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Myron Sommerfeld featured at Music at the Courthouse


he Valley City Park District and Dakota CountryKOVC hosts Music at the Courthouse on Wed., June 12 with Myron Sommerfeld and his orchestra. They will bring a variety of swing and ballroom music to the VCSU Foss Music Building beginning at 7:15 pm. Note the change in location for this week only. Myron Sommerfeld and His Orchestra continue to perform the Music of the Stars to the many folks who love Swing and Ballroom Dancing. He celebrates over 50 years of leading this popular North Dakota orchestra. Myron has many accomplishments including having his compoInsurance Preferred Business
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Something for everyone at Rally in the Valley


I
By Jon Pike For the INDY t may have started as an event for gear heads, but its grown into a town-wide reunion and event for people of all interests, as well as a community-wide fund raiser. Thats the 2013 edition of Valley Citys Rally in the Valley, an event that has proved so popular that this years it has had an extra date added to its venue. This years edition will run from Fri., June 15 through Mon., June 17. Local car enthusiasts group, The Bridge City Cruisers, who started the event are still a big part of the activities and there will be plenty of action for people liking all things automotive. That includes a NASCARstyle tire changing event, a burnout contest and a chance to see cars blown up and smashed. But, according to organizers, the event has grown significantly beyond that. In part because local alumni have been scheduling class reunions around the same weekend as this event, according to Kay Vinje, the Executive Vice-President of the Valley City Chamber of Commerce. Vinje said originally there were two events scheduled for the same weekend, a car show and a community days. Local people, she said, decided to merge the two events into one. Its really a time for people to come home, Vinje said. If you want to take advantage, in some way, of everything the weekend has to offer, then youre probably going to want to spend Friday resting up. Thats because a 5K Road Race starts at 8 a.m. on Saturday. After youre done running, or watching the race, you can hang around the for the community parade. The reunion element is carried through in the parade, Vinje said. Along with the high school band in the parade is a reunion band that has just started in the last couple of years, and that has just been a big hit. Kids of all ages come home to play in the band again. They just have a ball doing that. She said the whole weekend has a real homecoming feel to it. She said it would be fair to say that the population of the city doubles during this event. If running, or even taking part in the car activities isnt your thing, you can partake of plenty of arts and crafts available from area vendors in the city park beginning at 8 a.m. There are also plenty of food vendors so that people can get nourishment while going from event to event. The car oriented events run the length of the afternoon on Saturday. They also have plenty of events for the kids, ranging from laser tag, to jousting

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Three days of events for the whole family June 15 through June 17

games and inflatables for the older kids, This years Rally features three days of down to events for the toddlers. activities for people of many ages and not Then there are the ducks. One part of just for car enthusiasts. The event has the weekend is the duck race. Vinje said almost turned into a rally for people of that 1,600 rubber ducks are released on many interests in Valley City. the Sheyenne River by the picturesque foot bridge. The event works like most rubber duck rallies where the ducks are sold to raise money. The chamber takes applications and then selects the nonprofit SUNDAY, JUNE 16 2 TO 4 PM benefiting from the sale. The ducks with the winning numbers on them are sold for five dollars. The first 10 ducks that cross the finish line bring the winners as Location: much as $500 for finishing Kathryn Community Hall 0603#550 first. This year the duck rally connects to the cars, as the organization benefiting is a newly formed soapbox week nights derby club. Saturday night also features a street dance with two different bands. 5:30-7 PM Thats a lot for a Satur& 10-Midnight day, but if you get some rest and feel like taking on Sunday, theres still plenty TAPS, WELLS to do. Motorcycle enthusi& DOMESTICS G asts can watch a hill climb NIN E P O with plenty of mud flying ND A R around. G If youre able to take Monday off, and have rested a bit, you can go to circus that will be in town from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.

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new local wine tasting group, Herd it through the Grapevine,will meet the first day of each month regardless of the day of the week from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Buffalo High School. The next two tastings are Monday, July 1 and Thurs. August 1. Julys tasting features wines from McNab Winery in Mendocino County, Calif. Augusts event will feature wines from Red Trail Vineyard will betastedto promotetheAnnual Grape Stompon Sat., August 17. Plan now to join in the fun. A minimal charge of $10 per personwillinclude a wide variety of summer wines to tastefrommany differentwineries. Call Liane at 701-415-4485 for more information.

Rhubarb donations sought for fundraiser


t. Catherine Parish Catholic Daughters of the Americas are holding their annual Rhubarb Run Fund Raiser on Saturday. If you have rhubarb that you would like to donate, please call Sue Judd at 701-840-8816 or Anne Wuolu at 701-845-5242 for pick up. You may, also, drop it off at the garageon the north side of St. Catherine School on 6th St. NE between the hours of 8 a.m. and noon. We are looking for lots of rhubarb that we can prep and sell to Maple River Winery to raise money for local and state charities. Your donation is much appreciated.

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AA: Alcoholics Anonymous meet every Friday at 5:30 pm in the conference room of Sheyenne Care Center, Valley City. MUSEUM: From Monday, May 27 through Labor Day, The Midland Continental Railroad Transportation Museum will be open daily from 1 to 4 p.m.

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n Centennial Celebration Open House for the Midland
Continental Railroad Depot with Peggy Lee Music
All Aboard... head to Wimbledon to enjoy cake, coffee, and Peggy Lee tunes in celebration of the 100th year of the Midland Continental Railroad Depot. An open house will be held on Saturday, June 22, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Midland Continental Depot Transportation Museum Featuring Peggy Lee in Wimbledon. Everyone is invited to take a tour of this world-class museum and bring their Midland Continental Railroad stories, photos, and memorabilia to share. Built in 1913, the Midland Continental Railroad Depot is the only remaining depot of the railroad which was to connect Canada to the Gulf Coast. Warren Ernie, Wimbledon

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LIBRARY: The Valley City Barnes County Public Library is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 845-3821 for more information. DERBY: The Soap Box Derby sponsored by Sheyenne Valley Soap Box Derby Club. Call Doreen at 701-840-0249 for more information. Applications can be downloaded at http://www.dakotasoapboxderby.org/. AA: Alcoholics Anonymous meets every Saturday at 8 p.m. at Fellowship Corner, 320 Second Ave. S.E. in Valley City. On the last Saturday of each month, the meeting is a speaker meeting - for all to attend, not just alcoholics.

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native and lifetime resident, will be the guest of honor. Ernie rode on the Midland train and in high school personally knew Peggy Lee (Norma Egstrom), the renowned jazz singer. The depot was home to Peggy Lee from 1934-1937 when her father was the depot agent there. Opened in 2012, the Midland Continental Depot Transportation Museum Featuring Peggy Lee is on the National Register of Historic Places and is ADA accessible. The museum is open daily, Memorial Day through Labor Day, 1 to 4 p.m., or by appointment year-round. For more information about the museum or Centennial Celebration Open House, contact Mary Beth Orn at 701-435-2875.

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Friday, June 7
WORK DAY: Mineral Springs Remote Camping and Workday at Sheyenne State Forest June 14. Plan to spend this weekend maintaining trail in the Sheyenne State Foresat.

The day of work will be followed by a comp-out at the remote Mineral Springs Campsite. Meet at the Rosebud Visitor Center at Valley City on Sat. at 9 a.m. to carpool or 10 a.m. at the Martinson Bridge Trailhead at the SSF. Pack

a sack lunch for lunch and bring your tent and camping gear. A picnic dinner and Sunday breakfast will be provided by the NCT chapter. Please RSVP in advance to one of the individuals below to reserve your campsite. Contact

Clyde Anderson, 701-6335287, andy4@midco.net; Deb Koepplin, 701-8452935, dkoepplin@msn. com or Connie Geinert, 701-8453455, cgeinert1@hotmail. com.

Smiles dont have to be saved for a rainy day. Its good to waste them. nat555

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Kathryn. More info: Cynthia Berget, 701-633-2322. For people 21+. SHOWER: A bridal shower for Melissa Steidl, bride to be of Paul Kyle, will be held at 2 p.m. at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Fingal. Everyone is Welcome. Center, Buffalo, from 9 a.m. Rotary Club meets every to 5 p.m. Tuesday at noon at the Valley City VFW.

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LIBRARY: The Valley City Barnes County Public Library hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Call 701-845-3821 for information. MEETING: The Barnes County Water Resource District Board meets at 8 a.m. on the second Monday of each month at the county Highway Department, 1525 12th St. N.W. in Valley City. More info: 701-845-8508.

LIBRARY: Valley City Barnes County Public Library is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 701845-3821 for more information. MEETING: The Buffalo Community Health Ministry board meets the second Tuesday of each month. More info: Parish Nurse Gwen Fraase, 701-6335533. MEETING: Sheyenne Valley Friends of Animals Membership meeting at Our Saviors Lutheran Church, 7 p.m.

STORYTIME: Storytime takes place at 10:30 a.m. at the Valley City-Barnes County Public Library. More info: 845-3821. ELECTION: School Board election results for Valley City Public Schools are canvassed during a noon meeting.

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Wednesday, June 12
MUSIC at the Courthouse: 7:15 p.m. Myron Sommerfeld & his orchestra will bring a variety of swing and ballroom music to the VCSU Foss Music Building. Note the change in location for this week only. MEETING: The Barnes County Soil Conservation Board meets every second Wednesday of the month at 4 p.m. at the Barnes County SCD office, 575 10th St. S.W., Valley City. More info: 701-845-3114, Ext. 3.

SCHOOL BOARD: The Valley City School Board SENIORS: Buffalo Seholds its regular meeting nior Citizens meet every at 5 p.m. at the Central Monday at the Community Administration Building on Center, Buffalo, from 9 a.m. Central Avenue in Valley to 5 p.m. City. MUSEUM: Midland Continental Depot Transportation Museum featuring Peggy Lee in Wimbledon, is open daily 1 to 4 p.m. Memorial Day to Labor Day. Open all other times by appointment. For more information or appointment call 701-435-2333. Admission is a freewill donation. LIBRARY: Valley City Barnes County Public Library hours: Mondays: 10 a.m. 7 p.m. open evening. Tues. Fri.: 10 a.m. 5 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. AA: Alcoholic Anonymous meets every Monday at 8 p.m. at Fellowship Corner, 320 Second Ave. S.E. in Valley City. SENIORS: Buffalo Senior Citizens meet every Monday at the Community ROTARY: Valley City

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KIWANIS: Valley City Kiwanis Club meets every Wednesday at 12:04 p.m. at the Valley City VFW. BOOK CLUB: The Valley City-Barnes County Librarys book discussion club meets at 2 p.m. in the librarys multipurpose room. More info: Liz, 701845-3294. MIC: Open Mictakes place at Duttons Parlour in downtown Valley City every Wednesday from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Entertainers (music, comedy, poetry, etc.) and audience members are welcome. No cost. AA: Alcoholics Anonymous meets every Wednesday at noon and 7:30 p.m. at Fellowship Corner, 320 Second Ave. S.E. in Valley City. The 7:30 p.m. meeting is a new open speakersmeeting and is open to the public. Fri., June 14th (flag day). The ceremony will be held at the American Legion club site at 6:30 p.m. All residents of this community that have soiledAmerican Flags to be retired may bring them to the American Legion club rooms for proper disposal.

Germans from Russia food culture history book debuts at Ashleys 125th

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The long awaited Ewiger Saatz Everlasting Yeast food culture history book will make its debut at Ashleys 125th celebration June 20-24. Ewiger Saatz or Everlasting Yeast was chosen for the title of this book to symbolize the carrying on of traditional foods and practices from a close-knit community of settlers to this country in the late 1880s and early 1900s. A CARDS: Play Racehorse group of Germans from Russia settled in colonies separatSmear every Wednesday ed by religion and language in three North Dakota counfrom 7 p.m. to close at ties. When the oldest surviving generation has passed, CMs Place in Wimbledon. their language, customs and food culture may disappear. Prizes: Hams\, bacon\, Boys scout troop 560 of This coffee-table sized full-color hard-cover book features turkeys. For people 21+. Valley City will conduct the memories, stories, recipes, recipe cards and photographs ceremony under the direc- creating a clear picture of how the Germans from Russia tion of scout master Dave fed their families in a time before electricity and shortly Gazeley. thereafter. Thursday, June 13 Interviews were conducted over the past three years, WORK DAY: Mineral QUILTERS: St. Catherine recipes collected and scanned and photographs uncovered Springs Remote Camping Quilters makes quilts for from closets to tell a story of survival in the voice of the those in need every Thurs- & Workday at Sheyenne people who lived it. State Forest. day from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Chapters include the Depression, canning, gardening, and 6:30 to 9 p.m. in the threshing, foraging, butchering and, of course, bread bakContact Clyde Anderson, St. Catherine School gym ing and dough foods. There are recipes and recipe cards, 701-633-5287, andy4@ basement, Valley City. Anynotebooks and slips of paper in the handwriting of the midco.net; Deb Koepplin, one is welcome; no expericooks themselves. 701-845-2935, dkoepence necessary. More info: This book is rich in color and history as the story plin@msn.com or Connie Lela Grim, 701-845-4067. unfolds of a local food system in a tri-county area in Geinert, 701-845-3455, south central North Dakota. This book is a project of the cgeinert1@hotmail.com . TOASTMASTERS: SecTri-County Tourism Alliance and all proceeds go to the ond Crossing Toastmasters organization that promotes heritage tourism in Emmons AA: Alcoholic Anonymous is again meeting every County, Logan County and McIntosh County. The intermeet every Friday at 5:30 Thursday from 12 - 1 p.m. pm in the conference room views and history collection was funded in part by the in the Norway Room at North Dakota State Historical Society. of Sheyenne Care Center, the VCSU Student Center. The book will be sold during the celebration for $75 Valley City. Visitors are welcome. For plus $15 for shipping and handling. Books that were preinformation, call Janet at MUSEUM: From Monday, ordered will be shipped and/or distributed before June 10. 845-2596. May 27 through Labor Day, For more information, call Sue B, Balcom, author/editor at The Midland Continental 701-527-5169 or email dasguteessen.com. TOPS: Tops Club of EnderRailroad Transportation lin meets every Thursday at Museum will be open daily the Senior Center in Enderfrom 1 to 4 p.m. lin. Weigh in from 8:30 to 9 a.m.; meeting at 9. FUNDRAISER: Annual Head Start Poker Run. CHAMBER: Business Starts at Iron Stallion in After Hours at the RoseFourth of July is right Valley City. Raises funds bud, Thursday sponsored for headstart. REALLY nice around the corner by the Chamber, DevelopDoor Prizes and Silent Auc- We know you have them... ment Corporation, North tion items. One of the big those old photos of you in Dakota Winter Show and items is a portable John your cowboy hat. the Convention & Visitors Deere Weber Grill. Bring Bureau! There will be food, your friends. Please let us show the drawings, and a great kick world that you were once a off for Rally in the Valley. cowboy, just in time for the the Fourth of July.

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DID YOU KNOW?

Improvements made to brick school house


A look back at early area history as found in the archives of the Enderlin Historical Society and Museum. Museum website: enderlinmuseum.org This weeks article was found in the August 20, 1897 issue of The Sheldon Progress.

Game and Fish pays $539,000 in property taxes for public land
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department recently paid more than $539,000 in taxes to counties in which the department owns or leases land. The 2012 in-lieu-of-tax payments are the same as property taxes paid by private landowners. The Game and Fish Department manages more than 200,000 acres for wildlife habitat and public hunting in 51 counties. The department does not own or manage any land in Traill or Renville counties. Refer to the Game and Fish website at gf.nd.gov for a list of counties and the tax payments they received.

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Brick School House Likely to be Built in Sheldon Next Summer. PLANS PERFECTING! School Board and People Favorable to Scheme for New Structure. FUNDS ARE WITHIN REACH South Side Park Grounds in High Favor for the Building Site. ---------------Extensive improvements are now going on in Sheldon. One new brick storeroom is almost completed, the brick walls to three other rooms are well under way and the new bank block begins to assume shape. All these buildings will be completed this fall and when finished will give the town a decidedly metropolitan appearance. The burnt district will be further improved next year and all new buildings hereafter erected on Main street will be of brick. The town trustees settled this matter by ordinance soon after the big fire last spring.

Next year offers possibilities for even greater improvement. It is highly probable that a brick school house will be erected. The school board has had the matter under consideration some time. President Banks says the school township now has on hand a By Susan large portion of the funds required for Schlecht a new structure and by another year it is thought that this important step may be safely taken. An effort will be made to dispose of the old building and should it be successful the new building will be assured. The old building could be utilized for some business. Wagor & Co. are considering the advisability of buying the structure with a view of converting it into a wareroom for their farm machinery, their growing business demanding something of the kind. Judge Smith says the assurance of a nice brick school house offers a strong inducement for some enterprising and patriotic citizen to purchase the old building in the interest of the new and commendable project. ***** In the event that a new school house is built it will be made two stories in height and with a seating capacity sufficiently large to meet all Fresh Produce, dairy & Meats! requirements

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Helps manage tension and reduce stress. Improves your self-esteem. Helps you feel more relaxed Reduces anxiety. May lessen the symptoms of PMS. Increases muscle strength making other physical activities easier. Decreases the number of sick days. Helps you sleep better. Improves circulation. Helps you feel younger. Increases your libido. Certain types of exercise can help you recover from accidents and injuries faster Gives you a mini vacation and a break from daily routine and worries. Reduces the risk of having gallstones. Reduces the risk of diverticulitis. Reduces the risk of cancer. Reduces the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. Reduces the complications of Type 2 diabetes. Prevents obesity. Increases lean body mass and improves metabolism. Reduces back pain. Cures boredom. Promotes psychological well being. Fit people live longer than unfit people do. Helps older adults become stronger and maintain independence. Can reduce joint swelling and pain in people with arthritis. Helps with balance and reduces falls. Helps you be mentally sharper. Helps prevent depression. Reduce to risk of premature death. Reduce the risk of developing colon and breast cancer. Helps boost the immune system. Walking is a great way to obtain the above benefits, and Valley City has many opportunities to take either a short or long walk, either on the city streets or in the parks. Why not start today and get ON THE MOVE lets walk!
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or some people getting out and exercising is great fun, and for others it is a chore. Either way the benefits of doing physical activity are many, in fact there are at least 38 documented benefits of exercising. Check out the list below and see how you could benefit by doing a 30 minute brisk walk at least 5 days of the week (150 minutes a week). Valley City has a multitude of sidewalks and paths, as well as beautiful parks in which to walk. Reduces your risk of heart disease. Keeps your weight under control. Improves your blood cholesterol levels (improves the HDL or good cholesterol). Helps prevent and manage high blood pressure. Boosts your energy level. Prevents osteoporosis and bone loss.

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MARION North Marion Reformed Church Faith Lutheran Church (701) 669-2557 215 Fourth St. NE 4430 99th Ave SE, Marion 701-845-4390 VALLEY CITY All Saints Episcopal Church 516 Central Ave. N 701-845-0819 Calvary Baptist Church (Independent) 2030 West Main St. 701-845-8774 First Baptist Church 3511 S. Kathryn Rd. 701-845-4500 First Church of the Nazarene 913 Riverview Drive 701-845-4193

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o many parents, the process of keeping kids rooms clean never seems to end. And while a kids room may never look quite like the perfect rooms in magazines, a few clever solutions can make it easier to get and keep toys, books and clothes more organized. ave you ever taken a look at your bank account other items sorted and make it easy balance and wondered how they came up with to put away. Label the outside with the number at the bottom line? Now we might words or pictures to help your child be more familiar with the numbers looking lower than know exactly where to put things. we thought they should. What about the other direction? Home Bento boxes have internal flex dividers, which let you divide up Have you ever seen it look like you have more money than the space within the box however you you should? Maybe a situation in which you feel a little like you did playing Monopoly and getting need it. Use them for small clothing the card that said, Bank error in your items, craft supplies, small toys and Think Vertical favor. Collect $200. games. They stack on top of each If your childs room is small or In Genesis, God has been speaking to other, making it easy to maximize doesnt have a lot of built in storage, Abram (later called Abraham) and calling Boxes, Baskets and Bins, Oh My shelf space. vertical storage may be helpful. Abram to leave his homeland and travel Use containers to keep toys and Baskets are lightweight and often where the Lord tells him to go. Abram have handles, so its easy for was also given the wonderful promise that a child to take them off the By The Rev. Dennis Norby his descendents would inherit the land of shelf and put them back. Canaan. The problem that Abram and his Basket liners let you coordiLEONARD ENDERLIN (Cont.) Nome wife, Sarai (later called Sarah), saw was that nate the look to match your Bethel Moravian Church childs room. St Petri Lutheran Abram was 75 years old at the first giving of this promise, and Sarai was 65. Plastic storage bins can 15407 49th St SE Hope Lutheran Church Church Some time passes and the Lord again come to speak to hold larger toys and play (701) 645-2287 (AFLC) 12505 52nd St SE sets, off-season clothing and Abram. Abram is upset because that which was promised (meeting in the Enderlin (701) 924-8215 hasnt come to pass. He seems to be thinking, How could shoes. You can find bins to Leonard Lutheran Methodist Church) Church Sunday School@10 a.m. LISBON DIY: 15 FAITHFULLY: 26 PO Box 279 Worship Service@11 a.m. Assembly Of God (701) 645-2435 Bible Study: Wednesday 1010 Forest St. (Enderlin) 7 p.m. (701) 683-5756 St Peters Lutheran Thursday (Lisbon) 7 p.m. Church (ELCA) 701-437-3777 First Baptist Church 4713 150th Ave SE or email Pastor Norby (ABC) (701) 347-4147 atthenorbys@msn.com 401 Forest St. (701) 683-4404 NOW THRU JUNE 15! FORT RANSOM Standing Rock Lutheran Trinity Lutheran Church Church 418 5th Ave W. 136 Mill Rd. (701) 683-5841 (701) 973-2671 United Methodist SERTA MATTRESS SETS (602 Forest St. 701) 683-4479 Twin $99/each piece Add wall hooks or a peg rack at a height your child can reach and hang up sweaters, pajamas, jackets and book bags. Tiered organizers that hang from a closet rod can hold small stuffed animals, clothing items, or shoes. Wall hangers with pockets can be hung on the back of a door to hold shoes, small toys and craft supplies.

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rowing up in Valley City, I never thought of the town as ever being part of the Old West. People would talk of this region as the Midwest, or maybe the Upper Midwest which, to me, was not the West. Technically, North Dakota is indeed in the Midwest but then so are Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. People from the East Coast are still likely to be referring just to Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan when they say Midwest. This still seems odd to me. The basic four regional divisions the Northeast, Midwest, South, and West arise from arbitrary bureaucratic decisions by the census bureau. Minneapolis and St. Paul received cattle and grain shipments from the West by train and was also a center for supplying the West with farming and ranching equipment. The Twin

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Now I would say that the West starts somewhere just this side of West Fargo, probably at Exit 342. I knew, of course, that there was something of a cowboy culture in Valley City. Playing Cowboys and Indians was common. Several kids my By Dennis age could twirl lariats Stillings and wore clothes that were, at least in part, of western fashion. Almost everyone I knew had an interest in guns and hunting. Country Western music was highly popular. And we went to the rodeo every year. There have been old-fashioned train robberies and bootlegging shoot-outs in this area, and at one time Valley City had the reputation of being a wide-open whiskey town.

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LEFT: The E. K. Myhre Grocery wagon, 1890s. MIDDLE: The Rushfelt Harness Shop in the 1880s was located about where the American Legion Club is now. Rushfelt is the man with the apron. In 1881 D. W. Clark came to Valley City. As he sat in the Sherman House hotel, he heard a sound that perhaps changed his life. At this harness shop he found Olaf Rushfelt blowing his cornet. Rushfelt introduced D. W. Clark to other local instrumentalists and Clark went on to organize the first Valley City band. RIGHT: Looking east on Main Street Valley City in the 1890s. Dakota Drug is on the immediate right. The building just across the street a furniture store burned down in 1909 and was replaced by the American National Bank. Next door was a dressmakers and a grocery store. The pointed roof of the Music Academy is seen toward the end of the block.

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he first thought that entered my brain when the nearly four-foot fish broke the surface next to my mother-in-laws pontoon was, were gonna need a bigger net, and after the beast splashed down, I was beset by a dozen others. With my brother-in-law, Adams biggest of fish of his life on the line, I felt a significant level of pressure to get it in the boat, but knew there were several hurdles we would have to overcome. First, we were fishing from the family party boat, out for a leisurely cruise pulling bottom bouncers for walleyes in the bog-stained waters of Pike Bay on Lake Vermilion in northeastern Minnesota. Second, the spinners at the end of our line were made from eightpound monofilament; certainly not the stuff that screams super-strong or tooth-resistant. Finally, the water was cold, still just 55 degrees from the late spring, meaning the fish could fight against the light tackle for a long time, without getting exhausted or stressed out. To overcome these factors, Adam would have to play the fish perfectly and wed need a little bit

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of the fishs mouth. The spinner blade jerked and jangled like some flashy earring and the gold beads twinkled in the afternoon sunlight. Luck was on Adams side as well, with the top hook of the rig buried in the only place the line could not be cut by the rows of razor-like teeth square in the small pocket of flesh at the intersection of the monsters jaws. Continuing to keep his rod tip high and let the fish make its moves, he was able to follow it around the boat without putting too much stress on the weaker terminal tackle. I had little concern with the new spool of Fireline on his reel, and trusted it would hold. The fish spun from side to side, but for the most part, stayed close to the boat. Surprisingly, the fish helped us overcome the third challenge, by keeping Adam Sersha of Eveleth, Minn., hoists up his runs short and not straying too far away. As it came in for a second time, first of two muskies in a five minute span to take I decided to make an attempt to land his walleye spinner and minnow combo. it in the medium-sized net, hoping that if I could just get the muskies head in, I could grab the tail or somehow leverage its body up.

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won by left-handed Canadian, Ryan Leroux. Mike Undem won the closest to the pin on hole six sponsored by the VFW. Burger King sponsored the longest drive on hole seven won by another Canadian, Jeremy Wiebe. The closest to the stick prize on hole eight was won by Jamie Wirth sponsored by City Lights. The local Canadians finished their great play on hole nine as Jeremy Wiebe ended the night with a silky putt from long range to claim the long putt prize sponsored by the Valley City Town and Country Club.

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OPINION: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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From Lowell Busching Valley City

local long-time resident of VC who recently visited Page, N.D., informed me that the residents and farmers living near that town had already come up with a solution to the small town movie theater problem by setting up their own showings using up-to-date digital equipment that allows them to show the first-run movies, or close, now distributed on digital disks. I have not checked yet to see if they are operating only on weekends or if they are using an actual movie theater or setting? A weekend theater might be viable here, but I still believe a seven-day-a-

week theater in Valley City, based on the attendance during the week and often on weekends, would not be advantageous to private investors. Plus obtaining the new equipment. Someone with the city or perhaps the EDC should contact Page on an official basis and find out what their solution was and what it cost. I doubt if I could obtain this information. When I mentioned the Page model to a local businessman and mentioned my doubts as to whether another movie theater here could prove profitable or even break even for anyone here, I was told I was being too negative, and that indeed someone was considering doing so! Really! Let us hope that is true just like the prospects on McDonalds and other

rumored business projects. If so, they will have to be supported or it will be a short-term venture. I long ago lost all faith in the old saying, all things come to him who waits. Valley City has been waiting too long for too many things or even word that they are NOT going to happen. That being said, I do congratulate the investors in the Straus building (the word Mall is perhaps outdated for that corner now as it says only Straus) for their efforts in making the center building of downtown VC look presentable again, and being recognized by the Chamber of Commerce -just in time for the upcoming Rally in the Valley days and the 50s reunions.

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ach day it seems were treated - if thats the right word for it - to a new and depressing headline about mistreatment of conservative groups and individuals by the IRS. Weve not yet plumbed the depths of the scandal, but already it seems to be one of the most shocking and fundamentally offensive domestic political scandals in a generation, undermining the publics trust in government. Of course, from the conservative perspective growing public skepticism in government might be the silver lining in this mess, but I digress. North Dakotans shouldnt be surprised by this new evidence of our nations executive branch using supposedly non-political branches of government to achieve political ends. About the time the IRS began harassing President Obamas political enemies, here in North Dakota a federal prosecutor appointed directly from the Democrat National Committee was pursuing blatantly political criminal charges

against a group of oil companies. Tim Purdon, whose appointment from the Democrat power structure to the Justice Department was unprecedented as far By Rob as this observer can tell, Port definitely brought his politics with him to his new job. One of Mr. Purdons first priorities as US Attorney for North Dakota was to file criminal charges against six oil companies under the Migratory Birds Treaty Act after roughly two dozen dead birds found near their production areas. This was the result of a months-long investigation by the Fish and Wildlife Service. That Purdons charges, filed in August of 2011, were a waste of federal resources was obvious from the start. A person could probably find more dead waterfowl in the ditches along the states highways on any Place second pie pan upside down on grill to make elevated surface. Place pan with pie on top so it is elevated off grill. Cover grill. Cook 20 to 25 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Remove from grill; cool 10 minutes before serving. Your guests will be awed by this original dessert. More information and unique grilling recipes can be found at www.pillsbury. com. With some new ideas and creativity, your barbeques will never be the same.

given day resulting from collisions with motor vehicles than Purdon and his investigators were able to find at oil sites in the state after months of searching. If accidentally killing a duck is a federal crime, then anyone who has ever pried one from the grill of their car is a criminal. But Purdons attempted prosecutions which were laughed out of federal court months after they were filed - werent just misguided. They were thoroughly political too, because even as Purdon attempted to prosecute oil companies for a few dead ducks, wind power companies that are slaughtering birds wholesale are not only avoiding prosecution but getting special permission from the federal government to kill those birds. The Obama administration has charged oil companies for drowning birds in their waste pits, and power companies for electrocuting birds on power lines, reported the Associated Press last month. But the administration has never fined or pros-

ecuted a wind-energy company, even those that flout the law repeatedly. If the double standard werent clear enough in action, consider these words from former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service enforcement agent Tim Eicher, also quoted by the Associated Press: What it boils down to is this: If you electrocute an eagle, that is bad, but if you chop it to pieces, that is OK. The Obama administration is applying a thoroughly political double standard to these companies. We can debate about whether or not existing federal laws protecting waterfowl and other birds is appropriate as written - this humble observer feels they are far too broad - but that doesnt give government officials latitude to change how the law is enforced based on who theyre enforcing it against. That doesnt meet the standards weve set for ourselves, as a society, when it comes to

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by van Gogh and Matisse as assets so they can be sold in case the city does go bankrupt. At least one art critic thinks the Institute has a billion dollars worth of art that can be sold. The Other Side Of The Art World At Christies Latest Art Auction Meanwhile, in Wall Street-rich New York City, the recent postwar and contemporary art sale at Christies in Rockefeller Center set a world record of $495 million for an art auction. Big art collectors from all over the country, most of them hedge fund owners and managers, had a great time bidding on 66 works that went for the $495 million. The biggest money went for Jackson Pollacks No. 19, 1948, a drip painting made by Pollack standing on a ladder and dripping various globs of paint on a canvas spread on the floor. Artists say Pollack delicately dripped different colors of paint from high. I have seen pictures of the painting. To me it looks like a painters drop cloth that should have been discarded years ago. Delicate droppings? My ass! I think one could duplicate it by placing six rats in a cage over canvas, and feed them something that gives them chronic diarrhea to get them to paint delicately. Different foods could provide you with vibrant colors. But my favorite paintings are by Andrew Wyeth and Norman Rockwell. What do I know? Anyway, No. 19 went for $58.3 million to top the market, with four bidders fighting for it. Twenty years ago it sold for $2.4 million. A close second was Lichtensteins Woman With a Flowered Hat going for $56.1 million, bought by Ronald Perelman, a New York investor. Lichtensteins Nude with Yellow Flower was evidently a steal at $23.6 million. While all this money is flowing like Niagara around Wall Street, it is painful to remind these billionaires that a baby born in the great manufacturing state of Ohio has now less of a chance of living at birth to six weeks than a baby born in North Korea or the Gaza Strip. Stuff happens when mother and baby have no access to health care. And that Ohio woman with the baby? If she was born in 1990 and did not graduate from high school in 2008, she will live five fewer years than someone who graduated in the same year. Joblessness, poor nutrition, and lack of health care will take its toll. Those who think the economy is

getting better because the stock market is rising will get a bucket of cold water in the face if they read James Surowiecki in The May 27 New Yorker. He says its the rich exchanging money because they have so much money they have run out of places to invest it. His point is that ordinary little stock owners dumped stock in 2008 during the recession and refuse to go back in. So, actually only the rich own substantial stocks! Less than half of the people own stocks and most have just a dribble. One out of six Americans live in poverty, but over half have no assets. The bottom 50 percent averages $18,000 per year. The average household in the bottom 75 percent earns about $31,000 per year. That means that nearly 75 percent of Americans live in poverty. The twenty richest Americans could pay for all of the food stamps going to 47 million people. Wine And Roast Beef In Minnetonka, Kool-Aid And Spaghetti In Anoka Minnetonka, Eden Praire, Columbia Heights, And Coon Rapids are all ghettos in the metro area, they just have different folks living in them. These suburbs were prominently mentioned in a three-day series in the Star Tribune about the haves and have-nots in high school athletics in the metro area. The wealthy suburban public and private schools are dominating all phases of athletics because of money, booster clubs, equipment, uniforms, coaching, fields, diamonds, arenas, gyms, and everything else associated with athletics. At Eden Praire, one of the affluent powers in Minnesota high school athletics, corporate sponsors such as Wal-Mart, Culvers, Edward Jones Investments, and the Hazeltine National Golf Club provide millions of dollars worth of buildings and equipment. The Coon Rapids Booster Club is supported by a family restaurant, a small meat store, and a gas station. Coon Rapids recently bought Stillwater High Schools used football helmets. I hope they all passed the safety and smell tests. Hockey is a great Minnesota sport but equipment, travel, uniforms, arenas, and ice time cost large buckets of money. Private high schools cannot only recruit good players who have been to numerous hockey camps, they also attract rich donors who

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fit on shelves and under the bed, as well. Make it Fun Theres no reason something as pragmatic as storage cant be fun, too. Keep pens, pencils and markers together in a plastic paint can or flower pot the kids have decorated. Place Velcro strips on toys and on playroom walls. Kids will enjoy sticking their toys to the wall, and youll enjoy a cleaner play space. Get an unpainted wooden crate from Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft stores, and paint, stain or decoupage it with whimsical colors and designs. This fun Dotty Crate with Drawer is a great way to give your child a fun and functional storage space and you can get it done in less than a day. Get more great storage ideas and solutions at www.joann.com. Dotty Crate with Drawer Some experience necessary Crafting Time: 3 to 5 hours Supplies and Tools: Wood crate with 1 drawer Soy Stains: Fruitwood, Cherry, Walnut Rubber gloves Old washcloth, soft rag Circle templates Stylus Ruler or yardstick 1/2-inch flat paintbrush 1. Using rubber gloves and an old cloth, rub the lightest stain, Fruitwood, over entire piece, on every surface that will be visible.

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Walnut; stain the 2 adjacent slats Cherry. Repeat for the other side of the drawer; include slat edges when staining. duce, do we grow mangos in North Dakota in April I think not. Just because something 3. Lightly impress circles on the front of is inexpensive and there is the drawer and the top of the chest using such a demand you feel like the circle template and stylus. On the sides you are an auction trying of the chest impress lines for 2 stripes of to buy a national treasure different widths, using a ruler and stylus. every two weeks because there is only a limited num4. Fill in the circles and stripes with either ber of shares or baskets it Cherry or Walnut stain. For different stain makes it seem like everyintensities, 2 or even 3 coats of stain can be body wants to be in on the applied to some circles and some stripes. deal and cant. So, they start talking about it and then everyone wants in on it and well Great marketing dont you think? The demand for fresh, local produce has grown. Everyone should eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables every day. I have been working to get people to eat more fresh local grown food for about five years now. So, why would I have a problem with Bountiful Baskets? The problem with this cooperative system is

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derstand that this is not local food. We work with young farmers trying to make a living buy growing local produce and this is not the best thing for the local economy. First off, the trucks come from Mexico and Arizona, or maybe even other places. You have to unpack and box your shares. Frankly, I bought an organic box and it was stale. The radishes tasted like cardboard and the lettuce was not edible. At least not by my standards. That means that stuff had to have been in those boxes for a long time. At first glance it seemed like a good deal. But the tomatoes were still hard-asa-rock and flavorless So what am I getting for all the frenzy? Im getting a box of produce, shipped from who knows where that could potentially be sprayed with

chemicals that are illegal in this country and not in other countries. I dont recall the USDA certified organic sticker on anything -- hmmm what does that mean? Not to mention, we are coming up on farmer market season. I have been told that Bountiful Baskets has replaced shopping at farmers markets in smaller communities and therefore the farmers markets close. So what happens when gas continues to rise in price and the truck no longer delivers Bountiful Baskets of veggies and fruits from who know where? Well, you will all look to your farmers markets for fresh fruits and vegetables and guess what... They will not be there. Just some free-range thinking for you to consider before supporting an out-of-state operation, not matter how wonderfuul it appears.

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build practice and game arenas. In the past 14 years large and small private schools with tuition around $10,000 a year and up have won 16 of the 28 hockey championships. The big gaps started to appear in the 1990s. Some booster clubs and schools raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for all sports. Como Park High School, in contrast, has a booster club held together by four parents who raised $4,600 spread over all Como Park teams last year. The Minnetonka baseball team is playing on a diamond that cost the schools booster club $4.4 million. The booster club raised money at a lakeshore restaurant fundraiser featuring a silent auction which included a weeks vacation in Hawaii, a pheasant hunt in South Dakota, a cultured pearl necklace, and a spa day sponsored by a Lexus dealership. Meanwhile the Anoka football team ended a poor season by having a paper-plate spaghetti dinner in the school cafeteria. Anoka, the largest school district in Minnesota, has won 22 state titles in the distant pastbut just three since 1994. Eden Praire High School Has Nine Gyms, St. Paul Johnson Has Problems Keeping The Gym Lights On

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Wayzata, another Minnesota powerhouse in athletics, raised $372,000 for high school sports in 2012 through the Wayzata Booster Club. The club also collected $320,000 for a digital scoreboard for the football field. It rivals many college scoreboards. South St. Paul High School has raised $500,000over a period of 38 years. It currently has $39,000 in assets. The Orono High School Hockey Boosters raised $402,000 last year. Eden Praire High School has four basketball coaches paid by the district. Three others are paid by the booster club. Private schools won three of the four championships in basketballDeLaSalle in 3A, Minnehaha Academy in 2A, and Minnesota Christian in 1A. Wealthy donors just completed a $4.4 million hockey arena for St. Thomas Academy, which won its third straight 1A hockey title this year. As a matter of fact, this report reveals there are fewer and fewer middle class high schools within the state. Perhaps public and private schools should schedule each other based on outside income per student. The evidence indicates income inequality is becoming the most important element in school sports. Politicians know the answer to thisbut wont act.

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By 1965, they had introduced 49 bills, offering 49 different plans for federal revenue sharing. Washington think tanks and interest groups had even more ideas. Many differences had to be resolved but most of them evaporated when President Nixon offered his plan in 1969. With the president on board, revenue sharing was going to happen. There was only one problem. By this time, the Viet Nam war had escalated and gobbled up the surplus. In 1972 when revenue sharing became effective, the country was running a deficit of $23 billion and there wasnt any revenue to share. But the idea had gained such momentum that there was no turning back. The process had taken eight years and the federal government ended up borrowing money to fund a program based on the idea of sharing surpluses. Immigration reform? Who knows what could happen during the years required to pass a law? Maybe Mexico will strike it big and the illegal immigrants will all go back. Ill admit I may have fished more last year than in 2011 or 2010, and like many anglers I dont believe Ive ever had any bad memories of fishing. The term fishing or going fishing conjure up only positive images and memories. Not that each individual outing cant serve up some problems. Theres Murphys Law and those days when you forget to bring bait or to put the plug in, or lose your favorite tackle. But when all is said and done, each day is a special memory despite the random challenges. When I fish, its usually with all of my kids and sometimes mom goes along as well. Its a tradition with our family that is already more than a decade old. Our fishing trips are handcrafted and made just for our family, which is part of the draw compared to, say, baseball or some other organized activity. If its raining we dont need to call and find out if fishing is on for the day or not. In fact, weve fished in rain and drizzle and that often adds to the experience for the kids. Our fishing tends to revolve more around spending time as a family than filling a stringer or landing a lunker. Weve got our favorite spot and a pretty successful routine of who gets the bait, loads the rods and puts together the snacks and other gear to get out the door and down the road as efficiently as possible whenever an opportunity arises. With as many fishing waters as North Dakota has available this year, theres bound to be a good prospect fairly close to home as well, making it easy to plan a short-notice family outing. If youre not sure of the location of the nearest fishing destination, or want to learn more about good fishing spots within a short drive, check out the Game and Fish Department website at www.gf.nd.gov. Under that main fishing tab is a section on fishing waters that provides a description of each water in the state. Many of the lakes also have contour maps available. In addition, the March-April issue of North Dakota Outdoors magazine, also found online at the Game and Fish website, covers most of the lakes in the state with a look at fish populations, directions from the nearest town, and facilities available. Ive already circled a few to help with my fish more goal for the summer.

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equality under the law. We all know how enamored the Obama administration is with green energy, given the subsidies and mandates he supports for the industry. We all know that President Obama is far less impressed with fossil fuel energy, given the higher taxes and stiffer regulations he proposes for that industry. So when the President, by and through the federal prosecutors he appoints, treats one industry better under the law than another, thats an abuse of political power thats really no less odious than what weve seen uncovered at the IRS. The IRS scandal may be sexier, it may have captured the nations attention in a bigger way, but sadly it represents nothing all that new for the Obama administration which has been positively Nixonian in its wielding of government power.

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I gently set the net in the water, keeping it as parallel to the surface as I could. The fish swam toward the silver rim of the landing net, and its head was soon in the center of it. As I pulled up on the net, a small miracle occurred. The muskie must have sensed something was amiss and curled its body to make a powerful run. As it did, its tail cleared the rim and I was able to cram 46 inches of fish into a net with an opening of about 30 inches in diameter. Together, Adam and I hoisted the net into the boat and with the twist of the pliers the hook was loose. It all came together so well. Adams adjustment to his surroundings and to the might of the fish proved once again that a good hookset, proper rod positioning and drag management could land any fish, even on undersized tackle. A little bit of luck with the landing made me look like a pro, even though I nervously anticipated a tough net job. With a quick photo, the fish was off. She was bruised from the spawn and a little tired from the fight, but bolted after just a second in the water. We traded high fives, checked out the pictures on Angies camera and set up once again on our cruising route down the bay. With the lessons learned successfully, Adam would repeat the process again, just five minutes later with yet another muskie. A second bolt of lightning bottled up, in the same manner a solid hookset, good rod positioning, and proper drag management all paid off in a quick fight, a clean release and an afternoon to rememberin our outdoors.

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for the next ten years. Sheldon has schools second to none in the state and every citizen takes a just pride in their success. The best instructors to be secured are employed to conduct them and no effort is spared to add to their efficiency and usefulness.

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since 1977. She continues to enjoy performing, the music and family fun. A free will offering will be is taken each week at the concerts to assist in the repair of the bandshell. Anyone interested in participating in the concerts or who want to be part of Saving the Bandshell should contact Diane at ***** BROCCOLI: from 9 the Rec Center at 845-3294. With a new school house will come a new and more weather though, so the spring and early summer farmers suitable location. As a the greater portion of the populamarkets are the prime time and place for broccoli and its tion is located on the south side of the railway, the new many cousins. Get it while its tender and sweet, and be FAITHFULLY: from 11 structure will naturally go there. The town is extremely sure and eat the whole thingflorets, stalks, and leaves are the Lord give my descendents the promised land when I fortunate in having ideal grounds for such an improveall delicious. dont have any children? But in Genesis 15 the promise ment. Just south of the Southwestern elevators and the is repeated. In fact, the Lord describes the descendents of Sorenson mills is a natural park peculiarly adapted to such Abram to be as numerous as the stars in the sky (Genesis a worthy enterprise. It has been the dream of residents for Easy Pan-Seared Broccoli 15:5). a number of years to convert those grounds into a public Everyone, from finicky eaters to fancy food folks, will Genesis 15:6 then says something amazing, and this park and the land owners have signified a willingness to swoon if you grate some cheese over this simple yet elis where some accounting comes in. It says, And he donate their interest to the town for this purpose. With a (Abram) believed the LORD, and he counted fine brick school building, such as is contemplated, in the egant broccoli dish. Ingredients it to him as righteousness. The word centre of these grounds, the spot would be beautified and 1 pound broccoli, florets cut vertically through the translated counted here is the benefits of a public park enhanced. It is to be hoped stemsbe sure and use the stalks, too! sometime transthat the new project can be consummated. 2 Tb olive oil, plus 1 Tb butter lated reckoned ***** 3 cloves garlic or more, minced or credited. You If appearances are not very deceptive Sheldon will con tsp crushed red pepper see Abram would tinue to improve at a rapid rate. The town is blessed with a 1 cup chicken or vegetable stock, or water look at himself and progressive population and is surrounded by a prosperous Optional: a nice melting cheese, like Fontina or Robusto see that he should not and enterprising farming community. Her merchants and Instructions be called righteous; business men reach out for business over a broad stretch 1. Cut the broccoli (florets and stems) longitudinally so his account would of very fertile territory. that the flat cut surface will be in direct contact with the not show it. Abram was ********************************* pan. Dont throw away the stems. If the base of the stem a sinner just like each and every one Sues Comments: Sorry that this article was a little seems tough, peel off the exterior and then slice longitudiof us. But Abrams faith was counted to him as lengthy! I cant believe how many lead headlines they used nally as well. righteousness. This was not some bank error on Gods for every article! The proposed school would have been 2. Heat the olive oil and butter in a large skillet over mepart. This is the way that God works. the original brick school which burned on March 23, 1923 Abram heard the word of God and believed that which at which time the current building was erected in Sheldon. dium heat. Place the broccoli flat side down and sear until its nicely browned. Remove and set aside. was promised him. Today, we also have been given the The very first school in Sheldon was a wooden structure 3. Add the crushed red pepper and minced garlic to the Word of God, the Bible. The promise it gives to us is that located north of the railroad tracks somewhere just south pan and cook, stirring, about 45 seconds. Christs death on the Cross paid the price for all our sins. 4. Add the stock or water, and then put the broccoli back The debt that we owed because of our sins was paid for in the pan cut side down with the other ingredients. Cover completely by Christ. The one who believes in Jesus is and simmer until the liquid has reduced a little, and the counted as righteous. The believer looks at his account broccoli is fork tender. Salt and pepper to taste. and doesnt see a debt but sees that he has received from 5. Optional: Before covering, shred a favorite cheese God Himself a great reward; forgiveness, peace, and eterover the broccoli and let it melt as the broccoli simmers. nal life. Thank God for His accounting! Family treasures... Seasonal Cooks Notes: rediscovered! Serves 4 as a side dish.

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