SportsJune 2, 2010Cass County Reporter B-1

On May 22, local competitors from all over Cass County participated in the Fargo Marathon extravaganza. The following results were compiled from the complete list found at www.onlineraceresults.com. If a local runner is uninten-tionally absent from this list, please notify The Reporter, so that person’s name, place, and time may be printed in next week’s issue.

Listed alphabetically, with city, overall place and time.MarathonRandy Ausk Casselton 992 4:17:07Melissa Baasch Buffalo 1267 4:35:05 Brian Dale Bakke Tower City 1559 5:00:24Denise Bartholmay Casselton 1144 4:26:26Kevin Bartram Horace 1563 5:01:03 Renee Clasen Horace 1828 6:00:34 Cameron Frueh Argusville 877 4:10:37 Jenna Hochstetler Casselton 1711 5:24:18 Joel Honeyman Horace 1223 4:31:23Shannen Martin Horace 952 4:14:48 Amanda McDowell Wheatland 1688 5:20:24 Kendra Nordick Hickson 1497 4:55:04 Mark Olson Enderlin 515 3:50:45 Gerard Ottman Enderlin 470 3:48:18 James Parker Casselton 766 4:03:24 Erin Ringdahl Casselton 1687 5:20:23 Nicole Rohrbeck Kindred 1101 4:23:28 Kevin Stoppleworth Horace 963 4:15:19 Joshua Warg Enderlin 1635 5:11:00

Half MarathonJennifer Adamson Horace 3531 2:18:22 Gerice Anderson Horace 4937 2:52:54Daryl Anderson Horace 163 1:35:30Maria Baker Hickson 4536 2:35:29 Jo Ann Bakken Horace 2484 1:39:00 Jennifer Barbot Casselton 1715 1:59:13 Derek Bartholomay Casselton 2073 2:02:50Mark Bartle Enderlin 4025 2:25:56 Kristin Behm Argusville 180 1:36:15Ashley Blixt Amenia 4090 2:27:04 Ryan Bomstad Tower City 2305 2:05:01 Kyle Breuer Colfax 415 1:42:53 David Breuer Colfax 877 1:50:11Kathleen Breuer Colfax 3795 2:22:11 Jodi Buchholz Horace 2276 2:04:46Doug Burgum Horace 4328 2:31:08 Melissa Campbell Horace 1754 1:59:41Roger Campbell Horace 1756 1:59:41Rachel Carriveau Argusville 1223 1:54:18Sarah Christmann Kindred 2570 1:46:15Yvonne Denault Argusville 2510 1:41:07Donovan Dobler Tower City 4565 2:36:41 Donna Elbert Horace 633 1:46:50 Roxane Erickstad Horace 2424 1:35:23 Jenna Farkas Horace 1733 1:12:45 Jenn Faul Davenport 2709 2:08:56Christy Ferebee Horace 2521 2:07:14 Becky Fix Harwood 3298 2:15:46 Adrianne Flom Horace 2833 2:10:11 Kristin Follman Horace 2427 1:35:24 Kayla Graumann Enderlin 2465 1:37:47 Daniel Heising Casselton 1697 1:59:03Kathryn Helgaas Horace 4327 2:31:07 Dawn Helmowski Casselton 4891 2:49:44Tami Henke Oxbow 2855 2:10:20 Laura Hermanson Horace 4538 2:35:34 Mathew Hermanson Horace 3603 2:19:24Karen Hertsgaard Kindred 4715 2:42:03 Andrea Hochhalter Horace 4431 2:33:13Debra Hopewell Kindred 2556 1:45:06Heather Hovland Argusville 4006 2:25:27Mariah Ingvalson Tower City 2653 2:05:31Carla Isom Argusville 2645 1:57:04Ezenia Isom Argusville 2644 1:57:03Jamie Jacobson Harwood 5034 3:32:30 Julie Jensen Kindred 3432 2:17:22Jamison Jensen Argusville 374 1:42:07 Jennifer Johnson Harwood 2823 2:10:04 Daryl Johnson Horace 864 1:50:03 Jayne Judisch Hunter 2031 1:18:41 Colette Jungberg Hickson 2198 1:24:06 Tanya Kahl Casselton 3471 2:17:50 Marty Kapaun Casselten 2972 2:11:52 Shirley Kemmer Casselton 4321 2:31:02Trisa Keys Tower City 2614 1:50:42 Kate Kieffer Casselton 2522 2:07:15 Lisa Klabo Enderlin 4134 2:27:47 Amy Knight Amenia 3767 2:21:43 Joe Kolling Davenport 1689 1:58:57 Kelsey Kowalski Horace 2072 1:20:10Jacky Kummer Mapleton 2589 1:47:37 Cari Lake Harwood 4734 2:42:34Christa Larson Argusville 1820 1:13:56 Julie Lee Kindred 2426 1:35:24 Paige Lee Kindred 2073 1:20:10 Katelyn Lee Kindred 2389 1:33:40 Susy Lemar Casselton 3977 2:25:01 Jennifer Linnard Casselton 4286 2:30:18Jeremy Linnard Casselton 4288 2:30:19Heather Lowry Horace 2970 2:11:51Heather Lundeby Argusville 695 1:47:46Nancy Lunder Kindred 2472 1:38:30Tory Magnusson Mayville 2974 2:11:52Sarah McCartney Casselton 2151 1:22:23Monica McCartney Casselton 2346 1:31:03Jessie McClaflin Argusville 4509 2:34:44Cathy Miller Kindred 3841 2:23:00 Michelle Montplaisir Horace 3142 2:13:48Kayla Moyer Mapleton 3886 2:23:41Miranda Muscha Kindred 2710 2:08:57Kristi Nelson Kindred 3242 2:14:53Dana Nelson Enderlin 5004 2:58:31Ron Ness Kindred 2329 2:05:16Stacy Ness Kindred 1046 1:52:14 Tanya Neumiller Kindred 2704 2:08:53Seth Novak Horace 962 1:51:19Doug Nowatzki Argusville 418 1:42:57Kennedy Odegaard Horace 2074 1:20:10Mitch Olson Enderlin 1102 1:52:54Lyndsey Olson Harwood 2334 1:30:35 Brandon Olson Horace 2370 2:05:46 Georgia Olson Enderlin 4657 2:40:05Linda Otterson Kindred 2374 1:32:46Cheila Payne Argusville 4962 2:54:22 Jennifer Quast Argusville 4968 2:54:42 Jennifer Rand Arthur 2560 1:45:33Darcy Reis Horace 1973 2:01:35 Nicole Rudie Harwood 4112 2:27:26 Stacy Saewert Casselton 2462 1:37:45 Kristie Sauvageau Horace 4832 2:45:57Lynn Sayler Horace 2712 2:08:59 Dawne Schmid Arthur 4224 2:29:24 Grant Schmidt Horace 170 1:35:47 Kristi Schultz Wheatland 4621 2:38:39 Sherry Senger Horace 1395 1:56:12Erika Serquina Erie 2428 1:35:27 Terri Soine Page 956 1:51:13 Lisa Steinberger Gardner 4923 2:52:09 Tim Steinhouse Horace 1824 2:00:16 Michelle Stover Horace 747 1:48:25Michelle Thompson Page 2978 2:11:53Paige Thompson Page 337 1:40:54 Megan Trautman Enderlin 3888 2:23:44 Jackie Trom Davenport 1834 1:14:11Heidi Tungesvick Arthur 2561 1:45:33 Jill Vigesaa Horace 1702 1:12:08Heather Vinje Hunter 2416 1:35:08Michael Vipond Horace 1921 2:01:05 Naomi Wadena Leonard 4731 2:42:28Brian Ward Hunter 3777 2:21:55Rachel Weibye Horace 1509 1:57:14Jack Wilcox Casselton 108 1:31:20Cherrie Wilcox Casselton 2234 2:04:25Julie Williams Casselton 3978 2:25:01Shaina Winning Tower City 1791 1:13:24Jeffrey Zander Harwood 3713 2:20:51

10K RunKellie Albrecht Horace 621 59:16 Stephanie Anderson Page 953 1:03:04Lisa Aune Horace 614 59:13 Jo Ann Bakken Horace 2484 1:39:00Tenille Bakko Kindred 1612 1:10:57Wade Balvik Harwood 1238 1:06:19 Sarah Baumgarten Horace 557 58:36 Kathy Benneweis Enderlin 329 55:24Sueann Berntson Buffalo 327 55:23

Leah Brakke Horace 1011 1:03:44Sarah Christmann Kindred 2570 1:46:15 Jerome Crandall Casselton 264 54:20 Yvonne Denault Argusville 2510 1:41:07 Roxane Erickstad Horace 2424 1:35:23 Justin Farkas Horace 604 59:08 Jenna Farkas Horace 1733 1:12:45 Kristin Follman Horace 2427 1:35:24 Kayla Graumann Enderlin 2465 1:37:47Jessie Gust Harwood 163 51:40 Nicole Hanson Arthur 1632 1:11:13 Angie Hanson Horace 915 1:02:34 Debra Hatzenbeller Casselton 1692 1:11:58 Kristin Hauschild Harwood 692 1:00:02 Tim Heilman Horace 1562 1:10:19 Debra Hopewell Kindred 2556 1:45:06 Mariah Ingvalson Tower City 2653 2:05:31 Ezenia Isom Argusville 2644 1:57:03 Carla Isom Argusville 2645 1:57:04 Jennifer Janes Horace 1829 1:14:09 Kristal Johnson Davenport 1200 1:05:53Vern Johnson Horace 167 51:42 Jayne Judisch Hunter 2031 1:18:41 Colette Jungberg Hickson 2198 1:24:06 Sue Kasowski Mapleton 2193 1:23:52 Lindsey Kasowski Mapleton 2194 1:23:53 Trisa Keys Tower City 2614 1:50:42 Mark Klinnert Kindred 943 1:02:57 Jennifer Koenig Page 1110 1:04:51Angela Kolling Davenport 1594 1:10:44 Kelsey Kowalski Horace 2072 1:20:10Angie Krause Harwood 1333 1:07:17 Jacky Kummer Mapleton 2589 1:47:37 Christa Larson Argusville 1820 1:13:56 Paige Lee Kindred 2073 1:20:10 Katelyn Lee Kindred 2389 1:33:40Julie Lee Kindred 2426 1:35:24 Teri Lingen Hickson 516 58:09 Nancy Lunder Kindred 2472 1:38:30 Monica McCartney Casselton 2346 1:31:03Sarah McCartney Casselton 2151 1:22:23 Tom Milbrandt Tower City 1395 1:07:55 Jon Miller Argusville 311 55:13Dawn Miller Argusville 902 1:02:25 Patty Munro Page 2046 1:19:04Beth Nelson Harwood 687 59:59Jade Nelson Harwood 686 59:59Corey Ness Hunter 1343 1:07:27Megan Nettum Harwood 1330 1:07:17 Kennedy Odegaard Horace 2074 1:20:10Lyndsey Olson Harwood 2334 1:30:35Linda Otterson Kindred 2374 1:32:46 Jerry Oye Harwood 171 51:53 James Parker Casselton 88 48:09Michael Pierce Horace 26 43:38Jennifer Rand Arthur 2560 1:45:33Jake Reese Horace 357 55:47 Angie Reese Horace 803 1:01:06Nikkol Roesler Casselton 1249 1:06:27 Josh Rudie Harwood 332 55:24Adam Rutten Mapleton 339 55:29Penny Saewert Durbin 1530 1:09:44 Stacy Saewert Casselton 2462 1:37:45Callie Schlieman Hickson 535 58:19Erika Serquina Erie 2428 1:35:27 Nicole Spelhaug Davenport 328 55:23 Joan Thiel Casselton 1533 1:09:45Marvin Thorson Page 470 57:34Bill Torvik Horace 38 44:55 Jackie Trom Davenport 1834 1:14:11Duran Vigesaa Horace 390 56:14 Jill Vigesaa Horace 1702 1:12:08 Heather Vinje Hunter 2416 1:35:08Brenda Von Bank Tower City 2613 1:50:42Kimberly Vonbank Argusville 1497 1:09:18Mitch Vonbank Argusville 1496 1:09:17Debra Wall Davenport 1275 1:06:40 Katie Weibye Horace 648 59:36Shaina Winning Tower City 1791 1:13:24 Tara Winterquist Argusville 1184 1:05:44 Tyler Zimmerman Leonard 138 50:28

5K RunJan Aasmundstad Casselton 3592 46:13 Royce Adamson Horace 2528 37:52 Ian Alves Horace 410 26:29 Lise Alves Horace 3143 42:17 Michelle Anderson Hunter 3202 42:48Vicki Anderson Horace 4290 51:54Traci Arzt Harwood 4441 53:26 Ruth Bachmeier Kindred 4568 54:43 William Barker Mapleton 135 23:18April Barker Mapleton 3976 49:11Cathryn Barker Mapleton 4003 49:28 Katherine Bartram Horace 994 29:49 Madison Berger Casselton 4855 58:07 Todd Berger Casselton 5071 1:02:26 Kris Berger Casselton 5070 1:02:23 Rikka Bergstrom Horace 448 26:51 Kris Boland Gardner 2353 36:46 Shirley Breuer Colfax 1129 30:28 Rebecca Browning Hickson 1875 34:22 Rick Buchholz Horace 3072 41:52 Eileen Buringrud Gardner 4447 53:28 Janelle Buskohl Colfax 3960 49:04Michelle Byrum Harwood 2197 35:58 Jody Carpenter Horace 5122 1:05:13Rachel Carriveau Argusville 315 25:33 Colton Christmann Kindred 1680 33:17Marge Corcoran Casselton 2393 36:59Wayne Cossette Horace 5113 1:04:27Pat Cossette Horace 5098 1:03:34 Ivy Deutsch Horace 3792 47:40 Jonie Dignan Horace 1314 31:27Leo Dignan Horace 1480 32:12 Jacob Dixon Leonard 1128 30:27 Lynn Dixon Leonard 3385 44:24Patrick Donegan Harwood 231 24:40 Jessica Eckert Ayr 1849 34:12 Connor Ellegard Harwood 2583 38:15 Marty Erbes Walcott 1091 30:18 Stephanie Farsdale Walcott 3369 44:14Joshua Farsdale Walcott 3368 44:13 Melanie Fraase Enderlin 4929 59:17 Jared Franek Harwood 43 21:13 Shawn Franek Harwood 134 23:18 Jacob Franek Harwood 131 23:16 Mavis Frueh Argusville 3679 46:51 Dallas Frueh Argusville 3678 46:50 Judy German Mapleton 3530 45:39 Amy Gibson Davenport 4613 55:17Erin Gress Leonard 2203 35:59 Rick Greuel Leonard 2149 35:40Bonnie Greuel Leonard 2757 39:35 Char Gust Casselton 2461 37:23 Janel Gust Mapleton 4296 51:56Denise Hagen Ayr 2716 39:13Nicole Hanson Arthur 1777 33:46Angie Hanson Horace 1407 31:51 Becca Hanson Casselton 3706 47:03Summer Hanson Casselton 2599 38:22 Lisa Harrison Horace 2079 35:18Billie Hayes Harwood 3962 49:05 Anastacia Hermes Kindred 2519 37:49 Jean Hertsgaard Kindred 4945 59:38Brooke Hiatt Kindred 1101 30:20Kyra Hillman Mapleton 4073 50:05 Marla Hillman Mapleton 4070 50:04 Marilyn Hochstetler Casselton 3637 46:36 Paden Hoffarth Kindred 4946 59:39 Anita Hoffarth Kindred 4943 59:36 John Holland Casselton 406 26:28Sam Hollister Hunter 2429 37:11Kristen Hoyt Tower City 4033 49:42 Kari Idso Erie 3785 47:36Laura Ihry Hope 2518 37:48 Janet Iverson Horace 2689 39:05Missy Jacobson Casselton 3144 42:17Justine Jarmin Kindred 3108 42:05Cindy Jarmin Kindred 5082 1:02:52 Megan Jochim Horace 1915 34:33 Jane Johnson Kindred 3938 48:52 Danika Johnson Horace 3502 45:24Pam Johnson Horace 4509 53:58 Kendra Johnson Horace 1370 31:43 Danelle Johnson Horace 3504 45:24Joie Johnson Horace 2597 38:22

Nancy Johnson Horace 2818 39:54 Kellynn Johnston Horace 2096 35:23Danielle Judisch Hunter 3766 47:27 Jayne Judisch Hunter 2557 38:06 Duane Judisch Hunter 3764 47:25 Tanya Kahl Casselton 1847 34:12 Lisa Klabo Enderlin 1707 33:23 Kim Koetz Leonard 3197 42:46 Chandler Koetz Leonard 2210 36:01 Autumn Koetz Leonard 3196 42:46 Harrison Koetz Leonard 603 27:50 Angela Kolling Davenport 2462 37:24 Jennifer Kraiter Harwood 2220 36:04 Kent Kraiter Harwood 515 27:19 John Lamb Harwood 831 29:02 Christa Larson Argusville 2346 36:43Aly Lemar Casselton 2164 35:45 Katy Lemar Casselton 2166 35:46Harold Lemar Casselton 2165 35:46Amber Lingen Hickson 579 27:41 Courtney Linghor Argusville 4674 55:57 Jason Lowry Horace 4750 56:51 Heather Lowry Horace 4754 56:54 Zachary Lynnes Leonard 1114 30:24 Janet Mack Harwood 5195 1:09:35 Gwen Madcke Mapleton 4915 58:54 Colton Madcke Mapleton 4912 58:52 Stacy Marschke Alice 2931 40:43 Kelsey Marschke Alice 2369 36:49 Paul Martinson Grandin 4862 58:13 Maggie McCalip Horace 4136 50:33 Sarah McCartney Casselton 2480 37:34 Monica McCartney Casselton 3338 43:55 Jessie McClaflin Argusville 3674 51:52 Ryan McCollum Kindred 58 21:31 Christy McCollum Kindred 4639 55:35 Jared McCollum Kindred 4634 55:34 Amanda McDowell Wheatland 4464 53:35 Rand McLeod Ayr 1299 31:23 Heidi Mitchell Kindred 4751 56:52Kim Moser Horace 3374 44:15 Brady Munro Page 2556 38:05 Patty Munro Page 2555 38:05Reid Nelsen Horace 1643 33:03Marna Nelson Horace 4393 52:55Hannah Nelson Hunter 4888 58:34 Kristi Nelson Kindred 1187 30:43 Charles Nelson Ayr 1734 33:32 Ben Nelson Casselton 1736 33:33Jensen Odegaard Horace 733 28:30Erica Olerud Argusville 2184 35:51 Brittany Olson Hunter 2422 37:10Nicole Olson Horace 2871 40:16 Haley Olson Enderlin 2365 36:48Jessica Olson Enderlin 2930 40:43 Georgia Olson Enderlin 1896 34:29Jerry Oye Harwood 171 23:59Gloria Palm Mapleton 1839 34:10James Parker Casselton 48 21:19 Tanya Parker Casselton 3540 45:51 Vickie Pergande Horace 3417 44:40Mark Petermann Horace 4294 51:56Peggy Petermann Horace 4291 51:55 Matthew Peterson Horace 1420 31:56 Nick Peterson Horace 262 25:01James Pieper Horace 975 29:45Claudia Pratt Gardner 5178 1:07:54Tamera Pueppke Ayr 3787 47:37 Cody Puhr Harwood 1709 33:23 Jennifer Quast Argusville 696 28:18 Staci Radermacher Wheatland 1641 33:03 Andrea Rall Hope 4359 52:33 Bridgette Readel Hunter 1908 34:32 Mikayla Reinke Hickson 423 26:37 Jana Reinke Hickson 1813 34:00Deb Reynolds Horace 2115 35:33 Leroy Richards Hope 1121 30:26Erin Ringdahl Casselton 4457 53:33 Nicole Rohrbeck Kindred 503 27:14 Raeann Rohrbeck Kindred 500 27:14 Nicole Rudie Harwood 913 29:31 Josh Rudie Harwood 625 27:56 Adam Rutten Mapleton 614 27:53 Alec Rutten Mapleton 623 27:56 Jenny Samarzja Horace 2688 39:04 Carolyn Schatz Horace 2466 37:28 Devin Schatz Horace 768 28:46 Susan Schneider Casselton 2935 40:45 Derek Schreiner Harwood 218 24:29 Karen Schreiner Hunter 3546 45:55 Sheri Schulz Davenport 699 28:19Michael Schumacher Hope 1757 33:39 Aimee Schwartzwalter Harwood 703 28:21 Tracy Sinclair Horace 3590 46:13Diana Sopp Harwood 5083 1:02:53Diana Sopp Harwood 3684 46:53Jeff Springer Page 2603 44:46Cody Springer Page 1798 33:54Janelle Stahl Casselton 2827 39:57 Pat Stahl Casselton 2824 39:55 Lisa Steinberger Gardner 5019 1:01:16 Tim Steinhouse Horace 471 27:04Kara Storman Horace 3254 43:13 Isaac Stormon Horace 358 25:58Allie Stover Horace 1853 34:13Jenny Stubson Mapleton 4567 54:43Jared Swanson Arthur 793 28:53 Joanne Swenson Kindred 3294 43:39 Amanda Tang Grandin 636 28:00 Andrea Tessier Horace 2696 39:07 Kari Thesing Kindred 2684 39:01 Ronny Torgerson Horace 285 25:17 Linda Vandrovec Wheatland 4785 57:23Duran Vigesaa Horace 264 25:03 Jerika Vonbank Argusville 1702 33:22Stephanie Wall Harwood 4744 56:42Joanne Warner Horace 4199 51:04 Laney Weibye Horace 2531 37:53 Melissa Welter-Jahnke Casselton 4445 53:28 Lori Zimprich Gardner 3548 45:55 Randy Zimprich Gardner 2966 40:56

Fun for all at the Fargo Marathon

Courtesy PhotoJada, age 12, and her father, Mitch VonBank, ran the 10K togeth-

er as a tribute to Northern Cass teacher Sue McPherson, who is cur-rently fighting breast cancer.

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State Class B Track and Field, May 28-29Parade of Athletes

Central Cass’ Jacob Mogen (right) gives it his all before crossing the finish line during the 100-meter dash.

Photos By Sarah Sorvaag / The ReporterThe Spartans’ Shelby Krueger (left) and the Squirrels’ Paige Slemmons (second from right) near the

end of the 100-meter dash on Friday.

Northern Cass’ Matt Gingrey (middle) was the team’s lone boy competitor. He finished the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.70.

Kindred’s Brandon Quibell (18) stays with the pack during the first few laps of the 3200-meter run.

The Spartans’ Maggie Moen (8) keeps a strong pace during the 1600-meter run.

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Parade of AthletesThe Squirrels, Falcons, Spartans,

Jaguars, and Vikings competed at the State Track Meet last weekend in Bismarck.

Central Cass Head Coach Tim Kraft was ecstatic about his team’s performance.

“The guys did a really good job this past weekend at the state track meet. We scored 23 points to finish tenth overall,” he said.

The following results include only local athletes.Girls100-meter dashPrelimsShelby Krueger FSHP 12.67Paige Slemmons CC 12.92Finals4 Shelby Krueger FSHP 13.25

200-meter dashPrelimsShelby Krueger FSHP 26.35Paige Slemmons CC 27.06Finals6 Shelby Krueger FSHP 27.65

400-meter dashPrelimsSierra Martinez K 1:01.00Finals3 Sierra Martinez K 1:00.61

1600-meter runMaggie Moen FSHP 5:54.10Taylor Palmer FSHP 5:44.83

3200-meter run8 Taylor Palmer FSHP 12:06.89

100-meter hurdlesPrelimsSam Lako NC 16.50Finals3 Sam Lako NC 16.80

Pole Vault3 Debbi Thompson FSHP 9-00.00

Long jumpNikki Laufenberg MVE 15-10.25

High jumpQualifier: Breann Benedict,FSHP, results unavailable.

DiscusAmber Montag FSHP 97-04

JavelinBrianna Parr FSHP 97-10

Shot put4 Kelsey Laufenberg MVE 38-08.50Amber Montag FSHP 32-03.00Courtney Dixon CC 36-04.00

4x100-meter relayPrelimsEmily Cose, K 54.01Iveta HarnerCasey Allmaras,Kellie SchmitBailey Maddocks, NC 52.54Erica Hoggarth,Sam Lako,Chelsey KingDebbi Thompson, FSHP 53.24Heather Nygaard,Taylor Palmer,Shelby KruegerGabrielle Grommesh, CC 52.87Paige Slemmons,Trina Steen,Trisha Goerts

4x200-meter relayGabrielle Grommesh, CC 1:53.41Rachel Wieland,Trina Steen,Paige SlemmonsCasey Allmaras, K 1:49.41Iveta Harner,Sierra Martinez,Kellie SchmitDebbi Thompson, FSHP 1:49.47Heather Nygaard,Taylor Palmer,Shelby KruegerFinals7 Kindred 1:50.18

4x400-meter relay4 Emily Cose, K 4:14.27Iveta Harner,Sierra Martinez,Kellie Schmit

4x800-meter relayIveta Harner, K 10:39.30Emily Plecity,Kellie Schmit,Sierra MartinezRachel Erickson, FSHP 11:36.61Erin Bjerke,Megan Roller,Maggie Moen

Boys100-meter dashPrelimsJacob Mogen CC 11.38Matt Gingrey NC 11.70Finals4 Jacob Mogen CC 11.89

200-meter dashPrelimsMichael Nord MVE 23.80Jacob Mogen CC 22.97Finals2 Jacob Mogen CC 23.81

800-meter runRace Heitkamp K 2:06.80

1600-meter run7 Race Heitkamp K 4:42.57

3200-meter runBrandon Quibell K 10:50.20

Long jumpTom Keller FSHP 19-00.25Matt Hall K 18-11.00

High jump4 Logan Mclean CC 6-00.00

JavelinJack Plankers K 159-03

Shot put4 Jack Plankers K 48-05.00Chris Taylor CC 45-10.50

4x100-meter relayPrelimsJustin Wehri, CC 48.64Ben Birrenkott,Kenny Toah,Thomas Carvell

4x200-meter relayPrelimsJustin Wehri, CC 1:34.87Kenny Toah,Ben Birrenkott,Jacob Mogen

4x400-meter relay4 Kenny Toah, CC 3:34.90Matt Zimmerman,Michael Utt,Jacob MogenRace Heitkamp, K 3:41.17Joey Ness,Eric Bachmeier,Matt Hall

4x800-meter relayQualifier: Kindred,results unavailable.

State track and field results

Photos By Sarah Sorvaag / The ReporterCentral Cass’ Justin Wehri passes the baton to teammate Kenny Toah during the 4x200-meter relay.

Kindred’s Casey Allmaras hands-off to Iveta Harner during the 4x200-meter relay on Friday in Bis-marck.

Northern Cass’ Sam Lako (second from left) is off to a great start during the 100-meter hurdles pre-liminary race.

Kelsey Laufenberg releases the shot on Friday. She placed fourth with a throw of 38’8.5”.

Nikki Laufenberg gets some height during the long jump competition.

Logan McLean flings his body over the bar dur-ing the high jump. He placed fourth overall.

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Last week, Central Cass was the site of a girls basketball camp and a boys basketball camp. Coaches for the event were: Calvin Kraft, Taylor Kraft, Jacki Mitchell, Courtney Dix-on, Bethany Voss, and Barb Kraft.

Camp results were:Shooting League

1st Place : Abbigail Kassian-Som-merfield, Sydney Saewert, Sidney Williams, Emilie Cramer, Hannah Roesler, Alexis Bernstein, MacKen-zie McKinnon, Haley Quittschreiber

2nd Place: Autumn Koetz, Madi-son Foss, Leah Shatzke, Allie Spre-cher, Erin Bartholomay, Hannah Linnard, Sammy Wegner, Bethany Corcoran, Jordyn Wolff

3rd Place: Sydney Ringdahl, Katy Lemar, Matalyn Dietz-Iver-son, Kelci Nelson, Lexi Buhr, Kylie Grommesh, Payton Richter

4th Place: Hanna Fletcher, Ka-trina Rector, Erin Runck, Alexis Wanner, Lily Pyle, Jesse Ebach, Madison Sweep, Rachel Dawson4-on-4

Fourth and fifth grade division1st: Allie Sprecher, Hannah

Roesler, Sammy Wegner, Rachel Dawson

2nd: Jesse Ebach, Erin Bartholo-may, Lexi Buhr, Peyton Richter

3rd: Kelci Nelson, Lily Pyle, Kylie Grommesh, Haley Quittschreiber

Sixth and seventh grade division1st: Autumn Koetz, Abbigail

Kassian-Sommerfield, Katy Lemar, Sydney Williams, Madison Foss

2nd: Sydney Ringdahl, Hanna Fletcher, Erin Runck, Leah Schatz-ke

3rd: Sydney Saewert, Katrina Rector, Emilie Cramer, Alexis Wan-ner2-on-2

Fourth grade1st: Sammy Wegner and Betha-

ny Corcoran2nd: Lexi Buhr and Jordyn

Wolff3rd: Payton Richter and MacK-

enzie McKinnonFifth Grade1st: Madison Sweep and Erin

Bartholomay2nd: Hannah Linnard and Alexis

Bernstein3rd: Hannah Roesler and Allie

SprecherSixth grade1st: Katy Lemar and Madison

Foss2nd: Emilie Cramer and Alexis

Wanner3rd: Leah Schatzke, Sidney Wil-

liams, and Erin RunckSeventh Grade1st: Sydnie Saewert and Abbi

Kassian-Sommerfield2nd: Sydney Ringdahl and Au-

tumn Koetz3rd: Katrina Rector and Hanna

FletcherIndividual grade level awardsFourth grade

Lay-Ups 1st: Payton Richter2nd: Sammy Wegner3rd: Jordyn WolffHot Shot1st: Sammy Wegner2nd: Lexi Buhr 3rd: Jordyn WolffFreethrows1st: Lexi Buhr2nd: Sammy Wegner3rd: Payton Richter

One-on-One1st: Sammy Wegner2nd: Kylie Grommesh3rd: Lexi Buhr

Fifth gradeLay-Ups 1st: Madison Sweep 2nd: Hannah Linnard 3rd: Jesse EbachHot Shot1st: Madison Sweep2nd: Hannah Linnard3rd: Jesse EbachFreethrows1st: Madison Sweep2nd: Hannah Roesler3rd: Jesse EbachOne-on-One1st: Madison Sweep2nd: Kelci Nelson3rd: Hannah Roesler

Sixth gradeLay-Ups 1st: Katy Lemar2nd: Emilie Cramer3rd: Madison FossHot Shot1st: Emilie Cramer2nd: Katy Lemar 3rd: Madison FossFreethrows1st: Emilie Cramer2nd: Katy Lemar3rd: Madison Foss One-on-One1st: Emilie Cramer2nd: Leah Schatzke3rd: Madison Foss

Seventh gradeLay-Ups 1st: Sydney Ringdahl 2nd: Sydnie Saewert3rd: Abbi Kassian-SommerfieldHot Shot1st: Abbi Kassian-Sommerfield2nd: Sydnie Saewert3rd: Autumn KoetzFreethrows1st: Sydney Ringdahl2nd: Abbi Kassian-Sommerfield3rd: Sydnie SaewertOne-on-One1st: Sydnie Saewert2nd: Autumn Koetz3rd: Abbi Kassian-Sommerfield

Sportsmanship awardsMacKenzie McKinnon, Bethany

Corcoran, Kelci Nelson, Hannah Roesler, Madison Foss, Alexiz Wan-ner

Boys camp results are as follows:Shooting League

1st Place : Harrison Koetz, Mat-thew Dawson, Matt Perritt, Dil-lon Haines, Justin Meehl, Carson Bultema, Jack Hagen, Jackson Adelman

2nd Place: Matthew Buchholz, Drew Rodin, Michael Ueland, Eli Kollman, Carson Rieniets, Jerrin Baumgarten, Jared Grommesh

3rd Place: Billy Dittmer, Jack Morris, Jacob Dooley, Garrett Pran-te, Justin Dekeyser, Jade Allen, Ja-cob Kressin, Devin Wheeler, Jonah Lietz,

4th Place: Riley Kollman, Devin Roesler, Zach Peters, Thomas Daw-son, Elijah Hoffman, Andrew Buch-holz, Jordan Meehl, Alex Roden, An-drew Zuther 4-on-4 Fourth and fifth grade division

1st: Eli Kollman, Jerrin Baumgar-ten, Jack Hagen, Carson Bultema

2nd: Jade Allen, Justin Meehl, Jackson Adelman, Elijah Hoffman

3rd: Carson Rieniets, Jared

Grommesh, Devin Wheeler, Jordan Meehl

Sixth and seventh grade division1st: Jack Morris, Matthew Daw-

son, Zach Peters, Garrett Prante2nd: Matthew Buchholz, Jacob

Dooley, Dillon Haines, Michael Ue-land

3rd: Riley Kollman, Devin Roesler, Drew Roden, Thomas Daw-son 2-on-2

Fourth grade1st: Jordan Meehl and Andrew

Zuther2nd: Jonah Lietz and Jared

Grommesh3rd: Alex Roden and Jacob Kres-

sinFifth Grade1st: Carson Bultema and Jade

Allen2nd: Andrew Buchholz , Eli Koll-

man, and Justin Meehl3rd: Carson Rieniets and Elijah

Hoffman Sixth grade1st: Michael Ueland and Matt

Perritt2nd: Justin Dekeyser and Gar-

rett Prante3rd: Thomas Dawson and Drew

RodenSeventh grade1st: Matthew Dawson and Har-

rison Koetz2nd: Jacob Dooley and Jack Mor-

ris3rd: Devin Roesler and Riley

KollmanIndividual grade level awardsFourth grade

Lay-Ups 1st: Jonah Lietz2nd: Jordan Meehl3rd: Alex RodenHot Shot1st: Jonah Lietz2nd: Jordan Meehl3rd: Andrew ZutherFreethrows1st: Jordan Meehl2nd: Jackson Adelman3rd: Jonah LietzOne-on-One1st: Jordan Meehl2nd: Jonah Lietz3rd: Alex Roden

Fifth gradeLay-Ups 1st: Justin Meehl2nd: Eli Kollman3rd: Carson BultemaHot Shot1st: Carson Bultema2nd: Justin Meehl3rd: Carson RienietsFreethrows1st: Carson Bultema2nd: Justin Meehl3rd: Eli KollmanOne-on-One1st: Carson Bultema2nd: Justin Meehl3rd: Carson Rieniets

Sixth gradeLay-Ups 1st: Garrett Prante2nd: Michael Ueland3rd: Drew RodenHot Shot1st: Drew Roden2nd: Michael Ueland3rd: Garrett PranteFreethrows1st: Michael Ueland

2nd: Justin Dekeyser3rd: Drew RodenOne-on-One1st: Micheal Ueland2nd: Justin Dekeyser3rd: Drew Roden

Seventh gradeLay-Ups 1st: Harrison Koetz2nd: Riley Kollman3rd: Jack MorrisHot Shot1st: Harrison Koetz2nd: Jacob Dooley

3rd: Jack MorrisFreethrows1st: Harrison Koetz2nd: Jack Morris3rd: Riley KollmanOne-on-One1st: Jack Morris2nd: Harrison Koetz

3rd: Matthew DawsonSportsmanship awards

Jonah Lietz, Jerrin Baumgarten, Andrew Buccholz, Michael Ueland, Devin Roesler, and Matthew Daw-son

Girls basketball participants were (back, left to right) Sydney Ringdahl, Sydney Saewert, Autumn Koetz, Hannah Fletcher, Abbigail Kassian-Sommerfield, Katrina Rector, (third row) Erin Runck, Katy Lemar, Emilie Cramer, Leah Shatzke, Madison Foss, Sydney Williams, Alexis Wanner, (second row) Alex-is Bernstein, Jesse Ebach, Lily Pyle, Erin Bartholomay, Allie Sprecher, Kelci Nelson, Hannah Roesler, Madison Sweep, Matalyn Dietz-Iverson, Hannah Linnard, (front) Rachel Dawson, Sammy Wegner, Lexi Buhr, MacKenzie McKinnon, Jordyn Wolff, Payton Richter, Bethany Corcoran, Kylie Grommesh, and Haley Quittschreiber.

Photos By Randy Buntrock / The ReporterBoys camp participants were (back, left to right) Harrison Koetz, Riley Kollman, Jack Morris, Jacob

Dooley, Matthew Dawson, Devin Roesler, Billy Dittmer, Matthew Buchholz, (third row) Thomas Daw-son, Matt Perritt, Garrett Prante, Drew Roden, Justin DeKeyser, Michael Ueland, Zach Peters, Dillon Haines, (second row) Carson Bultema, Eli Kollman, Andrew Buchholz, Justin Meehl, Carson Reineits, Elijah Hoffman, Jade Allen, (front) Jacob Kressin, Jackson Adelman, Jack Hagen, Jordan Meehl, Alex Roden, Jonah Lietz, Jared Grommesh, Jerrin Baumgarten, and Devin Wheeler.

Central Cass girls and boys basketball camps results

The scores were close in both the girls and boys State Class B golf tournaments in the opening day of action.

The Central Cass Squirrels shot a 374 giving them a slim two shot advantage over Hazen and Linton with a team total of 377 in the girls tournament at the Hill-crest Golf Course in Jamestown.

The Squirrels Kamie Roesler was in second place in the indi-vidual scoring with a 79 just three shots back of last years runner-up Abby Knutson of Hatton-North-wood who shot 38 on both the front and back nine for a 76.

Other Central Cass scores were Kirsten Marschke, 93; Ken-dra Romsdal, 99; Kelsie Nelson, 103, Riley Camas, 113; and Jenna Beilke, 118.

Kindred finished the opening day in eleventh place with a team score of 400.

Laura Podolak led the Vikings with a 90, while sister Kate fin-ished with 92.

Other Kindred scores were, Sa-

vannah Nesemeier, 107; Mikaela Casey, 111; Emma Ilvedson, 111; and Alexis Piatz, 115.

In the boys tournament held in Carrington, the Hazen boys shot a 311, one shot better than Val-ley City’s 312. Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood were in third with 316, two shots better than Kindred’s 318, which found them in fourth place.

Waylon Stanley of Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood is leading the tournament with a 73 after day one.

Kindred’s David Talley is three shots back at 76, while Mark Ad-ams is four back at 77.

Ian Anderson shot a 79 for the Vikings.

The Central Cass Squirrels were in ninth place with a team score of 335.

Both tournaments will finish Wednesday, June 2.

Full results will be in next week’s issue of the Cass County Reporter.

Area teams strong after opening day of state golf

The Vikings’ Kate Podolak attempts a long putt at the par 4 sixth at the Hillcrest Golf Club during her opening day round. Podolak shot an opening day 92 for Kindred.

Photos By Randy Buntrock / The ReporterKamie Roesler of Central Cass sinks this par putt at the par 3

16th hole. Roesler was three shots behind Abby Knutson of Hatton-Northwood after the first day.

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We deal with our share of the wild and the crazy here at the parks’ de-partment during the summer, but nothing, and I mean nothing, really comes close to the chaos that ensues when we hand out uniforms.

We’re all done (I think) handing out jerseys and pants and belts and hats for the season. Please remember that if you have a son or a daughter older than the age of 9 playing on a park district team this summer, those jerseys, pants and belts all need to come to the parks’ office at the Cottonwood Golf Course clubhouse.

Some time in August would be good. September is fine, too, and so is October. I’ll accept uniforms in November as well, and a few will trickle in before Christmas and New Year’s.

I know that once the baseball and softball seasons are over, uniforms go out of sight and out of mind. It gets a little frustrating, though, when I’m still chasing down Pee Wee and Rookie jerseys in February and March, so please, wash them up and get them back to me before the snow flies.

Getting uniforms back is easy compared to the days we hand them out. It looks like Wal-Mart the day after Thanksgiving in here. We try to restore order but a lot of times it just doesn’t work. Sometimes I think I would be better off with a whip and a chair.

The biggest problem is that kids seem to have a certain number in mind that they have to have. Sometimes it’s the one mom or dad wore in high school, or maybe the one that an older brother or sister had.

I think we have Michael Jordan to blame. Everybody and their sister started wearing No. 23 after Michael made it trendy with the Chicago Bulls 20 years ago (Has it really been that long?) and it’s still a hot ticket item, just like those $99 TVs on Black Friday.

It gets a little ridiculous. I’ve seen kids play tug-of-war, fighting over a particular number. I’ve seen parents lay claim to specific jerseys, hold them up like a trophy and declare that their summer is now a success because they got the “right” number for little Johnny or Susie. I’ve had moms call and request certain jerseys and numbers before the season starts.

Here’s what I tell kids, moms, dads, sisters, brothers, babysitters and whoever else shows up on uniform handout day: Size matters.

I know, I know, crazy talk. After all, how can anyone be bothered with something as trivial as that? Common sense goes right out the window when it comes to comfort. If a kid or parent is lucky enough to latch on to the “right” number, it doesn’t matter if the jerseys hangs down to a player’s knees or if they can barely stretch it over their heads.

It doesn’t get any better as kids get older, either. We had a Babe Ruth player come in and by the grace of God, he was fortunate enough to get “his” number.

Everything was great until he put it on. It looked like Spandex around the middle and the neckline was cutting off the kid’s airflow, but he had a big smile on his face. His face was red and his eyes were bugging out of is head, but he was happy. When he left the clubhouse I thought to myself that there was no way he could swing a bat without ripping both shirt seams up the side, but life was good because he had the “right” number.

The numbers seven and nine seem to be pretty popular as well. I’m not sure why nine but seven belongs to Joe Mauer and everybody knows who he is. I know I’m old school but back in the day a pretty good player named Mantle used to wear No. 7. None of our kids know who he was.

Buying jerseys is a crapshoot. I never get the sizes right so we always have too many big jerseys and not enough smaller ones, or vice versa.

When I do buy new jerseys, I put single-digit numbers on the smaller sizes and go up from there. The bigger kids usually don’t fit in No. 7 or No. 9 and the littler ones never get a shot at No. 23, but life goes on. At least for me it does, anyway.

The next time a team needs new shirts, I’m going to start with the No. 40 and go up from there. We laugh about uniforms every spring but it’s not fun dealing with kids pouting and moms and dads irate because little Johnny can’t wear the same number his big brother did when he was 10.

What’s on your back has nothing to do with how well you’ll play, or how much, or what position. In the end, we need to worry more about the team name on the front of the jersey than the number on the back.

It seemed as if the FSHP base-ball team would be advancing to the second round of the region tourney, as they lead 2-0 heading into the bottom of the seventh inning.

Kindred’s Jason Van Horn had other ideas, as he cracked a game tying two run homer.

Connor Johnson added a clutch two out single that scored Van Horn in the bottom of the ninth in a 3-2 Kindred win over the FSHP Spar-tans.

Preston Burchill’s booming two run double in the top of the fourth had given the Spartans a 2-0 lead and Spartan pitcher Jordan Satrom had tossed six shutout innings be-fore the bottom of the seventh.

The Spartans end their season with a 12-15-1 record.

“We are very disappointed with

the way the season ended,” said Coach Mark Frost. “We lost our last seven games of the year and four of them were by one run. We just didn’t do a good job of hitting with runners in scoring position. We had chances to increase our lead but didn’t take advantage. Jordan gave us another great effort on the hill. He has only one win this spring, but deserves better. I want to thank the guys for working hard all spring long and I look forward to working with most of them this summer on the legion team.”

Hope-Finley legion baseball practice began Wednesday, June 2 in Hope at 5:00 p.m.

Season play will begin Thursday, June 10 in Casselton, with the first home game Friday, June 11 against May-Port.

Spartans fall to Vikings

Wind pushes up league scoresWindy conditions greeted golfers playing in

the men’s league at Casselton’s Cottonwood Golf Club May 25 and the result was some rather high scores.

Marc Hackmann was the only golfer to break the 40 mark, posting a 38, while his teammate, Nick Pyle, shot a 40 and Dave Calderwood came in at 41. Jeff Hoye, Randy Buntrock, Jordan Marschke and Brady Madsen each wound up at 42.

Hank’s Hooligans (Randy Buntrock, Mike Utt and Dave Narum) collected seven out of a possible eight points as the scoring leaders in last Tues-day’s play, with the Walleyes (Ted Chizek, Scott Kost, Dean Giermann and Mike Sundquist) put-ting six and a half points on the board to maintain their overall league scoring lead at 12 points.

Those 12 points have the Walleyes holding down the top spot in the Brad Burgum Division, followed by Hanks Hooligans at nine and a half, and the Blue Boys (Marc Hackmann, Nick Pyle,

John Kollman and Dan Baumgarten) hold the lead in the Ken Toop Division with nine and a half points, one point better than the Weed Wack-ers (Jeremy Hofstrand, Joey Stahl, Earl Samuel-son and Derek Bubach).

Randy Buntrock claimed the prize for putting his tee shot closest to the pin on the second hole May 25.

Couples tourney scheduled SundayEntries are still being accepted for the Couples

Fun Tournament to be played Sunday, June 6 at the Cottonwood Golf Club, Casselton.

The event, which is open to all area couples, will include nine holes of scramble golf and nine holes of alternate shot golf. Registration begins at 1:00 p.m., with play getting underway at 2:00 p.m. There will be various prizes offered on the course and a meal will follow play.

Anyone interested in playing is asked to call 347-9882 or register on the sign-up sheet posted at the clubhouse.

Optimist youth tournament plannedA tournament open to all rural Cass County

youth is scheduled for Tuesday, June 15, at the Cottonwood Golf Club in Casselton.

Sponsored by the Casselton Area Optimists Club, registration for the Casselton Area Youth Tournament will get underway at 8:30 a.m., with play beginning at 2 p.m. There will be divisions for boys and girls in three different age groups --12-13, 14-15 and 16-18.

The top boy and girl in each age division will receive prizes, with the top finishers in both the boys and girls 16-18-year-old division earning the right to compete in the official qualifying tourna-ment for the Optimist International Junior Golf Championships in St. Cloud, Minn. on June 26. The prize package includes registration, hotel room and a $50 gas card.

Registration forms and additional information is available at the Cottonwood Golf Club or by calling 347-9882.

Out of Boundsby Stephen Bartholomay

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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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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Kamie Roesler

Courtesy PhotosThe Central Cass girls fast pitch team poses for a photo following the conclusion of their last game.

The Central Cass girls fast pitch softball team wrapped up the 2010 season.

Kamie Roesler was named Most Valuable Player for the 2010 High School Girl’s Fastpitch Softball Sea-son. She was also voted to the All-Region team. Roesler pitches and catches for the Squirrels.

The 2009 North Dakota Legislature continued a recent nationwide trend by creating a few new opportunities designed to recruit and retain hunters.

A year ago, elected representatives of North Dakota endorsed an ap-prentice license for hunters who haven’t taken and passed a certified hunter education course. The legislature also reduced the minimum age for deer hunting with a gun from 14 to 12, though 12- and 13-year-olds can partici-pate only during the early youth deer hunting season and not in the regular firearms season in November.

Many readers likely established their hunting heritage long before spe-cific youth deer, waterfowl and pheasant seasons were set up to create envi-ronments that would help create or maintain interest among young hunters. In all honesty, I’ve been in many discussions where hunters of my genera-tion – the knocking-on-40 category – question the necessity of youth hunts and special licenses, the argument being that they developed a life-long in-volvement without any special seasons or licenses.

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department’s overall response is, why not? I don’t necessarily agree that the competition for time among today’s youth is any greater than when I grew up in the 1980s, or for others in decades before. We too had sports, friends and games. Football, baseball and kick-the-can or anti-I-over are games we played outside, but they were games and it was a competition for other activities including hunting. The competition now is just more electronic.

It’s obvious we’ve experienced a population shift from rural to urban ar-eas. This is perhaps the most significant factor for embracing youth-specific hunts and seasons. As Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks and Minot populations maintain or expand, most smaller communities have fewer residents and young people.

While it’s certainly possible to foster an interest in hunting, fishing or trapping within an urban setting, there just seems to be a little more oppor-tunity and less congestion farther from population centers. Youth seasons provide that little extra time for young hunters to gain quality experience when there is usually less competition for hunting space, and the accompa-nying adult’s attention is focused solely on the youth hunter.

It’s still too early to judge the long-term success of last year’s legislation in terms of hunter recruitment or retention. We do know that 2,349 hunters age 16 or older took advantage of the apprentice license option with its one-year exemption from hunter education requirements. That’s 2,349 hunting licenses that likely would not have been sold otherwise, about two-thirds of which went to nonresidents and one-third to residents.

Game and Fish will measure long-term success based on how many of those who bought an apprentice license last year (or in the future) move on

to take a hunter education course and participate in future years. Nearly 1,600 12- and 13-year-olds purchased an antlerless white-tailed

deer license for the youth season. That’s 1,600 licenses Game and Fish would otherwise not have issued.

However, the success of this effort will eventually be measured in how many of those youngsters become deer hunters who would not otherwise have hunted deer if they had been required to wait until age 14 to get their first deer license. We do know that since the first youth deer season in the mid-1990s, the percentage of 14 and 15-year-olds who at least try deer hunt-ing has increased notably. In recent years, the total number of deer hunters has increased as well.

While we’ll have to wait years to measure the long-term influence these two new pieces of legislation have on hunting in North Dakota, the numbers at least for the first year are encouraging.

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

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their awards night on May 4, 2010. Students receiving recognition are:

NORTHERN CASS HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR HONOR STU-DENTS – Mr. Schramm presented plaques to the following seniors for achieving a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or above:

Maria Godejohn, Anna Ander-sson, Lexi Marvel, Kelly Sagen, Brittney Gay, Jacob Longlet, John Tandsater, Amanda Lako, Marisa Hoggarth, Britney Strommen, Lyn-sie Pieske, Kaitlyn Johnson, Ryan Greber.

Mr. Schramm presented Honor Student pins to the following seniors for achieving a cumulative GPA of 3.00-3.49:

Megan Bohn, Taylor Wika, Abby Kyllo, Whitney Holmstrom, Court-ney Magpantay, Erik Andersson, Robbie Greber, Megan Belcourt, Aar-on Burgad, Ashley Lako, Matt Puep-pke, Megan Murch, Tasha Turner, Tucker McPherson, Tyler Mitzel.

Mr. Schramm presented trophies to the following students:

Co-Salutatorians: Alicia Burchill and Samantha Hollister

Co-Valedictorians: Marshall Er-ickson and Sam Lako.

NORTHERN CASS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL – Mr. Schramm presented pins to the following members:

Student Council Officer Pins – John Tandsater, President, Kaitlyn Johnson, Vice-President, Kelly Sa-gen, Secretary-Treasurer.

Student Council Member Pins – Anna Andersson, Marisa Hoggarth, Britney Strommen, Chase Nelson, Ben Hudson, Brianna Godejohn, Carley Ward, Ashlee Burgad, Alexis Johnson, Mary Erickson, Whitney Ward, Casey Murch, Adam Schrein-er, Shelby Aho, Ben Longlet.

ACADEMIC ALL-STATE AWARD – Mr. Schramm presented Alicia Burchill and Marshall Erick-son with certificates.

DISTINGUISHED STUDENT AWARD – Mr. Schramm presented Hope Erickson with a certificate.

SPEECH AWARDS – Mr. Hol-lister presented the following Speech awards:

A first-year Speech pins to Lizzie Daigle, Jed Hanson, Hunter Heyer-man, Alex Howatt, Mary Erickson, and Kaylee Bauer.

Letter award certificates to Jed Hanson, Hunter Heyerman, Alex Howatt, Mary Erickson, and Kaylee Bauer.

Letter bars to Hope Erickson and Dorothy Tegtmeier.

MUSIC AWARDS – Mrs. Ander-son presented the following music awards during the Spring Concert on May 13, 2010:

Certificates to the following state music participants:

Seniors: Anna Andersson, Lynsie Pieske and Taylor Wika.

Juniors: Lauren Barker and Bri-anna Godejohn.

Sophomores: Hannah Erickson and Carley Ward.

Medals were also presented to the following Swing Choir members:

Anna Andersson, Brianna Gode-john, Kaitlyn Johnson, Zach Bohn, Brandon Moteberg, Megan Bohn, Maria Godejohn, Lexi Marvel, Zach Johnson, Chase Nelson, Hope Erick-son, Megan Belcourt, Carley Ward and Marshall Erickson.

Medals were also presented to the following Stage Band members:

Carley Ward, Anna Andersson, Sam Hollister, Serena Towery, Tay-lor Mikulecky, Hailey Verwest, Hope Erickson, Matt Gingrey, Cooper Stef-fes, Victoria Bracewell, Sam Wetzel, Bailey Drader, Nathan Longlet, Ryan Greber, Hunter Heyerman, James Erickson and Josh Erickson.

Plaques were given to the follow-ing students:

North Dakota Sr. High All-State Women’s Choir –Carley Ward.

Most Improved Instrumentalist – Zach Swanson.

North Dakota Sr. High All-State Mixed Choir – Anna Andersson.

Hardest Working Instrumental-ists –Hope Erickson and James Er-ickson.

Hardest Working Vocalist –Car-ley Ward.

Most Improved Vocalist – Lauren Barker.

Outstanding Senior Instrumen-talists–Lynsie Pieske and Taylor Wika.

National Choral Award – Anna Andersson.

Outstanding Senior Vocalist – Anna Andersson.

John Phillips Sousa Band Awards – Brenna Gould.

Certificates were given to the fol-lowing students for being selected to participate in the All-State Music Festival:

Anna Andersson-Mixed Choir, and Carley Ward-Women’s Choir.

Certificates were given to the fol-lowing students for being selected to participate in the UND Honor Choir:

Anna Andersson and Brianna Godejohn.

Certificate was given to the fol-lowing student for being selected to participate in the UND Honor Band:

Hope Erickson.Certificates were given to the fol-

lowing students for being selected to participate in the NDSU Honor Choir:

Carley Ward, Alexis Johnson, Hannah Erickson, Regina Zimprich and Anna Andersson.

Certificates were given to the fol-lowing students for being selected to participate in the Barnes County Honor Band:

Marisa Hoggarth, Alicia Burchill, Lynsie Pieske, Taylor Wika, Carley Ward, Sam Hollister, Matt Gingrey, Lauren Barker, Victoria Bracewell and James Erickson.

Certificates were given to the fol-lowing students for being selected to participate in the James Ployhar Honor Band:

Ryan Greber, Hope Erickson, Anna Andersson, Leah Volk, Brenna Gould, Jenni Moore, Bailey Drader, Nathan Longlet, Mary Erickson, Whitney Ward, Serena Towery, Tay-lor Mikulecky and Hunter Heyer-man.

Certificates were given to the fol-lowing students for being selected to participate in the Barnes County Honor Choir:

Marshall Erickson, Zach Bohn, Chase Nelson, Kaitlyn Johnson, Lexi Marvel, Megan Belcourt, Chelsey Moorehead, Maria Godejohn and Megan Bohn.

Certificates were given to the fol-lowing students for being selected to participate in the Northwest Inter-national Music Festival:

Band-Dorothy Tegtmeier, Ryan Greber and Hope Erickson.

Choir-Brianna Godejohn, Maria Godejohn, Anna Andersson, Hannah Erickson and Carley Ward.

Certificates were given to the fol-lowing students for being selected to participate in the Northern Plains Music Festival:

Band-Hope EricksonChoir-Carley Ward, Maria Gode-

john, Anna Andersson, Hannah Er-ickson, Brianna Godejohn, Alexis Johnson, Chelsey Moorehead, Katie Kleeman, Lexi Marvel and Megan Belcourt.

Medals were presented to the fol-lowing Women’s Jazz Choir mem-bers:

Alex Howatt, Ashley Blotsky, Alexis Johnson, Serena Towery, Sam Wetzel, Lauren Barker, Tiffany Grieger, Hunter Heyerman and Re-gina Zimprich.

ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS –Mrs. Tegtmeier recognized the following Enrichment Programs Awards for NCS High School stu-dents:

POETRY OUT LOUD - An-nouncement of top five of the 21 high school finalists: Hope Erickson, Kelly Sagen, Ashley Blotsky, Rob-bie Greber, and Alexandra Howatt. Certificate and pin were awarded to school-wide winner Hope Erickson.

SCIENCE OLYMPIAD - Certif-icates of Participation to: Cole John-son, Austen Becker, Whitney Ward, Lexi Zieske; Aaron Burgad, Mav-erick Symington, Ben Bring, Cody Quittschreiber, Logan Tandsater, Casey Murch, Abbi Kyllo, Ashley Blotsky, Ally Bergman, James Er-ickson, Banyn Puhr, Raelle Dunn, Toni Diegel, Josh Erickson, Alli-

son Seibel, Hunter Heyerman, Sa-mantha Wetzel, Jed Hanson, Craig Kyllo, Chance Olsby, Ethan Becker, Bailey Drader, Megan Belcourt, Coo-per Steffes, Marisa Hoggarth, Alana Kraft, Mary Erickson and Dorothy Tegtmeier.

DESTINATION IMAGINA-TION: Letters were awarded to the “Bent Paper Clip” Destination ImagiNation team for qualifying for Global Finals in May. The team members are: Cooper Steffes, Doro-thy Tegtmeier, Adam Schreiner, and Ben Longlet.

NATIONAL HISTORY DAY: Recognition and award were given to National History Day state finalist, Alexandra Howatt. She will be our first NCS competitor to participate at the National contest in June.

KNOWLEDGE MASTER: Par-ticipation certificates were award-ed for the Winter and the Spring KMO competitions: John Tandater (S), Kaitlyn Johnson (S), Dorothy Tegtmeier (W&S), Bailey Drader (S), Marisa Hoggarth (S), Nathan Longlet (S), Allison Seibel (S), Ka-tie Kleeman (S), Josh Erickson (S), Hope Erickson (W); Alexandra Ho-watt (W&S), Lizzie Daigle (W&S), Jed Hanson (W&S), Hunter Heyer-man (W&S), Samantha Wetzel (W), Adam Schreiner (W), and Justin Viestenz (S).

CYBER KNOWLEDGE: Cyber Knowledge team was comprised of NCS juniors and seniors who partici-pated in an on-line, internet search competition. They won the third place trophy for the school, and each participant received certificates and a pin: Taylor Wika, Jacob Longlet, Lauren Barker, Hope Erickson, Jon Malaterre, and Cooper Steffes.

DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS – Nancy Rensvold and Judy Gingrey presented the following students with scholarships totaling $42,800 from the Northern Cass Dollars for Scholars Chapter in various amounts:

Anna Andersson, Erik Anders-son, Megan Belcourt, Megan Bohn, Alicia Burchill, Aaron Burgad, Ja-cob Daigle, Kyle Dallmann, Bailey Drader, Seth Dunn, Marshall Erick-son, Brittney Gay, Maria Godejohn, Robbie Greber, Ryan Greber, Chase Griesbach, Branden Hiles, Marisa Hoggarth, Samantha Hollister, Whitney Holmstrom, Kaitlyn John-son, Amanda Lako, Ashley Lako, Samantha Lako, Jacob Longlet, Al-exandra Marvel, Tucker McPherson, Alex Monson, Chelsey Moorehead, Megan Murch, Miranda Paulson, Lynsie Pieske, Kelly Sagen, Ryan Se-ifert, Tyler Sherritt, Chandra Steele, Britney Strommen, John Tandsater, Tasha Turner, Leah Volk and Taylor Wika.

OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS – Mrs. Lokken presented the following:

Anna Andersson - North Dakota High School Activity Association Distinguished Student ($500); Uni-versity of North Dakota Community Learners Scholarship ($4000 – re-newable); University of North Dako-ta Music Scholarship ($5,000); and the Arthur Good Samaritan Center Scholarship ($400).

Erik Andersson - Agri-Valley In-surance Scholarship ($1,000).

Megan Bohn - Grandin Civic Club ($500).

Alicia Burchill - North Dakota State University Freshman Scholar-ship ($1,500) and The Northern Cass Dollars for Scholars Adopt-A-Class Scholarship ($250).

Aaron Burgad - Valley City State University V-500 Scholarship ($2,500).

Bailey Drader - Arthur Good Sa-maritan Center Scholarship ($400).

Marshall Erickson - North Da-kota State University Fred Williams Memorial Scholarship ($500) and the North Dakota State University Freshman Academic Scholarship ($3,000).

Maria Godejohn - Arthur Good Samaritan Center Scholarship ($400).

Robbie Greber - Valley City State University V-500 Scholarship ($2,500).

Ryan Greber - Valley City State University Gary and Connie Thar-

aldson Scholarship ($2,500).Chase Griesbach - Home Builders

Care of Fargo-Moorhead Foundation ($500).

Marisa Hoggarth - University of North Dakota Academic Scholar-ship ($4,000) and the University of North Dakota Dean Olson Scholar-ship ($250).

Whitney Holmstrom - Minnesota School of Business President’s Schol-arship ($1,000) and the Minnesota School of Business Director’s Schol-arship ($1,000).

Kaitlyn Johnson - North Dakota State University Honor Scholarship ($1,000).

Ashley Lako - The Northern Cass Dollars for Scholars Adopt-A-Class Scholarship ($250).

Samantha Lako - American Crys-tal Sugar Scholarship ($500).

Jacob Longlet - NDSU Develop-ment Foundation Honor Scholarship ($1,000)

Lexi Marvel - University of North Dakota Community Learners Schol-arship ($4,000 – renewable).

Megan Murch - Valley City AM-VETS Auxiliary ($250).

Miranda Paulson - The Northern Cass Dollars for Denim Scholarship ($250).

Lynsie Pieske - North Dakota Cheer Coach Association ($200).

Britney Strommen - North Dako-ta State University Joseph Burgum Memorial Scholarship ($250) and the Arthur Good Samaritan Center Scholarship ($400).

John Tandsater - Jamestown College Dean’s Scholarship ($4,000 - renewable); Jamestown College Baseball Scholarship ($1,500 - re-newable); Jamestown College Jour-ney Award ($,1500 - renewable) and the Jamestown College Alumni Scholarship ($1,000).

Taylor Wika - Grandin Civic Club ($250) and the Mayville State Uni-versity Freshman Honor Scholar-ship ($800).

SERVICE AWARDS – Mr. Rensvold presented the following service awards:

Five years of service – Don Hol-lister and Bill Rohrich.

10 years of service – Karen Roach

15 years of service – Cheryl Hog-garth.

25 years of service – Pat Hochgra-ber.

30 years of service – Paulette Bean and Anne Nyberg.

Mr. Rensvold presented the fol-lowing staff members with retire-ment awards:

Shirley Anderson, 31 years of ser-vice.

Jan Bohnsack, 32 years of ser-vice.

Mr. Rensvold presented the fol-lowing school board members with retirement awards:

Randy Moen, 13 years of service; Doug Rensvold, nine years of service and Dale Lako, six years of service.

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTION CEREMONY – Mrs. Lokken inducted the following new members:

Lauren Barker, Hope Erickson, Matthew Gingrey, Alexis Johnson, Katie Kleeman, Nathan Longlet, Carley Ward, McKaya Wolsky and Regina Zimprich.

The following students received one-year pins:

Ashley Blotsky, Victoria Brace-well, Alicia Burchill, Brianna Gode-john, Kaitlyn Johnson, Kelly Sagen, John Tandsater and Hailey Ver-west.

The following students received two-year pins:

Anna Andersson, Megan Bohn, Marshall Erickson, Brittney Gay, Maria Godejohn, Marisa Hoggarth, Samantha Hollister, Amanda Lako, Jacob Longlet, Lexi Marvel and Brit-ney Strommen.

Outgoing Officers: President – Marisa Hoggarth, Vice President – Megan Bohn, Secretary – Maria Godejohn and Treasurer – Marshall Erickson.

Newly Installed Officers: Presi-dent –Hailey Verwest, Vice Presi-dent –Brianna Godejohn, Secretary – Ashley Blotsky and Treasurer – Victoria Bracewell.

Learning governmentFour area students will be attending Girls and Boys State. They are Brianna Godejohn, Northern Cass High School, daughter of Orvin and

Joan Godehohn, Erie, who is being sponsored by Dokken Schroeder Auxil-iary of Erie.

Kelsie Nelson, Central Cass High School, daughter of Dale and Lisa Nelson, Casselton, who is being sponsored by Dokken Schroeder Post 223 Legion, Erie.

Jessica Melander, Northern Cass High School, daughter of Pat and Beth Melander, who is being sponsored by Arthur Lions Club, Arthur.

Jalen Burchill, Northern Cass High School, son of Tom and Shelly Burchill, Arthur, who is being sponsored by Dokken Schroeder Legion, Erie.

Brianna Godejohn Kelsie Nelson

Jessica Melander Jalen Burchill

Hope-Page honor roll Hope-Page Public School has an-

nounced the fourth quarter honor roll for the 2009-2010 school year.

A HONOR ROLLSeventh Grade:Sully Breckheimer, Hunter Bring,

Ethan Johnson, Holly Johnson, Mack-enzie Koenig;

Peter Steinke and Anna Truax.Eighth Grade:Leonardo Castillo, Alexander Er-

ickson, Rachel Foerster, McKenzie Fuglestad, Megan Johnson;

Riley Mack, Camille Meyer and Andrew Thorson.

Ninth Grade:Kendra Breckheimer, Rachel Er-

ickson, Rebecca Erickson, Madison Koenig and Caleb Meyer.

Tenth Grade:Jenna Ingram.Eleventh Grade:Erin Bjerke, Elizabeth Erickson,

Jalen Hashbarger, Morgan Herz, Ca-leb Johnson;

Megan Roller and Deborah Thomp-son.

Twelfth Grade:Madelyn Baasch, Jadelyne Bring,

Jennifer Erbstoesser, Katrina Erick-son, Megan Foerster;

Katherine Friesz, James Ihry, Dy-

lan Jacobson, Angela Johnson, Shelby Krueger;

Wyatt Mack, Maggie Moen and Brianna Parr.

B HONOR ROLLSeventh Grade:Mikayla Kosolofski, Levi Mack,

Matthew Suhr and Hunter Werk-man.

Eighth Grade:Benjamin Friesz, Bailey Mortens-

en, Michael Truax and Stephanie Whitehead.

Ninth Grade:Chelsea Benedict, Alyssa Jacob-

sen, Sara Parr, Jonah Rall and Mat-thew Thorson.

Tenth Grade:Austin Brown, Douglas Erickson,

Paige Haugaard, Cody Hawk, Alexa Heinze;

Jacob Ihry, Darwin Jacobson and Charles Van Zee.

Eleventh Grade:Zachary Abraham, Jenny Kubis-

chta, Alexander Rall, Cassandra Sa-trom and Taylor Tysdal.

Twelfth Grade:Preston Burchill, Cheila Ihry,

Nicholas Nelson, Zachary Parkman, Jordan Satrom and Alyssa Schu-macher.

Kindred honor seniors

Burchill receives scholarship

Senior honor students at Kindred High School were:

Mica Ahlers, Alaetra Alvarez, Brandon Anders, Dustin Armbrust, Katie Bjertness;

Ty Burdick, Laura Chavez, Alex-is Collins, Ashley Drewry, Morgan Eiler;

Alyssa Girodat, Jamie Hohnadel, Jasper Kleinjan, Evan Kraig, Jason

Kub;Christina Kuzas, Kate Kvislen,

Carson Laney, Abby Mark, Trevor Novak;

Breanna Ordahl, Justin Plante, Kate Podolak, Jade Roesler, Joseph Settelmeyer;

Ty Skarloken, Shelby Steidl, Kyle Toppen, Tyler Waltz and Jen-na Wright.

Alicia Burchill, daughter of Tom and Shelly Burchill, Arthur, received the North Dakota State University Freshman Academic Scholarship in the amount of $1,500. The scholarship recognizes high academic achievement.

Burchill will enter NDSU in the fall and plans to major in accounting. In high school, she was active in track, band, Close-Up, National Honor Soci-ety, Junior Engineering and Technical Society and Campus Life.

Local student on BSC honor rollBrandi Zieske, Arthur, has been

named to the President’s Honor Roll for the Spring 2010 semester at Bis-marck State College, Bismarck.

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School NewsJune 2, 2010Cass County Reporter B-7

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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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.

Winter - Page A-2

Cops - Page A-2

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.

Lighting - Page A-2

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.

Whistle - Page A-3

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By Amanda Gades Gisela Cruchet with the Maple

Valley School District has worked her dream job for 39 years. Now, it’s time to retire.

“I could do this forever,” she said. “The students and staff have been a joy, but it’s time to move on to the next phase. It’s time for someone else to step in.” A love of teaching from an early age

Since she was seven, there was no doubt the career path Gisela would take. “I would line up my dolls in front of a chalk board and pretend to teach them,” she said.

As a high school student in Valley City, she was inspired by business teacher Mrs. Barlow and Physical Education teacher Ms. Schiefleben. They had good classroom manage-ment and the students respected them.

“They always inspired me to do my best,” she said.

In 1970, she graduated from Val-ley City State University.

That same year, she and her hus-band, Al, (whom she married while

they were in college) were offered teaching jobs in Barrett, Minn. They worked there for seven years.

In 1978, the couple moved back to Valley City. Al accepted a posi-tion with the Valley City School

District. Gisela accepted a position with Maple Valley as the high school business and physical education teacher. “I have enjoyed pretty much everything. I’ve always wanted to go to work. There has never been too many conflicts. The more I’ve taught, the more I’ve learned.”

She loved to see how students who have taken her elective classes have grown during the course. Some students have liked the classes much more than they thought they would.

Gisela says she knew 2009-2010 would be her last year teaching. “I felt different coming into this year. I thought this is the year I will re-tire.”

Her husband also retired this year. Future plans

She looks forward to spending time golfing, traveling, getting to-gether with friends and family and being at their lake cabin on Lake El-sie near Hankinson.

Gisela and Al reside in Valley City. The couple has two grown children, Corey and Trudy, and five grandchildren.

Gisela Cruchet reflects on 39 years of teaching

Courtesy Photo

Gisela Cruchet

Scholarship awarded Agri Valley Insurance, Inc., Arthur and Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company, Grinnell, Iowa, have

named Erik Andersson (left) as a recipient of the 2010 Road to Success Scholarship this spring. The award was presented by Tim Timian (right).

Erik, who attended Northern Cass High School, was selected from thousands of Grinnell Mutual policyholders based on his excellence in the high school classroom and a safe driving record on the roadways. Erik is the son of Ola and Karin Andersson and plans to attend North Dakota State Univer-sity in the fall.

Northern Cass High School has announced the honor roll for the fourth quarter of the 2009-2010 school year. Students with an as-terick (*) received a 4.0 grade point average.

A HONOR ROLLSixth Grade:Hayden Bring, Sawyer Burchill*,

Erin Daigle, Jared Dullum, Anna Ellenson;

Taylin Flom*, Dawson Hayden, Christine Hoppe, Ariel Matejcek, John Mayer;

Carlyne Murray, Desirae Ness*, Meagan Olson*, Emilee Osland, Hannah Sherrill*;

Cody Springer, Jada VonBank and Juliana Zimprich.

Seventh Grade:Seth Adkins, Alan Aho*, Brady

Bauer, William Boeddeker, Brandon Bohmert;

Natalya Bracewell*, Dale Bray-ton, Austen de Celle, Kevin Eagen, Cheyenne Hanson*;

Jeremiah Henderson, Hallen Heyerman, Kyle Hoff, James Hollis-ter*, Elizabeth Johnson*;

Philip Johnson, Colton Kraft, Benjamin Longlet*, Erin McDonald, Hailee Melander;

Hannah Nelson*, Carter Schim-ke*, Isaiah Seefried* and Hunter Ward.

Eighth Grade:Shelby Aho, Jonathon Backer,

Briar Bahnmiller, Paige Bergman, Jerricoh Hansen;

Jesse Hayden, Cassandra Hilde, Vanessa Johnson*, Bryce Karl, Tay-lor Kyllo;

Alexa Larson*, Michaela Lille-berg, Sophie Meyer, Ciara Mitzel*, and Brianna Olson;

Tara Von Hagen*, Jerika Von-Bank* and Mercedes Winterquist.

Ninth Grade:Kaylee Bauer, Austen Becker,

Ethan Becker, Anastasia de Celle*, Mary Erickson*;

Jennifer Goss*, Jed Hanson*, Hunter Heyerman*, Alexandra Ho-watt*, Alana Kraft;

Bailey Maddocks, Chance Olsby, Logan Tandsater, Serena Towery;

Justin Viestenz, Whitney Ward, Samantha Wetzel* and Alexis Zieske.

Tenth Grade:Riley Burchill*, Hannah Erick-

son*, Lindsey Fenske, Tiffany Gr-ieger, Katie Hanson*;

Garrett Heim, Alexis Johnson, Benjamin Kossick, Nathan Longlet, Cole Marvel;

Austin Messner*, Brandon Mote-berg, Ali Reile, Adam Teegarden, Dorothy Tegtmeier*, Carley Ward and Shayla Zuther.

Eleventh Grade:Lauren Barker, Alexandra Berg-

man, Ashley Blotsky*, Victoria Bracewell*, Jalen Burchill;

Hope Erickson*, James Erickson, Matthew Gingrey*, Brianna Gode-john*, Katie Knudson;

Jonathan Malaterre, Jessica Melander, Zachary Swanson, Hai-ley Verwest, Regina Zimprich and Shane Zuther.

Twelfth Grade:Alicia Burchill, Marshall Erick-

son*, Brittney Gay, Maria Gode-john*, Robbie Greber;

Marisa Hoggarth, Samantha Hollister*, Amanda Lako, Saman-tha Lako, Jacob Longlet*;

Alexandra Marvel, Chelsey Moorehead, Lynsie Pieske, Melanie Ramsebner*, Kelly Sagen*;

Chandra Steele, John Tandsater and Tasha Turner.

B HONOR ROLLSixth Grade:Taylor Becker, Kolby Domier,

Danielle Judisch, Kelsey Lerew, Kerissa McCarty;

Aidan Meyer, Brady Munro, Brian Schreiner, Logan Thompson, Noah Trangsrud;

Danielle Turcotte, Austin Von Hagen, Garrett Williams and Ash-lee Wolsky.

Seventh Grade:Jenna Bergman, Emily Gadber-

ry, Dominic LaRocco and Madison Salander.

Eighth Grade:Sam Bell, Taylor Burchill, Wyatt

Erickson, Erica Hoggarth, Johnna

Hooker;Morgan Palmer, Cody Puhr,

Adam Schreiner, Bryce Sorsen, Courtney Steiger;

Paige Verwest and Tanner Wika.

Ninth Grade:Evan Berndt, Benjamin Bring,

Zach Johnson, Chelsey King, Ashley Kossick;

Craig Kyllo, Adrianna Moch, Casey Murch, Cody Quittschreiber, Chelsey Strauss;

Brock Strommen, Carter Syrup, Scott Thompson and Emily Trang-srud.

Tenth Grade:Zachery Bohn, Ashlee Burgad,

Kaila Dally, Joshua Erickson, Jeda-diah Hansen;

Katherine Kleeman, Taylor Mi-kulecky, Destiny Pogue, Allison Sei-bel, Tori Spiesz;

Tennille Turner and McKaya Wolsky.

Eleventh Grade:Brock Brorson, Brenton Crane,

Tanner Flom, Michaela Hoppe, Noah King;

Karly Lundquist, Chase Nelson, Banyn Puhr, Spencer Symington and Shauna Ziwicki.

Twelfth Grade:Anna Andersson, Megan Bel-

court, Megan Bohn, Aaron Burgad, Kyle Dallmann;

Brenna Gould, Whitney Holm-strom, Bobby Hoppe, Dallas John-son, Kaitlyn Johnson;

Courtney Magpantay, Tucker McPherson, Tyler Mitzel, Megan Murch, Jeffrey Nelson;

Ryan Seifert, Britney Strommen and Taylor Wika.

Northern Cass honor roll announced

Kindred honor roll announcedKindred High School has an-

nounced the honor roll for the fourth quarter of the 2009-2010 school year. Students earning this honor are:

Seventh grade:Fletcher Andel, Alexis Ander-

son, Alec Braaten, Alexa Braaten, Bobbi Braaten;

Ty Casey, Daniel Chavez, Chris-tian Danielson, Gage Dougherty, Alexandra Erickson;

Maxwell Foss, Shelby Graban-ski, Natalie Grueneich, Cheyenne Gurley, Rachel Hall;

Landon Heglie, Ava Hill, Xavior Jimenez, Angela Johnson, Katelyn Johnson;

Kassie Kautzman, Greta Klin-nert, Ryan Kramer, Carter Kretch-man, Paige Lee;

Cody Lien, Nathaniel Losing, Paige Milbrandt, Madison Miller, Jonah Nelson;

Austin Olien, Mataya Ordahl, Karley Perhus, Alexis Piatz, Tyson Reinke;

Matthew Rieger, Brock Saew-ert, Jordan Staton, Ashley Stopple-worth, Tanner Thompson;

Breanna Weber and Michael Zink.

Eighth Grade:Justin Anders, Eric Bachmeier,

Abbey Brakke, Scott Cramer, Tan-ner Dahlgren;

Lane Disrud, Braden Ellison-Klose, Rachel Faller, Nicholas Fre-itag, Cole Girodat;

Kaitlyn Haugen, Tessa Heit-kamp, Jessica Hellman, Audrey Jensen, Amanda Johnson;

Kelsey Kowalski, Tanner Kretchman, Nickolas Kuzas, Jacob Lingen, Joshua Lingen;

William Moffet, Savanna Nese-meier, Madison Ness, Brian Nip-stad, Logan Nyhof;

Kennedy Odegaard, Tyler Peter-son, Molly Pfeifer, Charles Plank-ers, Casey Ricker and Brittany

Schumm.Ninth Grade:Casey Allmaras, Blake Ander-

son, Ian Anderson, Rebecca Ander-son, Shelby Anderson;

Auston Andvik, Nicholas Biew-er, Riley Braaten, Mikaela Casey, Emily Cose;

Marshal Girodat, Casey Hans-en, Kyle Huffman, Emma Ilvedson, Brady Kappes;

Thea Klinnert, Alex Kraig, Tan-ner Leslie, Tyler Leslie, Sierra Martinez;

Benjamin Mattson, Payton Nel-son, Joseph Ness, Lukas Paulson, Laura Podolak;

Brandon Quibell, Sarah Roeh-rich, Brady Sahr, Angelyn Sandhof-ner, Jessica Sauvageau;

Kellie Schmit, Kristie Schmit, Emily Schultz, Ryan Thompson, Emma Twedt;

Jackie Walker and Michael Waltz.

Tenth Grade:Daniel Bjertness, Sumner Bo-

schert, Blanca Castella, Sean Cose, Braidy Dahl;

Austin Dahlgren, James Dough-erty, Riley Enander, Allen Flom, Danica Hansen;

Aaron Haux, Race Heitkamp, Kelby Jacobson, Michelle Kempf, Jacob Kleinjan;

Kelli Kuntz, Jacob Kvislen, Alex Larson, Colleen Larson, Nicholas Milbrandt;

Tate Miller, Brandon Mitchell, Zachary Nelson, Savannah Nor-berg, Samantha Novak;

Austin Nyhof, Jacey Otterson, Jack Plankers, Casey Reinke, Na-than Stachler;

David Talley, Alisha Vojacek, Joseph Wright.

Eleventh Grade:Mark Adams, Benjamin Becher,

Benedict Behrens, Michael Carpen-ter, Luis Chavez;

Jessica Erickson, Mary Freitag,

Benjamin Gilbertson, Michael Hab-erman, Matthew Hall;

Spencer Hill, Kaitlyn Johnson, Karissa Johnson, Hannah Klinnert, Brenton Knutzen;

Taylor Lammers, Katelyn Lee, Hailey Miller, Tiffany Nipstad, Matthew Ottis;

Ben Reinke, Philip Rostad, Jon-athan Schlecht, Mary Schreiner, Ashley Schumacher;

Miranda Smith, Dylan Toreger-son, Keely Torgerson, Jason Van-Horn and Casey Wise.

Twelfth Grade:Mica Ahlers, Alaetra Alvarez,

Dustin Armbrust, Katie Bjertness, Ty Burdick;

Laura Chavez, Cole Clemenson, Alexis Collins, Ashley Cuypers, Ashley Drewry;

Morgan Eiler, Alyssa Girodat, Roderick Hadland, Jamie Hohnadel, Jasper Kleinjan III;

Evan Kraig, Jason Kub, Christi-na Kuzas, Katherine Kvislen, Car-son Laney;

Cody Lelm, Abby Mark, Trevor Novak, Breanna Ordahl, Chealsey Palazzo;

Justin Plante, Kate Podolak, Cody Remmick, Jade Roesler, Ty Skarloken;

Shelby Steidl, Kyle Toppen, Ty-ler Waltz and Jenna Wright.

Buss accepted toEmerging LeadersAcademy

Kara Buss, Casselton, is among hundreds of new students about to pursue a degree at the University of Mary in Bismarck starting the fall semester of 2010. Buss has been ac-cepted into the prestigious Emerging Leaders Academy sponsored by the Harold Schafer Leadership Center at the University of Mary.

“We welcome these new fresh-men to our growing University of Mary family and are proud to have them participate in an innovative values-based, hands-on, learning ex-perience,” says University of Mary President, Father James Shea. “As America’s Leadership University, we are committed to developing a net-work linking aspiring leaders with proven leaders in our community and state. The University of Mary is intent on contributing to the eco-nomic vitality of North Dakota. We prepare our most important resource — the next generation of leaders.”

Buss, a graduate of Central Cass High School, is active in tutoring, Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), dance, Generations Connect-ing Youth Task Force, SADD, choir, band and jazz band. She has earned recognition as a member of the Na-tional Honor Society. Buss plans to double major in athletic training and physical therapy —both are re-garded as top programs in the Up-per Midwest. She is the daughter of Kent and Rebecca Berge-Buss from Casselton.

Kara Buss

Leonard student news The following Leonard area

high school seniors graduated from Kindred High Sunday, May 23 and were honored at individual parties.

Mica Ahlers, daughter of Mike and Jeanne Ahlers was honored by her parents and brother, Mala-chi in the Leonard Senior Center following the graduation on Sun-day. Guests were her great-grand-parents, John and Dorothy Giesel, Clear Lake, S.D., grandparents, Mi-lan Hovitek, Brandt, S.D., Audrey and Corky Poppens, Gary, S.D., and Mike and Judy Ahlers, Clear Lake, S.D., Mica’s godfather, Stacy and Christiana DeBoer, Clear Lake, S.D., aunt and family, Amanda and Corey Steele, John, Jonas, James and Annmarie, Lennox, S.D., uncle and family, Arron Hovitek, Jamie Bleeker and Madison, Tyler and Austin, Watertown, S.D., aunt Mi-chelle Crothers, Clear Lake, S.D., and aunt and family, Jodi Ahlers and her friend and Stormie, Court-ney and Preston, Clear Lake, S.D., great-aunt, Lorraine Hinders, Web-ster, S.D. There were also many friends of Mica’s from the area that attended. Mica plans to attend MSUM in Moorhead, Minn., in the fall to take up psychology. Mica’s mother added a little side note to Mica’s graduation. Mica’s gradua-tion announcements were mailed in Kindred two weeks before and three days before graduation one of the grandmothers called and said no one had received any announce-ments. Jeanne started to call people and no one outside of a Kindred ad-dress received any announcements. So there is a mystery as to where the announcements are.

Ty Burdick, son of Eldon and Jennifer Burdick, had an outdoor reception following graduation in their rural home. Helping Ty cel-ebrate were his brother, Mitch Bur-dick, grandparents, Beryl and Jean

Carlson, Leonard, and Everett and Jane Jacobson, Friod, Mont., aunts, Faith Braaksma, Magnolia, Texas, aunt and cousins, Monica Berg, Thad and Rio, Havanna, aunt, Elaine and Alvin Myers, Raub, aunt and family, Elona and Bruce Overby, Tanner, Trey and Tasha, Binford and cousin and family, Bradley and Kayla Meyers, Ethan, Hannah, Savanna and Kennedy, Parshall. Also many relatives and friends from the area attended. Ty plans to go to Butte, Mont., to train for an electrical lineman.

Cody Remmick, son of Mark and Tammy Remmick, celebrated at a reception Saturday, May 22 in their rural home. Attending were his brother, Wyatt Remmick, grand-parents, ElRoy and Avis Remmick, Kindred, great-aunt, Marion Ness, Helena, Mont., great-aunt and fam-ily, Elvera Dyke, Monty and Stacy, Plaza, aunt and family, Judy and Bill Bernstein, Leonard, cousins, Mandy Bernstein and Ava, Hor-ace, Jamie and Leslie Bernstein, Dickinson, Sadie Selem and fam-ily, Fargo, Gage McQuade, Fargo, Sara and Greg Ellstrom, Chase, Doug, Hunter and Kaitlyn, Hudson, Wisc., aunt and family, Marla and Mike Eggen and Lee, Casselton, Jason and Sherise Remmick, Matty and Treyton, Casselton, aunt Shel-ley Remmick, Fargo, aunt and fam-ily, Shannon and Greg Mickleson and Raya, West Fargo and uncle, Scott and Amy Remmick, Fargo. A close friend, Beth Dooley, Jame-stown, also attended along with many friends and neighbors from the area. Cody will be working for Prairie Scales, Horace, for the sum-mer and in the fall will be attending Wahpeton Science School, Wahpe-ton, to become an electrician.

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With spring work winding down in many areas of the state, beef pro-ducers are starting to bring cattle out to summer pastures.

For producers who don’t pasture cattle close to home or don’t herd their cattle cross-country to green grass, a stock trailer is an integral part of this spring ritual.

“Because the safety of the cattle and of the producers is at stake, it is important to take a few minutes to inspect the trailer and look for potential problems before loading cattle,” North Dakota State Univer-sity Extension Service beef cattle specialist Carl Dahlen says.

Here are parts of the trailer that producers should inspect:

* Floor: Make sure wood floors have not deteriorated excessively. Through time, wet manure can cause wood floors to rot, which can create a hazard for animals being transported in the trailer. Make sure the floors are sound, and mini-mize the possibility of animals slip-ping on floors. While secure footing and some bedding may minimize slippage, handling cattle in a quiet, calm, low-stress manner is of utmost importance.

* Hardware: Ensure that the gate latches secure doors firmly dur-ing transport. Use locking pins on external doors, gates and the main hitch to avoid the possibility of these opening while transporting the cat-tle. Use safety chains to connect the trailer to the pickup in case of main hitch failure.

* Tires: Make sure tires are sound and filled to the correct pres-sure. Evaluate tread wear; if too little tread is left on the tires, this presents a hazard while driving on slick roads or loose gravel. Also, be sure to check the spare tire for wear and pressure, find the trailer jacks or blocks and make sure all of these items are accessible. Tires most likely will fail when cattle are load-ed. This presents a problem if the spare tire is kept inside the trailer or if you forgot the trailer jack or tire wrench.

* Axles and bearings: Occasion-ally check the trailer’s axles and bearings to make sure they are in good repair.

* Wiring: Make sure trailer lights are working and frayed wiring is re-paired. This promotes your safety and the safety of other motorists when transporting cattle.

* Brakes: If your trailer is equipped with brakes, be sure they are working and the trailer has good brake pads.

Dahlen also has this advice:* Do not overload the trailer.

Overloading will increase the po-tential for accidents and stressed cattle. Blown tires, cattle injuries and uncontrollable trailers are all more common when trailers are overloaded.

* When loading, separate adult cattle from calves to reduce the like-lihood of calf injuries.

* Strive for equal distribution of weight in the trailer, but in bum-

per-pull trailers, load slightly more weight toward the front of the trail-er. Cows in front and calves in back is a good rule. When more weight is loaded in the back, the potential for losing control of the trailer is great-er.

* Compare the pickup towing rating with the weight of the loaded trailer, and look at the axle rating of the trailer. All of these have to be compatible for a safe trip.

* Take a few minutes to review your travel routes. When possible, avoid delays from construction, poor roads and long lunch breaks.

“Strive to get the cattle to the destination in the safest manner possible for you and for them,” Dahl-en says.

For more information, view the University of Tennessee’s video on stock trailers at http://animal-science.ag.utk.edu/Beef/BeefQual-ityAssurance.html.

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BeefTalkBy Kris Ringwall, Extension Beef SpecialistNDSU Extension Service

In the northern Plains cattle business, late spring and summer are fun. No matter what type of beef operation, the shift to warmer weather is appreciated. Regardless of where a producer is at, spring and summer generally mean calving fol-lowed by breeding.

For the Dickinson Research Ex-tension Center, the spring calving season has been OK. The moisture is good, but not excessive, which is good for the grass and the pend-ing cool-season crops. As usual, the warm-season crops are a flip of the coin right now, but we will see.

The cow sorts are finished and the bulls assigned to their respective cow groups. It was not business as usual at the center this year. In fact, one could say driving over washed-out roads in an old pickup without shocks could be rather descriptive of the process. The center made a fun-damental change by establishing a smaller herd of cows.

The center has slowly changed from maintaining a pool of cows that are assigned to various summer re-search projects to two different sets of cows that will be bred to maintain different body weights.

The larger set of cows (herd A) av-eraged 1,406 pounds as the animals were sorted for sending to spring pasture, and the smaller set of cows (herd B) averaged 999 pounds. For discussion, let’s say the cows aver-aged 1,400 and 1,000 pounds. In terms of the first-calf heifers, the future replacements for herd A av-eraged 1,071 pounds, while the first-

calf heifers for herd B averaged 849 pounds.

Having completed the sorting, the pain of separating the cows and establishing the two herds is not evi-dent just by looking at the numbers. Changing the basic makeup of a cow herd is a very slow process. The cen-ter has spent several years evaluat-ing the steer counterparts within herd B (smaller cows) to make sure that the calves are marketable and will compete in the marketplace. They do.

Having established the prelimi-nary value of the steers, the long road of evaluating the heifers and subsequent mother cows still is in progress. However, the step has been made. Herd A is more typical of northern Plains cattle. Herd B would be deemed, by most produc-ers who look across the fence and comment, the smaller cattle. The obvious question from most produc-ers, once they have realized and ac-cepted the change, is “How did you do that?”

That is not a simple question. Perhaps a common misconception within the industry is that one can downsize with ease. That is true if one does not want to keep in mind that cattle need to produce red meat. Having spent some time in meat coolers, fat cattle with little meat do exist. If producers put pressure on downsizing the cow herd, they need to make sure they are produc-ing calves that will grow into lean cattle with ample red meat and not fat cattle with little meat.

There are sources of genetics that will downsize cattle and meet the accomplished objective of produc-ing red meat while the herd is in the feedlot or on grass. At the DREC, the initial downsizing involved the use of Lowline genetics to produce a half-blood Lowline cow from within herd A. The reason the process takes a while is that only the replacement heifers were bred Lowline and these heifers were kept to establish herd B.

At the time of spring sorting, herd B consisted of 44 older cows and 38 first-calf heifers for a total of 82 head.

Herd A was reduced in numbers because the herd no longer functions as a pool for all the cow needs at the center. At spring sorting, herd A was at 109 mature cows and 19 first-calf heifers. An additional set of 24 cow-calf pairs were put on hold for sale in June. These cows averaged 1,515 pounds.

Now the fun begins because the center needs to find the right bulls to go with the cows. However, I will save that for next week.

For now, it simply is time to lean on the fence and look at those 24 cow-calf pairs. Gosh, they look good, and those calves at their side are huge.

As always, the bottom line is to think before you jump because changes within a cow herd are hard to undo.

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Neutral detergent fiber concen-trations can help producers deter-mine when to harvest alfalfa as feed for dairy cows, according to North Dakota State University Exten-sion Service dairy specialist J.W. Schroeder.

Neutral detergent fiber (NDF) is the most common measure of fiber used for animal feed analysis. The level of NDF in the animal ration influences the intake of dry matter and the time of rumination.

Delaying the alfalfa harvest in-creases the NDF percentage and re-duces protein concentration, which means more grain will be required to increase energy density and de-crease the NDF concentration (and filling effect) of the diet, Schroeder says. In addition, more supplemen-tal protein will be required to meet the cows’ protein requirements, and dry-matter intake and milk produc-tion will be reduced.

Several methods have been pro-posed to predict the timing of the first-cutting alfalfa harvest based on NDF concentration. At the farm level, procedures need to be easy to use, require minimal time and pro-vide relatively accurate predictions of the NDF concentration of the al-falfa to be fed, Schroeder says. Here is a short description of each:

*Scissors-cut samples: They provide a direct measurement of NDF in the collected plant mate-rial. Sampling technique is criti-cal. A representative sample must be obtained from across the field. Sample handling is also important to minimize respiration losses prior to the sample arriving in the ana-lytical lab. In addition, errors can occur with near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy analysis of scissors-cut samples because equations for fresh alfalfa are not generally available. Scissor-cut programs have not been used in North Dakota.

*Growing degree days (GDD): The GDD calculation for alfalfa is based on the minimum and maximum daily temperature beginning March 1 using a base of 41 F. The daily cal-culation is [(maximum temperature + minimum temperature)/2] -- 41. The total GDD is the sum of the positive daily GDD values across days beginning March 1. Predicting NDF concentration using GDD can-not be done when soil moisture is in-adequate because GDD accumulate with little or no response in plant growth. Consequently, GDD have been used only for the first-cutting alfalfa harvest.

*PEAQ (predictive equations for alfalfa quality): This method is based on an equation that uses the length of the tallest alfalfa stem and the stage of the most mature alfalfa plant (these likely will be two dif-ferent plants) in the area sampled. The current modified PEAQ method uses a scale of three stages of matu-rity (late vegetative, bud and flow-er). Measuring sticks, calibrated for the three plant maturity stages, are used to obtain estimates of NDF.

The PEAQ and GDD methods were developed for pure stands of alfalfa. The NDF estimates from the PEAQ will not account for weeds or grasses in the stands, Schroeder says. Also, the PEAQ is not reliable

for estimating NDF when alfalfa is very short (longest stem is less than 16 inches) or very tall (longest stem is more than 40 inches).

He has these research-based rec-ommendations:

*Use the PEAQ stick or GDD to predict NDF for the first-cutting al-falfa harvest. Only the PEAQ stick should be used for the second cut-ting. Do not use the PEAQ or GDD method for the third cutting.

*Begin cutting alfalfa at 40 per-cent NDF (750 GDD, base 41 F) for upright silos and 38 percent NDF (680 GDD, base 41F) for horizontal silos. Start even earlier for hori-

zontal silos if finishing the harvest takes more than a week.

*Do not use the GDD and PEAQ methods for fields containing grass.

*Harvest fields containing grass first. Start with the fields with the most grass and finish with the pur-est alfalfa fields.

*Consider using the scissors-cut method for fields containing grass and for the third-cutting alfalfa har-vest. Shipping samples to the ana-lytical lab by next-day delivery will help minimize deterioration in sam-ple quality. Wet chemistry analysis is most appropriate for scissors-cut samples.

Methods available to estimate forage quality

A crop management field school will be offered Thurs-day, June 24, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the North Da-kota State University Carrington Research Extension Center.

The school is for crop advisers, but the program also will be beneficial for farmers. The school will provide hands-on training on crop and pest management using field research and demonstration plots.

Specific field sessions include:* Weed identification - identify more than 60 living

weed exhibits and review biology and control* Herbicide mode of action - identify herbicide classes

by examining crop and weed injury symptoms* Wheat disease management - review disease fore-

casting and fungicide use strategies* Insect management - review current insect con-

cerns * Row crop tillage systems and fertilizer placement* Plant tissue analysis as a tool for managing in-sea-

son crop nutrition For further details, preregistration and fee informa-

tion, contact the Carrington center at (701) 652-2951 or go to http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/carringt/.

A total of 50 participants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Certified crop advisers partici-pating in the event tentatively will receive 4.5 integrated pest management, 0.5 soil and water management, and one nutrient management continuing education units.

Farm Rescue, the nonprofit organization that plants and harvests crops for farm families who have suffered a major illness, injury or natural disaster, launched “Roll-ing with Farm Rescue” June 1.

The first-of-its-kind contest will raise funds for the agricultural-based nonprofit through a generous dona-tion by Stutsman Harley-Davidson of Jamestown, and 59 other businesses in the region. One lucky contest par-ticipant will win a 2010 Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

To be eligible for the prize, participants must ob-tain a route stamp card online at farmrescue.org or in person for free at Stutsman Harley-Davidson. Once in

hand, contestants must travel to six of the 60 participat-ing businesses to get a stamp on their card with each business’s unique insignia. (No purchase required.) The card is then returned to Farm Rescue for entry into the motorcycle drawing August 28.

All cards must be postmarked no later than August 21 to be eligible for the drawing. Participants need not be present to win.

For more information, go to farmrescue.org and click on the “Rolling with Farm Rescue” logo or call 701-252-2017.

NDSU crop management field school scheduled for June 24 at Carrington

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A. CALL TO ORDERB. CONSENT CALENDAR - Notice to the Public - All items here listed are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be en-acted on by one motion. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a Citizen or Council Member so requests. 1. Minutes of May 3 2. City Attorney’s Report 3. Police Report 4. Judge’s Report 5. Delinquent Utilities List

C. AUDITOR’S REPORT 1. Bills for Payment 2. Financial Report 3. Correspondence

D. PUBLIC FORUME. PUBLIC WORKS F. MAYOR’S REPORTG. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 1. Computers - City Hall 2. Maple River Grain & Agronomy TIF

H. NEW BUSINESS 1. Sales Tax application 2. Municipal Airport 3. Planning & Zoning appointments 4. Librarian 5. Raffle Permits - Swanks Car Club, Central Cass School 6. Habiger/City lot 7. Dalrymple Development 8. Renaissance zone request 9. Summerfest 10. Out of town Dirt Requests 11. City Hall Complex improvements 12. City Hall grass and shrubs

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Bids Requested for KINDRED LIBRARY

REMODELING PROJECTKindred Public Library is remodeling its

Children’s Center to make it more suitable for its youngest readers. Contractors are being sought

to build book bins and display shelving.

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Public NoticesThe voting precincts are at the Buffalo Community Center, the Fingal City Hall and the

Oriska School.If you need an absentee ballot, please contact Linda K. Milbrandt at Maple Valley High

School, Tower City, N.D. or call 701-749-2570.

OFFICIAL BALLOT

SCHOOL ELECTION

The School Board of Maple Valley Public School District No. 4 of Barnes and Cass County, State of North Dakota.

June 8, 2010

THESE ARE THE OFFICES TO BE VOTED FOR:____________________________________________________________________________________

Individual Nominations for the Representative-At-Large position of the Maple Valley School District No. 4

Vote for one name Mark your ballot by “X”.

Lori Kasowski ........................................................................

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Individual Nominations for the Original Region of Oriska of the Maple Valley School Dis-trict No. 4.

Unexpired one-year term

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NOTICE OF CITY ELECTIONSCity of Amenia, North Dakota

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Notice is hereby given that the regular biennial municipal election of the City of Ame-nia will be held on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at the polling locations listed below.

The polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. and will continue to be open until 8:00 p.m. of that day.

The following officials will be elected:Mayor (four year term)City Council Member (2 postitions) (four

year term)The polling locations are as follows:

Polling Location: Arthur Community CenterAddress: 10 6th Ave., Arthur, ND Kim Idso City Auditor(May 26, 2010) ______________________________________

MayorCity of Amenia

Vote for no more than ONE name

Nicole Olson

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Council MemberCity of Amenia

Vote for no more than TWO names

Matt Stevens Denise Muscha ____________________ ____________________

School Board MemberNorthwest Area #2

Central Cass School #17Vote for no more than ONE name

Jack Haines ____________________

School Board Member-CityCentral Cass School #17

Vote for no more than ONE name

Pat Knudson ____________________

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All eligible Cass County voters may cast their ballot for the 2010 primary election at a choice of two early voting precincts, which opened June 1. The locations of early voting precincts are the Doublewood Inn, 3333 13th Avenue South in Fargo or the West Fargo City Hall, 800 Fourth Avenue East in West Fargo. Both locations will be open June 1 through Friday, June 4 from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

An early voting precinct is oper-ated just like a regular precinct. Vot-ers check in with the election clerk, obtain a ballot from the election judge, vote the ballot and deposit it into a scanner like the process used on election day.

For further information, you may contact the Cass County Audi-tor’s Office at (701) 241-5601.

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I heard a radio playing in my 11-year-old daughter’s room early one morning. I was on jury duty that day, so I was rushing to help get my kids moving and ready for school before I was due back at the courthouse.

I paused at my daughter’s door trying to detect movement. I heard nothing, but her radio was tuned to a program about a product that nat-urally cleanses your body of toxins. I listened for a while, a little sur-prised by the promises presented in the commercial.

I thought I’d let her snooze a couple of minutes more, so I tiptoed into her room to turn off the radio. She was completely buried under blankets.

As I was about to tap the “off” button, an arm quickly and unex-pectedly reached out from under the covers and brushed my hand away from the radio. I almost had a heart attack.

“Why are you listening to this program?” I asked.

“Don’t you want me to learn about toxins and the colon?” she respond-ed. I think she was teasing me.

“Well, the jury’s still out on the effectiveness of colon cleansing. I think I’d like you to get up and go to school and learn there, instead of from commercials. You need to wake up now,” I prodded.

Later, from my vantage point on the jury, I observed the judicial system process in action. I listened intently as the prosecuting and de-fense attorneys presented facts and questioned witnesses, often object-ing to each other’s questioning. A judge, of course, was on hand to pre-side over the case.

In everyday life, we usually do not have a judge on hand to overrule or sustain objections. In many ways, we all act as “jurors” by weighing the evidence before we make a deci-sion about what to believe.

We are not short on nutrition and health information, and not all of it is “evidence-based.” We have more avenues of receiving information of all sorts than ever before in history.

Besides radio and TV, we have e-mail, websites, FaceBook, MyS-pace, Twitter and many other ven-ues to send and receive information. Unfortunately, nutrition and health information is not always accurately depicted.

Since many people retrieve health information from websites, consider some of these questions as you judge the reliability of the information on

the site.* Does the website address end in

“.gov” or “.edu”? Government (.gov) and educational institution (.edu) websites are more trustworthy than commercial (.com) sites. Organiza-tion sites (.org) usually have credible information.

* What is the purpose of the in-formation? Is it promoting or selling a product? Consider the intent and weigh the evidence before you buy.

* Is the information based on sci-entific research or opinion?

* Is a date listed? Is it recent?* Is there an editorial board that

oversees the website?* Is a credible organization spon-

soring the website?* Is the material reviewed by ex-

perts? Here’s a menu suggestion based

on research. Many health experts now recommend that we eat more heart-healthy fatty fish, such as salmon, which provides protein, omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D. Many people lack adequate vitamin D in their diets. This recipe is easy and tasty, but you be the judge.Citrus Twist Salmon

4 salmon planks (fresh or thawed)

1 orange4 Tbsp. lemon juiceLemon pepper to tasteCut four pieces of aluminum foil

big enough to wrap around each plank twice. Place on cookie sheet. Put one plank on each piece of alu-minum foil. Cut rings of lemon and orange (leave skin on) and arrange three to four pieces on each plank. Sprinkle with lemon juice and lemon pepper. Bring the sides of the foil to-gether and fold the seam to seal in the fish. Bake at 400 F for 20 to 25 minutes or until the fish flakes with a fork and/or reaches an internal temperature of 145 F. (These also could be prepared on an outdoor grill with the same method.)

Makes four servings. Each serv-ing has 180 calories, 7 grams (g) of fat, 4 g of carbohydrate, 50 milli-grams of sodium, and 289 Interna-tional Units of vitamin D.

(Julie Garden-Robinson, Ph.D., L.R.D., is a North Dakota State University Extension Service food and nutrition specialist and associ-ate professor in the Department of Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sci-ences.)

Prairie Fare: Let Autumn’s colors be your nutrition inspirationBy Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition Specialist, NDSU Extension Service

Law enforcement officials in the Red River Valley have received ex-tra funding from the National High-way Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to conduct overtime en-forcement with the “Click It or Tick-et” campaign. The public can expect to see area law enforcement out a lot more May 24 to June 6 as they will focus on ticketing those who are not wearing a seat belt.

Sixty-five percent of motor vehi-cle fatalities on North Dakota roads were due to not wearing their seat belt in 2009. In Minnesota, 150 of the 325 vehicle occupant deaths in 2008 were unbelted. According to NHTSA, when seat belts are used, they reduce the risk of fatal injury to front-seat passenger car occu-pants by 45 percent and by 60 per-cent in pickup trucks, SUVs, and minivans.

“It takes less than three seconds to buckle up. Your seat belt will keep you inside your vehicle where there is room to live if you encounter a crash. Law enforcement is writ-ing tickets to save lives that might otherwise be lost,” said Capt. Eldon Mehrer of the North Dakota High-way Patrol.

In an effort to bring awareness to the importance of buckling up, Safe Communities and the West Fargo Police Department displayed the Rollover Simulator today at the “Click It or Ticket” campaign news conference held at the West Fargo

High School. The Rollover Simula-tor is a revolving half-truck which simulates forces that toss unbelted crash-test dummies. This powerful visual concept showed the students how wearing your seat belt will pre-vent you from moving around inside your vehicle or from being thrown from your vehicle.

“I think it was great to have the Rollover Simulator here today to give people a visual of the devas-tating consequences of not wearing your seat belt,” states Robyn Litke, Safe Communities coordinator. “You never know when a crash will happen, so you need to wear your seat belt every time you are in a ve-hicle.”

In North Dakota, it is the law that everyone in the front seat is re-quired to wear a seat belt. If a driv-er and their passengers are under the age of 18, they can be stopped and cited for not wearing their seat belts. If the driver is 18 or over, they can be cited for not wearing a seat belt if they are stopped for another violation.

In Minnesota, drivers and pas-sengers in all seating positions — even in the backseat — must be buckled up or in the correct child restraint. Law enforcement can stop motorists solely for seat belt violations, including unbelted pas-sengers. A seat belt ticket can cost more than $100.

Area Law Enforcement Working Overtime for the Click It or Ticket Campaign

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CASSELTONJUST LIKE NEW! Spacious 4 bedroom, 3 bath, bi-level with open custom oak kitchen. Large foyer, finished laundry room, great family room, insulated & heated garage with floor drain, 76x207 lot, extremely nice &

great decorating! Low specials Call Dan Today 701-238-7405.

AMENIA BAR & GRILL! Call Dan Madsen for information

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KINDRED - PRICE REDUCED!Nice Sandhills country home! Spacious 1 story, open kitchen, great master suite, vaulted ceil-

ings, fireplace, large deck, on 6 acres. Seller of-fering 3.5% appliance & closing cost incentive.

Call Dan Madsen 701-238-7405

ARGUSVILLE AREA- NEW LISTING!Beautiful treed acreage with peaceful backyard deck. Off paved road only 15 minutes to Fargo. This large rambler has oversized garage, oak built-ins, formal dining, main

floor laundry & large family room in basement. Call Doug Madsen Today 701-238-3087

*Automatic Payment Plan using a Gate City Bank Checking Account is required. Offer not valid on Gate City Bank refinances or lines of credit. Other terms and conditions may apply.

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Hunter Development Corp. has available one & two bedroom apartments for rent. Rent is based on

30% of household adjusted gross income.

Rental assistance may be available to eligible

applicants. For more information contact Scott Burlingame at

701-874-2261 or TDD 1-800-366-6888.

We are an equal opportunity provider & employer.

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CasselwoodEnjoy CAREFREE SUMMER LIVING

with our new lower rents!1 Bedroom $575 • 2 Bedroom $675 - 700

• Heat & Lights Paid • Garden Plots • No Lawn Care • Pet Friendly • No Property Taxes • Patios • Month to month leases

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Saturday 11:00-12:301003 Morningside Dr, Casselton $159,0001072 Morningside Ct, Casselton $339,900

Saturday 1:00-2:30402 9 Ave S, Casselton $139,900452 Langer Ave S, Casselton $134,500331 9 Ave N, Casselton $115,000

Why shop a garage sale when you can

buy the whole house!

Homes for Sale:$399,000 361 Langer Ave S, Casselton. 17 plex apt building. Price Reduced CasseltonHomes.com/09-5392

$339,900 1072 Morningside Ct, Casselton. 5BR/3.5BA. CasseltonHomes.com/09-5950 Built by Ryland Homes, Low Specials.

SOLD! $279,900 8501 81 St S, Horace. 3BR/1BA, 13 Acres (A) CasseltonHomes.com/10-1131

$179,900 1051 4th ST N, Casselton. 3BR/2BA. Rambler 1,600(A)SF. CasseltonHomes.com/10-1881

$159,000 1003 Morningside Dr, Casselton. 3BR/2BA. Twinhome. CasseltonHomes.com/10-1462

$159,000 34 Meridian Rd, Mapleton 3BR/1.5BA New custom kitchen! CasseltonHomes.com/10-1733

$139,900 402 9 Ave S, Casselton. 5BR/2BA, Great room addition! CasseltonHomes.com/09-6052

$134,500 452 Langer Ave S, Casselton, 4BR/2BA Character Home. CasseltonHomes.com/10-1898

SOLD! $119,900 204 Broadway S, Buffalo. 3BR/1.75BA. Lg yard & deck. CasseltonHomes.com/10-1270

$115,000 331 9 Ave N, Casselton. Many updates! 3BR/1BA Price Reduced CasseltonHomes.com/10-553

$79,900 322 S Langer, Casselton. 3BR/1.5BA CasseltonHomes.com/10-578

$79,950 CasseltonHomes.com/10-2356

SOLD! $59,900 1022 Front St, Casselton 2BR/1.5BA Condo. ldry in unit, deck. CasseltonHomes.com/10-578

If you are thinking of selling, I have clients that are ready to buy!

I can show you any home on the market...give me

a call!

Great Homes...Small Town Living!

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Building Lots and Land:Martin’s Estates: Casselton, ND- Only 10 lots left! Priced from $14,300-$17,900Smoking Tree Development: Arthur, ND- 8 lots priced from $22,000-$32,000Tower City Building Lots: Tower City, ND-13 lots priced from $1,500-$8,500SOLD! $55,900 556 Martins Ave N, Casselton, ND Cul-de-sac lot, Specials paid.$37,900 623 Martins Ave, Casselton, ND Large lot with evergreens.Willow Bend: Various prices and sizes available. South Casselton.

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Apartments!• Heat, lights & cable TV

included in rent• Large 1 Bedroom Apts.

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income; deduction for medical expenses

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Jesse P. HagenDentist

HagenDental Office

Office Hours:Call for an appointmentMonday - Thursday

Located in Community Medical Center, Casselton

Office: 347-5345

Ken’s Heating &Air Conditioning

• Service oil, electric & gas furnaces• Sheet Metal• Refrigeration• Air Conditioners

701-347-5567cell: 701-371-6711

Healthcare for the Entire Family

347-4006

DavisChiropractic& Massage

Casselton, ND

Dr. Keith Davis, DCMyra Nowak, LMT

Debbie Bartholomay, CA

StateWide HELP WANTED

CITY OF PARSHALL is looking for qualified applicants for city audi-tor position. Full time position with excellent benefits. Experience or education preferred. Call (701) 862-3459.WESTERN HORIZONS LIVING Center in Hettinger, ND has the fol-lowing openings: RN’s, C.N.A’s, and MDS Coordinator. For information contact Christi at (701) 567-6207 or www.wrhs.com.BUSINESS BROKER, COMMIS-SION based – High Potential, Own-er/Operators & Agents Wanted. Will train. Real Estate License Helpful, Business Experience required. Send Resume to: e.grantham@murphy-business.com. CASE NEW HOLLAND/CNH, a premier employer in the agricultural and construction equipment indus-try, is seeking skilled applicants to join our Fargo 4WD Products Plant. Night Openings: Shift: Monday thru Thursday 4:30pm to 3:00am. * Man-ufacturing Associates- $17.61/hr*, Solid work history, Manufacturing experience required, Mechanical aptitude, May be required to drive a forklift and obtain operator’s per-mit. * Production Welder II - $20.78/hr*, 3 years welding experience or 1 year technical training, Ability to read welding blueprints, Must pass an AWS certification test given by company. * CNC Plasma Punch Operator-$20.20/hr*, Ability to read blueprints/engineering drawings, Experience using measuring and inspection tools, Punch press expe-rience or completion of related tech-nical training, Training on CNC ma-chines, basic computer skills. * CNC Torch Operator starting pay- $20.20/hr*, Ability to read blueprints/engi-neering drawings, Experience us-ing measuring and inspection tools, Understand computer controls and logic to adjust cutting speed/pres-sure gauges, Previous CNC Torch experience or completion of related technical training and basic com-puter skills. * CNH Brake Operator starting pay - $20.20/hr*, Ability to read blueprints/engineering draw-ings, Experience using measuring and inspection tools, Previous expe-rience with a CNC brake or related technical schooling, Basic Computer skills. All positions require related experience or completion of related technical training, High School di-ploma or general education degree (GED), the ability to wok overtime as needed. CNH offers Health In-surance (medical and dental) at a cost of $83.50 a month for single or $147.00 a month for family coverage and a fully paid pension plan as well as many other benefits. Interested individuals may contact Job Service ND at 1350 32nd St SW, Fargo, ND 58103 or call 1.800.247.0985 for an application and Moorhead Work-force Center at 715 N 11th St Suite 302, Moorhead, MN 56560 or call 1.800.500.8731 for an application. *Hourly wage rates include $.85 shift differential. Qualified females and minorities are encouraged to apply. EOE M/F/D/V.STEELE COUNTY HIGHWAY De-partment, Finley, ND, has imme-diate opening for 2 full-time blade/equipment operators. Contact Steele County Highway Department, 201 Gordon St, (701) 524-2131.TRUCK DRIVERS AND owner/operators: Freight Solutions of Hurdsfield, ND has an immediate opening! Drivers receive excellent pay and benefits. Owner/operators enjoy timely payment, quality trail-ers and steady work. We pull a va-riety of hopper bottoms in several U.S. states and Canadian provinces. Contact Chad at (701) 793-7382 or visit www.weckerlyfarms.com if you are interested in this great opportu-nity!

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITYLOOMIX FEED SUPPLEMENTS is seeking Dealers. Motivated individ-uals with cattle knowledge and com-munity ties. Contact Kristi @ (800) 870-0356/kboen@loomix.com to find out if there is a Dealership opportu-nity in your area. ALL CASH VENDING! Do you earn $800 in a day? Your Own Lo-cal Vending Route. Includes 25 Ma-chines and Candy. All for $9,995. (888) 755-1358.

REAL ESTATE FOR SALESELLING FOR APPRAISED VAL-UE and including substantial non-agricultural income: 4625 contigu-ous acres of wilderness along Beaver Creek in western ND Badlands. $2,980,000. Visit www.LandofDako-ta.com. Naomi Rossow Realty. (701) 290-3931. FOR SALE: Good building, 43,000 sq. ft., new offices, new facility rooms, railroad spur, was carrot/potato processing. Hatton. 35 miles from Grand Forks. Make an offer. (701) 587-6042.WANTED: MINERAL INTER-ESTS- Experienced Family Owned Oil Production & Exploration Co. We’ll Help You Monetize Your Min-eral Assets. Send details to: P.O. Box 8946, Denver, CO 80201. (877) 584-3111. MineralAssets@qwestof-fice.net.MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

ND MEDIA GUIDE: Names, ad-dresses, phone numbers, e-mails of all ND newspapers, radio/TV sta-tions, specialty publications. Only $25. ND Newspaper Association,

(701) 223-6397.A 25-WORD AD costs only $150. Runs in every North Dakota news-paper. What a deal! Contact your newspaper to place your ad.

AUCTIONSNORTH DAKOTA POTTERY Auc-tion, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 2:00 PM, 3350 Campus Road, Grand Forks, ND, Hughes Fine Arts Cen-ter, UND. Online Bidding, Listing, Pictures: www.curtdjohnson.com.BID FOR THE most scenic Black Hills views, on the edge of historic Red Canyon. June 27th, Rapid City, Holiday Inn. Martin Jurisch Auc-tioneer. (605) 209-5219.

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IF YOU USED Type 2 Diabetes Avandia and suffered a stroke or heart attack You may be entitled to compensation. Attorney Charles Johnson: (800) 535-5727. WE MAKE IT easy to place an ad in one or all 90 North Dakota news-papers. One order, one bill, one check. We provide the ad design and tearsheets. Call the North Dakota Newspaper Association, (701) 223-

For rent EFFiCiENCy APARTMENT for rent. Heat paid. Casselton, $200; Kindred, $175. Call Kari at 282-3443. 5tcxAPARTMENTS FoR RENT. One bed-room, $625; two bedroom, $750. Heat and lights paid. Casselwood Apartments. Call 347-5631. TFCRooMS FoR RENT in a historic home in Buffalo, N.D. Weekly or monthly. Cooking facilities available. For more information call 701-633-5473. 10-13xNEWLy REMoDELED, two bedroom apartment in Kindred. Call 701-588-4128. 6tcxTWo BEDRooM APARTMENT in Casselton. Newer building, heat paid. Available immediately. Contact: 701-799-9560. 38tcxONE BEDROOM, $375. Heat and lights paid. Prairie Apts., Casselton. Call 701-371-5958. 49tcxNiCE TWo BEDRooM apartment in Kindred. Lots of storage. Heat, water, garbage paid. 701-364-5655. 48tcxoNE AND TWo BEDRooM apart-ments for rent at Good Samaritan Society - Casselton Apartments in Casselton. Call 347-5631 and leave message. EHO 12tcx

real eStateLoT FoR SALE: Will build custom home. Lot size is 75’ x 150’. Corner lot. Quiet established neighborhood near golf course. Call Rush River Construc-tion at 701-799-4971 or 701-347-4461 30tcx

Wanted CAMPERS WANTED, motorhomes, travel trailers, fifth wheel, park mod-els, toy haulers. Bernie’s Camper Coral, Main Ave., Fargo. Free pick-up. 701-235-9010. 1tcx

GaraGe SaleSALE: NAME BRAND CLoTHiNG (GAP, ON, Gymboree, GreenDog) Baby girl 0-6 mos, Boy 2T-5T, Maternity L/XL, Men XL. Toys, books, power tools, lawn sweeper, household misc. Fri., June 4 6-8 p.m., Sat., 7 a.m. - 1 p.m., 341 Second Ave N. Casselton. 12-13xSALE! ToNS oF BABy GEAR! Gen-tly used/some new boutique brand kids clothes Newborn-5T Girls, Newborn-18m Boys. Misc. home decor. GREAT STUFF! Hours: Thur. 8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. only! 1042 Morningside Court, Casselton. 13xTWo PARTy SALE in Braaten Ad-dition, 2 1/2 miles north of Kindred on Cass Co. 15. 5026 Elm Tree Road. Furniture, antiques, children’s clothing, patio furniture, shelves, knick-knacks. Friday, June 4, 8 a.m.-9 p.m. and Satur-day, June 5, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. 13xSATURDAY 7:30 - 11:30 Clothes: 0-4T, maternity, mens. Toys, highchair, framed art, microwave cart, romance novels, home decor and more. 151 12th Ave N., Casselton. 13pdGARAGE SALE: June 5, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. Lots of fabric, computer, cookbooks, lots of misc. 365 8th Ave. S., Casselton. 13pdCiTy WiDE RUMMAGE SALE in Tower City June 12, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Maps can be picked up at the Tower Community Hall. 13x

For Sale1998 EASy Go GoLF CART. Excel-lent condition. Call 347-4115. 12-13pd

loStLoST DoG SHELTiE (small collie) March 8 near County Road 17 and 40th Ave. W., Fargo. Male, 25 lbs., sable with black. Very timid. Do not chase. If seen, even if not recently, please call with exact location, date and time. 701-373-5830 or 701-412-1788. 6tc6397.

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Don’t Forget!The deadline for

Classifieds is Noon on Monday.

Entertainment June 2, 2010Cass County ReporterB-12

Red Baron Loungeand Pizza Pub

The 100% Real Cheese Pizza Place

Downtown Casselton

347-4333

The RED BARONCasselton’s Beer, Wine

Liquor & Pizza Pub

Windsor Canadian1.75 liter

$14.50 + tax

Stop in and pick up your favorite beverage. We will ice it down!

14” Pizza & Pitcher of Beer - $19.99

Karkov Vodka, 1.75L - $10.99 + taxBlack Velvet, 1.75L - $14.50 + tax

Ron Diaz Spiced Rum, 1.75L - $15.80 + tax

Special!

MONDAYS - $3 Pounders of BeerTUESDAYS - Colorado Bulldogs $3.50

WEDNESDAYS - Captain Morgans $2.25THURSDAYS - Lynchburg Lemonade $3.50FRIDAYS - Import & Specialty Beers $2.75SATURDAYS - Long Island Iced Teas $2.60

HAPPY HOUR: M-F: 4 - 6pm620 Front Street, Casselton • 347-4431

FIREFLY VODKA$11.99 + tax

Major Brand Beer Sale!All Major Brands $19.50+ tax for 24 pk cans

Buy 3 and get $1.00 OFF/per case

30 Packs - CansHamms - $13.90+ taxSchmidt - $16.75+ tax

Busch Light - $18.50+ taxKeystone Light - $18.50+ taxMiller High Life - $15.75+ tax

June 5 @ 7pm Open Dart

Tournament

Breakfast

available All Day!BREAKFAST SPECIALS:

$5.49 • 7 - 11am • Mon. - Fri.

Governors’ Buffet & Grill

Formerly Capitol Restaurant

347-4544

Beat the Heat!Come & enjoy our

Soup & Salad Bar!

$6.99 Water

Park PassesEvery Wednesday 4pm - Close

Come out to eat & receive a FREE pass!

SUMMER WATER PARK HOURS:

Mon - Thurs: 5pm - 9pm • Fri: 4pm - 10pm

Sat: 8am - 10pm • Sun: 8am - 9pm

(Other hours available w/adult supervision)

FREE

Vets ClubCasselton, ND

347-5502ALWAYS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

SUPER SUPPERSWednesday, June 2

Country RibsWednesday, June 9

Roast Beef

Served @ 6pm

Coming

Events!

BINGOThursdays @ 7pm

Steak FryFri., June 18 • 6 - 8pm

Fundraiser for Babe Ruth Baseball

TRIVIASat., June 12

@ 7pm

Steak FryFriday, June 4 • 6 - 8pm

All you can eat!

Friday, June 4“JOYRIDE”

9:00pm - 1:00am

Leonard, ND • 645-2461KOJAK’S BAR

Coming!

Hunter Cafe & Bakery874-2253 (BAKE)

New Hours at the Hunter Cafe & BakeryMonday - Thursday: 6AM - 7PM

Friday: 6AM - 4PM

Saturday: 6AM - 2PM

Sunday: 8AM - 2PMOpen the1st, 3rd & 5th Sunday of month

*We have Breakfast, Lunch & Supper Specials!!

TIME CHANGE!

Hagge’s BarMapleton, ND 282-5200Exit 338 - 5 miles west of West Fargo

Wednesday Nights: Texas Hold ‘em @ 7:30 p.m.

and Grill

Restaurant Hours:Mon-Fri: 11am - 8pm

Sat: 11am - 8pmBar Hours:

Mon-Thurs: 11am - 1am Fri-Sat: 11am - 2am

Daily Lunch Specials!

Coming!Friday, June 11“Past Due”

Benefit for Sandy Dunn

Buffalo, ND

701-633-5317

Everyday Grill Hours:Mon - Thurs: 5pm-9pmMon - Fri: 11am - 1pm

All Day Fri & SatSoup of the Day available at all times

Happy HourMon. - Fri. 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. • Saturday: 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

9pm - 1am

Friday, June 11Karaoke by

Dean Willits Productions

701-633-5392www.redtrailvineyard.com

Buffalo, ND • I94 Exit 317, then 2 miles north

Open for the Season!Sat. & Sun. 1:00 - 6:00 p.m.

or by appt. during week.

Office parties and birthday parties also available! Horseshoe pits are ready • 5 new grape wines!

Come and try our New Ice Wine!!

Amenia Bar & GrillAmenia, ND • 347-5871

Saturday, June 5

STEAK FRY

Saturday Morning Breakfast @ 8:00am!

Steak & Shrimp6-9pm

Club 94Casual Dining, Quality Food at a Reasonable Price.

Hwy. 18 & I-94Casselton

347-4418

FREE POOL SATURDAY AFTERNOON

BINGOStarts

Wed. June 9 at 6pm!

Fri. & Sat. June 4 & 5Walleye or

Beef Tenderloin5:00-10:00 p.m.

SATURDAY, JUNE 12

NW Corner of Davenport

8th Hour

Davenport Supper Club & Lounge428-3817

Davenport Days

Saturday, June 5 @ 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 6@ 7:30 p.m.

Admission:Adults $6.50

Children $5.00 (12 & under)

Robin Hood

Page TheatrePage, North Dakota

Rated PG-13

New Updated Sound System!

By Courtney WilhelmWith summer finally here and

in full-swing, many area riders are glad to be back in the saddle. North Dakota’s sand hills have always been a popular destination, and now local riders have a new place to visit near the Sheyenne National Grass-land.

Sheyenne Oaks Horse Camp and RV Park is a place for riders to camp and keep their horses dur-ing their visit to the sand hills. The park is located at 6050 County Road 23, Leonard. Owners Ron and Jodi Hansen established the park to give nature enthusiasts and horse-back riders a place to camp that of-fers everything they could possibly need during their stay. The park is equipped with heated bathroom and shower facilities, along with corrals for guests to keep their horses. The park also hosts fun summer events, including live entertainment and scheduled trail rides.

The Hansens opened Sheyenne Oaks one year ago and describe it as “a family affair.” Ron and Jodi have five daughters who assist them at the park. Ron’s parents help out as well. The family says they have also been welcomed by neighbors, many of whom attend the park’s special events. “We have had an excellent response from neighbors,” Ron says. “They are very supportive,” adds Jodi.

Although Sheyenne Oaks is a new establishment, the Hansen family is already making plans for the future of the park. The camp currently has 20 full RV hookups, along with one house and one cabin visitors can re-serve. The family is planning to add teepees and more cabins. The Han-sen’s would also like to see the camp become a site for weddings.

They also offer musical enter-tainment. Their goal is to feature two performances each month.

Sheyenne Oaks draws nature en-thusiasts from around the area, in-cluding birdwatchers and horseback riders. Birdwatchers are able to view some of the 800 plus species of mi-gratory birds in southeastern North Dakota. Horseback riders are en-couraged to bring their horses along to explore the sand hills. Guests are also able to schedule guided trail rides if they would like to ride but do not have a horse.

The sand hills are home to an abundance of wildlife. The sandy soil dries quickly after it rains, mak-ing it an ideal place for riders to bring their horses. “It’s really the best kept secret in southeastern North Dakota,” says Ron.

New travel destinations for horseback riders

Photo by Courtney Wilhelm/The Reporter

Sheyenne Oaks is owned and operated by the Hansen family. Back (left to right): Nell, Casey, Danica. Front (left to right): Ivy, Jodi, Meg, Ron.

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