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THE WALSH COUNTY PRESS WEDNESDAY, MAY I 6, 2018
FROM THE
EDITOR'S DESK
BY ALLISON OLIMB
EDITOR, WALSH COUNTY PRESS
The Walsh County Press of amazed, thrilled, speechless,
Park River has a full time staffof blown, away in need of a the-
two. That's it two -- one for saurus.
the pages and one for the books. The first thing I did was for-
Add on Larry behind the cam- ward the message to my morn.
era and Kevin going Full Court While we may not have been able
Press and we are Up to four. to celebrate the honors in person,
When I say the Walsh CountyI knew my cheering section would
Press team did some fine work want to know.
last year, it is worth noting that we It is not like we at the Walsh
couldn't even field a basketball County Press have been making
team, let alone a baseball team. major changes over the years. It
So, when I say that our team has been a lot of little things to get
knocked it out of the park at the to where we are today. What
North Dakota Newspaper Asso- caught the attention of the judges
ciation Better Newspaper Contest, were the large photos and down
not only is that noteworthy, it is home coverage, two things that I
headline worthy, have been onboard for since day
I was not able to make it to the one.
convention this year. (Running to For me, the Overall Design Ex-
Bismarck on a work day whencellence honor is my baby.
you are still on a deadline is a lit- I love a good layout. Some-
tie tough especially when there times I will wake up in the middle
is no one to cover for you.) But of the night-to changethe keyline
when NDNA sent out the results on a photo just to adjust the way
from the awards I was stunned, the eye takes in a picture. Some-
times I will flashback to a past is- features to help share your stories.
sue and overthink a particular font As a side note: It would be easy
choice and the kerning. I don't to take the credit and run, but I
mean to sound like the world's wouldn't be able to do any of it
biggest dark, but I would just like without the team and Brook and I
to thank my high school yearbook would not be able to do any of it
adviser for giving me the speech without the support of our fami-
about the horrors of "trapped lies. For every time we have had
white space." to run to a meeting or an interview
Lord knows that I am far from and needed backup, for every time
perfect and I can kick myself a deadline has run away with us
plenty of times over for silly little and our kids have ended up at the
mistakes, but when you are on office with us as we check one
your own, it is pretty nice to have last message or type up one last
someone out there give you that page, for every time we have ram-
little pat on the back that says, bled on about grad tabs, pre-fairs,
"You're doing OK, kid." Even if post-fairs, insurance legals, or any
that someone is an anonymous other jargon that probably has re-
judge from Nevada. sulted in an hour or two of over-
The. awards still are sitting in time thank you for riding this
Bismarck at the NDNA office ""
wave with us. Thank you for pre--
where they will be until someone tending to care about keylines,
is able to pick them up. Then they
will be put on top of a filing cab- keming, and white space, Thank
inet With the rest of them as we go you for tolerating the late nights
about our regular deadlines. Of and the roundabout routes that in-
course all judging is subjective valve an ad sale or two.
and next year's results could be The Press isn't a newspaper.
completely different, the real The Walsh County Press is pea-
honor is knowing that we did right pie. Thanks to the support of the
by our readers by doing our best community we have the extra man
week after week. to be able to pull off any sports id-
Know that awards or no iota, so we will continue to go the
awards, we are just going to con- distance for you.
tinue doing what we do -- big, "Like" the Walsh County Press on Face-
beautiful photos and informative book.com.
Hello,
Do you know the song "Mule-
skinner Blues"? It's an old clas-
sic. I'm not going to sing it for
you. It's a hard one to hit the high
notes on.
I've got the muleskinner blues.
They actually started last fall.
I've a friend in South Dakota friends like that. As happy hour
who raises miniature ponies. And progressed, it got happier and
happier. I found the number for
donkeys. And when you have a my pony friend and gave him a
miniature jackass and miniature call. In just a few minutes I was
ponies, you often get mini-mules, the proud owner of five mini-
I stopped and looked at them last
fall, but couldn't get a deal done.
All winter long I thought of
those ponies. I couldn't get them
off my mind. It was like a song
that gets stuck in your head and for
no reason; you can't get rid of it.
Then a couple of weeks ago at
happy hour, a friend mentioned he
would like to get a cute little
mules and one small donkey!
Shirley was so proud. Ya.
The next week, another friend
and I went down to pick them up.
My heart swelled with pride, as I
looked this pen of little mules over.
Well, not really. I was actually
dreading the thought of Shirley
seeing them.
When I gotback to,Dickinson,
mule for his wife. He's a rather I stopped uptown toshow them to
strange friend. I have several a few friends ond my partner that
wanted one or two for his wife
Did I tell you these mules had nev-
er had a hand laid on them? Yeah,
the guy I bought them from forgot
to mention it to me too.
Now, my friend's wife, whom
we shall call Terri, heard the mules
were in town. And she sent word
to her husband, who we shall call
Dale, that "there was no way in
hell that she was going to have a
mini-mule on their ranch." I
think, arid please forgive me; she
even used more vulgar language
than that.
Dale assured me that I didn't
need to worry. He had anoth er guy
who would buy half of our herd.
I think that was a make believe
friend. With a make believe
checking account.
Then last week, our kids and
grandkids came up to help brand.
Five grandkids hit that mule pen
with halters and catch ropes. The
mules were terrified. We had
mules roped, choked down, and
tied up; We had kids getting
kicked, struck, and bucked off. We
had skinned up mules, skinned up
kids, and worried mothers.
They fought those ponies for
two hours. Then they wrestled
calves for three hours. Then back
to mule hell until dark.
l'm not sure who is learning
faster, the kids or the mules. But
as I told their mothers, they are
learning more than they do staring
ata p,hqne
Hee! H, aw!
Later, Dean
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I-, ;(xxl Happenings at Our
Samaritan Good Samaritan
i~a~ Rtf,'tk Nannette Hoeger, Activities Dir.
We are celebrating Nursing
Home week all week and think
that the Good Samaritan in Park
River is a great place to live and
work!
May 21st 10am Embroidery
Group, 1:30 Drive RSVP, 5pm
Rosary, 6:45 Bingo
May 22nd 9am Peeling Pota-
toes, lpm Crochet Group, 3pm
Wine and Cheese
May 23rd 3:15 Bingo
May 24th 3pm Auxiliary
Luncheon hosted by Mountain
Lutheran Church, 6pm Ladies
Night
May 25th Clergy Visits 10:30
Nail Time, lpm Music Therapy,
3pm Outside Strolls
May 26th 9:30 Mass w/Father
Miller, 2pm Dance to The K-
Street Band
This week May 13th - 19th
May 13th 2:30 Worship w/
Pastor Brezenski, 3pm Mother's
Day Tea
May 14th 9am Peeling Pota-
toes, 10am Embroidery Group,
1:30 Drive RSVP, 3pm Ice Cream
Social, 5pm Rosary, 6:45 Bingo
May 15th 2:30 Popcorn, 3-4
Fun Fair
May 16th 10am Last Pen Pal
Visit, lpm Peeling Potatoes, 3:45
OSLC Children's Choir
May 17th Syttede Mai, 2pm Thank You to our many volun-
Frying Lefse, 6:30 Movie Night teers: Rebecca Kjelland, Shirley
May 18th Clergy Visits, 10:30 Sobolik, Lois Ydstie, Mary Seim,
Nail Time, lpm Music Therapy,
I pm Make Your Own Pizza Mary Lund, Corinne Ramsey,
May 19th 9:30 Mass w/FatherPastor Hinrichs, QPEO Sister-
Miller, lpm Preakness, 2pm Bin- hood, Brian and Colie Brintnell,
go Pastor Olson, Father Miller, and
anyone I may have missed I am
Next week May 20th - 26th sorry. If you would like to volun-
May 20th 2:30 Worship w/ teer please contact Rose Ulland at
Pastor Totman, 3:30 Cards/Games 701-284-7115.
WORKSrrE HF LTH
WELLNESS 5-2018
Prevent, Promote. Protect.
Walsh County Health District
Short Shots by Carly Ostenrude, RN
May is Global Employee Health and Fitness month. The goal of
this observance is to promote employers and employees to livehealthy
lifestyles. Many people spend a majority of their week at work, and
so worksite health and wellness can play a large role in someone's day-
to-day life. With that being said, this month of global observance can
help encourage employers to motivate themselves, as well as their em-
ployees, to lead healthier lifestyles. Through worksite wellness pro-
grams this can be possible. Some ideas of healthy worksite wellness
are as follows:
Encourage employees to walk on part of their lunch break
Ask employees to participate in bringing their own lunch to work
for the month
Promote desk exercises that can be done throughout the day
Hand out healthy recipes
Encourage employees to do health screenings (ex. Blood sugars,
blood pressures, cholesterol checks, cancer screening, etc.)
If you are interested in receiving workgite wellness e-mails, or you
are interested in joining the Walsh County Health District (WCHD)
worksite wellness coalition, please call WCHD at (701) 352-5139.
Does North Dakota Need
Another Addiction ?
Do we have nicotine?
Yes, as much as we can smoke.
Do we have opioids?
Yes, enough to run us broke.
Do we have alcohol?
Yes, an unlimited supply.
Do we have beer?
Yes, we will never go dry
As though North Dakota needs a
fresh supply of addicts, a commit-
tee ofpetitionershas placed on the
November ballot a proposal to le-
galize marijuana for !'recreational"
purposes. It will be another addic-
tion opportunity for those who
missed the others.
Before discussing the proposal,
let's make a clear distinction between
medical marijuana and recreation-
al marijuana The advocates of
recreational marijuana tend to use the
benefits of medical marijuana to
strengthen their case.
This proposal has nothing to do
with medical marijuana. Medical
marijuana is already instate law so
sponsors of recreational marijuana
cannot use the benefits of medical
marijuana as a crutch for their ane-
mic case.
There is little doubt that the tax-
payers will be picking up the bills for
another batch of addicts who will re-
quire treatment, counselling, insti-
tutionalization and all of the ex-
pensive costs of recovery. North
Dakota is not meeting the needs of
present addicts let alone adding
more to the unserved population.
This is not to mention the fact that
more innocent travelers will be
killed when those recreating on
highways join the normal flow of in-
toxicated drivers. Recreational mar-
ijuana will just double the hazards
of driving. Don't be surprised if gas
stations add life insurance vending
machines to cover you for each trip.
One parent put forth her con-
cerns:"Will pot be more accessible
to my teenager next month? How
about my pre-teen? Will the mari-
juana 'edibles' packaged as candy
make their way into my kids'
hands?"
The proposal is very specific
about limiting recreational marijuana
to persons 21 or older. It proposes
harsh treatment for anyone provid-
ing "420" to persons under the le-
gal age.
But who are we kidding? Kids
are into alcohol and drugs. Leakage
in the controls is legendary.
A survey in Colorado asking
why 720 students were expelled
from public schools discovered that
32 percent of the expulsions in-
volved marijuana. Colorado has
recreational "420."
A couple of 10-year-olds in Col-
orado were apprehended making
marijuana deals at school, selling
legally purchased pot from their
grandparents supply.
A fourth-grade boy brought a
small supply to school, sold it to
three classmates, and made $11.
Even though it is legal, kids are
into alcohol and tobacco in school.
What makes the folks promoting pot
think that pot is going to be differ-
ent? Marijuana addiction will start
early.
Dr. Deepak D'Souza of the Yale
Medical School said he was con-
cemed about the impact of pot on
youth, whose brains don't develop
until they are 25 and are more vul-
nerable to addiction.
"There's no question that the
states that have legalized cannabis
also have the highest use of cannabis
among their youth," he argues.
Money will play a big role in the
fall fight over legalizing recre-
ational marijuana because there are
now players with big investments in
this new industry. They will be
spending several million dollars to
get pot legalized.
All of this is happening while the
federal government has marijuana
on its illegal list. It will not act be-
cause President Trump is sympa-
thetic and Attorney General Sessions
is opposed.
Another issue will be gun own-
ership. The Circuit Court of Appeals
in San Francisco ruled that the law
prohibits guns in the hands of any-
one who "uses or is addicted to mar-
ijuana."
Approving this measure will
damage young lives, kill more driv-
ers, create more addicts and add to
public costs.
Extension Exchange
If you have attended Walsh
County's pesticide program in
last three years, you know how
passionate I am about keeping
your skin protected from the sun.
If you have not, please take the
time to read this article.
Designated by the American
Academy of Dermatology, Na-
tional Melanoma Skin Cancer
Prevention Month aims to raise
awareness about skin cancer, in-
creasing the chances of early de-
tection so treatments can be giv-
en early. It's vital that skin cancers
such as melanoma, a rarer and of-
ten deadly form of skin cancer, is
treated early as later stage treat-
ments are not normally effective.
According to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention,
only a few serious sunburns can in-
,
1 e l~: ~ o,-.oo~- lat
er in life. You don't have to be at
the pool or the beach to get too
much sun. Skin needs protection
from the sun's harmful ultraviolet
(UV) rays whenever you are out-
doors.
UVB rays cause sunburn and
the most impact during midday.
Both types of radiation weaken the
body's immune system in addition
to causing cancer. An estimated 1
million skin cancer cases are di-
agnosed annually in the U.S.; the
majority of these are sun related.
The good news is that you can
prevent UV radiation from hurting
you and your familyl Teaching
children to practice smart sun
habits while they are young will
help them stay sun safe their en-
tire life.
Sunscreen and clothing offer the
(excel-'lent). A UPF rating of 50
would indicate that the fabric in a
garment will allow one-fiffieth or
2 percent of available UV radiation
to pass through it.
A strategy for overall protection
includes the use of sunscreen,
wearing UV-protective clothing
and limiting the amount of time
you expose yourself to the sun's
radiation. Here are some tips for
the best protection:
Apply sunscreen with an SPF
(sun protection factor) of at least
15, 30 minutes before going out-
doors. Don't forget noses, ears, lips
and the tops of feet.
Wear sunglasses to protect the
eyes. Look for styles that block as
close to 100 percent of both UVA
and UVB rays as possible.
Choose a hat that shades the
face, scalp, ears and neck. You can
find fun styles that offer great
protection.
Cover up with clothing to pro-
vide the most protection for sun-
sensitive skin.
Watch for signs of skin can-
cer with moles or other pigment-
ed spots. Remember "ABCDE"
when you are checking your skin.
Asymmetrical: one half doesn't
match the other half; Border is ir-
regular; Color is uneven or
changes; Diameter is larger than
the size of a .pencil eraser; and
Evolving: the mole or pigmented
spot is Changing. Be sun savvy.
Protect yourself from skin cancer.
Remember, your skin is your
body's largest organ. Take care of
it! Cover up in the sun with shirts,
hats, sunglasses and sunscreen. Be
best forms of significant UV pro,
sun savvy rrotect yourseli Irom
tection. All fabrics offer some "
SKin cancer
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the md t lJtdtet tio a attie ag: UI- "" ":' ' : ("
traviolet Protection Factor (UPF) umn or something else may be di-,
value, a rating system used for ap- rected to the NDSU Extension of-
parel. More and more outdoor rice in Walsh County at 284:6624,
clothing carries this rating, or email' me at: jamie.med-
UPF gauges a fabric's effec- bery@ndsu.edu. I would be glad
tiveness against both UVA and to help!
UVB radiation. UPF ratings range Source: Julie Garden-Robinson, NDSU
from 15 (good) to 50+ Food and Nutrition Specialist
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How Lucky Do Your Tomatoes Feel?
One of the risks early planted corn faces is imbibitional chilling In-
With the advent of 70 degree days our gardeners are starting to think
that summer is here. I would like to interject some of my thoughts on
putting out tomat6 plants now. I have seen three inches of wet slop-
py snow on the 16th of May and I have seen frost all the way to June
10th. I can also say I have seen frost every month of the year in Walsh
County. The average last frost day I like to use is May 17th. This is
the day you have a 50-50 shot at h killing frost occurring. This num-
ber goes up has you go west past highway 32 in Walsh County. I find
the risk prior to this date unacc eptable. I want at least an even chance
before I even consider it. Here is another reason not to put in your toma-
toes and peppers. These are warm season plants that when put into cold
soil they could go into shock. Despite the recent warm weather we still
have soil temperatures that would not be conducive to good tomato
and pepper growth. Even if they do not get frosted most likely the cold
soil temperatures will shock them and you will gain very little on plant-
ing them this early. So I ask you how lucky do your tomatoes feel?
You can and should plant your cool season vegetables now Peas,
radishes, turnips, beets and onions would be a few to consider. I would
hold off on the beans and warm season vegetables for a little while
and let the temperatures warm up.
What We Learned From the Soybean Survey
1. Planting soybeans before mid- May, if favorable conditions
exist seem to provide the best chance for optimal yields, remember
my article from last week.
2. Select the lasts maturing variety you are comfortable with, full
season varieties tend to out yield shorter ones.
3. Growing soybeans after cam had a 5 bushel yield advantage
over soybeans on soybeans, there is a reason they have been doing this
in the cornbelt for so many years.
4. Fungicide seed treatments resulted in higher yields in 2017.
5. Fields with iron chlorosis issues had a 0.8 lower yield per acre
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