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An accomplished group of sev-enth- and eighth-graders from schools throughout Barnes County will compete head-to-head in the county MATHCOUNTS competi-tion, set for Wednesday, Feb. 15, on the campus of Valley City State Uni-versity.

Sixteen students from Valley City, Barnes County North and Maple Valley school districts will compete in math areas of probability, algebra, statistics and polynomials.

� e competition includes a sprint round, a target round and a team round.

Winning teams and individual stu-dents will receive recognition with the winning team advancing to the State Competition. Additionally, the two highest-ranking individual com-petitors not on the winning team (who may be registered as individu-als or as members of a team) will also advance to the State Competition.

Participating students include:Barnes County North – West Cam-

pus: Tess Scott, parents are Tom and

Kelly Scott; Alexis Rath, parents are Donovan Krueger and Teresa Rath; David Fletcher, parents are Dana and Amy Fletcher; and Mat Rose, parents are Lee and Vicki Rose.

Barnes County North –East Cam-pus: Laura Limesand, parents are Lisa and Scott Limesand; Taylor Bingham, parent is Jerome � arald-son; Samantha Wieland, parents are Kim and Dave Wieland; and Spencer Piatz, parents are Kelsey Janse Van Rensburg and Eric Piatz.

Maple Valley School: Erin Grieger, parents are Dalen and Vera Grieger; Jacob Bodziachowski, parents are Albert and Isabella Bodziachowski; Sam Richman, parents are Matthew and Jenni Richman; and Ryan Janish, parents are Rob and Cathy Janish.

Valley City Junior High School: Brandon Pritchett, parents are Monte and Lori Pritchett; Maddie Bennett, parents are Les Zaun and Kathleen Bennett Zaun; Mikaylah Ross, par-ents are Rick and Cindy Ross; andJa-cob Berntson, parents are Mike and Stacey Berntson.

Area students set for MATHCOUNTS battleValley City State University

reported a � nal headcount of 1,306 students for spring se-mester 2012, an increase of 7 percent over last year's � gure.

� e current semester’s student enrollment numbers mark the � � h consecutive spring semester of enrollment growth at the university and represents the largest spring semester student count since VCSU moved to a three semester academic year in the summer of 1992.

“As pleased as we are with these results, we remain fo-cused on our mission, vision, and values, and our goals of providing accessible, innova-tive, and high-quality educa-tional experiences and pro-grams for VCSU students.,”

said Steve Shirley, president of VCSU.

To accom-modate the en-rollment growth, VCSU

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eral steps within the frame-work of its strategic plan, according to a release issued by Doug Andersen, VCSU director of marketing and communications.

“For example, the Uni-versity has increased its instructional faculty and has introduced new programs in

high-demand subjects such as majors in Medical Laboratory Science, Athletic Training, and Business Process Integra-tion Management (BPIM), and a concentration in Crimi-nal Justice,” according to the statement.

In addition, VCSU is up-grading its facilities, including a $10.3 million expansion and renovation of the Rhoades Science Center, the renovation of Snoeyenbos residence hall into apartment-style suites and a new arti� cial turf sur-face on its football � eld.

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District ii High School Boys’ Basketball Tour-nament is Feb. 10, 11, and 13 at the Fargo Civic Center.

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Valley City High School boys basketball vs. Fargo North.

The Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit, “Key Ingredients: America By

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100 Years Ago: The Mill & the River in Winter By Dennis Stillings

This post card was sent by Emma

Siegrist (a student at the Normal School) to Mr. J. M. Siegrist of Richardton, N.D. � e inscription reads, in part:

“Dear Papa,How is the weather?

And do we get a bum-

per crop? Crops look pretty good here but all the rain there has been since we got here was a couple of sprinkles.

Friday night we went with Aaser to a Nor-wegian concert at their church. It was just � ne. � ey sang two songs in English. ...”Below: Winter view of the Russell Miller Mill-ing Co. and the river in 1912.

Right: Norwegian Lutheran Church in 1909. S.K Thollenhaug, Pastor. Built in the early 1880s. (Photos/Collection of Dennis Stillings)

The Bluegrass Asso-ciation of North Dakota’s monthly Valley City jam session is from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Barnes County Museum in Valley City. The acoustic jam is free and open to the public. More info: John Andrus, 701-762-4891 or via email at [email protected]

The music of Andrew Reichenberger-Walz from 6 to 9 p.m. at Sabir’s in Valley City.

District ii High School Boys’ Basketball Tour-nament is Feb. 10, 11, and 13 at the Fargo Civic Center.

BBB District High School Boys’ Basketball Tournament is Feb. 9-11.

Live Band: Jim Geiger plays at the Eagles in Val-ley City. For people 21+.

The Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit, “Key Ingredients: America By Food,” is currently at the Barnes County Historical Society Museum in Valley City, now through March 11. The free exhibit is open to the public Mon-Sat 10AM-4PM and Sundays 1-4PM. Formal tours and other hours by appointment. More info:

Wes Anderson, 701-845-0966.

Sunday, Feb. 12Sunday Bingo Fund-

raiser at the Hope American Legion; supper served at 5:30 p.m.; bingo starts at 6:30 p.m.; every Sunday through the winter months; proceeds benefit seniors attending March Close-Up trip to Washing-ton, D.C.

9-Ball Singles Pool Tournament at Punky’s Br & Grill in Dazey starts with noon registration. Free food. Double elimination. For people 21+.

Public Open Roller Skating sponsored by the Optimist Club runs from 6 to 8 p.m. Sundays through April at the Rec Center in Valley City.

Indoor Ice Skating open to the public runs from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Youth Sports Complex in Valley City.

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Traveling Exhibit, “Key Ingredients: America By Food,” is currently at the Barnes County Historical Society Museum in Valley City, now through March 11. The free exhibit is open to the public Mon-Sat 10AM-4PM and Sundays 1-4PM. Formal tours and other hours by appointment. More info: Wes Anderson, 701-845-0966.

Monday, Feb. 13District ii High School

Boys’ Basketball Tour-nament concludes today at the Fargo Civic Center.

Buffalo Senior Citi-zens meet every Monday at the Community Center, Buffalo, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Indoor Archery Range is open Monday and Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. in the basement of City Auditorium, Valley City. More info: Neil Ped-erson, 701-840-0173.

The Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit, “Key Ingredients: America By Food,” is currently at the Barnes County Historical Society Museum in Valley City, now through March 11. The free exhibit is open to the public Mon-Sat 10AM-4PM and Sundays 1-4PM. More info: Wes Anderson, 701-845-0966.

Tuesday, Feb. 14VALENTINE’S DAY

NARFE meets at noon at the Senior Center in Valley City. More info: Vern Hedland, phone 845-4999, or email [email protected]

Sheyenne Valley Friends of Animals Membership Meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the Municipal Court Room of the Valley City Police Department. Refresh-ments, happy tails and door prizes. Everyone is welcome. Bring your Valentine!

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berger-Walz from 6 to 9 p.m. at Sabir’s in Valley City.

The Buffalo Com-munity Health Ministry board meets the second Tuesday of each month. More info: Parish Nurse Gwen Fraase, 701-633-5533.

Tower City Park Board meets the second Tues-day of each month.

Maple Valley high school girls’ basket-ball plays Northern Cass (away) starting at 6 p.m.

Barnes County North girls’ basketball plays Napoleon at 6 p.m. at North Central.

Valley City Rotary meets every Tuesday at noon at the Valley City VFW Club.

Memory loss sup-port group for friends and family of those with memory loss meets the second Tuesday of the month from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Health Education Center at Mercy Hospital, Valley City. The group is sponsored by the ND/MN Alzheimer’s

Association and Faith in Action. More info: Gail Pederson, 701-845-3874.

Valley City High School boys basketball vs. Wahpeton.

The Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit, “Key Ingredients: America By Food,” is currently at the Barnes County Historical Society Museum in Valley City, now through March 11. The free exhibit is open to the public Mon-Sat 10AM-4PM and Sundays 1-4PM. More info: Wes Anderson, 701-845-0966.

Wednesday, Feb. 15Valley City Kiwanis

Club meets every Wednesday at 12:04 p.m. at the Valley City VFW Club.

“Open Mic” at Dutton’s Parlour in downtown Val-ley City is every Wednes-

day from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Entertain-ers (music,

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Each year, when

my high school's newest year-books hit the hallways, I marveled at the short

list of students who had somehow managed to make it through another year with perfect attendance. � ough the list grew shorter as my class advanced from year to year, by graduation — to my utter astonishment — a handful of names still remained on that perfect attendance list. � ese were students who, through 12 years of public school, had never missed a single day. Imagine!

Now try imagining committing 50 years to a single organization. Week in, week out, never missing a meeting. � at's Howard Langemo, who was recently honored in a pin ceremony for his unswerving devotion to the Valley City Kiwanis Club. Yup, 50 years of per-fect attendance! How great is that?n On Saturday, I was lis-

tening to the wonderful ra-dio program “� e Splendid Table,” one of a wide array of eclectic o� erings on Min-

nesota Public Radio, and was pleasantly surprised to hear a local Valley City man identi� ed simply as “Tony” call in seeking suggestions about Korean cookbooks. � e caller, “Tony,” shared with acclaimed food writer cooking teacher and nation-al radio host Lynne Rossetto Kasper that he is passion-ate in his quest to dish up tasty Korean morsels at home. � ough the program, like most national call-ins, didn’t share the caller’s last name, I can’t resist trying to attach a last name to the � rst name. Was caller “Tony” our own Anthony Dutton, known widely

around here for his love of Korean foods? I don’t know. Do you? (To hear a podcast of Saturday’s rebroadcasted show, go to http://splendid-table.publicradio.org/)n For those of you who

enjoy a good band while enjoying a cold one, but not the smoke-� lled air that of-ten accompanies live tunes at the local tavern, you’ll soon have a new venue. Deb White of Valley City noted on her Facebook page recently that � e Labor Club of Valley City is going smoke-free e� ective April 2.

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College Dance runs from 10 p.m. to 12:45 a.m. at the Valley City Eagles.

Tower City Senior Citi-zens meet every Wednes-day at the Community Center in Tower City from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. A meal is served. More info: Betty Gibbons, president; 701-840-0184.

Texas Hold’em Tour-nament every Wednesday night at 7 p.m. at the Ea-gles, Valley City. Open to all player levels. More info:

Richard Hass: 840-2612. Free, for people 21+.

Valley City State University basketball vs. Dickingson State College, Osmon Fieldhouse in Val-ley City: women’s game 5:30 p.m., men’s game 7:30 p.m.

Entry deadline for Valley City Park and Rec Youth Basketball Tour-nament to be held Feb. 24-25.

Indoor Archery Range is open Monday and Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m. in the basement of

City Auditorium, Valley City. More info: Neil Pederson, 701-840-0173.

The Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit, “Key Ingredients: America By Food,” is currently at the Barnes County Historical Society Museum in Valley City. More info: Wes An-derson, 701-845-0966.

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At a recent Valley City Kiwanis Club meeting, Club Presi-dent Larry Robinson (left) presented Howard Langemo his 50 years of perfect attendance pin. Kiwanis meets every Wednesday at noon at the VFW in Valley City. Kiwanis is a service organization that focuses on the needs of children all over the world. (Submitted photo/Jeff Nathan)


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OUR OUTDOORS

Winter officially began

in December, and except for a few days of normal cold, it didn’t even feel like winter throughout January. Except for people who thrive on snow activities, and businesses that cater to them, most of us have breathed a sigh of relief that we aren’t having a fourth straight hard Midwest winter that seemingly lasts six months.

The mild start to winter is just what the doctor ordered for wildlife as well. Late winter or spring storms are still a threat, especially to pheasants, but to this point North Dakota’s resident wildlife is not nearly so stressed as the last three years. There’s still more stress than in fall, but winter mortality is likely minimal so far.

While winter’s positive benefits for wildlife have generated a lot of atten-tion, the real good news is also com-ing from the fishing side of things. While ice formation on most lakes is not as far along as it normally is this time of year, ice anglers are making up for lost time.

Instead of drifted over county roads and plugged section line trails leading to favorite fishing waters, anglers can get to a just about every lake in the state this winter. Lakes aren’t clogged with snow, so anglers can explore a bit as ice conditions permit.

Fishing has been good so far, ac-cording to Greg Power, fisheries chief for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, and it’s “probably only going to get better.”

Another benefit of an open winter like we’re experiencing this year, is a

break from a threat of winterkill on lakes. Over the past three years more than 60 lakes suffered at least partial winterkill of fish because of prolonged, deep snow cover.

Winterkill is a common threat in plains states, Power says. It typically hap-pens when snow comes early and piles up on the ice, blocking light penetration to underwater plants. Without light, the plants don’t grow and produce oxygen.

When the plants die, they also use LEIER: 7

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Easy early winter aids ND wildlife recovery

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A lack of heavy snowcover on North Dakota lakes means less winterkill this year. (Photo credit/NDGF)

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The converted trailer shack that my buddy Holmes, his cousin Adam and I were fishing out of on the day after Christmas had taken on a distinct chill, and I held my hand out over the flickering propane

heater, which sputtered and spit the last fumes from the 20-pound cylinder on the outside of the house. Being back from Florida for my final holiday break of undergrad, I still was not used to the North Dakota winters I had fled from in 1997, and I nervously asked how we planned on keeping warm the rest of the day.

“We’ll have to go back into town and refill the tank,” said my buddy, obviously annoyed.

His cousin nodded and agreed to drive. I volunteered to stay behind just in case a school of fish decided to cruise by our spot on the channel edge, though I was doubtful. I watched the duo pull away from the ice house in Adam’s Chevy, opened a set of handwarmers and clicked the bail on my borrowed ice rod. The Northland Buckshot Rattlespoon zipped down the hole off to one side and disappeared from view in the 20 feet of dingy water below me. I looked to my left at the whirring disk of green, red and yellow on the Vexilar FL-8 hanging in the next hole over while I jigged my lure about four feet off the bottom.

With each twitch of my rod, I saw a yellow flash on the monitor of the sonar device. I would rip the lure up and down and the color would change from yellow to red to green and back to yellow, or when I’d move it just slightly, it would flicker between a light green bar and a thicker yellow bar. It was like a video game of sorts and, as my brain made the connection, I smiled with the onset of that “ah-ha!” mo-ment.

I would open the bail and the lure would drop into the solid red bottom and the line would go limp. I’d slowly pull the spoon up and it would creep up warily from the edge of the sonar’s viewing area.

“This is pretty neat,” I said aloud as I banged the spoon on the bottom, ripped it up and let it fall; and then reeled it up a few feet in the water column.

I glanced at my watch, looked out the window and sat down as I jiggled the fishing rod some more. I again turned SIMONSON: 7

By Nick Simonson

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SIMONSON: From 6my attention to the whir of the FL-8 and saw something that looked out of place. A large red blob had materialized on the circular screen, just below my offering. I jigged the rod to make sure that the object wasn’t my spoon, and as I did, the red bar rose up to-ward it and paused about a foot below the yellow mark on the screen. I then ripped the spoon upward and the red mark exploded after it and I felt the fish whollop my offer-ing.

The drag on the reel began to scream, the ice rod was doubled over pointing straight down the hole and the fight was on. I went from watching the Vexilar, to looking down the hole, to loosening my drag. Occasion-ally, the red mark would zoom through the screen and then quickly disappear. Each time, the line was higher up on the sonar’s display.

Finally, I saw the fish — a large pike — swim under the hole. My adrenaline surged and I cranked on the reel, attempting to steer its head toward the surface. Finally, the gap-ing, tooth-filled maw angled just right and I put the last few turns on the reel. I reached down and grabbed the northern behind the head and hoisted it out of the water. It was a five-pound pike, my first ever through the ice.

My friends rumbled up in the pickup

shortly thereafter with a tank full of pro-pane. I stepped outside the metal shack and held the fish up for them to see.

“That Vexilar is really cool,” I said to Adam, as I explained how I saw, triggered and caught the fish with the help of his sonar unit.

The next year, graduated and relocated back to North Dakota, my parents bought me one for Christmas, and that old FL-8 still ranks as one of the best gifts anyone has ever given me. A few years ago, I upgraded to an FL-20 and passed the old unit on to my brother, who still uses it to this day. I’ve often said that a sonar device is only slightly more important than an auger when ice fishing, and I wouldn’t leave home with-out one. Today, there are more brands, mod-els and options to fit any angler’s needs and budget than just the FL-8, which was the only unit available at the turn of the century. If you fish with any of them, you’ve prob-ably had that “ah-ha!” moment on ice, seen what was once unviewable and learned how fish react to your presentations. As a result, you probably agree with me that your cho-sen sonar is the most important piece of ice fishing equipment. If you haven’t yet fished with one, it’s time to see what you’re missing and experience an epiphany of your own…in our outdoors.

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A.22 (WK Total/TOTAL)1. Quilting Goddess (569/2718); 2. Socialites (548/2672);

3. Great Plains Plumbing (522/2666); 4. Al’s (527/2629).

Centerfire (WK Total/TOTAL)1. Weber Trucking (562/2791); 2. Precision Shooting

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Revolver (Wk total/total)1. Tom Cruff (285/1419); 2. Travis Carico (285/1376); 3.

Aaron Carico (277/1368); 4. Ron Koslofsky (285/1329); 5. Harvey Carico (238/1248).

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a.22 (total)Handicap: Tanya Couture (285); Tanya Couture (285);

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Centerfire (Total)Handicap: Garth Weber (285); Chad Couture (285); Tom

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Revolver (total)Handicap: Tom Cruff (285); Travis Carico (285); Ron Ko-

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Sometimes the water’s dissolved oxygen falls to a level that no longer supports fish. No matter what happens the rest of the winter, Power says it’s likely late enough that even widespread heavy snows would not create much danger for winterkill.

“A winter like this ,” he said, “where now we’re into February and we have virtually no snow on most of the lakes, is abso-lutely great news, especially coming off the past few.”

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Letter from Richard BettingValley City

On Tuesday, Feb. 7, the Barnes County Commis-sion passed a resolution asking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to change its Tolna Cou-lee Operating Plan. The Commission recognized the potential downstream damage along the Shey-enne River that the Tolna Coulee Control Structure could cause if the coulee were allowed to erode. Commissioners asked that the Control Structure be allowed to be rebuilt and capable of controlling water once again.

If Devils Lake reaches 1458 feet above msl, and the Tolna Coulee erodes, as the Corps plan encour-ages it to do, the resulting lower elevation--perhaps down to 1446 feet--means

that all of the water in the Devils Lake basin above that elevation will flow into the Sheyenne River with-out any control at all. The Control Structure will be left open, uncontrolled.

The result will be that the entire 3810 square miles of the Devils Lake watershed will be added to that of the Sheyenne River (about 4,000 square miles contributing above Baldhill Dam) and for all practical purposes doubling it. The Corps plan endangers the entire Sheyenne River val-ley downstream of Devils Lake.

Why was this allowed to happen? The Corps held a meeting of state and fed-eral agencies--the Devils Lake Executive Commit-tee--in Bismarck January 31. The group failed to insist that the Operating Plan be changed. Why is that? Perhaps because they

failed to realize the incred-ible arrogance of such a plan, doubling the water-shed of the Sheyenne River and probably doubling the amount of water dumped into the river without any downstream studies of what such an action would do.

Another item that the agency representatives were not told was that the North Dakota State Water Commission is planning a fourth outlet, the West Stump Lake Emergency Outlet.

If a fourth outlet is built, it will mean that water could flow out of Stump Lake at an eleva-tion of about 1452 feet msl, and Devils Lake will be allowed to fall to that level. If erosion is allowed to occur, the West Stump ditch could erode to even lower levels, perhaps down to 1446 feet msl. Thus, if

the West Stump project is built, it could also mean that the Corps Tolna Cou-lee project will never func-tion. Devils Lake would never rise to an elevation above 1452--or lower.

One could ask, then, Why should the Tolna Coulee project be built? Why should roads and dikes around Devils Lake be raised to levels of pro-tection of 1465 feet msl,

because if the West Stump project is built without a control structure or with one at an elevation lower than 1458 feet, Devils Lake/Stump Lake will never rise above that eleva-tion. Why haven't such plans and possibilities been dealt with by the DLEC? By the SWC?

In either case--West Stump Lake ditch or Tolna Coulee Control Structure-

-should the permanent elevation of Devils Lake be lowered? What will happen downstream as a result of adding the entire Devils Lake basin watershed to that of the Sheyenne River?

That discussion has not taken place. It should happen before the projects are built and operated, not after.

Richard Betting is a member of the group People to Save the Sheyenne.

Honest, complete discussion on Devils Lake outlet projects required

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By LloydOmdahl

More and more local officials are becoming

alarmed over the impact of Measure #2 on the June ballot that proposes to re-peal all property taxes and dump the mess into the laps of the state legislators.

Instead of offering specific solutions to specific problems, the sponsors of the measure have been offering a variety of specious claims and generalities that are not supported by the language in the proposed constitutional amendment.

Some have suggested that the money can be found by firing 12,000 public employees; others say that the measure will not require replacement revenue for local governments. Neither of these claims is substantiated by the language in the measure. Here is the exact language on the ballot:

“The legislative assembly shall direct a share of sales taxes, individual and cor-porate income taxes, insurance premium taxes, alcoholic beverage taxes, mineral leasing fees, and gaming taxes and any oil and gas production and extraction

taxes, tobacco taxes, lottery revenues, and financial institutions taxes not allocated to elementary and secondary schools to counties, cities and other political subdivi-sions according to a formula devised by the legislative assembly to fully and prop-erly fund the legally-imposed obligations of counties, cities, townships and other political subdivisions.”

It is clear that this amendment, if passed, would require the legislature to take money ($800 million annually) from the state treasury and pay local govern-ments for the money lost by the repeal of the property tax.

All we need to do is look at the number and complexity of local governments to understand the problem in developing a payback formula. North Dakota has more local governments per capita than any other state in the Union.

We have 53 counties, 350 cities, 1100 townships, over 300 fire districts, around 175 school districts, over 200 park districts, around 50 soil conservation dis-tricts, nearly 75 water resource districts, close to 95 libraries, and scores of ambu-lance districts. Each of these local govern-ments has a unique financial OMDAHL: 9

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If, as Benjamin Franklin fa-mously said, "An ounce of

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However, some observers are concerned that efforts to privatize Medicare, Med-icaid and even the Veter-ans Health Administration (VHA) might slow health-care reform progress.

Just a few days ago, I read an interesting essay

by Paul Krugman, award-winning economics profes-sor at Princeton University. Krugman notes that some politicians are now push-ing to “partially privatize” the VHA, even though for the past two decades this program has been a huge healthcare success story. Several surveys have docu-mented that the VHA is providing better care to vets than most other Americans receive – and at the same

time the VHA has held its cost increases below those of private insurers.

It doesn’t make sense to change something that is working well. We need to build on programs and systems that are already pro-viding superior care while controlling costs—just like the current Veterans Health Administration.Vicki Voldal Rosenau is the Tobacco Coordinator at City-County Health

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OMDAHL: From 8structure with varying de-grees of reliance on prop-erty taxation.

Take counties, for ex-ample. According to the latest posting by the State Tax Department, Bottineau reported an average of 129 mills for the county; Slope reported 152; Grand Forks reported 379 mills, and Morton reported 363. All other counties fell in be-tween.

What these figures tell us is that county govern-ments across the state have varying needs for property revenue and they also have a wide range in the services they offer their citizens. Consequently, a simple one-size-fits-all solution will not work for each and every county government. We can bet that schools, cities, townships and the hundreds of other local governments have unique budgets as well.

A single solution, such as flat across-the-board percentage refunds to all, would give huge windfalls to some local governments while short-changing hun-dreds of others. Because each political subdivision is unique, the only fair and rational approach would be for a legislative commit-tee or some state agency to review the budget of each local government and dole out money accordingly.

To protect the uniqueness of local governments, rep-resentatives from our 2200 local governments would have to travel to Bismarck to justify their budgets and convince some state entity or legislative committee that their budget needs are legitimate. This process would certainly threaten local control of local ser-

vices.The problem of getting

money required by the measure back to the local government is only one problem in this simplistic approach to state and local

finance offered by Measure #2 . An arbitrary change of this magnitude requires the deliberative process of the legislature over a 10-year period.

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side, shown when he cooks Stephanie breakfast. And she may be falling for him. Again.

During the early months of the year, Hollywood generally gives the movie-going public a rest from the big movies, saving the real money-making releases for the Christmas and sum-mer seasons. One for the Money may have the same title as Janet Evanovich’s best-selling book from her Stephanie Plum series, but whatever appeal the novel had was lost in translation.

Heigl, also a producer, is sadly miscast as feisty Ital-ian Stephanie Plum, com-plete with thick “Joisey” accent. One for the Money exempli� es the latest in Heigl’s poor decision-mak-ing process for the parts she accepts, insisting on star-ring in as many completely forgettable, sappy romantic comedies as she can.

Apart from some other casting � aws, the movie exudes an overt sexist at-titude. I don’t make that claim lightly, especially since six women are cred-ited with writing, produc-ing and directing One for the Money, enforcing the very stereotypes the movie claims to � ght. Stephanie’s w e a p o n of choice is pepper spray, and when she isn’t hit-ting bad guys with her purse, f u m b l i n g a r o u n d or getting r e s c u e d by men, the entire script exists purely to � ll the time between the encounters b e t w e e n Ste ph an i e and Morelli, taking on characteris-

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Besides the indisputable similarities to � e Bounty Hunter, the 2010 Jenni-fer Aniston/Gerard Butler movie, One for the Money is a sloppy � lm. In a movie that takes turns being a ro-mance, comedy and thrill-er, the transitions between the genres must be seam-less. It felt like I was watch-ing three di� erent movies at once, all of which were poorly imagined.

� is is just another ex-cuse for Hollywood to make a quick buck. One for the Money isn’t just the title, it’s the text Katherine Heigl’s agent sent her when he asked her to star in this movie.

Kayley Erlandson is a student at Valley City State University.

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� e Barnes County Historical Society Lecture Series Season 14 will present Sharon Buhr: “Food Staples Around the World” at 7 p.m. � ursday, Feb. 16, at the Barnes County Museum in downtown Valley City.

� is presentation will take a walk around the world to look at the abundance and scarcity of food on our planet and will compare how much Americans spend on food to people in other countries. In the U.S. our staples tend to be wheat in the form of bread and pasta, along with potatoes. Other countries have staples that range from the familiar maize to cassava and taro root.

Buhr to speak on Food Staples on 2/16

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A Valley City Ju-nior High stu-dent captured

top honors at the 34th Annual Barnes County Spelling Bee held Feb. 6 at Valley City State University.

Chelsea Olauson took � rst place Over-all and � rst place in Division III spelling competition, which in-cluded students in sev-enth and eighth-grade. Taking the number two spot was Alex Jorgens-en, of Maple Valley Ju-nior High, who earned second place Overall as well as second place in Division III.

Olauson’s and Jor-gensen’s wins at the county level allow them to represent Barnes Coun-ty in the North Dakota State Spelling Bee, scheduled for March 23 in Bismarck. Other Division III winners were: Laura Limesand of Barnes County North - East Campus, third place; and David Fletcher, Barnes County North - West Campus, fourth place.

In Division II competition, which included each county school’s top spellers from � � h and sixth grades, place winners were: Ashley Tahran of Washington Elementary, � rst place; Cara Van Bruggen of Litchville, sec-ond place; Olivia Fehr of Barnes Count North - West Campus, third place; Alexa Zinke of Maple Valley Elementary – Oriska, fourth place; Dawson

Dietrich of St. Catherine’s Catholic School, � � h place; and Celeste Piatz of Barnes County North - East Campus, sixth place.

Announcer of the Spelling Bee was Jennifer Glasheen of the South East Education Cooperative. Judges were Cindy Zahn, prrofessor at Valley City State University; Toni Legler-Haglund of the Valley City Area Teach-er Center; Kristi Shanenko of Valley City Schools; and Sandy Zahn of the Valley City Area Teacher Center.

� e Barnes County Spelling Bee is coordinated through the Valley City Area Teacher Center and sponsored by the participating schools.

Olauson takes top spot in county spelling beePictured above are the winners of the 34th Annual Barnes County Spelling Bee, held Feb. 6 in two divisions. Division III winners (left) and Division II winners (right). (Photos submitted/ Toni Legler-Haglund)

Pictured above are all of the competitors in the 34th Annual Barnes County Spelling Bee. (Photo submitted/ Toni Legler-

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34th ANNUAL BARNES COUNTY SPELLING BEE

P l u c k y d i v o r c e e S t e p h a -nie Plum (Katherine Heigl) is in a pickle. She’s fallen on hard economic times, losing her job as a Macy’s lingerie salesperson, getting booted out of her house, and her fancy red sports car—gone (I guess the lingerie business is more lucrative than I imag-ined). Stephanie scrounges for a job until her sleazeball cousin Vinnie o� ers her work as a recovery agent (read: bounty hunter) for his bail bond company.

Despite having no expe-rience in the � eld, she takes the job, partially because she’s desperate for money and partially because she has her eye on Joe Morelli (Jason O’Hara), a rogue cop wanted for murder. He also happens to be Stephanie’s ex, who ended their brief interlude in a less-than-gentlemanly way.

In her attempts to bring Morelli to justice, Stepha-nie uncovers groundbreak-ing details about the case. Morelli may be innocent. He may have been framed. He may have rock hard abs and a surprisingly sensitive BIG SCREEN: 11

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