Page 10 THE WALSH COUNTY PRESS WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2018
By Kevin Skavhaug Four or so different Photographers
of The Press and at least one office cat.
PARK RIVER, N.D. -- I sup- The day of the week that the is-
pose there are a couple ways to look sue came out has changed a few
at that word. Re-Twed that is. It could times. The size of the page has
mean a new set of tires for the car. changed and color photographs be-
lt could mean a new take on being came a reality. For a brief time we
tired. Or it could mean the end of a were the official county newspaper
job. and for much of that time, the Press
In my case it's the latter. The con- offices were on the east side of Brig-
Iributions I submit to this week's is- gs and not the west. Henry and his
sue of the Press will be my last. As wife Georgette ran the paper and
Henry's mother Ann lived in the
my youngest son now graduates apartment above the office. Yep,
from high school, I just don't see
myself making it to a lot of the time has passed very quickly.
And over the course of those
games and events that I have been
years I was privy to some great
able to for the past, oh, twenty plus sporting events by our local kids. But
years.
But it's been a fun run. When I will admit that I regret not being
able to cover all the sports that
Henry Kelly brought me on board needed some attention. Especially
in the early 90's as a part time re- the last few years when the activi-
porter for local sports, I thought it ties of my son have taken prece-
would be sort of nice to mention a dence over sports that I couldn't be
few names of the local kids and give on hand to see. The occasional fea-
some recaps on the high school ture stories were always fun to
teams, write.
There have been a lot of changes But in any case, I do hope that
at the Press since I started here. there is someone out there who
When I started the Photographers de- would like to step m and cover our
veloped their own film in a room that local kids. In my opinion, sports
was dark. We hand wrote our stories plays an important role in small town
or at best, typed them on a typewriter North Dakota and having at least
and had them rewritten by the copy some coverage in the hometown pa-
editor. Computers were just coming per is a nice touch.
of age and that helped in the whole But speaking of re-tiring, it does
process of the writing but submitting look like the tires are pretty wom on
those stories via the intemet was still a couple of the vehicles out there in
years away. Since I started I believe the driveway. Better get to it. Thanks
there have been six, maybe seven to everyone at the Press and to you
different editors. Three, maybe four readers. I hope I was able to provide
different owners. Dozens of differ- a useful service and in a positive
ent reporters and office personnel, way.
1"7 f~ 1RI . -, .-. t~
journalism. Henry of course was the former owner of the Walsh County
Press and was in need of someone in town to write some sports stories. I
knew he was hard up and not yet having leamed to say no, I jumped on
board as a part time sports reporter. Henry sent me on my way into the world
ofjoumalism with just one piece of advice, "Kevy my boy", he said, "just
write what you think someone might want to hear". "Oh, and if you want
to avoid letters back, avoid politics and religion and you should be good."
So here I am, metaphorically speaking, about to push open those swing-
ing doors of my very own Long Hard Ride Saloon for the last time. It's
been a good ride I suppose but with my presence at local sporting events
about to come to an easy pull back on the reins and a drawn out whoa, I
don't think I'll be on hand to much anymore to "write what someone might
want to hear" about their son's or daughters athletic endeavors.
The only thing left to do now is to get me and the Mrs. on a Harley David-
son and go on a long journey to see if that Saloon in Alexander still ex'
ists or not wait, "what's that hun?" oh, my bad. "the only thing left
to do now is to get me and the Mrs. into an "RV" and go on a long jour-
ney to Alexander to see if that Saloon still exists or not. It could be the be-
ginning of another, and I mean this is the most positive of ways, the be-
ginning of a long hard ride. Metaphorically speaking that is.
By Kevin Skavhaug
of The Press
PARK RIVER, N.D. -- ItYs
not often you go down in the
record books but for Beatrice "
Kjelland, Elaina Swartz, Julia
Sveen and Vanessa Cooper, they
are now standing atop the world of,
ND track and field in the 4x100
meter relay.
The quartet ran a sub :50 sec-
ond relay and captured first place,
at this year's state track meet,
besting a mark that had. stood
since 2004. The first place finish
helped the Aggies to a third place
overall at the meet with 50 points.
Hazen won the event with 65
points and Hillsboro was second
with 57.
Elaina Swartz repeated at state
champion in the 300 meter hurdles'
and too th rd"ih: 100::naeteiki:
hurdles. Beatrice Kjelland t0o'l :
second in both the 100 and 200
meter dash. The Park
River/Fordville-Lankin relay team
also took second in the 4x200 me-
terrelay.
Top: Thethird leg of the
4x100 found the Hazen
i irls just ahead of the
ark River/Fordville-
LankJn girls. Vanessa
Cooper handsthe batm
to Julia Sveen who ran
aslrmg leg b' n passed
the baton to Beatrice
Kielland on the last leg.
Beatrice received the
baton slightly behind
butthere was no deny-
ing her on this race,
she crossed the finish
with a sizable lead and
a new state record for
the Aggie girls. Bottom:
State and
neN state record hdd-
ers. The Aggie girls
4x100 relay team not
only won state lhey set
a slate record of 49.66,
the tirst Class Bream to
crack the 50 second
mark, Team members
m(L o R)at aS n,
Elaina Swarlz, Bealrice
Kielland and Vanessa
Cooper.
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