Burke County Tribune

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Sheena Norstedt of Powers Lake been named to the Minnesota State University Moorhead Dean’s List in recognition of academic achievement for the 2013 spring semester.
Students must maintain a 3.25 or higher grade point average and carry 12 graded credits to qualify for the honor.

Area students were among the 1,565 students to graduate from North Dakota State University in spring 2013. They included Tara Freed, MS, Mass Communication and Whitney Diane Pandolfo, BS, with honors, Mathematics Education, both of Bowbells; Alexander Allen Brodal, with honors, BS, Crop and Weed Sciences, of Columbus.

South Dakota School of Mines & Technology student, Zachary Norstedt of Powers Lake was named to the Dean’s List for the 2013 spring semester.
In order to merit a spot on the Dean’s List, students must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for the semester. Full-time students must have earned a minimum of 12 credit hours that term, while part-time students must have earned between 3 and 11 credit hours that term.

Mya Erickson of Lignite has been accepted to Jamestown College beginning in the fall of 2013. She is the daughter of Mike and Alana Erickson.
Erickson is a 2011 graduate of Burke Central High School where she was active in band, choir, volleyball, basketball, speech and drama. She plans to major in nursing at Jamestown College. The College has awarded her a Trustee Scholarship, Alumni Referral Award and Journey Award.

Outdoor Tales

TANK FISHING

When most people go fishing they put some bait on a hook and drop it in the lake. This year I started Braden with that on Devils Lake. Well, he likes to drop a jig to the bottom of the lake and reel it up as fast as he can, then repeat. I guess this an ok way to learn as long as he doesn’t plan to catch many fish while doing it.

The Monday after we fished in Devils Lake the first time this year, he ran to his teacher and told her, “We went fishing.”

She asked him if he caught a fish and he quickly replied with a long face. “NO.”
I felt a little bad at that point but he was just having so much fun with his jig.

A few days later, the day he waited all winter for, I put fish in the bait tank. He got right in there with a net and started scooping fish from one side of the tank to the other and back, occasionally dropping one on the floor and having to chase it around to catch it. It is amazing that only one fish has died so far.

Fast forward a few days and out came the “Cars” fishing rod and he wanted to go fishing again, in the tank. I was not sure what he had planned but I quickly found out.

Instead of asking for a hook or even bait he walked to the tank, reached over the side and started spearing the suckers with the rod tip.

We had to have a little talk about how fishing works and I had to get him back to netting the fish, side to side in the tank, rather than trying to beat them to death with a fishing rod.

It appears I’m in the middle of teaching a kid to fish. I’m not sure what the next step is yet but I think it is going to be challenging to get him to put a hook down and wait long enough for a fish to bite it. If I can accomplish that feat I will have a fishing partner for life.

It may take some mishaps such as dropped rods to make the lake bottom home, some short trips filled with fruit snacks and animal crackers, and maybe even a curious boy falling out of the boat at time or two.
Whatever happens we will have a good time trying it all and learning together.

I’m not expecting to bring home many limits during this process but hopefully we will get something this year when we are fishing together. Or maybe we will just stick to fishing in the tank.

Until next time get outside and make some memories.