Section A • Nov 7, 2009 - Traill County Tribune

Mayville 

City Council 

MSU volleyball 

page B1 

by Shelia R. Anderson 

A public meeting has been scheduled 

by the N.D. Department of Transportation 

to inform the city residents 

about the proposed work to be done 

on N.D. Hwy 200 as it passes through 

the city. The meeting will be held 

Monday, Nov. 23, at Mayville City 

Hall from 5 to 7 p.m. and is sponsored 

by the DOT and the 

Mayville City 

Council. Public input and questions 

are encouraged. 

A representative from the DOT 

will present the proposed project 

which is slated to begin 2012. The 

project involves improvements from 

the east junction of N.D. Hwy. 18 to 

the city limits. Included in the work 

will be a sidewalk and a crosswalk. 

Public Works Director Byron 

Kleven informed the council that the 

city would be putting up snow fence 

north of Riverwood to cut down on 

the amount of snow removal required 

on the east-west street. The street is 

lower than the surrounding lots and 

would drift in with snow. A portion of 

that street has now become a school 

bus route and therefore has a higher 

priority in snow removal. The street 

department has purchased eight rolls 

of snow fence, posts, etc., and will be 

installing it on the north side at the 

end of Seventh and Ninth Avenues. 

Mayor Don Moen informed the 

council 

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Veterans to be commemorated November 10 

Retired Navy Capt. Gil Rud to be speaker at program. 

Early on, young Master Rud caught 

the fever to fly. 

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By dave dakken 

The May-Port CG School District 

and communities invite the public to 

attend the Seventh Annual Veterans 

Day Commemoration. The program 

will be held on the campus of Mayville 

State University in the Lewy Lee 

Fieldhouse on Stan Dakken Drive at 

1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 10. 

The highlight of the program will 

be guest speaker, retired Navy Capt. 

Gilman Rud, formerly of rural Portland, 

N.D., who was a Navy pilot 

during the Vietnam war and for three 

years was the “ head honcho” or lead 

pilot of the prestigious Navy flying 

team, the Blue Angels. 

Following the commemoration a 

reception in honor of Capt. Rud will 

be held at the KT Hall in Portland. 

Beginning at 4:30 p.m., a free-will 

donation lunch will be served by the 

Portland Legion and Auxiliary. The 

public is welcome and urged to attend. 

An exciting experience at a very 

young age may have been the genesis 

of the career path that Gil Rud would 

one day follow. It occurred as early as 

when he was four years old, opening 

his imagination to something he may 

never have thought possible. But isn’t 

it in the imagination where the future 

exists? 

In 1948, young Gilman E. Rud 

and his mother Clara hitched a ride to 

Fargo in an airplane piloted by Bud 

Hanson of Mayville. They traveled to 

witness his aunt Francis Lee graduate 

from St. Luke’s School of Nursing. 

That above-the-ground experience 

planted the aviation seed in the boy 

who grew up working the dirt on a 

farm ten miles east of Portland, N.D. 

That seed grew ... and flew. 

While growing up working the 

farm, Rud became very interested in 

“crop dusters” - the pilots and spray 

planes who shot up and over the shelter 

belts, then swooped back down the 

other side, leveling off barely above 

the crop tops. He felt a desire that one 

day he would get his own pilot license 

and give that fearless flying a try. 

Of course, he had other interests 

more related to “normal” activities of 

his age. He loved sports. His best was 

baseball, but football and basketball 

were his interests, too; so, after finishing 

eighth grade at Primrose #2 country 

school, he and buddy Richard Fugleberg, 

“Fugie,” made their bumpy, 

dusty way to Portland High School in 

Fugie’s 1932 Model A Ford. 

Not only were crop dusters those 

who Rud looked up to. When he began 

high school sports in Portland, 

the standouts like Doug Eiken, Dan 

Anderson and Glen McLeod were 

his heroes. He was on the 1961 Pirate 

basketball team that finished fifth in 

the North Dakota state high school 

tournament, certainly a huge accomplishment. 

And, his overall athletic 

ability earned him a letter in four 

sports in both his junior and senior 

years. He bled school colors, maroon 

and white. 

After graduation he left the comfortable 

Pirate den to give college football 

and baseball a shot in his freshman 

year at North Dakota State University; 

however, facing left-handed pitchers 

in baseball and, he stated, “getting 

the crap 

kicked 

Veterans/Page 10 

It doesn’t get much better than this for a Navy flier. Capt. Rud was the 

Commanding Officer and Flight Leader for the famed Blue Angels. 

Family donates 

veteran’s medals 

Zachary Bjore 

MeritCare’s 

new PA enjoys 

rural life 

By Matt Thompson 

Zachary Bjore, the new physician 

assistant at Mayville’s MeritCare 

clinic, is familiar with small towns. 

He grew up in Battle Lake, Minn. and 

his connection with small towns is 

what drove him to become a PA. “I 

really wanted to do rural medicine just 

from growing up in a small town,” he 

said. He added that he became a PA 

“because that profession was kind of 

made to go into the rural areas, and 

there’s a need in these areas for health 

care providers.” 

Bjore did his undergraduate work 

at Concordia College in Moorhead 

and went to Midwestern University in 

Glendale, Ariz. for his physician assistant 

degree. And while he enjoys 

working in rural areas, he said while 

he was on rotation he worked almost 

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A look inside... 

Community News. 3 

Obituaries............. 4 

Opinion.................. 5 

Turkey Drawing..6, 7 

School............... 8, 9 

Veteran’s Salute. 12 

Sports.....B1, B2, B3 

Agriculture..........B4 

Legals..................B5 

Classifieds..... B6,B7 

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Galesburg resident Don Jacobson during the Korean War. Jacobson spent most of the war in France where he 

unloaded cargo ships. 

Korean war vet doesn’t 

forget ‘forgotten war’ 


It’s not a war that has been popularized 

by movies or books in recent 

years. Its memorial doesn’t receive as 

much attention as does the Vietnam 

or World War I I memorials. It’s often 

called the forgotten war, and Don Jacobson, 

a veteran of the Korean War, 

said the name is misleading, because 

for those who served during the war, 

it’s not easily forgotten. “It sticks 

with you,” he said. “You don’t forget 

any of that stuff that you’ve been 

through.” 

The conflict began in June of 1950 

when Soviet North Korea invaded its 

southern neighbor. The conflict lasted 

three years and ended in a stalemate 

when the U.S. signed an armistice 

with North Korea and China. There is 

still tension between North and South 

Korea because they have not signed a 

peace treaty. They did, however sign 

a non-aggression treaty in 1991. 

Congress never actually declared 

it a war, but the conflict between 

North and South Korea was a bloody 

one for American soldiers. 23,615 

U.S. soldiers were killed in action 

during the war, and another 92,134 

were wounded. 

While thousands of American soldiers 

were killed or wounded during 

the conflict, Jacobson, who now lives 

in Galesburg, made it through the war 

unscathed. He joined the Army in 

November of 1950 and went to basic 

training at Fort Riley in Kansas, and 

while “the basic training was an infantry 

outfit,” he didn’t see any combat 

during the war. 

Jacobson said he attended maintenance 

school at the Aberdeen Proving 

Ground 

in 

Korean/Page 11 

by Shelia R. Anderson 

In a very moving ceremony, the 

family of Charles E. Beck of Hatton 

presented his medals to the Carroll O. 

Flesche Post # 70 of the American Legion 

of Hatton. Beck’s sister, Gloria 

Thykeson of Portland, presented the 

gift to the post’s commander, Gary 

Offerdahl, as members of the Beck 

family and Legion Post gathered to 

honor the Korean War veteran with 

a ceremony and supper. Beck died 

March 22 of this year at the Veterans 

Home in Lisbon, his home for the last 

several years. 

The ceremony was opened was by 

Post Chaplain Harley McLain with 

remarks and a reading, which were 

followed by a spirited CD recounting 

of the events leading to the writing of 


Gloria Thykeson, sister of Charles Beck, presented her brother’s medals 

to Gary Offerdahl, commander of the Carroll O. Flesche Post #70 of the 

American Legion in Hatton. 

our national anthem by Francis Scott 

Key. 

Post historian Ray Pladson introduced 

Gloria Thykeson and her husband 

Sherman, who had built the display 

box containing five of the medals 

awarded to Beck. In the center is the 

Purple Heart awarded to those injured 

in action. In the lower left corner is 

a copy of the New Testament given 

to him by his pastor at Goose River 

Church. He carried the little book 

with him and it was also wounded in 

battle. The bullet that severely injured 

him in the chest and throat first passed 

through the top edge of the New Testament. 

The family gift to the Legion also 

included 

other Family/Page 11 

Traill County Commission takes bad news with good news 

By NEIL O. NELSON 

There’s money to build, but not 

necessarily roads 

Traill County commissioners 

couldn’t be faulted for wondering 

who’s minding the store in the Nation’s 

Capitol. 

On one hand Washington says it 

has money to fund a stimulus package 

designed to spur construction and redevelopment 

all across rural America. 

It even has grant money available 

to save energy in local government 

buildings across the nation. 

But, on the other hand, it might not 

have money to build or improve highways 

in states coast to coast. 

Addressing the different money 

matters Tuesday, Traill’s five commissioners 

expressed disillusionment 

and disappointment with the North 

Dakota Department of Transportation 

and its news that federal funding of 

highway projects across the state is in 

jeopardy. 

Apparently, the state and Washington 

believe Traill and other rural counties 

have millions in savings, stored to 

fund highway projects. 

In its letter dated 10-28-09, the 

NDDOT asked counties to foot the 

bill on their highway and bridge projects 

next year and pay contractors “directly.” 

At risk in Traill is the project to 

rebuild the county road heading east 

from Hatton. The $2.2 million 8.5- 

mile project was scheduled to be bid 

next April. 

Bid-letting on the Hatton road 

overlay has been pushed back to May. 

June has already been set as a second 

option, with July and August also 

available, hinted the NDDOT. 

The Department would repay Traill 

County the federal share of $1.8 million 

in 2010 if Congress fully funds the 

program, Paul Benning, interim local 

government engineer, said in the letter 

to Traill’s county commissioners. 

If federal funds do not become 

available, the county will have to absorb 

all project costs, Benning added. 

While the NDDOT is playing a 

wait-and-see strategy with the federal 

government, state officials are hoping 

or expecting counties to fund projects 

scheduled next year. 

That’s certainly not the case in 

Traill County. 

“We’re not going along with this 

because we are unable to,” stated 

commission chairman Arne Osland. 

The commissioners 

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Hanson, Nelson receive “very special” awards 


In July of this year, Luther Memorial 

Home’s director of nursing, 

Julie Hanson, traveled to Phoenix, 

Ariz. to attend the National Association 

Directors of Nursing Administration/Long 

Term Care 2009 

National Conference. The day before 

she left, she got some exciting 

news: at the conference she would 

be receiving the Northern Region 

Nurse Administrator of the Year 

Award. 

“This time I actually was able to 

get a speech prepared. The last time, 

they surprised me with the award,” 

Hanson said. Earlier this year, Hanson 

received Nurse Administrator of 

the Year award at the North Dakota 

Long Term Care Association awards 

banquet in Bismarck. She was then 

nominated for the regional award, 

which she received in Phoenix. 

She said that when she was given 

the state award she didn’t have any 

time to prepare a speech. “I’d say 

it went a little bit better when I at 

least knew what I was going to say,” 

she added. 

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Bismarck. The award recognizes 

long-term care staff who significantly 

enhance the quality of life for 

residents in North Dakota’s longterm 

care facilities. Over 300 caregivers 

were nominated by residents 

and family members of residents. 

Each the winners received $500 and 

a plaque for their commitment to 

quality and care for residents. 

Nelson has been at Luther Memorial 

Home since 1982, filling 

multiple roles over the years, including 

work as a certified nurse 

aide and restorative therapy aide. 

Her nominators say Nelson is very 

organized and always open to new 

ideas for activities. Her vibrant and 

considerate personality encourages 

residents to get involved and share 

their gifts with others. “I think of 

the residents as if they are a part of 

my family,” Nelson said. “The staff 

at Luther Memorial Home has been 

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Julie Hanson, Luther Memorial Home’s director of nursing, gives her acceptance 

speech at a conference in Phoenix, Ariz. Hanson received the 

Northern Region Nurse Administrator of the Year Award earlier this year. 

Traill/from front 

instructed auditor Becca Braaten to 

write Bismarck, informing the DOT 

that Traill can’t afford to accommodate 

the state’s wait-and-see option. 

“Some counties might have money 

to fund their highway and bridge projects, 

but most don’t, including this 

county,” said engineer Kris Bakkegard 

Ṙegardless of the most recent directive, 

which didn’t necessarily surprise 

Bakkegard, Kadrmas Lee & Jackson, 

Traill’s contracted highway engineer, 

will proceed with planning the Hatton 

road project. 

“We’ll keep moving the project forward,” 

indicated Bakkegard. 

With national health care, the economy 

and Afghanistan facing lawmakers 

in Washington, Bakkegard anticipates 

Congress will keep passing extensions, 

keeping the national highway bill and 

others on the table. 

“They’re not going to let the system 

stop,” Bakkegard predicted. “It keeps 

the economy going,” he suggested. 

Traill’s board of county commissioners, 

however, aren’t going to be 

one of the players in the game the state 

is playing. 

County wants all of $2.1 million 

Traill County is thankful that the 

federal government hasn’t tightened 

the purse strings in the American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act of 2009 

or the energy efficiency and conservation 

block grants it has made available 

to local governments. 

Traill County fully intends to take 

advantage of the $2.1 million in Economic 

Development Bonds that it can 

access through the federal government. 

All five commissioners were on 

board with the offer of the tax credit 

bonds; they just differed on where the 

money should be spent. 

“We definitely should try to make 

use of these funds,” said Chairman Osland. 

Osland admitted he was leaning toward 

spending the money on road construction. 

District 4 commissioner Steve Larson 

wants the county to designate the 

money toward a building project. 

“There’s plenty of places where 

the money is needed,” Kurt Elliott, 

Clifford-Galesburg commissioner is 

convinced. 

“It’s apparent we have to take a look 

at this,” added Tom Eblen, District 1 

commissioner from Hillsboro. 

The commissioners indicated they 

would like to request up to and levy for 

$3 million. 

$100,000 block grant also interests 

County Sheriff Mike Crocker reported 

that Hepper Olson Architects 

of Buxton and Grand Forks is assisting 

the county in obtaining a Dept. of Energy 

$100,000 block grant. 

Crocker is encouraged by Hepper 

Olson’s success in writing and securing 

state and federal grants. 

Speculating how the grant money 

could be spent in renovating the 1955 

courthouse addition at their meeting 

two weeks ago, Traill County commissioners 

on Tuesday brought the main 

courthouse and the highway depart- 

 

In the meantime, as many as nine ment building into the discussion. 

private concerns have expressed an 

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interest in the $3.2 million available to 

the business sector in Traill County. 

The Traill County Economic Development 

Commission and director 

Melissa Hennen are working with the 

companies and corporations interested 

in the private sector recovery bonds. 

The committee appointed to act as 

a liaison between the county and the 

state’s industrial commission “anticipated 

a significant interest” from the 

business community in the Recovery 

Zone Facility Bonds, said States Attorney 

Stuart Larson, a committee member. 

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wonderful to work with.” 

Hanson also feels that the staff 

at the home is wonderful. In fact, 

she feels that the Northern Region 

Nurse Administrator of the Year 

Award isn’t hers. “It’s really not me, 

but it’s the facility I work in and the 

people I work with,” she said. “It 

was just an honor for Luther Memorial 

Home and basically it’s the 

people I work with who make this 

such a great place to work,” Hanson 

said. 

The award is a prestigious one, 

given to only four nurse administrators 

- one from each of the nation’s 

four regions. One of those four recipients 

is then chosen to receive 

the national award. Hanson didn’t 

receive the national award, but said 

that receiving the regional award 

was “very special.” 

Winning awards for her work 

is not a new experience for Hanson. 

She received the Best Practice 

Award in North Dakota for infection 

and disease prevention in longterm 

care. She also participated in 

“Getting a Start on Improving Your 

Heart,” in cooperation with Mayville 

State University, for which 

she received another Best Practice 

Award. 

According to Brett Ulrich, director 

of the Luther Memorial Home, 

Hanson’s caring and concern for 

her residents are a great benefit to 

the home and its residents. “Julie is 

a wonderful and caring individual 

who everyone likes to work with 

and talk to. She puts everyone’s 

needs and worries ahead of herself,” 

Ulrich wrote in Hanson’s nomination 

for the nursing award. 

While Hanson loves her career 

and working with residents and various 

members of the community, she 

is glad her job isn’t more hectic, and 

for that she thanks her staff. “I have 

a great staff. I don’t come to work 

and feel like I’m in an emergency 

room every day. It’s pretty laid back 

and things go well.” 

Hanson said that her favorite 

part of her job is “dealing with the 

people every day; my residents and 

also the community.” She added 

that there are “good people, wonderful 

people here.” 

Bobbi Hepper Olson has done extensive 

work in the Hillsboro-based 

courthouse, studying most recently the 

most efficient way to add an elevator. 

The application deadline for the energy 

conservation block grants is Jan. 

31, 2010. 

The block grants are designed to 

help local governments retrofit energydeficient 

buildings. 

With the commissioners briefly 

focused on county buildings, Sheriff 

Crocker on Tuesday informed the 

board that a section of the roof over his 

law enforcement center is threatening 

to cave in; it’s already leaking rainwater, 

according to Crocker. The board instructed 

Crocker to fix the problem. 

The sheriff also asked the commission 

for its approval to have Hepper 

Olson Architects study the safety issues 

Crocker has with the jail and the immediate 

area surrounding the cellblock. 

The safety of the sheriff department’s 

dispatchers has long been a concern 

of Crocker. 

Plans have been suggested but none 

have been implemented. 

In other business, Sheriff Crocker 

and Becca Braaten, Traill County auditor, 

will continue to determine when the 

courthouse closes because of inclement 

weather. While closely monitoring state 

radio and the winter storm forecasts 

before making any decision, Crocker 

said a good measuring stick is provided 

when the state advises no travel. 

County employees will be notified 

by the system the county has in place 

when the courthouse is closed or closing 

and when all county agencies are 

shut down. 

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Traill County Tribune COMMUNITY NEWS Page 3 • November 7, 2009 

Community Calendar 

The Mayville VFW Auxiliary meets the first Wed. of every month 

at 11:00 a.m. in the club room. 

Bingo every Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Mayville Senior Citizens 

Center. 

Card Day every Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Mayville Senior Citizens 

Center. 

The Traill County Economic Development Commission meets 

every third Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. and is open to the public. 

For more information, or to receive the location for a specific 

meeting, please call Director Melissa Hennen at 701-788-4746 or 

visit www.tcedc.com. Nov. meeting will be Tues., Nov. 24 at 7 p.m. 

in Buxton. 

Traill County Social Services is a distribution site for “Hutch’s 

Coats for Kids.” They are located at 114 West Caledonia Avenue, 

Hillsboro, N.D. We are open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. until 

4:30 p.m. 

Each Wednesday at 9 a.m. the Mayville Senior Center will host 

seated aerobics. 

Legion Post #8 will meet Saturday, Nov. 7 at 10:00 a.m. 

The Traill County Board of Health will meet Monday, Nov. 16 at 

7:00 a.m. at the Country Hearth in Hillsboro. 

Luther Memorial Home will be honoring their veterans Wednesday 

November 11 at 2 p.m. - LMH dining room. Guest speaker: 

Sergeant Matthew Nelson. 

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Hillsboro 

Please call by 2:00 p.m. one day in advance - 436-5953. Suggested 

donation - $3.50. All meals include 8 oz. 1% milk. 

Mayville-Portland 

M-W-F Mayville 

T-Th Portland 

Please call by 2:00 p.m. one day in advance. Mayville - Mon., Wed., and 

Fri. ; Portland - Tue. and Thurs. 636-5953 or 1-800-845-1715. All meals 

include 8 oz. 1% milk. 

This week’s menu for both areas is as follows: 

Monday, November 9 - Chicken a la King, mashed potatoes, California 

blend vegetables, tropical fruit and two whole-grain breads. 

Tuesday, November 10 - Breaded fish sandwich on a bun with tartar 

sauce, cheesy hashbrown bake, crunchy cabbage slaw and fruited jello 

with topping. 

Wednesday, November 11 - Pork chop with gravy, smashed potatoes, 

broccoli, warm cinnamon apples, bitsy brownie and two whole-grain 

breads. 

Thursday, November 12 - Spaghetti with meat sauce, Riviera vegetables, 

Captain’s salad, french bread and peach crisp with topping. 

Friday, November 13 - Hot roast beef sandwich, mashed potatoes and 

gravy, squash, apricot halves and an oatmeal raisin cookie. 

OPEN HOUSE 

WEDDING RECEPTION 

In honor of Brian & Susie Berg 

Sunday, November 8, 2009 • 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. 

Valley Free Lutheran Church • 807 Jahr Ave • Portland, ND 

Brian & Susie were married June 27, 2009 in Sherbrooke, Quebec where 

they now reside. Due to travel restrictions, monetary gifts only please. 

Hosted by Wendell & Judy Berg and Aaron & Angie Berg 

Fri., Nov. 20 • 8:30 am – 7:00 pm 

Sat., Nov. 21 • 8:30 am – 2 pm 

Holiday Gifts, Lefse, Flatbread, & Christmas Goodies 

From Portland: 2 1/2 mile straight west of Portland 

VENISON STEW FEED 

Saturday, November 14, 2009 

Galesburg Memorial Hall 

5:00 p.m. • Free will offering 

BINGO: Starting at 7:00 p.m. 

Sponsored by the Community 

Improvement Corporation of Galesburg. 

Proceeds for the beautification and 

maintenance of the Galesburg City Parks 

and flower bed in from of 

Memorial Hall. 

H1N1 Flu Shot Clinic 

H1N1 vaccination clinic for Traill County children 

Ages 6 mos. – 9 years and 

10 years - 18 years with chronic health conditions. 

Hillsboro Armory 

Monday, Nov. 9; 3:00 – 6:00 p.m., or until vaccine 

is gone, whichever comes first. 

Additional clinics will be scheduled 

as more vaccine becomes available. 

Traill District Health Unit Public Health 

Prevent. Promote. Protect. 

636-4434 

Traill District Health Unit 

Touching memorial 

The Traill County Courthouse is reflected in the Veterans Memorial on the courthouse lawn. With Veterans Day 

approaching, the fitting memorial lists Traill County residents who have served our country. 

More people are now eligible to 

serve as Senior Companions under 

the new Edward M. Kennedy Serve 

America Act. This new legislation 

lowers the Senior Companion age 

eligibility from 60 years old to 55. It 

also raises income guidelines so individuals 

with an income up to $21,660 

are now eligible to serve as Senior 

Companion volunteers. Individuals 

with an income up to $32,490 are 

also eligible so serve as Senior Companions 

if they have a 50% medical 

deduction. 

Bridal Shower 

Open House Bridal Shower for 

Puppies! Teddi Bears 

Non Shedding little sweeties. 

Will mature at under ten pounds. 

Many other small breeds 

also available. 

See photos, prices and 

information at: 

www.barkinbarnyardkennels.com 

or call 701-786-2842 

Help us celebrate 

Wayne Trudeau’s 

50th birthday 

Saturday, November 14 

at the Top Hat Lounge, Mayville 

It starts at 6:00 p.m. 

Stop by anytime throughout the night. 

No gifts, just bring yourselves! 

Mayport Food Pantry 

Pancake BreakFast 

Monday, november 9th 

6:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. 

Mayville VFW room 

$5.00 minimum donationmore 

gladly June 25th accepted • 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. 

Wednesday, 

Hardware Hank parking lot 

Includes eggs, sausage, 

pancakes with homemade 

chokecherry syrup & 

beverages. 

Ashley Strand 

(bride to be of Adam Erickson) 

Senior Companions, a program 

of Lutheran Social Services of North 

Dakota, helps older adults maintain 

their independence and continue living 

in their own homes through the 

help of Senior Companion volunteers. 

Senior Companion volunteers assist 

frail older adults or those with 

disabilities with simple chores, share 

hobbies and provide companionship 

that helps to enrich the lives of the 

people they serve - physically, emotionally 

and socially. 

Sunday, Nov. 15th • 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. 

Stordahl Lutheran Church 

She is registered at Hardware Hank, Target & JCPenneys 

He’s the 

big 5-0! 

Food pantries can stretch donations of cash further 

because of their access to resources and products 

received from the Great Plains Food Bank. 

PHOTO BY GAIL MOONEY 

New guidelines open up opportunities for Senior Companions 

“The lowering the eligible age to 

55 and raising the household income 

guidelines now allows people, who in 

the past were not old enough or had 

an income outside the guidelines, to 

volunteer.” Becky Telin, director of 

the Senior Companion program says. 

“Our volunteers tell us over and over 

again that they receive as much benefit 

from the program as their clients. 

I’m thrilled we can now offer 

the opportunity to become a Senior 

Companion to a larger group of volunteers.” 

Portland News 

Benefit Supper for 

Edith Strand 

by Judith Hensle 

Some 40 visitors, residents join for 

rhythm band fun at LMH 

Once again it was the residents 

and their visitors who shared the 

various pieces of noise makers in 

the dining room of Luther Memorial 

Home on Tuesday. The once-a-week 

fun maker attracts the old and the 

young. Granddaughters dance with 

grandmothers. 

The piano music of old and modern 

tunes is played by Elaine Klath as 

hands clap and shoes on feet tap. 

Wall of Honor, erected by staff, 

shows vets of WWII, Korea 

A wall of pictures of 15 veterans 

who fought with the United States 

Army, served in the Navy or flew in 

the Air Corps was erected Tuesday in 

the front room greeting area of Luther 

Memorial Home. 

Holmes News 

Roxanne Fabian of Roseau spent 

the day Sunday with her parents, 

Warren and Mardell Nienas and sister, 

Cindy Tredwell. 

Vonnie Stone and Al Drury of 

Anoka were guests of Joyce Gensrich 

Tuesday through Saturday. While 

here, they visited several family 

members. 

Hazel Monson and Yvonne Syverson 

spent the weekend with Jeff and 

Robin Stamer and family of Hutchinson, 

Minn. While there, they celebrated 

Marissa Stamer’s birthday. 

New Baby to Share? 

Email your photo and 

announcement to: 

tribune@polarcomm.com 

Happy 

70th 

birthday! 


Love Barb and 

family 

Val and family 

Jason and family 

Wednesday, November 18 

5 - 7 pm 

Aurdal Lutheran Church • Portland, ND 

Scalloped Potatoes 

& Ham Served 

Proceeds used to defray medical expenses. 

Donations may be sent to the Edith Strand Benefit Fund, 

Portland Credit Union, PO Box 307, Portland, ND 58274 

Supplemental funds have been applied for through 

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Chapter 31372 

Hoggy’s Benefit 

Benefit for Steve Hogfoss 

(son of Perry & Jessi) 

Benefit to help defray medical expenses due to 

complications with bacterial pneumonia which 

affected his kidneys, resulting in Steve being 

hospitalized for nearly a month. 

KT Hall • Portland, ND 

Saturday, November 14 • 4 - 7 pm 

Silent Auction & Bake Sale 

Chili, Hot Dogs & Baked Potatoes Served 

Free Will Donation 

Supplemental funds provided by Thrivent, 

Traill County Chapter #31372 

If unable to attend, donations can be mailed to 

Portland Credit Union - Hoggy’s Benefit

Page 4 • November 7, 2009 PEOPLE AND EVENTS Traill County Tribune 

Obituaries 

Engagements 

Nees 

Beverly Pederson Holmen 

Nees, age 76, of Miles City, Mont. 

died on Friday, October 30, 2009 of 

heart complications with her family 

and prayers at her side. 

Beverly was born to Robert 

and Josie (Hanson) Pederson on 

June 4, 1933, the 5th of 10 children. 

She attended grade school 

and high school in Mayville, N.D. 

and Mayville State College. She 

stopped her education to marry her 

love, Carrol Holmen. They had 

four children: Harlie, Bryan, Ivin 

and Diane. They farmed until Carrol’s 

death in 1964. Beverly moved 

her young family to Miles City to 

be close to her sister Ida Mae. She 

married Robert Nees in October 

of 1981. She worked various jobs 

including teacher’s aide, sales and 

secretarial work. Her love of teaching 

remained till her death. Bev’s 

hobbies included crossword puzzles, 

crocheting, reading and keeping 

updates on Facebook with her 

huge extended family. She mostly 

loved her children, grandchildren 

and great-grandchildren. 

She was preceded in death by her 

parents, her first husband, a sister 

Natalie and a brother, Curtis. She 

is survived by her husband, Robert 

Nees of Miles City, Mont.; her four 

children: Harlie Holmen of Miles 

City, Mont.; Bryan Holmen of 

Miles City, Mont.; Ivin Holmen of 

Billings, Mont.; and Diane Schneidt 

of Miles City, Mont.; eight grandchildren; 

six great-grandchildren; 

her siblings: Alma Wayne, Ordell 

Pederson, Janice Lindaas, Art Pederson, 

LeRoy Pederson, Clark Pederson 

and Ida Mae Rypkema; and 

lots and lots of nieces and nephews 

that only she could name. 

Visitation was held on Tuesday, 

November 3 at Stevenson & Sons 

Funeral Home in Miles City. 

Funeral services were held on 

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 

Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home 

in Miles City. 

Interment will be held in Mayville, 

N.D. at a later date. Stevenson 

& Sons Funeral Home of Miles 

City is in charge of the arrangements. 

Should friends desire, memorials 

may be made to the Miles City 

Library, Children’s Center, 1 S 10th 

Street, Miles City, MT 59301. 

Baker Funeral Home 

Moe 

Alpha R. Moe, 96, of Mayville, 

N.D., died Tuesday, November 3, 

2009 at Luther Memorial Home 

in Mayville, where she had been a 

resident since February 2005. 

Alpha Evelyn Rockne was born 

on August 27, 1913 in Portland, 

N.D., the first of five daughters 

of Albert and Emma (Smedsrud) 

Rockne. She was baptized and 

confirmed into the Lutheran faith 

and was a member of Mayville Lutheran 

Church. She graduated from 

Mayville High School in 1932. Alpha 

earned her Standard Degree at 

Mayville State Teachers College in 

1934 and her Bachelor of Science 

in Education at Mayville State College 

in 1971. 

Alpha married Henry A. Moe on 

August 6, 1933 in Hillsboro, N.D. 

During the years that Mr. Moe was 

a school superintendent, the family 

moved to many communities in rural 

Minnesota and North Dakota. In 

addition to raising a family of seven 

children, she taught school for 

nine years. After Mr. Moe retired in 

1969, they lived on their farm near 

Mayville year-round. 

Alpha was a past member of the 

Executive Board of the Mayville 

Senior Center, a representative on 

the Traill County Council Board, a 

member of the Sons of Norway, the 

North Dakota Pioneer Daughters, 

the Dorcas Circle of the Mayville 

Lutheran Church, the church quilting 

group and the M-300 Club at 

Mayville State University. In her 

leisure time, she enjoyed knitting, 

crocheting, sewing, baking and gardening. 

She had many huge flower 

and vegetable gardens at her home. 

Alpha is survived by one daughter, 

Evelyn (Richard Felton) Pederson 

of Grand Forks, N.D.; five 

Odegard 

sons, Eugene (Mary) of Nevis, 

Minn., John (Mitchie) of Federal 

Way, Wash., Herman (Doris) of 

Grand Forks, Charles (Shirley) of 

Vining, Minn., and Thomas (Susan 

Johnson) of Mayville; eleven 

grandchildren; twenty-five greatgrandchildren; 

and a niece and 

nephews. 

She was preceded in death by 

her husband, Henry; son Richard; 

parents; and sisters, Orva Egge, 

Eleanor Knopf, Vivian Claughton, 

and Zona English. 

Memorials are preferred to Mayville 

State University Moe Family 

Scholarship Fund, or the Mayville 

Lutheran Church Sunshine Circle. 

A funeral service will be held at 

1:00 p.m. Saturday, November 7, 

2009 at Mayville Lutheran Church, 

Mayville, N.D. 

Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. 

Friday, November 6, 2009 at Baker 

Funeral Home, Mayville, N.D., and 

one hour prior to the funeral service, 

at the church. 

Interment will be at the Mayville 

City Cemetery. 

Lorna Kay Odegard, 63, of Fargo, 

N.D., died of natural causes Saturday, 

October 31, 2009, at her home in 

Fargo. 

Lorna was born September 14, 

1946 in Grand Forks, N.D. to Ernest 

L. and Loretta (Stephenson) Odegard. 

She attended the one-room country 

grade school, Stavanger #3, and 

graduated from Climax, Minn. High 

School in 1964. Lorna then attended 

the University of North Dakota at 

Grand Forks and graduated with a 

bachelor’s degree in social work in 

1968. 

Lorna worked as a camp counselor 

at the YMCA camp in Garrison, N.D. 

before joining the social staff of Benson 

County at Minnewaukan, N.D. in 

August 1968. She worked at Benson 

County as a child welfare worker until 

1970, working primarily with foster 

children, foster parents and foster 

parent groups. 

In 1970 Lorna moved to Lincoln, 

Neb. to attend the University of Nebraska 

graduate school of social 

work. In 1972 she accepted a position 

in Fargo working in a pilot project 

with Cass County Social Services and 

the Department of Housing and Urban 

Development as a social worker 

at one of the first apartment buildings 

in the U.S. specifically designed for 

the handicapped. Beginning in 1973, 

Lorna was a medical social worker 

at St. Luke’s Hospital in Fargo. From 

1999 to 2007 she worked as an aide at 

Bethany Towers in Fargo. 

Lorna had a love for cats, especially 

her cat, RitaMae. She enjoyed 

reading, puzzles, and ancestry. She 

had many happy memories of her 

childhood on the farm near Buxton; 

she very much loved the land and the 

area. 

Lorna is survived by her mother, 

Loretta Odegard of Fargo, her cat, 

RitaMae and numerous cousins. She 

will be greatly missed by all. 

She was preceded in death by her 

sister, Marla and her father, Ernest. 

A funeral service will be held at 

12:00 p.m. Friday, November 6, 2009 

at Bethany Retirement Living Chapel, 

201 University Dr. S., Fargo, N.D. 

Visitation is 11:15 – 12:00 p.m. 

Friday, at Bethany Retirement Living 

Chapel, Fargo. 

Interment will follow at 3:30 p.m. 

Friday at Grue Church Cemetery, rural 

Buxton, N.D. 

Christianson- 

Johnson 

Megan Christianson and Jordan 

Johnson announce their engagement. 

Parents are Terry and Barb Christianson 

and Kim and the late Randy Johnson, 

all of West Fargo. Grandparents 

are Donna Wilkie, Portland, Jim and 

Linda Wilkie, Fargo, Ken Christianson, 

Mayville, and the late Vivian 

Christianson. 

Megan and Jordan both graduated 

from West Fargo High School 

in 2006. Megan graduated MSCTC 

in 2009 and is a human resources assistant 

at Red River Human Services 

Foundation. Jordan is a pipe fitter at 

Nova Fire Protection. 

A November 28 wedding is 

planned at Faith Lutheran Church in 

West Fargo. 

Thank yous 

Schmitz 

18c 

Hanson - Thorsgard 

Mr. and Mrs. Keith Hanson of 

Hatton, N.D. and Mr. and Mrs. John 

Thorsgard of Northwood, N.D. are 

pleased to announce the engagement 

of Amanda Jane Hanson and Adam 

Ben Thorsgard. 

Amanda is a 2006 graduate of Hatton 

High School and a 2009 graduate 

of Northland Community and Technical 

College as a physical therapist assistant. 

Amanda is employed at Hatton 

Priaire Village and Northwood 

Deaconess Health Center. 

Adam is a 2004 graduate of Northwood 

Public School and since then 

has been employeed by the Thorsgard 

family farm. On the side Adam also 

raises his own cattle. 

A November 28 wedding is 

planned to be at St. John Lutheran 

Church in Hatton with reception and 

dance to follow at the Alerus Center 

in Grand Forks, N.D. The couple 

plans to reside on a farm west of 

Northwood. 

Thank you so much for all you did...... 

My family, friends, doctors, nurses and the Volunteer Rescue Services from 

both Hope and Mayville. Your kindness and well wishes make all the difference 

as I recover from my fall. 

Janis Schmitz 

18c 

Statement on deaths of three 

Dickinson State University students 

from Richie Smith, State Board of 

Higher Education President, and 

Bill Goetz, North Dakota University 

System Chancellor 

18c 

Members of the State Board of 

Higher Education and faculty, staff 

and students of the North Dakota University 

System are deeply saddened 

by the loss of Kyrstin Gemar, Ashley 

Neufeld and Afton Williamson, three 

outstanding Dickinson State University 

students. 

Each of these women touched 

many lives and was a source of great 

pride and joy for family and friends. 

It is our sincere hope that the outpouring 

of support from the Dickinson 

community and the state of North 

Dakota will bring comfort to those 

who were most personally touched 

by this tragedy. We hope the families, 

classmates and teammates of Kyrstin, 

Ashley and Afton will find strength in 

one another. 

As president of the State Board of 

Higher Education and chancellor of 

the North Dakota University System, 

we realize this is a very difficult loss 

for members of the Dickinson State 

University family; please know that 

many resources from your fellow institutions 

will be available to support 

you during this healing process. 

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Brian Thompson 

Investment Executive 

Located at First State Bank 

2500 32nd Ave. S • Grand Forks, ND 58201 

(701) 792-3395 • Fax (701) 746-8765 

brian.thompson@primevest.com 

Securities provided by PrimeVest Finncial Services, Inc. 

an independent, registered broker/dealer. Member SIPC 

Hunter & Galesburg 

501 Main St. • Hunter, ND • 701-874-2168 

RR 1 Box 1 B • Galesburg, ND • 701-488-2238 

Mayville 788-3110 

44 Main St. W. 

Hillsboro 636-5500 

515 Caledonia Ave. W. 

Hatton 543-3013 

1009 Dakota Ave. 

Baker Funeral 

Home 

Mayville, ND 

Phone 788-3391 

~Inspirations~ 

Accept Victory 

And will God not bring about justice for his 

chosen ones who cry out to him day and night? 

Will he keep putting them off? -Luke 18:7 

We know that the devil comes at us with different tactics, 

but why is it that we accept storms and problem situations as 

ours? Why do people say that we just have to deal with our 

problems? I say that we accept Jesus and let him deal with 

our problems. If you are going through financial hardships, 

do not claim it as yours. Claim victory over it and claim your 

breakthrough. Don’t ever say that you are barren, lonely, sick, 

poor, dying, or struggling. Instead say that you will be fruitful, 

happy, rich, alive and well, and breaking through. Say that you 

are blessed and highly favored. Only speak words of life concerning 

yourself and your situations. 

It is about time that Christians begin to utilize the power 

of God we have in us. It is time that we begin to prophesy 

to the dry bones in our lives. It is time that we begin to live 

as a victorious people. I am not saying that trying times will 

not come. I am saying that we ought to endure those times as 

children of the Most High. I am saying that we should not live 

in defeat, instead we should accept the victory that we have in 

Jesus Christ, so that our storms do not become permanent situations. 

God is telling us that he will bring justice to those who cry 

unto him day and night. He is telling us to cast our cares upon 

him and lay our burdens at his feet! Isn’t it great to know that 

we serve a father that loves us so much that he takes on our 

problems and make them his own. He even became sin for us 

so that we might live. 

You don’t have to accept storms! You don’t have to accept 

hardships! Endure them, but give them over to God. I read 

somewhere that once you have Jesus, the only thing you have 

to accept is VICTORY! Don’t let the devil shake your faith; let 

your faith shake the devil! When a problem situation is thrown 

at you, lay it at Jesus’ feet, and claim your victory. We were 

called to be conquerors, and conquerors only accept victory. 

Defeat should not even be in our vocabulary. 

Stay blessed and spread the word. 

Ebenezer Lutheran Brethren 

15 3rd Ave. NE Mayville, 788-2251 

Pastor Randy Mortenson 

Sun.: 9:00 a.m. SMILE; 

9:30 a.m. adult Sunday School; 10:45 a.m. Worship 

First American Lutheran 

Corner of Third Avenue and Second Street, 

Mayville, 788-2096 

Sun.: 11:30 a.m. Worship with Pastor Rolf Preus 

KMAV 105.5 FM/1520 AM at 10:00 a.m. 

Gran Lutheran Church 

5 miles East, 2 miles south of Mayville 

Pastor Jeff Macejkovic, 786-3202 

Sun.: 8:45 Worship, 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 

Mayville Lutheran Church 

Pastor Jeff Macejkovic, 786-3202 

Sun.: 9:00 a.m. Sunday School; 10:00 a.m. Worship; 

Serving Team Signup, 11:00 a.m. Adult Forum 

Tues.: 9:30 a.m. Sarah Circle 

Wed.: 1:30 p.m. WELCA; 4:00 p.m. 8th Grade 

Confirmation; 5:00 p.m. 9th Grade Confirmation; 

6:00 p.m. Property & Management; 

7:00 p.m. Joint Council at Mayville 

Thurs.: 9:00 a.m. Rebekah Circle; 

9:30 a.m. Deborah Circle 

Sat.: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Youth Ministry Workshop 

at Aurdal 

Portland Lutheran Parish 

Aal, Perry, Aurdal, Bang, Bruflat 

PO Box 381, Portland 

Pastor Robert Scheurer & Pastor Erik Heskin 

Sun.: 8:15 a.m. Aal worship; 8:45 a.m. Perry worship 

9:30 a.m. Bruflat worship; 10:00 a.m. Bang worship 

11:00 a.m. Aurdal worship 

Mayville Congregational UCC 

1st St. & Center Ave. N, Mayville 

Rev. Ethelind (Lindy) Holt, Pastor, 788-3755 

Worship 9:30 a.m. with Sunday School during 

Worship followed by fellowship time. 

St. John Lutheran, Hatton 

420 7th St., 543-3226 

Pastor H. Chris Hallanger 

Sun.: 11:00 a.m. 

Bethany Lutheran, rural Hatton 

Pastor H. Chris Hallanger 

Sun.: 9:00 a.m. Worship. 

Goose River Lutheran, Hatton 

Pastor Jacobson 

Sun.: 10:30 a.m. Joint Worship with 

Pastor Karen Moberg at Little Forks 

Little Forks Lutheran, Hatton 

Pastor Jacobson 

Sun.: 10:30 a.m. Joint Worship with 

Pastor Karen Moberg speaking 

Church Schedule 

Valley Free Lutheran (AFLC) 

807 Jahr Ave. St., Portland 

Pastor Keith Quanbeck 788-2938 

Sun.: 9:45 a.m. Sunday School; 

11:00 a.m. Worship 

Ny Stavanger Church (AFLC) 

720 Neill Street, Buxton 

Worship 9:00 a.m. Worship 

Immanuel Lutheran (ELCA) 

222 Pottle St., Buxton 

Pastor Douglas P. Norquist, 847-2209 


10:30 a.m. Worship 

Wed.: 4:00 p.m. Confirmation 

Highland Lutheran (ELCA), Cummings 

Pastor Douglas P. Norquist, 847-2209 

Sun.: 9:00 a.m. Worship; 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 

Wed.: 4:00 p.m. Confirmation class at Immanuel 

Zion Lutheran, Reynolds 

Pastor Jeri Bergquist 

Church Office, 847-2245 

Sun.: 9:00 a.m. Parish worship with 

Holy Communion at St. Olaf 

St. Olaf Lutheran, Reynolds 

Pastor Jeri Bergquist 

Church Office, 847-2245 

Sun.: 9:00 a.m. Parish worship with 

Holy Communion 

Norman Lutheran, Clifford 

Pastor Julie Johnson 

Sun.: 10:30 a.m. WELCA; Mission Sunday; 

11:00 a.m. Worship; 10:00 a.m. Sunday School; 

3:00 p.m. Youth Mission Trip 

Wed.: Circles meet 

Sat.: 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Hunter’s Lunch Lodge 

Elm River Lutheran, Galesburg 


Sun.: 8:00 a.m. Worship; 9:00 a.m. Sunday School 

Tues.: 7:00 p.m. Movin’ More 

Wed.: Circles meet; 7:00 p.m. Elm River Council 

Thurs.: 7:00 p.m. Movin’ More 

Stordahl Lutheran, Rural Galesburg 


Sun.: 9:30 a.m. Worship with communion; 

10:30 a.m. Sunday School 

Sat.: Hunter’s Lunch Lodge 11:00 - 2:00 p.m. 

Galesburg Memorial Hall 

Blanchard Lutheran (ELCA) 

Pastor Paul Grothe 

Worship 9:45 a.m. Worship 

Grace Lutheran Church, Grandin 

436-4692 

Worship 9:45 a.m. 

Our Lady of Peace Catholic, Mayville 

Father Matthew Attansey 788-3234 

Worship: Sat.: 5:00 p.m.; 

Sun.: First, Third & Fifth 

Sundays 10:30 a.m., Second & Fourth 

Sundays 8:30 a.m. 

Our Savior’s Lutheran Church & 

Blanchard Lutheran Church 

204 East Caledonia Ave., Hillsboro 

Pastor Paul Grothe 

Sun.: 9:45 a.m. Sunday School; 8:30 and 

11:00 a.m. worship 

St. John’s Lutheran Church, Hillsboro 

Pastor Michael Kessler 

204 NW 2nd, 636-4692 

Sun.: 9:45 Sunday School and Coffee Hour; 

11:00 Worship 

Hillsboro United Parish, UCC-UMC 

Pastor Peter Young, 788-2824 

Sun.: 9:30 a.m. Church School; Confirmation, Adult 

Bible Study; 10:30 a.m. Worship 

Wed.: 6:00 p.m. Budget Committee meeting; 

7:00 p.m. Church Council meeting 

Riverside Evangelical Free Church 

Pastor Scott Sheets 

814 Main St. W., Mayville, 786-4181 


10:30 a.m. Worship; 6:00 p.m. FCYF; 8:00 p.m. 

Water’s Edge 

Wed.: 6:30 p.m. Awana 

Zoar Free Lutheran Church (AFLC) 

321 7th St., Hatton, 543-3023 

Phone (701) 543-3142 

Sun.: 10:30 a.m. Family Worship 

Holmes United Methodist 

8 miles west, 2 miles north of Reynolds 

Pastor Mark S. Ellingson, 847-2720 


11:00 a.m. worship; 12;00 p.m. Pot-luck; 12:30 p.m. 

Auction; 3:00 p.m. Miss. Fest. 

Mon.: 7:00 p.m. FInance Meeting 

Tues.: 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. Ministry team 

Wed.: 7:00 p.m. Parish Task Force at BC

Traill County Tribune OPINION AND REFLECTION 


Veterans Corner 

by Les Ashe 

Traill County Veterans Service Officer 

Veterans Day -- 

November 11, 2009 

“Just say thanks” to a veteran for their service !! 

Veterans Day is close upon us and is always a great time to “Just Say Thanks” 

to a veteran friend, relative or even a veteran you do not know well. To a veteran, 

the words as simple as they may be, carry a great weight and meaning for the 

sacrifices they made in securing the freedoms and liberty everyone the country 

enjoys today. All veterans regardless of when their periods of honorable service 

took place, during wartime or peacetime, play a crucial role in their branch of 

military service’s successful mission accomplishment in support of our nations 

objectives, defense and preserving our freedom. Programs will take place across 

the county, in schools, churches, veterans organizations and public meeting 

places. I hope you will take some time to attend a veterans program in your 

town and “Just Say Thanks.” 

New presumptive conditions for Agent Orange exposure vets! 

In the VA’s recent news release dated October 13, 2009, the VA extended 

Agent Orange benefits to in-country Vietnam veterans affected by B cell leukemias, 

such as hairy cell leukemia, Parkinson’s disease, and ischemic heart disease. 

Ischemic heart disease covers an array of heart issues, and the VA is still working 

out the particulars on this issue. The VA stated that it would not cover hypertensive 

related heart related problems. 

It is crucial for the Vietnam veterans to contact their county veterans Service 

Officer, if they have ever filed a claim before with the VA for any of these three 

conditions and been denied. Do not wait for the VA, but identify yourself now. If 

a veteran previously filed and was denied, the claim would fall under the Nehmer 

decision, as far as the effective date which would be the date of the original 

denial. Basically what this means is that there would be a lot of back pay coming 

once the VA regulations are in place. Here is a list of all of the current Agent 

Orange exposure presumptive conditions: 

• Acute and Subacute Transient Peripheral Neuropathy 

• AL Amyloidosis 

• Chloracne 

• Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia 

• Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2) 

• Hairy Cell Leukemia 

• Hodgkin’s Disease 

• Ischemic Heart Disease 

• Multiple Myeloma 

• Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma 

• Parkinson’s Disease 

• Porphyria Cutanea Tarda 

• Prostate Cancer 

• Respiratory Cancers 

• Soft Tissue Sarcoma (other than Osteosarcoma, Chondrosarcoma, Kaposi’s 

sarcoma, or Mesothelioma) 

The VA has identified 69,000 claims for these conditions that were previously 

denied, and those veterans will be notified. They expect some 125,000+ cases by 

the end of the year to be filed as a result of these new presumptive conditions. 

VA cannot automatically grant this benefit. In order for the VA to determine eligibility, 

you must submit a claim. 

If the veteran has a diagnosis of one of these three new presumptive conditions, 

current medical evidence to support their current level of disability, then 

no examination would be required. 

As always, I am here, as your advocate, to assist you in filing your claim with 

the VA. It can be very challenging navigating the VA forms and the VA system, 

so allow me to remove those road blocks to a successful claim. Don’t forget, SAY 

THANKS TO A FELLOW VETERAN FOR THEIR SERVICE! See you next month. 

Veterans Day is for ordinary people 

accomplishing the extraordinary 

By Clarence E. Hill, National Commander, American Legion 

When then-Governor Ronald Reagan introduced returning POW John Mc- 

Cain at a speaking engagement in 1974, the future president asked, “Where do 

we find such men?” 

He was speaking of many veterans, when he answered, “We find them in our 

streets, in the office, the shops and the working places of our country and on the 

farms.” 

In other words, President Reagan was referring to ordinary people accomplishing 

extraordinary things. And it isn’t just the men. 

Army Spc. Monica Brown was still a teenager when she went on a routine 

patrol as a medic in Afghanistan in 2007. Caught under insurgent fire in Paktika 

Province, she and her platoon sergeant ran a few hundred yards toward a burning 

Humvee. 

Dodging rounds by only inches, Brown helped pull injured soldiers from the 

vehicle and rendered life-saving first aid. For her actions, she was awarded a Silver 

Star, the nation’s third highest combat decoration. 

When she enlisted at age 17, the native of Lake Jackson, Texas, had hopes of 

becoming an X-ray technician, but the Army convinced her that being a medic 

would offer her the greatest opportunity to help her fellow soldiers. But to credit 

the Monica Browns and other brave heroes in our military with helping only their 

comrades is short-sighted. They are helping us. It is America, not America’s military 

that al Qaeda and other terrorists have declared war on. 

Fewer than 10 percent of Americans can claim the title “military veteran,” and 

what a list of accomplishments can those 10 percent claim. From defeating Communism, 

Fascism and Imperialism, to keeping the peace during the Cold War and 

battling terrorism today, America owes a debt to her veterans that can never be 

fully repaid. 

Historians have said that Dwight Eisenhower was prouder of being a soldier 

than he was of being the president. While relatively few veterans reach the rank 

of general, pride in ones’ military service is a bond shared by nearly all who have 

served. 

The pride is on display on every obituary page in the country, where military 

service – regardless of how many decades have passed and subsequent achievements 

reached – is mentioned with the death notice of nearly every deceased 

veteran. 

Can any CEO or distinguished Ivy League graduate truly claim to have more 

responsibility than the 20-year-old squad leader walking a patrol in Afghanistan 

or Iraq? While the successful real estate mogul may have sold hundreds of homes 

and raised a wonderful family, what single accomplishment tops the decisive actions 

he took during the siege of Khe Sanh, which saved the lives of several of his 

fellow Marines? 

As leader of the nation’s largest veterans organization, it is my job to remember 

the brave men and women who have worn the uniform of the United States 

military. The Preamble to the Constitution of The American Legion calls on us to 

“preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in the Great Wars.” But 

those who have not served, in fact, all Americans, should honor the patriots who 

have. 

The American Legion, www.legion.org, supports our heroes through programs 

such as Heroes to Hometowns, Operation Comfort Warriors and readyto-assist 

service officers. We support the families of veterans through a Family 

Support Network, the American Legion Legacy Scholarship Fund and Temporary 

Financial Assistance, just to name a few of our programs. 

We call on all Americans to thank veterans and let them know that their sacrifices 

are appreciated. Veterans Day is not about sales at the local retail mall. It’s 

about honoring our heroes. 

While veterans are often ordinary people who accomplish extraordinary 

things, it is often an extraordinary family that supports the ordinary veteran. And 

it is the veterans that have given us this extraordinary country. 

Random Thoughts 

… about odd sayings 

Right off the bat I’m going to say 

that the real byline for this week’s 

column should be not my name, but 

the name “Odd Lieberg.” That’s because 

this is one of those weeks when I don’t have time 

to think and Odd’s random thoughts will be what you 

read. Fortuitously, I found the book “Odd Sayings by 

the Happy Norwegian” in a box of books I bought at an 

auction a week or so ago. So that’s how Odd got to be 

my go-to guy this week. 

It’s strange that whenever I’m running behind in writing 

this column, I come across something or other that 

gives me a leg up. It’s sort of column serendipity, I guess. 

Anyway, whenever I have to emulate Blanche DuBois, 

who in the movie “Streetcar Named Desire” said, “I have 

always depended upon the kindness of strangers,” I find 

something by somebody unknown to me and blatantly 

use those thoughts. 

I don’t know Odd Lieberg from Adam’s off ox, but 

some of you might. On the back cover of his slim little 

book he says that both he and his wife Adaline were born 

and raised in Northwood, N. D. “where we ate lutefisk 

and knew the words ‘uffda’ and ‘ish da’ at the beginning 

of life. And, on the “introduction” page he doesn’t fuss 

about getting permission or threaten people with dreadful 

consequences if they “borrow” a few copyrighted 

words. No, he comes right out and says that the stuff in 

his book is “To Everyone, for use by comedians, ministers, 

speakers, managers, TV writers, politicians, emcees 

and all individuals who enjoy humor and wit.” 

If that isn’t carte blanche, I don’t know what is. I 

guess I would fit in the category of “all who enjoy humor 

and wit.” 

So. I quickly looked through the book to decide 

which “quips, stories, one-liners, anecdotes and wit” 

I liked and that I subsequently would lay on you. By 

the way, Odd doesn’t take or give credit for any of the 

above. He basically just recycled stuff he’s heard over 

the past decades. 

There are lots of goodies in his book, but I think I’ll 

Sum and Substance 

by Dr. Larrie Wanberg, Volunteer Curator, Northwood Museum 

by Myrna Lyng 

just do my top ten. 

“There must be something to reincarnation, judging 

by the way some people come back to life at quitting 

time.” 

“Ole was told by the doctor to strip to the waist, so he 

dropped his pants.” 

“Most of us read just enough to be misinformed.” 

“When you are arguing with a fool, make sure he isn’t 

doing the same thing.” 

“The perfect squelch. Actress: ‘I just loved your 

book. Who wrote it for you?’ Author: ‘I’m glad you 

like it. Who read it to you?’” 

“An evangelist announced that there were 557 different 

sins. He received thousands of letters requesting the 

list because people thought they might be missing out on 

something.” 

“He is so lazy that he will step into a revolving door 

and wait.” 

“If ignorance is bliss, why aren’t more people happy?” 

“Ole discovered that he has the Old-timer’s sickness. 

It’s called ‘Furniture Disease’ because your chest falls 

into your drawers.” 

“Every team can use the man who never makes a 

mistake and makes all of his shots. But it is impossible 

to get him to put down his hot dog and come out of the 

stands.” 

Boy, you got that right, Odd. I wonder if some of us 

would be so quick to criticize an athlete or a coach or a 

politician or a minister if, as Odd says, “Suppose your 

errors were counted and published every day, like those 

of a baseball player.” 

Hmm. That’s food for thought. In fact, Odd throws 

in a bit of philosophy here and there, with thoughts such 

as “There are two kinds of men in the world. Men of 

words and men of deeds.” 

“Reflect on your past,” he says. “If it’s beautiful, continue. 

If it lacks something, today is the time to change 

your world and the world around you.” 

I couldn’t have said it better myself. Mange takk, 

Odd. 

“The future of rural America looks increasingly 

bleak,” is the opening line in a Newsweek 

magazine article this week, headlined the “Donut 

Hole Country.” The headline refers to the 

centrifugal outmigration from the center of the 

country to the coastal areas surrounding the 

Great Plains. The article reviews a new book, 

“Hollowing Out the Middle” by husband-andwife 

authors Patrick J Carr and Maria J Kefalas. 

The couple spent six months in a small town in 

Iowa interviewing hundreds of current and former 

residents to study the opinions of four categories 

of respondents to seek solutions on how 

to stem in outmigration from the heartland. 

The article identified the four categories as 

“Achievers (those who leave), Stayers (those 

who remain), Seekers (those who leave to travel 

or join the military), and Returners (those who 

leave and come back). 

These categories are similar to conclusions 

of my ten-year observational study of outmigration 

in ten small towns in North Dakota that 

patterns people’s population shifts after Nature’s 

migrations: “Snow birds (those who winter 

in warmer climates); Song birds (students who 

leave home for education in the fall and return 

in the spring); Barn birds like sparrows and swallows 

(those who stay no matter what changes); 

and Soaring birds (those like eagles with vision 

who see a wide view of opportunity). 

The current Newsweek article suggests that 

small rural “towns themselves adopt a new way 

of thinking.” The author’s first target “changing 

their (towns) attitude toward high-school graduates;” 

that is, giving more support to training of 

those youth inclined to stay, especially in skills 

related to “computer technology, health care, 

sustainable agriculture, and green energy, areas 

geared toward the modern global economy.” 

They also recommend attracting immigrant 

families to help recover population. 

Because lack of good jobs is the common 

underlying problem for social-economic migrations, 

the article points to current stimulus funds 

as a potential source to help reverse the outmigration 

flow and create new work for “jobs,” 

even if workers need to move back to rural communities. 

Sixty million people live in rural America – 

about one-in-five, and about one-in-five families 

traditionally move every year, largely to follow 

work changes. 

North Dakota has the largest number per capita 

of college graduates in the nation – students 

prepared for the knowledge society and global 

opportunities for work. Eleven universities, 

plus a number of two-year colleges and trade 

schools, are available for the state’s 600,000 plus 

population. 

The Newsweek article highlights the “slow 

burn” of rural loss from human-resource outmigration, 

which now seems leveling off, especially 

during the current economic downturn. North 

Dakota is reported to be the state least affected 

by the downturn, with surplus cash reserves and 

still having difficulty filling available jobs. 

Why, then, aren’t some of the Nation’s unemployed 

talent pool migrating to the prairies for 

relief during the recovery period? 

It is estimated that 70-80% of newly created 

jobs spin off of entrepreneurial start-ups 

as opposed to filling established positions or 

re-hiring workers when budgets permit. Green 

jobs in energy and sustainable agriculture in a 

leading state for food production offer the most 

promise for growth in North Dakota, along with 

skilled service jobs. 

I agree that the highly trained student is often 

exported to other states – by job incentives 

or search for experience – but I do not agree 

that cutting back on advanced education and 

substituting more occupational training is an 

effective means of keeping more youth in their 

home state. Youth with liberal arts background 

and then specialization are best prepared for 

leadership in the global marketplace. 

Letter to 

the Editor 

Statistics prove people live better and 

longer with hospice care. 

This bold statement, which appears 

on billboards and literature for Hospice of 

the Red River Valley, is backed by years 

of ongoing national research regarding 

the benefits of receiving hospice care during 

the last chapters of one’s life. 

Surprised? Many people are. But consider 

the extensive services provided to 

hospice patients and their loved ones: 

• intensive pain and symptom management 

in collaboration with their physicians; 

• provision of necessary equipment 

such as hospital beds and oxygen tanks; 

• regular assistance with personal 

cares, such as bathing, grooming and eating; 

• assistance with insurance issues, coordination 

of other needed services and 

individual/family counseling; 

• spiritual care, as desired; 

• 24-hour on-call support; 

• practical assistance from volunteers 

to ease the demands of care giving; 

• grief support for family members; 

• respite care offering caregivers needed 

relief; 

• provision of medications needed for 

symptom management. 

As one family member stated, “Hospice 

takes care of most everything. All we 

have to do is be a family.” 

November is National Hospice Month. 

Not necessarily one of those recognition 

events that gets much awareness. Yet, 

while many people recognize the term 

hospice, and may even know a bit about 

this unique type of care, there is still so 

much that many people do not realize. 

The purpose of hospice care is to help 

people live as fully as they can when 

they have a known life expectancy of 

six months or less. Hospice care doesn’t 

represent the end of treatment or hope. 

Rather, it is an intentional shift in treatment 

from an emphasis on cure to an aggressive 

focus on comfort and quality of 

life. Hospices throughout the country hear 

these three comments most frequently: 

1) “I didn’t know you did all that!” 

2) “We wish we had called you sooner,” 

and 

3) “What would we have done without 

you?” 

Hospice staff is highly skilled and 

compassionate, providing unparalleled 

care for those nearing the ends of their 

lives. We are readily available to help 

you assess how hospice services could 

help you – and whether or not a patient 

is currently eligible for hospice care. 

Understanding the services earlier in the 

decision-making process, and selecting 

hospice care sooner, rather than later, 

can help ensure that patients and families 

alike receive the full value of what can be 

provided. 

You should also know that, because 

hospice care is a Medicare benefit – and 

included in virtually all other insurance 

policies – it is very affordable. And, yes, 

we also provide care to people who do not 

have insurance coverage. 

We can help – more than you know. 

Sincerely, 

Susan Fuglie, 

Executive Director 

Hospice of the Red River Valley 

I agree that towns should capitalize on stimulus 

funds to grow new jobs and potentially new 

industry, but I have yet to see a list of effective 

options on how to create new jobs, especially in 

rural communities. 

I outlined my belief for a beginning solution 

for North Dakota rural incentives for mobile 

work in Prairie Business Magazine in 2005 in an 

article describing a concept of “Skybird Homesteading.” 

Skybirds are remote workers with 

digital skills who anchor new family-centered, 

Web-based businesses in North Dakota, but 

stay in place as a distributor for that particular 

product-or-service in their current geographic 

region. It’s sort of a reverse of “Snow birds,” except 

that the tax base is supported more here 

than “there” –wherever that may be online. 

Examples of “Skybirds” are teachers who migrate 

here in summers, airline employees who 

fly-free to North Dakota 4-5 times a year to build 

their future Web-based business, military personnel 

who anchor a business here while on assignment 

and take leave periodically to nurture 

their investment, and corporate talent with frequent 

flyer miles who fly to rural communities 

for brief stop-overs to manage a remote familyowned 

business geared for retirement. 

Skybird Homesteading, as a concept, looks 

at the “Donut Hole” theory differently – that the 

outer circle forms a ring of cubicles mostly for 

traditional jobs, while the center space is where 

the entrepreneur lives. It’s where the land anchors 

people to natural resources and where inventiveness 

and innovation is seemingly a part 

of one’s daily experience. And the open space 

for most people is seen as a value for quality-ofplace 

and for “room to grow.” 

The qualities at the center of the continent 

are that people are generally happy with what 

they do, especially those in touch with the land, 

and residents love where they live, like homing 

birds. 

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Page 6 • November 7, 2009 TURKEY DRAWING Traill County Tribune 

‘LEAVE THE TURKEY TO US’ 



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Cut out the turkey for each local business 

that is sponsoring the event. Drop off your 

completed entry forms at the participating 

locations. Look for a container with the entry 

turkey on it. 

Enter at as many locations as you wish 

to increase your chances of winning your 

Thanksgiving turkey! (One turkey winner per 

individual.) 

A drawing will be held on Monday, November 

16 at each location. Winners will be notified 

and listed in the newspaper on November 21, 

2009. 

Each winner will receive a certificate for a 

turkey from Miller’s Fresh Foods in Mayville. 


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GOOD 

LUCK 

GOBBLE 

GOBBLE! 

2nd Annual 

Christmas Extravaganza 

Saturday, November 21 • 10 am - 2 pm 

Mayville Senior Center 

Avon, Cash & Carry Items 

Pampered Chef 

Tupperware, Cash & Carry Items 

Uppercase Living 

Creative Memories 

Tastefully Simple 

Close to My Heart 

Descriptive Vinyl 

Norwex 

Party Lite 

Blessings Unlimited 

All proceeds from the lunch & bake sale will go to send students 

to the FOCUS National Conference in Washington, DC 

Christmas, Birthdays, 

dinner Parties 

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MSU Bookstore 

• Private Dining • Groups of 25-80 

• Bartender Service 

• Choose Your Own Buffet-style Menu 

• Homemade Soups and Salad Bar 

Cory’s Corner Cafe 

50 East Main, Mayville 

Next to the VFW 788-4166

Page 8 • November 7, 2009 SCHOOL Traill County Tribune 

University News 

by Gary Hagen 

President, Mayville State University 

Straight A Honor Roll 

• Camrud, Alyssa Gr. 7 

• Cutshaw, Nicole Gr. 7 

• Henningsgard, Kennedy Gr. 8 

• Sobolik, Katie Gr. 8 

• Sondreal, Kirbie Gr. 8 

• Henningsgard, Taylor Gr. 9 

• Sundbom, Jessica Gr. 9 

• Tweed, Alyssa Gr. 9 

• Kennedy, Mitchell Gr. 10 

• Lazur, Katrina Gr. 10 

• Schadewald, Isaac Gr. 10 

• Sobolik, Rachel Gr. 10 

• Henningsgard, Jessica Gr. 11 

• Lenz, Ryan Gr. 12 

A Honor Roll 

• Butler, Shelby Gr. 7 

• Thompson, Cassie Gr. 9 

• Treitline, Allison Gr. 9 

• Gjelsness, Christopher Gr. 10 

• Hillebrand, Chase Gr. 11 

• Sobolik, Benjamin Gr. 12 

Coal-fueled heating plant nears 

completion 

For years, Mayville State has 

had to run its boiler heating system 

with #2 fuel. The #2 fuel has 

been the only option available, and 

especially in recent years, this dependence 

created a huge financial 

burden for the university. 

In an effort to reduce skyrocketing 

fuel oil costs, Mayville State 

University entered into a contract 

with Energy Services Group of 

Wayzata, Minn. last spring to design 

and build a coal-fired heating 

plant on the campus. Work on the 

project, located on the west end of 

campus, began early in June of this 

year with the clearing of the building 

site. The project is on schedule 

and the plant will be operational 

this month. 

Two shipments of coal have already 

been delivered and we expect 

two more in preparation for firing 

the new boilers on or about the 

16th of November. The first runs 

will be test runs. Emission tests 

will be done. We anticipate that we 

will be ready to fire for heat about 

the first week in December. 

A great deal of planning has 

gone into this project. The plant 

design team included representatives 

of Mayville State University, 

the Energy Services Group, and 

Obermiller-Nelson Engineering of 

Fargo, as well as other coal plant 

and equipment experts in North 

Dakota. Mayville State representatives 

were Dennis Schultz, Steve 

Bensen, Keith Stenehjem, and me. 

To make sure that we had the 

best possible system for the university 

and the community, a great 

deal of the design team’s time and 

energy was spent debating the plant 

location, configuration, and equipment. 

The plant is located between 

Third Avenue North and County 

Highway 14, removing the plant 

from the main campus and connecting 

to the existing system through 

a new steam tunnel. This location 

keeps the majority of truck traffic 

on the county road and away from 

campus activity, and leaves the existing 

plant operational for emergencies. 

Wrigley Mechanical of Fargo, 

N.D. has been the mechanical 

prime contractor and Northwest 

Iron Fireman of Fargo, N.D. was 

the equipment supplier. Our plant 

design, layout, and equipment were 

all modeled after the coal-burning 

heating plant located at Camp 

Grafton, near Devils Lake, N.D. 

B Honor Roll 

• Butler, Brittany Gr. 7 

• Galle, Jordan Gr. 7 

• Higgins, Jace Gr. 7 

• Hunt, Kaylee Gr. 7 

• Jerde, Ashleigh Gr. 7 

• Knutsvig, Hunter Gr. 7 

• Oakland, Zachary Gr. 7 

• Rose, Peter Gr.7 

• Scholand, Allison Gr. 7 

• Thompson, Christopher Gr. 7 

• Vandal, Jakob Gr. 7 

• Adams, Jaime Gr. 8 

• Akset, Austin Gr. 8 

• Nettum, Michaela Gr. 8 

• Akset, Kendra Gr. 9 

• Butler, Kelsey Gr. 9 

• Fisher, Zachary Gr. 9 

• Fontaine, Aaron Gr. 9 

• Hansen, Brandon Gr. 9 

• Knain, Wayne Gr. 9 

• Lacrosse, Cicely Gr. 9 

• Ost, Jacob Gr. 9 

• Proznik, Ethan Gr. 9 

• Adams, Mitchell Gr. 10 

• Askjem, Erica Gr. 10 

• Biever, Kailey Gr. 10 

The plant will use approximately 

2,800 tons of coal over the heating 

season. During the coldest weather, 

we project that one truckload of 

coal will be burned in a 24-hour 

period. We received and accepted a 

very competitive bid for the delivered 

coal from U.S. Express, Inc., 

from Oakes, N.D. The coal will be 

treated with oil, so dust is not an 

issue. We are working with Waste 

Management to make arrangements 

for having the ash generated in the 

burning process hauled away. 

The new plant is providing jobs 

for three new Mayville State boiler 

operators. Donnel Rasquinha and 

his family recently moved to Mayville 

from St. Clair Shores, Mich. 

Frank Trout has moved to Mayville 

from Howell, Michigan. Eric Willis 

and his family live in Hillsboro, 

N.D. 

We are pleased to have this new 

facility that will free us from our 

dependence on expensive #2 fuel 

oil. The cost of constructing the 

plant is $5.5 million. The switch 

from burning fuel to coal will provide 

a net annual fuel savings of 

about $500,000. Savings from the 

cost of fuel will pay for the construction 

of the plant over a 15- 

year period. 

Mayville State hosts teleconference 

involving NASA astronaut and area 

elementary school children 

This photo shows the monitors that helped to facilitate the teleconference between NASA astronaut Michael Fossum 

(at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas) and fourth grade students and teachers from May-Port 

CG, Hatton, and Northwood, as well as Mayville State faculty and education students (at Mayville State University) 

on Friday, October 30. Astronaut Fossum is on the left. To the right, you can see the gathering at Mayville State. 

On Oct. 30, Mayville State University 

hosted a teleconference involving 

NASA astronaut Michael 

Fossum and Northwood, Hatton, 

and May-Port CG fourth graders. 

The teleconference was held as 

a result of a North Dakota Space 

Grant Consortium summer fellowship 

secured by Mayville State 

faculty members Dr. Laurie Berry, 

Professor of Education, and Jeff 

Sieg, Assistant Professor of Science/Education. 

The conference 

took place in the MSU Teacher 

Learning Center in West Hall. 

The purpose of the grant is to 

offer college faculty an opportunity 

to create new courses, or to 

modify existing courses, to incorporate 

space science. Berry and 

Sieg have also chosen to provide 

space science teaching opportunities 

for current college students 

who are training to become teachers. 

This is the third year that Berry 

and Sieg have participated in the 

fellowship. 

Science, Technology, Engineering, 

and Mathematics (STEM) 

initiatives are an important component 

of Mayville State’s teacher 

education program and the effort 

to promote STEM activities in the 

elementary school and for future 

teachers. 

During about half of the teleconference, 

astronaut Michael Fossum 

(at NASA Johnson Space Center 

in Houston, Texas) talked about 

his upcoming international space 

station assignment and previous 

space shuttle missions. Elementary 

children (at Mayville State) will 

then had the opportunity to ask 

questions of Fossum in the time 

that remained. 

In addition to the teleconference, 

fourth graders from Northwood 

and Hatton participated in 

space science learning centers that 

will be led by Mayville State University 

education students. 

Deputy Director of North Dakota 

NASA Space Grant Consortium 

Suezette Beiri was also on hand for 

the space science activities at Mayville 

State on October 30. 

Central Valley honor roll 

• Breiland, Madison Gr. 10 

• Doeden, Thomas Gr. 10 

• Klamm, Michael Gr. 10 

• Lambert, Joshua Gr. 10 

• Lenz, Andra Gr. 10 

• Luchsinger, Cole Gr. 10 

• Schultz, Brittany Gr. 10 

• Adams, Cassandra Gr. 11 

• Bjerke, McHale Gr. 11 

• Gjelsness, Garrett Gr. 11 

• Heppner, Erika Gr. 11 

• Hunt, Nicole Gr. 11 

• Koloch, Chance Gr. 11 

• Lacrosse, Ian Gr. 11 

• Larson, Alicia Gr. 11 

• Mack, Spencer Gr. 11 

• Moen, Austin Gr. 11 

• Rubbert, Nicholas Gr. 11 

• Sondreal, Cullen Gr. 11 

• Delvo, Ashley Gr. 12 

• Linneman, Toni Gr. 12 

• Luchsinger, Chase Gr. 12 

• Moen, Samuel Gr. 12 

• Otteson, Kayla Gr. 12 

• Siewert, Zachary Gr. 12 

• Sondrol, Asle Gr. 12 

• Tronson, Megan Gr. 12 

• Waslien, Cody Gr. 12 

Seniors and kindergarten after hanging ribbons around the community. 

Northwood and Hatton schools 

celebrate Red Ribbon Week 

Students at both the Northwood 

and Hatton schools celebrated Red 

Ribbon Week last week. You may 

have noticed the red ribbons around 

the downtown areas. They were put 

there by Seniors and kindergarteners 

to remind all of us of the dangers of 

drug, alcohol and tobacco use. During 

the week, FCCLA members gave 

lessons to students on the dangers of 

drugs, alcohol, and tobacco and students 

listed what they could do to 

The Dakota Sky Riders held a 4-H 

meeting on October 18, 2009 at the 

Finley Legion Hall. The meeting was 

started at 1:00 p.m. with the pledges. 

There were eight members present. 

The members stated that they 

have been trail riding in Hankinson, 

the Badlands and at Rockin ‘R since 

Achievement Days and they have also 

been busy showing their horses in Valley 

City and a few other places. 

The group then elected officers for 

the new 4-H year. Tanner Ault was 

elected as president, Kelly Noyes as 

vice president, Baylee Swenson as 

secretary, John Baldwin as treasurer 

and Mikaila Boxley as the club scrap- 

High Honors Awards 

GPA over 3.666 

• Belgarde, Katie Gr. 12 

• Bumgardner, Naomi Gr. 12 

• Dafforn, Jacob Gr. 12 

• Grindeland, Amber Gr. 12 

• Krueger, Aryn Gr. 12 

• Mackey, Christopher Gr. 12 

• Paulson, Katelyn Gr. 12 

• Russell, Autumn Gr. 12 

• Sletten, Graeme Gr. 12 

• Cigelske, Benjamin Gr. 11 

• Phipps, Christina Gr. 11 

• Swenson, Tyler Gr. 11 

• Almanza, Marcus Gr. 10 

• Bye, Zachary Gr. 10 

• Fladeland, Madison Gr. 10 

• Foss, Austin Gr. 10 

• Iverson, Stephanie Gr. 10 

• Pederson, Kyle Gr. 10 

• Belgarde, Grant Gr. 9 

have fun instead of drinking alcohol. 

Role plays about peer pressure were 

presented to student in grades 1-12. 

Students signed a pledge to be drugfree 

and wore red ribbons each day 

to remind them of their pledge. The 

Drug Demand Reduction Program at 

the Grand Forks Air Force Base donated 

prizes to students who wore 

their ribbons each day. Thank you for 

those kind donations. 

On Friday, students celebrated the 

• Bumgardner, Isaac Gr. 9 

• Mundahl, Tanner Gr. 8 

• Pladson, Jacob Gr. 7 

Honors Awards 

GPA 3.250-3.666 

• Almanza, Samantha Gr. 12 

• Ellingson, David Gr. 12 

• Engler, Chelsie Gr. 12 

• Kraviec, Jayce Gr. 12 

• Tossett, Alexis Gr. 12 

• Jerome, Karissa Gr. 11 

• Littlefield, William Gr. 11 

• Paulson, Michael Gr. 10 

• Pladson, Trevor Gr. 10 

• Anderson, Bradley Gr. 9 

• Bye, McKenzie Gr. 9 

• Hedland, Darian Gr. 9 

• Phipps, Vance Gr. 9 

• Swenson, Baylee Gr. 9 

• Cute, Jonathan Gr. 8 

end of the week with a BYOB (bring 

your own banana) party. Students in 

Northwood also held an assembly featuring 

Deputy Sheriff Mike Lee and 

his trained drug-sniffing dog, Gypsy. 

Thank you, Deputy Lee, for sharing 

your information with us. 

This week was part of a nationwide 

Red Ribbon Week and was 

sponsored by the Hatton-Northwood 

FCCLA Chapter. 

Dakota Sky Riders hold meeting 

Our meeting took place at the 

Hillsboro Lutheran Church. We 

got two new members, Katelyn 

and Lora Ensign. We welcome 

them into our club. We started out 

by saying the Pledge of Allegiance 

to the Flag, and the 4-H pledge. 

The meeting was called to order 

by Vice President McKenzie 

Diehl. We held our yearly elections 

and they are as follows: President, 

McKenzie Diehl; Vice President, 

Tatiana Bjerge; Secretary, Katya 

Bjerge; Treasurer, Kaleyn Matthys; 

News Reporters, Lyola Pearson 

and Lauryn Proznik; Historians, 

Karley Pearson and Madison 

Diehl. 

We then had demonstrations 

of projects from McKenzie Diehl. 

She showed us how to make turtles 

out of a canning lid and duct tape. 

Tatiana Bjerge showed us how 

to make pot holders on a stretch 

board. Madison Diehl showed us 

how to bathe your horse and what 

products you can use. Katya Bjerge 

showed us how to paint light bulbs 

to look like ghosts and pumpkins. 

We all got to do this later. Truman 

Bjerge showed us how to make 

Rice Krispie bars, and they were 

booker. 

All members were asked to bring 

pictures for the scrapbook to the next 

meeting. 

It was announced that Kelly Noyes 

won 1st place at the State Fair in 

Trail. 

For old business the group discussed 

participating in hippology 

again this year with Crookston being 

the first competition. 

Dues for the year would be $5. 

It was also announced again that all 

members would need to bring a static 

exhibit for Achievement Days this 

year. 

For new business, the group discussed 

having monthly meetings at 

Bang Church and a Christmas party at 

Mikayla Johnson’s house. There was 

also a discussion about baking cookies 

to take to the nursing home. The group 

would also like to do demonstrations 

on more than just horse- related items. 

Some of the ideas were scrapbooking, 

hunting, photography, baking, and 

sewing. 

The next meeting will be held on 

November 15 at 2:00 p.m. Baylee Swenson 

made a motion to end the meeting 

and Cory Fendrick seconded it, 

ending the meeting at 2:00 p.m. 

4-H October meeting of Traill Riders 

mmmm good. 

Our next meeting will be the 

third Sunday in November and we 

will be going over to the nursing 

home in Hillsboro, at 2:00 p.m. to 

help them make Christmas cards, 

entertain them and work on some 

Christmas projects. If anyone 

is interested in becoming a 4-H 

member please feel free to come to 

the nursing home! Your reporter 

team, Lyola Pearson and Lauryn 

Proznik. 

Lyola Pearson 

Hatton honors awards 

• Janda, Samantha Gr. 8 

• Johnson, Mason Gr. 8 

• Littlefield, Joseph Gr. 8 

• Pladson, Kelsey Gr. 8 

• Buttner, Logan Gr. 7 

• Foss, Neil Gr. 7 

• Huus, John Gr.7 

• Pederson, Jace Gr. 7 

• Verke, Keith Gr. 7 

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• Bumgardner, Naomi Gr. 12 

• Cute, Kimberly Gr. 12 

• Mackey, Christopher Gr. 12 

• Schafer, Jacob Gr. 12 

• Grad, Don Gr. 11 

• Littlefield, William Gr. 11 

• Fladeland, Madison Gr. 10 

• Buttner, Tyson Gr. 9 

• Rudy, Jake Gr. 8 

• Vaagene, Tanner Gr. 8 

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Traill County Tribune

Traill County Tribune SCHOOL Page 9 • November 7, 2009 

Lyng travels to China to train emergency medical technicians 

By John Lyng, MD 

From time to time last summer 

the Tribune asked people to share 

stories and pictures about places 

they’d traveled to for fun or work. 

When I was in high school and college 

I was fortunate to go to Europe 

on music study tours through 

Mayville State, but more recently 

it is my profession that has enabled 

me to travel to some pretty exotic 

places. Last spring I was privileged 

to travel to the island of St. Lucia in 

the Caribbean, then China, and then 

Australia. The Trib thought that 

others might be interested in reading 

about some of my experiences 

and that people might be prompted 

to follow up with accounts of their 

own travels. 

I was able to go to far-off places 

through my affiliation with SUNY 

Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, 

N.Y., where I did a residency in 

emergency medicine and a fellowship 

as an EMS & Disaster Medicine 

Fellow. The trips to the three places 

I mentioned mostly included work 

in emergency medicine, but there 

was time for travel and fun as well. 

The Tribune has already very kindly 

written about some of my St. Lucia 

experiences and observations. 

Last April, after returning to Syracuse 

from St. Lucia, I was part of a 

team of six Emergency Department 

doctors from Upstate who traveled 

to Hangzhou, China to help train 

Chinese EMTs. I had been slated to 

make this trip in 2008 as well, but 

my residency schedule was sort of 

set in stone and I had to defer until 

2009. This worked out well, though, 

because the doctor who took my 

place went along this year as well. 

He came in handy several times because 

he’d “been there, done that.” 

He knew where to go and how to get 

there, so we were able to make good 

use of limited free time. 

The whole idea of going to China 

for any reason was pretty mind-boggling, 

but for me part of the anticipation 

was that I would quite literally 

be walking in my parents’ footsteps. 

My dad first went to China in 1977 

as part of an official mathematics 

delegation and was part of the 

group that returned for a follow-up 

in 1980. Mom went along that time 

and then in 1984 both of them led a 

tour to China. 

They were pretty excited about 

the fact that I got to go to that intriguing 

country as well as Hong 

Kong. They didn’t make me watch 

their thousands of slides from the 

long-ago trips, but they did rummage 

around to find their trip notebooks 

and we had some conversations 

about places and food ahead 

of time. More memories and questions 

went back and forth as we corresponded 

through e-mail. 

Seek and ye shall find… in Hong 

Kong 

My folks knew that two other 

doctors and I were going to spend 

time sightseeing in Hong Kong before 

we hit the mainland to get into 

the official part of our trip. Dad 

suggested—make that insisted— 

that I try to find the tailor shop 

where he had a suit made in 1977. 

Mom pooh-poohed that idea, insisting 

that Robert, the tailor, was probably 

dead or that he had emigrated 

to Canada when China took over 

Hong Kong after Great Britain’s 

100-year lease ran out. 

Dad had been steered to Peninsula 

Tailors at No. 5 Lock Road in 

Hong Kong by Wally Martz, a former 

executive officer at the Goose 

River Bank in Mayville. Wally had 

found the place when he was on R & 

R from Vietnam. So Dad was measured 

for a suit in 1977 and again in 

1980 and 1984. In fact, he had other 

suits made over the years as well. 

Obviously his measurements didn’t 

change much and all Robert had to 

do was send swatches. 

(Aside: When Dad talked to 

Robert in 1977 and mentioned Wally, 

Robert asked how “Capt. Martz” 

was doing. Dad gave him Wally’s 

card and when he saw “Vice President, 

Goose River Bank,” Robert 

smiled and said “I see that he’s doing 

very well.”) 

My colleagues and I spent three 

days in Hong Kong, where we enjoyed 

seeing the sights of the city, 

took the funicular to the top of Victoria 

Peak, and ah, enjoyed the night 

life. I found Hong Kong to be gorgeous 

and immaculate. Everyone 

was so polite, and most spoke English 

well. As it happened, I did have 

some time, so I decided to make Dad 

happy by trying to see if Robert was 

still in business. The concierge at 

our hotel directed me to No. 5 Lock 

Road, only a short subway ride to 

Kowloon and a couple of blocks 

away. 

To my surprise (and Mom’s total 

astonishment when I e-mailed her 

about it) Robert was still there. I 

introduced myself, told him about 

my dad, and he responded, “Ah! 

The tall professor!” Not bad after 

32 years and who knows how many 

customers. In fact, Robert even 

copied a sales order for one of Dad’s 

suits. It seemed to be the thing to 

do, so I had Robert measure me for 

a suit. He was quite tickled that I 

was coming in as a second-generation 

customer. 

Getting down to business … 

After three days in Hong Kong, 

it was time to get to the business at 

hand, and we flew to Hangzhou to 

meet the rest of the Syracuse delegation. 

Our purpose was to train 

about 100 Chinese students in some 

of the basic principles of pre-hospital 

emergency care. The very eager 

group of students had skill levels 

ranging from a basic knowledge 

of first aid to well-practiced physicians. 

We spent five days in Hangzhou 

doing hands-on training and lectures. 

The kind of instruction we 

presented was similar to the instruction 

given to an EMT-Basic in the 

United States. Through interpreters, 

we discussed topics such as patient 

splinting and immobilization, chest 

trauma, basic and advanced airway 

management, and mass casualty/disaster 

triage. In addition to lectures, 

we provided some hands-on training 

in splinting, airway management, 

and traumatic injury assessment. 

It was very interesting to deliver 

a lecture via a translator. We 

quickly had to learn to speak more 

slowly and in shorter sentences 

than we would have otherwise used 

when teaching an English-speaking 

group. In addition, sometimes we 

would provide a somewhat lengthy 

description of something, and the 

translator would only say a few 

words. In other cases, we would 

make a simple point and the translator 

would go on talking for a much 

longer time. It was helpful that our 

translator had spent some time in the 

United States shadowing some ambulance 

services, so he was able to 

provide some insight and put things 

in context for the students. 

While we did our teaching and 

demonstrations we had equipment 

similar to that which you would 

find in any ambulance in the United 

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Mayville State Wellness Center 

Orientation to Weight 

Machines 

Don’t know how to use weight machines correctly? 

Members and Non-members are invited to a 

FREE Weight Orientation session on 

Wednesday, Nov. 11th from 6:00 -7:00 p. m. at the 

Mayville State Wellness Center. 

Jessie Kijak, a personal trainer, will instruct you on how to use 

weight machines correctly so your body benefits the most. 

(Personal training is now available through the Wellness Center!) 

This is a FREE session that anyone 18 yrs and older can attend. 

Questions: call 788-5200 or 

e-mailWellnessCenter@mayvillestate.edu 

John stands in front of one of the many arches and doorways built into 

the Great Wall. 

States: backboards, cervical immobilization 

collars, bag-valve masks, 

airway management equipment, 

wheeled stretchers, and so forth. At 

times the students were so eagerly 

packed around us as we demonstrated 

a device or procedure that it was 

kind of hard to function 

The trip was funded both by the 

SUNY Upstate Medical University 

Department of Emergency Medicine 

and by the Chinese Zhejiang Association 

for Science and Technology 

(ZAST). 

How was the food? 

We were treated to a number of 

evening meals with Chinese VIPs, 

where we had the chance to try a 

number of exotic foods such as 

shark-fin soup, dim sum, shark belly 

soup, jellyfish, scallops, prawns, 

and “beggar’s chicken” (complete 

with all the bones). As is the custom 

of banquets, food was prepared 

to be appealing to both the eyes and 

the palate and was served “family 

style” on a giant lazy Susan in the 

center of the table. Thankfully I had 

honed my chopstick skills prior to 

the trip and other guests we dined 

with indicated their approval. 

In addition to great food, we were 

also exposed to a custom of toasting 

individuals at the table with ridiculously 

strong rice wine or Mao Tai, 

which is distilled from sorghum. At 

59% alcohol by volume, I’m pretty 

sure they could have used any leftover 

wine from the end of the meal 

to fuel their cars. Unfortunately 

for those of us who were, umm… 

less experienced with the method of 

toasting “gan bei” – meaning “to the 

bottom of the glass,“ there usually 

wasn’t much wine left at the end of 

the meal. 

Doing our bit for the economy … 

We also had time to sight-see, 

and in Hangzhou we toured West 

Lake, the Leifeng Pagoda, the 

Lingyin Temple and a tea plantation. 

My folks think they may have 

been to the same plantation and they 

certainly toured all of those spots I 

mentioned. We also spent an evening 

bargain hunting and souvenir 

hunting at the night market. Our 

group became somewhat of a public 

entertainment spectacle when our 

department chairman, Dr. McCabe, 

decided to somewhat jokingly pose 

for a clay bust. Somewhat humorously, 

we’re not sure if the bust 

looks more like Dr. McCabe or like 

Chairman Mao. 

I had time to find a shop that 

made “chops,” the stamps that have 

one’s name carved in Chinese. Good 

Christmas presents for the sibs and 

nieces and nephews! I already had 

one that my folks brought back but 

it was fun to choose my own. It 

was also fun to browse the shops for 

pearls, jade, silk and “antiques.” 

When my parents visited China 

decades ago, the chief mode 

of transportation was the bicycle. 

There are still lots of bikes in Hangzhou, 

but cars are becoming more 

and more common. Not too long 

ago about 300 new cars a month 

would show up, but now the number 

is up to about 3,000 a month. People 

drive their cars as they used to 

ride their bikes, with the rules of the 

road pretty much nonexistent. No 

way would I even think about driving 

a vehicle there unless it was an 

armored personnel carrier or a tank. 

We were eager to head up to Beijing 

after we finished our work in 

Hangzhou. In our short three-day 

visit there we toured some of the 

usual places such as the Forbidden 

City, the Summer Palace, and the 

Temple of Heaven. (More of my 

parent’s footsteps.) We also got to 

see some of the awesome venues 

from the 2008 Olympics, including 

the Water Cube and the Bird’s Nest. 

“It’s a small world ...” 

When we went to the Great Wall, 

I had one of those “Do you believe 

this?” experiences. Our guide took 

us to the Mutianyu section of the 

Great Wall, because that would have 

the least number of tourists. While 

climbing the Wall, I struck up a 

conversation with some other Westerners 

who were next to me. The 

conversation went something like 

Me: “Where are you from? They: 

“North Dakota. Me: “Oh. So am 

I.” They: “Where? Me: The eastern 

part.” They: “Fargo or Grand 

Forks?” Me: “Mayville.” They: 

“Go, Comets!” 

It turns out that the people were 

from Dickinson State and knew 

many of the faculty and staff at 

Mayville. And, of, course, the 

Dickinson State Blue Hawks play 

the Mayville State University Comets 

in Dakota Athletic Conference 

play. It never ceases to amaze me 

that with only 650,000 or so people 

in North Dakota, you can go just 

about anywhere in the world and 

run into someone who’s from here 

and maybe knows some of the same 

people you do! (My mom can tell 

you a story about meeting Dr. Del 

Hlavinka’s sister in a crystal shop in 

Prague, Czechoslovakia.) 

It’s a small world, to be sure, 

and a huge one at the same time. I 

was so fortunate to be able to make 

the trip to China, not only to share 

training in EMT education, but also 

to experience a truly foreign world. 

The entire trip was fantastic. I took 

tons of pictures, and I’ve included a 

few of them. 

I am currently employed with 

an emergency physicians group in 

Burnsville, Minn., but I remain in 

contact with the emergency department 

at SUNY Upstate in Syracuse. 

If and as schedules permit, I may be 

able to be part of the contingent to 

China next spring. I’m keeping my 

fingers crossed. 

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From this vantage point, Dr. Lyng gets an overview of part of the complex 

that is the Forbidden City. 

Dr. Joe Lauro (left), Dr. Timothy Fortuna (behind mannequin) and Dr. 

Lyng (right) demonstrate a method for extricating a patient from a motor 

vehicle collision as simulated by the mannequin sitting on a chair. 

Dr. John Lyng (right) teaches students how to use a bag-valve mask to 

ventilate (breathe for) a patient. Dr. Lyng used a mannequin to demonstrate 

the procedure. 

Library Notes 

Mr. Neil Halvorson, manager of 

Viking Insurance and Realty, has 

made a donation to the library fund. 

Since the library fall fund drive is 

on-going, should you wish to make 

a donation simply issue your check 

to “Mayville Public Library,” mail it 

to 52 Center Ave. N. Mayville, N.D. 

58257 or drop it off at the library during 

library hours. 

The Mayville Public Library 

Board completed its third “Dakota 

Discussions” with a showing of 

the movie, “The Heart is a Lonely 

Hunter” on Monday, November 3 

at the Our Lady of Peace Catholic 

Church. This is the fourth year the 

Library Board has partnered with 

OLOPCC so that the community 

may make use of the lovely church 

building. Mrs. Fran Evanson made a 

donation to OLOP to cover the cost 

of electricity for the three meetings. 

“Dakota Discussions” is part of “The 

Big Read” sponsored by the National 

Endowment for the Arts and the 

North Dakota Humanities Council, 

Bismarck, N.D. Ms. Karen Peterson 

brought homemade caramel popcorn 

and fresh popped popcorn with butter 

for all the participants for a real “movie” 

night. The movie starred Alan 

Arkin, who received the Oscar win 

for his performance of the character, 

John Singer. Sondra Locke was also 

nominated, in her first role as Mick. 

Percy Rodriguez as Dr. Copeland, 

Cicely Tyson as his daughter, Portia, 

and Stacy Keach as Jake Blount made 

their characters all come to life. 

Since the novel was made into a 

picture, of course, there were great 

differences and many characters were 

simply left out of the screen play. But 

the reader, having read the book, 

knows all the differences that were 

made and can identify each and every 

one, which always makes it more 

fun if you have been lucky enough to 

have read the book prior to seeing the 

movie. 

Personally, I enjoyed Mick’s 

younger siblings the most in the movie, 

especially the little brother. Mick 

by Margaret Rice 

asks him, “Do you love me?” and his 

response was, “Of course I do, you 

are my sister, aren’t cha?” 

The interiors were fun to look at. 

Dr. Copeland’s office was the standard 

surgical green color, and the interiors 

of the boarding house showed 

many different patterns of wallpaper. 

Mr. Singer’s room showed a flowery 

wallpaper with a double four-poster 

bed, linoleum on the floor, painted 

woodwork. He had a bachelor’s chest 

with a mirror on the wall, a desk, a 

rocker, and a floor lamp with the 

ever-popular lace curtains in the windows. 

Since he was allowed to rent 

the room for $20.00 a week and he 

came with all his possessions in one 

small suitcase he probably didn’t have 

the courage to complain. Seemed like 

his most important possessions were 

his record player and records that he 

could play for the residents to hear 

(since he was a deaf-mute) and his 

chess set, for which he was always in 

need a of partner to play with. 

The porches shown in the movie 

were of interest also. As it didn’t 

seem to matter whether it was morning, 

noon or night, folks were enjoying 

the sights from where they could 

see their neighbors going through 

the motions of making a living. Mr. 

Singer was allowed to eat meals at 

the combination cafe/bar for a mere 

$25.00 a week since he was a daily 

customer. The ending, when one 

read the book, came as a surprise for 

most. 

This completes the “Dakota Discussions” 

for Fall, 2009. The plan is 

to feature another “Dakota Discussions” 

for Fall, 2010. More details 

will be given as the information becomes 

available. If you have not returned 

your paperback book, please 

do so soon. 

The library will be closed in honor 

of Veterans Day on Wednesday, November 

11. 

Library hours are Tuesday through 

Friday noon to 5 p.m., Thursday evenings, 

6-9 p.m. and open Saturday 

from 9 a.m. to noon.



Show your support for service members this Veterans Day 

By Sarah Sorvaag 

Service members of all ages will 

be honored next Wednesday as local 

residents gather to listen to annual 

programs, enjoy community meals, 

and discuss individuals’ service and 

the military as a whole. All Americans 

should take time to recognize 

the effort put forth by the brave men 

and women who have served and 

currently serve in the military. Their 

sacrifice, whether it is or was holidays 

spent away from their families, 

the likelihood of sustaining injuries, 

or by bravely facing adversity on 

the front lines, is well-worth honoring. 

Most daily tasks on the home 

front likely pale in comparison to 

the hardships that United States service 

members face while stationed 

overseas. The following information 

will serve as a guide for how to help 

show your gratitude to members of 

the armed forces during this year’s 

Veterans Day and throughout the 

year. 

Send a care package to a service 

member 

One of the best ways to show your 

gratitude to someone you know or 

someone you may never meet faceto-face 

is to send a CARE package. 

If you know a service member who 

is on a deployment, you probably 

already know how to contact that individual 

in regard to what types of 

items they would like to receive. If 

you don’t personally know someone 

stationed overseas, please check out 

Veteran/from front 

the following Web sites for information 

about how to contact a soldier; 

http://www.soldiersangels.org/ and 

http://anysoldier.com/. These Web 

sites offer links to Web sites that 

describe how you can adopt a soldier, 

make blankets for hospitalized 

veterans, send cards to soldiers and 

families, and much more. 

Most Web sites that link you to 

a service member will list most requested 

items that you should purchase. 

These sites are very clear on 

how to address your package and 

what you can and cannot send. If 

you have additional questions, ask 

your local post office. 

If you would rather send a monetary 

donation that will in turn be 

used to purchase items for a CARE 

package, please visit the United 

Services Organizations’ web site 

https://www.uso.org/donate/custom. 

aspx?id=641&. 

Letters are often just as appreciated 

as CARE packages. Sometimes 

it’s not what you send, but why you 

sent it. Service members appreciate 

knowing that people back home care 

about them. Signing up to sponsor 

a particular soldier is free online. 

Simply fill out a small application 

form and you will be matched up 

with someone who needs you. 

Attend a local Veteran’s Day 

event 

There are multiple local Veterans 

Day events listed in this week’s 

Traill County Tribune. If you are 

interested in reading about nationwide 

events that are scheduled to 

support veterans and service members, 

please visit http://www.ourmilitary.mil/index.aspx. 

Offer help to the family of a service 

member 

If you know a local resident who 

is stationed overseas for a longterm 

deployment, you could offer 

your most valuable skills, such as 

cooking delicious meals, to help 

their family. If they have children, 

find out what their favorite food is 

and try to make it at least once in 

absence of their parent. Food can’t 

solve the sadness they feel, but it 

might bring a smile to their faces. If 

you have children who participate in 

extracurricular activities along with 

service members’ children, you may 

want to consider offering to shuttle 

the children to events, if the drive is 

reasonable. This frees up the other 

parent’s time to accomplish tasks 

around the house that they may not 

otherwise have time for. 

Talk to a veteran 

Find someone who served in 

World War II, Vietnam War, Korean 

War, the first Gulf War, or the current 

war, and simple ask them to talk 

about their experiences. Not everyone 

who served in the military may 

be willing to discuss their involvement. 

If you are unsure as to whether 

a veteran will be open to talking with 

you, try asking the person closest to 

them about their feelings first. Otherwise, 

if they are interested in sharing 

their experiences, allow them a 

couple hours to go into detail. Be an 

active listener and ask questions. 

Preserve their military memorabilia 

If you have relatives who are 

veterans, get their permission, and 

then gather their war mementos to 

organize and preserve. It doesn’t 

do much good to have irreplaceable 

items like medals, photographs, and 

other military pieces of memorabilia 

hidden in a trunk in the attic. If your 

relative has one particularly treasured 

photograph, simply frame it. 

If they have several photographs, go 

through them with the veteran and 

make a scrapbook. The back-story 

on these images is vital in preserving 

the history surrounding the photos. 

For generations to come, these 

easily accessible images will be a 

way to honor your relative. If your 

family member has a tri-folded flag, 

purchase a glass-and-wooden case 

to store it in. 

Nowadays, soldiers regularly receive 

ample support from their communities 

and families. That hasn’t 

always been the case in American 

military history. It’s important that 

every individual takes some time 

to support a veteran or current service 

member, even by simply saying 

thank you. All service members are 

working hard to preserve our nation’s 

freedom, even if they are not 

on the front lines. Their willingness 

A few things you may want to include in a CARE package are 

non-perishable food items like beef jerky, tuna, or popcorn. Do not 

send items like chocolate, especially to soldiers stationed in warm 

climates such as Iraq. Pick up a variety of magazines ranging in 

topics from cars to health and politics to family issues. Be creative 

when it comes to what is placed in the box and how it is packed. 

to participate in the military in any 

form is a valued addition to providing 

national security. This Veterans 

Day, take time to show your gratitude. 

out of me on a daily basis as a backup 

defensive end” in football put a 

damper on things. He survived the 

strenuous season, but he decided to 

lay aside his football helmet and ball 

glove, voluntarily ending his athletic 

career. 

Career literally takes off... 

But he never was destined to be 

the jock for long, anyway, especially 

when the sight and sound of airplanes, 

combined with that ambition 

to mingle with the clouds, was as 

consuming as ever. While focusing 

on academics, pursuing a major in 

agricultural economics at NDSU, he 

had no trouble finding Hector Airport 

in Fargo. By age 19 he had his 

pilot’s license, flying a Cessna 150, 

which, unknown to him at the time, 

he could one day think back upon 

while blistering through the sky at 

the speed of sound, as he would, in 

an F/A-18 Hornet. 

Rud graduated from NDSU in 

December 1966. He was drafted and 

scheduled to begin military service 

at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Yet, he 

was allowed a couple of months to 

debate whether he wanted to enlist 

in another branch of the service. He 

talked with one of his NDSU fraternity 

brothers, Ron Kofoid, who had 

enlisted in the Aviation Officer Candidate 

Program with the Navy. 

Rud remembers thinking at the 

time, “I had my private pilot’s license, 

and I knew I wanted to fly so I 

went to see the recruiter. I passed the 

test and the physical. The recruiter 

told me that flying off an aircraft 

carrier was something he thought a 

‘want to be’ crop duster would really 

enjoy. He was right.” 

The recruiter obviously knew he 

had just inked Gilman E. Rud to a 

contract, but he had no idea he had 

just signed up a future Commanding 

Officer/Flight Leader of the worldrenowned 

Navy precision flying 

team, the Blue Angels. 

Rud earned his Naval Aviation 

Wings in December 1968, twenty 

years after his flight with Bud Hanson. 

His first sea duty was as an 

A-4F Skyhawk pilot in Light Attack 

Squadron 216. From there he 

deployed to the Mediterranean area 

on the USS Forrestal during 1969- 

70. In 1971 he was in the cockpit of 

the A7B Corsair II aircraft for assignment 

on the USS Oriskany, flying 

combat missions over Vietnam. 

After that he became a flight instructor 

for a couple of years before he 

was again deployed to the Western 

Pacific, including time on the USS 

Enterprise, where he participated in 

support missions during the evacuation 

of Saigon in 1975. 

He was once quoted as saying, 

regarding the evacuation of South 

Vietnam, “It was a really bad time.” 

Rud continued his Navy experience 

with a Department Head Tour 

on the USS Constellation, and in 

1983-84 he served as commanding 

officer of the USS Ranger. He was 

captain of Attack Squadron 192 

Buddy Poppies will go on sale in the 

Mayville-Portland area on November 9th - 11th. 

Buy one and wear it. 

Throughout the nation, veterans in need are 

counting on you to bring them timely assistance 

through your purchase of the VFW Buddy Poppy. 

Your donation will help those who fought to preserve 

the freedom you enjoy today. 

The MPCG School District and Community 

present the 7th Annual 

Veterans Commemoration 2009 

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 

1:30 p.m. 

Lewy Lee Fieldhouse - MSU 

Guest Speaker: 

Gil Rud 

Voice of Democracy-2008 

Conner Murphy 

All-American Sing-A-Long 

Slide Show Presentation 

Following the commemoration there is a reception to honor Gil at the KT Hall, 

Portland. Turkey sandwiches, bars, etc. will be served at 4:30. Free will donation. 

Sponsored by the Portland Legion and Auxiliary. The public is invited to attend. 

when the opportunity arose for the 

“job” that literally thrust him into 

the world spotlight. 

“Those magnificent men in their 

flying machines...’ 

Circumstances were in place for 

him to compete for the position of 

Commanding Officer and Flight 

leader of the Navy Flight Demonstration 

Team, better known around 

the planet as the Blue Angels. 

Rud explained, “The selection 

was a very competitive process with 

all 13 of the final applicants fully 

qualified to do the job. I have no 

idea why I was picked, and to be 

honest, I was totally shocked when 

I got the call from the admiral that I 

was selected.” 

He has admitted that he is not 

the sort of person who takes himself 

too seriously, saying that it’s a good 

way to deflect personal accolades. 

Consequently, when someone asked 

him how he got the prestigious job 

of leading the Angels, he jokingly 

replied, “They had not had a Norwegian 

boss before. I guess they 

just needed to fill their Norwegian 

quota.” 

During his three-year command 

of the touring Angels that consisted 

of performing in air shows all over 

the world, including Fargo (1986) 

and Grand Forks, ND (1988), he 

aligned his team in their famous 

precision diamond formation where 

the wing tips of the jets are just 18 

inches apart. During that time Rud 

and the team transitioned from the 

A-4F Skyhawk II aircraft to the F/A- 

18 Hornet. 

The biggest difference between 

the two planes? Raw power and 

awesome flying capabilities! 

The F/A-18, with its two afterburning 

General Electric F404 turbofan 

engines, could produce three 

times as much thrust as the A-4! 

When asked what it was like in 

the cockpit of the F-18, and could 

he explain it in layman’s terms, he 

submitted a couple of examples, 

“We used to fly a special departure 

out of Naval Air Station Pensacola 

(Florida) that was predicated on us 

being able to climb at 25,000 feet 

per minute. Depending on the winds 

at altitude while traveling from Pensacola 

to a show site like Grand 

Forks or Fargo, we would usually 

go to a speed just under the speed of 

sound, which would get us a ground 

speed of 8 to 10 miles per minute.” 

He once flew his squadron in formation 

over Portland. He said, “From 

Fargo to Mayville-Portland would 

be a little over five minutes.” 

Remember, he started in a Cessna 

150. He added another example,” As 

we got ready to take off for a Blue 

Angel show, we could only power 

up to about 80% while holding the 

brakes. Any higher and the airplane 

would skid down the runway and 

blow the tires.” 

But he saved the best for last, 

“The best ride with the F-18 is a 

catapult launch on the aircraft carrier 

- zero to over 180 miles per hour 

in two seconds. It doesn’t get any 

better than that.” 

Take a look at your watch while 

contemplating those speeds and distances. 

Moving on from the Angels he 

commanded the Fleet Replenishment 

Oiler, USS Wabash, and that 

was followed by the great honor as 

his last Navy tour, commanding the 

aircraft carrier USS Constellation, 

commonly known as the “Connie.” 

The Connie was 990 feet long (about 

three football fields), held around 72 

aircraft and fully loaded weighed 

82,5550 tons! (What a houseboat 

that would make on Golden Lake. 

Plenty of guest rooms and your own 

airstrip. Might have to add more water 

to the lake though.) 

Rud retired from the Navy in 

July of 1995 and began his second 

career as an aerospace executive 

with McDonnell Douglas/Boeing 

that included five different positions 

in 14 years. One was in 1997, when 

he was assigned to Patuxent River, 

Md. to be the Manager of Business 

Development and Operational Coordinator 

for the F/A-18 Super Hornet 

Fighter. His last position prior to retirement 

in 2009 was director of all 

the Navy and Marine Corps Marketing 

Field Offices. 

Another commander makes a 

mark 

The same year Rud retired, 2009, 

a gal by the name of Valarie R. Overstreet, 

professionally known as Navy 

Commander Overstreet, became the 

first female commander of an E-2C 

Hawkeye Squadron, the VAW-117, 

also referred to as the world-famous 

“Wallbangers.” She now leads that 

173-man squad that includes pilots, 

flight and ground control crews. 

They are like a mini Airborne Warning 

and Control System, working as 

the eyes and ears of the ships and 

planes that make up the USS Nimitz 

carrier strike force. They keep 

flight crews in communication with 

ground forces so that operations 

work as necessarily intended. 

After becoming a Naval aviator in 

June 1994, Overstreet served several 

deployments in support of combat 

operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

Her service also includes combat 

missions during Operation Desert 

Fox and Operation Southern Watch; 

enforcing the no-fly zone over Iraq 

in the 1990s; operations over Kosovo 

and two counter-narcotic deployments 

in the Caribbean. 

Overstreet knew as a little girl 

that she was meant to wear a uniform 

and catapult herself off the deck of 

an aircraft carrier. She stated in a 

newspaper interview, when asked 

about her first interest in flying, “Oh, 

I knew in the second grade already.” 

As for reaching her present status of 

commander, she said, “No one ever 

told me it wasn’t possible.” 

If you are starting to figure out 

what Overstreet’s interjection and 

importance are to this article about 

Gil Rud, you are right. The “R” in 

her name represents her maiden 

name. She is Gil’s daughter! 

As the old saying goes, this peach 

of a pilot didn’t fall far from the tree. 

At 39, or so, (We don’t need to know 

exactly, Val), she has been in the 

Navy for 18 years. Gil and Valerie 

are the first and only daughter/father 

combination to gain Centurion status, 

which means you have 100 or 

more landings on an aircraft carrier. 

And, they did it on the same carrier, 

the USS Enterprise, which was the 

first nuclear-powered carrier, and 

the carrier with the longest service 

in Naval history. 

Furthermore, Commander Overstreet 

has made more than 380 carrier 

landings. However, as proud as 

her father is of her and as impressive 

as her career is, she has not out-done 

her old man. Dad has a phenomenal 

786 carrier landings, coupled with 

over 5,600 flight hours in his 28- 

year Naval career! 

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For all Veterans, Auxiliary and their spouses. 

Club open at 5:00 p.m. with a program at 6:00 p.m. with supper to follow. 

A free will offering will be taken. 

Friends recall Rud’s past, outlook 

on life 

Yet, for a guy with “wings and 

sea legs” Rud has never had his head 

in the clouds or his nose up in the 

air. His friends declare that he is as 

down-to-earth a person as you can 

find. 

“I’ve known Gil since we were 

babies. Our parents were good 

friends so we grew up together, and 

he was best man in my wedding,” 

stated the 1932 Model A Ford pilot 

that Gil rode with to Portland many 

years ago. 

“When he was young, which was 

interesting,” Fugie went on, “he 

would always play with the military 

toys. He would be lining up all 

these little military men while I was 

thinking about lining up something 

like football players. Over the years 

I could call his office and get right 

through. Whenever we went to his 

official functions or the Blue Angel 

shows he always took care of us 

from back home. He has never been 

‘standoffish’ to anyone.” 

Fugie remembers when the Angels 

were in Fargo, and one night Gil 

snuck away from the busy action and 

ceremonial hubbub. He rode with 

his sister Linda and her husband David 

Kringlie back to Portland to visit 

friends at the open house for the 

First and Farmers Bank of Portland. 

How did he dare do that? He was 

boss, remember, and he loved his 

roots. It’s interesting to note that 

since the age of four, he still hasn’t 

lost the knack to hitch a ride, either 

from Portland to Fargo or vice versa. 

Another old crony, Roger Erickson, 

who still resides in this area, is 

in touch with Rud often and will introduce 

him at the Vets Commemoration 

on November 10. 

“It’s not unusual for me to e-mail 

him with local news about the Bison 

or even the Patriots (MayPort-CG 

High School teams). He has kept in 

touch with quite a few of us around 

here over the years and his friends 

from our college days at NDSU. He 

realizes his upbringing had a lot to 

do with his success. There are a lot 

of good times we had in college that 

I won’t mention publicly, but all of 

us remember how studious he was, 

very disciplined academically. We 

were always impressed with that.” 

Rud reflects... 

But being human means taking 

the bad times with the good. Rud 

has given much thought to handling 

that mix and explained, “From the 

first day of training through my last 

day of active duty, I always felt that 

I was the luckiest guy on the face 

of the Earth. I was given the opportunity 

to serve my country doing 

something I absolutely loved to 

do. So no matter how tough things 

got, I always put it in perspective, 

reminded myself how fortunate I 

was, and that helped me to press on 

through the challenge. In the beginning, 

I suffered from a little bit of 

“deer in the headlights” syndrome 

being thrown into competition with 

all those super stars from the Naval 

Academy. Considering the requirements 

to just get into the Academy, 

those folks are all very intelligent, 

athletic and competitive. However, 

my experience working on the farm, 

driving all that machinery, learning 

to fly at an early age, and most of all, 

the good old common sense my Dad 

and Mom (Ted and Clara) stressed, 

tended to even the playing field.” 

He added, referring back to high 

school sports, “The reason I even 

mention sports is because I consider 

the small-town opportunity to play 

sports, no matter how physically inept 

you might be, a key element in 

character development. Doug Eiken, 

Glen McCleud and Dan Anderson 

were my heroes, and I actually got to 

play with them. That can only happen 

in the wonderful rural America. 

If I can play with them, then maybe 

someday I can fly with fighter pilots 

off aircraft carriers too.” 

From the farm, to fighter pilot, to 

captain of the seas, to executive ... 

a full plate, even for a hungry farm 

boy. 

To conclude, picture this hypothetical 

situation of Rud when he was 

in the aerospace business hashing 

out concepts with high-level executives. 

Only change the setting from 

some fancy board room with leather 

chairs to his home farm west of Portland. 

Sitting out in the field on the 

bed of a hay wagon, he would realize 

that before engaging in a formal 

business discussion with the visiting 

exec, that they should have a little 

lunch. So Gil would get out his old 

metal lunch box and thermos of coffee. 

He’d say, “Well, you can use my 

cup if you don’t mind the dirt. I’ll 

drink out of the thermos top. We’ll 

split the sandwich, and you can have 

the apple. I get the cookie.” 

Hope you will partake of the Veterans 

Day Commemoration and hear 

Rud speak. You will be engaged, informed 

and impressed. 

Then make sure to join him and 

the folks later at KT Hall for a visit, 

lunch and coffee, den. Heck, bring a 

baseball and a catcher’s mitt. The old 

rag-arm ... ah, Capt. Rud, rather ... 

might be nostalgic enough to throw 

you some pitches. It’s a big-enough 

place, but if need be we can spread 

out the people and move aside a few 

tables and chairs, because he has always 

been a little wild, ya know.

Traill County Tribune Page 11 • November 7, 2009 

Family/from front 

memorabilia. A display case will be 

built to permanently and proudly display 

the items, Offerdahl announced. On behalf 

of the family, Thykeson thanked the 

Legion for accepting the gift. “The Legion 

meant a lot to Charles,” she said. 

Family members attending the presentation 

included Lester and Pearl Beck 

of Bagley, Minn., Carrol and Nancy Beck 

of Fisher, Minn., Gilman and Betty Beck, 

Tim and Lori Martine and daughter Hailey, 

Kathy Lerfald, Donnie Kamphaug, 

Karen Eichhorn, and Matthew Kamphaug 

and son Jordan. Another special guest 

was Josie Stavens of Hatton and her son 

Jimmy and wife Diane of Texas. Stavens 

was a close neighbor to the Beck family 

while they were growing up, just a short 

Mayville/from front 

would be attending a forum on climate 

change legislation sponsored by the N.D. 

Chamber of Commerce in Fargo. 

He suggested a book, “The Skeptics 

Handbook,” as an interesting read on the 

subject. 

A brief report on the progress of the 

Regional Water Supply project included 

the news that the discharge permit application 

for the water treatment plant 

conversion has been submitted, according 

to Kleven. The hook-up fee has been 

approved by Traill Rural Water District 

board and once the Garrison Conservancy 

Korean/from front 

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Charles Beck, the seventh in the line 

of twelve children, was born Feb. 5, 1930, 

in Newburgh Township, Steele County, 

near the Goose River. He was baptized 

and confirmed in the Goose River Lutheran 

Church and was an active member 

of the church in later years. “His church 

meant a lot to him,” said his sister Gloria. 

He proudly took part in the services and is 

buried in the Goose River cemetery near 

his parents and other family members. 

The Korean War began June 25, 1950, 

and Beck was drafted March 7, 1951, one 

month after his 21st birthday. By mid- 

July he was in Korea and in combat. He 

was wounded three times, was once listed 

as missing in action and even thought 

District’s contract with TRWD is completed, 

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Pete Lien, the supplier of bagged 

lime, indicated that his company would 

supply the bagged lime as long as their 

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that deals with the bagged lime which the 

Mayville plant requires. 

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of an ordinance amendment raising the 

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to have died until someone discovered 

movement, according to a brother. He 

was discharged from the Army in December 

of 1952 and returned to Hatton, 

where he worked for farmers and began 

carpenter work, elevator construction in 

surrounding towns in North Dakota and 

Minnesota. He was part of the construction 

crew that built the library and science 

building at Mayville State University and 

a portion of the Hatton High School. 

Beck never talked much about his 

days in the service; only in the later years 

of his life did he begin to open up and 

talk about what he had experienced, according 

to Thykeson. He didn’t attend 

the servicemen’s reunions, gatherings or 

conventions, but was a member of the 

Maryland before being shipped to Germany 

and France. “I was in a boat outfit,” 

he said. His unit was responsible 

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for unloading cargo ships on the coast 

of France. “We had cargo ships come in 

on the bays and they anchored out and 

then the (landing craft) came along side,” 

Jacobson said. The supplies were then 

loaded onto trucks and shipped throughout 

Europe. “It was a different experience,” 

he said. 

While the experience was a different 

one for Jacobson, there was one part of 

his time in the military that several other 

veterans have experienced: the closeness 

to the other men in his unit. “You almost 

were like brothers,” he said. “You stayed 

with your same crowd all the time.” 

Even though Jacobson was close to 

his fellow soldiers, he has lost contact 

with most of them. “There were three or 

four guys who were from Minnesota who 

came back overseas with me,” Jacobson 

said. He took their addresses and tried to 

contact them, but hasn’t seen them since 

they went their separate ways over 50 

years ago. 

Jacobson was discharged from the 

Army in November of 1953 as a corporal. 

He worked at the elevator in Glenburn, 

N.D. for three years. He then worked at 

the elevator in Galesburg until the dust 

began to cause him problems and he got 

a job at the lumber yard. 

And while he served during the forgotten 

war, Jacobson said that he doesn’t 

feel forgotten. He said that people have 

been very supportive of him and the time 

that he spent in the Army. “It was an experience,” 

he said. 

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American Legion. 

He didn’t forget about the medals that 

he hadn’t received. He worked with the 

Veterans Service Office and Mel Johnson, 

attempting to get them, with no success 

until one day in the late 1990s a package 

arrived with his medals, about 45 years 

late, but he had them. In his quiet and unassuming 

way, he was proud of the medals 

and commendations he had received. 

His family, community, and country 

are proud of the service Beck gave to 

his country, said Offerdahl and there was 

murmur of agreement from the audience. 

In closing, Commander Offerdahl said, 

“Thank you, Charles, for the service you 

gave to our nation. Blessed be the memory 

of Charles Beck.” 

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bids are required would be any public 

construction project over $100,000, any 

project paid for by special assessments, 

and any time bids are required by local 

ordinance. The ordinance change will be 

effective immediately after the second 

reading has been approved. 

The council voted to stay with the 

Brudvik attorneys for all city legal work 

and for legal work connected with District 

26, the regional water district. The fatherson 

attorneys, William and Brett Brudvik, 

have left the Ohnstad Twichell Law firm 

of West Fargo and have formed Brudvik 

Law Office of Mayville, effective Nov. 1. 

Mayville Police Chief Damon Bradshaw 

has gathered information on the 

purchase of a new police vehicle. The police 

commission will meet to review his 

findings and give a recommendation to 

the council at the next meeting. 

City offices will be closed on November 

11 in honor of Veterans Day and on 

November 26 and 27 for the Thanksgiving 

holiday. 

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Baltimore, Philadelphia, and 

Indianapolis is kind of were all my 

rotations were, but I had some other 

rural rotations along with it. They’re 

two totally different worlds, and I 

really kind of liked the rural world a 

little better,” he said. 

It was that enthusiasm for rural 

medicine that landed him the job in 

Mayville. “His attitude about wanting 

to go to rural areas is what sold 

me on him,” said Mark Duncan, the 

clinic manager at MeritCare Mayville. 

Bjore’s attitude toward rural 

medicine hasn’t changed in the three 

weeks that he has been at the clinic. 

“I like the people that come in. Everybody’s 

been welcoming me to 

town. It’s a nice environment. The 

staff has been great. It’s been a great 

experience overall,” Bjore said. 

Duncan said the experience has 

been great for the clinic as well. He 

said Bjore has been doing a great 

job so far, and “we appreciate having 

him aboard.” 

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Page 12 • November 7, 2009 VETERANS DAY Traill County Tribune 

A day of remembrance 

November 11 

We thank our veterans 

for their courage, sacrifice 

and heroism and for giving 

us the opportunity to live in 

the land of the free and the 

home of the brave. 

Local Veterans Day activities and programs: 

Veterans Commemoration 2009 

Tuesday, November 10 at 1:30 p.m. 

Lewy Lee Fieldhouse, MSU campus 

Guest Speaker: Gil Rud 

Veterans Day Supper for all veterans, auxiliary and spouses 

Wednesday, November 11 at Mayville VFW 

Opens at 5 p.m., program at 6 p.m. with supper to follow 

Carol O. Flesche Post #70 Program 

Wednesday, November 11 at 9 a.m. 

Hatton Prairie Village activities room. 

Hillsboro Community Program 

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 11 a.m. 

Hillsboro Events Center. 

Lunch following program at Vets Club 

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