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Ethel Larvick gives AI Larvick a reel of 8mm film, circa
:he AI Larvick Family Film Collection. (Courtesy Photo)
early to mid-1950s, in this still taken from
Local man receives grant to convert home movies
By Richard Volesky
Editor/Reporter
MEDORA - Family films that
span several decades and are owned
by a Medora man are being pre-
served for future generations.
Mile Thompson, who once lived
at Alpha, N.D., which was located
south of Beach, provided the films
with a total of almost 4,000 feet of
footage to The MediaPreserve, a
company in Pennsylvania. The
preservation is possible through a
grant from the A1 Larvick Conserva-
tion Fund (ALCF), based in New
York City. A1 Larvick was a native of
Emmons County, N.D. These are just a few of the boxes that contain Thompson fam-
The Thompson home movie col- ily films that are being preserved for future generations. (Cour-
lection includes Super 8 films that tesy Photo)
were shot by Mile Thompson's fa-
ther, Goodwin "Goody" Thompson, conversion process is expected to be "We feel home movies are impor-
and later, 8 millimeter films made by completed later this year. tant cultural and historical docu-
Mile Thompson himself. The conservation plan includes ments that should be preserved as
Goody Thompson started filming cleaning and repairing the original is," said Kirsten Larvick.
the family and special events in the films, as well as transferring those However, for live events that take
1940s. Like many dads of today, it films to a digital format. A copy of place annually at historical societies
was a way to capture the kids as they those transfers will be made avail- and museum[, ALCF has edited a
were growing up, said Mile Thomp- able on an Internet archive at few film clips to include narration
son. Mile Thompson later took up archive.org later this year, along with and music, in collaboration with the
the filming hobby until the 1980s. films related to previous grants, film's owner or grantee. "This is
Mile Thompson said he hasn't "The fund will not alter what the sometimes a good way of adding
seen the Super 8 films because he original film and it's camera person context to the imagery, especially if
doesn't have that type of projector, captured," said Kirsten Larvick, they are silent movies. If we do edit
so it will be a special aspect of the founder and executive director of them, they are made as copies. The
project when the digital versions be- ALCF. AI Larvick was her grandfa- Preserving
come available.The preservation and ther.
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By Mike Jacobs
N.D. Newspaper Association
/ BISMARCK "- It's halftime at the
~egislature.
i Bills originating in one house must
~nove to the other by Friday, Crossover
~)ay. Then lawmakers take a four-day
~eak, returning on March 1.
~' Actually, the Legislature won't
~ave used quite half its allotted time.
~riday is the 37th legislative day. The
State constitution allows 80 days.
: ! Legislative leaders have said they
~ant to save some time in case issues
~hat might arise need attention out-
~ide the regular session. They're es-
pecially concerned about changes to
~he Affordable Care Act (Oba-
~acare) that might impact the state's
Swn programs.
! They might have their eyes in the
~rror, as well. Lawmakers returned
to Bismarck shortly after adjourn-
ment in 2015 because they weren't
able to agree about health care for
state employees.
That issue is back, in two forms.
Bills passed out of the Senate con-
tinue paying 100 percent of health in-
surance costs for state employees.
Gov. Doug Burgum's budget calls
for a 5 percent employee contribu-
tion, and that idea has been endorsed
he
to h If-way point
cials fretted that the law was too corn-
by House Republican Leader A1
Carlson. plicated and would cost too much to
Burgum also took out raises for enforce. Lawmakers drafted an 85-
state employees. The Senate went page bill designed to ease those con-
along with that. cerns. This approach drew fire at a
But this is one case where the hearing in mid-February from spon-
money might not be the hard part. sors of the initiated measure, who ar-
Leader Carlson and his colleagues in gued that voters knew what they were
the House are pushing changes in the doing and expect the measure to be
structure of the Public Employees implemented as passed.
Retirement System, which adminis- It would take a two-thirds vote of
ters state employee benefits. This is both houses to make changes in the
the issue that derailed the last session initiated measure.
and may hang over the closing days Bills that would have eliminated
of this one. federal standards - and federal fund-
Legislators have deliberately ing - for education were defeated,
pushed some issues across the hall. but a favorite cause of the conserva-
A notable example occurred last tive caucus was kicked down the
week when the House defeated a bill road. This is education savings ac-
to provide money for communities counts or school vouchers, an idea
impacted by oil development. "This championed by U.S. Education Sec-
does not need to be decided today," retary Betsy DeVos.
Carlson told the Forum News Serv- The accounts would allow parents
ice. "It needs tO be decided in the to divert money they'd pay in school
second half." taxes to private schools or home
Medical marijuana is another high schooling expenses. The idea will be
profile issue that will be decided in studied by an interim legislative
the second half. This is highly committee.
charged - and not just because of the Still, it's the money that matters,
subject matter, and as the session progresses atten-
Voters approved medical marl- tion will focus more and more on
juana via an initiated measure in the Appropriations committees in both
2016 election, but state health offi- houses.
Area artist featured in international publication
By News Staff
SENTINEL BUTTE - Sketches
created by Sentinel Butte rancher,
cowboy poet and visual artist Bill
Lowman are featured in Range mag-
azine's spring edition.
Range's Publisher/Editor C.J.
Hadley has chosen a series of winter
blizzard scenes from Lowman's orig-
,lie of caring for ranch cat-
in the North Dakota Badlands
during long, tough, deep snow win-
ters. Range is published in Carson
City, Nev. and distributed throughout
the U.S., Canada and other countries.
"C.J. Hadley had seen eight of the
drawings hanging in the National
Western Folk Life Center in Elko,
Nev., and wanted to feature some of
my unpublished works," said Low-
man. She picked four of those draw-
ings to feature.
Lowman, a lifelong rancher from
_ the Westerheim community, 20 miles
north of Sentinel Butte, studied art
for two seasons at the Art Institute of
Miami, Fla., in the late 1960s. Over
the years art collectors have pur-
chased over 300 of his Western orig-
inals across the United States and
Europe.
Lowman has been the featured
artist twice at the Northeast Nevada
Museum and also featured at the Na-
tional Western Folk Life Center, and
the Lewis and Clark Visitors Center
This Bill Lowman sketch, titled "The Box Canyon Dig Out,"
shows the Lowmans digging a trail to allow trapped cattle to get
to water as the blizzard of Feb. 5-10, 1978, is ending. The herd's
calm leader cows are following closely behind, sometimes
butting the shoveler. (Courtesy Graphic)
rotunda at Fort Buford. Scores of his Lowman's art records extraordinary
works compliment his stories and events of ranch and cowboy life of
poems in his five book publications, the Badlands.
rences in
ucation, U.S. life
By Jenae Orluck since grown to include additional but in Poland, every day of the week
Correspondent countries, is different. The breaks between
Four foreign exchange students Staying with the Schatz family is classes last for 5-10 minutes, with no
have been gaining first-hand learning Zuzanna Wojcicka from Warsaw, lunch break. In Poland, students have
experiences about the United States Poland. classes only with their classmates (ju-
this year at Beach High School. When asked about the biggest dif- niors with juniors 0nly, seniors with
One of the students is staying with ference between the U.S. and Poland,seniors only, etc.). The government
Jill and Tate Schatz. she answered the people and their and the school dictate what classes
Last year, Jill Schatz's interest inway of thinking. Wojcicka's favoritestudents need to take each year. In
becoming a host family was sparked subject to study at Beach High School Beach, students can choose which
during a meeting where Lilly Tade- is American government, "because it classes they would like to take.
vosyan, a foreign exchange student gives me opportunity to learn more Wojcicka said one of the things she
from Armenia, shared a presentation,about how the country's system workswill miss most when she finishes her
"It's very rewarding," said Jill and discuss my views about politics." stay in the U.S. is the people.
Schatz. "We laugh a lot, and it has Along with being a part of FBLA, "Here whenever I go, strangers
been interesting to learn about the dif- Wojcicka played basketball for Beachsmile to me and ask me simple ques-
ferent culture and traditions that IHigh School, and was a manager for tions like 'How was your day?' It al-
would not otherwise have learned the 2016 football season. She has also ways makes me smile and makes my
about." volunteered at the Lincoln Elemen- day better. I'm really going to miss
The exchanges are done through tary School library, the Golden Valley this."
ASSE, an organization that was es- County Library, and with school con-Hailing from Kapan,Armenia, An-
tablished in 1976 as the American cessions, gelika Harutyunyan is staying with
Scandinavian Student Exchange by Wojcicka described the many dif- the Cliff and Lana Maychrzak family.
the Swedish government to organize ferences between school in Poland When describing her homeland,
student exchange programs between and Beach High School. In Beach, the Students
Sweden and the United States. It hasclass schedule is the same every day,
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Roosevelt Center acq
DICKINSON - The Theodore' will try to grow up into as good
Roosevelt Center (TRC)at Dickin- and honest a man as you are. I
son State University (DSU) re- wish you success and a hand-
cently acquired a series of original shake."
letters exchanged betweenRoosevelt answered his letter
Theodore Roosevelt and a young personally, writing, "I hope that if
admirer. I get to Montana again, you will be
The exchange between former able to get to the railway depot,
Dickinson resident Teddy Crombie and that I may have the pleasure of
and his hero, Theodore Roosevelt, shaking hands with you." Roo-
consists offourletterswrittenbetween sevelt also wrote that he hoped
February and October 1912. Crombie Crombie would be able to carry
was 11 years old when he wrote the out his desire to join the Boy
first letter in the series to Roosevelt Scouts, as it is a "fine movement."
from Pompeys Pillar, Mont. Later that year, the two met in
An excerpt from this letter Montana during Roosevelt's Pro-
states,"You came through here last gressive Party campaign for the
summer! But I live on a ranch presidency, andCrombieaccompa-
about five miles from town so Inied Roosevelt on the train for a
didn't get to see you. I will be 12 short way to Billings. Crombie
years old on April the 5th. I want wrote to Roosevelt again in Octo-
to join the Boy Scouts if I can.And ber. Not surprisingly, in light of
I hope that I will be able to see you Roosevelt's having been shot dur-
some day." ing a campaign speech in Milwau-
He went on to write, "I hopekee on Oct. 14, Teddy's second
that you will be president and I letter was answered by someone
uires original letters
else on Roosevelt's behalf.
The first letter is part of the
Theodore Roosevelt Papers at the
Library of Congress in Washington
D.C. It was digitized for the TRC
website at theodorerooseveltcen-
ter.org some time ago.
The other three letters, until this
month, belonged to the prominent
Theodore Roosevelt collector Gre-
gory Wynn.
"I was inspired by Theodore
Roosevelt myself at about the
same age as Teddy Crombie and
am an Eagle Scout myself, and so
there are personal connections to
this trove of letters," Wynn said.
"But they belong in Dickinson
with the Theodore Roosevelt Cen-
ter."
The original letters from
Wynn's private collection arrived
at DSU early this month. The TRC
staff have already scanned and cat-
aloged them for inclusion on the
website.
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