seniors
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JASON ROGGENBUCK is
the son of Steve and Linda
Roggenbuck, He has been
active in football, wrestling,
track and driving race car.
Jason is an 11 time varsity let-
ter winner, two year wrestling
captain, three time Section
place winner in wrestling,
three year Guts Club Member
and ended his OHS wrestling
career with 108 wins. While in
school he has been employed
at Progressive Collision and
Glass. Following graduation
he plans on attending the
University of South Dakota to
be a Physical Therapist.
SAMANTHA I~ARSON is the
daughter of DeWayne and
Gloria Larson. She was active
in junior high band while at
OHS. During school she has
been employed at the Cenex C-
Store. Following graduation
she plans on attending
Minnesota West technical
College in Canby for Medical
Coding.
CAMERON LARSON is the
son of Jim Larson and Shelley
Redfield. He has been active in
football, golf and enjoys draw-
ing. Cameron has lettered in
both football and golf while at
OHS. During school he has
been employed at Hartman's
SuperValu. Following gradua-
tion he plans on working for a
year and then attend college at
South Dakota State University.
ANNIE VOECKS is the
daughter of Ken and Barb
Voecks. She has been active
in Key Club, Show Choir,
Drama, Community Theater,
FCCLA, BPA, Choir, gymnas-
tics and gymnastics student
manager, and solo/ensemble
competition. Annie has
received the Bright Light
Award in Drama grades 8-10,
has been on the A and B Honor
Roll, received Superior Solo
Ratings and Superior Duet and
Best In Site. During school
she has been employed at
Monarch Heights, The Grind
and The Pizza Ranch.
Following graduation she
plans on attending the
University of Minnesota-Morris
for Psychology with a Minor in
Theater.
EVAN SAMMON is the son
of Jay and Julie Sammon. He
has been active in baseball
and football. During school he
has been employed at Club 7-
75 and Kirchberg
Construction. Following grad-
uation, Evan plans on attend-
ing Concordia College in
Moorhead Majoring in Mass
Communications and also
plans on playing football.
CHRIS SHEROD is the son
of Dale and Tracy Sherod.
During school he has been
employed with the Big Stone
County Highway Department.
Following graduation he plans
on working for a year and then
go to college.
ASHMA TREINEN is the
daughter of Paul and Julie
Treinen. She has been active
in gymnastics, cheerleading,
volleyball, softball, drama and
dance. Ashma was captain of
the volleyball team and cheer-
leading squad, an Honor Roll
student, lettered in volleyball
and softball, and has received
award in drama, dance and
Johny Cavelle Dancing.
During school she has been
employed at Mac Daddy's and
a Lifeguard at the Ortonville
Pool. Following graduation
she plans on attending Josef's
in Fargo, ND for Cosmetology.
MIKE ROE is the SOB of
Dalen and Kristin Roe. He has
been active in football, track
and drama. Mike has been on
the B Honor Roll throughout
high school. During school he
has been employed at
Monarch Heights. Following
graduation he plans to attend
college at Southwest
Minnesota in Marshall with his
Major undecided.
School menu
Tuesday, May 12: Breakfast: Hot
Breakfast; Fruit; Milk.
Lunch: Chicken Sandwiches,
Potato Wedges, Vegetable, Milk.
Wednesday, May 13: Breakfast:
Cereal, Toast, Juice, Milk.
Lunch: Beef Stew, Bread Roll,
Vegetable, Milk or Chocolate Milk.
Thursday, May 14: Breakfast:
Hot Breakfast, Fruit, Milk.
Lunch: Spaghetti with Meat
Sauce, Garlic Bread, Fruit, Milk.
Friday, May 15: Breakfast:
Cereal, Toast, Juice, Milk.
Lunch: Mr. Ribb on a Bun,
Potatoes, Vegetables, Milk or
Chocolate Milk.
Monday, May 18: Breakfast:
Cereal, Toast, Juice, Milk.
Lunch: Cook's Choice.
Tuesday, May 19: Breakfast: Hot
Breakfast; Fruit; Milk.
Lunch: Meat Loaf, Potatoes,
Green Bean Casserole, Bread Roll,
Milk.
Editor's note: The following
story was written by Chris
Domeier, DNR Fisheries specialist
at Ortonviile recapping a year's
worth of fisheries work in this area.
"What exactly do you guys do all
year?" he asked.
His tone left me unsure about the
intent of his question. Was this an
honest question? Or a slightly sarcas-
tic "jab," as siblings enjoy giving one
another on occasion?
As a Minnesota Department of
Natural Resources Fisheries biologist
at the Ortonville DNR Fisheries
Office, he was helping fund my work.
He had bought a fishing license and
paid federal taxes on. his fishing
equipment, two primary sources of
our funding. He wanted to know how
we are spending his money.
As I answered his question, he
pulled the first eleven-inch black
crappie through thirty inches of Lac
qui Parle ice. It was late March of this
year and word had spread that the
crappies were really biting on Lac qui
Parle Lake. Would tonight be one of
those memorable trips?
Thinking back over the past year,
my first recollection was how often
the phone rang last April with con-
cerned anglers wanting to know if the
ice would be out on Big Stone Lake
by the fishing opener. The usual
answer was, "We sure hope so." We
were as anxious as anyone to wet a
line.
Unfortunately, that didn't happen
and many anglers spent opening
weekend stranded on shore stating at
a sheet of ice. The late ice-out was
followed by a cold, forgettable spring.
The fishing was always good, but the
catching wasn't.
We began April field work by har~
vesting walleye from rearing ponds
for several weeks until the water
became too warm. We resumed har-
vest in September when the ponds
had cooled down again. We produced
19,000 pounds of walleye for the
year. The majority of these fish were
fingerlings but'some harvested adults
weighed as much as five pounds.
We stocked some five thousand
pounds of walleye into local waters
that needed a boost, including the
Minnesota River and Artichoke,
-- ALL WORK GUARANTEED -
Botkers, Hendricks, Oliver, and Long
Tom lakes. The remaining 14,000
pounds were stocked into numerous
other lakesthroughout the state.
During May we stocked twenty
million walleye fry into Artichoke,
John, Long, Marsh, Oliver, Perch, and
Steep Bank lakes in addition to thirty-
walleye rearing ponds. The fry were
produced at Walker Lake and New
London State fish hatcheries, Eleven
million of those fry received oxytetra-
cycline marks to allow future identifi-
cation of them as originating from
stocking.
We also stocked the Big Stone
National Wildlife Refuge and the
Clinton kids' fishing ponds during
May with adult bluegill, northern
pike, walleye, and yellow perch.
Several northern pike weighing 10
pounds were stocked, making for
some very happy and excited kids
(with the exception of one boy who
had the pole yanked from his hands
by a large northern, never to be seen
again).
During mid-summer we experi-
mented with harvesting young-of-
year, one-inch long walleye known as
frylings. Although we expected them
to be fragile and difficult to harvest
during the summer .heat, they proved
to be quite hardy and survived very
well. We stocked 63,000 of them into
Lac qui Parle Lake.
Raising walleye fingerlings is an
important component of our work and
we typically stock between twenty
and thirty natural ponds for this pur-
pose. These natural ponds have many
important ecological functions that
could potentially be affected by wall-
eye rearing. To evaluate the affects,
our walleye crew spent much of July
and August monitoring the ponds for
changes in water chemistry, vegeta-
tion, invertebrates, fish abundances
and diseases. Fish from six lakes were
sent to our pathology lab in St. Paul to
be tested for viral hemorrhagic sep-
ticemia (VHS) disease. Thankfully,
all fish tested negative.
Our assessment crew also spent
much the summer evaluating fish
populations in Artichoke; Big Stone
Refuge, Big Stone, Hendricks, John,
Lac qui Parle, Long Tom, Steep Bank,
and Traverse lakes, as well as the
Pomme de Terre, West Branch Lac
qui Parle, and Minnesota rivers. Data
collected included the abundances,
sizes, ages, and stomach contents of
numerous fish species.
In August we assisted with con-
struction of an ADA (Americans with
Disabilities Act) accessible shore
fishing station at Boyd's Access on
Lac qui Parle Lake. The Lac qui Parle
Lake Association proposed the pro-
ject and contributed $7,000. The sta-
tion provides a badly needed quality
shore angling destination and helps
relieve congestion on the boat docks.
The Lake Association also con-
tributed $20,000 for future shore
angling improvements to be con-
structed at West Twin Bridge.
The Traverse County Sportsmen's
Club also partnered with us in August
by providing funds and labor to help
construct a shore angling station
along the Mustinka River. Together,
we also restored a wetland that now
provides diverse fish and wildlife
benefits.
We were also fortunate to receive
assistance from the Upper Minnesota
River Watershed District and the
Citizens for Big Stone Lake during
the summer. They provided mainte-
nance and safety gear for a shore fish-
ing station"below Big Stone dam
along the Minnesota River.
September brought the usual night
electrofishing sampling for young-of-
year walleye. Young walleye move
into one to two feet of water after dark
and are easily sampled with our elec-
trofishing boat. Decent numbers of
young walleye were found in the
majority of our lakes. Until ice cover
began to cover the water, the remain-
der of the fall was spent in walleye
ponds harvesting and stocking
Minnesota's favorite fish.
Although equipment care and
maintenance is a year-round job,
December is the time when even
greater focus is placed on making
sure all equipment is in safe working
order. Boats, motors, and trailers are
cleaned and winterized and hundreds
of nets are inspected and patched.
By early January the potential for
winterkill of fish began to increase
and until mid-March we monitored
dissolved oxygen levels in lakes and
ponds. Oxygen levels in Steep Bank
Lake dropped very quickly and we
opened the lake to liberalized fishing
so anglers could attempt to harvest the
fish before they died. Steep Bank will
be re-stocked with game fish this
spring.
Local clubs operate lake aeration
systems on Artichoke, East Toqua,
Hendricks, and Long Tom lakes and
we routinely inspect those systems to
ensure proper slgnage is maintained
for public safety.
Potential winterkill conditions in
the Aitkin Area benefited us in
January when northern pike rescued
from lakes in that area became avail-
able for stocking. We made several
trips to Aitkin and stocked 3,000
northern pike into Artichoke, Long
Tom, and East Toqua lakes.
During February, in conjunction
with the Hutchinson Fisheries Office,
we managed to do some underwater
filming in the Minnesota River and
the Hutchinson staff obtained some
very interesting flathead catfish
footage. We hope to pursue this work
more in depth next winter as we strive
to increase management, of the
Minnesota River fishery.
Much of the winter was spent in
the lab examining samples collected
during the field season. There were
fish scales to be aged, otoliths ("ear
stones") to be examined for oxytetra-
cyline marks, and invertebrate sam-
ples to be sorted through. This was
followed by the more mundane task of
collating the information into reports
for use by stakeholders.
Lastly, there were numerous meet-
ings related to water quality, flooding,
budgets, projects, and safety.
"Hey Dad, that's thirty!" my son
exclaimed, bringing me back to reali-
ty. The crappies had been "on fire"
during the past two hours on this
memorable March day. I never did get
around to explaining tO" my brother
what we do during the course of a
year but I'm sure he would agree that
on this day he definitely got his
money's worth.
Then they
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boy golfers
with two more wins last week
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The Ortonville Trojan boys golfalso had respect~b!e scores with 82's,
team continued their winning ways The Trojan golfers continued their
last week with two more wins. winning streak at the Wheaton
On Tuesday, May 5 they traveled
to Elbow Lake at the Tipsinah
Mounds course for the eight-team
Ashby Invitational and finished first
with a team score of 307.
Finishing second was Chokio-
Alberta/Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley
(CACGB) with a score of' 332.
Pillager was third with a 353, fol-
lowed by Osakis with 359, Ashby
365, Underwood 366, Wheaton 372
and Browerville a 398.
Trojan junior Jesse Roscoe shot a
one over par 71 to capture medalist
honors. Dustin Ringsaker was fourth
at 77, Bryn Stock fifth at 79 and
Cameron Larson sixth with an 80.
Nick Giese and Charlie Statttelman
Invitational on Thursday, May 7 with
a team.score of 149. CACGB was
second with at 160, followed by
Ashby at 190 ~nd Wheaton with a
196. |
The Trojans placed four individu-
als in the top si~as Dustin Ringsaker
shot even par 361 for medalist honors.
Jesse Roscoe and Charlie Stattelman
had 37's for second place and fourth
place respectively, Cameron Larson
shot 39 for fifth.
Ortonville's r cord now stands at
39-0 and they wlll travel to Henning
for the Henning Invitational today
(Tuesday) at Tl~umper Pond. On
Friday, May 15 tfiey will be at Benson
for the Sub-Section Meet.
ORTONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR BRYANT ZAHRBOCK
received another honor as he was selected with the local Academic,
Arts and Athletics Award (Triple A). OHS Principal Joel Stattelman is
shown above presenting Bryant with his award. ]he award goes to high
school seniors who have a "B" or better grade poin[average and w[ o
participate in League-sponsoeed athletic and fine artsi activities. Bryant
ts the son of Brent and Brenda Zahrbock.
ent Honors Day tUMM
Adam Helgeson, a sophomore at no;Bert Michals~heck, tenor.; Jessica
the University of Minnesota-Morris Henry, French Horn; Laura Woltjer,
and the son of Harley and Ellie soprano; and Mitch Grussing, piano.
Helgeson of Ortonville, will be one The recital is free an open to the pub-
of the featured performers during lic.
Student Honors and Awards Day on A Parent's Reception will begin at
Friday, May 15 at the University of 6 p.m. Friday in,he Turtle Mountain
Minnesota-Morris. Cafe, followed bythe Student Honors
The day s celebration will begin at and Aw~dS Ceremony at 7 p.m. in
3:30 p.m. in Oyate Hall with thes~ev Edson AudJiOfiia~:
enth annual Honoring Ceremony for Vice Chancellor for Academic
American Indian graduates. A light
reception will follow.
The annual Honors Recital will
begin at 5 p.m. Friday in Humanities
Fine Arts Recital Hall. Chosen com-
petitive audition, honors recitalists are
recognized for outstanding perfor-
mances during the academic year.
Performances will be given by
Adam Helgeson, baritone; Kati
Hamlin, piano; Tricia Johnson, sopra-
Affairs and Dean, Cheryl Contant,
will provide the welcome. Bradley
Deane, associate professor of English
and recipient : of the Alumni
Association TeaChing Award, will
give the addresst "Morris Saves the
World, followec~ by the presentation
of honors and awards.
These events are free and open to
the public.
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