CITY MAYOR MANDAN
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Kenneth D LaMont . . . . . . . . 3,108 50.47
Wes R Eisenmann . . . . . . . . 1,240 20.14
Susan Beehler . . . . . . . . . 1,785 28.99
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 25 .41
CITY COMMISSIONER MANDAN
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Dan Ulmer . . . . . . . . . . 3,339 32.71
Sandy Tibke. . . . . . . . . . 3,785 37.08
Kathy Heisler Parkes. . . . . . . 2,914 28.55
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 169 1.66
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
A little time-line of my cousin Vicki's (Rhoda's daughter) career
JOCKEY BATTLING CANCER;
INCURABLE DISEASE DOESN'T STOP DETERMINED WARHOL
By: Jeff Apel
Wearing a wig makes jockey Vicki Warhol feel like a winner in a race that's far from over. She's just leaving the starting gate in her battle against lymphoma. Chemotherapy used to treat the.... incurable cancer that's currently in remission has left Warhol with plenty of bad hair days. "Right now I'm done with the chemo,'' Warhol said. "My hair is coming back. It's coming back wild.''
Warhol hides her short hairstyle under a blond wig when she's not riding at Fonner Park. Seeing herself with hair again gives Warhol hope that one day she will beat a disease that results from out of control body cells forming tumors.
"She's a gutty little gal. I'll tell you that,'' said trainer David C. Anderson. "You've got to really commend her for having the moral strength and the mental strength to come back. Let alone having your body strong enough.''
Not riding again never was an option for Warhol when she was told last June that she had cancer. She wasn't about to give up.
"It was quite a shock,'' said David Essman, a fellow jockey who is Warhol's husband. "You always think it's going to happen to somebody else.
"But you couldn't find a stronger person to do it to. I'll tell you she's as tough as nails.''
Warhol's softer side comes out as she discusses a disease that can be caused by smoking. She turns teary eyed while calling smoking a "bad habit'' that could be the source of an illness that can also be traced to diet and lifestyle choices.
"I've been through worse,'' Warhol said. "I don't like being patient period. I felt good until they started messing with me.''
Warhol's cancer is located in different clusters throughout her body. A lump on her breast led to a diagnosis that was followed by chemotherapy sessions.
The chemotherapy started last October and lasted until just before the Fonner Park meet began on Valentine's Day. For three hours every three weeks, Warhol would watch as an IV pumped medicine into her that was supposed to make her feel better.
It didn't.
"I'm not used to feeling sick all the time. I'm a healthy person,'' Warhol said. "Every day I'd wake up feeling like crap -- every day.''
Clumps of hair began falling out of Warhol's head as the chemotherapy progressed. She wound up shaving her head then started wearing hats after realizing that being bald in the middle of winter wasn't a good idea.
"If it wouldn't have been cold I would have just went on with nothing,'' Warhol said. "When you walk outside it's cold.''
Essman knew his wife of 12 years was hurting each time she looked in the mirror. "The toughest part about it was when she lost her hair. That was tough to handle,'' Essman said. "But she's kind of having fun with the wigs and everything.''
The blond wig makes the rider who responds "early 40s'' when asked about her age look younger. She then points out that she is much younger than Perry Compton -- a 51-year-old rider who is the same age as the track he is competing at.
Compton considers Warhol's return to the saddle an extraordinary feat.
"It's pretty amazing,'' Compton said. "Some people when they get diagnosed with cancer go downhill right away. Others just seems to be able to bounce back. I don't know what the difference is.''
Determination is what has enabled Warhol to keep going. She put aside her feelings of fatigue and anger to ride Tee Times Two to a 7-length win in the $11,775 Bachman Stakes. That win is one of 11 enjoyed by Warhol, who is currently fifth in the rider standings.
"I don't think that most people could have been as stupid to do this,'' Warhol said. "But I wasn't going to sit around and not do anything. I just kept moving and stuff.''
For six months in her hometown of Altoona, Iowa, Warhol didn't do anything with horses while trying to get better. The chemotherapy brought out a big change in a women known for her easy-going nature. She said it made her "mean -- not crabby.''
"The worse part about it was the cure. That's what tore her up the most,'' Essman said. "She was feeling good until she went to cure it with the chemo. That took quite a big toll on her.
"But she played tough. And she wasn't about to get down about it.''
Explaining to her 12-year-old daughter Teddi why mom was so mean was tough for Warhol. Tears form in her eyes as she talks about the punishment she never intended to dish out.
"I was not mean all the time,'' Warhol said. "But the first two days after chemo I was really mean. And I'm not like that.''
Because her cancer is in remission, Warhol isn't scheduled to visit the doctor again for two months. When she does, she will be careful about what she asks.
"I don't ask anymore than I want,'' Warhol said. "Otherwise I might know what I have to do next. I don't really want to know.''
Warhol's father Ted died of colon cancer. The jockey's daughter is named in honor of a man who Warhol watched get sicker and sicker.
"At least the chemo worked,'' Warhol said. "I hadn't known anybody personally that it worked on.
"My dad just got so sick. It didn't help.''
Because she is a female competing in a sport dominated by men, Warhol is a fan favorite. The fans who ask for goggles or want an autograph have no idea what the rider is going through.
"I wish her all the luck in the world because that's a tough deal to fight. I don't care who's got it,'' Anderson said. "I commend her very, very much. She's a gutty gal.''
Warhol knows fighting gives her a better chance of beating a disease there is no known cure for. She realizes her cancer could flare up again at anytime -- but just doesn't know when. She wishes she did. "It could not do anything for a month or a year or five years. They don't know,'' Warhol said. "Maybe if it takes about five or 10 years they may have a cure by then.
"Right now it's incurable. I don't like that.''
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JOCKEY ICON WARHOL IS BACK RIDING AT PRAIRIE MEADOWS
By: Dan Johnson
Vicki's back.
The newest face in Prairie Meadows' jockey colony is also one of its most familiar. Vicki Warhol, the queen of Prairie Meadows during the track's first decade, rode in her first race at the track in two years Saturday.
Warhol finished third in the ninth race on Hot Wheels Missie. While she rode thoroughbreds almost exclusively during her heyday, this was a 440-yard quarter horse dash, showing she is anxious to show trainers she will ride for them.
"I'm fresh and hungry, and they'd be smart to put me on," Warhol said.
Warhol won 100 races when Prairie Meadows opened in 1989 and was the track's leading rider in 1993-94 and '96 while riding for trainer Dick Clark's powerful stable. When they parted company, Warhol's business waned and so did her wins.
While she and husband-jockey David Essman have a house in Altoona, Warhol started spending her summers riding in Nebraska or Colorado.
She won eight races at Fonner Park in Nebraska in the spring, then gave up jockeying to be an exercise rider and pony person - the person on a pony that accompanies racehorses in the post parade - at Canterbury Park in Minnesota.
"I decided I shouldn't be sitting on a pony," Warhol said.
She has battled lymphoma, but says she's been free of the disease for a year and doesn't need a checkup for another six months. Her daughter, Teddi Jean, born during the height of Warhol's success, is now 14 and talks of following her parents' footsteps and becoming a jockey.
Warhol nearly died in a spill at the Woodlands in Kansas several years ago, but still wants to ride.
So she is back at Prairie Meadows. She last rode at Prairie Meadows in 2004 and her last win at the track was in 2003. Just like in the old days, she and Essman battled through the stretch of Saturday's race, with Essman winning on Hooked On Sierra.
She is named on two horses today.
With 577 victories at Prairie Meadows, Warhol is the track's fifth-leading rider in career wins, behind Glenn Corbett, the retired Cindy Murphy, Essman and Terry Thompson. She remains confident that she still has the winning touch.
"I should be riding more live ones," she said. "If I can get the bad ones to run, why not the live horses?"
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JOCKEY WARHOL TRAMPLED BY SALE PHILLY; OUT INDEFINITELY
Prairie Meadows jockey Vicki Warhol is out indefinitely after having a shoulder and five ribs broken while being trampled by a horse in its stall.
Warhol and her daughter, Teddi, were helping prepare yearlings for the Aug. 27 Iowa Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association sale. Warhol said she was getting ready to lead a filly out of her stall so she could clean her up when the filly reared up and struck her on the shoulder and ribs. Warhol was knocked to the ground, where the filly continued striking her.
"She became unglued on me and started pounding me to the ground," Warhol said. "She kind of meant it."
The stall door was closed, so Warhol was trapped until help arrived.
"It seemed like I was down for a long time," she said. "I started yelling, 'Open the door!' All I wanted was to get out of there. I'm just glad it wasn't Teddi."
Warhol had a piece of bone atop her right shoulder broken off as well as the five broken ribs and a bruise on her head. She spent six hours at Mercy Medical Center but is recuperating at her Altoona, Iowa, home.
Warhol, who was Prairie Meadows' leading rider in 1993, 1994, and 1996, said she didn't know how long the recovery would take.
"I don't like being on the ground," she said. "I'd rather be on their back."
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
RHODA ANN WARHOL
ALTOONA
published on November 07, 2006
Rhoda Ann Warhol, 71, passed away Sunday November 5, 2006 at Mercy Medical Center. A celebration of her life will be held at the Advent Building on the Prairie Meadows backside on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at 2 p.m.
Rhoda was born October 30, 1935 to Glenn and Mildred Nelson in Minneapolis, MN. She married Ted Warhol on July 16, 1959.
Rhoda was an accomplished Rodeo Trick Rider, barrel racer and horse trainer and managed Gust-O-Wind Farms for many years. In 1994 she opened the Tack Shack horse supply which has been her livelihood since.
She enjoyed visiting with her many friends she made over the years, and spending time with her children and grandchildren. She was the salt of the earth and loved dearly by anyone that knew her. She will be dearly missed.
She is survived by her son Jay Warhol and Sandy Anjo of Vacaville, CA; daughter Vickie Warhol-Essman, son-in-law David Essman of Altoona; brother John Nelson and his wife Vida of Arizona; grandchildren Teddi-Jean Essman of Altoona, Samantha and Tom Warhol of Salmon, Idaho.
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ALTOONA
published on November 07, 2006
Rhoda Ann Warhol, 71, passed away Sunday November 5, 2006 at Mercy Medical Center. A celebration of her life will be held at the Advent Building on the Prairie Meadows backside on Tuesday, November 7, 2006 at 2 p.m.
Rhoda was born October 30, 1935 to Glenn and Mildred Nelson in Minneapolis, MN. She married Ted Warhol on July 16, 1959.
Rhoda was an accomplished Rodeo Trick Rider, barrel racer and horse trainer and managed Gust-O-Wind Farms for many years. In 1994 she opened the Tack Shack horse supply which has been her livelihood since.
She enjoyed visiting with her many friends she made over the years, and spending time with her children and grandchildren. She was the salt of the earth and loved dearly by anyone that knew her. She will be dearly missed.
She is survived by her son Jay Warhol and Sandy Anjo of Vacaville, CA; daughter Vickie Warhol-Essman, son-in-law David Essman of Altoona; brother John Nelson and his wife Vida of Arizona; grandchildren Teddi-Jean Essman of Altoona, Samantha and Tom Warhol of Salmon, Idaho.
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Monday, November 06, 2006
Bill Maher--New Rule
New Rule: America must stop bragging that it's the greatest country on earth and start acting like it. Here are some numbers; Infant mortality rate, America ranks 48th in the world, overall health 72nd, freedom of the press 44th, literacy 55th.
Sadly we are no longer a country that can get things done. Not big things, like building a tunnel under Boston or running a war with competence. We had six years to fix the voting machines. Couldn't get that done. The FBI is just getting email!
In most of the industrialized world, nearly everyone has health care. And hardly anyone doubts evolution. And, yes, having to live around so many superstitious dimwits is also something that affects quality of life. It's why america isn't going to be the country that gets those inevitable patents in stem cell cures, because Jesus thinks it's too close to cloning.
Did I mention we owe China a trillion dollars? We owe everybody money. America is a debtor nation to Mexico! We are not on a bridge to the 21st century. We are on a bus to Atlantic city with a roll of quarters.
As long as we believe being the greatest country in the world is a birthright, we'll keep coasting on the achievements of earlier generations and we'll keep losing the moral high ground. We may not be the biggest or the healthiest or the best educated. But we always did have one thing no other place did... we had a little thing called the Bill of Rights. A great nation doesn't torture people or make them disappear without a trial. When you are number 55 in this category and number 92 in that one, you look a little silly waving the big foam "Number One" finger.
Submitted by: Sara
Sadly we are no longer a country that can get things done. Not big things, like building a tunnel under Boston or running a war with competence. We had six years to fix the voting machines. Couldn't get that done. The FBI is just getting email!
In most of the industrialized world, nearly everyone has health care. And hardly anyone doubts evolution. And, yes, having to live around so many superstitious dimwits is also something that affects quality of life. It's why america isn't going to be the country that gets those inevitable patents in stem cell cures, because Jesus thinks it's too close to cloning.
Did I mention we owe China a trillion dollars? We owe everybody money. America is a debtor nation to Mexico! We are not on a bridge to the 21st century. We are on a bus to Atlantic city with a roll of quarters.
As long as we believe being the greatest country in the world is a birthright, we'll keep coasting on the achievements of earlier generations and we'll keep losing the moral high ground. We may not be the biggest or the healthiest or the best educated. But we always did have one thing no other place did... we had a little thing called the Bill of Rights. A great nation doesn't torture people or make them disappear without a trial. When you are number 55 in this category and number 92 in that one, you look a little silly waving the big foam "Number One" finger.
Submitted by: Sara
Friday, November 03, 2006
Political Science for Dummies
Submitted by: Jeffrey James
DEMOCRATIC
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
You feel guilty for being successful.
Barbara Streisand sings for you.
REPUBLICAN
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
So?
SOCIALIST
You have two cows.
The government takes one and gives.... it to your neighbor.
You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his cow.
COMMUNIST
You have two cows.
The government seizes both and provides you with milk.
You wait in line for hours to get it.
It is expensive and sour.
CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.
BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
Under the new farm program the government pays you to shoot one, milk the other, and then pours the milk down the drain.
AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one, lease it back to yourself and do an IPO on the 2nd one.
You force the two cows to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when one cow drops dead. You spin an announcement to the analysts stating you have downsized and are reducing expenses.
Your stock goes up.
FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows.
You go to lunch and drink wine.
Life is good.
JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.
They learn to travel on unbelievably crowded trains.
Most are at the top of their class at cow school.
GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You engineer them so they are all blond, drink lots of beer, give excellent quality milk, and run a hundred miles an hour..
Unfortunately they also demand 13 weeks of vacation per year.
ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows but you don't know where they are.
While ambling around, you see a beautiful woman.
You break for lunch.
Life is good.
RUSSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have some vodka.
You count them and learn you have five cows.
You have some more vodka.
You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.
The Mafia shows up and takes over however many cows you really have.
TALIBAN CORPORATION
You have all the cows in Afghanistan , which are two.
You don't milk them because you cannot touch any creature's private parts.
You get a $40 million grant from the US government to find alternatives to milk production but use the money to buy weapons.
IRAQI CORPORATION
You have two cows.
They go into hiding.
They send radio tapes of their mooing.
POLISH CORPORATION
You have two bulls.
Employees are regularly maimed and killed attempting to milk them.
BELGIAN CORPORATION
You have one cow.
The cow is schizophrenic.
Sometimes the cow thinks he's French, other times he's Flemish.
The Flemish cow won't share with the French cow.
The French cow wants control of the Flemish cow's milk.
The cow asks permission to be cut in half.
The cow dies happy.
FLORIDA CORPORATION
You have a black cow and a brown cow.
Everyone votes for the best looking one.
Some of the people who actually like the brown one best accidentally vote for the black one.
Some people vote for both.
Some people vote for neither.
Some people can't figure out how to vote at all.
Finally, a bunch of guys from out-of-state tell you which one you think is the best-looking cow.
CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
You have millions of cows.
They make real California cheese.
Only five speak English.
Most are illegals.
Arnold likes the ones with the big udders.
DEMOCRATIC
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
You feel guilty for being successful.
Barbara Streisand sings for you.
REPUBLICAN
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
So?
SOCIALIST
You have two cows.
The government takes one and gives.... it to your neighbor.
You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his cow.
COMMUNIST
You have two cows.
The government seizes both and provides you with milk.
You wait in line for hours to get it.
It is expensive and sour.
CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.
BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
Under the new farm program the government pays you to shoot one, milk the other, and then pours the milk down the drain.
AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one, lease it back to yourself and do an IPO on the 2nd one.
You force the two cows to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when one cow drops dead. You spin an announcement to the analysts stating you have downsized and are reducing expenses.
Your stock goes up.
FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows.
You go to lunch and drink wine.
Life is good.
JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.
They learn to travel on unbelievably crowded trains.
Most are at the top of their class at cow school.
GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You engineer them so they are all blond, drink lots of beer, give excellent quality milk, and run a hundred miles an hour..
Unfortunately they also demand 13 weeks of vacation per year.
ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows but you don't know where they are.
While ambling around, you see a beautiful woman.
You break for lunch.
Life is good.
RUSSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have some vodka.
You count them and learn you have five cows.
You have some more vodka.
You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.
The Mafia shows up and takes over however many cows you really have.
TALIBAN CORPORATION
You have all the cows in Afghanistan , which are two.
You don't milk them because you cannot touch any creature's private parts.
You get a $40 million grant from the US government to find alternatives to milk production but use the money to buy weapons.
IRAQI CORPORATION
You have two cows.
They go into hiding.
They send radio tapes of their mooing.
POLISH CORPORATION
You have two bulls.
Employees are regularly maimed and killed attempting to milk them.
BELGIAN CORPORATION
You have one cow.
The cow is schizophrenic.
Sometimes the cow thinks he's French, other times he's Flemish.
The Flemish cow won't share with the French cow.
The French cow wants control of the Flemish cow's milk.
The cow asks permission to be cut in half.
The cow dies happy.
FLORIDA CORPORATION
You have a black cow and a brown cow.
Everyone votes for the best looking one.
Some of the people who actually like the brown one best accidentally vote for the black one.
Some people vote for both.
Some people vote for neither.
Some people can't figure out how to vote at all.
Finally, a bunch of guys from out-of-state tell you which one you think is the best-looking cow.
CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
You have millions of cows.
They make real California cheese.
Only five speak English.
Most are illegals.
Arnold likes the ones with the big udders.
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Kyrgyz protesters call for change
The rally in the centre of Bishkek has so far been peacefulThousands of opposition protesters have gathered in the Kyrgyzstan capital Bishkek for a rally to demand the resignation of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev."
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Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Six killed as historic Reno hotel burns; woman arrested
POSTED: 12:05 p.m. EST, November 1, 2006
RENO, Nevada (AP) -- A woman was arrested Wednesday on arson and murder charges after a fire swept through a three-story hotel in Reno's downtown casino district, killing six people and injuring dozens of others."
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RENO, Nevada (AP) -- A woman was arrested Wednesday on arson and murder charges after a fire swept through a three-story hotel in Reno's downtown casino district, killing six people and injuring dozens of others."
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"Concertgoer throws drink at Barbra Streisand"
Dateline "The F State" (AP) -- The funny girl wasn't laughing.
Barbra Streisand had a drink lobbed at her Monday after a mid-concert skit poking fun at President Bush.
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