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The Rooster Crows — January 27, 2012

Mother Nature has had the mercury in the thermometer bobbing up and down like a pumpjack this past week, from 17 below zero last Thursday to 25 above this Tuesday, and the forecast is for more of the same in the days ahead.  Well, it is January in North Dakota, after all.  From 3 to 5 inches of new, wet snow, depending on where you stepped, fell on Rutland and vicinity last Sunday, January 22, the first significant precipitation event for this region since last August.  The weather experts up in Fargo are pegging snowfall so far this Winter at a little over 10 inches, A little more than one-third of the 28 inches that is “normal” for this time of year, if North Dakota weather is ever normal, that is.  But, here we are at the end of January, and only 2 weeks of what could be called winter weather, so far.  If the 200 inches of snow predicted for the Winter of 2011-12 by one of the Farmer’s Almanacs last Fall is going to materialize before the arrival of Spring, stand by for February and March.

Edith Malpert of this community has been a patient in the Oakes Community Hospital since Thursday, January 12, receiving Treatment for a stubborn leg infection.  Her many friends here wish her a speedy recovery and return home. Read More »

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Paul J. Shasky Obituary


Paul Shasky

Paul J. Shasky, 87, Rutland, ND, formerly Wahpeton, ND, died Thursday, January 19, 2012 at Sanford Health,Fargo,ND. The Funeral Service will be 2:00 PM, Tuesday, January 24, at Nordland Lutheran Church, Rutland, ND. There will be visitation one hour before the service at the Church on Tuesday. Interment will be at Rutland Cemetery, Rutland, ND. Vertin-Munson Funeral Home, Wahpeton, ND, is in charge of arrangements.

Paul Jerome Shasky was born November 7, 1924, at Rutland Township, ND, the son of Roman F. and Nina (Nelson) Shasky. He grew up and attended elementary school at Rutland and graduated from Forman High School in 1942. Paul served in the US Army in 1943, transferring to the US Air Corps, serving to November of 1945 as an airplane armored gunner on B-17s during WWII. After his honorable discharge he returned to the Rutland area where he farmed and attended Dakota Business College, Fargo, ND in 1947. He married Patricia Roscoe on July 25, 1950 at Forman, ND and served from August 1950 until August 1951 in the Korean War. He farmed with his wife near Rutland and then lived in Fargo where he hauled fuel oil. The family moved to Wahpeton, ND, where Paul managed the Deep Rock Gas Station from 1965 to 1971 and then operated Gulf Oil, later Wahpeton Discount Station until 1987. Paul and Pat moved back to their roots near Rutland where they farmed. Pat passed away January 21, 1998 and Paul continued to live near Rutland until this past year when he moved to live with his son Keith Shasky, near Wahpeton, due to poor health. Read More »

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RCC – January 3, 2012

Rutland Community Club Meeting, January 3rd, 2012    7pm

Those attending:  Ron Narum, Paul Anderson, Deb Banish, Bert Siemieniwski, Delores Lysne, Rebecca Christensen, Kathy Brakke, Bill Anderson, Diane Smith, Lori McLaen

Treasurers Report was read and approved.

Bert gave an update on Hall renovations.  She said Jan 31st was the projected completion date, and things were right on schedule.  There is a construction meeting scheduled for Thursday, January 5th.

Some questions that were discussed included:

  • Where will the chairs we stored now that the office is moved to that space?
  • There may be a cold storage unit built for that purpose that will have access from inside the hall.

The Anderson Pinochle Tournament will be held February 4th.  If the construction gets behind and the hall is not ready to host that event, it will be up to theAnderson’s to find an alternate site.  Work Group #4 will be used to serve the tournament. Read More »

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The Rooster Crows – January 20, 2012

Finally, the other shoe has dropped.  The longest Autumn in memory finally came to an end on the night of Monday, January 16, as the mercury settled down to the normal January range.  For many North Dakotans, the warm weather throughout December and the first half of January was cause for gloom and depression, as they knew that conditions that good couldn’t last and could only get worse.  Now, the bitter cold has lifted spirits on the prairie, as folks know that it can’t get much worse, and that there are better times ahead.  There’s no denying the perversity of the situation, but that’s just the way it is, up here on the prairie.

The Tail-gating Party held at the Lariat Bar on Saturday, January 7, proved to be a popular social and culinary event, and an auspicious beginning for community activities in the New Year.  The party started at 10:00 a.m., with free burgers and brats until game time for the NCAA Division 1-A football championship at Noon.  The tail-gating party turned into attentive game watching, and then a rip-roaring victory party, after the NDSU Bison posted a 17-6 come from behind win over the Bearcats of Sam Houston State University of Huntsville TX.  For North Dakotans the most difficult part of the football season remains, however.  Having bested the Texans on the football field and having earned bragging rights for the coming year, it remains for North Dakotans to prove that they are also better braggarts than are Texans, and it is very doubtful that anyone can ever top Texas in that department.

The fire siren rang out just before 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 7, calling the Rutland-Cayuga Volunteer Firemen to duty with a few seconds more than 4 minutes remaining in the Division 1-A Football championship game.  A fire had gotten started in CRP just south of Silver Lake, near the farmstead which, depending on which generation you belong to, is known as the Spande place, the Penfield place, the Silseth place or the Roth place, and the dry conditions coupled with a brisk wind gave reason to be concerned that the blaze could turn into a real wildfire.  Three units from the Rutland-Cayuga Department, and a unit from the Forman-Havana Department responded to the call.  Some weeds had been burned in a road ditch earlier in the day, and it is suspected that the wind may have carried a burning ember across the Township road, igniting the dry grass on the east side.  No buildings were damaged.  This was the first real test for some of the new fire fighting equipment recently acquired by the Rutland-Cayuga Fire District, and both the equipment and the volunteer firemen performed their functions admirably. Read More »

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Sargent Central Playground Fundraiser

Blaze Driscoll, comedian/hypnotist will be performing on January 28th at 7:00 p.m. at the Sargent Central Schools Activity Center. Blaze performed for Operation Graduation a few years back and was a huge hit. He is excited to come back to the area and do another show. This will be a family show so please bring the whole gang! Concessions will be available. Proceeds will go towards the improvement project of the playground. Local talent, Tansey Hosford will be opening the show at 6:15!

Ticket Prices: $15-Adults; $7-ages 13 & up; $5-ages 12 & under

 

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