North Dakota
Litchville-Marion school team wins state LifeSmarts competition
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BISMARCK — Litchville-Marion Public School’s LifeSmarts team won the state LifeSmarts championship on Feb. 8 and will be representing North Dakota in the national competition in San Diego in April.
The Litchville-Marion team is The Money Hounds, and the state champion team members are Charlie Enger, Jesse Peddcord-Contrearas, Gracie Enger, Andrian Danilov and Riley Meyer. They are coached by David Handt.
The Nedrose Cardinals team took second place, and the Nedrose Tetris team was third.
Nine teams from Tioga, Burke Central, Tioga, Jamestown, Nedrose and Litchville-Marion competed in eight rounds of questions before the top three teams advanced to the final round.
The competition was held at the North Dakota National Guard RJ Bohn Armory on Feb. 7 with support from state agencies including including the North Dakota Department of Financial Institutions, North Securities Department, North Dakota Attorney General’s Office, North Dakota Housing Finance Agency and the Bank of North Dakota and volunteers.
The state competition tests students in grades 9-12 about personal finance, health and safety, the environment, technology and workforce preparation and consumer rights and responsibilities, according to lifesmarts.org.
Sponsors are being sought to help with the expenses for the Litchville-Marion team’s trip to San Diego. For more information, contact Handt at Litchville-Marion High School, 104 2nd St., Marion, or email David.Handt@litchvillemarion.com
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North Dakota
Homemade canoe returns to Fur Traders Rendezvous at the ND State Fair
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MINOT, N.D. (KMOT) – One of the highlights of every North Dakota State Fair is the Fur Traders Rendezvous.
A familiar face returned this year, along with a canoe he made at the fair several years ago.
The rendezvous brings fairgoers back to the time of the fur traders.
Those who take part in the rendezvous live, and even sleep, on the grounds for the duration of the fair.
Jeremy Duckwitz, who is referred to as the ‘brain tanner,’ said he carved a canoe out of a giant log back in 2016.
He said it took him all nine days of the fair, working eight hours a day to carve it.
He brought the canoe back to the fair this year to seal the cracks with his team and have it on display.
“This year I got around to sealing all the cracks with beeswax. There was a larger crack we sealed with pine pitch and wood shavings, and then the rest of it’s all linseed oil so it’s all ready to float down the Missouri River,” said Duckwitz.
Duckwitz said he plans on taking the canoe out on the river in the coming weeks.
The rendezvous is across from the state fair center on the north end of the grounds.
They’ll be open through Saturday.
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