Board discusses county shop lease agreement . . . RC Commissioners accept resignation from Monty Haugen, weed officer/board member

by Janet Hansen
The Ransom County Commissioners, meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 3, reviewed a letter from Monty Haugen, Ransom County Weed Board Officer/Weed Board Member. Haugen had delivered the letter, handwritten on Thursday, Oct. 29, to Commissioner Wayne Jones and asked him to present it to the board at their upcoming meeting.
After stating that he felt a few of the board members did not understand the workings of the weed board and, he felt, had no grounds for their complaints, Haugen announced that he was resigning from the weed board as of October 31, 2009. He went on to state that he would be resigning from his position as weed officer at the same time and would be giving his resignation to the weed board secretary, since it was the weed board and not the board of commissioners which had hired him.

On first reading are a raise in water rates and a raise in sales tax

by Terri Kelly Barta
The Lisbon City Council considered changes in five city ordinances, introduced  a resolution for the ball to get rolling on permanent diking, and discussed manhole repair  at their Monday, November 2 meeting.
City Ordinances in review
Put on first readings were two ordinances involving increases for Lisbon residents. Both were discussed at the October city council meeting.
One was the proposal to add one half percent to the city’s sales tax, bringing it up to 7%. The additional funds are to be used for infrastructure which was damaged in last spring’s flood fight which was not  included under the money that FEMA had alloted. John Otterson offered the first reading of Ordinance No. 2009-6 which will impose an additional 1/2 percent  tax upon gross receipts of retailers from all sales at retail, including the leasing or renting of tangible personal property, within the corporate limits of Lisbon.

Edman named Citizen of the Year

by Holly Jessen
Mary Edman wondered why nobody asked her to help out with the refreshments at the Gwinner Citizen of the Year award presentation held Tuesday, Oct. 27.
“All my friends were bringing bars,” she explained.
As it turns out, the event was in her honor. Edman, a special education teacher at North Sargent Public School, was selected as the 2009 Gwinner Citizen of the Year.
Edman accepted the award at the North Sargent Activity Center following a patriotic program put on by North Sargent second graders. Wiping a few tears from her eyes, she told the crowd she was touched.

Lisbon Captures District 1 Volleyball Title… Broncos Qualify for Region 1 Tournament 8 Straight Years

Photo by Deb Evenson Pictured back row: (l to r) Coach Amy Lyons, Michele Hoistad, Kali Olson, Trisha Illies, Sarah Carlson, Nicole McRitchie, Samantha Reinke, Morgan Bubach, Asst. Coach Angie Williams, Asst. Coach Coach Chelsey Heitkamp. Front row: (l to r) Julie Hieggelke, Karissa Kitchen-McMahon, Natalie McRitchie, Charlene Carlson, Susie Lyons, Briana Hoaby, Kayla Rotenberger, McCall Manske, Anna Well, Hillary Birchem. Kneeling: Stacie Urbach, Karlene Lorenz.

by Joe Howell
“We took care of the odd year”, commented Bronco Coach Amy Lyons immediately after her Lisbon squad held off number one seed, Wyndmere-Lidgerwood, for the District 1 title.  The Broncos have won three of the last four titles and four of the last six under the direction of Lyons and her longtime assistant Angie Williams.  New to the program was first year teacher and coach, Chelsey Heitkamp.  Heitkamp has done a very nice job in her role this year and brought lots of success with her resume as Chelsey played in the state tournament for Wyndmere when she was in high school.
Lisbon had won titles in 2008, 2006, and 2004 but not in 07 or 05 and so the 09 district championship stopped the odd year streak but this championship may have been the hardest.
Wyndmere-Lidgerwood is a stud team filled with different scoring hitting options.  Lisbon’s option came in the form of Senior District 1 player of the year, Kali Olson and Olson was enough when things got tough as the jumping jack registered 13 kills.
In the regular season, WL had defeated Lisbon 3-1 at Wyndmere in September and the Warbirds had also eliminated Lisbon 2-1 in the Lisbon-Enderlin tournament in early October.  What Lisbon learned in the two losses to WL was that we have to defend at a faster pace against the quick striking Warbird offenses.  Sure enough the third time as a charm as the Broncos split the first four games of the championship match and won the deciding game 5 by a score of 15-11.

Dickinson Trinity Ends Bronco football season

Photo by Eric Olheiser A trio of Bronco defenders brought down Trinity quarterback, Aaron Grinsteinner.

by Joe Howell
For the fourth time in this decade, the Dickinson Trinity Titans ended the Lisbon Broncos in the AA football play-offs.  The Titans prevailed with a dominating final 16 minutes of play to post a come from behind 28-8 win.  In 2000, the Titans defeated the Broncos in a semifinal game played at the Bismarck Community Bowl and in 2001, 2002, and now in 2009 LHS was on the wrong end of the scoreboard in the opening round.
Brandon Schell’s five-yard touchdown run with 4:42 remaining in the third quarter brought the Broncos to within one at 7-6.  Schell bulled his away across the goal line on the PAT run for Lisbon’s only lead of the game at 8-6.  Schell’s runs came as a courtesy of a blocked Titan punt by Adam Coykendall that was recovered by Trinity player but the Broncos would take over as a result of the fourth down play at the six yard line.
Earlier in the week, Trinity football coach Randy Gordon commented on facing the Broncos, “as far as facing Lisbon and their base 4-3 defense, it is going to take awhile to get the feeling of what Lisbon’s defense is doing.  When you play teams from out of the region, it is a little bit more of an unknown and we have to find their weaknesses.”  Unfortunately for the Broncos, Trinity figured it out on their next drive.  The Titans, Jamie Morey scored the second of his four touchdowns on a six-yard run and Trinity would never trail again.  Aaron Grinsteinner’s PAT pass to Tom Peters put DT in the driver’s seat with a 15-8 lead.
Trinity forced Lisbon to punt from their own 46-yard line and junior, Kyle Lien responded with a kick to the Trinity 16-yard line.  The Bronco faithful hoped for a defensive stop and good field position.  Trinity responded with an 8-play 84-yard drive capped by Morey’s eleven-yard touchdown run.  The PAT pass failed but the Broncos trailed 21-8 with 8:00 remaining.

Gerald “Jerry” Fontaine

Name:  Gerald “Jerry” Fontaine
Age:  61
Residence:  ND Veterans Home, Lisbon, ND
Date of Death:  October 29, 2009
Birthplace: Grand Forks, ND

Maurice Thoreson

Name:  Maurice Thoreson
Age:  86
Residence:  Valley City, ND
Funeral -
Date: November 3, 2009
Location:
Date of Death:  St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Kathryn, ND
Birthplace: Kathryn, ND

Gary L. Adolfs

Name:  Gary L.  Adolfs
Age:  61
Residence:  Duluth, MN
Memorial Service -
Date:  November 5, 2009
Location:  Cremation Society, Duluth, MN
Date of Death:  November 1, 2009
Birthplace:  Fargo, ND

Fundraiser will establish foundation… LAHS to host Fall Gala November 13

Lisbon Area Health Services will host a Fall Gala on Friday, November 13 at the Expo Center. This evening is being billed as an “event of its own” as a spin-off of past celebrations.
The evening will begin with a social hour at 6:00 p.m. with a dinner of seasoned pork and new potatoes to follow at 7:00 p.m. The dinner is being catered by Carnivore Catering, NDSU.

Farm Rescue harvests over 400 acres of Dale Baasch’ crop

Farm Rescue harvested over 400 acres of soybeans for Dale and Lisa Baasch, rural Lisbon, over the past two weeks despite the rain delays.
Dale Baasch was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma, a type of bone marrow cancer and has been unable to harvest his crops. Dale and Lisa are at their other home in South Dakota.
“Under the circumstances, I really appreciate Farm Rescue,” said Baasch in a telephone interview. “They have good people working for them. They are doing a good job.”
Baasch is currently experiencing a setback, so he also appreciates all of the thoughts and prayers of the community that he hears about.
In the meantime, people like Clarence Kuss, Jamestown, and Charlie Hardy, Fargo, and even  Jack Limke, a former North Dakotan from Kentucky, along with Dale’s sons and grandsons are harvesting crops for Dale and Lisa.
Farm Rescue plants and harvests crops for farm families who are dealing with an unexpected injury, illness or natural disaster. The organization was founded by Bill Gross, a native North Dakota farm boy and pilot for UPS Airlines in 2005 and started operations in 2006.
As a nonprofit organization, Farm Rescue merely provides the equipment and manpower (volunteer labor) to plant and harvest crops for farm families that are in crisis. Up to 1,000 acres are planted or harvested for each family. The assisted family is responsible for providing crop inputs, such as seed, fertilizer and fuel.
RDO Equipment Company provides all the John Deere planting and harvesting equipment to Farm Rescue, free of charge. Other local sponsors include: Bremer, Farm Credit Services, CornerStone Bank and Walock-Johnson Insurance Inc.