Wednesday, July 8, 2015Vol. 126 Number 52

Wed. July 8: Polk County Fair Opens in Fertile; McIntosh Li-brary 12pm to 5pm; McIntosh Heritage & Arts Center 10am to 2pm; Computer Class at McIntosh Library 1pm to 2pm; Winger Senior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pm;

Thurs. July 9: Mc-Intosh Library 5pm to 8pm; McIntosh Heri-tage & Arts Center 10am to 2pm; Winger Senior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pm; Bingo at The Club Bar & Grill 6:30pm ; McIn-tosh City Council Meet-ing 5:30pm @ Commu-nity Center

Fri. July 10: Mc-Intosh Library 12pm to 5pm; Winger Se-nior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pm

Mon. July 13: Mc-Intosh Library 10am to 3pm; Winger Se-nior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pm

Tues. July 14: Mc-Intosh Library 5pm to 8pm; Children’s Story Time at McIntosh Li-brary 6:30pm; McIn-tosh Heritage & Arts Center 10am to 2pm; Winger Senior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pm; Serenity Seek-ers Al-Anon 7:00pm @ Kingo Church Library, Fosston

Wed. July 1: McIn-tosh Library 12pm to 5pm; McIntosh Heri-tage & Arts Center 10am to 2pm; Comput-er Class at McIntosh Library 1pm to 2pm; Winger Senior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pm

Thurs. July 2: Mc-Intosh Library 5pm to 8pm; McIntosh Heri-tage & Arts Center 10am to 2pm; Winger Senior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pm; Bingo at The Club Bar & Grill 6:30pm

Fri. July 3: McIn-tosh City Clerks Of-fice Closed; McIntosh Library 12pm to 5pm; Winger Senior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pm

Mon. July 6: Mc-Intosh Library 10am to 3pm; Winger Se-nior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pm

Tues. July 7: Mc-Intosh Library 5pm to 8pm; Children’s Story Time at McIntosh Li-brary 6:30pm; McIn-tosh Heritage & Arts Center 10am to 2pm; Winger Senior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pm

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Saturday, June 27th, the Winger Fire Department celebrated 100 years of service to the Winger Community. They held the Annual Fireman’s Ball, which is an important fundraiser for the department each year. (L-R) Mike Thompson, Steve Massmann, Vance Kaupang, Scott Revier, Matthew Mass-mann, John Hillstad, Gary Sonstelie, Andrew Hillstad, Dave Myhrum, Matt Balstad, Jerry Kaupang, and Shelly Burcham.

Winger Fire Department celebrates 100 years of service

The Winger Fire Depart-ment had its birth in May of 1915 when the Citizens Club elected a committee to ascer-tain what could be done to-ward providing the town with fire protection.

The first appointed Fire Chief was P.E. Krogstad. In September of that year, two chemical engines were pur-chased from the Fargo Fire Engine Company and the city was assured they would pro-vide splendid fire protection.

The fire equipment was stored for many years in a shed behind the Farmer State Bank. A fire bell on the top of the building served as an alarm.

The department was moved to the basement of the Audi-torium, but that location was unsatisfactory, as the chemical engines froze during unheated periods and the ramp in winter

became choked with snow and ice, making it difficult to move the engines out quickly in an emergency.

With the building of the municipal waterworks com-pleted, plans were started to reorganize the Department and to secure modern firefight-ing equipment. A new fire hall was completed in December of 1948, and an up-to-date Internation truck completely equipped with fixtures, includ-ing a pump and 500-gallon tank and 1000 feet of fire hose were purchased.

The fireman held their first annual firemen’s ball in the Winger Auditorium on Decem-ber 30, 1948. The event has contiuned since that time.

The Fire Department again moved and remain in their new building in 1978 and EMS services were added in 1983.

8 years ago… “In fact last month it was 8 years ago”, that Neil thought wouldn’t see his daughter again as she suffered a long, but successful battle with cancer. When he left her home in Waldorf, Maryland. Carol, his wife, stayed to help take care of her and the grand-daughters.

Neil came back to McIn-tosh to work and to pray, a lot. He called upon his friend Lynn Lucken, another cancer survivor, who called and gave Becky, Neil’s daughter a pep talk. Lynn is a long-time fight-er, battling cancer and other health issues, he too is a sur-

Bursheim honored at East Polk Relay for Life

Neil and Carol Bursheim attended the East Polk Relay for Life on Friday, June 26th in Fosston where Neil was the Survivor Speaker for the event.

vivorThat is how the story about

surviving cancer began with Neil Bursheim, who, in recent years, has been a cancer survi-vor himself.

Neil was honored at the East Polk County Relay for Life last Friday, June 26th at the Foss-ton Civic Center. He was the Survivor Speaker for the pro-gram and also performed, as he is an accomplished violin player, during the “Relay’s Got Talent” program.

His message is simple, the message is to keep on hoping for tomorrow and to never give up. Keep up the fight.

During East Polk Coun-ty Relay for Life on June 26th, Neil Bursheim, a can-cer survivor, walked the track during the Survivor Lap.

The Polk County Fair has been providing family fun for 115 years and this weekend should be no exception.

Fair gates open on Wednes-day, July 8th with the Midway opening at 5:00 pm. Come and see the Rodeo on Wednesday night of the fair starting at 7:00 pm in front of the grand-stands.

If the Rodeo isn’t your style, you can come sing, participate or just listen to the All-Star Karaoke on the free stage from 9:00 pm to midnight. Wednes-day also brings the Polk Coun-ty Fair Chocolate Contest at 7:00 pm on the free stage with sampling following the judg-ing.

Thursday, July 9th starts with Open Class Judging during the day. The Midway opens at 4:00 pm and there will be a kid’s bike drawing for all the kids who sign up and stay to see if they might win each day of the fair. The Rodeo will start again at 7:00 pm on Thursday night as well. There will be a Talent Show in the

Join in the fun at the Polk County Fair July 8th – 12th

free stage starting at 7:00 pm, for those who want to enjoy great, local talent.

Friday, July 10th is Se-nior Citizen’s Day at the Polk County Fair. There will be prizes, bingo and lunch and everyone over 55 years of age is invited. The Midway opens at 1:00 pm and there will be shows on the Hanson Memo-rial Free Stage starting at 1:00 pm. At 4:15 pm there is a kid’s pedal pull. The Human Canonball Shows start on Fri-day with shows at 7:30 pm and 8:30 pm. Finish off the night by dancing to the music of 32 Below at the grandstand.

Start out fresh on Satur-day, July 11th with the 5K walk/run at 9:00 am and be ready for a day of fun when the Midway opens at Noon. The Hanson Memorial Stage will have many great shows begin-ning at 1:00 pm and there will be Bingo starting at 2:00 pm. There will be a Century Farms presentation at 3:50 pm as well. Baja Racing will begin around 5:30 pm.

The final day of the Fair, Sunday, July 12th, there will be a church service at 10:00 am. The Midway will open for a final day at noon and the parade will start at 2:00 pm. There will be lots of fun to see at the Hanson memorial Free Stage starting at 3:00 pm, and this will be your final day to see the Human Cannonball shows at 3:30 pm, 7:30 pm, and 8:30 pm. There is a Super Demo Derby that takes place at 5:30 pm and to end the evening there will be a fireworks spec-tacular at 10:30 pm.

You can find something for everyone during the five big days of actions, excitement, entertainment and fun at the Polk County Fair.

Tim “Bunny” Anderson and Cam Thompson enjoyed all the activites during Winger Appreciation Day on Satur-day, June 27th. From the Car Show to the Fireman’s Ball in the evening.

Byron Kaupang and Earl Roed were collecting money for fish during the Annual Winger Lions Fish Fry on Satur-day, June 27th at the Winger Community Center.

Look at him Limbo! Chase Svalen does the Limbo during the McIntosh Library event on Monday, June 29th when DJ’s “Sound Sensations” hosted a dance party at the Com-munity Center.

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ST. MARY’S CHURCHFosston

Fr. John Suvakeen, Pastor

Wed. July 8: 1:00pm Holy Mass at McIntosh Senior Liv-ing

Fri, July 10: 11:30am Holy Mass at St. Mary’s, Fosston

Sun. July 12: 8:00am Con-fession; 8:30am Holy Mass at St. Mary’s, Fosston; 10:30am Holy Mass at St. Joseph’s, Bagley

Wed. July 15: 11:30am Holy Mass at St. Mary’s, Fosston

Fri. July 17: 11:30am Holy Mass at St. Mary’s, Fosston

Sun. July 19: 8:00am Con-fession; 8:30am Holy Mass at St. Mary’s, Fosston; 10:30am Holy Mass at St. Joseph’s, Bagley

If you have any questions about the schedule please call 435-6484.

CALVARY-IMMANUEL LUTHERAN PARISH

Winger/BejouInterm Pastor

Melody Kirkpatrick Sun. July 12: 10:30am Wor-

ship at CalvaryTues. July 14: 2:00pm WEL-

CA at Calvary; 8:00pm Calvary Council

Wed. July 15: 4:30pm - 6:00pm WELCA Supper at Immanuel; 8:00pm Immanuel Council

No worship service during the month of July at Immanuel

OURS SAVIOR’S LUTHERAN CHURCH

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Interm PastorMelody Kirkpatrick

Sun. July 12: 9:00am Wor-ship Service

Sun. July 19: 9:00am Wor-ship Service

GOSEN LUTHERAN CHURCHIndependent

Gary Johnson, Pastorwww.gosen-church.com

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Wed. July 8: 1:30pm Bible Studay at The Country Place

Sat. July 11: 8:00pm Prayer Meeting

Sun. July 12: 9:30am Sun-day School and Adult Bible Study; 10:45am Worship Ser-vice

Tues. July 14: 10:00am Sun-day Worship service telecast on Garden Valley Cable TV - Channel 2

Wed. July 15: 1:30pm Bible Studay at The Country Place

For information on free rides to any of the above ac-tivities call 218-268-4242 or 218-687-3461 Gosen Church is located 4 miles south of the junctions of HWY 2 & 59 or 4 miles north of Winger; then ½ mile east on County Road 206.

VERNES LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMC)

McIntoshPastor Paul Magelson

Sun. July 12: 8am WorshipSun. July 19: 8am Worship

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH

McIntoshRev. Mark Peske, PastorWed. July 8: 6:00pm Ladies

Aid, Picnic at Erickson ParkSun. July 12: 9:30am Wor-

ship Service; 11:00am Council Meeting

Thurs. July 16: 10:30am De-votions at Pioneer Care Center

Sun. July 19: 9:30am Divine Worship Service with Holy Communion; 11:00am Quar-terly Voter’s Meeting

Service Broadcast, TV Channel 12 Wednesdays at 10am - Holy Communion 1st and 3rd Sundays

DOVREFREE LUTHERANPastor Don Edlund

Wed. July 8: 7:00pm Inter-Denominational Bible Study on Beth Moore’s Revelation Study. Everyone Welcome!

Sun. July 12: 9:30am Wor-ship Service

Wed. July 15: 7:00pm Inter-Denominational Bible Study on Beth Moore’s Revelation Study. Everyone Welcome!

Sun. July 19: 9:30am Wor-ship Service

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SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH

Gordon Olson, Lay Pastor

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Fri. July 10: Turkey Din-ner, Mashed Potatoes, Stuff-ing, Green Beans, Roll, and Dessert

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Governor Dayton took ac-tion Wednesday to increase the pay of political appointees, raising the pay of 31 agency heads between $1,989 and $42,500 each.

The pay raise controversy began earlier this year when Governor Dayton used au-thority granted by the 2013 DFL-controlled legislature that enabled Governor Day-ton to unilaterally approve commissioner salaries, which previously were decided by the legislature (2013 House Journal Page 6506). House Re-publicans led the effort to re-verse this authority, and place commissioner salary decisions back in the hands of the leg-islature effective July 2, 2015 (2015 House Journal Page 523).

Earlier Wednesday, House Speaker Kurt Daudt (R-Crown) spoke publicly and is-sued the following statement regarding the governor’s de-cision to raise commissioner

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It seems as though this cat and squirrel have something to say to each other. This was captured outside of Lor-raine Lee’s home.

This week’s “Yard of the Week” belongs to Tom & Eileen Hegg. Congratulations!

Speaker Daudt: Gov. Dayton’s pay raises out of touch

salaries:“Governor Dayton’s deci-

sion is simply out of touch with what the vast majority of Minnesotans expect from their government officials. At a time when families are only see-ing modest increases in their paychecks, it’s disappointing that Governor Dayton would raise commissioner salaries by $30,000 on average for po-litical appointees who already make six-figure salaries.

“Legislative Democrats will have to explain to Minnesota families why they decided two years ago to give Governor Dayton this authority. They removed the public from the process and allowed Dayton to award these massive pay in-creases.

“While Democrats defend pay increases for commission-ers making six-figure salaries, Republicans will continue to fight for policies that grow pay-checks for middle class fami-lies.”

During the McIntosh Citywide Rummage sale on Sat-urday, June 20th, the McIntosh Heritage and Arts Center Thrift Shop was manned by volunteer’s DeeDee Narum and Donna Larson. The shop is open every Thursday through Sunday through the summer months. Stop in a find a great treasure and help to support the work of MHAC.

Mac to flush waterlinesThe City of McIntosh will

be flushing waterlines and hydrants each Thursday throughout the summer.

Residents are encouraged to watch for rusty or dirty wa-ter on these days. Fill wash-ing machines to check water before adding clothes.

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Regular Council MeetingMcINTOSH

Mon., July 9, 2015,5:30 PM

— COMMUNITY CENTER —CALL TO ORDER: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:ROLL CALL:DETERMINATION OF QUORUM:AGENDA ADDITIONS:APPROVAL OF MINUTES: a. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING

– JUNE 15, 2015 PUBLIC CONCERNS:OLD BUSINESS: a. POPLAR MEADOWS b. PERSONNEL POLICY REVIEW c. CLEAN UP DAY d. ADMINISTRATIVE FEES e. REHAB LOANNEW BUSINESS: a. JANITORIAL POSITION b. TREES/SHRUBS c. QUILT STANDS FOR SHOWS d. BUILDING PERMIT – KASPRZAK/

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Thank you so much for all the love and goodies by so

many friends and family, dur-ing this hard and difficult time for us. Also thanks for all the cards, calls and visits by so many of you. We feel very loved and cared for. Thanks to a wonderful community and family.

George & Patsy Osland M15P

The family of the late Albert Mandt with to

exp ress the i r deep apprecia-

tion to those who have offered such

kindness, support and mes-sages of sympathy and com-fort in our bereavement. We especially wish to thank the doctors and staff at Fosston Essentia Hospital, McIntosh Senior Living, and McIntosh First Responders.

The family of Albert Mandt M15C

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Winger Newsby Linda Pulskamp

Regional Ag NewsJim Stordahl,

Extension Educator Fall Grown ForagesThe severe winter, coupled

with drought, may explain the disappointing yield of the first crop of hay. Although we did not experience the obvious alfalfa winterkill common in central Minnesota, many area fields were stressed to the point stand loss, delayed growth and reduced yields.

The recent rains and favor-able growing conditions have helped, but the short first crop may create forage shortfall for some producers. If we continue to get rain, the perennial for-age crops may recover enough to provide adequate forage for your winter needs, but it may be prudent to make alternative plans.

If you have ground ready to plant now, sorghum-sudan-grass, sudangrass or millet are excellent options. All have the potential to produce an abun-dant forage crop during the heat of mid-summer, provided the seed has moisture to germi-nate. But the clock is ticking on these options, once we get into late July or August, the better option is a fall-grown cereal forage, such as oats, barley, wheat or triticale.

Of course, any planted seed requires rain to get started, but as fall approaches, the odds of rain increase. These options are still a gamble, but all have relatively low input costs.

Planting cereal grains in early to mid August has the potential to produce significant forage for fall grazing or hay harvest. Research in Wisconsin has shown that oats planted the first week of August can produce from 2 to 3 tons per acre, provided we have mois-ture.

Oats is not the only cereal grain that can be planted, but UW researchers found it to be the best yielding option. Other small grains grow well in the fall but shorter varieties typi-cally produce less, how much less will depend on the variety. Peas can be added and will in-crease the protein and palat-ability but may not increase the yield. However, the addi-tion of peas will make it dif-ficult to harvest the forage as dry hay, but if you graze, chop

or make baleage, adding peas is a good option.

Research at the USDA Dairy Forage Research Cen-ter in Wisconsin found that a late-maturing forage cultivar (ForagePlus) produced the maximum annual yields rang-ing from 2 to 3.5 tons DM/a. Because the forage cultivar matured slowly it was better able to respond to the erratic late-summer precipitation.

The forage types mature lat-er and produce more tonnage of quality forage. If seed of a for-age type is not available, plant a late maturing oat variety. After the first week of August use of a forage type oat will provide less advantage and grain-type cultivars often may be better management choices.

Previous research in Wis-consin showed that barley yielded slightly less than oats but significantly more than spring triticale or the winter grains. Oats will likely be the least expensive to grow and offers the best value in yield and quality. That said, a vari-ety that produces more leaves and less stem (think shorter) will have greater forage qual-ity, but a lower yield. Yield and quality are always the trade-off.

Interestingly, fall planted oat is higher in forage qual-ity than spring planted oats. Research at the University of Wisconsin found that matura-tion of summer-sown (August) oats was delayed, resulting in 10 to 15% less fiber (NDF), 18% greater digestibility, and 250% more water soluble carbohy-drate than spring-sown oat.

This means fall grown cereals will have more energy and bet-ter fiber utilization which will increase milk or meat produc-tion.

The recommendation is to plant 1.5 to 2 bu oats/acre (with or without peas) in early to mid -August. Additional ni-trogen may be beneficial, but a soil test may be necessary, especially if the previous crop was damaged due to drought. If a normal yield was harvest-ed, fertilize with 60 to 70 lb nitrogen per acre at planting. If sowing prevented planting acres, or summer fallow, the additional nitrogen may not be necessary. It is also impor-tant to check for any herbicide plant-back restrictions prior to planting the oat or oat/pea mixture. Planting earlier than the first week of August will result in earlier maturation and reduced yield.

Oats should be harvested in the late boot/early heading stage which generally occurs in late October. Oat planted during the late summer is also very tolerant to freezing, but freezing temperatures can also be a harvest aid. If the crop is cut when temperatures will be below freezing, the hay tends to dry very rapidly. However, dry hay is not your only har-vest option; a fall oats crop can also be grazed or made into baleage or silage.

For more information, con-tact me at 800-450-2465 or stordahl@umn.edu. This arti-cle was adapted from the Uni-versity of Wisconsin publica-tion by Dan Undersander and Shawn Conley.

Hello again from Winger and the Union Lake areas. The month of June is behind us and that makes us half way through the year, days are getting shorter again as we also have the longest day of the year behind us. Fourth of July was Saturday and then it seems like summer really goes down hill. Depressing it can be, but on the other hand we hopefully have some long lazy days of summer ahead of us yet.

It certainly was fun to see so much activity in Winger this past week end and so many people from near and far come in to town and join in on all the activities. Friday eve-ning the Johnny Holms Band was on the strip up town, was a good turn out and on Satur-day with the car show, antique tractors on display, some old engines and quite a good turn out of vendors for the flea/farmers market. Of course the Lions Fish Fry was once again very well attended and the Fireman’s Ball topped off the evening. A big thank you to Jerry and Kathy Kaupang for organizing and getting things all together and to every one else who helped make the day such a success. Look forward to this again next year.

Judy Gieseke was a visitor with Fern and Milton Carlson on Wednesday the 24th.

Libby Espeseth of Colorado has spent a several days in the Winger area visiting especially with her Mother, Joey Espes-eth. Brian, Tony and David Espeseth also visited with Joey and Libby.

Thursday the 25th Paul Carlson stopped in at the Fern and Milton Carlson for a brief visit and a refill of caffeine on his way to work that day.

Steve Johnson of Coon Rap-ids and Brent and Jessie Pul-skamp and girls of Wahpeton were all house guests at the Pulskamp home last week end.

Chris Wang of Gillette, Wy spent a few days in the Winger area visiting with his family and friends.

Dick and Wanda Donavon

of St. Francis arrived on Friday the 26th at the Fern and Milton Carlson home where they spent the week end. That evening Dick and Wanda along with Fern and Milton Carlson were among many who attended the grooms supper at DiMaggio’s in Erskine for Taylor Carlson and Jessica Trandem.

Kathy Richardson of St. Francis was a house guest from Friday until Tuesday at the home of her cousin Lucy Brtek. Betty Myhrum was a week end visitor at Lucy’s home to visit with the girls.

Last Saturday morning Deb Baldwin, her daughter Heather Sharpe and Heather’s daughters Rebekah and Megan of Casper, Wy were visitors at the Pulskamp home.

Saturday evening the 27th Fern and Milton Carlson and their house guests Dick and Wanda Donavon attended the wedding of Carlson’s great grandson Taylor Carlson and Jessica Trandem at the Kingo Church in Fosston. After the wedding they attended the wedding reception for Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Carlson at the Shooting Star Casino.

Lindsay Wang was a visitor on Tuesday with Martha Hen-ney at her home in McIntosh. Lindsay had spent several days in the area visiting family and friends and has since left for his home in Billings, MT.

Kelly Johnson was a Friday evening visitor at the Puls-kamp home and on Saturday Marv Engesether of Plummer and Dean Johnson also were visitors at the Pulskamp’s.

Sunday the 28th James, Roxanne, Joslyn, Justin and Jayden Peterson of Isanti were dinner guests at the Fern and Milton Carlson home. They were all here to attend the Carlson/Trandem wedding . Lonnie and Judy Gieseke and house guests Dick and Wan-da Donavon were also dinner guests of Carlson’s. Later in the afternoon Paul and Donna Carlson visited at Fern and Milton’s with the family.

Renee Henney of St. Hilaire picked up Martha Henney on

Wednesday the 1st and took Martha to Mahnomen for an appointment that Martha had. The two ladies had a very en-joyable time together.

Boyd and Sylvia Bratager were visitors last Sunday at the Truman and Darlene John-son home in Dilworth. They picked up Shirley Bratager and all had lunch together that day.

Dick and Wanda Donavon of St. Francis and the James and Roxanne Peterson fam-ily of Isanti returned to their homes last Sunday afternoon after spending the week end here and attending the Carl-son/Trandem wedding on Sat-urday.

Lucy Brtek picked up Wilma Wang last Saturday afternoon and brought her to Winger so she could take in the Winger Appreciation Day afternoon. Wilma had a most enjoyable afternoon visiting and espe-cially enjoyed the fish fry.

Tuesday the 30th Judy Gie-seke was a visitor at the Fern and Milton Carlson home.

Lucy Brtek and cousin Kathy Richardson did some road tripping during the time Kathy was here, they made a trip to Fertile and did some sight seeing over in that area and also made a trip over to McIntosh where Neil’s meats was a pit stop.

Until next week and in clos-ing, worrying does not take away tomorrow’s troubles it takes away today’s peace.

Have a Happy and safe July 4th.

From the Manor:Buns interpretation of a re-

vealing party is when a bunch of friends and family get to-gether at a couples home who are expecting a baby and the Doctor tells someone the gen-der of the baby. This person brings a cake to the party and the couple cut the cake and if it’s blue inside it’s a boy and if it’s pink it’s a girl. Go figure!

Tuesday afternoon, Dougie and Bun went to Erskine to do some errands. Bun took a spin in his chair down Main Street heading south towards the bank to see Scooter Sandberg. When he turned the corner to go to the south entrance of the bank he saw about eight little

ducklings trying to get inside the glass door. Dougie chased them across the parking lot and across the other side of the road to the lake. The mother was nowhere to be seen. Good luck ducklings!

If you ever get to Erskine, check out the American Legion Memorial Park down at Cam-eron Lake. Bob Vesledahl and crew did an impressive job cre-ating and building the park.

Bun finally got out on Union Lake in the pontoon on Fri-day. The retired railroad gang, Lars, Stue and Panz accompa-nied him. The lake was start-ing to get busy with the 4th coming up.

Bun headed over Sarah Lake on the 4th and hooked up with some of the Winger folks. He got to go on a boat ride around the lake with Steve and Lorri, Captain Spike and Sara Iverson and Joe and Sara Miller. Following the ride he joined Steve, Lorri, Brian and Elizabeth Massmann for brats, beans and homemade broccoli salad up at the camper. Brian and Elizabeth missed out on the ride. There was a parade of golf carts that went through the campground. There were around fifty carts dressed up with American flags and patri-otic themes. They were enjoy-able to watch. Lots of money was literary blown up in the air over the lakes that evening.

The Winger Lions Club are going to have pancake benefit for Garret and Alayna Espes-eth (children of Dan and Kar-en) at the community center this coming Sunday.

They are dealing with medi-cal issues and would be appre-ciative of your support.

Also remember if you want to put some news in send it to bunman@gvtel.com. or call him. He is in the phone book. Linda also takes news.

People would like to hear about somebody else besides what Bun is always doing

30 years ago...1985: Elmyrna Kaupang presents Darrel and Marvie Johnson with a certificate from the local McIn-tosh AFS (American Field Service) chapter. The Johnson’s hosted foreign exchange student, Leonel, this year.

20 years ago...1995: (L-R) Jason Venem, Garrett Rock, Evan Johnson and Loren Tofstad board the Win-E-Mac Summer Recreation bus for a day of fun. Over 60 children from pre-school through 4th grade were chauffeured to Water World in Grand Forks for play time in the water amusement park. The day of fun and water was courtesy of the McIntosh VFW, who gave the summer treat to the children in the recreation program. Plans were for a stop at Hardees in Crookston following the afternoon’s enter-tainment.

10 years ago...2005: The Winger Legion Team for 2005: (BR) Tyler Burslie, Trevor Omang, Brendan Morrison, Ben Theis, Aaron Cook and Nathan Stark. (FR) Coach Bill Solheim, Casey Hanson, Justin Paquin, John Morrison and Coach Lee Tradewell. Not pictured: Andy Marshall, Andrew Renna, Philip Lee, Jarrin Bjerke and Chandler Burns.

Above: The Winger Lions gathered on Saturday, June 27th to host their Annual Fish Fry at the Community Center. This was part of the Winger Customer Appreciation Day held in Winger. The night ended with the Fireman’s Ball celebrating the departments 100 years.

Below: The streets were lined with awesome classic cars and trucks during the car show, part of Winger Appreciation Day on Saturday, June 27th.

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L i t t l e Known People of History

By: Emily L. Ferden

Throughout our history there have been people who have done great things.

Most of them have holidays, coins, or monuments named after them. There are a few people that really did end up changing the world in massive ways just by working hard, thinking quickly or simply do-ing their jobs properly. Many of these people are lost to his-tory for a number of reasons — cultural differences, minority status, military secrecy and, in a few cases, just plain modesty — but here are ten people who have now been uncovered just for you (information found on mandatory.com).

1. The Ghost Army: Officially known as the Army’s 23rd Headquarters Special Troops during World War II, the Ghost Army played a major role in putting a stop to Hitler’s advances through Europe. The group of 1,100 soldiers -- made up of artists, illustrators, sound technicians and other creative types – had to use their brains instead of firepower to win battles. The plan: pull off the equivalent of extravagant high school plays to trick the enemy into believing there was a huge military presence when there really wasn’t. This came in incredibly handy when the American Ninth Army needed to cross the Rhine river deep into Germany territory at a pivotal moment in World War II. Employing fake inflatable tanks, trucks and weapons in conjunction with war noises through huge military speak-ers, the Ghost Army played a major role in the Ninth’s ability to complete their jour-ney. The unit, which included the famous fashion designer Bill Blass and famous painter and sculptor Ellsworth Kelly, went on to help pull off more than 20 such missions during its time together. These mis-sions remained classified until 1985, when illustrator Arthur Shilstone went public with the amazing stories of the Ghost Army.

2. Frank Wills: On the night of June 17th, 1972, Washington, D.C., security guard Frank Wills was making his rounds when he noticed a bit of duct tape on a door of an office complex. Since it wasn’t holding the door together or doing any of the useful things duct tape is known for doing, Wills removed it, only to find it had been replaced when he came by on the next round of his patrol. Wills immediately called the cops, who arrived at the Watergate hotel/office/apartment complex minutes later to find five middle-aged men ransacking the headquar-ters of the Democratic Nation-al Committee — the beginning of the scandal that would final-ly sink the Nixon presidency. Wills would later play himself in the film “All The President’s Men,” but sadly that was the last time his newfound fame worked to his advantage — af-ter quitting Watergate when he was turned down for a raise, Wills found that many public institutions were too afraid of vengeful Republican politicians to hire him as a guard. Wills drifted from job to job (including a gig working for legendary black stand-up Dick Gregory) before the pressures of caring for his ailing mother landed him in prison and then the poorhouse. He died of a brain tumor in September of 2000.

3. Barton W. Mitchell: In September of 1862, Rob-ert E. Lee’s Army of North-ern Virginia was on the move somewhere in Maryland and, much to the annoyance of Union general George B. Mc-Clellan, it was proving to be a lot harder than expected to fig-ure out exactly where 60,000 armed men and horses were hiding in the New England countryside. Lee was divid-ing and subdividing his units to flow more easily through the backwoods, setting up to capture a number of small but strategically valuable targets in order to support the next stage of his offensive, and his complicated maneuvers re-quired a steady flow of com-munication between himself and his subordinates. Unfortu-nately for the Rebels, with so many letters flying back and forth, one of them was bound to get mislaid, and when Cor-poral Barton W. Mitchell was poking around a recently va-cated Confederate camp, he came across three fancy cigars wrapped in a sealed document

— Special Order 191 for the dispensation and movement of Lee’s forces. Mitchell imme-diately realized he had an un-believable intelligence find on his hand and hustled it up the chain of command to McClel-lan, who confidently declared, “Now I know what to do! Here is a paper with which, if I can-not whip Bobby Lee, I will be willing to go home.” While Mc-Clellan’s subsequent actions at the Battle of Antietam didn’t constitute that much of a whip-ping (he didn’t take enough advantage of the intelligence, possibly because he thought it might be literally too good to be true) the debatable victory pro-vided Lincoln with the morale boost to proclaim emancipation and keep France and Britain out of the war. Mitchell, for his troubles, was wounded in the leg at Antietam, honorably dis-charged in 1864 due to chronic infection, and died four years later, his wife receiving his pension in 1890.

4. Joseph Warren: Thirty-eight towns and four-teen counties are named after Joseph Warren, but he’s gen-erally unknown to all but the most dedicated Revolutionary War buffs. A Boston doctor and Freemason, Joseph War-ren performed the autopsy on Christopher Seider, the first American killed by British troops in the Boston Massa-cre, and when Seider’s funeral sparked the Boston Massacre, Warren was again part of the local committee that reported on the atrocity. When the fun-damental rights of free citi-zens really hit the fan, Warren put together militia units and led troops from the cannon’s mouth. Appointed a Major General by the Continental Congress, he volunteered to fight in the Battle of Bunker Hill as a common soldier, as he felt the two generals already there had more combat experi-ence than he. Famously declar-ing “These fellows say we won’t fight! By Heaven, I hope I shall die up to my knees in blood!” he held off three charges on Breed Hill until a British officer put a musket ball through his brain. The Redcoats stripped and bayoneted the corpse be-fore shoving it into a hole, but they could do nothing to stop the legend of his brave stand from spreading throughout the Colonies.

5. Rudolf “Lucy” Roessler: Allied espionage during World War II is often seen as revolving around “Ul-tra” the top-secret decryption of top-level Nazi Enigma codes by some of the world’s earliest computers. This idea fails to take into account how suspi-cious the Soviet Union was of Britain’s claim that they mi-raculously obtained a working Enigma machine, solved it us-ing technologies and theories invented specifically for that purpose, and found that it was talking all about how Germany (at the time, at war with Brit-ain and on good if edgy terms with Russia) was going to start some serious stuff with this “Operation Barbarossa” thing. For Russia, the key to the Ger-man battle plans was a man named “Lucy” — Rudolf Roess-ler, an anti-Fascist German publisher living in Lucerne who was in close contact with rebellious high-ranking mem-bers of the German General Staff since the beginning of the war. Working around the clock with his own Enigma machine and elements of the covert “Red Orchestra” Soviet radio espionage group, Roessler was able to pass along decoded com-munications to the Kremlin within six hours of interception -- four times as fast as Turing’s computers, and almost as soon as front-line Wehrmacht units received their orders. “Lucy’s” greatest victory was the dis-covery of Operation Zitadelle, a summer offensive against the Kursk Salient which resulted in an overwhelming Russian victory and changed the tide and momentum of the war in the East.

6. Rosalind Franklin: We all know a few basic things about DNA — it can be extract-ed from fossilized mosquitoes to bring dinosaurs back to life, it can be altered by radioactive ooze in order to create ninja turtles, and it looks like a sort of twisty laddery thing called a “double helix.” Before 1953, we knew none of these indis-putable scientific facts, and we owe it to dedicated physi-cal chemist and pioneering x-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin. Born in London to a family of bankers and schol-ars, Franklin was an excel-lent student and active in the women’s suffrage movement, and earned a PhD from Cam-bridge from her work on the porosity of coal, which may not have been the most interesting subject around but prepared her ably for the new technique of using x-ray crystallography on things that weren’t actually

crystals. Her skill at this tech-nique earned her a position as research assistant at King’s College London, where she was tasked with accurately record-ing the structure of DNA and being a meek, pleasant, help-ful woman. Franklin deliv-ered excellent results with the DNA — her famous “Photo 51” was the (mostly uncredited) linchpin of James Watson & Francis Crick’s articles estab-lishing the double helix theory — but refused to be cowed by her chauvinist colleagues, once becoming so angry at Watson’s condescending suggestion that she had misinterpreted his own data that he practically tripped over fellow researcher Maurice Wilkins. Wilkins, Watson, and Crick would receive the No-bel Prize in 1962 for “their” discovery, but Franklin was barred — the rules forbade posthumous nominations, and she had passed in 1958 at the age of 37 from ovarian cancer. Even at the disease’s peak, Rosalind Franklin was still an active researcher, lending her considerable skills to the study of the polio virus.

7. Mary Anning: A highly intelligent, empirically minded fossil collector and pa-leontologist at the beginning of a century marked by enormous advances in the practice and philosophy of science, Mary Anning was put down from the get-go. Poor, a religious minor-ity, and (worst of all) a woman, she was officially shut out by the British scientific establish-ment despite discovering the world’s first correctly identi-fied ichthyosaur skeleton at the age of twelve. Regardless of official approval, she doggedly continued digging up weird things around her hometown of Lyme Regis, becoming known for her meticulous attention to detail and rigorously scien-tific mindset. Soon, geologists and paleontologists across the Western world knew her by reputation, either by purchas-ing the fossils she sold (rarely, if ever, crediting her discover-ies) or by visiting her to talk shop, unanimously finding her to be remarkably up-to-date on the scientific literature of the time despite receiving al-most no formal education and barely having enough money for journal subscriptions. An-ning was only published in the scientific press once, when she wrote a letter to the Magazine of Natural History disputing the “discovery” of a new genus of prehistoric shark based on her own findings. Her unof-ficial correspondence, on the other hand, numbered read-ers such as pioneering geolo-gist Charles Lyell and Darwin mentor Adam Sedgwick. She died in 1847 of breast cancer, meriting a eulogy from the Geographical Society of Lon-don (which didn’t even admit women until 1904), a glow-ing article in 1865 by Charles Dickens, a mention in 2010 by the Royal Society as one of the ten British women having the greatest impact on history, and a tongue-twister concerning her day-to-day business of sell-ing marine fossils: “She sells sea shells by the sea shore.”

8. Abu L-Hasan ‘Ali Ibn Nafi’ (“Ziryab”): The Is-lamic world around the turn of the first millennium (and re-ally for most of its existence up until maybe the 19th century) was an extremely advanced, civilized, and relaxed place, particularly compared to pre-Renaissance Europe. One of the most significant people in Islamic culture remains nearly anonymous in European histo-ry despite almost single-hand-edly laying the groundwork for traditional Spanish music: a highly educated North Afri-can slave popularly known as “Ziryab,” or “black bird” for the color of his skin and the qual-ity of his singing. While music was his strong point, Ziryab’s innovations cover a stagger-ing variety of disciplines — he invented numerous dyes and chemicals for clothing, make-up, and hygiene, he introduced the idea of seasonal fashions and brought new styles and fabrics to the Andalusian pen-insula, he came up with the structure of the traditional “three-course meal” of soup, entrée and dessert, and he’s credited as having popularized shaving and short haircuts as a way of beating the fierce Medi-terranean heat. It’s said Ziry-ab even developed the world’s first underarm deodorant and a type of early toothpaste said to be not only effective but pleasant to taste, making him very likely the very first hu-man being in history to smell good all the time.

9. La Malinche/Dona Marina: Life in Mexico in the 16th century was gener-ally no fun at all; while you might have access to chocolate and gold, there was always a good chance that today was the day an Aztec would decide your heart needed ripping out

and your head kicked down a flight of pyramid steps to stay on their god’s good side. It was bad enough that when a bunch of men with rifles came over openly declaring their intent to steal all the gold, enslave all the people and destroy all vestiges of local culture, a fair amount of non-Aztec natives figured that on the whole they were getting a decent deal. La Malinche was among twenty slave women given to the Span-ish as spoils of battle, but her skill with languages made her far more valuable than just Hernan Cortes’ mistress (al-though she ended up being that, as well). Dona Marina (as she came to be known among the Spaniards) was instrumen-tal to the tiny Spanish army’s eventual victory, interpreting intelligence and cultivating al-lies among the many tribes sick of being kicked around by the Aztecs. Today, la Malinche is a controversial figure — while some argue that she was work-ing in the best interests of her native people by aiding the Eu-ropeans and persuading Cortes to be more humane than he might have been, others think of her as such a profound trai-tor that her name is practically a curse. Regardless, without her it’s very likely Cortes’ ex-pedition would’ve foundered, changing history forever.

10. Vasili Arkhipov: A poor kid from the outskirts of Moscow, Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov got his start in the Soviet Navy during its brief war with Japan at the tail end of WWII. From there he eventu-ally transferred to submarines, and then to the Black Sea, Bal-tic, and North Sea fleets, where he ended up executive officer of the pride of the Soviet Navy, the brand-new Hotel-class nu-clear submarine K-19, which Americans know of as “The Widowmaker” while Russians always just called it by the nickname “Hiroshima.” After successfully handling K-19’s first and most famous acci-dent, the newly respected and mildly radioactive Arkhipov was dispatched to the Carib-bean to command a quartet of nuke-armed Foxtrot-class pa-trol subs. There he found him-self in yet another sticky situa-tion, as his Foxtrot came under what seemed very much like an American attack (supposedly, the Navy was only dropping “practice” depth charges in an ill-considered attempt to flush the sub to the surface) and the sub’s captain and political of-ficer both demanded that they retaliate with nuclear torpe-does. They hadn’t had contact with Moscow for days and had no idea whether or not World War III had actually started or would simply start as soon as they fired back, but Arkhipov refused to authorize the launch with the sort of determined resistance to nuclear war one can only find in somebody that

glows in the dark. Eventually, the sub surfaced and scam-pered away from the American task force with no further vio-lent action. Vasili Alexandrov-ich continued to make his way through the Russian subma-rine service, retiring a vice-ad-miral and dying peacefully in 1998, four years before former NSA head Thomas Blanton called him “the guy who saved the world” and Liam Neeson played him in an unsuccessful movie.

Win-E-Mac Volleyball will be starting the fall season on August 17th for girls entering grades 7-12. Make sure to have an updated sports physical be-

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fore the season starts, watch the papers for local discounts and/or incentives on sports physicals. There will be a fall sports meeting for players and parents details will be posted at a later date.

Practices times for the week of August 17th will start at 5pm, ending time for the ju-nior high will be 7pm. Practice for the 24th of August will be at 5pm, however the rest of the week 25th- 28th will start at 7am and end around 9am. Please make arrangements with work and plan other ap-pointments to ensure that your daughter attends all practices. The varsity will be attend-ing a scrimmage at Concordia college on Saturday the 29th, from 1pm to 6. If you have questions please call 218-563-2866 Coach Kaster

Sydney Svalen and Alyssa Morberg danced the morning away during the McIntosh Library’s Summer Reading Pro-gram event with the DJ’s Sound Sensations at the Commu-nity Center on Monday, June 29th.

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Wed. July 1: McIn-tosh Library 12pm to 5pm; McIntosh Heri-tage & Arts Center 10am to 2pm; Comput-er Class at McIntosh Library 1pm to 2pm; Winger Senior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pmThurs. July 2: Mc-Intosh Library 5pm to 8pm; McIntosh Heri-tage & Arts Center 10am to 2pm; Winger Senior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pm; Bingo at The Club Bar & Grill 6:30pmFri. July 3: McIn-tosh City Clerks Of-fice Closed; McIntosh Library 12pm to 5pm; Winger Senior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pm

Mon. July 6: Mc-Intosh Library 10am to 3pm; Winger Se-nior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pmTues. July 7: Mc-Intosh City Clerks of-fice closed; McIntosh Library 5pm to 8pm; Children’s Story Time at McIntosh Library 6:30pm; McIntosh Heri-tage & Arts Center 10am to 2pm; Winger Senior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pm Wed. July 8: Polk County Fair Opens in Fertile; McIntosh Li-brary 12pm to 5pm; McIntosh Heritage & Arts Center 10am to 2pm; Computer Class at McIntosh Library 1pm to 2pm; Winger Senior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pm; Thurs. July 9: Mc-Intosh Library 5pm to 8pm; McIntosh Heri-tage & Arts Center 10am to 2pm; Winger Senior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pm; Bingo at The Club Bar & Grill 6:30pm ; McIn-tosh City Council Meet-ing 5:30pm @ Commu-nity Center Fri. July 10: Mc-Intosh Library 12pm to 5pm; Winger Se-nior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pmMon. July 13: Mc-Intosh Library 10am to 3pm; Winger Se-nior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pmTues. July 14: Mc-Intosh Library 5pm to 8pm; Children’s Story Time at McIntosh Li-brary 6:30pm; McIn-tosh Heritage & Arts Center 10am to 2pm; Winger Senior Meals @ Moran’s 11:30am to 1:30pm; Serenity Seek-ers Al-Anon 7:00pm @ Kingo Church Library, Fosston

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The 18’s Northern Rebels volleyball team traveled to the

Star of the North tournament in Rochester with one thing

on their minds- Alayna. The team finished 2nd in their first

pool and tied for 2nd in their second pool. They ended the

tournament in Second place in their division. Congratula-

tions girls, it was an impressive day. The team was missing

their teammate Alayna Espeseth, who had surgery on Fri-

day. Thank you girls for showing why team (and our com-

munity) is so important and for being there for each other,

and for Alayna. Sports teach so many wonderful things,

including there are more important things than trophies

and medals. Thank you ladies for being such positive in-

spirational young adults. Beat it Alayna!!!Pictured back row: Indiana Nornes, Olivia Simonson,

Kelsey Knutson, Tyra Wilson, Shayley Espeseth and Coach

Kaster. Front row; Kali Olson, Jessica Kasprzak, Maci

Hamre, Breanna Carrol and Manager Kasia Wilson.

Grace Kaupang and Kallie Hand have some fun during

Win-E-Mac’s Basketball Camp last week at the school. All

ages were welcome to join in the fun.

Ella Strom was one of many Win-E-Mac students who took part in the sum-mer Basketball Camp held last week at the school.

Did you know? The Fourth of July has been a federal holi-day since 1941. Though that may seem like a long time for the country to wait to celebrate the indepen-dence it declared in 1776, the tradition of the Fourth of July, often referred to as Indepen-dence Day, dates back to the dawn of the American Revo-lution and the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Since then, July 4th has been recognized as the dawn of American independence, and celebrations that included fireworks and parades can be traced back to the 18th cen-tury. On July 4, 1777, the city of Philadelphia, which would

The McIntosh City Coun-cil met in regular session on Monday, June 15, 2015 at 5:30 pm at the McIntosh Commu-nity Center. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Toby Strom and all members of the Council were present.There was a determination of Quorum, agenda additions were added and minutes were approved.Mark Dietz and Sarah Re-ese from Polk County Public Health were present to con-tract with the City for Leas-ing space in the basement of the Bjella building for Polk County Nursing, which cur-rently had its offices across the street from the Bjella building. After review of the contract their council and Polk County Public Health agreed to accept a contract for lease for 3 years beginning on July 1, 2015.Polk County Public Health was also interested in some office space that Marial Har-bor presently uses for storage. Marial Harbor has agreed to relinquish the space so that Polk County Public Health is able to use it as an office area. For doing this the council agreed to adjust the rent and the lease for Marial Harbor ac-cordingly.

Lisa Newton from East Polk Soil and Water Conservation District was present to show interest in the upstairs office

at the Bjella Building which currently is vacant. They SWC currently uses the space as a break room and a meeting room, so should someone be in-teresting in renting the space, SWC would like to be consid-ered first.After discussion of a sewer collapse for one of the current rehab loan holders in the city the council agreed to rewrite the loan due to the resident’s history of making timely pay-ments.

The Council agreed to ac-cept a donation from the Beito foundation for $800 for McIn-tosh beautification projects. The money will be passed to the Community Club who re-cently planted and placed flow-er pots on the main street in McIntosh.The council accepted and agreed to the resignation of MacMaids by mutual termina-tion of their contract on June 15, 2015.

There was a discussion and approval of the change of sev-eral streets to avenues by the County. The streets that will change into avenues are, Mill Street, State Street, and Jack-son Street. As these roads run north and south, typically they are considered avenues and the change will provide ease to emergency personnel in the future.

There was an approval from all members of the Council to replace the microwave at the Community Center kitchen. The new microwave will be up to code and is part of the ongo-ing project to update the facil-ity.The council discussed com-munity projects and what proj-ects should be priorities. They agreed that the updated to the Community Center kitchen for public use, paving and fix-ing the city streets that are in need of repair, updating the parks and playgrounds in the city and installing a basketball court for youth.Chris Thorson from Ulteig Engineering was present at the meeting and the last pav-ing job, from the sewer and wa-ter upgrade project two years ago was discussed.There were building per-mits approved for Nick Schmit to build a shop on his property, John and Cindy Lecy to add a porch addition onto their home, and Lindsay Haaven to fence in her property.Staff and council reports were given, monthly bills were approved and the meeting was adjourned.

The next meeting of the Mc-Intosh City Council will take place on Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 5:30 pm at the Com-munity Center.

Mac Council approves permits as building goes on in City

Fun facts about Americabecome the first capital of the United States of America, held the first annual commemo-ration of American indepen-dence, and exactly one year later George Washington or-dered that all of his soldiers be offered double rations of rum to commemorate the anniversary. In 1781, Massachusetts was the first state to make July 4th an official state holiday, and the day was actually declared a federal holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1870. However, that declaration did not grant a paid holiday to federal employees. That ben-efit came in 1941, which is why that year is now recognized as the first year when the Fourth of July officially became a fed-eral holiday.

America’s national an-them July 4, 2014 marks the 238th anniversary of the sign-ing of the Declaration of Inde-pendence. Fireworks will illuminate the night sky, the rich smell of barbecue will be in the air, and the country will be awash in red, white and blue splendor. Chances are the swelling melo-dy of “The Star Spangled Ban-ner” will be broadcast over the radio and on various firework display telecasts. The national anthem is synonymous with the United States America, and its notes very well may be the patriotic glue that binds the country to-gether.

Although the lyrics and music of the song are widely known, many may be unfamil-iar with the rich history behind the beloved tune. A poem is born America began its fight for independence from Great Britain in 1775, and the Dec-laration of Independence was signed in 1776 to identify the 13 colonies that succeeded in winning their independence from Britain. However, the battles with Britain stretched on. Fights over territories kept disputes between the British Empire and the newly formed United States raging on, and it was during one such fight, and not during the Revolutionary War as some may think, that “The Star Spangled Banner” was written. The War of 1812 was declared by the United States to set right some of the issues that were not resolved after the Revolutionary War. Francis Scott Key was an American lawyer at the time of this war, negotiating for the release of an American hostage being held by the British. Al-though Key won the hostage’s release, he was not able to leave the British fleet where the negotiations took place un-til the British completed their attack on Baltimore. Key wit-nessed the British fiery bombs on Ft. McHenry at Chesapeake Bay. Just before dawn on the morning of September 14, 1814, Key was said to have no-ticed a huge American flag still waving above Ft. McHenry in defiance to the British attack. This imagery helped in-spire the words of a poem that eventually would become the national anthem. Key penned the poem on the back of a let-

ter he held in his pocket. After the battle was over and Key was released, he completed the poem at the Indian Queen Ho-tel, where he was staying. The poem was titled, “Defense of Fort M’Henry.” The poem was put to music to fit the popular melody “The Anacreonic Song” by English composer John Stafford Smith. Key’s brother-in-law, Judge Joseph H. Nich-olson, anonymously made the first printing of the lyrics to the melody, and the song was printed in two newspapers. The song quickly became popular, and soon after, Thomas Carr of the Carr Music Store in Balti-more, Maryland published the words and music under a new title, “The Star-Spangled Ban-ner.” “The Star-Spangled Ban-ner” takes off “The Star-Span-gled Banner” became one of the nation’s most beloved patriotic songs in the 19th century. According to Smithsonian, the song gained special signifi-cance during the Civil War, a time when many Americans turned to music to express their feelings for the flag and the ideals and values it repre-

M a c C o m m u n i t y Club will meet July 7thThe McIntosh Community Club will meet at the Commu-nity Center on Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at 7:00 pm. Everyone is welcome to at-tend. McIntosh Community Club is not limited to business-es anybody in the com-munity can join.The Community Club is looking for ideas and inspira-tion for making McIntosh a great place to live. The Club currently is mak-ing plans for Fall Craft and Market Day in September and Santa Claus Day this Decem-ber.

The Community Club also sponsors the Citywide rum-mage sale and flea market day and does many beautifi-cation projects in the community.If you are unable to attend the meeting but would like to participate, please call Phil at 563-2865.

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