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' S1.00 ISSUE NUMBER 32 • PARK RIVER, NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2013
ownhill dash
facefuls of snow, smiles
While the rest of the coun-
try was battling dramatic
weather last weekend
Park River Bible Camp
hosted their Winter Blast
bringing 4-6 graders to-
gether for winter fun. Far
Left: Hailey Hurtt gets a
ride upthehill because it's
her birthday. Friends
pulling Halley are McKen-
zie Sipa, Emilee Reilly ....
and Kaylee Pastorek. Top
Right: Camp Counselor
Ga-be Cox filmed his trip
down the hill, that is until
he hit a snowdrift. Bottom
Right: Jacob Christi front
a Luke Bemtson make
there way down the hill on
a toboggan at the Park
River Bible Camn auring
the weekend's wme
Blast.
Photos: Larry Bid j
C n the road again
;pecialized vehicle
brings independence
By Katelyn Anderson
of The Press
HOOPLE, N.D. -- Febru-
ary 18 is a date that Bob An-
derson, a teacher at Fordville
High School, will always re-
member not just because it's
his w angest daughter, Kate-
tvns. ,irthday but also because
tts the date that changed his
life forever. In 1998, on Kate-
n's third birthday, Bob was
agnosed with Multiple Scle-
rosis (M.S.), which is a disease
that attacks the Central Nerv-
ous System.
S nptoms of M.S. include
numu tess in the limbs, paraly-
sis, or even loss of vision. "The
progress, severity, and specific
symptoms of MS are unpre-
dictable and vary from one
person to another," according
to the National Multiple Scle-
rosis Society.
There are three different
types of M.S and the one that
Anderson has is called Sec-
ondary- Progressive, which
means that the disease is al-
ways slowly progressing with
or without any relapses or at-
tacks.
The variety of medicines
and plethora of treatments to
help slow the progression of
Anderson's disease has made
his immune system weaker
than one of a healthy person,
so when he got sick last Sep-
tember he had to spend a week
at Stanford Health in Fargo
and a week at Altru's Rehabl'l-
itation Center in Grand Forks.
The bouts in the hospital so
close to each other took a huge
toll on Anderson's health.
"My legs were decreasing in
On the road
Oo, nt. p%,e 1l,o,
'It can wait' Teen's project focuses
on texting and dri00
EDINBURG, N.D. -- The National
Safety Council estimates 1.6 million
crashes each year are caused by drivers
using cell phones and texting. This is just
one of the statistics that led Hayley Fin-
garson of Valley-Edinburg High School to
choose this subject for her FCCLA STAR
(Students Taking Action with Recogni-
tion) Event project "Don't Text Yourself to
Death".
First, Fingarson encouraged all Valley-
Edinburg High School Students to take
the AT&T It Can Wait pledge at www.
itcanwait.com.
Fingarson then set a goal to educate
beginning drivers about the dangers of
texting and driving. Her project began
with a pre-test to assess eighth and ninth
grade students' attitudes about texting and
driving, a speech which included facts
and educational videos about the dangers,
and distribution of thumb rings to remind
students to not text while driving.
She also organized a presentation by
State Highway Patrolman Matt Peschong,
who addressed the Valley-Edinburg 8-12
grades and gave a demonstration using a
roll-over simulator to illustrate the im-
portance of seat belt use should drivers be
involved in a crash caused by texting or
Photo: Submitted
Above: State Highway Patrolman Matt Peschong demonstrates a rollover while
Hayley Fingarson and other Valley-Edinburg students look. Fingarson presented
a project to other Valley-Edinburg students to prevent texUng while driving.
other factors. Texting" and driving"
Her project conclusion involved a sec-
ond visit to the 8th and 9th grade Valley- Cont. pa,' 7
Obituaries
See page, 2
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National Potato Month
See pag, e 3
Area Voices
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