Anamoose Announces

News 2010

1ST ANNUAL MID-DAKOTA TRACTOR TREK

On Saturday, July 17, 30 tractors took part in the 1st Annual Mid-Dakota Tractor Trek. They gathered at Doug's Auto Body in Martin for a free breakfast before the 9 mile trek on Highway 52 to Harvey. Lawrence Bartz, Anamoose, was asked by the Harvey Chamber of Commerce to organize the tractor trek. The group joined up with the Harvey parade at 10am. Lowell Dusek was in charge of serving the free breakfast of pancakes, sausage & scrambled eggs. LJ Dusek & Jeff Lemer, all from Anamoose, were in charge of flipping the pancakes. Eugene Pillatzke pulled an old school bus behind his tractor. There were 36 sponsors for the event.  From Anamoose the sponsors were; Pete's Tractor Salvage, Stan Martin Agency, Heringer Lumber, Buechler Oil of Harvey, Martin, Anamoose, & 1st State Bank of Harvey & Anamoose. 

A variety of tractors
Old school bus
Lowell Dusek, Chief Cook
LJ Dusek & Jeff Lemer making pancakes
Lawrence Bartz, Chairman

 

GROWING PUMPKINS

Students in grade 1-6 in the Anamoose school have each been given seven pumpkin seeds to grow. The seeds were furnished by the Market in The Park organization. Students can use the Community Garden by contacting Bonnie Dockter at 465-3088.  In the fall the pumpkins will be judged at the annual VFW Halloween Party. Prizes will be: Heaviest: 1st prize-$20, 2nd prize-$10, 3rd prize-$5. Largest: $20. 

Market in the Park will start Monday, July 5th from 6-8pm. The Anamoose Cafe wil be serving dollar hamburgers each Monday. 

ACTIVE ANAMOOSE FIRE DEPARTMENT

The Anamoose Fire Dept. has been updating their skills. They have been watching videos & practicing skills on Forcible Entry; & Search & Rescue  One evening they practiced how to safely advance on a leaking anhydrous tank to shut the valve off. 

Brent Weninger is the new Fire Chief. Other officers are: Secretary/Treasurer: Mike Rudnick;  Assistant Fire Chiefs: Dean Martin & Jeff Lemer. At present there is a full roster of 30 members plus four reserve. They meet the last Friday of the month. 

A Turkey Bingo Fund Raiser was held Saturday, March 24th. Seven turkeys, ten hams, & many donated door prizes were given out. 

A new pump for the grass fire unit has been ordered. Plans are to purchase a new tanker truck, uniforms & about 6-10 SCBA (Self Contained Breathing Apparatus) will be replaced.

Visit the Fire Department page to see pictures of members. 

Anhydrous leak
More equipment
Lots of gear to put on
Ready to go to work

ANAMOOSE APPRECIATION DAY

Saturday, March 6 Anamoose held their annual city-wide Customer Appreciation Day. They served french toast & sausage at the Anamoose VFW hall. The event is sponsored by the Anamoose VFW 6831 & the Anamoose Civic Club. Men have always done the planning & work, except for a few women have helped in the last several years. Mike Rudnick, Anamoose mayor, says that he know it has been a yearly event for at least 40 years. Pancakes & sausage were always served till in recent years french toast & chili have been served instead.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

After doing the Community Calendar for over five years, Kathy Selzler had decided to let someone else take over. Every month Kathy would collect event data & enter it in her computer calendar. The calendar was printed at the school. The Anamoose Civic Club is the sponsor of the Community Calendar & pays for the printiing. Norma Martin has now taken over the job of putting together the calendar each month. The calendar is available at the Anamoose Cafe, Anamoose Senior Center & 1st State Bank. You can see the calendar on this web site under Events.

Kathy Selzler

Norma Martin

GEOLOGICAL FORMATION NAMED AFTER ANAMOOSE

Steele Lake (or Stelow Lake as commonly called), directly south of Anamoose, resulted 12,000 years ago when a glacier lifted a chunk of material and moved it as a whole, and set it down 1/10th mile to the southeast. This is according to an article by John P. Bluemle in North Dakota Geological Survey-North Dakota Notes No. 1. 

There are other hill-hole combinations in North Dakota but the most striking and obvious is by Anamoose-a discrete hill of ice-thrust material, situated a short distance down-glacier from the source depression of similar size and shape. Thus such hill-hole combinations are called "Anamoose". 

These formations are usually formed over buried aquifers (layers that contain water). There are several situations where the increased water pressure pushes the rock or sediment up in the path of the advancing ice. These blocks of material are then moved just a short distance, to result in a hill from the moved material, and a hole from where it came from. "A typical ice-thrust hill is about 100 ft and less than a mile across." The best hills are found in places where the glacier stopped advancing almost as soon as it completed the job of thrusting the materials. 

For more information on the ice-thrusting in North Dakota go to https://www.dmr.nd.gov/ndgs/ndnotes/ndn11.htm


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