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Monday, January 18, 2016
The Official Newspaper
for Ransom County
“Serving Ransom County Since 1881”
VOLUME 134 - ISSUE NUMBER 40 - USPS 455-540 SECTION A
2015 - More year in review
(Editors note: This is the year that was, 2015. Each week for
the past three weeks, we have featured the happenings taken
from the front page of the Ransom County Gazette over the past
year. We share a list of names of those who have passed away
over the same time period. This is the final quarter of those stories.)
October 2015
Lisbon Fire Dept has served for 130 years
In connection with National Fire Prevention Week, which is
officially observed this year during the week of Oct. 4-10, the Lisbon Volunteer Fire Department will be visiting schools, preschools
and daycare centers, sharing fire prevention information with the
children. Current Lisbon Fire Department officers include: Justin
Olson, Fire Chief; Jason Berube, Rural Chief; Ryan Lukes, Assistant Chief; and Rob Waletzko, Secretary/Treasurer. According to
a fire department history found in Lisbon’s history book published
in 2005, the Lisbon Volunteer Fire Department was organized 130
years ago next May.
Construction makes for interesting travel around Lisbon
If you have been traveling around Lisbon this past week, you
can’t help but notice the construction cones and signs all over. On
the mid-town bridge a second stop light has been set up to turn the
bridge into one lane travel. The reason is the resurfacing of one lane
of Fifth Ave from the bridge to Harris Street. There is also one lane
traffic on Main Street north from Second Ave. to the north bridge.
Resurfacing will be done on that stretch as well. The plan is for
resurfacing on South Main from Jackson Ave. to the railroad tracks.
Farmers report harvest in full swing
Ransom County farmers are reporting that they have started harvesting corn and hope to be done by the end of October, weather
permitting.
“Everything is earlier this year,” said Matt Lyons, who farms
east of Lisbon. “We just started with corn.”
He added that both beans and corn are just a little bit above average. He went on to say that last week’s high winds didn’t do too
much damage at his farm. He said he saw a few ears of corn on the
ground. That was about it.
Plessner wins photo contest
Katherine Plessner, Verona, has been on a great winning streak
recently. Perhaps it’s time to purchase a lottery ticket. In April,
Plessner entered a photo contest sponsored by a travel company.
Last month she learned that she had won! Her prize? A trip valued at $4,000 to anywhere in the world. Not bad. Fast forward two
weeks and she found out that she had won the 12th Annual North
Dakota Governor’s Photo Contest Best in Show for her photo titled
“Teddy’s Cabin” as well as first place in Scenery category for her
“Hi Line Train.”
October Obituaries
Catherine “Kate” Monilaws, 81 of Absaraka, died Friday, September 25. Dorothy Theresa Chisman, 94, of Columbus, Indiana,
died Monday, September 14. Velma P. Martin, 88, Lisbon, formerly Stirum, died Monday, October 5. Curtis D. Cavett, 71, Valley City, died Tuesday, October 6. Margaret Madonna (Schmit)
Hitchcock, 90, Gilbert, AZ, died Friday, September 11. Arnold
M. Svedjan, 105, LaMoure, formerly Enderlin, died Thursday,
October 8. Jean Hetletvedt, 74, Jamestown, formerly Lisbon, died
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Kaleb Matthew Olson was born to Matt and Alisha Olson, rural Lisbon, on January 7 at
12:19 a.m. He was born the day before his dad’s birthday at Sanford Hospital, Fargo.
His mom promptly e-mailed the Gazette of the time and date of birth and Kaleb was
declared “Ransom County’s 2016 New Year’s Baby.”
Since he is considered a preemie and his immune system is a little weak, he has postponed
having a picture until he is a little stronger but he wanted everyone to know that he is here and
he will appear in the Gazette soon. He is in the care of his two very proud big sisters, Teegan,
6, and Taylor, 3.
Kaleb’s parents will announce his birth with a picture and all other information in the near
future. They will be presented with the many gifts area businesses have donated for him to
enjoy, at that time.
By Terri Kelly Barta
The Ransom County Fair Board held a potluck holiday supper for
their members at the Expo Center along with their meeting on Jan. 4.
Two fundraisers sponsored by the fair board were discussed. The
board is hosting the Laurie Bischof Benefit for a long time board member
who is fighting breast cancer.
The benefit will include a supper and a silent auction, on Saturday,
Feb. 6 from 5-7 p.m. with a live auction at 7:30 p.m. This event will
be held in the Expo Center. The Cattleman’s Club has a permit to serve
drinks.
Setup will begin after dinner at 1:30 p.m. All fair board members are
asked to come and help host a successful event for Laurie who served the
board for ten years.
Auction items can be dropped off at the Ransom County Extension
Service or the FSA office. Items may also be dropped off at the Expo
Center after 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 6, the day of the event.
Another fundraiser being planned by the board is a “Dueling Pianos”
event to be held at the Expo Center on Saturday, Feb. 27. from 7:30 -10
p.m. Mark Aabrekke asked at the Dec. 14 meeting of the fair board if they
were interested in hosting the Dueling Pianos as a fundraiser for insulation for the Expo. The board had partnered with the Lisbon Civic and
Commerce Association last year on one of these events but decided to try
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Accepts archery equipment...
Track complex is topic at
school board meeting
branch collected a total $1733 which the FSBND
also matched to $1500. The Enderlin-Sheldon Wildlife Club, First United Methodist Church and Maple
Valley Meats donated products from the meat locker.
Enderlin Schwandt Goodman VFW Post 905 and
other individuals donated money and food items.
Nicole Dahl (Branch Operations Coordinator
for Lisbon) and Melissa Messelt (Branch Operations Coordinator for Enderlin) took the nearly 400
lbs of food collected to the Ransom County Food
Pantry.
Several other companies and organizations also
contributed. RDO, Cass County Electric, Land O’
Lakes, Plains Grain and Agronomy, Lisbon Fire
Department. US Bank donated their Jeans Day
money to the food pantry. The employees pay to
wear jeans to work one day a week.
The Chirping Tree family farm donated potatoes
to fill both Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets.
Bobcat - Doosan Company donated 24 turkeys.
MORE VOLUNTEERS...
TRACK COMPLEX...CONTINUED ON BACK
More volunteers needed...
Greater Awareness is credited for
holiday response to Food Pantry needs
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Methodist Men’s Buffalo Supper going strong
By Jeanne Sexton-Brown
Back 39 years ago, the Lisbon Methodist Men’s group thought they
would do a buffalo supper, like the Cogswell Gun Club. They figured
they would host it for a couple of years as a fundraiser then move on to
something else.
This year, Wednesday, January 20th, marks the 39th Annual Methodist Men’s Buffalo Supper.
“Here we are 39 years later and still going strong,” said Alan Nims,
one of the long standing committee members. “It was getting to the
point that someone had to die before you could get a ticket to the thing
because it was so popular. People had standing orders for tickets. We
have had a few extra ticket now with the original buyers going to Arizona for the winter but the tickets still sell fast. Once you’ve eaten it,
you just have to have it again.”
The recipe is a secret recipe used by the Cogswell Gun Club. In the
early days they purchased buffalo from the Elijah’s but had to sell the
steaks and hamburger out the back door because they couldn’t use those
cuts of meat. They went to Oakes and started buying buffalo by the side
from Roy Chesley at the Butcher Block. But then the law was passed
that the buffalo had to go through a state inspection meat processing
plant. There is one in New Rockford, ND and one in Mobridge, SD.
They currently use the plant in Mobridge.
RC Fair Board Plans
Benefit and Fundraiser
The capital project committee of the school board reported on a few
details of a track project and they will be meeting with engineers very
soon. Mark Qual, president, Lisbon School Board reported briefly at the
January 12 meeting.
Qual said the type of project they are looking at is lighting, re-surfacing of track and additonal bleachers. He added that the estimated
cost of the project is $420,000 to $450,000.
“We would use about 2/3rds of the budget for this project,” said
Qual.
Lisbon’s Track complex is one of the better facilities in the southeast
part of North Dakota.
Another project touched on was the need for the Lisbon Elementary
School to have a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
(STEM) type tech room. One idea is to use the under-utilized (former
church building) building in the southeast corner of campus. More discussion on this will follow. No action taken.
Meanwhile in the elementary school Gearing up for Kindergarten
has started for those students who will be entering Kindergarten in the
fall of 2016. This program gets preschoolers used to a classroom setting
before getting to Kindergarten.
Under the superintendent report, Dr. Steven Johnson told the school
board that the server for the school’s old e-mail accounts with the Sendit was shutdown.
“It caused some issues with copiers, scanners and staff e-mail,” said
Johnson. “We have been busy getting our domain to point to our IP
address. Until we get the domain pointed in the right direction patrons
can go to www.lisbonpublicschools.com
The first draft of the academic calendar for the 2016-2017 school
39 years and counting...
Photo by Jeanne Sexton-Brown
Almost as valuable as a winning lottery ticket, the Methodist Men’s Buffalo Supper tickets are hard to come by.
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We are read by the nicest people: DENNIS & FLORENCE HOLM • HURON, SD
2016 New Year’s Baby is
The Ransom County Food Pantry located in Lisbon received food and cash to cover their needs for
the holiday season.
The Holiday Train that makes stops in Enderlin
and McLeod provides food and cash but this year
several entities had projects geared to replenishing
the shelves at the food pantry, as well.
One of the new contributors this year was First
State Bank of North Dakota. The bank has offices
in Enderlin and Lisbon which doubled the amount
given.
First State Bank of North Dakota, Lisbon and
Enderlin branches, collected donations through the
month of December.
Along with FSBND Lisbon employees collecting, the Lisbon Elementary School held a collection and Trinity Church Choir teamed with Sound
Celebration to perform a contata in December and
donated funds. The collective total raised $1034 dollars and FSBND matched all donations up to $1500.
The First State Bank of North Dakota, Enderlin
$
“We use only the sirloin tip roasts,” said Nims. “We buy the 10
pound roasts and purchase about 450 pounds of buffalo. We had to raise
our prices by a dollar but you still can’t get a burger and fries meal in
Fargo for $18 so I think we are being reasonable.”
Nims uses his own pickup to go to Mobridge to get the meat. It takes
a tank and a half of gas to get there and the same to get back. It is an all
day excursion. Nims figures it has been the last 30 years that they have
been buying the buffalo from Mobridge.
They go through 280 pounds of potatoes, 75 pounds of coleslaw and
60 dozen buns.
“We really had to scramble when Kelsen’s went out of business;
they always made our buns,” said Nims. “We changed up the Cogswell
Gun Clubs menu by using coleslaw instead of tossed salad. The coleslaw recipe is an old church recipe. Sylvia (Nims) used to make the
coleslaw but she has trained someone else to do that now.”
The meal includes vegetable soup, corn, mashed potatoes and gravy,
coleslaw, sirloin tip roast buffalo and Schwan’s mints for desert.
They serve 500 people with 110 persons per sitting. When people
arrive they wait in the sanctuary until a spot opens up in the multipurpose room. No one has to wait very long. The process runs like a
well oiled machine.
“They really don’t have to wait long,” said Nims. “We have the food
timed to get done at intervals and keep things moving along. We start
serving at 4:30 and go until 7:30 p.m. ”
One of the things that has taken over a bit along the way has been
the increase in takeout orders. They were started to help out the church
members who couldn’t get out.
“We have to have a crew of four in the northwest Sunday School
room to just deal with the takeout orders,” Nims chuckled. “That means
we need to have the containers for the soup, the containers for the food
plus the bags to put then in and a separate bag for the mints because you
can’t put them in with the hot food or they will melt. It is a process that
has to run smoothly.”
The men of the church organize and prepare the food and the women
of the church come in and clean up. Everyone has a job to do and they
have to stay in their area. It is a real effort among the Methodist community, but the entire town gets the benefit of the great food.
Nims is in charge of the meat and Mark Lewis, is the treasurer and
it is his job to deal with getting the groceries. Nims will make the meat
run and will head to Fargo to get the paper products but it is Lewis who
will deal with the rest of the “fixings” for the meal.
The Methodist Men’s Buffalo Supper is the main fundraiser for the
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Work? This is fun!
Ellie Baasch, Presley Johnson, and Adaleene Hansen shovel the sidewalk at their daycare facility
for the sheer fun of playing outside. The temperature on Monday, Jan. 11 was about 1 degree above
zero. Their cheeks were rosy and their smiles were big as they “played.”
Ransom County Gazette • January 18, 2016 • Page 2
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Keeping Kelly
by Terri Kelly Barta
Winter again in North Dakota
The difference between night
and day in the winter in Lisbon
is very little snow to 4.8” of snow
in one evening. Lisbon now has
about 8” on the ground.
I laughed when I heard on the
weather report that the snowfall
seemed to be discriminating and
was dumping snow right over Lisbon and other parts of Ransom
County.
This morning I heard that while
Fargo didn’t get more than an
inch or two, nearby, to the north,
Harwood got over a foot of snow.
Mother Nature likes to play games.
Of course, I could laugh, I was
home making popcorn balls for
a weekend party in a 72 degree
climate-controlled apartment. I
had to go out to the grocery store
to purchase one item that I did not
have enough of and that threatened to shut down my popcorn ball
project. Visibility was poor and
the road was slippery. I was glad I
didn’t have to go more than a mile
in that stuff. I did not envy those
out on the highways.
One of my first thoughts when
I woke up this morning was “Yippee! the snowmobilers in the area
will have fun with their machines.”
The last couple of years there
hasn’t been enough snow here in
this area to get the snowmobiles
out and about much.
My first date in high school
was an ice skating and snowmobiling date. I loved both, although I
haven’t had a ride on a snowmobile for about thirty years or more
now.
A couple of weeks ago, I wandered around town looking for a
good front page picture. I was so
excited when I went over to Palmer’s Hill and found several families
sledding on the snow below the
Hanson house. They were having
a ball.
They were finding out that a
day of play outside in the winter
can be a lot of fun. Their cheeks
were rosy from the colder temperatures but the smiles never left their
faces.
At last they were unplugged
from all the technology kids have
today and were enjoying the outdoors.
It was a very gloomy grey
overcast day and it was mildly
cold. Seeing the kids having fun in
this “old fashioned” way just really
perked me up and changed my outlook on the rest of the day.
By the time this column is
being read, there will only be ten
more weeks before the first day of
spring. At my age, 10 weeks go by
fast.
Even though we are not in session this year, our days are filled
with endless meetings and interim
committee work. Just to give you
an idea what I am working on, I
will give you a list of the areas we
are looking at to make improvements. I serve on the Human
Services Committee and the Agriculture Committee. Last week we
had three days of meetings and
hearings concerning Behavior Disorder in the Health Committee.
Last year through our task force
meetings with County Health we
determined two of our local major
needs were having a local addiction counselor and possibly establishing a detox center. In working
with several agencies we were
able to help establish the counselor
position but were not able to open
a detox center. I will try to explain
some of the issues we are dealing
with and the problems associated
in my next report.
Legislative Update...
District 24 Rep. Dwight Kiefert
(Kievert continued on pg. 3)
Legislative Update...
District 24 Sen. Larry Robinson
North Dakota Revenue projections fall
North Dakota has experienced
a sharp decline in revenue projections since July 1, 2015. Up to that
point, the state’s revenue projections were running ahead of projections. However, since July 1,
the revenue has been below projections each month. In fact, for
the first five months of the budget
cycle beginning July 1, 2015, the
revenue shortfall amounted to over
$150,000,000. That has prompted
the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget to conduct
a revised revenue forecast. That
process is underway. The results of
the new forecast are expected by
the end of the month. Should the
forecast show revenue continuing
to be less than projections, we can
expect an allotment. An allotment
is a process in which the governor,
by Executive Order directs all general fund agencies to reduce their
general fund appropriations. We
have been advised that if the Governor does issue an order calling
for an allotment, it would likely
be in the 2.5% range. Obviously, it
could be more, but that is what the
Office of Management and Budget
officials are telling us at this time.
Should an allotment be called
for, K-12 Education would be
exempt. The state has in place the
foundation aid stabilization fund
which would be accessed to cover
needs for K-12 education. We
expect a total of $746,124,942 in
that fund by the end of the current biennium.
Other general
fund agencies would be required
(Robinson continued on pg. 3)
by Jeanne Sexton-Brown
Bovine 1, poodle 0
A Look Back in Time
50 Years Ago
January 20, 1966
Flyer Watts says we’ve been shot
at, but lucky so far
James Watts, Lisbon, pilot of
an Air Force C-130 troop carrier
and cargo plane, tells his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Watts of Lisbon: “I’ve been shot at but, so far
have been lucky, along with the
rest of the group, the 21st TCS.
The group hasn’t lost a man.” His
parents thought he was in Okinawa
but he was in Florida where he had
brought a C-130 for repairs and
was taking another back when an
engine conked out causing a layover for repairs in San Francisco.
40 Years Ago
January 22, 1976
$2,580,950 loans made to families
Loans totaling $2,580,950
were made to 63 county farm
and rural families by the Farmers Home Administration in 1975.
Duane M. Fluegel, county supervisor, reported that loans were made
to assist farmers in financing farm
real estate or farm operations or to
families to construct or improve
their housing. Loans were also
made to communities and organizations for water and sewer systems.
25 Years Ago
January 21, 1991
House repeals Sunday Closing
Law
The North Dakota House voted
decisively last week to repeal
North Dakota’s Sunday Closing
Laws. In the 64-40 vote, the House
took the first steps toward banishing the state’s blue laws. The Senate will take up the issue this week.
10 Years Ago
January 23, 2006
Area people mourn the loss of
former deputy killed in Iraq
Area residents were shocked to
learn that former Ransom County
Sheriff’s Deputy and former Lisbon City Police Officer, Roland
Barvels was killed in Iraq on
Wednesday, January 18.
Barvels, 42, was killed when a
roadside bomb hit a convoy he was
riding in near the city of Basra,
about 340 miles from Baghdad,
according to an Associated Press
story. Barvels, who most recently
worked for the Aberdeen Police
Department, Aberdeen, SD had
resigned his post in Aberdeen in
November to work for the Texasbased security company, DynCorp
and was involved in training Iraqi
police.
Gracie and Brownie learned a
hard lesson recently. I think Gracie may have taken it harder than
Brownie.
Our very energetic nine month
old standard poodle puppy, who is
not so very little; stands about 24
inches at the shoulder and weighs
46 pounds. Gracie and Brownie
were out for a walk. My philosophy is that the dog should learn to
walk on a leash and learn to heel
and come, before they can go off
leash. Brownie’s family is of the
opinion that dogs should run free
for exercise time and they will
return when called out of total
gratitude for the privilege of running amok.
Our two theories collided last
night. Brownie was exercising
Gracie near a herd of cattle. Gracie saw playmates, not danger. She
ran into the field to engage her new
“friends” in a game of chase. The
cattle did not see her as a friend.
They saw her as an annoyance and
one of them kicked her in the head.
Brownie said Gracie sat down
hard on her butt then got up and
walked a short distance and sat
down again and shook her head.
He rounded her up and took her
to the vet. She had a bit of blood
on her chin but otherwise was very
lucky to be unhurt. The blood may
have been from biting her tongue,
but she did not lose any teeth or
have any cuts elsewhere.
The rest of the evening Gracie
was very subdued. Brownie wasn’t
so talkative either. You see, the
week before, he and Gracie were
playing in the house and they managed to break the anniversary bowl
that we made a few years ago. This
was a clay bowl that Brownie and
I had painted in our favorite colors with flower inside. We had the
date on the bottom. It was glazed
and fired in a kiln for posterity.
We figured it would one day be an
heirloom. Then came Gracie; big,
beautiful, energetic Gracie.
After an evening of very quiet
laying around, Miss Gracie seems
to be fine. As the vet said, she is
one lucky pup.
We used to have a toy poodle.
Her name was Maggie and she
was a fiery redhead. She thought
she was a Great Dane trapped in a
toy poodle body. Once, at Grandpa
Brown’s, Maggie took on a herd
of bulls that were in the rented
pasture by the house. Those huge
bulls took off running with little 10
pound Maggie hot on their heels,
until one of the bulls stopped,
looked down at her and snorted as
if to say, “This is why we are running?”
Maggie turned, sauntered
under the fence and pranced to the
house as if to say, “There you go.
I’ve protected the homestead from
those annoying beasts.”
The good news is, Maggie
could not have handled being
kicked in the head. She would
have been killed very easily. Gracie managed to get only a glancing blow that seemed to be on her
nose, more than her head. She is
doing well. There seems to be no
ill effects...Life is good!
Lloyd Omdahl
Former Lt. Governor of ND • Former UND Political Science professor
Homeland committee plans to fight terrorism
“Why is the red warning flag
flying on Street Light No. 7?”
Orville Jordan inquired loudly as
members of the Homeland Security Committee streamed into the
frigid community hall.
The conversation continued at
fever pitch as the town’s 14 electors jockeyed for the best seats.
“Are we under attack?” panicstricken Genevieve Erfald asked.
“This emergency meeting is
being held because the mayor read
in the county paper that terrorist
attacks were likely anywhere in
the country and he wants our plan
of action,” explained Chairperson
Ork Dorken as he rapped his Coke
bottle on a nearby table.
Half of the committee kept
standing because the metal folding chairs were too cold.
“I say we start digging
trenches across the dumpground
road and fight it out. I think they
would come in from that direction,” offered Orville.
This brought Alert Officer
Garvey Erfald to his feet.
“Don’t be foolish,” he cautioned. “Terrorism these days is
not that kind of war. They sneak
into town with backpacks loaded
with dynamite and blow everything up.”
“Well back when I was on
Lovicky Township Fire Brigade
No. 1, our strategy was to fight fire
with fire,” Old Sievert recalled.
“So let’s fight fire with fire.”
“Just how do we do that?” queried Little Jimmy, now enrolled in
an online college program while
his folks look for gold in the
Yukon. He was the only town resident too young for Social Security.
“Well, we need to recruit some
folks who will put on backpacks
and find groups of terrorists to
blow up,” Sievert responded.
“That would be like those Japanese suicide pilots in The War
who dove into our ships,” Dorsey
Crank commented. “We can’t
expect anybody to do that sort of
thing. Besides, we didn’t think it
was fair fighting anyway.”
“We had soldiers who volunteered for suicide missions in
France,” retorted Old Sievert.
“In fact, I was on three of them
myself. They almost discharged
me for coming back the third
time.”
“What can we offer volunteers?” Genevieve asked. “ISIS is
offering heaven and 17 virgins.”
“The most we could promise
are outstanding citizen awards,”
Josh Dvorchak suggested with a
smirk.
“But we can’t guarantee
heaven. That’s St. Peter’s to
give,” Einar added.
“I don’t think we have the virgins, either,” Little Jimmy concluded. He subscribed to Playboy
two days after his folks went prospecting.
“It’s going to take a lot of
motivation to get people to go on
suicide missions in peacetime,”
Josh speculated.
“Maybe they would be motivated if we tell them that ISIS
will confiscate their guns,” suggested Madeleine Morgan, the latest town resident, who came from
Montana for her uncle’s funeral
15 years ago and never went back.
She was stuck with the house in a
slow housing market.
“We need better advice for
the mayor than I’m hearing,” Ork
prodded sternly.
“Did the county paper give
any hints?” asked Holger Danske.
Ork took off his right sheepskin mitt and pulled the crumpled
news story from his pocket.
“It says that we should be
alert for suspicious people asking
questions,” he reported.
“There was that guy selling
fish out of his pickup about five
years ago,” Genevieve observed.
“He asked a lot of questions for a
fish peddler.”
“Another suggestion was to
test our security,” Garvey noted.
“Maybe we should improve our
warning system.”
“Let’s tell the mayor to get a
bigger red alert flag for the time
being and let it go at that,” Dorsey
proposed as he stamped his cold
feet on the frigid floor.
“That’s it!” exclaimed Josh
with finality, as he headed for the
door.
Everyone rushed out behind
him, pleased that a major community problem had been solved.
ND Lottery Results
~ Powerball ~
Wednesday, Jan. 13
Powerball
4-8-19-27-34 10
Saturday, Jan. 9
Powerball
16-19-32-34-57
~Hot Lotto~
13
Wednesday, Jan. 13
2-3-18-21-30 Hotball 1
Saturday, Jan. 9
1-11-37-43-44 Hotball 12
~ Wild Card 2 ~
Wednesday, Jan. 13
5-11-15-19-24 Ace of Clubs
Saturday, Jan. 9
14-20-21-31-32 Ace of Clubs
Results ~ 2 by 2 ~
Wednesday, Jan. 13
Red Balls: 1-19 White Balls: 6-18
Tuesday, Jan. 12
Monday, Jan. 11
Sunday, Jan. 10
Saturday, Jan. 9
FYI & Meetings
Friday, Jan. 8
FOOD PANTRY
Call the Food Pantry at 701-308-0905 or Social Services by Wednesdays
at 5 p.m. to receive a food basket to be picked up on Thursdays between 1
p.m. and 3:30 p.m. at the Ransom County Food Pantry.
LISBON DRIVER’S LICENSE SITE HOURS
The Lisbon driver’s license site at the Armory has new hours. With
the exception of holidays, the hours will be the second Thursday of every
month from 8:40 a.m. - noon and 1 p.m. - 4:20 p.m. The new hours of
business will provide full drivers license services including drivers license
renewals, duplicates, permit tests and road tests.
CHOLESTEROL SCREENING
Cholesterol screening will be held at the Ransom County Public Health
Department at 404 Forest Street in Lisbon the first Thursday of each month
from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Fasting is required, no appointments are necessary and results in minutes. Any questions, contact Ransom County Public
Health at 701-683-6140.
LISBON AL-ANON GROUP
The Lisbon Al-Anon group will be sponsoring newcomers to the families affected by alcohol/addictions group. They will meet at 7:00 p.m. on
Monday evenings in the Fireside Room at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lisbon.
IMMUNIZATION CLINIC
Immunization clinics at Ransom County Public Health Dept. in Lisbon
will be every Thursday of the month from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4
p.m. Immunizations also available the 3rd Monday of the month from 1
p.m. to 5:30 p.m. No appointments are necessary. Please bring your insur-
ance card or Medicaid card. Call Ransom County Public Health Dept. at
683-6140 should you have any questions or contact your family doctor.
(No Monday clinics if they fall on a holiday.)
LISBON PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Lisbon Public Library hours are:
Monday
11 a.m.- 6 p.m.
Tuesday
11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Wednesday
11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Thursday
11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Friday
11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Closed Saturday and Sunday. www.lisbonpubliclibrary.com.
Book donations welcome.
RANSOM COUNTY TRANSIT SCHEDULE
Van: Public Transportation (In-town rides - $2 round trip.)
Monday: Lisbon
Tuesday: Lisbon
Wednesday: Fort Ransom and Lisbon
Thursday: Lisbon
Friday: Lisbon
Bus: Fargo, every 2nd and 4th Tuesday, and Thursday ($6 round trip.)
Public transportation is open to the public. Seniors receive priority. Call
683-4295 to schedule a ride. For more information call 683-3131 or 1-877857-3743.
ABUSE RESOURCE NETWORK
The Abuse Resource Network is located in the lower level of the Lisbon
Library. 683-5061.
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AFTER HOURS EMERGENCY CALLS
Calls to the Ransom County Sheriff’s Office will be handled by state
radio. Call 1-800-472-2121 for assistance. Their number is on back of
driver’s license.
COUNSELING AVAILABLE/ARN
Free counseling available for anyone with issues of domestic violence
or sexual assault available through Abuse Resource Network located in the
lower level of the Lisbon Library. Call 683-5061.
AA AND AL-ANON MEET MONDAY NIGHTS
The Lisbon Alcoholics Anonymous group meets every Monday night at
8 p.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisbon.
KIWANIS MEETING
Kiwanis will meet each Tuesday at noon at Parkside Lutheran Home in
Lisbon in the dining room. All are welcome to join.
LISBON EAGLES & AUXILIARY MEETING
Lisbon Eagles men’s meetings are the first and third Tuesday of each
month at 7 p.m. Lisbon Eagles Auxiliary meetings are the second Tuesday
of each month at 5 p.m. All meetings are held at the Lisbon Eagles Club.
LISBON OPERA HOUSE FOUNDATION
The Opera House board meets on the third Wednesday of the month
at 7:30 p.m. in the community room of the LOH. Public is encouraged to
attend.
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month at 6 p.m. at the Lisbon Airport. If you have questions, please call
Nancy Sitz at 218-439-3309.
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Local nursing homes prepare for potential new regulations Births
thirty-seven year veteran in the health
care industry, says if these regulations
are passed it will have a significant
effect on LTC facilities in rural North
Dakota.
While many of the changes are
minor or would not burden their existing programs, some of the proposed
new regulations are causing concern.
Small nursing homes, like Four Seasons Health Care, in Forman, a thirtyseven bed facility and for Parkside,
which has fifty beds, could find themselves in a serious dilemma. Sonya
Lang, administrator at Four Seasons,
and Lynette Burley, director of nursing, say the new rules could be very
detrimental to their facility. Current
regulations already keep the staff of
the nursing home on their toes, adding another four hundred pages, some
of them very significant, is concerning. “We’ve been told we’re more
regulated than nuclear power plants,”
Lang points out.
The main issues that the administrators have with the proposed CMS
regulations involve staffing. Currently the long-term care facilities
must have a nurse on staff twentyfour hours a day. However, most of
the smaller nursing homes all use a
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) for
sixteen of these hours, with a Registered Nurse available for the other
eight. “LPNs play a critical role,”
Peterson says. “We’ve had really
good coverage with LPNs and have
not experienced any negative outcomes.” Indeed, Peterson says, most
of the LPNs in the state are employed
by LTC facilities. Requiring an RN to
be on staff every hour of every day
will be crippling to many facilities.
Not only would the expense
for coverage increase but the possibility of finding enough registered
nurses would be pretty much impossible. Right now there are already
not enough nurses to go around.
“All around the United States there
is a nursing shortage,” Lang points
out. “It’s going to be a huge problem,” Kennedy agrees, “The staffing
requirements are huge.” Peterson
says that the feedback she’s been getting from LTC facilities across North
Dakota involve a lot of questions
about how these new staffing criteria
will be met. “It’s easy to mandate but
difficult to find those professionals
and implement it.”
Another point of contention is the
proposed regulation that, if a nursing home wants to transfer a patient
to a hospital, a physician or approved
equivalent of an MD must first evaluate the resident at the LTC facility.
This would not be required in the case
of actual emergency situation, some
of the administrators say, but would
be regular procedure for any other
medical condition that might require
hospitalization. Burley and Lang both
say this could be very frustrating as
the nurses on staff know the residents
and can recognize when a need for a
hospital visit arises. Having to contact a doctor and wait for him or her
to come from another town and make
the evaluation will delay the process
of getting the resident medical care.
Even at Parkside where doctors
are located within the city, this regulation would still be troubling. “That
is not going to be practical in rural
What’s Cooking?
What kind of barbeque sauce
do you prefer? I’ve been looking at
some different sauces. Here are a
few I have found to be very good.
Sweet Plum Bar-B-Que Sauce
Ingredients:
2 T. oil
1 c. finely sliced onion
2 cloves minced garlic
1/4 c. packed brown sugar
1/4 c. rice wine vinegar
1/4 c. ketchup
2 T lower-sodium soy sauce
2 tsp. dry mustard
1 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. black pepper
1/8 tsp. crushed red pepper
2 whole cloves
8 - 10 plums, peeled, quartered
and pitted
Directions:
Heat a large saucepan over
medium-high heat. Add 2 tablespoons oil. Add onion and garlic;
sauté 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
Add sugar, vinegar, ketchup, soy
sauce, mustard, ginger, pepper,
crushed red pepper, cloves and
plums; bring to a boil. Reduce heat,
and simmer, partially covered, for 30
minutes or until plums break down
and sauce thickens, stirring occasionally. Remove cloves and discard.
This sauce goes especially well
with pork tenderloin.
Sweet & tangy Bar-B-Que Sauce
Ingredients:
1/2 c. ketchup
1/4 c. apricot jam
2 T honey
1 1/2 T soy sauce
1 T rice vinegar
Directions:
Mix ketchup, apricot jam, honey,
soy sauce and rice vinegar. Brush it
on raw ribs, pork or chicken. Continue to coat throughout cooking
time at intervals to allow the sauce to
cook into the meat.
red OniOn Jam Bar-B-Que Sauce
A couple of years ago, Elaine
Anderson brought in some of her
homemade Red Onion Jam. It is fabulous on crackers with cream cheese
but boy does it make great Bar-Bque Sauce.
Ingredients:
1 c. Elaine’s Red Onion Jam
1/2 c. ketchup
1/2 c. apple juice
Directions:
Heat over low heat until the
desired consistency. Pour over meat
and bake, or grill.
*Note: You can also add a jar
of this jam to a crockpot with meat
In the Ag Committee we are
looking at the Game and Fish
Department’s special allocation of
hunting licenses issued for fund
raising. We are also working on a
rewrite of the statutory agriculture
laws, plant pest control provisions,
provisions regarding eggs, poultry
production, industrial hemp, meat
inspections, the county extension
agent, livestock, the Northern Crops
Institute, and the Agriculture Products Utilization Commission. If you
have any input in these areas, please
feel free to contact me.
The Human Services and Health
Committees are looking into many
issues, I will highlight some of
them to help you understand the
broad scope of this committee’s
work, dental practitioner education
programs, dental needs on the reservations, death investigation and
forensic pathology center study,
study of employment restrictions in
Public Assistance Programs, study
regarding Family Caregiver Supports, substance abuse, a review of
the mental health committal laws,
study of health needs of early childhood behavioral health challenges,
Autism Spectrum Disorder services,
drug addiction, prescription drug
abuse, overcrowding at the prison,
all ages of behavior disorder, and
providing services for mental illness.
The Human Services Committee’s budget was only second to
Education’s budget to having the
largest budget for the 2015 Session
coming in at $3.2 billion with Education coming in at $3.3 billion.
Public input is welcome to me
as well as attending committee
hearings in Bismarck to address the
entire committee on these issues.
Kiefert...Continued from page 2
Robinson...Cont. from pg 2
fact is that sales tax is a major driver
on the revenue for the general fund.
A one cent sales tax revenue over the
biennium generates $697,000,000
for the general fund. North Dakota
currently has a 5% sales tax rate.
There is much more to talk
about. The next couple of weeks will
be interesting as the Office of Management and Budget finalizes the
revised revenue projections. Once
that process is complete, I will write
again with a report on the final figures in the new projections. Until
then, stay warm. The seed catalogs
will soon be in the mail. I can be
reached at [email protected].
Senator Larry Robinson
District 24
~Chitchat~
By Maria Boeder
Weather has sure been nice for
beginning of the New Year. Been
busy with company, Duane, Jenny
Boeder family, Bismarck, Kevin
Boeder, Fergus Falls, my sister,
Vicky Heelle, Fargo, my granddaughter, Katie and Rick Brodyn
and little Eli, Colorado Springs, CO.,
Byron Boeder, Fargo.
Tom and Connie Spiekermeier,
Sheldon arrived and picked up
Marie, Carren Anderson and had a
good round of whist. Tom was my
partner, he wasn’t much help as a
partner, ah well, just a game.
Been busy taking down decorations, putting cards away, not much
going on here. Must go as the dinner
bell is ringing. See you next time.
several of them are going to be tough
to implement in small LTC facilities.
The home administrators were given
some time, once the proposed new
rule was published, to comment to
CMS about the changes. The comments came in so furiously that the
deadline for them was actually moved
back to give them more time to accept
them, Peterson says. The deadline
passed in October and now there is
not much the LTC programs can do
but sit and wait.
There is no set date when the rule
will be passed but Peterson estimates
it will be late summer of 2016. Peterson says there is no expectation for
financial assistance from the federal
side but has hopes that if the regulations are too stringent that the state
legislature will be able to provide
some support to the nursing homes.
Another option will be to ask Congress to step in and take look at the
changes and hopefully side with the
LTC facilities in adjusting the new
regulations to make them more adaptable.
The local administrators are staying optimistic about the rule. It helps
knowing that the thousands of comments CMS received reflected their
apprehensions. They are aware of the
possible challenges ahead and will
meet them as they come.
“We’re going to have to be able
to be creative to meet this,” Kennedy
says.
Peterson says the N.D. LTC Association is working to communicate
with the LTC facilities in the state and
will continue to be a support for them
as changes take place.
by Jeanne Sexton-Brown
balls or little smokie sausages. The
slow heat will melt the jam all over
the meat. It is yummy!
elaine’S red OniOn Jam
Ingredients:
3 c. red onions (about 1 pound)
peeled, sliced thin and quartered
1 1/2 c. apple juice
1/2 c. red wine vinegar
1 1/2 tsp. rubbed sage
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 box Sure Jell
1/2 tsp. margarine or butter
4 c. sugar
3/4 c. packed light brown
sugar
Directions:
Place sliced onions in a 6 to
8 quart saucepan. Add the apple
juice, vinegar, sage and pepper to
the onions. Stir in the Sure Jell and
butter. Bring to full boil stirring constantly. Once boiling immediately
add the sugars and bring to boil
and boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and skim
off foam. Fill jars, screw lids, invert
jars for 5 minutes to allow to seal.
*Note from Elaine: The first
batch I tried, I thought I would put
in food processor and chop but this
made it too juicy and didn’t set up so
redid and boiled for an extra 2 minutes or so and was fine.
Robinson to seek re-election
State Senator Larry Robinson, Valley City, will seek re-election to the
North Dakota Senate in the November 2016 General Election.
Robinson has served in the Senate since 1988 and is the senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. During the interim, Robinson serves on the Water Topics Committee, Budget Section, Higher
Education Committee and the Information Technology Committee. He
spent 22 years as a member of the Legislative Council. The Legislative
Council manages the affairs of the legislative branch between sessions.
Robinson serves on the administrative staff of Valley City State University as Executive Director of University Advancement.
He is married to Mary Lee, they have two grown sons and three
grandsons. He is a member of St. Catherine’s Catholic Church, and a
member of numerous local organizations. Robinson has been recognized
by a number of organizations over the years as the Legislator of the Year.
“It has been a privilege and an honor serving the good citizens of
District 24,” said Robinson. “We have accomplished much but there is
certainly more to do. The challenges facing the next session of the legislature are many.”
District 24 includes all of Barnes County and parts of Ransom and
Cass counties.
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Meet Thor, who is full of
energy, always wants to play,
friendly, and gives kisses indiscriminately to everyone.
His human, Lee Falk, is both
Scandinavian and a Minnesota
Vikings fan, so his name had to be
Thor.
“I wanted a girl and she would
have been named Helga, but all
four puppies in the litter were boys,
so that is what I got,” said Falk.
Thor is 75 percent Pomeranian and 25 percent Chihuahua by
breed.
He wakes his human up by
jumping on his chest and barking.
It would seem like the most direct
way to wake someone.
“His dad does not like his
method,” said Falk (Thor’s ‘dad’)
Thor was born on May 18,
2013 and is currently just over 2
1/2 years old. He will eat any food
that is hand-fed to him.
“He’ll eat jalapenos if I handfeed him,” said Falk.
Thor enjoys fetching items his
owner throws. Squeaky toys are
his favorites.
“When I bring out the laser
pointer to play with him, he is
funny,” said Falk with a smile.
He is a good dog and doesn’t
make too many messes, according
to his owner.
“If he happens to find a paper
towel, it will be shredded,” said
Falk. “That’s how you learn not to
leave paper towels anywhere near
him.”
Falk enjoys having Thor
because he fits in the apartment
very well.
“I didn’t used to like small
dogs, but I do now,” said Falk.
“And unlike a cat, they will come
to you.”
Since he is a small dog, Falk
can exercise Thor right in the
apartment, which suits his owner
just fine.
“He is a good dog,” said Falk.
50 AND STILL “FINE”
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
ALBO!
on January 17th
Love, Your Family
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As Well As Sewer Augering.
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Scott and Lynn Thorfinnson, Fort Ransom and Kevin and Danene
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JoAnn Thorfinnson, Fort Ransom, Rick Hanna and Rose Olson,
Lisbon and Rose Olson and the late Kenneth Olson, Lisbon.
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to reduce their general fund agencies.
The exception is the Judicial Branch
and the Legislative Assembly. By
design, they are separate agencies
and would not be required to adhere
to the provisions of an allotment, but
in the past, they have followed suit
as well, and reduced their general
fund budgets as directed by the allotment order.
The revenue decline is directly
related to low commodity prices in
the agricultural sector coupled with
low oil prices. The fact that both
agriculture and energy prices are low
at the same time compounds the economic picture. Agriculture remains
our leading industry in the state
followed by energy. Unfortunately,
experts predict that we are likely not
going to see a rebound in energy and
agriculture prices for at least another
24 months.
Oil production remains strong
at approximately 1,100,000 million
barrels per day. The lion’s share
of that production is in the heart of
the Bakken where extracting the oil
is much easier than elsewhere in oil
country. We are told that there are
approximately 1,100 oil wells drilled
and waiting to be fracked. The fracking will take place when the price of
a barrel of oil increases to the point
where the return on investment is
at a level that provides a reasonable profit for the drilling companies. Although the direct impact
of oil taxation on the general fund
is approximately $300,000,000 per
biennium, the indirect impact on the
general fund is in the activity at each
well following the fracking process.
At that point and time, the income
and sales tax activity is significant.
OMB recently reported that sales tax
revenue for the general fund for the
biennium to date is off by over 26%.
This is a result of the combination
of low agriculture commodity prices
and low prices on a barrel of oil. The
Representative Dwight Kiefert
District 24
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North Dakota”, Kennedy says. Peterson also points out that in today’s era
of technology it almost feels like a
step backward to require an on-site
visit from a doctor when information can be collected and relayed to
medical professionals quickly and
accurately. Jodi Rae Insgstad is a former Hospice coordinator and now a
director in long-term care in North
Dakota. She is a passionate advocate
for residents’ rights and is opposed to
this regulation in particular. “It takes
away from using nurses for what they
are trained and skilled to do. Nursing
staff are trained, confident and competent enough to determine if a situation is emergent and if an ER visit
is needed. We train our RNs to be
autonomous and skilled in recognizing health needs.”
The third main issue that many
local administrators have with the
proposals is that of behavioral health.
The new regulations would require
more involvement from a certified
behavioral health specialist. Right
now LTC facilities like Four Seasons,
contract a psychiatrist to make regular visits and be available if needed.
The new regulations would have
the behavioral health professional
involved in many more aspects of
residents’ care and thus increase the
time and cost of the services. Lang
explains that the rates for residents
care and lodging is set by the state.
There is no option to simply increase
rates to accommodate increasing
costs.
Kennedy says he can see why
some of the regulations are being
proposed and they’re not all bad, but
K
By Paige Cary
Long-term care facilities across
the country are waiting to hear about
some big changes that have been proposed. An overwhelming 400 pages
of potential new regulations were presented in July of this past year by the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services. The federal agency released
a proposed rule that would revise and
update the existing requirements for
long-term care facilities participating
in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
The Federal Register online summarizes the need for the action as,
“These proposed changes are necessary to reflect the substantial advances
that have been made over the past several years in the theory and practice
of service delivery and safety. These
proposals are also an integral part of
our efforts to achieve broad-based
improvements both in the quality of
health care furnished through federal
programs and in patient safety, while
at the same time reducing procedural
burdens on providers.”
If approved as written, the new
regulations would bring some of the
biggest changes to impact the longterm care industry in almost thirty
years. Both Tim Kennedy, administrator of Parkside Lutheran Home,
in Lisbon, and Shelly Peterson,
president of the North Dakota Long
Term Care Association, in Bismarck,
compare these proposed CMS regulations with the Federal Nursing Home
Reform Act of 1987. “Without a doubt
this is one of the biggest changes,”
says Kennedy, who has been with
Parkside for eight years. Peterson, a
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POLICY
We have a standard format for
obituaries which includes: Name, age,
date, place of death, date and place of
service, date of birth and location, parents
names, date of marriages, date spouse
died (if spouse precedes in death), schools
attended, occupation, organizations, church
affiliation, immediate family survivors (i.e
spouse, parents, children, brothers, sisters),
pallbearers, special music at service and
burial place. This information will be
provided free of charge.
However, if the family requests other
information, such as a photo (additional
photos $25 each), hobbies, grandchildren’s
names, specials friends, personality,
interest, etc., this information can be
provided in a boxed paid obituary for $75.
Unless the family specifically requests
a paid obituary, the obituary will be edited
and published in our usual format, free of
charge.
The Ransom County Gazette is not
responsible for information which has been
incorrectly submitted. We reserve the right
to edit.
Beverly
Anne News
We are deeply saddened by the
loss of our resident Mary Anderson.
Mary has been part of our Beverly
Anne family since 2008. Mary loved
Friday night BINGO and a good episode of the Golden Girls. We have so
many wonderful memories of Mary
and she will truly be missed. We
extend our most heartfelt sorrow and
condolences to Mary’s family during
this difficult time.
Our beanbag horseshoe winners
for Tuesday, January 5th were Edith
Hammer, taking the honors for game
one, and Betty Bierwagen, taking the
honors for game two! Good game,
ladies!
Lori Bergh, Kindred ND was in
on Tuesday visiting Alice Suhumskie. Alice’s daughter Diane Myers
& her husband, Gary, Plano TX,
were also in Tuesday visiting Alice.
Carol Piatz stopped by on Tuesday to visit her father Glenn Weisenhaus.
Monty & Bobbi Haugen, Milnor,
were in on Wednesday to visit Alice
Hieggelke.
Lianne Bjugstad and Marie
Anderson were in this weekend to
have morning coffee with Betty
Bierwagen.
Dave & Phyllis Thompson were
in on Sunday to have coffee with his
parents, Vernon & Lorraine Thompson.
Happy Birthday to Stephanie
Nielsen (January 13th)! We hope
you had a wonderful day!
“Baby it’s cold outside!” A quote
from one of our residents~ guess
we have to take what mother nature
gives us! Can’t change it, just get it
over with!
If I could have one wish,
one dream that would come
true,
I would pray to God with all
my heart just to speak with
you.
A thousand words won’t bring
you back I know,
because I have tried.
And neither will a million tears
because I have cried.
You left behind my
broken heart
and precious memories too.
But I never wanted
memories you see
I only wanted you.
Happy Birthday Cam,
on the 19th.
I Love you.
Kenneth N. Olson
Kenneth Norman Olson, 77, of
Lisbon, passed away January 12,
2016, at Parkside Lutheran Home
in Lisbon.
He was born to Conrad and
Ruth (Henrickson) Olson on
November 10, 1938, in Fort Ransom. He attended Fort Ransom
School, graduating in 1956.
He had various jobs before
serving in the National Guard and
then the Army from 1958-1960.
He became a journeyman electrician in 1960, working at Globe
Electric in Fargo.
In 1962 he married Rose Holub
in Verona. They divorced. He also
worked at Fargo Electric for several years. He owned Fort Electric
in Fort Ransom from 1980-1984.
In 1994 he married Rose Norman Greenley at Standing Rock
Church in Fort Ransom.
He
worked at Walton Bean from 1989
until retiring in 2001, and after
retirement worked at Berube’s for
a number of years. He served on
the Standing Rock Parish Council
and the Parkside Board for several
years.
He is survived by his wife of
21 years, Rose, his children Keith
(Jackie Thompson), Wheaton, MN;
Lynn (Scott) Thorfinnson, Fort
Ransom; Julie (Tom) Nord, Enderlin; Norma (Todd) Rasmusson,
Lisbon; Neil, Valley City; eleven
grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren; and step-children
Denise (Dennis) Dahl, Gwinner;
Rebecca (William) Coykendall,
Lisbon; Kristine (Brent) Kale,
Verona; Gloria (Gordon) Evenson,
Lisbon; Grace (Dan) Michlitsch,
Eden, SD; Amy (Travis) Meyer,
Wahpeton; Rosanne (Joel) Lysne,
Wahpeton; and Merl (Tiffany)
Greenley, Valley City; twenty-one
step-grandchildren and twenty-one
step great grandchildren.
Visitation will be Friday, January 15 from 5-7 pm with prayer
service at 7 pm at Trinity Lutheran
Church in Lisbon. Funeral services
will be Saturday at 11 am at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lisbon with
Pastor Norm Anderson officiating.
Pallbearers will be Kenny’s
grandchildren and honorary pallbearers will be Kenny’s step family.
Music will be provided by
organist Jan Hansen and soloist
Wayne Strander.
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Lisbon.
Armstrong Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
Vernon L. Rufsvold
Memorial services for Vernon
L. Rufsvold, 88, Lisbon, formerly
Fort Ransom were held January 15,
2016 at Standing Rock Lutheran
Church in Fort Ransom with Rev.
Marli Danielson officiating. Vernon died January 9, 2016 at Parkside Lutheran Home in Lisbon.
Vernon L. Rufsvold was born
November 27, 1927 to Christian
Bernard and Mabel (Prestrud)
Rufsvold in rural Fort Ransom. He
attended school in rural Fort Ransom.
Mr. Rufsvold was in the US
Army from Oct. 14, 1947 to July
7, 1950. He received the Occupational Medal of Japan.
He married Verna Johnson
on Nov. 28, 1957 in Fargo. They
farmed near Fort Ransom and then
moved to Lisbon in February of
2000.
He is survived by his wife,
Verna, two daughters, Linda (Wendell) Schutt, Milnor, Karen (Jim)
Falk, Christine, ND, two grandchildren, and a sister, Madeline
(Donald) Blay, Marysville, WA.
He is preceded in death by a
sister, Adeline Bagenstons and a
brother, Kenneth.
Honorary pallbearers were all
nieces and nephews.
Music was provided by organist Betty Anderson and soloist Dale
Haugen.
Interment at Standing Rock
Lutheran Cemetery, Fort Ransom.
~ Senior Schedule ~
Monday, Jan. 18
Exercise ................................ 10:45
Bingo ...................................... 1:00
Dinner: Breaded lemon pepper
tilapia w/tartar sauce ............ 12:00
Tuesday, Jan. 19
Dinner: Slow roast beef w/gravy ..
.............................................. 12:00
Hand and Foot ........................ 1:30
Wednesday, Jan. 20
Dinner: Salmon loaf ............. 12:00
Thursday, Jan. 21
Dinner: Beef stew and biscuits .....
.............................................. 12:00
Friday, Jan. 22
Dinner: Tator tot hotdish ...... 12:00
Saturday, Jan. 23
Open mornings for activities
Sunday, Jan. 24
No Cards
Monday, Jan. 25
Herb roasted chicken w/dressing
and gravy
Mary A. Anderson
Laverne Qual
LaVerne Qual, 85, of Jamestown, passed away early Wednesday morning, January 13, 2016 at
Ave Maria Village, Jamestown.
LaVerne was born on October
19, 1930, in Cogswell, the daughter of William and Lucille Daley.
She graduated from Cogswell
High School in 1948 and then
worked for the ASC office in Forman, ND.
LaVerne married Ralph Qual
of Lisbon in 1949. They farmed
in the Gwinner and Lisbon areas
before moving to Jamestown in
1958. They operated Jim’s Mobile
Service from 1958 until 1972.
LaVerne worked for White Drug
from 1973 until they closed in
1986. She worked at Roosevelt
Grade School as Head Cook from
1989 until her retirement in 2003.
LaVerne was a member of St.
James Basilica, St. James Tabernacle, Our Lady of Rosary Circle,
and Our Lady of Lourdes Circle.
She enjoyed gardening, crocheting, and word puzzles.
LaVerne is survived by her
four sons, Jerry Qual, Dennis
(Demaris) Qual, Ronald (Beth)
Qual, and Richard (Terri) Qual;
daughter,
Nancy
(Michael)
Schultz; one grandson; four granddaughters; two great grandsons;
two great granddaughters; one
brother, Wayne Daley; one sister,
Joyce (Gene) Carter.
She was preceded in death by
her parents; husband, Ralph; sister, Madelyn Christianson; brother,
Charles.
Mass of Christian Burial will
be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 16, 2016 at St. James Basilica,
Jamestown.
Visitation will be held at 1:00
p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Friday, January 15, 2016 at Williams-Lisko
Funeral Chapel, Jamestown.
Vigil will be held at 7:00
p.m., Friday, January 15, 2016 at
Williams-Lisko Funeral Chapel,
Jamestown.
Interment will be at Calvary
Cemetery, Jamestown.
Wayne O. Jorgenson
Funeral services for Wayne O.
Jorgenson, 81, Valley City, were
held January 12, 2016 at Armstrong
Funeral Home in Lisbon with Rev.
Norm Anderson officiating. Wayne
died January 6, 2016 at Sanford
Health in Fargo.
Wayne O. Jorgenson was born
December 21, 1934 to John T. and
Gertrude (Palloch) Jorgenson in
rural Fort Ransom. He attended
Springer Country School.
Mr. Jorgenson was in the Air
Force from January 9, 1956 to January 8, 1960.
He married Beverly Rotenberger
on June 9, 1957 in Lisbon. They lived
in Bangor, Maine while Wayne was
in the service. They moved to rural
Amenia, ND where Wayne worked
for a farmer. In 1972, they moved to
Casselton. Wayne worked for Bran-
nick Manufacturing in Fargo until
retiring in 2000. In 2002 they moved
to Valley City.
He is survived by his wife,
Beverly, two sons, David (Sandra)
Jorgenson, Windsor, CO, Michael
(Bette) Jorgenson, Thief River Falls,
eight grandchildren, eight greatgrandchildren, six brothers, Leroy,
Valley City, Lawrence (Verney),
Jamestown, Darrel (Donna), Pierre,
John (Diana), Whitewood, SD,
Jerome (Joann), Wahpeton, Dallas
(Polly), Fargo, two sisters, Marlys
Sahlin, Broomfield, CO, and Bonnie
(Donald) York, Belleville, IL.
He is preceded in death by brothers, Ray and Alan and a sister Lois
Trangsrud.
Pallbearers for the funeral were
Dennis Jorgenson, Dale Jorgenson,
Brett Jorgenson, Adam Jorgenson, Andrew Gallagher and Kenny
Knight.
Music was provided by organist Jan Hansen and soloist Charlene
Rondestvedt.
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery,
Lisbon.
Armstrong Funeral Home, Lisbon was in charge of arrangements.
Valley News
Here comes winter and six inches
of the stuff that makes kids happy
with their snowmobiling and what
not. Weather has been great for January thus far and only three weeks
left. Roads kept wide open but of
course six inches of snow won’t stop
anyone. Makes it slippery for driving around in the pasture checking
cattle. There were those Hoenhause
brothers getting the cattle on home
ground when the boss headed off to
Minnesota for supplies. Now bawling is going on so the poor calves are
made orphans. Here comes Tucker
Hoenhause and he offers to help.
Well this rover had garbage to bring
to the huge cremation plot. He took
his pickup which he is proud of,
in fact showed Brooke how to put
spark plugs in her outfit. He loaded
the unwanted stuff and dumped it.
Soon fire was going. Thanks to great
ones who offer to help this super old
Grandmom. Some are watching this
famous Bison game while others are
fixing pistons in their machinery.
Friday came and residents came
in for the church service with Pastor
Norm doing the sermon honors. It
was his birthday one of the days so
they sang the usual. This was Beverly Anne. There was a sadness as
Mary Anderson passed away. Mary
once played music at many things
with her organ on a float or anywhere
else. She will be missed with her
bubbly manner and friendly coming
in for church at Beverly Anne. Sympathy to the family.
There is Gerald Rufsvold doing
a super duty without a doubt in his
mind. This rover saw he had the
Gazette Friday at Gordy’s. She
stated, “If there was so and so in it
she would pay the dollar instead of
waiting for her copy. He without
a delay, “Would you like to see if
Mary A. Anderson, age 90, of
Lisbon, passed on to her heavenly
home on Friday, January 8, 2016 at
Lisbon Area Health Services.
She was a loving and devoted
wife, mother, grandmother, sister
and friend with an encouraging,
good natured personality. She was
a strong, determined woman whose
fighting spirit helped her recover
from several medical challenges
during the last few years of her life.
Entertaining people with her musical talents on the organ and piano
gave her great joy and satisfaction.
Mary was born July 27, 1925 in
Linton, ND, the daughter of German/Russian immigrants, Julius
and Elizabeth (Mai) Deis. She
grew up with 7 brothers and sisters, graduated from Temvik High
School in 1943 and moved to Fargo
to attend Fargo Business School.
Her first jobs were at Dakota Paper
and Glendenning Motorways in
Fargo. She met the love of her life,
Bernie Anderson, while dancing at
the Crystal Ballroom and they were
married September 18, 1949.
While raising three children,
they worked together for 25+ years
on their dairy farm south of Lisbon,
ND. After selling their farm and
moving to Lisbon in 1975, they both
became active volunteers for the
Lisbon community. They planned
and led over 200 senior citizen bus
trips where Mary served as the funloving hostess. Together, they provided leadership for the Centennial
celebrations in Lisbon and Ransom
County. They were honored in the
early 90’s by the State of North
Dakota for their passionate community service. Mary possessed a special Christmas spirit, as she helped
Bernie create lighted Christmas
displays at their Lisbon home for
27 years-for the enjoyment of the
community. Together, they lived an
active, fulfilling and productive life,
celebrating more than 53 years of
marriage before Bernie died, unexpectedly, in February, 2003.
Mary had remarkable musical
by Irene Hoenhause
it is in this paper?” It was and she
purchases one and was happy to
meet this friendly chap who this
rover thinks would help anyone if
he could. Thanks, Gerald. You are a
prince.
There is a new face to this rover
although been in the area three years
coming from Minnesota and planting herself in Milnor but working
at Gordy’s, Michelle Dickenson and
doing a great job in whirlwind fashion as customers come in fast and
furious and she handles the till without a blemish.
Mabel Sandstrom of Swingbed
at 95 always has a word of cheer
and visits with this rover as she hits
the keys for church at Swingbed on
Wed. morn. She says to greet her
friend Alice Bartell of the Gwinner
area as they were long time friends.
Oh my gosh, did this rover ever
get a small but super pizza in a box
Local and Area Church Directory
• Lisbon
• Forman
• Milnor
• Elliott
683-2375
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Zion Lutheran Church
420 1st St SE, Gwinner – Missouri
Synod. Pastor Matthew Richard 6782401. Cell 680-2658. www.ziongwinner.org Sunday: Divine service 10
am, Sunday School for adults and
children, 9 am, Communion 1st and
3rd Sunday of the month. Wednesday: Pastor’s Bible Study 9 am “The
Lutheran Hour” radio program heard
Sundays 7:30 am on KFGO 790 AM,
4:30 pm on KFNW 1200 AM, Confirmation, 4 pm.
Faith Assembly of God
1010 Forest Street, Lisbon Pastor
Bill Busch 683-5756. Sunday School
9 am.; Morning Worship 10 am;
Wednesday Bible study 7 pm
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Sheldon, Father John Artz, Priest Sunday Mass - 5:30 pm
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Enderlin, Father John Artz, 437-2791
Sunday Mass - 8:30 am
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Verona, Pastor Cheri Danielson, 4325688 & Pastor Carl Glamm, 8834515; Tuesday, Jan. 19, 7 pm Study
of Islam @ Verona Bear Creek Lodge,
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 7 p.m Heart of
the Prairie Council meeting, Sunday,
Jan. 24, 11 am Worship service, 1:30
pm Confirmation
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Englevale, Pastor Cheri Danielson,
432-5688 & Pastor Carl Glamm,
883-4515, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 7 pm
Study of Islam @ Verona Bear Creek
Lodge, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 7 p.m
Heart of the Prairie Council meeting,
Sunday, Jan. 24, 9 am service, 10
am SS, 1:30 pm Confirmation at St.
Johns
Gustaf Adolf Lutheran Church
207 1st St. SE, Gwinner Phone 6782552 Pastor Ivy Schulz, Sunday, 9:30
Worship. 7th Grade Conf. 3:30 pm,
8th Grade Conf. 4:30 pm.
St. Aloysius Catholic Church
701 Oak St., Lisbon Father Jerald
Finnestad, Priest Mass at 5 pm Saturday; 9 am Sunday.
St. Raphael’s Church
Verona, Father Jerome Okafor, Priest
Phone 883-5987 See Verona News
for current Worship schedule.
St. Vincent Catholic Church
Gwinner. Father Jerald Finnestad,
Priest phone 683-4620. Holy Mass
Sundays at 11 am
Anselm Trinity Lutheran Church
Anselm Trinity Lutheran Church
(LCMC) Lutheran Congregations in
Mission for Christ services at 9:30
am; Coffee hour at 8:45 am, Sunday
School following the service. Communion 2nd and 4th Sunday of every
month.
Standing Rock & Preston
Lutheran Churches
Fort Ransom, Marli Danielson, Sunday, 9 am Worship Service at Preston;
10:30 am Worship Service at Standing
Rock.
First Baptist Church
4th and Forest St., Lisbon, Rev. Steve
Swanholm, Sunday School - 9:30
am; Morning Worship Service 11 am;
Wednesday Awana Club, 6 pm; Bible
Study 7:30 pm; Thursday Men’s Bible
Study at 7 pm
Community Church
Rev. Steve Swanholm, Sunday Worship at 9 am; Tuesday Bible Study
2:30 pm (at Four Season Health Care
Center, Forman)
Hope AFLC
Association Free Lutheran Congregation, 228 5th Ave., Enderlin Pastor
Dennis Norby, Phone 437-3777, (815)
883-1673. www.hopelutheranenderlin.org. Sunday School 10 am; Adult
Sunday School 10 a.m, Sunday Worship 11 am
Redeemer Lutheran Church
801 Forest St., Lisbon, Missouri
Synod, Phone 683-3462; Pastor Aaron
Hambleton; Worship service 9:15 am
Sunday with Bible Class at 10:30 a..m.
(Communion 1st & 2nd Sundays).
First Presbyterian Church
10 6 Ave. West, Lisbon, Pastor Juwle
S. Nagbe, Pastor Office: 683-4479;
Residence: 683-5996; Cell (701)3184273; email: [email protected]. Sunday Worship 11:15 am
Bethany Lutheran Church
McLeod, Pastor Wayne Quibell,
Holy Communion first Sunday of the
Month; Sunday School 9:15 am; Worship Service 10:30 am; Confirmation
Wednesday 5 pm
Seventh-day Adventist Church
For more information regarding our
church, please contact us at 1-877525-2113.
The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints
Wahpeton Branch 505 Richland Ave.,
Wahpeton Phone 642-2463; Lee
J. Allen, President 701-241-9929.
Meetings on Sunday: Sacrament
10 am; Sunday School and Primary
11:15 am
First United Methodist Church
602 Forest St., Lisbon. Rev. Juwle S.
Nagbe. Office 683-4479, Residence
683-5996. Sunday Worship 9:45 am
Trinity Lutheran Church
418 5th Ave. W., Lisbon, Pastor Norman Anderson Phone 683-5841.
Wednesday, Jan. 20, 6 pm Confirmation, 7 pm WOW, Sunday, Jan. 24, 9
am Liturgy of the Word, 10 am Sunday School
Trinity Lutheran Church LCMC
319 4th Ave, Enderlin, Phone 4372433. Pastor Grant Patterson. Sunday
Service, 9:30 am, Sunday School,
10:40 am
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talent from an early age, playing
piano and organ by ear. She enjoyed
playing favorite tunes on her organ
in their home for friends and family.
She achieved her dream of entertaining people with her organ music
by creating a business, “Mary’s
Busy Fingers”. She provided musical entertainment for many receptions, dances and parades as well
as the residents of Parkside Nursing
Home and Senior Center in Lisbon.
She was active in Trinity Lutheran
Church and the Ruth Circle in Lisbon, a women’s bowling league for
many years and served as president
and several offices in the Eagles
Auxiliary.
In 2008, Mary moved to the
Beverly Anne Assisted Living Center in Lisbon where she enjoyed
visiting with good friends, playing
Bingo every Friday night, attending
weekly church services and enjoying many hours of game shows and
basketball games on television. The
family is grateful for the compassionate staff at the Beverly Anne
Assisted Living Center for their
care and love in making mom feel
so at home there.
Mary will be greatly missed
by her 3 children, Gail Gunderson,
Columbus, Ohio; Greg (Rhanda)
Anderson, Savage, MN; and Marty
Anderson, Edina, MN; two grandchildren, Jill (David) Steinmetz,
Urbana, Ohio and Brittany Anderson, Rosemount, MN; and two great
grandchildren, Grace Ann and Jeremiah (Ohio). One brother and two
sister-in-laws: Clement Deis, Linton, ND; Cecelia Deis, Bismarck
and Rosina Deis, Linton, ND and
many special nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, parents, four sisters:
Sally Bartholome, Carol Serr, Rose
Lipp, Frances Jahner and brothers, Frank, Aloysius and one infant
brother.
In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to Trinity Lutheran
Church and the Beverly Anne
Assisted Living in Lisbon.
Visitation was held January 12,
2016 at Armstrong Funeral Home
in Lisbon with a prayer service following. Funeral services for Mary
were held on January 13, 2016 at
Trinity Lutheran Church in Lisbon
with Pastor Norm Anderson officiating.
Pallbearers were Robert Ringdahl, Larry Schauer, Mark Jahner,
Rod Jahner, Dean Deis, Tom Deis,
Dale Grosz and Peder Rotto.
Music was provided by organist
Jan Hansen.
Interment will be at Oakwood
Cemetery in Lisbon in the spring.
Armstrong Funeral Home of
Lisbon was in charge of arrangements.
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Ph: 427-9472
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at Gordy’s Friday. There was the former Lisbon Cafe owner, doing the
dishing out and she was an exceptional cook and how we miss the
Cafe and her cooking. This is Teresa
Feist. If she made this pizza, her
cooking again ranks high. Thanks!
There was the Hoenhause crew,
Mitch and Heidi, Tucker, Dexter and
Sophie, Jody and Brooke, Harv and
Kathy, the birthday kid Spencer with
Andy, Tiff, Carter, Sheldon, Brandon
off to Chuck-E Cheese to celebrate
Spencer in grand style for his fourth
birthday. Brad Carter was also on
deck.
Brooke Hoenhause had a mashed
potato pork supper Wed. eve. She
delivered egg cartons and Spencer’s
gift to Andy and Tiff’s on Rock Hill.
Thanks, Brooke!
There is friends Clint and Berna-
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IN THE SUPREME COURT
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
NOTICE OF CONSULTATION
Supreme Court No. 20160011
In the Matter of the Vacancy in Judgeship No. 2, with Chambers in Valley City,
North Dakota, Southeast Judicial District
Supreme Court No. 20160001
In the Matter of the Vacancy in Judgeship No. 7, with Chambers in Jamestown,
North Dakota, Southeast Judicial District
[¶1] On January 11, 2016, Jerod E.
Tufte, Judge of the District Court, with
chambers in Valley City, North Dakota, in
the Southeast Judicial District, notified this
Court of his intention not to seek election
in 2016 to the district judge position he was
appointed to in July 2014. Under N.D.C.C.
§ 27-05-02.1(2) a vacancy in the office of
district judge is created.
[¶2] On January 4, 2016, the Court
issued a Notice of Consultation in Supreme
Court No. 20160001, Vacancy in Judgeship
No. 7, with Chambers in Jamestown, North
Dakota, Southeast Judicial District, due to
notification of the Honorable Thomas E.
Merrick of his intention not to seek reelection in 2016. The comment period in that
matter expires February 4, 2016.
[¶3] ORDERED, for the purposes
of the consultation contemplated under
N.D.C.C. § 27-05-02.1, the notice of written consultation with attorneys and judges
and other interested persons, this matter will
be considered with the vacancy created by
Judge Merrick’s notification in Supreme
Court No. 20160001. Any person wishing
to comment on the vacancies may do so in
writing no later than February 4, 2016.
[¶4] Entered the 12th day of January,
2016, at the direction of the Honorable Gerald W. VandeWalle, Chief Justice, and the
Honorable Dale V. Sandstrom, the Honorable Carol Ronning Kapsner, the Honorable
Daniel J. Crothers and the Honorable Lisa
Fair McEvers, Justices.
Penny Miller, Clerk
North Dakota Supreme Court
Publish January 18, 2016
LISBON SCHOOL DISTRICT #19
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
ATTENDANCE: On Tuesday, November 10, 2015 President Qual called the board
meeting of the Lisbon School District #19
to order at 7:30 p.m. Members present were
Mark Qual, Liz Anderson, Matt Webb, Brent
Dick and Brenna Welton. Also in attendance
were Steven Johnson, Pat Adair, Warren
Michael, Elinor Meckle, Lori Lyons, LyDell
Mairs, Ben Zahrbock, and Terri Barta.
CONSENT AGENDA: Dick moved,
seconded by Welton to approve the established agenda, minutes of the October 14,
2015 board meeting, bills list and finance
reports. Approved by unanimous roll call
vote.
POP: President Qual requested to
start POP Moments to the agenda which
is “Pointing Out Positive” moments. It is
a time that board members, staff in attendance, principals or superintendent would
talk about something GOOD that happened
since the last meeting. Students or staff
members who have had something going
really well with our district would be recognized during this time. POP moments were
shared by several.
PRINCIPALS’ REPORTS: previously
submitted to board. Also reported was attendance at parent-teacher conferences.
BOARD REPORTS: Members Qual
and Dick reported on sessions attended at
the NDSBA fall convention.
President Qual also thanked Terri Barta
for her article in the Gazette on our board
meetings.
GUESTS: were welcomed.
SUPT. REPORT: Dr. Johnson reported
on the following: Attending the pre-conference on our new Marshall Teacher and
Principal Evaluation rubrics in Bismarck.
The administrative team has been reviewing the new resources he received and suggestions for implementation by the panel of
experts on the Marshall Model. They are
currently working on a Glossary of Terms
so that all staff has a better understanding of
the indicators and rubrics within the model.
During the NDCEL Conference, he attended
seminars on Formative Assessment, Data
privacy, RTI to Career Readiness, Teacher
Leadership, the Annual General meeting of the NDHSAA, and a few “motivational” speakers. On Thursday October 29,
I attended the NDSBA Law Seminar with
board members Mark Qual and Brent Dick.
And late on Thursday afternoon through Friday, I attended the NDSBA Convention. It
started with a comedian, Jimmy Tingle, and
moved to presenter, Jamie Vollmer presenting on Building Public Support for Public
Schools. I also attended breakout sessions
on: Social Media, Data Privacy, Superintendent Baesler, and TFFR and listened to
Dr. Twenge talk about her research dealing
with the “Generation Me” or the “Entitlement Generation”. Very interesting sessions
and presenters at the NDSBA Convention.
Lisbon hosted the Region One Act Play
competition at the Lisbon Opera House on
November 4th; and P/T conferences were
held and the administrative team has already
started talking about changing the format of
our P/T conferences for spring with discussion about “student” led conferences in
March.
TUITION AGREEMENT: Dick moved,
seconded by Anderson to approve the tuition
agreement with the Beach Public Schools.
Approved by unanimous roll call vote.
PERSONNEL
• JH GBB & WRSTLG: Anderson
moved, seconded by Welton to approve and
issue contracts to Stacy Schimming for JH
GBB and Robert Moller for Asst. Wrestling
coach for 2015-16 with pay per negotiated
agreement. Approved by unanimous roll call
vote.
• 2nd ASST. GBB & BBB: Anderson
moved, seconded by Webb to approve and
issue contracts to Stacy Schimming as 2nd
Asst. GBB and Justin Reinke as 2nd Asst.
BBB for 2015-16 with pay per negotiated
agreement. Approved by unanimous roll
call vote.
• MAINTENANCE: Webb moved, seconded by Dick to approve Curt Sandstrom
as part-time maintenance at $10.00 per hour.
Approved by unanimous roll call vote.
SHOPKO: President Qual reported he
was there to receive the $2500 donation
from Shopko during the open house and
after meeting with administration ideas for
usage included $1500 towards Imagination Library and $1000 towards the new
shot clocks. Anderson moved, seconded
by Webb to approve the recommendation
usage for the Shopko Donation. Approved
by unanimous roll call vote.
SUPT. EVALUATION: was reviewed.
Anderson moved, seconded by Webb to
approve the Evaluation of Superintendent
Steven L. Johnson dated November 10,
2015. Approved by unanimous roll call vote.
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING: Anderson moved, seconded by Dick to change
the December board meeting to Monday,
December 7, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. in the high
school conference room. Approved by unanimous roll call vote.
There being no further business the
meeting was adjourned.
Lori B. Lyons
Business Manager
11/10/2015
Publish January 18, 2016
SECTION 00100
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
CNOB-3721(054), CNOC-3721(055) &
CNOC-3700(003)
RANSOM COUNTY, NORTH
DAKOTA
Sealed bids will be received by Ransom County at the Auditor’s Office at
204 5th Avenue West, Lisbon, ND 58054,
until 1:00 PM CT, February 11th, 2016, at
which time they will be publically opened
and read aloud for the furnishing of materials, labor, equipment and skill required
for the construction of Milling, Recycled
Asphalt Pavement and Incidental items in
and for said Ransom County, as is more
fully described and set forth in the plans
and specifications therefore, which are now
on file in the office of the Ransom County
Auditor.
Bids shall be upon cash payment on the
following estimated quantities and types of
work:
Contract Bond, 1.0 L Sum; Railway
Protection Insurance, 1.0 L Sum; Common Excavation-Subcut, 1,722 CY; Water,
122 M GAL; Aggregate Base Course CL
5, 4,503 Ton; Milling Pavement Surface,
175,111 SY; RAP - Superpave FAA 43,
31,296 Ton; Cored Sample, 190 EA; PG
58-28 Asphalt Cement, 1,659 Ton; Mobilization, 1.0 L Sum; Flagging, 830 MHR;
Traffic Control Signs, 4,624 Unit; Type III
Barricade, 16 EA; Tubular Markers, 528
EA; Pilot Car, 415 HR; Bituminous Laboratory, 1 EA; Contractor’s Laboratory, 1 EA;
Geosynthetic Material Type G, 1,000 SY;
Geosynthetic Material Type R1, 3,749 SY;
Rumble Strips - Intersection, 2 EA; PVMT
MK Painted-Message, 265 SF; Short Term
4IN Line-Type NR, 172,236 LF; PVMT
MK Painted 4IN Line, 52,119 LF.
The contract documents are on file and
may be examined at the following:
Ransom County Auditor
204 5th Avenue West
Lisbon, ND 58054
KLJ
1010 4th Ave SW
Valley City, ND 58072
Complete digital project bidding documents are available at www.kljeng.com
“Projects for Bid” or www.questcdn.com.
You may download the digital plan documents for $21 by inputting Quest project
#4225306 on the website’s Project Search
page. Please contact QuestCDN at (952)
233-1632 or [email protected] for assistance in free membership registration,
downloading, and working with this digital
project information. An optional paper set
of project documents is also available for a
non-refundable price of $70 per set at KLJ,
1010 4th Ave SW; PO Box 937, Valley City,
ND 58072. Please contact us at 701-8454980 if you have any questions.
All bids are to be submitted on the basis
of cash payment for the work and materials, and each bid shall be accompanied by
a separate envelope containing the contractor’s license and bid security. The bid security must be in a sum equal to five per cent
(5%) of the full amount of the bid and must
be in the form of a bidder’s bond. A bidder’s bond must be executed by the bidder
as principal and by a surety company authorized to do business in this state, conditioned that if the principal’s bid be accepted
and the contract awarded to the principal,
the principal, within ten (10) days after
notice of award, will execute and effect a
contract in accordance with the terms of his
bid and the bid bond as required by the laws
of the State of North Dakota and the regulations and determinations of the governing
body. If a successful bidder does not execute a contract within ten (10) days allowed,
the bidder’s bond must be forfeited to the
governing body and the project awarded to
the next lowest responsible bidder.
All bidders must be licensed for the full
amount of the bid as required by Section 43
07 05 and 43-07-12 of the North Dakota
Century Code.
The successful Bidder will be required
to furnish Contract Performance and Payment Bonds in the full amount of the contract.
Contracts shall be awarded on the basis
of the low bid submitted by a responsible
and responsive bidder for the aggregate
sum of all bid items. A single contract will
be awarded for the work.
All bids will be contained in a sealed
envelope, as above provided; plainly
marked showing that such envelope contains a bid for the above project. In addition, the bidder shall place upon the exterior
of such envelope the following information:
1. The work covered by the bidder
2. The name of the bidder
3. Separate envelope containing bid
bond and a copy of North Dakota Contractor’s License or certificate of renewal.
4. Acknowledgement of the Addenda.
No Bid will be read or considered
which does not fully comply with the above
provisions as to Bond and licenses and any
deficient Bid submitted will be resealed and
returned to the Bidder immediately.
The work on the improvement for
projects CNOB-3721(054) and CNOC3721(055) must be completed by July 29th,
2016. The work on the improvement for
project CNOC-3700(003) must be completed by August 26th, 2016.
The Owner reserves the right to reject
any and all bids, to waive any informality
in any bid, to hold all bids for a period not
to exceed 30 days from the date of opening bids, and to accept the bid deemed most
favorable to the interest of the Owner.
Should the Contractor fail to complete the work within the time required
herein or within such extra time as may
have been granted by formal extensions of
time approved by the Owner, there will be
deducted from any amount due the Contractor the sum of $1,600 per day and every day
that the completion of the work is delayed.
The Contractor and his surety will be liable
for any excess. Such payment will be as and
for liquidated damages.
Dated this 13th day of January, 2016
RANSOM COUNTY
LISBON, NORTH DAKOTA
Kristi Johnson, County Auditor
Publish Jan, 18, 25, and Feb. 1st, 2016
ND traffic fatalities
lowest in five years
The North Dakota Department of
Transportation (NDDOT) and the North
Dakota Highway Patrol (NDHP) reports
2015 traffic fatalities are the lowest in
five years.
Based on preliminary crash data,
131 motor vehicle fatalities occurred in
2015, the lowest number of traffic fatalities since 2010 when there were 105.
“The state has made significant
investments into our infrastructure in
recent years so it is encouraging to see
the decrease in the number of fatalities,”
says Grant Levi, NDDOT Director.
“Infrastructure improvements can help
save lives but those improvements need
to be combined with drivers who aren’t
distracted, drive defensively and abide
by the rules of the road in order to continue to reduce fatalities.”
Of these 131 motor vehicle fatalities,
62 percent were not wearing their seat
belt, 41 percent were alcohol-related,
and 28 percent were speed-related. Lack
of seat belts, alcohol and speed are consistently the most significant factors in
motor vehicle fatalities in North Dakota.
Colonel Michael Gerhart, superintendent of the NDHP, adds “The single
greatest partnership in law enforcement
is with the public. With their support and
cooperation to drive sober, buckle up
and slow down, many lives can be saved
on our roadways.”
Preliminary crash data from 2015
also shows that 35 percent of motor
vehicle fatalities in 2015 were single
vehicle rollovers (excludes motorcycles
and ATVs). Nearly 80 percent of fatalities in the single vehicle rollovers were
unbelted and nearly 70 percent of those
unbelted fatalities were totally or partially ejected. In addition, nearly 70 percent of single-vehicle rollover fatalities
were alcohol-related.
Advanced crop advisers workshop
set for February 9-10 in Fargo
The Advanced Crop Advisers
Workshop is scheduled for Feb. 9-10 at
the Holiday Inn in Fargo.
The workshop is designed to provide in-depth discussion of selected
topics for agricultural professionals to
enhance their crop production recommendations for farmers.
The event is organized and conducted by the North Dakota State
University Extension Service and University of Minnesota Extension.
Feb. 9 educational sessions are:
• Alternate crop disease management
• Microorganisms and cover crops
• What’s emerging with corn
stands?
• Insect and disease issues
• Utilizing Iowa experience to
assist us with managing herbicideresistant weeds
Also, the presentation “African and
Asian small-scale farming: What can
we learn?” will be given during lunch.
Feb. 10 educational sessions are:
• Current and future farm financial
challenges
• Controlling herbicide-resistant
weeds
• Developing water issues facing
agriculture
• Split nitrogen application for corn
and wheat
Preregistration is required. The
workshop fee is $140 if received by
Feb. 5, or $75 if attending one day. Late
registration fees are $175 or $100 for
one day. The fee includes three meals
and refreshment breaks, and reference
materials.
Certified crop advisers will have
the opportunity to receive 11 continuing education units.
A brochure that contains workshop
details, including a preregistration
form, is at http://bit.ly/CarringtonRECworkshop. Electronic preregistration and credit card payment can be
made at http://.tinyurl.com/CRECstore.
For more information, contact
Greg Endres at the NDSU Carrington
Research Extension Center at (701)
652-2951 or Phillip Glogoza, Minnesota Extension Service in Moorhead, at
(218) 236-2008.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Public Service Commission
Gas Pipeline Safety
Rulemaking
Case No. GS-15-187
Public Service Commission
Reclamation
Rulemaking
Case No. RC-15-737
NOTICE OF INTENT TO AMEND
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
January 5, 2016
TAKE NOTICE that the Public Service Commission will hold a
public hearing to address proposed amendments to the North Dakota
Administrative Code relating to gas pipeline safety and surface coal mining
and reclamation operations.
The public hearing will be held at 10:00 a.m., CST on February 18,
2016, in the Commission Hearing Room, 12th oor, State Capitol,
Bismarck, North Dakota. Written comments may be submitted to the
Public Service Commission until the close of business on February 29,
2016.
A copy of the proposed rules and statements concerning the Regulatory
Analysis, Small Entity Regulatory Analysis and Economic Impact, and
Takings Assessment may be obtained from the Public Service Commission,
600 East Boulevard Avenue, Department 408, Bismarck, North Dakota
58505-0480, 701-328-2400, toll free 1-877-245-6685, Relay North Dakota
TTY: 1-800-366-6888, or [email protected]. This information is also available
to view on the Public Service Commission’s web site at www.psc.nd.gov
under “Formal Notices”.
If you require any auxiliary aids or services, such as readers, signers, or
Braille materials, please notify the Commission at least 24 hours in advance.
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Randy Christmann
Commissioner
Julie Fedorchak
Chairman
Brian P. Kalk
Commissioner
Medical & Health Services
Directory
HOSPITALS & CLINICS
CHI
Lisbon
Health Clinic
DR. OSCAR FERNANDEZ
KEVIN JACOBSON FNP-C
Clinic Hours: 9am-5pm
Appt. Hours: 7am-6pm
(701) 683-6400
Located At Hospital Main Entrance
905 Main Street • Lisbon, ND
www.lisbonhospital.com
FMC
Family
Medical
Clinic
Dr. Barbara Sheets-Olson, M.D.
Katie Tanner, PA-C
Meredith Kelsen, C-NP
Stacey Spilovoy-Walton, PA-C
(701) 683-6000
Clinic Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30-5:00
“Your Health • Your Choice • Your Clinic”
10 - 9th Ave. E., Lisbon, ND 58054
Lisbon
Brent Buchholz, PA-C
Kathy Siedschlag, PA-C
Larry Hendricks, PA-C
Dedicated to the work of heath and healing
102 10th Ave. West • 701-683-2214
SHEYENNE VALLEY
CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC
Medical & Prof. Center 15 - 11th Ave. W., Lisbon, ND
DR. ANNETTE I. BARTOSH-HEACOX
DR. JODI K. SANDESS-RIEGER
683-5337
We Are A Participating BC/BS Provider in ND
(701) 683-6400
SERVICES AVAILABLE:
Clinic Services
Laboratory • Ultrasounds
Mammograms
Nuc Med • MRI/CT Scans
Swingbed • Surgery
Emergency Room
Mercy Home Care - Hospice
905 Main Street • Lisbon, ND
www.lisbonhospital.com
~ MeritCare & Dakota Clinic Network Provider ~
DENTAL
(701) 427-5300
Clinic Hours: 8am-1pm
Monday-Thursday
Brenda rick, nP
SERVICES AVAILABLE:
Lab, Xray,
Blood Pressure Check
DOT Physicals
Keeping care
close to home
Essentia Health-Lisbon Clinic
819 Main Street | Lisbon
701.683.4134
EssentiaHealth.org
906 South Main Street, Lisbon, ND
Participating Provider of BC/ BS,
Medica & MeritCare Medical Group
Hours: Mon-Fri.
8am to 5pm
Phone - 683-4582
Dr. Chad Olson and Dr. Corey Williams
Thrifty
White
Pharmacy
420 Main St.,
Lisbon, ND
(701) 683-7695
or 1(866) 683-4654
St. Francis
Milnor Clinic
Lisbon Chiropractic
Clinic
PHARMACIES
General Dentistry
DR. DUANE KRIVARCHKA
General Dentistry
LISBON OFFICE - 683-4455
Medical & Professional Center
11 11th Ave. W., Lisbon, ND
ENDERLIN OFFICE - 437-2676
DR. FRANCIS H. ZECK, JR.
GENERAL/FAMILY DENTAL CLINIC
513 Main, Lisbon, N.D.
(701) 683-5821
HOURS
Monday: 9am-5pm
Tuesday-Thursday: 8am-5pm
Friday: 8am-Noon
DR. MICHAEL L. KEIM
EYECARE
Thrifty White
Pharmacy
Cards, Gifts,
& All Your Health Needs
683-4691
1-800-247-0427
404 Main • Lisbon, North Dakota
Mon-Fri: 8:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday: 8:30am - Noon
NuCara Pharmacy
Corey R. Mairs
O.D.
1-877-683-5815
17 11th Avenue West • Lisbon, ND 58054
701-683-5815
Fax 701-683-9966
“clear vision begins with healthy eyes”
ASSISTED LIVING
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B Assisted Living Center
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For Appointments Call:
CHIROPRACTIC & MASSAGE
Retirement living apartments
with several services and cares
available at your choosing.
400 E. Jackson Ave., Lisbon
683-4092
THERAPY/FITNESS
Lisbon, ND 58054
Patty Well, Manager
683-5282
COUNSELING
KRISTINA M. LONG, M.S. ED.
Licensed Professional Counselor
Sheyenne Valley
Counseling Service
1006 Lincoln St., Lisbon, ND
701-683-5086
Specialist in Orthodontics
513 Main Street - Lisbon, ND
For an appointment Call:
1-800-347-0170
To Rent A Space In The Medical & Health Directory
Call (701) 683-4128
REHABILITATION / FITNESS
PHYSICAL THERAPY
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
11 Main Street North
P.O. Box 586
Gwinner, ND 58040
Phone: (701) 678-2244
Fax: (701) 678-2210
NURSING HOMES
Parkside Lutheran Home
Skilled Nursing Service,
Physical, Occupational,
Speech Therapy, & Respite Care
501 3rd Avenue West, Lisbon
(701) 683-5239
Hi-Liners fall to Broncos Nudell led Raiders mount second
half comeback against the Broncos
By Joe Howell
Visiting Lisbon derailed the
Valley City Hi-Line girl’s basketball team in a game that was
divided into halves instead of
quarters on Saturday, January 9.
The Broncos jumped out to an
impressive 40-27 first half lead
and held off a Valley City charge
for their fifth victory of the season.
Payton Ercink continued her
hot hand from distance and rang
up a game high of 23 points. The
Broncos of Coach Barb Sweet had
terrific team balance as Sydney
Griffith and Haley Anderson also
reached double figures each with
11 points. Elizabeth Lyons, Kaitlin Geyer, and Karly Schultz combined for 19 additional points.
Brenna Dieterle and Tarryn
Justesen led the Hi-Liners with 23
and 14 points.
Lisbon won the JV contest but
lost the C game.
Coach Sweet commented on
the game, “we played very well
the first half. Valley plays a fast
paced game with the Class A 30
second clock (the B teams use a
35 second clock). Payton Ercink
shot extremely well making 6 of
her 8 three point attempts.”
1
2
Lisbon
40
67
VC
27
55
Lisbon – Payton Ercink 23,
Sydney Griffith 11, Haley Anderson 11, Elizabeth Lyons 9, Kaitlin
Geyer 6, Karly Schultz 4
Valley City – Brenna Dieterle
22, Tarryn Justesen 14, Taryn
Dieterle 7, Mackenzie Pederson
6, Kacee White 2, Reagan Ingstad
2, Alexis Ondracek 2
Bronco girls defeat Cadets
By Joe Howell
In a rare Monday night game,
Lisbon held off the Sargent Central girls 42-36 in a Region 1 basketball game played on the Cadets
home court on January 11.
Basically the Broncos escaped
with a win as, according to Lisbon
Coach Barb Sweet, “the Cadets
are feisty and they played well.
They hammered us on the offensive glass and in one possession,
the Cadets grabbed six offensive
rebounds. We need to do a better job on putting a body on some
one when their shot goes up.”
“Sydney Griffith had a great
game scoring a season high of
20 points for us and doing a great
job on the defensive end as well.”
Griffith, a senior, went big in the
second quarter with 8 points as
the Broncos stretched their first
quarter lead to 26 - 16at halftime.
Elizabeth Lyons added 12 points.
The Cadets scrambled back
into the game in the third quarter
of play. SC outscored the Broncos 14-6 to climb to within two at
the end of the third stanza. Coach
Julie Colemer on the game, “we
tied the game at 34 with two minutes left in the game and then we
made some mental errors. We
played really hard. Griffith really
had an outstanding game last
night and she hurt us.”
“We had an off night last night
and we had some foul trouble
with Alexius Hajek went to the
bench. We were happy with Alisha Zirnhelt’s play and we hope
that gives her some confidence.”
“We did a nice job last night
on the boards, Tiffany Beaver,
Alexius Hajek, Bridget Hayen,
and Alexius Butler (who has
really come around this year) had
nice games last night. Amber
Peterson is all over the court and
you never know what my Amber
is going to try.”
The Broncos won the JV
game.
The Cadets square off against
the Warbirds big front line and
their quick guard Peyton Frolek.
1
2
3
4
Lisbon
10
26
32
42
SC
8
16
30
36
Lisbon – Haley Anderson 3,
Sydney Griffith 20, Elizabeth
Lyons 12, Kaitlin Geyer 2, Sadi
Deplazes 2, Karly Schultz 3
SC – Alexius Butler 6, Alisha
Zirnhelt 4, Amber Peterson 9, Tiffany Beaver 6, Alexius Hajek 9,
Bridget Hayen 2
Payton Ercink and Elizabeth Lyons battle for a rebound against the Raiders.
By Joe Howell
Led by Elizabeth Lyons, homestanding Lisbon jumped out to a
32-24 first half lead against Maple
Valley. The Raiders and Broncos
entered the contest on January 7
as co-leaders in the Region 1 girl’s
basketball race at 4-1.
Led by their outstanding senior,
Rylee Nudell, the Raiders caught
and passed the Broncos behind
Nudell’s free throw showing and
the scoring of her classmate, Jada
Von Bank. Von Bank tossed in 19
points and Nudell 37 as Maple Valley outscored Lisbon 25-15 in the
fourth quarter to erase a three point
deficit and escape with a 63-56
victory.
Lyons gave the Raiders headaches in the first half and scored
15 points for the game but team
scoring honors went to senior
sharp shooter, Payton Ercink who
drained 7 three pointers on her way
to a career high of 26 points.
Defensively, Lisbon Coach
Barb Sweet was happy with her
squad’s effort. “Nudell is the real
deal and Haley Anderson and Sadi
Deplazes made Rylee earn every
one of her 37 points. We did make
some critical defensive discipline
mistakes at critical times and that
with their scoring from the free
throw line was enough to do us in.”
The Raiders put up 34 free
throw attempts making 24 while
Vikings down Bronco
boys in hoops
By Joe Howell
The shortest player on the
floor in the Kindred gym lifted the
Vikings to a Region 1 46-36 victory over the Broncos on Tuesday,
January 5. 5’ 7” Riley Holland
torched the nets for 21 points.
Riley Lau and Kyle Odegard
led the Broncos in scoring with 14
and 11.
Bronco Coach Kim Mark commented on his team’s play. “We
played poorly defensively as we
gave up 16 points off of baseline
drives. We followed up a poor per-
formance with back to back good
practices. The players have been
great to work with and we hope all
of their hard work pays off.”
The loss dropped the Broncos
to 1-2 in the region and 2-3 overall.
Lisbon played Milnor on Friday,
January 8.
Kindred 46, Lisbon 36
L
3
17
26
36
K
10
20
37
46
L: Ward 5, Odegard 11, Pithey
2, Lau 14, Colgrove 4.
K: Zink 8, Holland 21, Lingen
9, Benson 8.
BowlingNews
CITY LEAGUE
1/4/16
Team Scratch Game
City Side Collision
890
Team Scratch Series
City Side Collision
2616
Individual Scratch Game
Drew Welton
207
Le Carlblom
205
John Welton
201
Individual Scratch Series
Drew Welton
573
Le Carlblom
561
Roger Lukes
530
Team Handicap Game
Tri-County Lanes
828
Team Handicap Series
Tri-County Lanes
2317
Individual Handicap Game
Megan Carlblom
261
Mychal Vaughn
251
Don Dick
231
Individual Handicap Series
Megan Carlblom
670
Mychal Vaughn
656
Mike Lemna
629
Team Standings
City Side Collision
4-0
PGA
4-0
Tri-County Lanes
3-1
Sparetime Lounge
1-3
Heacox
0-4
WEDNESDAY
BUSINESSMEN’S LEAGUE
1/6/2016
Team Scratch Game
Maras Trucking
855
Team Scratch Series
Maras Trucking
2519
Individual Scratch Game
Don Pfaff
217
Dale Kaber
202
Gena Johnson
198
Individual Scratch Series
Don Pfaff
583
Dale Kaber
554
Rick Schimming
536
Team Handicap Game
Miller Lite
847
Team Handicap Series
Shop n’ Fuel
2410
Individual Handicap Game
Guy Eskelson
238
Justin Analetto
237
Scott Wertman
233
Individual Handicap Series
Guy Eskelson
662
Mary Gruman
657
Janie Mueller
632
Team Standings
Maras Trucking
7-1
Miller Lite
5-3
Shop n’ Fuel
4-4
Page Body Shop
4-4
VFW
3-5
Dakota Plains Credit Union 1-7
MONDAY
BANTAM -PREP
1/4/2016
Ethan Cimbura
24-31
Wyatte Lund
50-82
Dominic Marsh
22-33
Brayden Brash
71-64
Shane Mahlstedt
61-33
Carson Brash
37-62
Kierra Marsh
20-6
Jake Cimbura
16-34
Anthony Wendel
72-88
Ayden Glarum
107-130
TUESDAY
BANTAM - PREP
1/5/2016
Kendra Iwen
51-55
Aiden Chamberlin
35-35
Eve Chamberlin
33-47
Rylee Iwen
42-56
Cami Lindemann
17-32
JUNIOR-MAJOR LEAGUE
1/3/2016
Michael Ripplinger
82-98-130
Rylee Nudell comes up short this time against the Lisbon “D”.
Nudell went over 3,000 points in her career against the Broncos.
Lisbon attempted only seven from
the line. Nudell made 21 free
throws on the evening.
“I’m extremely proud of our
girls. They played extremely hard
the whole game against a very
talented and one of a kind player.
Nudell is going to do very well at
NDSU.”
Sweet also credited sophomore
point guard, Karly Schultz with
a nice game as she handled their
defensive pressure from the beginning of the game.
Rylee Nudell now has over
3000 points and is the all time ND
rebounding leader for Girl’s B.
Nudell now has 3,019 points and
is chasing Tanya Fisher’s B record
of 3,148..
Sarah Jacobson of Fargo Shanley is chasing the A record of
Durene Heisler of Devils Lake.
Heisler poured in 2,120 points for
the Satans. Sarah became the third
member of her family to score
over 2000 points. Mother Pat
Smykowski Jacobson tallied 2,097
for Lidgerwood and big brother
AJ, who now plays for NDSU
scored 2002 during his Shanley
career.
Lisbon won the JV contest.
MV
13
24
38
63
L
11
32
41
56
MV: Kiana Bakalar 2, Sierra
Wendt 1, Jenna Pommerer 4, Rylee
Nudell 37, Jada Von Bank 19.
L: Haley Anderson 3, Karly
Schultz 3, Payton Ercink 26, Sydney Griffith 5, Sadi Deplazes 4,
Elizabeth Lyons 15.
Polls and Standings
North Dakota State
Basketball Polls
January 12
Girls B
1. Thompson
10-0
2. Rugby
10-0
3. LaMoure-Litchville-Marion 9-1
4. Park River FL
10-0
5. Shilo Christian
8-1
6. North Star
9-1
7. Watford City
7-1
8. Dickinson Trinity
8-2
9. Grafton
7-2
10. FCT
10-1
Boys B Basketball
1. 4 Winds-Minnewaukan
8-1
2. Hillsboro Central Valley
7-0
3. Shilo Christian
7-1
4. Our Redeemer’s
6-1
5. Linton-HMB
7-1
6. St. John
6-1
7. Central Cass
5-0
8. Dickinson Trinity
6-3
9. Milnor-North Sargent
5-0
10. Ellendale
5-0
Region 1 Wrestling
December 30
Lisbon
3-0
Linton HMB
4-1
Napoleon
2-1
Oakes
3-2
South Border
1-2
LaMoure LM
1-2
EEK
1-2
Kindred
0-4
District 1 Boys Basketball
January 12
Region Overall
Milnor NS
3-0
5-0
Enderlin
2-0
3-2
Kindred
2-0
2-3
Richland
2-0
2-2
Central Cass
1-0
4-0
Northern Cass
1-1
5-1
Lisbon
1-2
2-3
Lidg-Wynd
1-1
3-1
Oak Grove
1-2
2-4
Hankinson
1-2
3-2
Maple Valley
0-2
2-3
Sargent Central
0-3
0-4
FCT
0-1
1-2
Girls Region 1 Basketball
January 12
Maple Valley
6-1
Richland
5-1
FCT
5-1
Oak Grove
3-1
Lisbon
5-2
Wyndmere-Lidg
5-2
Kindred
5-2
Hankinson
2-4
Northern Cass
2-4
Central Cass
2-4
Sargent Central
1-5
Enderlin
1-7
Milnor-NS
0-9
Region 1 Wrestling Poll
January 5
106 - 1. Coy Awendor Oakes, 3.
Jordan Sours Lisbon
113 - 1. Austin Burgard Oakes, 2.
Hunter Schwab Lisbon
120 - 1. Brayden Jangula Napoleon,
4. Sell Oakes, 5. Rory Waliser Lisbon
126 - 1. Garrett Jangula Napoleon,
4. Tristin Howard Lisbon, 5. Taylor
Schall Oakes
132 - 1. Wyatt Nagel Linton, 2.
Brock Aberle Lisbon, 3. Grayson
Roney Oakes
138 - 1. Ethan Elijah Lisbon, 2. Kyle
Moach Linton, 7. Meyer Oakes
145 - 1. George Smith Lisbon, 3.
Ost Oakes
152 - 1. Dalton Reinke Lisbon, 7.
Meyer Oakes
160 - 1. Gannon Johnson Lisbon, 6.
Quandt Oakes
170 - 1. Jonathan Gruenfelder
Napoleon, 3. Jordan Urbach Lisbon, 7. Huemiller Oakes
182 - 1. Soren McDaniel Lisbon, 3.
Jared Roth Oakes
195 - 1. Garret Roemmich Linton
HMB, 2. Tyus Calloway Lisbon, 6.
Hankel Oakes
220 - 1. Austin Kauk South Border,
4. Spencer Schwab Lisbon, Greenmyer Oakes
285 - 1. Michael Kelly Oakes, 3.
Taylon Sad Lisbon
Hustling Bulldogs down
Broncos in boys hoops
Broncos second half rally comes
up short against Hi-Liners
By Joe Howell
Trailing 29-21 at halftime, the
Lisbon boy’s basketball team outscored their guests, the Valley City
Hi-Liners 18-9 in the third quarter
of their game on January 9.
Valley City did just enough in
the final quarter of play to keep the
Broncos at bay. The Hi-Liners were
led in scoring by Hunter Burchill,
Nate Rodriguez, Levi Nix, and
Lane Kvien who combined for 46
of Valley’s 52 points.
Lisbon’s Austin Pithey claimed
game high scoring honors with 18
and Noah Ward also hit double figures with 11. Riley Lau and Kyle
Odegard were right behind with 7
each.
1
2
3
4
VC
12
29 40 52
Lisbon
9
21 39 49
Lisbon scoring – Noah Ward
11, Kyle Odegard 7, Gunnar Fraase
2, Austin Pithey 18, Riley Lau 7,
Brendan Colgrove 4
VC – Lane Kvien 10, Hunter
Burchill 14, Jordan Eggermont 2,
Levi Nix 11, Dalton Ondracek 4,
Nate Rodriguez 11
Austin Pithey scores around the defense of Milnor North Sargent’s Masen Olsen.
Kyle Odegard, #4 shoots for two as Riley Lau, #30 stands ready
to rebound.
Gunnar Fraase fires one off in the last minutes of the game.
By Joe Howell
Masen Olsen and Jacob Hanson led Milnor-North Sargent to a
60-41 victory over the Broncos in
Lisbon on Friday, January 8. The
victory kept the Bulldogs undefeated in Region 1 play. Olsen
shot 53 percent on the evening
blocked four shots and grabbed 12
rebounds.
Ramzy Olson kept the Lisbon
defense honest with two 3 point
baskets. Jacob Hanson was a perfect 8 for 8 from the free throw
line and as a team the Bulldogs
made 14 of 16 from the charity
stripe for 88 percent.
Olsen threw in 24 points while
Hanson added 16. The hustling
Dawgs put on a solid defensive
performance allowing just one
Bronco to reach double figures.
Lisbon senior, Austin Pithey
scored 18 to lead the Broncos.
Leading by just three at the
end of the first quarter of play,
Milnor-North Sargent slowly but
surely kept increasing their lead.
At the end of the first half, Lisbon
trailed by five at 29-24 and MNS
increased their lead to 11 at the
end of three quarters of play at
42-31.
The victory raised MNS overall record to 5-0 and catapulted the
Bulldogs into the top 10 AP poll.
Milnor-North Sargent was ranked
9th as of January 12. In Region 1
only Central Cass at 5-0 and #7 are
ahead of the Dawgs. Ellendale is
ranked 10th.
Two year Milnor Bison starter,
Quincey Marlatt did not play
against the Broncos.
Marlatt
played sparingly against Sargent
Central just after Christmas and
was expected to play in the Barnes
County tournament.
1
2
3
4
MNS
11
29
42
60
Lisbon
8
24
31
41
MNS – Ryder Goolsbey 8,
Masen Olsen 24, Joseph Greenmyer 2, Ramzy Olson 6, Jacob
Hanson 16, Adam Sakry 4
Lisbon - Noah Ward – 8, Kyle
Odegard 6, Marshall Bartholomay
1, Austin Pithey 18, Riley Lau 8
Picked! Kyle Odegard records a steal against the Bulldogs.
Bronco matmen remain undefeated in Region 1 Storhaug Wrestling tournament
By Joe Howell
Lisbon put on an impressive
performance during their 54-20
win over South Border on Thursday, January 7. The Mustangs
could not keep this one close with
the Region 1 favorites.
“It was a real good dual win, the
kids came out and got after it. It’s
been awhile since a dual against
South Border didn’t come down
to the final couple of matches to
see who wins. The kids are wrestling really well now,” commented
Bronco coach Joe Kern after his
team’s victory over South Border.
Kern went on to say that, “Spencer
Schwab got a big pin for us tonight
at 220.”
Winning by fall were: Ethan
Elijah, George Smith, Jordan
Urbach, Spencer Schwab, Taylon
Sad, Averey Dick, Jordan Sours,
and Brock Aberle. Those eight
pins accounted for 48 of the 54
points that Lisbon scored. Rounding out the scoring with wins by
decision were: Dalton Reinke and
Gannon Johnson.
The Broncos have now posted
wins over Linton HMB, Oakes,
South Border in Region 1 and
have remaining regional matches
with EEK, LaMoure, Napoleon,
and Kindred. Kern’s squad will be
favored to win all four. If Lisbon
does go undefeated in the region,
they will earn the number one seed
in the upcoming Region 1 team
dual tournament scheduled for
February 6 in Kindred. The top
two teams will advance to the state
meet.
The match began at 138
138- Ethan Elijah (L) pin Logan
May (1:30)
145- George Smith (L) pin Lane
Wolf (1:55)
152- Dalton Reinke (L) 4-0 decision David Jochim
160- Gannon Johnson (L) 10-4
decision Clark Thielges
170- Jordan Urbach (L) pin Martin DeArcos (1:57)
182- Tyler Kuntz tech fall 20-4
Hunter Bentten (L)
195- Austin Kauk pin Caemon
Kelly (L) (1:15)
220- Spencer Schwab (L) pin
Riley Molter (1:28)
285- Taylon Sad (L) pin Jacob
Entzie (:18)
106- Averey Dick (L) pin Grant
Schneider (1:34)
113- Jordan Sours (L) pin Jake
Herr (3:36)
120- Mark Jochim pin Rory
Waliser (L) (3:54)
126- Darin Vangorkom 4-2 decision Tristin Howard (L)
132- Brock Aberle (L) pin Jullian
Peterson (:36)
Lisbon second at Central Cass Letterman’s tournament...
Elijah Champion, 10 Bronco placewinners
Ethan Elijah was one of Lisbon’s ten placewinners at the
annual Central Cass Letterman’s
wrestling tournament held on
Friday and Saturday, January 8
and 9. Elijah won the 138 pound
title with a major decision victory of 10-0 over Elijah Heckman
of Velva. The Lisbon junior was
dominant throughout the day as he
recorded three pins earlier in the
tournament.
Also placing for the Broncos were: Third place – Jordan
Urbach, Brock Aberle, Caemon
Kelly, and Dalton Reinke. Tristen
Howard 4th, Hunter Schwab and
Taylon Sad 5th, Spencer Schwab
and George Smith 6th. Bronco
Coach Joe Kern was “impressed”
with the efforts of his team and
especially how Urbach, Aberle,
Kelly, and Reinke battled back to
win third place.
Pembina County North (Pembina and Cavalier) won the tournament with 244 points and 28
more than the runner-up Broncos. Oakes finished in seventh
with 151 points. Coy Awender
and Michael Kelly earned tournament titles. Awender has had an
impressive season at the opening
weight of 106 pounds and Kelly
is a two time defending state
champion anchor for Coach Cory
Schall’s squad.
Sargent Central junior, Jarod
Roth, placed second at 182, losing
to Webster’s Logan Richie in the
final. Other placewinners for the
Tornados were: Austin Burgard
second at 113, and Grayson Roney
5th at 132.
Lisbon and Oakes will both
compete at the annual Lisbon Nick
Storhaug wrestling tournament on
Friday and Saturday, January 22
and 23.
Team scores – 22 teams
1. Pembina County North
244
2. Lisbon
216
3. Minot Bishop Ryan
168
4. Central Cass
161.5
5. South Border
154
6. Webster
152.5
7. Oakes
151
8. New York Mills
132.5
9. Velva
124
12. EEK
102
16. Kindred
63
19. Lisbon JV
31
20. LaMoure
29
Individual Champions
106 – Coy Awender, Oakes
113 – Tanner Urlaub, PCN
120 – Austin Thompson, Grafton
126 – Brett Verville, PCN
132 – Andrew Jahnke, Central
Cass
138 – Ethan Elijah, Lisbon
145 – Aaron Sandy, Minot Bishop
Ryan
152 – Konner Beeter, Minot
Bishop Ryan
160 – Kelby Hawkins, Webster
170 – Clayton Grueneich, EEK
182 – Logan Richie, Webster
195 – Jordan Will, Minot Bishop
Ryan
220 – Michael Lafferty, PCN
285 – Michael Kelly, Oakes
The three MVP’s of the tournament were: Andrew Jahnke 132
of Central Cass, Kelby Hawkins
160 of Webster, and Mike Kelly
285 of Oakes.
Lisbon results
106 – Averey Dick did not
place and finished with a 3-3 tournament record. Averey opened the
tournament with a major decision
8-0 over Luke Leshuk of HCV,
pinned Lizzy Massine Velva :51,
lost by fall to Riley Zachmeier
Rugby, defeated Matt Anderson
HCV 8-2; and lost by fall to Kyle
Alfson HCV.
113 – 5th Hunter Schwab
Lisbon pinned Brackin Awender
Oakes 4:57, lost by major 12-2
Tanner Urlaub PCN, lost 4-2 to
Matt Frost of New York Mills, and
captured fifth with a 5-2 victory
over Gavin Wright HCV.
120 – Rory Waliser did not
place. Rory lost by major 15-3 to
Rafe Schill PCN, pinned Murphy
Lipp Minot Ryan, and lost 6-5 to
Logan Sell Oakes.
126 – 4th Tristin Howard Lisbon had a good meet and placed
fourth. Howard pinned Gavin
Parisien Northern Lights 1:52,
pinned Justin Holkesvig MayPortCG :27, won in sudden victory
In control at 152, Dalton Reinke ties up his opponent.
Brock Aberle joined Caemon Kelly, Jordan Urbach, and Dalton
Reinke as third place finishers at the Central Cass tournament.
Ethan Elijah dominated the 138 pound weight class to win his Letterman’s championship!
set for January 22 & 23 in Lisbon
By Joe Howell
Start times on Friday, January
22 – 4:40 p.m. and January 23 –
9:30 a.m.
Todd, Angie, and Jarrett Carter
will manage the tournament again.
Results will be posted at www.
Wide left. That’s all you will be
hearing about this week, but there
were plenty more reasons why the
Seahawks beat the Vikings 10-9.
Offensively the Vikings were
unable to get much going, but that
was to be expected. With temperatures as low as six below, and Seattle
having one of the best defenses in the
league, nobody was expecting Minnesota to have a great day on offense.
Teddy Bridgewater outplayed
Russell Wilson in almost every statistical category except for the one
that truly mattered, touchdowns.
Teddy did what he needed to do and
didn’t have any mistakes, which is
impressive considering the circumstances.
Adrian Peterson received 23
carries, but was only able to muster
45 yards. Unfortunately, Peterson’s
fumble was just as big of a reason
for the Vikings loss as Blair Walsh’s
missed kick. In addition to the fumble, it appeared that Peterson’s final
run was supposed to go to the right,
which is Walsh’s preferred side to
kick from, but Adrian bounced it to
the left trying to get more yards.
Stefon Diggs led the Vikings in
targets (6) receptions (4) and yards
(26), but it was Kyle Rudolph who
stepped up when the Vikings needed
it the most. If Seattle has a weakness
defensively, it is covering tight ends
down the seam. I was curious as to
why the Vikings were not taking
advantage of that, but perhaps they
were saving it until they needed it
the most. On the last drive of the day
for the Vikings, Rudolph was able
to draw a pass interference penalty
before catching a 24 yard reception
to put the Vikings into field goal
range.
Defensively, the Vikings did a
much better job of limiting Russell
Wilson and company when compared to the last game these two
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Officials:
Scott Carlblom,
Brandon Nielsen, Casey Henderson, Gerald Jacob, Brady Storhaug,
and Dan White
Teams: Bismarck St. Mary’s,
Central Cass, Ellendale-Edgeley,
Grafton, Hillsboro, Killdeer, Kindred, LaMoure, Larimore, Linton,
Lisbon, Lisbon JV, Oakes, South
Border, Valley City, Wahpeton,
West Fargo Sheyenne.
Round-up
teams played. With no Marshawn
Lynch or Thomas Rawls, it was up
to Wilson and Seattle’s receivers to
carry the offense. However, it was
the Vikings defense that got the better of them, limiting Wilson to only
142 yards, one touchdown and one
interception.
Everson Griffen was all over the
place, racking up six tackles, four
quarterback hits and a sack. Eric
Kendricks led the team with eight
tackles, and even more impressively,
was tied for the team lead with two
passes broken up. Terence Newman
left the game early with an injury,
opening the door for first round pick
Trae Waynes to see some playing
time and he didn’t disappoint. Wilson attempted to pick on Waynes
many times, but Waynes held his
own and was far from a liability on
the field.
Special teams will be the unit
that is scrutinized the most, but
that’s not entirely fair. Blair Walsh
scored every point for the Vikings
and was the reason they were in
the ball game. Jeff Locke put the
ball down with the laces facing the
kicker a couple times today, but that
was the plan coming into the game
since the frozen field would make it
very difficult to spin the ball successfully. There is no doubt Blair Walsh
should have been able to make that
field goal, but had the offense scored
a touchdown instead of a field goal
on any of their previous drives, the
Vikings wouldn’t have been in that
spot to begin with.
The player of the game for me is
Blair Walsh. Now give me a chance
to explain before you come after me
with torches and pick forks! Walsh
scored every point for the Vikings,
finishing the game three of four on
field goal attempts on a day when it
was below zero for most of the game
(making the ball much more difficult
to kick). Walsh was also booting the
ball well into the end zone on kickoffs, which was huge because Seattle
is one of the best return teams in
the NFL. Walsh only allowed Tyler
Lockette to return one kickoff for 12
yards. On a day when it should have
come down to the running game and
defense, it was Walsh who kept us in
the game, and that is why he is my
player of the game.
The player who needs the most
improvement is T.J. Clemmings,
who has consistently been bad the
entire season and was the Vikings’
lowest rated offensive player according to Pro Football Focus. I was
lenient on Clemmings throughout the season, since he is a rookie
and was expected to sit behind Phil
Loadholt. But after four preseason
and 16 regular season games, time
for excuses are at an end. After going
back and watching the tape, it was
clear Seattle was going after Clemmings. To me, he is the biggest reason the Vikings lost the game.
Looking ahead, the Vikings are
in great shape. This is a very young
team that doesn’t project to lose any
great players and will be getting help
along the offensive line when Sullivan and Loadholt come back. Defensively, this team is very good and
should only get better as the younger
players get more experience.
It was not a fluke that Minnesota finished the season 11-5 and the
NFC North champions. Sure, there
were some embarrassing losses (San
Francisco and Seattle), but there was
a lot more to be positive about. I am
sad that the season is over, but like
every Vikings fan knows all too well,
there’s always next year!
As always, if you have any questions, comments or suggestions,
please feel free to reach out to me
at facebook.com/skoljwright, or on
Twitter @skoljwright. Skol!
Dakota Sports
Strong man, Spencer Schwab has been a valuable addition to
this year’s Bronco team.
6-2 over Joey Berg Rugby, lost by
major 9-0 to Brett Verville PCN,
won 7-6 over Aaron Dean Velva,
nad lost 10-4 to Alex Alfson of
HCV for fourth.
132 – 3rd Brock Aberle Lisbon opened with pins over Jacob
Reinke Lisbon JV 1:58 and Kade
Elliott MayPortCG 1:47, lost 8-2
to Andrew Jahnke CC, won 15-10
over Gage Litton PCN, and earned
third placed with a 6-2 victory
over Jared Kaseman South Border.
138 – Champion Ethan Elijah
pinned his first three opponents.
It took 29 seconds to fall Trevor
Meyer Oakes, 58 seconds to pin
Colton Rall EEK, and 4:53 to
pin Kaden Jaeger Rugby. In his
championship match, Ethan dominated Elijah Hackman of Velva
with a major white wash of 10-0.
145 – 6th George Smith turned
his ankle and was held out of competition in his last two matches.
George pinned Austin Steffen of
Larimore and Bryce Selzler of
Velva. Posted a 6-2 win over Tristen Sott PCN, and lost by major
to Minot Ryan’s Aaron Sandy.
George lost by forfeit to Noah
Flores of Grafton and Tristen Sott
PCN.
152 – 3rd Dalton Reinke
pinned Jacob Hey of LaMoure
:34. Losing to Troy Wiegandt of
Larimore 6-2, Reinke had a long
way to go to earn his third place
finish. Dalton won by major 10-2
over Zach Rucktaeschel Webster,
1-0 over Dan Frost of New York
Mills, pinned Jonathon Mundt
Britton-Hecla, and defeated Wiegandt 6-3 to win third.
160 – Gannon Johnson opened
with a pin over Brock Selzler
Velva 1:03. Lost by fall to Ben
Boyko BH, won by major over
Hunter Bentten Lisbon JV 10-0,
and lost by fall to Thomas Gregoire of Larimore.
170 – 3rd Jordan Urbach continues to improve in his sophomore season. Jordan won by tech
fall 17-2 over Brady Irmen Velva,
pinned Lewis Goehring South
Border :46, won by tech fall 16-0
over Jared Palluck Kindred, lost
10-1 to Carter Brown PCN, pinned
Bryce Moen Larimore 2:16, and
defeated Jake Erckenbrack New
York Mills 3-0.
182 – 3rd Caemon Kelly
wrestled down a weight class due
to the injury of classmate, Soren
McDaniel. Coach Kern commented on Kelly’s effort, “Caemon
wrestled amazing!” Kelly pinned
Sam Kleven MapPortCG :46, lost
by fall to Logan Richie Webster,
pinned Tristen Bent Webster 4:58,
defeated Jaxon Lundeen Ryan 6-1,
pinned DJ Schneibel Rugby 3:00,
and won by medical forfeit over
Landon Smith LaMoure.
195 – Logan Mulder did not
place. Logan lost by fall to Austin
Kauk South Border, received his
second bye, and lost 8-5 to Justin
Hoffmann Larimore.
220 – 6th Spencer Schwab
pinned Hunter Greenmyer Oakes
:13, won 5-2 over Monty Hendrickson Larimore, lost 3-2 to
South Border’s Riley Molter, lost
1-0 to Killon Knudson of CC, and
lost 3-1 to Eric Page of Webster.
285 – 5th Taylon Sad received
two opening round byes. Taylon won 7-2 over Josh Fastnacht
EEK, lost by fall to Michael Kelly
Oakes, lost 1-0 to Alex Dubourt
PCN, and defeated Fastnacht in a
tie breaker 2-1.
Lisbon JV Results
106 – Hunter Schultz lost 10-6
to Brett Wendel Lamoure, pinned
Cooper White PCN, pinned Lizzy
Massine Velva :37, and lost 10-0
to Carter Haman New York Mills
132 – Jacob Reinke – lost by
fall to Brock Aberle Lisbon, won
by major 8-0 over Chase Jacobson
CC, won by major 9-0 over Ethan
Winick Bishop Ryan, lost by fall
to Gage Litton PCN
138 – Dalton Aabrekke – lost
by fall to Elijah Hackman Velva
and lost by injury default to Levi
Herrington Harvey
152 – Chase Kemmer – pinned
Max Farquhar CC :49; lost by fall
to Konner Beeter Bishop Ryan,
pinned Jacob Heyd LaMoure
1:54, and lost by fall to David
Jochim SB.
160 – Hunter Bentten lost by
7-0 decision to Hayden Schall
Bishop Ryan, won by 6-1 decision over Dominic Calvillo PCN,
pinned Alex Charette Northern
Lights 3:55, and lost by 9-0 major
to Gannon Johnson Lisbon
• Central Cass won the Webster, SD wrestling invitational. The
Squirrels crowned four champions
in Nathan Volk, Andrew Jahnke,
Cade Merrigan, and Devin Roesler.
Volk, the son of LHS graduates,
Rod and Diana (Kruger) Volk won
his title at 145 and was named the
MVP of the tournament. Nathan’s
younger brother, Andrew, placed
fourth at 113.
• Four Winds-Minnewaukan
rang up 106 in their win over LakotaEdmore. LE managed just 34 points.
• At the Stutsman County boy’s
basketball tournament, Ellendale,
South Border, Edgeley-Kulm-Montpelier, and Carrington. Ellendale
raised their record to 5-0 and EKM
also remained undefeated at 6-0.
Ellendale edged EKM 43-42 in the
championship contest. It was the
Cardinals second straight Stutsman
title.
• The Annual Shilo Christian basketball shootout in Bismarck game
results were: Oak Grove defeated
number 2 Dickinson Trinity 61-60;
Shiloh Christian defeated number
1, Our Redeemer’s 50-37; Shilo
pounded Oak Grove 52-35, Our
Redeemer’s edged Trinity 60-58.
• Four Winds-Minnewaukan
won the Ramsey County boys basketball tournament.
• The Bismarck Rotary wrestling team champions were Pierre.
Bismarck High placed second and
Aberdeen Central third. Carrington
led the B schools with their fourth
place effort in the 31 school field.
Carrington’s Billy Holtan at 152 was
the only B champion.
Jaden Mairs of Fargo Davies
posted a record of 2-2 at 132.
• Hettinger-Scranton won their
16 team tournament.
• Former teacher, coach, AD, and
principal at North Sargent, Brent
Engebretson is officiating games in
the collegiate North Star conference.
The Engebretsons moved to Velva
after leaving Gwinner.
• Former Bronco wrestling great,
Michael Nord won the 174 pound
championship at the Ridgewater
Open in Willmar.
• Hillsboro High School coaching Legend, Ed Beyer passed away
on January 11. Beyer guided the
Burros to a 688-195 record and state
titles in ‘73, ‘74, ‘77, and ‘81. Hillsboro qualified for 13 B tournaments
under Beyer and 19 Red River Valley Conference championships.
• Campbell, Minnesota native,
Mike Cannon officiated the Orange
Bowl football game between Oklahoma and Clemson. Cannon is
By: Jordan Wright
By Joe Howell
a Campbell-Tintah, NDSCS, and
Moorhead State graduate who is a
bank director in Hutchinson, Minnesota. Mike officiated a lot of
Region 1 basketball games in his
early career.
Two collegiate games that stand
out in Cannon’s career were the 2011
national championship between
Auburn and Oregon and the 2006
nation championship between Texas
and USC.
• Enderlin’s 6’ 7” senior scoring machine, Graham Hurlburt has
passed the 1000 point plateau and
is aiming for both a state basketball tournament appearance and the
school scoring record. Only Jason
(JO) Thielges with 1,502 career
points has scored more than Graham. Hurlburt has a total of 1,140 or
362 short of JO. Look out, Region 1
as the Hurlburts also have younger
twin sons who play basketball.
• University of Jamestown All
American linebacker, Jarelle Miller
has been invited to the regional NFL
combine to be held at the Minnesota
Vikings facility in Eden Prairie, Minnesota on March 5. Miller is a 6’ 2”
235 pounder from Orlando, Florida.
• One of the officials who worked
the Lisbon and Maple Valley girls
basketball game was former Wishek
and South Border Coach Jamie
Bittner. Bittner is the youngest
brother of Lisbon teacher and coach
Brad Bittner. Jamie had a lot of success directing both the basketball
and baseball programs in Wishek.
• Forum sports writer, Jeff Kolpack was named the 2015 North
Dakota Sportswriter of the Year. He
becomes the third Kolpack to win
the award following father, Ed and
brother, Dave.
Ed Kolpack covered the Class B
beat in the early years of his career
and admired and visited with Lisbon’s Hall of Fame Coach HK
Ulland. In every visit that I had with
Ed, he always asked, “How is Coach
Ulland doing and please say hi for
me!”
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son of Wade and Tracey Urbach of Lisbon earned this
weeks athletes of the week. The two matmen were part
of the Bronco squad that placed second at the Central
Cass tournament where each placed third.
Reinke is a junior honor student that is involved
in wrestling, rodeo, and the National Honor’s Society and for a job works on Reinke Farms. His sports
Dalton Reinke
hero is former Lisbon wrestler and father, Matt and
his favorite sports memory came this year. “The first match that Spencer
Schwab (the Terminator) had this season.”
Jordan Urbach is a sophomore and the son of Wade and Tracey Urbach of Lisbon. Jordan is involved in football, wrestling, baseball, and is
a honor student. In the summer, Urbach works as a lifeguard at the Sandager Park pool. His sports hero is older brother Dylan, a wrestler at the
U of Minnesota and a two time state champ for the Broncos. “My team
and how close we have become as teammates, are
the best things about being a Bronco and my favorite sports memory is qualifying for state as an eighth
grader at 120 (as a freshman, Jordan qualified at 132).
Bronco Coach Joe Kern commented on his two
wrestlers. “Jordan has improved so much from last
year, it’s like he is a new wrestler. He really works
hard. Dalton had a good weekend at Central Cass and
probably wrestled the best he has so far this season
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QUESTION
Of the Week!
“What was your best
Christmas present?”
Eli Lyons, 8, is in Mrs. Rolf’s
second grade at Lisbon Public
School: “My big tub of Connects
building stuff. I have a hang
glider, roller coaster and one
more tub I haven’t opened yet.”
Colby Maus, 8, is in Mrs.
Rolf’s second grade at Lisbon Public School: “Probably my piano
or Star Wars action figures.”
Lance Metzen, 7, is in Mrs.
Rolf’s second grade at Lisbon Public School: “A nurf gun.”
Camden Rondestvedt, 7, is in
Mrs. Rolf’s second grade at Lisbon
Public School: “All of the Star
Wars Movies in one case!”
LMSStudent of the Week
5th Grade
Jake Mairs is the fifth grade
Student of the Week. Jake is
responsible in working hard to
complete assignments on time.
He is an active learner who contributes to discussions and brings
knowledge to the classroom. Jake
is respectful to classmates and
teachers and uses good manners.
He always follows STAR safety
expectations.
6th Grade
Katie Deplazes is the sixth
grade Student of the Week. Katie
is respectful to staff and peers
and is a good listener. Katie gets
her work done on time and turns
in quality work. She is a very
skilled reader. Katie is an active
participant in class discussions and
activities.
7th Grade
Kolby Rasmusson does a great
job of putting forth full effort in
his work in and out of school. He
comes to class with a positive attitude about learning and is willing
to share ideas and help his peers
when he can.
8th Grade
Zack Christopherson is a
Bronco Star because he is an
active learner. He is engaged in
class discussions and activities and
works well with his peers. He takes
responsibility to do his assignments. Zack is also cooperative
and respectful to his teachers and
others in and out of school.
Pictured (l to r) Zack Christopherson, Kolby Rasmusson, Katie
Deplazes, Jake Mairs.
Ella Sad, 7, is in Mrs. Rolf’s
second grade at Lisbon Public
School: “I have two. It was a
pink scarf and a pink sweater.
Pink is my favorite color.”
Addison Salzwedel, 7, is in
Mrs. Rolf’s second grade at Lisbon Public School: “An InnoTab,
a tablet that you play games on.”
Nolan Schlecht, 7 1/2, is in
Mrs. Rolf’s second grade at Lisbon Public School: “My Vikings
Football helmet.”
School Lunch Menus
LISBON SCHOOL BREAKFAST MENU
Mon., Jan. 18- NO SCHOOL
Tues., Jan. 19- Waffles, yogurt or cheese stick, fruit
Wed., Jan. 20- Assorted cereal, yogurt or cheese
stick, fruit
Thurs., Jan. 21- Ultimate Breakfast Round, yogurt or
cheese stick, fruit
Fri., Jan. 22- Assorted cereal, yogurt or cheese stick,
fruit
LISBON SCHOOL LUNCH MENU
Tues., Jan. 19- BBQ sandwich, baked beans, potato
wedges, fruit
Wed., Jan. 20- Chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes,
gravy, corn, bun, fruit
Thurs., Jan. 21- Taco salad, black beans, all the
fixings, fruit
Fri., Jan. 22- Mr. Rib sandwich, french fries, creamed
peas
• All meals include choice of skim, 1% or fat free
chocolate milk. Fruit/vegetable bar available at lunch.
Menu is subject to change, check http://www.lisbon.
k12.nd.us for latest updates. Peanut butter/jelly
sandwich available instead of entrée for K through 8th
grade. Parents/visitors welcome for meals, please call
ahead of time.
FORT RANSOM BREAKFAST MENU
Tues., Jan. 19- Cook’s choice
Wed., Jan. 20- Cereal
Thurs., Jan. 21- Cook’s choice
Fri., Jan. 22- Bug bites
• Regular breakfasts are served every day and include
toast, peanut butter, cheese slices, juice and milk.
FORT RANSOM SCHOOL LUNCH MENU
Mon., Jan. 18 - NO SCHOOL
Tues., Jan. 19- Chicken noodle soup
Wed., Jan. 20- Spaghetti
Thurs., Jan. 21- Deli buns, tortilla chips
Fri., Jan. 22- Egg bake
• Meals served with salad bar, fruit, vegetables and
milk.
Lisbon Wrestling Club attends Rumble on the Red Lisbon Public School receives a
Rumble on the Red Youth Participants are pictured here, front row: (l to r) Boeden Greenley, Kashden Wadeson, Griffin Greenley, Wyatte Lund, back row: (l to r) Granger Dick and Levi Sveum.
Lisbon Wrestling Club youth
wrapped up preseason action at
Rumble on the Red. The Lisbon
Wrestling Club placed three of
six wrestlers at the Rumble on the
Red Youth Tournament December
31. Over 560 wrestlers from MN,
NE, ND, SD, and WY competed at
this year’s tournament. In the 8U
Division, Enderlin’s Wyatt Lund
placed 4th at 90+ lbs. In the 10U
Division, Boeden Greenley placed
4th at 80 lbs, and Kashden Wadeson wrestled at 65 lbs. In the 12U
Division, Levi Sveum wrestled at
90 lbs and Granger Dick placed 1st
at 150+.
Lisbon sent four wrestlers
to compete with the Valley City
Express at the Rumble on the Red
Youth Dual Tournament on 30
December. Ryan Enge (55 lbs),
Kashden Wadeson (65 lbs), Griffin Greenley (60 lbs), and Boeden
Greenley (80 lbs) helped the
Express rumble to a third place finish in the 12U Silver Division. In
dual action, Boeden Greenley finished 5-0, Kashden Wadeson was
3-2, Ryan Enge finished 2-3, and
Griffin Greenley finished 1-0.
These young wrestlers displayed a huge amount of personal
courage and a strong desire to
compete by suiting up and wrestling at the Rumble. They did an
outstanding job representing the
wrestling club and our local communities.
Build Grant Award for technology
Lisbon Public School was one
of 73 North Dakota schools to
receive a Build Grant Award. The
Lisbon Public School funding
supports their Devices and Professional Learning project.
The grant and matching school
funds will be used to purchase a
wireless cart, 30 wireless PCs,
and EduTech Professional development.
The Educational Technology
MSUM releases
Dean’s List
The following students have
been named to the Minnesota State
University Moorhead dean’s list in
recognition of academic achievement fall semester 2015. Students
must maintain a 3.25 or higher
grade point average and carry 12
graded credits to qualify for the
honor.
Gwinner - Zachary Drevlow,
Exercise Science
Lisbon - Kyndra Schmidt,
Elementary Inclusive Education;
Brennen Stotts, BFA Studio Art,
Mathematics; Tyler Wolf, Graphic
Communications
Northern State University in
Aberdeen, has released the dean’s
list for the fall 2015 semester.
Students who have earned at
least a 3.5 grade point average for
the semester are eligible for the
dean’s list.
Lisbon - Zack Lyons
Stirum - Sasha Hovind
Local students named
to NDSU Dean’s list
Area North Dakota students
were among the 3,782 North
Dakota State University students
to be placed on the fall 2015 dean’s
list.
A student must earn a 3.50
grade point average or higher and
be enrolled in at least nine class
credits to qualify for the summer
list.
Enderlin - Emily L. Cavett,
Animal Science; Susan M. Lyons,
Pharmacy
Gwinner - Jackie M. Wrage,
Geology
Kathryn - Kyle R. Knutson,
Zoology; Kacy L. Smith, Nursing; Adreanna M. Trzpuc, Animal
Science; Emily A. Trzpuc, Animal
Science; Donovan J. Zacharias,
Agricultural Economics
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Lisbon - Wyatt M. Aberle,
Construction Management; Jace
J. Berg, Pharmaceutical Sciences;
Grace E. Buchholz, Zoology;
James L. Fornes, Theatre Arts;
Aaron M. Froemke, Crop and
Weed Sciences; Erika M. Guthmiller, Finance; Douglas A. Hansen, Civil Engineering; Alexis
P. Mund, Radiologic Sciences;
Joseph P. Nelson, Pharmaceutical
Sciences; Mattie N. Olson, Interior
Design; Andrea J. Qual, Art; Anna
K. Well, Zoology
Mcleod - Levi N. Churchill ,
Human Development and Family
Sci.
Sheldon - Lakken T. Boeder,
Nursing
Stirum - Megan E. Totenhagen, Agricultural Economics
Tyler Wolf graduates
from MSU Moorhead
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nected devices and/or expand
instructional coaching for educators. Schools provide a 50%
match to the awarded funds.
The North Dakota Educational Technology Council is the
state board responsible for coordinating educational technology
initiatives for elementary and secondary education. The ND ETC
web address is http://www.ndetc.
k12.nd.us/.
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Council, with funding from the
2015 North Dakota Legislature
provided, Build Grants to schools.
“I am pleased to award this
funding for the many projects
which improve student learning,”
said Jody French, ND ETC Director. “
The Build Grant Program
provides funding to improve
wireless infrastructure, increase
student access to internet con-
Tyler Wolf
Tyler Wolf graduated from the
College of Arts, Media & Communication at Minnesota State
University Moorhead December
17, 2015 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Graphic Communication.
Tyler is the son of Nicci &
Shawn Wolf, Lisbon, grandson
of Holly and Ron Friese, Lisbon,
and Donna and Richard Bye,
Moorhead.
Valley News...Continued from page 4
dine Sparks giving this rover the
details of their lives. They own a farm
by Alice, ND and when health was
not a problem would make that farm
every summer so visiting with Harvey
Kemmer was on a lot of the time and
Harvey did some work on that farm
for Clint Sparks. Sparks would invite
guests for a roundup of music. Sparks
family from Calif. would arrive and
spend a lot of time also. Bernadine
and Clint’s son Lee played and was
on in Enderlin different times with
Bernadine on the piano which she
was super Lee and Nancy have two
daughters called “Sparks sisters” who
zoomed with the whole family to the
Veterans Home for a great show of
singing and playing. They are Melody
and Violet Sparks. Both girls are still
performing when they can with concerts and are well received wherever
they go. Melody, 18, graduated with
honors from Benicia High School in
Calif. She settled on a music state on
Azusa Pacific University in South
Calif. She received many scholarships and is studying voice and piano,
singing in two choirs and doing solo
work. Then there is Violet, 17, a
junior at Benicia High School. She is
excellent academically and musically,
also an artist. Then we have Glen and
Anita’s family, Janelle, 21. Janelle is
enrolled in a Dental Hygiene program
at Chabot College. When she finishes she will be a full fledged Dental
Hygienist. Then there is Alanna, 19,
graduated with honors from Liberty
High School in Brentwood. She chose
San Diego State University, majoring
in Bio Engineering. Bernadine had
the misfortune of breaking pelvis and
elbow earlier this year. All is healed
now. She has been the pianist for the
State of the town Discovery Bay Dinner Gala. Many notables gave her
a great send-off as talented a pianist
she is. Clint has serious health issues.
They are lucky to have excellent caregivers Ron and JV who rotate. He
deals with his seriousness in strong
Christian faith and good humor. A
sister Marion shows up often and is
helpful as well as the sons and their
wives.
There is Roger Nims and a great
visit took place. He had a Grandmom
who wrote music and this rover and
Pat were destined to put on a program
with her five sheets of song. One song
this rover uses every Christmas “No
Place For Jesus” and loves it. Her
name is Alma Potter, left us long ago
but her music lives on. Roger and his
wife have moved to Lisbon in the Riverview Apartments - Their country
home is like most of our older homes-stairways to Heaven. This caused a
problem so to Lisbon they went.
Sadie did not get her usual Dad’s
hug who was a Pastor. Sadie said, “let
me talk to Daddy.” No, said Mom get
back to bed. “Please Mom, but it was
still NO. Sadie with tears said, “I’m a
very sick woman and I must see my
Pastor at once.”
There was Mitch Hoenhause with
a birthday and this rover called him
a day too early but over he came and
so did his Dad Harv. She gave him a
homegrown card and sang the birthday song which was a party from
Irene. Then the whole cabuddling
family went out for supper on his day
and had a super time.
Have you ever watched a bunch
of bees flying in and out and all over
the place? This is what this rover witnessed Wed. at Dr. Sheets clinic, Family Medical. There was Karla Gabel
smiling but hard at work whether it
be sitting down answering a phone
or bouncing about to help someone.
Close to her was Tina Ulmer with a
flair to please people who come in
unannounced, she smiling and doing
what comes naturally. Next was Sue
Heitkamp who never missed a step
no matter what she was doing, and
smiling all the while. All these gals
are super at their jobs and let’s keep
them forever. Of course one hauled
this rover into a room to meet Stacey
who once popped into Enderlin while
this rover was steaming up the piano
but she came over with her forever
smile and did a visit job. This day she
did what was supposed to be done,
“ordered this rover to slow down and
live right.” We need all this good help
with their friendly dispositions.
There was Keith Meyer bringing
his Dad to the clinic and a visit took
place. Keith helps his folks out driving them places and whatever they
need. States his Mom is not up to par
so we send prayers for her to feel 100
percent.
Nick Anderson at Swing Bed had
a birthday and he got his song, “Joy,
Joy, Joy” plus hand shakes during the
church service and of course his smile
would set the world on fire with happiness. Irene did make him a card but
here he gave a beautiful little box of
joy--thanks Nick, you are special.
There was Parkside Wednesday
for church service with Irene stumbling in by 9:00 and swinging in to
“Put Your Hand In the Hand of the
Man who stills the Water” with many
other songs and residents naming
them before church started when Pastor Norm came in. In comes Jerry and
he did a solo the last time he came so
this time he was asked again and not
only sang but gave his trip view on
Ireland. His Mom is a resident there
so it is wonderful to see family come.
Thanks, Jerry!
Thank you Lynn Hansen, a
worker at Parkside, and very friendly
at all times. Even when we meet at
the farms while harvest is going on.
Thank you for the gorgeous picture
of your three. Then there is this other
gal with a friendly personality and her
name is still in my purse but will get it
next time. She is always there helping
even this rover as well as Lynn. What
would we do without these gals who
get a roomful for church even a half
hour early when the piano rumbles
“Four Leaf Clover” or a hymn for
everyone to guess and they do. They
love the old tunes and Irene’s age is
a match for the melodies. “Darkness
on the Delta” was a stumper, second
line “When all Heaven is in Sight.”
Thanks to all that come. Thanks to
Swing Bed and the Sveum gal who
has melodies chosen and on the board
and a friendly gal. Thanks to the
friendly bunch that comes for church.
Nick’s Mom is a friendly soul and
helpful as she comes to nearly every
service Wed. morn.
A short visit with Atty Leadbetter
shows he is still at his work and will
take a minute to let this rover know he
is near. Thanks, we need you and the
rest, too. God Bless all who try and
keep law and order in our towns.
EVERY MORNING MY
HUMAN SHAVES OFF
HIS FACE FUR, HE’S
FUNNY LIKE THAT.
—TUCK
adopted 05-04-11
Ahead of her time...
Crystal Meyer has been enjoying the
art of coloring for nearly a decade
By Janet Hansen
Country singer Barbara Mandrell recorded a song in the early
1980s entitled “I Was Country
When Country Wasn’t Cool,” in
which the lyrics told of someone
who sang country music before
that genre became popular. Like
the theme of that song, Lisbon
resident Crystal Meyer was a fan
of adult coloring before coloring
was cool.
Coloring appears to be the latest craze in adult entertainment,
according to a variety of recent
media releases. People caught up
in the hustle and bustle of modern life are learning that coloring
is a great stress reliever. It can be
done while listening to music or
watching television, as a means
of relaxation, much as knitting or
crocheting.
Coloring books for adults
have become so popular in recent
months that some are now on the
bestseller list. Publishing companies can’t produce the books fast
enough. They seem to be flying off
the shelves.
Although coloring seems to be
a recent adult craze, Lisbon resident Crystal Meyer explains that
she has been enjoying that form of
artwork for close to a decade.
Crystal explains that, in 2007,
she was browsing in a Valley City
drug store when, quite by accident,
she came across some packets of
coloring pages. The pages featured old-fashioned dolls and toys
in various scenes. The pictures
immediately appealed to Crystal. It
fit in with the flower arrangements
and vintage clothing and jewelry
which she displays in her home.
She was so excited about her
find that she purchased two packets, each of which contained a set
Crystal Meyer displays two of the dozen coloring pages which she has completed. She purchased
two sets of pictures, both of which featured scenes of old-fashioned dolls and toys. She began coloring the pictures, using colored pencils, nearly a decade ago – long before adult coloring became
popular.
of six pictures, approximately 12
inches high by 16 inches wide,
which, when colored, could be
framed.
She took her new purchases
home and began coloring the pages
with colored pencils. Since they
were fairly large and quite detailed,
each took her quite a while to complete, but she found the process to
be very relaxing.
Crystal found that she enjoyed
coloring the pages so much that
she wished she had purchased
additional packets. She returned to
the store, only to find that they had
sold out of the packets of coloring
pages.
Crystal, who is very artistically
inclined, enjoyed not only the coloring and shading, but enjoyed
adding extra details like tiny earrings on some of the dolls and
extra colored borders, for example.
She has also signed her completed
pictures.
“I gave away five of the completed pictures,” states Crystal.
“Now I kind of wish I hadn’t
done that, since I now have only
seven of what could have been a
set of twelve pictures on the same
theme.” She has not framed them,
but keeps them well preserved in
the packets in which they came.
Although Crystal has never
been able to find more pictures
along the same theme or from the
same company, she may be able to
continue her passion for adult coloring now that the art’s popularity
has finally caught up to her.
2015 More year...Continued Track Complex...Continued
Saturday, October 10. Deborah M. Tiffany, 67, Pelican Rapids,
died Saturday, October 10. Emilia Mehlhaff, 90 of Eureka, S.D.
Thursday, October 15. Todd L. Suchla, 53, Sheldon, died Sunday,
October 18. Valarie Anne Bearfield, 63, Lisbon died Wednesday,
October 21.
November 2015
Fort Ransom Sportsman’s Club, active for 57 years
The Fort Ransom Sportsman’s Club has been going strong since
1958. They have been active in the Fort Ransom area, providing
scholarships for kids to go to camp and planting more than 3,000
trees on land they own north of Fort Ransom to encourage better
hunting. The group works with the Fish and Wildlife Department to
enhance hunting and fishing in the area.
City explores options, clarification for Economic Development
The Lisbon City Council will be spending the next year exploring options for Lisbon Economic Development and taking it under
the umbrella of the City, according to Mayor Tim Meyer. The
finance committee reported on a discussion they had on economic
development and their thoughts which included that the Lisbon City
Auditor’s office should always be the point of contact.
“There will always be an auditor’s office,” said Meyer. “It just
makes sense to funnel everything through there.”
SADD reorganizes in Ransom County
The Lisbon Students Against Destructive Decisions had a very
active chapter that began in 2005 through 2012. Ransom County
Healthy Lifestyles Coalition wanted to get a Ransom County SADD
Chapter back into the Lisbon and Enderlin communities. Angie Qual
and Mallory Keller really didn’t want to see the program phase out.
“We are both excited to take on this new challenge of guiding students in making healthy decisions,” said Keller. “Our main
goal this year is to help the students organize Friday or Saturday
night events for middle school and high school students to keep
them busy in our small towns We also plan to organize inspirational
speakers, demonstrations, and parent educational seminars, with the
help of “Parents LEAD.”
Hanna completes 542nd rug
Dorothy Hanna, Lisbon, may be retired, but she definitely keeps
herself busy with a hobby which began long before her retirement.
At age 81, she recently completed her 542nd wagon wheel rug.
Wagon wheel rugs date back to pioneer days, when the main means
of transportation was by covered wagon. It was common practice in
those days to carry an extra wagon wheel in a covered wagon, much
as motorists now carry a spare tire in their vehicles.
Jim Sad retires from professional bullfighting
On Saturday, November 21, Jim Sad, 29, Enderlin retired from
professional bullfighting.
“I got started when I was eight years old, out in the practice
arena,” said Sad, a native of Jamestown. “It was the adrenalin rush
that had me hooked on bullfighting.”
Professional Bull Fighter Jim Sad doing what he loves, fighting
bulls. Sad fought his last bullfight at the PBR Duel in the Dirt
Finals at the Jamestown Civic Center on Saturday, November 21
November Obituaries
Ilene M. Schlader, 86, Oakes, died Monday, October 26. Helen
M. Tangen, 91, Lisbon, formerly Fargo, died Saturday, October
31. Kyle Henry Whetsel, three months, Lisbon, died Thursday,
October 29. Eugene Charles Gregor, 88, rural DeLamere, died
Monday, November 9. Vonnie G. Steele, 87, Lisbon, died Saturday, November 14.
December 2015
Ransom County Farmers caught by surprise
Ransom County farmers enrolled in the USDA farm bill safety
net were caught by surprise when they learned that the safety net
return was 50% less than they had expected.
The National Ag Statistics Service (NASS) uses data the agency
receives from local farmers to determine safety net payments on
specific crops from the 2014 Farm Bill.
Council hears report on levee, sewers
Public Works Superintendent Randy Seelig reported to the city
council at their Monday, Dec. 7 meeting that the new slaker for the
water treatment plant has arrived. He has contacted a contractor to
install the slaker but reported that the contractor has to finish one
other project before coming to install Lisbon’s slaker. He hopes to
have it installed by the first of the year, but he said it depends on the
contractor.
Local man charged in the death of his infant son
Byron Whetsel, 35, rural Lisbon, was arrested and charged on
Tuesday, Dec. 15 with two charges in the death of his 2 month old
son Kyle. Whetsal was taken to the Richland County jail in Wahpeton. The third charge of murder was pending review by the judge
and the Determination of Probable Cause was signed by Judge Jay
Schmitz on Thurs., Dec. 17. The three charges released included
Murder, a Class AA Felony; Abuse of a Child, a Class B Felony and
Neglect of a Child, a Class C Felony.
year has been reviewed by the board. The discussion was on Parent/
Teacher conference days. No action was taken as this is just the first
draft.
David and Lori Schwab have run an archery program for many
years but plan to retire from that. The Schwabs can donate the equipment to an educational institution that is not for profit and have offered
it to the Lisbon School District. The equipment can be used in physical
education classes. Mr. Pat Adair, LHS prinicpal and athletic director
has talked with P.E. instructors about getting certified to teach archery
classes. The board voted to approve the donation of archery equipment
to the school.
An added agenda item was to amend the proposed budget to reflect
re-allocated funds from the Title I program that Meckle was just notified about since the last meeting. The board approved amending the
budget as described above.
In a final order of business, the board changed their February school
board meeting from Feb. 9 to Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 7:30 p.m.
Buffalo Supper...Continued
church maintenance fund.
It has become such a part of the Lisbon community even while the
Catholic Church men have stopped having their Lenten Fish Fry and
other churches are no longer having fundraising meals, the Methodist
Men keep serving up the buffalo sirloin tip roast supper.
This might be the year to try to get your tickets. Once you make it to
the Buffalo Supper, you have a better chance to get a ticket for the next
year. But don’t be shy or you will miss out on a delicious meal served
up hot and quick in an atmosphere of fellowship. What more could you
ask for on a cold January evening?
RC Fair Board...Continued
More
Volunteers
...Continued
Area churches collect food year
around for the Food Pantry.
“A lot more families have
donated to the Ransom County
Food Pantry due to increased
awareness,” said Yvonne Dahlgren, coordinator. “We had a
booth at the Health Fair that
brought awareness to our needs
here.”
Volunteers
More volunteers are needed
throughout the year to help stock
shelves or to do small projects.
People can sign up to be called
for certain kinds of projects. It
doesn’t have to be every week.
“It is nice to have a volunteer list to call volunteeers when
something is needed,” said Marvel Kruger, treasurer, Ransom
County Food Pantry.
If interested in volunteering,
call the Food Pantry at 683-4045
and ask for Yvonne or Dave.
it alone this year. A motion was made and approved for Tom Nord to book
the dueling piano show and make it a fundraiser for the Expo Center.
In further business before the fair board, included approving the hiring of some of the entertainment for the 2016 Fair. A few names were
mentioned at the Dec. 14 meeting for entertainment for the Corn Feed.
Alyssa Nishek, Ellendale, a popular singer in the area sent information to
the board. Robbi Hopkins contacted her to find out what her performance
would cost. On the agenda for the January meeting it was reported that
Nishek is asking $300 for one 45 minute show or $425 for two 45 minute
shows. A short discussion followed by a motion made by Julie Elijah
Barker, board member, to hire Nishek for two 45 minute shows, one after
the corn feed and the other before the Bull-A-Rama. Treasurer Shelly
Altman seconded the motion which was approved by all in attendance.
Sebastian Ertelt is working on designing a new wristband system for
the fair. He brought a diagram of what he had in mind for discussion. Last
year, the board was not able to get a realistic number of people who paid
admission to the fair as well as for events, all at once. Ertelt suggested
using words like age 8 and above or age 7 and below, separate volunteer
bands and people bands to identify the various bands. After some discussion, the idea was tabled until the Feb. 8 meeting.
A Dueling in the Dirt rodeo event at the fair was discussed. JJ Shishehbor, board member, agreed to get the specifics after the December meeting and report back to the board in January. He reported that 5 Star and
Kelly Klein are the contractors. The price is the same as hiring the Bulls
and Broncs. Shishehbor said he would be the contact person if the board
approves it. Shelly Altman made a motion, seconded by Ertelt. During
the discussion, Dan Bear, board member, asked, “Why we were totally
against it at the last meeting and now we are jumping at it?” Shishehbor
replied that was because the board needed someone to be a contact and
make arrangements and now there is. The vote was taken and Joe Laudert, Paulette Laudert, Mark Aabrekke, Ken Coleman, Stacey Spagdenske,
Tom Nord, J. Dick, Dan Bear, Shishehbor, Ertelt, and Altman all voted in
favor. Julie Elijah Barker voted against it.
Part 6 of a series...
Historical items from 1915 editions of the Sheldon Progress and Enterprise
By Janet Hansen
(Editor’s Note: Karen Schultz,
Fargo, formerly of Sheldon, does
historical research and has a pile
of clippings from the Sheldon
Progress and Sheldon Enterprise, some of which date back
to a century ago. She is sharing
those clippings with the Gazette.
We are picking out news items
from her clippings which we feel
might be of greatest interest to
our readers and will be publishing them intermittently over a
period of time. We are also adding additional information when
we feel it is pertinent.)
Advertisements for Lisbon
businesses in a September, 2015
issue of the Sheldon Progress and
Enterprise included one for William
H. and Lulu P. Lozier, undertakers,
licensed embalmers, and funeral
directors. The Lozier’s funeral parlor was, at that time, located in the
Opera House building on Lisbon’s
Main Street.
According to the Lisbon history
book published in 2005, William
Lozier initially came to Lisbon in
1880 from New Jersey, with his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Abe Johnson. Lozier was 16 years
old at the time. In 1881 he returned
to New Jersey. In 1882 he and a
friend, Richard Van Orden, moved
to Lisbon where Lozier homesteaded a quarter section of land
in Moore Township. After a few
years on the claim, Lozier moved
into Lisbon. In 1894 he was elected
Clerk of Court of Ransom County.
Later he worked in the real estate
office of Allen & Jones, as a bookkeeper.
On Nov. 22, 1900 Lozier married Luella “Lulu” Palmetier,
daughter of Warren Palmetier, who
owned and operated an elevator in
Lisbon.
Lozier and A. E. Jones purchased the A.L. Whipple Furniture
and undertaking business in 1907.
It was located in the north half
of the Opera House, which later
housed the J.C. Penney Store.
Mr. and Mrs. Lozier went to
an undertaking school and became
licensed morticians in 1910. That
same year William Lozier purchased Edwin Webster’s hardware
business, which had been located in
the south half of the Opera House.
The funeral home was later moved
to the Ireland building, which later
housed Dale’s Jewelry. In 1923 it
moved again to a building which
stood between where Lisbon
Subway and the Pizza Ranch are
located today. In 1935 the Loziers
purchased the A.E. Jones house
on north Main Street, where it
remained until 2001.
William and Lulu Lozier had
two sons, Bruce and Van, and two
daughters, Gertrude (Mrs. Tom
Avallon) and Frances.
Lozier continued in the undertaking business until his death
in 1948. His son, Van, then took
over the business, running it until
1970, when he sold out to Richard
Armstrong (father of Charles Armstrong, the current owner/operator
of Armstrong Funeral Home, Lisbon).
Dr. C. A. Purdon, dentist, also
ran an ad in the 1915 Sheldon
Progress, offering his services. His
office was in the Hammelton building, located on the corner of Fifth
Avenue and Main Street in Lisbon.
The building, which still stands,
now belongs to the City of Lisbon.
The Lisbon history book published in 1980 lists a dentist by the
name of Dr. Cleavland W. Purdon,
who had opened his dental office
in 1905. It is likely that this is the
same dentist whose ad appeared in
the 1915 Sheldon Progress.
As for news, the newspaper
reported that Rev. A. J. Brasted,
chaplain of the 8th Infantry, U.S.
Army, who had been stationed
in Georgia, had recently arrived
in Lisbon. Rev. Brasted was on a
month’s leave before moving to
Manila, in the Philippine islands,
where he would be stationed for
two years. Rev. Brasted’s wife, the
former Mary Crocker, and their
infant son, Robert Crocker Brasted,
had been spending the summer in
Lisbon, with Mary’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William G. Crocker, and
planned to stay until early November, when they would be leaving for
San Francisco.
Information in the Lisbon history book published in 1980 differs from the information included
in the article in the Sheldon Progress. The history book lists Crocker’s daughter, Ada, as Mrs. A. G.
Brasted. The couple reportedly
lived in Alexandria, VA. The former Mary Crocker, Ada’s sister,
was listed as Mrs. James Earnest
Jones of Lisbon. Earnest “Ernie,”
who served as postmaster in Lisbon
for 27 years, and his wife, Mary
(more commonly known as “May”)
Crocker, who taught private piano
lessons, were the parents of Mrs.
Thomas (Mariol) Knapp, Lisbon.
Mary (Crocker) Jones’ father,
William Crocker, was better known
locally as “Uncle Will.” He was
married to the former Sarah Purdon. The couple had seven children.
The Crocker family came to
Lisbon in 1888 and Mr. Crocker
taught in the Lisbon School for
three years. He also taught, in 1891
and 1892 in Dakota College, a Baptist college located on Lisbon’s
Main Street. The Dakota College
building burned to the ground in
1892.
Crocker was elected Ransom
County Superintendent of Schools
in 1892, a position he held for several years.
In 1897 Crocker started a
monthly paper for pupils called
the Rotary and, two years later,
he began publishing the Westland
Educator, a professional monthly
magazine for teachers. He con-
Sabrena Quast wins $500 in gift certificates
Sabrena Quast, a young mother from Walcott, won the $500
Grand Prize in the Lisbon Civic and Commerce (C&C) Holiday
Slips Game. The Holiday Slips game drawing was held on Dec. 19
at the Lisbon Opera House. Hot apple cider and holiday goodies
were served.
December Obituaries
Priscilla M. Dubs, 76, Minneapolis, MN, formerly Lisbon, died
Monday, November 23. John W. Wolters, 101, Lisbon died Tuesday, November 24. Marian J. Bartholomay, 85, Enderlin, died
Tuesday, November 24. Orville Theron Tostenson, 97, Sunnyvale, CA, died Sunday, November 29. Carol S. Geske, 66, Enderlin, died Friday, December 11. Larry T. Vee, 71, Fridley, MN, no
date of death given. Greg D. VanWell, 67, Enderlin, died Saturday,
December 12. Jeannine H. Robert, 86, Lisbon, formerly LaMoure,
died Sunday, December 20. Paul Shearer, 46, Forman, died Sunday, December 20. Larry Allyn Seavert, 68, of Plymouth, Minnesota, died Friday, December 18.
verted a granary into his print
shop. The printing press was run by
horsepower.
In 1902, Crocker and E. F.
Ladd, a professor at the Agricultural College (now NDSU) in Fargo
and later a U.S. Senator, started the
North Dakota Farmer, the first farm
newspaper to be published in North
Dakota. This was also printed in
Crocker’s print shop in Lisbon.
Crocker was elected to the state
House of Representatives in 1925
and to the state Senate in 1927.
The Crocker home was on the
south side of the river, just west of
the Lisbon Dam.
In the Owego News, it was
reported that Miss Mabel Nelson,
principal of the Sheyenne Consolidated School, had spent Sunday at
the home of her relatives, Mrs. A.
Sutherford and family.
The Leonard News reported
that Sam Anderson had begun a
remodeling project on the old postoffice building.
In the McLeod News it was
reported that the dance that was
to be held on Saturday night in
Brakey’s Hall, had been a failure,
because there were no musicians
available in town.
The Lozier furniture store and undertaking business was originally located in the Opera House
building on Lisbon’s Main Street. This photo, circa 1910, shows the Lozier store. Standing in front
of the building are: (l to r) Mr. William Franklin Clow (a photographer whose studio was located
above the Lozier store - see name on upstairs window), E. A. Webster, and Rollo Curtis (son of
lawyer Thomas A. Curtis and his wife, the former Phoebe Forward).
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