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Senator John Hoeven and base leaders break ground for the new indoor fi ring range at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, August 26, 2019. The fi ring range is scheduled to be fi nished early 2021. See page 2 & 3 for more coverage.

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Senator John Hoeven and base leaders break ground for the new indoor fi ring range at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, August 26, 2019. The fi ring range is scheduled to be fi nished early 2021.

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NORTHERN SENTRY FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2019 5DINING, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

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North Central Reading Council is excited for the 2nd annual Lace Up for Literacy 5k Run/Walk. Following the event, join us at the zoo for more fun including story time with the animals. The first 20 finishers under the age of 12 will receive FREE admission to the zoo following the event. Proceeds go towards maintenance for Little Free Libraries and other community literacy events!

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DOWNTOWN FALL WINE, BEER & ART WALK5:00PM - 9:00PMLocation:Downtown Minot, NDJoin us downtown for

the annual Wine, Beer, & Art walk and check all the unique places downtown has to offer, all while enjoying a various beers and wines with appetizers/ snacks. Tickets are available now @ www.eventbrite.com. $40 online and $45 day of the event. *Must be 21+

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WOMEN CRAFTING WEEKEND10:00AM-9:00PMLocation: IBEW Local 714 125 35th Ave NE, Minot, ND 58703

Bring your crafting supplies for whatever craft you do and hang out with other crafting women. We quilt, crochet, scrapbook and make cards. Spread out and come and go as your schedule allows all weekend. Its great fun and only costs $25 for the entire weekend.

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FALL FESTSTREET DANCE8:00PM - 11:59PMLocation: Downtown Minot, NDWe had so much fun last year we decided

to do it again!!! We are welcoming KillingSmallz to the Stage on Sept 6th on the Street in front of the Spot!Let’s say Goodbye to the awesome summer nights in style and dance the night away! Stay Tuned for more details!*Must be 21+ with a valid ID to attend and please drink responsibly and never drink and drive*

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A member of the 5th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordinance disposal team scans a fi eld for a low fl ying drone at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Aug. 8, 2019. Instructors fl ew high-speed drones while Airmen took turns looking for them on the horizon.

U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO I AIRMAN 1ST CLASS CALEB S. KIMMELL

MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D.With new technology surfacing

every day, the threat of being spied on by unknown eyes is an emerging danger in this generation.

After eight months of training, Army Msgt. Peter Cabanayan is visiting bases around the U.S. to teach service members how to combat unmanned aerial surveillance devices.

As drones are becoming less and less expensive, more people around the world have access to this technology. People are using drones to perform surveillance on airports, military bases, and other prohibited areas.

Cabanayan works in a team that consists of nine Department of Defense service members and one British army combat engineer.

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization is a combat support organization of the U.S. Department of Defense that deals with threats such as improvised explosive devices and small unmanned aerial systems. This task force was designed to teach people how to combat drones. Along with performing their normal job duties, they went

through hours of drone piloting courses to teach drone countering maneuvers.

“This knowledge is providing the Airmen formal training and hands-on instruction on how to counter these UASs,” said Cabanayan.

DTRA fl ew to Minot AFB from Washington D.C. to teach Minot’s explosive ordnance disposal squad how to combat and pilot drones. Minot Airmen learned how to identify visual and audio queues that come from drones. With this information, service members can combat drones more effectively, said Cabanayan.

“This is a threat worldwide,” said Cabanayan. “Not just downrange.”

With this information, service members can combat drones more effectively, says Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Graham, Minot AFB EOD technician

“This training is valuable because it’s teaching us how to mitigate emerging threats,” said Graham.

Now that our service members are armed with the knowledge on how to identify and stop a drone threat, operations can continue unhindered by spying eyes.

Game of Drones

AIRMAN FIRST CLASS CALEB S. KIMMELL, MINOT AIR FORCE BASE PUBLIC AFFAIRS

A drone simulates dropping a payload onto an improvised explosive device at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Aug. 8, 2019. Airmen can safely trigger bombs by dropping a heavy object on an improvised explosive device.

U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO I AIRMAN 1ST CLASS CALEB S. KIMMELL

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WelcomeDr. Lee

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WA, he earned his medical doctorate from the University of Illinois College

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U.S. Army Master Sgt. Peter Cabanayan, a Defense Threat Reduction Agency member, helps a drone take off at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Aug. 8, 2019. The drone is roughly six inches wide and has a 44 mph top speed.

U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO I AIRMAN 1ST CLASS CALEB S. KIMMELL

U.S. Army Master Sergeant Peter Cabanayan, a Defense Threat Reduction Agency member, teaches Airmen with the 5th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal team how to pilot a drone at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Aug. 8, 2019. Cabanayan went through extensive drone piloting training in order to teach Minot Airmen how to fl y drones.

U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO I AIRMAN 1ST CLASS CALEB S. KIMMELL

Airmen with the 5th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal team look for a surveillance drone at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Aug. 8, 2019. Drones can be hard to spot against a bright sky.

U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO I AIRMAN 1ST CLASS CALEB S. KIMMELL

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Team Minot Airmen participated in the 5th Annual Summer Games at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, August 23, 2019. Airmen competed in sports such as fl ag football, volleyball, dodgeball and other sports hosted by the 5th Force Support Squadron.

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1) In a small mixing bowl, blend brown sugar and cayenne pepper and set aside.

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3) Place a layer of SPAM in a disposable aluminum pan approximately 9” x 13”. Using a sifter, lightly dust with the brown sugar/pepper mixure.

4) Add another layer of SPAM and repeat until all SPAM has a light dusting of sugar mixture. Can be done ahead and refrigerated overnight. A syrup will form.

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Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, and danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I’ve climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds, and done a hundred things you have not dreamed of, wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence. Hovering there I’ve chased the shouting wind along and fl ung my eager craft through footless halls of air. – John Gillespie Magee, Jr.

Jeff Wandel has waited approximately 20 years to revisit the memorial plaque inscribed with these words. Under those words, the name of his older brother, Sgt. David M. Wandel, and three of David’s fellow crewmembers – Capt. Martin E. Graham Jr., Capt. Joseph M. Furda and 1st Lt. Darwin M. Plucker – are inscribed.

On Dec. 7, 1975, David and his crew were aboard a 28th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker, when it crashed just south of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The Ellsworth-

based crew was on a mission to follow and refuel a Boeing RC-135. Investigators determined that landing gear problems and the extremely cold weather conditions were to blame for the crash.

David, a boom operator, was only 21 years old. He left behind his mother, father, sister Francee and his kid brother Jeff.

Jeff has always had fond memories of his big brother’s service.

“When I saw him in [his] uniform it was always a fun time for me, a proud moment for me,” said Jeff. “He loved being in the Air Force – he found his niche and really enjoyed it.”

Jeff remembers being pulled out of class, just 10 days shy of his 16th birthday, to fi nd out David had passed. The family traveled from their home in Northern California, to attend the funeral in South Dakota.

In June 1976, a dedication ceremony was held at the 28th ARS Building. Four trees were planted alongside a stone and

plaque, in remembrance of the four Airmen aboard the KC-135.

Several years passed and, in March 1994, the 28th ARS was inactivated. Over time, the plaque was moved from its original location. Jeff grew older and eventually began to question the location of the plaque.

“I always knew [the plaque] was there, because my parents let me know,” said Jeff. “Then life happened. You become 18, 19, 20 years old, date and get married. Things happen – and then you start to wonder about your brothers’ memorial.”

Jeff’s search began in the late 90’s. An associate of his got in touch with the then-active-duty 28th Bomb Wing historian, Master Sgt. Robert D. Atchison.

“You can ensure your friend that even though the original memorial is not intact, his brother is not forgotten,” Atchison wrote in a letter dated Jan. 14, 1998. “The four crewmen from the accident will be included in the new memorial.”

The new memorial now sits

in Ellsworth’s Memorial Park, and includes the names of all Ellsworth Airmen who have lost their lives in the line of duty since 1947.

After years of searching, and communicating with the current base historian, John Moyes, the plaque was found in 2016. Moyes and the staff at the South Dakota Air and Space Museum located the plaque in the museum’s inventory. Moyes had promised the Wandel family that David’s service and memory would not be lost or forgotten.

“I don’t think the word ‘everything’ is the right word,” Jeff explained when asked what fi nding the plaque meant to him. “I’ve succeeded in my mission, there are no words to describe [my family’s] gratitude.”

On July 30, 2019, Jeff was reunited with the original plaque dedicated to his brother David and his fellow wingmen. Jeff visited the new memorial as well. He had not been to South Dakota since his brother’s funeral, and his return visit was very emotional.

“His legacy is being our brother, and being a member of a group of four men who sacrifi ced everything to make sure we are safe,” said Jeff. “He would have been a fantastic father – he was a fantastic brother. [To] describe him as a person – [he is] exactly what honor and integrity is.”

Jeff remembers David’s love of snow skiing and cars – he remembers David as his older brother. A man who respected his country and his family. The Air Force will remember David as a hero and a man who paid the ultimate sacrifi ce for this country.

“[David] made the ultimate sacrifi ce – along with his crew,” said Jeff. “His death was not in vain, and he’ll never be forgotten for what he did.”

Up, up the long delirious burning blue, I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace, where never lark, or even eagle fl ew; and while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod the high un-trespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of God.

Happy tears after 20 yearsAIRMAN 1ST CLASS CHRISTINA BENNETT, 28TH BOMB WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Sgt. David Wandel, a 28th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, poses in his olive drab service uniform in an undated photo. In December 1975, Wandel and three of his fellow crewmembers – Capt. Martin E. Graham Jr., Capt. Joseph M. Furda and 1st Lt. Karwin M. Plucker – passed away in a plane crash just south of Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Wandel’s family spent several years searching for a memorial plaque dedicated to Wandel and his crew.

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Jeff Wandel visits the memorial plaque that was dedicated to his brother, Sgt. David Wandel, a 28th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, at the headquarters building on Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., July 30, 2019. After the 28th ARS was inactivated, the memorial was moved and Jeff spent several years trying to track it down. Eventually, the plaque was found in the South Dakota Air and Space Museum’s inventory.

U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO I AIRMAN 1ST CLASS CHRISTINA BENNETT

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Fishing:Lake Sakakawea elevation, Sept. 2:

1,847.77 feet above mean sea level (MSL); 46,500 cubic feet per second (CFS) Garrison Dam average daily releases.

Devils Lake elevation: 1,448.26 feet above mean sea level (MSL).

Stump Lake elevation: 1,448.42 MSL.

• N.D. Game & Fish Dept. game wardens: No Missouri River System report. Lots of activity on Devils Lake but generally slow success. Antelope Lake slowed with some numbers of small walleye.

• Devils Lake, Ed’s Bait Shop, Devils Lake: Continue working 18 to 22 feet with bottom bouncers and nightcrawlers for walleye with some reports of success in 10 feet casting crankbaits. Try north end of 6-Mile Bay, Stromme Addition, Black Tiger Bay, or the Golden Highway. Consistent white bass success casting plastics or slip bobbers with minnows from shore. Some success from boats with a few perch mixed in.

• Devils Lake, Woodland Resort, Devils Lake: Continued small walleye success using spinners and bottom bouncers or slip bobbers with nightcrawlers. Work along the highways or go 20 to 25 feet for larger fi sh.

• Lake Darling, Karma C-Store, Ruthville: Fair walleye success on Lake Audubon. Lake Darling is greening up with slower success with more activity around Grano. • Lake Darling, Upper Souris Nat’l. Wildlife Refuge, Foxholm: Activity remains generally slow, especially from shore. Beaver Lodge Canoe Trail canoe and kayak launch now in place for easier access to the trail. Refuge open for youth deer hunting season beginning Sept. 13 but contact refuge headquarters, (70) 468-5467, for special regulations.

• Lake Metigoshe, Four Seasons, Bottineau: Bluegill success slowed somewhat but continued walleye activity.

• Lake Sakakawea/Lake Audubon, Cenex Bait & Tackle, Garrison: Fewer anglers on the east end of Lake Sakakawea with limited reports. Move around and work a variety of depths. Lake Audubon fair to good for walleye. Try 25 feet.

• Lake Sakakawea/Lake Audubon, 6-Mile Bait & Tackle, Garrison: Inconsistent walleye bite on the east end of Lake Sakakawea. Try jigs and minnows in deep water. Lake Audubon remains fair for walleye. Nice smallmouth bass success on Lake Audubon with some activity on the east end of Lake Sakakawea, as well.

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OUTDOOR NOTES:

Hills Resort, Garrison: Somewhat improving walleye success working a bit shallower water, switching from nightcrawlers to minnows with slow death hooks or jigging Raps. Work the south shore. Call (701) 743-4122 for store hours.

• Lake Sakakawea, Scenic 23, New Town: Walleye success remains slow in Van Hook Arm with some small walleye still showing up.

• Lake Sakakawea, Van Hook Resort, New Town: Walleye remain slow with scattered success from Deepwater Bay up to the north end of the Van Hook Arm. Continue working deep water.

• Lake Sakakawea/Missouri River, Scott’s Bait & Tackle, Pick City: Missouri River continues producing walleye and catfi sh with some bass mixed in from the spillway channel and pond. Try Lindy rigs and nightcrawlers or crankbaits. Chutes remain fair for walleye with both night and morning bite. Try trolling upriver or drifting downriver with crankbaits or 3-way swivels. Try jigs or Lindy rigs down river but walleye success is spotty. Fair shore success during the day with better success at night casting crankbaits for walleye. Some nice catfi sh, as well. Lake Sakakawea inconsistent for walleye working 20 to 50 feet. Try Lindy rigs and nightcrawlers in 20 feet. Look for a switch to minnows with cooler water temperatures. Try heavy jigs or bottom bouncers in deeper water.

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Bite is light. Try Steinke or Douglas bays, Wolf Creek, Alcatraz, or 3 bays west of the Sakakawea State Park. Inconsistent salmon success with some success longlining or down rigging in shallower water. Better success is still 85 feet over deeper water with fl ashers and squids. Salmon remain in nice shape yet.

• Lake Sakakawea/northwest N.D. lakes, Scenic Sports, Williston: Walleye success remains tough on Lake Sakakawea with best success still deep in 30 feet using slow death hooks and nightcrawlers. Also try crankbaits. A bit of a walleye bite starting on the Missouri River. Trenton Lake producing a few crappie.

• North-central/central N.D. lakes, Towner Hdwe. Hank, Towner: Devils Lake fair to good for white bass. Limited activity and reports from the Mouse River and area lakes.

Hunting:• Archery deer: Early season

hunters seeing nice deer numbers. • Doves: Nice numbers of birds

scattered throughout the region, especially around harvested canola fi elds.

• Early Canada goose season: Look for better success now that harvest is underway.

Numbers to know:• N.D. Game and Fish Dept.,

main Bismarck offi ce: (701) 328-6300, website: (http://gf.nd.gov).

• Report All Poachers: (800) 472-2121 or (701) 328-9921.

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• New Duck stamps needed for waterfowl hunting. • Beware of blue-green algae, watching for discoloration on lakes

and wetlands. Stay out of the water, wash equipment, and keep dogs away.

• Release any fi sh caught deeper than 20 feet because they won’t survive coming up from deep water.

• Reminder: It’s illegal to hunt waterfowl from a moving watercraft. • Leftover swan licenses available from N.D. Game & Fish Dept.,

fi rst-come, fi rst-served. • Mark tree stands and trail cams with identifi cation when placed on N.D. Game & Fish Wildlife Mgmt. Areas. • Sept. 7: Missouri River Early Zone Canada goose season closes.• Sept. 7: Mountrail Co. Nat’l. Wild Turkey Federation banquet,

Parshall American Legion, 5:30 p.m. • Sept. 13: Youth deer season opens. • Sept. 14: Grouse, partridge, and squirrel season opens. • Sept 14 & 15: Youth waterfowl season. • Sept. 15: West Zone Early Canada goose season closes.Tournaments:• Sept. 7: Lake Audubon; Lake Sakakawea, Beulah Bay. • Sept. 11 – 13: Devils Lake, Grahams Island State Park. • Sept. 14: Lake Sakakawea, Van Hook Arm.

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Only the best come north! But if you’re worried about what you’re going to do now that you’ve gotten here, relax, the possibilities may surprise you. Minot offers a robust Arts community calling out for you to participate. Whether you’re an actor, painter, singer, sculptor, player, craftsman, or audience member, there is always something magic to discover in the Magic City. From choirs, to theater, to band, to art, to makerspaces and more, there is something for everyone, and always something to do.

If you’re drawn to the stage, check out Mouse River Players Community Theatre. Offering a fun line up of plays each season, Mouse River Players is always looking for volunteers to participate in all stages of the process from acting to set building to ushers. Their plays are entertaining and affordable too, so if you don’t want to be hands on, you are always welcome in the audience. When summer rolls back around it’s time for theatre under the stars at MSU’s Summer Theatre. Crowd pleasing musicals and hilarious comedies fi ll the MSU Amphitheatre each summer, and 2020 will be no different as they put on their 55th season.

Maybe singing for more than the shower curtain is what you’re after. Minot has you covered there too with several choirs to choose from. The Heritage Singers Men’s Chorus, the Voices of Note Women’s Chorus, and the Minot Chamber Chorale Mixed Chorus all provide a fun and welcoming atmosphere for you to keep your pipes in shape. With regular

concerts and entertaining annual events, these choirs are worth a look as a singer or as an audience member.

If Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion, or Strings are your calling, Minot can still impress. Minot is not only home to a City Band and a Brass Band, but it also has a world class Symphony Orchestra and small groups as well. There’s music to go around with chairs waiting for you on stage or off.

Painting, Pottery, Crafts, and more fi ll walls and hearts in the Magic City. With galleries and studios you can view spectacular art or make your own. The Taube Museum of Art and the Northwest Art Gallery both boast impressive collections and displays, and artist cooperatives like Artspace Suite 1 Gallery and 62 Doors Gallery showcase local talent. You can also hone your own skills with art classes from LRL Studios Minot or the Taube Museum. And for DIY projects look no further than the Minot Public Library with vast resources, makerspace, and even a tool library.

Kids can even enjoy and take part in all of the above, or get involved with kid specifi c groups such as Full STEAM Ahead, Make a Scene Kids Theatre, or Children’s Music Academy.

This is just a taste of all Minot has to offer you as an audience member or a participant. So get out and explore Minot’s Art Community!

All of the groups listed can be found online, or you can contact the Minot Area Council of the Arts for more information at info@minotarts.org.

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The Prairie Village Museum is hosting Dr. Eric Schmaltz on Sunday, September 15th, 2019 at the Prairie Village Museum as the fi rst speaker in a three-part lecture series focused on the American Dream. The talk begins at 2:00pm and is all ages, public, and free. It will be hosted in the newly completed German from Russian Heritage Hall on the Museum campus.

Eric Schmaltz has deep North Dakota roots and hails from the Minot area. He has German from Russian roots on both sides of his family and has spent his academic career exploring the issues surrounding the German population in the former USSR and the German Diaspora. Schmaltz has travelled widely for his research visiting the areas Germans lived in his research. He has also published widely on this topic and continues to write books and articles relevant to the fi eld. He also is editor of the journals Civitas: Journal of Citizenship Studies, Heritage Review based in Bismarck, and the Journal of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia based in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Dr. Schmaltz will deliver his talk titled, “A People on the Move” as the fi rst in a series of talks focused on the American Dream in central North Dakota over the last 100 years. The second and third talks will be held later in the year at the Rugby High School auditorium. Dr. Stephanie Koontz will speak on about the history of marriage and wedding traditions with her fun lecture “Courting Trouble”. The talk is in conjunction with an exhibit of wedding dresses from 1880-1930 from the Prairie Village Museum collection. Dr. Tom Isern

will speak about the current state of the farmer in North Dakota through a historical lens. The Dakota Farmer lecture will be in conjunction with the travelling exhibit from the National Endowment for the Humanities titled “American Farmer” which will be on display at the Prairie Village Museum during April and May of 2020. All three lectures are free and open to the public and funded by Humanities ND.

Dr. Eric Schmaltz, A People on the Move

2:00pm, September 15, 2019 Prairie Village Museum

Dr. Stephanie Koontz, Courting Trouble2:00pm, November 10, 2019Rugby High School AuditoriumDr. Tom Isern, Dakota Farmer2:00pm, April 19, 2020 Rugby High School Auditorium Humanities North Dakota

is an independent nonprofi t organization dedicated to providing lifelong learning opportunities to the citizens of North Dakota. Established in 1974 as a partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities, we are not a state agency. For more information please see their website.

The Geographical Center Historical Society’s mission is to document, preserve and interpret the history and ongoing story of North Central North Dakota for the people of the region and for visitors from around the world, through educational and entertaining programming and through displays of artifacts and historic buildings at Prairie Village Museum. More information about our programs and exhibits available on our website or check out our social media.

Youth, Military Waterfowl Weekend is Sept. 14-15

North Dakota’s two-day youth waterfowl and special veteran and active military personnel waterfowl weekend is Sept. 14-15.

Legally licensed resident and nonresident youth waterfowl hunters age 15 and younger, and veterans and members of the Armed Forces on active duty, including members of the National Guard and Reserves on active duty (other than for training), may hunt ducks, geese, coots and mergansers statewide.

The daily bag limit and species restrictions are the same as for regular duck and goose seasons. Exception: the additional two blue-winged teal allowed during the fi rst 16 days of the regular season are not allowed during this weekend.

Resident and qualifying nonresident youth waterfowl hunters must possess a general game and habitat license. Nonresidents from states that do not provide a reciprocal licensing agreement for North Dakota residents must purchase the entire nonresident waterfowl license package.

Veterans and members of the Armed Forces must possess a resident hunting license, which includes a general game and habitat license, and a small game license.

Hunters age 16 and older must also possess a federal waterfowl stamp.

In addition, all hunters must be Harvest Information Program certifi ed, and youth ages 12 and older need to have passed a certifi ed hunter education course.

Hunters who do not HIP certify when they buy a North Dakota license, can add it by visiting the

state Game and Fish Department website at gf.nd.gov, or by calling 888-634-4798 and recording the HIP number on their printed license.

Hunters Reminded of Big Game Transport Rules

Big game hunters are reminded of requirements for transporting deer, elk and moose carcasses and carcass parts into and within North Dakota, as a precaution against the possible spread of chronic wasting disease.

Hunters are prohibited from transporting into or within North Dakota the whole carcass of deer, elk, moose or other members of the cervid family from states and provinces with documented occurrences of CWD in wild populations, or in captive cervids.

In addition, hunters harvesting a white-tailed deer or mule deer from deer hunting units 3A1, 3B1 and 3F2, a moose from moose hunting unit M10, or an elk from elk hunting unit E6, cannot transport the whole carcass, including the head and spinal column, outside of the unit. However, hunters can transport the whole deer carcass between units 3A1 and 3B1 during any open deer season.

The following lower-risk portions of the carcass can be transported:

Meat that has been boned out.Quarters or other portions of

meat with no part of the spinal column or head attached.

Meat that is cut and wrapped either commercially or privately.

Hides with no heads attached.Skull plates with antlers attached

having no hide or brain tissue present.

Intact skulls with the hide, eyes, lower jaw and associated soft tissue removed, and no visible brain or spinal cord tissue present

Antlers with no meat or tissue attached.

Upper canine teeth, also known as buglers, whistlers or ivories.

Finished taxidermy heads.Hunters should also note that

hunting big game over bait, or placing bait to attract big game for the purpose of hunting, is prohibited in deer units 3A1, 3A2, 3A3 north of U.S. Highway 2, 3B1, 3C west of the Missouri River, 3E1, 3E2, 3F1 and 3F2.

Grouse and Partridge Seasons Open Sept. 14

North Dakota’s popular hunting seasons for grouse and partridge will open Saturday, Sept. 14.

Shooting hours are one-half hour before sunrise to sunset. Sharptails, ruffed grouse and Huns each have a daily limit of three and a possession limit of 12.

All hunters, regardless of age, must have a general game and habitat license. In addition, hunters age 16 and older need a small game license.

Hunters are urged to keep up with the daily rural fi re danger index, issued by the National Weather Service, to alert the public to conditions that may be conducive to accidental starting or spread of fi res. County governments also have the authority to adopt penalties for violations of county restrictions related to burning bans. These restrictions apply regardless of the daily fi re danger index, and remain in place until each county’s commission rescinds the ban. Information on current fi re danger indexes is available through ndresponse.gov, or from a county sheriff’s offi ce.

For further season information and regulations, hunters should consult the North Dakota 2019-20 Hunting and Trapping Guide.

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B-2 Spirit marks 30th anniversary of fi rst fl ightGIANCARLO CASEM, 412TH TEST WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS

PALMDALE, Calif. --Thirty years ago, on July 17,

1989, an oddly-shaped and dark-colored new plane took to the sky for the fi rst time at the legendary Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. That plane, the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, went on to join the U.S. Air Force’s fl eet and has been a staple of the nation’s global air power dominance ever since.

The B-2’s manufacturer, Northrop Grumman, hosted an event to mark the B-2’s 30th anniversary of its fi rst fl ight at an event at Plant 42, Aug. 20. Hundreds of employees, local leaders and military guests were on hand on the event, which included Maj. Gen. James Dawkins, 8th Air Force and Joint-Global Strike Operations Center commander.

“Operation Allied Force kicked off in 1999, when the B-2 took to the sky that spring,” Dawkins said. “The B-2 was tasked to strike Serbian integrated air defense systems, military air fi elds, command and control nodes, munitions storage facilities and other high value targets in the country.”

The air strikes in that confl ict saw the B-2 in its fi rst combat operations. The B-2’s success and its advanced technology

continued on to Operation Enduring Freedom, Dawkins said.

“The B-2s were the fi rst to respond to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, their targets were Taliban controlled air fi elds, surface-to-air missile systems and al-Qaida terrorist training camps,” he said.

Dawkins fl ew the “Spirit of Pennsylvania” B-2 into combat, and took the time to thank those at the event who were responsible for making his mission a success.

“Again the B-2 showed its combat capability…each of these confl icts demonstrated the reality of the lethal force of the munitions the B-2 carried,” he said “It is important to note that in between of these combat operations, the Air Force and Northrop Grumman team were hard at work at improving both the lethality of the weapons system, and, just as important, it’s sustainability and maintainability.”

Following the B-2’s maiden fl ight in 1989. The B-2 would eventually make its way to nearby Edwards Air Force Base where it underwent initial developmental testing. Edwards AFB continues to be part of the B-2’s testing of operational systems capabilities improvements.

Sustainment modifi cations today remain an important aspect

of the B-2 program, and the Air Force continues to team with Northrop Grumman to ensure it remains mission capable and ready Dawkins said.

“All of this is because of the sacrifi ce of the great men and women here, and the ones that came before them to ensure that we’re able to defend our nation, this is especially important

today,” he said. “It’s critical, the capability, this airplane brings and this team brings to the fi ght to ensure the defense of our nation, the B-2 continues to be ready to be called on to fi ght on night one.”

Janis Pamiljans, Northrop Grumman President of Aerospace Systems, worked on the B-2 more than 30 years ago as fl ight test engineer. He said the celebration

held a personal place for him because the bonds that he formed working on the program and the human element it took for the Spirit to fl y.

“I look at the crowd and it is the people who really brought this capability,” Pamiljans said. “We put it in front of the Warfi ghter, and the Warfi ghter did what they needed to do.”

Maj. Gen. James Dawkins, 8th Air Force and Joint-Global Strike Operations Center commander, addresses local government offi cials, Airmen and Northrop Grumman employees during the B-2 Spirit’s 30th anniversary celebration at Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, Aug. 20. Dawkins fl ew a B-2 Spirit nicknamed “The Spirit of Pennsylvania” into combat bombing missions during Operation Enduring Freedom.

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A B-2 Spirit is displayed in front of a hangar at Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, Aug. 20. The plane was on display in support of the B-2 Spirit’s 30th anniversary celebration.

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