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SEPTEMBER 2009 BISMARCK • MANDAN<br />
DICKINSON<br />
Inside:<br />
• Remembering Lakin<br />
• The Thunderbird Experience<br />
• Merit Pay<br />
• One Simple Little Click<br />
Eric<br />
<strong>Hardmeyer</strong><br />
President and CEO, Bank of North Dakota
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Publisher’s Note<br />
Time Changes All...<br />
Forty-four years ago, United Printing began by purchasing<br />
Young’s Print Shop in Mandan and later Devlin’s Print Shop<br />
in Bismarck. At that time, the offset printing process was just<br />
beginning to replace the century-old letterpress printing process,<br />
using lead to produce the printed product.<br />
For many years, things changed bite size. Then as digital work<br />
and offset printing replaced letterpress printing entirely, things<br />
changed gulp size. Change is good, but it does not come without<br />
financial stress. With the new technology came an elevated price<br />
and a higher obsolescence. The training was also more intense and<br />
changed often.<br />
So here we are at United Printing 44 years later, presenting to<br />
our community the best technology available in our industry. The<br />
new Heidelberg Speedmaster 74, with online coating, can produce<br />
in one hour what would have taken several days or was not even<br />
possible in the past. This technology and our newly remodeled<br />
facility are the next generation of printing.<br />
As I plan my exit and Ken Bischof, CEO for the past six<br />
years, continues the journey, we plan to produce good services<br />
in our community for another generation. The opportunity for<br />
the community to view this in action will take place on Friday,<br />
September 11, and Saturday, September 12, 2009.<br />
Our investment of more than $2 million shows our<br />
commitment, and we will continue to invest as necessary to<br />
maintain the level of technology that produces the product the<br />
community wants at the price it wants.<br />
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COVER STORY<br />
Eric <strong>Hardmeyer</strong><br />
CM/KFYR SALUTES...<br />
Kohl’s and St. Alexius<br />
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO<br />
Marv Kormann?<br />
YP UPDATE<br />
Building Businesses<br />
YOU’VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY?<br />
Remembering Lakin<br />
MANDAN ON THE MOVE<br />
Memorial Highway<br />
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WINE NOTES<br />
Start Swimming or You'll Sink<br />
FEATURE<br />
Presbyterians Reprise<br />
HOME SWEET HOME<br />
Broadway Floral of Hearts<br />
COMMUNITY YOUTH<br />
Lauren Weigel<br />
HEALTH<br />
Teen Tooth Trouble<br />
PET PAGE<br />
Microchip Your Pet<br />
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CITY WORKS<br />
Bismarck Air Service<br />
WE DRIVE<br />
The Thunderbird Experience<br />
FEATURE<br />
Merit Pay<br />
TRAVEL<br />
Scuba One - What's in a Name?!<br />
WESTERN ND SECTION<br />
Dickinson's Badlands Activity Center<br />
YESS AWARD<br />
C.C. Gunworks<br />
FEATURE<br />
SAFETY TIP<br />
September Custer 2009 Park Turning 100<br />
One Simple Little Click<br />
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| KILEE'S TAKE<br />
Maiden Name<br />
vs. Changing Name<br />
When I was a little girl, I loved to play dress up. I<br />
would walk down the aisle in my mother’s wedding<br />
dress, say “I do” to Prince Charming and become<br />
Mrs. Charming.<br />
Fast forward to today. October 2, 2009, is the big day when<br />
I make my real-life trip down the long aisle. After I say, “I do,”<br />
I will no longer be Miss Dobogai.<br />
As a little girl, it was always easy to take Prince Charming’s<br />
last name. However, now that I am on the precipice of this<br />
major decision, I started thinking about the debate of keeping<br />
your maiden name vs. changing it. Has changing a maiden<br />
name after marriage gotten more or less popular?<br />
During my search for the answer, I found some interesting<br />
information. I learned about Lucy Stone, who in the 1850s,<br />
decided to keep her maiden name when she married. During<br />
the women’s movement in 1921, the Lucy Stone League was<br />
founded, and women who kept their maiden names were<br />
known as “Lucy Stoners.” Throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s, more<br />
women kept their name.<br />
In the ‘90s, keeping the maiden name declined. According<br />
to the Journal of Economic Perspectives, based on Mass. birth<br />
records, 21 percent of college graduate women kept their<br />
maiden name in 1990 versus 13 percent in 2000.<br />
So what will I do? I’ve thought<br />
long and hard and decided that,<br />
no matter how independent I am<br />
or how much of a superwoman I<br />
want to be, I’m a traditionalist at<br />
heart.<br />
Don’t get me wrong. It’s sad<br />
saying goodbye to the Dobogai<br />
name. I’ve been a Dobogai for 25<br />
years. Not to mention, it’s such a<br />
cool name! But, in the end, my<br />
future life is with a different name.<br />
I’ll always be a Dobogai at<br />
heart, but a Harmon in love and<br />
in life. That is why it is called the<br />
next chapter, right?<br />
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GOOD READS |<br />
Wicked Prey: Lucas<br />
Davenport is back in<br />
best-selling author<br />
John Sandford’s 21st Davenport<br />
novel with Prey in the title.<br />
“Wicked Prey” is what I would<br />
characterize as a “candy bar”<br />
book. Reading it is like taking a<br />
bite of your favorite candy bar<br />
and remembering the familiar<br />
sweet taste of a Nut Goodie or<br />
Butterfinger.<br />
In short, you know what<br />
By Ed Klecker<br />
to expect, and the experience is pleasurable. As in all of Sandford’s<br />
Prey novels, the setting is centered in and around Minneapolis<br />
and St. Paul. Lucas Davenport is a tough cop assigned to the<br />
state police to oversee law enforcement in dealing with the more<br />
notorious criminal cases.<br />
As such, he works closely with the governor’s office on matters<br />
requiring some political sensitivity, sometimes a difficult task<br />
inasmuch as Lucas is not without some personal flaws.<br />
It’s 2008, and St. Paul is hosting the national Republican<br />
nominating convention, a security nightmare and magnate for a<br />
group of vicious criminals intent on preying on lobbyists and their<br />
bags of PAC money. As the criminals begin beating and robbing<br />
their victims, Davenport learns the identity of one of them and<br />
sets a trap, losing one of his officers in a hotel shoot out.<br />
The gang intends one last final job before fleeing the Twin<br />
Cities, cleaning out the safety deposit boxes of the major hotel<br />
hosting the convention. Compounding Davenport’s problems is a<br />
report of a potential assassin on his way to the convention, armed<br />
with a .50 caliber sniper rifle. Typical of most Prey novels is a<br />
parallel story line which seems to be unrelated to the major plot<br />
outline.<br />
Lucas and his surgeon wife, Weather, are legal guardians to<br />
Letty, a tough, but precocious 14-year-old girl we met as a victim<br />
in an earlier novel. Lucas and Weather have filed papers to adopt<br />
her.<br />
Letty becomes aware she is being stalked by a creepy<br />
paraplegic, psychotic pimp and the teenage prostitute he is<br />
abusing. She discovers he had been arrested some years earlier by<br />
Davenport and blames him for his paralysis.<br />
She decides to take matters into her own hands, not wanting<br />
to involve Lucas and jeopardize her adoption. As the tension<br />
builds to the last night of the convention, a nexus develops with<br />
the gang, the potential assassin and with the pimp. The slam-bang<br />
conclusion will leave you waiting for the next Prey novel.<br />
Good Reads is sponsored by:<br />
WICKED PREY<br />
by John Sandford<br />
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| COVER STORY<br />
Eric <strong>Hardmeyer</strong><br />
Fueling the Economy at BND<br />
“For BND, as we look to the<br />
future, our immediate challenges<br />
will be to ensure our permanent<br />
role in the student loan industry<br />
and to deal with management<br />
succession issues.”<br />
– Eric <strong>Hardmeyer</strong><br />
By Tom Regan<br />
The Bank of North<br />
Dakota (BND) was<br />
born of necessity and<br />
innovation. In 1919,<br />
North Dakota through a wide<br />
range of services, including<br />
agricultural, commercial,<br />
residential and student loan<br />
In the past 12 years, BND<br />
contributed a total $340<br />
million to the state’s general<br />
fund and retained $120<br />
the state legislature established programs.<br />
million.<br />
the bank, the only state-owned Despite shaky economic Behind BND’s remarkable<br />
bank in the nation, in response times, BND, celebrating success is 50-year-old Eric<br />
to the serious problems in the 90 years and a new home, <strong>Hardmeyer</strong>, a native of Mott,<br />
agricultural industry.<br />
remains strong. The bank’s where his father was an<br />
Over the decades, BND earnings in 2008 were $57 implement dealer, the mayor<br />
became the “development million, representing the sixth and a state legislator.<br />
bank” for the state, fostering straight year of record profits. <strong>Hardmeyer</strong> began his 24<br />
growth and diversification<br />
Loan growth for 2008 was years of service to BND as a<br />
across all sectors of the<br />
$613 million, more than a loan officer. In 1995, he was<br />
economy: agriculture,<br />
30-percent increase. Over the named Senior Vice President<br />
commerce and industry. last 10 years, the bank’s total of Lending; he ascended to the<br />
The bank influences assets have mushroomed from presidency in 2001. –Staff<br />
the economic well-being of $1.6 billion to $3.5 billion.<br />
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Who’s had the<br />
CM: most influence<br />
on your life?<br />
HARDMEYER: My dad.<br />
He was an entrepreneur, an<br />
implement dealer in Mott.<br />
When I look back at him,<br />
I look at the community<br />
involvement—the things<br />
you give back. He belonged<br />
to everything: firemen’s<br />
(auxiliary),<br />
Lions Club,<br />
Implement Dealers<br />
Association and<br />
was president of<br />
the League of Cities<br />
and a legislator.<br />
How he fit all<br />
that into his life,<br />
owning a business<br />
and having 12<br />
children, I’ll never<br />
know. He was such<br />
a good and honest<br />
man; ethically,<br />
he was so strong.<br />
It’s always made a<br />
huge impression<br />
on me—about<br />
doing the right<br />
thing. In fact, that’s<br />
one of our “core<br />
values” at the bank:<br />
do the right thing.<br />
I watched my dad<br />
do that throughout<br />
his whole working<br />
career. I learned a lot from<br />
him about treating people<br />
with respect, giving back<br />
to your community and<br />
working hard. He was,<br />
without question, my mentor.<br />
You know the<br />
CM: track record of<br />
the president of BND: your<br />
predecessor (John Hoeven)<br />
went on to become governor.<br />
HARDMEYER: I get asked<br />
about that occasionally, and<br />
my stock answer is that’s<br />
probably going to start and<br />
stop with John Hoeven. I<br />
have no real interest in any<br />
kind of statewide office. At<br />
some point after my BND<br />
career is over, I may be<br />
interested in running for<br />
the legislature. I get up there<br />
(Capitol Hill) to interact<br />
ERIC HARDMEYER<br />
Title: President & CEO<br />
DOB: July 11, 1959, Mott, ND<br />
High School: Mott Lincoln High School,<br />
Class of ‘77<br />
College: Bachelor’s, UND; Master’s,<br />
University of Mary<br />
Family: Wife, Laura, married 26 years; son,<br />
Tom, 25; daughter, Kylie, 22; daughter, Sara,<br />
17; son, Teddy, 8<br />
Hobbies: Mountain biking, golfing, boating,<br />
reading<br />
Most recently read book: A Pirate Looks At<br />
Fifty by Jimmy Buffet<br />
Quote to live by: “Far better it is to dare<br />
mighty things, to win glorious triumphs,<br />
even though checkered by failure, than to<br />
take rank with those poor spirits who neither<br />
enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in<br />
the gray twilight that knows neither victory<br />
nor defeat.” – Teddy Roosevelt<br />
What people would be surprised to learn:<br />
“I’m a twin—the 10th child out of 12th.”<br />
and to work every legislative<br />
session. I’m intrigued by<br />
the process and how public<br />
policy is shaped. So, some<br />
day, I may give that some<br />
consideration.<br />
What’s BND’s<br />
CM: current focus on<br />
the economic development<br />
side?<br />
HARDMEYER: Throughout<br />
the ‘90s and early part of this<br />
century, it was all about job<br />
creation. The concentration<br />
was on providing low interest<br />
rate loans to enhance the<br />
primary sector.<br />
Right now, the state is going<br />
through a transformation—<br />
we have more jobs than we<br />
can fill. The current focus<br />
is on employee<br />
retention and filling<br />
vacancies. You like<br />
to believe that you<br />
can change with the<br />
times. You have to<br />
always be looking<br />
ahead, matching<br />
your programs to<br />
the needs.<br />
In the last three to<br />
five years, we’ve<br />
concentrated<br />
more on wealthgenerating<br />
activities, such as<br />
helping companies<br />
become more<br />
efficient. Through<br />
the Flex Pace<br />
program, we’re<br />
also assisting<br />
essential services<br />
in small towns:<br />
grocery stores, drug<br />
stores, hardware<br />
stores, hospitals,<br />
cafes—services that help<br />
communities attract<br />
and retain families and<br />
individuals.<br />
I wonder how<br />
CM: many people<br />
realize that BND is the state’s<br />
biggest player in the student<br />
loans area.<br />
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HARDMEYER: Providing<br />
student loan financing has<br />
been one of our pillars. In<br />
fact, we provide over 70<br />
percent of all student loans<br />
in N.D. BND made the first<br />
federally-insured student loan<br />
in the country 42 years ago.<br />
Right now, we’re facing the<br />
most significant change<br />
in our history: we are at<br />
odds with the Obama<br />
administration, which has<br />
taken the stance, through its<br />
budget proposal, to eliminate<br />
the federal program we have<br />
administered. The Obama<br />
administration has decided<br />
that the government can<br />
provide this directly, taking<br />
BND out of the equation.<br />
This has been an important<br />
role for the bank. We think<br />
we can deliver much better<br />
customer service than<br />
federal contractors hired to<br />
deliver a government-run<br />
loan program. By October,<br />
Congress will decide the fate<br />
of this program. In any case,<br />
our congressional delegation,<br />
along with key BND<br />
employees, have been working<br />
hard on an alternative<br />
solution. Time will tell.<br />
What do you say to<br />
CM: people who think<br />
BND is somehow competing<br />
with commercial banks?<br />
HARDMEYER: Something<br />
that is not understood very<br />
well by most North Dakotans is<br />
that BND was created to partner<br />
with the banking industry, not<br />
compete with them.<br />
BND acts as a “banker's<br />
bank.” Banks have financial<br />
needs just like any person<br />
does. Banks sometimes have<br />
needs for liquidity, needs to<br />
share risk or a need to share<br />
the loan because they’re up<br />
against the legal lending limit.<br />
BND has provided a<br />
great service to banks by<br />
participating in their loans.<br />
The loan is originated by<br />
a local bank, and we buy a<br />
part of it. If we are trying to<br />
“incent” a particular part of<br />
the industry, like a beginning<br />
farmer or the primary sector,<br />
we loan money at a lower rate.<br />
Don’t you also<br />
CM: provide checkclearing<br />
services for banks?<br />
HARDMEYER: We’re the<br />
clearinghouse for virtually all<br />
of the community banks in<br />
the state. We used to process<br />
about 4.5 million paper<br />
checks a month. Now, it’s all<br />
done electronically.<br />
After 9-11, Congress passed<br />
“Check 21.” You might<br />
remember that, after 9-11,<br />
all planes stopped flying<br />
for about a week, so all the<br />
checks around the country<br />
sat on airplanes, and money<br />
didn’t move.<br />
Check 21 enabled banks to<br />
accept electronic images of<br />
checks. Now, all banks have<br />
electronic-imaging equipment.<br />
Banks send check images to<br />
us, and we clear them.<br />
What’s been<br />
CM: your biggest job<br />
challenge?<br />
HARDMEYER: I have been<br />
fortunate. When I stepped<br />
into the role of president in<br />
2000, BND was under John<br />
Hoeven’s leadership.<br />
It was well positioned and<br />
operating with a strong<br />
sense of purpose. We had<br />
a seasoned executive team<br />
but, over the next period<br />
of several years, it became<br />
evident that we needed to<br />
invest significant money into<br />
technology. Converting to<br />
new systems and, in some<br />
cases, designing and creating<br />
them, has probably been the<br />
biggest challenge.<br />
We are now into the second<br />
year of this national financial<br />
crisis, and N.D. and BND<br />
are weathering this very well<br />
so far. We’ve been fortunate<br />
in this state; agriculture<br />
and energy sectors have<br />
been very strong and other<br />
diversification efforts have<br />
paid off.<br />
Our banks across the state are<br />
run conservatively, and that<br />
has made a big difference.<br />
For BND, as we look to<br />
the future, our immediate<br />
challenges will be to ensure<br />
our permanent role in the<br />
student loan industry and<br />
to deal with management<br />
succession issues. Planning<br />
is the key—as I tell our<br />
employees, if you don’t know<br />
where you are going, all roads<br />
lead there.<br />
See Eric <strong>Hardmeyer</strong>'s answers to the “<strong>City</strong> Mag 10” questionnaire by<br />
signing up for <strong>City</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong>’s online magazine at www.thecitymag.com.<br />
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with Candace Brannan Gerhardt<br />
Q: What is the best book you’ve read, and what makes it so good?<br />
Eric Stroshane: It’s impossible to<br />
give an overall book, but the best<br />
one I’ve read lately is “The Book<br />
of Disquiet” by Fernando Pessoa.<br />
Pessoa writes about the mundane,<br />
tedious, solitary life of a Portuguese office<br />
worker in such a poetic, rich way that he makes<br />
the tedious enviable.<br />
Loretta Lord: “Gone with the<br />
Wind”—I read it every now<br />
and again, about every 10 years.<br />
Scarlett O’Hara really had a lot of<br />
spunk, didn’t she?<br />
Betty Sorlie: “Black Elk Speaks”<br />
by John G. Neihardt is an excellent<br />
book because it gives such insight<br />
into Native American culture.<br />
Micaela Brannan Gerhardt:<br />
“Walk Two Moons” by Sharon<br />
Creech was so good it made me<br />
want to write my own book.<br />
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Daniel McGurren: “The Sparrow”<br />
by Mary Doria Russell and “Life of<br />
Pi” by Yann Martell. “The Sparrow”<br />
is a work of science fiction.<br />
The Jesuit character is such an<br />
outstanding character. It’s a story of redemption.<br />
“Life of Pi” knocks you over—makes you wonder<br />
which story is the real story. Both books cause<br />
you to stop, and they stir things within you.<br />
Erna Lahr: I like history and<br />
mystery books by Mary Jane Clark.<br />
One to read is “Grapes of Wrath”—<br />
it gives a person an experience of<br />
the Great Depression.<br />
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at the<br />
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an official<br />
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2010<br />
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September 2009 9
| CITY MAGAZINE & KFYR<br />
Salutes<br />
Kohl’s and St. Alexius<br />
As the Kohl’s corporate<br />
website puts it,<br />
“Through its Kohl's Cares for Kids®<br />
programs, Kohl's strives to be an<br />
active member of each community<br />
where it does business,” and the<br />
Bismarck-Mandan community is<br />
no exception. Since the Kohl’s store<br />
opened in Bismarck-Mandan in<br />
October 2005, the community has<br />
benefitted from Kohl’s’ corporate<br />
citizenship in many ways.<br />
The Kohl’s philanthropic<br />
effort focuses on keeping children<br />
healthy, with an emphasis<br />
on injury prevention and<br />
immunization programs. To date,<br />
Kohl's Cares for Kids ®, which<br />
began in 2000, has raised more<br />
than $126 million to support<br />
children's health and education<br />
initiatives nationwide, according<br />
to its corporate website.<br />
When each new Kohl's store<br />
opens, Kohl’s Corporation selects<br />
an area hospital to receive the proceeds from the<br />
sale of Kohl's Cares for Kids ® merchandise. The<br />
merchandise includes children’s books and plush<br />
toys, each selling for $5. The Kohl’s website reports<br />
that, in 2008, Kohl’s donated nearly $15.1 million<br />
to 151 children’s hospitals across the country and<br />
that Kohl’s partners with 156 hospitals.<br />
In Bismarck-Mandan, Kohl’s partners with St.<br />
By Tom Regan<br />
Kelli Rice, program manager for the North Dakota EMSC, educates<br />
children about water safety at Summer Fun and Safety Day.<br />
Alexius Medical Center. Jaclyn Bugbee, director of<br />
St. Alexius Medical Center Foundation, says the<br />
medical center has received over $63,000 so far<br />
towards children’s projects.<br />
Through the Kohl’s funding, St. Alexius<br />
provides three annual health and safety events<br />
for children in Bismarck-Mandan and the<br />
surrounding region: Children's Fun and Health<br />
Day (March); Summer Fun and Safety Day (May);<br />
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The Mandan Police Department<br />
providing fingerprinting at the Back<br />
to School Extravaganza.<br />
and the St.<br />
Alexius-<br />
Kohl's Backto-School<br />
Extravaganza<br />
(August).<br />
Bugbee says<br />
over 3,500<br />
children<br />
participate in<br />
the programs<br />
each year.<br />
“We partner<br />
with the<br />
schools and<br />
invite other<br />
organizations,<br />
such as<br />
police, fire and ambulance services, and groups<br />
like Sertoma Club, Kiwanis, North Dakota EMSC<br />
and the North Dakota Safety Council to help us<br />
with these events,” Bugbee says.<br />
“Kohl’s is a family-based organization, and<br />
we are dedicated to supporting kids’ health and<br />
education,” says Tammy Hoff, the Bismarck Kohl’s<br />
manager. “We’re proud of our partnership with St.<br />
Alexius Medical Center.”<br />
Hand-in-hand with Kohl's Cares for Kids®, the<br />
Kohl’s Corporation also encourages its employees<br />
to get involved in their communities through<br />
volunteering. Kohl’s Bismarck “A-Team” events<br />
have benefitted high school sports teams and<br />
booster clubs, the March of Dimes, the Cystic<br />
Fibrosis Foundation and United Way.<br />
A-Team participation is matched with a<br />
corporate grant of $500. To qualify for the grants,<br />
there must be five or more Kohl’s associates<br />
who volunteer a minimum of three hours. The<br />
Kohl’s website says that, last year, more than<br />
64,000 Kohl’s associates volunteered more than<br />
217,000 hours representing nearly $5.6 million in<br />
corporate donations to support their efforts.<br />
Area nonprofits that work with children are<br />
encouraged to download an A-Team Request Form<br />
at www.kohlscorporation.com and return it to<br />
Tammy Hoff at the Bismarck store.<br />
September 2009 11
| A TASTE OF NORTH DAKOTA<br />
Ingredients<br />
Canola oil spray<br />
1 ½ cups parsnips, peeled and cut into bite-size<br />
chunks<br />
1 large sweet potato, peeled and cut into bite-<br />
size chunks<br />
2 firm Gala or Fuji apples, peeled, cored and cut<br />
into bite-size chunks<br />
1 tablespoon canola oil<br />
1 tablespoon honey<br />
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar<br />
Honey-Roasted PaRsniPs<br />
Recipes courtesy of Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH),<br />
brought to you by Healthy North Dakota. Photos by Karen Ehrens.<br />
september is<br />
Fruits & Veggies –<br />
More Matters ® Month!<br />
Instructions<br />
Preheat oven to 375° F. Coat a casserole dish<br />
with canola oil spray and set aside.<br />
Place the parsnips, sweet potatoes, and apples<br />
in a large mixing bowl and set aside.<br />
In a microwave-proof bowl, mix together the<br />
canola oil and honey. Warm in a microwave for<br />
10 seconds.<br />
Mix in balsamic vinegar into oil and honey<br />
mixture. Pour onto vegetables and apples. Toss<br />
to coat well. Transfer to casserole dish, cover and<br />
bake until tender, about 1 hour.<br />
Enjoy the delicious flavor of the fall vegetable<br />
and fruit harvest with these seasonal recipes<br />
from Healthy North Dakota.<br />
For more great recipes visit the “Extra Content” section at<br />
www.thecitymag.com<br />
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Roasted tomatoes<br />
Ingredients<br />
Fresh tomatoes from your garden, farmers market,<br />
CSA or grocery store<br />
Olive or canola oil<br />
Your favorite seasonings, such as garlic, basil, thyme<br />
or herb blend<br />
Your favorite grated cheese, such as Parmesan<br />
Instructions<br />
A Taste of North Dakota<br />
is sponsored by:<br />
Start grill on medium high heat. Wash and dry tomatoes.<br />
Slice in half. Rub or brush tomatoes lightly with oil. Place tomatoes,<br />
cut side down, on grill. Grill for about 3-4 minutes, moving<br />
tomatoes slightly from time to time to keep fruit from sticking.<br />
Flip tomatoes over with tongs and/or spatula. Close grill lid and<br />
let cook until of desired tenderness.<br />
Remove from heat. With cut side up, sprinkle with garlic,<br />
herbs and/or cheese.<br />
Roasted tomatoes make a great side dish with grilled<br />
steaks. They also can be used nearly anywhere canned or fresh<br />
tomatoes would be used and you would like the great grilled<br />
flavor: pasta sauce, scrambled eggs or omelets, on sandwiches,<br />
in soups, or wherever your imagination takes you!<br />
September 2009 13
Whatever happened to<br />
Marv Kormann?<br />
T<br />
here are some people who come into your<br />
life for a short period of time, but touch it<br />
quite deeply. That can be said about Marv<br />
Kormann.<br />
A farmer at heart, Kormann was born and<br />
raised in Westhope north of Minot, attended St.<br />
Paul Seminary in Minn., and was ordained into<br />
the Roman Catholic priesthood in 1967. He served<br />
parishes in Grand Forks, Langdon, Westhope,<br />
Antler and Maxbass before making the difficult<br />
decision to leave the clergy, get married and return<br />
to farming for the next 13 years.<br />
During that time, Kormann preached in several<br />
Protestant congregations and, in 1981, was accepted<br />
into the clergy of the American Lutheran Church.<br />
He served the Metigoshe congregation for five years<br />
before leaving the farm for Bismarck in 1986.<br />
Kormann says, “Living in Bismarck was an<br />
enriching experience for my family, allowing our<br />
children to complete their education in a great<br />
school system. The congregation at Good Shepherd<br />
was alive, exciting and enthusiastic, and serving<br />
with Rev. Robert Lynne was a thrill. It was just a<br />
great place to raise a family.”<br />
As associate pastor, then senior pastor at Good<br />
Shepherd Lutheran Church, one of Bismarck’s<br />
largest congregations, Kormann did a lot of<br />
counseling in the community. He says being a<br />
Red Cross volunteer during that time was also<br />
meaningful for him. He recalls time spent with his<br />
wife Rose and three kids attending local sporting<br />
events or sledding down Tom O’Leary hill.<br />
By Renae Hoffmann Walker<br />
In May 1995, Kormann accepted a call in<br />
Sioux Falls for five years, then served at a Lutheran<br />
church in a metropolitan area near Detroit. He<br />
says, “Dearborn (population 97,000) has been<br />
a growth-filled experience. About a third of<br />
the people are of Middle Eastern descent. The<br />
Arab population, and a large number of African<br />
Americans and Hispanics, allowed us to see the<br />
world as it really is—diverse in every way.”<br />
Kormann retired this summer. He and Rose<br />
bought a home in Dundas, Minn., close to their<br />
adult children and six grandchildren.<br />
He says, “I was anxious to get back to open<br />
country. I miss the sunsets. People in N.D. don’t<br />
realize how blessed they are to be at the heart of the<br />
land, sky and plains.”<br />
Kormann says he’ll continue to look for ways<br />
to serve and stay active. The grandchildren should<br />
help with that!<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 />
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YP UPDATE<br />
Young Professionals Building Businesses<br />
in Bismarck-Mandan<br />
By Nicole Wright, YP PR-Marketing Team<br />
W<br />
e asked two members of Bismarck-Mandan’s Young<br />
Professionals Network (YPN) about starting their<br />
own businesses. James and Janelle Devine, owners of<br />
J2 Studio Architecture + Design, and Dr. Joel Roloff, owner of<br />
Adjust Life Chiropractic, offered their thoughts.<br />
Q. Why did you decide to start your own business?<br />
A. J2 Studio Architecture + Design: [We] decided it was time to<br />
take the experiences we had and cultivate them into a business<br />
where we could instill our own values, be in control of the entire<br />
process and the services provided.<br />
A. Adjust Life: I had a specific goal in mind and education is at<br />
the heart of it. I am always learning and enjoy teaching others<br />
how to live better. I am able to reach and help more people<br />
because I started my own practice.<br />
Q. What do you know now that you didn’t then?<br />
A. J2 Studio Architecture + Design: We didn’t realize how much<br />
work is involved in maintaining a business. There are everyday<br />
tasks that you don’t always think about when you work in a large<br />
office, where staff members are assigned to take care of those<br />
things.<br />
A. Adjust Life: I can help people all day long but, if I don’t collect<br />
to pay the bills, I won’t be able to help too many people for very<br />
long. It all goes back to learning how to effectively run a business.<br />
Q. What advice would you give to other young professionals<br />
looking to start a business?<br />
A. J2 Studio Architecture + Design: Assess your desire and<br />
reasons for going out on your own. Determine the feasibility of<br />
your business in the marketplace. Start by learning about your<br />
competition and what you could do differently and, better yet, to<br />
differentiate yourself from them.<br />
A. Adjust Life: Have a specific goal in mind, and go for it. One<br />
thing I have truly learned is that I am not just growing a practice,<br />
I am growing a life.<br />
The YPN is committed to helping these members grow<br />
themselves as they grow their businesses in the community.<br />
Visit J2 Studio Architecture + Design at www.j2studio.us and<br />
Adjust Life Chiropractic www.adjustlife.com.<br />
For more information, contact the YP Network at 701.223.5660 or<br />
info@ypnetwork.org.<br />
September 2009 15
| YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY!<br />
Remembering Lakin<br />
On September 10, 2008, the world stood still<br />
for Dana Schweitzer and, every day since,<br />
it hasn’t stopped spinning. This day marks<br />
the day that Dana and her husband Steve lost their<br />
11-month-old angel baby, Lakin Ann, and their<br />
other daughter, Tehya, lost her sister and friend.<br />
“It’s easy to feel alone. Like we are the only<br />
people in the world this has ever happened to, but<br />
we’re not the only ones. It happens everywhere,”<br />
said Dana.<br />
The Schweitzers searched the Internet for<br />
answers and comfort until they were introduced<br />
to the Angel Babies Support Group that meets<br />
the second Thursday of each month at the Spirit<br />
of Life Church in Mandan. The group serves as<br />
a place for them to share stories of their babies,<br />
laugh, cry and remember.<br />
During her Internet research on infant loss,<br />
Dana came across the website www.october15th.<br />
com, the official site of Pregnancy and Infant Loss<br />
Remembrance Day.<br />
Photo: Dana Schweitzer remembers baby Lakin<br />
at St. Mary's Cemetery, Bismarck.<br />
Photo Credit: Mandy Thomas<br />
By Nicole Morrison-Mathern<br />
Works orks of art will be<br />
recreated in three-dimensional<br />
h d<br />
beauty.<br />
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The founders of the site envisioned a day when all grieving<br />
parents could come together and be surrounded by support<br />
from friends and families, a day when communities could<br />
better understand their pain.<br />
This discovery launched Dana’s mission to go to the N.D.<br />
legislators to get a bill passed proclaiming October 15th as<br />
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day in N.D. Her<br />
mission was successful, and Senate Concurrent Resolution No.<br />
4014 was passed. (Ironic side note: October 15th is also the day<br />
Dana went into labor with Lakin.)<br />
Then Memorial Day came, springing a much larger calling<br />
for Dana. When Dana was passing the cemetery, she noticed<br />
all of the American flags marking the veterans’ graves, and<br />
thought, “Why can’t we do that for October 15th?”<br />
Her vision from that moment was to get a white flower<br />
circled with a pink and blue ribbon, a note of what it signifies<br />
and a poem attached, and place them on all of the graves of<br />
children ages two and younger in Bismarck-Mandan.<br />
This idea seemed fairly easy and straight forward until<br />
she found out there isn’t a map of where the babies are in the<br />
cemeteries (with the exception of the N.D. Veteran’s Cemetery,<br />
which is the home of six angel babies).<br />
So, on July 6th, Dana started canvassing the cemeteries;<br />
mapping the sites of each child under the age of two. So far,<br />
they have found 102 at Sunset, 345 at Fairview, and 585 at<br />
St. Mary’s, and are just starting at Mandan Union.<br />
With this discovery, Dana’s vision of marking each grave<br />
by October 15th seems overwhelming as time isn’t on her<br />
side, and she is doing all of this without funding. She has been<br />
reaching out to friends, family, businesses and the community<br />
for help.<br />
These minor details haven’t slowed Dana down and, as<br />
September 10th nears, the one year anniversary of her<br />
daughter's death, her mission strengthens.<br />
Ways you can help:<br />
1) Light a candle at 7:00 pm on October 15th in memory<br />
and honor of infants who have lost their lives.<br />
2) Donate white flowers, pink and blue ribbon, money<br />
or time. If anyone would like to help with this<br />
project, you can contact Dana at 701-220-9791 or<br />
schweitzers@bis.midco.net.<br />
Nicole Morrison-Mathern is assistant director of the Harold<br />
Schafer Emerging Leaders Academy at the University of<br />
Mary, as well as the co-owner of the 100% women-owned<br />
businesses, Moxe In Action, LLC, Entertainment Resources,<br />
and URL (U Rock Lately) Radio.<br />
You've Come A Long Way Baby is sponsored by:<br />
September 2009 17
| CROSSWORD<br />
<strong>City</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> 9/09 Crossword PuzzleJunction.com<br />
Across<br />
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underworld<br />
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5 Incendiarism<br />
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15 Lyric poems<br />
18 Expression<br />
22 Hazy<br />
25 Dirt<br />
27 River inlet<br />
28 Spline<br />
29 Root vegetable<br />
30 Line of work<br />
32 Leg joint<br />
35 Fundy, for one<br />
36 Doleful<br />
37 Dutch cheese<br />
38 Adventure story<br />
40 Cereal grass<br />
41 Succeeds<br />
44 Seagull<br />
46 More repentant<br />
48 Dame<br />
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51 Appellation<br />
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56 Ailing<br />
58 Division word<br />
59 Ballpoints<br />
61 Genetic material<br />
63 Born<br />
64 Time period<br />
For results of the crossword puzzle from the last issue of <strong>City</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong>, please see page 33.<br />
The answers for the puzzle above will be printed in the next issue of <strong>City</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong>.<br />
Solution on next page<br />
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MANDAN ON THE Move |<br />
Reconstruction of<br />
Memorial Highway<br />
Planning Stages<br />
By Ellen Huber, business development director<br />
The N.D. Department of Transportation expects to<br />
reconstruct Memorial Highway in approximately 2016.<br />
The two-mile highway is a commercial hub in Mandan for<br />
agribusinesses, home improvement products and building<br />
supplies, plus auto, ATV, motorcycle, snowmobile, boat and trailer<br />
sales.<br />
To gather input for the design and extent of the project, the<br />
Metropolitan Planning Organization is conducting a corridor study<br />
to determine what citizens, property owners and users need from<br />
Memorial Highway. The study begins this fall and will be completed<br />
in 2010.<br />
Possible considerations include:<br />
• Traffic signalization or controls at major intersections, such as<br />
46th Avenue SE, 40th Avenue SE and Third Street SE.<br />
• A median and more landscaping, similar to Century Avenue in<br />
Bismarck, with restricted access points and possibly a frontage<br />
road.<br />
• Storm water management and the possibility of adding a storm<br />
sewer, curb and gutter instead of the existing ditches.<br />
• Burying overhead utility lines.<br />
Recommendations for Memorial Highway were included in a<br />
redevelopment study conducted for the <strong>City</strong> of Mandan in 2003.<br />
Implementation of most recommendations has been pending<br />
reconstruction of Memorial Highway, including necessary funding.<br />
Improvements to Memorial Highway should make the area more<br />
attractive to a broader range of retail businesses. Average daily traffic<br />
counts on the highway currently range from about 17,000 vehicles on<br />
the east end to 7,000 on the west end.<br />
The project will qualify for 80 percent federal and 10 percent state<br />
funding, with a likely requirement for 10 percent local funding. After<br />
completion of the corridor study, the next step will be an engineering<br />
concept report tentatively slated for 2011 to 2012. Dirt work is<br />
expected to begin in 2016, and the project will likely last two years.<br />
The last major reworking of Memorial Highway was in 1979<br />
when it was expanded from a two-lane to a four-lane highway.<br />
If you have questions about the reconstruction of Memorial<br />
Highway, please contact the <strong>City</strong> of Mandan’s Engineering and<br />
Planning Department at 701-667-3225.<br />
September 2009 19
| FEATURE<br />
Custer Park, <strong>City</strong>’s First Park,<br />
Likely Turning 100<br />
Annie Simonson, now 41<br />
and living in Seattle, has<br />
fond, childhood memories<br />
of Custer Park, on the<br />
western edge of downtown Bismarck.<br />
At four acres, it is a small park,<br />
but, “For me, it was huge,” says<br />
Simonson, who was home visiting<br />
at her parents’ park-side home this<br />
summer. “We called it our own<br />
backyard.”<br />
She remembers hanging<br />
out in the park back then with<br />
neighborhood kids, some who<br />
donned white helmets at night<br />
because of buzzing beetles and divebombing<br />
bats. And the north section<br />
of the park turned into a fine baseball<br />
diamond for small-sized ballplayers,<br />
Simonson recalls.<br />
This gem of inner-city greenery is<br />
considered Bismarck’s first municipal<br />
park, possibly turning a century old<br />
this year.<br />
Custer Park’s history stems from<br />
an addition being platted back about<br />
1909 or 1910. “The two blocks where<br />
Custer park now stands were deemed<br />
too low for residential purposes and<br />
were sold to the Civic Club for $600 for<br />
park purposes,” the Bismarck Tribune<br />
reported in 1937. Most of the trees were planted<br />
“without charge” by the Oscar H. Will Company<br />
in 1912.<br />
The Civic Club, representing several women’s<br />
organizations, made improvements in the park<br />
before it was donated to the city prior to the<br />
creation of the Bismarck Park District.<br />
At some point, it was named in honor of<br />
Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, who led<br />
By Stan Stelter<br />
Custer Park's Soaring Eagle<br />
his Seventh Cavalry from Fort Lincoln south<br />
of Mandan to defeat at the Battle of the Little<br />
Bighorn in Mont. in 1876. Custer’s reputation<br />
as an “immortal Indian fighter,” as the Tribune<br />
reported in 1937, has suffered in decades since<br />
with more scrutiny of his actions as a military<br />
leader.<br />
Nevertheless, Custer Park officially became<br />
part of the Bismarck Park District system when<br />
the district was created in 1927.<br />
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Nestled on the northwest corner of Broadway<br />
Avenue and Washington Street, Custer Park has few<br />
of the amenities found at other parks, boasting only<br />
of “bench and flower gardens” in the park district’s<br />
listing of parks, playgrounds and other facilities.<br />
But this tiny park has more than history going<br />
for it, including a large wooden stage where “brown<br />
bag” free concerts are held at noon on Wednesdays<br />
in the summer.<br />
And then there is the soaring eagle. In 1988,<br />
a large eagle statue created by Washburn artist<br />
Tom Neary was dedicated, commemorating the<br />
bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution. It carries the<br />
inscription, “We, The People.”<br />
Yet, some people thought this metal bird should<br />
alight somewhere else, promoting other sites they<br />
felt were more visible to the public. But many in the<br />
neighborhood and others countered that the eagle<br />
had landed . . . and was just fine.<br />
For Waylon Ternes, another Custer Park<br />
neighbor, the park simply represents a nice, quiet<br />
area to live. “It’s peaceful, relaxing,” he says.<br />
Stan Stelter, development director at the Abused<br />
Adult Resource Center, is a native North Dakotan<br />
and free-lance writer.<br />
Photo Credit: Mandy Thomas<br />
Are you prepared<br />
for a disaster?<br />
September 2009 21
| DINING GUIDE<br />
Riverdale High Lodge – From School to Cool<br />
Riverdale High Lodge's new exterior.<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 />
In 1948, the era of v-necked sweater vests and<br />
flared dresses, Riverdale High School was built<br />
to give teenage locals the life skills needed to<br />
succeed.<br />
After more than 40 years of operation, the smalltown<br />
school near Garrison Dam closed in the late '90s.<br />
Although the facility said “goodbye” to history and<br />
science lectures, it said “hello” to a new opportunity.<br />
In 2008, Lee and Jane Bertsch, of Bertsch<br />
Properties in Bismarck, purchased the former<br />
Riverdale High School and, after much renovation,<br />
turned it into a remarkable restaurant, bar, hotel and<br />
fitness facility.<br />
Riverdale High Lodge offers 17 unique rooms<br />
constructed from former classrooms and contains<br />
MYSTERIA<br />
THEATER<br />
210 West Main<br />
Mandan, ND<br />
701-663-2900<br />
By Mandy Thomas<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 />
Mysteria<br />
Mysteria<br />
Theater Theater<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<br />
their famous applewood-smoked, dry-rubbed loin<br />
baby back ribs. Enjoy a delicious dinner, 5 miles<br />
west of Mandan on I-94 exit 147. Open Tuesday<br />
thru Saturday, serving 4:30pm-10pm with an<br />
elegant lounge open until 1am.<br />
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the original hardwood floors. In<br />
stylish fashion, each room offers<br />
2 queen-sized beds, a 50-inch<br />
plasma TV and a bedroom set for<br />
a comfortable stay.<br />
“The Riverdale High Lodge is<br />
a top-notch hotel for a low price,”<br />
said Cole Bertsch, bar manager.<br />
Guests can make reservations<br />
online at www.riverdalehighlodge.<br />
com or by calling 701-654-9559.<br />
Knights Bar and Grill, inside<br />
Riverdale High Lodge, is a<br />
family-oriented restaurant and<br />
bar with small-town service.<br />
Ranking high on the menu is<br />
their Whiskey Sirloin Steak and<br />
Shrimp, an 8-ounce whiskeymarinated<br />
sirloin paired with 4<br />
coconut-breaded shrimp, and<br />
the Knights Burger, a 1/3-pound<br />
hamburger with bacon, chipolte<br />
cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato<br />
PIROGUE GRILLE<br />
121 N. 4 th St.<br />
Bismarck, ND<br />
701-223-3770<br />
Pirogue Grille lets Mother Nature influence its<br />
seasonal approach to cuisine with nightly specials.<br />
Let the bounty of the Midwest tempt your culinary<br />
cravings. Featured in "Gourmet" with its seasonal<br />
menu and unparalleled emphasis on quality and<br />
service, Pirogue Grille provides dining experiences<br />
like no other. You need to experience it for yourself.<br />
Tuesday-Saturday at 5:00 in downtown Bismarck.<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 />
and “medieval” mayo served on a<br />
toasted bun.<br />
For those who enjoy<br />
something different, Knights<br />
offers a variety of other tastes<br />
from breaded and baked walleye<br />
to Riverdale paninis and pastas.<br />
“We named the Knights Bar<br />
and Grill after the school mascot<br />
and used the former colors, red,<br />
white and black, throughout the<br />
facility,” said Bertsch. “We also<br />
used the original Riverdale High<br />
class pictures in our main dining<br />
room to preserve its history.”<br />
The modern grill is also a<br />
great place to kick back with<br />
friends. Within the bar, there’s<br />
plenty of entertainment with 3<br />
60-inch plasma TVs, a 106-inch<br />
projection screen, pool table,<br />
blackjack table and extensive<br />
drink menu.<br />
EAST 40 CHOPHOUSE<br />
& TAVERN<br />
1401 Interchange Ave.<br />
Bismarck, ND<br />
701-258-7222<br />
The Riverdale High Lodge<br />
hosts various events ranging<br />
from 9-hole golf tournaments<br />
to community dinners and live<br />
entertainment. It serves as a great<br />
location for sports camps, hunting<br />
parties, fishing trips, weddings,<br />
reunions and more.<br />
“Riverdale is one of N.D.’s<br />
hidden gems,” said Bertsch.<br />
“You have the Tail Race, Lake<br />
Sakakawea, public land to hunt<br />
on, great camping and excellent<br />
places to relax and have fun. The<br />
Riverdale High Lodge is a place<br />
worth coming to and checking<br />
out.”<br />
Riverdale High Lodge is<br />
located on 401 3rd Street in<br />
Riverdale, N.D. Visit www.<br />
riverdalehighlodge.com for more<br />
information.<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 />
Want the finest North Dakota Beef: Dixon Waygu<br />
Gourmet Beef? Then come to The Bistro where we<br />
have exclusive restaurant rights to serve it to you.<br />
Starting in June, listen to live music on the patio<br />
every Friday night and don't forget about Thursday<br />
night with Shawn Oban and Fresh Rolled Sushi.<br />
Check our website for the upcoming music schedule.<br />
www.bistro1100.com<br />
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|<br />
"Then you’d better start swimming or you’ll sink like<br />
a stone, for the times, they are a changing.”<br />
Yes, the times are changing in many<br />
respects. Oh, honestly, this is not a big<br />
one in the overall big picture. However,<br />
to many wine lovers this evolving change is long<br />
overdue.<br />
There are style differences between American<br />
and European wines; there are also other big<br />
differences, one in particular. When looking at<br />
a label, the American version will tell you what<br />
grape the wine is made from and the French<br />
version will tell you the region where the grapes<br />
are grown. It is one of those “centuries-old<br />
traditions” in wine that in the U.S. we luckily<br />
headed off at the pass and said “no.”<br />
After centuries of winemaking in France, they<br />
have determined that certain kinds of grapes grow<br />
best only in certain regions. Great.<br />
Then they went a step further. The<br />
government then basically made it illegal to grow<br />
any grapes in that region other than the chosen<br />
variety. (When I say “basically,” I mean that you<br />
can grow those “other” grapes, but have to label<br />
it as plonk. Oh, and “plonk” is not a good label to<br />
have.)<br />
In the U.S., when you pick up a “Chardonnay,”<br />
you know that the wine is made with at least<br />
75 percent of that grape. If you pick up a white<br />
Bordeaux, what kind of grape makes the wine?<br />
Well, you won’t get a Chardonnay from<br />
Bordeaux because the only white grapes allowed<br />
are Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon. If it is a white<br />
Burgundy, it is a Chardonnay. No Sauvignon<br />
Blanc allowed.<br />
The same thing goes if it is a French Chablis.<br />
(Different than a Burgundy, but the same grape.)<br />
A few more examples: In Bordeaux, the red<br />
grapes basically can only be Cabernet Sauvignon,<br />
Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and Cabernet Franc.<br />
You can’t tell that on the label.<br />
In Burgundy, the red grape of choice is Pinot<br />
Noir. The Rhone region features many, including<br />
By Joel Gilbertson<br />
- Bob Dylan<br />
Grenache and Syrah on the red side and Viognier<br />
and Rousanne on the white side.<br />
After years of many people standing in wine<br />
shops and scratching their heads while looking at<br />
wine labels, things are finally changing a bit, and I<br />
think “we” are winning.<br />
Many of the Italian wines now show the grape<br />
variety and, shucks, even the French are slowly<br />
labeling some wines by the grapes that made<br />
them, rather than just the region. Change is slow<br />
but, in the wine business, as in many others, “The<br />
times they are a changing.”<br />
So, take a look at a French label, scratch your<br />
head, contemplate–and taste away!<br />
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WEDDING GUIDE |<br />
September 2009 25
| FEATURE<br />
Presbyterians Reprise<br />
Art Festival for the 21st Century<br />
After a 20-year hiatus, the event is<br />
being reprised for the 21st century.<br />
The Religious Arts Festival, as it was<br />
formerly called, was first held in 1970<br />
and enjoyed a 19-year run.<br />
The three-day event will include a juried<br />
show of a variety of arts and crafts. Special events<br />
include a coffee house, with beverage and pastries<br />
open during gallery hours, and a Saturday High<br />
Tea offered at two different sessions. The Tea will<br />
feature special culinary delights and a surprise for<br />
all attendees. Musical entertainment will be offered<br />
at both events.<br />
This year’s festival will honor the memory<br />
of Nellie Solberg, one of the show’s founders and<br />
event director for many years. Solberg, who died<br />
in 2000, will be remembered in a retrospective<br />
exhibit coordinated by her daughter, Kay Solberg<br />
Link, owner of Kay’s Bed and Breakfast in<br />
Bismarck. Nellie Solberg was a long-time Bismarck<br />
art teacher and artist.<br />
Artists from Bismarck-Mandan and around<br />
the state have been invited to exhibit their works<br />
in any of the following media: sculpture, wheel<br />
By Jan Schultz<br />
pottery, textiles, photography, ink or pastel<br />
drawing, acrylic or water color painting and crafts.<br />
Awards to be made include Best of Show<br />
in each category, People’s Choice from a ballot<br />
of festival goers, Governor’s Choice and Nellie<br />
Solberg Memorial Award. Individuals and local<br />
businesses may also make purchase awards.<br />
Festival goers will want to take advantage<br />
of several demonstrations, including wood<br />
carving by Frank Koch, Ukrainian eggs by<br />
Betty Sprynczyntyk, quilting by Dot Glasser,<br />
photography by David Nix, cuisine by Duane<br />
Ehrens, pottery by Kim Eslinger, quick draw<br />
by Rebecca Young Sletten, hardanger by Royal<br />
Hopkins and jewelry by Barb Jirges.<br />
On Sunday morning, Dr. Jake Kincaid will<br />
officiate at a special service, “Art Feeds the Soul”.<br />
Special musical numbers will be offered by the<br />
Chancel Choir, the Handbell Choir and smaller<br />
groups. During the three-day event music will<br />
be performed by harpists Gayla Sherman, Debi<br />
Rogers and The Missouri River Boys.<br />
In true ecumenical spirit, this year’s festival<br />
is proud to include many volunteers from other<br />
churches and from the city of Bismarck at large.<br />
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FEATURE<br />
Lance Potter and Mike Yantzer<br />
SPACE ALIENS<br />
GRILL & BAR<br />
1304 E Century Ave.<br />
Bismarck, ND 223.2412<br />
Daily Happy Hour: Monday - Friday<br />
3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. – Close<br />
Saturday 9:00 p.m. – Close Sunday All Day<br />
Includes tall tap beer, house wine and well drinks.<br />
Daily Drink Specials feature Lunar Island Teas,<br />
Moon Me Margaritas, Bloody Martians and other<br />
unique beverages.<br />
Monday Night Football fun with SPECIAL drink<br />
prices and FREE food Monday nights all season<br />
long. Win a Minnesota Viking weekend!<br />
THE WALRUS<br />
1136 N 3rd St<br />
Bismarck, ND<br />
250.0020<br />
BAR GUIDE |<br />
CORRAL BAR<br />
2111 East Main Avenue, Bismarck / 255.5045<br />
Lance Potter and Mike Yantzer are Bismarck/<br />
Mandan natives who have worked in the bar scene<br />
for most of their adult lives. With their experiences,<br />
and the drive to own their own business, they both<br />
decided they wanted to work for themselves.<br />
On April 1st of this year it was official. The two<br />
friends bought Corral Bar. Even though their buds<br />
thought it was an April Fools joke, it was a reality<br />
with some upgrades and weekly specials added.<br />
For fall, Mondays and Sundays are now known<br />
as Football Days with NFL dominating their flat<br />
screens. Karaoke is still a favorite every Wednesday<br />
thru Saturday evenings. Breakfast is served on<br />
Saturday mornings from 10 a.m. to whenever<br />
the food runs out (sausages, eggs, eggs benedict,<br />
and more). Lastly, Wii Bowling and Beer Pong<br />
tournaments will soon join the weekly schedule.<br />
Come enjoy the LARGEST BEER SELECTION<br />
in the region at The Walrus restaurant. Take the<br />
Brew Tour by choosing from 64 bottled domestics,<br />
imports and microbrews and 25 beers on tap for<br />
a truly refreshing experience. For a good time,<br />
visit The Walrus to enjoy daily drink specials like<br />
Microbrew Monday, Tapper Tuesday, Winer<br />
Wednesday, Heinie/Leinie Thursday, Canuck<br />
Friday and Sammy Saturday. Good food. Good<br />
drinks. Good times. thewalrusrestaurant.com.<br />
So, a snake slithers into a bar<br />
and the bartender says,<br />
"I'm sorry but I can't serve you."<br />
CAPTAIN FREDDY'S<br />
2500 Pirate S Loop SE<br />
Mandan, ND 751.3348<br />
Mondays: $3 Morgan, 8-10pm.<br />
Tuesday: $2 You-Call-It on wells/<br />
domestics, 8-10pm. Jeremiah Weed Wednesdays: "Why not?" asks the snake.<br />
Country Peach and Southern Style $3, 8-10pm.<br />
Thursdays Ladies Night: $2 Tidal Waves, $1 off The bartender says,<br />
wells/domestics for Chicks and $.50 off for Men.<br />
Entertainment: Wednesdays with Tom O’Neil; "Because you can't<br />
Thursdays with Ben Suchy. Split Lickity: Sept. hold your liquor."<br />
5th. UFC: Sept. 16th & 19th. FREE Texas Hold’em<br />
Tournament: Sept. 12th (WIN a trip to Vegas)!<br />
September 2009 27
| HOME SWEET HOME<br />
A Work of Heart<br />
By Wes Engbrecht<br />
your pleasure is, there<br />
is your treasure; where your<br />
“Where<br />
treasure, there your heart; where<br />
your heart, there your happiness.” St. Augustine<br />
wrote this over 1,500 years ago, yet Leilani Schatz<br />
of Broadway Floral of Hearts believes it to be just<br />
as true today.<br />
To call Leilani’s shop on Broadway in<br />
Downtown Bismarck a floral shop would be to<br />
understate its meaning to her. “It’s who I am,” she<br />
explains, “and I am here because I need to be.”<br />
Her passion is evident in the attention to<br />
detail in the store, as everything seems to be in<br />
its perfect place. Each corner contains the right<br />
mix of floral and decor, creating an atmosphere of<br />
simple elegance.<br />
When you visit Broadway Floral of Hearts,<br />
you can see that she has truly put her heart into<br />
it. The heart theme is in her logo, prominently<br />
displayed on the black marquee outside her front<br />
door. It is pervasive throughout her store; on stunning<br />
canvas paintings, in books, note cards and<br />
in the hand-crafted metal hearts and decor that<br />
you can buy. Each vase of flowers she sells is also<br />
decorated with a metal heart.<br />
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“The heart has been a central focus of my life<br />
for many years. It started when my oldest daughter,<br />
Jessica, underwent heart surgery at age 14,”<br />
Leilani elaborates.<br />
Since that time, Leilani has adopted the<br />
theme in her life, and it is portrayed in the way<br />
she feels about each customer. She puts her whole<br />
heart into each one of their events and derives her<br />
happiness from their satisfaction.<br />
Leilani isn’t new to the floral profession. In<br />
fact, she owned and operated a floral shop in Glen<br />
Ullin for several years and earned a designation as<br />
master florist in Minneapolis.<br />
She has a gift, and it’s a gift that she is more than<br />
happy to share with customers who require something<br />
uniquely special for their occasions.<br />
So stop in for a cup of Broadway Blend coffee,<br />
a brew specifically roasted for Broadway Floral of<br />
Hearts, and say “hello” to Leilani. It’s a relaxing<br />
visit, and you’re bound to find something that you<br />
simply must have.<br />
Your experience at Broadway Floral of Hearts<br />
will touch your heart and soothe your soul. It goes<br />
well beyond the flowers.<br />
You can experience Broadway Floral of Hearts at<br />
411 East Broadway or call Leilani at 258-3700 or<br />
877-79HARTS.<br />
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green tip<br />
Most of the food you eat travels hundreds of miles to get to your kitchen table.<br />
It uses gasoline for transport, releases carbon dioxide into the environment and<br />
threatens the existence of local farms. By supporting local farmers, you can<br />
ensure a continuous supply of locally grown foods each season.<br />
Eat locally. Choose foods and ingredients that are brought to you by<br />
nearby farms, rather than those that have been imported from far-off regions.<br />
Shop at your local farmers’ market. Your neighborhood<br />
farmers’ market is a great place to find a wide variety of local produce.<br />
Sign up for Community-Supported Agriculture.<br />
A weekly delivery from your favorite farm will bring a seasonal supply of fruits<br />
and vegetables right to your doorstep or to your weekly farmers’ market.<br />
www.greenlivingideas.com<br />
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CoMMUnItY YoUth<br />
SpotLIGht on:<br />
Lauren Weigel<br />
By Renae Hoffmann Walker<br />
Lauren Weigel grew up in Bismarck, a<br />
daughter of Ken and Darlene and the<br />
middle child between Mac and Kendra.<br />
Nothing too extraordinary; just an<br />
ordinary kid.<br />
Then when she was eight, Lauren woke<br />
up not feeling well. She was nauseated and not<br />
speaking right. Her mother, a lab tech at a local<br />
clinic, called the family pediatrician.<br />
A CAT scan was ordered. There was unusual<br />
fluid build-up in one of the ventricles. Next<br />
came the MRI. By 5:30 p.m., Lauren’s world was<br />
forever changed when she was told she had a<br />
brain tumor.<br />
They traveled to Rochester, Minn., where<br />
Dr. Raffle did a biopsy. It went fine, but there<br />
wasn’t enough tissue so he had to go in again.<br />
Lauren became totally paralyzed on her right<br />
side after the second biopsy. It was determined<br />
the tumor was inoperable.<br />
Looking back, Lauren says, “I was kind of<br />
oblivious. I was eight; I did whatever my mom<br />
and dad said. I went in for surgery, not thinking<br />
I’d be paralyzed.”<br />
The tumor was in a difficult position to<br />
remove so radiation was the choice of treatment.<br />
Lauren spent time in rehab to help her right side<br />
work again. It took a year or two, but she says, “I<br />
was optimistic.”<br />
Then a miracle happened. When Lauren was<br />
12, Dr. Raffle decided to try to remove the tumor.<br />
So far so good, Lauren is cancer-free and loving it.<br />
She says, “Cancer has made me appreciate<br />
every day and not afraid to try things. I was<br />
involved in Central Dakota Children’s Choir, the St.<br />
Mary’s jazz and concert choirs and several clubs.”<br />
But her biggest accomplishment is starting<br />
the Dakota Kids Cancer Ride in N.D., with the<br />
help of her parents, the Gold Wings motorcycle<br />
club chapter C and Open Road Honda.<br />
COMMUNITY YOUTH |<br />
This year’s bike ride was August 30 at Dakota<br />
Speedway in Mandan. Proceeds went to pediatric<br />
brain tumor research and medical costs of local<br />
families. To learn more, call 701-663-4023 or<br />
visit www.dakotakidscr.com.<br />
Lauren went to Rome this summer for the<br />
trip of a lifetime. She ate lots of pasta and knelt<br />
on the stairs where Jesus walked to be crucified.<br />
She’s just starting her first job at an assisted-living<br />
home and will attend the University of Mary this<br />
fall, where she will major in occupational therapy<br />
so she can help others like herself.<br />
September 2009 31
| HEALTH<br />
Teen Tooth Trouble<br />
By Health Specialist Marilyn Mitzel<br />
It’s white hot!<br />
The trend to have whiter, brighter teeth is<br />
trickling down to teens and even younger,<br />
according to a growing number of dentists,<br />
including Dr. David Carroll.<br />
Kids are under a lot of pressure, as adults are, to<br />
look and feel good, to have white teeth and to feel<br />
self-confident.<br />
Seventeen-year-old Taryn Barg admits she's<br />
addicted to bleaching.<br />
“White teeth just pretty much make everyone<br />
seem more attractive even if you have straight<br />
teeth and they’re yellow, they’re still not that nice<br />
so I figured that, with straight white teeth, I’d<br />
look a lot better.”<br />
Boys<br />
and girls<br />
alike, from<br />
elementary to<br />
high school,<br />
are doing it.<br />
Oftentimes,<br />
their parents<br />
don’t know it.<br />
No problem<br />
right? Wrong!<br />
Here’s what’s happening. More kids are<br />
developing tooth trouble.<br />
“There could be extreme tooth sensitivity if it’s<br />
used improperly, if it’s kept on the teeth for too<br />
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A L A S A D A M A N T E<br />
W E L L R O M E O L A R D<br />
L E T I T S T A N D A P E D<br />
R O D E O S T E M K E Y<br />
E R N S O S I R I S<br />
S T O R M O A R S I N<br />
L A C S B I N S T A R E S<br />
A R C W A L K W A Y I D A<br />
T O U C H Y L I D S N A G<br />
P O E M E N D O G M A<br />
C A B A N A S E A R<br />
J O T T A D S S T R I P<br />
A V I D M A I N T A I N E D<br />
N E O N E M C E E E T N A<br />
E N N A E K E R R O S Y<br />
Answers for the August 2009 crossword puzzle.<br />
long and if the<br />
directions are<br />
not followed<br />
closely,” says<br />
Carroll.<br />
Dentists<br />
warn us to not<br />
be blinded<br />
by the white.<br />
Children’s teeth<br />
aren't fully<br />
developed,<br />
and bleaching<br />
can make<br />
them overly<br />
translucent or<br />
trigger tooth<br />
and gum<br />
sensitivity.<br />
BBBarg learned<br />
that the hard<br />
way. “Basically,<br />
if I ate certain<br />
foods, hot or<br />
cold, my teeth<br />
would tingle.<br />
It didn’t feel<br />
good, and my<br />
gums hurt a<br />
bit.”<br />
UUsually the<br />
pain goes away<br />
when the bleaching stops but, to prevent trouble before it starts,<br />
Carroll says see a dentist and get to the root of the problem.<br />
Get a thorough examination and find out why you’re having<br />
pain and what is causing discoloration of the teeth.<br />
There’s nothing wrong with over-the-counter, bleaching<br />
methods if they’re done under the direction of a dentist and with<br />
adult supervision.<br />
That said, some kids may sneak.<br />
Carroll says to watch for these warning signs. “If the child all<br />
of a sudden can’t drink cold water or can’t eat ice cream, that<br />
might be an indication that they have started using some of these<br />
products.”<br />
When buying over-the-counter, teeth-bleaching products, look<br />
for the American Dental Association’s seal of approval.<br />
These items usually have been rigorously tested and are proven to<br />
be safe and effective with minimal side effects.<br />
Barg still bleaches, but is much more careful. She says, “You just<br />
kind of glow when your teeth are white; everything about you<br />
looks nicer.”<br />
She’s got a bright future and lots to smile about.<br />
For more information go to www.ada.org.<br />
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| PET PAGE<br />
Microchip Your Pet<br />
Putting a microchip in your pet is one of the<br />
smartest and safest things you can do for it.<br />
Collars and tags can come off and get lost<br />
and, in this case, your pet cannot be identified. A<br />
microchip will always be with your pet.<br />
The Bismarck-Mandan animal wardens<br />
have access to a microchip scanner and scan<br />
all animals when they come in to decipher<br />
whether they have chips. If they do, they can<br />
call the records department and get the owners’<br />
identification, and your pet can be returned<br />
quickly and safely. It is not foolproof however.<br />
With all the new technology, some scanners<br />
cannot read all the microchips sold. Before<br />
purchasing one, check with your local animal<br />
impound or veterinary clinic to make sure the<br />
chip you are purchasing is readable in your area.<br />
BISMARCK-MANDAN ANIMAL IMPOUND<br />
701.223.1212 • bismarck.org<br />
By <strong>City</strong><strong>Magazine</strong> Staff<br />
CENTRAL DAKOTA HUMANE SOCIETY<br />
701.667.2020 • cdhs.net<br />
Some companies provide their scanners free<br />
to shelters, and some don't. If you have moved<br />
into the area and our local shelter cannot read<br />
your microchip, you may be able to call the<br />
company and see if they can donate a scanner to<br />
your area. Usually they will do this free of charge.<br />
Along with the chip, pets should also wear<br />
identification tags at all times. Tags should<br />
include the pet's name, your contact information<br />
and a contact number for a friend or relative in<br />
case you are on vacation.<br />
Proper identification tags are your pet's first<br />
ticket home when lost. Microchips provide an<br />
extra level of protection.<br />
Please keep your pet safe. For more<br />
information visit www.hsus.org.<br />
OREO’S ANIMAL RESCUE<br />
701.483.0240 • lovingpetsinneed.com<br />
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one simple<br />
Little Click<br />
By Mike Wetsch<br />
When the discussion of seat belt usage<br />
arises, most of us have heard of<br />
someone who knows someone who<br />
was in a vehicle accident. The story sometimes<br />
continues with this “someone” being told they<br />
would have been severely injured or even killed<br />
had they been wearing their seat belts.<br />
The problem with the above comment is that<br />
it is difficult to verify the “someone” involved<br />
in the accident, and it is nearly impossible to<br />
determine the credentials of the individual who<br />
made the assessment that wearing a seat belt<br />
would have caused greater damage. With nearly<br />
40,000 accident fatalities each year, nearly half<br />
of these deaths can be avoided by wearing a seat<br />
belt.<br />
In N.D., all occupants between the ages of 7 and<br />
18 must wear, at a minimum, a seat belt no matter<br />
where they are located in the vehicle. Children<br />
under 7 must be in an appropriate car seat.<br />
Even though failing to wear a seat belt is a<br />
secondary offense in N. D., if an officer observes<br />
an individual who appears to be under the age of<br />
18, failing to wear a seat belt, the officer can stop<br />
the vehicle when no other offense is observed.<br />
The fine for failing to properly restrain a<br />
juvenile is $25. In the event that a seat belt<br />
violation is observed after a primary offense is<br />
observed, the fine for a front-seat adult violator<br />
is $20.<br />
SAFETY TIP |<br />
Seat belts provide impact protection, absorb<br />
crash forces and keep occupants from being<br />
thrown out of the vehicle. Vehicles are built with<br />
"crumple zones," and seat belts are an integral<br />
part of the system. Seat belts hold occupants<br />
in place while the vehicle collapses around the<br />
"safe" occupant zones.<br />
A main purpose of the seat belt is to keep<br />
occupants within the vehicle during a crash. You<br />
are 25 times more likely to be killed during a<br />
crash if ejected from the vehicle.<br />
Many people believe that seat belts will cause<br />
them to become stranded in the event of a<br />
vehicle fire, however, today’s manufacturing<br />
precautions make vehicle fires rare.<br />
The facts are in, and the evidence is overwhelming<br />
clear. There is no intelligent argument<br />
that can be made against seat belt usage.<br />
Mike Wetsch is a deputy with the Burleigh County<br />
Sheriff’s Department and is assigned to the patrol<br />
division.<br />
Safety Tip is sponsored by:<br />
September 2009 35
| CITY WORKS<br />
Bismarck Air Service<br />
More Destinations, More Connections, More Convenience<br />
Bismarck-area travelers have experienced<br />
many changes in air service over the years.<br />
In the early 1990s, three legacy carriers<br />
(Northwest, Continental and Delta)<br />
provided main-line jet service to three different hubs,<br />
and one might have thought that was the golden age<br />
of air service for Bismarck area travelers.<br />
However, if you look at Bismarck’s air service<br />
picture today, you will be impressed. While not every<br />
flight is a main-line jet, the current flight schedule<br />
provides direct service to six airports, five which are<br />
hubs. Bismarck-area travelers now have direct access<br />
to more destinations than ever before.<br />
Passenger numbers at the Bismarck Airport<br />
reflect the recent air-service enhancements. They, too,<br />
have been growing steadily. We have more airlines<br />
providing more flight options so more people are<br />
using our airport more often.<br />
In 2004, the airport took an important step when<br />
it initiated an incentive program to attract new air<br />
service. Allegiant Air was the first to qualify for the<br />
program by adding their non-stop service to Las Vegas.<br />
This service, as well as Allegiant’s Phoenix/Mesa<br />
service that started in October 2008, have been wildly<br />
successful for both the airline and local travelers. The<br />
Allegiant experience is completely different from the<br />
traditional legacy carrier airline flights that have been<br />
a mainstay at Bismarck for years. Allegiant has been<br />
well received, and the list of destinations is growing.<br />
The legacy carriers are also doing well in<br />
Bismarck. After a successful reorganization,<br />
By Greg Haug, Bismarck airport manager<br />
Northwest Airlines recently merged with Delta,<br />
creating the world’s largest airline. With the two<br />
carriers becoming one, a new name and logo has been<br />
hung on the wall behind the Northwest ticket counter,<br />
and we’ve said goodbye to an old friend that served<br />
this community for over 75 years.<br />
Delta didn’t waste any time making adjustments<br />
to their schedule with their announcement last fall of<br />
Bismarck-to-Salt Lake <strong>City</strong> service beginning June 4,<br />
2009. You will no longer have to fly to Minneapolis in<br />
order to travel to Los Angeles or Seattle. This is good<br />
for local travelers, and it is an efficient move by the<br />
airline.<br />
United Airlines has been providing reliable<br />
regional jet service to Denver and beyond for years.<br />
In March 2009, it announced new direct service to<br />
Chicago O’Hare starting the same day as Delta’s Salt<br />
Lake <strong>City</strong> service.<br />
This direct connection to Chicago is great news<br />
for Bismarck-area travelers. We have sought a nonstop<br />
flight to O’Hare because Chicago is one of our<br />
top markets for business travelers. It also provides<br />
great connections to many domestic markets, as well<br />
as international destinations.<br />
As more travelers utilize the Bismarck Airport,<br />
we are able to attract more competitive service to<br />
more destinations. We are on a roll, and we need to<br />
continue to build on this new level of service into<br />
the future. Fly Bismarck–more destinations, more<br />
connections, more convenience.<br />
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WE Drive |<br />
THE THUNDERBIRD<br />
EXPERIENCE<br />
By Mike LaLonde<br />
Photo Credit: Mike LaLonde<br />
With the advent of the 1953 Chevrolet Corvette,<br />
sports-car culture was born in the U.S. Following<br />
the successful launch of the Corvette, Ford Motor<br />
company followed suit with its 1955 Ford Thunderbird<br />
roadster.<br />
From the get go, the two brands were alike in basic design:<br />
long, low, sleek two seaters with powerful engines. But after three<br />
years of production, the T-Bird became a sports luxury car, and<br />
the Corvette continued in the traditional sports-car direction, as it<br />
exists today.<br />
With a different mission in mind for the Thunderbird, Ford<br />
introduced the four-seat Thunderbird in 1958. Awash in space-age<br />
styling, the four seater became an instant success, launching what<br />
is now known as the era of the Personal Luxury Car. Competitors<br />
followed, with perhaps one of the most beautiful GM designs, the<br />
1963 Buick Riviera to name just one.<br />
The Thunderbird went through several successful transformations<br />
since 1955, but perhaps one of the most beautiful designs<br />
since the original ‘55 to ‘57 models are the Retro-Birds, a gorgeous<br />
two-seat car that Ford marketed from 2002 to 2005.<br />
These special editions have the latest in safety, comfort and performance<br />
features, and follow the original 1955 T-Bird look with<br />
modern design cues harking back to the original.<br />
Recently, while viewing old and new Thunderbirds at the annual<br />
Buggies’n’Blues celebration in Mandan, <strong>City</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> visited<br />
with three T-Bird aficionados about their cars.<br />
Don Roloff, current spokesperson for the Dakota Thunderbird<br />
Chapter of the Pioneer Auto Club here in our area, says there are<br />
September 2009 continued on page 41<br />
37
| SPORTS WATCH<br />
Sept. 1:<br />
Boys High School Tennis – Century vs. Minot, Sertoma,<br />
4:15 p.m.<br />
Sept. 2:<br />
Women’s College Volleyball – Dakota College-Bottineau at<br />
BSC, 7 p.m.<br />
Sept. 3:<br />
Girls High School Golf – Dickinson Invite, Heart River,<br />
11 a.m. (MT)<br />
Boys High School Tennis – Jamestown vs. Mandan,<br />
Mandan Middle School, 4:15 p.m.; Century vs. Dickinson,<br />
DHS Courts, 4:30 p.m. (MT)<br />
Boys High School Soccer – Jamestown vs. Mandan,<br />
Dacotah Centennial, 6:30 p.m.; Century vs. BHS,<br />
Community Bowl, 8 p.m.<br />
Girls High School Volleyball – Century vs. Mandan,<br />
Mandan Senior High, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Girls High School Swim/Diving – Bismarck vs. Century,<br />
YMCA, 5 p.m.<br />
Sept. 4:<br />
Women’s College Volleyball – Minot State at U-Mary, 7<br />
p.m.<br />
Boys & Girls High School Cross Country – Bismarck<br />
Quarterback Invite, Tom O’Leary, 2 p.m.<br />
Boys High School Tennis – West Fargo vs. Century,<br />
Sertoma, 4:15 p.m.<br />
Girls High School Volleyball – Jamestown at Dickinson,<br />
6 p.m. (MT)<br />
Sept. 5:<br />
Women’s College Volleyball – Montana State-Northern at<br />
U-Mary, 11 a.m.; Montana State-Billings at U-Mary, 5<br />
p.m.<br />
Men’s College Football – Wisconsin-Whitewater at<br />
Dickinson State, 12 p.m. (MT); Upper Iowa University vs.<br />
U-Mary, 2:30 p.m.<br />
Boys High School Tennis – West Fargo vs. Mandan,<br />
Mandan Middle School, 12 p.m.<br />
Sept 7:<br />
Men’s and Women’s College Golf – Dickinson State<br />
Tournament, Heart River, 12 p.m./9 a.m. (MT)<br />
Sept 8:<br />
Boys High School Tennis – Mandan vs. Century, Sertoma,<br />
4:15 p.m.; Bismarck at DHS Courts, 4:30 p.m. (MT)<br />
Boys High School Soccer – BHS vs. Minot, Community<br />
Bowl, 5:30 p.m.; Century vs. St. Mary’s, Community<br />
Bowl, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Girls High School Volleyball – Century vs. Bismarck,<br />
Karlgaard, 7:30 p.m.; St. Mary’s vs. Mandan, Mandan<br />
Senior High, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Sept. 9:<br />
College Golf – Bismarck State College Open, Hawktree, 11 a.m.<br />
Women’s College Volleyball – NDSCS-Wahpeton at BSC, 7 p.m.<br />
Sept. 10:<br />
Boys High School Tennis – Mandan vs. Minot Ryan,<br />
Mandan Middle School, 4 p.m.<br />
Boys High School Soccer – Mandan vs. Bismarck, Dacotah<br />
Centennial, 6:30 p.m..<br />
Girls High School Volleyball – Bismarck vs. Minot,<br />
Karlgaard, 7:30 p.m.; Williston at Dickinson, 7 p.m. (MT)<br />
WANT TO KNOW WHAT’S<br />
HAPPENING IN THE ACTION-PACKED<br />
WORLD OF SPORTS?<br />
Sept. 11:<br />
Boys High School Football – West Fargo vs. Dickinson,<br />
Badlands Activity Center, 7 p.m. (MT); Shiloh vs. South<br />
Border, Hughes, 7 p.m.<br />
Sept. 12:<br />
Women’s College Soccer – Minnesota State-Billings vs.<br />
U-Mary, 11 a.m.<br />
Men’s College Football – Minnesota State vs. U-Mary, 2:30 p.m.<br />
Boys & Girls High School Cross Country – Mandan<br />
Kiwanis, Municipal, 1 p.m.<br />
Boys High School Football – Bottineau vs. St. Mary’s,<br />
Community Bowl, 6:30 p.m. (Homecoming)<br />
Sept. 13:<br />
Women’s College Soccer – University of Great Falls vs.<br />
U-Mary, 2 p.m.<br />
Sept. 15:<br />
Boys High School Tennis – Bismarck vs. Minot Ryan, Tom<br />
O’Leary, 4:15 p.m.; Mandan at Dickinson, DHS Courts,<br />
4:30 p.m. (MT)<br />
Boys High School Soccer – Jamestown vs. Bismarck,<br />
Community Bowl, 5:30 p.m.<br />
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Girls High School Volleyball – Minot at Mandan, Mandan<br />
Senior High, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Sept. 16:<br />
Men’s College Soccer – Rocky Mountain College vs.<br />
U-Mary, 7 p.m.<br />
Sept. 17:<br />
Women’s College Volleyball – Jamestown JV at BSC, 7<br />
p.m.<br />
Boys High School Tennis – Bismarck vs. Century, Tom<br />
O’Leary, 4:15 p.m.<br />
Girls High School Volleyball – Bismarck vs. Mandan,<br />
Mandan Senior High, 7:30 p.m.; Century vs. Dickinson,<br />
Olson, 7:30 p.m. (MT)<br />
Boys High School Soccer –Century vs. Minot, Community<br />
Bowl, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Sept. 18:<br />
Girls High School Golf – Century Invite, Tom O’Leary, 1<br />
p.m.<br />
Boys High School Football – Fargo North vs. Mandan,<br />
Faris Field, 6:30 p.m. (Homecoming); Century vs.<br />
Jamestown, Community Bowl, 6:30 p.m.; Shiloh vs.<br />
Ellendale, Hughes, 7 p.m.<br />
Tune in to KFYR 550AM and<br />
ESPN Radio 710AM for play-by-play<br />
action and updates. Just remember....<br />
don’t throw the radio!<br />
Boys High School Tennis – Jamestown vs. Dickinson, DHS<br />
Courts, 3:30 p.m. (MT)<br />
Sept. 19:<br />
Girls High School Swim/Diving – Williston/Dickinson<br />
Invite, Dickinson Community Center, TBA<br />
Girls High School Golf – Bismarck Invite, Riverwood, 8<br />
a.m.<br />
Girls High School Volleyball – Century vs. Williston,<br />
Olson, 1 p.m.; Minot at Dickinson, 4 p.m. (MT)<br />
Sept. 22:<br />
Women’s College Volleyball – Minnesota-Duluth at<br />
U-Mary, 7 p.m.<br />
Boys High School Tennis – Century vs. Bismarck,<br />
Sertoma, 4:15 p.m.<br />
Girls High School Volleyball – Dickinson vs. Bismarck,<br />
Karlgaard, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Boys High School Soccer – Century vs. St. Mary’s,<br />
Community Bowl, 7 p.m.<br />
Sept. 23:<br />
Men’s College Soccer – Concordia vs. U-Mary, 6 p.m.<br />
Sept. 24:<br />
Boys High School Tennis – West Region in Bismarck, TBA<br />
Girls High School Golf – Mandan Invite, Prairie West,<br />
10 a.m.<br />
Girls High School Volleyball – Century vs. Jamestown,<br />
Olson, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Boys High School Soccer – Century vs. Bismarck,<br />
Community Bowl, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Sept. 25:<br />
College Cross Country – U-Mary at Dickinson State, TBA<br />
(MT)<br />
Girls High School Volleyball – Dickinson Invitational,<br />
Dickinson, TBA (MT)<br />
Boys High School Tennis – West Region in Bismarck, TBA<br />
Girls High School Swim/Diving – Williston vs. Mandan,<br />
Mandan Community Center, 5 p.m.<br />
Sept. 26:<br />
Women’s College Soccer – Wayne State vs. U-Mary, 11 a.m.<br />
Men’s College Football – Minnesota-Duluth vs. U-Mary,<br />
2 p.m. (Homecoming); Valley <strong>City</strong> at Dickinson State,<br />
1:30 p.m. (MT)<br />
Men’s College Soccer – Jamestown vs. U-Mary, 3 p.m.<br />
Girls High School Volleyball – Dickinson Invitational,<br />
Dickinson, TBA (MT)<br />
Boys High School Tennis – West Region in Bismarck, TBA<br />
Boys High School Football – Mandan at Dickinson,<br />
Badlands Activity Center, 8 p.m. (MT)<br />
Girls High School Swim/Diving – Mandan/Bismarck<br />
Invite, Mandan Community Center, TBA<br />
Sept. 27:<br />
Women’s College Soccer – Augustana vs. U-Mary, 1 p.m.<br />
Men’s College Soccer – St. John’s vs. U-Mary, 3 p.m.<br />
Sept. 29:<br />
Boys High School Soccer – Century vs. Mandan, Dacotah<br />
Centennial, 6 p.m.; St. Mary’s vs. Bismarck, Community<br />
Bowl, 7 p.m.<br />
Girls High School Volleyball – St. Mary’s vs. Bismarck,<br />
St. Mary’s, 7:30 p.m.; Standing Rock at Shiloh, 7 p.m.<br />
Sept. 30:<br />
Women’s College Soccer – Jamestown vs. BSC, 5 p.m.<br />
Men’s College Soccer – Jamestown vs. BSC, 7 p.m.<br />
September 2009 39
| FEATURE<br />
Merit Pay for Teachers<br />
Arrives on the National Scene<br />
Merit pay for teachers – the debate<br />
continues across the nation, but it<br />
is almost non-existent locally and<br />
statewide. The idea of merit pay has<br />
arrived in some states, and teachers’ unions remain<br />
one of the biggest stumbling blocks to merit pay.<br />
At least one state has made some progress in that<br />
area. In Minn., the teachers’ union is cooperating<br />
with the Governor’s plan in which teachers in<br />
some schools work with mentors to improve their<br />
instruction and get bonuses for raising student<br />
achievements.<br />
Minn. $86 million teacher professionalization<br />
and merit-pay initiative has spread to dozens of that<br />
state’s school districts and was recently expanded to<br />
Minneapolis. Governor Tim Pawlenty credits the<br />
plan’s success to union leaders who helped develop<br />
and sell it to teachers.<br />
Many similar small teacher-pay experiments<br />
are underway nationwide, with cooperation from<br />
teachers’ unions. A consensus seems to be building<br />
that rewarding teachers with bonuses or raises for<br />
improving student achievement, working in lowerincome<br />
schools or teaching subjects that are hard to<br />
staff can energize veteran teachers and attract more<br />
young people to the profession.<br />
The National Governors’ Association has<br />
appointed six states–La., Fla., Ind., Kan., R. I. and<br />
Tenn.–to tackle the merit-pay issue. “The challenge<br />
is to determine what is the merit in merit pay,” said<br />
By Jan Schultz<br />
a Teach for America executive who will be working<br />
with the committee.<br />
Some of the criteria for teacher merit pay include<br />
improving student learning; working in high-poverty<br />
schools; teaching math, science and other shortage<br />
areas; and rewarding teachers with special skills.<br />
In states with developing merit-pay programs,<br />
many methods have been tried, and a variety of pay<br />
amounts have been awarded from a mere $250 a year<br />
to thousands of dollars in bonuses.<br />
President Barack Obama announced March 10<br />
that he favors merit pay for teachers. He said in part,<br />
“Too many supporters of my party have resisted the<br />
idea of rewarding excellence in teaching with extra<br />
pay even though we know it can make a difference in<br />
the classroom.”<br />
He added that a far-reaching overhaul of the<br />
nation’s education system is an economic imperative<br />
that can’t wait. A relative decline in American<br />
education, he said, is unacceptable in terms of<br />
achieving the American Dream.<br />
And the biggest challenges facing the U.S.<br />
education system are:<br />
• Low teacher pay<br />
• Unqualified teachers<br />
• Poor facilities and technology<br />
• Parent-student apathy<br />
In the coming months, <strong>City</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> will explore<br />
ideas from Bismarck teachers as they search for the<br />
“Perfect Merit-pay Plan”.<br />
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continued from page 37<br />
about 20 active T-bird owners in the club, with<br />
perhaps more than 100 known owners of “Birds<br />
“in the area.<br />
Roloff and his spouse Diana have a special<br />
edition 2002 Signature Edition Bird, along with a<br />
1988 thunderbird Turbo coupe. When asked about<br />
his interest in T-Birds, Don said all T-Birds are<br />
unique in style, have all the luxury items and are<br />
fun to drive!”<br />
Jackie and Greg Dockter of Bismarck are<br />
another Thunderbird couple. They’ve owned a<br />
1966 Thunderbird convertible for the past 12 years<br />
and have traveled to scores of Thunderbird events<br />
nationally in the ‘66. Says Greg, “We’ve put nearly<br />
100,000 miles in the ‘66 since we acquired her.”<br />
As for Jackie, she is the proud owner of a Mint<br />
Green 2004 T-Bird Signature Edition Bird. Greg<br />
sums up their T-Bird experience this way, “The license<br />
plate on the ‘66 says it all–66DREAM–it was<br />
my dream car in high school and, although it took<br />
32 years till I got the car, it was worth the wait!”<br />
Mike LaLonde is a local writer and photographer<br />
and is genuinely car (and bike) crazy!<br />
September 2009 41
| TRAVEL<br />
Scuba One –<br />
What’s in a Name?!<br />
When Randy Kraft named his<br />
business Scuba One in the<br />
1980s, websites were not in<br />
existence. Now he finds that this<br />
moniker was fortuitous, as his company comes<br />
up competitively on Google and other search<br />
engines.<br />
Kraft had a license plate early on that said<br />
“Scuba 1.” The name caught on so he made it a<br />
registered trademark. Today, the name assists<br />
him in expanding his customer base on<br />
www.ScubaOne.com. He has a number of<br />
clients from out of state.<br />
Kraft began diving as a hobby in 1983 when<br />
he was a student at Moorhead (Minn.) State. He<br />
later worked for several years in Jamaica, where<br />
he further developed his scuba interest and<br />
knowledge of the Caribbean. Kraft ran water<br />
sports for Eden II, now known as Sandal’s Dunn<br />
River resort. During this period, he returned<br />
home in the summers.<br />
“I liked the adventure of scuba diving, and<br />
I liked going to the Caribbean,” Randy says.<br />
Gradually, his avocation became his vocation.<br />
He decided to take a 10-week course in<br />
California to become an instructor.<br />
Now, he is a Master Instructor with<br />
more than 25 years of experience. Besides<br />
instructing, he is involved in rescues and,<br />
occasionally, in some maintenance work<br />
for the Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of<br />
Reclamation and utility companies.<br />
“We have a lot of interest in diving in our<br />
area,” Kraft says when asked about Bismarck-<br />
Mandan’s land-locked status about as far from<br />
an ocean as you can get in the U.S. He averages<br />
about 100 new students annually.<br />
Classes are held in a local pool and then<br />
people “graduate” to Lake Sakakawea. In<br />
order to become certified, students must make<br />
four dives in open water, Kraft says. He takes<br />
satisfaction in having introduced many people<br />
to scuba diving for the first time.<br />
By Katherine Satrom<br />
“Kids must be at least 12 before they can be in<br />
my classes,” he says. A portion of the classes can<br />
be completed online.<br />
Scuba One is the only diving company<br />
in N.D. to be a PADI 5 Star Dive Center. This<br />
designation allows his clients to obtain PADI’s<br />
exclusive “Gold” certification card.<br />
Randy shares information on resorts with<br />
clients and helps them plan diving vacations. He<br />
is gone a month a year himself, traveling to the<br />
Caribbean for diving and occasionally escorting<br />
groups personally. Among his favorite places to<br />
dive are Curacao, Roatan and Cozumel.<br />
Scuba One is located at 2010 46th Avenue SE,<br />
Mandan, near Raging Rivers Water Park.<br />
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State-of-the-art at itS fineSt:<br />
Dickinson’s Badlands<br />
activity Center<br />
Once again, Dickinson’s entrepreneurial<br />
spirit shined through the development<br />
of the Badlands Activity Center (BAC).<br />
The BAC is a $16 million, multi-purpose athletic<br />
facility currently under construction on the<br />
Dickinson State University campus.<br />
BAC will be an athlete’s paradise. It will<br />
include everything from artificial turf, a stateof-the-art,<br />
Olympic-standard track, electronic<br />
information and scoring, and on-site locker<br />
rooms.<br />
Pete Stanton, Dickinson State University’s<br />
instructor and NAIA National Track and Field<br />
coach reports, “We are very excited about the<br />
BAC. It will be a tremendous facility for our<br />
athletes to train at. It will give us more room and<br />
By Debora Dragseth<br />
provide us with additional locker rooms and<br />
training equipment.”<br />
continued on page 47<br />
September 2009 43
Young Entrepreneur<br />
Success Story<br />
Award<br />
Cameron Coates<br />
C.C. Gunworks<br />
101 Hwy. 12 West, Bowman<br />
701-523-3006<br />
By <strong>City</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> Staff<br />
““Gunning for Success””<br />
Fascinated by guns from a young age,<br />
Cameron Coates loved getting his hands<br />
on guns that no one thought could be<br />
fixed. Taking a broken gun and making it<br />
functional became a career path for this<br />
25-year-old entrepreneur.<br />
A four-year stint in the Marine Corps taught<br />
him to, in his words, “Never doubt yourself.<br />
You can do it.” On December 3, 2008, with<br />
the help of his father, Merv, the owner of<br />
Bowman’s Hardluck Harry’s Trading Post,<br />
Cameron returned to his hometown and<br />
opened C.C. Gunworks.<br />
Tell us what your company does.<br />
I fix guns, of course, but mostly I build<br />
guns. I also customize guns to the owners’<br />
needs; I inform them about the different<br />
options available to help them and their<br />
guns shoot better.<br />
Cameron Coates, owner of C.C. Gunworks (left),<br />
and his father, Merv (right).<br />
Young Entrepreneur Success Story<br />
RECOGNIZING ENTREPRENEURS UNDER 30 WHO ARE CULTIVATING<br />
THE SPIRIT OF INNOVATION IN N.D.<br />
What kind of skills do you need to be a<br />
gunsmith?<br />
I graduated from the Colorado School of<br />
Trades Gunsmithing School. A successful<br />
gunsmith needs to understand machining,<br />
lathwork and millwork. Attention to detail<br />
and patience is also important.<br />
Anyone thinking of being a gunsmith should<br />
know that you need to continue learning<br />
throughout your career. It’s just not, “I went<br />
to school and now I know it all.” When<br />
new guns come out, they are different than<br />
20-year-old or 30-year-old guns.<br />
How did you decide to be a gunsmith?<br />
I’ve always enjoyed building and taking<br />
things apart. After I got out of the Marine<br />
Corps in 2006, I wanted to come home to<br />
Bowman. My dad convinced me to start<br />
my own business.<br />
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Gunsmiths have the opportunity to<br />
hold history in their hands. What is the<br />
oldest gun that you have worked on?<br />
A Remington Rolling Block rifle, built in<br />
1864.<br />
What is it about your business that you<br />
are most proud of?<br />
I am proud of satisfied and happy<br />
customers. For example, a customer will<br />
bring in a bad looking, rusty gun. They will<br />
get back a gun that has been through the<br />
rebluing process, giving it a polished metal<br />
finish instead of a rusty one. Seldom do<br />
people expect their guns to look as good as<br />
they do.<br />
Did you have any early doubts that<br />
might have stopped you?<br />
I’d say yes but, thanks to the Marine Corps,<br />
I have learned never to doubt myself, just to<br />
do the job.<br />
What is your favorite part of the day?<br />
When new customers come in. I like to<br />
learn from them, as well as teach them. We<br />
always have the coffee pot on so people<br />
can come in and hang out.<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.<br />
We will profile individuals who personify<br />
the entrepreneurial spirit of our state and offer<br />
advice to others facing similar challenges as<br />
our featured entrepreneur. Experts tell us there<br />
is a strong correlation between innovation,<br />
entrepreneurial activity and a region’s economic<br />
vitality.<br />
Creative young adults are key to N.D.'s<br />
economic future. If you know of an entrepreneur<br />
under 30 who is making a difference, we invite<br />
your nominations. E-mail us at <strong>City</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong><br />
(thecitymagazine@unitedprinting.com), or call us<br />
at 701-223-0505.<br />
Our Advice:<br />
Ashley Alderson, executive director<br />
of the Bowman County Development<br />
Corporation, notes that a stop at<br />
Hardluck Harry’s Trading Post (home of<br />
C.C. Gunworks) wouldn’t be complete<br />
without their signature pot of coffee. She<br />
said, “The trading post, selling anything<br />
from guns to donkeys, is a real boon to<br />
our community.”<br />
Alderson and her staff encourage young<br />
entrepreneurs to return to or stay in their<br />
hometowns to pursue their dreams. She<br />
says, “Here in Bowman, we have lots<br />
of young families moving in or returning<br />
home. We are happy to note that, with<br />
young families, there also come young<br />
entrepreneurs.”<br />
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Dickinson Calendar of Events<br />
For more information visit www.visitdickinson.com<br />
9/4/2009 Thru 9/5/2009<br />
ND Roughrider Studebaker Orphan Car Show<br />
Bar-B-Que from the Heart - ND State Championships<br />
Southwest Speedway Stock Car Races<br />
9/5/2009 Thru 9/6/2009<br />
History Alive Performance with Vic Smith, Guide<br />
NDRA Killdeer Mountain Memorial Rodeo<br />
9/5/2009 Thru 9/7/2009<br />
Annual Kevin Bergman Labor Day Golf Classic<br />
9/6/2009<br />
Medora Musical Official Last Night<br />
9/11/2009 Thru 9/12/2009<br />
Annual Badlands Appreciation<br />
9/12/2009<br />
West River Triathlon<br />
9/16/2009 Thru 9/18/2009<br />
Annual Make-A-Splash Water Festival<br />
9/18/2009 Thru 9/19/2009<br />
Annual Western Edge Dance Festival<br />
9/19/2009 Thru 9/20/2009<br />
Pride of Dakota Harvest Showcase<br />
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Field view of Dickinson's Badland Activity Center<br />
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The BAC will also provide year-round usage opportunities<br />
that will positively contribute to the image and quality of life<br />
of southwestern North Dakota. Possible offerings include<br />
exhibitions, car shows, banquets, concerts and many other<br />
special events.<br />
“The BAC is just another example of our community being<br />
progressive and providing first-class facilities for our citizens<br />
and visitors,” said James Kramer, director of Dickinson Parks<br />
and Recreation. “This facility will help our community attract<br />
more football and track and field events, as well as smaller<br />
trade shows and conferences, which will generate more sales<br />
tax revenue to fund future projects.”<br />
So who made this fantasy a reality? The innovative<br />
Dickinson community, including Dickinson State University,<br />
Dickinson Catholic Schools, <strong>City</strong> of Dickinson, DSU Blue<br />
Hawk Boosters, DSU Foundation, Dickinson Public Schools,<br />
Dickinson Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, Dickinson Parks<br />
and Recreation, Stark County Commission and Dickinson<br />
Chamber of Commerce.<br />
As Kevin Thompson, executive director of the DSU<br />
Alumni Association and Foundation, says, “The Badlands<br />
Activity Center is becoming a reality because of the<br />
cooperation by all entities in the Dickinson region.”<br />
BAC is highly regarded by athletes and students alike.<br />
“Students resoundingly support the BAC project. They<br />
demonstrated their approval by voting to increase student<br />
fees which will contribute approximately $1 million to the<br />
project,” reports Hal Haynes, vice-president for DSU Student<br />
Development.<br />
There is no doubt that the BAC will be a destination place<br />
for the entire region. The facility truly opens doors to a vast<br />
array of events.<br />
Fortunately, enthusiastic community members will not<br />
have to endure the suspense much longer. The center is<br />
scheduled to be football-ready by September and completely<br />
functional by the spring of 2010.<br />
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Bismarck, ND 58502-0936<br />
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