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Page 14 ' Golden Valley News
May 28, 2015
The May Day Raffle and BBQ at
the Manor on Sunday, May 17, was a
great success with many in atten-
dance to enjoy the festivities. Eight-
een fabulous prizes were raffled with
Christine Finneman winning twice!
Her name was drawn to win the rifle
donated by Lou Raisler and the Case
IH kid's tractor donated by West
Plains Implement. The list of the
prize winners is posted at the front
door of the Manor and on the bulletin
board in the Manor Dining Room.
Thursday, May 14, began with
Mass at 9 a.m. in the Chapel. Many
began their Exercises with Deb Lauf
at 9:45 in the Activity Room. In town
shopping began at 10:30. At 1:30
Carol Frasch, Jim and Mae Muckle,
Florence Miske, Tony Efta, Christine
Finneman, Dolores Kremers, Jessica
Savini, Florence Finneman, Mary
Kay Michels, Sis Rojic and Loretta
Wyckoff went on an outing with Deb
Lauf to Sentinel Butte. While there
they visited Rick Olson who served
coffee and lemonade to go along with
the cookies Deb brought. They remi-
nisced about what Sentinel Butte was
like way back when. All had a great
time. Joelean Lowman visited Flo-
rence Finneman.
Friday morning hair ladies were
Marguerite Parker and Jessica Savini.
They took very good care of each per-
son who came to be pampered during
hair day at 8 a.m. Coffee times were
at 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. in the Dining
Room. Paul Weyer came to see
grandma Gwen Lorenz. Stephanie
Meduna came to visit.
Saturday morning Exercises with
Loretta Wyckoff began at 10 a.m. in
the Activity Room. She knows how to
get the blood pumping!
At noon on Sunday, May 17, the Kuchera visited Christine Finneman.
Manor held its annual May Day Raf- Tuesday morning Exercises with
fie & BBQ. Lots of friends and fam- Deb Lauf began at 9:45 a.m. in the
ily came and enjoyed a great meal Activity Room. She got everyone
and winning prizes. Cards and games moving and happy. At 2 p.m. the an-
were played at 2:30 p.m. in the Din- nual Manor Volunteer Tea was held in
ing Room followed by coffee time at the Activity Room. Linda Tvedt came
3. Lois and Chuck Miske visited Flo- and entertained us with wonderful
rence Miske. Lani and Keith Wallace singing. Marlene Muruato read
came to see Florence Miske. Marcia "thank you'' poetry. Deb Lauf and
Miske also came to see Florence Deb Albro decorated the room with
Miske. Harry and Elaine Begger vis- spring colors. Pastor Hojnacki led
ited with Florence Finneman and Devotions at 7 p.m. in the Chapel.
Edie Abraham. Allen and Denise Mary Lee Schmitz picked up morn
Flaten from Grand Forks came to see Christine Finneman and took her to
Helen Flaten. Britney Reiss and the eighth-grade graduation Band
Ethan Olson visited with Fern Austby. Concert in Golva. Loft and Jim Shulte
Cherie Roshau visited with Florence put together a wonderful slide show
Miske. Darry and Candy Austby of the happenings of the Golva
came to see Fern Austby. Carol School. It included Brannon David-
Weyer came to the BBQ and took her son's and Brady Norton's science fair
morn, Gwen Lorenz. Judy Curl went projects, pumpkin patch, and Christ-
to Arnegard with her two sons, Rob mas programs as well as the two
Curl and Rick Stoveland. John, Dixie, eighth-grade graduates and the five
Lacy, Sadie Rae, Parker and Taylor new kindergarten children.
Abraham came for the BBQ and to The public health nurse came to
visit Edie Abraham. Lorraine Wagner the Manor from 9-11 a.m. Wednesday
also came to visit Edie and attend the morning. At 2 p.m. music teacher Jill
BBQ. Bern and Steve Kreitingertook Tescher brought six girls from the
Sis and Albert Rojic to church in Beach High School Choir to sing to
Wibaux; then they all went to the us. Lateasha Lechler, Lexy Partridge,
BBQ at the Manor. Shyanne Marshall, Mikayla Paul,
On Monday afternoon at 2 p.m St Timberly Martin and Kendra Dixen
John's Church members led bingo in shared their beautiful voices with the
the Activity Room. Many came to Manor residents in the Activity
play their favorite game and win a Room. After the girls left we had
prize or two. Coffee and treats were Crafts with Marlene and Bethine. We
served at 3. Christine Finneman finished up our necklaces that we
wanted to record a corrected number made last week by putting a thin gold
of her posterity. It is 72 - she has 29 cord through the holes we made. We
grandchildren, 41 great-grandchil- then wore our necklaces home.
dren, and two great-great- Inspirational quote for the week:
grandchildren - as of this date! It "What would life be if we had no
bothered her that she had reported an courage to attempt anything?" - Vin-
incorrect number last week. Jan cent Van Gogh
Miner legacy gains life in new book
By Annette Tait
Center Republican
NDNA News Exchange
Weather-related loss of a single
life in a small rural county doesn't
often garner widespread attention.
At the time of 16-year-old Hazel
Miner's death in 1920, the commu-
nity mourned with Hazel's family.
Despite the tragic nature of her
passing her legend remained local,
a reminder passed down throughout
the region as one generation cau-
tioned the next to respect North
Dakota's unpredictable - and poten-
tially deadly - winter weather.
So how did the story of a heroic
North Dakota teenager, who pro-
tected her younger siblings during a
sudden March blizzard at the cost of
her own life, become the subject of
a book published in Florida?
There were a number of twists
and turns involved. Mandan native
and former-teacher-turned-author
Kevin Kremer now lives in Sara-
sota, Fla where he owns a small
publishing company. Kremer was
getting ready to write a book about
a professional golfer, a story about
as far from the Hazel Miner histori-
cal narrative as a person could get.
Until an e-mail piqued his curiosity.
"My nephew Drake Roush,
wanted to know more about the
Hazel Miner story," Kremer said.
"I'd heard about it over the years and
thought it was just maybe a short
story. So I started exploring Hazel
Miner."
Kremer called Oliver County
Historical Society President Penny
Pulver, looking for more informa-
tion.
"I was the first one he called, and
I gave him the information from the
courthouse," Pulver said, referring
to a packet of information that in-
cludes the original newspaper ac-
count of Hazel's death, later articles,
information about Oliver County,
and other related materials. The
packet is sent to people who request
information on the subject.
"But I did go a little deeper than
usual," Pulver said. "He was interested
in what school she went to and what
years, so I had to go back into the
school files which went way back."
Not being an Oliver County na-
tive, Pulver felt there were others
who could better help Kremer. So
she suggested he get in touch with
people who have deeper roots in the
community, including Jackie
Schulte and Sharon Anderson.
"I think with all of us giving him
information, he was able to put to-
gether a really good book: I read it,
and I was very impressed with it -
it's the grandpa telling his grand-
children about the blizzards in
North Dakota, and he finally gets to
the story about Hazel Miner. It's
very, very well written."
When Kremer started, he didn't
expect to write an entire book about
Hazel Miner.
"I thought, I have an outline here
and I should probably be able to get
60 pages out of this," Kremer said.
"And then I realized, if I can get
some of these questions I have an-
swered, it could be 100 (pages)."
Kremer contacted the people Pul-
immediate interest to Center-Stan-
ton sixth-grade teacher Claudia A1-
bers when she learned about the
book. Albers has been teaching a
unit on Hazel Miner for at least 25
The cover Of Kremer' ; book
is shown above. (Courtesy
Photo)
ver suggested, seeking answers to
his questions about the school, the
sleigh, and a myriad of other details.
"(Kremer) asked about all sort of
things, and I told him I rememb ered
that'.Emmet Miner, ,as' ittle
boy, the smallest one, he was a
housepainter in Bismarck," Ander-
son said. "And then I told him that
the place where the Miners lived
was north of the school. Howard
Bieber lives on the actual home-
stead where the Miners lived."
During his continued research
Kremer learned about one of-the
people who searched for the miss-
ing children, Rufus Cone.
"I found out that Rufus Cone
turned 20 on the day they found the
kids and, in addition, he knew the
kids and lived nearby," Kremer said.
"I talked to his sister and asked her
a lot of questions, and she even sent
me that picture of him and his horse
that's in the book. I thought, 'this is
just too good to be true'."
The rest is history, or at least an
extremely accurate and detailed,
page-turner for all ages, "Angel of
the Prairie: The Heroic Story of
Hazel Miner during the North
Dakota Blizzard of 1920."
According to Kremer, it's a book
for all ages. The story of Hazel's or-
deal is carefully wrapped up in the
tale of a grandfather recounting the
story to his grandchildren, all the
while helping them understand the
context of the times. As he intro-
duces Hazel's story, the grandfather
helps his grandchildren understand
how different life was before tech-
nology, and the speed and conven-
ience of modern-day travel
The combin ition of accurate his-
tory woven with the fictional grand-
father's storytelling was of
years.
"I am from Center, so it was a
story I was familiar with," Albers
said. "I grew up with it and thought
it was a story that should be told."
Albers begins her unit with win-
ter survival, because Hazel's death
occurred in March. She then moves
into technology, comparing and
contrasting how blizzards are fore-
casted and alerts are distributed now
to how there was no means to warn
people of impending storms when
Hazel was alive. Albers then dis-
cusses heroes, guiding her students
from the big names that most often
come to mind to the everyday he-
roes, and prompts students think of
examples of people they know.
Angel of the Prairie fit right in to
her lessons.
"Besides being such a good story,
as a teacher, you recognize all the
teaching elements and opportunities
to create teachable moments," A1-
bers said. "There's so much other
teaching you can do. Chuck Suchy's
song [about Hazel Miner that's in-
cluded in the book] is a ballad so
you talk about what a ballad is, and
simile and metaphor, language arts,
and some math, how many years
ago, and technology, what it is now
and what it was like back then."
Albers' students are also fans of
the book and of Hazel Miner's
heroic actions.
"She was really brave, because she
thought that if her family was saved,
they would go on with a better life
and she was helping them out," sixth-
grader Scott Zimprich said.
His classmate, Kori Nagel, was
also impressed.
"I think it was a really good
book," Nagel said. "It was a really
sad thing that happened - she was
really brave to do that for her
brother and sister. And it was cool
that Chuck Suchy wrote a song
about it."
Anderson concurred, sharing her
thoughts about how Kremer re-
tained the gravity of Hazel's death
in a story that can be appreciated by
readers of all ages.
"It was such an enchanting story,
the way he wrote it," Anderson said.
"It's just a grandpa reading this story
to his grandkids. He doesn't make it
sound scary, either --he makes
Hazel sound like a real hero, and she
was:"- " -
Anget of the Prairie may be or-
dered online at www.angelofthep-
rairie.com.
Spring cleaning at landfill
May 19 seemed to be the day for spring cleaning at the Beach landfill site,
Above: City employee Lucas Buchholz pitches a stray branch into an inert pile fire.
Below: Public Works Director Mike Braden scoops up tires for a truck from Waste Not Re-
cycling of Bismarck. The company shreds the tires and uses them for a cover layer on land-
fills, (Photos by Richard Volesky
Service
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said Johnson. "I feel a big vote of oratory in Illinois. From there he of Occupation Medal.
thanks goes to Belfield High School went on to the Savannah River Plant Along with Johnson, three Con-
for setting up this CAP affiliation." in South Carolina, where he worked necticut residents attended the cere-
Johnson went on to serve in the on production of tritium for H- mony during which the medals were
Army for two years as a replacement bombs, then to New York and Con- presented, according to the Hartford
infantryman in the 88th Infantry Di- necticut, where he worked on the Courant. Judith Calandrelli was
vision in Italy, where at various instrumentation and controls for a trained in civil defense skills during
times he was a rifleman, a bazooka nuclear-powered submarine and for the war and was one of few women
man, and a 60 mm mortar crewman, six nuclear-powered electric plants, chosen for flight training. Joel Fair-
After returning from military serv- Johnson and his wife, Maral, for- fax, a pilot, was assigned to a patrol
ice, he went to the University of merly of Bismarck, have four chil- base at Bar Harbor. Helen Sarr-Hill
North Dakota and secured a degree dren and four grandchildren,served as a CAP Connecticut Wing
in electrical engineering and went on Previously, Johnson received a secretary.
to training at Argonne National Lab- WWII Victory Medal and an Army 2015 GVN-BCP
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