource District Board was in attendance, Commissioners discussed the Water board issues, Clausen Springs, Meadow Lake, and Hobart Projects. Also discussed was funding for the projects and how the funds will be distributed. It was noted that approximately $1,070,000.00 of reimbursements from the ND Game and Fish Department and the ND State Water Commission had been deposited in the Barnes county accounts for the Clausen Springs Dam repair project.

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Froelich made a motion, seconded by Knutson, to authorize a check for 969,401.57 to meet the bond obligation payment. Upon a roll call vote, with all voting yes, motion carried. Froelich made a motion, seconded by Knutson, to distribute the remaining balance ($143,000.00) of the $200,000.00 committed by Barnes County to the Clausen Springs Dam repair project to meet the bond payment deadline. Upon a roll call vote, with all voting yes, motion carried. Knutson made a motion, seconded by Froelich, to approve distribution of the $40,000.00 committed by Barnes County for the Hobart Lake and Meadow Lake Projects. Knutson wants the Barnes County Water Board establish a better accounting system to track their expenditures, revenues, anticipated revenues, and overall project costs. Upon a roll call vote, with all voting yes, motion carried. Jerry Heib also presented a request from the Water Resource District that the Barnes County Commission help fund $47,806.01 for the Hwy 1 crossing project. More information is needed to proceed with the distribution of the funds. With no further business to discuss, Berntson made a motion, seconded by Froelich, to adjourn. Motion carried. Edward R. McGough Barnes County Auditor Cindy Schwehr, Chairperson Barnes County Commission
ART MATTERS - an occasional column on Arts & Humanities by Joe DeMasi & Wes Anderson
hen Joe DeMasi talked me into trying to share a column on the arts and humanities for the community, I must admit that I was skeptical of the idea. I knew that Joe could do it just fine, it is me I am worried about. To try to come up with something related to the humanities on a regular basis, it might end up more as a column about what the museum is up to at least my half of things, anyway. Front and center on my agenda is the Traveling Smithsonian Exhibit Key Ingredients: America by Food that is on display here at the Barnes County Museum through March 11. Sponsored by the North Dakota Humanities Council, this exhibit is touring six communities in North Dakota in 2011 and 2012 and Ive learned that it will tour another six North Dakota towns for 2012-13. These exhibits are specially designed by the Smithsonian Institution for communities under 10,000 which are so easily overlooked or bypassed by such opportunities. This is the third exhibit weve hosted here at the Barnes County Museum. The first, in 2004, was Produce for Victory the story of the WWII home front effort. The second in 2008 was Between Fences, talk-
Uffda: Perch, Cream of Wheat beat out lutefisk in known-for survey
ing about land and land usage. This third one Key Ingredients, is all about By WES American ANDERSON food traditions. If you want to start up an interesting conversation, you might ask someone, What is the most memorable meal youve eaten? There is surely a story to follow as food is so central to who we are as human beings. Food means something to everyone and to ask the question of something that is memorable is
to delve into a rich source of information. Food is often associated with ethnic backgrounds, or sometimes economic circumstances. It can be as much as who you are eating with or where as it is what youre eating. Was it a good or perhaps less than pleasant memory? Key Ingredients is designed to allow us to pause for a moment as we look at what food means to people all over our large nation and answer the questions of how are we similar and how are we different? Food unites us in many ways. There is also truth in the saying that one mans meat is anothers poison.
This is none so true as when it comes to lutefisk. Believe it or not, but North Dakota is best known for two foods, perch and Cream of Wheat. Dont ask me how but that is what THEY think of, us but who THEY are exactly I dont know. I dont have a way of showing perch for the exhibit but I needed a box of Cream of Wheat to display and this meant a trip to the grocery store. I also wanted some locally produced flax flour. Furthermore, one of the foods that we should be known for, but apparently are not, is lutefisk. That notorious Scandinavian delicacy known to make Norwegians drool
at the dropping of its name, Ive heard it called radioactive Christmas Food and worse. Made from dried and then reconstituted cod fish processed with lye, if it is cured fish you wonder what the disease was. Eating lutefisk for Scandinavians must be like the eating of Bitter Herbs to the Jews during Passover. Regardless, it is certainly a holdover from another time and a certain fixture when we talk about local food traditions. Since no one else was going to be brave, I had to take one for the team and buy a bag of the stuff to get the bag to include in the
exhibit. This meant that I had to either eat the stuff or use it as brass polishone of its many OTHER uses. I tried my hand at cooking it. I could just see the potential headlines, Local Valley Citian poisons family with museum exhibit materials! I am happy to report that I am alive and well, hale and hearty (so are the folks) and actually have nothing to truly report on the whole experience as it wasn't THAT bad....really! Wikipedia: Lutefisk (Norwegian) or Lutfisk (Swedish) is a traditional dish of the Nordic countries and parts of the Midwest LUTEFISK: 18
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The Smithsonian Exhibit Key Ingredients: America by Food remains on exhibit at the Barnes County Historical Society Museum in downtown Valley City through Sunday, March 11. Sponsored by the North Dakota Humanities Council, this exhibit looks at the history of American food from many perspectives over time leading to the ultimate conclusion that our palates are diverse and ever-changing in regards to what we eat. This exhibit is partnered with the exhibit Seeds of Change from the South Dakota Humanities Council, which looks at the food exchange between old world and new in 1492 as well as the local exhibit created by the BCHS reflecting Barnes County's food traditions and history. The free exhibit is open to the public Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday 1 to 4 p.m. For more information, contact museum curator Wes Anderson, 701-845-0966.
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LUTEFISK: From 17 United States. It is made from aged stockfish (air-dried whitefish) or dried/salted whitefish and lye. It is gelatinous in texture, and has an extremely strong, pungent odor. Its name literally means lye fish. Oh, I've heard the stories and comments all my life about how terrible the stuff made from old cod and lye is and how it will stink you out of house and home, corrode pots and pans to unusability and possibly contaminate the kitchen to the point of needing a similar scrubbing normally associated with nuclear accident cleanup. The following directions are but one recommendation for the proper preparation of lutefisk: 1. Get the lutefisk 2. Lay it on a pine board 3. Flatten with a meat cleaver 4. Salt and pepper it and pour on butter 5. Bake on board in oven for 30 minutes 6. Remove from oven and allow to cool 7. Throw out the lutefisk and eat the board I've heard how uffda is an acceptable response to lutefisk in about any circumstance.... up wind, down wind and even when the wind isn't blowing. I carefully found the smallest bag of it at the store I could get and immediately "uffda" came to mind. Not so much for the smell hidden within the plastic bag but the price. It seemed a little exorbitant for something once considered to be poor people food, but, upon removing the sticker to make the bag ready for exhibition, I discovered that indeed it had been on sale and I'd purchased myself some discounted lutefisk. Needless to say I began to have trepidations. There is the old joke about how a guy walked into a general store once and told the clerk that he was having troubles with skunks living under his porch. The clerk had just the answer. Throw some lutefisk under the porch and the skunk troubles would be over. A few days later the guy came back to the store and the clerk asked if the skunks were gone to which the guy answered that indeed they were and that the lutefisk did the trick, but now he had an even bigger problem as Norwegians had moved in. I had been wondering exactly how I was going to go about the cooking of this stuff as I was benevolently donating the bag to the museum, but being on the poor side of the economic scale, I didn't have the luxury of tossing out the contents of the bag. I do know that when I carefully opened the edge of the bag so as to not damage the graphics of the smiling cartoon fish my nose was hit with a discernibly noticeable smell as I quickly transferred it all into an appropriately sized Ziploc. Uffda indeed! But I was in a hurry since the lady from the Smithsonian was coming and I didn't have time to further go into the olfactory details of lutefisk. I grabbed the now washed out bag and ran off to get it displayed in the pantheon of American eats. According to Wikipedia, lutefisk is made from dried whitefish (normally cod in Norway) prepared with lye in a sequence of particular treatments. The watering steps of these treatments differ slightly for salted/dried whitefish because of its high salt content. PINOCHLE: From 6 of 1,251. Third place and $500 winners were Joan Schweitzer and Mary Walicski of Jamestown, with a score of 1171. $400. In fourth place was Carl and Brenda Schneider of Wahpeton, with a score of 1135. Fifth place and $300 went to local players Rydell Becker and Dave Vareberg with a score of 1,118. Sixth place and $250 went to local players Jill Berger and Tallie Colville with a score of 1,108. Seventh place and $150 went to Caroline and Leo
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The first treatment is to soak the stockfish in cold water for five to six days (with the water changed daily). The saturated stockfish is then soaked in an unchanged solution of cold water and lye for an additional two days. The fish swells during this soaking, and its protein content decreases by more than 50 percent producing a jellylike consistency. When this treatment is finished, the fish (saturated with lye) has a pH value of 1112 and is therefore caustic. To make the fish edible, a final treatment of yet another four to six days of soaking in cold water (also changed daily) is needed. Eventually, the lutefisk is ready to be cooked. There is the story of how lutefisk came about. The Swedes wanted the land of Norway but they didn't want the Norwegians and so went about the process of poisoning the population. Two days later the Norwegians came back to the Swedes wanting the recipe. Wiki: "The origin of lutefisk is unknown. Legends include the accidental dropping of fish into a lye bucket or sodden wood ash containing lye under a drying rack. Another claims the practice enabled storing fish outdoors. Cold temperature acted as a preservative and the lye deterred wild animals from eating the fish. However, using lye to soften a hard, indigestible base is used to prepare other foods such as hominy. Sunday night rolled around and it was my turn to sink or swim in the long line of Lye Fish cooks in my family. My father isnt big into fish and never has been, but he gets a little weepy eyed and wistful when he remembers his mother (full-blooded Swiss) making lutefisk for her husband (full-blooded Norwegian) and her family back on the farm during the Dirty Thirties of the last Great Depression. He talks about how my grandfather would quickly wolf down his plate and go back for seconds if not thirds. My dad actually LIKES the stuff. I dont know if it is so much for the nutritional food content or flavor or just that it reminds him of home and the good old days. There must be something in my quarter-Norwegian DNA that told me how to go about things as I instinctively (or in-stink-tively) knew to wash the stuff off and soak it overnight in salt water and then the next morning wash it again and change the water in the morning, again the same process at noon and once more before patting it dry and putting it in a casserole dish to be baked at 375 degrees for about 30 minutes or until flakey.or something not so much resembling Jell-O resulted. The first thing I noticed was.nothing.no smell at all! One would think once heat were applied that it would begin to open up its pores and let loose with whatever it was that was going to cause the anticipated eye-watering and reflexive gaging. But nothing came from the oven. Not even when at the end of the requisite 30 minutes I opened the lid to see what was going on. A little jiggle told me that it needed about 10 more minutes. At the end of that time, dinner was served. I made mashed potatoes and, probably against the purists taste, some peasthe greenness of them surely an offense to the idea of everything being as white as possible. I melted the butter and served my dinner. It wasnt bad. I mean, I wouldnt want a steady diet of Heilman of Karlsruhe, N.D., with a score of 1,095. Eighth place and $125 went to Tom Olson of Valley City and Mark Stowman of Tower City with a score of 1,087. Ninth place and $100 went to Donna Otto and Laura Meyer of Carrington, N.D., with a score of 1,050. Tenth place and $75 went to James Lacina and James Cook of Jamestown, with a score of 1,048. Eleventh through 15th places were all awarded $50 and went to: Duane (Grand Forks) and Charles Mann (Bemidji, Minn.) with a score of 1,039; Steve Porch (Binford, N.D.) and Dorothe stuff (once a decade or so satiates my craving for it) but if I HAD to I could eat it. Dad was in hog heaven and reliving how they used to take and roll it in lefsa. Mom (German/English) wasnt quite so taken with it and politely mixed it in with her mashed potatoes. Quote from Garrison Keillor's book Lake Wobegon Days: Every Advent we entered the purgatory of lutefisk, a repulsive gelatinous fishlike dish that tasted of soap and gave off an odor that would gag a goat. We did this in honor of Norwegian ancestors, much as if survivors of a famine might celebrate their deliverance by feasting on elm bark. I always felt the cold creeps as Advent approached, knowing that this dread delicacy would be put before me and I'd be told, "Just have a little." Eating a little was like vomiting a little, just as bad as a lot. So, there you have it. Nothing traumatic or dramatic to report. No frantic calls to 911 or neighborhood evacuations due to my cooking of this most unusual of Scandinavian delicacies. I have cooked and eaten Lutefisk and lived to tell the tale! 1. O Lutefisk, O Lutefisk, how fragrant your aroma, O Lutefisk, O Lutefisk, you put me in a coma. You smell so strong, you look like glue, You taste just like an overshoe, But lutefisk, come Saturday, I tink I eat you anyvay 2. O Lutefisk, O lutefisk, I put you in the doorvay. I wanted you to ripen up just like they do in Norvay. A dog came by and sprinkled you. I hit him with my overshoe. O lutefisk, now I suppose I'll eat you while I hold my nose. 3. O Lutefisk, O lutefisk, how well I do remember. On Christmas Eve how we'd receive our big treat of December. It wasn't turkey or fried ham. It wasn't even pickled Spam. My mother knew there was no risk In serving buttered lutefisk. 4. O Lutefisk, O lutefisk, now everyone discovers That lutefisk and lefse make Norvegians better lovers. Now all the world can have a ball. You're better than that Geritol. O lutefisk, with brennevin [Norwegian brandy] You make me feel like Errol Flynn. 5. O Lutefisk, O lutefisk, you have a special flavor. O Lutefisk, O lutefisk, all good Norvegians savor. That slimy slab we know so well Identified by ghastly smell. O Lutefisk, O lutefisk, Our loyalty won't waver.
Wes Anderson is curator of the Barnes County Historical Society. Reach him by email at wes_anderson75@hotmail.com
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TUESDAY Three Maple Valley Public School stu- Blaskowski and Ryan Janish, study at the MARCH 13 BUFFALO, ND dents earned their black belts in taekwondo Tower City branch location of ATA Black 11 AM-1:30 PM Friday, Feb. 17, following testing conduct- Belt Academy. The Tower City classes are LUNCH SERVED ed by Master Instructor Michael Beyer. held in the Tower City Community Center, FLINT & DEANNA KASOWSKI The students, Alex Pommerer, Sean under the instruction of Joe Fodera.
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