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Hello,
I guess it was Ben Fral~klin's
idea to do this time change deal.
Ben had a lot of good ideas. And
he liked the ladies. Which 'has
nothing to do with this story, but I
found it interesting. But I'm not
sure we ever saved enough candles
to make this deal worth the effort.
I spend about a month in the
fall telling Shirley "'it's really nine
o'clock, not eight," when l head
for bed. Then about a month in the
spring, saying, "it's really eight
o'clock" when I head for bed. I'm
kind of a go to bed early guy.
Now, Ben invented daylight
savings time to save candles. You
would really think a guy as smart
as Old Ben would have realized
tllat you couldn't fool the sun by
changing the clock. But, I suppose
when he got that shock from that
• kite, it kind of screwed thidgs up.
Did I ever tell you about the time I
had Shirley hold that kite during
that storm? Remind me to do that
some time.
Then the argument comes up
about central and Mountain Time.
I've lived, on the border of these
times most of my life. Where
crossing the Little Missouri
changes the time. We used to call
ure o
Hat Tips
By Dean Meyer
You would really
think a guy as
smart as Old Ben
would have real-
ized that you could-
n't fool the sun by
changingthe clock.
it "white man time" and "'reserva-
tion time" when you were lining
up riders for a roundup. Just to
make sure everyone was synchro-
nized on what time to meet. Kind
of like Mission Impossible guys
looking at their watches.
I do know one thing, when you
play pinochle on mountain time,
and get home on central time, it is
a darn long day! But that too is
another story.
So. I've given this deal a lot of
thought for a lot of years. Grandpa
always said that daylight savings
time was invented to give town
guys time to play a round of golf
after work in the summer. He was-
me
n't much of a goff fan. | guess peo-
ple didn't just sneak away from
work like the guys I know do now.
So my idea is, instead of mak-
ing the whole world change to fit
the golfing schedule, just change
the time you open your store! Like
winter hours and summer hours.
We could adjust to that pretty eas-
ily. At least I can.
I mean like now. you take a
store that opens at nine, well that's
really ten. I like an early dinner, so
they are opening about the time
I'm leaning towards lunch. And
then after lunch I like to lay down
for a little bit. Then happy hour is
right around the corner. You see
what I mean. First thing you know.
~'ou've wasted a whole day.
There is a barber in Minot that
opens at 5:30 central every morn-
ing. Now that is 4:30 my time. And
sometimes that is 3:30.1 like a lot
of things, but I don't like hair
down my neck at 3:30 in the morn-
ing. But I have to admire someone
who is consistent. Dad says he can
get his haircut, and be back to
Berthold when the caf6 opens at
six.
l've got to go teed calves They
haven't adjusted their clocks yet.
Later, Dean
Learning
I may have mentioned this
before, but names have always
interested me, especially names of
towns or cities. One in particular is
the city I lived in for a few years
before returning to the nice, cool
breezes (especially those that come
in the winter) of North Dakota.
The city I refer to is Las Vegas,
Nev. While I was living there, I was
informed that the name "Las
Vegas," means "'the Meadows" in
Spanish. When I was told that. I
stopped and looked around, and
thought to myself, "Ooookay. And
just where is this meadow?" I
mean, the city is in the middle of
the desert. As far as the eye can see,
there is nothing but sand, rocks,
brush and more sand. "This is the
desert, folks," I wanted to tell them.
"A meadow is where there is nice,
soft and abundant grass, and maybe
a small stream or brook. Sorry, but
this is NOT a meadow by any
means." Unless, of course, they've
just crossed the Sahara desert, in
which all you basically have is sand
- that's it.
meaning
Cook' s Corner
By Jane M. Cook
Well, curiosity,
being what it is, got
the better of me,
and I had to look
up the name of Las
Vegas, and see if it
actually did mean
"the meadow."
Well, curiosity, being what it is.
got the better of me, and I had to
look up the name of Las Vegas, and
see if it actually did mean "the
meadow." Yup, it did. But in addi-
tion to that, is the explanation as to
why it was named that.
It seems that back in 1829, a
Mexican trader, named Antonio
Armijo, who was leading a 60-man
party along the Spanish trail, veered
from the normal route. A scouting
party ~ode west in search of water.
including an experienced young
Mexican scout, Rafael Rivera. He
left the main party and ventured
into the unexplored desert, and
within two weeks, he discovered a
valley with abundant wild grasses
growing and a plentiful water sup-
ply. and found that it would reduce
the journey by several days The
abundant artesian spring water dis-
covered, shortened the Spanish
Trail to Los Angeles, eased rigors
for Spanish traders and hastened
the rush west for California gold.
Between 1830 and 1848. the
name Vegas, as was shown on maps
of that day, was changed to Las
Vegas, which means "the mead-
ows ."
SO 1 guess there ~s a reasonable
explanation as to why a sandy, arid.
hot, brush and rock filled place was
named for a meadow. But, I don't
know. It still looks like a desert to
me.
Critics of American agriculture intensify fforts
This has been a good year for the
critics of mainstream farming and
ranching. Time magazine ran a
cover story at the end of August
sharply critical of modern farm pro-
duction methods and the natio~£s
food supply. It said "food is increas-
ingly bad for us, even dangerous"
and blamed obesity on American
agriculture.
The president of the American
Farm Bureau Federation was once
on the cover of Time when that was
considered a huge honor. Now, the
magazine is a shadow of its former
self in readership, editorial content
and influence, but the recent story
was a slap in the face to farmers and
ranchers nevertheless.
The University of Wisconsin
chose Michael Pollan's book, In
Defense of Food, to be given to all
incoming freshmen this fall and
incorporated into more than 60
courses from engineering to art.
Pollan is a journalism professor
from the University of California at
Berkeley. His writing is critical of
modern agriculture, food science
and technology and the Western
diet, including meat products.
Wisconsin Farm Bureau
President Bill Bruins,a dair}"
t'anner, called Pollan's book %
direct attack on the way we farm
today." The university claimed it
was not endorsing Pollan's views in
choosing the controversial book.
Pollan also had a speaking
appearance on campus and a num-
Other Views
By Stewart Truelsen
The president of
the American Farm
Bureau Federation
was once on the
cover of Time when
that was consid-
ered a huge honor.
ber of :farmers and agriculture sup-
porters were there to listen. Some
wore T-shirts with the wording, "Eat
food, be healthy and thank a
farmer." The author said he didn't
disagree with the shirts, but his
books lead one to believe otherwise.
A woman in the audience told a
reporter, "'Unfortunately, if we don't
show up and show our side, many of
his claims will become truth." She
is right about that. Mainstream
farming and ranching are under an
intensifying attack by critics who
believe they can find a gullible audi-
ence.
The objective of some critics is
to overturn America's family farm
system and modern production agri-
culture and replace them with com-
munal farms. Animal agriculture
would virtually disappear and farm-
ing would become low-tech, requir-
ing much more manual labor.
It's not just modern agriculture
that is being attacked: our nation's
farm and ranch heritage is also. The
miracle of American agriculture that
contributed to the growth and pros-
perity of the nation has become a
shameful past in the eyes of some.
T, he elegantly photographed Ken
Burns PBS series, The National
Parks: Am. erica's Best Idea, left the
impression that using America's
vast natural resources was one of
the worst ideas!
Naturalist and preservationist
John Muir is one of the heroes of the
recent documentary. Muir had an
intense dislike for the bands of
sheep that grazed on the western
range. Unfortunately, he died in
1914, just a couple years before the
wool and mutton from those sheep
sustained American soldiers fight-
ing a war on Europe's cold battle-
fields.
Both the past and present of
American agriculture deserve better,
fairer treatment. Americans have
many affordable, healthy food
chokes at the supermarket and
farmers' market, thanks to genera-
tions of farmers,¢anchers and others
in the food industry.
(Stewart 7)'uelsen is a regular
contributor to the Focus on
Agriculture series and is author of a
new book marking the American
Farm Bureau Federation's 90th
anniversary. Forward Farm
Bltreau.)
LEGION
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Playing
Beach, 3; Richardton-Taylor, 0
Oct. 27 at Beach:
Richardton-Taylor: 14.23.15
Beach: 25.25, 25
Statistical leaders:
Kills: Beach.- Britmey Dietz, 4; Emily Hardy, 16: Abby Weinreis. 4.
Digs: Beach - Caitlin Maus, 14, Brittney Dietz, 12, Kayla Dolyniuk. 10.
Assists: Beach - Kayla Dolyniuk, 25.
Blocks: Beach - Emily Hardy, 4.
.Service Aces: Beach - Abby Weinreis, 3: Brittney Dietz, 3.
Mott/Regent 3: Heart River 0
District Tournament
Beach High School. Oct. 30:
Heart River: 17, 20, 17
Mott/Regent: 25, 25, 25
Kills: Heart River - Miranda Kadrnms, 9; Laura Steffan. 8; Shea
Shypkoski, 7: Hannah Rodne, 5
Digs: Heart River --Danielle Kadrmas, 24; Latira Steffan. 12: KC
Hutzenbiler. 10: Alicia Palaniuk. 9
Assists: Heart River- Kaycee Hutzenbiler, 18: Alicia Palaniuk. 9
Blocks: Heart River - Miranda Kadrmas, 6; Laura Steffan, 2: Shea
Shypkoski, 2
Service Aces: Heart River - Alicia Palaniuk. 5: Miranda Kadrmas, 3;
Laura Steffan, 2: Danielle Kadrmas, 2.
Roll
Seniors:
Highest Honors Michelle
Groll, Thomas Littlecreek, Caitlin
Maus. Justin Maus. Kelsey Schillo.
Rae Ann Schulte. Tanner Tescher
High Honors: Alexander
Barthel. Kayla Dolyniuk. Lance
Dykins, Christopher Gerving, Mark
Golberg. Alexander Maus. Nolan
Niece, Katie Rohan. Devin Steele,
Jordan Teschef
Honors Justyse Dahl, Brandon
Ekre. Stephanie Goodijohn. Emily
Hardy, Kayla Heckaman, Amber
Kennedy, Shane Saxon. Beau
Wadholm
Juniors:
Highest Honors - Ashlee Cook.
Teresa Losinski, Jillianne Rising
High Honors - Jolee Bosserman.
Kiffin Howard. Jo Nielsen. Kathryn
Schmeling, Abby Weinreis.
Danielle Weinreis. Justin Weinreis.
Brady Zachmann
Honors - Carissa Anderson.
Tyneal Begger, Dylan Branden.
Brittney Dietz. Levi Nistler. Briar
Sime. Tabetha Twardoski
Sophomores:
Highest Honors - Kaylene
Kreitinger. Hannah Wegner
High Honors Lucas Buchholz.
Miranda Dietz. Kelcee Dykins,
Mathew Gerving, Destiny
Portanova
Honors - Kvle Bagley, Tyler
Bier, Brooke Davidson, Rebecca
Gunkel. .Brianna Hoglund,
Raychell Martian. Lloyd Weinreis.
Allysa Zook
Freshmen:
Highest Honors - Mikayla
Howard, James Kary, Daniel
Skoglund. Jasmine Stockert.
Boston Zachmann
High Honors - Tyler Benes.
Nolan Dolyniuk. Morgan Nunberg,
Kari Schmeling
Honors - Kelly Grolt. Kalum
Rios, Erica Rogers, Brennan
Rustad. Tyrel Sime, Stephanie
Steele
Eighth Grade:
Highest Honors - Marshall
Nunberg
High Honors - Megan Benes,
Chantel Fulton, Tyler Steffan.
Brenna Stockwell, Bailey Waldal
Honors Hailee Farstveet.
Cydni Stedman. Tandra Stedman.
Jonah Stockert. Karissa Van Horn.
Nolan Zook
Seventh Grade:
Highest Honors - Coy
Obrigewitch
High Honors Ashlynn Dietz.
Lateasha Lechler.Marshall
Muruato. Talon Nielsen.
Christopher Novotny
Honors - Taylor Abraham.
Trevor Chaisson, Jacob Hildebrant.
Troy Steele
Association elects officers
At its annual meeting the North
Dakota Grain Dealers Educational
Foundation elected its officers.
Todd Vogel was re-elected presi-
dent. He is the manager at Plains
Grain & Agronomy LLC at Marion,
N.D,, and a director of the North
Dakota Grain Dealers Association.
Paul Lautenschlager was re-
elected vice president. He is the
manager at Beach Co-op Grain Co.
and a director of the North Dakota
Grain "Dealers Association.
The Foundation was incorporat-
ed in 1980 by the North Dakota
Grain Dealers Association to pro-
mote agribusiness education in
North Dakota. Primary emphasis is
on Students entering the grain mar-
keting industry or other agribusi-
ness. The Foundation has now
awarded almost $167,000 in schol-
arships and instructional aid grants
over 29 academic years.
Corrections
An incorrect label/headline was
placed on the page 1 Billing County
Pioneer feature photo of Oct. 29.
The original read: Swine in flight.
The label on a page 2 funeral notice
should have read: Rose S.
(Krivoruchka) Paul.
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Beach students
participate in
state meet
By Ellen Feuerhelm
Reporter/Writer
The Beach Buccaneers cross
country team participated in the
state event in Valley City on Oct.
24. Danny Skoglund, Chris
Novomy and Joe Wa!worth ran at
the meet, held at the Bjornson
Public Golf Course.
"The team did really well.
They ran about as good as they
could." said coach Gene
Skoglund.
The Beach team's overall score
was listed as 732, but should been
728. The first five runners from
each team are counted, but Beach
had only three runners. The last
two runners were "ghost" runners
and the ghost scores should have
been 177 and 178, said Skoglund.
The score was 4 points less than
what was listed.
"It was really muddy at the
event this year." said Skoglund.
Also, Trevor Sime ran for
Beach most of the season.
The Buccaneers have a very
young team and two girls who
compete with the team are in the
eighth grade: Hailee Farstveet and
Mira Schneider. The boys range
from ninth grade, and Chris
Novotny is in the seventh grade.
Conner Ueckert is a sophomore
but he didn't run at the state meet.
Gene Skoglund has coached
the team since 1998.
The team went to six meets
during the season. The North
Dakota State Cross County meet
was a 5-k run for class B. Beach
came in 24th place with the score
Of 728. Other scores were 44 for
Danny Skoglund, 159 for Chris
Novotny, and 170 for Joe
Walworth.
Entrants
invited for
Medora event
MEDORA "Local country
western music artists are invited
to enter Medora's COwboy Idol
Jamboree.
The Jamboree is featured 7
p.m. Friday night as part of
Medora's 14th Annual Old
Fashioned Cowboy Christmas.
Dee. 4-5. Prizes will be awarded.
Entries are limited, and those
new to the Jamboree are asked to
submit a brief sample of their
music by Nov. 20.
Local cowboy poets are also
invited to perform at "Fireside
Cowboy Poetry." featured 2- 4
p.m. Saturday afternoon as part of
the Cowboy Christmas. Prizes will
be awarded. For further informa-
tion; please email
mofcc2009@hotmail.com or call
Pare Reinarts at (701) 290-9312.
The festivities are sponsored by
the Medora Chamber of
Commerce.
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