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MAY 2009 BISMARCK • MANDAN<br />
DICKINSON<br />
Inside:<br />
• Age Proof Your Brain<br />
• Bright Ideas<br />
• Travel: Las Vegas<br />
Beth<br />
<strong>Ehlis</strong> <strong>Strube</strong><br />
Owner/President, FunShine Express
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COVER STORY 6 Beth <strong>Ehlis</strong> <strong>Strube</strong> 22<br />
CM/KFYR SALUTES...<br />
10 Mayor's Community Crisis Coalition 26<br />
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO<br />
14 Orly Knutson? 28<br />
CROSSWORD 16 SOUND OFF 30<br />
WINE NOTES 18<br />
32<br />
19 34<br />
KILEE’S TAKE |<br />
Graduates, Be Ready to<br />
Make Your Mark<br />
May is here, and it’s time for graduation. This year, I<br />
know two very special women who are graduating;<br />
one from high school and one from college. Thinking<br />
about their new beginnings reminds me of how I felt when<br />
I was just starting– excited, scared and nervous–but, most of<br />
all, ready to make my mark.<br />
It seems like during this time of year everyone has a commencement<br />
speech and/or bit of advice to give new graduates.<br />
So why should I be any different?<br />
For all new graduates, I’m not saying I know everything<br />
(nobody does because nobody is perfect), however, I have noticed<br />
some valuable trends throughout my journey that could<br />
be of use to you.<br />
• Most opportunities don’t just come your way by some<br />
stroke of fate. You need to create them.<br />
• When an opportunity presents itself make sure your eyes,<br />
ears and mind are open to it.<br />
• Like Teddy Roosevelt said, “Do what you can, with what<br />
you have, where you are.”<br />
• Don’t discredit the value of hard work.<br />
• Network, network, network.<br />
• Remember the story of the frog and the prince. Your<br />
“Frog” might be someone else’s Prince, so treat everyone<br />
like royalty.<br />
• Remember what Sister Thomas Welder of the University<br />
of Mary taught us, in words and actions–become a servant<br />
leader.<br />
• Most of all, believe in yourself.<br />
Congratulations & good luck!<br />
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| PUBLISHER'S NOTE<br />
Engaging Behavior Leads to Happiness<br />
By James A. Hauer & Nicole D. Greason<br />
Sharpen your emotional IQ quotient with opportunistic<br />
behavior. What? Yeah, that’s right, next time you reach<br />
out to someone, anyone, you’ll feel different the whole<br />
day. And, in time, you will begin to feel differently about<br />
yourself and the important role you can play in your community<br />
each and every day.<br />
Preoccupation is a behavior that is part of the human condition.<br />
As people, we are conflicted and struggle with the dayto-day<br />
challenges of life that are inevitable and will come. And<br />
it does or can indeed prevent us from living in the moment and<br />
enjoying a meaningful exchange with another human being.<br />
So? Consider this, life has gotten so fast, so fragmented,<br />
that we are missing many opportunities each and every day to<br />
connect with fellow man.<br />
A recent Allstate commercial was on the money. The<br />
message was simple, “Tough times make people focus on the<br />
basics.” And the basics were good! They were good then, and<br />
they are, in my opinion, even more precious and valuable<br />
during these conflicted times.<br />
Missing an opportunity to experience a meaningful<br />
exchange with another person, whether it be a neighbor,<br />
acquaintance or, most impressively, a perfect stranger, denies us<br />
as individuals the opportunity to bond and feel connected.<br />
Next time you’re out and about, don’t pass up the opportunity<br />
to engage in friendly banter. Comment to someone<br />
about something of common interest and see where it takes<br />
you. Before long you’ll be agreeing with a perfect stranger on<br />
a shared belief or understanding about a topic or issue that<br />
confirms we are alike.<br />
That, in our struggle to maintain equilibrium, which can be<br />
difficult to do, we see something exactly the same as a perfect<br />
stranger who has shared your experience in a similar way.<br />
For those of you who enjoy this behavior, keep doing it. You<br />
already enjoy and know the benefits of your positive behavior.<br />
Congratulations on making the world a better place each<br />
and every day by making the choice to make a difference!<br />
“An act of goodness perhaps.” It doesn’t have to be a behavior<br />
seeking a reward, rather I like to think of it as a simple act of<br />
happiness.<br />
This guest editorial is by my son and his friend Nicole in Scottsdale,<br />
Ariz., where Jim has a business in financial planning, and<br />
Nicole is a journalist and works for a law firm in downtown Phoenix.<br />
I welcome guests in this space to share views. Write to me<br />
with your views, and I will get back to you.<br />
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WITH WINGS LIKE<br />
EAGLES<br />
by Michael Korda<br />
GOOD READS |<br />
By Ed Klecker<br />
Everyone has their favorite<br />
types of books. One merely<br />
has to walk into any book<br />
store where it becomes evident<br />
there are legions of fans who consume<br />
everything written about<br />
World War II, be it fact or fiction.<br />
Michael Korda, New York Times<br />
best-selling author, has crafted a<br />
compelling history of perhaps the<br />
most critical event of WWII, the<br />
Battle of Britain. Prime Minister<br />
Winston Churchill wrote “Never in<br />
the field of human conflict was so<br />
much owed by so many to so few.”<br />
Beginning in 1939, Hitler’s<br />
Army and Luftwaffe rolled with<br />
comparative ease across Europe, flattening Holland and Belgium<br />
along the way to France. To Hitler’s surprise, France proved to<br />
be no match for the Nazi juggernaut.<br />
The German forces now found themselves to be logistically<br />
poised to cross the English Channel and occupy Great Britain.<br />
Hitler ordered the implementation of Operation Sea Lion. A<br />
massive armada of sea going barges was assembled to transport<br />
the German army across the Channel.<br />
The plan was to lay down a corridor of sea mines across the<br />
Channel to protect the barges from the Royal Navy. However,<br />
the barges were vulnerable to air attack. The last remaining<br />
obstacle to Operation Sea Lion called for the elimination of the<br />
Royal Air Force, and so began the Battle of Britain.<br />
There were those in Britain who would appease the Germans<br />
and allow them to occupy their country without a fight. Others,<br />
like Air Marshal Hugh Dowding, believed otherwise. He convinced<br />
Parliament that German bombers would come in force,<br />
and many squadrons of Spitfire and Hurricane fighters were<br />
needed.<br />
Dowding was a believer in technology and built rudimentary<br />
radar stations to alert fighter squadrons. He set up Command<br />
Control Centers to vector fighters to where they were needed.<br />
For three short months in the summer of 1940, 2,000 valiant<br />
young men fought countless battles over the skies of England<br />
until that fateful day in early September when they were almost<br />
out of pilots and aircraft when Hitler decided that an invasion of<br />
Great Britain was too costly and scrubbed Operation Sea Lion,<br />
instead focusing on the invasion of Russia.<br />
Good Reads is sponsored by:<br />
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| COVER STORY<br />
Beth <strong>Ehlis</strong> <strong>Strube</strong><br />
entrepreneur & early childhood<br />
education advocate<br />
By all accounts,<br />
Beth <strong>Ehlis</strong> <strong>Strube</strong>,<br />
president and owner of<br />
Dickinson’s FunShine<br />
Express, a company<br />
that designs and<br />
distributes pre-school<br />
curriculum materials to<br />
child-care providers,<br />
is a successful<br />
businesswoman.<br />
In business since 1995,<br />
FunShine and its 30<br />
employees service 6,500<br />
customers per month<br />
spread across all 50 states,<br />
touching the lives of approximately<br />
45,000 children per<br />
day. FunShine’s customers<br />
range from the smallest homebased,<br />
child-care providers to<br />
large day-care centers (a client<br />
in Texas orders 600 units at a<br />
time).<br />
By Tom Regan<br />
With the nation’s educators,<br />
state government child-care<br />
licensing bodies and the federal<br />
government paying increasing<br />
attention to early childhood<br />
education, triggered in part by<br />
new research on brain development<br />
in infants and toddlers,<br />
the pre-school education business<br />
is positioned for growth,<br />
according to <strong>Ehlis</strong> <strong>Strube</strong>.<br />
While <strong>Ehlis</strong> <strong>Strube</strong> may be a<br />
savvy entrepreneur, as an edu-<br />
cator and mother, she is also a<br />
passionate children’s advocate.<br />
She says, “Ethically, I feel a<br />
responsibility that whatever<br />
we do in our curriculum properly<br />
advocates developing that<br />
quality relationship between<br />
a child-care provider and the<br />
child, where the child is treated<br />
with respect.”<br />
–Staff<br />
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Your company is<br />
CM: proof that one can<br />
successfully run a national<br />
business from rural North<br />
Dakota.<br />
EHLIS STRUBE: Yes, it’s<br />
possible, especially with the<br />
Internet. We have a website<br />
customers can go to, and they<br />
can pick up the phone, call us<br />
and talk to us.<br />
Early on, when I knew I<br />
wanted to get out of day care<br />
(she ran her own day care)<br />
and I thought about starting<br />
my own business, one of the<br />
first things I recognized is<br />
that I didn’t want<br />
the potential of<br />
that business to be<br />
tied to Dickinson’s<br />
economy. Being in<br />
a small rural area,<br />
I really felt that I<br />
needed to have a<br />
product that had<br />
unlimited potential.<br />
Our biggest<br />
struggle is finding<br />
talent as we grow—<br />
finding people with<br />
the backgrounds<br />
in the areas needed<br />
to fill openings.<br />
The last time we<br />
searched for a curriculum<br />
writer, we<br />
went nationwide.<br />
We ended up going<br />
with someone local,<br />
but we were lucky.<br />
You are definitely<br />
CM: an entrepreneur.<br />
What’s your definition of an<br />
entrepreneur?<br />
EHLIS STRUBE: Someone<br />
who is willing to take some<br />
risks; someone who is open to<br />
change, being flexible. I think<br />
you have to be tough-skinned;<br />
you have to be willing to “put<br />
it all out there” and fail.<br />
You go into it knowing<br />
that you’re probably going<br />
to make some mistakes. You<br />
have to analyze that; you have<br />
to consider all the options.<br />
You have to ask yourself what<br />
you need to do to pull it off.<br />
You have to be a pretty good<br />
scrambler.<br />
I also think that you need<br />
to be honest about what your<br />
strengths are and are not<br />
and use that insight to seek<br />
support in areas where you<br />
may not be as experienced.<br />
BETH EHLIS STRUBE<br />
Title: President/Owner, FunShine Express,<br />
Inc., Dickinson<br />
DOB: June 24, 1964<br />
High School: St. Mary’s High School, New<br />
England, Class of ‘82<br />
College: Bachelor’s in business, NDSU;<br />
Master’s in education, Univ. of Wisconsin-<br />
Platteville<br />
Family: Three daughters, ages 13, 16 and 18<br />
Favorite Children's Author: Dr. Seuss<br />
Hobbies: Horses, gardening<br />
Favorite Quote: “Courage is being scared<br />
to death, but saddling up anyway.” – John<br />
Wayne<br />
What are the<br />
CM: advantages of<br />
being a small company in a<br />
small community?<br />
EHLIS STRUBE: One of the<br />
biggest advantages to us is that<br />
Dickinson has a strong business<br />
community with some<br />
very gifted people who have<br />
been willing to step up and be<br />
mentors to me and provide<br />
some really practical business<br />
support, especially as I was<br />
getting started.<br />
With this being a small<br />
community, we all know each<br />
other, and that makes it easier<br />
to put together such things as<br />
economic development proposals.<br />
The individuals who<br />
are going to help you have<br />
seen you operate your business<br />
from day one.<br />
What makes for<br />
CM: a good child-care<br />
situation where children<br />
can learn and<br />
grow?<br />
EHLIS STRUBE: All<br />
the research shows<br />
that the most important<br />
thing that can<br />
happen in child-care<br />
centers is for the<br />
child-care provider<br />
to form a “connection”<br />
with the child.<br />
Our curriculum<br />
enables that to happen<br />
when you have a<br />
willing provider and<br />
an interested child.<br />
We do a lot of<br />
“preaching” to the<br />
teachers in our curriculum.<br />
One of<br />
the things we constantly<br />
encourage<br />
them to do is to be involved<br />
themselves—to get down on<br />
the floor with the children, to<br />
sing with the children, play<br />
with the children, to “dress up”<br />
themselves!<br />
When that interaction can<br />
be happening between the<br />
caregiver and the child, the<br />
child feels secure—the child’s<br />
May 2009 7
self-esteem, confidence and<br />
interest in what is going on<br />
around them grows. What<br />
we’re encouraging providers<br />
to do is not to just sit them<br />
down and teach children, but<br />
provide a supportive environment<br />
in which they can learn.<br />
Children are innate learners.<br />
“School readiness”<br />
CM: is the main goal<br />
of early childhood education.<br />
What does that mean?<br />
EHLIS STRUBE: Educators<br />
have differing definitions. The<br />
people I work with would say<br />
that a child ready for school<br />
is a child who has self-confidence,<br />
is ready to be away<br />
from his/her parents, is able to<br />
be comfortable in that type of<br />
setting and is ready and able<br />
to sit.<br />
In kindergarten and first<br />
grade, the students need to be<br />
able to focus and concentrate<br />
on a task for a certain amount<br />
of time. They need to have<br />
certain basic skills—a lot of<br />
those skills are social skills. It’s<br />
not necessarily ABCs, spelling,<br />
rote-memory types of things—<br />
it’s more intangible skills.<br />
Sometimes we struggle with<br />
our customers because they<br />
have a different view of what<br />
school readiness is than what<br />
the research shows.<br />
When did you<br />
CM: know you were a<br />
success?<br />
EHLIS STRUBE: That<br />
depends on how you define<br />
success. This is just one spot<br />
on the road. To me, being an<br />
entrepreneur means you’re<br />
never finished with the job.<br />
You’re always changing, always<br />
improving, learning more, and<br />
making your product better.<br />
Up to now, I’m most proud<br />
of the fact that we’ve enriched<br />
the lives of children and early<br />
childhood professionals. A<br />
bonus is that we have established<br />
a viable business in<br />
southwest N.D. that provides<br />
good jobs, opportunities and a<br />
family-friendly working environment.<br />
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YP UPDATE<br />
Are You Attracting Young Professionals?<br />
By Kayla Shafer<br />
There is a constant buzz about attracting Generation X<br />
and Y to the workforce and preparing them to replace<br />
retiring Baby Boomers. Companies are thinking ahead,<br />
but most are not prepared to modify their current business<br />
structure to attract and retain this new wave of employees<br />
that don’t necessarily believe in the 9-5 model.<br />
It may be difficult for employers to accurately feel the pulse of<br />
these two generations. Employers may feel frustrated that these<br />
generations do not seem completely engaged in their work or<br />
they “expect” to move up the company ladder before they paid<br />
their dues. Sometimes employers may see these groups as narcissistic,<br />
impatient and having a sense of entitlement.<br />
The reality is that Generation Y and X are tuned into their<br />
careers and are among the most diverse and globally-connected<br />
generations. These age groups want to make a difference in the<br />
community.<br />
They also strongly value time with their families and a worklife<br />
balance. Additionally, they are optimistic, hard working<br />
(when they feel the project is worth it) and engaged.<br />
According to the book Plugged In by Tamara Erickson,<br />
Generation Y has had more protective parents than previous<br />
generations and was raised on the importance of high self-esteem<br />
and that “You can be whatever you want to be.”<br />
Because of unstable events occurring within their youth (9/11,<br />
war in Iraq, etc.), many members of Generation Y want to live<br />
life to the fullest, which the author believes relates to both their<br />
perceived impatience and social activism.<br />
They are also the first generation to grow up using computers<br />
and other forms of technology, which influences how fast they<br />
expect to receive information and produce results in the workplace.<br />
In a 2008 survey conducted by the Young Professionals<br />
Network, where 100 of the approximately 300 paid members<br />
between the ages of 21 and 39 responded, here is a list of our priorities<br />
that are most important to us:<br />
1. Life/Work Balance: having a sustainable balance 47%<br />
2. Meaning: matching company and personal values 13%<br />
3. Enrichment: having opportunities to learn and grow 12%<br />
4. Appreciation: being rewarded/recognized for success 7%<br />
5. Voice: having a say in the company’s strategy 6%<br />
*A complete copy of the YP survey is available at www.ypnetwork.org<br />
What does this mean to local employers? Offering Flex-time,<br />
flexible scheduling or telecommuting, will be a major retention<br />
tool. If flexibility is not an option, companies should provide<br />
ways for employees to become active in local charity and nonprofit<br />
organizations to give them a sense of meaning and enhance<br />
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| CITY MAGAZINE & KFYR<br />
Salutes<br />
Mayor's Community Crisis Coalition<br />
Have you ever been at a loss for<br />
words when a struggling friend<br />
or family member says something,<br />
albeit ambiguous, about<br />
ending their life? It’s a tough situation, but<br />
feel helpless no more.<br />
The Mayor’s Community Crisis Coalition<br />
(MCCC) of Mandan is teaching a constructive<br />
method of talking to people of all ages<br />
who may be contemplating suicide. It’s called<br />
“QPR,” and it’s designed to save lives. The<br />
MCCC is teaching QPR community-wide,<br />
and you can learn it, too, just by asking.<br />
The coalition got its start in Mandan in<br />
2006 when a group of concerned citizens<br />
began meeting after a cluster of teenage suicides<br />
shook the community to its core.<br />
At the time, several coalition members<br />
knew that Rev. Bob Edwards of Minot was<br />
teaching QPR there and that it was effective.<br />
Suicide Facts<br />
By Tom Regan<br />
Mark Andresen, principal of Mandan High<br />
School, invited Edwards to the school to<br />
deliver a QPR presentation to students and<br />
community members.<br />
“Bob Edwards was brought to Mandan<br />
after losing our seventh student, four of them<br />
by suicide, in my first two years as principal,”<br />
said Andresen. Shortly after Edwards’<br />
appearance, the MCCC arranged to teach<br />
QPR in Bismarck-Mandan.<br />
QPR was developed by Dr. Paul G.<br />
Quinnett, a clinical psychologist based in<br />
the Spokane, Wash., area, who has worked<br />
in the field of suicide prevention for over 30<br />
years. Quinett and others founded the QPR<br />
Institute in 1999.<br />
An institute publication explains that<br />
“QPR is designed to help you help someone<br />
who may be considering suicide.” The Q<br />
in QPR refers to questioning the person;<br />
• One N.D. resident dies by suicide every four days.<br />
• N.D. suicide rate ranks the state 12th in the nation—higher than the national rate.<br />
• Burleigh County ranks second for the highest rate of suicide in the state; Morton County ranks<br />
seventh.<br />
• N.D.’s highest 10-year average death rate is for ages 20 to 29; the second highest is for ages 40 to 49.<br />
• 32,637 people in the U.S. die by suicide each year.<br />
• Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death for adults, the third leading cause of death among<br />
15 to 24 year olds, and the second leading cause of death in college students.<br />
Source: Div. of Injury Prevention & Control, ND Dept. of Health; National Center for Health Statistics<br />
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the P represents<br />
ing to recognize<br />
persuading the<br />
warning signs,<br />
individual to get<br />
learn how to offer<br />
help; and the R<br />
hope and how<br />
stands for refer-<br />
to get help for<br />
ring the person<br />
someone at risk of<br />
to the appropri-<br />
suicide.”<br />
ate resource.<br />
Training ses-<br />
“Much<br />
sions, which last<br />
like CPR or<br />
about an hour,<br />
the Heimlich<br />
include national<br />
Maneuver, the<br />
and state suicide<br />
application of<br />
QPR may save a<br />
Heidi Schuchard and Kim Rickel.<br />
statistics, as well<br />
as a review of<br />
life,” says the publication.<br />
risk factors for people in crisis situations. “I<br />
The MCCC secured United Way funds to want to see individuals trained to recognize<br />
train and certify through the QPR Institute the signs that a person may be suicidal or<br />
two “Gatekeeper Instructors” to teach QPR depressed,” said Shuchard. “Many of the<br />
to area citizens. Heidi Schuchard, a Mandan completed suicides could have been prevent-<br />
police department youth worker, and Kim ed if the individuals surrounding the person<br />
Rickel, a teacher at Mandan High, were certi- had the correct tools to help him/her.”<br />
fied in August 2007.<br />
Kim Rickel and Heidi Schuchard are<br />
“The long-term goal is to train one per- available to present to your group or orgason<br />
per household in the Bismarck-Mandan nization. To contact Kim, call Mandan High<br />
community,” said Rickel. “During a QPR School at 663-9532; to contact Heidi, call the<br />
training session, a person will receive train- Mandan Police Dept. at 667-3250.<br />
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A TASTE OF NORTH DAKOTA<br />
MAPLE-CINNAMON-PECAN<br />
PULL-APARTS<br />
Ingredients<br />
8 Cinnamon Sweet Roll Dough<br />
White Dip Icing<br />
1/2 cup chopped pecans<br />
1/3 cup packed brown sugar<br />
2 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted<br />
1/4 cup sour cream<br />
1 teaspoon maple flavor or vanilla<br />
Instructions<br />
Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray 8x4-inch loaf pan with cooking<br />
spray. In large bowl, mix all ingredients except cinnamon rolls.<br />
Cut each roll into quarters; add to pecan mixture, tossing to<br />
coat. Spoon roll mixture into pan. Bake 45 to 50 minutes or<br />
until deep golden brown. Turn upside down onto serving plate<br />
or platter. Spread with icing.<br />
COOKIE CHEESECAKES<br />
Ingredients<br />
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough<br />
2 lbs. softened cream cheese<br />
1 lb. Sweetened condensed milk<br />
4 large eggs<br />
4 teaspoons vanilla extract<br />
Cherry filling<br />
Instructions<br />
Preheat oven to 400°F. Line muffin pan with muffin liners.<br />
Place one cookie in each liner. Bake cookie 10 to 12 minutes,<br />
or until cookie has spread to the sides of the cup.<br />
In a bowl beat cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk,<br />
eggs, and vanilla extract until smooth. Pour 1 1/4 oz. of mixture<br />
into each cup.<br />
Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, or until mixture has set. Cool<br />
completely, and top with cherry filling.<br />
Recipes & photos provided by<br />
Baker Boy. bakerboy.com<br />
A Taste of North Dakota<br />
is sponsored by:<br />
For more great recipes visit the “Extra Content” section at<br />
May 2009<br />
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13
Whatever happened to<br />
Orly Knutson?<br />
Robert Duvall, Donny Osmond,<br />
Kathy Lee, Mary Tyler Moore,<br />
Mariah Carey, Barry Manilow,<br />
Cindi Lauper, David Cassidy,<br />
Faith Hill, Doris Roberts, Vince Gill, Tony<br />
Orlando, John Tesh, Amy Grant, Kenny G.,<br />
etc.<br />
What do these stars have in common?<br />
They’ve had their picture taken with Orly<br />
Knutson, or maybe it’s the other way around!<br />
Orly was a legend in radio when I grew<br />
up here. I even recall the jingle: Orly<br />
By Renae Hoffmann Walker<br />
Knutson, the happy Norwegian, cruisin’ on<br />
the lively one.<br />
Knutson says he had a “normal” childhood<br />
in Bismarck. When he wasn’t working<br />
at the Dario & Drumstick or cruisin’ Main,<br />
he’d go to the Teen Canteen, Big Boy, The<br />
Hut, A&W, Jack Lyon’s, the Sweet Shop, and<br />
both Bismarck and Dakota movie theatres.<br />
He graduated from BHS in 1957 and<br />
attended BJC, where he says he “got a degree<br />
in partying”, while helping Dick Karlgaard as<br />
student manager of the football team.<br />
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After that, Orly went to the N.D. School of Broadcasting<br />
and helped out at KBOM radio until he graduated in 1960<br />
and got his first “real” job in Benson, Minn. He came back<br />
to Bismarck twice in his career to work at KFYR-AM.<br />
“Everyone listened to KFYR; it was a powerhouse: five<br />
states and two Canadian provinces; the largest day-time<br />
coverage of any station in the country, and we had fun!”<br />
Orly’s longest stint was 20 years at CBS 102.9 in<br />
Minneapolis. He’s “retired” now and lives in Noblesville,<br />
Ind., though he has a regular gig on B105.7 in Indianapolis<br />
every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and fills in part time.<br />
That voice is as strong as ever! “I’m most proud of the<br />
fact that I’m still in the business after nearly 50 years. I’ll<br />
be 70 in October, and most of the disc jockeys I know have<br />
gotten out of radio.”<br />
While Orly considers Bismarck his home and still has<br />
friends (Dan Brannan, John Sullivan) and relatives (Donna<br />
Knutson) here, he lives near Indy because it’s more central<br />
to his four daughters and four granddaughters.<br />
“Bismarck is a great town with a good quality of life. It’s<br />
the only place I know where you can come back and go<br />
to the same place and order the same thing you did as a<br />
teenager—pizza burgers flying style!”<br />
Orly Knutson, signing off with “and the beat goes on!”<br />
NEW NEIGHBOR WELCOME SERVICE<br />
Welcomes you to Bismarck-Mandan<br />
For Free Gifts Contact:<br />
Verdeen at 391-0094 or Ileen at 400-2919<br />
or email us at newneighbors@bis.midco.net<br />
Renae<br />
Hoffmann<br />
Walker, a<br />
life-long<br />
Bismarck<br />
resident,<br />
is the<br />
director of<br />
community<br />
relations for<br />
Bismarck<br />
Public<br />
Schools.<br />
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| CROSSWORD<br />
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Answers for the April 2009 crossword puzzle.<br />
with Candace Gerhardt<br />
Q: What do you think about President Obama’s first few months in office?<br />
Sheila Hlibichuk: I’m a<br />
Republican at heart, but I know<br />
our country was in much need<br />
of a change. I admire President<br />
Obama’s willingness to take on<br />
such formidable tasks as are before him.<br />
Is he making the right choices and doing<br />
the right things? It may be too soon to tell.<br />
I’m concerned about the sudden involvement<br />
in government. Today, the government keeps<br />
giving chances, many times to businesses that<br />
have shown an inability to be successful. That’s<br />
not the American Dream and demeans those<br />
who have made the attempt and succeeded by<br />
playing the rules.<br />
Beau Backman: President<br />
Obama’s really energized a lot of<br />
people with his coming into office.<br />
It seems as if many peoples’ hope<br />
Solution<br />
and interest was re-ignited. He’s<br />
gotten some people interested in politics.<br />
Beyond that, I’m not much of a supporter of<br />
his stimulus package, additional government<br />
positions or reversal of stem cell research, but<br />
do think his picking North Carolina to win the<br />
NCAA tourney was a good call.<br />
Scott Wild: President Obama has<br />
kept his head and is holding firm<br />
to the fact that change takes time.<br />
He’s willing to bring the message<br />
to where people are (talk shows,<br />
online, etc.). He’s a great communicator. If our<br />
nation takes at least one step, regardless of size,<br />
each day towards our goals, we will be successful.<br />
Any amount of success feels better than a<br />
step backward.<br />
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P O P A H E M B A C K<br />
H A L O N O T E A V O I D<br />
A D D S N T H S R E P L Y<br />
T R I E S R A S H R E N E<br />
S E E I C O N U P S<br />
P L O D E L I F A R<br />
S A F E T Y R A K E A L E<br />
H O R N J O T I D O L<br />
O N E S T A B J E R S E Y<br />
W E T T O W F A K E<br />
G Y M S I R E C B S<br />
D E A R S A N G S N A I L<br />
O R B I T L O A N O R C A<br />
C R E M E A U R A S E E M<br />
S L E D S T O P E S P<br />
Jennifer Birst: He’s sure likable.<br />
I’d love for his economic policies<br />
to work, but I’m very concerned.<br />
Also, I’m afraid of restrictions he<br />
lifted on stem cell research. I hope<br />
we can protect the unborn.<br />
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|<br />
"Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy, Sunshine<br />
on my eyes can make me cry, Sunshine on the water<br />
looks so lovely, Sunshine almost always makes me high."<br />
Snoopy in the musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"<br />
John Denver’s great song brings us images<br />
of some warm Spring afternoons (finally)<br />
arriving soon. Time<br />
to sit on the patio<br />
(or the porch) sipping<br />
on a nice glass of crisp,<br />
fruity, fresh wine.<br />
It can be when you<br />
are catching up with<br />
friends on the events of<br />
the past week and telling<br />
stories of surviving a<br />
very long winter. It also<br />
can simply be a private,<br />
peaceful time when just<br />
you can contemplate the<br />
meaning of life or take a deep breath, smile, say<br />
hi to the family cat and relax.<br />
O.K., I’ve set the table, let’s figure out what<br />
we are going to serve. It is important to point<br />
out in this scenario that although we are figuratively<br />
“setting the table,” we are not serving<br />
food. I am not going to launch into a long dissertation<br />
on food and wine pairing. We simply<br />
are talking about a cold, crisp, refreshing glass<br />
of wine.<br />
I also should make it clear we are talking<br />
about white wines on this patio tasting. Cold,<br />
fresh and fruity. On the subject of whites, I<br />
am going to eliminate Chardonnays (I love<br />
Chardonnay, but let’s look at some other whites<br />
for a change of pace).<br />
Several varietals qualify. One that I think is<br />
underappreciated (and will get more and more<br />
popular) is Viognier. Try the Cline Viognier.<br />
It is loaded with peaches, apricots and citrus<br />
notes.<br />
How about Riesling? More of an almond<br />
By Joel Gilbertson<br />
flavor here, but a very popular semi-sweet<br />
wine. My recommendation is easy—Columbia<br />
Winemakers Reserve.<br />
My wife, Jan, loves New<br />
Esta<br />
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Zealand Sauvignon<br />
Blanc more than any<br />
other wine. She loves<br />
Nobilo, and it has some<br />
incredible grapefruit<br />
flavors that are great on<br />
a warm afternoon.<br />
Next is Pinot<br />
Grigio, that wonderful<br />
Italian white wine.<br />
It is a light wine with<br />
several different fruit<br />
flavors, including some pear and even a touch<br />
of lemon. Try the Santa Margherita Pinot<br />
Grigio for some refreshing, soft flavors.<br />
OK, I’m going to finish with a surprise—<br />
White Zinfandel. It is not a good wine to have<br />
with food because its strawberry flavors just<br />
don’t complement many foods.<br />
But, you know, if you are sitting on the<br />
patio, and it is served fresh and very cold, that<br />
strawberry may incorporate some other great<br />
fruit and be a great sipper to go with that smile.<br />
Try the Barefoot White Zin for a nice, pleasant<br />
shot of strawberry and even a bit of watermelon<br />
on the finish.<br />
So taste away, sit on the patio, enjoy the sun<br />
and remember Gale Garnett (oh, you know,<br />
“We’ll sing in the sunshine; we’ll laugh every<br />
day. We’ll sing in the sunshine, and I’ll be on<br />
my way.”) Vintage 1964 music goes with a<br />
refreshing glass of wine, and always accompanied<br />
by a smile.<br />
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| MANDAN ON THE Move<br />
Drive and Dance<br />
to Buggies-n-Blues<br />
on june 6-7<br />
Buggies and Blues rolls into Mandan the<br />
weekend of June 6-7 with classic cars<br />
and live music. Saturday’s activities<br />
include a stereo crank-up competition<br />
sponsored by Eggers Audio, the Classtiques car<br />
club “show and shine” and car-related events<br />
around the community.<br />
A block party begins Saturday at 4 p.m. in<br />
Dykshoorn Park on West Main Street with the<br />
“Ravens,” featuring music from the 60s, 70s<br />
and 80s, plus a food court and beer garden.<br />
The classic car parade down Main Street at 8<br />
p.m. will take you back to years gone by, and<br />
the great show band “Hitz” takes the stage with<br />
country rock and oodles of 60s and 70s greats.<br />
Sunday’s activities open at the Mandan<br />
Municipal Airport with a vintage fly-in from<br />
By Ellen Huber, business development director<br />
8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Breakfast, plane rides, aerial<br />
displays and vintage aircraft will provide you<br />
with a fun-filled morning. The airport is located<br />
a few miles south on Highway 6.<br />
The Buggies-n-Blues Car Show kicks off at<br />
11 a.m. on Main Street. More than 500 vintage<br />
models from 1985 and older will line 12 city<br />
blocks. You’ll also find 20-plus auto-related<br />
vendors, a huge swap meet and more than 100<br />
antique tractors. Browse at your leisure while<br />
enjoying ice cream, snow cones, a variety of<br />
refreshments and food. Music fills the park<br />
again from noon to 5 p.m. Children will have a<br />
blast at the mini carnival and inflatable games.<br />
For information on special features and a detailed<br />
schedule, visit www.buggies-n-blues.org.<br />
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| DINING GUIDE<br />
MR. DELICIOUS<br />
CHEESECAkE CAfE<br />
& BAKERY<br />
307 N. 3rd St.<br />
Bismarck, ND<br />
701-258-2598<br />
In the former Kathleen’s building, you will now find<br />
Mr. Delicious Cheesecake with a twist! Now serving<br />
lunch from 10am-4pm (Mon-Sat) followed by our<br />
NEW dinner menu. Pair your meal with different<br />
wines or beers, and top it all off with our 140+ delicious<br />
cheesecake flavors! Enjoy your sweet experience<br />
inside or on our great patio seating up to 50.<br />
BRUNO'S PIZZA<br />
910 E. Front Ave.<br />
Bismarck, ND<br />
701-751-3700<br />
Bruno’s Pizza, Bismarck’s newest family owned<br />
and operated pizza restaurant, is offering several<br />
quick ideas for lunch. Whether you want to have<br />
delivery, dine-in or carryout, Bruno’s pizza is the<br />
quick choice for lunch. We have several great pasta’s<br />
to choose from, or try our flavor of the day for<br />
pizza by the slice. Call ahead for faster service at<br />
751-3700.<br />
Dinner & Entertainment<br />
Under the Stars at<br />
Mysterial Theater<br />
By Mandy Thomas<br />
Beneath a sparkling night sky, lies a mysterious<br />
theater and restaurant reminiscent<br />
of earlier times, with rows of tables and<br />
a retro stage beneath the subdued light<br />
of glistening chandeliers. At Mysteria Theater, a<br />
non-smoking restaurant, bar and live entertainment<br />
venue on 210 West Main Street, Mandan, the<br />
atmosphere is truly breathtaking.<br />
“Mysteria Theater is meant to be a throwback<br />
to when movies and live entertainment were more<br />
popular,” said Scott McFall who owns the theater<br />
with his wife, Sandi McFall. “We’re trying to create<br />
a renaissance of live entertainment where people<br />
can get together and have fun.”<br />
Every Friday and Saturday, the theater hosts<br />
MYSTERIA THEATER<br />
210 West Main<br />
Mandan, ND<br />
701-663-2900<br />
A Historic Mandan location is home to Mysteria<br />
Theater: a wonderful eatery with great food and<br />
entertainment for all! Come enjoy a deliciously<br />
quick lunch or fantastic romantic dinner with<br />
menus that offer casual or fine dining. Take in our<br />
entertainment such as bands and stage shows. Then<br />
on Sundays bring the family in for a filling brunch.<br />
www.mysteriatheater.com<br />
ROBY’S SUPPER CLUB<br />
I-94 & Exit 147<br />
Mandan, ND<br />
701-663-2288<br />
Roby’s Supper Club is fine dining at its best. Roby’s<br />
features nothing but the highest quality cuts of<br />
Certified Angus Beef, the sweetest seafood and their<br />
famous applewood-smoked, dry-rubbed loin baby<br />
back ribs. Enjoy a delicious dinner, 5 miles west<br />
of Mandan on I-94 exit 147. Open Tuesday thru<br />
Saturday, serving 4:30pm-10pm with an elegant<br />
lounge open until 1am.<br />
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live entertainment ranging<br />
from ear-pleasing jazz and<br />
rock shows to mesmerizing<br />
hypnotists, illusion shows and<br />
comedic performances. Visit<br />
www.mysteriatheater.com to<br />
see a complete listing of events<br />
or call 701-663-2900 to make a<br />
reservation.<br />
This June, don’t miss<br />
Mysteria Theater’s premier<br />
illusion show, which includes<br />
the renowned water torture<br />
cell and life-threatening<br />
Pendragon’s impalement, one<br />
of the world’s most dangerous<br />
magic tricks.<br />
Although Mysteria Theater<br />
is a great venue for live entertainment,<br />
it’s also a great place<br />
to have lunch or dinner. The<br />
smoke-free restaurant and<br />
bar are open Tuesday through<br />
PIROGUE GRILLE<br />
121 N. 4 th St.<br />
Bismarck, ND<br />
701-223-3770<br />
The arrival of spring is reflected in the passion of<br />
the culinary professionals at Pirogue Grille. The<br />
seasonal approaches to the core menu and specials<br />
have received accolades both locally and nationally.<br />
Gourmet magazine named Pirogue Grille “One<br />
of the 100 best farm-to-table restaurants in<br />
America”. You need to experience it for yourself.<br />
Open Monday-Saturday at 5:00 pm. 701-223-3770<br />
www.piroguegrille.com<br />
PEACOCK ALLEY<br />
422 E. Main Ave.<br />
Bismarck, ND<br />
701-255-7917<br />
Absorb historic elegance at Peacock Alley as you<br />
enjoy fine cuisine. Much of the elegance and tradition<br />
of the old Patterson Hotel has been preserved,<br />
showcasing the Hotel's glory days. The majestic<br />
lobby and palatial dining room were transformed<br />
into the New Peacock Alley where you can savor<br />
our wide variety of entrees individually prepared to<br />
perfection. www.peacock-alley.com<br />
Saturday from 11 a.m. until the<br />
last customer leaves in the evening,<br />
and on Sundays between<br />
10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.<br />
“Right now, our evening<br />
menu is fine dining, although<br />
there’s a bar menu and a<br />
children’s menu with simpler<br />
food,” said McFall. “We have<br />
everything from high-end<br />
salmon all the way down to<br />
burgers.”<br />
For first-time guests, McFall<br />
recommends trying the baby<br />
fleischkeukle (served with<br />
sauerkraut, fries, ketchup and<br />
German horseradish mustard)<br />
for an appetizer, tequila lime<br />
chicken penne (sautéed chicken,<br />
red onion, red peppers and<br />
garlic tossed with penne in<br />
a creamy tequila lime sauce)<br />
for dinner, and triple choco-<br />
late threat cake (luscious rich<br />
chocolate cake) for dessert.<br />
Families can also enjoy<br />
Mysteria Theater’s Sunday<br />
brunch between 10 a.m. and<br />
1:30 p.m., which includes an<br />
omelet station, bacon, sausage,<br />
potatoes, prime rib, ham and<br />
lunch items like chicken fried<br />
steak and more.<br />
This year, don’t forget to<br />
visit Mysteria Theater for<br />
a truly magical experience.<br />
“Everything is unique, all the<br />
time, whether it’s the entertainment,<br />
food or staff,” said<br />
McFall. “People can drop in,<br />
have a bite to eat, order a cocktail<br />
or just hang out.”<br />
To book the theater for a<br />
conference, wedding reception<br />
or other special event, call 701-<br />
663-2900.<br />
EAST 40 CHOPHOUSE<br />
& TAVERN<br />
1401 Interchange Ave.<br />
Bismarck, ND<br />
701-258-7222<br />
East 40 delivers big-city flavors with small-town attitude.<br />
Premium Sterling Silver Steaks, Dakota buffalo<br />
and succulent seafood straight from the coast<br />
are served in the charming surroundings of our<br />
turn-of-the-century dining rooms and Old World<br />
tavern. Don't miss Sake, Sushi & Live Music Night<br />
every Monday or Tavern Jam with live music on<br />
Thursdays. www.east40chophouse.com<br />
BISTRO “AN AMERICAN CAFé”<br />
1103 E. Front Ave.<br />
Bismarck, ND<br />
701-224-8800<br />
Thursday is The Bistro Night with Rib Night<br />
and Sushi Night. Enjoy delicious St. Louis Style<br />
Southwestern Dry Rub or Jack Daniels BBQ Baby<br />
Back ribs, or freshly rolled Sushi! All with live<br />
music by Shawn Oban starting at 7pm. With spring<br />
coming, The Bistro patio wll open soon. Check www.<br />
bistro1100.com for our live entertainment schedule<br />
and GREAT specials.<br />
May 2009 21
| HOME SWEET HOME<br />
There are local businesses whose commitment<br />
to value and personal service<br />
results in steady growth in our<br />
community. House of Color fits that<br />
description very well. For them, putting the<br />
customer’s needs first has been a winning formula<br />
for many years.<br />
In the 1950s, the store first opened in<br />
By Wes Engbrecht<br />
A Pillar of<br />
VALUE & sERVICE<br />
By Wes Engbrecht<br />
Bismarck, with a focus of selling house paint.<br />
Current owner Gary Hanson purchased the<br />
business in 1976 and expanded it to offer flooring,<br />
wall and window coverings, as well as<br />
installation. Because of its continued growth,<br />
Gary moved the store several times to add<br />
more space.<br />
This month marks the 10 th anniversary of<br />
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A vacation in<br />
your own backyard<br />
Now the area’s only premiere<br />
full-service hardscaping<br />
company.<br />
Taking you from design and product<br />
selection to certifi ed professional<br />
installation.<br />
• Retaining Walls<br />
• Patios<br />
• Concrete Paving Stones<br />
• Walkways/Driveways<br />
• Ponds/Waterfalls<br />
• Landscaping Accessories<br />
• Premiere Natural Stone Products<br />
• Dirt, Sand, Gravel, Decorative Rock<br />
• Design Consultation<br />
One mile east of Bismarck<br />
on Main Avenue.<br />
New indoor showroom<br />
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rocksandblocksnd.com<br />
701-258-2417<br />
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their current location at 2100 East Broadway.<br />
The 25,000-square-foot retail facility allows<br />
them plenty of room to display their products,<br />
including flooring, wall and window coverings,<br />
counters, paints, cabinets, rugs, furniture, home<br />
décor and much more.<br />
According to General Manager Les Colen,<br />
“The trends in home design are definitely<br />
changing. There has been a steady movement<br />
away from carpet to hard surface flooring.<br />
Wood and laminate flooring is still a top seller,<br />
as is ceramic tile.” Colen manages a staff of<br />
around 30 employees at House of Color.<br />
The House of Color design team can make<br />
any of your dreams a reality. If it’s an exciting<br />
new kitchen you want, they can put it together<br />
for you with stunning granite counter tops<br />
or beautiful wood cabinets. If you want glass<br />
blocks in your shower, you can have them<br />
design a wall that fits your needs.<br />
It’s the expertise that you’ll find in every<br />
department that makes the difference. From<br />
the paint application experts to the window<br />
treatment pros, you will get the assistance you<br />
need to help you decide on the perfect look for<br />
your home. The friendly staff will work hard to<br />
keep your business the next time you update or<br />
remodel.<br />
Visit their website at www.houseofcolorinc.<br />
com for more information on what there is to<br />
see in their expansive showroom. You will find<br />
everything you need to turn your house into<br />
the home you want it to be!<br />
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green tip<br />
Want an easy way to save time, money and the planet, not to<br />
mention earn major brownie points with your kids? Next play<br />
time, round up the rugrats and make your own non-toxic play<br />
dough using natural ingredients with the recipe below.<br />
1 cup flour<br />
1 cup warm water<br />
2 teaspoons cream of tartar<br />
1 teaspoon oil<br />
1/4 cup salt<br />
Food coloring<br />
Mix all ingredients, adding food<br />
coloring last. Stir over medium<br />
heat until smooth. Remove from<br />
pan and knead until blended<br />
smooth. Place in plastic bag or<br />
airtight container when cooled.<br />
May 2009 25
| CITY WORKS<br />
The Midwest's Most<br />
Versatile Venue<br />
By Ross Horner, marketing director at the Bismarck Civic Center<br />
When<br />
most<br />
people<br />
think<br />
about the Bismarck<br />
Civic Center, they<br />
think basketball.<br />
There is a rich history<br />
of high school tournaments<br />
at the Civic<br />
Center and almost<br />
15 years of Dakota<br />
Wizards professional basketball. The facilities<br />
definitely stand out as the premier basketball<br />
venue in the region.<br />
But most do not realize that the Civic<br />
Center is more than a basketball arena.<br />
The Bismarck Civic Center is one of the<br />
region’s most versatile venues. As part of the<br />
Civic Center complex, the <strong>City</strong> of Bismarck<br />
owns and operates<br />
the Belle Mehus<br />
Auditorium, Exhibit<br />
Hall, Arena and<br />
more than 15 meeting<br />
rooms.<br />
This past year,<br />
the Civic Center<br />
held more than 480<br />
events in these facilities,<br />
with a combined<br />
attendance of over<br />
359,000. In addition, the venues paid more<br />
than $180,000 in sales taxes as part of their<br />
operations and reported ticketed events.<br />
Originally built in 1969 for $1.5 million,<br />
the complex started as an Arena so that<br />
Bismarck could host larger events in the<br />
community. Since then, the <strong>City</strong> has added<br />
some new facilities–Exhibit Hall, meeting<br />
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ooms–and refined others.<br />
There have been numerous changes<br />
to these buildings over the years. Whether<br />
it was the renovation of the Belle Mehus<br />
Auditorium, adding the Broadway Theatre<br />
set or the Video Scoreboard, the changes<br />
have allowed for greater versatility in programming<br />
the events that the community<br />
wants.<br />
The <strong>City</strong> and the Bismarck Civic Center<br />
continue to expand the Center’s approach<br />
to booking the facilities by defining what is<br />
important for the community as a whole.<br />
The facilities have an ability to drive community<br />
economic factors and also to fill quality-<br />
of-life needs to many through the presentations<br />
the facility hosts.<br />
As the <strong>City</strong> of Bismarck and Civic Center<br />
discuss possible expansion once again, we<br />
are reminded that meeting community needs<br />
ensures our continued success. Remaining<br />
one of the Midwest’s most versatile and<br />
unique complexes requires a continued com-<br />
mitment to look at the future needs of our<br />
community and the facility’s users.<br />
From craft fairs to Broadway shows in<br />
Bismarck to basketball and concerts, the<br />
Bismarck Civic Center continues to be a<br />
versatile events complex that the community<br />
can be proud to own and operate. We hope<br />
to see you soon!<br />
May 2009 27
| HEALTH<br />
Age Proof Your Brain<br />
"Use it or Lose it"<br />
Ever walk into a room<br />
and can’t remember<br />
why? Often forget<br />
where you put your<br />
keys or glasses?<br />
Like most Americans,<br />
Louis Lentini began noticing<br />
his memory slipping as he got<br />
older. “It started in my early 50s<br />
and progressively got worse. It<br />
was so bad I had to make lists<br />
of everything and tape it to the<br />
front door.”<br />
Feel like your memory is slipping or afraid<br />
it will? Mounting research proves it’s possible<br />
By Health Specialist Marilyn Mitzel<br />
“ Brain exercises<br />
should become as<br />
much a part of your<br />
weekly routine as<br />
physical exercise. ”<br />
to prevent memory loss, get<br />
back some or all of what you’ve<br />
lost, improve concentration,<br />
sharpen your mind and even<br />
quicken response time by exercising<br />
your brain.<br />
We all know the benefits of<br />
exercise for the body. The same<br />
is true for the brain. Brain<br />
exercise software programs you<br />
buy and download into your<br />
computer can help. The games<br />
are specifically designed to improve memory<br />
and cognitive function.<br />
Scientifically proven to work is a program<br />
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called BrainAerobics. Dr. Susanna Goldstein, a geriatric psychiatrist<br />
and founder of BrainAerobics says, “Brain exercise<br />
should become as much a part of your weekly routine as physical<br />
exercise.”<br />
Designed by a medical team the program has decades<br />
of research to back it up. Goldstein says it works by combining<br />
the three crucial elements necessary for optimal brain<br />
fitness—mental stimulation, physical exercise to pump blood<br />
and oxygen into the brain and relaxation techniques to reduce<br />
stress which is detrimental to memory.<br />
The president of BrainAerobics, Rella Levinstein, says,<br />
“When you do these three things regularly, you create the<br />
perfect environment for restoring and preserving memory.”<br />
As baby boomers watch their parents being diagnosed<br />
with degenerative neurological diseases, they realize they’re<br />
also vulnerable and are discovering the importance of<br />
brain fitness.<br />
Jeff Hiebert, a satisfied BrainAerobics customer, says, “The<br />
games are a lot of fun. My father has Alzheimer’s. I’m doing it<br />
as preventative medicine.”<br />
Who’s a good candidate? Anyone trying to stave off<br />
dementia, senility and other brain-robbing diseases. Anyone<br />
noticing memory or concentration slippage. Stroke and brain<br />
injury patients. People with Attention Deficit Disorder. It<br />
doesn’t matter if you’re young or old.<br />
Forty-three-year-old Caroline Volker has ADD and says,<br />
“It’s made a huge difference. For the first time in my life, I can<br />
stay focused<br />
so I’m accomplishing<br />
much<br />
more every<br />
day.”<br />
For maximum<br />
results,<br />
it’s recommended<br />
to<br />
train your<br />
brain 20 minutes<br />
a day, 3<br />
times a week.<br />
Three weeks<br />
after starting<br />
BrainAerobics,<br />
Lentini says,<br />
“My memory<br />
keeps getting<br />
better. I don’t<br />
make lists any<br />
more, not even<br />
for groceries.”<br />
For more<br />
information go<br />
to www.brainaerobics.net<br />
May 2009 29
| HISTORY<br />
Chief Looking's Village:<br />
A new glimpse into history<br />
Wandering through the historic<br />
site overlooking the Missouri<br />
River in northwest Bismarck,<br />
a visitor can envision the<br />
earthlodge villages of thousands of Mandan<br />
Indians spreading out in the valley below.<br />
As the sun sets behind the Missouri bluffs,<br />
it becomes even clearer why the Mandans<br />
lived at Chief Looking’s Village. High above<br />
what is now known as Pioneer Park, it is<br />
beautiful and peaceful. And, fortified with<br />
a strategically placed ditch, it is an advantageous<br />
site for defending against enemies.<br />
Today’s self-guided site tour gives visitors<br />
a vast amount of information about the<br />
life of these agricultural people. It provides a<br />
By Stan Stelter<br />
Aerial photo of Chief Looking’s Village.<br />
glimpse into the culture of the people inhabiting<br />
the Missouri River valley, growing corn,<br />
squash and beans in the fertile soils and hunting<br />
buffalo on the plains.<br />
Long after the Mandans left the area following<br />
a devastating smallpox outbreak, two<br />
circular earthlodges were constructed at the<br />
site following a 1930s archeological excavation<br />
by the National Park Service. The lodges<br />
supposedly represented the homes of the<br />
Mandans thought to have inhabited the site<br />
starting about 1700.<br />
But those “facts” may soon disappear,<br />
gone like the two round lodges that burned<br />
in the 1960s and were never replaced. A limited<br />
archeological excavation last summer<br />
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may have confirmed what some experts had suspected: the<br />
Mandans likely had been there 200 years earlier and lived in<br />
rectangular earthen lodges.<br />
The archeological work in August 2008 involved a crew<br />
of about 15, headed by Mark Mitchell of the PaleoCultural<br />
Research Group in Boulder, Colo. Ken Kvamme of the<br />
University of Arkansas directed the geophysical survey.<br />
Staff members, including Fern Swenson, director of archeology<br />
and historic preservation, and chief archaeologist Paul<br />
Picha, from the State Historical Society of North Dakota also<br />
were involved in the investigations.<br />
That weeklong project involved techniques like carbon dating<br />
and geophysical mapping that weren’t available in the<br />
1930s. Geophysical mapping, a magnetic survey, provides a<br />
“glimpse underground prior to digging and aids in the placement<br />
of excavation units to maximize information gained,”<br />
Swenson said. The magnetic equipment detects such things as<br />
burned houses, hearths, cache pits and recent metal objects.<br />
Interestingly, the circular earthlodges built some 70 years<br />
ago at the Bismarck site were based on knowledge at that time,<br />
said Picha, but aerial photos clearly show the outlines of rectangular<br />
homes. In fact, the round lodges came slightly later in<br />
the Mandan’s history.<br />
Picha said the Mandan’s transition to the four-post, circular<br />
earthen lodges might have been due to several factors: contact<br />
with the Arikara, the increasing scarcity of wood and the efficiency<br />
in heating a round structure.<br />
More research and analysis will produce a final report by<br />
the end of this year. But, for those interested in a preview,<br />
Mitchell, the project director, will discuss the investigation<br />
during the annual North Dakota Archaeological Association<br />
meeting May 16 at the Heritage Center in Bismarck.<br />
Photos courtesy of the State Historical Society of North Dakota.<br />
Chris Roos excavating a pit feature at Chief Looking’s<br />
Village.<br />
May 2009 31
| FEATURE<br />
Dan's supermarket<br />
Celebrates 60 Years of success<br />
By Mandy Thomas<br />
It employs nearly 700 employees in<br />
Bismarck, Mandan and Dickinson, is<br />
characterized by a jolly, dark-haired,<br />
cartoon shopper with a welcoming smile<br />
and is celebrating 60 years of success in the<br />
community. Dan’s Super Market, Inc., has truly<br />
come a long way since its start in 1949. Here’s<br />
how it all began.<br />
After pooling their resources together to<br />
buy the Piggly Wiggly store in Bismarck 60<br />
years ago, Roy Rockstad and Eugene “Bus”<br />
Leary founded Dan’s Super Market as we know<br />
it today, but with a different name and vintage<br />
interior. Named Bismarck Super Valu, the store<br />
on Broadway and Seventh had wood floors,<br />
overhead fans with large blades and flypaper<br />
strips hanging from the ceiling, an image much<br />
different than today’s.<br />
In 1953, Rockstad and Leary opened a<br />
second location, Dan’s Super Valu, in the<br />
Arrowhead Plaza in Bismarck. A third location<br />
opened in Bismarck in 1970. Then in<br />
1974, Terrance Rockstad joined the company<br />
after graduating college, working under the<br />
leadership of Roy and Bus. Finally in 1975,<br />
Roy purchased Bus’ share of the company, and<br />
it became a family-owned business. Terry was<br />
named president in 1977 and serves as CEO<br />
and Chairman of the Board today.<br />
In the mid-90s, all stores converted to the<br />
company name Dan’s Super Market to provide<br />
a common identity representing quality<br />
products and excellence in customer service.<br />
“Dan, the Value Man” is the cartoon character<br />
that symbolizes this tradition. And, if you’ve<br />
shopped at one of the six stores in Bismarck,<br />
Mandan or Dickinson, it’s easy to see that Dan’s<br />
truly is a place of excellence.<br />
“At Dan’s, we pay attention to the details,”<br />
said Ralph Dockter, vice-president of retail<br />
operations. “We combine the cleanliness of our<br />
facility with friendliness, service and quality of<br />
our perishables to meet the needs of our customers.”<br />
These days, Dan’s isn’t just taking care of<br />
grocery and produce needs; they’re helping<br />
customers save time by offering a multitude of<br />
services. At select locations, guests can utilize<br />
the “self checkout” to save time, order groceries<br />
online at www.dansupermarket.com, request<br />
catering, visit the post office or credit union,<br />
buy lottery tickets, drop off a prescription at<br />
the pharmacy and much more!<br />
With all of these services under one roof,<br />
Dan’s is the definition of convenience. What<br />
sets them apart from competitors is their fresh<br />
produce, clean environment, respect for the<br />
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Terry & Dona Rockstad, January 2009.<br />
Dan’s Arrowhead, shortly after opening.<br />
customer and employee longevity. “We really care about the<br />
people here,” said Keith Mantz, vice-president of finance. “At<br />
many stores, you just don’t find good customer service anymore.<br />
Details make the difference; we offer carryout service<br />
to your car and do other things that just don’t exist in many<br />
operations.” Dan’s Super Market is also actively involved in<br />
the community.<br />
This January, Terrance Rockstad received the “2009<br />
North Dakota Grocer of the Year” award, an accolade his<br />
father, Roy, received nearly 40 years ago, for grocers who<br />
support their community. Terrance’s involvement with the<br />
Ronald McDonald House, Dakota Zoo, Odyssey of the Mind,<br />
Aid Inc., Save the Children, Rotary Club International’s<br />
Model UN Project, Business Challenge, North Dakota State<br />
Penitentiary and the Missouri Valley United Way helped<br />
make him a great candidate for this award.<br />
“I think we’ve been a good community partner,” said Kay<br />
Zander-Woock, chief financial officer. “We participate in a<br />
variety of community events designed to help local charities.<br />
We strive to be a good community person.”<br />
As Dan’s Super Market celebrates its 60th anniversary<br />
this year, watch for special ads and sales promotions to commemorate<br />
the event including a Dan’s cookbook. “We have<br />
everything you need,” said Dennis Bosch, president and chief<br />
operating officer. “Dan’s Super Market has convenient locations,<br />
fresh produce and great customer service.”<br />
To learn more, visit www.dansupermarket.com.<br />
May 2009 33
| TRAVEL<br />
Win with Wynn's<br />
Encore in Las Vegas!<br />
Las Vegas is a favorite destination for<br />
folks in <strong>City</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong>’s region. A<br />
fabulous new hotel in that desert<br />
mecca is Steve Wynn’s beautiful Encore<br />
Hotel. A sister property to the Wynn Las<br />
Vegas, the Encore is located right next door.<br />
The Encore is absolutely beautiful! It is so<br />
spectacular that it is written up in the April<br />
issue of Architectural Digest. Wynn’s interior<br />
design wizard Roger Thomas has outdone<br />
himself with the beauty, creativity and<br />
warmth of the new property.<br />
More of a resort than a hotel, the Encore<br />
appears to have as many people enjoying the<br />
sun and blue skies by the pools and at the spa<br />
as around the gaming tables. The butterfly is a<br />
favorite motif and is seen everywhere from wall<br />
to ceilings to tile.<br />
Red!<br />
The gaming areas are divided by attractive<br />
fabric drapings and architectural features,<br />
softening the venues. The top floor of the hotel<br />
boasts a Sky Casino that is airy and upbeat<br />
By Katherine Satrom<br />
with great views.<br />
Red must be Wynn’s favorite color as it<br />
is lavishly displayed at the Encore. The tone<br />
is lovely, inviting and not a bit garish. The<br />
neighboring Wynn Hotel has a restaurant<br />
named “Red.”<br />
Rooms are large and lavish, yet tasteful,<br />
with panoramic views. Techy features like<br />
touch-button lamps and drapes are fun and<br />
convenient. Mirrors enlarge the rooms further.<br />
Switch!<br />
An extremely unique restaurant is Encore’s<br />
“Switch.” The name comes from the magical<br />
way the ceiling and wall panels change when<br />
dramatic music plays periodically.<br />
The metamorphosis of the ceiling is<br />
mesmerizing with its chandelier artwork of<br />
flowers that blossom and leaves that fold in a<br />
gorgeous shade of dusty rose.<br />
The visual presentation of delicacies created<br />
by Switch chef Mark Poidevin, a native<br />
of France, is exceptional. Order the “tasting<br />
menu” and sample several courses including<br />
Kobi steak and lobster ravioli. A sommelier<br />
will match wine with these gourmet treats.<br />
Don’t miss the Danny Gans Show at the<br />
Encore Theatre. Danny Gans is an incomparable,<br />
vastly talented entertainer with more<br />
than 200 voices in his repertoire of impressions.<br />
Desert Broadway<br />
A two-night package in June including<br />
the Encore hotel and air starts at just under<br />
$600; three nights run about $700. Of course,<br />
hotels in many price ranges are available, as<br />
well. One of the best things today about Las<br />
Vegas is that it has become a “desert Broadway.”<br />
Currently showing are “Jersey Boys”<br />
and “Phantom of the Opera,” with “Lion King”<br />
opening in May.<br />
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With the recent flooding events, did<br />
you have an emergency plan for<br />
your pet? Pet owners need to plan<br />
ahead to evacuate with their pet during an<br />
emergency. No matter where you live, the<br />
unexpected can occur. You can (and should)<br />
take your animals with you. The Humane<br />
Society of the United States advises, “If it isn’t<br />
safe for you, it isn’t safe for them.”<br />
Follow these suggestions to reduce the risks<br />
for your pets.<br />
Things you can do right now:<br />
• put a collar with visible identification on<br />
your pets, including indoor pets<br />
• take pictures of you with your pets for<br />
identification purposes<br />
• create a pet emergency kit and refresh<br />
items every few months<br />
• talk to your neighbors about how they can<br />
help your pets if you aren’t home and a<br />
disaster strikes<br />
Pet emergency kit should include:<br />
• a three-day or more supply of food in airtight,<br />
waterproof containers and drinking<br />
water<br />
• bowls for food and water<br />
• medications, vaccination records and firstaid<br />
pet supplies<br />
• comfort items such as toys and blankets<br />
• small garbage bags<br />
• for dogs include a leash and sturdy carrier<br />
large enough to use as a sleeping area<br />
• for cats include litter and a litter box and<br />
a sturdy carrier large enough to use as a<br />
temporary place to stay for several days<br />
A Zogby International poll found that 61<br />
percent of pet owners will not evacuate if<br />
PET PAGE |<br />
DISASTER PLANNING FOR YOUR PET<br />
BISMARCK-MANDAN ANIMAL IMPOUND<br />
701.223.1212 • bismarck.org<br />
CENTRAL DAKOTA HUMANE SOCIETY<br />
701.667.2020 • cdhs.net<br />
they cannot bring their pets with them. In<br />
2006, Congress addressed this issue by passing<br />
the Pets Evacuation and Transportation<br />
Standards (PETS) Act, which requires state<br />
and local emergency management agencies to<br />
make plans that take into account the needs<br />
of individuals with pets and service animals<br />
in the event of a major disaster or emergency.<br />
For more tips on preparedness plans that include<br />
your pets, visit http://humanesociety.org/prepare or<br />
visit The HSUS Emergency Services Center.<br />
www.petfinder.com<br />
Upcoming Events<br />
Bismarck-Mandan<br />
Rub-a-Dub Doggie Wash<br />
On Saturday, May 16, bring your dog to<br />
Groomingdales in Mandan from 9am - 5pm<br />
for a shampoo, rinse and dry. The cost is<br />
$10 for small dogs and $15 for medium-large<br />
dogs. All proceeds go to the Central Dakota<br />
Humane Society. Groomingdales is located<br />
at 422 West Main in Mandan.<br />
Dog Days Deals Rummage Sale<br />
Friday and Saturday, June 6 & 7 from 10am<br />
- 6pm both days at the Central Dakota<br />
Humane Society Shelter, located in Mandan.<br />
All proceeds go the CDHS.<br />
Dickinson<br />
Fundraiser at DSU Art Department<br />
The Ceramics class will be selling Ceramic<br />
Coffee Mugs from 1pm - 6 pm on May 7th.<br />
Proceeds will go to Oreo's Animal Rescue in<br />
Dickinson.<br />
For more information, visit their websites listed below.<br />
OREO’S ANIMAL RESCUE<br />
701.483.0240 • lovingpetsinneed.com<br />
Please call any of the organizations listed above if you'd like to volunteer your time<br />
to help needy animals from our communities.<br />
May 2009 35
| SAFETY TIP<br />
When You're Away,<br />
the Crooks<br />
May Play<br />
By Mike Wetsch<br />
With summer approaching fast, many<br />
of us are spending less time at home,<br />
partaking in the activities of the season.<br />
Some activities will include vacations away<br />
from home. Unfortunately, while many people<br />
are enjoying their vacation, there are those who<br />
welcome the opportunity to break into our<br />
homes and help themselves to our possessions.<br />
According to the FBI 2007 National Crime<br />
Report, a burglary occurs every 14 seconds and<br />
costs victims approximately $1,991.00 in loses.<br />
Each year, over 2 million burglaries occur costing<br />
society nearly $4 billion in damages.<br />
Nine out of ten of these crimes are preventable<br />
if certain steps are taken. Most burglars are<br />
looking for targets that offer ease of accessibility,<br />
positions of concealment and dwellings that<br />
appear unoccupied.<br />
Defending Against Ease of Accessibility<br />
• Invest in good, brand-name, deadbolt locks.<br />
• Ensure that all window locks are in working<br />
order.<br />
• Lock the garage door. Unplug automatic<br />
garage openers.<br />
• Lock all gates.<br />
• Place a bar or stick of wood in the lower track<br />
of sliding doors or windows.<br />
• If you have a home security system, activate it.<br />
Dealing With Positions of Concealment<br />
• Illuminate dark areas near your home with<br />
motion-detecting lights.<br />
• Keep bushes and shrubbery trimmed so<br />
neighbors can see windows and doors clearly.<br />
• Cut lower tree branches no less then seven<br />
feet from the ground.<br />
Teaching Values that Last a Lifetime!<br />
· Focus · Confidence · Respect<br />
801 West Interstate Avenue Bismarck, ND<br />
701-224-1663 ataonline.com<br />
Make Your Home Look Occupied<br />
• Make arrangements to have your newspaper<br />
and mail stopped or picked up by a trusted<br />
neighbor or friend.<br />
• Set automatic timers for your TV, radio and<br />
various lights inside and outside the house.<br />
• Mute telephone ringers so unanswered calls<br />
go unnoticed. Shut off the volume to the<br />
answering machine so no one can hear a<br />
caller leaving a message.<br />
• If possible, leave a car in your driveway or ask<br />
a neighbor to park there on occasion.<br />
• If necessary, make arrangements to have your<br />
lawn mowed. In winter months, ensure sidewalks<br />
and driveways are shoveled.<br />
Most importantly, enlist the assistance of<br />
trusted friends and neighbors. Ask them to<br />
watch for and report any suspicious activity.<br />
Inform them of your travel plans, including<br />
dates of travel, destinations, contact numbers<br />
and key holder information.<br />
The risk of being burglarized can be greatly<br />
reduced by taking simple steps to make your<br />
home more difficult to enter and less enticing to<br />
would-be burglars.<br />
Mike Wetsch is a deputy with the Burleigh<br />
County Sheriff’s Department and is assigned to<br />
the patrol division.<br />
The Safety Tip<br />
is sponsored by:<br />
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Have U Rocked Lately?<br />
“Aw!<br />
I haven’t heard that song<br />
in forever!” These are most<br />
likely the words you will be<br />
exclaiming after tuning in to URL Radio. URL<br />
(or U Rock Lately) is bringing back your favorite<br />
classic features of radio in a whole new way, as a<br />
brand new, locally-owned, Internet radio station.<br />
Founded by two local women, Nicole<br />
Morrison-Mathern and Stacy Sturm, this station<br />
is the first of its kind in our area. URL features<br />
original programming from local personalities<br />
complete with advice call-ins and song dedications<br />
and requests.<br />
According to Sturm, when brainstorming<br />
programming ideas, they looked to fill<br />
the niches that were not being filled, and they<br />
seem to have done just that. Their programming<br />
includes a manpower hour, an hour with<br />
Lil Miss Molly for the women, a morning show<br />
entitled “BSN in the morning” featuring local<br />
radio favorites Brady and Stacy (Sturm, that<br />
is) and Nicole (Morrison-Mathern), and even<br />
“Child’s Play” on Saturday mornings for kids<br />
featuring kids, with music from the 70s, 80s and<br />
90s mixed in.<br />
In the words of Morrison-Mathern, this is<br />
a “happy station,” so you won’t find any sappy,<br />
sad songs here. This doesn’t mean they are only<br />
By Chelsea Watterud<br />
BRIGHT IDEAS |<br />
preoccupied with having fun, however. Mathern<br />
and Sturm are dedicated to helping the community<br />
in any way they can, and this desire has<br />
translated into their business as well.<br />
Sturm said, “I’ve always wanted to be in a<br />
position to help out non-profits in this area and<br />
small businesses with small marketing budgets<br />
to help them market their own businesses.” And<br />
now she, and Morrison-Mathern, are both in<br />
that position through URL.<br />
Non-profits receive 50 percent off their<br />
advertising costs for URL. The station also<br />
adopts a different charity each month and, for<br />
a $15 donation, anyone who wants to can be a<br />
guest DJ for 15 minutes. These are only a few<br />
examples of how Morrison-Mathern and Sturm<br />
are giving back. Their giving attitudes come as<br />
no surprise, though; they’re just living up to<br />
their slogan, “Click, Listen and Love.”<br />
These women have invested a lot of heart<br />
into this project. They have faced difficulties<br />
with floods, finances and even frantic chases<br />
after UPS trucks and have persevered. These<br />
women are dedicated to making a station that<br />
can brighten your day and give back at the same<br />
time, regardless of what it takes.<br />
To tune in visit www.URLradio.net.<br />
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| WE Drive<br />
Henry Ford's Magnificent Model A<br />
Alive and Well in Bismarck<br />
Two of the most well-known<br />
Ford Motor products are the<br />
Ford Model T’s and A’s. Henry<br />
Ford, considered the father of<br />
assembly-line manufacturing, began with<br />
the Model T, which came out in 1908 and<br />
was produced until 1927.<br />
Ford said at the time, “I will build a<br />
car for the great multitude. It will be large<br />
enough for the family, but small enough<br />
for the individual to run and care for. It<br />
will be constructed of the best materials,<br />
by the best men to be hired, after the<br />
simplest designs that modern engineering<br />
can devise. But it will be low in price<br />
By Mike LaLonde<br />
Rod Reetz and his Model A. Photo by Mike LaLonde.<br />
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that no man making a good salary will<br />
be unable to own one and enjoy with his<br />
family the blessing of hours of pleasure in<br />
God’s great open spaces.”<br />
The T was certainly a success, with more<br />
than 16 million produced throughout its<br />
production life. The Model T put America<br />
on wheels but, by the mid-1920s, the design<br />
was being passed up by rival Chevrolet, so it<br />
was time for change. That change came with<br />
the Ford Model A.<br />
Produced between 1927-1932, the Model<br />
A was a major success and made Ford once<br />
again the sales leader (1.5 million sold in<br />
1929). In today’s car-collecting circles, the<br />
Model A remains by far the most popular<br />
single model of any make.<br />
Bismarck car hobbyist Rod Reetz can<br />
attest to the A’s popularity. In the past 40<br />
years, Reetz, considered one of the area’s<br />
most knowledgeable Model A experts, has<br />
owned upwards of 12 Model As, and currently<br />
has six of them in good running condition.<br />
Reetz says, “My dad had Model As while<br />
I was growing up Dickinson, and I took<br />
a liking to them. My first car was a 1922<br />
Model T, but I soon graduated to the A. My<br />
favorite is the Roadster model.”<br />
At the peak of popularity during the<br />
four-year production run of As, there were<br />
19 different models, from roadsters to pickup<br />
trucks. Prices began at $495 and ranged<br />
from there to $1,200 depending on the<br />
model.<br />
Reetz, in addition to maintaining and<br />
restoring his own As, does restoration work<br />
and maintenance for area Model A owners.<br />
Rod says, “I would estimate that there<br />
are over 1,000 Model As in various running<br />
stages in the Bismarck-Mandan area today.”<br />
When asked why he is attracted to the<br />
Model A, Reetz says, “They are beautifully<br />
simplistic and dependable. Just about every<br />
part is still available for them. I can drive a<br />
Model A anywhere a modern vehicle will go,<br />
just a bit slower! We have driven our Model<br />
As as far as Winnipeg.”<br />
In this era of uncertainty in the auto<br />
world, one thing seems certain—there will<br />
always be Model A Fords!<br />
Mike LaLonde is a Bismarck area writer/photographer<br />
and is admittedly car crazy!<br />
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| YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY!<br />
Pictured in front: Dr. Dixie Bachmeier<br />
Pictured in back: Dr. Eve Kostelecky<br />
& Dr. Elizabeth Jones<br />
“ There's a lot<br />
to be said about<br />
young docs who are<br />
hungry to help their<br />
patients get better,<br />
but the only word<br />
that comes to mind<br />
is "thanks!" ”<br />
Three<br />
Young Docs<br />
By Nicole Morrison-Mathern<br />
Once upon a time there was a young woman (30ish)<br />
who suffered from severe daily chronic headaches<br />
and optical migraines. She saw numerous doctors<br />
(20+) all the way from Western N.D. to Rochester,<br />
Minn., and she tried a variety of different medications (nearly<br />
40 including an occipital nerve block), along with various nontraditional<br />
methods of medicine. She spent thousands of dollars<br />
to find an answer, but to no avail. Nothing worked.<br />
For two years and eight months, the headaches plagued her<br />
life twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Then, within a<br />
month’s period of time, three miraculous young doctors came<br />
into her world and brought her back to the land of the living.<br />
The first young doctor was Dr. Elizabeth Jones (age 26) from<br />
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Jones Physical Therapy, a member of the<br />
Synergy Health Group in Bismarck. Jones<br />
specializes in women’s physical therapy using<br />
unique and highly effective treatment methods.<br />
What Jones discovered was that this young<br />
woman’s pelvic floor was totally out of whack<br />
and spasming. This, in return, created a lack<br />
of stability in the spine, and the problems<br />
stemming from the pelvic floor moved their<br />
way up the back to the shoulders, neck and<br />
head.<br />
This finding was the answer to why all of<br />
the prior attempts at adjusting the neck and<br />
shoulders didn’t work. Dr. Jones said, “Trying<br />
to fix the neck and shoulders without first taking<br />
care of the base of the problem is like trying<br />
to build a house out of cards.”<br />
The next young doc was Dr. Dixie<br />
Bachmeier (26) of Bachmeier Chiropractic<br />
located in Gold’s Gym, Bismarck. Bachmeier<br />
introduced the Graston Technique, a relatively<br />
new form of soft tissue mobilization that uses<br />
specifically designed stainless steel instruments.<br />
The instruments help Bachmeier identify<br />
and break down the injured fibrotic tissue<br />
areas and stretch the connective tissue and<br />
muscle fibers. This technique, coupled with a<br />
stretching and strengthening program, teams<br />
up to be a winning combination for the patient<br />
and can relieve years of injury build-up.<br />
The last young doctor to enter the picture<br />
and cap off the treatment process for the suffering<br />
young woman was Dr. Eve Kostelecky<br />
(27) from Eyes on Parkway, Bismarck.<br />
During the woman’s yearly eye exam,<br />
Kostelecky noticed she was having a hard<br />
time adjusting her eyesight from close-up to<br />
distance. Due to her extensive computer work<br />
and reading habits, the strain was starting to<br />
take a toll on her eyes. So Kostelecky recommended<br />
she get reading glasses.<br />
This may seem like a very minor modification,<br />
but the results were major. Not only did<br />
the inexpensive pair of reading glasses make<br />
a difference on the strain relief of the young<br />
woman’s eyes; it also reacted like a cheap shot of<br />
BOTOX by nearly eliminating her frown lines.<br />
There’s a lot to be said about young docs<br />
who are hungry to help their patients get better,<br />
but the only word that comes to mind is<br />
“thanks!” Now the young woman can live<br />
“headache free ever after.”<br />
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| SPORTS WATCH<br />
May 1<br />
Women’s College Softball – DAC Tournament,<br />
Dickinson, TBA (MT)<br />
Boys High School Baseball – BHS vs. Beulah,<br />
Municipal, 4:30 p.m.; Century vs. Dickinson,<br />
Municipal, 4:30 p.m.; TMCHS at Mandan,<br />
4:30 p.m.<br />
Girls High School Tennis – BHS vs. Williston,<br />
Tom O’Leary, 4:15 p.m.<br />
May 2<br />
Men’s College Baseball– U-Mary vs. SW<br />
Minnesota, Municipal, 1 p.m.; DAC<br />
Tournament, Dickinson, TBA (MT)<br />
Boys High School Baseball – TMCHS at<br />
Dickinson, 2 p.m. (MT)<br />
Girls High School Tennis – CHS vs. Williston,<br />
Sertoma, 10 a.m.; St. Mary’s at Mandan,<br />
11 a.m.; Minot Ryan at Dickinson, 12 p.m.<br />
(MT)<br />
Boys Varsity Track & Field – MAR Invitational,<br />
Mandan, 11 a.m.<br />
May 3<br />
Men’s College Baseball– U-Mary vs. SW<br />
Minnesota, Municipal, 12 p.m.; BSC vs.<br />
Williston, Mandan, 1 p.m., 3 p.m.<br />
May 4<br />
Boys High School Baseball – BHS vs. Minot,<br />
Municipal, 4:30 p.m.<br />
Girls High School Soccer –Minot vs. St. Mary’s,<br />
Community Bowl, 8 p.m.<br />
May 5<br />
Girls High School Soccer –Century vs. Mandan,<br />
Community Bowl, 8 p.m.<br />
Girls High School Tennis – BHS vs. Jamestown,<br />
Tom O’Leary, 4:15 p.m.; CHS at Mandan,<br />
4:15 p.m.; Minot at Dickinson, 3 p.m. (MT)<br />
Girls High School Softball – Bismarck vs.<br />
Dickinson, TBA<br />
May 7<br />
Boys High School Baseball – Mandan at<br />
Dickinson, 5:30 p.m. (MT)<br />
Girls High School Soccer – St. Mary’s at<br />
Mandan, 6:30 p.m.; BHS vs. Century,<br />
Community Bowl, 8 p.m.<br />
Girls High School Tennis – BHS vs. Dickinson,<br />
Tom O’Leary, 4:15 p.m.; CHS vs. St. Mary’s,<br />
Sertoma, 4:15 p.m.<br />
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May 8<br />
Men’s College Baseball– I JCAA Region XIII Tourney, Mandan,<br />
TBA<br />
May 9<br />
Girls High School Track & Field – Mandan Kiwanis, Mandan, 11 a.m.<br />
May 11<br />
Boys High School Baseball – Century vs. Minot, Municipal, 4:30<br />
p.m.; St. Mary’s at Mandan, 4:30 p.m.<br />
Girls High School Track & Field – Last Chance, Mandan, 2 p.m.<br />
May 12<br />
Boys High School Baseball – BHS at Mandan, 4:30 p.m.<br />
Girls High School Tennis – BHS vs. Century, Sertoma, 4:15 p.m.<br />
Boys & Girls High School Track & Field – Bismarck All <strong>City</strong>,<br />
Community Bowl, 4:15 p.m.; THS Last Chance at Dickinson,<br />
3 p.m. (MT)<br />
May 14<br />
Northern Plains Dance – Alice in Wonderland, Belle Mehus<br />
Auditorium, 7 p.m.<br />
Boys High School Baseball – BHS at Dickinson, 5:30 p.m.<br />
Girls High School Soccer – BHS vs. St. Mary’s, Community Bowl,<br />
8 p.m.<br />
Girls High School Tennis – West Region at Bismarck, TBA<br />
Boys High School Golf – Mandan Invitational (Prairie West), 11 a.m.<br />
May 15<br />
Boys High School Baseball – BHS vs. St. Mary’s, Municipal, TBA<br />
Girls High School Tennis – West Region at Bismarck, TBA<br />
May 16<br />
Girls High School Tennis – West Region at Bismarck, TBA<br />
Boys & Girls High School Track & Field – Regional, Community<br />
Bowl, 2 p.m.<br />
May 19<br />
Girls High School Soccer – CHS vs. St. Mary’s, Community Bowl,<br />
8 p.m.; Jamestown at Mandan, 7 p.m.<br />
Girls High School Softball – Bismarck vs. Dickinson, Clem<br />
Kelley, TBA<br />
May 21<br />
Boys High School Baseball – West Region in Mandan, TBA<br />
May 22<br />
Boys High School Baseball – West Region in Mandan, TBA<br />
Boys & Girls High School Track & Field – State, Community<br />
Bowl, TBA<br />
Girls High School Softball – Bismarck Fastpitch Invitational,<br />
Clem Kelley, TBA<br />
May 23<br />
Boys High School Baseball – West Region in Mandan, TBA<br />
Boys & Girls High School Track & Field – State, Community<br />
Bowl, TBA<br />
Girls High School Softball – Bismarck Fastpitch Invitational,<br />
Clem Kelley, TBA<br />
To obtain tickets to “Alice in Wonderland” by the Northern Plains<br />
Dance Academy, call 701.530.0986, come by the studio at 1125 E<br />
Main Ave or e-mail dance@northernplainsdance.org.<br />
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Upin �ai Restaurant:<br />
Spicing Up Dickinson, North Dakota<br />
What do you get when you<br />
blend sweet, sour, bitter and<br />
spicy? Thai food of course!<br />
Upin Thai restaurant has<br />
been serving the Dickinson community<br />
authentic, affordable Thai cuisine since<br />
2007.<br />
This charming, family-owned business<br />
is famous among locals who are more than<br />
willing to have their taste buds tantalized<br />
by the unique blend of flavors that make up<br />
Thai food.<br />
Owner Buapin Burns, who has lived in<br />
By Deanna Voutsas<br />
America for over 30 years, prides herself in<br />
preparing only the freshest Thai food. All<br />
of the mouth-watering recipes on her menu<br />
are prepared from scratch. She hand makes<br />
everything from the egg rolls to her famous<br />
hot and sweet orange sauce.<br />
She even grows many of her own herbs,<br />
including lemongrass, Thai basil and red<br />
chili peppers. She uses lean meats and fresh<br />
produce in abundance to prepare meals that<br />
are not only delicious, but healthy, too.<br />
Two of the best-selling items on the<br />
menu include the beef, chicken, pork or<br />
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shrimp curry served with rice and the Pad Thai Noodle.<br />
The egg rolls are a big hit with the customers, as well.<br />
As Burns says, “Everything on my menu is popular. The<br />
customers love everything.”<br />
Her big success could have something to do with the<br />
methods she uses to prepare this rich flavorful cuisine. The<br />
owner was kind enough to share a few tips for success with<br />
us.<br />
First, the spices in each dish must blend in perfect<br />
harmony if the dish is to be considered authentic. Second,<br />
fresh is best. Quality food must be prepared with quality<br />
ingredients.<br />
Burns still recalls going to the market when she lived<br />
in Thailand. “I would go to the market every morning in<br />
order to make sure I was using only the finest ingredients<br />
in the dishes I cooked at home.” It is important to her to<br />
prepare the same high-quality meals for her customers<br />
here in Dickinson.<br />
So, next time you’re in Dickinson, make sure you stop<br />
by Upin Thai for some food that is sure to send your taste<br />
buds into overdrive. The intriguing sweet, sour, bitter and<br />
spicy taste combinations will certainly bring you back for<br />
more.<br />
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Young Entrepreneur<br />
Success Story<br />
Award<br />
Val and Tara Craigo<br />
SPS Worldwide<br />
53 East Main Street<br />
Beach, N.D.<br />
701-872-1100<br />
“Packing For Home”<br />
After spending four years in Portland pursuing<br />
their educations, former high school sweethearts<br />
Tara and Val Craigo were determined<br />
to move back to their hometown of Beach,<br />
N.D. The challenge was not only discovering<br />
what kinds of services were needed in Beach,<br />
but developing a business plan to meet those<br />
needs that would also provide a sufficient<br />
income to the young couple. Last December,<br />
the Craigos found their answer and opened<br />
SPS Worldwide, a shipping/packaging business<br />
and online consignment shop.<br />
Tell us about SPS Worldwide.<br />
SPS stands for, “sell, package, ship.” We offer<br />
UPS pick up, packing and shipping supplies,<br />
and we sell items online via eBay or local<br />
online classifieds. For the online auction items,<br />
customers can send us photos, or we will<br />
take the photos here. We then list the items,<br />
answer any inquiries and, if the item sells,<br />
package and ship it.<br />
By <strong>City</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> Staff<br />
Young Entrepreneur Success Story<br />
RECOGNIZING ENTREPRENEURS UNDER 30 WHO ARE CULTIVATING<br />
THE SPIRIT OF INNOVATION IN NORTH DAKOTA<br />
What is it about your business that you<br />
are most proud of?<br />
We hear so many positive comments that the<br />
people in our community are happy to have us<br />
back. We are proud that we are a part of helping<br />
our community grow and become a better<br />
place to live.<br />
Did you have any early doubts or challenges<br />
that may have stopped you?<br />
Having doubts is always part of starting something<br />
new. The down economy is something<br />
of a challenge, yet we are finding that a lot of<br />
people are still selling and buying online.<br />
Is there an interesting story that you can<br />
share?<br />
Every week our customers bring in interesting<br />
stuff for us to sell. A favorite part of our job is<br />
when our customers tell us the story behind<br />
the items they bring in. Recently, an 80-year-<br />
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old lady brought in a kerosene lamp to sell.<br />
She told us that her mother had used the lamp<br />
to heat up her curling iron. We are finding out<br />
so much about the people of our community,<br />
especially the older residents.<br />
What keeps your company on the leading<br />
edge?<br />
Our experience and entrepreneurial mindset.<br />
Val has been selling online since eBay started.<br />
He knows classic cars very well, and he<br />
started buying classic cars and car parts locally<br />
and selling them online several years ago.<br />
These parts are worth much, much more in<br />
places like Calif. and Fla. and, really, worldwide.<br />
For example, we just shipped some<br />
taillights to Sweden.<br />
What advice would you give to other<br />
young entrepreneurs?<br />
Make a plan and stick to it. Be responsible<br />
with your money and your credit. If you are<br />
moving to a small town, make certain that it<br />
is the lifestyle that you want.<br />
Where do you see your company in the<br />
future?<br />
We would like to expand our shipping options<br />
and diversify our selling platforms. We will listen<br />
to our customers and adapt to their needs.<br />
About the Y.E.S.S. Awards<br />
<strong>City</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> and Dickinson State University’s<br />
Strom Center for Entrepreneurship and<br />
Innovation’s Young Entrepreneur Success Story<br />
(Y.E.S.S.) Award winner will be announced each<br />
issue. We will profile individuals who personify the<br />
entrepreneurial spirit of our state and offer advice<br />
to others facing similar challenges as our featured<br />
entrepreneur. Experts tell us there is a strong<br />
correlation between innovation, entrepreneurial<br />
activity and a region’s economic vitality. Creative<br />
young adults are key to N.D.'s economic future.<br />
If you know of an entrepreneur under 30 who is<br />
making a difference, we invite your nominations.<br />
Email us at <strong>City</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> (thecitymagazine@<br />
unitedprinting.com), or call us at 701-223-0505.<br />
Our Advice:<br />
We asked Ray Ann Kilen, Small Business Development<br />
Center regional director, to offer some advice<br />
for young entrepreneurs wishing to stay in or return<br />
to N.D.<br />
Visit with community leaders to discover if there is a<br />
known need in the community. For assistance with<br />
general business needs, such as business registration,<br />
business planning, marketing and identifying local<br />
sources of funds, the Small Business Development<br />
Centers (www.ndsbdc.org) are available to help.<br />
There is always a risk with starting a new business<br />
and, in this uncertain economic time, the risk appears<br />
higher. In N.D. we are a bit stronger than the rest of<br />
the nation, giving some confidence to our entrepreneurs.<br />
Banks are more conservative in their lending packages;<br />
however, loan partner guarantee programs<br />
through the SBA are charging lower rates and fees<br />
to stimulate business lending. The Bank of North Dakota’s<br />
Beginning Entrepreneur’s loan program continues<br />
to be a good start-up lending partner for N.D.’s<br />
entrepreneurs.<br />
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