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Proclaiming March as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in Valley City, Valley City Mayor Bob Werkhoven joined the local effort to raise awareness about colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer is preventable, treatable and beatable, said Patricia Egeberg, Director of Student Health Services at Valley City State University and Barnes On the Move Partnership spokesperson. It is important for our citizens to join the nation in becoming educated about improving health behaviors of ourselves and our loved ones. Exercise has been shown to reduce the risk of developing colorectal cancer. The goal is to do at least 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise each week. Again this year, On the Move, an exercise incentive program, has been offered to the community by the Barnes On the Move Partnership to encourage individuals to set an exercise goal. Statistics show colorectal cancer as the second leading cause of cancer deaths in North Dakota. People who have polyps or colorectal cancer sometimes dont have symptoms at first, which is why screening is so vital, Egeberg said. The North Dakota Department of Health offers these important points about colorectal cancer: If youre 50 or older, see your doctor to get screened. For those with a family history of the disease, screening should begin earlier. Colorectal cancer and precancerous polyps dont always cause symptoms. Colorectal cancer affects both women and men and all races and ethnicities. When found early, colorectal cancer treatment can be very effective and save lives. Many insurance plans help pay for screenings that can detect colorectal cancer. About 400 North Dakotans will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer this year, and nearly 140 North Dakotans will die from the disease, Egeberg said. But this doesnt have to be, she added. Colorectal cancer CAN be prevented. We can take steps to save the lives of our friends, family and even ourselves. For more information about colorectal cancer, contact Pat Egeberg at 8457212 or Theresa Will, CityCounty Health Director and member of the Barnes on the Move Partnership, at 845-8518.
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hen attending a church potluck, comments heard are usually that looks wonderful, I dont have room on my plate to Im going back and getting some of that salad, it looked very tasty. Seldom do you hear, Wow, I wonder whos kitchen made that? Or Im not eating any of that food, I dont know where it came from? Thats the way it has been for a long-long time. My children ask why our church doesnt hold new member potlucks anymore. Well, the church has grown from a small family to quite a large one these days and it may be more of a space issue than anything else. But those potlucks were the best. Now, if you were to put that very same food, made by your friends or family, into a restaurant and started charging $7 a plate or more enter the food police. Thats correct. Once you start selling food you are taking your life and those of your neighbors into your own hands. Everyone is at risk for food poisoning or worse. Does that seem right? What happens between the home kitchen and a commercial kitchen that causes such paranoia about the food we eat? Dont get me wrong, I do not want to get sick or die from the food I eat, but does common sense enter anywhere into this picture? Or personal responsibility in choosing where I buy my food? I would sure hope so. We are working really hard on getting local farm fresh food into schools and restaurants and grocery stores. There are so many things we need to factor into this seemingly simple act of growing food and getting it to the table. If I take a bowl of something out of our refrigerator and it has
green mold, or dried edges or a bad smell. I dont eat it. Theres no one in our kitch- By Sue B. en stand- Balcom ing by the door taking temperatures; or worse fabricating those readings for an entire day
and then napping instead of doing their job think of the potential for harm in that move. FARRMS and the Entrepreneurial Center for Horticulture would like people to trust the food from farmers and we would like our farmers to produce safe food for people. We are beginning this process with SAFE FOOD: 14
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n celebration of spring, the VCSU English Club calls for submissions of haiku to be entered into formal contest, with the winners to be published in the April 26th issue of The Independent. While definitions of traditional haiku vary, and language differences compound the issue, most haiku in English follow the 17 syllable/three-line format we all learned in school with five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, and five in the third. Additionally, since Japanese Haiku traditionally included a seasonal word
some reference that implied one of the four seasons native to both Japan and North DaBy Angie kota haiJohnson ku has been long associated with nature poetry and themes, and most haiku in English also try to capture the sense of juxtaposition between a particular observation (usually of nature) and the sudden realization (usually fairly intense) of some sort of universal truth it spurs. Over the years, however,
both the form and subject have become less strict, so as in the case with limerick last month, feel free to transgress the formal requirementsbut do try to preserve the spirit of the thing. Submissions should be emailed to English Club President Angie Johnson at angie.johnson@vcsu.edu by Monday, April 16, to assure inclusion in the final judging. All entries received by midnight on that date will be independently rated by a select panel of VCSU faculty and English Club students, with a selection of seasonally-appropriate prizes being made available to the authors of the top haiku in order of finish. The competition is open to anyone who has read this, or has had someone else read it to them (so three and fouryear-olds are by all means eligible), and wed love to see haiku from as wide a range of folks as possible.
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Barnes County Senior Center Activities: 11:30 a.m., lunch (steak and mushrooms, scalloped potatoes, capri vegetables, shortcake); 1:15 p.m., pinochle. Region V Speech Contest at VCSU. Fall semester registration begins for currently enrolled students at Valley City State University. Viking Softball vs. Jamestown College, at 3 and 5 p.m., at Jamestown. tons Parlour in downtown Valley City is every Wednesday from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Entertainers (music, comedy, poetry, etc.) and audience-members welcome. No cost. Tower City Senior Citizens meet every Wednesday at the Community Center in Tower City from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. A meal is served. More info: Betty Gibbons, president; 701-840-0184. Texas Holdem Tournament every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. at the Eagles, Valley City. Open to all player levels. More info: Richard Hass: 840-2612. Free, for people 21+. Sheyenne Sno-drifters meet the first Wednesday of every month at Ditos in Sanborn. More info: Lynette; 701-646-6260. Sanborn City Council meets the first Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. at City Hall, Sanborn. The artworks of Peter Beaugard are on display through April 20 in the VCSU Gallery. Zumba for VCSU students is 7 to 8 p.m. in the Skoal Room of VCSU Student Center. Barnes County Senior Center Activities: 9:30 a.m., Bone Builders Exercise; 11:30 a.m., lunch (BBQ chicken, baked potato/sour cream, mixed vegetable, peach/pineapple crisp); 1:15 p.m., pinochle and whist. VCSU Mens and Womens Golf @ Dickinson State Invitational, Heart River Golf Course in Dickinson, from noon to 6 p.m. a.m.
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An intensive one-day workshop on farm food safety will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 20, in Medina and Friday, April 27, in Wahpeton. Selling locally grown fruits and vegetables to schools, grocery stores and restaurants can be an enormous economic boost to your CSA, farmers market or direct farm sales. But food safety issues can be a stumbling block to making those sales. Producers have a responsibility to minimize the potential for contamination of products. is can best be accomplished by a few good farm food safety policies and practices. A er this intensive one-day Food Safety Plan Workshop, producers will have the tools to document, plan and approach food safety on the farm; and an opportunity to write a Food Safety Plan with the sta from the Entrepreneurial Center for Horticulture and Dakota College in Bottineau and FARRMS in Medina. A certi cate of completion will be o ered to students successfully completing the course work. is can be an invaluable tool when selling to institutions and schools. Additional information will include North Dakota Farm to School opportunities, insurance and marketing using your plan. Space is limited, so register early. Tuition is $100 with a special reduced tuition of $40 for producers willing to commit to Farm to School Week activities. A er these trainings the course will be available online through Dakota College as a onecredit course and the tuition will be increased accordingly. So dont miss out on this opportunity for a certi cate of completion at a reduced rate. For more information or to download the brochure and registration blank, visit www.farrms.org or call Sue Balcom at 701-527-5169 or email sbalcom@farrms.org e workshop in Medina will be held at the Karl Limvere Memorial Classroom at FARRMS, 301 5th Ave SE. e Wahpeton workshop will be held in the Red River Room of the NDSCS campus.
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ur country is a place that has an increasing population, with people who have money to buy things, lifestyles that keep us on the go, and a multitude of new products out there that we want to get our hands on. Because of our endless appetite to consume, we have more waste! Recycling is a wonderful choice. It is something we can do that really makes a di erence. Why is there more waste? Well, just think of the increasing population. e more people out there, the more waste they produce. We are also gravitate toward disposable products. We have the money to just throw it away and get a new one if a possession becomes out of date. Some of these new things come in packaging thats not biodegradable. We are also on the go. is means eating out more, purchasing more bottled water, pop or juice, and quick and easy meals consisting of such items as canned soups, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, cereal, macaroni and cheese, spaghetti, canned fruit, etc. Food waste now represents the single largest component of municipal solid waste reaching land lls and incinerators across the country. e Environmental Protection Agency has initiated a new program called Food Recovery Challenge, that challenges participants to reduce as much of their food waste as possible. What does this mean? Our land lls are lling up. Its plain and simple. ere is no place for our garbage. ese growing land lls are also creating harmful chemicals that pollute the air. As our population requires more products, we are using more natural resources and energy to make new ones. How do we help? Lets recycle! Recycling helps preserve our environment. By recycling paper, we save a tree and are preserving natural resources for future generations. Recycling saves energy. It takes lots less energy to make a product from recycled material than to start with new material. By using recycled material, the energy of hauling in raw materials is also saved. When industrial companies have to use less energy to make a product, the amount
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onversations with Hip-Hop Lyrics, a fine art exhibit featuring a series of drawings and light box sculptures by professional artist Peter Beaugard consists of a series of drawings and light box sculptures, is on display in the Valley City State University gallery. The gGallery is located on the third floor of McCarthy Hall and is open Monday Friday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Peter Beaugard received a Master of Fine Arts from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art, and is an assistant professor of graphic design and digital arts at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Mich. His creative work revolves around an analysis of the narratives structures in art and design. He is intrigued with the kitschification of culture as one symptom of the postmodern condition. His works use digital fabrication and other methods indicative of industry to create whimsical compositions about sensory overload and visualsaturation. Most recently, Beugard worked for Fahrenheit 212, an innovation consultancy in New York City, as an innovation associate. While there, he developed new products,
The public wants to live in the house they were born in, and drive the car their parents drove. Kitsch gives way to parody; parody to gives way to pastiche. Sophisticated from collapses for vernacular pastiche enables the public to abandon illusions. The individual is now freed to create the meaning and essence of his life. --Peter Beaugard services and experiences that catalyzed top-line growth for Fortune 500 and private equity companies. In the past, he has worked for clients including Holiday Inn, Whole Foods, Restoration Hardware, Proctor & Gamble, Pepsi, Nestle, Lowes, Hartford Insurance Group, and Outback Steakhouse among others. He currently directs Studio Couture Detroit a gallery, student-directed design studio, and arts incubator in Detroits central business. Through the student-directed design studio, Studio Couture Detroit provides design research and strategy for start-up business in Detroit. .
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Essentia Health Valley City Clinic is now able to offer computerized radiography through the new Kodak DirectView CR800 system. This new computerized radiography unit offers Essentia Health Valley City Clinics patients digital images, rather than film, increasing the speed at which the images are available for reading by the radiologist. The digital images become part of the patients electronic medical record, allowing ease of access by the patients care team. In the event that specialized care is needed those images are available to any of the Essentia Health specialty physicians, or if needed, the images can be transferred to other facilities. Our service continues to be the same as a general radiography room, said Bret Haglund, Essentia Health Valley City Clinic Radiologic Technologist, but the patient care aspect increases exponentially. It really makes the distribution of care a much easier process for the patient and thankfully takes some of the burden from them in knowing that imaging can follow the patient wherever they seek care.
VCSUs Milligen named NAIA All-American in b-ball

Sekani Milligen, a Valley City State University junior forward from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., was named an NAIA Division II Mens Basketball Honorable Mention All American. Milligen led the Vikings in scoring for the 20112012 season averaging 18.89 points per game. That mark also led the Association of Independent Institutions Conference. Milligen was also first in the conference in 3-Point Field Goal Percentage shooting 42.5 percent from the three point line on the season. Milligen also was ranked in the top 25 in four national categories. He was ranked #11 in 3 Point Field Goals Made per Game (3.036), #19 in Total 3 Point Field Goals Made (85), #19 in Free Throw Percentage (83.2 percent) and #22 in 3 Point Field Goal Percentage MILLIGAN: 14
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Game and Fish Advisory Board meetings set Outdoor enthusiasts are invited to attend a North Dakota Game and Fish Department advisory board meeting in their area. These public meetings, held each spring and fall, provide citizens with an opportunity to discuss fish and wildlife issues and ask questions of their district advisors and agency personnel. One of the main agenda items for this round of advisory meetings is North Dakota deer management and possible deer gun license numbers for fall 2012. The governor appoints eight Game and Fish Department advisors, each representing a multi-county section of the state, to serve as a liaison between the department and public. District 5 Counties: Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent, Steele and Traill: April 11 7 p.m. at American Legion Hall, Finley. Host: Finley Wildlife Club; Contact: Brian Tuite, 789-0930. Advisory board member: Loran Palmer, West Fargo, 282-8479 District 6 Counties: Barnes, Dickey, Foster, Griggs, Logan, LaMoure, McIntosh, Stutsman and Wells: April 12 7 p.m. at Community Center, Litchville. Host: Litchville Wildlife Club; Contact: Joey Botner, 840-2286. Advisory board member: Joel Christoferson, Litchville, 9734981 Whooping Cranes migrating through state Whooping cranes are in the midst of their spring migration and sightings will increase as they make their way through North Dakota over the next several weeks. Anyone seeing these birds as they move through the state is asked to report sightings so the birds can be tracked. Whoopers stand about five feet tall and have a wingspan of about seven feet from tip to tip. They are bright white with black wing tips, which are visible only when the wings are outspread. In flight they extend their long necks straight forward, while their long, slender legs extend out behind the tail. Whooping cranes typically migrate singly, or in groups of 2-3 birds, and may be associated with sandhill cranes. Other white birds such as snow geese, swans and egrets are often mistaken for whooping cranes. The most common misidentification is pelicans, because their wingspan is similar and they tuck their pouch in flight, leaving a silhouette similar to a crane when viewed from below. Anyone sighting whoopers should not disturb them, but record the date, time, location, and the birds activity. Observers should also look closely for and report colored bands which may occur on one or both legs. Whooping cranes have been marked with colored leg bands to help determine their identity. Whooping crane sightings should be reported to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at (701) 387-4397, the NDGF at (701) 3286300, or to local game wardens.
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ve had the opportunity to hunt many different places and species across North Dakota, much of it a result of hav- By Doug ing lived in more Leier than 10 different zip codes across the state. Its those places, and the people who go with them, that often account for the best memories. While we always remember the biggest deer or a limit of fish, the best stories come from the one that got away, or invariables like getting stuck, lost or a having a late-night windstorm blow through camp. Some good memories also come from trying new things over the years, like darkhouse spearfishing, catfishing and coot hunting. This winter, I tried a new type of bird hunting. No, I wasnt hunting out of season, there wasnt even a gun involved. We went on a bird hunt with binoculars, spotting scope and feet. My son Joe loves the outdoors and depending on the week, as most 10-year-olds do, he can get an idea stuck in his mind. That week the idea was spotting a common redpoll, a small bird often seen during North Dakota winters (this bird species is pictured above). Full disclosure: Im a novice birder at best, but enjoy spending time outdoors with my son, and any kind of hunt can kindle an interest. Im blessed to have a friend and neighbor who is a birding expert, and he offered to lead the hunt on recent Saturday afternoon. He knew the habitat needs and behavior of common redpolls, so I gave our hunt good odds of success.
While we always remember the biggest deer or a limit of fish, the best stories come from the one that got away (Photo/Keith Corliss)
The sun was shining and for Keith was doing all he could North Dakota a slight 10-mile- to put Joe on a common redpoll, per-hour breeze was as close to but Joe understood from his calm as we could expect. Loaded time hunting that success isnt equally with snacks and antici- always guaranteed. But we still pation, we had three stops on had our last stop ahead. the list, two for birds and one Rolling along to our final stop to check out our favorite beaver with George Strait on the radio, Leier is a biologist for the North Dakota lodge. a landscape blanketed in snow, Game and Fish Department. He grew up in Valley City. Reach him by email at dleier@ The first stop produced some woodpeckers, Eurasian collared doves, PISTOL LEAGUE - WEEK 10 squirrels, starlings and (284/2993); 4. Travis Carico (272/2977); 5. a rogue house cat in the Valley City Rifle & Pistol Club Harvey Carico (271/2840). Team Standings (Wk Total/Total) ditch. High Scores for this Week AA.22: 1. Northwestern Industries AA.22: Handicap - Garth Weber 287; Chris Since kids are usually (567/2830); 2. Precision Shooting Group Iverson 285; Travis Carico 283; High Actual enamored with any kind (566/2825); 3. Carico Shooters (565/2822); 4. Score - Garth Weber 287; High Team Score of critters outdoors, its CCI (551/2812); 5. Al and Mikes (557/2800). Northwestern Industries 567. A.22: 1. Socialites (516/2697); 2. Great A.22: Handicap - Tim Lockwood 285; Tanya the parents who set the Plains Plumbing (516/2694); 3. Quilting GodCouture 285; Paulette Everson 269. High level of success and ex- dess (484/2674); 4. AWS (532/2668); 5. Als Actual Score - Tim Lockwood 260. High Team pectations. Trust me, if (504/2595). Score - AWS 532. Centerfire: 1. Valley City Auto Parts Centerfire: Handicap - Harvey Carico 285; you are happy seeing a (560/2766); 2. Weber Trucking (569/2765); Tom Cruff 285; Garth Weber 285. High Actual squirrel, chances are the 3. Precision Shooting Group (556/2753); 4. Score - Garth Weber 280. High Team Score Weber Trucking 569. kids will feel the same Northwestern Industries (532/2735); 5. Mikes (507/2688). Revolver: Handicap - Aaron Carico 284; way. Revolver: 1. Tom Cruff (281/3110); 2. Tom Cruff 281; Ron Koslofsky 276; High Actual We checked off the Ron Koslofsky (276/3008); 3. Aaron Carico Score - Tom Cruff 270. beaver lodge and headed toward our final PIZZA OF THE WEEK Visit our Full Service stop. Assessing the day, TAK Print Shop EO I pondered the ease of E IN N I uT D this type of outing no license needed, and no worries about wandering Full Color Digital across state lines. HuntPrinting Now Available ing with binoculars or guns, though, you still HOURS Banners & Posters need permission to acMON-FRI: Custom Forms 11 AM - 1 AM Marketing Materials cess posted private land.
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s the adage goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, a shing picture, however means never having to face an inquisition from friends or foes at the local watering hole. While any snap, from a camera phone on up to top-of-the-line photography equipment, will preserve the memory and the proof of your catch, there are several ways you can make it a wall-hanger of a moment. Preserve the Pro le One thing that makes a big sh truly stand out in a photo is an unbroken pro le. Especially for elongated sh like pike, muskies and large walleyes, keeping their outline in tact when held up for the camera lens allows the viewer to see the sheer size of the sh in its full form. In order to have the unbroken pro le, hold the sh with both hands on the side not facing the camera in a horizontal or slightly angled position. Place your back hand around the area where the body meets the tail, cradling the sh so just your ngertips show up in the shot. Place
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Note the important elements of this photo: a big sh, a relatively unbroken prole, a horizontal horizon and a smiling angler. Its great when they all come together, especially when you have to work fast to facilitate a release with sh like this muskie caught by Ben Simonson of Valley City. (Photo/Nick Simonson)
and for a safer catch-photo-andrelease for the sh. Get the Angle For a well-proportioned photo, have the photographer and angler size up three elements before the click: the horizon and surrounding objects, the sh in relation to the angler and the angle and distance of the camera to the subjects. As best as possible, take the photograph with the horizon perfectly horizontal. While this is di cult in choppy conditions
on a boat, a straight line from le to right helps balance the picture. When setting up the background, quickly check to see if any objects, like a watertower or a tree are breaking up the angler, or shs pro le. I once took a great steelhead picture on the Sucker River north of Duluth of my rst sh on the y, the only problem was, a pine on the shore behind me appeared to be growing right out of my noggin. Perhaps one of the most common complaints when it comes
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ust about everyone is unhappy with civic affairs in America these days. Congress and many other public institutions are held By Lloyd in low regard. We Omdahl have turned into a nation of malcontents. Instead of changing the personnel, our usual solution is to attack the institutions. So everyone is out to fix the system. The National Popular Vote group is promoting a scheme to bypass the Electoral College. Americans Elect, headed by former Governors Christie Whitman (R-NJ) and David Boren (D-OK), hope to overthrow the twoparty system by nominating a third party slate of bipartisan candidates. Gail L. Johnson of Ewing, New Jersey has an idea for us to think about as well. She just published Two Years to Democracy: The 2Y2D Plan, a strategy to make both Congress and the Electoral College more representative. The book is available at Amazon.com. (Raised in Wahpeton, Gail is the daughter of Mildred Johnson who served on the Board of Higher Education from 1952 to 1966.) To start out with, Gail points out that the Founding Fathers favored a Congress that interacted effectively with smaller electorates. The Constitution provided for one member of the House of Representatives for every 30,000 citizens, with increases in size left up to Congress following each decennial census. The system worked fine until Congress came to the 1920 census when it discovered that urban states would gain a significant number of seats and the rural states would lose. Since none of the rural incumbents wanted to lose their seats, they passed a law in 1929 fixing the number of House members at 435. Freezing the size of the House meant that as the nations population grew so did the number of constituents per Congressperson. We now have Congressional districts with over 710,000 constituents, a far cry from the more representative
30,000 with which we started. These huge Congressional districts have created a number of serious deficiencies. Gail argues that the only possible way a representative can communicate with 710,000 peopleis to spend huge sums of money on mass communications television, direct mail, pollsters, consultants and so forth. The only possible way to raise these huge sums every two years, she alleges, is to take large chunks from the special interest groups. They would not be spending the money unless they were going to make a good return on their investment, she states. These guys are not patriots supporting a political philosophy. To bring Congresspersons back into contact with smaller constituencies and to reduce the influence of interest groups, Gail proposes increasing the size of Congress so that each member would represent around 100,000 constituents. That would give us a Congress of nearly 3,000 members. A huge body by any standard. (North Dakota would have seven Congresspersons.) Admitting that this would increase the cost substantially, even after savings in staff and other expenses, she feels the principle is an improved democracy and you cant put a price tag on democracy. But there is more to her case than just restoring a closer relationship between Congress and the people. Because states get one presidential electoral vote for each member of Congress, the increase would enlarge the Electoral College by around 2500 electors and, since Congress is apportioned on the basis of population, bring the election of the president closer to the l-person, 1-vote principle. Normally, we can only handle incremental change in our governmental system so Gails idea is indeed a challenging step. She makes us think outside of the box. It is another option for those who want to fix the system.
Lloyd Omdahl served as Lt. Governor of North Dakota. Reach him at ndmatters@q.com
wonder how old King Solomon did it in the centuries before the pill, condoms, IUDs, implantable drugs, Vatican Roulette, and other scientific methods of contraception. Here the guy had 700 wives and 300 concubines but produced only one son and two daughters according to Biblical sources. Solomon was the son of two of the lustiest people in the Bible, David and Bathsheba, so one would think he might have inherited a greater interest in sex and would have produced thousands of children out of the 1,000 women he was supposed to know in the Biblical sense. God told everybody to go forth and multiply! Didnt Solomon get the message? Even Corky and I got the message. We have seven sons and daughters. Inquiring minds want to know... This Time The War On Women Is Really Ticking Them Off! The Republican War on Women is going to end up like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Men are going to lose all three. Some war-mongers think we have had a victory in Iraq. Just the other day, 50 Iraqis were killed and over 200 wounded in bomb blasts in at least six cities. Evidently the Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds have not learned to collaborate yet. Someone please tell me what we have won for over 4,000 killed, 23,000 seriously wounded and over 300,000 with PTSD! And what are we winning in Afghanistan? But back to the War On Women. Now men have pissed off Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, so we are really in trouble. Hillary at the Lincoln Centers World Summit on Women slammed us hard: Why extremists always focus on women remains a mystery to me...It doesnt matter what country theyre in or what religion they claim. They want to control women. They want to control how we dress. They want to control how we act. They even want to control the decisions we make about our own health and bodies. Dowd in her column Dont Tread On Me called Hillarys entrance into the war A moment pregnant with possibility, a titanic clash of the Inevitable (Hillary) and the Indefensible (Republican cavemen). The attempt by Republican men to wrestle American women back into chastity belts...has roused and riled Hillary...In some kind of insane bout of mass misogyny, Republicans are hounding out the women voters...Women have watched a chilling cascade of efforts in Congress and a succession of states to turn women into chattel, to shame them about sex and curb their reproductive rights...Limbaugh branded a law student wanting insurance for birth control pills....as a prostitute and slut. Limbaugh once called Hillary the sex-retary of state.
Here Are Some Of The Latest Outrages By Men On Women. The Georgia legislature debated a bill in the House that would make it necessary for a woman to carry a stillborn baby until she naturally goes into labor, just as pregnant cows and pigs do, according to Representative Terry England. Writer Soraya Chemaly asked a very serious question I would like to have answered by all the pro-life busybodies around here, but particularly the North Dakota legislators who wanted to pass the Personhood bill they submitted. Chemaly asks: I have three daughters, two of them twins. If one of my twins had been stillborn would you have made me carry her to term, thereby endangering both the other twin and me? Or, would you have insisted that the state order a mandatory fetal extraction of the living twin fetus from my womb so that I could continue to carry the stillborn one to term and possibly die myself? My family is curious and since you believe my uterus is your public property, I am, too. Well, pro-life boys and girls, what is your answer? I would particularly like Bishop Aquila to answer the question because he has always made a habit of not answering my tough questions about abortions. Why do you continue this war on women? Do you really think that rules concocted by ignorant old men thousands of years ago apply today? Doesnt science and medicine tell you anything about the human female? Chemaly answers this better than I : My human rights outweigh any you or the state corruptly and cynically seek to assign to a mass of dividing cells that will eventually turn into a natural person. Personhood-forzygote based bills...like Georgias and hundreds of others, bills and laws that criminalize pregnancy and abortion and penalize women for being women, violate my human rights....I gestate humans, you do not. I know what happens to a fetus in the womb. You do not. What makes you think that you, who cannot have this fully human experience, can tell me anything about gestation or how I experience it? What Are The Good Ol Boys Doing Now? Well, lets see. Rennie Gibbs of Mississippi has been charged with murder because she miscarried. A mentally-ill Bei Bei Shuai is in prison and charged with murder after she tried to commit suicide while pregnant. Twelve states are trying to pass legislation that would require women to undergo 8 to 10 inch vaginal ultrasound probes which places the state in the position of legally raping women with an object. Arizona is working on a bill that would allow employers to fire a woman who uses contraceptives. GADFLY: 13
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In 1973, when Pam Kreidelcamp was 15 years old, she was diagnosed with diabetes. In high school, she was in track and ran the mile to keep her blood surger healthy. The first 20 years of diabetes for Pam was easy to control and keep stable, but the last 20 years of living with the disease has been a struggle. Although doctors tell Pam she is in good shape for one who has lived with diabetes for 40 years, a pancreas transplant promised marked health improvement for this mother of three: Lee, Joey and Amy Marie. KREIDLECAMP: 14 The Kreidlecamp family of Rogers. (Photo/submitted)
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GADFLY: From 12 In response, female representatives in several states have submitted bills that would require men who desire Viagra or other keep-it-up drugs to undergo a series of examinations and procedures to ensure that they are healthy enough to perform without hurting their health and safety. State Sen. Nina Turner of Ohio has introduced a bill that would have men document that their symptoms are not psychological in nature and that they have a real medical malady before any PDE-5 inhibitors such as Cialis and Viagra could be prescribed. Physicians would have to have a second opinion from a psychological professional verifying that it is a true medical malady. As Sen. Turner says, The men in our lives, including the (Ohio) General Assembly, generously devote time to fundamental female reproductive issuesthe least we can do is to return the favor. It is crucial that we take the appropriate steps to shelter vulnerable men from the potential side effects. This bill is currently being introduced in the legislatures of Pennsylvania, Virginia, Oklahoma and Idaho. These states have been very active in contraceptive and abortion politics recently. In fact, the governor of Pennsylvania made the statement that if women did not want to watch a sonogram they should shut their eyes. All of these bills submitted by women require men to go through an intensive list of exams and procedures so that they fully understand the crucial decisions involving their sexual health. PDE-5 inhibitors have numerous side effects such as priapism, hearing loss and vision loss, and can be very detrimental to men with heart ailments. An erectile problem can be caused by prostate or heart problems so both exams should be conducted prior to medication. Priapism is a very serious side effect of Viagra and Cialis because they may cause an erection in some men that lasts in excess of four hours. I would suggest that men should be required to view a videotape of the entire side effect so they can judge just how dangerous such a long erection is. Other Legislation Sponsored By Women In Selected States. When male Virginia legislators introduced legislation to require women seeking abortions to undergo a vaginal ultrasound, Sen. Janet Howell countered with an amendment requiring all men seeking Viagra to have a rectal exam. When the Illinois legislature discussed a bill requiring women to get ultrasounds before an abortion, Sen. Kelly Cassidy tried to tack on an amendment requiring men to watch a graphic video about the side effects of Viagra, including priapism. In Missouri, Rep. Stacey Newman introduced legislation that would allow men to get a vasectomy only if their life depended on the procedure. Her bill has an interesting section: In determining whether a vasectomy is necessary, no regard shall be made to the desire of a man to father children, his economic situation, his age, the number of children he is currently responsible for, or any danger to his wife or partner in the event a child is conceived. Other bills require that men desiring Viagra or other keepit-ups must study and pass a test on the subject of Celibacy As A Lifestyle Choice. Currently there are over 370 anti-abortion bills going through state legislatures. Women are really beginning to roast radical pro-life officials with numerous sarcastic e-mails which they make public. Gov. Sam Brownback, the Catholic governor of Kansas who is a fanatical supporter of prolife legislation, is a favorite target now. Maryellen Furman asked this of her governor: Do you, by chance, perform Pap tests or trans-vaginal ultasounds? I have heard you are the go to guy when it comes to womens anatomy and health care. LeAnn Kearney hit Brownback with these lines: Hey Governor Brownback, I was just wondering if you could help me decide what brand of tampons to buy. I have a heavy flow, and I would like to avoid any embarrassing leaks. Im sure youre very busy and Im sorry to bother you. Its just that, as a woman, I just dont feel comfortable making these important health decisions without input from a male politician. Im sure you understand. As I wrote recently, I think the male treatment of women has just passed the tipping point with the combined arrogance, ignorance and sheer stupidity. Dont these men know they are going to lose this argument?
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KREIDLECAMP: From 13 And so, on Jan. 29, at 9:30 p.m., Pam received the call from Rochester - a pancreas for transplant had been located. The Kreidlecamp family left from Rogers nearly immediately, at 11 p.m., and the transplant took place at ethodist Hospital in a three-hour surgery Jan. 31. Three days later, Pam was moved to the Nazarine Well House for recovery and family members say they hope Pam will be coming home soon. Meanwhile, Bethel Lutheran Church of Rogers, N.D., organized a Spaghetti Supper and Bake Sale from 5 to 7p.m. on Thursday, March 29, at the Valley City Eagles Club. Funds raised at the free will benefit supper event will help defray medical expenses incurred by the Kreidlecamp family. A fund for Pam and her family has also been set up at Dacotah Bank in Valley City for those who want to donate. Matching funds through Thrivent will also apply. Pam Kreidlecamp works at the Anne Carlson Center in Jamestown.
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SAFE FOOD: From 2 some Farm Food Safety trainings in April. Wed love to see you there. See www. farrms.org for more information. Education and networking; expressing our needs and fears; asking questions and working together will go a long way in insuring that our local food stay safe. Help us out; join forces with a farmer and vote with your dollar. On a side note we had a pot rolling party the other day to get our seedlings started. Of course, the weather took a dive, just when we thought spring weather was officially here. For lunch we had barbeques, deviled eggs and guacamole. All made from scratch with as many local ingredients as possible. My son-in-law said, Every thing has so much flavor Even my chicken-nuggetloving grandson, said, these are really good. Coincidence? I think not food from farmers I think so. Happy Eating.
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MILLIGAN: From 8 (42.5 percent). Milligens points per game average was also good enough to rank him number 27 among the nations top scorers. The Vikings finished the season 20-10, their third 20 win season in the past five seasons, and narrowly missed an at large bid to the NAIA National tournament. Valley City State was also ranked as high as 17 in the NAIA National Basketball poll in the 2011-2012 season. SIMONSON: From 11 in it, unless there is some unique scenery that just has to be part of the photo. While pictures can be cropped and edited, the less work that needs to be done on an image after the fact, the better. Im not a professional photographer by any means, but Ive taken a few fishing pictures in my time for this column and my own personal albums. These tips have helped me make better memories and put some great shots on the wall in my den. My guess is theyll help you to better capture your next big fish momentin our outdoors.
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Wheats obviously was the wrong way to go about things. Who knew there would be that big a di erence between 2 cups and 1 cups of water and 2/3 ingredients and cup? How could I possibly screw it up again? ey say that confession is good for the soul. It was at this time that I made a pertinent discovery. In my haste to empty out the boxes of their contents so as to have the boxes for display, I
TREAT: From 6 ire was up over my failed cooking; usually I am an excellent cook and thus am not used to failure, so I mixed in some regular cereal to take up any excess moisture and also help me get a grip on the stu long enough to get it in my mouth and swallowed with as little ght as possible. When I made my bowl of, whatever it was, I happened to have extra le over. I couldnt bring myself to eat the whole thing for some reason. e folks weren't up yet and so when they came down to breakfast, much to their delight, they found I'd already made it for them. What a kind and considerate son they have! at is until they too tried to eat it. My mom later called me up laughing wondering what the heck I did with the cereal as they too had the same problems with it I did and she confessed she preferred the Lute sk to the concoction I'd whipped up for breakfast. So, I failed on that one....big time. I made up my mind that before I made it again I needed to go to the grocery store and copy down the instructions o another box so I could make it right as I'm not going to buy ANOTHER box of the stu in case I, indeed, did make it right and it explains why we use Malt-o-Meal and CoCo wheats. And so, again I decided to bravely attempt to cook my Cream of Wheat to see if could indeed do it right this time. I looked at the Malt-o-Meal instructions and was going to use those instead, since CoCo
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