Three Montana deer hunters with roots in the Rutland community: Glenn Kulzer of Dillon MT; Ross Kulzer of Whitefish MT; and David Kulzer of Condon MT; reported a Whitetail Trifecta on the weekend of November 17 & 18. Glenn & Ross had arrived at their parents’ home in the Swan River Valley near Condon on Friday, intending to do some deer hunting during the week of the Thanksgiving holiday. Ross recalled that they had often seen deer wandering around Dave & Pat Kulzer’s log home and decided to place his rifle near the door, just in case.  Ross’ brother, Glenn, was standing on the front porch, checking out the mountains on the other side of the valley with field glasses, looking for signs of deer in the area. When he lowered the glasses, he discovered a nice four-point buck about 15 yards away, looking at him. Glenn, a National Champion long distance shooter, reached in the front door, grabbed Ross’ rifle, put a round in the chamber and dropped the buck with one shot. On the following day, Saturday, Nov. 18, Ross duplicated Glenn’s success by bagging a second four-pointer in the front yard of the cabin. Ross, too, dropped his quarry where it stood, with one shot. As Ross, Glenn & David went out to field dress the second buck, they spotted a third buck pursuing a doe in a shallow ravine just down the hill to the south of the cabin. This time it was David’s turn to show the boys how the old-timers do it, and he, too, dropped the buck, this one a monster six-pointer, with one shot.  So, in two days the Kulzer boys of Rutland filled all three of their whitetail tags. Everyone, including Miranda, Lilah, Cohen, Sarah, and Granny Pat pitched in to cut up the deer and begin processing the venison. According to Pat, Dave’s big buck was so tough that a sharp knife would be needed to cut the gravy. Congratulations to the Montana branch of the Kulzer clan on bagging their winter supply of venison on the weekend before Thanksgiving! Maybe they’ll bring some along on their next trip to the homeland.

About a dozen members of the 28th District Dem-NPL Executive Committee met at the Rutland Town Hall at 8:00 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 20.  The meeting was preceded by a 7:00 p.m. social gathering.  Among those present were Co-Chairpersons Mary Schlosser of Edgley and Sarah Dux of Forman.  Also present were Gene & Deb Elhardt of Ellendale, Jenny Millerhagen of Forman, Hal Nelson of Rutland, Bill Anderson of Rutland, Richard Schlosser of Edgeley, Dale Radermacher, Sonja Albertson, Sharon Brady of Ellendale, Kelly Brady of Ellendale, and several others via Zoom.  Among the topics discussed were the success of recent fund-raisers, the Oct. 29 event honoring former State Senator, State Representative and Dickey County Commissioner Jerry Kelsh of Fullerton for his many years of public service, issues raised during the 2023 Legislative Session, the search for 2024 Legislative candidates, and tentatively scheduling the 2024 District 28 Convention for March 23, 2024, two weeks ahead of the Dem-NPL State Convention in Fargo on April 4-6. The date of the district convention is subject to change.  The next meeting of the 28th District Dem-NPL Executive Committee was scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Monday, December 18, 2023, via zoom.

The holiday season is upon us now and the family gatherings and school concerts have begun.  The Gulleson and Wyum’s held their Thanksgiving celebration on Sunday, November 19, at the Coteau de Prairies Lodge. All reports indicate that the food was delicious, the time spent with family and grandchildren was pleasant, and the weather certainly cooperated for the gathering. Chuck and MaryBeth Anderson drove up to Grand Forks on Monday, November 20^th, to attend their grandchildren’s school concert. Brynn played the saxophone and Braiden performed a solo and according to MaryBeth they both did great.

The Sargent County Food Pantry 2023 Giving Tree tags for Christmas gifts are available at several locations including Stock Growers Bank (Forman, Rutland, Milnor), and Trinity, GA and Zion Lutheran churches and St. Arnold’s Catholic Church in Milnor. The deadline for dropping off the gift wrapped presents is Friday, December 8.

The Sargent Central student winter concert night was switched to Thursday, December 7^th, at the Activity Center. They will have a free will spaghetti supper fundraiser for the student Washington DC trip and a SC Supporters for Education bake sale. For those who will be unable to attend the concert due to the change of date or distance, it will be live streamed at Youtube.com/@SargentCentral.

That’s it for this week. Be sure to follow Rutland activities and news on the city website, through the blog, and on Facebook. Let the Holiday celebrations and the spirit of the season begin and continue throughout the year.