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By Richard Volesky
Of The News
A Beach woman has started
teaching classes intended to create
healthy bodies and clear minds.
Cheryl Planert started offering
yoga classes late last month. The
classes are held at the Bijou Show
House every Thursday at 7 p.m. and
Saturdays at 10 a.m. She and her
husband, Emanuel Culman, own the
Bijou, and last lived in Los Angeles.
Planert said she became involved
with yoga about 15 years ago after
experiencing a series of crises within
a two-week period. Her first husband
left to work in South Africa under the
new government there. Her landlady
died, and she had to vacate her apart-
ment. Plus, two of the four hospitals
where she practiced psychotherapy
closed, leaving her with much less
income.
"I was lonely, anxious and fe,'u-ful
about my future," she said. She was
thinking about returning to her par-
ents' home in Illinois.
Yoga
(Continued on Page 8)
Fan faithful "
Over 250 miles did nothing to dampen fans of the Beach Buccaneer football team. For a
story and more pictures, please turn to page 8. (Photo by John Rosinski)
Man's 17-day run beginsnear
By Richard Volesky
Of The Pioneer
Wade Mitzel's footsteps - over
a distance of 360 miles - are being
made with others in mind.
' Meeting fo-
The Fargo resident on Oct. 25nanh~ng
r '= Started eastward :~/d~oss
-- North Dakota, with his starting
point being the Montana state line
west of Beach. Mitzel is support-
ing Operation Christmas Child, the
world's largesf Christmas project.
This year, organizers plan to hand
deliver gift-filled shoeboxes to
more than 8 million needy chil-
dren suffering from war, natural
disaster, poverty, terrorism and
disease in some 90 countries.
"Operation Christmas Child is a
project that is near and dear to my
family," said Mitzel, whose family
has made shoebox gifts for the
project for several years. "There's
nothing in the world I'm going to
be able to do to actually fix a
child's life. A shoebox gift doesn't
solve problems per st, but it does
give hope."
Mitzel's plans include cover-
ing 20 to 25 miles per day. He's
taking side roads; he would have
needed a permit to run on
Interstate 94. At one point, where
Old Highway No. 10 ends, he fol-
lowed railroad tracks. He has
been training for the trip for about
a year, and hasn't been in a
marathon before.
Back in Fargo, his wife and two
sons are waiting for him.
"They thought I was a little
crazy," Mitzel said, recalling the
time when he brought up the idea
of an across-the-state run to his
family. But after explaining the
idea further, and how it would help
bring awareness to Operation
Christmas Child, "they thought it
was a good idea," said Mitzel.
His willingness to help others
seems to be a part of Mitzel"s
nature, including how he makes
his living. In Fargo-Moorhead, he
works as a paramedic.
He hopes his run across North
Dakota will result in more shoe-
box gifts for Operation Christmas
Child from the state's residents. In
2006, North Dakota residents con-
tributed 11,642 shoeboxes.
"While North Dakota's weather
is quite cool in November, I have
seen children living outdoors in
community
foundation
planned
The public is invited to an infor-
mational meeting regarding the for-
mation of a Community Foundation
for the Beach area on Thursday,
Nov. 8, at the Community Learning
& Technology Center in Beach at 7
p.m.
The purpose of the meeting is to
gauge interest and discuss benefits
for partnering local funds with the
North Dakota Community
Foundation (NDCF), according to
Deb Walworth, executive director
of Prairie West Development
Foundation in Beach.
Amy Warnke, of the NDCF in
Bismarck, will be making a presen-
tation and answering questions.
The mission of the NDCF is to
improve the quality of life for
North Dakota's citizens through
charitable giving and promoting
philanthropy.
The NDCF makes it possible for
small communities to form founda-
tions to accept charitable gift annu-
ities, form an unrestricted fund, a
field of interest fund, a scholarship
fund and/or a grant fund at no cost
or at low-cost to the community
foundation.
NDCF provides matching funds
to North Dakota communities wish-
ing to make their local share
advance on a yearly basis for the
first two years.
Community and government
leaders; non-profit groups; persons
interested in community develop-
ntent and those interested in donat-
ing to a local community founda-
tion should attend this important
meeting, said Walworth.
For more information about this
meeting, please contact Cory
McCaskey at (701) 290-9006.
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Billings County Sheriff Dave Jurgens, left, and rancher Bill
Lowman look over the site of an elk carcass that Lowman
found on land he uses in the Little Missouri National Grassland
in Billings County. (Photo by Richard Volesky)
Wade Mitzel runs on Old Highway 10 through western North
Dakota. (Courtesy Photo)
By Richard Volesky
~--~.~:'~" ;i:Of-The,Pionee~ ~-. i ,-
SENTINEL BUTTE - The coy-
otes are happy. Bill Lowman is
not.
During his usual" rounds
through the rough country that
Lowman ranches, he made two
discoveries of elk carcasses that
were left behind by hunters. The
animals were likely hunted legally
in one of the recent North Dakota
Game and Fish Department
(NDG&F) seasons.
But Lowman is dismayed at the
waste, considering that much of
the two elk were left to rot. What
hasn't spoiled became easy
pickin's for coyotes.
Lowman doesn't blame the
hunters; he blames the NDG&F
for a policy of allowing elk to be
hunted in August, when the swel-
tering heat makes it difficult for
anyone to carry the meat out of
the Badlands. In the case of the
national grasslands, off-road trav-
el by hunters with all-terrain vehi-
cles or pickups is not allowed.
"It was shot in August. That's
why it was left," said Lowman.
"They packed out what they
could."
According to the NDG&F,
hunters are required to remove
and take an elk's head, back strap
and quarters. They could face a
fine for what is known as "wanton
illin
left behind.
A hunter leaving behind what
they've shot - or parts of an ani-
mal - is a rare occurrence, said
Lothspeich.
"I don't see it as an issue," said
Lothspeich.
Hunters typically go after the
animals well equipped, with cool-
ers and ice and normally a lot of
help, said Lothspeich. As far as a
means of moving an animal,
hunters can travel by horseback
on public lands and they can use
game carts, he added. Plus, in the
case of game hunted on private
land, a hunter who has a landown-
er's permission can use a vehicle
to retrieve game.
Lowman, other landowners and
the NDG&F have for years been
locking horns over elk manage-
ment. Lowman at one point want-
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