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appointment. More info: Wes Anderson, 701-8450966. Art: Barnes County Student Exhibition is on display in the VCSU Gallery. p.m. - Snow sculptures; All Afternoon - Sledding and snowboarding at Charlie Brown hill in Valley City; and 4 to 9 p.m. Curling in Fargo (exhibition/lesson, $15/person). Open to all. More info: Philip Deger, 701-8457528 or philip.deger@vcsu.edu Live Band: Boomtown plays at the Valley City Eagles from 8:30 to 12:30 p.m. For people 21+. North Dakota Winter Show Activities: World According to Garth concert, with opening act Greg Hagar. Tickets: $20. More info: 800-437-0218. 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 MonSat 10AM-4PM and Sundays 1-4PM. Formal tours and other hours by appointment. More info: Wes Anderson, 701-8450966. Barnes County Senior Center Activities: noon, lunch (spaghetti, salad, corn, cake). North Dakota Winter Show Activities: Dakota Air: The Radio Show, at Vangstad Auditorium, VCSU campus. Tickets: $15. More info: 800-4370218. 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. First Annual VCSU Winter Fun Fest concludes today with the Snowshoe (or boot hike) following events: 1 p.m. through Medicine Wheel - Broomball at Pioneer Park; and 6 to 8 p.m. - Ice Park in Valley City; 1 p.m. Skating ($1/person) at the NEW LOCATION - NEW LOCATION - NEW LOCATION
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More info: Karla, 701-8455138 or visit www.mops. org Valley City Rotary meets every Tuesday at noon at the Valley City VFW Club. Sandy Kjelvik of Discovery Benefits presents the talk Operational Efficiencies and Leadership at 3 p.m. in the Skoal Room of the VCSU Student Center. The free talk is part of the VCSU Division of Business and Information Technologys Business Talks Spring 2012. 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 MonSat 10AM-4PM and Sundays 1-4PM. Formal tours and other hours by appointment. More info: Wes Anderson, 701-8450966

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your budget. The only nutrient that is dramatically different is sodium. Typically if you are buying canned items they are higher in sodium. There is a simple solution, however, and that is to wash and drain your vegetables, which will reduce sodium by almost 50 percent. The most important thing is to eat a variety of fruits and vegetables every day, no matter what kind you buy. Preparing and eating healthy meals is cheaper than fast food or convenience meals. The graphs show the comparison between restaurant/ fast food, convenience and homemade meals. You can see the clear winner is the healthy and homemade food. For the chicken piquant and pizza casserole recipes mentioned in the graph, and for other tasty, fast, easy and healthy menus that wont break your budget, check out the Young
Category Menu Items Fast Food Meal 4-pc chicken strip basket with small Coke $6.20 1,300 47 3,000 2 slices peppeoni pizza, 2 breadsticks, can of Coke $4.70 1,240 50 2,475 Cost per person Calories Fat (g) Sodium (mg) Menu Items Convenience Meal Chicken nuggets, French fries, Ceaser salad, can of Coke $2.89 800 42 1,500 2 slices frozen, thickcrust pizza, 2 breadsticks, can of Coke $2.90 1,200 22 2,020

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Hom e m a d e Meal Chicken Piquant (Asian style), rice, broccoli, skim milk $1.50 500 10 530 Pizza casserole, baby cafrrots, skim milk $1.90 453 12 840

Cost per person Calories Fat (g) Sodium (mg)

Peoples Healthy Heart Program website at www. healthyheartprogram.com Remember that eating healthy is affordable and often times ends up saving

you money.
Casey Kjera is an NDSU student dietitian working with Sharon Buhr of the Young Peoples Healthy Heart Program at Mercy Hospital. Your Health is coordinated by Mercy Hospital.

On local foods and oppressive regulations

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charging, we fall under the auspicious eyes of the food police. My job takes me around the state talking about local foods if you missed the local food fair on Monday in Valley City you missed a lot. I get a lot of questions about why we cant sell to our neighbors. People are terrified of buying food from farmers. I dont get it. Okay, I do understand there needs to be some modicum of safety involved when feeding the masses. But, seriously, if we all got to know our neighbors and our farmers and worked together to make sure our food was handled safely, what would be the harm of selling more local products? Regulations. Small business cannot comply with all the regulations regarding the sale of food. Its just too much. Too much money, paperwork, running around and then who is growing the food? You may have heard me say this before, but I remember a time when we ate mostly what we grew ourselves. My mother would hand me a quart jar with a dollar bill in it and I

ave you ever made a salad or a pan of bars for a social event? If you havent, you must know someone who loves By Sue B. to cook or bake and is quick to volunteer Balcom to provide food for a public-spirited event. I know I love to do that. Mostly because theres only two of us in the house and we cant eat as much as much as I can bake. So I have to give it away. So what would be the problem if I wanted to sell the wonderful things I bake? Wouldnt it be cool to cook and bake and can to my hearts content and then make some money doing what I love to do? Oh no enter the food police. Okay, you got me I have been reading Joel Salatin books again. He makes a valid point about local food. We can donate all the food we want to families, churches, schools and other organizations; once we start

would bike to the Schlittenhard farm or the Elhard farm and buy a quart of cream to bake kuchen. Those days are gone forever, methinks. As a small business owner, I would do my level best to keep my customers happy and that would include not making them sick with my produce or meat. If they did, it could put me out of business in a heartbeat So, if Im feeding my children and grandchildren food I grow, raise or prepare with the intent of making them healthy instead of sick why would you think I wasnt concerned about my customers health also? There are risks in living, people. And there are those who would shudder to see all the dirt I lick off my hands when I garden. Wow, I dont peel carrots or potatoes if I grow them myself. I trust a small local butcher before I an enormous federally inspected plant any day. Why? Because I would take the time to talk to the butcher maybe he would call me by name and know how I like my steaks cut. BALCOM: 9

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Why 4 outlets are in the works

By RICHARD BETTING omeone new to the issue of Devils Lake water might ask, Why four outlets? The North Dakota State Water Commission and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approach to Devils Lake water has always been piecemeal. Here is how one observer explains the process: Move some houses, build a dike, move some houses; raise a road here, move some houses, raise a dike there; deepen the ditches, drain another wetland, move some houses; raise the dikes higher, move some houses, build an outlet; combine and deepen coulees, raise the dikes again, move some houses, build another outlet. Repeat. The result is that we have a West Bay Outlet [at a cost of $38 million], an East End Outlet [at a cost of $80 million], a Tolna Coulee Control Structure [at a cost of $15 million] and a West Stump Lake Ditch [at a cost of $17 million]. A total of about $150 million, all without dealing with one of the main causes of the Devils Lake rise. All without a comprehensive plan for dealing with water in the lake and without considering the downstream effects of taking water off the lake. What we have, the observer I heard concluded, is a haphazard set of contraptions built by a committee of bureaucrats that will pass the problem along downstream where people will be forced to deal with it in the same way: build a dike, move some houses, build a higher

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LLOYD OMDAHL

Homeland Committee pans the candidates

We need to amend our constitution against any more of these winter meetings, huffed Holger Danske as he stomped across the floor of the former Bohemian Hall By Lloyd for a special meeting of Omdahl the Community Homeland Security Committee called in haste by Chairperson Ork Dorken. Most of the towns 14 electors were already huddled under the large south windows in the unheated cavernous hall, hoping that the bright sun would skim the chill off the air. Someone in the group gave Holger a yah, thats for sure as he sat down. Whats this all about? Holger asked impertinently. If we are going to have a say in them political caucuses, we need to do it now because the conventions will be nominating presidential candidates soon, explained Ork. Well, I thought it was up to the Democrats and Republicans to have caucuses, interjected Orville Jordan, the retired railroad depot agent who stayed after the railroad left. We dont have enough people for two caucuses so I thought we could meet as one group and discuss the candidates, Ork explained. Whos running? asked Josh Dvorchak. Well, as of this morning it looks like four candidates are still in the game, Chief Alert Officer Garvey Erfald explained. Its Sanitorum, Romney, Paul and Ginrich. From what I know, Sanitorum is Catholic and the Catholics havent had a president for 60 years so its their turn, reported Madeleine Morgan. She would favor a Unitarian candidate herself if there was one. Well, the Mormons have never ever had a president so it seems that Romney should get a chance, Old Sievert argued. I heard some good things about the old wizened guy -this Paul fellah from Texas, Lars Torvald added. I think hes running on the Whig platform. And his slogan is: If you can remember anything, remember the Alamo, Josh inserted with a malicious snicker. I suppose he wants to conquer the rest of Mexico, Lars offered. You know, if we gave Mexico back all the land we stole from them we wouldnt have an immigration problem. Nobody has mentioned Noot Ginrich, Holger said. Im not much for him myself because hes had more than his share of wives. If he cant handle domestic relations I dont think cant handle foreign relations. I dont think religion has any effect on politics, Madeleine observed. Well, theyre certainly making a big deal about whos the best Christian, Old Sievert remarked. And then they get into the dirtiest mid-slinging campaign you ever saw. Theres obviously no connection between Christianity and candidates no matter what they say. One mans mud is another mans issue, Garvey philosophized. Mud is in the eye of the beholder, I guess, Josh suggested. Are you saying that Christian politician is an oxymoron? Little Jimmy asked. I wouldnt be surprised if one of these candidates claimed to have the endorsement of the Apostle Paul before the next primary election, Lars speculated. By the end of the campaign, at least one will claim the blessing of the Lord Himself, Madeleine added cynically. Instead of political caucuses, maybe we should just draw straws until one person is left and let em be president, posited Little Jimmy, the towns online student now majoring in theology for the third time. That would be the end of dirty campaigns and name-calling, agreed Garvey as he rose from his cold steel chair, pulled up his collar, and started a stampede toward the door. Call CNN, he shouted to Ork as he pulled on his sheepskin mittens. Maybe Wolf Blitzer will furnish the straws.
Lloyd Omdahl was the Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota, taking office after Ruth Meiers died in 1987. Previously, he was a professor of political science at the University of North Dakota.

dike, move more houses, raise bridges, widen the flood plain, build a water treatment plant, move more houses, raise the flood plain elevation, increase and expand the cost of flood insurance. The process also raises many more questions than it answers: n What will happen if the West Stump Lake Ditch operates and lowers the elevation of Devils Lake several feet? n Will the Tolna Coulee Control Structure ever operate? n If either the West Stump Lake Ditch or the Tolna Coulee Control Structure operates and lowers the overflow elevation to 1,446 feet msl, will the other outlets ever be needed? n If the elevation of the lake is lowered, will they drain more wetlands in order to get more water in the lake? n If the Tolna Coulee elevation is lowered, will the SWC and the Corps revise the Operating Plan and allow the stop logs to be replaced in order to prevent further floods downstream? n How high will the dikes in Valley City and Lisbon have to be in order to contain flooding in the Sheyenne? n How will downstream cities deal with the addition of over 3,000 cubic feet per second from Devils Lake? With a potential dry spring there is still time for a comprehensive study of the entire Devils Lake basin. Such a study should be done before any more projects are started.
Richard Betting is a member of People to Save the Sheyenne. He lives in Valley City.

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SIMONSON: from 10 Rig your combos with the lures you will use so you can begin fishing upon arrival at the spot you plan to fish. Know what species you will encounter, and be ready to fish for them, purchasing the proper bait before hand. Scout It Out. It is important for new anglers to have fun on the ice, and fun means catching fish. Talk to your usual fishing buddies or the local tackle shop owner to find out where the fish are biting, or use your experience from this season and others to target readily biting fish. Steady action produces an enjoyable time on the ice, even if the average size isnt all that big. While one big fish may produce an incredible memory, a three-hour trip filled with 30 good-sized specimens will also be memo-

rable. Target fish that bite all day, like perch for a steady bend in the ice rods. Or target evening bites, focusing on the two-hour window when crappies tend to bite the best through the ice. For these fish, dont arrive at your honey hole too early, as the slow time leading up to a night bite just causes inexperienced anglers to get fidgety and cold.

Remember the Moment. Dont forget to bring a camera and include the pictures of the outing, whether you knock the fish out or only catch cold. Take photos of you and your significant other enjoying the moment together, using the auger, baiting the hook and just having a good time. Whether you skunk or catch 60, make it a memorable experience. Write the results down in

your fishing journal as to what worked and what didnt and how your significant other reacted to the finer points of ice fishing. Just like how you use your past experiences to try to figure the fish out, these notes will gauge further interest your spouse or significant other might have in other trips on the icein our outdoors.
Nick Simonson grew up in Valley City.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letter from CAL BENDER Valley City There is a lot fraud in elections at the local, state and worst, of all, at the national level. I heard about the possibility of fraud just in our citywide election. Is there fraud here? Maybe. You decide! There is so much fraud now days, no wonder people dont go out to vote any more. The outcome of the election, depends on the board. Some of them need to learn to count, to get there numbers down right. They say every vote counts. I say it depends who counts the votes. Its their choice. Why such a push on absent ballet this year for the city election? Sure looks a little fishy to me. Thats why the election board should be 50 percent for and 50 percent against. Now, on the issues of Measure #2: The property tax is totally unfair. I had experience where homes were appraised different just a few feet away, and if you want to know more about this situation give me call and I will tell you more. How is this fair, when about 45 percent of property owner pay all the taxes here in the city. What about the 55 percent that dont? How fair is that? Dont the 55 percent use all the city benefits, the same has the 45 percent. Fair tax ?? Also when you own the property, paid in full, if you dont or are unable topay taxes in three years, you lose it. So we never really own our homes or property. The other 55 percent dont have to be concerned about that. FAIR? Other states have figured out a fairer way, cant our state do the same? I guess if you think its fair and want to pay property tax, pay them!!! I am sure the treasure will take your check. I just want to pay an honest tax what ever way you are going to tax me. Letter from LOWELL BUSCHING Valley City Attending the recent meeting for the Pro-Measure 2 at the Eagles on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 25, I learned just how much documentation both sides of the issue have put out recently.Much of it is beyond the comprehension of the average person. The primary speaker at this information program did very well in explaining the pros of this measure for those that attended. The cons have shown up several times in newspaper articles and can be read at the library. There were speakers from the audience both for and against the measure. Each had good points, but as one person saithey left feeling the same way about it as when they arrived. Each person has to make up their mind what they consider to be most important. Judging from what I heard, there are still many misconceptions out there both on the Measure and the current methods of taxation. Pro-Measure 2 Local Control.Schools and others getting money from the property tax will still have a say on what money they get from the other sources that the state or cities have to come up with once they get the money.Probably higher consumption taxes than we have now for one thing, but everyone will be paying it and you can choose NOT to pay for it by not buying things. Kill the economy. I have heard businesses fear they may have to pay more taxes. Usually any increases are passed on to the consumer. Property taxes, on the other hand, are mandatory and it is the only current tax where there is the possibility of losing your home if you do not pay it on time! Currently in VC, it is estimated that 4047 percent are not paying property tax for various long periods of time for a variety of reasons. Incentives from the city or the EDC for Renaissance zones etc. All perfectly legal. These exemptions usually are for five years, but can be longer. As some leave more come on.A board decides who gets the break and who does not. Eventually most will pay taxes unless it is on State School property or similar exempt status. If the tax money comes from consumables like gas, restaurants and bars, etc. everyone will pay. There are, of course, other sources of revenue for the state to pass on to the cities, providing the cities, schools, etc. can justify getting that money per capita and other criteria now in existence That will not change but probably enforced more? Once they get the money, the cities will still have control over how it is spent. When you do not have to pay what is called rent on your own home or business you can use that money to repair or improve you own home if you so choose, or to pay the possibly higher consumer taxes that may be required but it will be spread out more evenly.The money is not lost to the city. Of course this may cause the value of your home to go up, but since there is no property tax you dont have to worry about living too well! Improve the appearance of the city and your home without being over-evaluated for new property tax. They mentioned it several times at the meeting that to avoid possibly losing your home because the city property tax is more then you can afford to pay is a big incentive for many in VC to approve Measure 2. Especially seniors on fixed BUSCHING: 13

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Children will be alot better off without NCLB

OK, all you politicians who think you know something about education. What IQ scale point would you put this gun-nut on who has blown away a ministers daughter? By Lloyd Moises Zambrana of St. Omdahl Petersburg, Fla., all legallike and everything, was showing his gun in a small church closet to another member who was interested in buying a firearm. After all, he was a security guard and had a concealed weapons permit approved by the nutty right-wingers in Florida. Why shouldnt he bring it to church to protect himself from human demons? Moises took out the loaded magazine from his Ruger 9mm semi-automatic and pulled the trigger to show his prospective buyer how it worked. Evidently he was too dumb to know there was a bullet still in the chamber. The round went through a wall, striking the 20-year-old ministers daughter in the head. She later died in a hospital. Why does the National Rifle Association want every idiot over 18 to have a permit to carry a concealed weapon in malls, bars, churches and funeral homes, without knowing anything about handling firearms? The important rule is that there is always a round in the chamber. Many miss that life-or-death lesson or dont have the brains to learn it. My sphincter always tightens up around guns because I have fired pistols, semiautomatics, shotguns, rifles, rifle-propelled grenades, light machineguns, heavy machineguns, rocket launchers, flamethrowers, 60 mm mortars, 81 mm mortars, 4.2 mortars, and 105 howitzers. Deadly mistakes have been made with all of them. Now, for all of those who think they can teach school better than the teachers, where would you put Moises on the intelligence scale? A Very Brief Look At The Intelligence Quotient. This summary is from Dr. Arthur Jenkins book Straight Talk About Mental Tests: (1) A person with an IQ of 49 or below might be able to be taught to read at the third grade level, but an adult probably cannot cope with life outside of an institution. They require special classes outside of the normal classroom setting. Two percent, or six million out of 312 million Americans, are in this category. (2) Persons with an IQ between 50 and 73 generally cannot finish elementary school. Most adults will need assistance in performing routine simple tasks. Slightly over 6.5 percent, or about 20 million Americans are in this bracket. (3) Persons with an IQ between 74 and 100 have problems completing a college prep course in high school and will have difficulty with college freshman and sophomore courses. About 41.5 percent, or 130 million are in this category. Some will graduate from college. The military demands an IQ of 85but often relaxes that limit if they run short of volunteers! (4) Persons with an IQ between 100 and 120 will be able to perform complex mechanical tasks and become low-level managers. May make perfectly adequate teachers and accountants. May involve about 130 million Americans. (5) Persons with an IQ above 120 and below 132 generally have no restrictions on performance. There are about 20 million in this group. May have the intelligence for law and executive positions. (6) Persons with an IQ range of 132 to 150 have no limitations. May end up being physics and math professors and big-time editors. There about 5.5 million in this group. (7) Persons above 150 can be in the so-called genius group, like Shakespeare, Lincoln, Einstein and Isaac Newton. We have about 500,000 in the United States.

Where Do We Put Moises on the IQ Scale? With this information, how many politicians are ready to teach school at any level? They have no idea what its like. Where on the IQ scale would you put our idiot Moises who shot the ministers daughter? I think he would be around 90 on the IQ scale. At this level people may be able to follow some instructions but not complicated ones. Removing a clip is no big deal, but remembering there might be a round in the chamber reaches the difficult level. Any state that allows people in this category to conceal and carry is asking for deep doodoo and firearm deaths. In a Pennsylvania incident, a young man knocked on the door of a house where he thought his girlfriend lived. The door never opened for him but he was shot through the door and killed. But that was perfectly OK. Pennsylvania has a Shoot First law to cover a person inside his castle house. At least in Dodge the parties would go out in the street and slap leather on each other. Right now, the National Rifle Association is pressing individual states to recognize all out-of-state conceal-and-carry pistol permits. As an example of weak state requirements, Florida has presented conceal-and-carry permits to 1,400 people already guilty of felonies and another 200 with outstanding arrest warrants. Just the kind of armed people we should all welcome in our communities. The Cheap Teacher Bill. The Republicans are also trying to eliminate seniority GADFLY: 13

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BUSCHING: From 12 income living in their home. Currently there appears to be no set legal decision on whether once the city or county seizes your home and property for nonpayment of property tax if you will get the money when and if it is sold or auctioned off by the city or county. Each case is handled individually. This possibility would be eliminated. Many or perhaps most renters think they are not paying property taxes as they own no property, but without that tax being collected by the city they will lose services. Surprise. Most landlords include their cost for property taxes in the rent they charge you. Thats a bonus of owning rental property. You own the property and your tenants pay your taxes. If the property taxes go up, many or most landlords WILL raise your rent. Some landlords at the meeting said they do not or only raise rent minimally, but may have to if the property tax keeps going up. I doubt seriously myself that if property taxes are eliminated that the rent for any of you will go down. Maybe the landlord will do more maintenance work with the money. Maybe not. It is like with gasoline. Once it goes up, it may be a long time before it goes down and when it does it will have a new, higher normal price. VC does have a cab service. And for seniors, the senior vans. Paying them could be cheaper then driving. No Virginia, you will not see $2.50 a gallon gas again any time soon no matter what the candidates say. For now the new state surpluses on oil etc. should allow the state to make the payments to cover the loss of the property taxes. Some of those against it argue that that the oil revenue may be here today and gone tomorrow, like before. Between what they are already setting aside for the future in the state, and the new businesses that might be created, in addition to just farming and oil, it should still cover everything they say. The money people do not have to pay for property tax may be invested in new business. This is the supporters hope and plan. Only time would tell. Diversify is the cry. As for the schools, they will be priority one under this plan, so even if there is a shortfall any year, which currently is unlikely, schools will still get their money (i.e. justified expenditures as it already has to be NOW to get the money). Essentially they say nothing will change except the source of city, county, school and township, etc. money. Schools and other entities will not be thrown money by the state. Nor can the city or county say they WANT to build another school etc. They have to justify building it based on the number of students as they do now. Just more accountability. Like in the oil fields where the number of students is up. They would of course get more for their schools. Not just the more affluent areas if there are any! A more equitable distribution. There are many other reasons they say for voting for Measure 2 so if these are not enough you can dig into it deeper. Those promoting it would be glad to sell you their book explaining it, until your teeth hurt if you still have any. Bottom line they say. Still as much REAL local control as you have now and all the same justifications to get it. Protected from being evicted from even a paid for home for nonpayment of property taxes. No property taxes to run afoul of. They are sure the funds can be obtained from other sources now available. The other tax sources already have collection procedures and people so the increase in state or local workers in theory should not increase, but probably will. The nature of our system. They will just be collecting more. Do you really need more people to pick up a few dollars more or distribute it? Oops sorry. Distributing the wealth is not to be talked about these days in a Republican state. Cons against Measure 2: If you have been paying attention, you have read the arguments for NOT cancelling the property taxes. Primarily if appears to be a doomsday scenario BUSCHING: 14

GADFLY: From 13 as the prime reason for keeping teachers on staff during layoffs in Minnesota. They are trying to come up with all kinds of complicated teacher evaluation systems utilizing gains on standardized tests and other secondary criteria to use in cutting staffs. This bill has nothing to do with a quality education system. This is strictly an anti-labor, anti-union bill that tries to destroy the only organization that knows anything about education, the teachers. Good teachers are not their priority, cheap teachers are. I have been a high school teacher, a personnel director, an elementary principal, a high school principal, and a director of employee relations (negotiations with teachers, secretaries and aides, maintenance, food service a total of 28 years at negotiation tables). I have taught administration courses at North Dakota State University and Tri-College. I also taught a senior education course at Concordia. I have hired thousands of teachers and other education employees and have supervised thousands, spending 36 years at it. I have a big dog in this fight. Teaching Is Half Science And Half Art. Schools are not producing widgets to exacting specifications on an assembly line. I repeat, teaching is half science and half art. Lets look at a sixth grade class of about 30 students using

the Bell Curve, which divides us up according to IQ. That class of 30 started out at kindergarten already missing one child because his intelligence quotient was so low he might have to be institutionalized. By third grade level, the class would have lost two more students who would have to be placed in special classes. So now you have 30 students left with IQs between 60 and perhaps 135. In a district the size of Fargo, we may have one student in K-12 with an IQ between 160-175. Alfred Einstein was estimated to fit this category, although he was never given an IQ test in his life. We have to remember that Einstein was considered a dolt by members of his own family at the age of three, and later several of his teachers wrote report cards that basically said he would never amount to much. In that only one student out of a million has an IQ between 176 and 200, there probably isnt one in North Dakota. In the class of 30 there would be over 20 in the 85 to 115 range, many capable of earning a masters degree if at the high end. We have a lot of idiots out there who think teaching is easy money with the whole summer off. Get real and start using your IQ. Scientific and artful teaching is one of the great complex challenges in this world. It takes intelligence and experience. I thought a letter from a teacher in the Star Tribune pointed out why experience is so important:

House Republicans, have I got a deal for you! Im available to do your taxes (April 15 is fast approaching!), perform that knee surgery you need, represent you in court on that thing that happened, manage your stock portfolio, and design that addition to your house. Im here to help, Im enthusiastic and, best of all, Im cheap! What? I dont have much experience performing any of these jobs? In most of them, I have none at all. Why do you ask? But teachers dont need any experience? Some Other Aspects Of Teaching 30 Students. Beyond the span of IQ levels in this class of 30, there are some other fascinating social and economic factors to consider. Fourteen of these students qualify for free lunch and breakfast. Six are from families, double or single parents, who are at or below the poverty level. One student is homeless and lives in a van. Four are enrolled in English as a Secondary Language because they come from four different foreign countries. One student has a 125 IQ but has cerebral palsy, requires a wheelchair, and speaks to the teacher through a computer. Two are taking drugs to contain their Attention Deficit Disorder diagnosis. One student is in speech therapy because of a severe stuttering problem. If you think I have made up an unusual class you know nothing about schools and education.

Perhaps you would like to teach in Covington, Kentucky. Every year about one-third of the students change schools and one-fourth of the teachers quit. Slightly under 25 percent of the students are classified as disabled. The district has a deficit of $2.6 million. It has 400 homeless students. Each school has a family resource center where students can stock up canned food for the weekend and also borrow a clean school outfit from a large clothes closet. Cheap teachers would fit right in at Covington. Or perhaps as a cheap teacher you could teach at a 5,000 student high school in the middle of Brooklyn, N.Y. Half of the students have been born outside of the country. Each year, 250 immigrants enroll at some time during that year. Separate classes are taught in four languages and the entire school curriculum is taught in Spanish. From the third floor of this high school, a student can see Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. He might not have any idea what they represent. Some cheap teachers wouldnt know either. Lousy Administrators Usually Mean Lousy Teachers On Board. If you have lousy teachers in your school it means that you have lousy administrators at the school or in the district who are not doing their jobs. Ineffective teachers should have their weaknesses exposed and given a reasonable time to improve with concrete

suggestions from administrators and mentors. Teacher unions are there to protect members from unwarranted dismissals, nothing more. It is up to administrators to evaluate and document the ability and effectiveness of teachers so they can be discharged legally if necessary, nothing more. Teaching is a tough business these days. Cheap doesnt cut it. Lines from Iris DeMents song Wasteland of the Free reveals why: We got preachers dealing in politics and diamond mines We got politicians running races on corporate cash We got CEOs making two hundred times the workers pay But they fight like hell against raising the minimum wage We got little kids with guns fighting inner city wars, so what do we do, We put our kids behind prison doors, and we call ourselves an advanced civilization We got high school kids running around in Calvin Klein and Guess Who cannot pass a sixth grade reading test, but if you ask them They can tell you the name of every crotch on M-TV While we sit gloating in our greatness justice sinks to the bottom of the sea Living in the wasteland of the free, living in the wasteland of the free.
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ing taxes and money it Classified could be.Box The articles are Ad. PROOF. from very learned men mostly and should be read Size: 1 column before voting. x 6 tall. They say the cities will lose Local Control. I Rate: learned at the meeting that 70 percent of our school $6.50/column money comes from the inch state, which probably has $39 per run a tight control on that and $78 total justification now. requires More work will probably be required by the schools Run Dates: getting all their to adjust two Weeks funds from the state, but March 3 once they get it there is March 10 no indication they can not continue as they are now. Possibly some knowledgeable reader of the paper can give us more information on both the schools and others that get money from local property taxes as to how and where their control of the money will be removed or lessened? Possibly the fear that even after allotting the money, the Capitol will still be looking over their shoulder even more for the other 30 percent? That might be a burden for the school staff or the other facilities. There is also the fear that other services like fire and police might have a harder time getting the money they need for certain items if they can not go to the local tax people to justify their expenditures. Instead they will have to lobby in the Capitol with the added expenses involved? Now THAT could be a problem. Who knows more about what these local services need than the city auditor or the commission? Lets hear from those in favor of keeping the BUSCHING: 16

he Junior - Senior High Barnes County Student Exhibition is now installed in the Valley City State University Art Gallery. The exhibition of student works includes numerous clay sculptures, drawings and paintings from students enrolled in the award winning art department at Valley City Public School. The exhibition runs through March 16. The VCSU Art Galleryis located on the third floor of McCarthy Hall and is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. Elevator service is available.

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Pictured above is a mixed media artwork done in India ink and tempera paint called Distressed. It was created by Brittany Erickson. Erickson is a 12th-grader. (Photo/submitted)

From left, Alex Pommerer, Sean Blaskowski and Ryan Janish reently earned their black belts in taekwondo. (Photo submitted/Cathy Janish)

Black belts awarded to 3 in Feb. 17 testing

Three Maple Valley Public School students earned their black belts in taekwondo Friday, Feb. 17, following testing conducted by Master Instructor Michael Beyer. The students, Alex Pommerer, Sean Blaskowski and Ryan Janish, study at the Tower City branch location of ATA Black Belt Academy. The Tower City classes are held in the Tower City Community Center, under the instruction of Joe Fodera.

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English students at Valley City State University are waiting for your subBy NIKKI LAINE m i s s i o n s ZINKE of original (written by you) limericks - just in time for St. Patricks Day. If you havent already done so, go ahead and recall those high school writing skills and pen a couple fun lines - then send them to Angie Johnson by email before March 9: angie.johnson@vcsu.edu We know once you get started, you wont be able to stop. Limericks are just so darn fun to write. But please, do keep em clean. We know those sometimes too-colorful rhymes can roll o the tongue (or pen), but were hoping to publish these, so keep that in mind. Cant wait to read your creations!
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BUSCHING: From 14 property tax going in a simple way so our senior citizens and our apathetic voters or those that have no time to wade through ALL the pros and cons can have a better idea what the REAL problems will be rather then the ones that might happen. It may be that FDR was right in saying that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Will the sky fall as I have heard some seem to have expressed it if the property tax is abolished? If so, who will it fall on and how badly will they be hurt? Will they be eliminated by the state, and if so, why would that be if they can justify their existence? Can we all wait til June to vote again? More people in VC have voted in the last year than in any year I know of. Maybe it could become a trend.

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75th Anniversary Kick Off Celebration! COME HELP US KICK OFF OUR 75TH ANNIVERSARY WITH SOME GREAT ENTERT AINMENT!
Dakota Air:
with Host Merril Piepkorn Sunday, March 4 - 3 PM Tickets $15 Vangstad Auditorium Tickets Available Online, at the Winter Show Office, or by Calling 800-437-0218

World According to Garth

Sunday, March 4 - 7 pm Opening Act: Greg Hager Tickets: $20

The Radio Show

3/4 Carat Diamond Ring 45 Caliber Long Colt Rifle 75th Anniversary Saddle Handmade Quilt

$10 Raffle Tickets

ALL TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE www.northdakotawintershow.com at the Winter Show Office or by calling 800-437-0218