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LONG SHADOWS OF WINTER? Lowell Busching captured these images of sisters from Maryvale Convent enjoying a snow-free Christmas Day in Barnes County. Busching notes: The sisters came from Maryville, bundled up, but riding their bikes, Because we could as one said. (Photo/Lowell Busching)
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845-0966. The music of Andrew Reichenberger-Walz performed live during dinner service at Sabirs in Valley City.
The Whoever Can Come Band hosts an informal jam session at the Barnes County Museum from 1 to 4 p.m. Acoustic instruments only. It is cold outside and theres
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ave you ever wondered which bread is the healthiest, or which margarine to buy or which cereal is best for your family? With thousands of products lining the shelves of the grocery stores, it can be overwhelming to shop when considering health,
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astronomy designed for all ages, begins at 2 p.m. at the VCSU Planetarium, Room 310, VCSU Rhoades Science Center, third floor. Elevator service available. More info: Alice Beachman, 845-7452 or alice.beachman@vcscu. edu - or Wes Anderson
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The music of Andrew Reichenberger-Walz performed live during dinner service at Sabirs in Valley City. Maple Valley high school girls basketball plays Kindred at Tower City starting at 6 p.m. Maple Valley high school girls basketball plays Kindred at Tower City starting at 6 p.m.
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nothing better to do than play music and have a good time. Free and open to all. Location: Barnes County Historical Society Museum, 315 Central Ave N., Valley CIty The 29th Annual Ashtabula Ice Fishing Derby sponsored by Barnes County Wildlife starts at noon at Sibley. Registration from 9 a.m. to noon. Guaranteed cash/ prizes for perch, walleye, northern: $2,400. Fees: $10 per person per hole (four holes maximum). More info: Jay Holm, 701490-1293. Maple Valley high school boys basketball competes in the annual Oak Grove boys basketball shootout, to be held at the Fargo Civic Center. Maple Valley plays Hankinson. Barnes County North boys basketball plays Napoleon at Napoleon starting at 5 p.m. VCSU DAC Tournament: womens basketball vs. Mayville State, Osmon Fieldhouse in Valley City, 2 p.m. VCSU DAC Tournament: mens basketball vs. Mayville State, Osmon Fieldhouse in Valley City, 4 p.m. Barnes County Relay for Life Kickoff Party is from 6 to 11 p.m. at the Valley City Eagles. A freewill spaghetti supper is served at 6 p.m. followed by music and dancing, courtesy of Big Hammer Entertainment. Costume contests for children and adults. Theme: Magic of Relay (Disney). Prizes for best costumes. More info: Mindy Olauson, 701-4901963, or Gary Fleener, 701-840-0688. Sunday through the winter months; proceeds benefit seniors attending March Close-Up trip to Washington, D.C. Buffalo, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Community Club of Buffalo holds its annual meeting, starting with a 6 p.m. supper followed by election of officers. Bottom Line Duo, featuring husband and wife Spencer and Traci Hoveskeland, present a concert of social chamber music on their double bass and cello in the Valley City Area Concert Associations second season concert, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at Vangstad Auditorium, on the campus of Valley City State University. Indoor Archery Range is now open Monday and Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. in the basement of City Auditorium, Valley City. More info: Neil Pederson, 701-840-0173. (mayor) and commissioner is held today at City Hall. Maple Valley high school boys basketball plays Oak Grove at Tower City starting at 6 p.m. Barnes County North boys basketball plays Midkota at Glenfield starting at 6 p.m. Barnes County North girls basketball plays Oakes at 6 p.m. at Oakes. Valley City Rotary meets every Tuesday at noon at the Valley City VFW Club. Barnes County North boys basketball plays Midkota at Glenfield, starting at 6 p.m. Rotary Clubs Annual Pancake Supper runs from 5 to 7 p.m. at the VFW, Valley City. Tour MarketPlace Foods of Valley City from 5:15 to 6:15 p.m. with Sue Milender, nutritionist, as part of ON THE MOVEs effort to help shoppers make healthy, educated choices. Register: oung
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7 p.m. Hospice of the Red River Valley, 1240 W. Main, Valley City, hosts a ribbon cutting cereomony at 4:30 p.m. and open house from 4 to 6 p.m. Indoor Archery Range is now open Monday and Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. in the basement of City Auditorium, Valley City. More info: Neil Pederson, 701-840-0173.
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Valley City Kiwanis Club meets every Wednesday at 12:04 p.m. at the Valley City VFW Club. Open Mic at Duttons Parlour in downtown Valley City is every Wednesday from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Entertainers (music, comedy, poetry, etc.) and audience-members welcome. No cost. Tower City Senior Citizens meet every Wednesday at the Community Center in Tower City from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. A meal is served. More info: Betty Gibbons, president; 701-840-0184. Texas Holdem Tournament every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. at the Eagles, Valley City. Open to all player levels. More info: Richard Hass: 840-2612. Free, for people 21+. Valley City State University womens basketball vs. Dakota State University,
Kris Kitko, a Troubadour for Troubled Times, will perform and present at 2 p.m. in Vangstad Auditorium on the campus of Valley City State University, as part of the What in the World is Going On? series. More info: Richard Betting or Kay Kringlie.
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Maple Valley Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) meets Thursday mornings at 8 a.m. Tops Club of Enderlin meets every Thursday morning at the Senior Center. Weigh in from 8:30 to 9 a.m.; meeting at 9 a.m. Tour Leevers SuperValu of Valley City from 10 to 11 a.m. with Sue Milender, nutritionist, as part of ON
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Junior Naturalists meet at 6 p.m. at the Fish Hatchery, north of Valley City. Program: Fish identification. More info: Jay Holm, 701-490-1293. Maple Valley high school girls basketball plays Milnor at Milnor starting at 6 p.m. Buffalo Senior Citizens meet every Monday at the Community Center,
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ere a couple weeks into the New Year already and right about now, many By Nikki Laine of us are Zinke desperately trying to recapture the steely resolve that came so easily to us on Dec. 31, when we first established our New Years Resolutions. Hanging onto my resolution, though, has been an easy one so far: My goal this year is to better appreciate the strengths of others; to applaud the achievements of friends, family and neighbors; and to empathize with others trials when they reach a fork or abrupt and undesired end in their chosen road. I like a quote by Hemingway: The world breaks everyone. And afterward, many are strong in the broken places. Just another way of saying what doesnt kill us makes us stronger, I suppose. And its true you know. True for the big win and true for the small win, too. So I want to share a photo with you this week. This is my daughter, Lexi Zinke, pictured with her instructor,
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Naturally, when the temperature reached the high 50s early in January I had to go out to my garden and see what was happening. I admit trying to pull a few weeds from the frozen ground without any success of
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or some people moving more is fun, physical exercise helps the entire cardiovascular system and yet for others it can seem like a work more efficiently creating more energy. chore; but as we think about the benThis year, as you may know, you have a choice of opefits of physical activity, we know its the portunities when joining ON THE MOVE: You can join right thing to do. One way to get some per- for free (called ON THE MOVE Goals) where you set your sonal support for doing exercise is to join own personal activity goal, and receive the support through ON THE MOVE and set your own personal emails. Or you can join with the $12 membership (Goals activity goal. Plus), where you again set your own personal activity goal By Mary Open Door Center is a member of ON but also can attend any or all of the classes and TRY-IT sesSimonson THE MOVE 2012. We endorse this pro- sions that are held, and receive the incentive gifts gram to provide physical and mental health There are several opportunities scheduled for ON THE for those we serve and employ. We encourage our staff and MOVE 2012. Walk Away the Pounds is an activity that is residents to participate in ON THE MOVE 2012 by assisting geared to all ages. It is offered at the Open Door Center at with the cost of their membership. We believe people who noon on Thursdays. It is also available at the HAC on Monare physically and mentally healthy can better deal with ad- days and Wednesdays at noon and Thursdays at Mercy Hosversity. The many events provided by ON THE MOVE 2012 pital. It is also offered in the evening at 6 pm on Mondays can help create a healthier Valley City and Barnes County. at St. Catherine Gym and on Tuesdays and Fridays at the Exercise is like free medicine. It is much cheaper than Legacy Place. pills and helps with a variety of health problems. Studies Come join Open Door Center and ON THE MOVE 2012. suggest that sedentary people may be at higher risk for de- For information please contact Mercy Hospital at 845-6456 veloping hypertension while those who lead physically ac- or Open Door Center at 845-1124. Together we can be a tive lives can reduce the possibility of developing high blood healthier community both physically and mentally. It will pressure. Exercise also assists with keeping body weight in help each of us prosper individually and as a community. check. It can help prevent a number of cancers, including Mary Simonson is director of Open Door Center, in Valley City. colorectal cancer of which Barnes County has higher numYour Health is coordinated by Mercy Hospital. bers than other counties in ND. Exercise also helps with the prevention of PIZZA OF THE WEEK Visit our Full Service another prevalent disease in North Dakota, TAK Print Shop EO namely type 2 diabetes, as well as heart disease, E IN N I uT D stroke, and osteoporosis. Why not be as disease free as possible with the cheapest medicine there is? Full Color Digital Mentally, exercise is an inexpensive tonic. Printing Now Available WINTER It improves our HOURS mood because Banners & Posters MON-FRI: physical activCustom Forms 11 AM - 1 AM ity stimulates Marketing Materials SATURDAY: Letterhead/Envelopes various brain NOON - 1 AM Business Cards chemicals that Flyers/Newsletters $1 OFF MEDIuM leave one feelMuch More . . . $2 OFF LArgE ing happier and with VCSu Student ID more relaxed. Our PIZZA MENu - WITH FLAVOrS FrOM ArOuND THE WOrLD - juST CANT bE bEAT! A calm person Valley In the Wagon Wheel can better hanOfficeworks Inn - Valley City, ND 351 Central Ave N dle stress. 845-2525 PO Box 964 Physical acValley City, ND 58072-0964 tivity delivers 701-845-5222 Office Supplies 701-845-1833 Printing oxygen and nuCall Kent www.valleyofficeworks.com trients to body A smoke-free So Your Office Works tissues. In fact establishment
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Careful when removing fish houses Early ice fishing reports from many areas of the state have been promising. However, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department advises winter anglers to be cautious when moving or removing permanent fish houses and travelling on state lakes. Robert Timian, chief game warden, said an unseasonably mild winter has caused some ice houses to already break through the ice. Record breaking high temperatures and strong winds this winter have resulted in inconsistent ice conditions in much of the state, Timian said. Anglers should assess the need to move their respective ice houses. If ice conditions on a lake deteriorate, they should check the weather forecast and consider removing their house. While colder temperatures are now here, it may be too late to help form solid ice for any length of time. When we get into late February, warm weather and longer daylight will deteriorate ice conditions, causing shorelines that are already thin to weaken, Timian said. Therefore, we suggest anglers be aware of these unique winter conditions and be prepared to move, or even remove their ice houses. Whether the ice house is removed now or in two months, Timian advises anglers to do so before the ice begins to thaw. Fish houses can become frozen into the ice under these conditions, causing some anglers to only take parts of the house that are easily retrievable, he added. This is unacceptable. The owner has a legal responsibility to remove the entire house and its contents. Permanent fish houses must be off the ice by midnight, March 15. Portable fish houses may be used after March 15 if they are removed daily. Hunter Ed Instructor workshops, annual banquet scheduled North Dakota Game and Fish Department hunter education instructors are invited to attend one of four regional workshops scheduled in 2012. The workshops are Feb. 25 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Grand Forks; March 10 at the Ramada Grand Dakota Lodge in Dickinson; March 24 at the Best Western Grand International Inn in Minot; and March 31 at the Ramada Plaza and Suites in Fargo. Each workshop runs from 1 to 5 p.m., with registration beginning at noon. Instructors are asked to call the hunter education office in Bismarck to preregister. Conference invites, agenda and registration information will be mailed out to all certified instructors. Instructors are also reminded of the 28th annual Hunter Education Instructor Conference and Recognition Banquet on Feb. 11at the Best Western Ramkota in Bismarck. Hunter education instructors are volunteers and provide their expertise and time free of charge. Volunteer instructors must be 18 or older, have hunting experience, have not been convicted of a felony or serious law violation and have successfully completed a hunter education course. Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer hunter education instructor should call Jon Hanson, hunter education coordinator, at 701-328-6316. Time to think boating basics Now is a good time for parents with children who want to operate a boat or jet ski this summer to have them take the states boating basics course. State law requires youngsters ages 12 to 15 to pass the course before they operate a boat or personal watercraft with a 10 horsepower motor or larger. In addition, major insurance companies give adult boat owners who pass the course a premium discount on boat insurance. The course is available for home-study from the North Dakota Game and Fish Departments Bismarck office. Two commercial providers also offer the course online, and links to those sites can be found by accessing the departments website at gf.nd.gov While the home-study course is free, students will be charged a fee to take it online. The online provider charges for the course, not the Game and Fish Department. The fee stays with the online provider. The course covers legal requirements, navigation rules, getting underway, accidents and special topics such as weather, rules of the road, laws, life saving and first aid. For more information, contact Nancy Boldt, North Dakota Game and Fish Department, by email at ndgf@nd.gov; or call 701-328-6300. Watchable Wildlife Checkoff available on North Dakota state tax form North Dakota citizens with an interest in supporting wildlife conservation programs are reminded to look for the Watchable Wildlife checkoff on the state tax form. The 2011 state income tax form gives wildlife enthusiasts an opportunity to support nongame wildlife like songbirds and birds of prey, while at the same time contributing to programs that help everyone enjoy all wildlife. The checkoff whether you are receiving a refund or having to pay in is an easy way to voluntarily contribute to sustain this longstanding program. In addition, direct donations to the program are accepted any time of year.
Time spent with family and friends, and little things like simply breathing fresh air or hearing the call of springs first meadowlark, are just as significant. (Photo credit/NDGF)
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ver the holidays I bumped into an old high school friend, and true to form for a couple of guys who love the outdoors and also have young families, we began sharing stories. Living in Montana, Jon has had the opportunity to hunt elk in the same manner we hunt pheasants or ducks, and his kids are right there with him. His eyes sparkled like the ripples on an early-morning lake when he proudly relayed how his daughter, on an outing back in North Dakota, had bagged her first pheasant. And my dad was along, too. This had special meaning to me as well, since Jons dad is Mr. Stites, one of my high school math teachers. For a kid needing a solid math and science background when even in high school a C in math was an A in my book Mr. Stites had a way of making sure I was armed with the knowledge and skills to survive college statistics, calculus and trigonometry. All with a C for good measure. But I made it. And from the sound of it, Jon was working on the honor roll of the outdoors. The tone of his voice and the
excitement in his explanations were a testament to family ties created By Doug through Leier outdoor adventure. While the conversation was merely minutes, it felt like hours as we shared stories back and forth, between bites of a manhandler pizza. Weeks later, on one of my many winter drives with no purpose other than just making sure its all still out there, I replayed that conversation and marveled at the role the outdoors plays not only in our lives, but the lives of many current and former North Dakota residents. All this occurred at roughly the same time I passed the mark of four decades on earth, and quite frankly Im not sure whether to grasp the philosophy that age is just a number, or youre only as old as you feel. Either way, heading toward half-a decade is kind of like getting a new gadget figured out. Once you know how it works, you can enjoy it a little more rather than struggling to figure it out. We all face our own strug-
gles, and with a little thought you realize its relative to each individual. Theres always someone doing better than you, and others not doing as well. The outdoors sometimes is a place to gain perspective, think through tough decisions and internally reboot our system. Upon returning home from that drive, I wrote a Jon note and thanked him for the conversation and the privilege of meeting his family. Its reassuring to know that while pursuit of a trophy elk, a limit of ducks or a lunker walleye can be part of the outdoors, for most of us theres more to it than that. Time spent with family and friends, and little things like simply breathing fresh air or hearing the call of springs first meadowlark, are just as significant. Ive known for years that we would all do well to share the outdoors with a friend, child or neighbor whos never experienced it. Somewhere along the line theyll thank you. And besides, when life sends you a curve, have you ever heard anyone say, I just need to watch some TV or play a video game?
Leier is a biologist with North Dakota Game & Fish.
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clean. Also, keep the surface of the water in the hole free of slush and By Nick ice, making sure to Simonson monitor that there isnt a buildup of ice sealing off the hole. This might require a regular round of inspections particularly when its cold to keep the areas ice free. Clean holes will make playing and landing fish with a tip-up easier and more successful. 7. Depth Charge: When fishing for species that tend to roam the water column or at least parts of it such as stocked trout, lake trout and pike vary the depths at which your baits are set. I found great success fishing for wintertime rainbows stocked in a lake near my home town by finding depths of 15-to20-feet and setting a bunch of tip-up offerings from five feet below the ice to five feet above the bottom. Check them with a sonar unit and mark the line at the surface with a rubber band when the presentation is where you want it. 6. Sharpen Up: Now, most of my tip-up fishing is for pike. I like quickstrike rigs and just plain trebles, where legal. The key for toothy critters is keeping these bigger hooks sharp. Go through your collection of terminal tackle, whether fresh out of the package or not, and run a hook hone to make sure the point finds the mark when its time for the hook set. 5. On Your Mark: As stated above, a line marker will allow for a quick reset of a tip-up after a fish has been landed. I like to use a broken thin rubber band, but a piece of string or yarn will do the bait, causing unnatural pull which in turn may cause the fish to drop the offering. 2. Neat Freak: When a fish is on the other end, theres a lot to think about tension, playing out the line, how to land it and where the fish is located. Keep your line out of the equation by setting each section as neatly as possible on the side of the hole each time you gain a little on your quarry. This way, if the fish runs the line zips easily up through your hands and back down the hole. Refer back to Tip No. 8 to make sure the loose line plays back easily with no ice or slush to snag on. 1. Let It Spin: When fishing for species you plan to keep, you can take things a little easier. Especially when looking for pike, when a flag pops, hustle over to the tip-up and watch. If the fish still has the bait and is swimming away, wait until the T mechanism stops twirling. Pike instinctively strike a bait and then run with it a while before stopping, turning the bait and swallowing. If youre keeping fish, its best to set the hook after the tip up stops moving. With these tips and some youll undoubtedly pick up on the ice with a little experience, youll find your tip-up success will increase. And it wont be long until the repeated and resounding shouts of FLAAAAAG!!! will echo across the hardwater surface of your favorite lake in our outdoors.
Nick Simonson grew up in Valley City.
often think back fondly to my times tip-up fishing while growing up in North Dakota. For those anglers who love to chase a waiving flag across the ice, theres no better place than the Peace Garden State, where on hardwater, fishermen are allotted four lines with no restrictions as to whats on the other end. It could be a treble or it could be a single hook; it could be in pursuit of pike or trout or walleye. Smelt, shiners, fatheads, whatever your bait of choice, there are so many ways to fish with tip-ups. We fished them all and found ways to modify our tip-ups for any situation. What follows are some tips for not only the usual slimy suspects, but for fishing flags for any other species. 10. Barrel Role: I like to spool all of my tip-ups with old-school 50-poundtest Dacron simply because its strong and easy to handle. However, if fishing walleyes or trout, it is far too visible to connect to a hook. I like to tie a barrel swivel at the end of the line and from there I can add leaders of superline or monofilament in varying lengths above a smaller hook or treble to match the species Im pursuing. 9. Another Notch: The flag-holding T on the top of each tip-up usually has two sides, an all-smooth side and a notched side. The notched side will hold the flag more securely, requiring a good tug to pop it loose, as opposed to the smooth side, which will allow the flag to trip easier. In addition, these sides can be turned into, or against the wind to prevent a premature triggering of the flag. Use this feature to assist on those gusty days. 8. Cleanup: When using tip-ups, make sure the area around the ice hole is
A line of tip-ups helps locate where the fish are moving in a given lake and can be a lot of fun, especially with a group of anglers find active pike, trout or walleyes. (Photo
submitted/Nick Simonson)
trick. Once you have your presentation set where you want it, or where you find fish are striking, tie in your marker so you can get back to fishing sooner when you bring your hook to the surface. 4. Traction Faction: When there are a number of folks fishing tip-ups in a group, the more the merrier. Be ready for fast-paced flag action on the ice, and be ready to sprint to the nearest tip-up when a pack of pike rolls through. Especially at early ice, the spring from the shore or
shack to the flag requires traction on the ice. Have a set of cleats, such as Yaktrax, on your boots to help you stay standing (or sprinting) after those tipups that pop. 3. Wrapped Up: It is important to keep the line spooled neatly on tip-ups, and you should check for an evenly wrapped spool each time you bring the line up and put the line back down. Bunched or tilted line freezes and tangles easier. This can produce resistance when a fish swims off with your
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The Vickys Viking Room staff relaxes at the end of a busy Saturday. Seated in front, l-r: Ronnie Blagg, Vicky Jones; second row, l-r: Nicole Cross, Lisa Oliveras, Jordan Shape; back row, l-r: 'Number Two' (Adam Lang), Terry Jones, Don Campbell and Jack Maestro. (Photo/Sandy Hansen)
Her background includes cheftraining at the Moorhead Area Vocational Technical Institute (now Minnesota State Community & Technical College); 14 years working in Fort Collins, Colo., as manager of a Perkins chain restaurant; then back home where she spent time working as a cook at Mercy Hospital, Legacy Place and the Eagles, but none of
these places seemed a good t. ats when her husband, Terry, stepped in. e couple met and married during Vickys years in Colorado, which is Terrys home. He has medical career training but his fort is all-around handyman. A er relocating to North Dakota, Terry worked at the PRACS Institute in Fargo; as head cus-
todian at Je erson Elementary; and with K&S Carpet Cleaners of Valley City. When the Viking Room came on the market last year, he saw an opportunity. It was Vickys dream, so I made it come true, Terry said in a recent interview. Since re-opening the landmark local eatery, Terry made the decision to join his wife and now FIND US ONLINE bitztire.com
takes care of watching over the service and talks PR with the customers. And although they started with just a few dollars, it has been a good t for both of them and business has been growing steadily. One of the biggest challenges at rst was getting the right sta and enough sta . A neighboring barber saw that the restaurant was short-handed in its beginning days and convinced her mother to o er her help, which has proved a boon for the business. Tilly Martin, or as the sta calls her Miss Tilly, helps when the restaurant is at its busiest and also does all the baking. Shes the hardest working lady I ever met in my life, Vicky said. Shes my rock. Most of the rest of the sta of about 15 employees is comprised of Valley City State University students, the majority of them from out of state. Vickys Viking Room has become like a second home to them, and the couple has taken them under their wing, seeing not only to their employment but to their social and academic life as well. Vicky said its not unusual for out-of-state parents to call her and ask how their children are doing in the foreign vastness of North Dakota. And during the recent anksgiving vacation, a er serving customers and closing mid-a ernoon, the entire crew set up the tables as one long VICKYS, 9
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have always wanted to visit Los Angeles, Calif. I cant tell you exactly what the draw has been, though I know its shifted over the years. Originally it was the shiny illusion By Sarah of Hollywood; then I McCurdy focused more on visiting the place where so much of pop culture has been formed over the years; and finally its intrigued me because some of my McCurdy relatives of generations past found refuge during retirement in sunny southern California. I wanted to know what drew them out to the area back before L.A. had freeways. The opportunity presented itself last week for me to venture to Los Angeles to help my friend Megan unpack after a whirlwind move across the country and not even a week in her new job. Everything fell into place easily and it turned out another friend of mine would be in town that weekend as well perfect. As soon as I purchased the ticket I had a nagging feeling at the back of my mind. Day by day that feeling moved closer and closer to the front of my mind and it had to do with the fear of the unknown. What do I wear? Will I fit in? Will people there think I talk funny? Its L.A. in the winter, so people will think its cold but I will be sweating bullets. I was freaking out about what to pack. Since Google is my friend, I asked it what I should wear in L.A. in the winter. The all-knowing site directed me to a fabulous article about how to fit in like the locals and not stick out as a tourist. Per-
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fect, just what I was looking for. It advised wearing dark-colored clothing, close-toed shoes, a black fitted jacket for the cool evenings, and to always wear sunglasses. To further my research, I talked to Megan and she said to pack whatever I wanted. We could go out somewhere and maybe there will be someone in a swimsuit with a cover-up and another person in a prom dress no matter what you wear someone will be more casual and another person will be more dressed up than you. While this may sound logical, it just made me panic even more. The options were so wide open. But another piece of her advice made things start to click in my head: no matter where you go, you can where jeans. She also advised that if I wanted to be a little outrageous I could pack whatever I had in my closet at home that I felt was too flashy for Fargo and drag it to L.A. with me. To settle the decision of what to pack, the morning of my flight I had a onewoman fashion show it was by me and for me. I tested out some outfit combinations and walked a very short, carpeted runway. Once I made the commitment to pack light the rest fell into place very easily. All of a sudden I was the traveler who packed so light that the ticket agents didnt bat an eyelash when I approached their counter with my carry-on. Around me, everyone else was not so lucky. Carry-ons that were an inch or two too big would cost an extra $30 per bag to be checked. For a brief moment in traveling, I looked like I knew what I was doing. From the moment I landed to the moment I left, I understood Megans comment
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elcome to e ART of the Matter, a new column co-written by myself and Wes Anderson. Each month either Wes or I will focus on and highlight some of the wonderful arts events going on in and around Valley City and the Barnes County area. By Joseph Wes, as curator of the Barnes County DeMasi Historical Society will bring a more historical/ humanist view to his columns while I, as a professional musician and performer, will try to bring a more artistic view to mine. We hope you enjoy these columns and please know that your input, ideas and feedback are always welcome. I grew up with folk music all around me and though I played violin from the fourth grade and still have a love of and for classical music, I picked up guitar when I was in my teens because I loved to sing. I was attracted to the social commentary aspect of folk music and spent hours and hours listening to some of my favorite singer/ songwriters like James Taylor, Jackson Brown, Simon and Garfunkel, Carole King and Peter, Paul and Mary. e genre of the singer/songwriter had its birth in the late 50s and early 60s and, while American Idol and the X Factor now dominate our airwaves, this very personal and intimate of genres still exists today. We are fortunate to have some very talented, local singer/songwriters coming to our town this month. e rst person I am talking about is Kris Kitco, who will be performing at Vangstad Auditorium on Sunday, Jan 22, at 2 p.m. in a FREE concert brought to us by the What In the World group. Kris is from Bismarck and I have had the pleasure to not only have heard her perform before, but have gotten to share a concert with her a few months ago as well. She is delightful and insightful and I highly recommend this show. She will make you laugh, make you cry and make you think, sometimes all at the same time! You DO NOT want to miss this show! ART, 14
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View of Rogers, N.D., in 1910. (Postcard/Collection of Dennis Stillings)
ura Perrine (right), who taught at the old Normal School (todays Valley City State University), gathered the collections that became the Model School Museum. e museum no longer exists. She collected postcards from all over the world, and even today she is well-known among serious postcard collectors. e card pictured here was sent to Miss Cora By Dennis M. Rollins of Valley City by Wilma and Lillie Barnes, and reads in part: Dear FriendYour two cards were Stillings duly recd, and we were very glad to hear from you. Wilma & I are getting along as well as possible, and I am more contented here than I could be in V.C.
Rogers, ND, in 1910
ABOUT THIS COLUMN: Museum Without Walls is an occasional column devoted to photographs and articles on special sites and artifacts of historical interest in and near Barnes County. These sites may include buildings and town views, monuments, sites of geological and cultural interest, old bridges, cemeteries, farms, dams, and many other things that will never be housed in a museum with walls and that illustrate the history of this area. In addition, this column will occasionally showcase in these pages an artifact
found in one of the area museums or in a local residents personal collection allowing you to enjoy and appreciate our local history from outside the museum walls. If you have ideas you think we should pursue in this column, photos or background information on any of the subjects weve covered or think we should cover, please contact Dennis Stillings via email at stillings@gmail.com or Editor Nikki Laine Zinke of The Independent at nlzinke@indy-bc.com
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e Valley City State University Division of Business and Information Technology present the rst in a series of presentations entitled Business Talks Spring 2012. D.C. Lucas, business development manager of Eide Bailly Technology Consulting, will present a talk called Technology Landscape at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 19 in the VCSU Student Center Skoal Room. Lucas, who lives in Argusville, holds an MBA in management and has 16 years experience in the technol-
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Theory on rising Devils Lake fails to hold water
Recall election is chance to hold V.C. leaders accountable

Letter from LeRoy Neubauer Valley City, N.D.
By Richard Betting Inevitable flooding seems to be the message sent by the series of articles about Devils Lake flooding in the Special Edition 2011 of North Dakota Water magazine. Articles in the magazine conclude that the rise of the lake since 1993 is the result of normal cyclic weather in the basin, that Devils Lake has gone from being dry to overflowing (at least three times in the last 4,000 years), and that the lake is on the rise now and increased rainfall is the cause. Soon it will overflow. Naturally. But that theory doesn't hold water. Average precipitation in the basin since 1993 has only risen from about 17 inches annually to 21.5 inches. If that much water were added only to the lake, the lake would have risen less than a foot a year. But in fact, inflows to the lake added up to 600,000 acre-feet of water per year in 2009 and 2011. An article states that it has been record, or near-record flows on the major coulees that contribute to Devils Lake. In other words, run-off contributes significantly to the rise on Devils Lake. What the articles fail to mention is what the cause of run-off has been: Wetland drainage. The amazing statistic that continues to be overlooked is that over 350,000 acres of upper basin sloughs have been drained. The water they once held contributes to those record-setting inflows to Devils Lake. The rise of the lake, then, is no longer entirely natural. And while a natural spill is no longer possible, a man-made one, however, is. In fact, an overflow is even more probable because of the drainage that has occurred in the basin in the past 50 or so years. To ignore drainage is to ignore science, common sense and the laws of nature. Contrary to what State Engineer Todd Sando claims about upper basin wetlands holding water, drained wetlands no longer do. Downstream farmers, like the Schemionek family, who are featured in an article, suffer because upper basin farmers continue to drain. That is, some are flooded so that others can farm. It's a trade-off. To pretend this is not happening is naive. Like mainstream press in the state, North Dakota Water fails to tell the whole story and continues to ignore reality. Real solutions to the water issue in Devils Lake continue to be ignored while politicians and agencies make plans to increase downstream damage by draining excess water on those downstream.
Richard Betting is a member of the group People to Save the Sheyenne. He lives in Valley City.
$300,000 in savings on the water project to install the water silos at the end of 5th Ave. N.W. Valley City could have sold two CAN towers that were not needed - the one Y riving down West Main, I was The OU D located at the armory and the one halfway amused by the sign that stressed want Indep RAW up 5th Ave. N.W. Even before the projHonesty, Experience and Stabil? en s ect, V.C. had more finished water in the ity as characteristics of the sitting memedit to publi dent o s system than Jamestown did. That tower on r h bers of the Valley City Commission who ial c arto your 5th will probably fall someday and do a are up for election. Are they out of touch ons. Cont lot of damage unless it is taken down. The act N with reality? Let us examine the words, ikki: nlzin ke@ tower at the armory was not needed when indy starting with the last one. -bc.c om the tower at the John Deere plant was put Stability: Who would characterize the into service. A lot of water in the system last year or more as stabile? It started with requires a lot of chemicals that are not someone asking a question and getting neeed with a smaller system because the penalized for it, which is poor managesmaller system turns over more often sot ment. I heard a talk show host recently he water is fresher. As to the tower on 5th, state on-air that there is no such thing as look at the hillside sliding that is going on a dumb or inappropriate question and I in V.C. learned that in business college, too. Ask Werkhoven about the engineering Asking a question was just the start of issue. During the late 90s, he would start the most unstable period in Valley City each day by visiting Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson. I was told that he that I have seen. I was at a meeting on the question issue where was doing it and it was later confirmed at a meeting I had in KLJs there were four attorneys present. One had been hired without offices on a project that he had reviewed and approved that mornpublic knowledge and approved by the commission at a special meeting where that was not what the meeting had been called for. ing at 8 a.m. I asked why they were wasting my time if he had already approved it. I was told that my meeting was only a courA lot of missteps by the commission resulted in 18 alleged tesy meeting. On one project, KLJ was sending V.C.P.W. invoices, charges being made by the commission against then-chief Dean which I had to approve before the finance meeting. I wanted to Ross, none of which were ever proved despite a thorough investiaudit the invoices, but Werkhoven would not let me. He said that gation. if I did not believe their billings, I should fire them. Firing KLJ As a result, I think that four commissioners should have been recalled, but two were protected by law from recall. Commission- was his responsibility. Evenson. Ask Evenson why he left Cass County Electric. Based er Bob Werkhoven was against making Dean police chief back in 2000. It is in the commission notes. You can read it for yourself. on what I knew working for V.C.P.W., CCE pay was higher and the benefits better. it just took him awhile to accomplish what he set out to do. Ask Evenson to elaborate on the comment about V.C. water Experience: If you put the years in Valley City government torates being in the middle of the rates charged statewide. The water gether for Bob Werhoven and Ken Evenson, it is less than Deans rate is not paying for the cost of the water service in V.C. The years of service to Valley City. water department is over a million dollars in debt to the electric Honesty: There is a lot to go over here. department. It has been hinted that our rates may have to be Werkhoven. When he was running for mayor, he promised openness for his term, listening to the public and dealing with the raised when the new RO system is put into operation. You are told to feel good because we will have one of the best and newest engineering issue in V.C. Since I had worked with him when he systems in N.D. It is only going to cost us $2 million!! I personwas a commissioner, I was asked by several about him. I always ally do not think the RO system was needed because we have replied that based on my experience, I would not believe a thing been getting water from Devils Lake for some time and I have not he said. It did not take long before they were saying now I see heard of any health problems. I also question the need to build the wht you meant. contact basins. Ask Werhoven why they secretly hired the attorney mentioned The water and sewer departmeents owe the electric fund over above. $3 million!! And our electric rates are too high. The electric Ask Werkhoven to explain why he forgave over $6,000 in bills department has a reserve fund of over $5 million, but as menowed to Valley City Public Works in the mid-90s. He did it by tioned, $3 million has been used to cover costs in the water and asking each customer (three total) what they felt they should pay sewer departments. The city is using the electric fund to fund city on their bill and he accepted it without any question. Dont you government!! wish you could negotiate your bill with city hall? Have you ever In conclusion, I am surprised that what I thought were intelbeen threatened with having your electricity cut off or the loss ligent people are stating that what happened is OK. Misuse a longof your property because you had not paid the bill? I was at the time city employee, make Valley City the butt of a lot of jokes and, meeting where he accepted half of what was owed. oh by the way, just because the laws say that the recall is legal, you Ask Werkhoven to explain why he pushed to spend $60,000 for should not do it because it is not nice. You should just elect people special lights at the middle exit to V.C., that would have been replaced for free if we had put back what was there originally. At the and ignore what they do until the next regular election. We can impeach U.S. Presidents, but do not hold local elected time, he mentioned he liked the lights that Jamestown and Fargo people accountable for what they do? had and we should do the same. He did not suggest that for the If we cant expect any better from our public elected officials, east and west exits to V.C. The $60,000 was split between V.C. and how can we expect any better from citizens or the younger genV.C.P.W. That is in the commission meeting records. erations? Remember elected people work for you (the public), Ask Werkhoven to explain why he agreed to write-off a $400not the other way around. Act like their bosses and make them plus bill owed V.C.P.W. by the sister of a fellow commissioner. accountable. Ask Werhoven to explain why he would not accept over
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en years ago, President George Bush saw the entrepreneurial leadership of the United States in the world slipping away as China, Japan, India and Brazil were becoming leading players in the global economy. He responded by proposing more energetic national leadership in education through what became known as the No Child Left Behind act. Just about everyone in North Dakota complained about the legislation state educators, legislators, local school boards, teachers, administrators and parents. As a result of a nationwide chorus of unrelenting criticism, support for the initiative has gradually eroded. Now the Obama administration has opened the way for waivers, which means states and schools will be doing less than originally
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planned, very probably less than is needed. Even though we are now watering down the Bush response to globalization, the By Lloyd problem is more Omdahl serious today than it was the day NCLB was signed. In their recent book on the subject, That Used To Be Us, Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum, underlined the crisis: Because of the merger of globalization and the IT revolution, they wrote, raising math, science, reading and creativity levels in American schools is the key determinant of economic growth and economic growth is the key to national power and influence as well as individual well-being. They predict that many of the jobs lost in the current recession are gone for good. In the recession, corporate America learned that it can make more money with fewer employees. Consequently, there is no reason to rehire all of the employees engaged in 2008. This means unemployment will continue to be high until students can be redirected to the new economic opportunities requiring new skills. And if they dont acquire those skills, they will be relegated to menial jobs or chronic unemployment. Congress is now considering renewal of NCLB, with less focus on national goals and greater emphasis on state and local control. As occurred in the days of the Confederation, we will have 50 states going 50 ways in response to globalization. There isnt any reason that North Dakota should accept a national one-size-fits-all solution. North Dakota has the resources to develop its own no child left behind goals and those goals could exceed any watered-down national standards designed to satisfy every critic. With our own no child left behind initiative, we could attract the best teachers, minimize student debt, reduce class sizes, tutor the slower learners, deal with the dropout problem, and fully exploit electronic and digital technology. When we talk about saving billions of dollars in oil revenue for future generations, we are forgetting that the present generation of students is as entitled to this largesse as future generations. Todays youth needs the skills to become as competitive and employable as the youth in 2020. And they need those skills now.
LLOYD OMDAHL
We justify our root cellar mentality by worrying that the oil revenue will play out and we will be back to crackers and water. Thats ridiculous. Weve got so much money stashed away for rainy days that Noah would chuckle. And billions more will be pouring into the state treasury for decades to come. Now is the ideal time to invest in an education system that will guarantee the states future beyond the oil boom. There is no longer any need for us to be satisfied with an education system that ranks 10th or 20th or 30th in the country. We can have the best and guarantee that our young people will not be the victims of globalization and unemployment in tomorrows economy.
Lloyd Omdahl was the Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota, taking office after Ruth Meiers died in 1987. Previously, he was a professor of political science at the University of North Dakota.
Entered before dawn with shock and awe, exited whimpering

By Ed Raymond raymond@loretel.net he first stanza of T.S. Eliots poem The Hollow Men serves as a perfect inscription for any monuments erected to commemorate the eightyear, eight-month, 28-day fiasco of the war in Iraq: We are the hollow men, we are the stuffed men, leaning together Headpiece filled with straw. Alas! Our dried voices, when we whisper together Are quiet and meaningless as wind in dry grass Or rats feet over broken glass in our dry cellar. The first of the hollow men was President George W. Bush, although I cant blame him too much. He was a small man in many ways, not dumb, but never smart enough to know one has to be curious about his surroundings to retain in-
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formation in order to make sound judgments. The second of the hollow men was Vice President Dick Cheney who was stuffed with his own importance, never realizing, even in his memoirs, that most of his musings and answers were wrong. The third straw man was Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld, the scarecrow wearer of the straw headpiece who fired Army General Eric Shinseki for suggesting we would need about 500,000 men on the ground to control the tribal regions of Iraq. Responsible for most of the broken glass and broken bodies in Iraq, he estimated the war would be over in six weeks or at the most, six months. The fourth hollow man was Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz who said the war would not cost us a dime because we would use Iraqi oil to pay for it. Director Larry Lind-
sey of Lurchs Economic Council said it would cost $200 billion. He was fired as if he had submitted the high bid. Cheney estimated $1 billion would easily take care of it. We have already spent $800 billion with final medical and disability costs running perhaps as high as $2 trillion for the 32,300 seriously wounded vets before they die.
From Kissingers lapdog to an Army General defending The Alamo The fifth hollow man was Army General Tommy Franks, whose main qualifications for commanding the Iraq debacle seemed to be his birth in Texas. Perhaps he had spent too much time on the Alamo walls. He never searched out bombs and artillery ammo in Saddams innumerable ammo depots used in the infamous Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) that killed about 1,300 of
our troops in Iraq, blew thousands of limbs over the landscape, and muddled brains by the thousands. In 2003, over 500 IEDs a month were implanted. In 2008, over 5,000 a month raised heck with our troops. Here was another general who was fighting the last war, never seeming to understand, in a war with no front and with each step thinking IED, a soldier cannot retain complete sanity facing death 24/7 for a tour lasting a year. Every team needs a sixth man. In this case it was the hollow Paul Bremer, Henry Kissingers lapdog, who was appointed the czar of Iraq. Among an absolute galaxy of mistakes, he disbanded the Iraqi Army, putting 400,000 men without paychecks strutting around the country, all carrying AK-47s and cellphones. He also de-Baathized society, where you had to be a member of Saddams
Baath Party if you wanted a job or if you wanted to stay alive. Bremer proved he knew nothing of Sunnis, Shias, Kurds, tribes, clans, governing, and Iraq. These six guys put us in the position of playing a serious hockey game without a stick or puck. At times we did replace some of the hollow and stuffed men with thinking, problem-solving people, but by that time it was too late to recover. The maelstrom had formed. On Dec. 22, 2011, 18 bombs killed 69 and wounded over 200 in bombings scattered around Baghdad, the worst single day in years. The blundering efforts to rebuild Iraq tecorded by a State Department veteran I used material from 23year State Department veteran Peter Van Buren briefly in a previous column, but his 261-page book, We Meant Well: How I Helped
Lose The Battle For The Hearts And Minds Of The Iraqi People, outlines so many mistakes made by hollow men that its like watching 100 monkeys pounding 100 typewriters trying to come up with Shakespeares Hamlet. Many of these incidents seem to be caused by total ignorance or baboons throwing darts at balloons containing nation-building projects. Before he even gets to Iraq, Van Buren is confronted by the mystery of a project called My Arabic Library, a shipping container with $88,000 worth of books. Someone in the State Department had come up with this idea: It is so important that the children of Baghdad, the next generation of leaders of Iraq, obtain basic literacy skills. A love of learning and literacy will mean better job opportunities for them when they GADFLY, 14

BALCOM: From 5 forming in the clear plastic bottle. Plants have an indescribable will to live - producing wonderful things for us to eat. How often do we eat without giving any thought to our food? Plants are living, breathing organisms filled with nutrients, vitamins and even immune- building ingredients that become a part of our bodies. We should be consciously choosing food that will become a part of us in a good way. We are an inherent part of nature and eating in season keeps our bodies in tune with our surroundings. How many of us are thinking about how to shed 10 or 20 pounds before spring? Our eating habits begin to lighten as the days grow longer and hopefully warmer. Salads, pea pods, sprouts the greens of the upcoming season are all important for our new life season that is just around the corner. Cooking methods also follow the seasons. While in the winter months, we are baking pastries, stewing stews and simmering soups, now is the time to think lightly sauted, fresh and less of the highly salted fatty foods of cold weather. Then there is water a very important and often overlooked part of our diets today. Our bodies are made of mostly water. Not the designer type of water either. Tap water, filtered or not, is okay for hydration. In particular during cold season, it is important to remain hydrated. I used to drink fizzy water or mineral water until reading an article about how that water interferes with the acids in the stomach that are all important in digestion. Now Im strictly water, coffee and lots of herbal teas. Okay, milk on my cereal and soy milk sometimes for a treat. Microorganisms in the foods we eat also contribute to our digestive processes and Im talking about a little dirt now and then and not a container of high-priced yogurt. Without belaboring how I feel about drinking pop or soda consider this quote from the Jan. 15 Business Insider, Data from a recent study by the American Diabetes Association shows that while diet sodas may be free of calories, they do not prevent you from gaining weight (via CBS). In fact, they may contribute to weight gain. Diet soda also contributes to diabetes, heart disease, cancer and other chronic conditions. Read more: http:// articles.businessinsider.com/2011-06-29/ news/30010277_1_diet-soda-weightgain-aspartame#ixzz1jcqZyh8k. Sorry, everything in moderation. So get in tune with the season of spring whether growing or eating fresh vegetables and do your body a favor. Lets talk more about growing vegetables starting next week. Until then
Reach Sue B. Balcom via email at sbalcom@farrms.org
ART: From 10 The other wonderful singer/songwriter who will be gracing Valley City with a visit is a gentlemen from St. Cloud, Minn., named Dennis Warner. I first heard Dennis back in 1999 when he performed here in Valley City as part of the Concert In The Park series. My wife and I just loved him and even bought one of his CDs. He will be here in Valley City on Friday, Jan 27, in with an afternoon presentation of his Beads On A String program at the
GADFLY: From 13 grow up. They will be able to better support their families. We all know Saddam was a first-rate monster, but he ran a fairly modern, literate nation compared to the rest of the Muammar Gaddafis in the Middle East. Like Gaddafi, these dictators think like he did: They love me....They will die to protect me, my people. And then his head was blown off by one of his people. Among the thousands of books translated from Mark Twain English to Saddam Hussein Arabic were such classics as Tom Sawyer, The House of the Seven Gables, Steinbecks Of Mice and Men, The Crucible, and Moby Dick. No Iraqi schools wanted the books so they were dumped behind a high school, but only after none was sold on the black market. How Rumsfelds Pentagon lost $8.7 billion Van Buren writes: We lacked a lot of things in Iraq: flush toilets, fresh vegetables....adult supervision, strategic guidance and commonsense... The one thing we didnt lack was money. In that Iraqi banks were inoperable after Baghdad fell, all aid money directed at building a democratic Iraq had to be in cash. Cash was flown in on huge C-130 cargo planes on pallets loaded with new $100 bills, millions on each pallet. There was so much cash available early on that Van Burens State Department handed out $5,000 mini-grants to any Iraqi who thought he could start a business. No strings attached, according to Van Buren: If he took the money and in front of us spent it on dope and pinball machines, it was no matter. An audit in 2009 revealed the Pentagon had no record of how $8.7 billion was spent. They only knew it had disappeared! Buying the cooperation of Iraqis was not easy. Many fruit
Jefferson Elementary school promoting inclusion and how we are all more alike than different. This program is open to the public but if you cant make it on Friday afternoon, Dennis will be performing a FREE concert on Saturay, Jan. 28, at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Fargo, 121 9th St S., at 7:30 pm. Dennis seems to smile all the time and that pleasure and joy radiates through his music. It is infectious and you will walk out of his show a few feet off the ground higher than you
walked in! I hope you can attend these FREE concerts and will help support these talented singer/songwriters. Music is such a wonderful gift and getting to see the world through the eyes of these two gifted performers is a rare treat indeed. And that is the Art of the Matter for this month.
Joseph DeMasi is an award-winning singer, songwriter, recording artist and entertainer who has been delighting audiences throughout the world with his music, humor and talent for over 25 years. He lives in Valley City.
trees were destroyed in shock and awe bombing, so the State Department offered Iraqi farmers free fruit tree seedlings to replace them. The farmers often spat on the ground in disgust at the offer, and said: You killed my son and now you are giving me a tree? We found out early we couldnt buy love except in alleys. The Army tried to make friends by distributing food bags to many Iraqis at a cost of $1 million. That Welcome Wagon idea didnt work either. In the government of the blind there is no one-eyed king The nation-building efforts of the State Department and the Army were symbolized by the selection of a diligent Young Republican, whose only business experience was peddling an ice cream cart in his neighborhood. Because of his political connections, he got a $250,000 job as director of the Iraqi stock market in Baghdad. Most projects were run by Provisional Reconstruction Teams (PRTs). Our tax money was not a determining factor, as you can see from these examples: **One PRT spent almost $25,000 buying 225 bicycles with training wheels as part of a community development program. But Baghdad streets were so filled with trash, shell and bomb craters, wild dog packs that attacked bike riders because they were hungry, and dead dogs that riding a bicycle was impossible. For awhile IED bombers loaded the carcasses of dead dogs with explosives and set them off when American troops drove by. This PRT also bought $6,950 worth of weightlifting equipment for neighborhood use! **A local artist in Baghdad was hired by a PRT to paint a mural on the side of a gym. The contract called for An aesthetically pleasing sight upon entry, helping to bring a sense of normalcy for the citizens in the area and
for those passing through. The residents of Fargo-Moorhead helped pay $22,180 for paintings of Iraqi weightlifters on the wall. **The director of a PRT in Anbar Province decided it would be a good place to grow wheat, so he purchased the best, most expensive wheat seed he could find and distributed it to the locals. In that Anbar is mostly desert, the locals knew the seed wouldnt grow. The locals sold the seed at a good profit to farmers that could grow wheat in other areas, bought cheap seed, and threw it on the ground. Gee, it didnt grow. The cost? Van Buren didnt know, but he thought it was a priceless story. **This project would fall under the category of What Were They Thinking. Paul Bremer approved a $200,000 expenditure to repair and remodel a large medical gases factory south of Baghdad. It failed because any truck delivering big gas cylinders was stopped at every checkpoint because bombmakers used the same cylinders as IED bomb casings. Delivery to hospitals was next to impossible. **I loved this one. Van Burens PRT decided that Baghdad, a city of over five million, needed Yellow Pages so that people could contact businesses easily. The crew putting the book together could only convince 250 businesses to advertise in it. The PRT printed hundreds of copies but door-to-door deliverers were shot because Americans were involved with the production. The PRT finally hired a local contractor at $7.00 a copy to deliver them. **The State Department, Army, and the Department of Agriculture (the Big Three in Iraq) agreed that if Iraqi TV could show citizens visiting a Baghdad zoo it would convince the world that everything was returning to normal in such a wretched country. Everybodys favorite general David Petraeus con-
tributed $1 million from Army funds to build a waterpark at the zoo. The pumps immediately broke down. State spent loads setting up Internet and computer contact with U.S. zoos. As it was one of Saddams old zoos, it had such attractions as his white horse, a flag with Koranic verse written in Saddams own hand, his son Udays trained cougar, a large carp with a tattooed Iraqi flag on its side, and bears which were fed alcohol every day to keep them drunk and listless! But the biggest attraction for the TV audience was the daily feeding of live donkeys to the caged lions. Van Buren said he could not come up with the countless millions fed into the zoo to keep parts of it operating. When the last planes loaded with troops left Iraq, many drove military vehicles to the air field, turned them off, and left the keys in the ignitions for anyone to take. It reminds one of helicopters leaving from the roof of our embassy in Saigon almost 40 years earlier. This Broken Jaw Of Our Lost Kingdoms I have combined sections of Eliots poem to summarize what we have done, what we are presently doing to Iraqand what we have done to ourselves in this decade of military and diplomatic idiocy: This is the dead land, this is the cactus land, here the stone images Are raised. The eyes are not here. There are no eyes here In this valley of dying stars, in this hollow valley. This broken jaw of our lost kingdoms, in this last of meeting places We grope together and avoid speech gathered on this beach Of the tumid river. This is the way the world ends, This is the way the world ends, This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper.
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ABOVE LEFT: John Andrus of Litchville picks out a melody on his banjo as Cheryl Jewett of Rogers follows on guitar. ABOVE RIGHT: An appreciative crowd enjoys the show.
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he monthly Valley City Bluegrass Jam session gathered again on Saturday, Jan. 14, at the Barnes County Historical Museum and entertained a small crowd of about 30 who were tapping their feet to the old-time music. Sponsored by the museum and the Bluegrass Association of North Dakota, the jam features a number of local
LEFT: Kenny Frey of Spiritwood takes a turn on the guitar while David Matson of Cooperstown takes over the bass. BELOW: Frey strums a deep harmony on the bass while Beth Cole of Jamestown accompanies with her mandolin.
artists showcasing their talents with a variety of acoustic stringed instruments. e sessions are scheduled every second Saturday of each month and are open to the public. For more information, contact John Andrus at 701-7624891 or via email at: jandrus.60@gmail.com
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