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FREE | TAKE ONE JANUARY 2020 | VOL. 2, NO.1 | HEARTRIVERVOICE.COM Celebrating one year of sharing the best of our community PAGE 2 | JANUARY 2020 HEARTRIVERVOICE.COM Consolidated’s Managed Wi-Fi Router Service . starting at $4.99/mo ✓ Router software upgrades are routinely made so it’s working great at all times! ✓ No up-front costs, and if your router Now get fails, Consolidated will replace it Router for at no cost! 3 months free!! 483-4000 • 888-225-5282 • consolidatednd.com HEARTRIVERVOICE.COM JANUARY 2020 | PAGE 3 Now’s the time to plaN ahead A note to with life iNsuraNce They depend on you. Feel good knowing you’ve taken steps our readers to protect what matters most, no matter what tomorrow holds. let’s talk about securing your loved ones’ financial future with life insurance that fits you. Publisher HAPPY NEW YEAR Heart River Voice, Inc. TO EVERYONE! May Advisory Board you all enjoy a healthy, Tammie Braun happy and prosperous Todd Schweitzer, Agent Cheri Ehlis Kaylee Garling year of 2020. Todd Schweitzer Agency Inc Megan Klassen 204 Sims St # 202 Laura Walters This issue begins our New Year's resolution Dickinson, ND 58601 Advertising Sales Kelley Jilek to continually strive Bus: (701) 483-6228 [email protected] to make Heart River [email protected] (701) 290-2063 Voice the best it can be for our community. Art Director Jessica Danhof American Family Life Insurance Company, We've met some 6000 American Parkway, Madison, WI 53783 ©2016 011785 – Rev. 8/19 – 11446942 Social Media pretty amazing, Jamie Tescher interesting and very Web Developer good people this Ben Hapip past year, and we are Videographers looking forward to VUK Multimedia meeting more and Photographers/Feature Writers sharing your stories Our Community and events with our Cartoonist community. John Garig We did it - we are Astrologer Hilda De Anza one year old, and we couldn't have done Crossword Czar Carlinka it without all of your support. Published Monthly by Heart River Voice, Inc. PO Box 2117 Thank you from Dickinson, ND 58602 the bottom, top and Email: [email protected] middle of our hearts! © Copyright 2019 Heart River Voice, Inc. All rights reserved. For usage Kelley Jilek and submission information, contact Publisher us at [email protected]. Collage on canvas by Janelle Stoneking entitled "Sunday Morning." For more information about the artist, see page 5. PAGE 4 | JANUARY 2020 HEARTRIVERVOICE.COM YOUR HEALTH LIVE RIGHT Heart disease and cold weather The New Year’s resolution Marlys Walter, RN, SWDHU Community Health Coordinator contradiction Southwestern District Health Unit you are having symptoms of either, dial By Gabrielle K. Hartze, RD, LRD has a Community Health program which 9-1-1 immediately. covers hypertension, Common symptoms to heart attack and stroke. watch for: It is important for HEART ATTACK: (may everyone to Know Your not be sudden and Numbers and adopt intense, but rather start healthy lifestyle habits slow, with mild pain or and goals to reduce risk discomfort) of heart disease in adults. • Chest discomfort or Some of these healthy discomfort in other habits and goals include areas of the upper stop smoking, vaping body (Remember: not or using smokeless all people with heart tobacco. Be physically active on a regular attacks have chest pain.) basis, eat a well-balanced diet and limit • Pain or discomfort in one or both sodium. Schedule regular appointments arms, back, neck, jaw or stomach and take medications as directed by your • Shortness of breath with or without healthcare provider. Also, adopt sun-safe chest discomfort behaviors, as sun safety is never out of • Breaking out in a cold sweat or feeling season. Blood pressure screenings are nauseated or lightheaded Can you believe January 1st is here? to you is hopeless. The lack of meaning offered at the health unit and throughout HYPOTHERMIA: You better believe it, it’s that time of year and relevance runs it right into the the community. • Exhaustion or drowsiness again – a brand new year, a brand new ground. It’s so important to have a valued As we venture out into the cold • Shivering you, right? But what’s really motivating resolution because that motivation will weather to shovel the driveway or • Confusion you to set a resolution this year? Is it last. Be consistent and don’t let yourself sidewalk, we must • Memory loss friends, family, media, society? If the real skip a day for an excuse. Get friends and keep in mind that cold temperatures • Fumbling hands reason behind setting a resolution is any family involved to hold you accountable. cause blood vessels to constrict. This may • Slurred speech of those listed, the incentive to achieve Achieve Your Resolution - Plan the reduce blood flow to the heart, which STROKE: Act FAST at the first sign of a that resolution is likely to fizzle out old-fashioned way. Get out a pen and leads to an increase in blood pressure. stroke rather quickly. Resolutions fail for three paper and write your resolution down Shoveling snow can increase your risk of • Face droops on one side reasons: with the reasons behind it. Ask who, having a heart attack, especially for high • rm weakness A Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Goals – what, when, where, why and how. What is risk individuals. When the temperature • Speech difficulty Intrinsic reflects true aspirations, that number one thing deep down inside outside drops, the heart also has to work • Time to call 9-1-1 something we set our minds to achieve. that is the reason for this resolution? harder to help maintain your body’s core If you already have a heart condition or Extrinsic are those driven by influence When and why do you want to achieve it? temperature. According to the American are not active, consult your physician of others (society, parents, spouses). Where do you see yourself and how do Heart Association, heart failure is the before you decide to shovel the driveway Too often resolutions are chosen based you envision your life after achieving the cause of most deaths from hypothermia or sidewalk. Even if you are not aware of on trends. Set yourself up for success resolution? Set yourself up for success by - a dangerous condition in which the any heart problems, shovel with caution. and avoid jumping on the bandwagon. dividing goals into short and long-term body’s temperature falls below normal. Dress in warm layers, stay hydrated and Ask yourself, am I setting this goal for stages. Make sure you have the skillset to Hypothermia and a heart attack are both me because I truly want this change or achieve the resolution or learn necessary medical emergencies, and if you suspect because of influence from others? skills to do so. Ensure your resolution is rest periodically during activity. █ Impracticality – At the start of the congruent. For example, let’s say your new year, enthusiasm is high for this resolution is to start your own business, “life changing” event which can make a but you’d also like to vacation and spend resolution overwhelming. Expectations time with family more often. Of the two, are heightened and timelines shortened only one resolution will succeed. Think (lose 20 lbs. in 1 month) making it nearly about the time commitment and effort impossible to achieve. As February comes required to accomplish the resolution around, so many have lost sight of their and measure your ability accordingly. resolution due to lack of preparation. Bottom Line: Besides January 1st, Take flying for example - you don’t arrive there are 364 days of the year to set a at the airport and hope a flight to Chicago resolution. Prior to initiation of your is available, do you? Of course not, a goal, plan a success outline, ask for help vacation takes planning, no different along the way and be consistent. Most than a resolution requiring dedication important of all, be patient. Behavior and effort. Take small steps and reward changes and lifestyle modifications take yourself along the way. time and a great deal of effort to achieve. Consistency & Commitment – Trying to achieve a resolution that holds no value █ HEARTRIVERVOICE.COM JANUARY 2020 | PAGE 5 COVER ARTIST Janelle (Carlson) Stoneking Janelle (Carlson) Stoneking is a symbolic of what we must all strive for. visual artist residing in Dickinson, In a world where we are surrounded by ND. She enjoys expressing herself headlines and information that is often through mixed media art because negative, black and white, we must it unifies people search within by conveying the ourselves to bring emotions that we the color. Just all share no matter as the words on our differences. his left shoulder She is supported proclaim, “find by her husband yourself in the Bobby Stoneking, funnies,” this art sons, Jackson (15) piece represents and Grayson (4). the importance of Her latest work is finding joy in the a 40”x30” collage little moments piece on canvas that connect us all titled “Sunday through the irony Morning” which and humor of how was awarded life transpires. The Best of Show for entire piece was the Professional created through Division at the piecing together recent Badlands Art Association show newspaper with his body made of along with 1st place in the Mixed comic strip and details added in Media category. When asked about the acrylic paint, pastel, colored pencil and painting, Janelle shared the following: charcoal. The most challenging part of “I literally saw this art piece in one the artwork was poring through over of my dreams. In the dream, I walked 6 months of local newspapers to find into an art gallery, and it was hanging enough positive words in headlines to on the wall, titled and created by me, create the messages woven into the featuring my father reading the Sunday newspaper he’s reading and the box comics.

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