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FROM THE
EDITOR'S DESK...
BY ALLISON OLI/VkB
EDITOR, WALSH COUNTY PRESS
The holiday season is upon us. seconds at the dinner table talking
The lights are going up, the pres- about what the day is all about.
ent buying has commenced, and In the beginning it was about
there is no en(t to the number of the big things friends, family, my
times that the words "sinaply hav- son, my husband and 1 found tllat
ing a wonderful Christnlas time" as the days went on it was about
will be broadcast over the radio the little things that aren't any less
waves, important because they make the
While we approach the end of ride worthwhile.
the year, 1 ask you to consider the
things you have rather than the
giant wish list for Santa. In all the
days leading up to Thanksgiving
and through I used each day and
wrote down something I was
thankful fbr. It made Thanksgiving
more than just one day with five
Day 12: I am I am grateti|l for
Day 1: I am thankful for naycoffee. It is warm and comforting.
wonderful husband. Cheesy as'it It brings family togeth.er. And it
sounds, I have a tough time sleep- makes the morning after deadline
ing without him. Hunting weekend much more bearable. I may have
gets awfully long. kicked the cat, but I am only a half
Day 2: I am thanktul for my son a cup in. Lay off me.
who does something new and Day 13: I am grateful for tidry
amazing every day. l've never been tales, magic, anything Neff
so blown away. by such simple
things as sitting, standing, and eat- Gaiman creates and Doctor Who,
ing. because.j ust when I think all of tile
Day 3: I am grateful for my stories have been told, they show
family. They have always sup- me that them is no limit to what the
ported me and they made me who
I am. I used to think 1 had other imagination can do. Magic.
placed to be and other things to do, Day 17: I am grateful tbr snug-
but then I realiz life is not about gles. Baby snuggles are worth
how much you have or what you more than gold. And they cure
do, but who you spend it with. I what ails ya.
would rather spend days sur-
rounded by love than a lifetime Everyone's list is different and
surrounded by things, maybe a little silly or even a little
emotional, but tlm lists you make
"'" this Christmas shouldn't be all
about what youwant. Give thanks
for what you have.
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Hello,
Well, the storm that was fbrccast
for opening day of deer season
wasn't as bad as was anticipated. At
least not here. Which is a good
thing. I recall a day back in the
eighties when we had a house full
of deer hunters snowed in tbr sev-
eral days. You couldn't hunt. You
couldn't do anything but hunker
down and play poker or pinochle.
Untold stuns of money changed
hands. I figure between the tbod
the hunters ate, and the money of
mine they won, I could have taken
Shirley on awonderful vacation.
So, as deer season winds down,
and we start getting ready for
Thanksgiving, I thought I'd tell you
one more deer camp story. One that
kind of ties Thanksgiving and deer
season together.
Now, I wasn't there, but I heard
this fi'om a deer friend.who never
missed the deer opener and the
nightly quarter limit poker games
that deer camp entailed,
I'll just jump to the chase.
Deer camp was set up at the
base of Bear Den. Bear Den was a
hill in the badlands that was steep
and curvy. In the heart of some of bagging that turkey became more'
the most rugged badlands in the important than getting the big buck.
state. It was in an area that was ac- Unkmown to some of the partic-
cessible only by toot or horseback, ipants in camp, one of the camp
If you were riding a dam good members had gone to a neighbor-
horse. It is the place where the ing ranch and bolTowed (or possi-
thirty point muley buck makes his bly purchased) a domestic turkey.
home. They are white you know.
The first night of deer camp, the During the night, as campers lie
essentials were unpacked. They in- blissffllly sleeping after a long night
eluded a few cuts of cold meat, of beer drinking andcard playing,
seyeral cases of beer, and a couple this rancher tied this turkey up in a
of jugs of adult beverages, little clearing about 70 yards from
As the stoW telling began, one deer camp.
of the local ranchers began telling In the morning, one guy, I think
of the albino turkey that had been it was Herbie, went out to relieve
seen several times that smnmer and himself. As he was looking around,
thtl. Some saiditwas aghost. Oth- Imping to spot the thirty-point
ers said although several attempts buck, his eyes came upon the elu-
had been made to bag this turkey, sive albino turkey.
he seemed invincible. He sprang into action, not even
The evening progressed and " bothering to put his shoes on. Try-
ing to wake everyone without star-
tling the white gobbler, he quickly
grabbed his deer rifle. A 30-06!
Now if you are not Pamiliar vdth ri-
ties, I will tell you a 30:06 is made
for deer, elk, and elephants. Not
turkeys.
He sighted in on that poor old
turkey and KABOOM! He missed.
The turkey jumped in the air, ran to
the end of his tether and stopped.
KABOOM! The turkey jumped
and ran the other way. No escape.
This is tile sad part. KABOOM!
The third shot was dead center. Al-
bino turkey feathers flew every-
where.
Herbie raced up the hill, not
looking back to ,see everyone
rolling on the ground in laughter
When he got to what was once an
elusive, wild, albino turkey gob-
bler, he found the blown up re-
mains of a tame turkey hen. with a
piece of baler twine tied around
s
one field dressed leg.
At least, that's the way I heard it.
Happy Thanksgiving! Dean
,., " Happenings at Our
samaritan Good Samaritan
Monica Simon ADC
PAax l~wa
By Ron Smith, Horticulturist
The residents and statt'at tim Park River Good Samaritan Center hope
you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We celebrated here with many
Thanksgiving related activities and also a delicious meal served by our
Dietary Stall'. we are really looking tbrward to this Holiday Season with
some great activities planned.
Dec. 6 2:30 Monthly Communion Service
Dec. 6 3:00 Music with Father Lutein
Dec. 133:00 Monthly Birthday Party hosted
Dec. 147:30 Mennonite Singers
Dec. 182:00 Nativity Program
Dec. 183:30 Extended School Program Kids
Dec. 195-7 Family Christmas Party
by St. John's
As you can see we are starting our Holiday Season with a lot of thn
activities. If you or your family would like to sham your talents with us
this Christmas please call the center.
We would like to thank our volunteers this week. Devotional leaders
were Lois Ydstie, Dorothy Novak, Rev. David Hinrichs, and Corrine
Ramsey. Accompanists were Mary Seim, Monica Simon and Jan Novak.
Greg Bauer led Rosary and Father Lutein led Mass. Rev. Ryan Fischer
led Sunday services. Thank-you for the continued sharing of your time
and talents it is much appreciated.
Mglt. A xff
Walsh County Health District
..... ,. .... '°"°'°°" Short Shots
Myth: Stomach flu and flu are the same thing.
Fact: Gastrointestinal (GI) illness, often called stomach flu, c:an be
caused by viruses, bacteria, parasites, toxins or allergies. Symptoms of
GI illness are typically nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Flu refers to
influenza, which is a respiratory illness caused by the influenza virus.
Symptoms of the flu are typically fever, cough, respiratory congestion
and sore throat.
Myth: Food poisoning means that I got ill from eating bacteria
that was in my food.
Fact: Food poisoning is a gastrointestinal illness caused by eating
tbods contaminated with toxins produced by certain bacteria. Although
your food may contain bacteria, it is not the bacteria making you ill, it is
tile toxin they are producing. As the bacteria multiply in our tbod, it
produces toxins that can cause illness. That is why it is very important
to follow proper cooking, storage, refiigeration and reheating guidelines
in order to prepare and serve safe tbod.
Myth: ! became ill from the last thing I ate.
Fact: While this sometilnes may be true, your illness usually is not
associated with tile last foods you ate. Belbre it can make you sick, the
virus, bacteria, or parsite must have time to start multiplying. Some
bacteria take two-five days or more befbre symptoms begin to show,
while parasitic infections can take three to 25 days. Viruses }nay take
only one to two days betbre symptoms appear.
Myth: if my grandparents used to do something a certain way, it
must be safe.
Fact: The food supply has become global, with many different
countries supp'lying tbod products to the United States. Also, an
increasing alnount of food prepared away fi'om the home is taken home
for consumption, creating new opportunities for mishandling. While
inspections of our tbod supply do occur, bacteria, viruses, and parasites
are often difficult to detect. This is why it is so important to wash all
fruits and vegetables betbre eating them and to cook you food at proper
temperatures.
Pyramid Dominates Homeland
Security Meedng
"I'm packed and heading out,"
Garvey Erfald announced as he
joined the Homeland Security
Committee assembled in the
community hall for its 2013 plan-
ning conference. He shoved his
bulging carpet bag under one of
the hollow core door tables and
pulled up a chair.
Little Jimmy was absent.'He
was finishing ihis online master's
degree in theology by doing a
practicum at the Barren Hills
Bible Preaching Inspired C.hurch
in Saskatchewan.
"Where you goin'?" asked
Orville Jordan, the retired rail-
road agent who stayed after the
Burlington Northern left.
'Tin headin' west to work on
the big pyramid they're building
out by Williston," Garvey an-
swered confidently.
Olga Danske jumped to her
feet.
"That's an evil thing," she de-
clared, shaking her index finger at
Garvey. "It's the Tower of Babel
all over again."
"No, it's not!" Garvey retorted
bravely. "It's just a huge apart-
ment building for oil workers in
Bakken's field."
"God will strike you with a
foreign tongue," Olga insisted.
"You'll cbme back babbling and
nobody will understand you.
Look at what happened at the
State Capitol. They built to the
sky and haven't spoken plain
English since."
Having had her say, Olga
slowly sat down on the edge of
her cold steel folding chair.
"But they're not building that
thing until next spring,"
Madeleine Morgan pointed out.
"Why go now?"
"Can't afford to take a chance
to miss this opportunity of a life-
time," Garvey responded. "The
"pyramid is going to be the biggest
thing since the State Capitol and
I missed that job by 10 years."
"This pyramid is supposed to
be 370 feet - 130 feet higher than
the Capitol," Holger Danske
noted. "You get dizzy going up
the flagpole 15 feet to change tile
warning signal."
"Well, I plan to work around
the bottom," Garvey explained.
"It's going to be 600 feet on a
side so there will be plenty work
low down."
"Well, they'll never build that
thing," Einar Torvald sneered.
"Those guys are from Atlanta and
they've never been here to test the
weather or the ground or any-
thing. It'll likely collapse ill the
first 40-mile wind."
"You,know, it's people like you
who are a drag on North Dakota,"
Garvey replied angrily. "No
imagination! No vision! The last
pioneering thing we did was the
Bank of North Dakota and the
Mill."
"I think these guys ought to
start building outhouses first and
then move up to bigger things be-
fore they start a 370-foot pyra-
mid," Einar Stamstead suggested
wryly.
"I hope tlley build it on a Mis-
souri bluff so steamboat excur-
sions of tourists can marvel at our
Eighth Wonder of the World,"
Garvey fantasied. "'And at Christ-
mas we can string lights all the
way to the top. People will enjoy
that all the way to Dickinson and
Bottineau. Wouldn't that be .fabu-
lous?"
"Enough of this dreaming,"
barked Chairperson Ork Dorken
as he banged his Coke bottle on
the table. "This meeting will
come to order so we can plan
something for our own town."
"l'm in no mood to plan after
hearing what they're doing out
west," Josh Dvorchak ventured.
"What can we plan that would
compare to pyranfids?"
The electors mumbled agree-
ment. That irked Ol k.
"Okay," he grumbled. "That's
it. I'll name a committee to come
up with something better than a
pyramid. Meeting is adjourned."
"Maybe we should at least de-
clare English to be our official
language," Olga proposed as the
members wrestled with their
coats. No one responded.
"Nonsense! All nonsense!"
Ork lamented as he donned his
sheepskin coat and headed for the
door.
Extension
Healthier Holiday • Avoid pre-packaged pumpkin
Choices pies - the crusts are typically
The holiday season is here, filled with trans and saturated
and with it come all the usual tats. Crustlesspumpkin pies or an-
temptations .... rich desserts,gel food cakeswith fresh or frozen
creamy casseroles and butteryberries are tasty alternatives. Skip
rolls. From holiday partie to pre-packaged cakes and cookies,
family dinners, sweet and savory too
treats are everywhere, making it You can also reduce your fat
hard not to indulge. But that's OK and caloric intake by using healthy
- if there's ever a time to treat substitutes in your recipes. The
yourself, it's the holidays. But re- following list will get you started:
member there are things you can • Spray pans with non-stick
do this holiday season to help you cooking spray instead of greasing
choose mo.re heart-healthy indul- pans with butter or shortening
levels ot bad saturated andtrans the oil with applesauce to reduce
fats. the fat
Here are also some ideas to • Use marshmallow cr6me in
keep in mind when holiday shop- frosting instead of butter or mar-
pifig, fiom snacks, main courses garine
to desserts: • Substitute one whole egg for
• Choose assorted unsalted two egg whites when baking
nuts, fiber-rich crackers and raw • Prepare recipes with low-tat
vegetables with low-fat dressing cheeses
or hummus for quick snacks or ap- • Instead of heavy cream, use
petizers at a holiday party. These evaporated skim milk
are great alternatives to a typical ° Replace sour cream with
cheese platter that's loaded with
saturated fat. equal amounts of tht-ffee plain yo-
• If you like eggnog, be sure gurt
• Instead of traditional pie
you buy the low-tat or fiat-free ver-
sion to cut down on calories and crusts, try using finely crushed cin-
fat. Mulled apple cider is an even namon graham crackers
better choice. Before you head out the door
• Select fat-free evaporated for any oftheholiday parties that
milk to make mashed potatoes get packed into the upcoming
creamy. Use low-sodium chicken weeks take the time to plan ahead
broth to get a little more flavor in and eat light during other meals to
your potatoes, balance the calories and tat food
• Stuffing mixes are holiday in the party food. You might want
classics. Make your own colorful to have a low-fat, low-calorie
and heart-healthy version by mix- snack before leaving for the par-
ing in dlied cranbenies, raisins and ty to curb your appetite. You also
apricots instead of nmat. arrive fashionably late to avoid be,
• Skip the prepackaged gravy ing around for a second or third
mixes and make your own! Low- pass at the buffet line. And if you
sodium broth and skim milk make do decide you need to go back for
delicious and more heart-healtlay seconds, wait ten minutes to de-
gravy, cide if you are really hungry.
NDSU Agriculture Communication
Readers: One of my colleagues, Joe whole tree if it hasn't hardened off
Zeleznik, NDSU Extension Service sufficiently. Planting ornamentals in
forester, had what I thought was an a hardiness zone that they're not
interesting question posed to him. adapted to can result in problems
ltis response is excellent and I such as this. Similarly, we need to
think worthy of a read by anyone review the management of the tree
who ever has wondered the same during the growing season. If the
thing about trees. Read on! tree receives excess nitrogen too late
, in the growing season, it tends to tb-
.Why do some of my treescus its energy on tender, new
• still have leaves, even though growth. In the fall, it won't be able
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its early Noxember. (email refer- to harden up as quickly as it nor-
ence) mally would, so it remains green and
tender and holds onto its leaves late
a Although the question is into the fall season. For this reason,
simple, the answer is a morewe recommend avoiding fertilizer
complicated. Quite simply, it de- applications during July, August
pends. The simplest answer is that and the first half of September. For
some tree species hold onto their watering, we recolnmend cutting
leaves longer into the fall or winter back during August. This m
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than other species. Oua: native iron- drought stress should ldck-start the
wood trees are a classic example, dormancy processes and result in a
The leaves change to a yellow/or- tree that is fully hardy once winter
ange in the Pall, and then to a taal hue
later on. They stay on the tree in that anives. Obviously, withholding too
much water can cause problems as
color for a long time. While I was
deer hunting in northern Minneso- well, so a balance is neede& Last-
ta l:brests recently, I saw many ly, we need to look at the health of
ironwoods in the understory (low- the tree or branch that's holding onto
its leaves. If a branch dies sudden-
est height below the forest canopy).
Red oak, which also grows in Min- ly during the growing season, it will
nesota but not ha North Dakota, also retain its leaves and will not drop
tends to hold its leaves well into win- them in the fall. Certain diseases can
tel: The fiuitoftheAnlericanlindela ' result in trees holding onto their
(basswood) stays on the tree late in leaves late in. the fall. In many cas-
the Pall and has a bract that looks like es, this is an indication of a broad-
a leat: European buckthorn (corn- er health problem. In sum|nary,
mon buckthorn), an exotic invasive there are several possible reasons
species, holds its leaves much longer that trees might hold onto their
than other species. These trees oil leaves. Usually, it's not a good sign.
ten remain green late into the fall. It may indicate damage that already
The second possibility relates to the has been done or it might be an in-
origin of the seeds. Quite simply: Is dicator ofihture damage. How'ev-
this tree fi:om an area south of el', in some cases, itmightbe noth-
here? To some extent, trees that orig- ing at all!
inate further south tend to hold
onto leaves a little longer in the fall. TO contact Ron Smith for answers
Another way to ook at it: They don't to your questions, wlite to Ron
begin the process ofbecoming dor- Smith, NDSU Departlnent of
mant as early the native trees. This Plant Sciences, Dept. 7670, Box
is a bit dangerons because an early 6050, Fargo, ND 58108 or e-mail
Pall frost can kill twigs or even the ronald.smith@ndsu.edu.
Editor's Note
The Around the County columnn was not available this week. It will return
as soon as possible.
Dates to Remember:
December 10 - Walsh County Crop Improvement Meeting,
Park River American Legion, meal at 6 p.m. program at 7 p.m.
