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July
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Haying in the haze
An unidentified rancher in northwestern Stark County rakes hay for baling on July
the hazy conditions caused'by forest fires in Canada. (Photo by Richard Volesky)
5, during
Think summer
By Kris Ringwali
Beef Specialist
NDSU Extension Service
Safety never should be taken for
granted on any farm or ranch. And
even more so when guests arrive, so
plan ahead.
There is nothing like a nice sum-
mer evening as family and friends
are gathered for relaxation out in the
country. The noise and busyness are
removed, leaving some time for just
being.
Growing up on a farm or ranch
seemed to be the norm and some-
thing everyone did. At least that was
the thinking for all those kids who
grew up in the middle of the last cen-
tury. Granted, not everyone wanted
to stay on the home place, but re-
gardless of where life led, the mem-
ories of those carefree days are real.
But times have changed, and
today, most kids do not have the op-
portunity to explore and reach out to
nature as farm and ranch kids did in
the past. If I were to speculate, when
I graduated from high school in the
early i70s, most of the graduating
classes from the many rural commu-
nities were 80-plus percent country
kids. Today, those numbers are prob-
ably reversed.
I do not know the real numbers,
but that is not important. What is im-
portant is the fact that many, many
children today grow up in a city or
urban environment with little contact
or interaction with the farms and
ranches of yesterday. The stark real-
ity: Even if a child is growing up on
a modem farm or ranch, the com-
plexities of todayis agriculture often
prohibit much involvement. Instead,
those icountry kidsi are pretty urban-
friendly.
That is simply a statement of to-
dayls world. But those cherished
farms and ranches still exist, and the
trip back is still an opportunity.
But a big caution sign needs to be
in place. The urbanized child is not
farm or ranch savvy. Child safety is a
huge concern because when a child
does not grow up in a rural environ-
ment, the many survival traits of
rural youth are missing.
Growing up, we buzzed around
cows and bulls and pigs and chick-
ens and tractors and drills and about
any other obstacle that would be
around. Our skate parks were cow
paths and the ramps simply cliffs. In
fact, even back then, the arrival of
the city cousins was always a bit
challenging.
The story goes that it really was
my own cousins who chased several
pigs to death on a hot summer after-
safety for farm and ranch
What's
Happening?
Listings for high school
sporting events, plus public
events that are free to anyone
and aren't fund-raisers or
aren't family or business invi-
tations, can be published free
of charge in this column.
Summer Story Hour at
Golden Valley County Library,
54 Central Ave Wednesday
mornings, 10-10:30 a.m. All
kids welcome.
If Bruce Jenner can be a woman,
why can't Rachel Dolezal be an
African-American? And why isn't it
okay for Jeb not to be a Bush? I'm
looking to the American Civil Liber-
ties Union for an explanation.
Donald Trump announced for
president the same week that.a rhino
ran loose in the streets of Bangkok -
probably thought Trump needed a
running mate - on a third party Juras-
sic ticket. Loose lips sink ships.
Trump already failed the test. Money
is no substitute for brains
The Magna Carta was hailed re-
cently on the 800th anniversary of its
signing by King John. It is regarded
as the first step toward democracy.
England practiced it until 1776 when
democracy was passed to our Found-
ing Fathers who took all of the credit
for it. Truth is that we're still trying
to make it work.
The faculty at the University of
North Dakota was embroiled in a sur-
vey conducted by e-mail. It was an
anonymous survey on the issue of
transparency. The sample was faulty
and only proved that when the happy
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the publicity.
Congress has reduced the author-
ity of the National Security Agency
in the collection of information about
citizens. NSA now says it no longer
needs broa~l authority because it can
get all the information in wants from
China. Of course, those in favor of re-
stricting NSA authority will be the
first ones to criticize the government
when terrorists blow up the Empire
State building.
The Sioux logo options will soon
be before us, with the last choices
being the last choices. Now comes
the voting but who will be eligible?
Will the Canadian players who made
the Sioux be allowed to vote? Will
voters be required to bring UND
graduation certificates to the polls as
their voter IDs? What if they attended
only two years? Will they get half a
vote? How about all of those who
flunked out? Will we get to vote for
"none of the above?"
Tom Brady deflating scandal gave
us pause to think. Don't forget the
drugged-up homerun hitters and the
abusers of women and children. Let's
excuse them an oecause It is impor-
tant that our kids who look up to role
models know it's okay to abuse
women and children and cheat a little.
The Common Core for education
is losing its commonness as state
after state alters the program to suit
their varied political agendas. The
idea of providing American kids with
an equal education regardless of res-
idence is being mutilated. Where are
the Founding Fathers when you need
them? They had to fight the same
kind of parochialism to get us the
Constitution.
The National Education Associa-
tion has reported that the North
Dakota higher education system leads
all states in the number of adminis-
trative employees on the payroll.
Hey, critics, stifle yourselves. The
business community has been lobby-
ing the Board of Higher Education to
get our institutions into job-creating
disciplines. Our colleges have taken
that to heart. They are now in the job
creation business and doing a great
job of it.
The Republicans have too many
candidates for president to stage a de-
cent debate. They should cast lots and
send lout losers to join the Democ-
rats where there are too few for a
good debate. Jeb is crowded and
Hillary is lonesome.
The U.~. ~t, preme Court was
scolded by some for its Obamacare
and gay rights decisions. I am still
complaining about its ruling that cor-
porations are living people. I wonder
if gay corporations can get married.
Internationally recognized speake
eduled for UCI festival
noon. Catching them was much like lowing one after the other over a
the centennial greased pig chase, cliff. Retrieval was always success-
only in this case, the pigs were in a ful but not fun.
pasture supposedly gaining weight Today, these memories only serve
for market. Those city kids just did as strong reminders that those sum-
not know. mer visitors are pretty naOve when it
Today, I am not so sure greased comes to farm and ranch safety. Con-
pig catching is even allowed. The last stant monitoring of not only the little
one I was at was decades ago in tykes, but their parents as well, is
Columbus, and the pigs must have necessary. As equipment has gotten
weighed in just shy of 200 pounds, larger, there is no room for errors and
Greased, no one was going to catch certainly not for passengers and
them. I do remember an awful lot of wannabe farmers. Equipment opera-
people piled up behind the pickup, a tors often are not used to company,
lot of noise, some strong squealing and standing in what seemed to be a
and eventually three pigs leaving a safe place is not safe if the operator
pile of people in the middle of Main does not know you are there.
Street with nothing to do. Today is not a day to overreact,
The ~good old dayd were real. but itfs certainly a day to contemplate
But how many children today would the arrival of summer guests and
know how to catch a pig? I can re- draw up a plan for everyonefs safety.
member handing the city cousins a Perhaps simply shutting down for the
bucket of feed for 30 troughs and day, pulling the keys, locking up the
they always would put the whole shop and making sure the pen gates
bucket in one trough. And they are all secure would be a good prac-
wouldnft even spread out the grain, tice.
Those city cousins had no concept of Prepare for summer family and
how to feed a herd. guests and do not expect, as the
And then there was the stud. Colts igood old dayd flashbacks set in, that
were always pretty nice, but the same the next generation has any common
could not be said for the stud. Or the sense on how to herd cows, shut
boar, the bull, the ram or maybe even gates, watch out for the bull, catch a
the rooster. One simply knew: Do not calf or even why there are sharp
go in the stud pen. But those city barbs on the wire fence. Think safety
kids, no, they just climbed over the first.
fence like a bunch of lemmings fol- May you find all your ear tags.
DICKINSON - The Ukrainian
Cultural Institute's 2015 festival of
July 15-19 is scheduled to include
three noted speakers, all knowl-
edgeable in Ukrainian culture, eco-
nomics and politics at a
symposium at Dickinson State Uni-
versity.
Dr. John Olienyk, the festival's
keynote speaker, recent!y marked
his 10th year as a mentor in the
United States Department of Agri-
culture Faculty Exchange Program
(FEP). Prompted by the collapse of
the Soviet Union in the early 1990s,
policymakers in the U.S. saw the
creation of the FEP as an opportu-
nity to help the former communist
countries adapt to the market system
and thus become more economi-
cally and politically stable. As a par-
ticipant in the FEP, Olienyk has
traveled to Ukraine, Russia, Kaza-
khstan, Uzbekistan and Serbia to
lecture at universities, and conduct
workshops on the market system.
He is scheduled to speak at 7 p.m.
on Friday, July 17, at Beck Audito-
rium, Klinefelter Hall.
Ukrainian-American, and Forbes
magazine citizen-journalist, Halyna
Klymuk Chomiak returned to
the United States from Ukraine this
past April. Chomiak will share her
experiences witnessing a revolution.
An accomplished speaker, Chomiak
will speak on the Maidan, known
both as a square in Kyiv, and as a
concept. She will explain why the
educated youth of Ukraine will con-
tinue to defend their homeland with-
out surrender.
Col. Serhii Dolenko serves as a
military attache to the Embassy of
Ukraine, United States of Amer-
ica. He received his training at the
Military Academy in Lviv and the
National Defense University of
Kyiv. At the symposium, Dolenko
will share the podium'with Halyna
Chomiak. Their portion of the sym-
posium is scheduled for 7 p.m on
Thursday, July 16, in Beck Audito-
rium. They are also scheduled to
speak at the Ukrainian Cultural In-
stitute at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July
18.
"With the challenge in Ukraine,
there is much uncertainty," said
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Ukrainian-Ameri-
can, and Forbes
magazine citizen-
journalist, Halyna
Klymuk Chomiak re-
turned to the United
States from Ukraine
this past April. Cho-
miak will share her
experiences wit-
nessing a revolu-
tion.
Dickinson State University Presi-
dent D.C. Coston. "The symposium
program includes presentations
from experts who have intimate
knowledge of the current situation
and emerging concerns in Ukraine.
The symposium presentations will
provide attendees with the latest in-
formation and with the opportunity
to ask your questions."
Ukrainian Cultural Institute Co-
founder, Agnes Palanuk, encourages
students and teachers of world his-
tory, economics and politics to at-
tend these speaking.events. "Our
2015 Festival Symposium pro-
vides a unique opportunity for stu-
dents and non-students alike to hear
directly from gifted, knowledge-
able speakers on a topic that is so
important to the history and future
of Ukraine, both as a sovereign na-
tion, and as it relates to her place in
the world structure. We hope that
many will attend our sympo-
sium presentations, learning much
through this once in a lifetime op-
portunity."
Attendance at the speaking pre-
sentations is free of charge, and no
registration is required.
The Manor
News column
wasn't available
this week.
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