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08 | LAKE OF THE WOODS "GATOR" 10 | SHOP, STAY, EAT - WARROAD Art Direction & Design No matter the name, with pike, New! An East Coast Pizzaria and SandPieper Design, Inc. fun is the game Can Am gets new owners! Contributing Writers 12 | BILL CHRISTIAN: UP CLOSE 16 | HOME COOKED MEALS Kim Hruba, Jim Kalkofen, 1960 Gold Medal Olympian Uff-da tacos and more! Beth Siverhus, Jill Swenson

22 | EVERLASTING SKY 18 | WE'VE GOT WINTER Photography The story of Chief Kakaygeesick A snowmobilier's and fisherman's dream DeEtt Madoll, SandPieper Design, Inc. 28 | PALSBURG FIRE 21 | VISIT WARROAD IN THE FALL Bill Lindner Photography Life after a forest fire Lots of fun for the whole family

January May July September November Varmint Contest, Viva La Diva Expo Independence Day Arnesen’s 8th Annual Minnesota Deer Opener Streiff Sporting Goods Craft & Vendor Show Celebration South Shore Classic Christmas Tree Lighting 12U & 10UA Seven Clans Casino, Fireworks and Fishing Tournament Ceremony Jan. 13-14-15, 2017 Mother’s Day Weekend Entertainment Arnesen’s Rocky Point, Pee Wee A Minnesota Fishing Walleye Fishing Sept. 2 Jan. 27-28-29, 2017 Opener Tournament Annual Roseau/LOW Memorial Day Program Streiff Sporting Goods, Sportsman’s & Observance July 15, 2017 Club ATV Run December 2016 Great Outdoors Event Roseau County Fair Kids Outdoors Ultimate Ice Fishing February Marvin Home Center Roseau, MN Streiff Sporting Goods Show May Walk/Run Morris Taylor Memorial Don Hanson Day Squirt B Streiff Sporting Goods Life Care Medical Center Golf Tournament Warroad Airport Feb. 3-4-5, 2017 Sleigh Rides and Photos Sturgeon Tournament Warroad Estates Golf Lake of the Woods Squirt A with Santa Sportsman’s Lodge, Course Artist Retreat Feb. 10-11-12, 2017 Streiff Sporting Goods & May 6 & 7, 2017 Women’s Rally for a Laketrails Base Camp, Lion’s Ski Plane Fly-In Marvin Home Center Cure Breast Cancer Oak Island, Sept. 7 - 10 Breakfast Warroad Summer Tournament - Warroad Rally For A Cure Feb. 26, 2017 Theatre Estates Golf Course Tournament Fishing Derby A Hunting Shack Warroad Summer Warroad Estates Golf Springsteel Resort & June Theatre Course Christmas Dec. 6-10 Warroad Area Chamber of 8th Annual Charity Hockeytown USA® Bushcraft Bike Ultra Christmas with Elvis Commerce, Feb. 18, 2017 Golf Tournament Celebrity Golf Labor Day Weekend Dinner Show 3rd Annual Pride of the 12th Annual North Tournament Walk to Remember Seven Clans Casino, North Pond Hockey Country Cruisers July 22, 2017 Warroad Senior Living Dec. 9 & 10, 2016 Game Annual Car Show Center Pee Wee B Pow-Wow Historic Cherne St. Jude Fundraiser Dec. 9-10-11, 2016 Property, 2 - 4 Horse Ride - Bemis Hill Bantam A Wildflower Celebration August Dec. 16-17-18, 2016 March Williams Casino Happy New Year! 6th Annual Wine Walk Fall Hunting Show Annual Hunting Classic, Win your share of over Streiff Sporting Goods Streiff Sporting Goods $5,000 in cash! Dec. 31 LOW Steam & Gas Show St. Patrick’s Day 5K Roosevelt, Aug. 4 - 6 October Family Fun Shoot Potato Day Celebration Warroad Lost River Williams Sportsmen Complex Annual Waterfowl April Yellow Rose 5K Walk/Run Contest Marvin Windows Streiff Sporting Goods Dinner Theatre and Doors, Aug. 12, 2017 Harvest Hoedown, Craft Easter Egg Hunt Warroad Summer & Vendor Show Food Plot Days Theatre October 7 Streiff Sporting Goods 12th Annual Femme Halloween Event Family Fun Shoot Fatale ATV Run Doug’s Supermarket Warroad Lost River Couples Golf Haunted House & Sportsmen Complex Tournament S’more Roast Zippel Bay Northern Warroad Estates Golf Course Doc’s Harbor Inn Tournament 6th Annual Beer Crawl Monster Mash 5K Zippel Bay Resort, Warroad MN April 29 - 30, 2017 Seven Clans Casino 26th Anniversary, Aug. 14 - 18 6 7 corner of the lake. In fact, these massive weedbeds hold pike winter, dead-bait hanging below a tip-up or on bottom is all open-water season. Zippel Bay resort holds a popular pike effective. tournament every spring. As summer moves the needle higher on the thermometer, pike extend their range farther out into the When anglers locate pike, they should share the information lake. They can be caught on the tips of points or slight bumps/ with those at the resorts and motels. Pike are one of the most reefs with rocks or weeds. Casting deeper running crankbaits under-utilized resources of the lake, and after the screaming over these areas will produce pike, but also surprise anglers with runs and bare-knuckle fight that a pike provides, anglers want some bonus trophy walleyes. Some anglers fish near shore and more. The Warroad corner of Lake of the Woods is the place! fan-cast the weedy areas with great success.

Trolling crankbaits on the Muskeg Bay basin is a favorite tactic summer and fall. The late season pike anglers combine hunting and fishing. As the water cools after October 1st, pike roam the same green weedbeds and back bays looking for easy LAKE OF THE WOODS meals as in springtime. When pike are located (see them in the water, they attack a lure but don’t get hooked), back off, anchor, and toss bobbers with minnows dangling below. This works as well in fall as it does in spring. "GATOR" Winter fishing is popular on Lake of the Woods. Fishing for pike by Jim Kalkofen means using a light wire leader (tie your own with Cortland Critter Wire of 15 pound test), and use spoons or jigs. Tip with a whole minnow or minnow-head, and be ready to catch It also includes needle-nose pliers, a mouth spreader, a bigger walleyes, saugers, eelpout, perch and northern pike. In late go by many names, from gators to NORTHERN PIKE net and a firm grip. Once in the net, the best place to grasp a water wolves. From slimers to toothy critters. From hammer >> facebook.com/visitwarroad writhing pike is over the gill covers (behind the eyes). Never handles (small ones) to pickerel. From snakes to snot-rockets. >> twitter.com/visitwarroad grab a pike in the eye sockets. Squeeze over the gill flaps to No matter the name, with pike, fun is the game. control the fish. If a big pike flops out of the net onto the boat deck, standby for bedlam. The thrashing might knock tackle They always seem willing to bite. They are accessible on Lake boxes into the lake, and when the commotion is finally subdued of the Woods all seasons of the year and there is no closed and the fish is back in the water, the other popular name, “slimer” season on pike. They are some of the biggest fish in the lake, and will be evident. Pike have a very thick mucus coating over their with the lake’s special regulations, the population of giants will entire body, which they share with everything they touch. It also continue to grow. All pike from 30 to 40 inches must be released has a strong odor; many anglers rinse the boat right away. (but take a photo first). Anglers may keep one pike longer than 40 inches for their trophy wall, but most people prefer to Now, for the fun part – catching these fighters. They attack lures measure the fish for a fiberglass replica. One-fifth of the lake’s and live bait with gusto. Anglers may troll, cast, rig, jig, or bobber pike population is at least three feet long, according to DNR fish with success. Starting in Spring, pike move into the shallows sampling research. to spawn, right about the time the ice is departing the back bays or streams, ditches and rivers like the Warroad River. They spawn Since pike are one of the tastiest fish in the lake, anglers may in very shallow water by laying eggs over old weeds. They can keep three that are less than 30 inches. Lake of the Woods is be caught casting the age-old pike lure, a spoon (Northland famous for walleyes and saugers, and many open water and Jaw-Breaker or Dardevle). Retrieve just fast enough to keep the ice anglers only chase these species, leaving pike virtually spoon from snagging the weeds. By keeping the rod tip high, untouched. The first fact to know about these fish is, “be careful.” the lure won’t go as deep. For early season, the size 12 or size 14 Rapala Husky Jerk is a winner. Cast and twitch the lure about Their teeth earned them the “water wolf” name. They are so one to two feet. Pause. Repeat. Try various cadences until the sharp they will quickly cut monofilament line and even super pike tell you what’s best. lines like PowerPro and FireLine. They are fond of fingers that find their way into the cavernous mouth while trying to retrieve As spring warms, so does the action. Pike will await other species a jig. as they move shallow to commence spawning. That means pike will be near the emerging weedbeds, plentiful on the Warroad A pike angler’s arsenal includes wire leaders to prevent bite-offs. 8 9 A BRIEF HISTORY OF SHOP, STAY, EAT WARROAD WARROAD SUMMER THEATRE

Warroad Summer Theatre began in 1981, WARROAD is proud offer great regional apparel, gear the brainchild of Thom Karlsen and to celebrate the grand opening of and gifts that celebrate all that Alfred William Nott calling themselves an authentic East Coast pizzeria! Warroad and the Lake of the Woods TANK productions that first year. They Nomad Tavern makes oven-fired area has to offer: fishing, hunting, hired Jim Provance as Designer/Tech pizzas featuring fresh, award- hockey, horseback riding, ATVing, Director/Director and LaRoy Borchert as winning, hand-tossed dough snowmobiling, camping and more! Music Director. There were 5 plays paired with traditional topping in 10 weeks. Each show ran 8 performances over 2 weeks in the favorites. This family-friendly The Can Am Inn is getting a Del-Rich building. It was a tiny space restaurant is located at the Point next makeover thanks to the efforts of for full on productions of shows such to the public boat landing. They also new local owners. Whether you’re as I Remember Mama and The Sound of have the widest selection of on-tap looking for a romantic getaway on Music. After that first season Alfred left craft beers. Speaking of craft beers, the river, booking a fishing trip with the area and Thom went to Los Angeles. be sure to stop at the Pine Ridge the guys on the lake, or bringing A group of people that had been involved Liquor Store on Highway 11 which up your favorite hockey team, we including Susie Willems and Lynda Myers now lets you build your own 6 look forward to serving all of your thought it should continue, so a board of pack from over 100 varieties. lodging needs. Contact our Chamber directors was formed under the new name of Commerce and we will help you of "Warroad Summer Theatre." Our unique boutiques continue to find the right accommodations. The old gymnasium in the Warroad High School was turned into The Old Gym Theatre for four shows each summer with one dinner theatre production in the Warroad American Legion. When the new school was built, WST moved into the Warroad High School Mini Theatre where they still are today. More of a lecture room than theatre, it was still a nice step up with numbered seating and air conditioning.

WST has continued doing shows in the mini-theatre every summer with dinner theatre shows at the Legion and Rock Harbor Lodge at Rocky Point. They are hoping to expand beyond the summer months and recently moved one production to the Christmas season. WST has also been doing children’s theatre workshop productions in the mini-theatre under the name of Popcorn Players.

A Hunting Shack Christmas Dec. 6 - 10, 2016, Warroad American Legion

Go to www.warroadsummertheatre.com for 2017 upcoming productions. 10 11 His other brother, Roger, was only two years his senior. “We certainly didn’t play because we thought we were going to Together the duo were tight, more like “friends than brothers,” get a college or NHL contract or anything,” Bill continued. “We as Bill described their relationship; growing up and living their played because we loved the game and liked to play it and so lives with the other always by his side – the Christian Brothers – any chance we had ice, we grabbed the chance and grabbed our as the world came to know them. skates.”

They played hockey on the river when the conditions were right, His greatest memory of the 1960 Olympics was, of course, or else, in the street. “We played a lot of boot hockey. At that time scoring the winning goal against the Soviets which earned there was no pavement so the roads had a nice coating of snow the United States its first gold in men’s hockey. But his favorite and ice on them. And there wasn’t any traffic because we were a memory was when the team received their medals. “Scoring pretty small community,” Bill said. the winning goal against the Russians was a great memory but really the whole thing is a team effort. When we got our His father, Ed Christian was, in fact, one of the leaders and the medals – that was the fondest memory. That’s when we head carpenter on the construction of Warroad’s Memorial finally realized we’ve actually won a gold medal.” Bill went on Arena, the town’s first indoor rink. Bill recalled, “A very primitive to explain that in those days they didn’t go up individually to venue – but it was still so much better than being outside in receive their medals. Instead, the captain received the medals, the cold. Even though our rink wasn’t heated it was still quite unceremoniously tucked away in little boxes, on behalf of the comfortable for us.” team. “As soon as he came down, he threw us our medals,” Bill said, laughing. While pucks are a dime a dozen today, in Bill’s time, only a few kids had one – and it was usually only one. “There wasn’t any About the magic of the 1960 team, Bill explained that it came sports store to go to down the street or any hockey store,” Bill down to three things: confidence, condition, and Jack McCartan. BILL CHRISTIAN: UP CLOSE explained. “We’d lose a puck and we’d make sure we found it. “We outplayed them in the third period which is unusual for a And if you found one, you couldn’t just put it in your pocket; you Russian team. Most of the teams dominate the third period. We had to put it back on the ice. Whoever had the puck had to stay had Jack McCartan in the goal. In the Canadian game, he was the until the others wanted to go home; they had to wait. one who basically won the game for us. You have to have good 1960 gold medal olympian by Kim Hruba goaltending. And another thing, it’s easier to play at home than “We tried to make sticks,” Bill added. “We’d watch the it is to play in Europe.” THESE DAYS when you walk into the Gardens coaching youth hockey. Probably the best was coaching the Warroad Lakers play and then we’d scramble and get the broken Arena and see Bill Christian’s Olympic portrait hanging above the youth hockey. We all enjoyed it – the kids, the parents and sticks, take ‘em home and piece them together and glue them. With the Warroad Lakers, he enjoyed twenty-three years of windows overlooking the rink, it’s easy to pull out your myself – and we had a great time doing it.” Take a Campbell’s soup can and put the tin around them. We playing with the older guys he admired and watched smartphone and simply Google his name. The search will didn’t have the $300 and $400 sticks. We had to make do with growing up, as well as the younger ones who came after him, produce thousands of hits, telling you all about Bill’s hockey The stories that exemplify simple kid ingenuity and resourceful- whatever we could find. I don’t think we ever had a brand new including both of his sons, Eddie and David. About being one statistics and career, his moments of Olympic glory, and about ness of hockey’s yesteryear in northern Minnesota – before high stick until we got into high school.” of the youngest back when he joined in 1956, he said, “They the Christian Brothers and their hockey stick company. And if tech gear and even heated, indoor arenas – are some of the best certainly didn’t treat you younger. It was fun playing with them your signal is too weak or too slow, turn around and you’ll find and Bill’s proved just as impressive. “We kind of grew up in an era Although most of the hockey the Christian brothers played was and I got to play quite a few games with Ginny, Danny [McKin- a more detailed tribute to him and other Hockey Hall of Famers when hockey was just starting to flourish in Warroad,” he began. impromptu, all that practice – even if it was just on the road or non] and Roger and them. It seemed like we were just one of between the entrance and a set of four arena seats – a gift from the river with a revamped Lakers stick, borrowed skates and a the boys.” the gold-winning 1960 Men’s Olympic Hockey team. One of the first questions I asked was if it was true that he had to neighbor’s puck – all paid off. share one pair of skates and a stick with his other two brothers. So what can yet another article tell you about Bill Christian that He said, “Well, I didn’t take turns with my brothers, but there was From there, Bill accrued a life-time of achievements and Google can’t? It turns out, quite a lot because reading about the a neighbor, Bob Meek, that didn’t like to skate as well as I did, so accolades. He was MVP in the 1952 MN State Pee Wee man and speaking with him in person can be two very different he’d let me use his skates early on.” Tournament, and he helped Warroad finish second in the 1953 things. State High School Hockey Championship. He played for five “Ginny was long gone before I started skating,” he said. “He’s 10 national teams, including two Olympic teams and a very brief When Bill and I met for this interview, the first impression he years older, so he was at UND when I was just ten or eleven years stint with the Seattle Totems, about which he said, with a gave was that of a man full of positive energy, good health, old. I think my first good real pair of skates Ginny bought me. “ chuckle, “I got a little money for playing; the first time in my life.” gratitude and humility. When I joked with him, suggesting that Born, January 29, 1938, Bill was the youngest of the Christian if Cal Marvin was the Godfather of Hockey, then he must be Brothers trio. Gordon, “Ginny,” was most well-known for playing But if you ask him what his favorite memories are looking back the Godfather 2, he said, “I don’t know about that. But I’ve sure on UND’s first-ever hockey team and for playing on the 1956 U.S. on his life, it’s not about the statistics, although the wins were enjoyed my role in hockey in Warroad - building rinks and Olympic team which earned the United States a silver medal. important, it’s about the relationships and a simple love for the game. 12 13 And what was his single favorite hockey moment in his entire His days in retirement are spent mostly recreating in Naples, life? “Watching the 1980 hockey team,” he said, tearing up. Florida where he now resides. He stays fit by rollerblading, Going into the 1980 Olympics, the Americans weren’t just and enjoys life golfing and dining out with his wife, Carol. With considered underdogs, they weren’t even considered. This team fifty-eight years of marriage behind them, family is the center of American amateurs was ranked only seventh, whereas the of their world. Bill and Carol continue to be close with all four Russians, who had won the gold every Olympics since 1960 and of their children even though they all live in Minnesota. “The had assembled the most powerful Soviet team ever– was the children are all very successful. Not necessarily lots of wealth, clear favorite. but they’re happy in their lives.” >> facebook.com/visitwarroad >> twitter.com/visitwarroad “I can talk about the 1960 hockey team without getting In the end, I learned that Bill’s hockey legacy wasn’t so much >> www.visitwarroad.com emotional, but I get quite emotional when I talk about the 1980 about his own accomplishments, but more about passing on team.” His son, David, was a member of the “Miracle on Ice” team the tradition to his son, and now his grandson, Brock Nelson, which earned the U.S. the only other gold medal in Olympic who currently plays center for the New York Islanders. These men’s hockey history to date. days Bill admits that his involvement with hockey is mainly watching Nelson play. “He plays three times a year in Florida. The When asked to explain his hockey success, Bill said, “I just by [Florida] Panthers are only an hour and ten minutes away and chance happened to get some opportunities at the right time [Tampa Bay] Lightning is two and a half hours, so when he and tried to do the best I could with the opportunity. We always comes down we’ll have dinner with him the night before then had a goal to play high school hockey, then Laker hockey, then watch the game.” the national team, then pretty soon we wanted to go to the Olympics with the national team. We just always had something; Like any grandfather, he’s hopeful that Brock will make either another step that we wanted to take and we would work for it.” the 2018 or 2022 Olympic team and believes that the U.S. has a good chance of winning the gold again in the upcoming games, Off the ice, Bill stayed active in hockey by coaching Bantams, making that a nice hat trick of gold medals for the Christian family. being very involved with the Warroad hockey arena board, serving on a couple of national committees and, of course, When I ventured to suggest a Christian legacy, Bill simply said, through Christian Brothers Hockey Sticks. “Well, you know, we’re really rather quite humble people, so we don’t per se pat ourselves on the back. I’m very proud of it, but “The greatest pleasure was the people we met around the world. really, I don’t think about it all the time. We grew up with it, lived We got to go to the White House to shake hands with Ronnie it, and it’ been a great ride.” Reagan. Our whole hockey life has been just unbelievable. The hockey business, the players, managers, coaches, scouts – it’s That may be hard to imagine, but there you have it. Take away just unlimited. Got to see the world basically. Got to play a lot all the fanfare, and the bottom line is a family legacy of love for over Europe, Canada; it was just fantastic.” each other, some God-given talent, a passion for the game and a community that loved hockey right along with them.

1960 U.S. OLYMPIC SQUAD

14 15 Juicy Lucy Burger A GOOD HOME COOKED MEAL Recipe makes 4 servings Ingredients 1-1/2 lbs. ground beef Northern Minnesota Style 1 Tbls worcestershire sauce 3/4 tbsp garlic salt 1 tsp black pepper slices of american cheese hamburger buns Tater Tot Hot Dish Directions Recipe makes 6-8 servings Combine ground beef, worcestershire sauce, garlic salt, and Ingredients pepper in large bowl; mix well. Form 8, thin patties. Cut each slice 1 lb. ground beef of cheese into 4 equal pieces. Stack cheese and place inbetween 1 package of tater tots 2 thin patties. Tightly pinch edges together to seal the cheese 2 10 oz cans of cream of mushroom soup inside. Repeat for all patties. Cook burgers until desired. Place 1 bag of frozen mixed vegetables burgers on hamburger buns. 1 cup of milk 1 package of shredded cheese salt & pepper to taste Fried Walleye

Directions Recipe makes 4 servings Preheat oven to 375˚F. Brown the ground Ingredients beef and drain grease. Mix together beef, mushroom soup, mixed vegetables, milk, cheese 4 walleye fillets (however much you want), salt and pepper. 2 eggs, beaten Spread the mixture into an ungreased pan. 1/2 cup all-purpose flour Arrange a layer of tater tots on top and sprinkle 1/2 tsp garlic powder with cheese (optional). Bake at 375˚F for 45min pinch of salt or until the tater tots are golden brown. 1/2 tsp ground black pepper 2 cups crushed saltine crackers vegetable oil for frying 1 lemon, cut into wedges Directions Make sure all bones and skin have been removed from Norwegian Lefse fillets. Cut into smaller pieces if desired. Beat eggs in small bowl, set aside. Combine flour, garlic powder, Recipe makes 8 large servings salt, and pepper in another bowl. Pour cracker crumbs Ingredients into a third bowl. Heat vegetable oil in a deep-fryer or large cast iron skillet at 375˚F. Dip the fillets into the 1 lb. all-purpose potatoes flour mix, then the eggs, and then the cracker crumbs. 1/4 cup unsalted butter, room temp. Carefully place the fillets into the oil. Cook until 1/4 cup heavy cream browned, approx. 3 min. per side. Transfer to paper salt to taste towel lined plate. Repeat and serve with fresh lemon 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour wedges. choice of toppings (butter and sugar are suggested) Directions Peel potatoes and cut into chunks, place in small sauce pan and cover with cold water. Over medium-high heat, bring the water and potatoes to a gentle boil. Cook until the potatoes are soft. Drain and place in Uff-da Taco mixing bowl. Mash potatoes. Mix butter into pota- Recipe makes 4 servings toes. Add cream and salt. Keep mixing until butter and Ingredients cream are absorbed. Place potatoes into a container 1 loaf white bread dough and place into fridge overnight. Mix the potatoes with 1 tbsp oil 1 cup flour. First roll into a ball, then roll dough so it's taco meat long and thick. Then divided into 8 portions (10-12"). desired taco toppings Roll each portion back into a ball. Then, roll each ball Directions into a thin circle (use flour when rolling dough). Lay Thaw dough. Smear with 1 tbsp vegetable oil. Let rise, covered with a dough in a cast iron skillet on medium-high heat. Cook breathable cloth, until it's double in size. Punch dough down and slice for 1-2 min. on each side until speckled with golden into 4 equal portions. Heat oil as hot as possible. Pat dough into a circle brown spots. Transfer lefse to plate and continue with about 1/4" thick. Fry in hot oil, turning both sides until browned. Drain on the remaining dough. Keep lefse warm by placing a paper towl. Top with desired taco toppings. dishtowel over the top of the cooked ones. Top with desired toppings.

16 photo courtesy from recipehubs.com 17 FISHING FISHING Ice fishing is what makes coming up north a must. Our area guides and resorts offer plenty of expertise and comfort, making your ice fishing trip as relaxing for you TOURNAMENTS as possible. Bring your own gear or let us provide it for you, you’ll be escorted in a heated bombardier to your fish house that will be set up and ready to go. We can SPRINGSTEEL RESORT & even take care of the fish cleaning and do a fish fry for you! Spend the night in our WARROAD AREA CHAMBER sleeper houses or come off the ice to catch some evening entertainment and a OF COMMERCE FISHING hockey game. Just make your reservation and we’ll do the rest. Save the date for our DERBY February 18, 2017 annual Fishing Derby on February 18, 2017. ZIPPEL BAY NORTHERN TOURNAMENT April 29 - 30, 2017 SPORTSMAN’S LODGE SNOWMOBILING STURGEON TOURNAMENT May 6 - 7, 2017 A big lake, big forests and vast prairies provide the perfect setting for snowmobiling! Trails open December 1st with over 300 miles of marked and STREIFF SPORTING GOODS 18TH ANNUAL WALLEYE groomed trails within Roseau County maintained by a local non-profit organization, TOURNAMENT the Roseau County Trailblazers. The main “open” country trails connect all the towns July 15, 2017 within the county. These trails also connect with the wilderness trails of Beltrami courtsey of Sportsman's Lodge courtsey of Bill Lindner Photography Island State Forest and the EDA Trails in Lost River State Forest as well as the trails ARNESEN’S SOUTH SHORE in Kittson County on the west and Lake of the Woods County trails on the east. The CLASSIC FISHING TOURNAMENT group also organizes fun days and group rides. The Northwest Angle Edge Riders September 2, 2017 groom 132 miles of beautiful land trails covering the Northwest Angle and Islands, as well as lake trails which will take you on a scenic trip or connect you to Warroad, We've Got Baudette, or Canadian trail systems. This group also hosts the annual Snow Rally in WINTER! March. For more information, visit roseaucountytrailblazers.com or nwaedgeriders.org or find them on Facebook. HOCKEY TOURNAMENTS RIDE WITH US! SKI/SNOWSHOE/HIKE WARROAD, MINNESOTA

DAVID JOHNSON VINTAGE SNO-CAT Zippel Bay State Park, located 10 miles PEE WEE B SPECTACULAR ANTIQUE SNOWMOBILE SHOW northeast of Williams maintains over 12 miles Dec. 9-10-11, 2016 Roseau, MN February of groomed ski trails. Hayes Lake State Park, 30 miles south of Warroad, maintains 9 miles BANTAM A USXC SNOWMOBILE CROSS COUNTRY RACE of classic track and skate ski. Closer to town, Dec. 16-17-18, 2016 February 25th and 26th Warroad, MN visitors can enjoy the Warroad School Forest www.usxcracing.com/main/index.php with shorter groomed trails. Head north of 12U & 10UA Jan. 13-14-15, 2017 race-event-schedule Warroad on 313, go west 1.5 miles on Cty Rd 13. A parking lot is on the north side. PEE WEE A KC PRO WEST YOUTH SNOWMOBILE RACE Jan. 27-28-29, 2017 March 5th and 6th Roseau, MN www.kcprowest.net HOT JIGS SQUIRT B Feb. 3-4-5, 2017 NW ANGLE EDGE RIDERS RALLY SQUIRT A Northwest Angle, March Feb. 10-11-12, 2017 www.nwaedgeriders.org

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SHOPPING SEE & DO Wm. S. Marvin Training Nomad Tavern City of Warroad Long Point Resort and Visitor Center 1109 Mackenzie St. NE 601 MacKenzie St. NE 7046 Resort Lane NW >> VIEW THE NORTHERN LIGHTS Annie’s Trading Post Canadian Natl. Depot Hwy 1 & Hwy 313 (218) 386-4808 (218) 386-1337 Williams 219 2nd St NW, Roseau 121 Main Ave. NE (218) 386-4333 (218) 783-3365 Stargaze around the campfire and (218) 463-5051 Rock Harbor Lodge E & L Electric witness the magic of Northern Lights. Gardens & Olympic Arena Warroad Summer Theatre 6760 Rocky (218) 386-2138 Seven Clans Casino >> CAMPING Bloomin’ Creations 707 Elk St. NW 510 Cedar Ave. NW Point Rd. NW 34966 605th Ave 307 Lake St. NE (218) 386-3862 (218) 386-3435 Roosevelt LakeWood Health Center (218) 386-3381 Fall camping offers warm breezes (218) 386-1777 (800) 535-7585 600 Main Ave. S Norris Camp Veterans Memorial Baudette Springsteel Resort during the day and cool crisp nights. Lake Country Beltrami Island Corner of Elk St. & State Springsteel Resort (218) 634-2120 38004 Beach St. >> HUNTING State Forest Hwy 11 38004 Beach St. (218) 386-1000 Chevrolet-Buick Especially deer, Ruffed grouse and 1101 State Ave. (218) 783-6831 (218) 386-1000 LifeCare Medical Center (218) 386-1554 GAS, FOOD & DRINK 715 Delmore Dr. Sunset Lodge waterfowl. Seven Clans Casino The Willows Roseau 3179 Oak Island >> CORN MAZE Furniture & More 34966 605th Ave Cenex Travel Center 34966 605 Ave. (218) 463-2500 Oak Island 100 Main Ave S, Roseau (218) 386-3381 418 Stave Ave (218) 386-3381 (218) 223-8211 Mid-August through mid-October. Enjoy (218) 386-1318 (218) 463-1363 Pahlen Realty a new theme each year. Visit The Shed Zippel Bay Resort 59516 MN-11 Super 8 Motel 6080 39th St. NW www.countrycornmaze.org for details! Marvin Home Center 1099 N. State St. North Country (218) 386-1800 909 State Ave. N Williams 104 State Ave. N (218) 386-2211 Convenience (218) 386-3723 (218) 783-6235 >> BIKING (218) 386-2570 34480 550h Ave Security State Bank Swimming Pool (218) 386-2726 502 Lake St. NE Warroad City Put your fat tire biking skills to the test at American Legion Club Mattson Pharmacy {Indoor} (218) 386-1818 Campground Angle Inn Lodge the Bushcraft Bike Ultra. 111 Main Ave S., Roseau 510 Cedar Ave. Warroad Municipal Liquor (218) 386-1004 Bec’s Drive-in (218) 463-2465 (218) 386-2371 311 Minnesota 11 Warroad Ready Mix (218) 386-1022 Daisy Gardens 33659 Co. Rd. 5 Zippel Bay Resort Dairy Queen Maurices Swimming Pool (218) 386-2030 6080 39th St. NW Eagles Club 107 3rd St. NE, Roseau {Outdoor} Over Coffee Williams REASONS TO VISIT WARROAD Joe’s Place (218) 463-0727 4th Ave. NE & Holiday Station, Warroad Senior Living (218) 783-6236 MacKenzie East & West Main St. Bar & Grill Center Phoenix Restaurant Prior Electric (218) 386-2371 1401 Lake St. NW AmericInn Sportsman’s Lodge IN THE 110 2nd St. NE, Roseau (218) 386-1235 110 3rd St. NW, Roseau WHERE TO EAT Subway (218) 463-1672 Warroad Estates (218) 463-1045 Golf Course Wells Fargo FAlL!FAlL! Caribou Coffee Rhoda’s Closet 37293 Elm Dr. SERVICES Adrian’s Resort (218) 386-2025 310 Main Ave. NE Angle Inn Lodge Cooler temperatures and gorgeous corn maze, and great treasures and 106 Wabasha Ave. NE (218) 386-1246 Altru WHERE TO STAY (218) 386-1214 412 N Main Ave Cyrus Resort ATV autumn foliage make for an ideal gift ideas at the many craft and Warroad Lost River Arnesen’s Flag Island Resort Cattail Café (218) 386-2020 Thanks to the Roseau & Lake of the Woods Streiff Sporting Goods Sportsmen Complex 6760 Rocky Point Rd. NW Morris Point Lodge fall getaway. Camping and atv vendor shows that complement 51079 380th St. 34966 605th Ave Roosevelt R&R Vacation Rental 34480 550th Ave. (218) 386-3381 Border State Bank Sportsmans Club, there are plenty of riding are still abundant in the hunting season. Put your fat tire (218) 386-2590 Salol, MN 1083 3rd St NW (800) 535-7585 Riverbend’s Resort & (218) 242-2071 Walleye Inn opportunities to ride your ATV in Cenex Gourmet Café Roseau forest. Hunting season is in full biking skills to the test in the T-Shirt Barrel (218) 463-3888 Can Am Inn The Patch Hotel Beltrami Island State Forest. Club volunteers Warroad Public Library 418 South State St. 406 Main Ave NE Sharptail Point Lodge swing as folks head out for bird Bushcraft Bike Ultra. Fishing is always 116 Lake St. NE (218) 386-1318 maintain trails and the Roseau/LOW (aka (218) 386-2728 202 Main Ave. NW Chamber of Commerce (218) 386-3807 Slim’s Resort hunting, especially Ruffed grouse good any time of year. (218) 386-1283 Sportsman’s Lodge Earl's Drive-In 311 State St. Carp’s Pit) recreational area just south of and geese. Find family fun at the Transfers Unlimited (218) 386-3543 Doc’s Harbor Inn Wheeler’s Point Warroad Heritage Center Hwy 11 E., Roseau 106 Dale Ave. SW Roosevelt which marks the trail hub 110 Main Ave N., Roseau (218) 463-1912 (218) 463-3626 and Museum (218) 242-3871 202 Main Ave. NW for 10 acres of land. It includes a (218) 386-2500 pavilion for picnics, restrooms, a warming shack, shooting range, and camping. The nonprofit club organizes various “runs” to complement the fishing and bird hunting openers and promotes youth hunting by sponsoring a family-friendly Ruffed grouse hunt in October. Get an ATV map at area gas stations and the Warroad Chamber of Commerce. For more information, visit the club’s Facebook page or contact trail adminis- trator Myles Hogenson, (218) 689-6889.

20 21 In a wikoum along the shores of Lake of the Ojibwe territory north and west of Lake of the eliminated thousands of acres of wild Six weeks later, the hospital released Woods in 1844, Kakaygeesick was born when Woods to Queen Victoria, who established the rice habitat. Kakaygeesick continued him with nothing more than a sand- the geese returned from the south and the province of Manitoba. The ceremonial pipe he to live near his trap lines north of the wich in a paper sack. He walked the ice receded to the north. Warroad then was brought to Treaty #3 negotiations disappeared mouth of the Warroad River until 1905 220 miles back to Warroad and there one of the largest Chippewa villages on Lake in the 1950s but a few years ago it was returned when the commercial fisheries, moved he stayed, keeping his traditional ways. of the Woods. Fort St. Charles had long been to the rightful heirs thanks to a photograph of in forcing him to relocate south of the abandoned by the French. The long and Kakaygeesick holding the sacred pipe found on river. Despite efforts to relocate Indians He married Anna Taydahgwausheke furious wars fought between the Lakota and Facebook. to reservations, Kakaygeesick would and they had a daughter, the Ojibwe came to an end shortly before not leave Muskeg Bay. Mary, and a son, John. Warroad Kakaygeesick’s birth and the town took its Kakaygeesick became a trapper, fisherman, continued to grow and expand around name from its place in indigenous history: hunter, husband, father, guide, and spiritual In 1905, President Roosevelt agreed Kakaygeesick who continued “War-road.” leader. White people called him a “medicine to make allotments to Chief Aye Ash A to walk his trap lines and fish man.” He followed the Way of the Heart, the Wash’s three sons. Allotment #3 went to as he had always done. People His mother was May-Wash-Kah-Seke and his traditional and secretive “Medicine Society” Kakaygeesick but he had to wait nearly watched where he walked in his father, born in 1795, was a powerful chief of the Ojibwe. Spirits guide them through a decade before the government sent mksins to know when it was safe who led the Kah Bay Kah Nong band. They life and Midewin initiate their practitioners him the paper deed. Kakaygeesick enough to cross the river on the ice. summered on Muskeg Bay, then moved and rank them by degree. Much like an waited and worried. In the meantime, north to Buffalo Point where they hunted in apprenticeship or academic degree program, Swedes settled along Willow Creek. A The mills, lumber yards, and railroads the fall and then wintered. French fur trad- a Midewin practitioner cannot advance to the lumber mill and the railroad brought brought the industrial revolution to ers and missionaries lived peaceably among next level until completing required tasks and more white settlers. Warroad grew. Roseau County but Kakaygeesick them. gaining the knowledge and wisdom required to remained self-sufficient as a hunter, advance to the next degree. Kakaygeesick The sudden death in 1907 of trapper, and fishing guide. John, his When the border between the U.S. and faced many tests and became a Grand Kakaygeesick’s wife and daughter from son, learned the secrets of the lake Canada was established along the forty-ninth Midewin. tuberculosis left him bereft. Stricken from his father and went to work as a parallel west of the Mississippi, the source of with grief, he was sent to Fergus Falls steamboat pilot. John was a quick the mighty river had not yet been found near In January 1891, a rumor that Indians near State Hospital to recuperate in 1909. study and could steer a fishing ves- Itasca. It wasn’t until 1824 when the United Warroad planned to go on the warpath caused States government surveyed this remote many Scandinavian immigrants to flee their wilderness area that official boundary lines homes and farmsteads, leaving behind their were drawn across Lake of the Woods. The livestock without food or water. Through new border created the Northwest Angle, deep snow, Kakaygeesick trekked to these but it split apart Kakaygeesick’s family and abandoned homesteads and tended the homeland. animals in the sheds and barns until the families returned a few weeks later. Only a EVERLASTING SKY “When they created their border between couple weeks before, on December 29, 1890, Canada and the U.S., they took a knife and whites’ fears of an Indian uprising on the Pine Set Your Hook split me in two,” Chief Aye Ash A Wash told his Ridge Indian Reservation in the state of South in the land of everlasting son Kakaygeesick, who retold this story many Dakota led to the Wounded Knee Massacre. times to his grandchildren and great-grand- An estimated 300 Lakota died when the 7th happiness children. The Chief would pretend to stab Cavalry indiscriminately opened fire due to by Jill Swenson a hunting knife into his heart and slash it a scuffle over a rifle held by a deaf tribesman down his torso ripping him in two. Great- escalated. Kakaygeesick and the Kah Bay Kah Gaagige-giizhig. Kakaygeesick. “Everlasting Sky” in Ojibwe. grandson Donald Kakaygeesick explained Nong band, however, had given no cause the rift created by the new border. Canada for white homesteaders to worry about an HE LIVED IN WARROAD for 124 years and never spoke a word of recognized the chief’s status as First Nation attack, and the white settlers had not seized English. Yet everyone in town knew his name. Born almost two decades before but on this side of the border his sovereignty Kakaygeesick’s land forcing him to relocate the Civil War, Kakaygeesick welcomed the first white settlers who built the town of was ignored. to the reservation nor deprived him of winter Warroad at the end of the nineteenth century and he outlived most of them and rations. their children. Kakaygeesick never gave up his traditional ways, his language, or Chief Aye Ash A Wash attended negotiations his land. held at the Northwest Angle in 1873. There he Then the Canadians built the Kenora Dam in signed Treaty #3, which ceded a vast tract of 1898. They flooded Lake of the Woods and

22 23 Daniel Rain Cloud and Tom Thunder, Clans Casino is today and an authentic chanted and then ceremoniously passed reproduction of Kakaygeesick’s wikoum around platters of food, including wild can be seen in the Warroad Heritage rice and venison, to give Kakaygeesick a Center along with many other historical MARVIN HOME CENTER good sendoff to Giizhigong, the land of artifacts and art related to his life and everlasting happiness. legend.

The Kakaygeesick family continues to The Grand Midewin is buried next to the carry on his spiritual legacy. Robert spirit houses of his family near the river Kakaygeesick, Jr., is a renowned artist on private property off Riverdale Drive. whose paintings have been exhibited in Although the burial grounds are on art galleries across the US and Canada. He private property, public viewing and vis- also painted magnificent murals for the itation is allowed. The location is marked Warroad Public Schools that are enjoyed on the map provided on page 34. on a daily basis. * Cocageesick. KeeKeeKahKeeJick. His brother, Donald, is also an artist. KahKahGezhig. It has been spelled He designed the Warroad Warrior logo many ways because there is no sel from Warroad to Kenora in the dark. for the public high school. Their sister, standard writing system to represent the many dialects of Ojibwe. The language is He married and had a son, Robert who Karen Kakaygeesick, is an internation- endangered, with fewer than one thousand became a warrior during WWII. Robert ally recognized basket-maker whose first-language speakers left in the U.S. The served in the Battle of the Bulge and earned a work is on permanent exhibition at the largest number of those are Red Lake trib- Purple Heart. Kakaygeesick prayed for his Minnesota Historical Society in St. Paul, al members. Ka-kay-gee-sick trips over the Friendly Service, Wide Selection of Appliances, Electronics, Rental Equipment grandson to return home from Germany, MN. tongue the same way “Mississippi” spills Plumbing, Electrical,Tools, Cabinets and Building Supplies which he safely did. from every Minnesotan’s lips. Kakaygeesick. Gaagige-giizhig. 104 State Ave. N., Warroad, Minnesota • 218-386-2570 • www.marvinhomecenter.com Kakaygeesick lived where the Seven In 1964 when it became impossible to care for Kakaygeesick out on Muskeg Bay, Dr. Homer Ross admitted him to the Free Admission Warroad Hospital and Nursing Home. Wm. S. Marvin When he diagnosed Kakaygeesick’s leg Open to the public with gangrene, Dr. Ross recommended Training and Visitor Center Weekdays 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. amputation. Kakaygeesick refused and he Weekends 1-4 p.m. recovered with many healing visits from Gift Shop his great-grandchildren.

Kakaygeesick lived through the Indian Wars between Lakota and Ojibwe during his early years, the Civil War, the U.S.- Indian Wars, the arrival of white settlers, WWI and II, Korea and into the Vietnam War. He still had his land and his language. ` Explore 6000 sq. ft. of displays and interactives ` Hear the story and experience the Marvin Legacy When he died at the age of 124 on ` Check out our 1951 Chevy delivery December 6, 1968, Kakaygeesick made truck headlines in the Minneapolis Star ` Smell the smoke and feel the heat of Tribune and the St. Paul Pioneer Press. The the ‘61 Fire entire community turned out for a public ` Learn about the Marvin family and funeral service in the Warroad High their extended “family" of employees School auditorium. Before it began, two elder members of the Midewin Society, Hwy 313 and Hwy 11 Warroad, MN - For group tours, call 218-386-4334 in advance.

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CHECK OUT Despite what the weather does, summer in Warroad begins with getting out on the lake for the fishing our Facebook page opener. Some of our annual summer events include: celebrating the local Native American heritage with a and event calendar pow wow in June, hosting fundraising golf tournaments, including the celebrity golf tourney, and bringing our community together to commemorate our nation’s independence during our 4th of July festivities. We to get the latest! love to get out with our ATVs, bikes or walking sticks to explore Beltrami Island State Forest and enjoy the wildlife and nature while picking blueberries. What would a Warroad summer be without the Yellow Rose Facebook/visitwarroad 5k? And of course more fishing. We do that all year. 26 27 because of the charred landscape I wasn't expecting to document many species from within the burned area. When I stopped at the first designated point within the burned area (an “IN” point), my senses were immedi- ately overwhelmed as soon as I got out of the truck and listened. It was five weeks after the forest fire and the burned area was teeming PALSBURG with life. The air had a fresh, earthy aroma tinged with the smoky odor of a lingering campfire. Trees and undergrowth charred coal black contrasted drastically with the bright green of new plant growth springing up from the forest floor. A northern flicker, breast feathers wet from the morning dew, was FIRE foraging hungrily for ants. Soft gray mourning doves strutted through the rubble picking at forest fire in beltrami island state forest seeds and insects, heads bobbing. American by Beth Siverhus, photo courtesy of Beth Siverhus goldfinches hopped from low branches to the ground and back again, their lemon yellow feathers glowing in the morning sunshine. Although loggers were working a mere ¼ DNR staff also wondered what effect the selected where data on bird presence It was a hot, dry afternoon in mile away, territorial male birds seemed fire and sudden change in habitat would will be surveyed, half the points were mid-April, 2015 when the forest fire oblivious to the noise and were singing their have on birds. Gretchen Mehmel and located within the fire perimeter and half began. Strong winds reached a hearts out, as if trying to out-do the logger’s Charles Tucker, Red Lake WMA Manager the points were in adjacent unburned smoldering ember deep within a slash whining saws and rumbling tractor engines. and Assistant Manager respectively, de- forest. As an experienced birder was pile and flames came to life. Soon the fire What greatly surprised me was that they were vised a plan to find out. The study area needed to perform the counts, that’s was raging out of control through stands here at all in this altered landscape, so very was perfect due to its large size and ease where I came in. of red pine and jack pine, rolling over different than their breeding grounds of the of accessibility, plus it would be the first the tree tops in golden waves. It burned previous summer. in the state to look at avian responses to It was the opportunity of a lifetime. I wildly all the rest of the day and into the a fire the year of the natural disturbance. have been conducting breeding bird night before succumbing to the efforts of Driving on to the next stop, a flash of color It was decided that a point count survey surveys for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife firefighters and calmer winds. The front caught my eye, the orangey red coat of a male would be used to monitor bird use of Service for years, but have never before of the blaze had also reached a wetland, red crossbill. Cones of the red and jack pine, the burned area. Point counts are studies been involved in a habitat study like this. causing it to further fizzle out. But opened by the heat of the fire, provided an conducted under specific guidelines. So I arranged to take a couple extra days it was well over a week before all abundant food source for the crossbills, now Each point is marked and entered into a week off from my job and headed out the residual smokes were put out gorging themselves on the pine nuts in great a GPS, and these same points are used into the forest to count birds. and the incident was over. It was flocks. The soft “chek” call of a black backed throughout subsequent study periods named the “Palsburg Fire” after the woodpecker was heard nearby, as were the for consistency. Survey points must be Thinking the burn area would be a vast Palsburg Forest Road where the fire sharper “peek” calls of the hairy and downy at least 250 meters apart. Counts are wasteland of black pines and the cut-over originated and it burned 4,550 acres woodpeckers, all drawn here by a feast of conducted in the early morning, from areas a charred lifeless prairie, I began within the Beltrami Island State Forest in grubs and beetles residing under the bark of a half hour before sunrise to about surveying on June 2nd in the lush, green NW Minnesota. the dead pines. 10:00 a.m., as this is when the breeding points outside of the burn area (the “OUT” males are calling the most. During the 5 points). How exhilarating it was to be out Once the fire was out, the Department Visits to the burn on subsequent minute count time, the surveyor listens in the woods in early summer listening to of Natural Resources (DNR) quickly mornings were full of surprises. Vesper and looks for birds and records them on the songs of warblers, vireos, flycatchers, assembled a plan to begin salvage sparrows, normally found in fields and a data sheet. 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