Cavalier County Official $1.00 Newspaper of Cavalier County Single Copy Republican Published since 1889 Volume 135 cavaliercountyextra.com Copyright © Langdon, North Dakota Monday, May 3, 2021 Number 18 In this issue: Internet safety and our kids By Linda Timian Many kids have a Facebook messaging. There is stalking on to add you as a friend. You can Republican Writer page to manage their sports Instagram, and it is common follow people, corporations, and school groups. People look- to see pornography stars fol- the President, or celebrities and Dakota Family Services host- ing to prey on kids will do “mass lowed on Instagram and Face- see what they are “tweeting.” ed “Community Chat: Internet adds” where they add as many book. Some people post to With every tweet, there can Safety for Kids” on Friday, April Facebook friends as they can, Instagram to project how they be thousands of comments or 23, 2021, from 12:15 p.m. to trying to get information and want to be seen, trying to attain subtweets in response. Twitter 1:00 p.m. The presentation was find who they can talk to and the right look or the right ap- is more anonymous, and bully- a brief overview of some of the message. Teach kids to only pearance, and it contributes to ing is very common. There are darker aspects of the internet add people they know as their a lot of insecurity in kids. While people who purposely bully and what parents can do about friends, and set their security males may see it as something and provoke, known as trolls, it. Therapists Lucas Mitzel and everywhere on social media. Christy Wilkie were the speak- OnlyFans is a subscription- ers and introduced by Randi based service for photos, vid- Streff, vice president and clinic eos, and livestream, and is fa- director of DFS. mous for pornography. It gets Mitzel likened the internet advertised on all the various to an iceberg, consisting of the social media platforms. surface web, deep web, and Omegle is a site that connects dark web. The surface web is for you randomly with strangers sites like Google, Facebook, and for texting and video chat- CNN. The deep web is where ting. It is advertised as a way to Read the latest from the the databases, medical records, meet people, but its front page and confidential information states that predators have been Langdon City live. The dark web is the scary known to use the site. It is not Commission on Page 3. place, where political protests, moderated at all. The first thing drug trafficking, human traf- settings so that their page can to strive for, females may see asked is your age, sex, and loca- Card of Thanks can be ficking, and pornography are only be seen by friends. There how they never measure up. As tion. It is typically guys looking found on Page 6. lurking. The deep web and dark are tutorials on YouTube that a result, pages have appeared for girls and almost immediate- web make up about 96% of can show you how to set privacy for eating disorders that actu- ly turns sexual. Find legislative updates the internet. Though kids usu- settings. Predators will look for ally perpetuate eating disorders Hoop is similar, like Tinder for from Representative ally do not go on the dark web, posts such as, “I am mad at my or pages for depression that kids. Branded as a way to meet Damschen and Senator there are helpful apps, such as parents” or “I feel so alone” and perpetuate depression. Some new friends in your area, it will Myrdal on Page 12. Bark, that you can install that target them. Predators will seek kids make a fake Instagram ac- connect you with a match, and will monitor what kids are typ- to engage children through count for show and then make a lot of your personal informa- INDEX ing and saying on the internet. Facebook dating, misrepresent- a separate account for just their tion gets transmitted to them. OPINION PAGE 4 While there are lots of posi- ing themselves so kids don’t friends where they post things If your kids don’t know how to YOUTH PAGE 5 tive things about the internet, know who they are talking to. they don’t want their parents to block them, a predator can con- CHURCH PAGE 6 every social media app and Instagram is the new Face- see. Parents need to know who tinue to see and harass them. COMMUNITY PAGE 7 website discussed has a dark book. Posts consist of pictures their kids are following, who Periscope by Twitter is be- SPORTS PAGE 8-9 side. Kids need instruction on and videos. If your account is they are logging in as, and who ing discontinued, but there are AG PAGE 10 how to stay safe on the internet, not set to private, anyone can they are online with. many similar platforms taking PROF DIR PAGE 11 just as they would need instruc- view it. The point of Instagram Twitter is a little different. You its place, such as meetme. It is a PN PAGE 12-14 tion on how to stay safe at the is to have followers, and peo- can follow someone on Twit- way to livestream yourself over CLASSIFIED PAGE 15 mall or how to safely use a fire- ple will try to engage others ter, and they don’t have to fol- arm for hunting. in their content through direct low you back; they don’t have cont. on page 2 Tick season is here; be prepared CBP Officers Seize Over $4.5 Million of By Linda Timian and tickborne diseases in your collar, under the front legs, be- Marijuana at Pembina Port of Entry Republican Writer area. tween the back legs, between U.S. Customs and Border munities safe. The teamwork After you come indoors check toes, and around the tail. Re- Protection (CBP) Office of Field involved in a seizure this large Tick season is upon us, bring- your clothing for ticks and re- move a tick right away if one is Operations officers at the Pem- was outstanding.” ing the dreaded pests into our move any you find. You can tum- found on your pet. bina Port of Entry targeted a Homeland Security Investi- outdoor activities. Ticks can be ble dry clothes in a dryer on high To remove a tick that has at- commercial shipment that had gations and Pembina County active whenever it is above freez- heat for 10 minutes to kill ticks. tached to the skin, use a fine- arrived in Pembina on April 23, Sheriff’s Department were con- ing with little to no snow cover If the clothes are damp, addi- tipped tweezers to grasp the tick 2021. CBP officers inspected tacted and responded to assist. and bring an increased risk of tional time may be needed. If the as close to the skin’s surface as the shipment manifested as CBP has the primary mission tickborne disease transmission clothes require washing first, hot possible. Pull upward with steady, from late spring to early water is recommended. Conduct even pressure. Don’t twist or jerk fall. The key to prevent- the tick; this can cause the ing tickborne diseases mouth parts to break off is to avoid tick bites and and remain in the skin. If find and remove ticks this happens, remove the promptly. To avoid tick mouth parts with twee- bites, the ND Depart- zers. If you are unable to ment of Health recom- remove the mouth easily mends recognizing with clean tweezers, leave where ticks live, using a it alone and let the skin tick repellant, checking heal. After removing the for ticks on yourself and tick, thoroughly clean the your pets, and minimiz- bite area and your hands ing the landscape that with rubbing alcohol or straw to discover 2,796 pounds of preventing terrorists and harbors ticks. soap and water. Never of marijuana within the ship- terrorist weapons from enter- Ticks thrive in areas with a full body check on yourself crush a tick with your fingers. ment. ing the United States. CBP also high grass, leaf litter, brush and and your kids when you return Dispose of a live tick by putting “Customs and Border Protec- works to prevent narcotics from woods so avoid these when you from outdoors, especially in and it in alcohol, placing it in a sealed tion has a multi-layer enforce- entering the United States. For can. Walk in the center of trails around the hair and ears, under bag/container, wrapping it tight- ment posture with the thor- more information about the to avoid contact with ticks. Use the arms, inside the belly button, ly in tape, or flushing it down oughness performed by the work of CBP, please visit www. an Environmental Protection around the waist, between the the toilet. Avoid folk remedies Primary officer being phenom- cbp.gov. Agency registered insect repel- legs and the back of the knees. like petroleum jelly, nail polish enal which led to the referral of U.S. Customs and Border lent containing DEET, picaridin, Shower within two hours of remover or burning matches to the truck. Utilizing our available Protection is the unified border IR3535, Oil of Lemon Eucalyp- coming indoors to help wash off make the tick detach from the technology led to further ex- agency within the Department of tus, para-menthane-diol (PMD), unattached ticks. skin. Your goal is to remove the amination of the shipment,” said Homeland Security charged with or 2-undecanone.