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Catch up with the latest from the Langdon Area School Board on Page 2. We introduce our newest team member on Page 3. Turn to Page 3 to read the updates from the Cavalier County Commissioners meeting.

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Monday, April 27, 2020

Number 17

Vote by mail ONLY this election year- no polling sites By Melissa Anderson Republican Editor

2020 has certainly been an eventful year thus far, to say the least, and on top of this, it is not only an election year but a presidential one at that. Statewide, local governments, in light of the current health crisis, have already been preparing for the upcoming June 9 primary to put voters’ health first while still making sure all have access to their right as American citizens. North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum signed an executive order in late March waiving the requirement that counties must provide at least one physical polling location on primary election day. This will give counties the flexibility and local control to conduct the June 9 primary election by mail ballot only. “All North Dakota citizens should be able to exercise their right to vote without risking their health,” Burgum said. “We’re also looking out for the safety and well-being of our poll workers, including many retirees who may have greater vulnerability to COVID-19.” Cavalier County Auditor Lisa Gellner explained that while all counties have had absentee ballots in the past, many counties have not done vote by mail. This election is going to be very different for them. In Cavalier County, vote by mail has been

occurring since 2010. The decision to remove the only polling location in Cavalier County, which was at the courthouse, was one that was not taken lightly. “The decision was made based on Governor Burgum’s recommendations, as well as the county’s desire to keep the voters and poll workers safe during the COVID-19 pandem-

return their applications to the auditor’s office. “This eliminates the expense of the county printing and sending out postcards like we have in the past and also covers the postage the voter would have incurred to mail back the application,” Gellner explained. The county has only mailed the noticeable green postcard applications to active voters

ic,” Gellner said. The order was developed in collaboration with Secretary of State Al Jaeger and Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem with input from North Dakota county auditors. The order ensures every eligible North Dakota voter can cast a ballot in June, while protecting the health and safety of voters and poll workers. The state is paying the costs to mail a ballot application to all eligible voters in the election system and is also providing postage paid envelopes for the voters to

rather than all eligible voters in the past. An active voter is defined as a voter that has voted in one of the past two primary or general elections, while an eligible voter is anyone 18 years of age or older, a U.S. citizen, and North Dakota resident that has lived in Cavalier County for 30 days prior to the election. To ensure that all voters are included, the state will be sending applications via the postal service to everyone eligible in the voter system to make sure everyone gets the opportunity to receive

Life during COVID-19, teaching from afar-the new normal As parents and guardians with their students as much as drop off times. Now, they are work with their kids to com- they used to. This lack of “face- up and running with materials plete schoolwork, the teachers time” has dramatically changed in the student’s hands. They are and administrators are working how teachers do everything. still having face-to-face interacto keep education going. The St. Alphonsus’s Principal Carrie tions via virtual meetings. Hope three schools within Cavalier Hope said that with very little feels that teachers from St. A’s County - Munich Public School, notice schools quickly went are getting into a comfortable St. Alphonsus Catholic School from face-to-face learning to movement with distance learn(St. A’s) and Langdon Area online learning. ing. School District (LASD) - shared “Something that can take “The hallways are quiet, and how the transition to distance years to set up and master - we we all miss seeing our students education has gone for and other teacheducators. ers, but being able The Munich School to have Zoom conDistrict superintenferences has really dent and high school helped,” Hope said. principal, Robert BuAt LASD Superinbach, explained that tendent Daren Christhe school has adapttianson shared that ed so much as plans their teachers are have been made and using an online platare constantly changform called Microsoft ing. Teachers, for the Teams. This platform most part, are workis paid for by the state ing and teaching from of North Dakota and home. From time to had some teachers time, based on their utilizing this platform own needs, the teachto a limited extent ers will be in the school with their regular to use the school’s reface-to-face classes sources (copier, scanpreviously. Since the ner, etc.) to prepare Miss Lee at Langdon Area High School is shown teach- implementation of work to be sent home. ing math class through the Microsoft 360 program. distance learning, “As I saw on one of LASD teachers have the news shows the developed a great other night, this was not Apollo did in a week’s time,” Hope stat- deal of proficiency with this 11, this was Apollo 13. Every- ed. platform, and students have thing changed almost overSt. Alphonsus teachers and done the same. night,” Bubach said. Hope worked to learn and set “We are very blessed at the At every level, there was a up Zoom conferences and cre- Langdon Area Schools to have sudden change in teaching ate learning packets for cur- teachers highly committed to styles. No teacher in Cavalier riculum learning. They had a doing what is in the best interCounty is meeting physically couple weeks of pick up and cont. on page 3

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a ballot. In North Dakota, the voter system is based on the state-issued driver’s licenses and non-driver ids that are issued and updated through the state. Drivers under 18 years of age are not considered eligible in the election system. Voters are encouraged to update their driver’s license address if they have moved. “When residents update their address on their driver’s license or non-driver ID, it also updates their address in the election system, making the process go much smoother for them,” Gellner explained. Even though the driver’s license offices are not open due to the pandemic, this can be done online or by phone. Voters can also prove their residence with a current utility bill; current bank statement; a check issued by a federal, state, local, or tribal government; a paycheck; or a document issued by a federal, state, local, or tribal government. Prior to the county going to all vote by mail for this year’s June primary, this method of casting a vote in elections was already very popular among residents. In Cavalier County, Gellner explained that the auditor’s office typically has twice as many ballots cast by mail as compared to the number of voters that come to the polls to vote on election day. cont. on page 2

LASD wants kids hungry for learning, not food School has been closed for over a month now, and while teachers scrambled to get a education system up and running for distance learning, another concern soon came forward. With the kids no longer in school and child care facilities closed, where would the kids receive food to eat? Langdon Area School District Superintendent Daren Christianson, along with the LASD cooking staff headed by Sabrina Marcelin who is also the food ser-

prior to COVID-19 and has worked with school districts across the nation that qualify due to the high number of free and reduced qualified children they have in their district. Christianson explained that when the COVID-19 pandemic started to affect the nation forcing school districts to close access to families, the federal government made a declaration that all schools would qualify for this program immediately with the completion of an ap-

Lined up are some the boxes of food that the staff at Langdon Area School District has prepared for families to pick up.

vice manager, looked for ways to ensure kids didn’t go hungry during an already stressful time. They didn’t have to wait long as shortly after the governor shut the schools down to the public, the federal government relaxed the rules for the Emergency Summer Food Service Program (ESFSP). The program had already been established

plication process. Any child ages 1 to 18 qualifies for meals. “The Langdon Area School District determined that this was a way we could take some stress off our area families and assure all of our children get a couple of quality meals each weekday,” Christianson said. The meals are reimbursed through a claiming cont. on page 3

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Civic Meetings Langdon City Commission Monday, April 27, 6:00 p.m. Cavalier County Commission Tuesday, May 5, 8:30 a.m. Cavalier County JDA Wednesday, May 6, 4:00 p.m. Langdon City Commission Monday, May 11, 6:00 p.m. Munich School District Tuesday, May 12, 7:00 a.m. This information provided as a public service by the Cavalier County Republican.

Vote by mail only _____________________________________________continued from Page 1 “Vote by mail makes voting “Long-term Care Identifica- Secretary of State. easier for the voters. We typical- tion Certificates can also be The responsibility for elecly get more voters utilizing vote used for those living in nursing tions at the local level requires by mail each time we use it. The homes,” Gellner added. a lot of preparation. For the voters seem to like the freedom Once the auditor’s office veri- primary election alone, Gellner of being able to sit down at their fies the application is complete, shared that the auditor’s office leisure and fill out their ballot. a ballot is mailed to the voter. will work on the election nearly It gives them time to research The voter then completes the every day, beginning around candidates/measures before ballot, seals it in a secrecy en- March 1 and lasting through they vote,” Gellner said. velope as well as an outer en- the middle of June. For this parWith the Governor’s execu- velope, signs it, and returns it ticular election, training started tive order, now all of the eligible to the auditor’s office either by in September of 2019 and will voters that have Cavalier County mail or by using the secure drop continue right up to the elecaddresses in the election system box. The application and sealed tion as new software and mawill be sent an application by ballot are then filed together chines have been implemented. the ND Secretary of State. The and kept locked in the auditor’s Gellner notes that it was just voter will then need to com- vault until the election board last legislative session that the plete the application with their begins processing ballots the purchase of new election maname, address, date of birth, day before the election. chines/software was approved driver’s license/non-driver’s ID “We plan to utilize county em- statewide. With that purchase, number, and mailing address (if ployees within the courthouse all counties received an election applicable), sign it, and mail it to help process the vote by mail machine referred to as a DS450 to the auditor’s office OR put it ballots, as well as for the elec- which will process the high volin the secure drop box outside tion board this time in anticipa- ume of mail ballots much faster Door 1 at the Cavalier County tion of the continued need for than has been possible in the Courthouse. social distancing. Names have past. been sent to both political par“It took several hours in the ties for their approval for the past to feed the ballots through er, road testing is still an issue election board,” Gellner shared. the machines we were using. I due to the current 'no students “The election board, with repre- anticipate it taking less than an on school property' policy. The sentatives for each political par- hour for this machine to tally the vehicles used for this task are ty, then compare the signature ballots once they are all verified school property. With the policy on the application with the sig- and organized,” Gellner said. currently in effect until April 30, nature on the ballot envelope to Each county will update their the school is trying to share as verify that they are the same. If portion of the election software much information as possible so, the outside envelope is sepa- system, set up the election prethrough Facebook. rated from the privacy envelope cincts, candidates, ballots, and Finally, the board is sched- and combined with all the other report the county’s election uled to reconvene on May 18. unmarked privacy envelopes to results. The Secretary of State Various other subjects to note: ensure anonymity.” maintains the election software • The appointment of Ethen Once all ballots are separated system and filing/verification of Askvig as school principal. from the voter names, the pri- state candidates. This insures • The proposed mill levy vote vacy envelopes are opened, and that all election machines and for building funds in June was the ballots are run through the software are uniform statewide. moved to the fall. election machine to tally the re- Results are uploaded in the • Prom was rescheduled to sults. After 7:00 p.m. on election same format to the Secretary of right before graduation. It is still day, when the results are all tal- State from each county auditor. unknown if either of these dates lied by the machine, each counNow, with the expected high will be interrupted by another ty securely uploads the results volume of mail-in ballots, not extension by the governor. Dar- to the ND Secretary of State. only is voting easier for voters en Christianson noted they will These are considered “unofficial but also for the auditor’s office. do everything in their power to results”. The canvassing board For the auditor’s office, vote help students experience these meets the Monday following by mail spreads the election milestones. If needed the board the election to review the elec- load out more. Once COVID-19 will reconvene to select another tion results and process any ad- passes and elections get back date. ditional ballots that may have to “normal”, electronic poll pads • The resignation of Kelly Ho- come in the mail postmarked will also be implemented at the chhalter, high school science in- prior to election day. The can- polling site thanks to the new structor, has been accepted. vassing board, together with machines and software. This • Hartley Bus Service contracts the county auditor, then sign off change will be part of the new need to be upheld in provision on “official election results” for normal voters will experience in with the Cares Act. However, the county and the county audi- the aftermath of COVID-19. it was amended at this time to tor certifies the results to the ND cover only essential costs.

Langdon Area School Board tackles staff redistribution By Adam Johnston Republican Wrtier The Langdon Area School Board convened Monday, April 20 on a variety of subjects. An early item discussed was the need to increase the price on the hot lunch program. Per an audit, a price increase of 30 cents was recommended. However, this recommended increase will be discussed further in July. Also discussed was the distribution of staff to fulfill vacant positions. The elementary school will be operating with three fewer teachers than last year. With this development, a projection of 1st grade and 2nd grade class sizes was discussed. First grade level is projecting 38 children, while second is projecting 20. These numbers reflect that two teachers will be assigned to first grade, one teacher will be assigned to second grade, and one paraprofessional would be sufficient. This change signifies one less second grade teacher than the previous school year. However, it was stressed that two current staff members would aid in team teaching cornerstone subjects such as math and lan-

guage arts in the second grade. It was also noted, if the secondgrade class were to increase as few as one or two students, they would revisit this decision. All options in this matter were considered, including a survey of teachers’ opinions. Ultimately, one second grade teacher was moved to third grade and one third grade teacher will be moving to fifth grade. This strategy was implemented to avoid shifting teachers too many grade levels. Future summer school and the Drivers Education program were also discussed for the coming months. There is a possibility of offering physical education class during the summer. Summer school high school physical education credit hours would be set at 60 hours, with 30 hours for a half credit. If this is possible, it was proposed that Mr. Olson and Coach Krivarchka could, perhaps, manage two groups of students. This would be free to participating students. The Drivers Education testing can be accessed online for a minimal cost. The cost of an instructor is $1,500, with the state possibly allocating funds to cover this expense. Howev-

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Online teaching _____________________________________________continued from Page 1 est of our students,” Christian- ing online,” Christianson shared. School is essential to providson said. “We are also finding that some ing children and young people Like Munich, teachers at LASD students are struggling with the with the social interaction they and St. A’s have been doing a online platform and that they need. That social time is an immixture of work from home or need the routine of day-to-day portant experience for anyone. working from the school build- school to achieve their highest Many of the students are missing depending on the needs of level of success.” ing their friends and activities the teacher to prepare and presPart of school is, of course, that they look forward to doent their materials to students. receiving a grade. In Munich, ing every year. Hope and ChrisHope expressed that the fact the elementary grades (K-6) tianson believe that it is vitally teachers/students did not get have transitioned to a pass/fail important for parents to make time to say goodbye and were system. The high school (7-12) time to simply listen to their just done with school for an is maintaining the traditional children during this high stress unknown amount of time has grading scales but with the time. been emotionally and mentally understanding that things are “I am so proud of how our exhausting. The teachers have not the same. At St. A’s grad- community has come togethput in a lot of time and planning ing is still being done weekly er to have fun experiences for to make their students learning with each teacher coming up our youth of the town but still at home still as effective as pos- with what they are comfortable in a social distancing safe way. sible. They have been working with to see their students work. These students are living hisWelcome to our team on putting together learning LASD will continue to issue let- tory,” Hope stated. Adam Johnston has joined the Cavalier County Republican as a writpackets to still meet the learn- ter grades to their students. “This can be a scary time of er. Johnston, originally from Langdon, will be covering the Langdon ing standards and needs of the “We are not expecting the life for our children. Life, as they Area School District board meetings. He was homeschooled here students. Christianson shared quantity of work we would if we know it, has totally changed before attending UND and Northland. He majored in welding technology. Now, Johnston works at D&B Motors as a parts consultant. that many teachers are finding were in regular session, but we and that can be scary. I enjoy "In my spare time I enjoy wood working and photography," Johnston that they get a different level of are still asking students to be seeing families walk together shared. Johnston explained that his interest in writing for the Cavalier interaction from students using engaged in their education for down the street. I hope our parCounty Republican was primarily because he enjoys writing. "When this online platform. 3-4 hours of the day on average, ents are using this extra time the opportunity presented itself it also seemed like a great new expe“They are seeing that some that includes online instruc- with their children to deepen rience," Johnston said. Readers can expect Johnston to report on students that may struggle tion and independent learning the bonds and relationships important information during various public meetings around town. Johnston explained that his goal is to provide concise coverage of how commenting in class seem time,” Christianson explained they have,” Christianson added. a meeting or event unfolds. more comfortable comment- with similar statements made Munich Public Schools comby Bubach and Hope. pletely understands the extra LASD prepares food __________________________________________continued from Page 1 Most surprising challenges burden this is placing on homes process and the State of North munity,” Marcelin said. on the list and scheduled a pick faced? and families. Although everyDakota. These meals are free of With cheat sheets in hand and up time. Christianson asks that Bubach explained that obvi- thing is not operating comcharge to anyone who wishes a selection to choose from, fami- families wanting to sign up do ously in this situation there have pletely smoothly, Munich Pubto request them with no family lies can utilize the food products so before noon on the Friday been many surprising chal- lic Schools would like to thank financial considerations needed on their schedule. The boxes prior to when they would like lenges. For Munich, the biggest all at home for working through to qualify. LASD applied and was that are sent home could con- to pick up their first box the fol- challenge is just getting work to this difficult time. St. A’s stressapproved for the ESFSP program tain fresh fruit and vegetables lowing Monday. Once a family and from home, depending on es to parents and those helpwithin a week of schools closing. and are prepped when possible; has signed up they will be kept the learning platform. ing students that “you are not Sign up for the program began canned or packaged access to on the list until they ask to be re“This was not surprising, but alone”. Reach out to your teachon March 23. The most recent fruit and vegetables is also pro- moved. Parents or guardians can it was more difficult than many ers and administrators. pick-up on April 13 saw 2,000 vided and may become more pick up boxes for their families. had anticipated,” Bubach said. “This situation is hard for evmeals boxed up for families in common depending on avail“Our kitchen staff has been exAt St. A’s, Hope feels that the eryone, but together as a team the district. ability. cellent to work with, and we are most challenging thing so far we can make it through it. It is “The District is proud to be a “Supporting our community seeing many appreciative fami- was picking which platform to important to take the time to part of this community, and this in our current state of uncertain- lies when they come through for use that would be most effec- just make memories with your is a way we can show our com- ty is something that we believe their boxes. We are using sup- tive for their students and staff. child. Take time to read a book munity our thanks for all of the will benefit our community as a port staff to assist when needed The teachers have had to really or play games together. Take support that we receive from whole. Anything that the District on distribution day. The senti- work well as a team to make this it one day at a time,” Hope adthem. We also know that these can do to lessen stress on our ment from all is that we are all transition as smooth as possible vised. meals mean a lot to our fami- families at this time is important happy to do something for our for everyone involved. “It has LASD echoes the sentiments lies who are under stress during to us,” Marcelin shared. community and to do our part been very difficult for the teach- of the others and the importhis time,” said Sabrina MarceTo keep spirits up, the staff during this time of our lives,” ers, students and parent to have tance of parents being willlin, head cook and food service often provide special treats and Christianson said. such a huge change in routine, ing to reach out to their child’s manager. The LASD kitchen staff messages with the boxes. MarPick-up for boxes occurs on but we have been working to- teacher if need be. Christianson continue to follow state guide- celin explained that the stu- Mondays from 10 a.m. To 1 p.m. gether to get through it,” Hope explained that LASD and the line for portions and compo- dents are missed by the kitchen with individuals driving through said. other schools are fortunate to nents in regards to the meals staff along with all of the other the middle school parking lot, It is hard for teachers, stu- have the supportive commuthat are sent out to the families. staff at the school. stopping by the door, and box- dents and all staff to be apart nity that they have. One change that has occurred “We all work at a school be- es are brought to their vehicle. during the end of the school “Our children, parents, supout of necessity is that not all cause we enjoy our interactions LASD is trying to social distance year. All schools explained that port staff and teachers are doproducts are cooked. with the young people of our and keep everyone safe so has the reason they work in educa- ing a great job learning what “Kitchen staff have devel- community, watching them implemented the use of facial tion is because they enjoy inter- our new normal is and learning oped cheat sheets with meals grow and develop into produc- covering. Staff must have some acting with students. While the what they need to do. We will that need home prep giving tive members of our society,” type of face covering in all com- normalcy of regular school can- all get through this together,” directions to make sure food Marcelin said. mon areas and when two or not be achieved right now, the Christianson said. products are fully cooked. The The Langdon Area School Dis- more people are gathered to staff and administrators have One final piece of advice from District decided that providing trict will continue to take fami- work in the building along with all developed methods to make the schools to those teaching at a weeks worth of meals, that lies who wish to sign up for this when helping to distribute meal the interactions they can have home is that it is important to include breakfast and lunch for program. All you need to do is boxes for families. count. set a routine for your children each child 1-18, was the most call 701-256-5291(high school “We have all learned new when it comes to their school effective way to serve our com- office), and you will be placed teaching ways and strategies work and many of the other daiCavalier County Commission conducts business at last meeting through this experience. We ly things they are dealing with. have had to leave our comfort Children thrive in structure. The Cavalier County Commis- sion concerning how the small- and approved the abatement zones to make videos of our- Without the structure of school, sion held their regular meeting er communities handle their for that property from 2018. selves reading or teaching. We it is up to parents and guardians while following social distanc- city elections. The second abatement for have learned and developed a to provide that for them. ing guidelines on Tuesday, April Cavalier County Clerk of Court the property in the City of Wales lot of new strategies,” Hope ex21. The agenda was short as Anita Beauchamp joined the had extensive discussion as the plained. was the meeting. meeting via phone to discuss Commission reviewed the opThe Commission met via the funding contract with the tions that Kram had as well as teleconferencing with Cavalier State. Beauchamp explained the local governments. Kram County Road Supervisor Terry that the contract is for two years explained that the property Johnston to review and ap- and that this particular contract has farm buildings that are inprove culvert requests as well was significantly lower than the adequate for modern farming as receive updates from John- previous contract. While the equipment and have fallen in Monday, April 27 • 6:30 p.m. • ZOOM MTG ston on hiring of employees for court has handled a similar case significant disrepair. The City of The City of Langdon will be holding their annual equalization upcoming summer work. John- load, the lowering of criminal Wales had already approved the meeting in pursuant to the (NDCC 57-11-01) on April 27, 2020, ston also updated the commis- cases being brought forward abatement with the county folat 6:30 p.m. via Zoom meeting, sioners on the application for and the increase in civil is the lowing suit after discussion on https://us04web.zoom.us/j/852208470?pwd=S0lsM1JnUUdRNFo FEMA funds. County roads that cause for the funding lowering. Kram’s options to remove the will need attention as spring The commissioners approved buildings from the property or 0RGhVNDJINGI1QT09 Meeting ID 852-208-470 Password 717023 Assessment appeals may be called in or written to the city prior work begins for the producers the contract. annex out of the City of Wales. in the area was also discussed. The Commission then moved In Other Business to the meeting. Please call 701-370-2550 if you have questions. Cavalier County Auditor Lisa into an abatement hearing for The commissioners reviewed Gellner explained the Joint Dwayne Kram and two of his the financials for the previous Powers Agreement between properties, one located in El- month with Commissioner Greg the county and the cities of gin Township and another lo- Goodman requesting clarificaLangdon and Munich. Gellner cated in the City of Wales. The tion on who is responsible for explained that the agreement first abatement for the Elgin oversight on the budget for The City of Langdon requests that all residents is for the upcoming elections. Township had already been ap- the social services zone. Other The City of Langdon pays the proved by the township super- items relating to the financials make sure their sump pumps are plumbed outside the home and not into the sewer system. Pumping county to include their candi- visors to an adjusted rate low- were discussed. dates on the county ballot as ering the overall taxable value. The Commission discussed into the City sewer system is illegal as it can cause well as any measures. The City Kram explained that the prop- ongoing preparations for if the of Munich has a separate ballot erty in question is a single acre commissioners must move to the lift stations to overload and backup into that is counted manually. The with a residence that has severe virtual meetings. basements. commissioners approved the water issues. The commissionagreements after some discus- ers reviewed the information If anyone is found in violation of this ordinance a fine of up to $500 per day can be imposed.

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Upside Down Under By Marvin Baker

Damned if you do and.… In December and January we get all our seed catalogs in the mail, and some of us get around to ordering right away, while others, like myself, procrastinate. But, before I get too busy in the greenhouse, I thought I’d better get this knocked out. And just as many of you do, I order from numerous companies. Some have specific seeds I want, others have free shipping and still others have a personal representative call you and advise you on new varieties. For me, it’s about the product and what has the most appeal at the farmers market, which brings me to the point of this op-ed. There’s an organic radish I like called “German Giant” that is only available from one company and that’s Peaceful Valley in California. I’ve ordered this radish from Peaceful Valley, as well as numerous other items, for at least the past six years that I can remember. So here I was, on the computer, punching in the credit card number and all that jazz - then the hard part, submit payment. It’s immediately rejected because this is the message I saw: “We can’t verify this address. Try again.” OK, I’ve gone through this before with this company and others in past years, and it’s unbelievable they haven’t got it figured out by now. As a result, since the address I live at apparently doesn’t exist, I’ll put in

the post office box number where our mail comes. Nope! “We can’t ship to post office boxes.” What do I do now? They won’t accept my physical address, an address I’ve been living at for 14 years, and they won’t ship to post office boxes when other companies do. What do I do, make up an address? Well, I did one better. I tried to make this work the right way numerous times, and it wouldn’t go through, and I was beginning to think this company no longer wanted my business. But, I got an idea and typed in “General Delivery” for the address, and that was accepted. Now, you can draw your own conclusion. I know my address and if nothing else, I’m verifying right now that I live there and have lived there 14 years. It’s a legitimate 911 address because I have checked with the 911 administrator in the county. If that’s not enough, we have friends in Australia who send us things all the time at our street address, and it comes to the post office and is delivered, no problem. So why does Peaceful Valley have this chip on its shoulder? There was a spot to write notes before submitting payment, and before I actually did pay for my order, I wrote in there what I just described. I hope they get the hint this time. If only someone else sold that radish, I would drop Peaceful Valley like a rock. That’s the only product I really need from them. Anything else I can get from other companies. And speaking of other companies, I ordered seed from a total of eight companies: two in California, two in

Maine and one each in the following states - Vermont, Virginia, Iowa and North Dakota. None of them had an issue with my address. Just because I live in a small, remote town in North Dakota doesn’t mean my address doesn’t exist. I could see it if the 911 system didn’t recognize it, but I’ve never tried to alter that in any way. It’s a bona fide address in a bona fide city in North Dakota. I can’t imagine the chaos with people living in obscure locations in interior Alaska or out in the Nevada desert. What if you live in Canada and have a United States address? You could be off the grid, but you like gardening. How are the Peaceful Valley seeds going to find you that way? In this day and age, life is supposed to be simpler, not more difficult. And, these companies want to sell products to consumers yet, they are making it difficult for this gardener to buy those products. I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the issues with GPS and how I think that has something to do with this. Fed Ex and UPS have both delivered products I’ve purchased to the wrong address. Sometimes it’s on the wrong street when the address is written on bold white letters on the side of our garage. If I punch in my own address, it actually takes me about a block south of where I actually live, so if delivery drivers are relying solely on GPS, it’s no wonder they’re confused. And more times than not, when I leave someplace for home, I use GPS, and it leads me to the wrong address.

pers, told Bloomberg News. “The advertisers are the local mom and pops, the retailers, the restaurants, who are understandably canceling their advertisements. “https:// www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-04/long-strugglinglocal-newspapers-pushed-to-brinkby-coronavirus “We could be approaching an extinction event for some publishers,” industry analyst Ken Doctor told The Philadelphia Inquirer. “It will depend on the condition of those businesses before the virus, and how long this whole thing lasts.” If you have a good local newspaper, you know how your mayor and city council are addressing the crisis. You know what’s open, what isn’t, and the state of education and government services. You’ll see opinion columns and editorials assessing how well the public sector is serving you and how things could still be improved. Local television has many strengths, but those are not among them. And if some believe they can rely

on social media moving forward, they need to think again. Social media without real local news becomes a festival of cat pictures. I know newspapers are oldschool and it’s tough to market a product that was introduced to America in 1690. But maybe you’d find it easier to write a check if we re-brand local news organizations as “information concierges” who will provide a report tailored to your community in real-time and maybe even hand-delivered to your home each morning. Cutting-edge stuff. We don’t want to sit down with our grandchildren one day and say, “You won’t believe this, but in the old days, our phones had to be hooked to a wall, we only had four channels of television, and there were people paid to tell us what our government was up to.” America can’t afford to lose local news. Ken Paulson is the director of the Free Speech Center based at Middle Tennessee State University.

COVID-19 takes its toll on local news coverage April 12, 2020 by Ken Paulson Three handy tips for coping with COVID-19: Wash your hands frequently. Wear a mask outdoors. And subscribe to a local newspaper or website. When this crisis is over, we’ll return to the rhythm of our usual work and play, but in many cities across the country, local news organizations may be gone or badly diminished. I’ve written about the need to fund local journalism before, but this time there’s a special urgency. The economic factors – revenue streams destroyed by digital disruption – that endanger local news organizations have accelerated with COVID-19. The advertisers that still support local news – bars, restaurants and entertainment venues – aren’t advertising when their doors are shut, yet newsgathering and distribution costs remain. Most vulnerable are alternative weeklies. On March 19, Joshua Benton of the Neiman Lab offered this assessment: “This has, without a doubt, been the single worst week in the history of America’s alternative press. They’re facing a double blow: Not only have their main advertising sources dried up, so have their main points of distribution. (Where do you pick up an alt-weekly? At a bar, at a restaurant, at a theater — all the places that have gone dark.)” Local community weeklies and dailies face the same challenges. “I’m hearing 40% to 60% drops in revenue over the last 30 days,” Dean Ridings, CEO of the trade association America’s Newspa-

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Should we subsidize our newspapers? Our country was founded on the principle of a well- informed, educated public where all citizens could be involved in deciding their destiny. Freedom of the press is a constitutional right. Ben Franklin called newspapers “the watch dogs of society,” and society needs good watch dogs with long teeth now more than ever. Freedom and democracy are under attack by unscrupulous politicians and the well-funded corporations that own them. North Dakota newspapers in communities both large and small represent their community’s spirit, keeping residents informed of local activities and vital news of the area. Newspapers have long been the cornerstone of an educated citizenry. They create a comforting sense of belonging and meaning, especially to older citizens who devoted their lives to the community. Now with COVID-19 making its way through the state, people are facing an invisible, potentially mortal enemy to themselves and their community. They need a local paper to inform and rally the community. Reading about your area, about people and places you know, comforts the soul – and for many of us, a flat screen is no comparison to holding that paper in your hands. Some internet bloggers and ma-

ma’s basement writers who have no sense of community are publishing false information with no facts or data to back up their stories. They are sowing mistrust and dividing people at a time when unified action based on trustworthy information is a matter of life or death. Some foreign countries are using the internet to spread fake news to destroy our democracy. We need real professional newspapers now more than ever. Maybe it is time to rally around the newspapers. Can you step up now and subscribe to whatever you’re reading for free online? Can we agree to take a unique approach to saving them? We subsidize farmers, the coal and oil industry, wind energy, ethanol, a long list of other enterprises, and perhaps smalltown grocery stores soon. Wisely, we fund Public Broadcasting. Maybe we need to subsidize newspapers for the vitality and safety of our communities. Newspapers were a principle force in building this country’s democracy and keeping us free. The Washington Post motto “Democracy Dies in Darkness” is more relevant now than ever. Legislators: step up and spend some of the people’s Legacy Fund to ensure the future of our newspapers and our democracy. David Schwalbe Bismarck

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May 1 is National Heatstroke Awareness Day May 1st is National Heatstroke Awareness Day. Heatstroke incidents are preventable and often occur when a person’s routine is disrupted. Of children left in vehicles, 46% are “forgotten” in the care on their way to childcare/preschool. Children can also end up alone in cars if the doors or trunk are left unlocked. On average, 39 kids die each year in the U.S. from being unattended in a vehicle. In 2019, 51 children died of heatstroke. A vehicle can heat up 19 degrees in 10 minutes and cracking a window doesn’t help. Young children are particularly at risk; their bodies heat up 3 to 5 times faster than an adult and the body isn’t able to cool itself quickly enough. When the temperature inside the body reaches 104 degrees, major organs begin to shut down. At 107 degrees, the child dies. You can help reduce the number of deaths from heatstroke by remembering to ACT - Avoid, Create, and Take Action. Avoid heat strokerelated injury and death by never leaving a child alone in a vehicle, not even for a minute. Make sure to keep your car locked when it is empty so kids don’t get in on their

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own. Create reminders by keeping a stuffed animal or another memento in your child’s car seat when it’s empty and move it to the front seat as a visual reminder when your child is in the back seat. Or place and secure your phone, briefcase or purse in the back seat when traveling with your child. Take action. If you see a child alone in a car, call 911. Emergency personnel want you to call. They are trained to respond to these situations. One call could save a life. This information has been provided by Safe Kids Grand Forks, an injury prevention coalition whose mission is to reduce the number of preventable injuries. Safe Kids Grand Forks is a part of the Safe Kids Worldwide network of over 440 coalitions in the United States and 30 countries around the world. Altru Health System is proud to serve as the lead agency for Safe Kids Grand Forks. For more information on heatstroke or other childhood injuries, please connect with us at safekidsgf.com, by calling 701.780.1489 or emailing safekids@ altru.org. Together, we are working to keep kids safe at home, at school at play and on the way.

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U.S. Census Bureau suspends field operations until June The U.S. Census Bureau is adapting or delaying some of our operations to protect the health and safety of our staff and the public and make sure we get the same population counted another way. The 2020 Census is under way, and more households across America are responding every day. Online, phone and mailed self-responses will continue throughout the data collection process. In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, the U.S. Census Bureau is adjusting 2020 Census operations in order to: • Protect the health and safety of the American public and Census Bureau employees. • Implement guidance from Federal, State, and local authorities regarding COVID-19. • Ensure a complete and accurate count of all communities. Under the adjusted 2020 Census operational plan, field activities would resume after June 1, 2020, as Area Census Offices begin returning to full staff capacity. In-person activities, including enumeration, office work, and processing activities, will incorporate the most current guidance from authorities to ensure the health and safety of staff and the public.

NORTH DAKOTA DOING VERY WELL BUT WE’RE TIED WITH SOUTH DAKOTA! Through April 13, 49.1 percent of North Dakota households had responded to the Census either online or by phone. This is the same as South Dakota and trails Minnesota, which was at 58.1 percent. Want a great North Dakota highlight? • North River, ND, had the highest household response rate in the entire country at 95.7 percent! Harwood, ND, was No. 7 at 80.1 percent! Residents can still respond online or by phone. For households with mailing addresses that did not respond as of April 8, paper questionnaires were mailed to the household. It has never been easier to respond on your own—all without having to meet a census taker KEEPING UP WITH THE CENSUS Curious about how many people in the nation and all communities are responding to the 2020 Census? Each day the U.S. Census road mapper will update to show where the nation is in its self-response rates. To view these updates, you visit https://2020census.gov/en/response-rates.html

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old of proof before accepting therapy as effective. History has taught us that mistakes are made if we do not. We want solid evidence that an intervention helps more than it hurts before recommending we give it to everyone with this disease. Yes, even if it seems slow. One thing is for certain: our collective scientific energy will be best spent investing in developing a vaccine for this highly contagious virus. Fortunately, there are very smart people all over the world working around the clock in this endeavor. A vaccine: now that would be a gamechanger. In the meantime, our best defense against this pandemic continues to be social distancing – so stay home and minimize contact with others. The more we flatten the curve now, the more people will benefit from the hard work of science in the future. Kelly Evans-Hullinger, MD is part of The Prairie Doc® team of physicians and currently practices internal medicine in Brookings, South Dakota. For free and easy access to the entire Prairie Doc® library, visit www.prairiedoc.org and follow Prairie Doc® on Facebook, featuring On Call with the Prairie Doc® a medical Q&A show streamed most Thursdays at 7 p.m. central.

Cavalier County Primary Election – June 9, 2020 **VOTE BY MAIL ONLY**

Cavalier County residents will be receiving an absentee ballot application in the mail from: ND Secretary of State’s Office Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cavalier County Commissioners passed a resolution on April 7, 2020, to administer the Primary Election on June 9, 2020, SOLELY VOTE BY MAIL. This decision was based on recommendations by Governor Burgum to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. This means Cavalier County will not have an open polling site for the Primary Election on June 9, 2020. All Cavalier County residents in the current voting system will receive a ballot application to complete and return by mail to the Cavalier County Auditor’s Office. These applications will replace the green postcards voters have been receiving in the past from the Auditor’s office. If you do not receive an application by April 30, 2020, please contact the Cavalier County Auditor’s Office. When filling out your application, if you wish to receive a Vote by Mail ballot for both the Primary AND General Elections, please mark “All Statewide Elections”. This will allow the Auditor’s office to automatically take steps to insure you also receive a ballot for the General Election in November. You may also mark any other elections (School/City) you wish to receive Vote by Mail ballots for. Upon receipt of the completed application, the voter will be mailed a ballot, along with a secrecy envelope, return envelope, and instructions for completing and returning your ballot. Ballots can be mailed back with proper postage and must be postmarked by June 8th.. There will also be a secure drop box available at Cavalier County Memorial Courthouse - Door #1, 901 3rd Street, Langdon, ND, which can be used to drop off ballots. The deadline for ballots to be put in the secure drop box is June 9th at 4:00 p.m. Normally you would not have the option to drop your ballot off on election day, but exceptions to the law have been made as a result of the current pandemic. Voters who need assistance to complete their ballot, can make an appointment by calling the Auditor’s Office to use the voter assistance device (Express Vote), to vote their ballot. If you have any questions or concerns about this process, please contact the Cavalier County Auditor’s Office at 701-256-2229. Thank You! Lisa Gellner – Cavalier County Auditor

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remove variables that are sure to taint all other trial designs. They are the best we have, especially when it comes to evaluating a therapeutic By Kelly Evans- intervention. Hullinger, M.D. Much speculation has arisen, both in the medical community It is the year 2020, and we find and the media, about possible drug ourselves in the midst of a rapidly changing, worldwide pandemic of therapies for this disease: hydroxya novel Coronavirus. This virus and chloroquine, azithromycin, remdepublic knowledge of it has spread sivir, convalescent plasma, and othand changed with greater speed ers. Why have so many physicians than our scientific method can ac- and scientists been less-than-fullycommodate. Science, and the pro- enthusiastic about these intervengression of medical knowledge, is tions? It is because we do not have by nature and necessity slow and sufficient data yet. There has not methodical. This pandemic is nei- been time for any quality randomther. But we ought not abandon ized controlled trials. Still, if these things might help, our deliberate striving for truth; not why not just throw them at patients now, not because it feels too slow. The gold standard in medical with severe cases of COVID-19? science, the randomized controlled What do we have to lose? The truth trial (or RCT), is a relatively new is, the history of medicine is flush development in the history of medi- with examples of therapies that we cine. The British epidemiologist thought would be helpful – studSir Bradford Hill is credited with ies in the lab were favorable, we designing and publishing the first had promising initial observational RCT in medical science, a study of data, and expert opinion was in fastreptomycin in treating tuberculo- vor of it – but, when put to the test, sis, in 1948. Sure, even randomized they were not. In many of these cascontrolled trials are never perfect, es the interventions turned out not and they require large numbers only to be not helpful, but harmful, of patients, time, and investment. when they were tested in a randomHowever, their design does seek to ized controlled trial. We must demand a high thresh-

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Doris M. Rourke

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Doris M. Rourke, 95, of Osnabrock passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2020, at Osnabrock Community Living Center in Osnabrock. Doris Mae Nelson was born March 26, 1925, to Sten and Marie (Akset) Nelson on the farm in Osford Township, Cavalier County. She attended school in Osford Twp. and Osnabrock, graduating from Osnabrock High School in 1944. She continued her education at Mayville State Teachers College where she received her teaching certificate. On June 24, 1945, she was united in marriage to Leslie W. Rourke at Highland Church near

Fairdale. They farmed and raised their boys four miles west of Osnabrock. She enjoyed being a farm wife and helping out on the farm. She loved tending to her large garden every year. She made the best homemade buns which were enjoyed by the whole family. Her pride and joy were her two boys, grandchildren, and great-grandkids. She was a long-time member of Dovre Lutheran Church in Osnabrock and the Dovre WELCA. Surviving Doris are her son, Keith (Lynnell) Rourke of Roseau, Minn.; daughter-in-law Beryl Rourke of Maplewood, Minn.; grandchildren: Todd (Missie) Rourke of Duluth, Minn., Kristin (Jay) Hodny of Roseau, Minn., Gavin (Leah) Rourke of Negaunee, MI, Tara Rourke of St. Paul, Minn., Ryan (Rachel) Rourke

of Ames, IA; great-grandchildren: Riley and Derek Rourke, Quinn and Lucy Stevenson, Tal Halliday, Jax, Declan, Briggs and Cole Hodny, Maija and Aaron Rourke, and Kieran Rourke. Doris is also survived by several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Leslie, son Gary, brother Arnold (Doris) Nelson, sisters Maxine (Mort) Aune and Sadie (Palmer) Grindeland, niece Marlys Aune, and nephew Gerald Aune. Doris was the last surviving member of her immediate family. A memorial service for Doris will be held at a later date. Brooks Funeral Home of Langdon is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences are available at www.brooksfuneralhomelangdon. com.

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“For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ/ he died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.” 1 Thessalonians 5.9-10 We are living in uncertain times, and if you are anything like me, I have been worried about many things with the novel coronavirus in our midst. I have asked myself the question of where should I find my hope in all of this? What are the odds that I will get this virus? What are the odds that someone in my family or that I love will get it? Playing the odds is a fragile place to put our hope. Odds like 3 percent verses 10 percent, youth versus old age, compromised health versus no history of disease, rural versus urban, self-isolated versus meeting with friends and family. Playing the odds provides little hope. It is not a firm place to be or stand. There is, however, a better way. There is a better place to stand: a Rock of certainty rather than the sand of probabilities. I recall when I had my first heart attack. For several weeks it was all talk about odds: odds of my chances of having another heart attack, odds of the affects of the surgery I had, odds of the affects of the medications I now had to take, odds of so many different things all swirling around this one subject. I had to come to a place where I had to smile and understand that my hope was not in the odds. My hope had to be and was in God. What I do not mean is that it is 100 percent certain that God will or would heal me, while doctors can only give me odds. The Rock that I am talking about is better than that. Yes, better than healing. Even before I ever had to go to the emergency room or go through what I went through, God had already reminded me in a remarkable way about the Rock under my feet. So, what does God say? While I was going to a hospital that day of my first heart attack in the back of an ambulance, there was time for me to ponder what was happening. So, I am possibly having a heart attack. As my future in this world was changing before my eyes, God brought to my

mind something I had remembered reading in the bible. That was 1 Thess. 5:9-10. Awake or asleep – that is, live or die – I will be alive with God. How can that be? I am a sinner. I have never lived a day of my life – not one – without falling short of God’s standards of love and holiness. So how can this be? It is because of Jesus. Jesus alone. Because of his death, there will be no wrath toward me. Not because of my perfection. My sins, my guilt, and my punishment fell on my savior, Jesus Christ. He “died for us.” That’s what God’s word says. Therefore, I am free from guilt. I am free from punishment. I can be secure in God’s merciful favor. “Live or die,” God said, “you will be with me.” That is vastly different from playing the odds with my heart health – or with coronavirus. This is a firm Rock under my feet. It is not fragile. It is not sand. I would like to be a Rock under your feet in these anxious times. The coronavirus pandemic is where I live today, where we all live. And if it were not the coronavirus, it would be the possibility of another heart attack happening again or the relapse from recovery of drug addiction and throwing away 20 years of being clean or a hundred other unforeseen calamities that could take me – and you – down at any moment. The Rock I am talking about is under my feet now. I could say that the Rock is under my feet now just because hope beyond the grave is present hope. The object of hope is future. The experience of hope is present. And that present experience is powerful. Hope is power, present power. Hope keeps people like you and me from killing themselves – now. It helps people get out of bed and go to work – now. It gives meaning to daily life, even locked-down, quarantined, stay-at-home life – now. It liberates from the selfishness of fear and greed – now. It empowers love and risk-taking sacrifice – now. So be careful before you belittle the current situation we are all in. We can all stand firmly on the Rock and allow it to be beautiful and sure; our here and now will be sweet and fruitful.

Cavalier County Transit’s Bus Schedule

Effective April 20, 2020: Cavalier County Transit requires that ALL passengers wear a face mask when in a Cavalier County Transit vehicle or facility until further notice. April 27 – Devils Lake & Grand Forks May 1 – Grand Forks May 4 – Devils Lake & Grand Forks May 6 – Grand Forks May 8 – Grand Forks May 11 – Devils Lake & Grand Forks May 13 – Grand Forks May 15 – Grand Forks May 18 – Devils Lake & Grand Forks May 20 – Grand Forks May 22 – Grand Forks May 25 – CLOSED May 27 – Grand Forks May 29 – Grand Forks Due to the COVID-19 outbreak our out-of-town trips will be limited to doctor appointments only. Patrons will be allowed to eat but shopping will not be allowed. Cavalier County Transit will not be providing trips to and from Maple Manor Care Center or Osnabrock Community Living Center until further notice. In-town transit hours will be from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. only until further notice. Please plan your appointments accordingly. All activities at the center have been cancelled indefinitely. Access to the Langdon Senior Center is limited so please call ahead.

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Noridian Healthcare Solutions receives North Dakota COVID-19 hotline contract Noridian Healthcare Solutions, LLC (Noridian) has received a contract to provide assistance to the North Dakota Department of Health’s COVID-19 hotline. The hotline was established by the Department to answer questions and advise residents about coronavirus precautions, COVID-19 testing, quarantine guidelines and a rapidly changing and growing list of other situations. To assist with the volume of calls to the hotline, Noridian is providing the Department with call center staff. “Delivering solutions that put people first is central to who we are at Noridian. This contract is an example of how we share our operational expertise to improve the health of others,” said Noridian President & CEO Paul Wilson. Noridian serves beneficiaries, health care providers and suppliers across the United States. A trusted CMS contractor, Noridian holds four Medicare Administrative Con-

tractor (MAC) contracts including two Medicare Part A/B contracts for Jurisdiction F and Jurisdiction E and two Durable Medical Equipment (DME) contracts for Jurisdiction A and Jurisdiction D. Noridian is also the Supplemental Medical Review Contractor (SMRC), conducting medical review of claims for providers in all U.S. states and territories, as directed by CMS. Noridian employs more than 1,600 individuals. About Noridian Healthcare Solutions Noridian Healthcare Solutions, LLC (Noridian) designs and delivers innovative administrative services that enhance federal and state government health care programs. Noridian has served as a government claims contractor since the federal Medicare program’s inception in 1966. The company is headquartered in Fargo, N.D., with staff located throughout the country. For more information, visit http:// www.noridian.com.

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Community By Carrie Hope Principal St. Alphonsus Catholic School With all the unknown around us right now - “keep distance from the doubt and isolate from fear. Trust God through it all.” We have been in a whirlwind of events in the last month and a half at St. Alphonsus School, like the rest of the world. In a blink of an eye we were faced with having to move our teaching and learning from in school to online learning. The process that would normally take two to three years was done in one week. Our teachers, staff, parents, students, and community took on this challenge with a positive attitude, being overwhelmed, confusion, grace, and a 'we got this' view. Together, as a whole community, all the students in our area are continuing with their learning. I am so appreciative of the teachers’ long hours to make this possible, being part of a great team with the public school leaders to come up with a successful long distance learning plan, and for all our parents who have taken on teaching at home. This is a situation that no one saw coming and, hopefully, we

Thinking About Health

Losing a job often means also losing insurance

The growing numbers of unemployed Americans – likely to hit 20 million or more thanks to the effects of the coronavirus – bring with them a loss of employer-provided health insurance coverage. The pandemic has laid bare the deficiencies in America’s main vehicle for providing health insurance. The system, which grew up after World War II as a way to attract workers, had already begun to decline. Over the past 20 years the share of non-elderly Americans covered by job-based insurance dropped from 68 percent to 57 percent. Significantly, that drop has been true for all income groups below $104,800 for a family of four and about $51,000 for a single person. Those grim stats raise a crucial question: How will laid off middleincome workers be able to pay for insurance premiums on their own let alone the deductibles, coinsurance, and copays that come with policies these days? Many cannot. Still if you are in this predicament or know someone who is, this column lays out the main options available. A warning: All have drawbacks. As a general rule, the option that gives you the greatest coverage, for the lowest price, for the longest time is the best choice. COBRA: The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Act passed in 1985 gives employees who have lost jobbased coverage the right to remain on their employers’ policies for at least 18 months, longer under some circumstances. COBRA applies to employers with 20 or more employees, and workers who’ve lost their jobs have to pay the entire premium plus a small administrative fee. The average annual family premium for employer-provided coverage last year was $20,500 with the employee paying only $6,000 of that amount. This isn’t likely to be a great option for someone who was just laid-off. AFFORDABLE CARE ACT policies are a better option for many workers who’ve lost their jobs. While they are a good solution for some people, they are problematic

for others. Those with low and middling incomes below 250 percent of poverty, or a little more than $64,000 for a family of four, should consider an ACA policy. You’ll receive government help paying the premium and, most important, help paying the deductibles, coinsurance, and copays, which are increasingly pinching family budgets, making it hard for them to afford care. Families with incomes between 250 percent and 400 percent of poverty (nearly $105,000 for the family of four) do get some help paying the premiums, but the amount of help declines the higher the income. The biggest problem for families in this group is that there is no help from the Affordable Care Act with the cost-sharing expenses: deductibles, co-insurance, and co-pays. That makes these policies less attractive, especially when someone gets sick and finds that a deductible of $8,000 means they won’t get any help until they have paid at least that amount out of pocket. If you don’t qualify for costsharing subsidies, you’ll have to make this choice: Go with a cheaper premium but higher cost sharing and be prepared to pay more if you get sick. Or pay more up front and have more protection when illness strikes. Remember that having a preexisting health condition is not a barrier to obtaining an ACA policy. That is a huge help to anyone who is ill. Since the president has said he will not open the federal ACA marketplaces now closed, you’ll have to apply for a policy through a special provision that lets people enroll if they’ve lost employer coverage in the last 60 days or expect to lose it in the next 60 days. You can also qualify if you’ve lost coverage you had through a family member. Go to this website for more information: https://www.healthcare.gov/glossary/special-enrollment-period/ MEDICAID is a good option for people with very low incomes. It provides comprehensive coverage, but it’s hard to get. In most states, an adult’s income must be no greater than $17,609 to qualify. Some states have even lower limits to receive benefits. Some have tried

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For the safety of our patients, customers and our staff, Langdon Community Drug will now have the front doors locked to limit access into the store. Langdon Community Drug will offer: CURBSIDE DELIVERY, HOME DELIVERY AND MAILOUTS ONLY. We are NOT closed - we will still be filling your prescriptions and you can purchase OTC products and/or giftware. Please CALL or TEXT us at 701-256-3330 (Same phone # for both) for any refills or OTC medication and/or giftware and we will bring items out to your car. Langdon Community Drug takes the safety of the public very seriously and we will continue to do everything in our power to make sure everyone receives their medication safely. If you have any questions, please call 701-256-3330. Thank you for your understanding in this matter Lyle Lutman

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to impose work requirements as a condition for receiving benefits, but those are gone now. And the Families First Coronavirus Response Act that Congress passed on March 18 bans states from disenrolling anyone who was covered by Medicaid as of that date, making it easier to maintain coverage. SHORT-TERM POLICIES are an alternative made available last year by the Trump administration. They offer coverage for up to three years and can cost as much as 50 percent less than more comprehensive policies. But they generally don’t cover preexisting conditions and often don’t cover maternity care, mental health, or prescription drugs. I call them the “buyer-beware” option because some consumers have purchased them only to be left with large bills when they got sick. If you’re offered one of these, proceed with extreme caution. Navigating this marketplace has never been easy. Send your health policy questions and concerns to Trudy at trudy.lieberman@gmail.com.

Senior Menu

SENIOR MEALS & SERVICES Monday (27) – Chili, baked potato bar, biscuits, cookie, fruit. Tuesday (28) – Lemon pepper fish, dilled potatoes, creamed cabbage, pumpkin bread, fruit. Wednesday (29) – French dip/au jus, French fries, pea salad, peach cobbler. Thursday (30) – Biscuits/sausage, gravy, hashbrowns, stewed tomatoes, fruit. Friday (1) – Crispy chicken burger deluxe/lettuce, tomato, onion, ranch fries, spaghetti salad, fruit. EBT/SNAP accepted Offering take-out only as the dining room is closed. Please call by 9:30 a.m. for take-outs. Homedelivered meals will remain the same. Frozen meals are also available for $4.00 each.

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A Saint’s Shout Out

will not have to face again in the future. St. Alphonsus School created and submitted a COVID-19 Response Plan to the Department of Public Instruction to be approved by the governor for our distance learning. I am proud to say that plan was approved. Together as a staff we have already started planning our next step of what the students’ learning will look like when we return to school. I feel that we have a strong plan in place! St. Alphonsus students are staying on track with what they need to learn for a successful completion of their school year. Our assignments and activities that have been prepared for them to complete at home are based on the North Dakota State Standards. Teachers have worked together to make cross curricular assignments. Our older students are also participating in book studies to have them continue their reading skills. The students attend Zoom classes two to three times a week. They also complete assignments online through different learning websites such as IXL, ABC mouse, Prodigy, and others. We encourage all parents to talk to their children about COVID-19. It is important to explain to them what

is going on in the world around them. This would also be a great time to work on reinforcing covering their coughs, good handwashing, and making sure we do not share germs. Our children can also be dealing with a lot of emotions, anxiety, and stress. It is important to take this time to talk with them and let them know more information about what is going on. We miss all our students very much and can't wait to see them all again soon. Our parents have been doing a wonderful job working with their children at home on their homework. We want to stress that parents, you are not alone! The teachers and I are here for you and ready to help in any way we can. Please reach out to us with questions or concerns. Together we will work through those and become stronger together. The switch to distance learning was quick and very unfamiliar for all of us. We need to work together day by day to make the at-home learning successful for everyone. We want to stress to parents that what you are doing at home is enough! We greatly appreciate the continued support of our great school from our wonderful community! Together we will make it through this unknown time.

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19 DISINFECTION AND DECONTAMINATION SERVICES HIGH-TOUCH SURFACES CAN BE DISINFECTED • Retail Store Fronts • Playgrounds • Dumpsters & Trash Cans • Gas Pumps We use EPA-registered, hospital-grade • High Traffic Areas disinfectants. These are effective against a host of • Bars & Restaurants dangerous pathogens, including the coronavirus, • Day Care Center and can be applied to almost any surface. We’re proud to be your partner to help keep your • School Facilities workplaces clean and productive, and your • Public Parks & Monuments customers and employees safer during this • Many More unprecedented time. Call Craig Swenson for appointment 303-877-1868 Langdon, ND

Nature’s Best Flowers & Greenhouse 401 5th St. - Walhalla • 701-549-3611

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Greenhouse Open for the Season Friday, May 1

Due to COVID-19, we are not open for the public to come in at this time. We will take phone/internet orders for limited deliveries and curbside pickups. The greenhouse will open after Mother’s Day to limited number of people at a time. Until further notice masks & gloves need to be used prior to coming in. You are responsible for social distancing. Mother’s Day orders must be called in or placed online.

Planters • Hanging Baskets Herb & Succulent Gardens Fresh Arrangements • Indoor Blooming Plants all available Hours: Mon. - Fri. 10-5 Sat.-Sun 10-3

New options for Clinic, Dietician and Therapy visits! NEW virtual services are now available for our Community! CCMH and Clinics are now offering a variety of Telehealth services.

Want to see your Primary Care Provider, the Dietitian or Physical Therapist from the comfort of your own home? Would you like to talk to your Provider, Dietitian or Therapist about a concern regarding you or a family member through your computer, smart phone or your tablet?

You can now schedule an appointment with any of our Providers, including our Dietitian or Physical Therapists, by just calling the hospital or Clinic! CCMH and Clinics are now giving you 2 options that do not require in-person visits. These choices are: • Telehealth • Virtual Check-In Telehealth visits are real-time, face-to-face visits conducted on your computer or phone. Just call one of our Clinics and schedule an appointment with your Provider. A nurse will then call you back and “room” you like an “in person visit”. Once you have discussed your medical issues with the nurse, simply go to the website cavaliercountyhospital.com and “click here for Telemed services” you will then select your Provider and be placed in a virtual waiting room. You are now just moments away from being joined by your Provider! For Physical Therapy telehealth appointment just call the Therapy Department and either Sarah or Jessica will send a link to your phone or computer and discuss your treatment plan. 256-6184 For a Dietitian visit just contact your Provider at the CCMH Clinic for a referral. Kaci will then contact you and send you a link to your cell phone or computer for your virtual session or you can click on the link on our website or Facebook page. Virtual Check-ins (Phone Visits) Now you can call your Provider and have a brief (15 minute or less) conversation over the phone without having to come to the Clinic or Hospital. The visit cannot be related to a medical visit within the last 7 days or lead to an appointment within the next 24 hours. Just call and schedule your appointment with a receptionist today! If you would like to sign up for the patient portal just contact a receptionist at one of our Clinics or the Hospital. Covered by Medicare, Medicaid and most commercial insurances. All co-pays and cost-sharing may be waived. If you have questions regarding insurance coverage for these visits, please contact your insurance carrier. Please understand that most, but not all visits, are appropriate to be completed via telehealth. Website: cavaliercountyhospital.com Facebook- Cavalier County Memorial Hospital and Clinics Langdon Clinic 256-6120 Hospital 256-6100 Walhalla Clinic 549-2711

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Sports By Jake Kulland

New look for golfing

Pictured is a pool noodle, which will be used this season at the Langdon Country Club (LCC) so no one will be touching the pins. This is being done in accordance with federal social distancing guidelines due to the COVID-19 virus. The LCC hopes to open by May 1.

Mt. Carmel Dam Recreation Area

will be opened all season for the permanent campers. There has been some changes to the recreation area because of COVID-19 under the guidelines from the ND State Parks and Recreation department. All Playgrounds will be closed, the fishing pier will not be placed in the water until further notice and the fish cleaning station will be closed. There will be no weekend overnight campers or reservations until further notice. Any questions, please call 701-256-2220 or email ccwb@nd.gov.

Things beginning to change as the month of May approaches As we come to you this week, decisions are starting to be made for spring and summer activities. There are some that will make people happy and sad, depending on your perspective. We will discuss what's going in a moment. There are still decisions to be made, as the spring sports season will be decided by teleconference with the North Dakota Activities Association Board of Directors on May 1. Also Langdon Area Summer Baseball and Softball is still in a holding pattern, as the committee there is hoping for a chance to still get some kind of a season in. Things of course are going to have to radically change with the COVID-19 virus guidelines for any activities to happen, and we are hoping they will. Let's now discuss some things that have happened since we last visited. American Legion Baseball cancelled for the summer The biggest decision that has been made is that the North Dakota American Legion's Department Executive Committee revisited its decision to suspend the 2020 American Legion Baseball season. After a lengthy discussion which included the state's Legion Baseball chairman Russ Kroshus, committee members voted unanimously to affirm the earlier decision to cancel the 2020 campaign. North Dakota American Legion department commander Kenneth Widerholt said in a statement, "We would love more than anything to be able to continue our decades-long tradition of Legion Baseball. We not only enjoy the games and camaraderie but being able to watch these talented play-

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Jake’s take on sports

ers advance to college teams and further. We absolutely cannot, however, put our love for this program and all it stands for before the significant risks posed by COVID-19.” Kroshus said he was disappointed in the decision, but he respected it. He said, "We will now get ready to plan for the 2021 season." We asked Langdon Red Sox American Legion Baseball Coach Tanner Groth his thoughts on the decision, and he said, "It's tough being in a position you can't control. The Legion coaches throughout the state are working towards a Plan B together to get our boys on the field if possible." As coach Groth said, options are being looked at for summer baseball. Senior Babe Ruth or just an independent league are a couple ideas being thrown around, but as we said above, federal and state guidelines would have to change for it to happen. Langdon Country Club hopes to open this week As we talked about last week, May 1 is the date they are shooting for to open the Langdon Country Club for the season. With the guidelines we keep mentioning, it has made things a little complicated to get things going, but they confident that May 1 or near there the course will be open. They will have a list of guidelines specific to the club, a couple of which we know already -- You can only have one person on a cart, there will be no benches or ball washers available (Maybe use disinfectant wipes?), and are not allowed to touch the pins, as you can in the picture on this page, they have come up with an idea to use pool noodles to wrap the hole so you can easily grab after completing each hole. Using the clubhouse looks to be just to use the restrooms to start the season. They are hoping to be able to offer snacks and beverages, but for the time being the kitchen will not be open. One change this

year is that Alison Podhradsky is taking over for Ethen Askvig as clubhouse manager. The hope is that regulations will loosen as the season goes along. Club President Kyle Rollness told us that contrary to rumors, there will be men's and women's league at the course with a start time to be determined, and the tournament season looks like it be changed dramatically, with word on that coming out in the weeks ahead. One piece of great news is that groundskeeper Kevin "Cocoa" Beauchamp says the course came out of the winter in great shape, and that after drying a bit, should be in mid-season form. So the club board just asks everyone to please follow the new policies that will be posted, and get out and enjoy a round of golf again hopefully starting May 1. Optimists All-Star Volleyball matches set for mid June; Good chance of being moved We will leave you this week by saying the Optimists All-Star Volleyball matches are planned to be held June 15-16 in Fargo and Bismarck, although those dates have a very good chance of being changed. The only area player on the East team is Charlee Krieg from Cavalier. Callie Ronningen of state champion Langdon-Edmore-Munich was chosen but decided to play in the Lions All-Star Basketball games instead. The Lady Cards Calyn Crockett is a first alternate on the team, which means if one of the other players can't participate, she will have the opportunity to play. The Cardinals Rich Olson is the head coach of the East All-Star squad. Along with the other All-Star games this summer, we hope the Optimists matches will be played sometime in the months ahead. Stay Safe! Stay Healthy! Let's hope our Vikings draft well! "See ya!" next week!

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Contact Craig Swenson Shop: 701-256-3668 Cell: 303-877-1868

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63 bed skilled nursing facility more than 30 years of service

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American Legion Post 98 Langdon, ND Rent the American Legion Hall and/or Park Building for Weddings, Reunions, Business Meetings or any event. Reasonable rates. Kitchen & hall may be rented separately. For more information, please contact Leon Hiltner at 256-2188.

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Scott Peterson, owner Shop 256-5577 • Cell 370-5577 Hwy 1 South, Langdon

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CAVALIER COUNTY LIBRARY 600 – 5th Ave., Langdon 701-256-5353

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Agriculture

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FARRMS to start mentorship program for beginning farmers One-on-one mentorship will increase support systems and grow production skills. The Foundation for Agricultural and Rural Resource Management and Sustainability (FARRMS), is offering a mentorship program for beginning farmers. FARRMS staff pair experienced farmers with beginning farmers based on their learning goals and the sustainable ag enterprises they operate. The mentorship relationship takes place through monthly phone calls and a site visit to each farm. FARRMS will provide mentors a small stipend and opportunities for professional development. Applications for both mentors and mentees are at farrms. org/mentorship. One-on-one mentorship will help farmers build lasting relationships and gain skills and knowledge. FARRMS developed the program in response to farmers’ requests for support systems and social networks. According to Executive Director Stephanie Blumhagen, “We serve small-scale, direct market growers, many of whom are geo-

graphically distant from other likeminded farmers. We continuously ask farmers how we can better serve them and a recurring theme has been a desire for mentorship, peer support and social networking opportunities.” By helping farmers expand networks, FARRMS aims to ensure that farmers’ enterprises are more successful and sustainable. The program is funded by a 2018 USDA NRCS Conservation Collaboration grant. FARRMS is a 501c3 nonprofit providing education, peer networks, and financial support to sustainable agriculture producers in North Dakota. The organization offers a whole farm planning course called Farm Beginnings®, internship opportunities on farms and at farmers markets, peer support and mentorship, and grants and loans. FARRMS is headquartered in the Tuttle Rural Innovation Center, in the former Tuttle school building. Visit FARRMS online at www.farrms.org or facebook.com/FARRMS. ND

Agricultural crop burning information Agricultural crop burning is an effective method for clearing fields but requires prudent planning. Before proceeding with an agricultural burn, familiarize yourself on the conditions and safety requirements that are required to comply with the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality’s open burn laws by visiting their website at https://deq.nd.gov/AQ/permitting/OpenBurning.aspx. Here are a few more steps you can take to make sure your agricultural burn is in compliance with state law: • Check the Weather

Weather

• You are not permitted to open burn during burn bans or red flag warnings. Keep an eye out for a change in weather conditions. • Know What You Can’t Do • No public nuisances can be created as a result of an open burn. No occupied buildings can be impacted by air contaminants resulting from burning. No traffic hazards can be created. Agricultural burns must always be attended and supervised. • Contact Local Authorities • Contact your local fire and police department to make them aware of your burn in case they receive smoke reports from residents.

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The impact of 4-H volunteers goes beyond the 4-H program and leads to changes in communities. During National Volunteer Week, April 19-26, NDSU Extension is sharing results of a study that documents the impact of 4-H volunteers. The North Central Region 4-H Volunteer Impact Study, conducted across a 12-state region, aimed to understand and document the specific value and impact that 4-H volunteers have on the 4-H youth development program and in communities.

As a part of the Cavalier Country, the Cavalier Country Soil Conservation District wants to remind you that each of us has a connection to our natural resources. In partnership with the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD), the Cavalier Country SCD is celebrating the 65th year of Stewardship Week April 26 – May 3, 2020, focusing on the theme “Where Would We BEE Without Pollinators?” Pollinators form the underpinning of a healthy and sustainable future for food and the environment, but they have shown disturbing signs of decline in recent years. When pollinators shrink in number,

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4-H volunteers Raquel Bata, Sheri Amble, Janelle Bata, Rebecca Breddin, Julie and Tucker Regner at 2019 Cavalier County 4-H Awards Day in Munich.

4-H volunteer Laurie Morstad at an Archery Event in Langdon.

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Annually, that time is worth $2,165 per volunteer. Survey responses reported: • 89% made connections in the community on behalf of 4-H • 85% spoke about the value of the 4-H program • 83% recruited new youth to 4-H • 70% recruited and helped train new 4-H volunteers Communities Are Stronger Because of 4-H Volunteers 4-H volunteers’ network with other volunteers, helping communities and organizations stay better connected. Volunteers donate their time and service to community gardens, retirement homes, cleanup projects, fairs and other civic engagement endeavors. • 93% said volunteering with 4-H makes communities stronger • 91% said volunteering with 4-H contributes to better connected communities • 87% said volunteering with 4-H improves the health of communities • 87% said volunteering with 4-H increases civic engagement To learn more about the survey results, see https:www.ndsu. edu/4h/volunteers_leaders/4_h_ volunteer_impact_study. During National Volunteer Week, NDSU Extension thanks all Cavalier County 4-H youth ambassadors (Raquel Bata andTucker Regner) and adult volunteers (Janelle Bata, Laurie and David Morstad, Julie Regner, Rebecca Breddin, Carissa Iverson, Sheri Amble, Kim Wirth, Amanda Buchweitz, Evan Estenson and Samantha Beck for their many contributions to the 4-H program and to their community. NDSU Agriculture Communication - April 17, 2020 source: Rachelle Vettern, 701- 231-7541, rachelle.vettern@ndsu.edu editor: Becky Koch, 701-2317875, becky.koch@ndsu.edu

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“We have always known the value of 4-H volunteers, but through this study, we learned their impact goes beyond the scope of the program and leads to changes in communities,” says Rachelle Vettern, NDSU Extension leadership and 4-H volunteer development specialist. “Entire communities are stronger because of the work of 4-H volunteers.” Brad Cogdill, NDSU Extension Center for 4-H Youth Development chair, says, “Extension volunteers are at work in nearly every community in North Dakota, and their communities need them. This study reaffirms that the private growth of an individual volunteer transforms into public benefit and stronger communities.” Brenda Weber, a Stutsman County 4-H volunteer, says, “On a personal level, I have learned valuable leadership skills that extend beyond 4-H, but seeing the kids learn a new skill or take on a leadership role is my favorite part of being a 4-H volunteer.” The survey research resulted in three key findings. 4-H Volunteers Gain Personal Skills Volunteers come into the 4-H program hoping to support youth and make a difference, but they also gain skills in teaching, leadership and communication. These skills transfer to other environments in which volunteers work and live. Survey responses indicated: • 95% built new relationships with youth • 87% gained skills that were useful in other settings • 82% increased their confidence as a leader NDSU Extension Benefits Significantly From 4-H Volunteers North Dakota’s 4-H volunteers give seven hours per month to the 4-H program in their communities.

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communities.” Cavalier Country Soil Conservation District is a member of NACD, which oversees the annual Stewardship Week program. Stewardship Week is one of the largest national annual programs to promote conservation. NACD represents the nation’s 3,000 conservation districts, which were established to encourage resource conservation across the country. For more information about Stewardship Week and conservation, contact Cavalier County Soil Conservation District at 701-2562484 #3 or look us up on Facebook at Cavalier County SCD.

ATTENTION ANGLERS A The North Dakota Game and Fish Department announces the following regulation change from amendment number one of the 2020-2022 North Dakota Fishing Proclamation.

Paddlefish Snagging Harvest Season Canceled

• The Department is canceling the upcoming paddlefish snagging harvest season due to the coronavirus pandemic. • Paddlefish snaggers concentrate in large numbers in a small area, and often times are snagging while shoulder to shoulder making it hard to maintain proper separation. • The amendment does allow for the possibility of a one-week snag-and-release season May 15-21. This would be two weeks later than the normal opening day with less participation expected. • If there is a snag-and-release season, anglers would only need a fishing license. A paddlefish tag would not be required.

For additional fishing information visit our website at gf.nd.gov A complete 2020-2022 fishing proclamation along with amendment number one is available from the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, 100 North Bismarck Expressway, Bismarckk ND 58501 58501-5095. 5095. (701) 328 328-6300. 6300

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Cavalier County Commission Proceedings April 7, 2020 On April 7, 2020, at 8:30 a.m. the Board of Commissioners of Cavalier County, North Dakota, met at the Cavalier County Courthouse in regular session, with all members present. David Zeis attended via phone conference. The courthouse was operating in lockdown at the time of this meeting in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. To comply with North Dakota open meetings laws, the meeting was live streamed on Facebook. The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance. Chairman Nick Moser called the meeting to order and proceeded as follows: Moser asked if there were any changes to the agenda. Austin Lafrenz made a motion to approve the agenda, seconded by Stanley Dick; motion carried. Stanley Dick made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Greg Goodman; motion carried. Austin Lafrenz made a motion to transfer $690.00 from Road and Bridge Fund to Road and Bridge Equipment Replacement Fund, seconded by Stanley Dick, motion carried. Stanley Dick made a motion to transfer $767.68 from Road and Bridge Fund to Road and Bridge Equipment Replacement Fund, seconded by Austin Lafrenz, motion carried. David Zeis made a motion to transfer $7,676.80 from Road and Bridge Fund to Road and Bridge Excess Levy Fund, seconded by Stanley Dick, motion carried. Terry Johnston, Road Supervisor, met with the commissioners and reviewed upcoming road projects. Johnston informed the commission of the eligible projects he had worked on with KLJ to be submitted to the ND DOT for possible additional infrastructure funding. David Zeis made a motion to approve a site visit on County 55 to identify possible areas needing slope stability, with the estimated cost being $1,000 to $1,200, seconded by Greg Goodman, motion carried. Johnston visited with the commissioners on whether or not to proceed with hiring the oil crew. The commissioners felt it would be considered essential to preserve the county’s infrastructure by continuing with crack sealing. It was decided to proceed to hire the oil crew and make modifications to procedure in the future, if needed, should the COVID-19 pandemic still be ongoing. The commissioners decided to have Shawn Amundson run the gravel reclaimer again if the roadmen want him to run it in their district. The commissioners asked Johnston to communicate with the roadmen and ask them to be in con-

tact directly with Shawn Amundson. There was discussion on WIFI in county shops. Greg Goodman stated he approved it at the Vang shop due to a lack of cell coverage/ reception. It was decided that WIFI would not be installed at any other shops at this time. Gravel budgets were reviewed and set as follows: District 1 (Hannah/Sarles) $100,000; District 2 (Munich) $100,000; District 3 (Osnabrock) $80,000; District 4 (Langdon) $90,000; District 5 (Vang) $60,000. A reserve of $70,000 was left for future allocation/approval as needed. Cindy Stremick, Treasurer, met with the commissioners regarding interest rates at the local banks. Stanley Dick made a motion to deposit the interest on the CD into County General and renew the $2,000,000 CD at FM Bank at 1.25% interest, seconded by Austin Lafrenz, motion carried. Stremick suggested transferring some funds from Choice Financial to FM Bank, based on the interest rates. The commissioners were in agreement. Lisa Gellner, Auditor, reviewed Governor Burgum’s executive order recommending all vote by mail and no polling places on election day for the upcoming Primary Election with the commissioners. Based on the Governor’s recommendation, Austin Lafrenz made a motion to approve the proposed Resolution to NOT have a polling place on election day for the Primary Election, seconded by Greg Goodman, motion carried. Gellner informed the commissioners that a more secure, weather proof, drop box would be installed for the Primary Election, and would be able to be utilized by the other offices in the courthouse during the COVID-19 lockdown. The proposed Easement for Northeast Regional Water District to cross the county’s property by the shop in Hannah was reviewed. Scott Stewart, State’s Attorney, had reviewed the Easement and suggested a better legal description should be used. Greg Goodman made a motion to approve the Easement, subject to the updated legal description, seconded by David Zeis, motion carried. Stanley Dick discussed the estimated decrease in revenue from the state as a result of the pandemic and the crash in oil prices. Dick stated the ND Association of Counties was going to ask if any of the emergency federal funding could be used to replace these funds. The commission was hopeful they would receive funding for proposed projects submitted to DOT to assist with the lack of projected revenue. The fol-

Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to build a 259-foot SelfSupport Communications Tower. Anticipated lighting application is medium intensity dual red/white strobes. The Site location is Hwy 1, Nekoma, Cavalier County, ND, 58355, Lat: 48-33-32.25, Long: -9822-55.28. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Antenna Structure Registration (ASR, Form 854) filing number is A1161508. ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS – Interested persons may review the application (www.fcc.gov/asr/ applications) by entering the filing number. Environmental concerns

may be raised by filing a Request for Environmental Review (www. fcc.gov/asr/environmentalrequest) and online filings are strongly encouraged. The mailing address to file a paper copy is: FCC Requests for Environmental Review, Attn: Ramon Williams, 445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20554. HISTORIC PROPERTIES EFFECTS – Public comments regarding potential effects on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Camille Neitzel, c.neitzel@ trileaf.com, 1821 Walden Office Sq, Suite 500, Schaumburg, IL 60173, 630-227-0202. A27 _______________________________

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Notice of Petition to Vacate NOTICE OF PETITION TO VACATE A PORTION OF 12TH AVE. IN THE CITY OF LANGDON, CAVALIER COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA A Petition has been filed with the Auditor for the City of Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, to vacate the following to promote development in the City of Langdon: Part of 12th Avenue, more particularly described as follows: That part of 12th Avenue located in the Industrial Park, First Addition to the City of Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota lying directly north of Lot One (1), Block. Three (3) to Lot One (1) and Lot Two (2), Block Six (6); and That part of 12th Avenue located in the Industrial Park, First Addition to the City of Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota lying directly north of Lot Three (3) and Lot Four (4), Block Four (4) to Lot Two (2) and Lot One (1), Block Five (5) Reserving from said vacation, a utility easement over, under and across the above described streets. The City of Langdon shall hear and consider such petition on the 8th day of June 2020, at 6:00 P.M., at Langdon City Hall. Dated this 1st day of April 2020.

Roxanne Hoffarth – Auditor City of Langdon A6,13,20,27 _______________________________ NOTICE OF PETITION TO VACATE A PORTION OF 13TH AVE. IN THE CITY OF LANGDON, CAVALIER COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA A Petition has been filed with the Auditor for the City of Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota, to vacate the following to promote development in the City of Langdon: Part of 13th Avenue, more particularly described as follows: That part of 13th Avenue located in the Industrial Park, First Addition to the City of Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota lying directly north of Lot Three (3) and Lot Four (4) of Block Five (5). Reserving from said vacations, a utility casement over, under and across the above described streets. The City of Langdon shall hear and consider such petition on the 8th day of June 2020, at 6:00 P.M., at Langdon City Hall. Dated this 1st, day of April 2020. Roxanne Hoffarth – Auditor City of Langdon A6,13,20,27 _______________________________

lowing departmental updates were presented to the commissioners: Scott Stewart, State’s Attorney; Shannon Duerr, JDA; Kensi Breyer, Water Board; Anitha Chirumamilla, NDSU Extension; Terry Girodat, Maintenance; Greg Fetsch, Sheriff. The commissioners suggested that Terry Johnston consider updating his vehicle with the Ford Explorer being put up on bids in the Sheriff’s Department. It was decided that if Johnston was interested, they would advertise his vehicle for sale on bids instead. It was decided to cancel the meeting with the roadmen in Vang for April 21st due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Monica Porterfield, Deputy Auditor, did an overview on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) which went into effect on April 1, 2020. After reviewing the requirements, Greg Goodman made a motion to require employees eligible for FFCRA to use any comp time balance and allow delinquent vacation and sick leave balances, if necessary, to cover the 1/3 salary not covered by FFCRA, provided the employee signs an acknowledgement at the end of each pay period they remain deficit, seconded by David Zeis. A roll call vote was taken with all members voting in favor. It was reiterated that employees will not be required to use sick leave, but the employee can choose to use sick leave to supplement FFCRA. The commissioners were in agreement to pay employees full salary for working from home. Employees will be required to take applicable vacation/sick leave if they are not available from home. Karen Kempert, Emergency Manager, asked the commissioners to allow offices that can maintain a 6-foot distance from each other to have the option to continue working at the office at this point and give employees with medical conditions the opportunity to work from home, if possible. The commissioners approved the work from home plans submitted by each department and encouraged offices to make arrangements to be able to implement their plans to only have one person in the office at a time. The commissioners designated the Emergency Manager’s spare laptop computer for the Road Supervisor; and the other two spare laptop computers for the Tax Director and Treasurer. Departments that already have technology set up to work from home were encouraged to try it to make sure everything works as planned, but stated it would not be mandatory at this point. Offices continuing to work with two or more employees were asked to either have office separation for the employees or make sure there is at least a 6-foot distance between employees. Karen Kempert, Emergency Manager, discussed options for Sheriff Department employees, should they need to stay in-house in the future as essential personnel. Distribution of hand sanitizer purchased from the distilleries to area businesses was discussed. It was decided to incur the cost of the hand sanitizer from County General and submit it to FEMA for reimbursement. Kempert stated she was checking on a couple other things for possible reimbursement from FEMA, but had not heard back yet. Greg Goodman stated that the Tax Director’s office will be utilizing conference calls through United Communications for the township

Call CALL forFOR bids BIDS:

Cavalier County is requesting bids for a graveling project on Cavalier County Road #6, beginning at Hannah, ND and ending 6 miles west of Hannah. The specifications will be 1,200 cubic yards per mile of class 5 or class 13 crushed gravel, watered and packed. The material will be equalized and placed by county forces. The contractor is responsible for the construction signing, the delivery of the material, and the watering and packing of the

and city equalization meetings they were in charge of, with the cost being billed to the Tax Director’s office. It was decided not to subscribe to Webex as of now for commission meetings. The Emergency Manager and Auditor will continue to test Webex with the commissioners as time allows. Austin Lafrenz made a motion, seconded by Stanley Dick to review and approve the following audit of claims; motion carried: VISA, HUMAN SERV. ZONE_____ __________________________ 10.00 STANLEY DICK, COMMISSIONERS_______________________ 73.02 COMPUTER EXPRESS, COMMISSIONERS_________________ 107.00 WEST PAYMENT CENTER, STATE'S ATTORNEY_______ 240.60 BUSINESS ESSENTIALS, TAX DIRECTOR_________________ 358.93 SIDWELL, TAX DIRECTOR_______ _________________________ 378.00 DACOTAH PAPER CO., GENERAL_______________________ 534.38 HANSEL PLUMBING & HEATING, LLC, GENERAL_______ 90.00 JOSH PLUMMER, GENERAL_____ ________________________1,080.00 MID AMERICAN RESEARCH CHEMICAL, GENERAL____ 260.00 BUSINESS ESSENTIALS, AUDITOR/ELECTIONS__________ 56.44 MONICA PORTERFIELD, ELECTIONS____________________ 80.50 ES&S, LLC, ELECTIONS___ 370.59 DOCU SHRED INC., GENERAL___ __________________________ 37.71 PREMIUM WATERS, INC., GENERAL____________________ 160.98 RED PINE DISTILLERY, GENERAL_______________________ 350.00 CAVALIER COUNTY AUDITOR, EMG MNGR/VSO/WEED__ 32.30 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPT., GENERAL________ 4,415.89 COUNTRY MEDIA, INC., COMMISH/ELECTIONS________ 805.08 LANGDON CITY, GENERAL/ R&B_____________________ 376.97 VERIZON WIRELESS, GENERAL/ F-M/R&B/WEED_________ 159.94 UNITED COMMUNICATIONS, GENERAL_______________ 1,384.73 WALSH CO SHERIFFS DEPT, SHERIFF__________________ 90.00 ND STATE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS, SHERIFF__________ 120.00 ND STATE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS, SHERIFF__________ 180.00 FARMERS UNION OIL CO, SHERIFF______________________1,603.27 CHRISTIE MOTOR SALES, INC., SHERIFF__________________ 63.30 LANGDON COMMUNITY DRUG, SHERIFF__________________ 71.76 D & B MOTORS, SHERIFF__ 863.34 LEEVERS FOODS, SHERIFF______ __________________________ 39.50 ND WORKFORCE SAFETY & INS., SHERIFF_________________ 250.00 PREMIUM WATERS, INC., DISPATCHERS________________ 94.98 LANGDON AMOCO, F-M/R&B__ _________________________ 109.53 NORTHEAST REGIONAL WATER, ROAD & BRIDGE__________ 60.50 THE CAR CLINIC, ROAD & BRIDGE__________________ 173.75 RICHARD'S WELDING, INC., ROAD & BRIDGE________1,468.00 ON THE RUN SERVICE, ROAD & BRIDGE__________________ 250.00 ACME TOOLS, ROAD & BRIDGE_ _________________________ 134.99 RAZOR TRACKING, INC., ROAD & BRIDGE________________ 137.50 CAVALIER RURAL ELECTRIC COOP., ROAD & BRIDGE______ 99.15 DALGLIESH ENTERPRISES, ROAD & BRIDGE_________ 552.76 BUTLER MACHINERY CO., ROAD & BRIDGE_______________ 3,248.76 DUBOIS OIL CO.,INC, ROAD &

material. Bids can be mailed to the Cavalier County Highway Department, 901 3rd St. Ste. 9, Langdon, ND 58249 or may be dropped off in the drop box at door #1 at the Cavalier County Courthouse, no later than 4:00 p.m. May 4, 2020. Bids will be opened at the Cavalier County Commission meeting Tuesday, May 5 at 9:00 a.m. A20,27 _______________________________

Notice to Creditors NOTICE TO CREDITORS estate: Cameron D. Sillers, 1219 12th IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF CAVALIER COUNTY, STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA In the Matter of the Estate of Rae Workman, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within three months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be presented to the Personal Representative of the

Street, Langdon, ND 58249, or filed with the Court. Dated this 8th day of April, 2020. Cameron D. Sillers 1219 12th Street Langdon, ND 58249 Personal Representative Sillers, Laaveg & Wenzel 908 Third Street Langdon, ND 58249 Quentin Wenzel, Attorney for Personal Representative First publication on the 13th day of April, 2020. A13,20,27 _______________________________

BRIDGE_________________ 1,623.22 FARMERS UNION OIL CO, ROAD & BRIDGE_______________ 2,130.76 POMPS TIRE SERVICE, ROAD & BRIDGE_________________ 2,565.50 ERLING'S OIL, INC., ROAD & BRIDGE___________________ 65.93 MUNICH ELEVATOR & OIL CO., SHERIFF/R&B____________ 418.94 BLUETARP CREDIT SERVICES, ROAD & BRIDGE_________ 208.47 NDTC, E-911 EXCISE TAX__ 128.03 UNITED COMMUNICATIONS, E-911 EXCISE TAX_________ 193.95 POLAR COMMUNICATIONS, E-911 EXCISE TAX_________ 373.70 UNITED COMMUNICATIONS, EMG MNGR_______________ 34.50 VICTOR HECK, VSO________ 10.00 LANGDON AMOCO, VSO__ 53.21 TOM HARDY, VSO_________ 13.26 U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, NDSU EXT.______________________ 55.00 XEROX CORPORATION, NDSU EXT._____________________ 191.44 BUSINESS ESSENTIALS, NDSU EXT.______________________ 27.73 NDSU - DEPT 3110, NDSU EXT.___ ___________________________ 4.00 CAVALIER COUNTY AUDITOR, NDSU EXT._______________ 284.75 MONTANA-DAKOTA UTILITIES, WEED CONTROL__________ 27.68 OTTER TAIL POWER CO, WEED CONTROL_________________ 26.85 THE CAR CLINIC, WEED CONTROL____________________ 342.16 SANFORD HEALTH OCC MEDICINE CLINIC, SOCIAL SERVICES_ _________________________ 340.00 BUSINESS ESSENTIALS, SOCIAL SERVICES________________ 210.30 JOSH PLUMMER, SOCIAL SERVICES____________________ 600.00 ADVANCED BUSINESS METHODS, SOCIAL SERVICES___ 245.13 JEANNETTE JOHNSON, HUMAN SERV. ZONE______________ 220.15 TAMMY MCMILLAN, HUMAN SERV. ZONE______________ 377.20 PEMBINA CO. HIGHWAY DEPT, HUMAN SERV. ZONE_____ 289.60 KATHY JOHNSON, HUMAN SERV. ZONE_______________ 79.80 EDDY FUNERAL HOME, HUMAN SERV. ZONE_____________2,000.00 GRAFTON MUNICIPAL UTILITIES, HUMAN SERV. ZONE______ _________________________ 119.10 BJORNSON OIL CO, HUMAN SERV. ZONE_______________ 60.67 SERI GERSZEWSKI, HUMAN SERV. ZONE_______________ 85.10 QUILL CORPORATION, HUMAN SERV. ZONE_______________ 72.68 WALSH COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPT, HUMAN SERV. ZONE_____ _________________________ 477.10 CATHOLIC CHARITIES NORTH DAKOTA, HUMAN SERV. ZONE_ _________________________ 200.00 DISCOVER, HUMAN SERV. ZONE___________________1,614.34 JUSTIN SCHNACKENBERG, HUMAN SERV. ZONE_________ 70.30 NORTHDALE OIL INC, HUMAN SERV. ZONE_______________ 11.69 NORTHLAND PROPERTIES, HUMAN SERV. ZONE________ 300.00 JILL DENAULT, HUMAN SERV. ZONE_____________________ 38.50 At 12:30 p.m., Stanley Dick made a motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Greg Goodman; motion carried. Board of Commissioners Cavalier County, North Dakota Nick Moser – Chairman Austin Lafrenz – Vice Chairman Greg Goodman Stanley Dick David Zeis Attest: Lisa Gellner - Auditor A27 _______________________________

ABBREVIATED NOTICE OF INTENT TO AMEND ADMINISTRATIVE RULES Relating to the Multi-State Lottery

Office of Attorney General

will hold a public hearing to address proposed amendments to N.D. Administrative Code article 10-16.

N.D. Lottery Office 1050 E. Interstate Ave. Suite 200 Bismarck, ND Tuesday, May 19, 2020 2:00 p.m. CT

The proposed amendments addressing changes to the Powerball® Game, Mega Millions® Game, and Lotto America® Game are emergency rules with effective dates of April 8, 2020 and April 9, 2020. A copy of the proposed rules may be obtained by calling 701-328-1574. Written comments may be submitted to the North Dakota Lottery office, 1050 East Interstate Avenue - Suite 200, Bismarck, ND 585035574 until Tuesday, June 2, 2020. If you plan to attend the public hearing and will need special facilities or assistance relating to a disability, please contact the North Dakota Lottery office at the above telephone number or address at least five days prior to the public hearing. Dated this 16th day of April, 2020. Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem

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Langdon Area School Board Minutes LANGDON AREA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING MINUTES March 16, 2020 Present: Cindy Stremick, Dawn Kruk, Chris Olson, Steve Olson, Dave Hart, Tyler Feist, Tiffany Hetletved, Daren Christianson (Supt.), Stephanie Hochhalter (MS/HS Principal), Todd Hetler (Elem. Principal), and Shauna Schneider (Bus. Mgr.). Cindy Stremick called the March 16, 2020 Board meeting to order at 7:45 p.m. Visitors: Kari and Shane Henderson, Melissa Anderson, Carrie Hope, McKenzie Blumhagen, Amy Kram, Kim Hart, Alison Podhradsky, Kathy Rueger, and Shanda Christianson. The Board reviewed the March 3, 2020 minutes. Dave Hart made a motion to approve the March 3, 2020 minutes with no corrections. Dawn Kruk seconded the motion. Motion was unanimously carried. The Board reviewed the financials and bills presented. Chris Olson made a motion to approve the financials and bills presented. Tiffany Hetletved seconded the motion. Motion was unanimously carried. BUTLER MACHINERY CO., ROAD & BRIDGE_______________ 3,248.76 ACT, WorkKeys Scoring____ 144.00 Activity Account, LAHS, BBB Cleaning Dec 19___________ 240.00 Advanced Business Methods, March 2020 Printer/Copier Leases_ ________________________3,741.26 Amazon Credit Plan, Amazon February 2020 Purchases______1,160.30 American Family Life, March 2020 AFLAC Bill______________ 3,047.30 AmeriPride Linen Services, March 2020 Mops/Rugs/Rags_____ 158.26 Askvig, Jayla, Mileage/Meal Reimbursement Cyber Trainin___ 142.75 Belle, McKenna, GBB Clock 1/2/2020__________________ 10.00 Catholic Charities North Dakota, March 2020 Counseling Service____ _________________________ 900.00 Choice Financial Group, General Fund Check Fees___________ 18.03 City of Langdon, Feb 2020 Water/ Sewer/Garbage___________ 594.26 Class of 2022, GBB Feb 2020 Cleaning________________________ 60.00 Cole Papers, Inc., Sweeper Repair__ __________________________ 29.82 Comfort Suites - Fargo, SRCL Conference Hotels_____________ 190.94 Country Inn & Suites Grand Forks, Near Space Balloon Challenge_____ _________________________ 192.00 Country Media, Inc., March 2020 Newspaper Printing_______ 504.89 Dettler, Lori, Lockable First Aid Box_______________________ 53.58 Devils Lake Public School, 20192020 Boarding Care Costs_________ _______________________ 17,011.54 DOCU SHRED INC, March 2020 Shredding_________________ 47.59 Dollar General- Regons 410526, MS Art/LAES Doldrum Purchases____ _________________________ 145.95 Expressway Suites, GBB State Tournament Hotel____________3,508.55 Farmers & Merchants State Bank, Loan and Interest Payment________ ______________________254,049.66 Farmers Union Oil Co., March 2020 Fuel & Food_______________ 315.17 FCCLA Activity Account, BBB/ GBB Cleaning Dec/Feb_____ 810.00 Fetsch, Ashley, GBB Shot Clock 1/4/2020__________________ 30.00 Fetsch, Loren, GBB/BBB Shot Clock Jan-Feb 2020______________ 360.00 Hartley's School Buses, March 2020 Transportation Bill_______28,781.04 Henderson, Shane, Girls State BB Championship Night Rooms______ ________________________1,050.40 Hetler, Todd, XC Gas Reimbursement______________________ 54.13 Hiller, Megan, BBB/GBB Clock Dec 2019______________________ 25.00 Jordan, Charles, GBB/BBB Book Jan-Feb 2020______________ 225.00 LAHS Building Fund, Walsh County Building Fund Taxes_______ 4.29 LAHS FBLA Club, GBB Cleaning Jan 2, 2020_________________ 60.00

Notice of sale NOTICE OF SALE

Cavalier County will sell the following property as is: 2018 Mahindra Retriever 1000 Gas Flexhauler – VIN: A7MS5F2G5JB007597 (159 miles). For further information or to see this vehicle, contact the Cavalier County Weed Board – 901 3rd Street, Langdon or call (701)370-8927. Sealed bids can be submitted to the Cavalier County Weed Board – 901 3rd Street – Suite 16, Langdon, ND 58249 by May 15, 2020, at 4:00 p.m. The bids will be opened by the Cavalier County Weed Board at a meeting to follow the deadline. Interested bidders can be present to raise their bids, should they desire. Cavalier County has the right to reject any or all bids. Cavalier County gives no implied warranties. The property is sold “AS IS” and “WITH ALL FAULTS”. Cavalier County Weed Board M30,A6,13,20,27,My4,11 _______________________________

LAHS Student Council, GBB/BBB Jan 2020 Cleaning__________ 120.00 Langdon Building Center, Lumber/ Hardboard/Oak Cap_______ 463.46 Langdon Hardware and Rental, March 2020 Custodial Supplies____ _________________________ 371.22 Leevers Foods, March 2020 Groceries General Fund__________ 623.94 Marcotte's Builders Supply, Middle School Art Supplies_________ 42.00 Montana-Dakota Utilities, March 2020 Natural Gas Bills_____1,837.47 Network Services Company, TP, Paper Towels, Air Freshener,Liners___ _________________________ 671.76 Olympiad Club, LAHS Science, BBB/GBB Jan/Feb 2020 Cleaning__ _________________________ 120.00 Ottertail Power Company, March 2020 Electric Bills________13,749.63 Popplers Music Store, HS Music___ _________________________ 296.15 Premium Waters, Inc., March 2020 Water/Water Jugs___________ 82.98 Quality Specialty Products and Printing, Payment Vouchers_______ _________________________ 145.00 Ritterman, Sandy, Mileage 4-1-20 and 4-6-20_________________ 32.20 Social Science Club, GBB/BBB Dec 2019 Cleaning_____________ 120.00 Trophies & Engraving, Acalympics Trophies and Engraving_____ 42.00 United Communications, April 2020 Phone/Fax___________ 753.46 VISA - Cardmember Service, March 2020 Credit Card Bill GF___ 3,016.74 Amazon Credit Plan, Amazon Credit Card Purchases_____ 2,863.49 Cavalier Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc., Emergency Light Wallpacks___ __________________________ 65.25 Jenson A/C & Heating, Cooler Door Repairs___________________ 351.18 Langdon Activity Center, Feb. 2020 Basketball Practice/Games__ 700.00 Visitors were welcomed. Preview of Agenda: Business Managers Report Communications: Thank you from Timian family and a letter from Dr. Eklof. Administrators’ Reports: Daren Christianson reviewed his report with the Board. Topics of discussion included Educating our Students, and Northern Plains Tree Service bid. Todd Hetler’s report was reviewed by the Board. Topics of discussion included Standards-Based Report Cards, Report Cards, Comprehensive Literacy Plan, Leadership Training, Professional Development, and Kindergarten Sign Up for Next Year. He added that the training scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed and in the process of being rescheduled. Stephanie Hochhalter’s report was reviewed by the Board. Topics of discussion included Concluded and Upcoming Events, College and Career Ready, MTSS, Professional Development, and General Information. She added that the Acalympic Team took second at the Acalympic competition hosted by Langdon on Friday. Business Manager report was reviewed by the Board. Committee Reports: Tiffany Hetletved reviewed the Activities Committee meeting with the Board. Dave Hart discussed a community rumor with Board and explained that it was not true. Old Business: Teacher contracts were tabled. A reduction in force hearing was held prior to the Board meeting. New Business: Policies were reviewed by the Board members. Chris Olson made a motion to rescind the Langdon Area School District #23 policies: Candidate Orientation, New Member Orientation, BoardSuperintendent Relations, BoardStaff Relations, Retiring Board Members, Board Member Visits to School, Creation and Elimination of Administrative Personnel Positions, Administrative Reduction in Force, Transfer of Administrative

NOTICE OF SALE Cavalier County will sell the following property as is: 2015 Ford Explorer (110,912 MILES) VIN: 1FM5K8AR3FGC07912 The sale will be held on May 5th, 2020 10:00AM at the Cavalier County Sheriff’s Office. Sealed bids can be submitted to the Sheriff’s Office at any time prior to the sale of the vehicle. Cavalier County has the right to reject any or all bids. For further information or to see this vehicle contact the Cavalier County Sheriff’s Office, 701-256-2555. The above vehicle will be sold to the highest bid and buyer accepts the property “AS IS” condition. (This notice supersedes any other notice of sale on this vehicle) Cavalier County Sheriff A13,20,27 _______________________________

Personnel, Superintendent’s Role in Negotiations, Personnel Policies Requirements & Implementation, Emergency Hiring of Classified Personnel, Physical Examinations, Classified Staff Job Descriptions, and Salary Adjustments for Certified Employees. Dave Hart seconded the motion. Motion was unanimously carried. Tiffany Hetletved made a motion to waive the second reading and to approve and adopt the Langdon Area School District #23 policies: BEA - Candidate Orientation, BEB - New Member Orientation, BFA - Board-Superintendent Relations, BFB - Board-Staff Relations, BFC - Retiring Board Members, BFD - Board Member Visits to School, CABA - Creation and Elimination of Administrative Personnel Positions, CABC - Administrative Reduction in Force, CBC - Transfer of Administrative Personnel, CBD - Superintendent’s Role in Negotiations, DA - Personnel Policies Requirements & Implementation, DBAB - Emergency Hiring of Classified Personnel, DBBB - Physical Examinations, DBCB - Classified Staff Job Descriptions, and DCAC - Salary Adjustments for Certified Employees. Chris Olson seconded the motion. Roll call vote unanimously carried. Cindy Stremick read Alex Quintane’s resignation letter to the Board. Chris Olson made a motion to accept Alex Quintane’s resignation. Dawn Kruk seconded the motion. Motion was unanimously carried. The TLC membership was discussed. Dawn Kruk made a motion to continue TLC membership. Tyler Feist seconded the motion. Motion was unanimously carried. Cindy Stremick appointed Dawn Kruk, Dave Hart, and Tiffany Hetletved to the Interview Committee. Dave Hart recommended that Cindy Stremick take his place on the Committee. The Board consensus was to have two staff members on the Committee. Quit Claim Deed was discussed regarding a dissolved country school in East Alma Township. Tiffany Hetletved made a motion to sign the quit claim deed. Steve Olson seconded the motion. Motion was unanimously carried. Cindy Stremick asked for a motion to pay off the loan at FM Bank. Chris Olson made a motion to pay the FM Bank loan in full. Dave Hart seconded the motion. Motion was unanimously carried. Daren Christianson began the COVID-19 discussion with attendance and finals policies. Tiffany Hetletved made a motion to remove the test attendance policy for the rest of the 2019-2020 school year. Steve Olson seconded the motion. Motion was unanimously carried. There was discussion on non-teaching staff pay during school closure. Chris Olson made a motion to pay the noncontracted staff their full hours with the understanding that the supplemented hours being paid now are to be considered prepaid hours should there be an extended school year. Tiffany Hetletved seconded the motion. Motion was unanimously carried. Non-teaching staff will be required to sign an agreement of this understanding. Discussion moved to spring coaching contracts. Tyler Feist made a motion to pay the spring coaching contracts. Tiffany Hetletved seconded the motion. Motion was unanimously carried. There was discussion on perishable food items on hand at both schools. Chris Olson made a motion to donate perishable food items to our local food pantry or families in need. Dawn Kruk seconded the motion. Motion was unanimously carried. Online access and need for equipment for online education was discussed. There will be a signed agreement with the signing out of school equipment for students. Discussion moved to how online education would look for our district. Governor Bergum has forgiven last week’s loss of school time and has informed the Superintendents that by Wednesday of this week he will have more guidance. Discussion moved to prom and graduation. The consensus was to follow the recommendations of the State Health Department and Governor Bergum. The next Board meeting will be Monday, March 23, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. in the School Board Meeting Room. Dawn Kruk made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Steve Olson seconded the motion. Motion was unanimously carried. Meeting Adjourned at 8:45 p.m. Board President Business Manager DISCLAIMER: These are unofficial minutes as they have yet to be approved by the Board. _______________________________ REDUCTION IN FORCE HEARING MINUTES March 16, 2020 Present: Cindy Stremick, Dawn Kruk, Chris Olson, Steve Olson, Dave Hart, Tyler Feist, Tiffany Het-

letved, Krista Cahill, John Cahill, Kathy Rueger, Daren Christianson (Supt.), and Shauna Schneider (Bus. Mgr.). Cindy Stremick called the hearing to order at 7:15 p.m. Cindy Stremick asked Krista Cahill if she would prefer an executive session or an open hearing. Krista Cahill requested an executive session. Cindy Stremick asked for a motion from the Board to go into executive session under NDCC 15.1-15-06 to contemplate the nonrenewal of Krista Cahill’s contract for the reasons of reduction in force. Dawn Kruk made a motion to go into executive session under NDCC 15.1-15-06 to contemplate the nonrenewal of Krista Cahill’s contract for the reasons of reduction in force. Tyler Feist seconded the motion. Motion was unanimously carried. Executive session began at 7:16 p.m. Open meeting recessed. Executive session ended at 7:26 p.m. Open meeting resumed. Visitors Melissa Anderson and Carrie Hope joined the meeting. Cindy Stremick asked for the motion. Tiffany Hetletved made the motion that the Board finds that the reasons for nonrenewal have been substantiated, that the selection of the teacher was made in accordance with applicable policy and/or the negotiated agreement, and that the current contract of Krista Cahill not be renewed for the reasons stated in the letter of contemplated nonrenewal dated March 4, 2020. The Business Manager will provide written notice to Krista Cahill of this determination not to renew said contract, on or before May 1. Chris Olson seconded the motion. Roll call vote was unanimously carried. Chris Olson made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Steve Olson seconded the motion. Motion was unanimously carried. Meeting Adjourned. Board President Business Manager DISCLAIMER: These are unofficial minutes as they have yet to be approved by the Board. _______________________________ SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES March 18, 2020 Present: Cindy Stremick, Dawn Kruk, Chris Olson, Steve Olson, Dave Hart, Tyler Feist, Tiffany Hetletved (by phone), Daren Christianson (Supt.), Stephanie Hochhalter (MS/HS Principal), and Shauna Schneider (Bus. Mgr.). Cindy Stremick called the March 18, 2020 Emergency Board meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. Visitors: Stephanie Welsh, Melissa Anderson, Carrie Hope, and Shanda Christianson. Visitors were welcomed. Old Business: There was a review and clarification on non-contracted staff pay. Refusal to sign the document will forfeit any supplemented hours and pay with the district. Non-contracted will be required to be on call as needed and job duties may change as needed. New Business: Daren Christianson reviewed with the Board the lack of guidance from the state at this time and feels our school district needs to be the leader with our students and their education. He then reviewed the partial and full closure plans with the Board. Transportation will not be provided for the partial plan. Stephanie Welsh reviewed group events and restriction recommendations. Stephanie Hochhalter reviewed the high school schedules on Microsoft Teams and reviewed what online education would look like for the middle school and high school students. Todd Hetler reviewed the elementary recorded lesson schedules and reviewed what online education would look like for the elementary students. Daren Christianson reviewed the NDCC regarding online learning and contact hours. Providing meals for students was discussed. Dave Hart made a motion to approve the partial closure plan as presented. Tyler Feist seconded the motion. Motion was unanimously carried. Steve Olson made a motion to approve the full closure plan as presented. Dawn Kruk seconded the motion. Motion was unanimously carried. Building access for staff, students and public was discussed. The consensus of the Board is that no one is allowed to be in the building for recreational purposes. If teachers bring their children to their classroom to do work, those children cannot leave the classroom until they leave to go home. No will be allowed in the school buildings that does not feel well. The next Board meeting will be Monday, March 23, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. in the School Board Meeting Room. Chris Olson made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Dawn Kruk seconded the motion. Motion was unanimously carried. Meeting Ad-

Cavalier County Republican journed at 5:45 p.m. Board President Business Manager DISCLAIMER: These are unofficial minutes as they have yet to be approved by the Board. _______________________________ SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES March 23, 2020 Present: Cindy Stremick, Dawn Kruk, Chris Olson, Steve Olson (by phone), Dave Hart, Tyler Feist, Tiffany Hetletved, Tonia Olson, Troy Olson, Warren Jonasson, Daren Christianson (Supt.), and Shauna Schneider (Bus. Mgr.). Cindy Stremick called the hearing to order at 7:00 p.m. Cindy Stremick asked Tonia Olson if she would prefer an executive session or an open hearing. Tonia Olson requested an executive session. Cindy Stremick asked for a motion from the Board to go into executive session under NDCC 15.1-15-06 to contemplate the nonrenewal of Tonia Olson’s contract for the reasons of reduction in force. Dawn Kruk made a motion to go into executive session under NDCC 15.1-15-06 to contemplate the nonrenewal of Tonia Olson’s contract for the reasons of reduction in force. Tyler Feist seconded the motion. Motion was unanimously carried. Executive session began at 7:01 p.m. Open meeting recessed. Executive session ended at 7:25 p.m. Open meeting resumed. Todd Hetler and Stephanie Hochhalter joined the meeting. Cindy Stremick asked for the motion. Dawn Kruk made the motion that the Board finds that the reasons for nonrenewal have been substantiated, that the selection of the teacher was made in accordance with applicable policy and/or the negotiated agreement, and that the current contract of Tonia Olson not be renewed for the reasons stated in the letter of contemplated nonrenewal dated March 4, 2020. The Business Manager will provide written notice to Tonia Olson of this determination not to renew said contract, on or before May 1. Chris Olson seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Dave Hart-No, Tiffany Hetletved-Yes, Dawn Kruk-Yes, Tyler Feist-Yes, Chris Olson-Yes, Steve Olson-No, and Cindy Stremick-Yes. Motion was carried. Chris Olson made a motion to adjourn the reduction in force hearing. Dawn Kruk seconded the motion. Motion was unanimously carried. Hearing adjourned at 7:32 p.m. Board President Business Manager _______________________________ SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES March 23, 2020 Present: Cindy Stremick, Dawn Kruk, Chris Olson, Steve Olson (by phone), Dave Hart, Tyler Feist, Tiffany Hetletved, Daren Christianson (Supt.), Stephanie Hochhalter (MS/ HS Principal), Todd Hetler (Elem. Principal), and Shauna Schneider (Bus. Mgr.). Cindy Stremick called the March 23, 2020 Board special meeting to order at 7:33 p.m. Old Business: Cindy Stremick read McKenzie Blumhagen’s resignation from the district. Tiffany Hetletved made a motion to accept Mckenzie Blumhagen’s resignation. Chris Olson seconded the motion. Motion was unanimously carried. Teaching contracts were presented for approval. Tiffany Hetletved made a motion to offer eligible teaching contracts. Dawn Kruk seconded the motion. Motion was unanimously carried. New Business: Daren Christianson reviewed with the Board the full closure plan that started today for the district. He reviewed the federal meal program that is being offered for anyone ages 1-18 through the district and the weekly pickup procedure that the district has in place. This is a free program for the participants. Daren Christianson discussed the distance education plan that has been put together for our district. This plan will be submitted to DPI for approval. Daren Christianson reviewed and explained the Governor’s forgiveness of contact days. He reviewed what has been happening in our district with employees and the changes that are happening at every level. The next Board meeting is Monday, April 20, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. Tiffany Hetletved made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Dawn Kruk seconded the motion. Motion was unanimously carried. Meeting Adjourned at 7:50 p.m. Board President Business Manager DISCLAIMER: These are unofficial minutes as they have yet to be approved by the Board. A27 _______________________________

– THE CLASSIFIEDS –

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED – Bulk truck driver needed at Farmers Union in Lankin and Edinburg. Duties would include farm deliveries and C-Store filling. Home every day, full benefit package includes vacation, 401K, health and life insurance and more. Please apply in the office and talk to Joe or call 701-256-5531 cell phone 370-2022. CDL, Hazmat and experience would be helpful. __________________________ M9Tf HELP WANTED – Part-time fertlizer drivers needed at Farmers Union in Langdon, Lankin and Edinburg. Please apply in the office and talk to Joe or call 701-256-5531 cell phone 370-2022. CDL needed and experience would be helpful. __________________________ M9Tf HELP WANTED – Part-time C-Store help needed at Farmers Union in Langdon. Flexible hours. Please apply in the office. __________________________ M9Tf

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED – Bulk truck driver needed at Farmers Union in Langdon. Duties would include farm deliveries, picking up fuel in Grand Forks or Fargo, deliver to our other stores. Home every day, full benefit package includes vacation, 401K, health and life insurance and more. Please apply in the office and talk to Joe or call 701-256-5531 cell phone 370-2022. CDL, Hazmat and experience would be helpful. ___________________________J27Tf

HELP WANTED – The Cavalier County Weed Board is currently looking for individuals to help with summer weed control. Duties include driving, refilling tank with water and refilling ATV spray unit. Applicants MUST have a valid driver's license, be 18 or older, be willing to work varied hours and be able to pass a drug and alcohol screening. Pay is $14.85/hour. Overtime is available. Pick up and submit applications at Cavalier County Auditor's office, 901 3rd St., Langdon, ND 58249. Applications must be received by May 15, 2020 prior to 4 p.m. ____________________ M23-My11Bt

HELP WANTED

Columbia Grain in Walhalla is looking to hire a HELP WANTED – Cavalier County has openings for seasonal road Labor/ Warehouseman. maintenance oil crew workers. This position full-time with benefits. An application may beis obtained online at www.cavaliercounty.us. HELP at WANTED – CAREGIVER IfApplicants interested, MatttoBrown 701-549-3721, willcontact also be asked NEEDED job is for 5 days a week – complete an Equal Employment or stop in at the office for an application. 5 hours per day – salary is $20 per Opportunity questionnaire, which hour. For more details about the is not part of the application process 1920 Hwy. 32 North, Walhalla but will be given to the County’s position, email me Mr Patrick (patTitle VI coordinator. The application can be returned by mail to the Cavalier County Highway Department, 901 3rd St. St. 9, Langdon, ND 58249 or placed in the drop box located at door number 1 of the courthouse, no later than 4 p.m., May 1, 2020. Applicant must be at least 16 years of age and must have a valid North Dakota driver’s license. A successful applicant with a commercial class B license, with air brake endorsement, will be paid $1/hr. more. Experience not necessary. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday thru Friday (weather permitting). Starting salary is $15.25 an hour. Successful applicants will be subject to a background check. All Cavalier County employees are subject to random drug and alcohol testing. Cavalier County is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, or disability in employment or the provision of services, and complies with the provisions of the North Dakota Human Rights Act. _______________________ A20,27Bt

HELP WANTED

MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS – The Cavalier County Soil Conservation District is taking tree orders for spring 2020 plantings. If you are interested in putting in Field Windbreaks, Farmstead Windbreaks, Feedlot Windbreaks, Wildlife planting or plantings to beautify your yard, contact our office. We have cost share programs you may qualify for. Stop by the office or call 701256-2484 ext. 3 if interested in doing a tree planting. Find us on Facebook at Cavalier County SCD. _____________________________Tf

FOR SALE

FOR SALE – 2 Lots for sale. 1900 block 7th St. Langdon. Call 3829376. _____________________________ Tf FOR SALE – House for sale at 506 Jenks St. Munich, ND. 3 bedroom, 1 & 1/2 bath, central air, steel siding, attached garage, updated bathroom with walk-in tiled shower. Asking $50,000 OBO. Contact Mark at 3702556 or Lana at 370-2638. ____________________M30-My18Bt

dolan18@gmail.com). ______________________ A27-J15Pd

HELP WANTED – St. Alphonsus School is now looking to hiring a Pre-K teacher for the 2020-2021 school year working with our 3-5-year-old students. Part-time or full-time possible. Must be a team player and work well with others. Must have North Dakota teaching license. Please email (carrie.hope@ k12.nd.us) or call the school at 2562354. _____________________ A27,My4Bt

HELP WANTED

D&B Motors is seeking a full-time F&I Manager Duties will include, but not limited to, securing financing for our guests, printing necessary paperwork, presenting protection plans and other products, vehicle ordering, and tracking manufacturer incentives. Candidate must be honest, self-motivated, energetic, and have a genuine desire to care for our customers. A finance or business-related degree with experience is desired but will train the right individual. We offer a competitive compensation package including employee sponsored benefits. Please email resume to jbusse@utma.com, or call Jennifer, Mark or Danny at 701-256-5331.

HELP WANTED DIESEL MECHANIC Dahl Truck & Auto Center, Langdon, ND is looking for an experienced Diesel Mechanic or an individual who has completed Heavy Duty Diesel Schooling and is ready to take the next step in their career. This position will require personal skills with customers, arriving to work on time and timeliness on the job as well as being able to keep workspace clean. Full benefit package is available, competitive wage based on experience. Housing is plentiful in the Langdon area. If interested please contact Ted at 701-256-3366 or 701-256-0402 Aaron at 701-256-3930 Lonnie at 701-256-3959

Maple Manor Care Center

Columbia Grain in Walhalla is looking to hire a Labor/ Warehouseman. Work with us! This position is full-time CHS is hiring the with benefits. following positions If interested, contact at various locations: Matt Brown at Full & Seasonal CDL Drivers 701-549-3721, and Laborers or stop in at the office Please apply online for an application. at chsinc.com CHS is an equal opportunity employer 1920 Hwy. 32 North, Walhalla

Long Term Care Director of Nursing Maple Manor Care Center, a 58 bed skilled nursing facility in Langdon currently has an opening for Director of Nursing We are looking for an experienced Director of Nursing to organize and oversee all nursing operations of the facility. You will create and collaborate an efficient work place with attention to quality standards and policies: Applicant requirements: • Current CPR Certificate and RN license in the state of ND. • Experience in a Skilled Long Term setting • Ability to lead and develop nursing staff • Willingness to keep abreast of changing regulations • In depth knowledge of the MDS (Minimum Data Set) • Current computer skills and ability to adapt and educate staff on software upgrades. Applications can be obtained at 1116 9th Ave. in Langdon or contact John at mmoffice@mmcarecenter.com

Pembina County Memorial Hospital Flex-time RN/CNA

Wedgewood Manor

Full-time Cook: every other weekend/rotating holidays Full-time LPN/RN SIGN ON BONUS! Full-time/Part-time CNAs $1,200 Full-Time CNAs $5,000 Full-Time LPN/RN Part/Flex-time RN/LPN Apply online: www.cavalierhospital.com or contact Ann Russell at 701-265-6329 for more information.

Maple Manor Care Center in Langdon has the following job openings: FT & PT Certified Nursing Assistants (Morning and Evening Shifts) Benefit package available! FT & PT RNs and LPNs (Day and Overnight Shifts) Benefit package available! FT & PT Morning Dietary Aide (5:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.) Benefit package available! PT Evening Dietary Aide (4-7 p.m.) Perfect for students! Contact Maple Manor Care Center at 256-2987 or mmoffice@mmcarecenter.com and we will email you an employment application.

Pembilier Nursing Center In Walhalla is seeking

Full-Time Night RN/LPN

• Three 12 hour shifts • $5,000 Sign-on Bonus! • Flexible Scheduling • Full Benefits

CNAs

• $1,200 Sign-on Bonus for QUALIFIED CANDIDATES

Apply on line at: www.pembiliernursingcenter.com or call (701) 549-3831 to speak to Director of Nursing

- Statewide Classifieds -

HELP WANTED AGRI.-SCIENCE TEACHER. Kindred Public School District. Also includes Assistant FFA Advisor. Apply online at: www.kindred.k12.nd.us

MAY-PORT CG SCHOOL is hiring: Elementary Teachers (Gr3, Gr4); Head Boys Basketball, HS Hockey. Apply to MPCG School, Attn: Michael Bradner, 900 Main Street West, Mayville, ND 58257 or Michael. bradner@may-portcg.com. PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE, City of Washburn, ND. For complete job description: call 701.462.8558 or email cityofwashburn@westriv.com. Resume with cover letter accepted until May 8, 2020 at 4:00pm. HELP WANTED: PATZER Truck Repair of Harvey, N.D, is looking to hire a selfmotivated, experienced farm machinery mechanic. Full family health insurance paid, competitive pay & benefits, 40 plus hours weekly, year round guaranteed. Call Brad or Butch at 701-324-4442. ANYONE CAN RUN STATEWIDE with HELP WANTED ads in all the newspapers of N.D. with the NorthSCAN program! $160 /25 words / all ND papers. NDNA, 701223-6397. FINANCIAL SERVICES OVER $10K IN Debt? Be debt free in 24 to 48 months. No upfront fees to enroll. A+ BBB

rated. Call National Debt Relief, 701-9368487.

EDUCATION/TRAINING TRAIN AT HOME TO DO MEDICAL BILLING! Become a Medical Office Professional online at CTI! Get Trained, Certified & ready to work in months! Call 701-929-9679. (M-F 8am-6pm ET) COMPUTER & IT TRAINING PROGRAM! Train ONLINE to get the skills to become a Computer & Help Desk Professional now! Now offering a $10,000 scholarship qualified applicants. Call CTI for details! 701929-9679 (M-F 8am-6pm ET) REAL ESTATE FOR SALE ND FARM LAND Values surge upward. Are you selling or renting? Pifer’s Auction and Farm Land Management. Bob Pifer 701-371-8538. Kevin Pifer 701.238.5810. Free valuation. MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE LOOKING FOR THE most complete listing of ND Media? Get the ND Media Guide for Only $25! Call 701-223-6397, ND Newspaper Association. AUTOS WANTED DONATE YOUR CAR TO CHARITY. Receive maximum value of write off for your taxes. Running or not! All conditions accepted. Free pickup. Call for details. 701809-7415.

HEALTH/MEDICAL ATTENTION DIABETICS! Save money on your diabetic supplies! Convenient home shipping for monitors, test strips, insulin pumps, catheters and more! To learn more, call now! 877-736-5537. ATTENTION: OXYGEN USERS! Gain freedom with a Portable Oxygen Concentrator! N o m o re h e a v y t a n k s a n d re f i l l s ! Guaranteed Lowest Prices! Call the Oxygen Concentrator Store: 701-404-5994. (24/7) CASH SETTLEMENTS Recently diagnosed with LUNG CANCER and 60+ years old? Call now! You and your family may be entitled to a SIGNIFICANT CASH AWARD. Call 701-404-5389 today. Free Consultation. No Risk. ANNOUNCEMENTS ATTENTION: AUTO INJURY VICTIMS. If you have suffered a serious injury in an auto accident, call us! Our attorneys have the experience to get you the full compensation you deserve! Call Now: 855-543-9071. MISCELLANEOUS WE MAKE IT easy to place an ad in one or all the North Dakota newspapers. One order, one bill, one check. We provide the ad design and tear sheets. Call the North Dakota Newspaper Association, 701-2236397.

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By Rita Maisel

The classes of 2020 Most years the graduation story starts with a list of the names in the senior classes, followed by phone calls from parents or grandparents to make sure their special student is included, hours of checking with long ago graduation lists, centennial books and asking questions. Schools are allowed to give only names of graduates, not their parents’ names, address or other data that might compromise their privacy. I try to follow those guidelines. This year the lists given to me are arranged alphabetically by their first names for privacy reasons, my hand-written notes are barely legible, and many of the reliable resources are not available. The challenge is a whole new ball game! So you start with a longer than usual class list of great kids and innovate. With a group who have won state football, state volleyball, state girls basketball and had hopes for placing high in spring sports, innovation should be easy. Following tradition, we have the usual things to look for: twins, Olsons (the most frequent name found on area graduation lists), who has the most cousins (a toss-up most years) and what is truly outstanding this year. Filling in the outstanding category has to go to Andy, Danny and Lizzie Muhs, the second set of triplets to graduate from high school in Cavalier County! The only other triplets graduated 47 years ago so that has to be quite an accomplishment. Most graduates have at least one side of their family who have lived in Cavalier County ever since statehood. Then we try to find families who have been graduating from local high schools for at least four generations, and this year that list is long. Many families have been here for six or more generations, but high school was beyond family budgets so many of the older graduates were girls who were determined to teach and worked hard to get the desired diplomas. Other families arrived around the time of World War I (a century ago), and a few others could be newer residents. Just from the names, we know more ancestors came with the fur trade than with the missiles among this group.

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Pictured in centennial books are a neat picture of Blaine Perry (Munich), and farther back in that same book the Hoiland family with baby grandchildren who we now know as Sidney and Savannah Ullyott. Seeing a picture in the Hampden book labeled Ordale Morstad, led to discovering the picture was the graduating Ordale’s grandfather. From now on, graduates are too young for the last round of community history books. Another first for this class is that, due to the coronavirus isolation rules, all of the graduates have had both regular classroom sessions and homeschooling with on-line classes. Here are the names of the hopeful graduates from Langdon Area High School: Abby Romfo, Alexandria Domres, Andrew Muhs, Arik Christianson, Brennan Kitchin, Brooke Bakke, Calyn Crockett, Christopher Becker, Corissa Tetrault, Daniel Muhs, Elise Ramberg, Elizabeth Muhs, Emma Field, Greta Haslekaas, Hayden Hoffarth, Hope Thompson, Hunter Feil, Jackson Delvo, Jesse Fetsch, Jessi Gellner, Justin Pengilly, Kaitlynn Scherr, Kamry Christianson, Logan Feil, Mackensie Hicks, Marcus Iverson, McKenna Belle, Michael Kartes, Noah Anderson, Peyton Ullyott, Raquel Bata, Regan Hoffarth, Savannah Ullyott, Sean Gette, Seth Franchuk, Sidney Ullyott, Tanner Olson, and Wyatt Kartes. Munich graduates for 2020 include the following: Blaine Perry, Brett Myers, Hanna Haider, Joshua Hettwer, Logan Harder, Marissa Peebles, Nicole Hettwer, Ordale Morstad and Rachel Weston. Edmore Graduates of 2020 begin with the girl most photographed for her role in the LEM co-op sports, Callie Ronnigen, and go on to include Denae Trottier, Jadyn Harpstad, Nathan Horner and Wyatt Knoke. Now the little bits of special information saved for this annual column which give readers more on family history and sometimes uncover cousins graduates did not realize they had. Andy, Danny and Lizzie Muhs belong to one of the oldest families in Cavalier County, the Muhs-Rose, Hamann, Clodt and related neighbors from Borgentreich, Germany, who were here before the county was organized. One branch of their family went further west and then came back to Muhs land west of

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Langdon which is now farmed by the sixth generation. On their mother’s side some of the great-grandparents came with others from near Kalusch, Galicia, which sent many families to America both before and after World War I. Great-grandparents who would make them fourth generation graduates are Vivian Flanders Seaworth (Grey Consolidated), Ray Muhs (St. Alphonsus 1938), and Dorothy Schefter Muhs (LHS 1940). Grandparents attended Calvin, Hannah, Wales and St. Alphonsus with parents graduating at LHS. The only other family with three members in the same class are the Ullyotts: Peyton, born in January, is the oldest by a few weeks. Then a short time later there is a memory of their grandfather announcing “more grandchildren” at church in the Joys and Concerns section of the service. When the pastor said congratulations, he was informed “You have to say that twice. This time it is twins.” Sidney and Savannah Ullyott are the only set of twins in the local 2020 graduates. Knowing their family, I looked first for a possible fourth generation graduate in the Milton book but did not find greatgrandparents Howard Florence or Nora Nelson listed. They belonged to an era when many students were needed for work at home. But all of the Ullyotts share another special great-grandmother, Verna Welsh Ullyott, who at the age of seven was a victim of an earlier epidemic - that year scarlet fever. She lost her hearing as a result and went to the School for the Deaf where she graduated from high school a few years later. Abby Romfo has fourth generation graduates on all sides of her family with James and Lola McKay Throndset both from Milton, Eddie

Evans (1935) and Mary Ann Symons Evans (1932) from LHS and Joe and Geraldine Wirth Tholkes from Munich. Parents and grandparents also graduated at Langdon and Munich. Emma Field is the fourth generation to graduate from LAHS with two of her great-grandmothers ladies who were in the 1926 class. Both Bessie McFarlane Field and Edith Kirby Olson went on to teach school and enjoyed seeing their children and some of their grandchildren graduate as well. Jesse Fetsch, youngest in his family, is the great-grandson of Charlotte Beauchamp Chaput who graduated at Sarles and Jean Bergman Kram, an early graduate of “the new” Wales High School. Brennan Kitchin is the sixth generation of the Isaac and Hannah (Newton) Kitchin family who came originally from England to America, and in around 1900 found their way to Cavalier County where descendants are today. As a child playing with Kitchin grandchildren, I learned that one of the older sons was named Isaac Newton “because it is a family name”. It took college before I learned about Sir Isaac Newton and what is thought of today as Newton’s Law. Brennan’s great-grandparents on that side of his family include Edwin Kitchin (LHS 1927) and Helen Welsh Kitchin (LHS 1929) plus he had another great-grandmother, Margaret Kram, who came to school at St. Alphonsus with other grandchildren in the Cleary family from Concrete. In that family, Brennan is the 7th generation down from their Irish roots. Jessi Gellner is another graduate with probable 7th generation roots in our area. Six generations of Gellners have farmed here and the 7th

generation back was a great-grandfather of Jessi’s great-grandfather, the Frank Gellner readers may remember. The original Frank Gellner settled in South Dakota when other family members chose Cavalier County. Jessi has several cousins in this graduating class on other lines of her heritage going back to the Soli and Amundson lines north of us and the Christianson/Johnson lines in Hay Twp. Tanner Olson is the lone Olson to be added to the list this year. His great-grandmother, Mabel Amundson Olson, graduated from LHS in 1931. Brooke Bakke is the great-granddaughter of Anna Mae Koehmstedt Hansel, a 1943 LHS graduate. Corissa Tetrault, Wyatt Kartes and Michael Kartes are all six or seven generations down from the first Peter and Mary Kartes who settled in Cavalier County. Since we do not have class lists for several of the now closed schools, my guess would be grandparents who graduated from Walhalla, Wales or Mount Carmel. Calyn Crockett is another of the youngest in her family with a long history of attending school in Langdon. The early Crockett graduates appeared to be aunts or uncles and not grandparents. However, on the Fetsch side of her family, we found another great-grandmother, Catherine Greenshields Fetsch, who graduated from Hannah HS in 1936. Calyn may be the last of the grandchildren of Floyd (1940) and Della (1942) to graduate at LAHS, but there are great-grandchildren coming up. (This part of the story will be continued next week along with fourth generation students from Munich and Edmore.)

Dakota Gardener: Garden soil preparation By Carrie Knutson, NDSU Extension Agent, Grand Forks County We are all anxious to get outside and work in our gardens after a long winter season. North Dakota State University Extension is starting a column to help you grow a bountiful garden and a beautiful landscape. We will share information each week that

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is based on scientific research and targeted for North Dakotans. This week, we start with the foundation of your garden, the soil. I would argue that soil is the most important part of your garden, not the vegetable plants. A healthy soil is the key to a garden that produces a plentiful harvest. Your first step is to make sure the soil is dry enough to cultivate. Working the soil when it is too wet can destroy the soil structure, resulting in soils that are hard and have poor water drainage and aeration. You have an easy way to tell if your garden soil is ready to be worked. Take soil from 2 to 3 inches deep in your garden in your hand and gently squeeze it into a ball. If the ball falls apart, the soil is ready to be worked. If not, the soil will need some more drying time before it can be worked. Once your soil is dry enough to work, the next step is to add organic matter such as compost or peat moss. The addition of organic matter improves soil structure as well as water and nutrient-holding abilities. Organic matter is the best amendment for any soil situation. Organic matter can be added in the fall or spring on top of the existing garden soil about 2 to 3 inches deep before working the soil. The last step is the addition of fertilizer. The typical fertilizer nutrients that plants need are nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K). The only way to know for sure what your soil needs is to run a soil test on your garden. The NDSU Soil Testing Lab offers soil testing for homeowners. For $19.50 plus postage, the lab will test the amount of N, P, K, pH, soluble salts and organic matter. Lab personnel then will provide customized recommendations for your site. The test is well worth the cost, especially if you save yourself the fertilizer expense. Soil tests can be

run every year or every few years, depending on your gardening style. Local Extension offices have soil testing bags, directions and information sheets for gardeners, or go online at https://www.ndsu.edu/ snrs/services/soil_testing_lab. If you don’t have time to complete a soil test before planting, the general recommendation is to add 1 pound of an all-purpose fertilizer such as 10-10-10 per 100 square feet of garden or add smaller amounts of nitrogen a couple of times during the growing season. Incorporate the fertilizer by tilling or raking it into the soil. When you are ready to plant, prepare the seedbed by leveling the soil with the back of a heavy rake to break up any large pieces of soil. Something to think about during the summer is moving toward notill or reduced-till gardening. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service encourages building soil health by keeping the soil covered as much as possible and disturbing the soil as little as possible, keeping plants growing throughout the year to feed soil, and diversifying plant material through crop rotation. Start this fall by placing a thick layer of mulch, compost, grass clippings, leaves or similar organic matter in a layer about 6 to 8 inches deep over your garden soil. Let the organic matter sit during the winter. When the garden is ready to plant next spring, move the mulch to the side and use a hoe to dig the furrow for seeds or a hand trowel to dig the holes for transplants. When the seedlings have emerged and the plants are growing, move the mulch or add mulch closer to the plants but not touching the stems. Enjoy the reduced weed competition and healthier soil. For more information, contact your local NDSU Extension agent. Find the Extension office for your county at https://www.ag.ndsu. edu/extension/directory/counties.

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