The Sicatoka

So the first time the coaches asked Spicer to put "team" ahead of "me" ... he balked. And what they asked would ultimately improve the "me". Um ... do I want that guy in The Room?

https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/oxford-realty-pledges-500-000-for-apollo-naming-rights-funds-marked-for-grand-forks-kraft-field-makeover The words that follow are ... Thank you.

That bold part is my fear. (Our electrical infrastructure is not in place to supply the kW/BTUs we currently get from gas/diesel.)

That's just a rumor.

On Pollard? No public phase could be a tell that they have what they need. Or maybe the public phase will include softball facilities if they are close on Phase II. @Teeder11would have far better "inside baseball" knowledge on this than me.

Ryan St Louis - same height, same weight, same stats his last season on NDTP; in the transfer portal from NE'n. Ryder Donovan - six career goals in three seasons at UW and in the portal Frankly, I see Mister Spicer on the same path. If I'm wrong I'll own it. I just don't get why guys are afraid of taking the normal, measured path (meaning playing an age 18, post-HS, year in Junior A before college) and being "the man" on a team for a season. Nope, gotta always try to "play up" a year. Side bar on same/similar topic: It drives me crazy when kids think they need to be taking geometry as 8th graders and algebra II as a freshman in HS. "Look at me! I took pre-calc as a soph!" ... and you didn't have any rigor (meaning you went through the motions to get a grade, but have no understanding much less conceptualization) and forgot it all when you got to college. Sometimes 9-10-11-12, algebra, geometry, algebra II, pre-calc/trig, feels like a slow path but it's the path that develops the total understanding and retention. It develops a total well-rounded ... "player".

You assume you're the normal one in the interaction. Assumptions are dangerous.

"Four-man rotation and no pitch counts" ... where have you gone?

So, a rumor of softball on campus, east of Nut Lab, between University and the Pollard Center. Whodathunk it. ... (see page 3 of 25). I've like the idea since I first saw that plan in ... August of 2018. It will make a nice entrance to campus when westbound on University. PS - If Chaves is floating building the softball field it's probably a "tell" that they have what they need (or are right there) for Phase II at Pollard. That would make sense given the recent GFH article about construction starting this summer on Memorial Village and ... Phase II. Seems someone's doing fundraising. PPS - Page 3 of 25 ... I still say they have a plan for a future parking ramp on the east end of the bridge to nowhere (dead north of old Memorial field). That'd be awesome if you lived in Memorial Village ... covered parking!

You probably have that much in the cup holder of your personal vehicle. Swing on over to Hyslop, see Bill, let him vacuum out your ride. Make him wash it too while you're at it.

What'd they run?

Interesting idea, but along with it you need to get EERC to work on the infrastructure issues that come with vehicle electrification. Imagine if you will, adding just one electric car into each garage in your neighborhood. Is your power distributor (Xcel, Otter Tail Power, local REC) ready for that? Are the cables large enough? Are the transformers sized correctly? You will effectively be doubling the household load. Yes, there are present strategies to manage this, like timed home chargers that only activate overnight (off peak times). But just the same, present off peak times are based on 24 hour generation from "turning shafts". If we want to go solar/wind those don't tend to produce well on a calm overnight. And large scale energy storage at reasonable cost is still not here. Electric cars bring plethora of associated issues: generation, transmission, distribution, energy storage. That's before the real issue temperature vindy brings up is even broached. Oh ... and you need the minerals, from iron and copper, to lithium and cobalt, to do all this. Sounds like the EERC's wheelhouse, especially with built in laboratories at hand (the climate in GF, Minnkota Power, Basin Electric of Bismarck, OTP Co).

As did I ...

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Retired USAF general and USAFA faculty assumes presidency of UND. $100 million in Federal grants and contract happen following year. And Gen. John "Jay" Raymond and UND President Andy Armacost (Gen, USAF, Retired) signed a historic agreement between the Space Force and UND – an agreement making UND the first member of the Space Force’s University Partnership Program. Gen. Raymond to speak at commencement.

And of course Oshie with the GWG the night before this:

"Don't play chicken with the K-Train ... uh huh huh, uh huh huh"

Are you saying UMD should add this as a shoulder patch to their jerseys?

What'd they lose?

So Duluth will have a couple 5'10", 175 pound, freshmen. Paging Mister Kleven, Mister Tyler Kleven, please meet the Bulldog skating through center with their head down, Mister Tyler Kleven ...

Two questions remain at top of mind with me: - Will the returnees naturally progress and the offense produce? - Will "Hellboy" and "The Riddler" make us forget ... what was his name again?

(I swear there's an echo in here ... because I do this every couple years ... ) If you want to learn about the various entities, and how they operate, as non-profits they file Form 990 with the IRS. You can view those here: https://www.guidestar.org/ Ralph Engelstad Arena related entities: UND Arena Services Inc <-- management of facility and engages in other 501(C)(3) allowed charitable, educational activities (like running tickeing for UND) UND Sports Facilities Inc <-- appears to own the arena based on (depreciated) assets RE Arena Inc <-- operates the arena Then there's ... Engelstad Family Foundation <-- effectively Ralph's estate at death, controlled by trustees Betty, KEM, Jeffrey Cooper (Ralph's friend and accountant), and assistant trustee Sean McGarry (yes, KEM's son). This is NOT the arena. And it has assets ... UND Alumni Association and Foundation

Not if it came from the Engelstad Family Trust Foundation. (People are very sloppy with language on these matters.)