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Golden Valley News
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N.D'. 'slid
to 1990
Speculation on the date for governor because he was-
natorial race has already begun and, n't pure on their issues, they sealed
for the incumbent, it looks more like the party's doom.
a walk. Failing to learn a lesson from
There is no use in making a cha- this political misstep, 'the ideo-
rade out of the whole thing so let's aggrieved citizens demand to see logues are still here. In fact, one-
put the political circles at ease by the governor personally; and the fourth of the delegates to the last
making an iron-clad prognostica- out-party distorts motives. Dem-NPL convention voted against
tion: Gov. Doug Burgum will be the In North Dakota, we have corn- Heidi Heitkamp because she corn-
Republican candidate but the sacri- mittees, commissions and boards by promised on two issues. As it turned
ficial Democrat has yet to be found, the dozen and more elected officials out, she wasn't conservative
First of all, I am amazed that than any other state than South Car- enough.
Burgum survived this first term let olina, all of whom need coordinat- Given the atmosphere in the
alone look for a second. This guy is ing whether or they want it or not, 2018 election, I was convinced that
a mover and a shaker and North and it's mostly not. North Dakota was going to see
Dakota state government doesn't So I ask you: who would want to something like the Johnson land-
move or shake. Trying to govern is govern the ungovernable? Have slide of 1994. Sure enough, it was a
as frustrating as teaching memory you ever wondered why North landslide but in every state except
Bible verses in a retirement home. Dakota governors never build sig- North Dakota. Nationally, Democ-
When I was working on the Fifth nificant legacies? There isn't time rats got the House of Representative
edition of "State and Local Govern- to build them. Our government re- by winning all across the country,
ment in America," I came to the quires the effort of a mountain to including other rural states.
chapter on the executive and won- bring forth a molehill. So what happened in North
dered how to best describe the job But it looks like Burgum can Dakota? Bickering between the lib-
of govemor. At the time (1987) I de- have the job for the asking. I don't eral ideologues and the party regu-
clared the office of governor to be think he even has to ask. He is faced lars didn't help. The hard fact is that
the most difficult of any office in with a handful of sulking dissidents they can't expect to be left-wing
the American governmental system, on the right and a declining frag- liberals and represent such a con-
Presidents go golfing; members mented Democratic Party on the left servative constituency. In ademoc-
of Congress are beyond the reach of that has no idea where the center of racy, we sort of expect the elected
constituents, and state officials and North Dakota ideology is. officials to reflect the will of the
legislators have no visibility. But Grand Forks Herald reporter people. At least, most of the time.
the press is constantly at the gover- Sam Easter guessed that the Demo- The choice is between winning
nor's elbow; some elected official is cratic-NPL slide started in the early elections and making ideological
always screwing up; most lieu- 1990s. He is right. When the liberal points. If the super liberals don't
tenant governors are political nu- ideologues resisted the nomination want to PlaY the game that is called,
ances (except in North Dakota); of an outstanding moderate candi- they might as well get off the field.
li
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We have all had to deal with bul-
Prairie Doc
By Dr. Richard P.
Holm
lies throughout our lives, and I have
had my share.
One fall day, coming home from
school, I saw two guys from my
third-grade class beating up on a
smaller kid and was moved to step
in to help. I was chagrined but not
surprised when the victim ran home,
and I became the new target. The
beating I took that day was minimal,
however, the sense that I did the
right thing by standing up against
bullies has propped up my self-
worth my whole lifetime<. ,
Bullies and abtt~g "are every-
where. While in medical : hooi, I
was in an Atlanta em ~z~y room
when a woman came in withabi~-
ken nose and other brol~rl bones
and bruises that were explairled
away as the result of a fall, When we
knew full well the injuries were in-
flicted by her spouse. Since coming
to this prairie town 38 years ago, I
have seen several cases of parents
who physically and emotionally
abused their children, and of adult
children who physically and emo-
tionally abused their parents. I re-
member numerous cases where
women came into my office, ex-
plained their husbands were physi-
cally beating them, and despite my
i-ecommendations to 'escape 'and
seek shelter, they stayed married to
the scoundrels.
The American Psychiatric Asso-
ciation defines domestic violence
and abuse as control by one person'
over another in any relationship.
Control is the operative word. The
means of this control can result from
physical, sexual, emotional and eco-
nomic abuse, including threats of
isolation.
The number of American troops
killed in Afghanistan and Iraq from
2001 through 2012 was greater than
6,000, and the number of American
women murdered by male partners
during that time was about 12,000.
The Center for Disease Control esti-
mates that in the U.S one out of
every four women and one out of
every seven men will have experi-
enced severe physical violence from
a bully in their lifetimes.
The National Coalition for the
Homeless estimates 10 million chil-
dren are exposed to domestic vio-
lence every year, and that people
exposed to such hostility as children
are three to four times more likely to
become abusive or be abused than
people raised in families without it.
Sometimes it's right to stand up
to a bully, and when there is danger,
it's right to escape and get help. And
it's always right to save your chil-
dren from a lifetime of abuse by not
allowing it in your family.
hould b
almer
amara
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North Dakota producers need to
be vigilant about keeping Palmer
amaranth, a particular noxious weed,
off their land, according to North
Dakota State University Extension
specialists.
"Grain screenings are usually a
price-competitive source of cattle
feed, but they might contain things
that you don't want at any price, such
as Palmer amaranth," warns Karl
Hoppe, Extension livestock systems
specialist at the Carrington Research
Extension Center (CREC).
Grain screenings consist of
cracked or small pieces of grain plus
foreign matter. The foreign matter
can be other kinds of grain, sticks,
leaves, insects, rodent feces, fungal
bodies such as ergot and sclerotia,
and weed seeds. Palmer amaranth
has been added to the North Dakota
noxious weed list.
"While this weed looks like a pig-
weed, it is resistant to many of our
commonly used herbicide modes of
action, it is extremely prolific in its
seed production and it can spread like
wildfire," cautions Brian Jenks, Ex-
tension weed scientist.
"The best way to control Palmer
amaranth is not having it enter your
farm," Hoppe says.
Buying cleaned grain can help
keep Palmer amarae off the farm,
but purchased feed i *t, routi.ae!y
tested for weed see i
"Grain screenings usually have
some feed value for livestock and are
rain screenin
routinely purchased without any idea
of weed seed content," Hoppe notes.
"Grain screenings can carry viable
weed seeds that geminate is unusual
locations," he says. "Where the
screenings are unloaded can lead to
the start of a weed infestation. These
areas proliferate in feed yards that do
not have fastidious weed control."
Feeding whole seeds may perpet-
uate the problem. Some seeds, espe-
cially tiny, hard-shelled seeds from
Palmer amaranth, can escape diges-
tion by cattle.
"Composting manure should de-
stroy weed seed viability; however,
management practices will determine
success," says Mary Keena, livestock
environmental management special-
ist at the CREC.
Making sure the moisture of the
compost pile is maintained at 50%
and the pile reaches temperatures of
140 to 160 F throughout the com-
posting process Is critical, she says.
A guide to the process and manage-
ment of animal manure compost is
available at https://tinyurl.com/Ani-
malManurecomposting.
"But if just one seed survives
being eaten by cattle and escapes the
heat in composting, and then is
spread onto a crop field, then that one
plant can make up to a million seeds
in a year," says Joe Ikley, Extension
weed specialist. "Even in direct com-
petition with a crop, these plants can
still produce up to 100.000 seeds in a
year."
Hoppe recommends not purchas-
ing screenings from locations that
have Palmer amaranth. While few lo-
cations in North Dakota have Palmer
amaranth, many other states have the
weed.
"Another option for cattlemen is
to grind the screenings so fine that
the seeds are completely destroyed,"
he says. "For a small-seeded plant
such as Palmer amaranth, aggressive
grain processing is needed, and ham-
mer milling is usually the best.
"Be sure to look at grain screen-
ings with attention to weed seeds and
consider how best to manage the
weeds," he adds. "That cheap 10ad of
feed might turn out to be the most ex-
pensive feed-related problem you
have encountered."
He suggests producers also con-
sider possible liability issues of not
controlling the noxious weed.
For more information on identify-
ing and controlling Palmer amaranth,
visit NDSU Extension's website. For
additional information on liability is-
sues, go to www.nd.gov/ndda.
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Shown is the Chateau de Mores southwest of Medora. (Courtesy Photo)
Ranger Swap Program scheduled at Chateau de Mores
MEDORA - The public can at- ers like the Marquis de Mores. The the Marquis and Theodore Roo-
tend a Ranger Swap Program onhike will be easy to moderate diffi- sevelt; operated in the Badlands.
Aug. 6 at the Chateau de Mores culty and led byAmy McCann, dis- Participants will interact with ob-
State Historic Site and the Theodore trict interpreter for Theodore jects related to the cowboy
Roosevelt National Park in Medora. Roosevelt National Park Southlifestyle, such as a saddle, chaps
The free 30 minute program is a Unit. In case of rain, a program and lasso, as well as learn about the
partnership between the two desti- about the Badlands landscape will branding process and create their
nations, and programs will begin at be provided in the Chateau's Inter- own brand. This will be led by
10:30 a.m. at each site. pretive Center. Tawnya Bulger, historical inter-
Guests at the Chateau will par- Guests at Theodore Roosevelt preter at the Chateau, and located
ticipate in a nature hike around the National Park will participate in a in the park's Visitor Center.
site to learn about the Badlands and Cowboy Culture Wayside where For more information, contact
how the landscape affected ranch- they will learn how ranchers, like Anna Killian, (701) 623-4355.
Youth sheep starter flock program seeking applicants
For the llth year, North Dakota
State University Extension and the
North Dakota Lamb and Wool Pro-
ducers Association are offering North
Dakota youth an opportunity to be-
Come involved in the sheep industry
and build their own flock.
Youth chosen for the Starter Flock
Discounted Loan Program will re-
ceive an interest-free loan to pur-
chase I0 yearling Rambouillet ewes
from the association. The association
will buy the ewes from NDSU's Het-
finger Research Extension Center.
a mentor, .who will be available to
answer the youths questions and help
them with recordkeeping and setting
management goals. The youth also
have the option of arranging for a
mentor on their own.
"Nearly 100 young producers
have taken advantage of the opportu-
nity to learn about sheep, lamb and
wool production in North Dakota
during the past decade," says Travis
Hoffman, NDSU Extension sheep
specialist. "Now is a great time for
young sheep enthusiasts to receive a
solid start of 10 ewes with limited
risk through a great loan program."
Theyouth must pay back 70 per-
cent of the value of the ewes. The
first payment is due by Nov. 1 of the
second year the youth have the ewes.
The youth have two more years to
pay off the balance of the loan.
To be eligible to receive ewes,
youth must be 10 to 18 years oldby
Aug. 1 of the year they apply for a
loan.
"It's a great opportunity for young
people to get involved in a growing
industry," says Luke Dukart, Mandan
sheep producer and former starter
flock participant. "It is also very af-
fordable for them as well."
Go to http://www.ndsheep.org for
an application or more information
about the loan program.
Applications are due Aug. 10.
Successful recipients will pick up
their ewes at the Hettinger Research
Extension Center on Sept. 21. They'll
also take part in the Beginning Shep-
The Billings County
Pioneer and Golden Valley
News have shared advertising
and have been sharing the news
for some of their inside pages
for about 50 years.
This means the coverage of
your ad isn 't limited to just
either county/Ourprimary
coverage area is western Stark
County and west to the
Montana border. It pays to
advertise/
I
Faith Norby of Killdeer picks up her starter flock. (NDSU File
Photo)
herds Clinic, an educational program * Hoffman at (701) 231-2222 or
to help them get started with their travis.w.hoffman@ndsu.edu
flock. * Dave Pearson at (701) 928-1410
For more information, contact: or dlcabpearson@ndsupernet.com
Dukart at (701) 214-2123 or * Wyman Scheetz at (701) 220-
lukedukart@yahoo.com 4639 or mscheetz@westriv.com
Open house to celebrate
90th birthday!
Sunday, August 4 11:30 am to 1:30 pm
St. John's Catholic Church basement
Snacks, coffee, lemonade and cake will
be served.
No gifts please, but cards are welcome
Exit #7 on
16 miles u ,est
t