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F R E E | TA K E O N E OCTOBER 2019 | VOL. 1, NO.10 | HEARTRIVERVOICE.COM NEA Big Read Grant helps community share a good book page 15 Quick road trip Coffee and pots in Hebron page 16
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OUR YOUTH
Experience of a lifetime
undoubtedly changed my life. It began of meeting Vice President Mike Pence.
when we arrived at the National 4-H He introduced himself to us, allowed us
Center where we would be spending our to ask questions, and took pictures with
week. Throughout the next few days, we the group. Along with the other Girls and
visited memorials in the National Mall, Boys Nation Senators, I met with Senator
performed a ceremony at Arlington Hoeven, Representative Armstrong, and
National Cemetery, the 9/11 Memorial members of Senator Cramer’s legislative
outside the pentagon, attended the staff. The opportunity to meet with so
Twilight Tattoo, and used parliamentary many inspiring men and women was
procedure to debate legislation written extremely impactful. I was able to form
by the delegates. Sara Smith, the other valuable political connections, learn
senator from North Dakota, and I worked more about the law-making process, and
to write legislation on the weapons crisis appreciate the time and effort that our
Adelyn Emter
By Adelyn Emter
American Legion Auxiliary Girls
Nation is a once-in-a-lifetime experience
for young women across the country.
Each ALA Girls State program elects two
delegates to represent their states as
“Senators.” The 100 young women from
across the country then write, submit, and
debate legislation during mock Senate
sessions, visit historical sites, memorials, North Dakota delegates pose in front of the
and monuments throughout Washington North Dakota pillar at the World War II
D. C., and meet with their senators or Memorial on the National Mall.
representatives. Throughout the week,
they are given the incredible opportunity
Academy. The information and life-skills
to connect with other young women
I received are incomparable to anything
from every state. In only seven days, the Adelyn Emter and friends meet with Senator Hoeven. else I have ever experienced, but the
program lays a foundation for a variety
of careers, including everything from
between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Our
public service, military, government, and
bill was ranked fourth on the docket
law. The ALA for veterans website states,
determined by the government staff at
“The girls leave Washington, D.C. with a
Girls Nation, so it was one of the first to
deeper understanding of government,
be debated. During debate, it became
a renewed sense of patriotism, and an
apparent to all of the young women in
appreciation for veterans.”
attendance that bipartisanship is vital to
This summer, I had the honor of
the legislative process.
being selected for this incredible
Later in the week, we had the honor
program. The week-long experience
2019 Girls Nation delegates
senators and representatives put in. best part was all of the incredible young
The American Legion Auxiliary women I met. Despite our differing
inspired me to make a difference in the views, we all respected each other and
world. After my experience at Girls State our opinions. Overall, the Flickertail Girls
and Girls Nation, I have a much deeper State program and Girls Nation programs
appreciation for veterans. It caused positively impacted my life. █
me to consider a career in the armed
Vice President, Mike Pence, addresses the student delegates. forces and apply to West Point Military
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COVER ARTIST
Medora Frei
Medora Frei is an abstract artist
based in Bismarck, North Dakota. She
was inspired to start painting more
in 2018 as a way to heal after going
through a traumatic event. Much of
Frei’s paintings are abstract: a style of
painting that allows her to convey raw
emotion onto a canvas. She loves the
freedom painting provides. In 2017,
Frei graduated with a Bachelor of
Arts degree from Concordia College in
Moorhead, Minnesota. Her work has
been shown at Laughing Sun Brewing
in Bismarck, ND, 20Below Coffee in
Fargo, ND, Mighty Missouri Coffee in
Bismarck, ND, The Von Hoffman House
in Medora, ND through The Capital
Gallery, Maximized Chiropractic in
Bismarck, ND, as well as the Concordia
College Senior Art Exhibit and the
Concordia Juried Artist Showcase in
Moorhead, MN. You can also find her
work at All Smiles Dental in Bismarck,
ND. █
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HEART RIVER GEMS for being drawn
to people who felt
Janelle Stoneking - an different. She had
polio as a child, so
inspiration to all of us while she was the
tough, fiery teacher
always challenging
By Kaylee Garling through the legislative session that year. you, she had such
With too many talents to share, Then, the next year they asked me to join a soft spot of
and a heart too large to measure, it the board. That was back around 2011, understanding. My
was an honor to sit down with Janelle and I have been able to learn so much dad is the kindest,
Stoneking, catching a glimpse into the from Erv Bren, the organization as a most thoughtful
beautiful world she’s creating through whole, and represent people in the low- human being. When
breathtaking strokes of wisdom earned income sector since then. I was in high school,
with life experience. I am also a board member of Assistive catching the bus
When asked to share more about ND. Our goals include keeping elderly early in the morning
herself, she filled the pages with out of long-term care, living safely in for a volleyball
fascinating details. "I feel like my life has their homes, and helping people with tournament, if there
constantly been evolving. For people who disabilities have the equipment they was a skiff of snow
on the sidewalk, he
would get up early
and sweep it off. All those pieces are key You’re just feeling it wrong. When
components in who I’ve become. things are coming at you and you’re
I’ve been able to experience Dickinson feeling overwhelmed, you can’t let these
in several different ways. Through my moments hit you like bricks. No one’s
work, but also being a resident. People throwing this at you for you to stand
think a community is a place where strong and take it. That will do nothing
people reside near each other, but there’s but beat you down. You have to let it
so many different definitions when flow through you. Accept it, do your best
you look in the dictionary, and what I and listen to what you have to gain from
love about community is: it’s a group of it. Life has to be fluid, because the next
people who come together for a similar moment is going to come around just as
cause, who have similar characteristics, the last one did.'
or who share likeness. That’s one thing I feel all of these life experiences as I
people forget, that as a community, we work on my mixed media art. I love the
are more alike than different. With all process of creating the art, making my
the different organizations I’m involved, own papers, then tearing them up and
no matter the different experiences putting them onto the canvas to make
don’t know me, I am passionate about the need to live as independently as possible. we’ve had, the different socioeconomic something beautiful from the pieces
things I am involved in. I love stories and We just received a grant through backgrounds, cultures, different abilities, and paint, layer upon layer. To me, it’s a
people and try to find joy in what I learn Christopher and Dana Reeves and are we still share the same emotions and mirror of this life journey. We become
from those relationships. Everything I’m looking for North Dakotans to benefit feelings. We may express or show them who we are through the layers that we
involved in has been by chance. I try to go from it who have any kind of paralysis, differently, but they are still the same. experience, and I’m excited to keep
by my heart, and surround myself with whether it be through stroke, MS, or One person gave me advice that stuck adding more depth to my story that
people who will challenge me, bring a traumatic brain injury, who are looking with me over the years when I was a brings joy and wisdom to others."
lot of fun, joy, and charisma into my life. at adding technology in their homes to foster parent through my 20’s. We were Janelle is not only an inspiration, but a
Because of that, I’ve had a lot of great gain independence. We want people to struggling and someone said to us, 'You pivotal part of our community. I hope we
experiences. take advantage of these grant dollars. just have to see it differently. The kids can all remember to let our challenges
Most people know me from ABLE Share the message. We support people are going to keep having challenges. fuel our best selves and do more within
Inc. since I have spent over two decades to be independent, maintain dignity, and You’re going to keep having challenges. the wonderful community of people we
there, which has been an honor. It’s my live their best life. I just can’t help but live. █
family. I’ve been able to make a positive think that will be me in a blink as we are
impact walking side by side with people all aging, so I want to represent them. Heart River Gems is proudly sponsored by
with disabilities. The relationships with I joined Badlands Art Association
the people I support there have truly because Cherie Roshau (an area art
changed my view on life and myself. teacher) suggested it after she and I
I currently serve as one of the agency worked on a fundraiser for Trinity High
trainers, so I get to teach and inspire School after the fire, collaborating on
our employees day to day and help them some artwork.
grow, which I absolutely love. I also serve I’m from Savage, MT. I moved to
as chair on the board for Community Dickinson to attend college. I graduated
Action-Region 1 & 8. They came in my from DSU with a degree in Elementary
life through pure gratitude. There was Education, but ABLE stuck in my heart, so
a time when I needed to utilize one of I never left. I was blessed with wonderful
their programs, and when I wrote them parents who instilled in me the right
a letter of gratitude, they asked me to tools. I had a mother who had a fire in
give testimony on a bill they had running her belly to learn, and an uncanny knack
HEARTRIVERVOICE.COM OCTOBER 2019 | PAGE 7
WHERE BUSINESS GOES TO GROW BEST FRIENDS
ND Small Business Glen Ullin and Hebron Public
Development Center Schools partner with Best
By Stark Development Corporation
Taking a new idea and developing it
Friends Mentoring Program
from conception to a start-up business By Mark Billings
is a lesson in patience and perseverance. Thanks to support from school leaders,
Fortunately there are resources that can students and community members, the
be there to help you through the process Best Friends Mentoring Program (BFMP)
and shed some light on your journey to is continuing to partner with the Hebron
ultimate success. and Glen Ullin public schools to provide
The North Dakota Small Business mentoring.
Development Center (ND SBDC) office Nearly four years into the partnership,
in Dickinson has a mission to help North the work in western Morton County
Dakotans to start, manage and grow marks the first time BFMP has expanded
their business. The SBDC is a partnership outside of Stark County. Within the past
between the federal government (US year, the organization has also helped
Dr. Ujal Ibrahim
Small Business Administra-tion), State of activate new mentors in Bowman County the highest number since the program
North Dakota (Commerce Department) at the invitation of a local community started during the 2016-17 school year
and the North Dakota University System He served as a faculty member at a action group. with Zane Woroniecki, a 2017 graduate.
that provides training and technical leading Business School in Bangladesh In total, there are nearly 20 mentors in “I'm so proud of these kids,” said
assistance to entrepreneurs and small from 2011 to 2015. As an invited speaker, western Morton and Bowman counties. Dakken. “Way to go Hebron High School
businesses across North Dakota. The Ujal gave talks at conferences, forums, The Glen Ullin Community students.”
ND SBDC serves 53 counties in our state and workshops at different parts of the Foundation recognized In Glen Ullin, Holly Wolf
and help to impact and diversify our world. He holds a bachelor’s degree from BFMP’s partnership in the and Chelsey Duppong are
state and local Brigham Young local public schools by among the newest mentors
economies. University awarding a grant for 2019- at the start of the school year
Fe d e r a l (BYU), a 20. The funds are designed with others pending. The
mandates m a s t e r ’ s to expand opportunities 2019 Glen Ullin graduating
for the SBDC degree from for mentors and mentees class had among the highest
networks Texas Christian while helping youth focus on percentage of mentors
include a requirement for state and University (TCU), and a Ph.D. from the positive outcomes in school. representing a high school class in
local match funding for federal dollars University of Utah. While Kayla Knoll, the former K-12 BFMP’s 25-year history, with 75 percent.
received and a requirement that business Ujal and his extensive background school counselor in Glen Ullin and Graduating mentors included Alexis
advising services be provided free to in entrepreneuring and business will Hebron moved on to a new position Bachler, Alyssa Berger, Lexi Gietzen,
eligible clients. Clients are entrepreneurs be a valuable asset to local businesses in Colorado this past summer, new Mason Gerving, Chase Remboldt, Kristin
and small businesses in North Dakota and and future entrepre-neurs in our area. staff has embraced the program. Trista Schaff, Garrett Soupir and Braden Zuroff.
referrals come from lenders, economic The SBDC office can assist local clients Dakken, a previous school counselor at Bachler, who traveled to Medora with her
developers, and other clients who have with many business development and the Dickinson Middle School, is the new mentee to participate in an annual BFMP
benefited from and appreciate our free entrepreneur services including: counselor in Hebron. Jared Bollom, who activity day and also performed at its
business advising services. • Start-up logistics worked in the Elgin/New Leipzig public Family Fun Day in June, is continuing to
Dickinson is excited to welcome • Business expansions schools, took over the helm in Glen Ullin. mentor as a new freshman at Dickinson
our new SBDC business advisor, Dr. • Purchase or sale of a business Six new students from Hebron High State University.
Ujal Ibrahim. Ujal shares his role with • Business succession planning School are joining the mentoring team, For information, including ways
Dickinson State Univer-sity as an • Business plans including Madalyn Thomas, Jaiden Krizan, to support BFMP’s work in western
Assistant Professor of Business. Ujal • Financial projections and Kaylee Neyssen, Savanah Reinbold, Morton County, please contact Mark
served as a mentor to the Yunus Centre budgeting Sierra Schaff and Justice Dakken. They Billings, BFMP’s program coordinator, at
chaired by Nobel Peace Laureate Muham- • Funding a venture join returning mentors Taizalee Glass, (701) 483-8615 or by e-mail at mark@
mad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank • Operating challenges Abby Harnisch and Breanna Hosman bestfriendsnd.org. █
and pioneer of microcredit and social • Marketing for a total of nine mentors in Hebron –
business. • Finding employees
Inspired by the Centre’s “New • Procurement: doing business
Entrepreneur” program that helps with the government
children of Grameen Bank borrowers • International trade
become successful entrepre-neurs, Ujal To sign up for services from Ujal and
brought the idea to Salt Lake City, Utah, the Dickinson SBDC office or for more
and with the help of agencies that work information about the services available
on refugee issues, created a similar from the SBDC, please visit the ND SBDC
plat-form for refugee and immigrant website at www.ndsbdc.org. Ujal can be
entrepreneurs of Utah. Ujal worked with reached in his office at 701.483.2571 or
entrepreneurs of refugee background ujal.ibrahim@dickinsonstate.edu. █
in Utah in the area of economic
development.
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#BOOKWORM
October offers many opportunities at the library
By Cindy Thronburg
our events page on our country. This is one of the events that Houses for Escape; How to Make a Plant
October is a busy website or Facebook for will be part of the Big Read program Love You
month for the Dickinson dates and times. through June. The NEA says the Big • Adult DVDs: Tell It to the Bees;
Area Public Library, and We will, of course, Read program “is designed to broaden Pet Sematary; Teen Spirit; The Nest of
this October may be our continue to show free our understanding of our world, our Enemies; Everybody Knows; The Good
busiest one yet! With a movies for younger ones communities, and ourselves through the Place: Season Three; Gotham: The Fifth
ton of Halloween-themed as well. Upcoming titles joy of sharing a good book.” The book and Final Season
events for all ages as well include Detective Pikachu chosen for this Big Read event is The • Children’s DVDs: Dora the Explorer:
as several new events, our (all ages) and Aladdin Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. Dora’s Halloween Parade; Monster
schedule is jam-packed. (ages 11-17). Please visit our website and Facebook Family; Scooby-Doo and the Curse of
The main event of We have several new page to watch for upcoming related the 13th Ghost; Garfield’s Halloween
October is our Halloween or special events that events. Adventure
Party, which will be held we are excited to be able New titles added to the collection: • Children’s Easy Books: Camp Tiger;
Wednesday, October to offer you. October is • Adult Fiction: A Pure Heart by Rajia Lion and Mouse; Hair Love; Daniel’s
30th from 2:00 to 5:00. Cindy Thronburg is the Family History Month, Hassib; A Dangerous Man by Robert Good Day
Attendees will get to travel Cataloging Librarian at and on October 5th we Crais; The Friend by Sigrid Nunez; The • Children’s and Teens’ Fiction:
to Neverland, visit Peter the Dickinson Area Public will kick off a monthly Night Before by Wendy Walker; The American Girl: Luciana; Mr. Penguin
Pan and his pals, and play Library. Cindy is an avid genealogy program. For Perfect Wife by JP Delaney; The Seven or and the Lost Treasure; Other Words for
some games to win some reader and book collector the first meeting Charlotte Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna by Juliet Home; Last Things; Hurricane Season;
prizes! Costumes are not and does not own enough Renner Locklear will Grames Just South of Home
required, but feel free to book shelves. speak about her book • Adult Nonfiction: Because Internet: • Children’s Nonfiction: The
dress up! All are welcome, Greener Pastures: History Understanding the New Rules of Important Thing about Margaret Wise
but the activities are of the Renner and Kopp Language; Semicolon: The Past, Present, Brown; A Book About Whales; Beastly
geared towards ages 2-10. We will families. Join us at 2:00 that Saturday and Future of a Misunderstood Mark; Puzzles; DIY Circus Lab for Kids █
also be participating in Downtown for a fascinating presentation from this Breakfast: The Cookbook; Off the Grid:
Dickinson’s Trick-or-Trunk on Thursday, North Dakota author.
Image: Pixabay
October 31st from 4:00 to 6:00. Look for We also have started a new event
our Spooky and Booky Bookmobile! for adults. Each month we will host the
Teens (ages 11-17) are invited to sign Books and Brew Book Club at DePorres
up for a Halloween Lock-In on Friday, House of Barbering & Lounge. This book
October 25th, starting at 6:00pm. Teens club is for adults 21 and older who will
will be locked in the library for 3 hours meet to discuss a book and enjoy some
for a costume party, pizza and snacks, and beverages. The title for October is Lady
other spooky surprises! Call the Library Almina and the Real Downton Abbey:
or stop at the front desk to register. The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle
Adults won’t miss out on the and the meeting will be October 1th at
Halloween fun! We will be hosting a 7:00pm. Stop by the front desk of the
Scary Movie Series throughout the library to pick up a copy of the book.
month. Titles include The Lost Boys, October 22nd marks the first of several
An American Werewolf in London, and NEA (National Endowment of the Arts)
The Thing. Movies are for ages 17+, and Big Read events. At 7:00 that evening,
those under age 17 will not be permitted several veterans will talk about their
unless accompanied by an adult. Check experiences while in the service of their
HEARTRIVERVOICE.COM OCTOBER 2019 | PAGE 9
TRINITY CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
Kindness: A simple word with
tremendous effects
By Kelli R. Schneider, Marketing Coordinator
month will be a meeting of action where
the students offer an act of kindness in
service to others – in the school, in their
families, and in the community.
Mrs. Amanda Steffes, Trinity
Elementary Guidance Counselor said,
“The kindness teams allow for open
discussion amongst students, faculty
and staff – giving us a great opportunity
to bond with students in a way that does
not otherwise occur.” Tessier echoed
Steffes “There is great value in students
of different grade levels collaborating.
The older students have the chance to
mentor the younger students and the
younger students form a sort of ‘big
brother/big sister’ relationship with
the older students. It further illustrates
One of the Trinity Elementary Kindness Teams of the 2019-2020 school year. to our elementary students what we
mean when we say that our school is a
It almost seems too simple – the school year and each kindness family.” ♥ Canvas art with Cherie Roshau
teaching elementary students about lesson features a different teaching on Trinity Elementary School, through
the importance of kindness. The lessons the Kindness Teams of the 2019-2020 ♥ What’s Your Word?
kindness – what it began at the start of school year, hopes to further a school ♥ Amanda Keller, speaker,
looks like, what it September and called culture of welcome, of respect, of value co-author of Journey in Faith
sounds like; what it for the students to for the whole student – mind, body
is; what it isn’t. In the think on what kindness and soul. “Our ultimate goal as school ♥ Chalking with Lynn
world that surrounds looks like and what is to help our students get to heaven
our children, however, it sounds like. One and this is one more way to help our
kindness seems to lesson each month will students see the path to holiness is not
be an ever-more involve a story and complicated. It happens in the everyday
challenging reality to open discussion and choices we make in something as
live. Thus the birth of journaling; while the simple as kindness.” █
“kindness teams” for second lesson each
the 2019-2020 school year at Trinity
Elementary School. Registration forms are on
“So many circumstances and www.fearlessfaithjourney.com
behavior issues come up in schools Facebook: fearlessfaithjourney
today and the root of so many of them
is the absence of kindness,” said Mrs.
JoLyn Tessier, Principal of Trinity
Elementary School. Tessier continued,
“as a faculty and staff team, we really
want our students to understand
the importance of kindness and to
not underestimate the tremendous
importance of kindness throughout life.
Kindness is one of our Trinity Catholic
Schools Core Values and this new
initiative gives us a path by which to
live that value.”
The Trinity Elementary Kindness
Teams are a mix of students in Pre-
Kindergarten through grade 6 and each
team is led by an elementary faculty or
staff member. These Kindness Teams
meet two times per month throughout One of the Trinity Elementary Kindness Teams of the 2019-2020 school year.
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THE URBAN HOMESTEADER
Getting ready for winter
By Jon Stika
Growing up in Wisconsin I was no warm enough that I can accomplish to the front of the closet.
stranger to winter weather, and as I them without my hands getting Another important part
prepare for my 35th winter in North painfully cold. These might include: of preparing to deal with
Dakota, I thought now would be a purging underground water lines, winter is to have some
good time to share some ideas on how putting protective covers on basement winter activities in mind
to prepare accordingly. It seems no windows, preparing the snow blower to stay busy to prevent
matter how you slice it, winter is about for use, putting summer equipment cabin fever. The list of
six months long in North Dakota. Even in the back of the shed and winter winter activities is usually
though our last frost occurs sometime in equipment in the front, pruning divided into outdoor
mid-May and the first frost around mid- perennials and protecting them with activities I will do when
September, true winter weather usually mulch, cleaning the stovepipe, cutting the weather is not particularly cold, and that must be taken seriously. Preparing
only occurs from sometime in October firewood, removing the rabbit fence those project-type activities that can be to manage the winter months safely and
until late April. With that said, there are from the garden, and checking the done indoors. Outdoor activities might comfortably will be time well spent.
several factors that drive my “get ready engine, tires, and batteries of motor include: ice fishing, splitting firewood, Here’s hoping you can get your “get
for winter” to do list. The first part of vehicles. Some folks also put up holiday pruning trees that didn’t get pruned ready for winter” list completed before
my thinking centers around what type decorations at this time too. earlier, walking, and making daily snow you have to finish it with cold hands! █
of things I can do before I would need Then there are the tasks I can observations for the National Weather
to do them with cold hands. The second complete to prevent things from getting Service. Indoor activities might include:
part of my thinking is what I will need to too cold, such as: check the furnace, fill reading, writing, brewing beer, making Jon Stika is a former USDA
do to keep things warm (or at least not the firewood cart in the shop, put winter wine, tinkering with equipment that scientist and the author of,
letting them get too cold). Last, but not survival/comfort gear in the car, check I use for those (and other) hobbies, “A Soil Owner’s Manual:
least, are some ideas of both indoor and seals on doors and windows, set up and any number of other consulting How to Restore and Maintain
Soil Health” and numerous
outdoor winter projects and activities. the bird feeder (I only feed them when projects or assignments that I typically
articles for Brew Your Own
There are a number of things I can there is snow on the ground), and move do digitally or online. magazine.
usually get done while the weather is heavy winter coats (hats and mittens) A North Dakota winter is somethingHEARTRIVERVOICE.COM OCTOBER 2019 | PAGE 11
DICKINSON STATE UNIVERSITY FINANCES
Continued accreditation for DSU
Dickinson State University (DSU) accomplishments in its report:
8 financial tips for
has received continued accreditation
status from the Higher Learning
Commission (HLC) following a midcycle
• DSU’s Dual Mission role is on track
to better serve the workforce needs
of western North Dakota by providing
college freshmen
comprehensive review of the institution’s a range of new academic educational For many young adults, college is time. Plan it right, and you can have CDs
mission, academic programs and opportunities in meaningful, responsive the first time they are in control of the mature right as you need money each
services, governance and administration, ways. majority of their finances. As freshmen semester to help pay for tuition and
finances and resources. • In the past three years, DSU has across the country embark on their expenses. A CD is a great alternative to
The HLC is an independent corporation launched two graduate degrees, realized first semester, Cornerstone Bank has a traditional savings account because
that grants and determines the significant gains in retention, weathered highlighted eight tips to help ease their the money is less accessible for impulse
accreditation status of degree-granting funding limitations, and continues to
post-secondary institutions invest in its students.
in 19 states. A comprehensive • DSU has made great
evaluation occurs every progress in the integrity of
10 years, with a midcycle its operations since 2015.
review during the fourth year. Policies and procedures are
The review confirmed that in place, leadership fosters
DSU is meeting recognized best practices across the
accreditation standards in institution, and the State Board
higher education, pursues of Higher Education provides
institutional improvement appropriate oversight. The transition to financial independence. purchases.
and excellence, and is in full DSU Heritage Foundation is “Striking the balance between 5. Utilize campus resources.
compliance with requirements operating with clear oversight, spending and saving can be particularly Universities offer plenty of amenities
set by the U.S. Department of Education. effective and appropriate internal hard when you are focused on everything to students for little-to-no cost. Take
The review process involved the entire controls, and significant transparency. else that comes with college life, but it advantage of benefits such as free access
campus community, including faculty, • DSU provides high quality instruction is important to keep a close watch on to the campus activities and shuttles that
staff, administrators and students. appropriate to higher education and your spending habits from day one,” take you to off-campus locations.
Accreditation teams worked for over a provides student support services in said Vaune Johnson, Market President 6. Take advantage of student
year gathering evidence and preparing ways that maximize effectiveness while of Cornerstone Bank in Dickinson. “The discounts. When you want to take a
information to demonstrate that DSU met managing financial resources. first year of college is a great opportunity break from the campus dining halls, or
HLC criteria and federal requirements. • DSU has made substantial progress to establish good money habits and take feel the urge to treat yourself, try looking
DSU submitted its Assurance Argument in the area of assessment and continues control of your financial future.” for places that offer student discounts.
and Federal Compliance Report in to advance in this area. Cornerstone Bank offers the following Most discounts typically range from 10 to
February 2019, which was followed by a Based on HLC recommendations, tips to help ease the transition to financial 15 percent and will accept your campus
campus visit in March 2019 from an HLC DSU will continue to review academic independence for college freshmen. ID as verification.
evaluation team of peer reviewers from programs and operations in support 1. Create a budget. Take some time 7. Build credit wisely. Look into
Michigan, Colorado, Oklahoma, Missouri of its students, the community, and to figure out your income and set your applying for a credit card that you can
and Minnesota. in alignment with the University’s goals, factoring in recurring expenses use for small purchases that you are
In June 2019, the HLC’s Institutional strategic plan. DSU’s next evaluation that must be paid (like tuition, books, able to pay off in full each month, like a
Actions Counsel confirmed DSU’s for reaffirmation of accreditation is and car insurance, cell phone), some of music streaming subscription. Credit
continued accreditation status. The HLC scheduled for 2024-25. █ your “wants” (like concert tickets and cards, like student loan proceeds, require
visiting team highlighted several DSU other recreational activities), and saving discipline. I frequently had to remind my
for emergencies. daughter that she may not still like those
2. Track your spending. Download shoes or purse five years from now so
an app or create a spreadsheet to see don’t make a decision that will require
where your money is going each month. you to pay for something you no longer
Mapping your spending habits can want or need. If you don’t have your own
help you identify where you can make source of income or are not comfortable
adjustments. handling the responsibility of credit
3. Save a little each month. Save your alone, visit with your parents about a
spare change and deposit it into your joint card to establish a history of credit.
bank account at the end of each month. 8. Ask questions. Just like in the
Increase the amount each month. This is classroom, this is a learning experience.
an easy and manageable way to establish If you need help or are curious about a
good financial habits that “Future You” financial issue, ask trusted resources like
will appreciate. your parents or your bank. Bankers are
4. Open an interest-bearing excited to visit and help you understand
account. Stash some of your high school how your decisions today can have
graduation money in an account that a positive effect toward financial
earns interest for doing nothing. When independence. █
you open a certificate of deposit (CD),
for example, you will earn interest in
exchange for agreeing to leave your
money alone for a specific period ofPAGE 12 | OCTOBER 2019 HEARTRIVERVOICE.COM
MISS BEA'S KITCHEN
Do you EVOO?
By Laura Beth Walters
The oil which does not meet the
standards set for the certification process
is then refined to remove any further
impurities. Unfortunately, this process
gives the oil a much less potent flavor
and the color becomes more golden or
pale green. Therefore, this refined oil is
then mixed with a bit of premium EVOO
and labeled simply, “olive oil”.
So what does all of this mean for the
home chef? Well, I would recommend
Laura Beth Walters
keeping both Extra-Virgin Olive Oil and
Olive Oil on hand. Cooking with a more
Have you ever noticed how all the expensive EVOO won’t do too much for
fancy tv chefs reach for the Extra-Virgin your meal since you won’t be able to
Olive Oil (EVOO) rather than the regular taste all of its subtleties in your more
stuff? Ever wondered why? Well, there’s richly flavored dishes, but it’s up to you.
a definite hierarchy amongst the oils and I do enjoy cooking with a higher quality
EVOO reigns Queen. Here’s a bit about oil and really enjoy some of the oils from
why. Salt Kitchen & Co! (I am SO glad we have
EVOO is made from pure, cold- them here in town!) I know for years the Herbed EVOO for Dipping
pressed olives whereas regular olive oil prevailing thought was that EVOO turned
bitter at high temps but Ingredients:
this isn’t true. You can ¼ tsp basil
cook with it if you’d like ¼ tsp rosemary
but most generally cook
¼ tsp oregano
with the less expensive
when they just need a ¼ tsp salt
drizzle for the pan or ¼ tsp black pepper
for sauteing, and then 2 cloves garlic (minced)
use the Queen of the Pinch of red pepper
Oils, Extra-Virgin Olive ½ cup Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
Oil, for those special
dressings, dips, and Directions:
final touches to fancy
Add all ingredients to a bowl
dinners. Even though
the heat won’t make the or mason jar and mix
EVOO bitter, you will vigorously. Serve with fresh or
have the best tasting toasted bread.
experience using it
in things which don’t
require heat.
Also, something to
keep in mind when
cooking with olive oil, is
that if you are sauteing
or cooking over low to
medium heat, you can
is made using a blend of cold-pressed use an all-purpose Olive Oil. However, for
and processed oils. The process of cooking, frying, roasting, etc over high
making EVOO is a long and tedious one heat you will want an olive oil labeled
which starts with grinding the olives “light” because it has a higher smoke
ing
into a paste, and then pressing them to point. Light Olive Oil is also the best
p t
cce ents
extract the oil. There is no heat involved option to use in baked goods since it has
in this process, hence “cold-pressed”, a much more neutral flavor.
a
Now pati
no chemicals either, and the result is an So, do you EVOO? I do! I hope this
new
oil which is forest green in color; has has been helpful and informative but if
a grassy, peppery flavor; and a fruity I’ve confused you even further, please Dr. Maria "Duffy" Meyer
aroma. Both the process of producing contact me. You can find me on Facebook:
EVOO and the certification process takes @MsBeasKitchen, or email me at:
Dr. Melissa Eberts
considerable time and both factor into MissBeasKitchen@gmail.com. █ www.highplainsdentalpc.com • 701-483-GRIN (4746)
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PIPER’S PALS
Pet Name Match
Your goal: Match the
correct name with the dog. Good luck! █
A: Chico (#____)
B: Mav (#____)
C: Ronnie (#____)
D: Archer (#____)
E: Tonka (#____)
#1 #2 #3
F: Fife (#____)
(Answers in our November issue!)
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OF PIPER'S PALS? SEND US YOUR PET'S PHOTO
AND NAME FOR CONSIDERATION!
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B: #6 Demi E: #4 Romeo
C: #5 Maggie May F: #3 Lucy #4 #5 #6
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CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU
STOP BY, SAY HI,
AND PICK UP A COPY! The birds are back!
Fall brings not only
colors and cool weather,
it also brings orange
hunting vests and dogs out
Find Heart River Voice at the to the fields walking the
rows of harvested corn,
following fine establishments: sunflowers and grasslands.
Each year, family, friends,
DICKINSON Hawthorn Suites and sometimes business
Family Fare (Roughrider Blvd) AmericInn associates, gather to
enjoy the crisp morning
Cashwise Ramada Grand Dakota Lodge
air, falling leaves, and the
Country Kitchen Frankie’s West Side Shell chance to fill their limit
Country Rose Diner Villard Cenex with the upland game birds
Dakota Diner The Hub who either run, or take
Blue 42 Rosie’s Food & Gas flight when they sense their
The Brickhouse The Rock approach. And that’s where
the faithful dog comes to the rescue! Attempts to bring pheasants to
The Brew Fluffy Fields
The number of North Dakota pheasants America started in the late 1700s.
Mandy's Bagel Bar Dickinson State University are up this year according to the ND However, the true establishment of
Dunn Brothers Coffee Dickinson Area Public Library Game and Fish Department. This year has a sustained pheasant population did
Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt Ace Hardware been a good year for residual cover, and not occur until the 1880s, when Owen
Regional Airport Jacobsen's Music weather for nesting and brood-rearing. Denny was appointed as consul general
Community Action CHI St Alexius Health In the southwest area, pheasant brood to China. He and his wife, Gertrude, were
Southwestern District Health size is up 2% from 2018. And while the fascinated with the colorful birds, and he
Sanford Health East Clinic
colorful pheasant often is the primary bought several birds and raised them to
Unit Ukrainian Cultural Institute hunt, don’t forget about the sharp-tailed make them fatter than the birds found
Stark Development Corporation grouse and Hungarian partridge, who in common street markets. He stated
Dickinson Area Chamber of SOUTH HEART often tests the skills of the sportsman just in several letters to his friends that the
Commerce I Don’t Know Bar a tad bit more. birds were “delicious eating…and would
Dickinson Convention and South Heart Public School Hunting isn’t the only activity related to furnish fine sport.”
Visitors Bureau the ring-necked pheasant. Photographers A year later, in January 1881, purchased
Downtown Dickinson love their brilliant colors that reflect 60 pheasants and crossed the Pacific
TAYLOR iridescent hues of deep red, purple Ocean to return home to Oregon. Most
Association Taylor Nursery and black. So, while pheasant make an of the birds survived the long journey
Dickinson Museum Center excellent main course for fine dining, across the ocean, but the subsequent trip
West River Community Center RICHARDTON they are also prized for their good looks. in trains and small boats scared the birds,
Dickinson Public Schools Johnny's Cafe What about the bird? Here’s a few causing many to go into a frenzy and
Trinity Catholic Schools Suzy’s Stash pheasant facts that you may not be aware injure themselves seriously. As a result,
Edgewood Hawks Point of. Rarely, if ever, does a pheasant die of only a fraction of the birds made it to the
The Country Drug Store old age. In fact, the average life span is Portland area.
Consolidated Pharmacy less than 1 year. The pheasant is a prey The Denny’s tried again in 1882. This
Dan Porter Motors Richardton-Taylor High School species and must face major sources of time they charted a ship to go directly
Sunset Senior Center mortality beginning the day it is laid in to Portland. Mr. Denny’s brother, John,
City Hall BELFIELD the nest as an egg. Other facts: released the colorful birds on the family
High Plains Dental Trappers Kettle • Pheasants are cousins of Quail and farm and within a year, the birds had
DePorres House of Barbering Partridge spread to neighboring counties. The
City Hall • There are over 50 different species of first hunting season for pheasants was
and Lounge Belfield Public School Pheasants throughout the world held in 1892 following a decade of
Holiday Inn Express & Suites • Flight Speed: 38-48 mph (but can successful advocacy by Denny to allow
Hampton Inn & Suites MEDORA reach up to 60 mph when chased) the population to establish and grow,
La Quinta Inn & Suites Medora UnCork'd • Average Rate of Chick Survival: 50% and it’s said that hunters reportedly
TownPlace Suites Chasing Horses • Major Nest Predators: Fox, raccoon, bagged more than 50,000 pheasants on
Microtel Inn & Suites skunk, feral cats opening day. In the 125 years since, the
• Major Adult Predators: Human, fox, pheasant population has spread to more
hawk, owl than 19 states and become one of the
Heart River Voice is a free community • Pheasants can swim
While you may already know the look
most appealing and delicious game fowl
animals in the nation.
publication. Please let us know if you’d like of a pheasant when you see one, did So now that you know some fun facts
copies delivered for your customers to enjoy! you know that if you looked around the
nation 400 years ago that you wouldn’t
and history of the ring-necked pheasant,
get out into our countryside around
find a single pheasant? Dickinson and enjoy the pheasants! █HEARTRIVERVOICE.COM OCTOBER 2019 | PAGE 15
COMMUNITY narrator), state senator Merrill Piepkorn
and others will follow the film.
The NEA Big Read
What would a community event
involving a book be without a book club?
Actually there will be several. Several
by Paul Amberg, NEA Big Read Dickinson co-Chair and Outreach Librarian at private book clubs have committed to
the DAPL reading and discussing The Things They
Carried during October and November.
On June The book being featured for the There will be public book clubs as well.
12th 2019, NEA Big Read in Dickinson will be The The DAPL will be hosting 2 book clubs.
the National Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. Books & Brew will meet at DePorres
Endowment Tim O’Brien is a Vietnam vet and his House of Barbering & Lounge on
for the book is a highly acclaimed, fictionalized Thursday, November 7th at 7pm, while
Arts (NEA) version of his and others experiences in the DAPL’s Adult Book Club will discuss
a w a r d e d Vietnam. The author will be in Dickinson the book on Monday, November 25th at
a grant to on November 13th as part of the NEA 6pm at the DAPL. The DAPL will also
Dickinson Big Read. While Tim O’Brien will be have 2 book club kits to check out in case
S t a t e delivering the Keynote on November you want to host your own book club and
University 13th it will neither be the only event nor we hope you do.
Paul is the Outreach (DSU) to the 1st event for the public in Dickinson. DSU will be presenting Reentry:
Librarian at the DAPL. be used to The Kick-off event, Veterans Giving Voice A Staged Reading of a Play by Emily
Paul owns more books
help fund a is slated for 7pm on Tuesday, October Ackerman and K.J. Sanchez on October Hall. Seating will be on a first come, first
than he will ever read,
but won’t stop purchasing Big Read in 22nd at the DAPL. This opening event 25th & 26th at 7:30pm in Beck serve basis but there will be an overflow
books. Dickinson. will feature Vietnam Veteran and author Auditorium. The play is a docudrama area where the keynote will be streamed.
The NEA Big Anthony Bukoski, Vietnam Veteran based on interviews with real Marines The keynote will also be streamed to the
Read is a program designed to broaden and former DSU President Rich Brauhn and their families. DSU’s Global Table Bowman Public Library and the Dakota
our understanding of our world, our and another panelist to be named later. series, which is hosted at the Stoxen Women’s Correctional and Rehabilitation
communities, and ourselves through the DAPL Outreach Librarian Paul Amberg, Library, will take on themes related to Center.
joy of sharing a good book. DSU is one of himself a veteran, will moderate and the NEA Big Read beginning with Author These and other events will create
78 not-for-profit organizations to receive ask questions of the panel that will be Anthony Bukoski on October 23rd. numerous opportunities for the
a grant to host an NEA Big Read project submitted to him by the public prior to Professor Bukoski will read some of his communities of Dickinson and SW North
and DSU’s will be held between October the event. work and talk about his experiences. Dakota to have a conversation about a
22nd and December 5th. The NEA Big Films will be a significant part of Global tables are held at the Stoxen good book and its topic. We hope to see
Read is presented in partnership with the NEA Big Read here in Dickinson. Library every other Wednesday at noon. at one or more events. █
Arts Midwest. Join us on Saturday, October 26th for The closing event of the NEA Big Read
To truly make this the community a viewing of Good Morning Vietnam in Dickinson will be held on Thursday,
event that the NEA Big Read is meant to with discussion to follow. Then starting December 5th at 5pm. This final event
be, DSU is partnering with Belouga, the Saturday November 2nd and continuing will deal with war and trauma and its
Bowman Public Library, the Dickinson each Saturday through November 30th, effects on both soldiers and civilians.
Area Public Library (DAPL) and Medora DSU will be presenting 2 episodes The highlight of the NEA Big Read
Branch, Dickinson High School, Dickinson each Saturday of The Vietnam War: A here in Dickinson will be a visit from
Trinity High School, the Dickinson Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick in the author of The Things They Carried, “NEA Big Read is a program of the
Museum Center, the DSU Heritage Beck Auditorium. Viewer discretion is Tim O’Brien. Mr. O’Brien will hold a National Endowment for the Arts in
Foundation, Edgewood Hawks Point, advised for these 6 events with footage writing talk at Dickinson High School partnership with Arts Midwest.”
Joe Frenzel, Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikara or dramatization from the Vietnam War. for students of DHS and of Trinity and “El proyecto NEA Big Read es una
(MHA) Nation Veterans, Prairie Public Additionally, Prairie Public Broadcasting, another for students from DSU and New iniciativa del National Endowment
Broadcasting, Precision Line and the Inc. will be presenting Basketball, Water Town. At 7pm on Wednesday, November for the Arts (el Fondo Nacional para
Ramada Grand Dakota Lodge. The NEA and the Lost City of Elbowoods. A panel 13th, Mr. O’Brien will deliver the keynote las Artes de Estados Unidos) en
Big Read would not be possible without discussion featuring Prairie Public’s for the NEA Big Read in Dickinson at the cooperación con Arts Midwest.”
these and potentially other sponsors. Matt Olien (the producer, writer and Dorothy Stickney Auditorium in MayPAGE 16 | OCTOBER 2019 HEARTRIVERVOICE.COM
ADVENTURE ON A DIME
Coffee and pots
fly under the radar. I wanted to be a low-
volume producer and I wanted to make
affordable pottery. I wanted to have one
foot in the socializing camp and the other
foot in isolation. So, I have succeeded!”
Robin runs her fantastic little shop on
the honor system and isn’t always on site,
but you can call ahead to set up a time to
meet her. I was able to set up a tour and
pottery class with Robin for myself and
a few others and I’m so glad I did. She’s
amazing.
Her shop’s shelves are filled with
pieces she loves and Robin told me, “I
don’t make to sell - I sell what I make.”
Each piece is glazed with the native glaze
she makes using clay dug up around sprinkle the dry mix into the water until
North Dakota. She calls her work folk the level comes up to fill the five-gallon
pottery and says it’s not “sophisticated”, bucket. She will leave this bucket to sit for
but I’m glad she makes what she loves. several days so the dry clay can absorb
You can see her passion in each piece and the moisture. Once the mixture is ready,
By Laura Beth Walters shop, my eyes were immediately drawn her eyes light up with pride as she talks she will stir it up and pour it through her
All of my best adventures start with to the artwork covering the wall to my about her work, and that’s inspiring. homemade “strainer” which will collect
coffee. Aaron and Miranda Anderson all of the impurities and leave her with
opened Dark Side of the Brew in Hebron a thick, cake batter-like mixture called
seven years ago and the name came from slip. She then lays the slip out on shelves
Aaron’s love of Pink Floyd. Originally, made of plaster covered in canvas. The
they offered a variety of soups and plaster absorbs moisture and will hold
sandwiches which were all named things the clay until it becomes kneadable like
in reference to Pink Floyd songs but bread dough. When the clay is kneadable,
over time they scaled it back in order to Robin transfers it into what’s called a pug
focus on coffee and their freshly baked mill 20 pounds at a time. The pug mill
goods which are all made from scratch helps to ensure that moisture is evenly
right there in shop. They offer fresh dispersed throughout the clay and forces
caramel rolls, scotcheroos, scones, and any air pockets out. It takes about a week
so many other sinfully delicious treats. from start to finish before the clay is
The diet stops at the door, okay? These ready to go into the tubs to be stored.
calories don’t count...p.s. I had a Pumpkin Back in the studio, Robin gave us each
Marshmallow Latte and it was to die for!
When I first walked into the coffee
left. The Andersons are huge supporters We took an extended tour of Robin’s
of local artists and at the time of my visit entire setup, starting in her root cellar
there were eight local artists represented where she stores her native North Dakota
in their shop - all but one of them were clay in totes. Each plastic tote can hold up
actually from Hebron. Dark Side of the to 250 pounds of clay. Robin’s cellar can
Brew sells quite a bit of art through hold up to about 3,000 pounds but she
their small gallery and they don’t take only had 1,000 pounds of clay on hand at
any commission from the sales in order the time of our visit.
to give it all directly back to the artists. Just behind the studio is a garage
If you’re a supporter of the arts and find where Robin processes all of her clay.
yourself anywhere near Hebron, you The clay she uses is mined 50 miles
should definitely check this place out. from her shop, dried, crushed and
Speaking of Hebron artists - just left in big mounds where people like
a couple blocks away from the coffee Robin can come with shovels and get
shop you’ll find the cutest little pottery what they want. In this form, the clay is a lump of terracotta clay and showed us
studio housed in a repurposed Texaco contaminated and needs to be cleaned. how to make what are called pinch pots.
Service Station. Dacotah Clayworks is In order to clean the clay, she mixes clay Pinch pots are made simply by forming
owned and operated by Robin Reynolds. with sand, dumping it all in a five-gallon the clay by pinching rather than using the
Dark Side of the Brew owners She told me with a smile, “I am very bucket. She has a second bucket half- potter’s wheel. When we were finished
Aaron and Miranda Anderson successful because I always wanted to filled with water and will very slowly Continued, next pageHEARTRIVERVOICE.COM OCTOBER 2019 | PAGE 17
Continued from page 16 Robin also gave us a demonstration
using her potter’s wheel and we had
fun blowing up some clay. Literally! For
more about these adventures, go to Heart
River Voice on Facebook and find the first
episode of Heart River Voice TV.
I’ve lived in Dickinson over a year and a
half now and hadn’t really spent any time
in Hebron until preparing for this article.
I’m sorry now that I waited so long. I hear
people complaining all the time saying
there’s nothing to do in Dickinson but I
think sometimes we completely forget
there is so much to do within a 100
mile radius. These little towns scattered
around us have so much to offer. People
are leaving the smaller towns and moving
to places like Dickinson and Bismarck
and local businesses like Dark Side of
the Brew and Dacotah Clayworks are
being forgotten. Everyone is catching
on to the “shop local” craze and that’s
great. But I think in a town the size of
Dickinson, “Shop Local” needs to include
these out of the way places that are really
inspirational and that need our support.
Thanks for tagging along! █
forming our pots, we had the opportunity contacting Robin directly through her you to do the same. She can seat up to 18
to paint them. I was very surprised to learn website, or give her a call. I’ll put her at a time and it costs just $25 per person.
that you can paint the terracotta while contact info at the end of this article.
it’s wet! We had to be careful to dab the As much as I enjoyed fulfilling a life-
long dream of mine to make a piece
of pottery, Robin brought the entire
experience to a whole new level. I learned
so much about the process and came
away with a whole new appreciation for
pottery. I absolutely loved listening to
her talk and share her passion with us.
At the end, I asked if there was anything
interesting she would like to share with
our readers that maybe had nothing to
do with our class. Robin thought for a
moment and said, “A potter’s kitchen is
paint on rather than swiping the brushes one of the better galleries in the world.” “I
which would have grabbed some of the don’t have a dishwasher, and I never have.
red stain from the terracotta and mixed I have always enjoyed washing the dishes
in with the paint colors. We left our pinch because all of my dishes were handmade
pots there with Robin to be glazed, fired by people I knew.” What a precious
and prepared for pickup at a later time. thought! I feel honored to have spent this
You can schedule your own class by time with Robin and strongly encourage
NEA BIG READ:
The Things They
OCTOBER 22 - DECEMBER 5, 2019
Carried
Author Appearance
Nov. 13, 7 p.m. dickinsonstate.edu/bigread
NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.You can also read
