THE WALSH COUNTY PRESS WEDNESDAY, JULY I I, 2018
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FROM TH E
EI)ITOR'S DESK
By Julie Garden-Robinson, Food and Nutrition S )ecialist
BY ALLISON OLIMB
EDITOR, WALSH COUNTY PRESS
I hate being short with survey you want to take a survey. I do not
people, typically operate in the black and
No, it is not a good time. Let's white of yes or no. I frequently an-
face it, it is never a good time. You swer a question with a question.
are calling me on a landline and it Should she vote for Trump's
is almost a guarantee that some- choice? Well, is the nominee qual-
thing will be broken or start on fire ified to hold the position?
in the 5 minutes to an hour that you The second Justice Anthony
tell me that this survey will take. Kennedy announced retirement, the
I understand you are just doing world of partisan politics exploded.
your job and you probably will call The hot button issues went straight
my house back halfa million times to the ffontlines.
if I try say no, not tight now, I'm The conversation across the
not interested, world, including the within this sur-
So, I usually give in. vey, took a distinctly abortion re-
Yes, I can answer a few ques- lated spin.
tions. The sheer amount of fear man-
The one I was subjected to last gering within the first five minutes
Thursday just about sent me made me nauseous. The media set
through the roof. my brain on fire.
"Should Senator Heitkampvote Toward the end, the woman
for President Trump's selection for asked whether Heitkamp voting for
supreme court justice?" or against Trump's choice would
First of all, I am not the person cause me to vote for or against her
in the future, was not the answer they were seek-
Heitkamp supported the nomi- ing.
nation of Justice Neil Gorsuch, so Do I identify as a democrat or a
no, Heitkamp's voting record on republican? I have no idea anymore
this single nomination for this hy- lady.
pathetical person who may or may I identify as a human who values
not be qualified, as he or she (most empathy, sympathy, history, and ed-
likely he) has not been selected will ucation. I identify as someone who
not be the be all end all of who I values faith. In the end, there is
may or may not vote for in the up- only one judge that matters. I will
coming election, always pray for you and if you
I can only imagine what riots want, I will pray with you.
this survey intends to start. Do I think this survey encourag-
There are so many implications ing further partisan divisiveness is
for what if and what the future may the solution? No.
hold for the next 50 years when America doesn't need a change
talking supreme court, but why ofjustices; America needs a change
does everything have to be so ag- of heart.
gressively partisan? So yes, survey lady, I apologize
This particular survey was from for making your job hell by an-
The Tarrance Group, which I swering every question with a ques-
Googled mid-survey. The Google tion. I apologize for refusing to an-
description made sense immedi- swer your questions with the simple
ately -- "The Tarrance Group is yes or no that you were looking for.
one of the most widely respected I am really sorry to the addi-
and successful Republican strategic tional survey people who called the
research and polling forms in the other day who had to deal with my
nation." son on the other end of the phone.
Immediately, I could sense the I will pray that you get that job
answers they were seeking. "If the you really want because Lord
person is qualified," was not the knows you were meant for more
answer they were looking for from than this.
me. Me referencing Heitkamp's "'Like" the Walsh County Press on Face-
voting record regarding Gorsuch boogcom.
Hello,
I really don't care for a lot of
things that happen on the Fourth of
July. I used to. I used to like fire-
works, but as I've age they have
lost a lot of their bang. And when
you have horses and dogs near a
city, it is stressful. Because cities
will announce that "no fireworks
inside city limits". So that means
celebrators drive a mile or two out
of town and set them off by our
pasture.
I used to like parades, but as I've
aged, parades don't carry the same
appeal they used to. When a five-
year-old kid can beat me to the can-
dy, it seems to be an exercise in fu-
tility. Last year I had my eye on
several tootsie roll pops, and I
couldn't bend over to pick them up.
A few years ago, when I was
younger and more foolish, I ran for
a statewide office. Thank God I
lost, but I had to go in a bunch of
parades over the Fourth. I jumped
off the float when it passed in front
of The Rock and I saw severM,of+ hay when the sun shines. And it
my friends really enjoying thepa- has been tough to get it done.
rade. It was much better from The Harding County ranchers
there, came to the rescue. They assured
But this year, I witnessed three Will and Jen that they didn't need
of the greatest parades I have ever to worry about the hay. It would
seen. All on ranch near Reva, SD. be done when they got back.
Will and Jen and the boys are The first parade I really loved
expecting a little girl this week. By was a couple days before the
the time you read this, the boys will fourth. I went down to Reva and
have a little sister. And some four neighbors came with cutters
time ago, doctors discovered she and knocked all the hay down.
has a heart condition that will re- Four neighbors that left their own
quire surgery soon after her birth, hay stand and cut down Will and
So for the past few weeks, their Jens!
family has been living in a camper The next parade was the morn-
near the childrens hospital in Den- ing of the Fourth. A beautiful
ver. morning. With two double rakes
As I mentioned last week, it is parading around and around the
haying season. You have to make hay fields. Absolutely the pretti-
est parade I had eve" seen.
And the greatest parade on
earth took place on the Fifth of
July. Seven balers and two front-
end loaders pulled into the hay
fields at seven in the morning.
Some had roaded their tractors
for over an hour to be there and
help! By mid morning, the haying
was done! And a neighbor brought
dinner and fed the crew. I'm not
lying when I tell you I made the
least and poorest bales in the field.
One of the neighbors pointed that
out to me.
As we were making the last
round, my hay fever started to kick
in as I thought of these wonderful
people leaving their haying oper-
ation to assist a friend. The aller-
gies caused me to tear up a bit and
I had a hard time thanking them.
It's why we choose to live in a
country where the grass is some-
times short and the wind often
blows.
Forever thankful,
Dean =
Jt (;taKt Happenings at Our
samarit'an Good Samaritan
Nannette Hoeger, Activities Dir.
Thank you to all the volunteers
that put on such a great 4th of July
Parade! We enjoyed it and love be-
ing able to watch from our win-
dowst
This week July 8th - 14th
July 8th 2:30 Worship w/Re-
becca Kjelland, 3:30 Oh Beans
Day
July 9th 10am Embroidery
Group, 1:30 Drive RSVP, 5pm
Rosary, 6:45 Bingo
July 10th 3pm Rhubarb Sauce
and Ice Cream
July llth 3:15 Bingo
July 12th 3pm Birthday Party
hosted by Grace Free Lutheran
Church, 6pm Ladies Night/Bead-
ing
July 13th Clergy Visits, 10:30
Nail Time, lpm Music Therapy,
3:30 Outdoor Strolls, 7:30 Men-
nonite Singers
July 14th 9:30 Mass, lpm WIi
Games, 2:15 Bingo
NDSU Agriculture Communication
Next week July 15th - 21 st
July 15th 2:30 Worship w/Pas-
tor Brezenski, 3pm Cards/Games
July 16th 10am Embroidery
Group, 1:30 Drive RSVP, 5pm
Rosary, 6:45 Bingo
July 17th lpm Crochet Group,
3pm Pie in your Face
July 19th 3pm Crafts, 6:30
Movie Night
July 20th Clergy Visits, 10:30
Nail Time, lpm Music Therapy,
3pm Fry Pies
July 21st 9:30 Mass, lpm Junk
Food Day, 2:15 Bingo
Thank you to our many volun-
teers: Pastor Peterson, Shirley
Sobolik, Lois Ydstie, Mary Seim,
Mary Lund, Pastor Hinrichs, Pas-
tor Brezenski, Teresa and The
Plow Boys, Father Miller, and
anyone I may have missed I am
sorry. If you would like to volun-
teer please call Rose Ulland at 701-
284-7115.
CHOLESTEROL MVrHaUSTERS 7-2018
l blleHealth Walsh County Health District
P t o.'o ,0 o, Short Shots by Carly Ostenrude, RN
There's often a misconception about cholesterol being bad and that too
much can build up in your arteries and cause a stroke or heart attack. While
part of that statement is true, there is some cholesterol that is needed for
us to be healthy. Here are some common myths about cholesterol:
1. Cholesterol is always bad. Our body needs cholesterol to function
properly. It's only a problem when there's too much circulating and it builds
up m our arteries.
2. Using margarine instead of butter will lower cholesterol. Margarine
contains trans-fat which can raise your LDL (bad cholesterol) levels.
3. Thin people don't have high cholesterol. People of any body type
can have high cholesterol.
4. Only older people have high cholesterol. Even children, especial-
ly if there's a family history, can have high cholesterol.
5. Drug treatments for cholesterol are expensive. Generic cholesterol
medications provide equal and comparable treatment to the brand name
medications.
Your source for Happy Happenings.
Walsh County Press 284-6333
Zero-Tolerance: To Obey or Not
To Obey
Attomey General JeffSessions sent all of Washington scunying for their
Bibles recently when he defended his immigration policy by quoting Ro-
mans 13 to justify strict interpretation of applicable laws.
"I would cite you to the Apostle Paul and his clear and wise command
in Romans 13 to obey the laws of the government because God has or-
dained the government for his purposes," Sessions argued.
Before taking up the consequences of his quotation of scripture used
to oppose the Revolutionary War and support slavery, I would applaud his
courage in suggesting that something in the Bible may have application
to the policymakers in a "Christian" country.
There is a wide gap between the compassion of Christians on Sunday
and the public policies they support the rest of the week.
"As individuals, men believe they ought to love and serve each other
and establish justice between each other,"
Reinhold Niebuhr explains in Moral Man/Immoral Society. "As
racial, economic, and national groups, they take for themselves, whatev-
er their power can command."
Sessions' use of Romans 13 brought sharp criticism of his zero-toler-
ance policy for illegal immigrants because it separated children from their
parents. That's the law, he stated flatly.
But the religious leaders of the country would not countenance this use
of the law to mistreat persons seeking to escape violence and oppression
in the failed govemments of Central America.
The U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops condemned zero-tolerance
as immoral, with one bishop suggesting that the Church ought to refuse
Communion to any Catholics giving aid and comfort to the policy.
Martin Luther agreed.
In his treatise on secular authority, Luther said: "Tyrants have issued
an order that the New Testaments be delivered to the courts everywhere.
In this case, their subjects ought not deliver a page or a letter, at the risk
of their salvation."
Meanwhile, Methodists in his home church labelled his zero-tolerance
policy as child abuse, immoral and racial discrimination. They started an
internal process that could lead to his excommunication.
The uprising of the religious community was too much for the Ad-
ministration so the policy has been abandoned. But it leaves the basic ques-
tion unanswered.
Sessions is right in that the Bible does urge Christians to be obedient
to all authorities. Because of the numerous Bible verses stressing behav-
ior that would bring honor to the Gospel, we can suggest that Apostle Paul
saw civic obedience as good for the Christian image.
So on what basis can Christians insist that disobedience would be more
godly than obedience?
In the Book of Acts, Peter and John were teaching and the Jewish au-
thorities ordered them not to preach the name of Jesus, to which they an-
swered; "Whether it is tight in the sight of GOd to give heed to you rather
than to God, you be the judge."
Apparently, Peter and John thought it right for Christians to disobey those
in authority when it was the right thing to do. So what is right in the sight
of God when it comes to zero-tolerance?
Perhaps the teachings of Christ can fumish the criteria for making a de-
termination. He taught unlimited compassion, love, sharing, tolerance and
sacrificing for strangers, none of which can be found in the zero-tolerance
policy.
By their unanimity in opposition, the religious leaders of America have
made it clear that in their view disobedience to zero-tolerance is justified;
compassion is more godly than legalism.
NDSU Extension Service
Create meal memories with picnics:
emotional heakh benefits
I always looked forward to Teens who eat more meals
picnics when I was a child, with their families are less likely
We would visit friends who to become depressed, use illegal
lived on lakes or, sometimes, we drugs, abuse alcohol, smoke cig-
went to a state park. arettes, develop eating disorders
Getting ready for our picnic or become pregnant.
was quite a production because we Children who eat more meals
had salads, fruit, meat, fresh buns, together are more likely to do well
potatoes anddessert. Homemade in school and score well on
lemonade was in a gallon-sized achievement tests. At the family
thermos container, table, children have the opportu-
We didn't have a grill in those nity to practice their language
days. The meat and potatoes were skills and learn new vocabulary.
cooked in cast iron pans on a camp Eating together more often
stove, with my dad as the chef. also promotes better nutrition.
My mother was very food safe- Children who enjoy more family
ty savvy. Everything was packed meals eat more fruits, vegeta-
in coolers with ice, and meat was bles, grains and dairy, and they eat
packed in a separate cooler from fewer fried foods and soft drinks
ready-to-eat foods. I learned ear- This adds up to a diet that has
ly about safe food handling, and more calcium, iron, fiber, and vi-
I didn't realize it at the time. tamins A, C, E and folate.
I liked to lie on the lounger Make some memories with
chair with green webbing. When picnics for all the right reasons.
I leaned back too far, usually on Consider these nutrition and food
purpose, it would collapse. I felt safety tips:
like an alligator had me in its jaws, Plan your menu to be color-
so I would lie folded up in the ful, with all the food groups: veg-
chair until someone rescued me. etables, fruit, grain, protein and
I liked the attention, dairy or other calcium source.
Fortunately, the chair didn't Check out the seasonal fresh
have any teeth, produce available from farmers
The food always tasted better markets, gardens and grocery
in the outdoors with the breeze shelves.
blowing cool air from the lake. Be sure to keep perishable
July is National Picnic Month, foods chilled during transportation
which is a perfect time to create and at the picnic site. Transport
happy memories as you enjoy food in the passenger area instead
seasonal foods in an outdoor en- of the trunk, and keep coolers in
vironment, the shade. Use blocks of ice or
For the past 18 months, we in frozen gel packs. Remember that
the Family and Community Well- perishable food, including cut
ness programs at NDSU Exten- fruit, salads and meat, should
sion have been promoting family spend no more than one hour at
meals through "The Family Table" temperatures of 90 F or above.
project. We based our program- If you do not have a way to
ming on published research, which keep foods cold, bring nonper-
shows the long-term influence of ishable foods such as peanut but-
familieseating toget erorrwarlous": " i :te ! S dwiches, chips, pretzels,
of 9hyslcal, memal and
aspects ": it; trail +' 0r dried
emotional health.
On average, expertssay to aim fruit,
Be sure to check your desti-
for four or five meals per week nation to learn if it has a safe
with most family members pres- drinking water source. If not,
ent. Eating together promotes bring your own clean water. Bring
family unity and a place that is moist towelettes and paper towels
safe and secure in a sometimes for cleaning your hands.
confusing world. If you plan to grill meat, be
Children get very busy as they sure to bring a food thermometer
grow older, so be flexible in your. to check doneness. Steaks and
timing for family mealtimes, pork chops should reach an in-
Meals can be eaten together any- ternal temperature of 145 F, fol-
where, any time, and they still lowed by a three-minute rest time.
"count." Try a family breakfast, Hamburgers should reach 160 F,
evening snack or a picnic in a and chicken should reach an in-
nearby park or your backyard.
The menu doesn't have to be a ternal temperature of 165 F.
gourmet feast, but be sure to putPrairie Fare
away electronics, turn offthe TV
and turn on the conversation. Cont. page 7
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Intercropping
Featured at North
Central Research
Extension Center
Field Tour
Intercropping, weed control and
enhancing field pea protein are a
few of the topics being featured
during the July 18 field tour at the
North Dakota State University
beans and carinata.
"Planting multiple crops to-
gether is fairly simple," Eriksmoen
says. "Weed control, harvesting and
seed separation are more compli-
cated. In the end, there has to be a
compelling reason for farmers to do
this practice, such as increasing
yields, suppressing diseases or re-
ducing fertilizer inputs."
Other farm-related topics that
will be discussed on this year's tour
include:
North Central Research Extension Weed control in canola and
Center near Minot. pulse crops
The tour starts at 8:30 a.m. Enhancing field pea protein
The current outlook of contin- Managing soil salinity and hay
ued low market prices is forcing land reclamation
farmers to review and revise their In addition, NDSU Extension is
production practices, according to hosting a crop pest diagnostic
Eric Eriksmoen, research agrono- clinic. Producers are encouraged to
mist at the center, bring in plant samples. They'll also
"Part of our mission is to iden- have an opportunity to have one-
tify and help in the development of on-one consultations with experts :
on weed, insect and disease control
issues.
"The economics of farming is
changing rapidly with high input
costs and commodity prices that
continue to be volatile," Eriksmoen
says. "Like any business, farmers
need to maintain their competitive
edge, and that's the objective of
new crops, varieties and manage-
ment practices," he says. "Inter-
cropping is simply growing two or
more crops together in the same
field. We know Native Americans
grew corn and beans together, and
this practice continues today on
small plot farms in many parts of
the world."
Center scientists are studying 34 this event." !:
different intercropping combina- The tour is free of charge. The
tions. They include chickpeas and center is one mile south of Minot :'
flax, field peas and canola, and faba on U.S. Highway 83. .i
Editor s Note ,
The Extension Exchange and Around the County columns were not avail- %
able this week. They will return as soon as possible.
