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BARNES COUNTY SPELLING BEE. David Fletcher (left), Barnes County North West campus,
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EDUCATION
Area students compete in spelling bee
Te 35th Annual Barnes County Spelling Bee was held
on Feb 4 at Valley City State Universitys Student Center.
David Fletcher, Barnes County North West Campus took
frst place Overall and frst place in Division III. Wanita
Warcken, Valley City Jr. High took second place overall and
second place in Division III. Both of these students will
represent Barnes County in the North Dakota State Spelling
Bee Competition in Bismarck on March 22, 2013. Megan
Tichy, Maple Valley took third, and Sydni Everson Barnes
County North East Campus took fourth in Division III.
Division II winners were frst place: Cara Van Brug-
gen, Litchville; second place: Noah Leick, Washington;
third place: Nate Jorgensen, Oriska; fourth place: Nicholas
Pfeifer, St. Kates; ffh place: Alexis Greshik, Barnes County
North, West Campus; sixth place: Trevor Bingham, Barnes
County North East Campus.
Announcer of the Spelling Bee was Connie Molony,
South East Education Cooperative. Judges were Dr. Cindy
Zahn, VCSU Professor, Toni Legler-Haglund, Valley City
Area Teacher Center, Kristi Shanenko, Valley City Schools,
and Sandy Zahn, Valley City Area Teacher Center. Te
County Spelling Bee is coordinated through the Valley City
Area Teacher Center and sponsored by the participating
schools.
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the Division III champions and overall winners.
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Friday, Dec. 14
WILDLIFE CLUB: Fingal
Wildlife Club hosts a Fun
Nite starting at 7 p.m. at
Fingal Hall in Fingal, N.D.
Features a meal plus cash
and door prizes. Tickets:
$10 in advance; $15 at the
door.
SENIORS: Barnes County
Senior Center Activities,
9:30 a.m. Bone Builders
Exercise; 11:30 a.m. Lunch
(Cabbage Rolls, Mashed
Potatoes, Wax Beans and
Carrot Cake); 1 p.m. Bingo.
Saturday, Feb. 9
LEGISLATIVE FORUM:
Legislative Forum from
9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the
Lisbon Court House Com-
munity Room. Everyone is
welcome to attend to hear
from 24 legislators, Larry
Robinson, Naomi Muscha,
and Dwight Kiefert.
FUNDRAISER: A fundraiser
to benet Prairie Paws
Rescue includes bingo
from 2 to 5 p.m. at Ditos in
Sanborn.
12:00 p.m. Lunch (Chicken
Broccoli Bake, Coleslaw,
Juice and Jell-O w/Fruit).
VALLEY CITY VFW: The
band Jeez Louise will
perform from 8:30 p.m. to
12:30 a.m.
EAGLES: Dance to music
by the Jim Geiger Band
starting at 8 p.m. at the
Valley City Eagles Club.
MUSEUM: The February
bluegrass jam runs from 1 -
5 p.m. at the Barnes Coun-
ty Museum. The acoustic
jam is free and open to the
public. Beginning musi-
cians are welcome. For
more information, call John
Andrus at 701-762-4891
Sunday, Feb. 10
HOLIDAY: Chinese New
Year
12:30 p.m. Lunch (Meat-
balls, Mashed Potatoes/
Gravy, Carrots and Cherry
Crisp).
Monday, Feb. 11
10:30 a.m. Exercise; 11:30
a.m. Lunch (Pepper Steak,
Parsley Potatoes, Green
Beans, Pineapple and
Cookie); 1:15 p.m. Whist.
MEETING: The Valley City
School Board holds its
regular meeting at 5 p.m.
at the Central Administra-
tion Building on Central
Avenue in Valley City.
Tuesday, Feb. 12
11:30 a.m. Lunch (Beef
Stroganoff w/Noodles,
Capri Vegetables, Lettuce
Salad and Fruit Cocktail;
1:15 p.m. Lunch.
Wednesday, Feb. 13
LIBRARY: Story hour
will be held at the Valley
City-Barnes County Public
Library from 10:30 to 11
a.m. Charlene Schrock will
be the guest speaker.
9:30 a.m. Bone Builders
Exercise; 11:30 a.m. Lunch
(Sausage, Sauerkraut,
Mashed Potatoes, Peas,
Juice and Cake); 1:15 p.m.
Whist.
Thursday, Feb. 14
HOLIDAY: Valentines Day
10:30 a.m. Exercise, 11:30
a.m. Lunch (Lasagna, Cu-
cumber Salad, Juice, Garlic
Toast and Fruit); 1:15 p.m.
Pinochle Tournament.
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PORT: from 6
Oversens proposed two-year tuition
freeze, Chancellor Hamid Shirvani ques-
tioned whether or not such a freeze institut-
ed by the legislature would even be legal.
Even the legislatures power of the purse
is muted by the state constitutions require-
ment in Article VIII that adequate funds
be provided to higher education.
Many fnd the idea that higher education
is protected from the whims of politics to
be appealing. But less appealing is the idea
that a university system, which is set to gob-
ble up nearly $1 billion of our tax dollars in
the coming biennium, has so little oversight
from our elected leaders.
Te consensus in Bismarck seems to be
that new Chancellor Hamid Shirvani wont
be chancellor for long. But a change in per-
sonnel wont, by itself, address what ails the
university system. We need the system to be
directly accountable to someone, or some
group, that is in turn directly accountable
to voters. Maybe thats the governor, maybe
thats the legislature, or maybe it illustrates
a need for a sort of elected chancellor to
oversee the system.
We can debate those points, but what
is beyond debate is that the status quo of
higher education isnt working.
DID YOU KNOW?
A look back at early area history as found
in the archives of the Enderlin Histori-
cal Society and Museum by Susan
Schlecht
Museum website: enderlinmuseum.org
Tis weeks article was found in the Sep-
tember 24, 1936 issue of Te Enderlin Inde-
pendent and tells us something of the social
issues of the day.
North Dakotans were warned yesterday
by Mrs. A. M. Books, superintendent of the
Florence Crittenton home in Fargo, that
two women posing as representatives of the
home are soliciting funds without authori-
zation. Mrs. Brooks said the home would
bring charges against the pair upon their
detention.
Mr. Hugh R. Putnam of Fargo is the only
authorized representative of the Florence
Crittenton home, and he alone can solicit
funds, the superintendent states. Mr. Put-
nam was in Enderlin yesterday checking up
on the ladies. He found that they had re-
ceived a considerable amount here. One of
the ladies is described as feshy, the other
young. Besides Enderlin,
the women secured dona-
tions at Oakes, LaMoure
and Pembina.
Sues Comments: I am sure
many of the younger genera-
tion have never heard of the
Florence Crittenton homes.
Tese homes were located
throughout the nation and ofered shelter
and medical care for unwed mothers and
also ofered adoption services. Educational
and training programs were also ofered to
the young women. Te frst home in Fargo
was created in 1893 and accommodated 12
to 15 young women. Te Florence Critten-
ton Mission is still active in many parts of
the country.
Te 1930s were difcult times so it was
probably not unusual to have solicitors try-
ing to raise funds for needy organizations
and it would not have been as easy as now
with the internet to check on the validity of
these women. I had to laugh at their de-
scriptions! I wonder if they ever caught
them!
Charges planned against solicitors
by Sue
Schlecht
From the archives of Ronald C. Smith, Horticulurist
NDSU Extension Service
Q: I read your column every week. I must tell you about the azalea I received as a gif
a few years ago. Afer the blossoms fade and fall of, I put it outside for the summer and
then the plant starts blooming again. I bring the plant back in the house when fall arrives.
Once in the house, the plant continues to bloom. I usually catch rainwater or melt snow to
water the plant. Te plant continues to grow larger, so it needs repotting on a regular basis.
(Pelican Rapids, Minn.)
A: Tanks for being a faithful reader! Tanks also for sharing your success story. You
obviously have a knack for getting the azalea to rebloom!
Q: I attended your seminar at the Marketplace for Entrepreneurs in Fargo to listen to
your discussion about growing grapes and making wine. It was crowded in the room, so I
wasnt able to take very good notes. Can you please give me the basics for growing grapes
in North Dakota? (e-mail reference)
A: As a hobby, grape growing is fun, but growing grapes as a business requires a lot more
investment in learning than what I can give you in this column. Grapes thrive in warm
locations and in soil of moderate fertility. Given too rich a soil or one that is heavily fertil-
ized, a vigorous vine will result, but will bear little fruit. Soil that has decent drainage also is
important, so dont locate any vines at the bottom of a swale or where water tends to collect
following a heavy rain. Look for varieties that are hardy so you wont have to bury the
See Horticulture: 5
HORTICULTURE
Growing grapes in North Dakota
MUSEUM WITHOUT WALLS
All sorts of things
are happening on the
Great Plains that I
never expected to see
in my lifetime, or at
best, expected to see
only dimly in my dot-
age. Prosperity is the
big one, with the at-
tendant phenomena of
repopulation and redevelopment.
Now comes this new report from
the Center for Geospatial Technology
at Texas Tech University. Te title is
Te Rise of the Great Plains, and the
author is Joel Kotkin.
Kotkin is a provocative writer, and
his new report is a signifcant work, to
which I will give focused attention on
another day. For now, let me just quote
from the introduction.
For much of the past century, the
vast expanse known as the Great
Plains has been largely written of as
a bit player on the American stage. . .
. Much of the media portray the Great
Plains as a desiccated, lost world of
emptying towns, meth labs, and Na-
tive Americans about to reclaim a
place best lef to the forces of nature.
. . . Our research shows that the Great
Plains, far from dying, is in the midst
of a historic recovery. . . . Once forlorn
and seemingly soon-to-be abandoned,
the Great Plains enters the 21st centu-
ry with a prairie wind at its back.
With the wind at our back, as Kot-
kin puts it, it seems to me we have
to learn some new habits of thought.
For example, I just fnished writing
an op-ed piece for one of our major
daily newspapers. It has to do with the
situation at Killdeer Mountain, where
petroleum development threatens to
destroy irreplaceable treasures of his-
tory and archeology.
I argue that there is no need to de-
stroy one resource, the heritage re-
source, in order to develop the other,
the mineral resource. Granted, what
I have just stated is a facile generality,
and things are more complicated on
the ground, but fundamentally I think
my position is sound.
More to the point at the moment, it
is a position to which I am unaccus-
tomed. Sure, I am a historic preserva-
tionist. I come by this honestly, as the
son of a farmer-conservationist whose
creed was to leave your world better
than you found it.
But for most of my life, rampant
development has not been the prob-
lem. Te great threat to our heritage
resources has been not development,
but decay. Tink of a country church
withering away on the prairie, or a
prairie town business district boarded
up and rotting from the inside.
As a historic preservationist, I am
accustomed to making the argument
that we need to hang on, keep up what
we have, save what we can for the sake
of an uncertain future. I have awaited
the day when a new cohort of vigorous
newcomers would come to the plains
and help carry this burden. Now, we
have to think about another problem:
how to guide the regional redevelop-
ment that is taking place.
Every day I feel at my back that prai-
rie wind of which Kotkin writes. It is
an exhilarating wind, a powerful wind
that will carry us to a prosperous fu-
ture. Our heritage resources, though,
many of them at least, are not borne
along with the wind, and they are too
brittle to stand against it.
Tose of us with voice, or with pow-
er, or just with willing hands: let us
resolve to make up for lost time. Tis
prairie wind at our back can be a force
for incalculable good. It need not strip
us of our heritage.
Wind at our back
by Dennis
Stillings
Horticulture from page 4
vine each year. Some examples are native beta, valiant,
Swensons red, king of the north and frontenac. Plant in
early spring while the vines are dormant (if possible). Be
sure to give the vines a good initial watering. Te vines take
of with initial vigor, which, if not tied to a stake the frst
year, will wander all over the place. In subsequent years,
you want to establish a permanent trunk so you can train
the plant to bear fruit efciently. With proper training, it
will take about three years before fruit of any quantity is
produced. Afer that, you need to be a good manager of
the vine or vines, which includes timely pruning, monitor-
ing for disease and insect problems, keeping bunnies and
deer at bay, and when the fruit starts to mature, keeping the
birds from wiping out the crop.
Q: I have been growing beautiful houseplants for many
years. I add buttermilk to the soil to provide nutrients for
healthy plant growth. In the past, you have written that
practices such as this are just so much hokum, but I have
had success using buttermilk. Your comments please. (e-
mail reference)
A: It is hard to argue against success, thats for sure! Noth-
ing I tell you will change your mind or practices. However,
you have stimulated me to do a little investigating as to
what buttermilk contains (I used to drink it as a kid, infu-
enced by my grandmother Smith). Dairy products are rich
in protein, which makes them a source of nitrogen. Being
in the protein, the nitrogen slowly will become available
to the plants as the proteins decompose and then provide
a mild stimulant for plant growth. In essence, your use of
buttermilk for this purpose is better than nothing.
Q: I want to start a greenhouse business growing hot-
house tomatoes for local supermarkets. I am a smoker and
have heard that greenhouse tomato plants will be subject to
more disease problems because I smoke. I have grown to-
matoes in my outdoor garden with no apparent problems.
Why would the situation change if I were growing them in
a greenhouse environment? (e-mail reference)
A: Te big answer is that it is in a greenhouse environ-
ment. In attempting to control the factors of growth, such
as heat, light and nutrients, we also are creating an artifcial
environment that removes some of the checks and balances
that Mother Nature throws into the mix. Te big problem
with smoking (as far as tomato plants are concerned) is
that many tobacco leaves are carriers of tobacco mosaic
and spotted wilt virus. Both diseases can be very destruc-
tive to a greenhouse tomato crop.
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OPINION: ROB PORT
Last week at the legislature news broke of
an attempt by Chancellor Hamid Shirvani
and the State Board of Higher Education
to co-opt a house-sized chunk of space at a
new information technology building going
up at the University of North Dakota for a
temporary chancellors ofce. Tats right, a
2,300 square foot ofce complete with a pri-
vate entrance, big ofce, conference room
and a kitchenette to be used only when the
chancellor visits Grand Forks.
Te original IT building, approved by the legislature in
the 2011 session, was deemed too small for the university
systems IT needs. But this ofce space would have eaten up
24 cubicles, and the fact that NDUS ofcials were making
changes to the blueprints has legislators hopping mad.
Its just the latest black eye for the university system,
which has earned a lot of them in recent years. Lavish
spending on residences for school administrators and perks
like a private airplane have angered legislators who must,
even as that spending is happening, hear complaints about
university budgets that are too small. Criminal behavior
by star athletes in the university sports programs goes un-
punished. One of the worst frauds in North Dakota history
was perpetrated at Dickinson State University where nearly
600 fraudulent diplomas were handed out, but nobody was
brought to justice for that fraud. Te perpetrators were al-
lowed to slink away to seek employment elsewhere.
Spending on higher education by taxpayers has skyrock-
eted. Since the 2003 legislative session, taxpayer spend-
ing on the university system has increased 150%. But that
money isnt helping the students. Tuition students pay has
increased too, doubling at the states two largest universities
in that timeframe. Non-instructional hiring in the univer-
sity system has increased 40% in the last decade, versus just
3.5% hiring for people who actually teach things.
Now theres a revolt in the university system against a
new chancellor (who, by the way, is earning $120,000 more
per year than his predecessor) who has angered university
presidents with a high-handed push for reforms. Te IT
building debacle is just the tip of the iceberg in this civil
war, and there seems to be few good guys to root for.
Which has this observer wondering if it isnt time to do
higher education diferently in the state.
Te independence of the university system is ofen cel-
ebrated as being a bulwark against the politicization of
higher education. But in practice it has become more a fre-
wall against public accountability. Tere is no elected leader
in the state who is directly responsible for higher education.
Our state constitution makes sure of it. Te governor ap-
points members of the State Board of Higher Education,
but he cant remove them once theyre on the board. Also,
the constitution specifcally prohibits anyone but the SBHE
from making administrative decisions about the univer-
sity.
During recent testimony for Grand Forks Rep. Kylie
See Port: 4
by
Rob Port
Changes may be needed
in higher education system
OPINION: ED RAYMOND
A New Political Bird: Te White And Blue Evokwahd
Te arguments about the use of military and civilian
drones is getting sillier and sillier. Some of those argu-
ments prove conclusively there is such a thing as reverse
evolution. Drones will fll the worlds skies because they
may represent a tipping point in warfare and drones by the
thousands will fy peacetime jobs. Tat is, if we ever have
peacetime again. A Predator drone may fnd an Al Queda
leader in a hideout in the mountains of Pakistan and blow
him to Allah and martyrdom. Another may track a Cessna
four-seater to a crash site in the Rockies or see weeds dam-
aging a farmers crops.
Two news stories on January 28 illustrate my point.
Te Pentagon announced that we are planning to place
drones in many spots in Africaistan in order to track Al
Queda moves in many African countries. On the same day
a North Dakota freshman legislator named Rick Becker is
seeking his 15 minutes of fame by introducing a drone
bill because he is so concerned about privacy rights. Law
enforcement, as an example, would have to get a warrant to
use drones to track criminalsand the drones could not be
armed. Te ignorance continues to explode.
Te Rapid Development Of Drones
A Department of Defense section named the Defense
Advanced Research Agency (DARPA) is responsible for
developing some military weapons. DARPA is now con-
centrating on developing drones. We all know the capabil-
ity of the Predator drone which is used in surveillance and
the majority of attacks on Al Queda leadership in Yemen,
Somalia, Pakistan, Afghanistan and other hot spots. But
the Predator is a Model T compared to the
latest ones developed by DARPA. Te Boe-
ing A160 Hummingbird is a vertical-take-
of craf with a forward speed of 160 mph,
a range of about 3,000 miles, and can fy at
30,000 feet for over 24 hours. It is 35 feet
long but weighs only 6,500 pounds fully
equipped and loaded.
But the unique thing about this drone is
the Autonomous Realtime Ground Ubiqui-
tous Surveillance-Imaging System camera (ARGUS-IS). It
can fy over territory and collect six petabytes of High Def-
nition video every 24 hours. DARPA says thats 79.8 years
of video every day. Dont ask how they measure that. Te
camera is so capable it requires two processing subsystems
to control the massive data collected. ARGUS can monitor
up to 36 square miles and 65 diferent points of reference
at the same time. In other words it can track 65 targets go-
ing 65 diferent directions. Tree Hummingbirds will be
assigned to Afghanistan this spring.
DARPA is currently testing the X-47B drone fghter
that can take of and land from a carrier by remote control.
Tis is a bit tricky because of wind speed and carrier move-
ment. A carrier with 40 X-47Bs could sail up and down
the coast of Africa and track Al Queda leaders and training
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Like liberals, even so called conservatives are
afraid of defation or a strong dollar. I believe
that both political parties cure will end up with
hyperinfation.
I would feel better if I could see the following
federal policies proposed: the Federal Reserve
should hike interest rates, (stop printing money
or devaluing currency) along with Congress and
the President agreeing on an immediate spending
and tax cuts. With the preceding accomplished,
our economy would be able to start climbing out
of the current economic hole. Neither political
party nor the Federal Reserve are currently ex-
tolling higher interest rates or re-establishing a
stronger dollar. Liberals or Democrats extolls,
ever increasing spending, higher taxes and con-
tinued low interest rates or a devalued dollar.
So-called conservatives or Republicans extolls,
lower spending, lower taxes with no comments
on higher interest rates or re-establishing a
stronger dollar.
In my way of thinking, the gold standard or
fxed value currency (1780-1933) which acted
as a governor thus preventing the central gov-
ernment from excessive spending in relation to
the GDP. From 1780s to 1933 federal govern-
ment spending amounted to about 5 percent of
the GDP. During times of war in the 1780-1933
period, spending would go beyond 5 percent of
GDP but with the gold standard intact, the cen-
tral government, afer each confict, accepted
the concept of immediate curtailment of central
government spending, along with the natural
defation of prices of commodities (other than
gold) afer conficts, and historically these post
war periods were followed by a speedy return
to 5 percent federal government spending/GDP.
Te typical/voluntary saving rate was 15 percent
per individual; probably that 15 percent could be
broken down to 5 percent for medical, 5 percent
for retirement & 5 percent for holiday, vacation
or sick leave savings. Tat means that individuals
(prior to the likes of FDR, LBJ & Obama), took
care of their own medical care via cash and/or
purchasing their own hospitalization insurance,
and individuals taking care of their own retire-
ment via personal dedicated savings accounts
e for monies for holidays and vacations (thus
eliminating private and government employer
provided sick, holiday and vacation pay).
Tus, these little 15 percent individual/per-
sonal savings accounts coming from each per-
sons individual income, if made mandatory upon
each & every person, would by itself, eliminate
approximately 70 percent or more of the current
federal, state and local governments spending on
entitlements.
Required federal government funding/rev-
enues/spending (now reduced to about 30 per-
cent of the original size, because of elimination
of most of the governments entitlement pro-
grams or 70%+) would come from a federal sales
tax or a consumption tax, no income taxes (now
replaced by the previously mentioned manda-
tory 15% personal savings accounts coming out
of each persons individual income).
Tus, the goal of reducing government spend-
ing is doable if one can throttle down govern-
ment excesses. An obvious frst step would be
to: re-establish a fxed value currency (gold stan-
dard) or reducing the amount of federal govern-
ment spending to something close to 5 percent
of the GDP (fxed or none fxed value currency).
Presently the Democrats or most liberals be-
lieve that government spending, can be/should
be, north of 25 percent of GDP, while the pow-
ers to be, within the Republican party and some
weak kneed conservatives plus Art Lafer, econ-
omist, believe that central government spending
at from 17 to 20 percent of GDP would stabilize
our economy.
Of course, I believe, that central government
spending at 5 percent of the GPD, should be the
goal. Five percent of the GDP spending is quite
a bit lower than Art Lafers suggested 20 per-
cent federal spending/revenue/taxes. When did
the federal government last equalize spending
with taxes or revenues? Te federal government
is now, at least, spending 30 percent more, than
federal tax revenue taken in via federal taxes &
etc. I have never seen this excessive spending of
revenue plotted on Lafers Graph, it is not in the
equation.
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CULTURE
wordsmith :
a person who works with words;
especially : a skillful writer. noun
Each month, Valley City State University
students and faculty share a sampling
of creative works with readers of
The Independent. This monthly feature
is coordinated by Monika Brown,
president of the VCSU English Club,
and J. Gregory Brister, faculty adviser.
Songs to Love By
- favorites of Angie Johnson
Stuck Like Glue Sugarland
is song makes my top ve because of the memory
I associate with it. e memory is of my cousin and his
ance dancing to this song at my other cousins wed-
ding. ey just looked so happy with each other that the
moment and this song have stuck with me.
Marry Me Train
I like the simple but honest lyrics of this song. e
medium-tempo rhythm and overall feel of the song also
make it one of my favorites.
When You Say Nothing At All Allison Krause &
Union Station
Whenever I think of love songs, this is one of the rst
that comes to mind. Ive heard it at many wedding danc-
es and enjoy its lyrical focus on how dierent senses can
aect or be aected by love.
Say Hey (I Love You) Michael Franti & Spearhead
. Cherine Anderson
As with Marry Me, this song has a more upbeat tem-
po and fairly simple lyrics. e easy feel makes it a great
light-hearted song.
Me & You Kenny Chesney
is song is also in my top ve thanks to another
memory. A soloist sang it at my babysitters wedding, in
which I was a junior bridesmaid.
Songs of the Heart
- favorites of Monika Browne
It was very di cult to reduce my favorite love songs
to a selection of only ve. I have come up with quite an
eclectic list here, and urge you to search these songs out
on the internet. ey prove quite well that there are as
many kinds of love as there are people who feel it:
So In Love by Cole Porter from Kiss Me, Kate- the
beautiful score for a musical theatre production of Tam-
ing of the Shrew holds this gem about ever-enduring
love. Love is so strong that it forces the body of the lover
to attempt to embrace the air where the loved one used
to stand.
Nature Boy as performed by Nat King Cole dont
we all know the Nature Boys wisdom that the greatest
thing youll ever learn is to love, and to be loved in re-
turn.
Secret Garden by Bruce Springsteen In this song,
the Boss tells the secret of what a woman in love will do.
She will invite the man she loves into the secret garden
of her heart: Shell lead you down a path/erell be ten-
derness in the air/Shell let you come just far enough/So
you know shes really there/Shell look at you and smile/
And her eyes will say/Shes got a secret garden/Where
everything you want/Where everything you need/Will
always stay/A million miles away.
Woman by John Lennon. How generous and tender
of Lennon to reveal the intimate wish he had for Yoko:
Woman, I know you understand the little child inside
a man/Please remember, my life is in your hands, and
woman/Hold me close to your heart, however distant
dont keep us apart/Aer all it is written in the stars.
is is denitely the song any woman would love to hear
from her partner. Lennon dedicated it to the other half
of the sky.
Time Heals Everything by Jerry Herman from Mack
and Mabel- You might be surprised at this choice as it is
a song about heartbreak. Even aer a relationship ends,
the love lasts, and this song expresses the pain of remem-
bering love while not being able to live it any more.
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alentines Day is
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ing, and with
it the mixed
feelings of should I
give in and celebrate
or fght against the
commercialization of
romanticism which re-
ally should be present
in our lives ona daily
basis. I dont take a
stance for either simply
because as I was grow-
ing up in Poland, we
did not celebrate Valentines Day. It is defnitely a Western,
if not specifcally American, tradition which I don;t feel
particularly connected to. But the VCSU English Club de-
cided to celebrate the special day of love by giving you our
Top 5 Love Song lists. We cant be cynical about love, nor
do we want to reduce it to bad, artifcially-favored cultural
frosting. We chose to give love the afection it deserves:
with music. Enjoy the Top 5 Love Songs of the VCSU Eng-
lish Club members. - Monika Brown
February - the month
of snow, of ice, of
frost, of...love?
The Eyes of Love Through Music
- favorites of Benjamin Haugeberg
Ladies and gentlemen, what you are about to read is
one of the most intimate lists a man could ever create.
Along with lists of favorite dogs and beer, a mans top
fve love songs speak volumes about his courting char-
acter. Although I can see no salient correlation between
the songs on my list, I assume they must mean some-
thing signifcant.
Number 5 Paradise By Te Dashboard Lights Meat
Loaf
Tis duet is about a couple who vow to be each others
only love afer a passionate contemplation regarding
eternity. In the end, both are unhappy about their choic-
es, but elect to stay true to their vows. I always enjoy
screaming this song at my radio or shower head when I
think no one is watching.
Number 4 Every Rose Has Its Torn Poison
Tis rock ballad uses a simple chord progression to
convey a story of heartache. I personally like the chorus
the best. Its easy to memorize.
Number 3 Lovin, Touchin, Squeezin Journey
You make me weep. I want to die. Just when, you said
wed try. Te song is slow, has a rhythmic, bluesy feel,
and the lyrics rhyme. What else could you ask for? Jour-
ney set the tempo just right in this 1979 hit so even my
two lef feet can dance to it.
Number 2 I Love Tom T. Hall
I went way back in the country/western classics to dig
out this oldie but goodie. I like I Love because it gives
the little things a large meaning. Te artist who slows
down enough to notice an intrinsic value in leaves in
the wind, pictures of my friends, birds of the world, and
squirrels, holds a place in my heart.
Number 1 Hey Baby Bruce Channel
Hey Baby just recently became my favorite love song.
As a matter of fact, a few weeks ago it wasnt even on my
list. I sang this simple little song to a girl I thought was
kind of cute, and the next thing I know, I have myself
a girlfriend and a song stuck in my head that brings a
smile to my face each time I hear it. Its my new favorite
song.
Play Me a Love Song
- favorites of Allison
Veselka
Kiss Me by Ed Sheeran
A perfect song to slow dance to. Te
lyrics are delivered gently, almost deli-
cately, like you want to be loved, as the
song explains. Te opening lyrics Settle
down with me, cover me up, cuddle me
in brings to mind cuddling on a cold
winter night.
Please Dont Go by Barcelona
Another song perfect for slow dancing.
Like Kiss me, both lyrics and music are
slow and gentlealmost as if pleading
Please dont go. I want you so.
Cant Help Falling In Love by Ingrid
Michaelson
Again another slow song. With the
pace of the song I cant help but think that
falling in love should be a slow, beauti-
ful thing. Love cant be controlled, should
never be controlled.we just cant help
falling in love.
Turning Page by Sleeping at Last
Tis song, featured in Twilight Sagas:
Breaking Dawn Part 1, is such a beauti-
ful song. Te lyrics in the beginning start
slowly and gently, rising to a swell on
Youre love is my turning page, where
only the sweetest words remain. Every
kiss is a cursive line. Every touch is re-
defning phrase. Te title calls to mind
that love is a story, a beautiful story. And
that every story should not only be read
but experienced.
Ho Hey by the Lumineers
By the title you wouldnt think that this
is really a love song. Its diferent from the
other songs on my list. It has more of a
folk edge with a good beat. When it gets
to the chorus, you cant help but belt out
I belong with you. You belong with me.
Youre my sweetheart. Tis song is an
upbeat happy song that you will want to
sing-along with.
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Te one now closed in
City Park is almost a one of
a kind with a copy in one
other city using our plans.
Tey are also trying to save
theirs at considerable cost.
Tere are those in VC
who feel it would be cheap-
er to tear the current one
down and build a new one.
One problem at least. It is in a defnite food
zone and if torn down can not be rebuilt in
that area.
Under existing grandfather clauses it
CAN be repaired for use as a public, city,
structure and utilized as before. If a new
one is built it would have to be elsewhere.
Where would that be with enough shade
trees? It would also lose its historical sig-
nifcance. Some other solution needs to be
found and funding to go with it, much as
was done for the nearby Fountain in the
Park nearby.
Wes Anderson, at the county museum
in VC, has found a very interesting article
about the all but abandoned band shell in
the City Park, which is now of limits by
the Park Board for use in the summer time
for Music in the Park, under the remaining
shade trees.
Te last 2 years or so, these events has
been held at the County Court House lawn
using the high entrance platform for the
stage. Unless the acts bring their own cov-
ering they have been at the mercy of the
sun. Not good for instruments or perform-
ers.
Te audience almost always is now with-
out shade, due to the draconian removal
of most of the old pines and shade trees
from the lawn as part of a replanting pro-
gram. Despite extensive replanting of sap-
ling trees it will be many decades before we
once again have shade trees on that prop-
erty.
Many of the trees were declared diseased
and past their prime of life, about half and
condemned. Te others were declared to be
too old or too close together. Tis leaves
essentially only the surviving trees in City
Park as viable shade for either the events or
the band shell.
Hopefully most of those trees can be
saved despite the recent foods keeping
them under water for a considerable time.
As for the band shell itself, it does have
historical signifcance for the city as well a
monument for one of the cities frst leading
citizens.
D.W. Clark.
He not only brought music and culture
to Valley City within days of his arrival, but
was one of the survivors of that time still
around to be present at the dedication of
the current band shell in July of 1931.
Tis was reported in large headlines suit-
able for even a declaration of war by the
alternate local paper called Te Peoples
Opinion, on Tursday, July 16, 1931. Te
dedication was apparently the Sunday be-
fore.
At the top right it calls itself the Ofcial
newspaper of Barnes County at the time.
Tere were 14 pages on this wide paper and
the price was $2 a year! Not exactly a Free
Press, but close enough. Vol XV-No 23.
Te headline reads:
Clark Band Shell Dedicated At Valley
City 50th Anniversary of Organization of
Valley City Municipal Band Sunday. State
Legion Band Aids in Dedication.
Excellent Program Given--Mayor Fred-
erickson and
General Richie Dedicate Shell
D.W. CLARK IS THE ONLY SURVIV-
ING MEMBER.
Clark started organizing band second
day in town.
I think that says it all as far as the his-
torical signifcance and the article itself is
quite lengthy. It probably would not ft in
this smaller format paper. Since there are
so many interesting items, I will paraphrase
much of it.
D. W. Clark was a distinguished looking
man in his later years in 1931 but came to
Valley City in his 20s. Te city band was
started by Clark in 1881.
Te two speakers at the dedication noted
above paid high praise to D.W. Clark for his
work with the city band and as its oldest
member. Tey named it Te Clark Shell
before turning it over to the Park Board
which still has control of the park and the
shell.
Clark in a short speech called it Te
happiest day of my life, because I have wit-
nessed the accomplishment of securing for
Valley City one of the fnest band stands in
the state Unquote
Indeed it may still be, due to its state of
the art construction at the time. Te sup-
posed basement was actually part of the
acoustic sound system without electron-
ics of course at that time. Even the wood
used in the construction of the shell was of
exceptionally high quality and has gener-
ally survived the recent foods and others
before it.
Even the opening between the boards,
at one time at least, were meant to let the
sound through for natural amplifcation
against the back. Band members roamed
the audience at frst to confrm that the
sound could be heard at a considerable dis-
tance and with clarity.
Today any changes in that construction
to save cost could be compensated for with
modern sound equipment and competent
operators. Tere was probably no peer in
the state at the time for an outdoor band
shell.
Te paper goes on to tell how the current
band stand is the 4th one in the city since
that time. In 50 years. What has been done
in the last 50 years? Clark dedicated them
all.
Te frst one was built on the right-of-
way of the Northern Pacifc on the north
side of the tracks opposite what had be-
come the Pegg Garage (Now the Ark). Te
train depot I recall was on the north side of
the tracks about where the KOVC building
is now. Ten it was on the south side of the
tracks Clark reveled.
Afer several years of use a member of the
band purchased the original band shell and
moved it to his farm north-
west of town where he built
it into a residence as a bay
window! In 1931 at least
the house was still standing.
Does anyone know if this
house still exists and where
it is located? Does it still
have the Bay Window?
D.W. Clark is known as
the father of the city band.
He came to VC in 1881
from Pennsylvania. He
heard someone in the then
village tooting on a cor-
net. He followed the sound,
much like we would today
probably to locate a noisy
neighbor, and located the
player in the back of an old
furniture store.
He organized the band
afer being in town 2 days.
He took up a collection and
within 15 minutes had the
sum of $250, not bad for
those days! As the paper said, they pur-
chased instruments for the baby organiza-
tion.
All the instruments were brass. No reed
players at the time. Sorry Monty. Plus a
bass and snare drums which Clark played
with the band in later years, starting on
cornet. A band leader by the name of Mr.
Wood was secured from Sleepy Eye, Minn.
He was also a photographer and before long
the citys Municipal Band was going along
like a circus band. said the paper.
Te frst public appearance of the new
musical group was on May 17, 1881. during
the celebration in VC of the Norwegian In-
dependence Day as reported by the paper.
For their work this day, the band mem-
bers were served a big oyster supper. Oys-
ters in VC? Now we know where the tradi-
tion of Oyster soup at the annual Christmas
dinner at the Catholic Church came from
maybe! Te local musicians that enter-
tained here not that long ago perhaps did
not know they were part of an early tradi-
tion. History repeats itself.
Te original band had 14 members.
Clark, as mentioned, played cornet for the
frst 25 years and snare drums the second
25 years. Te paper reported he was one of
the best in the state. Simon Mason played
See Busching: 15
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you can fnd fsh in mid-winter and make it work. Te
point is: you never know until you go, and youll never be
able to pattern fsh in future Februaries of you arent out
there during this one!
Plan Ahead
Mid-winter is also a time of preparation. As an avid fy
fsherman and lure maker, most of my spring oferings
come about at this time of year. Te only nights I truly re-
gret in mid-winter are those where I dont get down to the
vise to tie up a couple patterns, or crank out a dozen jigs.
But the regret is the worst kind: time-delayed.
I cant count the days in my younger years where I thought
back in spring time about all the fies I should have had
with me, or in where I refected on nights when I passed up
tying jigs to watch TV, as I frantically cranked them out a
bunch before a big summer fshing trip.
But readying your tacklebox for the season ahead isnt
the only preparatory task you can undertake this winter.
Maybe you have a food plot youre looking to establish, or
are planning to plant some trees in the spring. Now is the
time of habitat plans, not only short-term ones that focus
on imroved hunting success, but also long-term ones that
support sustainable populations of wildlife on your land.
With many agencies and conservation groups accepting
orders for tree seedlings and food and cover plot mixes,
right now is the time to get your habitat plans in order, for
better hunting and stronger wildlife populations in your
area.
Whether youre debating on hitting the ice or itching
for some spring activity, there are many ways to spend the
days of the shortest month of the year. And if you allocate
them wisely, come March, April, and May - and those fu-
ture mid-winter months - youll be better prepared to take
on new adventures...in our outdoors.
WINTER AT ITS BEST Te authors brother, Ben
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those days of the year many people love to hate, only
because the beauty may be harder to appreciate. (Submitted
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tiful sound, Come play it
and you will take it home.
$1250 cash. Phone 701-
840-2500.
GE REFRIGERATOR
SIDE BY SIDE. ALMOND
COLOR WITH WATER/
ICE DIPSENSER. WORKS
WELL. UPGRADING FOR
DIFFERENT COLOR. $450.
CALL 701-840-1144.
Gently used wheel-
chair. Choose from 2 mod-
els in great shape. Manual.
$50 obo. Leave message:
845-0201.
Household Items for
Sale. Rocker loveseat,
highback chairs, rocking
chair, dresser, lamps, sofa,
decorative bird cages, lawn
chairs. Call 762-4496.
Tractor parts for 1940-
50 era Case & Minneapolis
Moline: acetyline welder.
Call 845-4303 after 10
a.m.
Fridge for sale. Gibson.
21.7 cu ft. Almond. Works
great. $250. In Cooper-
stown. Call 840-8653.
MISC. FOR SALE
ONE BEDROOM
SKYLINE VILLA
120 12th St. NW
Valley City, ND
Senior, disabled, individuals &
family housing available.
Eligible tenants will not pay
more than 30% of adjusted
income for rent & utilities;
also community room, free
laundry use, secure building
and off-street parking.
Call Barnes
County
Housing
701-845-2600
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THEME: VALENTINES DAY
ACROSS
1. *Good night kiss spot
6. Old age, archaic
9. De Valeras land
13. My Own Private _____
14. Big Island fower necklace
15. Kind of sentence
16. Tings that are unacceptable
17. Some watch the Super Bowl just for these
18. Irregular
19. *Isoldes tragic lover
21. *Te man behind the massacre
23. Unagi on sushi menu
24. *Stag
25. Grease holder
28. Elders teachings
30. *St. Valentines occupation
35. 7th letter of Greek alphabet, pl.
37. ____ Lofgren, musician
39. Banal or commonplace
40. Astronauts insignia
41. To impede or bara
43. Americas favorite
44. Extremist
46. Old Russian autocrat
47. Bone-dry
48. A one-horse open ride
50. Iliad, e.g.
52. Name ft for a king?
53. Getting warm
55. Bovine sound
57. *Bellas choice
60. *Shall I _______ thee to a summers day?
64. Style of abstractionism popular in 1960s
65. Word of possibility
67. Under deck
68. Eagles home
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69. Part of T.G.I.F.
70. Eat away
71. End of a leg
72. Surf turf
73. Motion Picture Association of America, e.g.
DOWN
1. Bar order
2. Sensory input
3. Indian princess
4. Selected
5. Inexpensive inn, especially for youths
6. Distinctive fair
7. ___ Zeppelin
8. Tony Maneros music
9. Introduced in Europe in 1999
10. One who is __ __ it
11. *Most popular Valentines Day gif?
12. Compass reading
15. Students piece
20. *Dateless
22. Matterhorn, e.g.
24. Bartenders soda choice
25. *Cupids mom
26. __ ___ costs
27. Certain buds do this
29. Reduced Instruction Set Computer
31. Fleur-de-lis
32. Type of duck
33. Mall stop
34. Teletype machine, for short
36. Delhi wrap
38. All My Children, e.g.
42. Movie trailer, e.g.
45. Related on the fathers side
49. Of a female
51. Like a funereal procession
54. Administrative
56. La Bohme, e.g.
57. Fencers weapon
58. Some choose this over truth
59. Court order
60. Benign lump
61. A bunch
62. Traveled on
63. Water carrier
64. Dunce
66. Absorbed, as in a cost
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OUTDOORS
Spring light goose licenses available from state Game and Fish
Light goose hunters planning to hunt during North Da-
kotas spring season can purchase a license online at the
state Game and Fish Departments website. Te season
opens Feb. 16 and continues through May 5.
Residents can hunt during the spring season by having
last falls 2012-13 bird licenses. Otherwise, hunters will
need to purchase either a 2013-14 combination license; or
a small game, and general game and habitat license.
Nonresidents, regardless of age, need a 2013 spring light
goose season license. Te cost is $50 and the license is
good statewide. Nonresidents who hunt the spring season
remain eligible to buy a fall season license. Te spring sea-
son does not count against the 14-day fall hunting season
regulation.
A federal duck stamp is not required for either residents
or nonresidents.
Licenses are available only from the Game and Fish
Departments Bismarck ofce, the departments website at
gf.nd.gov, or by calling (800) 406-6409.
Availability of food and open water dictate when snow
geese arrive in the state. Early migrants generally start
showing up in the southeast part of the state in mid-to-late
March, but huntable numbers usually arent around until
the end of March or early April. If this winters mild weath-
er conditions continue, light geese could arrive earlier than
normal. However, movements into and through the state
will depend on available roosting areas and the extent of
the snow line.
Hunters must obtain a new Harvest Information Pro-
gram registration number before venturing out into the
feld. Te HIP number can be obtained online or by calling
(888) 634-4798. Te HIP number is good for the fall season
as well, so spring hunters should save it to record on their
fall license.
Te Game and Fish Department will provide hunters
with migration updates once geese have entered the state.
Hunters can access the departments website, or call (701)
328-3697, to receive generalized locations of bird sightings
in North Dakota until the season ends or geese have lef the
state. Migration reports will be updated periodically dur-
ing the week.
Te spring season is only open to light geese snows,
blues, and Rosss. Species identifcation is important be-
cause white-fronted and Canada geese travel with light
geese. Te season is closed to whitefronts, Canada geese,
swans and all other migratory birds.
Shooting hours are 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 min-
utes afer sunset. Tere is no daily bag limit or possession
limit. Electronic and recorded calls, as well as shotguns ca-
pable of holding more than three shells, may be used to
take light geese during this season.
Tere are no waterfowl rest areas designated for the
spring season. Hunters should note that private land with-
in waterfowl rest areas closed last fall may be posted closed
to hunting.
Nontoxic shot is required for hunting all light geese state-
wide. Driving of established roads and trails is strongly
discouraged during this hunt because of the likelihood of
sof, muddy conditions, and winter wheat that is planted
across the state.
To maintain good landowner relations, hunters are ad-
vised to seek permission before hunting on private lands or
attempting any of-road travel during this season. Sprouted
winter wheat is considered an unharvested crop. Terefore,
hunting or of-road travel in winter wheat is not legal with-
out landowner permission.
All regular hunting season regulations not addressed
above apply to the spring season. For more information on
regulations refer to the 2013 Spring Light Goose Hunting
Regulations and the 2012 North Dakota Waterfowl Hunt-
ing Guide.
Man, I wish it was summer, my brother
said to me as we tried to trigger a bite from
the lethargic mid-winter bluegills lurking
beneath our ice holes.
Nah, you cant wish these days away, I
responded, I know its tough not to do it
with the wind and the cold, but these days
serve a purpose too, I concluded.
It has taken me a long time to adopt that
mindset, but the dog days of mid-winter
do serve a purpose. And as they trickle on
by like the drops of water that slowly slide down an icicle
formed from a welcome thaw, if you dont pause to enjoy
them, youll regret it. Or if you dont use them to get ready,
youll fnd yourself behind the eight ball when the rush of
springs outdoor activities set in.
Dont Miss Out
Whatever your winter passion is, now is a high percent-
age time to get out there and enjoy it. From snowmobiling
and ice fshing, to snowshoeing and predator hunting, the
options are almost as numerous as your favorite summer
activities. Teres snow on the ground (that wasnt a given
last year - so again, enjoy it), the ice is thick, and theres a
lot you can do. Ive rarely looked back on a winter out-
doors opportunity and thought, gee, I wish I hadnt done
that. I have gone out and gotten skunked, punched doz-
ens of ice holes for only a handful of fsh, and had to work
hard for success sometimes. But each time I went out, I
learned more, added some notes to my journal, recorded
new stories and placed a few more photos in my album. I
dont look back on the tougher days of mid-winter with any
regret or disdain - they are what we make of them.
Furthermore, there are those days in mid-winter where
the planets align and fshing is as fast and furious as it was
at frst ice. Especially if youre familiar with a body of water
and the species under it; with a few years of experience,
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OUR OUTDOORS
The dog days of winter: Dont wish these days away
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RAYMOND: from 6
and take pictures. A 3 f. 3 in. model drone called Argus
carries Lancet micro-missiles to destroy small targets. It
can also be used to detect roadside bombs. Welcome to the
tipping point in warfare.
Why Are Generals Always Fighting Te Last War?
Neocons such as Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Bolton,
Kristol and a roost of warmongers convinced President
George W. Bush to go to war in Iraq. Dubya, a patriot-
ic member of the Texas Air National Guard Champagne
Flight, fought to keep the Viet Cong from crossing the Rio
Grande. Tese chickenhawks are absolutely opposed to
having Chuck Hagel confrmed as Secretary of Defense.
Hagel, that wild-assed Vietnam vet with two Purple Hearts
called the Iraq War the worst U.S. mistake in a hundred
years. It is doubly abhorrent to the neocons, who probably
hold the world record for military deferments, that Hagel
and that socialist-commy-black-witch-doctor-Kenya-born
President Barack Obama have similar views about warand
the role of the United States as a superpower. According to
Washington Post Editor Bob Woodward, Obama and Ha-
gel ended up becoming sympatico in the Senate because
they had similar views.
Hagel realized that he and Obama shared a vision when
he listened to Obamas Nobel Prize acceptance speech: Te
instruments of war do have a role to play in preserving the
peace. And yet this truth must coexist with anotherthat
no matter how justifed, war promises human tragedy. Te
soldiers courage and sacrifce is full of glory...But war itself
is never glorious and we must never trumpet it as such. So
part of our challenge is reconciling these two seemingly ir-
reconcilable truthsthat war is sometimes necessary and
war at some level is an expression of human folly.
Tis is the Obama-Hagel doctrine of war. So here we have
a real complicated national birda cross-breed of hawk and
dove. If we have enemies, they have to know that this cross-
breed can fght or seek peacebut that war will be brought
only afer talk has been exhausted.
Just for fun I put the words dove and hawk together
and mixed the letters up. I came up with a new bird named
the Evokwahd. Instead of weapons clutched in sharp tal-
ons, perhaps the Evokwahd is a white and blue bird with
a predator beak but duck-like feet with spurs, capable of
a fght or a peace fight. It could be a good symbol for a
superpower.
Te Laws Of WarfareAnd When Tey Are Broken
Tose lawyers and pundits who challenge the use of
drones should spend some time learning about the laws
of war, even those going as far back as the Old Testament.
As a Marine ofcer I gave required annual lectures on
the Geneva Convention and international treaties to my
troops. Te frst laws of war were in Deuteronomy 20:10-
12: When you march up to attack a city, make its people
an ofer of peace. If they accept and open their gates, all the
people in it shall be subject to forced labor...If they refuse
to make peace and they engage you in battle, lay siege to
that city. Female captives who marry victors shall not be
sold as slaves.
Te Geneva Convention has hundreds of requirements
on how military and civilians are to be treatedand how
wars are to be fought and what weapons are banned. It is
still a legal document. Tere are literally hundreds of rules
about the treatment of prisoners of war, a great interest to
grunts carrying a rife. Tree rules come to mind as most
important to troops: (1) Violence to life and person, in
particular murder of all kinds, mutilation, cruel treatment
and torture is prohibited. (2) Outrages upon personal dig-
nity, in particular, humiliating and degrading treatment, is
prohibited. (3) Te wounded and sick must be collected
and cared for. Te use of waterboarding and the treatment
of prisoners of war at Abu Ghraib has prompted several
countries to bring war crimes charges against George Bush,
Dick Cheney, and Don Rumsfeld. Perhaps you have noticed
they have not traveled widely in Europe.
Tere are also dozens of rules regarding collateral dam-
age, or what happens when civilians and other non-com-
batants get in harms way. When Germany blitzed Lon-
don in WW II thousands of civilians were killed. When we
bombed Dresden we killed 25,000 in one night. When we
bombed Tokyo with incendiaries near the end of WW II
we killed over 200,000 in frestorms. We won that war and
the Axis lost. Consequently, we hanged 11 Germans (ex-
cept for Herman Goering --he beat the hanging with cya-
nide) of high rank for war crimes. As a result of the Tokyo
war crimes trials we hanged seven Japanese leaders and
sentenced 16 others to life imprisonment. Asian countries
were not as benevolent. Tey charged 5,000 Japanese with
war crimes, hanging 900 and sentencing more than half to
life imprisonment.
War is hell, but keep the drones and Evokwahds fying.
We cant aford to have 60 more land wars.
BUSCHING: from 10
the bass drum but like the rest except Clark had passed
away before 1931.
In 1889 the band played in Bismark during the day of
the adoption of the State constitution. Te band was recog-
nized at that time as the ofcial musical organization of the
First Regiment of the North Dakota National Guard and
served in that capacity for many years.
Many new musicians joined the band and under the
leadership of the music instructor it was recognized as the
leading city in the new state for musical entertainment.
Boy have times changed!
Te band was in great demand everywhere. Te leader,
Mr Wood, was reported to be a typical old time musician
with fowing locks of hair and with the traditional sof blow
tie. Mr. Clark set him up with a small photo gallery on the
site occupied by Montgomery Ward in 1931 At that early
time it was considered way out of town on the prairie! Tat
does not sound like the MW I knew!
Valley City must have covered a small area at that time.
Te second band stand was in the City Park and served
for several years. It eventually became the lemonade stand
near the current one. Te third one was in the same place
as the current one band shell.
Te band in 1931 had 32 high class musicians and won
many contests.
Te band shell was described as a frame structure with
a stucco fnish. Te shell proper is of spruce fnish with a
sounding board made of California Redwood. Te plans
were secured from a well known bandstand builder of
Phoenix, Arizona.
Tis band did not just play only Sousa Marches. Te pa-
per printed a partial program from the dedication of the
band directed by A. L. Froemke It included numbers like:
Te Overture Semiramide by Rossini, vocal solos by
Steven Niblack of A Voice is Calling and Carry Me Back
To Old Virginny, selection from the Opera Carmen by
Bitzet, Moorish Suit Courts of Granada, March to the
Tournament by Chapi, selection from the Desert Song by
Romberg, and of course Te Star Spangled Banner.
Not exactly the country rock bands you might hear at a
lightly attended club date in
VC today. If there is anyone
lef in this area and economy
with deep pockets Wes would
like to hear from you. Or any
organization willing to raise
funds for its moving of the
foundation, repair and set-
ting back up. It can not have
a new one built in its place
now. Te only real option.
Te NY Times Magazine
this last weekend called ND
the Luckiest Place on Earth
Although its article, available
on its web site, is referring
mostly to the western part of
the state it would be nice if
VC was included along with
being the best place to raise
kids in N.D.
Some of these kids and young adults who are becoming
excellent musicians need a place to play outdoors in the
summer along with other musical groups. Te rest of us
just need someplace we can go and sit in the shade and
listen to all kinds of music on a summer early evening.
Te movie Te Music Man was recently on Turner
Classic Movies again. Maybe we will never have any bands
like the ending of that movie again, but we should have
something. Maybe the start of a municipal band again?
Tink about it.
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Te number 22 ranked
Valley City State Univer-
sity Vikings returned to the
form that head coach Jef
Kaminsky has instilled in
his eight seasons at the helm
of the Viking Mens pro-
gram Where the Defense
Never Rests as they took
care of business on the road
at Mayville State University
in a 68-49 victory. Te win was Kaminskys
400th career win.
Te Vikings led from beginning to end as
they limited the home team Comets to just
one of 18 shooting from beyond the three
point line and shot just 33% in the game.
Valley City State conversely didnt miss
much as they shot an even 50% in the game
and were nine of 18 from the arc.
Gus Kueber, who transferred from May-
ville State to Valley City in his fnal season,
was greeted by a hostile crowd but it didnt
afect him as he led the Vikings with 17
points in the victory.
Kaminskys career milestone comes in
his eighth season at Valley City State with
his Viking career record now standing at
an impressive 131-99. Prior to coming to
Valley City State, Kaminsky coached at the
University of Wisconsin-Superior for 11
seasons.
Kaminsky returned the Viking Men to
their traditional form in the 2007-08 sea-
son when the program won 20 games for
the frst time in 20 seasons, fnishing with
a 22-8 record and narrowly missing the
NAIA National Tournament. He then fol-
lowed it up by leading the Vikings to the
DAC regular season Co-Championship in
2009-10, fnishing with a 20-10 overall re-
cord before leading the Vikings to another
20-10 season in 2011-12.
Te win versus Mayville State pushed the
Vikings to 19-5 in the 2012-13 season. Val-
ley City State and Coach Kaminsky will look
to mark another 20 win season when they
will play on the road at Jamestown College
on Wednesday at 7:30 pm. Te Vikings
and Jimmies have split their two games so
far this season, with each team winning on
their respective home court.
SPORTS
VcSU basketball coach achieves career milestone
Road win at Mayville State marks 400th victory in eight seasons
Jeff Kaminsky
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