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Sports coverage for Central Cass, Finley-Sharon/Hope-Page, Kindred, Northern Cass, and Maple Valley

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August 18, 2010 Section B

Some area race car drivers had some great outings on various tracks throughout the past week.

Sean Johnson, Fargo, formerly of Durbin picked up his first feature win in the Hornet class at the Jamestown Speedway, Saturday, Aug.14.

Johnson took the lead with two laps to go and held off Dylan Wiesz, Carrington and Zach Dockter, East Grand Forks, Minn. for the victory.

Sean and his brother Dylan have had feature wins in the Road Hog class and previously had each came away with second place finishes in the two times they have raced at Jamestown.

“I guess the third time is a charm,” stated Sean Johnson of his victory.

Austin and Cale Arneson, both of Fargo and the grandsons of Bob and Joanne Arneson, Casselton, battled each other in the Midwest Modified feature at the Jamestown Speedway with Cale coming out on top on this occasion.

Cale took early lead jumping out front in the second lap of the 20-lap race, but Austin battled through the pack and caught Cale and took the lead with 11 laps to go. Austin had a slight slip and Cale passed in turn two of the final lap and held off Austin through the final turns to claim the victory.

“I was a little nervous when my brother went by,” stated Cale Arneson. “But I just stayed cool and he had a slight slip and I was able to get by him.”

The roles were reversed Wednes-day, Aug. 11 at the Red River Valley Speedway when Austin claimed the feature win, while brother Cale fin-ished in fourth. Austin held off sec-ond-place finisher Rich Pavlicek, Cas-selton for the victory.

Pavlicek also had a strong outing at the Buffalo River Race Park, Glyn-don, Minn. Sunday, Aug. 15, but the end result was not a pleasing one.

Pavlicek won his heat holding off Ron Saurer, Dalton, Minn. through the eight lap Midwest Modified race.

In the feature Pavlicek chased Sau-rer for 16 laps and was finally able to get by him with four laps to go, but on the next lap Pavlicek spun out on turn one, dashing his hopes of a feature victory.

Bob Sagen, Arthur is currently leading the point standings by 10 points over Travis Saurer, Elizabeth, Minn. in the Modified Class at the Buffalo River Race Park in Glyndon.

Complete area racing results are:

Red River Valley SpeedwayWest Fargo, ND

Wissota Midwest ModifiedsFirst Heat: 1. Bryce Borgen, Per-

ley, Minn.; 2. Ryan Mikkelson, Jame-stown; 3. Travis Saurer, Elizabeth, Minn.

Second Heat: 1. Cale Arneson, Fargo; 2. Rich Pavlicek, Casselton; 3. Tyler Hall, Fertile, Minn.

Feature: 1. Austin Arneson, Fargo; 2. Pavlicek; 3. Hall; 4. C. Arneson; 5. Saurer.Wissota Modifieds

First Heat: 1. Jason Strand, Port-land; 2. Jon Bachmeier, Fargo; 3. Cul-len Brown, Fergus Falls, Minn.

Second Heat: 1. Blake Jegtvig, Hawley, Minn.; 2. Mitch Johnson, Hickson; 3. Jerry Lamb, Lisbon.

Feature: 1. Jegtvig; 2. Travis Sau-rer, Elizabeth, Minn.; 3. Strand; 4.

Clayton Wagamon, Blaine, Minn.; 5. Lamb.Late Models

First Heat: 1. Cody Skytland, Far-go; 2. Jeremy Keller, Mandan; 3. Scott Johnson, West Fargo.

Second Heat: 1. Michael Johnson, Moorhead, Minn.; 2. Greg Johnson, Harwood; 3. Norm Olson, West Far-go.

Feature: 1. Skytland; 2. Ricky Weiss, St. Francios, Manitoba; 3. Keller; 4. M. Johnson; 5. G. Johnson.Wissota Stock

First Heat: 1. Rusty Kollman, Car-rington; 2. Rich Schulz, Horace; 3. James Tandeski, West Fargo.

Second Heat: 1. Randy Kollman, Carrington; 2. David Goulet, Sauk

Rapids, Minn. 3. Clare Miller.Feature: 1. Goulet; 2. Schulz; 3.

Rusty Kollman; 4. Jason Babcock, Horace; 5. Jim Geringer, Harwood.Super Stock

First Heat: 1. Allen Cleveland, Breckinridge, Minn.; 2. Cory Tam-men, Clara City; 3. Tom Wilson, Glyn-don, Minn.

Second Heat: 1. Todd Carter, Lis-bon; 2. Dave Shipley, West Fargo; 3. Bill Wadeson, Alice.

Third Heat: 1. Ty Hanten, West Fargo; 2. Kevin Robertson, Enderlin; 3. Scott Jacobson, Fargo.

Feature: 1. Tammen; 2. Hanten; 3. Robertson; 4. Carter; 5. Terry Dale, Portland.

Jamestown SpeedwayJamestown, ND

HornetsFeature: 1. Sean Johnson, Fargo;

2. Dylan Wiesz, Carrington; 3. Zach Dockter, East Grand Forks, Minn.; 4.

David Freeman, Carrington; 5. Merle Stoppleworth, Jamestown.Wissota Midwest Modifieds

First Heat: 1. Ryan Mikkelson, Jamestown; 2. Cale Arneson, Fargo; 3. Scott Vasichek, Brocket.

Second Heat: 1. Bobby Eckerdt, Grand Forks; 2. Landon Becker, Jamestown; 3. Greg Friestad, Fargo.

Third Heat: 1. Austin Arneson, Fargo; 2. Zach Naastad, Hatton; 3. Taylor Weight, LaMoure.

Consolation: 1. Josh Eberhardt, Jamestown; 2. Travis Aljets, Car-rington; 3. Jamie Carlson, Larimore; 4. Steve Ost, Adrian; 5. Randy Klein, Valley City.

Feature: 1. C. Arneson; 2. A. Arneson; 3. Weight; 4. Becker; 5. Eck-

erdt.Wissota Modifieds

First Heat: 1. Craig Christenson, New London, Minn.; 2. Randy Klein, Valley City; 3. Jamie Trautner, Felton, Minn.

Second Heat: 1. Jason Grimes, Jamestown; 2. Mike Stearns, Hecla, S.D.; 3. John Corell, Jamestown.

Third Heat: 1. Mike Greseth, Harwood; 2. Blake Jegtvig, Hawley, Minn.; 3. Mark Trautner, Mahnomen, Minn.

Consolation: 1. Kent Arment, Ab-erdeen, S.D.; 2. Corey Seckerson, Jamestown; 3. Bob Sagen, Arthur; 4. Eric Edwards, Edgeley; 5. Spencer Johnson, Jamestown.

Feature: 1. Jegtvig; 2. Stearns; 3. Grimes; 4. Corell; 5. M. Trautner.Steet Stocks

First Heat: 1. Rick Schulz, Fargo; 2. Paul Kirkeide, Fessenden; 3. Joseph Potter, East Grand Forks, Minn.

Second Heat: 1. Geoff Hellman,

Mandan; 2. Rusty Kollman, Car-rington; 3. Troy Nelson, Jamestown.

Third Heat: 1. Luke Nelson, Val-ley City; 2. Royce Jawaski, Horace; 3. Kelly Hagel, Carrington.

Consolation: 1. Trent Grager, Sykeston; 2. Jake Emo, Jamestown; 3. Billie Christ, Jamestown; 4. Ran-dy Kollman, Carrington; 5. Jordan Zillmer, Gackle.

Feature: 1. Hellman; 2. Hagel; 3. L. Nelson; 4. T. Nelson; 5. Jawaski.Bombers

First Heat: 1. Joe Jacobson, Jame-stown; 2. Charlie Carr, Carrington; 3. Ryan Widmer, Jamestown.

Second Heat: 1. Shawn Becker, Jamestown; 2. Lucas Rodin, Fuller-ton; 3. Mike Sahr, Jamestown.

Third Heat: 1. Donnie Martin, Jamestown; 2. Matt Gumke, Jame-stown; 3. Jason Thoms, Pingree.

Feature: 1. Becker; 2. Jacobson; 3. Martin; 4. Rodin; 5. Widmer.Late Models

First Heat: 1. Steven Pfeiffer, West Fargo; 2. Mike Balcaen; 3. Wayne Johnson, Minot.

Second Heat: 1. Dave Zimmerman, Elizabeth, Minn.; 2. Brian Swenson, Bismarck; 3. Kent Arment, Aberdeen, S. D.

Third Heat: 1. Jeremy Keller, Bis-marck; 2. Scott Greer, East St, Mani-toba; 3. Troy Schill, Grand Forks.

Fourth Heat: 1. Mike Johnson, Harwood; 2. Tom Corcoran, East Grand Forks, Minn.; 3. Steve Ander-son, Grand Forks.

Fifth Heat: 1. Pat Doar, New Rich-mond, Wis.; 2. Cody Skytland, Fargo; 3. Randy Klein, Valley City.

Consolation 1: 1. David McDonald, Huron, S. D.; 2. Hank Berry, Syd-

ney, Mont.; 3. Blake Jegtvig, Hawley, Minn.; 4. Mike McCaughan, St. Fran-coise, Manitoba; 5. Norm Olson, West Fargo.

Consolation 2: 1. Corey Secker-son, Jamestown; 2. Chad Becker, Aberdeen, S. D.; 3. Troy Heupel, Wil-liston; 4. Brad Seng, Grand Forks; 5. Mitch Johnson, Hickson.

Feature: 1. Skytland; 2. Pfeiffer; 3. Keller; 4. Balcaen; 5. Doar.

Buffalo River Race ParkGlyndon, Minn.

Pure StocksFirst Heat: 1. Jonny Carter, Lisbon;

2. Brandon Buschette, Flom, Minn.; 3. Justin Kort, Elizabeth, Minn.

Second Heat: 1. Tim Shiek; 2. Ran-dall Henriksen, Glyndon, Minn.; 3. Andy Wagner, Ada, Minn.

Third Heat: 1. Brian Petermann, Hawley, Minn.; 2. Tallin Tommerdahl, Fargo; 3. Aaron Wetterlin, Moorhead, Minn.

Feature: 1. Petermann; 2. Wagner; 3. Wetterlin; 4. Buschette; 5. Henrik-sen.Hornets

First Heat: 1. James Cooper, Mah-nomen, Minn.; 2. Scott Lampton, Twin Valley, Minn.; 3. Thomas Ah-mdt, Hawley, Minn.

Second Heat: 1. Karmith Chris-tensen; 2. Luke Littlewolf, Mah-nomen, Minn.; 3. Parker Bilden, Er-hard, Minn.

Feature: 1. Cooper; 2. Lampton; 3. Littlewolf; 4. Levi Fischer, West Far-go; 5. Bilden.Wissota Mod Fours

First Heat: 1. James Erdmann, Horace; 2. Tyler Hall, Fertile, Minn.; 3. Brennan Borg, Fargo.

Second Heat: 1. Rob VanMil, Haw-ley, Minn.; 2. Troy Kuehl, Glyndon, Minn.; 3. Josh Abrahamson, Moor-head, Minn.

Feature: 1. VanMil; 2. Troy Kue-hl; 3. Dustin Knutson, Mahnomen, Minn.; 4. Hall; 5. Michael Griffin, De-troit Lakes, Minn.Wissota Midwest Modifieds

First Heat: 1. Rich Pavlicek, Cas-selton; 2. Ron Saurer, Dalton, Minn.; 3. Patrick Brejcha, Wahpeton.

Second Heat: 1. Travis Saurer, Elizabeth, Minn.; 2. Cory Wheeler, Casselton; 3. Scott Zimmerman, Roth-say, Minn.

Feature: 1. R. Saurer; 2. Brejcha; 3. Tony Engelstad, Fertile, Minn.; 4. Jeff Nelson, Perham, Minn.; Scott Hall, Fertile, Minn.Modifieds

First Heat: 1. Mike Stearns, Hecla, S. D.; 2. Dustin Strand, Grand Forks; 3. Michael Greseth, Harwood.

Second Heat: 1. Travis Saurer, Elizabeth, Minn.; 2. Blake Jegtvig, Hawley, Minn.; 3. Jeff Odden, Fargo.

Feature: 1. Jegtvig; 2. Greseth; 3. Jason Voigt, St. Cloud, Minn.; 4. Ja-son Grimes, Jamestown; 5. Bob Sa-gen, Arthur.Legends

First Heat: 1. Chris VanMil, Barnesville, Minn.; 2. Donavin West, Wishek; 3. Andrew Sommerfeld, Bis-marck.

Second Heat: 1. Robert Schatz, Ipswich, S.D.; 2. Tony Brockhouse, Glyndon, Minn.; 3. Carson Gramm, Ipswich, S. D.

Feature: 1. Schatz; 2. West; 3. Jake Varnum, Morris, Minn.; 4. Jes-se Drechsel, Fergus Falls, Minn.; 5. Kasey Kurtz, Perham, Minn.

Racers do well on various tracks over past week

FootballTuesday, Aug. 24-Oakes at

Kindred, 7:00 p.m.; Larimore at Northern Cass, 7:00 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 27-Northern Cass at Central Cass, 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 28-Kindred at Milnor-North Sargent (Milnor), 7:00 p.m.; Cavalier at Maple Valley (Buffalo), 2:00 p.m.

VolleyballFriday, Aug. 27-Kindred at

Oakes, 6:00 p.m.Tuesday, Aug. 31-Hankinson

at Kindred, 6:00 p.m.; Central Cass at Hillsboro, 6:00 p.m.;Mayport-CG at Northern Cass, 6:00 p.m.

Cross CountryFriday, Aug. 20-Central Cass

at Jamestown (Hillcrest), 11:00 a.m.Thursday, Aug 26-Central

Cass at Northwood (Golf Course), 4:15 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 28-Central Cass at Jamestown (Pipestone), 11:00 a.m.

Golf BriefsFour teams survive in playoffs

There are four teams remaining in the hunt for the championship of the men’s golf league at Casselton’s Cottonwood Golf Club following first round playoff matches August 10.

One of those teams, the Killer B’s (Brent Nelson, Andrew Sinner, Brent Ham and Brian Buhr), came into the playoffs as a fourth seed and emerged with a victory over the Brad Burgum Division champion Red Hot Chili Dippers (Justin Fietschock, Ryan Berg, Nate Scherr and Jon Dickson) in the opening round.

Also emerging victorious in the top bracket was First State Bank (Tim Stautz, Mike Killoran, Wayne Stautz and Ryan Killoran), who de-feated the Weed Whackers (Jeremy Hofstrand, Luke Faleide, Earl Samu-elson and Derek Bubach).

In the bottom bracket, it was the Ken Toop Division champion Blue Boys (Nick Pyle, Marc Hackmann, John Kollman and Joel Baumgarten) squeaking by in extra holes against the Bushwhackers (Ted Chizek, Darin Eller, Scott Radloff and Scott Kost).

They will face Hank’s Hooligans (Randy Buntrock, Mike Utt, Tim Utt and Dave Narum), who upended Tharaldson’s (Brady Madsen, Jor-dan Marschke, Ross Nelson and Dy-lan Nelson).

Brent Nelson and Nick Pyle tied for medalist honors during the open-ing round of the playoffs, both com-ing in at 37. Tim Stautz , Ted Chizek and Jon Dickson each posted a 38 and Justin Fletschock had a 39.

Tim Utt and Dave Narum claimed the prize in the best-ball event of the day, while Jeremy Linnard and Chad Priewe came in second.

Six teams under par in scram-ble tourney

Forty-eight golfers teed off in the annual Coaches Comer Scramble this past Saturday afternoon at Cas-selton’s Cottonwood Golf Club.

And when everyone had turned in a scorecard, it took a playback on holes to determine the winners, with two teams coming in with four-under par totals of 32 and two more with two-under par 32s.

The team of Jeremy Hofstrand, Joey Stahl, T.J. Guy and Jesse Hofstrand posted one of the 32 scores and emerged as the tourney champion, while the other 32 team of Rod Kramer, Todd Thompson, Chris Larson and Richard Bradbury wound up second.

Claiming third place honors was the team of Mike Killoran, Tim Stau-tz, Wayne Stautz and Jeremy Lin-nard at 34. Also coming in at 34, but finishing out of the money, was the team of Randy Buntrock, Mike Utt, Zach Buntrock and Dave Narum.

Also coming in under par at 35 were the team of Rob Punton, Jen Punton, Jesse Bring and Wendy Bring and the team of Don McPherson, Al-lison Otteson, Scott McPherson and tourney host Curt Holmstrom of the Coaches Comer Bar in Arthur.

Participants were challenged to a couple of different twists to the nor-mal scramble format for the tourna-ment. For instance, Cottonwood’s longest hole had to be played from tee to green with nothing but a seven iron, and on the other par five hole, teams had to play an alternate shot format.

Allison Otteson won the prize for the longest drive with a seven iron on the third hole, while Mike Utt was closest to the pin on the second hole and Don Hollister drained the lon-gest putt on the seventh hole.

Sean Johnson celebrates after getting his first feature win in the Hornet Class Saturday, Aug. 14 at the Jamestown Speedway

Courtesy Photo

An Argusville team sponsored by Hunter Insurance and Verwest Con-tracting won the REC IV East State Slowpitch Softball tournament held Aug. 14 and 15 in Fargo.

The team is made up of former Northern Cass baseball players and their coaches and fathers.

The Argusville team went 7-0 over the two days to win the championship in the 116 team field.

Randy Moen, coach for the team, said they thought they had a good chance to win the state title. “We have a lot of guys who played in high school and went on to state. We knew we had the speed and the power we needed to win.”

Three of the team members, Tom Klapp, Ron Leraas and Darrin Eller, are Northern Cass teachers and coaches.

“We had the winning combination – the youth for the speed and the old-er players provided the power,” Moen said.

Both sides of the equation also need endurance. The team played two games Saturday and five games Sun-day.

The team opened up the tourna-ment with a hard-fought 8-6 win over Wainds Chiro-Grand Forks.

They made quick work of the

next four games downing Fargo Po-lice Blue Sox, 26-10 and then down-ing the Grand Forks Lessards, 23-12. Next they downed LaMoure 17-9 and

followed with a 22-6 victory over Lis-bon.

Grand Forks Crosstown Lounge then gave them a battle, but they came

out on top of the one-run ballgame, 10-9.

The Argusville team downed Grand Forks Taco Johns in the champion-

ship game, 10-8.Tom Klapp led the team in hitting

going 20-28 with five home runs, six triples and two doubles.

Casey Zieske went 16-26 with three home runs, one triple and six doubles.

Eric Rensvold was 14 of 25 with two home runs, two triples and six doubles.

Luke Bush was 16-25 with a home run, two triples and five doubles.

Scott Verwest pitched the team to four victories and Bryan Strommen was the winning pitcher in the other three games.

If the team and their coaches have their way, this could be the beginning of a Argusville Slowpitch dynasty.

Argusville team wins state championship

Courtesy Photo

The Argusville Softball Slowpitch team earned their way to the number one spot winning the North Dakota state championship title Sunday in Fargo.

“We had the winning

combination – the youth

for the speed and the older

players provided the

power,” Moen said.

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Join us on the web forNorthern Cass & Central Cass football!

www.cdrsportsbroadcasting.comClick on “Game of the Day”

(6:45 p.m. Pregame)

Tuesday, Aug. 24 - Larimore @ Northern Cass

Friday, Aug. 27 - Northern Cass @ Central Cass

“Seriously...why listen to anyone else?”

It’s time to start thinking about fall flag football a little bit, but I’m kind of between a rock and hard place in trying to determine what we want to do.

Here’s a little history. When I first became involved with the park district, the flag foot-ball program was fairly new, designed for fifth and sixth graders and run completely by volunteers.

We switched gears a little bit when Casselton started playing F-M Athletics football six or seven years ago. At that time, F-M Athletics offered football to our fifth and sixth grade students, so the park district dropped its flag foot-ball program down to the third and fourth grade levels. Made sense, we thought, and it’s worked pretty well.

Somewhere along the line, volunteers became harder to come by, although we did get good help from Donny Lill and Jay Prante for a couple of years.

I think it’s time we put the flag football program back in the hands of volunteers again. I certainly don’t mind helping but there are other matters that need my attention in Sep-tember and October, when we typically run the program.

I would love a couple of vol-unteers to step forward, take the program and run with it. I’m not going to lie to any-one here; I’m no expert on the game. I try to teach the kids some of the basics and hope that they have fun and play well together, which is harder than one might think.

Third and fourth graders, I’ve learned, love to argue. They argue with me, with my wife Denise, who helps me manage our little inter-squad games, and most of all, with each other. On every play. Sometimes, there’s more than one argument going on with a number of different kids dur-ing a specific play or in between them.

Players will argue with their opponents, even though their best friends might be standing across the line of scrimmage from them. They’ll bicker with kids on their own team as well, usually about who gets to play quarterback, who should be running with the ball or how open they were on the previous play.

We ended all the quarterback battling years ago by starting a rotation system. Denise and I try to give every kid an op-portunity to play quarterback multiple times during a scrim-mage by rotating kids through that position every play. If we didn’t, it would create even more arguments, and we don’t need any more of those than we already have.

Volunteers and playing con-ditions aside, we have another issue to deal with this fall. F-M Athletics created a team for 4th graders here in Casselton this year, which means that there will be far fewer kids in that class playing flag football in the parks’ program.

I’m OK with that, too. The F-M Athletics program has been great for the community and our kids and I think it’s

helped our junior high and high school teams as well. If nothing else, it gets kids used to wearing a helmet and pads a year or two prior to hitting the field in junior high, and that has to be a good thing.

We moved flag football to the third and fourth grade level when F-M Athletics first came to town, but I’m a little worried about dropping anoth-er grade, down to second, now that they’ve added a fourth grade team.

Luckily, we have a park board, so I don’t have to make this decision myself. I know which way I’m leaning, but the park board will have the final say in this matter.

In the meantime, any par-ents out there who care to weigh in on a possible second and third grade flag football program can certainly do so. You can call me at my office, 347-5386, but since I’m never there, try my cell phone at 730-7275. You could also send me an e-mail at cassparks@cassel-ton.net.

I’m hoping for a lot of feed-back because I’m not sure which direction we should take. I do know we need more volun-teers to assist with or run the program, because I’m not sure we can keep doing what we’ve been doing much longer. Much as I’d like to think so, I don’t have all the right answers.

I’m open to suggestions. You tell me.

Outdoor News and Viewsby Doug Leier - ND Game and Fish Department

Out of Boundsby Stephen Bartholomay

Each year from summer to winter I’m peppered with reports, complaints and dis-cussions about “fish hogs,” a less-than-flattering tag used by some anglers to describe other anglers who supposedly take more than their fair share of fish, even though they are not exceeding the daily limit.

I’ve seen pictures and heard stories, and honestly I don’t discount what anyone witness-es. But in the back of my mind I usually have more questions than answers. If the limit is five fish per day, then who’s to say which anglers should or shouldn’t take and keep five fish?

Let me throw out a couple of examples for the sake of con-versation. Let’s say several an-glers travel from Grand Forks to Lake Oahe or from Dickinson to Devils Lake. A crew of three guys makes it an annual event, and it’s one of only a couple of fishing excursions each takes on a given year.

The three anglers each land their own daily limit of fat fish – walleye or pike, it doesn’t matter. While at the fish clean-ing station next to the boat ramp the visitors are happy to clean, take home and eat their bounty. At the same time, a couple of local anglers see the crew and quickly question why the out-of-towners would keep so many fish. Unnecessary words such as fish-hogs are ex-

changed and bad blood created all over some fish that were le-gally caught.

Now, for the sake of this sto-ry let’s ask the cleaning station watchdogs how often they fish, and how many fish they keep over the course of a spring and summer? Hypothetically they respond the catch and keep at least a dozen limits annu-ally. My point is, while I un-derstand and wholly support the practice of catch release, at times I think we’re a bit trigger happy to stick a negative tag on someone else when we don’t necessarily know their circum-stances, while we ourselves might end up taking way more fish from a body of water over time.

If an angler only has a 20-minute distance between work or home and their favorite fish-ing spot, even if they only take home a fish or two each evening or weekend, the total impact to the fishery may be far more than what a one-time trip sub-tracts. While this little scenario probably has dozens of differ-ent variations, we shouldn’t be so quick to judge the fishing practices of others as long as they aren’t doing anything il-legal.

On the other hand, it’s vital to have local anglers in each corner of the state who feel a certain “ownership” of their local water. Local groups take pride in investing time, effort

and resources into providing fishing access, docks, piers, campgrounds and maintenance so visitors can enjoy their out-doors experience.

It’s also good to have con-cerned anglers keep tabs on the comings and goings at a boat ramp, to identify and re-port those who don’t follow the daily and possession limits. In fact, anglers should take upon themselves to call the RAP line if they witness something ille-gal.

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is charged with monitoring fish popula-tions and works to balance opportunity with the health of a fishery. Part of that is estab-lishing limits and other regu-lations. Many anglers go even further and establish their own standards, which may involve releasing fish over or under a certain length, or keeping few-er fish per trip than what regu-lations allow.

It’s OK to keep fish. It’s OK to release fish. And it’s OK to debate. In the end, it’s a good thing that North Dakota has so many anglers who are genuine-ly interested in the state’s fish-ing resources.

Leier is a biologist with the Game and Fish Department. He can be reached by email: dleier@nd.gov.

Dove Season Opens Sept. 1, Hunters Reminded of HIP

North Dakota’s dove season opens statewide Sept. 1, and hunters need to register with the Harvest Information Pro-gram prior to hunting.

The daily limit is 15 and possession limit is 30. Shooting hours are 30 minutes be-fore sunrise to sunset. The season is open through Oct. 30.

All dove hunters must possess a fish-ing, hunting and fur-bearer certificate and a general game and habitat license, re-gardless of age. In ad-dition, hunters ages 16 and older need a small game license.

Hunters who pur-chase a hunting li-cense through the state Game and Fish Depart-ment’s electronic licensing system (gf.nd.gov) or instant licensing telephone number at (800) 406-6409 can easily get HIP certified.

Otherwise, hunters can ac-cess the department’s website, or call (888) 634-4798 and re-cord the HIP number on their fishing, hunting and furbearer certificate.

Those who registered to hunt the spring light goose season in North Dakota do not have to register with HIP again, as it is required only once per year. However, hunters must HIP register in each state for which they are licensed before hunt-ing migratory game birds.

Project to Keep Carp

from Devils Lake Begins in Fall

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is funding a small project in Cavalier Coun-ty to keep carp in the Pembina River drainage from entering the Devils Lake basin.

For the past few years the Game and Fish Department has been working with landowners

and water boards in Cavalier and Ramsey counties in de-veloping a plan that will keep carp out of Devils Lake. If carp were to enter Devils Lake, the carrying capacity of game fish populations would suffer dra-

matically and the nationally-re-nowned walleye and northern pike fishery would decline.

This fall, an existing road grade near Loma will be raised to serve as a permanent barrier. In addition, water flow through the area will be enhanced. All permits and approvals have been procured, and construc-tion should be completed prior to next spring’s runoff.

Fur Harvester Classes

Scheduled in Minot, Wat-ford City

The North Dakota Coopera-

tive Fur Harvester Education program is sponsoring fur har-vester education classes in Mi-not and Watford City for any-one interested in learning about trapping or furbearer hunting.

The free 16-hour course is set for Minot Aug. 19, 26 and 28 at the Minot Rifle and Pistol Club (Trestle Val-ley). The class in Watford City will be held Sept. 25 and Oct. 2 at the Civic Center.

Students will learn about trapping and fur hunting, fur-bearer biology, tracking, fur handling, regu-lations, respon-sible and ethical behavior, land

and water sets, predator call-ing, hound hunting and wildlife management.

Upon completion, graduates are issued a certification card that is recognized by any state requiring trapper education prior to purchasing a license.

Anyone interested in signing up for the class should access the Game and Fish Department website at gf.nd.gov, click on the online services link, and “online course enrollment” un-der the hunter education head-ing.

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Sexting: A dangerous new teen trend By Amanda Gades

Pose. Snap. Click. Send. It only takes a few seconds to send an

inappropriate photo on a cell phone. In fact, 20 percent of teens have sent

or posted nude or semi-nude photos of themselves, according to a study by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. The term for sending and receiving messages or pho-tos of a sexual nature is “sexting.”

Schools, parents and teens need to be equipped to address this growing trend which can lead to emotional, so-cial and legal consequences. That’s why 30 educators, parents and social work-ers attended an Aug. 10 NDSU Exten-sion Service meeting on the topic.

“This is important information on how I can help the parents and stu-dents,” said Carmen Howell, Kindred High School counselor. “Our teachers and administrators should know this too.”

Rebecca Berge-Buss, an educator at Central Cass, echoed those sentiments. This gave a professional’s view on sex-ting and how it can be explained to the parents and students, she said. Just what are they doing and why?

Teens today grow up in a fast-paced, technology based society. According to The Indiana Youth Institute:

•Two-thirds of teens have cell phones.

•Youth send out 440 texts weekly. •Sixty-four percent take photos on

his/her cell phone. Teens claim they are engaging in this

new trend of sending out seductive pho-tos and messages because it’s fun and flirtatious. The most frequent recipient is a boyfriend or girlfriend, but it gener-ally does not stop there.

Twenty-four percent of youth in an MTV-Associated Press poll forwarded the message to two to five people. Ten percent said they passed it on to 11 to 20 people. More than half of the students said they shared the messages because they thought other people would want to see the pictures and videos. One-third said they thought it’d be cool and they wanted to show off.

“It’s really common; it’s not really something we think about. It’s just part of our everyday culture now. So it’s not something like, ‘Oh, I just sent some-thing suggestive.’ It just happens,” said a teen participant in the National Cam-paign’s study. Long term effectsSocial and emotional effects

Once a photo has been sent, the out-come of the distribution may be devas-tating.

Cass County School Resource Offi-cer, Greg Dawkins, gave the example of a middle school girl who sent a sext to her boyfriend.

“The relationship went south and the boy sent the photo to several friends,” he said. “The mom came into my of-fice and was sobbing about what this was doing to her daughter. Ultimately, though, the mom didn’t want anything done because the investigation would bring more shame to her daughter.”

He decided to hold a meeting be-tween the parents of the youth. “Ulti-mately the girl ending up transferring to a different school.”

The sext message sender’s shame may result in depression or even suicide, according to Rachelle Vettern, NDSU

Extension Office leadership and volun-teer development specialist.

Nude or semi-nude photos posted on-line may result in the loss of college scholarships, employment, athletic or extra-curricular eligibility, friendships or relationships. Legal consequences

While the North Dakota Century Code does not specifically mention “sex-ting”, there are several laws that could be applicable.

According to Renata Selzer, Assis-tant Cass County State’s Attorney, ac-tions that could be considered criminal are: possessing seductive juvenile pho-tos, promoting a sexual performance by a juvenile and disorderly conduct.

There have been two cases on sexting in Cass County Juvenile Court. The per-son who created the image and the re-ceiver were held accountable, according to a representative from juvenile court. Even juveniles could be required to register as a sex offender. The level of the sex offender status would be depen-dent on the incident and criminal his-tory, stated Dawkins. Whether the message would be re-ported to the Cass County State’s Attor-ney’s Office would be determined by law enforcement and school officials who conduct the investigation. “Sometimes you can talk to kids and find out that they were just joking,” said Denise Jonas, assistant principal at Cheney Middle School, West Fargo. “They weren’t thinking very well as 14-year-olds. There are those bullying in-cidents too. We’re always involved with the school resource officers and parents to follow how the incident unfolds.” Although law enforcement is limited in student searches due to a warrant requirement, the law gives more leni-ency to school administrators. They can search students lockers and the indi-vidual, including the cell phone, if they have probable cause and believe it’s needed for the good of the school.

Does sexting lead to other crimes?There is currently no evidence of a

correlation between sexting and teen pregnancy or other risky behaviors. “Sexting is such a new thing. There is so much more studying that needs to be done.” Be a proactive parent

Vettern encourages parents to speak with their teens about sexting. “Talk to them about what could happen if they send out a sext message. Set clear expec-tations and consequences.”

These may include: prohibiting tak-ing photos of themselves or anyone else who is nude or semi-nude, forbidding forwarding sext messages and reporting any received to a trusted adult.

Parents can also purchase a cell phone for their teen without a camera,

restrict text message recipients and the times text messages can be sent.

Some parents check their teens sent messages each night. If all of the sent messages are deleted, the parent could ask why that was done, said Vettern.

Once a received sext message is dis-covered, the NDSU Extension Service recommends following five steps. Do not delete the message. Document the date, time and sender information. No-tify the school principal, school coun-selor, school resource officer or other law enforcement. Delete the message after evidence has been collected. Law enforcement will investigate the mes-sage. Those who forward a message can be held accountable as well.

• Never assume a text message or on-line post is pri-vate. • Potential employers, teachers, parents, college recruit-ers and strangers may be able to see past posts, even if you delete them.• Don’t be pressured to do something you don’t want to do. Fifty-one percent of girls who send sext message were pressured by males. • Consider the recipient’s reaction. Just because a mes-sage is meant to be fun, doesn’t mean the recipient will view it that way. • Remember nothing is truly anonymous.

Source: The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Un-planned Pregnancy and “Sexting: A parent’s guide to keeping your kids safe” by Jim Liebelt.

Texting tips for teens

Photo by Amanda Gades/The Reporter

School Resource Deputy, Greg Dawkins, tries to deter students from sexting by comparing sexting to walking in the school lunch-room naked. He uses this analogy since seductive photos are fre-quently forwarded to others beyond the intended recipient.

N.D. Department of Health providing vaccines for adults and adolescents for limited time

The North Dakota Department of Health has begun supplying teta-nus, diphtheria and pertussis vac-cines to health-care providers at no cost for any adolescent or adult in need of vaccination, according to Molly Sander, Immunization Pro-gram manager for the Department of Health.

The vaccines will be provided free for a limited time to local pub-lic health units and private health-care providers enrolled in the de-partment’s Immunization Program. Health-care providers may charge a small fee to administer the vaccine to their patients.

Everyone is recommended to re-

ceive a booster dose of tetanus and diphtheria (Td) vaccine at least ev-ery 10 years. For people younger than 65, one of the booster doses should be Tdap, which also pro-tects against pertussis (whooping cough), to help ensure they don’t pass whooping cough to infants or get the disease themselves. In addi-tion, a dose of Tdap is recommended for adolescents at ages 11 or 12 and is required for all North Dakota ado-lescents attending middle school.

Adults and adolescents pass per-tussis on to infants, which is why it is so important for older individu-als to be vaccinated. Pertussis is a highly contagious respiratory infec-

tion that causes serious disease in infants. Infants and children with the disease cough violently and rap-idly, over and over, until the air is gone from their lungs and they’re forced to inhale with a loud “whoop-ing” sound.

Currently, many states are expe-riencing outbreaks of pertussis; in fact, five infants have died from per-tussis in California this year. North Dakota experienced an outbreak in 2004, when 757 cases occurred. So far in 2010,19 cases of pertussis have been reported in North Dakota.

“Unfortunately, most adolescents and adults in North Dakota are not protected against pertussis,” Sander

said. “In fact, only 47.8 percent of adolescents in North Dakota have received a dose of Tdap, and even fewer adults are adequately vac-cinated with Tdap. In the United States in 2008, only 5.9 percent of adults ages 18 to 64 had received the vaccine.”

People interested in being vac-cinated or wondering if they are up-to-date on their Td or Tdap vac-cinations should contact their local public health unit or health-care provider.

For more information, contact Molly Sander, North Dakota Depart-ment of Health, at 701-328-2378.

A $1,000 grand prize is being of-fered to the last poet standing in a contest sponsored by Rainbow Fine Arts.

Poems of 21 lines or fewer on any subject and in any style will be judged by the contest director Dr. Jack Car-roll. “We love encouraging poets,” he says. “We trust this contest will pro-duce exciting results!”

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Plains Art Museum hosting farmer’s marketBeginning Thursday, July 15, Plains

Art Museum will again host a weekly farmer’s market on 7th Avenue North in front of the Museum. The Plain Food Farmer’s Market will run from 4 – 7 p.m. every Thursday through Sept. 23.

The Market will offer produce, herbs, flowers, artisanal foods and oth-er items in a setting with a friendly, fun street vibe. It will emphasize healthy, locally grown goods from a variety of local vendors—an artful experience to complement experiences found inside the Museum. The Museum is open un-til 8 p.m. and admission is free on Mar-ket nights.

Participating vendors include Prob-stfield Farms, Yellow Bird Farms, Eis-inger Farm, It’s About Thyme,Three Bears Honey, and Green Market Cater-ing.

Plains Art Museum is located at 704 First Avenue North, Fargo. It is accredited by the American Associa-tion of Museums and is a nonprofit,

regional fine arts museum with plans to significantly expand its programs through its “Little Artist in All of Us”

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By Amanda Gades

The entire city of Casselton get

the opportunity to vote on the Rail-

road Quiet Zone in June.

At the Dec. 7 Casselton City

Council meeting, the council ap-

proved putting the Quiet Zone on

the ballot in a 3-2 vote and paying

for the project with the current sales

tax. (Dissenting were Tom Sinner,

Jr. and Lee Anderson, while Fred

Wangler was not at the meeting.)

The motion specifically called for

the $1.3 million Quiet Zone to be on

the ballot. This would mean that the cur-

rent plan will create safety mea-

sures of a four quadrant system on

Langer Ave., medians and two gates

for Third Ave. N., Sixth Ave. N. and

Fifteenth Ave. N and improved signs

and mazes for Eighth Ave. N.

Although Council Member Pete

Silbernagel made the motion re-

garding the Quiet Zone, he thinks

that it costs too much to put up the

four gates on Langer Ave., but he

decided to leave the project up to the

people whether they want to pay for

it or not. “I’m for the whistle free zone but

I think that with the higher cost,

the chances of it being approved are

diminished,” Silbernagel explained.

“Let’s get it out there and let’s vote

on it and see what happens.”

He added that in the city survey

the number one and two priorities

were the whistle free zone.

Casselton Mayor Ed McConnell

was also pleased with the passing of

the motion. “At least now we have a plan to

take it before the people

to see what they want,”

McConnell stated.

The council also dis-

cussed how the Quiet

Zone will be paid for.

The legislature

through SB 2338, allot-

ted $1.6 million of high-

way tax distribution

funds and $900,000 in

federal highway traffic

safety funds for high-

way-rail grade crossing

safety projects. Each

city may be awarded as

much as $225,000 for a

Quiet Zone. The city’s portion is

likely to be paid for by a

one-cent sales tax that is

already in place.

“I think that we can

pay for the Quiet Zone

with the tax we cur-

rently have,” Silberna-

gel said. The city’s one cent

tax is designated to be

used for infrastructure,

youth and development

according to City Attor-

ney Brad Burgum.

The city still gets to decide ex-

actly what the funds are used for as

long as they fall under those catego-

ries, explained Burgum.

Both Lee Anderson and Tom Sin-

ner, Jr. did not believe that it was

the best route to pay for the Quiet

Zone with the current tax.

“The problem is that you go from

having the residents pay a small

amount on sales tax to (the Quiet

Zone) costing them nothing unless

they have a project or favorite thing

that they used the sales tax for,”

stated Anderson.

Sinner believes that the sales tax

funds that have been generated have

been used for important causes.

“I think that priorities of (infra-

structure, youth and development)

are still valid and that the sales

tax has been used for good things,”

stated Sinner. “Those are on-going

needs. That’s why I thought that we

needed to add a one cent sales tax.

My thought was that it would have

a sunset clause.” The measure on the ballot, if left

as stated in the motion, would be an

advisory vote because the residents

By Sarah Sorvaag

One of the best ways to get into

the Christmas spirit is to decorate

your house and yard with lights. It’s a

time-honored tradition to coordinate

your display with your neighbors’ so

that your community is festive and

bright. One local community contin-

ues to get into the holiday spirit by

expanding their lights show each

year.Some of the houses in Gardner

are decorated with simple strands

of multi-colored lights. Others have

trees full of chasing lights and soft

white icicle lights seemingly dripping

off their houses’ ledges. A few houses

are so brightly lit and uniquely deco-

rated that all who view them believe

that Christmas has come early. One

thing that these decorated homes

have in common is that they are all

synced by a single transmission and

are coordinated to twinkle, flash,

flicker, chase, fade in and out, via a

transmission coming from Gene and

Kathie Schobinger’s garage. This

year marks the third annual lights

and music show in Gardner.

The lights transmission is coordi-

nated through 16 circuits. Each house

has a control box that connects to the

different lighting units in the yard,

such as individual trees. The program

used allows Gene to fade, flash, ramp

up or ramp down the lights on all re-

ceiver houses. Two transmissions are

sent from the Schobinger’s house. One

signal transmits Christmas music

and scripture verses throughout the

town via a FM radio station, and the

other signal transmits to the houses’

controller box and syncs the lights.

“Each year it gets bigger with bet-

ter quality. It’s fun and affordable,”

Kathie said.The current program includes

three Bible verses and 10 different

songs, all of which are subject to

change. The light display is depen-

dent on the layout of each family’s

house and by colors and shapes. The

Schobinger’s plan to add a light-

up train within the next week or so

for their three-year-old grandson to

enjoy.On one tree in the Schobinger’s

front yard, there are 11,000 LED

lights. A good percentage of the lights

used in the display are LED and the

Schobinger’s are working towards

someday having all LED bulbs.

“Over half of the lights used in the

display are LED. We’re trying to be

green. Also, if they weren’t, we would

need a lot more power,” Gene said.

The Schobinger’s yard had 150

lit candy canes last year. Due to this

year’s wet autumn and a water leak,

Gene was unable to place the candy

canes in his yard. Instead, he placed

them, along with another 170 candy

canes, giving them a total of 320, in

the lot adjacent to his home, which

is the site of his family-run business,

Swen Weathervanes. Two additional

houses donned the lights this year,

making a total of eight, plus the

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Casselton Reporter • Kindred Tribune • Hunter Times

Make sure your home is ready for winter

Be sure to cut down any branches that are close to your home

that may fall on it during a winter storm.

Fire contained at rural Amenia shop

On Dec. 3, sixteen fire fighters

with the Casselton Fire Department

worked to put out a fire at a shop in

rural Amenia. The fire caused moderate dam-

age to the shop which was located

on the farm of Paul Erb, 2636 154th

Ave S.E.

There were no injuries sustained

in the incident, which the fire de-

partment believes was started by a

wood stove. Also responding to the scene were

the Casselton Ambulance Service

and Deputy Dan Hermann with the

Cass County Sheriff’s Office.

“Cops and Kids” offers

Christmas hope

Tracy Mayo (left) helped wrapped the presents picked out by

Sean, 10, Tyler, 10 and Terri, 12. Mayo is one of a few volunteers who

are from Microsoft Corporation or friends of the Microsoft Corpora-

tion employees.

By Amanda Gades

Dec. 6 was an extra special day

for 34 young children in Cass Coun-

ty. They got their very own shopping

spree worth $75 and a police escort to

add to the fun. The 15th annual “Cops and Kids”

event was sponsored by the Fraternal

Order of Police, #1 Red River Valley

Lodge, which is a collaboration of the

Cass County Sheriff’s Office, the Fargo

and West Fargo police departments

and North Dakota Highway Patrol.

Volunteers from the Cass County Sher-

iff’s Office and West Fargo and Fargo

police departments assisted with the

event. About 25 to 30 law enforcement

By Amanda Gades

Before we are fully engrossed in

the winter season, it’s important for

homeowners to have that last look to

see if their home is ready for weather

change. Here’s an overview of things to do

and items to have ready and available

in your home. A checklist of tasks

Make sure that you have holes or

gaps sealed off around the doors or

windows. This can be done by apply-

ing weather stripping, putting plastic

on windows or using expandable foam,

explained Brian Braake, manager of

the Moorhead True Value, which has

the same owners as the Kindred True

Value. Jeff Cote of Cote Mechanical, LLC

recommends that you check your attic

insulation, blow out the water lines,

service the furnace/boiler to make

sure that it is running efficiently and

check the exhaust on the roof.

Also, make sure that the sewer

vents are clear so that you don’t get

sewer gas in your home Cote stated.

Clean the gutters and roof and

remove and replace shingles that are

loose or have fallen off, suggests an ar-

ticle on the eHow website.

Outdoor furniture should be cov-

ered with waterproof material or

stowed inside a garage or other stor-

age area. If you are planning on a winter get

away, put the thermostat at 50 de-

grees suggests Cote. Throw away all

food or liquids that will spoil during

your time away as well.

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Whistle Free Zone will be on ballot

Gardner gets glitzy for Christmas

with annual lighting displays

PHOTOS BY SARAH SORVAAG / THE REPORTER

The Schobinger’s added twinkling snowflakes to their fence this year. Their yard is lit from top to

bottom.

A couple of the Schobinger’s neighbors have quite the sense of

humor. A next door neighbor has lights that spell ditto and an arrow

that points to the Schobinger’s home, while another neighbor has

lights that spell bah humbug.

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With current estimates from SRF Consulting, the railroad Quiet Zone will

cost approximately $1.3 million, with a possible grant from the state of North

Dakota for up to $225,000.

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“Being able to host an event to thank someone for 40 years in public service is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” said Bill Hejl.

The event was co-hosted by the North Dakota Farmers Union and the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association. “Sen. Dorgan is a great representative of farm life, rural values and North Dakota values in Washington, D.C.,” said Rob

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Now is the time to manage wheat streak mosaic

Wheat streak mosaic virus (WSMV) was severe in a number of wheat fields in North Dakota this year. The virus was confirmed in 71 wheat samples sent to the North Dakota State University Plant Diagnostic Lab. A majority of these sam-ples came from counties in the north-central region of the state.

Keys to managing this disease in-clude understanding its life cycle and directing steps to break the cycle.

WSMV causes yellowing and mosaic streaking of the leaves, stunting of the plant and potentially large yield losses. The virus is transmitted from plant to plant by the tiny wheat curl mite. This mite, only 1/100 inch in length, needs a green bridge to live, reproduce and survive. The mite can feed, transmit the virus, lay eggs and complete its cycle in seven to 10 days under warm tempera-tures of 70 degrees or more.

Starting with one mite, a population of 3 million mites could be produced within 60 days. These virus-transmitting mites move from plant to plant by wind. Although mites can be spread a distance of greater than one mile, severely infect-ed fields generally are found within one-half mile of the source field. Insecticides or miticides will not control wheat curl mites. A few wheat varieties have some levels of resistance to the mite or virus.

The most favored hosts for the mites are all the wheat crops (winter, spring or durum). Grassy weeds, such as Downy brome and smooth crabgrass, are good hosts, while corn, cheat and Japanese brome are fair hosts. Barley, rye and fox-tails are poor hosts for the mite but have been known to be infected with the vi-rus. Mites will feed on corn kernels and can move from green corn into adjacent winter wheat crops.

“The wheat streak mosaic disease is managed by breaking the life cycle of the mite through cultural practices,” says Marcia McMullen, NDSU Extension Service plant pathologist. “First, produc-ers need to control volunteer wheat and grassy weeds at least two weeks prior to planting. Producers also need to use ap-propriate planting dates.”

Prior to planting winter wheat this fall, the field to be planted and adjacent

fields should be free of any wheat volun-teers or grassy weeds.

“This is generally accomplished with burn-down herbicides applied at least two weeks prior to planting to as-sure complete weed control prior to the emergence of the new wheat crop,” says Dan Waldstein, NDSU Extension area specialist at the North Central Re-search Extension Center in Minot. “If no host is available in the field, the mite will die. The second step, which is the date of planting, also is very important. Planting winter wheat too early in the fall generally results in the emergence of the crop while the mites still are very active because of warm temperatures. Generally, NDSU recommends planting winter wheat in northern-tier counties within the first two weeks of September and the last two weeks of September in the more southern counties.”

No volunteer winter wheat should be left standing through the winter as a

potential crop.WSMV was severe this year because

the late harvest made it difficult for producers to kill volunteers and weed hosts with herbicides a solid two weeks prior to planting winter wheat in 2009. Early planted winter wheat emerged in September when warm weather caused higher mite activity. Winter wheat planted at the end of September or later emerged in October, which was consid-erably colder than September and led to decreased mite activity and less spread of the virus.

Also, the abundant snow cover dur-ing the winter had two adverse conse-quences. It allowed the wheat curl mite and infected spring wheat to survive bet-ter and further spread the disease. Pro-ducers in high-risk areas did get some relief in May as cooler temperatures al-lowed the wheat to grow faster than the mite populations.

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Rare breed of Pallas’ kittens born at the Red River Zoo

Photos by Amanda Gades/The Reporter

Two of the five Pallas’ cat kittens peak out from the nesting area Aug. 11. They love romping, bouncing and climbing everywhere. The kittens were born June 11 to 2-year-old Elvira. This is the first litter born to Elvira, who came to the zoo in June of last year.

“She is very protective of her kittens,” said Kelly Schear, zookeeper.

The kittens’ dad, Egor, isn’t even allowed to help care for the kittens. She’ll hiss at him if he even looks at them, said Schear.

Pallas’ cats are very hard to breed. The breeding problem is largely due to a parasite called toxoplasmosis. The Red River Zoo is the only zoo in North America to produce a litter of kittens this year.

“This is a huge thing for me and the zoo,” said Kelly Sc-hear, zookeeper.

Executive Director, Paula Grimestad, encourages area residents to see the Pallas’ kittens. “This is such a rare oppor-tunity,” she said.

To add to the excitement, the zoo is asking people to join in naming the two girls and three boys. Check out “The Red River Zoo” Facebook page for more information.

Egor, the father of the litter, pants in the 90 degree heat last Wednesday. This threat-ened species is native to the cold mountain regions in Mongolia and the Tibetan Pla-teau.

To help them adjust to the heat, Schear has given the cats some frozen food.

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Ted Stremel, Elkhorn, Saskatch-ewan, Canada, came to Page Wednes-day last week. He had relatives that formerly lived in Page. Ted came to put a marker in the Page Cemetery on the grave of his grandfather, William Stremel and to collect information about his ancestors and relatives. He stayed overnight in the Motel Room and Thursday, he visited with as many Page people as possible, asking about the Stremels. He had the noon meal with George Hagen and seniors in the Page Cafe. Ted’s grandfather had a blacksmith shop in Page in the 1930’s and 40’s. The shop was located on South Main Street (Morton Av-enue). The family had living quarters in the east half of the building. Mavis nad Merle Stremel had attended Page School. The family moved from Page in 1942. The blacksmith shop was lo-cated on the site where Alex Punton’s vacant building stands, and was de-stroyed to make space for the former E. M. Rutherford and Sons Hardware Store. Thursday afternoon, George Hagen accompanied Ted Stremel to the Page Cemetery to the Stremel grave located in the former St. James section. Ted Stremel left his address and phone number, if anyone would like to contact him regarding informa-tion about the Stremel family.

Devina Marie Felt, 96, mother of Doris Burley, died August 7 in Beth-any Homes, Fargo. Funeral service was Saturday afternoon in Boulger Funeral Home, Fargo, with burial in St. Thomas. Mrs. Felt also leaves an-other daughter, DeAnna Sturlagson. A number of Page friends attended the funeral service.

Marlys (Stenson) Paulson, 82, Fargo/Moorhead, Minn., died August 9 in Elim Care Center, Fargo. Her parents were the late Reverend E. O. and Esther Stenson, and they lived in Page when Marlys was born. Pastor Stenson served in the Page Lutheran Church.

A blood drive was held in Page in the parish building of Our Savior Lu-theran Church. Annie Nelson coor-dinated the blood drive, assisted by members of the “Bold and Beautiful” Club.

Circles of Our Savior Lutheran Church met Wednesday this past week. The Elizabeth, Hannah and Ruth Morning Circles had potluck meetings in the parish building of the

church, and they studied the Bible les-son together. Mary Afternoon Circle met in the Page House. The Bible study was about the Power of Prayer, led by Marion Iverson. The Mary Cir-cle plans to serve brunch at the Sep-tember Church Women’s meeting. The Church Women are collecting items for school kits and for sewing kits. Rachel Evening Circle did not have an August meeting.

The monthly foot clinic was held in the Page Senior Center Thursday. Anne Schaeffer, Mayville, was in charge of the foot care. The clinic was well attended. Warren and Virginia Bayley came from Fargo and brought their friend, Bud Cossette, to attend the foot clinic, and they had the noon meal and visited with friends in the Page Cafe.

DeeLia Baldwin, Finley, Valley Se-nior Commission Outreach Worker, had the noon meal in the Page Cafe Thursday and visited with seniors in Page.

George A. Hagen and golfing friend, Rob Bulman, East Grand Forks, Minn., spent August 6-11 in St. Andrews, Scotland, golfing. A high-light of the trip was playing a round of golf at “The Old Course” of the St. Andrews links.

A number of Page relatives and friends attended the open house Sun-day afternoon in the Mayville Golf Course, honoring Sylvia (Harvey) Kyl-lo for her 80th birthday.

Eleanor Bjerke and Eleanor Pun-ton, her daughter, Ashley Punton, and Gen Westland, Ayr, and several mem-bers of the Page “Fun and Friendship” Senior Citizens went on a bus trip to Medora Thursday and Friday the past week for the show, pitchfork fondue and activities as well as touring.

Gladys Davis is a patient in Shey-enne Care Center, Valley City.

Pastors Jeff and Liz Davis returned from a two week vacation Saturday. They had visited family of Liz in Wis-consin.

Darlene Satrom spent the August 7 weekend in Bismarck visiting her daughter, Linda and Keith Ulmer, Marcus and Michael, and helping grandson, Marcus to celebrate his birthday.

Debbie Fowler, also known as “La-Ditzy the Clown”, just returned from a week of clown study at California Clown Campin’ held at California State University, San Bernardino Calif., Au-gust 1 - 7. This was the inaugural year for the camp and was modeled after one held the past 29 years in LaCrosse, Wisc.

Debbie was on a committee of sev-en campers who started the California Camp. She attended Clown Camp in Wisconsin for six summers and there met clowns from around the world. The committee of seven hated to see Clown Camp end after the Director retired last year, so they formed a cor-poration and began California Clown Campin’, which coincides with Inter-national Clown Week, the first week of August.

During the week, the campers rode a bus to Anaheim to attend the Ring-ling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. One of the committee has con-tacts in the circus world, and a “Meet and Greet” was arranged to meet the circus clowns and have pictures taken with them, and then the campers were privileged to have reserved seating to

watch the performance. One of the campers was selected to

be “guest clown” at the preshow. This will be an annual event and campers are looking forward to this opportu-nity. Also during the week, the clowns put on an “International Clown Ex-travaganza” at the College Arena, and sold tickets to the public.

Debbie performed the skit she did at the World Clown Association con-vention held in Winnipeg in March. She can now be considered an “inter-national” entertainer - since Winnipeg is in another country! The two hour Extravaganza included entertainment from four of the main instructors for the camp, with bits provided between acts by the committee. It was such a hit plans are in the works for next year’s camp.

Further information on the camp can be found at californiaclowncamp-in.org.

Fowler studies at clown camp

Debbie Fowler

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The Farmers Market days continue to be Tuesdays and Fri-days, 5 to 7 p.m. throughout the summer in the Page Park.

The Paige Thompson brid-al shower will be held Wednes-day, August 18 at 7:00 p.m. in Our Savior Lutheran Church.

Hope-Page School year sessions begin August 19.

The monthly birthday din-ner of the Page Senior Citizens will be held August 25 at noon in the Page Senior Center.

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Kindred Days August 18, 2010Cass County ReporterB-6

Hundreds join in the Wild West fun at Kindred Days

Photos by Amanda Gades/The Reporter

Colorguard members (from left) Bruce Andvik, Mark Kuhn and Wayne Lunder led Kindred’s grand parade Saturday. They were followed by several fire trucks and ambulances.

Heidi Ringer and her 18-month-old son, Caleb, enjoy the barrell rides Saturday.

Five-year-old Hank Blegen rode a miniature horse, while his mom, Michelle, walked next to it.

Sandy Olsgard (left) helped Roger and June Johnson, Fargo select dessert during the Kindred Lutheran Church pie and ice cream social Saturday. Roger is a 1952 graduate of Kindred High School.

Mac Johnson, Fargo, and his 2-year-old daughter, Kennedy, fed the donkey in the Critters Petting Zoo Saturday. There were also chickens, rabbits, kittens, cows, goats and a pig. The petting zoo was tended by Kvamme Farm and 4-H Club members.

102-year-old Joe Ronning rode in the Kindred Lutheran Church’s car during the grand parade Saturday.

Austin Goerger, 11, was a superstar shooter on the inflatable basketball game Saturday.

Fireworks lit up the sky Friday night during the 30-minute show by RES Specialties.

On Saturday, Aug. 14, Bob Odegaard gave Orland Swenson, 68, a ride in Cripes A’Mighty, the P-51 mustang. Swenson won the opportunity to ride in the mustang at the Kindred Fire Department’s raffle this spring.

In scene 2 of the Cowboy Action Show, Bad Bart (second from right) and his gang tried to sell the cattle they stole from Sheriff Rowdy and the good guys. Residents in the scene are Kelly Johnson, Dennis Jones, Rich Schock, Darrell Kersting and Mark Kuhn. Children who attended the scene played out the role of the cattle.

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