Paintball tournament
A paintball tournament was held in Minnewaukan April 27 despite the unseasonably cold weather. Twelve teams of 5 people on each team participated. Most were teenagers. Contestants are shown at the left lining up to get their guns and paintballs. The course they run through is on the right with nets to stop the paintballs from hitting spectators. When participants are hit with a paintball, they are deemed "killed" or "wounded" by referees. The paintball tournament was sponsored by the ND National Guard and recruiter Sgt. Dean Lundin of Devils Lake.

Leeds senior art students to have art show
Two Leeds seniors will be honored with a Senior Art Show at the United Community Bank of North Dakota in Leeds May 6-14 during regular business hours.
Senior students Amber Bracken and Alisha Strand will display a variety of items produced from kindergarten through this year. More than 25 exhibit pieces will be shown for each student with medium varieties of glass painting, ceramics, acrylics, pastels, fabrics, charcoals, pottery, lead and colored pencil drawings and more.
Amber, the daughter of Melody and Richard Bracken, and Alisha, the daughter of Donna and Mike Strand, have each been involved in elementary art, junior high art and three years of high school art classes, including advanced classes in drawing, painting, design, sculpture and multimedia. Their art instructor is Sheila Moser.
They have individually shown work at the ND State Fair, the ND State Art Show and locally. Several pieces have been chosen as representatives in the Governor's Touring Art Show. The public is invited to view the exhibits.

Ali Strand

Amber Bracken

Earns scholarship
This year's recipient of the Aurelie and William Jerome Scholarship at Lake Region State College (LRSC) in Devils Lake is Hope Keller, a 2007 graduate of Leeds High School. She is a freshman in accounting/business administration at LRSC and is the daughter of Wanda and Raphael Keller of Leeds. Making the presentation is Pete Jerome, son of Aurelie and William Jerome. The Jerome family name defines true dedication to a family business. Arthur Jerome, the first proprietor of Jerome Wholesale Candy Company, began distributing beer in 1933. In 1972 the company became Jerome Wholesale, Inc. Arthur's son, Bill headed the business until his retirement in 1985 when sons Pete and Chuck assumed ownership. More than 70 endowments have been established by individuals or families for scholarships or programs at LRSC. Each is supported with a gift of at least $10,000. Only the earnings from these endowments are used to provide yearly awards.

Missionaries return
Missionaries Andy and Stephanie (Vetter) Pace are pictured with their children, Jason, Alyssa and Raquel. The Paces are missionaries in Peru, where Andy was born to parents who have been missionaries for 43 years. Stephanie is the daughter of Richard and Eileen Vetter of Esmond. The Paces went to Peru to join his parents in 1996. The Paces provide Christian education, home Bible studies, personal discipleship and church planting in Lima, a city of nearly 10,000,000 people. They also administrate and teach at La Molina Christian Schools where more than 250 students receive a Christian education.
They will speak on Sunday, May 4 at Trinity Free Lutheran Church in Minnewaukan at 9 a.m. and at Zion Lutheran Brethren Church in Maddock at 10:45 a.m.

Five generations
Five generations of the Grossman family are pictured. Left to right are, grandfather Don Grossman, great-great-grandmother Agnes Grossman holding Danica Grossman, father Jamey Grossman and great-grandfather Marvin Grossman. Baby Danica was born on Agnes' 90th birthday.

Strand scholarships go to Mwkn grads
Two winners of the Leslie Strand Scholarship for 2008 have been announced. They are Katrece Thompson and Alyssa Erickson, graduating seniors at the Minnewaukan High School. They were chosen for the scholarships by the Devils Lake Area Foundation.
Katrece Thompson was on the A honor roll in grades 9 through 12 and was active in basketball, volleyball, track, drama, band, chorus and Science Olympiad. She was a member of the Cando Assembly of God Worship Team and took mission trips with the Fargo First Assembly of God Church. She is the daughter of Kevin and Robyn Thompson and plans to attend NDSU to possibly major in nursing.
Alyssa Erickson was active in basketball, volleyball, drama, Science Olympiad, 4-H, band, chorus and the student council. She is the daughter of Corey and Bonnie Erickson and plans to attend Lake Region State College to study nursing.
The Leslie Strand Scholarship Endowment Fund was established by the late Laura Legacie Strand in memory of her husband and son, both named Leslie Strand. The Leslie Strand Scholarship Endowment is part of the Devils Lake Area Foundation, a charitable community trust.
Leslie N. Strand, the husband of Laura Strand, was editor of the Benson County Farmers Press at Minnewaukan 1948-49, 1954-63 and 1967-70. He was editor and publisher of the Foster County Independent at Carrington when he died unexpectedly Oct. 1, 1975 at the age of 60.
Leslie J. Strand, son of Laura and Les Strand, was a 1962 graduate of Minnewaukan High School. He was one of the owners of the We Fest at Detroit Lakes, Minn. He died Aug. 8, 1989 at the age of 45 as a result of injuries sustained in an auto accident the previous day.

Alyssa Erickson

Katrece Thompson