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BISMARCK • MANDAN • DICKINSON<br />
SEPTEMBER 2011<br />
Edible<br />
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Post Flood<br />
Fishing<br />
Out of the Darkness<br />
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September 2011 | Contents<br />
Kilee’s Take 4<br />
Publisher’s Note 5<br />
Cover Story n<br />
<strong>Pat</strong> <strong>Finken</strong> 6<br />
Community Cluster n<br />
Community Youth 10<br />
Mandan on the Move 11<br />
CM/KFYR Salutes 12<br />
Sportswatch 14<br />
URL Radio 16<br />
Night Life n<br />
Wine Notes 17<br />
Entertainment 18<br />
Dining Guide 20<br />
Hobby Hub n<br />
Taste of N.D. 23<br />
Crossword 24<br />
Good Reads 25<br />
Outdoors 26<br />
Business and<br />
Communication n<br />
How To 28<br />
The 411 29<br />
YESS Award 30<br />
Home n<br />
Realtor Tips 32<br />
Home 101 34<br />
FYI n<br />
Sound Off 37<br />
Feature n<br />
Out of the Darkness 38<br />
Travel n<br />
Ghost Town 40<br />
Health n<br />
Medical 41<br />
Life Focus 43<br />
Feature n<br />
TR Symposium 44<br />
Western N.D. n<br />
Mr. Diversity 46<br />
SneakPique Productions 47<br />
16<br />
Edible<br />
Style Show<br />
26<br />
Post Flood<br />
Fishing<br />
38<br />
Out of<br />
the Darkness
Sneak Peek<br />
September <strong>City</strong> Chat with <strong>City</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong><br />
airs on urlradio.net Wednesdays at<br />
10:30 a.m.; and on Dakota Media<br />
Access Channel 12 Mondays at<br />
7 p.m. and Thursdays at Noon.<br />
Robin Thorstenson<br />
September 11 Ten Years Later: Impact<br />
on the Heartland Symposium<br />
9-7-11 on URL;<br />
9-1-11, 9-5-11 and 9-8-11 on DMA<br />
<strong>Pat</strong> <strong>Finken</strong><br />
Odney, President<br />
9-14-11 on URL<br />
9-12-11 and 9-15-11 on DMA<br />
Chris Volk<br />
Pita Pit, Owner<br />
9-21-11 on URL<br />
9-19-11 and 9-22-11 on DMA<br />
Susan Wagner<br />
Out of the Darkness Walk, Co-Chair<br />
9-28-11 on URL<br />
9-26-11 and 9-29-11 on DMA<br />
September on thecitymag.com<br />
The <strong>City</strong> Mag 10<br />
<strong>Pat</strong> <strong>Finken</strong><br />
Odney, President<br />
Extra Questions<br />
Kilee’s Take<br />
We all remember where we were<br />
Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, when at 8:45 a.m.<br />
and 9:03 a.m. EDT (or 7:45 a.m. and 8:03<br />
a.m. CT), the Twin Towers were viciously<br />
attacked.<br />
It’s hard to imagine that 10 years<br />
ago, I was beginning my senior year of<br />
high school. While in the office prior to<br />
homeroom, a newscaster on TV explained<br />
that a plane had crashed into one of the<br />
Twin Towers. I then entered class, where<br />
we turned on the news and watched in<br />
horror as a second plane collided into the<br />
second tower. At that moment, we knew<br />
our world would never be the same.<br />
Prior to graduation, many of my<br />
classmates joined the military. Today, it’s<br />
hard to believe that we are still engaged in<br />
two wars. My prayers go out to the soldiers<br />
(those who made the ultimate sacrifice and<br />
those who fought or continue to fight) and<br />
their families.<br />
As the ten-year anniversary is upon<br />
us, you may want to learn more and<br />
reflect. One way to do so is by attending<br />
Bismarck State College’s “September<br />
11 Ten Years Later: Impact on the<br />
Heartland,” Symposium scheduled Sept.<br />
<strong>City</strong> <strong>Pat</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> <strong>Finken</strong><br />
9-11.<br />
8/11<br />
For<br />
Crossword<br />
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God Bless America.<br />
Odney, President<br />
Dollars & Sense<br />
Expanding Your College Dollars<br />
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• Spirited Apple Butter<br />
• Apple Surprise Mini Pies<br />
Sneak Peek October 2011<br />
Fashion<br />
Whatever Happened To<br />
Made in North Dakota<br />
Secret Shopper<br />
Investigative Issues<br />
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Publisher’s Note<br />
In earlier times, we would speak of the “100 or 500<br />
year flood” as if it would never happen again. After<br />
all, 100 or 500 years is a long time. For the last quarter<br />
century, we grew confident that the waters of the<br />
Missouri river were under control. As our predecessors<br />
learned with the floods of the 40s and early 50s, however,<br />
confidence can be shattered in seconds and take years to<br />
rebuild.<br />
When residents lost confidence from the floods<br />
long ago, the Garrison Dam was inaugurated in 1954 by<br />
President Eisenhower, creating a sense of comfort for<br />
those living below the dam. Slowly, the fears of unwanted<br />
waters diminished until it was history in their minds.<br />
For the past 25 years, living alongside the river has<br />
been highly desired. Living near the water promised<br />
abundant trees, plenty of water and access to the river.<br />
Then came May 2011, when the waters became<br />
unmanageable. We received more water than we could<br />
use, and it threatened our homes. Southport and Fox<br />
Island residents were asked to move to safer grounds.<br />
Wow, what a surprise! Slowly, the water was controlled<br />
and we again found a comfort level.<br />
Now begins the process of rebuilding our confidence.<br />
Eventually, it will be restored, and we will again enjoy the<br />
beauty of the water and the trees. The “100 or 500 years<br />
flood” will again become a part of the future. The values<br />
of homes will recover and residents will enjoy life as<br />
before. Total trust will not happen over night, however; it<br />
may take years or even decades.<br />
When everything is cleaned up, the area will be nicer<br />
than before. People will take more precautions when<br />
building. The river will again provide entertainment as<br />
before.<br />
The Flood That<br />
was Never Meant<br />
to be............<br />
Joe Hauer, Publisher<br />
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September 2011 5
“<strong>Pat</strong> <strong>Finken</strong> and Odney:<br />
Making a Difference for<br />
North Dakota”<br />
By Tom Regan<br />
Photo by Glasser Images
you’re not familiar with the North Dakota “Legendary” slogan seen<br />
Ift on television, billboards and in print, you must be living under a rock.<br />
Behind that ubiquitous campaign and dozens of others is <strong>Pat</strong> <strong>Finken</strong> and<br />
the Odney advertising agency, founded in Bismarck in 1985 by Jim Odney.<br />
<strong>Finken</strong>, who began his media career in Minot, joined Odney in 1990<br />
and, as partner in charge of account management, helped grow it into one<br />
of the largest firms in the region. In 1995, two years after Jim Odney left<br />
Bismarck to establish a Minneapolis branch, the partners made the decision<br />
to split Odney into two separate companies.<br />
With the vision of creating a full-service communications consulting<br />
company, <strong>Finken</strong> systematically acquired a graphic design firm, a market<br />
research company and a company specializing in website development and<br />
online marketing. Public relations and social media divisions were added<br />
along the way, bringing the employee roster to about 50.<br />
Today, the Bismarck-based company operates branch offices in Fargo,<br />
Minot and Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and bills about $15 million annually. “The<br />
thing I’m most proud of is not the growth itself, but what it’s allowed us to<br />
do in terms of bringing in a level of expertise,” <strong>Finken</strong> said.<br />
“I’m one of the most blessed persons I know,” said the 54-year-old<br />
<strong>Finken</strong> of his storied road to success. But if you think the ad agency life is<br />
anywhere near as glamorous as it’s depicted in novels and movies, <strong>Finken</strong><br />
will be the first to set you straight. “A lot of work goes into it—it’s still 1<br />
percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.”<br />
cm:<br />
What do you find fascinating about politics?<br />
<strong>Pat</strong> <strong>Finken</strong>: Even though it’s fashionable for people to look down on<br />
politicians, I have always considered it, no matter what your party affiliation<br />
or political beliefs, an honor to serve and feel we should appreciate, even<br />
if we disagree with them, those who are willing to step into the arena.<br />
Especially here in North Dakota, where politics is not a “get rich quick”<br />
scheme—it’s still old-fashioned populist politics. These are people who really<br />
care and are looking at trying to make life better for the rest of us. I grew up<br />
in a family where we would have discussions about the issues of the day.<br />
cm:<br />
Who has had the greatest influence on your life?<br />
<strong>Pat</strong> <strong>Finken</strong>: Number one is my dad. He’s still alive at 89. He’s the<br />
kindest, gentlest, most compassionate guy I’ve ever known. If I ever had the<br />
chance to bet on whether someone would go to heaven or not, he would<br />
be the guy. My dad is one of those salt-of-the-earth guys that we should all<br />
grow up to be.<br />
The second most important influence, and it has more to do with my<br />
career, is Chet Reiten. I learned just about everything I know about this<br />
business from him. He took a chance on a 25-year-old kid when he asked<br />
me to manage his new FM Top 40 station. Of course who better to learn<br />
from than the man who built a multi-million dollar broadcasting company<br />
from the ground up beginning with a $1,900 investment.<br />
<strong>Pat</strong> <strong>Finken</strong><br />
Title: President,<br />
Odney<br />
DOB: March 17, 1957<br />
(St. <strong>Pat</strong>rick’s Day),<br />
Douglas, N.D.<br />
High School: Bishop<br />
Ryan High School,<br />
Class of 1975<br />
College: Minot<br />
State University,<br />
broadcasting/mass<br />
communication<br />
Family: Wife, Lori,<br />
married 31 years;<br />
daughter, Erin, 27;<br />
son, Alex, 25<br />
Hobbies: golf, politics<br />
Latest leadership<br />
position: U.S.<br />
Chamber Board of<br />
Directors<br />
Favorite quote:<br />
“It isn’t creative<br />
unless it sells.”<br />
–David Ogilvy<br />
What would people be<br />
surprised to learn about<br />
you? “Up until my<br />
freshman year in<br />
college, I planned to<br />
be a priest.”<br />
What are you most proud<br />
of? “We have nice<br />
kids—they grew up<br />
to be nice people.”<br />
continued on page 9<br />
September 2011 7
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Why did you retain the<br />
cm: “Odney” name after you<br />
bought the Bismarck side of the<br />
agency?<br />
<strong>Pat</strong> <strong>Finken</strong>: Who the heck would want to<br />
hire an agency named “<strong>Finken</strong>?” But the truth is,<br />
I’m a brand guy; I believe in the power of brands.<br />
Great brands are the product of what people care<br />
most about and what you do best. Understanding<br />
that overlap is the key to developing great brands.<br />
It’s also how you do great advertising, how you<br />
create awareness, motivation and persuasion. The<br />
Odney brand was established and known in the<br />
marketplace and on a regional basis. We had an<br />
eight or nine year jumpstart on that brand identity<br />
and we would have been crazy to change. It had<br />
become a valuable brand, and I never had the ego to<br />
insist my name had to be on the door. I’ve counseled<br />
many clients on brand strategy and what I did was<br />
act as I tell my clients to act.<br />
cm:<br />
As an entrepreneur, what’s<br />
your advice to someone<br />
thinking about going into business for<br />
themselves?<br />
<strong>Pat</strong> <strong>Finken</strong>: Do your homework. These<br />
decisions must be made by your head working with<br />
your heart. Make sure the market is right, that you<br />
see a clear pathway to building a business that’s<br />
going to be profitable. What matters to you is not<br />
important; what matters to your potential customers<br />
is how you win. Understand who your customer<br />
is and what they value and make sure there are<br />
enough of them to make it work. That’s no. 1; no. 2<br />
is don’t be afraid.<br />
Understand who your customer is and<br />
what they value and make sure there<br />
are enough of them to make it work.<br />
That’s no. 1; no. 2 is don’t be afraid.<br />
cm:<br />
What has been your biggest<br />
personal challenge?<br />
<strong>Pat</strong> <strong>Finken</strong>: My wife has struggled with<br />
depression. She has spoken on it at a couple of the<br />
First Lady’s Health Summits. It’s been a 20-plus year<br />
battle and it’s better now, but it’s a sad, sad thing<br />
to watch someone go through and to be part of it.<br />
Obviously, it affects the whole family. You really<br />
don’t understand the issues until you’re immersed<br />
in it, until you see it firsthand, and that’s the way it<br />
is with any disease. It doesn’t get to be personal until<br />
it gets very personal. When you go through this<br />
kind of stuff you have much greater appreciation,<br />
sympathy and compassion for people who go<br />
through these things.<br />
cm:<br />
work?<br />
Photo by Glasser Images<br />
What’s the most personally<br />
rewarding thing about your<br />
<strong>Pat</strong> <strong>Finken</strong>: What I find rewarding is that<br />
we can make a difference. I believe wholeheartedly<br />
that North Dakota is enjoying what it enjoys today<br />
because our state has embraced the idea that<br />
business is good and that we need business to create<br />
jobs which, in turn, create quality of life. I’ve been<br />
able through my work to have made a difference in<br />
building the economy.<br />
See <strong>Pat</strong> <strong>Finken</strong>’s answers to the<br />
“<strong>City</strong> Mag 10” questionnaire by visiting<br />
thecitymag.com and clicking “Extra Content.”
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Community Cluster<br />
Community Youth<br />
By Renae Hoffmann Walker<br />
Savannah Bashus<br />
Parents sometimes worry<br />
that their child will be shy. Not<br />
so with Savannah Bashus. She<br />
is an up-front, larger than life<br />
personality who has found a niche<br />
in community theatre.<br />
“I’ve never really defined<br />
myself,” said Bashus. “I’m friends<br />
with lots of different groups. I’ve<br />
had a not-so-great past, and that’s<br />
alright. Music has always been<br />
there for me; it’s something I lean on. When I go on stage and sing, I<br />
get an adrenalin rush that feels amazing!”<br />
Decked out in her sun-streaked, shag hairstyle, blue toenails<br />
and hippy beaded sandals and satchel, this Century High School<br />
junior is definitely her own person. You may have seen her in Sleepy<br />
Hollow Summer Theatre productions of “Peter Pan,” “Hello Dolly,”<br />
“Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat,” “High School Musical,”<br />
and “Jekyll and Hyde.” This summer, she starred with other female<br />
performers in “Beehive.”<br />
“With acting, you don’t just stand there and sing; you can pull<br />
the emotions out more,” she says.<br />
At CHS, Bashus is in concert choir and describes herself as “a<br />
little person with a big voice.” After high school, she may try out for<br />
the Medora Musical. But long term, Bashus thinks her career will<br />
be in sales like her parents, Heather and Jim, because she says she’s<br />
“learned from the best.”<br />
For now, this self-professed, “closet book reader geek” is happy<br />
to explore her newest performance art hobby. Bashus makes hula<br />
hoops out of PVC pipe, fills them with water, secures them with<br />
brightly colored duct tape, and does tricks with them like the<br />
vortex, butterfly, helicopter twirls and isolation moves. She’s dabbled<br />
in LED light hula hoops, fire wands and spinning poi, a method of<br />
twirling balls on ropes around one’s body (www.homeofpoi.com).<br />
At home, Bashus lives with three dogs, eight chinchillas and<br />
a whole bunch of flying squirrels that her dad brought home.<br />
Sometimes she hangs out with her brother, Houston, who plays<br />
football for South Dakota School of Mines. She recommends<br />
students read “Please Stop Laughing At Me” to get more in touch<br />
with who they really are inside.<br />
Renae Hoffmann Walker enjoys writing and public speaking as a former news<br />
reporter and now as Community Relations Director for Bismarck.<br />
10 thecitymag.com
Community Cluster<br />
Mandan on the Move<br />
By Ellen Huber<br />
HIT Surpasses 500<br />
Employee Mark<br />
and Growing<br />
The board of directors and staff of HIT, Inc. have adopted a<br />
philosophy of moving forward, embracing change and constantly<br />
working to improve the non-profit organization’s magnitude and<br />
quality of services for people with disabilities in Mandan, Bismarck<br />
and several other southwest North Dakota communities and<br />
counties.<br />
Construction is underway on a new $5.6 million, 43,000<br />
square-foot building in north Mandan to house the organization’s<br />
day and support services. Chief Executive Officer Mike Remboldt<br />
explains that HIT has outgrown its current location for these<br />
services. HIT has been leasing space in the Teen Challenge (or<br />
former Heartview) building at 1402 2nd St. NW, Mandan.<br />
The new building will be at 2641 Sunset Drive NW, very close<br />
to HIT’s Dakota Alpha facility, which provides services for people<br />
with brain injuries. To be complete by July 2012, the new building<br />
will also provide space for human resources and developmental<br />
disabilities residential services. Remboldt expects 90 to 100 staff<br />
members to work at the new building and services to be provided<br />
there for 115 to 120 individuals.<br />
HIT’s employment levels surpassed 500 people in June,<br />
making the organization North Dakota’s 52nd largest employer<br />
and the 18th largest for the Bismarck-Mandan area. HIT has<br />
employees throughout the area: about 40 percent in each Mandan<br />
and Bismarck and another 20 percent in other cities. HIT is adding<br />
30 additional staff by September’s end for a new residential home<br />
also being built in Mandan and scheduled to open in September<br />
2011.<br />
HIT’s variety of services for people with developmental<br />
disabilities includes residential, care, vocational training,<br />
employment and recreation opportunities. HIT also provides<br />
extended school programs, head start and infant development<br />
programs.<br />
HIT enterprises that employ people with disabilities include<br />
West River Produce, making and selling fruit trays, fruit pizzas,<br />
veggie trays, veggie pizzas, box lunches, and many more appetizers<br />
and snacks.<br />
For more information, visit www.hitinc.org or call 663-0379.<br />
Ellen Huber is the Mandan business development director.<br />
September 2011 11
Community Cluster<br />
<strong>City</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> and KFYR Salutes<br />
By Tom Regan<br />
The Annual United Tribes Powwow<br />
From Dirt Roads<br />
to Royalty<br />
“It’s a bittersweet moment for me.”<br />
That’s how Evereta Thinn, Miss Indian<br />
Nations XVIII, describes her feelings<br />
about passing on the crown this<br />
month at the 42nd Annual United<br />
Tribes Powwow scheduled for Sept.<br />
8-11 at Bismarck’s United Tribes<br />
Technical College.<br />
Thinn, a member of the Dine’<br />
tribe, grew up in White Post, an<br />
isolated town at the end of a dirt<br />
road in rural Arizona. “Because I<br />
come from a remote community on<br />
the Navajo reservation, I can relate<br />
to those who may not have been<br />
exposed to much,” she said. “When<br />
I decided to run for Miss Indian<br />
Nations, I wanted to set an example<br />
for those who come from remote<br />
areas that anything is possible with<br />
God.”<br />
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Thinn, 27,<br />
graduated from<br />
Arizona State<br />
University with<br />
two degrees. In<br />
2003, she was<br />
selected as Miss<br />
Indian Arizona<br />
State University<br />
and, in 2007,<br />
as Miss Indian<br />
Arizona. Thinn<br />
is currently the<br />
Curriculum,<br />
Assessment and<br />
Professional<br />
Development<br />
Coordinator at the<br />
Shonto (Arizona)<br />
Preparatory<br />
School District.<br />
Thinn said her most personally memorable<br />
appearances this year as Miss Indian Nations took<br />
place at the Veterans Administration hospital in<br />
Albuquerque, N.M. “I was given the opportunity<br />
to present to VA employees and visit with the<br />
Native American Veterans,” she said. “They shared<br />
so many stories and words of advice. It really<br />
touched home for me because my dad is a veteran<br />
and he has done so much for me in my life.”<br />
Thinn’s main focus as royalty was to inspire<br />
young people. “My message for Native American<br />
youth is to dream big and know that the only limits<br />
you have are the limits you set on yourself.” Thinn’s<br />
future plans are to serve in the Peace Corps and<br />
then pursue a law degree. “Eventually, I would<br />
love to work with a nonprofit organization which<br />
supports youth empowerment and community<br />
development,” she says.<br />
The Miss Indian Nations pageant is open to all<br />
Native American women who are at least onefourth<br />
degree American Indian and between the<br />
ages of 17-26. The presentation of the new Miss<br />
Indian Nations is traditionally on Saturday evening<br />
at the Powwow in the Lone Star Arena following<br />
the Grand Entry.<br />
For more information visit www.uttc.edu.<br />
Tom Regan, a former editor of <strong>City</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong>, has been a<br />
media professional for over 40 years.
Community Cluster<br />
Sportswatch (Central Time unless otherwise noted)<br />
Thursday, September 1:<br />
Men’s College Football – U-Mary vs. Chadron State,<br />
Bismarck, 7 p.m.<br />
Boys/Girls H.S. Golf – Dickinson Invitational<br />
Boys/Girls H.S. Cross Country – Rusty Bucket,<br />
Cottonwood, 4:30 p.m.<br />
Boys/Girls H.S. Swimming – BHS/CHS vs. Jamestown,<br />
BAC, 5 p.m.<br />
Girls H.S. Volleyball – BHS vs. Mandan, BHS, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Friday, September 2:<br />
Boys H.S. Soccer – BHS vs. CHS, Community Bowl, 8 p.m.<br />
Boys H.S. Football – Mandan vs. Devil’s Lake, 7 p.m.<br />
Tuesday, September 6:<br />
Boys H.S. Tennis – CHS vs. Mandan, Sertoma, 4:15 p.m.<br />
Boys H.S. Soccer – BHS vs. Minot, Community Bowl,<br />
5:30 p.m.; CHS vs. St. Mary’s, Community Bowl, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Girls H.S. Volleyball – Mandan at St. Mary’s, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Wednesday, September 7:<br />
Men’s/Women’s College Golf – BSC Invite, Mandan, 11 a.m.<br />
Thursday, September 8:<br />
Boys H.S. Soccer – BHS vs. Mandan, Mandan (DCP),<br />
6:30 p.m.<br />
Girls H.S. Volleyball – DHS at BHS, 7:30 p.m.; CHS at<br />
St. Mary’s, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Friday, September 9:<br />
Boys/Girls H.S. Swimming – BHS/CHS vs. Williston,<br />
BAC, 5 p.m.<br />
Boys H.S. Football – CHS vs. DHS, Community Bowl, 7 p.m.<br />
Girls H.S. Volleyball – Williston at Mandan, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Saturday, September 10:<br />
Women’s College Soccer – U-Mary vs. MSU-Billings,<br />
Bismarck, 1 p.m.<br />
Men’s College Football – DSU vs. Valley <strong>City</strong>, 1:30 p.m. (MT)<br />
Boys/Girls H.S. Cross Country – Mandan Kiwanis<br />
Classic, Municipal, 1 p.m.<br />
Boys H.S. Football – St. Mary’s vs. Bottineau,<br />
Community Bowl, 6 p.m.<br />
Sunday, September 11:<br />
Men’s/Women’s College Golf – DSU Invite, Dickinson, 12 p.m.<br />
Tuesday, September 13:<br />
Women’s College Volleyball – U-Mary vs. Bemidji State,<br />
Bismarck, 7 p.m.<br />
Boys H.S. Tennis – BHS vs. DHS, Dickinson, 4 p.m.;<br />
CHS vs. Minot, Sertoma, 4:15 p.m.; Mandan vs.<br />
Jamestown, 4:15 p.m.<br />
Girls H.S. Volleyball – BHS at St. Mary’s, 7:30 p.m.; DHS<br />
at Mandan, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Boys H.S. Soccer – Mandan vs. St. Mary’s, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Wednesday, September 14:<br />
Men’s College Soccer – BSC vs. U-Mary JV, Bismarck, 6 p.m.<br />
Women’s College Volleyball – DSU vs. Valley <strong>City</strong>,<br />
Dickinson, 7 p.m. (MT)<br />
Thursday, September 15:<br />
Boys H.S. Tennis – BHS vs. CHS, Tom O’Leary, 4:15 p.m.<br />
Girls H.S. Volleyball – BHS at CHS, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Boys H.S. Soccer – CHS vs. Minot, Community Bowl, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Friday, September 16:<br />
Boys and Girls H.S. Golf – Bismarck Invitational,<br />
Riverwood, 1 p.m.<br />
Boys/Girls H.S. Swimming – BHS/CHS vs. Shanley,<br />
Wahpeton, BAC, 5 p.m.<br />
Boys H.S. Football – BHS vs. CHS, Community Bowl, 7 p.m.
Saturday, September 17:<br />
Men’s College Football – U-Mary vs. Augustana, Bismarck,<br />
2:30 p.m.<br />
Women’s College Soccer – U-Mary vs. Wayne State,<br />
Bismarck, 11 a.m.<br />
Women’s College Volleyball – DSU vs. Minot State,<br />
Dickinson, 5 p.m. (MT)<br />
Boys/Girls H.S. Golf – CHS Invitational, Tom O’Leary, 9 a.m.<br />
Boys/Girls H.S. Swimming – Bismarck Invite, Wahpeton,<br />
BAC, 11 a.m.<br />
Sunday, September 18:<br />
Women’s College Soccer – U-Mary vs. Augustana,<br />
Bismarck, 1 p.m.<br />
Tuesday, September 20:<br />
Boys/Girls H.S. Golf – Mandan Invitational, Prairie West,<br />
10 a.m.<br />
Boys H.S. Tennis – BHS vs. CHS, Sertoma, 4:15 p.m.<br />
Girls H.S. Volleyball – Jamestown at BHS, 7:30 p.m.; DHS<br />
at CHS, 7:30 p.m.; Minot at Mandan, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Boys H.S. Soccer – CHS vs. St. Mary’s, Community<br />
Bowl, 8 p.m.<br />
Wednesday, September 21:<br />
Men’s College Soccer – U-Mary vs. Seattle Pacific,<br />
Bismarck, 7 p.m.<br />
Women’s College Volleyball – BSC vs. Williston,<br />
Bismarck, 7 p.m.<br />
Thursday, September 22:<br />
Boys H.S. Soccer – BHS vs. CHS, Community Bowl, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Boys H.S. Tennis – West Region, Bismarck<br />
Friday, September 23:<br />
Men’s College Soccer – U-Mary hosts Sioux Falls vs.<br />
Seattle Pacific, Bismarck, 3:30 p.m.<br />
Women’s College Volleyball – DSU vs. Mayville State,<br />
Dickinson, 7 p.m. (MT)<br />
Boys H.S. Tennis – West Region, Bismarck<br />
Boys H.S. Football – BHS vs. DHS, Community Bowl, 8 p.m.<br />
Girls H.S. Volleyball – Dickinson Tournament<br />
Saturday, September 24:<br />
Men’s College Football – U-Mary vs. St. Cloud,<br />
Bismarck, 2:30 p.m.<br />
Men’s College Soccer – U-Mary vs. Sioux Falls, 3:30<br />
p.m.; BSC vs. Dakota County, Bismarck, 8 p.m.<br />
Women’s College Soccer – BSC vs. Dakota County,<br />
Bismarck, 6 p.m.<br />
Boys H.S. Tennis – West Region, Bismarck<br />
Girls H.S. Volleyball – Dickinson Tournament; Belcourt at<br />
St. Mary’s, 2 p.m.<br />
Monday, September 26:<br />
Boys and Girls H.S. Golf – West Region, Tom O’Leary, 10<br />
a.m.<br />
Tuesday, September 27:<br />
Women’s College Volleyball – U-Mary vs. Minot State,<br />
Bismarck, 7 p.m.<br />
Boys H.S. Soccer – BHS vs. St. Mary’s, Community Bowl,<br />
7:30 p.m.; CHS vs. Mandan, Mandan (DCP), 5:30 p.m.<br />
Girls H.S. Volleyball – Mandan at CHS, 7:30 p.m.; St.<br />
Mary’s at DHS, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Wednesday, September 28:<br />
Women’s College Volleyball – BSC vs. Dakota College,<br />
Bismarck, 7 p.m.<br />
Thursday, September 29:<br />
Men’s College Soccer – U-Mary vs. Sioux Falls,<br />
Bismarck, 7 p.m.<br />
Girls H.S. Volleyball – St. Mary’s at CHS, 7:30 p.m.<br />
Boys H.S. Soccer – Mandan vs. Minot, 5:30 p.m.<br />
Friday, September 30:<br />
Women’s College Volleyball – U-Mary vs. Winona State,<br />
Bismarck, 7 p.m.
Community Cluster<br />
URL Radio<br />
By Staff<br />
Bismarck to Host<br />
Edible Style Show<br />
From the runways of the big cities to the stage of our<br />
small town, Bismarck is about to see its first edible style<br />
show on Sunday, Oct. 23 at the Seven Seas in Mandan.<br />
“Playing With Food” will feature edible outfits from<br />
local restaurants, businesses and organizations. “This<br />
is a style show like you’ve never seen before! If it works<br />
right, and no one melts, it could be the coolest style show<br />
or fundraiser the Bismarck-Mandan area has ever seen,”<br />
said Stacy Sturm, one of the event organizers. “It’s going<br />
to appeal to people that love music, people that love food,<br />
people that love art and people that love fashion. It’s going to<br />
blow your mind!”<br />
So far eight local businesses have agreed to put together<br />
outfits made almost entirely of food. Select businesses,<br />
like The Walrus and <strong>Pat</strong>isserie on Fourth, have extensive<br />
experience in the food industry and are trained food artists.<br />
Other groups, like LA Weight loss and The Dakota Dolls of<br />
Destruction, have no experience in food artistry, but are fun,<br />
creative artists at heart. Either way, one team will take home<br />
$500 as the People’s Choice Award winner!<br />
There will also be an edible art contest open to the<br />
public. Construct cakes, gingerbread houses, chocolate<br />
houses, edible pictures, fruit sculptures, etc. for the chance<br />
to win a $100 “People’s Choice Award.” The pieces will be<br />
auctioned off in a bucket auction with proceeds benefitting<br />
charity.<br />
There will also be live music from Kris Kitko before and<br />
after the style show. A cash bar is available and local vendors<br />
will offer plenty for people to see and do.<br />
Tickets are only $15. Proceeds benefit the Missouri<br />
Valley Optimist Club. You can reserve your tickets by calling<br />
701-751-0838 or buy them online at www.urlradio.net.<br />
They will also be available at the door.<br />
“I saw something very similar on Food Network a<br />
couple years ago and vowed to bring it to Bismarck-Mandan<br />
someday,” said Sturm. “Now that we have so many cool local<br />
restaurants and bars in our area, it’s an opportune time to<br />
display all our local food artists. This is something people<br />
are going to be talking about for months –and it’s not going<br />
to be just a ‘chick thing’. I think everyone is going to be<br />
excited to see what our local businesses have come up with<br />
for the show. But if your husband doesn’t want to go, grab<br />
the girls anyway and go have some fun!”
Night Life<br />
Wine Notes<br />
By Joel Gilbertson<br />
Why Wine?<br />
Benjamin Franklin once said, “In wine there<br />
is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water<br />
there is bacteria.”<br />
Even with the recent economic downturn,<br />
wine sales in the United States continue to<br />
increase. It is probably not a flag-waving event,<br />
but the United States recently surpassed France<br />
for the top spot in total wine consumption last<br />
year. In per capita consumption, we are down<br />
the list a ways, of course. (Trivia: Who leads<br />
the world in per capita wine consumption?<br />
Vatican <strong>City</strong>. Communion is popular!)<br />
Last year, Americans bought about 330 million cases of wine.<br />
France slipped to 320.6 million cases. The state of California makes<br />
more wine than any other country in the world, other than France,<br />
Spain and Italy.<br />
Why the increased American popularity of this ancient beverage<br />
that has been enjoyed since about 5000 B.C.? There are a number of<br />
reasons. Wine has just become more involved in our daily culture,<br />
particularly as it relates to the dinner table. The fondness for wine has<br />
been adopted more by the millions of baby boomers who now can<br />
afford better wine and often have more time to enjoy it.<br />
Although Generation Xer’s (now mostly in their mid 30s and early<br />
40s) didn’t go for wine in early adulthood, they have been moving to<br />
wine in recent years. The Millennial generation, with about 70 million<br />
members, is exhibiting the same receptivity to wine as those baby<br />
boomers did over 30 years ago. Wine marketers say the fact that 16<br />
million “Millennials” have not yet reached 21 bodes well for the future<br />
of the industry too.<br />
There are other factors, of course. I would say most important is the<br />
incredible quality to price ratio in the wine made today. There are some<br />
outstanding values. My usual “during the week” white wine is Bogle<br />
Chardonnay. It is an excellent Chardonnay that is often available on sale<br />
for under $8. Just as importantly, that quality is consistent from year to<br />
year. The popularity of wine has encouraged more producers, so we have<br />
more products to pick from and more competition to keep prices down.<br />
Finally, let’s just say wine has generally gotten “good press.” More<br />
and more, moderate wine consumption is accepted and enjoyed as<br />
being not only compatible with, but even part of, a healthy lifestyle.<br />
Of course, the most obvious and easy answer to the question “Why<br />
Wine?” – is that it tastes great!<br />
Joel Gilbertson is a local winemaker, winetaster, musician and attorney with<br />
the Bismarck office of the Vogel Law firm.<br />
September 2011 17
Night Life<br />
Entertainment<br />
Events to attend, music to hear<br />
and exhibits to see – OH MY!<br />
September 1–30<br />
First Annual Photography Show – Mandan Art<br />
Association – Reception and awards to artists – Free<br />
admission<br />
September 1–4<br />
ASA Men’s Northern Class C National Softball<br />
Tournament – For more information visit www.bisparks.org.<br />
North Dakota Tourism<br />
Dan Koeck<br />
September 8–11<br />
United Tribes International<br />
Powwow – “Champion” dancers<br />
and drums from across the United<br />
States and Canada – grand entries<br />
Thursday at 7 p.m., Friday and<br />
Sunday 1 and 7 p.m., Sunday<br />
at 12 p.m. – Saturday, Parade of<br />
Champions at 10 a.m. at the State<br />
Capitol Grounds. Visit www.uttc.edu<br />
for more information.<br />
September 9–11<br />
First Presbyterian Fine Arts Festival – Featuring works<br />
of art, Jamestown college choir, coffeehouse, celebratory<br />
high tea, youth gallery, special Sunday service, Rick Watson,<br />
Larry Woiwode and Debi Rogers. Visit www.fpcbismarck.<br />
com for more information.<br />
September 10<br />
Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra presents<br />
“A PLACE OF REMEMBRANCE”
September 16-17<br />
Downtowners’ Street Fair – Bismarck – Friday 10 a.m.–8<br />
p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.–6 p.m. – Food, arts and crafts, beer<br />
garden and more in downtown Bismarck.<br />
September 17– October 24<br />
Amazing Corn Maize – Highway 1806, south of Mandan<br />
– 7 p.m.–10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 1 p.m.–4 p.m.<br />
Sunday.<br />
September 17<br />
Kroll’s Diner Bismarck Marathon, Half Marathon,<br />
Marathon Relay & 5K – 7:30 a.m. – Visit www.<br />
bismarckmarathon.com for more information.<br />
Mandan Horse and Saddle Club Family Rodeo –<br />
Dacotah Centennial Park<br />
Awesome Antlers! Animal Ed-Venture @ Dakota Zoo –<br />
2 p.m.-4:30 p.m. – ages 5-7 – Pre-registration required at<br />
least seven days in advance.<br />
September 17-18<br />
Western North Dakota Studio Tour – Bismarck Arts and<br />
Galleries Association – Join fellow artists and art lovers for<br />
an exclusive tour of their studios. Meet the artists and enjoy<br />
demonstrations. Workshops are also available throughout<br />
September. Visit www.bismarck-art.org for more information.<br />
September 22-25<br />
FLW Walleye Tour Championship – Civic Center Complex<br />
Zarfos Softball Tournament – Sponsored by MSA United<br />
Way – Mandan softball complex<br />
September 24<br />
Autumnfest – A traditional all-American parade, lots of<br />
bands, music, beauty queens, community organizations<br />
and floats – 10 a.m. For more information visit www.<br />
ndautumnfest.com.<br />
Prairie West “Iron Man Scramble”
Night Life<br />
Dining Guide<br />
Chef Stuart Tracy<br />
Recommends:<br />
Pirogue Grille’s Bibb lettuce with<br />
white cheddar dressing, glazed<br />
walnuts and apples.<br />
The crunch of fresh apples<br />
and glazed walnuts provides a<br />
pleasing contrast to the cheddar<br />
dressing and soft lettuce.<br />
Pair it With:<br />
A steak or grilled shrimp entrée<br />
and angel food cake with mixed<br />
berry compote and whipped<br />
cream.<br />
Cooking Tip:<br />
If you plan on serving a dish with<br />
apples for a large event, cut the<br />
apples ahead of time and toss<br />
them in lemon juice to keep<br />
them from browning.<br />
Photo by Glasser Images<br />
Pirogue Grille Specials: Pirogue Grille is celebrating its sixth year of business by<br />
featuring a special three-course menu for $30 nightly (in addition to their fantastic regular<br />
menu items). This great deal will run from Sept 20-Oct. 1. You can’t miss this!!<br />
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An eclectic restaurant and lounge<br />
in downtown Bismarck<br />
Daily happy hour specials in the<br />
BAR FROM MARS<br />
Featuring authentic Southern Bar-B-Que,<br />
Fire Roasted Pizza, and our famous<br />
Giant Stuffed Baked Potato<br />
Galaxy Game Arcade fun for everyone!<br />
1304 E. Century Ave. Bismarck 701-223-6220<br />
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Night Life<br />
White Cheddar Dressing<br />
By Stuart Tracy, Owner Pirogue Grille<br />
Photo by Glasser Images<br />
What you need.<br />
3/4 cup heavy cream<br />
1 1/2 cups grated white cheddar cheese<br />
1 Tbs. coarse grain mustard<br />
1 Tbs. dijon mustard<br />
1/2 cup sour cream<br />
1/2 cup half and half<br />
Salt & black pepper to taste<br />
Make it!<br />
Heat heavy cream in small sauce pan to simmer<br />
and add shredded cheddar cheese. Stir with a<br />
whisk until cheese is melted. Pour into a small<br />
bowl and add the remaining ingredients. Whisk<br />
together until smooth. Season to taste with salt<br />
and pepper.<br />
Servings: 8 • Yield: 2 cups<br />
Preparation time: 10 minutes<br />
Cooking time: 10 minutes<br />
Ready in: 20 minutes<br />
LET US TAKE YOU<br />
ON A CULINARY JOURNEY<br />
“Area residents have made this<br />
elegant spot their fi rst choice for meals<br />
sourced from the High Plains.”<br />
-Gourmet-<br />
October 2007<br />
“It is a spectacular restaurant.”<br />
-Fargo Forum-<br />
November 2006<br />
Open Tuesday Thru<br />
Saturday at 5 PM<br />
www.piroguegrille.com<br />
121 North 4th Street<br />
Bismarck, North Dakota<br />
701.223.3770
Hobby Hub<br />
A Taste of North Dakota<br />
Sponsored by Capital <strong>City</strong> Restaurant Supply<br />
Fresh Sriracha Refrigerator Pickles<br />
Ingredients<br />
6 to 8 red Fresno chiles (4 oz), coarsely chopped<br />
1 cup unseasoned rice vinegar<br />
3 cloves garlic<br />
2 tablespoons sugar<br />
1 teaspoon grated gingerroot, if desired<br />
1 teaspoon coarse (kosher or sea) salt<br />
1 English (seedless) cucumber, unpeeled, very thinly sliced<br />
(about 2 cups)<br />
1/2 cup thinly sliced white onion (1 medium)<br />
1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves<br />
Instructions<br />
1. In food processor bowl, place chiles, vinegar, garlic, sugar,<br />
gingerroot and salt. Cover; process with on-and-off pulses about 1<br />
minute or until well combined.<br />
2. In medium bowl, place cucumber, onions and cilantro. Pour chili<br />
mixture over cucumber mixture; toss to coat. Cover; refrigerate<br />
at least 1 hour or overnight before serving. Store covered in<br />
refrigerator up to 1 week.<br />
Prep Time: 20 minutes
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Crossword<br />
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Hobby Hub<br />
Good Reads<br />
By Rina Szwarc<br />
Missing My<br />
Best Friend<br />
Author Norma Knapp<br />
Norma Knapp grew up in western North Dakota, Idaho and Oregon.<br />
Although she is a nurse and educator by profession, she is a writer by<br />
vocation. She just self-published a book about a grieving boy, “Missing<br />
My Best Friend,” based in part on her work as an RN and a bereavement<br />
facilitator. She told <strong>City</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> she’s sold 500 copies and shared insights<br />
on the book.<br />
Will this book help children?<br />
Knapp: I had a social worker tell me she’s been looking for a book like this<br />
her entire professional career.<br />
What research did you conduct?<br />
Knapp: I spent hours in the library looking at my competition. I had nine<br />
different people in four different professions -- including counselors and<br />
teachers -- give me feedback. I also read this book to children, ages 7 and 8.<br />
So how does the book stack up?<br />
Knapp: We have done two unique things. One: I wrote it from the<br />
viewpoint of the child. Two: My illustrator based her drawings on<br />
photographs of a real family. The other books contained illustrations based<br />
on images from the artists’ minds, but this book looks real.<br />
The title “Missing My Best Friend”
Hobby Hub<br />
Outdoors<br />
By Mike Peluso<br />
Post Flood Fishing on the Mighty Mo<br />
It’s a year for<br />
the books. Spring<br />
started with<br />
some of the best<br />
fishing ever on<br />
the Missouri<br />
River. When<br />
the ice melted,<br />
we saw worldclass<br />
walleye<br />
fishing. Just a<br />
few months<br />
later, however,<br />
the flood put the<br />
kibosh on boat<br />
fishing on the<br />
Photo by Glasser Images<br />
“Mighty Mo.”<br />
Now don’t get me<br />
wrong, people are still fishing the river, just in a<br />
different capacity.<br />
If you have access to one of Bismarck-<br />
Mandan’s bays or marinas, it’s like shooting fish<br />
in a barrel (no pun intended). The reason: fish in<br />
the system seeking slack water areas are trapped<br />
behind the various plugs and barriers put in place<br />
to hold back the water in these bays. Residents are<br />
making the best of it, however, and are cashing in<br />
on the action by using jigs and live bait, or simply<br />
casting lures.<br />
The high waters also created some interesting<br />
shore fishing. Folks are now catching fish in areas<br />
behind objects that were never thought of as fish<br />
holding structures. In fact, I spotted a few anglers<br />
casting shallow running crank baits behind the<br />
many unusual objects scattered along River Road<br />
that are surrounded by water. These anglers are<br />
catching some nice walleyes!<br />
As the water starts to recede, we will<br />
undoubtedly witness a changed river. We will see<br />
a lot of sand, creating some of the finest fishing<br />
and recreational areas we’ve ever had. Access to<br />
the river will be an issue. Rest assured, if you can<br />
get a boat in the water this fall, you are going to<br />
catch fish! With the new sandbars, it will be a<br />
crank bait and jig pitching paradise. I anticipate<br />
some nice long trolls alongside these sandbars<br />
with fish on the edges in search of food.<br />
Also with this added water, we are going to<br />
experience an explosion of different species of<br />
fish for the catching. I have already observed an<br />
abundance of small northern, bass and shad from<br />
my new riverfront property. This adds to the<br />
already rich Missouri River system.<br />
Should be an exciting fall for sure!<br />
Mike Peluso enjoys talking fishing, hunting and hockey on<br />
his ESPN 710 AM radio show. The show airs every Monday<br />
morning at 10:05 am.<br />
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Business and<br />
Communication<br />
How To<br />
Wired <strong>Magazine</strong><br />
Win a Coin Toss<br />
A recent study published in the Canadian<br />
Medical Association Journal has proven what we’ve<br />
suspected for years – you can win a coin toss with a<br />
little bit of luck....or a whole lot of cheating.<br />
Here’s how:<br />
Do the flipping. You need to know which<br />
side of the coin starts face up. The probability of a<br />
coin landing as it started is 51 percent.<br />
Practice. The trick is to flip the coin the same<br />
way every time, with the same force behind your<br />
thumb. Too many spins and it’s too difficult to<br />
repeat; too few and it doesn’t look fair. Three or four<br />
flips are ideal.<br />
Be smart. If all else fails, or you’re not the<br />
flipper, choose the side that starts facing up. As the<br />
coin flies, that side spends more time face up.<br />
Tip: To make a coin toss a bit more random<br />
(and fair), simply allow the coin to fall where it<br />
may. A coin that is allowed to land on the ground is<br />
much harder for someone to manipulate than one<br />
that is caught carefully in mid-air.<br />
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Business and Communication<br />
Communications:<br />
The 411<br />
By Mike Lindblom<br />
Essential<br />
Boundaries<br />
Recently, I saw a television ad for a new mini-van featuring a<br />
back-seat entertainment system. The ad shows two children with<br />
headphones, gleefully watching cartoons while their mother and<br />
father calmly navigate from the front seat.<br />
Made me think. Today’s technology is so helpful. No more<br />
“Are we there yet” or “Dad! Jimmy’s making faces at me!” Just like<br />
at home, simply throw in a video and let Spongebob Squarepants<br />
do the babysitting!<br />
So I guess it’s not surprising that a Michigan State University<br />
study on children and television found that when 4 and 5 year olds<br />
were given the choice between giving up television or giving up<br />
their fathers, one out of three threw dad under the mini-van!<br />
In most cases, it’s dad’s (and mom’s) fault. In the moment,<br />
we take the easy way out, allowing our children limitless access<br />
to their own individual world of computers, mp3 players and<br />
backseat entertainment centers. In the long run, the sum total<br />
of these moments results in teenagers unfit and unwilling to<br />
communicate with others outside their own circle.<br />
But these communication challenges are not necessarily new.<br />
A Michigan State University study on communication between<br />
teenagers and their parents showed 79 percent of parents thought<br />
they were communicating with their teenagers. Meantime, 81<br />
percent of those teenagers felt parents were not communicating<br />
with them.<br />
When I was young, it was strict policy for us four kids to clean<br />
our rooms, go to bed when told and be at the dinner table every<br />
night. Road trips consisted of the family playing simple games<br />
like “guess how many miles to that tree on the horizon?” or “I<br />
spy.” (Lest you think my family was perfect, I must tell you this all<br />
happened while at least two of us kids sat in the “way-back” of the<br />
station wagon, unbuckled, inhaling exhaust fumes coming from<br />
the open back window.)<br />
Would my parents have purchased today’s mini-van? Perhaps.<br />
But if they did, I know for a fact that limits and boundaries would<br />
still have been imposed and consequences for their violation<br />
would still have been strictly enforced.<br />
A lifelong communicator and former reporter, Michael Lindblom is a student of<br />
dynamics of human interaction.<br />
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Business and Communication<br />
YESS Award<br />
By Staff<br />
Young Entrepreneur Success Story<br />
Recognizing Entrepreneurs Under 30 who are Cultivating<br />
the Spirit of Innovation in North Dakota.<br />
Photo by Glasser Images<br />
A Young Entrepreneur Wraps Up His Future<br />
Chris Volk has two passions: entrepreneurship<br />
and playing hockey, so it was paradoxical when<br />
the 28-year-old Hazen native told us that in his<br />
experience, the number one reason that potential<br />
entrepreneurs walk away from their dreams is that<br />
they get cold feet. A confident and driven young<br />
business owner, we have a feeling that the only<br />
place Volk’s feet have ever been cold was on the<br />
hockey rink. After high school, Volk spent four<br />
years in the army. “In my third year,” Volk told us,<br />
“I decided that I wanted to be my own boss.” He<br />
had always looked up to entrepreneurs and when<br />
a friend took him out to eat at a Pita Pit restaurant,<br />
he knew immediately that he had found his dream.<br />
Tell us about your company?<br />
The Pita Pit specializes in Middle Eastern-style<br />
wrap sandwiches. We combine fast food efficiency<br />
and emphasize fresh and healthy ingredients. I<br />
opened the franchise’s 222nd store. It is a franchise<br />
The Pita Pit<br />
Chris Volk<br />
2930 N 14th St.<br />
Bismarck, N.D.<br />
701.751.4202<br />
that has a pretty good track record; over 50 percent<br />
of all Pita Pit franchisees own more than one store.<br />
Also The Pita Pit franchise is so new that they<br />
act on their owners’ suggestions and allow more<br />
creativity than older, more established franchises.<br />
What is it about your business that you<br />
are most proud of?<br />
When I am wearing a Pita Pit hat or shirt and<br />
people say to me, “I love The Pita Pit.” It’s not just,<br />
“I like it” but, “I love it!”<br />
Did you have any early doubts that might<br />
have stopped you?<br />
Not at all. I was sure about what I wanted to do.<br />
I was pretty determined. My only obstacle was<br />
financial and I knew that I could overcome that.<br />
Finding the right location was difficult because<br />
in the restaurant business, location is critical. I<br />
bought the rights to the franchise in November<br />
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2008, and I started looking for commercial real<br />
estate. It took much longer than I expected, but<br />
I stuck with it and found a great location—that<br />
could be my advice for other young entrepreneurs:<br />
stick with it.<br />
What do you think is the key to your<br />
success? Lots and lots of research. I did two to<br />
three years of nonstop research.<br />
What has been your biggest challenge?<br />
Financial issues were somewhat challenging in the<br />
beginning, but if you have a good enough business<br />
plan to bring to a banker, you will get funded. I<br />
walked in and said, “Here is my business plan and<br />
I will not take no for an answer.” I was willing to do<br />
what I needed to do to get the money to start my<br />
business.<br />
As a veteran, I was also able to access the <strong>Pat</strong>riot<br />
Express program through the Small Business<br />
Administration. A loan program like this should<br />
be expanded because it makes sense for all small<br />
businesses.<br />
What keeps your company on the leading<br />
edge? The Pita Pit’s friendly employees (we have<br />
around 30), customers that keep coming back, and<br />
our healthy menu.<br />
If you could go back in time and do<br />
something differently, what would it be?<br />
Nothing.<br />
What is your favorite part of the day?<br />
Lunchtime at The Pita Pit.<br />
Where do you see your company in the<br />
future? More Pita Pits. All I see are pitas.<br />
Any final advice? Here’s a quote that I live<br />
by: “Start by doing what is necessary, then what<br />
is possible, and suddenly you are doing the<br />
impossible.” ~St. Francis of Assisi.<br />
About the Y.E.S.S. Awards<br />
<strong>City</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> and Dickinson State University’s Strom<br />
Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation presents<br />
a Young Entrepreneur Success Story (Y.E.S.S.) Award<br />
winner each quarter.<br />
Selected entrepreneurs are those who personify the<br />
entrepreneurial spirit of our state and offer advice to<br />
others facing similar challenges.<br />
If you know an entrepreneur who is under 30 and<br />
making a difference, please email: thecitymagazine@<br />
unitedprinting.com, or call 701.223.0505.<br />
> Our Advice:<br />
The United States Small Business<br />
Administration is dedicated to helping<br />
small businesses and offers many creative<br />
programs. The <strong>Pat</strong>riot Express program<br />
mentioned by Chris Volk offers SBAguaranteed<br />
loans to small companies owned<br />
by veterans, reservists and their spouses.<br />
The loan program offers preferred interest<br />
rates and terms and can be used for other<br />
business purposes including equipment<br />
purchases, inventory and capital. <strong>Pat</strong>riot<br />
Express loans are available in amounts up<br />
to $500,000. Since the program began in<br />
2007, it has provided more than $633 million<br />
in SBA-guaranteed loans to 7,650 veterans.<br />
For more information visit www.sba.gov/<br />
patriotexpress.<br />
> Big News: Chris recently received<br />
approval to open a Pita Pit in Dickinson.<br />
Watch for it coming soon!
Home<br />
Realtor Tips<br />
By <strong>Pat</strong>rick Koski<br />
New Home Trends<br />
As you comb through the new developments<br />
of Bismarck-Mandan, you’ll find that trends<br />
are changing. You may ask, “What trends?” I’m<br />
referring to the new style of homes, their features,<br />
what they offer and homeowners’ demands.<br />
First, lets start with style. These days, most<br />
newly constructed homes are choosing function/<br />
practicality over distinction. In my opinion, this is<br />
great; a house should be a place where elements flow<br />
at ease, demand less work, require minimal thought,<br />
and enhance enjoyment on a day-to-day basis.<br />
Some trends you’ll notice from the curb are<br />
increasingly maintenance-free products like steel<br />
siding, vinyl siding stone, or stucco for the exterior.<br />
We’re also seeing no-maintenance decks. As you<br />
enter the interior, you’ll notice fewer formal living<br />
rooms or dining rooms, both of which were popular<br />
in the 90s. You’ll also see a difference in square<br />
footage, which is going down while amenities are<br />
ramping up.<br />
Today, it’s all about amenities. Standard master<br />
bathrooms in new homes are utilizing custom<br />
showers (including jets, TVs, tile, music) instead of<br />
Jacuzzi tubs, leaving the hot tub for outside. A wet<br />
bar or kids bar in the basement with a sink, fridge,<br />
pizza oven<br />
• Average custom shower cost:<br />
and/or<br />
$3,500-$8,000 (Local Builders)<br />
microwave<br />
is also<br />
• Average wet bar Cost:<br />
popular.<br />
$4,000 (Local Builders)<br />
A theater • Average stainless steel appliances:<br />
room may<br />
$3,500 (Local builders)<br />
accompany<br />
these spaces for an affordable price. In other<br />
homes, the garage contains the amenities, featuring<br />
personalized bars, wash bays, and couch area with<br />
an outdoor TV system and pool table.<br />
Whatever it is you’re looking for, don’t miss<br />
the Parade of Homes Sept. 22-25 to see the latest in<br />
home trends.<br />
<strong>Pat</strong>rick Koski is a local real estate agent with Trademark<br />
Realty who has been in real estate for the past seven years in<br />
Bismarck-Mandan.<br />
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Home<br />
Home 101<br />
By Maxine Herr<br />
Photo by Glasser Images<br />
Cost-cutting and Convenient<br />
It’s happened to all of us. We’re headed out of<br />
town for a long-awaited vacation, and about an<br />
hour down the road we’re struck with a terrible<br />
feeling that we left the coffee pot on or the garage<br />
door open. But with today’s technology, the worry<br />
is over with a touch of a finger.<br />
Ron Stotz gives people the convenience of<br />
controlling virtually any electrical aspect of their<br />
home with an automated system. With the ease of<br />
smartphones and iPads, you can tap into the control<br />
panel from anywhere.<br />
His new business, GreenLight Systems, lets<br />
Stotz apply his 16-year work history within the<br />
audio/video and lighting industry to enhance the<br />
comfort of your home, offer a greater sense of<br />
security, and ultimately save you money on your<br />
energy bills.<br />
He said homeowners often overlook the<br />
fact that lighting is a key part of energy savings,<br />
accounting for almost 20 percent of their electric<br />
bill. Stotz can offer convenience and energy savings<br />
with timers and intensity controls.<br />
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“The<br />
lighting<br />
thing is<br />
what I<br />
was really<br />
attracted<br />
to,” Stotz<br />
said. “I liked<br />
how all the<br />
electronics<br />
combined<br />
together to<br />
make it work and I just wanted to expand that and<br />
Photo by Glasser Images<br />
make it a broader service.”<br />
Stotz said his most popular service is whole<br />
house audio or lighting systems, but with some<br />
specialized products, he can also determine how<br />
much energy is consumed in each area of a home<br />
and combat any issues.<br />
GreenLight Systems isn’t limited to residential<br />
properties. Stotz purchased an energy conservation<br />
franchise that allows him to develop systems for<br />
businesses to reduce their electrical costs, too.<br />
Even though the industry is continually<br />
introducing new products, Stotz stays on top of it by<br />
attending trade shows and other educational events.<br />
“I have the ability to react. If I see some cool,<br />
exciting stuff coming out I can bring that in without<br />
a problem,” he said.<br />
Stotz hopes to expand geographically, as well.<br />
His plan for the next year is to add staff and move<br />
into the Minot and Dickinson markets.<br />
“I’m just trying to grow my business and offer<br />
different products than what is available elsewhere,”<br />
he said.<br />
Maxine Herr is a former news reporter and marketing<br />
professional who enjoys freelance writing, blogging and contriving<br />
silly stories for her three young children.<br />
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How is the Minot flood<br />
recovery going?<br />
Janine Kessler: I was there to help<br />
gut and clean a house. People said it was<br />
difficult to find everyday items like ice<br />
and bread in the stores.<br />
Becki Anhorn: We have 160 teachers<br />
who lost all their teaching materials and<br />
many who lost classrooms and schools.<br />
Melissa Perry: Recovery from the<br />
flood is a slow process. It’s a moldy,<br />
muddy, stinky mess. I’ve never seen<br />
anything so destructive, nor could<br />
I imagine the damage emotionally,<br />
financially and physically it can do to the community.<br />
Mike Gunsch: I work for a demolition team. It’s<br />
terrible! The company sends a crew to a different<br />
house every day with hammers and crowbars, and<br />
they tell us everything has to come out. All that’s left<br />
after we’re done is the wood studs. I’m worn out from<br />
working up here.<br />
Exclusively at<br />
FYI<br />
Sound Off<br />
By Candace Brannan<br />
Sarah Hicks: The flood recovery<br />
process has been much like the flood--<br />
a rollercoaster of emotions. We decided<br />
to build an addition on to our house<br />
since we’ll owe more than it’s worth,<br />
and will need to live in it awhile. The city has been<br />
difficult to deal with in getting the necessary building<br />
permit (we have one now).<br />
I see many people not doing much more than<br />
a simple “gut” of their homes in our neighborhood.<br />
We are at least a mile from the river, so there is little<br />
chance we would be bought out. We don’t feel as<br />
though we are safe from another flood, but we also<br />
have no choice but to rebuild. We hope the city, the<br />
Corps of Engineers and the managers of the dams in<br />
Canada will learn from this and will keep us better<br />
protected in the future.<br />
Candace Brannan is an English teacher at Mandan High<br />
School who loves poetry, dancing in the living room, and<br />
most of all, her six kids.<br />
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Feature<br />
Out of Darkness<br />
By Tom Regan<br />
Jacques Lamoureaux (r) and his brother,<br />
Jean-Philippe celebrate after the<br />
Bobcats won the Borne Cup.
Depression Nearly Cost<br />
Jacques Lamoureux<br />
His Life<br />
Home for Thanksgiving<br />
in his hometown of Grand<br />
Forks in 2003, Jacques<br />
Lamoureux, just a teenager<br />
then but best known today<br />
for his phenomenal hockeyplaying<br />
career with Bismarck<br />
High School, the Bismarck<br />
Bobcats and the Air Force Academy, planned to take<br />
his own life. He had driven to the top of a six-story<br />
parking structure and propped his farewell note on<br />
the dashboard. But as he stepped onto the ledge,<br />
Lamoureux, the second-oldest of four boys and two<br />
girls, realized at the last second he couldn’t inflict that<br />
kind of pain on his family.<br />
Now married and graduated from the Air Force<br />
Academy, 25-year-old Lamoureux spoke with <strong>City</strong><br />
<strong>Magazine</strong> via cell phone on his way to Anchorage,<br />
Alaska, where he’ll continue his military career and<br />
play hockey for the Alaska Aces, a farm team for the St.<br />
Louis Blues.<br />
According to Lamoureux, what made the real<br />
difference in his battle with perfectionism, selfcriticism<br />
and depression was being honest with his<br />
mother about how he felt. One late night, after lying in<br />
bed with his father’s shotgun because he was thinking<br />
of putting an end to his pain, he went to his mother’s<br />
bedroom and described to her the extent of his despair.<br />
She found her son the professional help he needed.<br />
“What saved my life was asking for help,”<br />
Lamoureux said. “From that point on, I was never<br />
alone.” Also key to his recovery was finally accepting<br />
the fact that he had an illness and needed to do<br />
something about it. “I told myself I had to work<br />
through it, just as I would rehabilitate a physical injury.”<br />
“Let people know,” is Lamoureux’s message to<br />
young people whenever he speaks to groups about<br />
suicide and depression. “Too often, friends and family<br />
say they had no idea after someone dies.”<br />
Lamoureux was pleased to hear about the “Out<br />
of the Darkness Community Walk” Saturday, Oct. 1,<br />
at the North Dakota State Capitol, sponsored by the<br />
North Dakota chapter of the American Foundation<br />
for Suicide Prevention. Check-in time is at 1 p.m.<br />
and the walk begins at 2 p.m. Register at www.<br />
outofthedarkness.org.<br />
Tom Regan, a former editor of <strong>City</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong>, has been a<br />
media professional for over 40 years.<br />
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Ghost Towns<br />
By Lauren Lesmeister<br />
Town Lost In Time:<br />
Blabon<br />
“On the Great Northern route, about 79 miles<br />
to the northwest of Fargo, you will find the town<br />
of Blabon, in the heart of Steele County’s best<br />
agricultural district. There, back from the Valley of<br />
the Red River, three large elevators buy the wheat of<br />
the community...”--from an article in the Bismarck<br />
Tribune, Nov. 4, 1913<br />
Dennis Horner grew up in Blabon. His<br />
family moved in 1956, when he was 16: “I believe<br />
we moved into Blabon in the 1930s, but not sure<br />
when,” said Horner. “I had older brothers and sisters<br />
that were born in the house in Blabon. We would<br />
always play baseball in some empty lot. Most was<br />
played with my four brothers, but there was a family<br />
of five boys just across the road. Most of the work<br />
was farm work and that is what I did, mostly driving<br />
tractor, picking rocks and driving grain truck. My<br />
pay was $5 a day.”<br />
Located about seven miles from the present<br />
day city of Hope, Blabon was founded in 1900<br />
when the Post Office was established. It was never<br />
incorporated into a city and the municipality was<br />
administered by the Melrose Township board, along<br />
with a Justice of the Peace. Town site lots sold for<br />
$60 in 1903.<br />
In 1914, the population was around 140 and the<br />
area continued to grow until the Blabon State Bank<br />
was closed in 1927. By 1980, there were only 17<br />
residents, and at one point, Ed Tranby was the sole<br />
In 1922, lightning struck and destroyed the<br />
Monarch Elevator of Blabon. It was rebuilt<br />
and again destroyed by fire in June 1946. No<br />
elevator was built to replace it.<br />
inhabitant. As of 2004, there were approximately<br />
eight residents.<br />
The first store carrying general merchandise<br />
was opened by Andrew Holt in 1900, and in late<br />
1901, the Post Office was located in the store. It also<br />
was home to a number of other businesses and also<br />
had schools – the last one closed in 1956.<br />
A number of businesses were destroyed by<br />
fires–and not all of them were rebuilt. Some<br />
business owners and their families relocated, rather<br />
than rebuilding their business in Blabon. This also<br />
contributed to the town’s eventual decline.<br />
Lauren Lesmeister is a writer, living in Bismarck, who is<br />
the co-author of “The Lewis and Clark Cookbook” and “The<br />
Sacagawea Cookbook.”<br />
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Approximately 59 million Americans have a<br />
thyroid problem, but most don’t even know it yet. The<br />
thyroid gland, a butterfly-shaped gland located at the<br />
front of the neck below the Adam’s apple, regulates the<br />
body’s metabolic processes. When your thyroid doesn’t<br />
function, it can affect every aspect of your health.<br />
Since undiagnosed thyroid problems can dramatically<br />
increase the risk of obesity, heart disease, depression,<br />
anxiety, infertility and a host of other health problems, it<br />
is important that you don’t go undiagnosed.<br />
According to Dr. Laura Archuletta, a family<br />
physician with the St. Alexius Center for Family<br />
Medicine in Mandan, “The most common thyroid<br />
problem is hypothyroidism, in which the gland does<br />
not produce enough thyroid hormone. Common<br />
symptoms of hypothyroidism include, fatigue, cold<br />
intolerance, weight gain and body aches. Depression<br />
and other mood changes can also be symptoms of<br />
hypothyroidism. Causes of hypothyroidism include<br />
previous treatments of overactive thyroid, surgery on<br />
the thyroid gland, some medications and Hashimoto’s<br />
disease. Long-term lack of thyroid hormone can cause<br />
stress on many of the body’s organs, especially the heart.<br />
It also weakens bone and can lead to osteoporosis.”<br />
Dr. Archuletta goes on to say, “In many cases, blood<br />
work is all that is necessary to confirm a diagnosis of<br />
hypothyroidism. Blood tests can measure the levels of<br />
thyroid hormones in the body and provide information<br />
on how well the gland is functioning. An ultrasound<br />
can be used to take pictures of the gland to determine<br />
if the gland is abnormally enlarged, or to rule out goiter<br />
(a noncancerous mass on the thyroid). Occasionally,<br />
advanced tests like biopsies or nuclear scans may be<br />
necessary.”<br />
Thyroid dysfunction typically responds well to<br />
medication. An underactive thyroid can be treated to<br />
boost the hormone levels. However, it can take weeks to<br />
months for the body to return to normal functioning.<br />
After the medications have had time to work, blood<br />
work may be repeated to be sure the dose is correct and<br />
the hormone levels are where they should be.<br />
To learn more about your thyroid…talk to your<br />
doctor at your next appointment.<br />
Mary Tello-Pool a licensed practical nurse, lives and works<br />
in Bismarck. She also serves as a health commissioner on the<br />
Burleigh County Board of Health.<br />
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Feature<br />
Symphony Salutes Teddy Roosevelt<br />
By Tom Regan<br />
Next month, the Bismarck-Mandan Symphony<br />
Orchestra and the Theodore Roosevelt Center at<br />
Dickinson State University will pay musical tribute<br />
to the Rough Rider president and the time he<br />
spent in North Dakota’s Badlands. The orchestra<br />
will premiere “In Cowboyland,” a symphonic work<br />
for narrator and orchestra composed by Chris<br />
Brubeck, at Bismarck’s Belle Mehus Auditorium<br />
on Oct. 22. The orchestra will perform it again at<br />
DSU on Oct. 28 as part of the Theodore Roosevelt<br />
Center’s 6th Annual Symposium. Bismarck’s Clay<br />
Jenkinson will narrate the piece.<br />
“The BMSO is the official commissioning<br />
organization, but we’re doing it in partnership<br />
with the Theodore Roosevelt Center,” explained<br />
Beverly Everett, the orchestra’s music director<br />
and conductor. “DSU is contributing a significant<br />
amount and supporting the project in other ways.”<br />
Everett met New York composer Chris Brubeck<br />
three years ago when she conducted the Bemidji<br />
Symphony Orchestra in a performance of his<br />
“Quiet Heroes,” a piece for narrator and orchestra<br />
that honors Iwo Jima hero Ira Hayes. “Chris has a<br />
gift for merging history,<br />
the spoken word and<br />
music, in such a way<br />
that a terrific narrative<br />
is told about these great<br />
historical figures,” said<br />
Everett. The composer<br />
will be in Bismarck<br />
to help prepare the<br />
symphony for the<br />
performances of his work.<br />
Brubeck, who has<br />
also composed pieces<br />
commemorating Mark<br />
Twain and Ansel Adams<br />
(The Adams opus was<br />
penned with his father,<br />
jazz icon Dave Brubeck),<br />
researched Roosevelt’s life<br />
in preparation for writing<br />
“In Cowboyland.” “I had<br />
to zero in on his time in<br />
the Badlands and find out<br />
what circumstances drove<br />
him to that place,” said Brubeck. “I wrote the piece<br />
based on biographies I have read and also based on<br />
some of Clay’s (Jenkinson’s) writings.”<br />
Roosevelt spent part of each year ranching in<br />
North Dakota between 1883 and 1887. He once<br />
said he would never have been president of the<br />
United States were it not for his experience in the<br />
West. “His time in the Badlands helped prepare<br />
Roosevelt for the challenges of leading America,”<br />
said Brubeck. “Roosevelt discovered his true grit,<br />
sleeping on the ground gazing up at the stars with<br />
the tough men who lived closest to nature.”<br />
“To combine Chris’ and Clay’s geniuses is<br />
going to be an explosion of super-sonic artistry and<br />
intellect,” said Everett. “To conduct a musical work<br />
that is a result of such talent and such a special<br />
collaboration is, I think, ‘once in a lifetime.’”<br />
Visit www.bismarckmandansymphony.org;<br />
www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org.<br />
Tom Regan, a former editor of <strong>City</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong>, has been a<br />
media professional for over 40 years.<br />
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Lance Rustand has often been<br />
compared to actor Jim Carey.<br />
Mr. Diversity<br />
By Kevin Holten<br />
If you could have anything in<br />
the world, what would you choose?<br />
King Solomon asked for wisdom<br />
and got it. Lance Rustand apparently<br />
asked for the ability to make people<br />
laugh and got it tenfold.<br />
By day, he’s a mild-mannered<br />
insurance salesman for Horace<br />
Mann who wins awards for his<br />
service to his clients. But by night,<br />
he might be playing the Marquis de<br />
Mores in Medora, singing with his<br />
quartet the Akafellas in a packed<br />
auditorium, or acting in a play with<br />
Sneak Pique Productions, a Dickinson based community theater<br />
group that he was instrumental in creating because, Lance Rustand<br />
can do it all.<br />
A native of Dickinson, Rustand attended Dickinson State<br />
University on a theater and music scholarship and wowed audiences<br />
for four years on the Stickney Auditorium stage, starring in plays/<br />
musicals like “Footloose,” “Cinderella,” “Noises Off ” and “Rumors.”<br />
He nearly filled the 735-seat house himself with his own two-hour<br />
senior recital, so popular was he.<br />
He got his start in church, standing in a pew next to his mother,<br />
singing while she sang in the choir, followed by an elementary school<br />
choir gig, where he was chastised for “singing too loud” and then<br />
onto a middle school honor choir where he…“had the highest voice<br />
in the choir, including the girls.”<br />
Still, it was a musical production during his sophomore year at<br />
Dickinson High School that revealed how good he could be.<br />
“I guess a person tends to be attracted to things they are good at,”<br />
Rustand said. “I enjoy being part of a person’s escape from the real<br />
world. And I get to relate in a very deep way to things that are funny,<br />
upsetting, calming and extremely sad. Sometimes during a show or<br />
song, I’ll struggle not to cry or laugh because I find ways to relate to<br />
what is happening.”<br />
In a recent performance of “The Marriage of Bette and Boo”<br />
Rustand had audiences rolling in the aisles without uttering a legible<br />
line. But then, making people laugh is what he had asked for when he<br />
put in his order.<br />
Kevin Holten is the communications and events coordinator for the Dickinson<br />
State University Foundation.<br />
Correction: In the previous article “One-of-a-Kind Teacher and Person,” Jan Fields was<br />
credited as receiving the Jaycees “Outstanding Young Educator” award. This award was<br />
not sponsored by the Jaycees. Fields received the Chamber of Commerce “Teacher of the<br />
Year” award, The Dickinson Women of Today’s “Outstanding Women of the Community”<br />
award, and the “Outstanding Women of the State” award in 2010-2011.
“The Marriage of Bette and Boo” - (from left)<br />
Beth Hurt, Michael Stevenson, Todd Selle<br />
SneakPique Productions is a theater<br />
community group that provides creative outlets<br />
to anyone that wants to be part of a theatrical<br />
production. The idea is to develop, produce, and<br />
host stage productions, old-time-radio shows and<br />
music concerts.<br />
It all started in 2009 when a group of<br />
Dickinson State University faculty, staff and<br />
community members produced “The Marriage of<br />
Bette and Boo.” “They had vested interest creating<br />
a new and quality outlet for artistic expression in<br />
the community,” says Josh Nichols, SneakPique<br />
Productions president. “The idea evolved into<br />
what is now an ever-expanding organization<br />
for the arts. Our other goal was to support DSU<br />
theatre and music students through creating<br />
scholarships.”<br />
SneakPique Productions is open to anyone<br />
who wants to create and innovate. Members<br />
are not just actors and actresses. They get the<br />
opportunity to experience the different sides of<br />
production including directing, running lights,<br />
managing sound, promotion and advertising and<br />
making costumes.<br />
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SneakPique Productions:<br />
Assisting in Dickinson’s<br />
Revitalization<br />
By Kostas Voutsas<br />
“One exciting aspect of this organization<br />
is finding fresh talent in unexpected places,”<br />
says Nichols. “One wouldn’t normally expect a<br />
professor of accounting to act or direct, but that is<br />
just one example of how SneakPique is reaching<br />
the community in unexpected ways.”<br />
Bringing culture and entertainment is another<br />
goal of this organization. “SneakPique provides a<br />
great service to our community! It provides a place<br />
for people to be entertained and a place for people<br />
like myself to entertain,” says Lance Rustand. “Not<br />
only does it make a great show for the audience,<br />
but it helps two people from two totally different<br />
generations find things in common, things that are<br />
different and things they agree or disagree about.<br />
When it’s all done; we have a better understanding<br />
and respect of each other and world we live in.”<br />
Members look forward to continuing to<br />
create, entertain and innovate. As Beth Skaare<br />
concludes, “So far doing just the one show, I had a<br />
blast and I can’t wait to do more!”<br />
To support, join the group or get information<br />
on upcoming events, please visit www.<br />
sneakpiqueproductions.com.<br />
Kostas Voutsas is a professor of business at<br />
Dickinson State University and a corporate trainer.<br />
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Correction: In the August issue of <strong>City</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong>, a “True<br />
Leader” was listed as being written by Kevin Holten. It<br />
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