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Page 6 April 14, 2011 Hat Tips Deer duo Deer are out and about more often now, due to the spring weather. These deer were spotted near Medora. (Photo by Richard Volesky) Survey: High-risk alcohol use on decline BISMARCK - High-risk alcohol use among North Dakota college stu- dents is declining, according to the • NDCORE Alcohol and Other Drug Survey report presented during a State Board of Higher Education conference call meeting. Key findings of the report include: • • Students who reported consum- ing five or more alcoholic drinks in one stting (binge drinking) in the previous two weeks decreased from 50.5 percent in 2008 to 48.3 percent in 2010. (Both numbers represent a "However, the majority of North college students are not consuming alco- hol in high-risk ways. In fact, the number of  students who choose to abstain from alco- hol use is increasing." Jane Vangsness downward trend from the 55 percent reported in a 2003-05 study.) The average number of drinks consumed by students per week is down from 5.39 in 2008 to 4.78 in 2010. , In contrast to the declining alcohol 'use, the percentage of North Dakota college students .who report- ed using marijuana in the past year increased slightly from 22.7 percent in 2008 to 23.5 percent in 2010; this compares to a national college stu- dent usage rate of 31.1 percent. "Alcohol is still the number one drug of choice," said Jane Vangsness Frisch, director of the Higher Education Consortium for Substance Abuse Prevention, in her report to the SBHE. "However, the majority of North Dakota college students a/e not consuming alcohol in high-risk ways. in fact, the number of students who choose to abstain from alcohol use is increasing." IJeadline nears for special :y crop grant applications BISMARCK - Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring says applications for the 2011 Specialty Crop Grants are due this week. "The federal government has allocated about $600 thousand to North Dakota to promote the produc- tion, processing and use of specialty crops," Goehring said. "'We encour- age individuals, organizations and institutions to submit proposals, either on their own or in partner- ships, tbr grants of up to $100.000.'" Defined as "'fruits and vegetables. tree nuts. dried fruits and horticulture and nursery crops, including floricul- pare," specialty crops now grown commercially in North Dakota include dry beans, du peas. lentils. potatoes, grapes, honey and various vegetables. USDA's Agriculture Marketing Service provides the funds solely for projects that enhance the competi- tiveness of specialty crops or benefit a specialty crop industry Xs a whole. An information manual with application instructions, scoring cri- teria and application is available on the North Dakota Department of Agriculture website www.agdepartment.com. Click on "Specialty crop grant 2011.'" Applications must be submitted in both electronic and written form by April 15,2011. NDDA personnel will review and score the applica- tions and then forward them to USDA for final approval. The grants will be awarded in October. Goehring said persons needing more information should contact Chuck Fleming at (701) 328-4759 or cfleming@nd.gov. Nothing too good for a cowby like me Carm called the other day and mentioned Matt and her were going out to doctor a couple cows with foot rot. Now, that happens to the best of ranchers. A cow stubs her toe on something and gets a little infection. Her foot swells up, toes spread out, and before long she is hopping along on three legs. And getting thin. I've had experience with this. Not getting thin. With doctoring foot rot cows. • There is nothing that heals a crippled cow up faster than poking a hole in your rope and building to a lame cow. That old cow, that a minute ago couldn't walk, is all of a sudden qualifying for the Kentucky Derby. And I will tell you right now, there is nothing, absolutely nothing, that will test a marriage more than thirty-five foot of nylon rope tied to a mad cow! Now, I grew up (and some would question that) wanting to be a cow- boy. I dreamed of riding my horse through the green grass and watch- ing little calves play in the sun. But it seems calving never turns out that way. You are usually up to your boot tops in wet snow or used hay. Cows are hungry and calves are fighting to stay alive. Not playing in the sunny meadows. And ir; a drOught deal, the wind is blowing and the dirt limits visibility. These calves may not see green grass. We had a bad bull last year. Now, usually, you don't need to worry too much about cows having trouble calving. Unless there's a leg back or backwards or something. But we must have one bull with a birth- weight of 200 pounds or something. Seems like we have to pull one every day. Dead or alive. And yesterday I got to thinking about a book I had read. "Nothing Too Good For a Cowboy". It's the second book in a trilogy, so don't read it first. It's a true story about a couple of Wyoming cowboys who, in the Depression era, decided to go into the wilderness of northern British Columbia and start ranching. Wonderful story. But they endured a lot of hardships including blizzards and floods and injuries. And they were tough. Living in tents when it was forty below. Freezing their hands so bad their fingernails fell off. And this one old boy would get up every morning and try to start the fire, break the ice on the coffee pot, and holler, "Nothing too good for a cowboy"! Yesterday, I came across this wild Char cow having trouble calving. By the size of the feet sticking out, I think it was one left over from last year. And if you so much as made a step towards this cow, she would shake her head and act like she would take you. I went and got Shirley. I explained how she should ..... And she told me to go to hell! We decided, or rather Shirley decided, instead of roping her in the pasture, we would ease her a mile or so over to a corral. And we did. Until that old cow saw what our plan was. Yesterday, I came across this wild Char cow having trouble calving. By the size of the feet sticking out, I think it was one left over from last year. Then she just stuck her head up and headed for the brush. She would take your horse if you tried to stop her. Well, I didn't have a gun to shoot her with, so I roped her. Now, Shirley is a heck of a ranch wife. She can do most anything bet- ter than anyone in the Country. But, I tell you what, her mother must have whipped her with a lariat. Cause when you take out a catch rope, she panics and stampedes. So, I've got this wild cow roped in the middle of this prairie dog town. The wind is blowing forty miles an hour and it looks like one of those sand storms in Iraq. Shirley is shying away from the rope and won't get close enough to heel this cow. It just happens there is a power line coming across this dog town, so I chase, or rather the cow chases me over to this pole. And I snub her up. Then I take Shirley's rope and heel the cow and give Shirley her rope back to hold. The calf has it's head back and has already gone to calf heaven. And I haven't got a lot to work with. But I'm laying on my side in this prairie dog town with dirt blowing in my eyes and my arm up the south end of a mad cow, and I'm thinking, "noth- ing too good for a cowboy!" Anyway, the cow lived, the calf didn't. Shirley forgave me for swearing at her, and I forgave her being born with a deathly fear of ropes. And I was thinking about what Jeff told me the other day. Said as mad as he gets at some cows, it's lucky he doesn't carry a gun! Shirley doesn't know the Constitution, she won't even let me own one! Later, Dean Open House Natural Plant Extracts Invites You! Informally experience deep relaxation through aroma therapy... 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Lucht Saturday Mass: 4 p.m. Confessions: 3:15-3:45 p.m. Sunday Mass: 8:30 a.m. Confessions: 7:45-8:15 a.m. St. John's Ukrainian Catholic Church Rev. Taras Miles Divine Liturgy: 8 a.m. on first, third and fifth Sundays, 10 a.m. on second and fourth Sundays St. Peter's Lutheran - LCMS Rev. Scott Hojnacki Worship Service: Sunday - 8 a.m. Belfield Lutheran - ELCA Rev. Roger Dieterle Sunday School (all ages): 11 a.m. Sunday Worship: 10 a.m. Daglum Lutheran Church - ELCA Rev. Roger Dieterle (Located 25 miles southeast of Belfield) Sunday Worship - 11:45 a.m. on first and third Sunday of each month Belfield Baptist Church Rev. Robert Hlibichuk Sunday Worship: 9 .a.m. Sunday Bible Study: 10 a.m. ; Silvernale-Silha Funeral Homes 221 N. Meade Ave. 204 South Wibaux St. 53 1st Avenue S.E. Glendive, MT 59330 Wibaux, MT 59353 Beach, N.D. 58621 406-377-2622 or 406-796-2421 or 701-872-3232 or • 1-800-368-2690 1-800-892-6424 www.silvernale-silhafuneralhome.com Beifield Church of God 781 Milissa Ave. Pastors Harold & Marge Sundgren Thursday, 7 p.m. FAIRFIELD St. Demetrius Ukrainian Catholic Church Rev. Tams Miles Sunday Divine Liturgy: 8 a.m. on second and fourth Sundays, and 10 a.m. on first, third and fifth- Sundays GOL VA St. Mary's Catholic Church Rev. Russ Kovash Mass: 8 a.m., Sunday MEDORA Medora Lutheran - ELCA Rev. Roger Dieterle Sunday Worship - 8:30 a.m. Sunday School: 3:30 p.m., Wednesday Union Congregational Church June, July and August only Sunday worship - 10:30 a.m. JAMES J. WOSEPKA, P.C. CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Licensed In North Dakota and Montana 41 Central Ave. South P.O. Box 970 Beach, North Dakota 58621 701-872-4321 St. Mary's Catholic Church Saturdays 4:00 p.m. May 3 - end of Oct. No Masses during winter months SENTINEL BUTTE Trinity Lutheran Church Pastor J.T. Burk Sunday Worship - 8 a.m. TROTTERS Trotters Church 1 st and 3rd Sunday of each month WIBA UX United Methodist Church Pastor Ruth McKenzie Sunday Worship: 9 a.m. Calvary Temple, Assembly of God Pastor Andy Lam Sunday Worship - 10:30 a.m. Sunday School - 9:30 am. Trinity Lutheran Church - ELCA Pastor J.T. Burk Sunday Worship - 11:15 a.m. Christian Fundamental Church Pastor Jeremy Stradley Sunday School - 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship- 11 a.m. Buckboard Inn Beach ND • 701-872-4794