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iiiiiiiIilllBIIl mll wl I October 22, 2009 Page 3 Hello, We were working calves over the weekend. Giving fall vaccinations. I suppose, it is a lot like the HINI flu shot. Some people give them. Some don't. Everyone argues whether it is worth it or not. Except the calves. They don't seem to like it, but they never say anything. Now Shirley is about as good of help as you can get. She doesn't need to look at the numbers to know if a calf belongs to a certain cow. She can ride a pretty big circle, and pen up a pretty spooky cow. But the amazing thing is dinner. I don't miss many meals. I sup- pose you already knew that. But when we're working cattle, I'm worried about cowboys and vaccine and cows in the brush. I worry a lit- fie about weather, and if we'll be done by happy hour. So at noon, when some of the riders were start- ing to whine a little abofit no dinner, i was a little surprised when Shirley said it was in the pickup. Roast beef sandwiches, crab salad; pickles, apple crisp dessert, hot coffee, cold beer .... You see what I mean. No one expected a hot meal, but there it was. Speaking of hot meals. Uncle Hugh used to make the best roundup dinners on the reservation. And they were always the same. Hamburgers, beans, pickles, and a candy bar for dessert. He'd make the hamburger patties with his gloves on. The same gloves he wore sorting cattle, fixing fence, or spraying weeds and cows. They were always big and juicy and Admittedly, it is distressing to witness a discussion of public issues in an environment of fear, hate, deceit, misrepresentation and malice, just to name a few acrimo- nious characteristics of today's policy arguments. Observers lament this polarization as though it was something new, but it isn't: When the adoption of the U.S. Constitution was before the citi- zenry in 1787-88, the dialogue was peppered with the same rancor that marks today's debates. Yes, this is the same Constitution for which generations of Americans later shed their blood to defend and preserve. After two centuries of impie- mentation, the Constitution is uni- versally revered in America. Not so in 1787-88. Our beloved Constitution was attacked by a for- midable band of "anti-federalists" as a terrible document. They pre- dicted all sorts of dire conse- quences down the road. In Pennsylvania, Samuel Bryan, writing as "Centinel," warned that the Constitution was nothing but "a daring attempt to establish a despotic aristocracy among freemen." To the editor: As a designated collection site for Operation Christmas Child, we will welcome shoeboxbs packed by churches, organizations, and indi- viduals for needy children around the world. Our collection week will be Nov. 15-22. Please call the church office for specific hours. We have a supply of decorative shoeboxes and instructional Beach. Evangelical Church Harvest Festival Sunday, Nov. 1 Service at 10 a.m. MST Special Speaker Special Music Roast beef dinner, saladS and pie at noon EVERYONE WELCOME! would set tjaat over the posts and drive in the corners with a mall. He had a big griddle that he would put about a shovel full of lard on. The He'd make the coffee and the beans would be boil- ing and he would start making pat- hamburger patties ties and throwing them on. Grandpa with his gloves on. Jack would always walk by and press the hamburgers down and The same gloves make Hugh mad. Always. In the twenty years or so I rode with them, he wore sorting i don t think Hugh ever washed the earle, fixing fence, grill or the coffee pot. Butthey were or spraying weeds the best meals lever ate. One time Billy Hall came for /, and cows. dinner. He had a bunch of half[ O~L~'~MI~-~°~~r~-K~M~.~.~.J~I~~6~~.~k~~~ cooked to perfection. Well done on the outside and very rare in the mid- dle. We would be holding herd and watching for Hugh to bring dinner. The wind would be blowing and your toes and fingers would be numb from the cold. Once in a while you would let something get out of the herd just so you could move around a little. The |lerd hold- ers would have to take turns facing into the wind. But when Uncle Hugh unloaded a pile of old fence posts and stuck his branding torch under them, you would see that billowing cloud of smoke and know that hot coffee and hamburgers would be ready pretty quick Half the riders would go to dinner at a time, The rest would sit and suffer and wonder how it could take so long for anyone to eat. Hugh had an old furnace grate that he had welded short legs on. He starved greyhounds he had used to run coyotes. 1 don't think these dogs had ever been over fed. They had to stand up twice to make a shadow. They were begging for a little food, but weren't having much luck. We were as hungry as they were. But when we were done they piled in and started cleaning up. The grill had grease on it and the beans were still boiling. And those dogs went to licking it up. Those greyhounds would gulp a mouthful of boiling beans and yelp like hell. Then they would try to lick the grill and yelp some more. But they got fed. The next day when we were hav- ing dinner I mentioned to Uncle Hugh that I had never seen his grid- dle looking so good. He said those dogs of Billy's were the best dish- washers he had ever seen! And you didn't have to marry them. in Later, Dean ! Constitution as un~ orkable N. D. Matters By Lloyd Omdahl because the country was too large for a republic. Robert Yates of New York, a delegate who aban- doned the Constitutional Bryan was joined by Melancton Convention in disgust, said that "a Smith, writing as "The Federal free republic cannot succeed over Farmer," who alleged that the new a country of such immense extent, government' could not function ' cofitaining tre'h . a+'nUmber Of without resorting to military foret~ • inhabitants..?' ....... which would '!soon destlToy all Besides, Delegate George elective governments in ttie coun- Mason of Vii'gin a added, it wduld2 try, produce anarchy, or establish n't work correctly. The Electoral despotism." College would seldom end up The "Pennsylvania Minority" electing the President because charged that the legislative powers 'nineteen times out of twenty the granted to Congress "would be President would be chosen by the amply sufficient to annihilate state Senate, an improper body for the governments, and swallow them purpose." up in the grand vortex of general Well, the anti-federalists were empire." wrong. Their erroneous prognosti- Numbered among the anti-fed- cations should be a lesson for eralists was the champion of the today's naysayers who attack new American Revolution, Patrick suggestions with the same radical Henry of Virginia, who asserted rhetoric and absolute certainty that "this Constitution is said to demonstrated by the anti-federal- have some beautiful features; but ists. when I come to examine these fea- The naysayers of 1787-88 tures, Sir, they appear to me hor- almost prevented the adoption of a ridly frightful: Among other defor- constitution that has become a mities, it has an awful squinting: it model for new democracies around squints toward monarchy." the world. They should give us Some critics .attacked the cause to temper our extremism. brochures that may be picked up by churches and organizations at our church Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. If your church or organization at (701) 225-6747. You can also get information by writing to Operation Christmas Child, Box 3000, Boone, N.C. 28607, by calling 1-800-353- 5949, by e-mailing occin- for@ samaritan.org, or going to their Web site at www.smaritanspurse.org. Jodeen Myers SW North Dakota Relay Center Coordinator has not participated in the annual Christmas shoebox effort before, you can obtain information by call- ing me at (701) 225-3406 or at St. John Lutheran Church in Dickinson Playing Oct. 23, Oct. 24 & Oct. 25 281 E Main - BEaCtt ND 701-872-4362 I , Pull Bingo Black Tabs DonnaBaert~ch, Verna Tosner Jack Leone Vanvleet, $20 each Live Friday & Saturday Hours: Mon-Fri. 3pm-lam Sat. lpm-lam Happy Hour: Mon.-Thurs. 5:30-6:30pm To the editor: The Cash for Clunkers program for new cars may have ended, but the IRS wants to • remind taxpayers that many peo- ple might overlook another spe- cial break available. If you buy a new vehicle this year, there's a spe- cial federal tax deduction available that can help you save money, in some cases hundreds of dollars. This tax break will allow people who buy a new vehicle in 2009 to deduct the sales and excise taxes they pay when they file their tax return next year. The tax deduction is available on the 2009 federal tax return even for those who claim the standard deduction. The deduction is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and applies to taxes paid on up to $49,500 of the purchase price for qualified new cars, light trucks, motorcycles or motor homes, Generally, vehicles weighing 8,500 pounds or less qualify. This means that most new cars and many new trucks will qualify. New motor homes qualify regardless of weight. Buyers are entitled to a partial deduction if they earn between $125,000 and $135..000 ($250.000 and $260,000 for joint tilers). The deduction is eliminated for tfiose who earn over these amounts. To qualify the vehicle must be new and purchased in 2009 after Feb. 16 and no later than Dec. 31. There is still time left but the clock is ticking. More information is available at IRS.gov/recovery. - Terry L. Lemons Director of Communications Internal Revenue Service Delegation encourages youth applications Sens. Byron Dorgan and Kent Conrad and Congressman Earl Pomeroy are accepting applications from young North Dakotans inter- ested in attending one of the nation's military service academies for a four-year college education. All three offices will accept applications for the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., the Air Force Academy at Coloradoold by July 1,2010 are encouraged Springs, Colo.; the Naval Academy to apply as soon as possible. in Annapolis, Md,; and the Applicants must be U.S. citizens, Merchant Marine Academy, Kings unmarried and have no dependents. Point, N.Y. 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