Aber Days 5K Run/Walk and Kid’s Run >>>

Volleyball Buddies >>> Summer Theatre >>>

Summer Theatre Class at Crooked Lane Farm

Looking forward to auditioning for your school’s play during the 2016-17 school year? At Crooked Lane Farm we have a class for you! Join us for Acting and Auditions, a class where you will learn about acting, how to audition, and the skill of telling a story. Aspiring actors will have the opportunity to learn communication skills, develop self-confidence, and re-lieve stress. You will also meet new friends in a positive and relaxed environment. To top it off you will produce and per-form a final show for family and friends Trevor Larson will be teaching this class at Crooked Lane Farm. Trevor has been an actor since the age of 10. He has per-formed with Moorhead High Theatre, Gooseberry Park Players, Trollwood, and Act Up Theatre Company as well as being a MN State Speech Champion and National Forensic Finalist. He completed his BFA at Columbia College in Chicago and currently works as an actor in Los An-geles, CA. Date: June 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22 Fee: $100.00 Ages: 13-18

Time: 6:00-9:00 PM Some classes could run later.

More information contact: Crooked Lane Farm Folk School

17385 Co. Rd. 4 Colfax, ND 58018 701-261-2660

crookedlanefarmfolkschool.com

Coltbacker News >>>

Current 2015-2016 Members

White Donation level: Donation Level of $20 and up Conklin, JD Haverland, Anna Heyen, Byron and Julie Israelson, Paul and Bev Lentz, Vince and Steph Jim Olheiser and Carla Metcalf Paczkowski, Kevin and Colleen Ulven, Wayne and Nancy Waloch, Shane and Rhonda Zenker, Tim and Suellen Gold Donation level: Donation Level of $50 and up Anderson, Bruce and Machell Bergeson, Brady and Carla Bergeson, Bronwyn Hasbargen, Kelly and Kris Herrick, Mike and Kelsey Ihland, Dick and Sandra Krupich, Jim and Nancy Martel, Dan and Bev Myers, Mike and Sylvia Nelson, Terry and Vickie Tschakert, Stu and Tessa Vogeler, Mike and Lori Vorachek, Scott and Lois Wold, Tom and Bonnie

Columbia Blue level: Donation Level of $100 and up ACR Services (Scott Nordick and Austin Heyen) Aigner, Mike and Sara Amundson, Bruce and Lisa Amundson, Ron and Marj Bergeson, Penny Berseth, Nathan and Janelle Flaa, John and Becky Flaa, Mike and Aimee Flaa, Steiner and LaRue Foley, Tanner and Heidi Freeberg, Mike and Benae Haverland, Dan and Jennifer Haverland, Mike and Nancy Haverland, Steve and Stacy Heesch, Ron and Melissa Holzhey, Ray and Judy Ihland, Paul and Emilie Johnson, Brandon (Fort Saloon) Jones, Doug and Idette (Threaded Ink) Kilen, Dave and Jodi Knudsen, Ken and Melanie Koenig, Steve and Carol Lelm, Chad and Tori Lingen, Chad and Jody Lingen, Greg and Barb Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative Moen,Vicki Mogck, Myron and Robin Myers, Jared and Sarah Myers, Jay and Cara Pederson, Ross and Kellee Reiland, Cody and Sarah Ringdahl, Kent and Carmen Roob, Steve and Brenda Rufer, Mike and Darla Schmidt, Scott and Jenny Storbakken, Joe and Dawn Workin, Lowell and Lora Wulfekuhle, Tom and Cassie

Coltbackers would like to thank the Richland #44 community for your support during the 2015-2016 school year. The support that Coltbackers provides to our athletic programs would not be possible without our mem-bers. Richland Athletics had a great year and it was a lot of fun to be a part of. Please watch your emails and our Facebook page for upcoming fundraising opportunities. The future looks bright at Richland. Go Colts!

Thanks again, Sarah, Aimee, Emilie & Jody

Athle�c Banquet 2016

Volleyball Buddies >>> Where are they now? >>>

Daniel Julson graduated from Richland #44 in 2011. After graduation Daniel did not have any idea what he wanted to study, but, he eventually settled on Accounting and registered at

Jamestown College. Two years later Daniel switched majors to Ag Economics and transferred to NDSU while continuing to take Accounting courses to accelerate his graduation. After completing an internship at Farm Credit Services of Mandan in the summer of 2015, Daniel went on to graduate from NDSU in December of 2015. He passed his CPA exam in January 2016. Daniel is now a fully li-censed CPA and working as an accountant with his mom at her business, Nadine Julson, LLC in Wahpeton, ND.

Daniel is engaged to Sena Skefte, a 2012 Richland #44 alumnus. They are busy planning for a wedding this summer.

When asked what he remembers most at Richland #44, Daniel commented that his favorite memories

were talking to Mr. Ulven on the cor-ner between the two wings of the school, sneaking out of study hall to play pranks on Gary (who was the custodian at that time), and of course, playing sports.

Senior Picture 2011

After graduation in 2010, my plan was to attend NDSU to obtain an Ag Finance degree. Like many college students, I changed my ma-jor several times which resulted in me going to NDSU for 5 years. Throughout college, I had the op-portunity to study abroad in Europe and was able to vaca-tion around the United States. In 2015, I graduated from NDSU with a Business Administration degree. Looking to the future, I saw myself living in Fargo or Minneap-olis, married and raising a family. But as time went on, I found my vision for the future changed. For the last year, I have been serving as a missionary in Kona, Hawaii and Papua New Guinea sharing the Gospel. I recently re-turned to North Dakota and am planning on continuing with mission work in the near future. Exploring creation here on Earth has been amazing and I recommend it to any student. There are so many beautiful places and peo-ple out in the world; I really encourage students to go out and enjoy experiencing different cultures because it has completely changed my perspective on life. My favorite memory from high school is working at the front desk my senior year with Lauren Tengesdal (Casperson) during study hall. A year ago, I was at the high school for my mom’s (Evonne Viland) spring concert and was amazed by how much the school has changed. It would have been nice to have a second gym while I was in high school!

Senior Picture 2010

Summer Classes at Fort Abercrombie >>> Crea�ve Hands Monthly Cra� ing

- June 7, July 5, and August 2 -2:00pm-5:00pm

- Fort Abercrombie State Historic Site Interpretive Center

* Call 701-553-8513 for more information EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

Sunday History Program

Sundays: June 5 - August 14 (2:00pm)

Fort Abercrombie State Historic Site Interpretive Center

*History presentations, demon-

strations, and special music by local talent

Fort Abercrombie Living History Weekend June 11-12

10am-4pm

*Book signings and storytelling with historical au-thors Candace Simar & Jan Smith

*1862 Blacksmithing & Tinsmithing Demonstrations *ND Army Reserve Display of Today & Yesterday *5th MN Intantry Co. 1862 Civil War Encampment

Hobby in the Lobby at Fort Abercrom-

bie June 18-19

*Special display of local collections and artifacts *Special historical presenation by meteorologist

Rob Kupec and climatologist Daryl Ritchson on June 19—2pm

*Joseph Nicollet -The Great Map Maker of this Re-gion

Kite Flying Weekend July 16-17

8:30am-4:00pm - Kites will be available

Historical Authors and Crafters Expo

July 30-31 10am-4pm

*1862 Blacksmithing & Tinsmithing Demonstrations *5th MN Intantry Co. 1862 Civil War Encampment

*Changing of the Guard and Cannon Firing *Abercrombie Fire & Rescue Rodeo

Kids Program at the Fort - Mondays: June 13 - August 15 (10-11am) Fort Abercrombie Junior Soldier’s Program

*Fun stories, games, and activities for kids of all ages Fort Abercrombie State Historic Site Interpretive Center

Fort Abercrombie Historic Site

Open daily 8:30am - 5:00pm Memorial Day Weekend - Labor Day Weekend

Join us opening day - Saturday, May 28, 2016 for the 5th MN Infantry Company D - Civil War Training and Drill Day 8:30am—5:00pm

For questions on any of our events or information on the Fort Abercrombie summer programs, call 701-553-8513 or

email Lenny at Lkrueger@nd.gov

*FREE EVENTS

Dollars for Scholars—Daddy/Daughter Dance >>>

Cub Scouts - Pack 357 Arrow of Light >>> Cub Scout Pack 357 recently held their Arrow of Light, crossover meeting. At this meeting, scouts crossed over and advanced to their new den. Tigers became Wolves, Wolves became Bears, Bears became Webelos I, and We-belos I advance to Webelos II. The big event of the evening was our Webelo II, Alex Martel, receiving his Ar-

row of Light. He is now officially a Boy Scout!

Richland #44 Dollars for Scholars hosted their second annual Daddy/Daughter Dance on April 8. Thank you to all the dads, grandpas, and brothers who accompanied the girls to the dance. Thank you to the com-munity for supporting our Dollars for Scholars chapter at this event and helping us raise over $1,500 for scholarships! A special thank you to Pastor Dan Forsberg for being our emcee for the evening. Also thank you to our sponsors Northland Truss Systems, Kummer Construction, Red River Communications, RRVW Railroad, Nadine Julson LLC, JAV Construction, and Cherry Berry. Our committee has already started planning for the 2017 Daddy/Daughter Dance as we look forward to continuing this annual event.

Music Parents - Calendars now on sale!! >>> Music Calendars are now on sale!!

This calendar, previously known as the Band Calendar, includes most school events, community meetings, and many, many BIRTHDAYS and anniversaries!! Pocket calendars are also available. These do not include the birthdays, however they do include all the events for the year.

If you have never ordered before and are interested in purchasing, contact the high school office for an order form. Birthdays are not automatically placed on the calendar; your purchase of the calendar allows you to place birthdays and an-niversaries on there. If you have ordered before, someone will be contacting you to renew and reorder! Orders are due May 20th.

Music Parents is looking for new and returning members! If your child is in music in any capacity at Richland #44, from 5th grade band to senior high choir, you are invited to join Music Parents. Currently, we are in need of parents willing to help with the cal-endar fundraiser. This is our main fundraiser each year. As stu-dents graduate out, our parent base seems to be decreasing as well and would love for you to join us! If interested in helping or be-

coming a member of Music Parents, contact Mr. Aamold for more information Mark.Aamold@k12.nd.us .

FCCLA News>>

Abby Martel earned the National Award entitled "Power of One" this spring at the ND FCCLA State Leadership Meeting. To meet the criteria for this honor, Abby had to set personal goals in five separate modules, and achieve them using the FCCLA Planning Process.

Lucky Leaf 4H News >>>

As the school year comes to an end, we wanted to keep you updated on summer office hours. Elementary Office: May 26-June 8 & August 10 - August 23 9am-3pm June 9 - August 9 CLOSED High School Office/District Office: Open all summer Monday-Friday 9am-3pm

This time of year is very busy for our 4H members. In addition to preparing for Achievement Days and State Fair, there are also a few opportunities for the kids to compete at. Most recently, some of our members competed at the county Project Expo and Consumer Choices competition. These events were held at the Bagg Farm near Mooreton, ND. While it was a first year competing for many, the Lucky Leaf 4H club came out with many top awards!

Project Expo provides youth with an experience in planning, preparing and displaying an article or an educational exhibit. It is an opportunity for self-expression both verbally and visually. Project Expo also provides the opportuni-ty to share with others what has been learned in the specific project. Each 4Her who competes, creates and designs a card table size display on their project. Judges ask questions to get an idea of knowledge on the project and give a composite

score based on the interview displayed project. 4H members from all of Richland County are invited to compete. Congratulations to Johnny Kuruc for receiving the grand champion and to Alex Martel for receiving reserve champion. Also, congratu-lations to blue ribbon recipients from Lucky Leaf 4H: Lilly Miranowski, Morgan Sundstrom, Inger Holdman, Otto Dockter, Wade Gorder, Adam Skoog, Gina Quamme, Popi Miranowski, and Addie Christensen.

Consumer Choices teaches you how to make decisions based on information that you have learned and studied and on facts that you have collected. It can also help you learn to defend your decisions. The 4-H Consumer Choices Contest can help you practice making decisions by matching your knowledge, skills and abilities against those of others. You will learn to rank articles or products over others based on stand-ards and quality. Congratulations to all the Lucky Leaf 4H members who competed! In the pre-teen division, Alex Martel earned reserve champion and Keagan Neppl came home with a blue rosette. In the beginner division Adam Skoog placed grand champi-on, Hans Weinmann reserve champion, and Cora Hermunslie took home the blue ro-

sette. Others who competed and earned a blue ribbon were Lilly Miranowski, Otto Dockter, Preston Schmitt, Inger Holdman, Wade Gorder, Ethan Skoog, Addie Chris-tenson, William Gorder, Ella Wienmann, Morgan Sundstrom, Popi Miranowski, and Gina Quamme.

The County clothing review was also held that day. Gina Quamme entered in Decorate your Duds and Buy and Show categories and took home grand champion in both. We strongly encourage our members to compete in all county competitions. As you can see in the pictures above, the Lucky Leaf 4H club monopolized all the compe-titions being the majority of participants.

The next competition on our schedule is 4H Communications Arts on May 26 at the Bagg Farm. This is very similar to Speech competition in high school, but encourages all ages to compete. In addition to the basic speech categories of Interpretive and Dramatic Readings, other categories include website design, video production, demonstration, commercial, broadcasting, and short take. We are excited to have a couple of our members par-ticipating in this. Be sure to watch for more information in our next article on the outcome.

Summer Office Hours >>>

Answers to our faculty graduates on page 11: Row 1: Mrs. Rieger, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Klein, Cathy Duhigg, Mr. Godfrey Row 2: Shari Braunberger, Sally Ringdahl, Ms. Cose, Mrs. Becker, Mrs. Taszarek Row 3: Karen Krump, Mrs. Hudson, Mrs. Carlson, Mrs. Syvertsen, Mr. Margerum Row 4: Mr. Aamold, Ron Pfeiff, Mrs. Altendorf, Kendra Dockter, Keith Kinneberg Row 5 Mr. Clark, Ms. Stenseth, Mrs. Erbes, Nancy Krupich, Mr. Boehm

CLEARANCE SALE >>> We are clearing out our in-stock Richland gear to make room for new arrivals this summer!! Sizes are limited and are available first come first serve!!

25% off: jackets, hats, gloves, and backpacks 50% off: tshirts, sweatshirts, and 1/4 zips Stop in the office to see what is available!!

Manufacturing Mixup Sale! WRONG COLOR DISCOUNT SALE! A recent order that we received was not the color that the company quoted us on—so we are hoping to sell these items at a discounted price to liqui-date the items fast. The item itself is very nice. However the color of the shirt is not our official Columbia Blue. We want everyone to know that this color will not be ordered on any fu-ture items and that we as a district realize it is not the official color. This item is available at the elementary and high school offices and will be sold for $10/ea. Sizes are Ladies S-XXL Hooded, long sleeve tshirt

Health Careers Q & A >>> We are excited to announce our first ever

Richland #44 Health Careers Q & A Student Expo!

Thursday, June 9 6:30pm Richland #44 High School

Richland #44 graduates will be on hand to give prospective students an idea on schooling, requirements, sched-

ules, planning, and just a general idea of what they have learned since entering graduate school. This Q & A is open to anyone who may be interested in pursuing a career in the healthcare field.

We encourage parents and students of all ages who are interested in Health Careers to join us on Thursday, June 9 at 6:30pm.

Currently, our panel includes the following Richland #44 Alumni

Physical Therapy: Jacob Erbes, Jamestown College & Kathleen Breuer, UND Nursing: Lauren (Casperson) Tengesdal, NDSU

Pharmacy: James Workin, NDSU Doctor of Medicine: Janet Julson, NDSU & UND

**Stay tuned for details as more speakers are added**

It is not necessary to RSVP, but if you are interested in attending or would like more information, please email Kendra.L.Dockter@k12.nd.us . This will help us plan accordingly

**SPONSORED BY RICHLAND #44 DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS

**Coordinated by Janet Julson

Elementary Volleyball >>> The elementary volleyball players started practice on March 7 and played their last game on April 28. Last year was Richland’s first year of competition and we had a combined 5th/6th grade team, but this year we had enough players for two separate teams. The fourth grade girls were also invited to come to practices this year so they could jumpstart their skills for next season. Both the fifth and sixth grade teams had very successful seasons! The sixth graders continued their winning ways from last year and once again ended their season undefeated. They had a perfect 9-0 record! The fifth grade team also played well all season and ended with an impressive 7-1 overall record. All the girls worked hard throughout the seven week season. Both teams had excellent serving skills and the sixth graders did a fantastic job setting and hitting at the net. The future of Richland volleyball is definitely bright! A special “thank you” goes out to Abby Myers, Mikayla Clark, and Lois Vorachek who vol-unteered their time to help coach at practices. -- Coach Julie Heyen 4th grade players: Alison H, Isabel V, Ally H, Ella W, Popi M, Jessa P 5th grade players: Megan T, Blake M, Kennedi W, Shandi C, Grace M, Carli N, Morgan S, Lauryn W 6th grade players: Emma H, Megan L, Megan R, Keagan N, Madison J, Dacey W

Child Development Class >>> The child development recently studied a chapter on preschool aged children. To aid in this study the class hosted a “Play School” for four and five year olds in the area. They met three times with the children and planned activities, games, and snacks for each day.

coming soon >>>

In the Next Issue

School Board Update >>>

DFS Scholarship update

End of year wrap up

Track & Field update

….and much more

* Job Opening: Full time Store Manager for Colfax Express. If interested contact Jared Myers @ 701-730-5480 or at jar-ed.myers@nbinternet.com

*Job Opening: Part-time sales clerk at Colfax Express. Flexible hours, includes some week-ends. Applications available at the store or contact Karen Pollach at 701-361-6059.

Summer Faith Based Education Opportunities>>

Hosted by Galchutt Lutheran and Emmanuel Lutheran Churches

When: Wednesday June 22: 9am - 3pm Thursday, June 23: 9am - 3pm

Friday, June 24: 9am-1pm Program open to everyone to come and watch at 1pm June 24

Where: Galchutt Lutheran Church * Galchutt, ND *Transporta�on for youth will be available to/from Colfax and Abercrombie if needed*

Questions? Contact Kendra Dockter at thedockters@rrt.net or 701-640-0127 or Lou Ann Lee at lalee@rrt.net or 701-640-0321

Hosted by Richland & Our Saviors

Lutheran Churches

When: Wednesday June 1

9am - 3pm Thursday, June 2

9am - 3pm Friday, June 3

9am-1pm Program open to every-one to come and watch

at 1pm June 3

Where: Richland Lutheran Church * Rural Walcott Questions? Contact Sheila Gunness sgunness@icloud.com or 701-640-3206

Blast from the past>>>

If you have an old picture you would like to share from past days at Richland #44, we would love to see them. Pictures can be submitted to Kendra.L.Dockter@k12.nd.us

Please include a little information to go along with the picture. Pictures will be featured in upcoming issues of the Colt Connection newsletter.

Look very close! Do you recognize this person? This is non other than our very own custodian Ron Pfeiff. This Blast from the Past picture was found while researching for another article. Ron was the custodian at Richland #44 from 1980-1990. Dur-ing that time he also drove bus for a few years. Ron returned to Richland #44 in the fall of 2013.