COCKTAIL SHOWDOWN WINNERS!

COCKTAIL SHOWDOWN WINNERS!

The North Dakota Way, Or Is It?

North Dakota surfaced twice in GOP debates earlier this week.
The sugar program surfaced as a topic addressed by front-runners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich in Tuesday night’s presidential debates in Florida. While presented in the context of sugar cane sugar versus beet sugar, what was clear is that there is a growing movement to let the sugar subsidy program die in lieu of a free market approach.

Tiny Moving Parts Makes A Splash in the National Scene

As they prepare for a Midwest tour, local favorites, Tiny Moving Parts make plans for a new record and an unforgettable performance at the upcoming New Direction Fest. Consisting of Dylan Mattheison, Matt Chevalier, Davis Bonk and Billy Chevalier, this local quartet isn’t new to playing local shows or venturing on national tours. At HPR, we were compelled to learn more.

British Blu-rays Encapsulate 1960s Issues that Remain Today

Two late-1960s movies widely dismissed as trashy genre films when initially released have since gained greatly in critical esteem. Their naturalistic approaches make them stand up quite well today while other films of the era that made the rounds of drive-ins and Grindhouses usually look badly dated. Barbet Schroeder’s “More”(1969) and Michael Reeves’ “Witchfinder General” (1968) both came out on region-free Blu-rays in England last fall, in director’s cut versions that finally let modern audiences re-evaluate them.

Vegan Mexican Lasagna

The great thing about the wide assortment of meat and dairy alternatives is almost every recipe can be made vegan with little effort. Although I love my vegan cookbooks, I also enjoy ‘veganizing’ recipes I come across.
A few years ago I had stopped by my parents house while my dad was making dinner. I quickly skimmed through the ingredients list and thought, “I could totally do this”. I photo copied the Rachel Ray recipe for mexican lasagna and made my way to the grocery store later that week.

Do Your Feet Hurt?

Part One: Find Out if you are Fitting Your Shoes Correctly
We all know how miserable it can be to have tired/achy feet. Especially for people like nurses, waitresses and runners who are on their feet constantly. Having sore feet can be quite nagging and irritating when all you want to do is concentrate on your job, but instead your mind is overtaken by your screaming feet.

Best Bets (26th-2nd)

Best Bets (26th-2nd)

Green Leopard Print Tights

“Leaves of three, let them be.” -Unknown
I used to own a pair of green, leopard print tights. A friend of mine was throwing them away and I insisted on taking them. They were intended for a little girl, to whom these were a full-length pair of animal print, stretchy pants with elastic cuffs. However, to a grown man with a sense of humor, they were a knee length skin tight pair of rock ‘n’ roll party pants. In those days I wore the same pair of black cargo shorts everyday while I was traveling, and from that day forward I wore those green leopard print tights underneath. They’d become part of my identity.

An Un-Pleasant Experience

This week, the Cass County Board of Commissioners stifled the democratic rights of a group of people in rural North Dakota’s Pleasant Township. The group of 15 residents petitioned Cass County to de-annex their land from Cass County to Richland County. The group is unanimously dissatisfied with the Cass County leadership and asserts that their interests are not being heard concerning the flood diversion plan. The Cass County Commissioners swiftly squelched these residents’ opportunity to bring their issue to a public vote because they felt the residents represented a small group, when in reality, they represent a large amount of land mass in Cass County. The County stopped the petition request for de-annexation by relying on an obscure rule of government that allows the County Commission to be the gatekeepers on allowing this issue be on the ballot, so they denied the petition and prevented a public vote.

View the Meeting of the Cass County Board of Commissioners here: