FM Spotlight Magazine August 2011

1. FREE
AUGUST ‘11

4. FMS editorial
FMS
Publishing! !
EDITOr’s note
Ahhhh!August,!the!best!month!of!the!year!
Spotlight!LLC for!weather!in!my!opinion.!!It!brings!an!amazing!amount!
of!talent!to!the!area!looking!to!entertain!all!of!us.!!Isn’t!it!
Editor! great?!!I!can’t!remember!the!last!time!so!many!national!
Mike!Dragosavich entertainers!performed!in!FM.!!I!counted!over!50!national!
acts!in!50!days!within!50!miles!this!summer!so!far.!!That!
Design! has!got!to!mean!something!to!us!here!in!little!ol’!FargoJ
Jordan!Dusek Moorhead.!!
! On!a!business!note,!this!summer!has!been!
Contributors incredible!so!far.!!It!has!been!a!great!time!to!position!this!company!in!a!perfect!place!
Max!Kurucar in!order!to!capitalize!this!fall.!!We!worked!hard!on!securing!partnerships!with!large!
Chris!Snyder companies!around!the!community!to!expand!and!expose!our!continuing!success.!!
Marketing/Sales! philosophy! is! to! use! common! sense.! ! What! do! I! do! at! baseball! games! between!
Molly!Clemens innings!and!pitches?!!I!usually!get!bored…So!why!not!distribute!magazines!on!the!
Molly@fmspotlight.com
Brent4Tehven can!distribute!my!publications!in!more!places!like!baseball!games,!then!my!readerJ
Brent@fmspotlight.com
situation!that!will!help!me!achieve!that!goal.!I!am!so!very!excited!to!start!executing.!
Marketing7and7Advertising
Drago@fmspotlight.com out! of! your! house/comfort! zone! and! attend! some! of! the! great! events,! entertainJ
ment,!and!leisure!activities!I!published!in!the!following!pages.!!Once!again!thank!
503!North!7th!Street!Ste!206
Fargo,!ND!58102 month. -Cheers
Mike%Dragosavich
Contact:!701!866!3907
August 2011 Vol. 2 Issue 5
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5. FMS FMS
HEADLINES COMING SOON
1. Mobile App Update
We!are!working!with!Myriad!Devices!in!Fargo!to!design!a!oneJofJaJkind!
local!entertainment!mobile!app.!!This!new!platform!will!be!sure!keep! The New Venue!
FM Derby Girls
2. Distribution Acceleration
Every!month!we!try!an!up!the!distribution!points!in!this!area.!We!have!
The Theatre Guide
Back to School!
3. Campus Capitalization
If!there!is!one!market!we!know!at!FM!Spotlight,!it’s!the!college!market.!!
We!will!have!great!exposure!at!all!the!different!colleges!in!the!FM!
Area.!!(Oh,!and!NDSCS!in!Whapeton.)! WOW THE BAR
Tailgating
4. Teamwork
FM!Spotlight!and!FM!Stride!magazine!headquarters!needs!more!
College Sports
FM7SPOTLIGHT7MAN!77
We!have!a!comic!strip!and!it!will!be!
SAVING7 updated7monthly
FARGOEMOORHEAD7 www.fmspotlightmagazine.com
FROM7BOREDOM!
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12. FMS live Music Live%Music
August 4 th August 10 th August 13 th
August 11 th
August 5 th
August 12 th
August 5 th & 6 th
August 14 th
August 15 th
August 6 th
August 17 th
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13. Fargo/Moorhead%/%August
August 26 th
August 18 th
August 21 st
August 19 th
August 23 rd
August 27 th
August 24 th
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August 20 th
August 31 st
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21. THE Q REVIEW
WITH Q98’S SPARKS
Ahh, the dog days of summer are here. By now, your hot and sweaty
region is hanging so far south, that it could be part of the Everglades.
Here are some tips to keep you cool for the rest of summer.
of it before. Then when they
#1 BE NAKED AS MUCH
AS POSSIBLE.
see it, they’re all like “THAT
WAS AMAZING” and you’re
all “I know dude!” It has Zoe
Seriously, try to be naked as Saldana (hot) and it’s from the
much as you can. Clothes guys that did Taken (B.A), The
were strictly designed to retain Professional (fantastic), and La
your body heat, there’s no Femme Nikita (hot, fantastic,
shame in wearing “Nature’s and B.A.). Go see THIS movie
Tuxedo” around to save some on August 26th and try to con-
cash. This will cut down on tain your boner.
your AC bill and give the
neighbors something to look
at. Avoid cooking for others,
leather surfaces, and anything
#3 EAT ICE CREAM
Do I really need to explain this?
be cooler than a cucumber in a
#2 GO SEE
COLOMBIANA Ice cream is delicious. Eat it
and be happy, fat ass.
nudist colony.
Here are two reasons why
See more of this kind of think-
is air-conditioned 2. It looks ing and grammatical errors on
incredibly bad ass. This is Sparks’ blog at Q98.com!
going to be the movie that
you tell your friends to go
see and they’ve never heard
Have a Q'uestion?
EMAIL: SPARKS@Q98.COM
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22. FMS Band Jeez%Loueez
Band!Members:!
Dustin!Vogel!(vocals),!
Trevor!Pederson!(bass),!
Pete!Johnson!(guitar)!
and!Thomas!Anderson!
(Drums)
LOUEEZ
W
ith!a!band!name!most!commonly!used!as!a!phrase!of!exciteJ
ment!there!is!no!surprise!this!up!and!coming!Fargo!band!has!
the!area!talking!and!listening.!The!guys!from!Jeez!Loueez!
told!FM4Spotlight!this!month!about!what!makes!this!band!
a!MUST!SEE.
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23. Rock,%Country%and%everything%in%between!
QA &
melon!smashing,!random!
Saturn!adventures…
”cough”!bathroom!
What’s7a7night7on7the7
town7with7Jeez7Loueez7
like?
Dustin & Trevor accidents!“cough,!cough”.!
Don’t!let!the!beards!fool!
you,!we’re!children.
Dustin:!We!like!to!go!out!
and!check!out!a!lot!of!the!
other!local!bandse!show!
our!support,!mess!with!
JL
What’s7up7with7your7
‘em!a!bit,!maybe!try!and!
name?
get!the!guys!to!laugh!in!
Dustin:!It!was!Trevor’s!
the!middle!of!a!song.!Or!
baby!(idea).!He!had!it!
sometimes,!were!losers!
tucked!away!in!storage!
and!just!sit!at!home!and!
waiting!for!the!right!band!
watch!live!concert!dvd’s!
to!pull!it!out!for,!haha.!We!
and!play!xbox.!We’ve!all!
thought!it!worked!because!
got!our!own!things!going!
it’s!fun!and!different,!and!
on!outside!of!the!band,!but!
we’re!fun!and!a!little!differJ
when!we!play,!we!play!for!
ent!so!it!suits!us.!It’s!also!
fun!and!because!we!love!
pretty!catchy.
to!play!music.!Come!out!
whenever!Jeez!Loueez!
What7kind7of7music7do7
unites,!unless!you!hate!
you7play?
our!banter.!Mostly,!we!just! having!fun.
Trevor:!We!play!everyJ
thing!from!Black!Eyed! like!to!have!a!good!time! Booking7Information
Peas!to!Rage!Against!the! and!play!music..!We!have! Bitzer7Entertainment7Agency!
a!tendency!to!play!off!the! (!218J287J2037!)!(!www.bitzeragency.com)
and!Jason!Aldean.!Some! crowd!a!lot!so!each!night!
of!our!personal!favorites! can!call!for!something!a!
would!probably!be!CopperJ little!different,!but!always!a! UPCOMING7SHOWS
good!time.
Rapper’s!Delight,!and!
August:!13th!&!14th!at!the!Windbreak
She’s!country. Tell7us7a7funny7story! ! !!!!!!17th!O’leary’s!(Moorhead)
Trevor:!Haha!how!much!
What7makes7Jeez7Loueez7 time!ya!got!buddy?! September:!2nd!&!3rd!Big!D’s!
unique7in7the7FM7music7 There’s!been!a!few!nights! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!16th!&!17th!M!&!J!Saloon
scene? of!broken!furniture,!face! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!23rd!O’leary’s!(Moorhead)
Dustin:!Our!personalitiese! drawings,!sumo!wrestling,!
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28. FMS IN THE SPOTLIGHT Fargo%Air%Sho
DO
lthough!the!Fargo!Airsho!only!comes!arou
A population!of!over!200,000!supports!an!ai
tions!to!bring!in!bigJname!acts!like!the!Nav
to!attract!over!40,000!spectators!for!the!tw
Walstad,!to!get!all!the!intriguing!facts!about!the!F
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29. Hector%International%Airport%/%August%13th%/%14th
A BARREL ROLL
2011 FARGO AIRSHO
!!!!! TH!
&!14TH
und!once!every!two!years,!the!hype!it!creates!ranks!with!some!of!the!top!air!shows!in!the!nation.!!The!
irport!that!is!neither!too!big!and!busy!or!too!small!and!secluded.!!Rather,!the!region!offers!perfect!condiJ
vy’s!Blue!Angels,!while!still!keeping!the!commercial!airlines!happily!on!schedule.!!The!event!is!estimated!
wo!day!event!and!raise!thousands!of!dollars!for!local!charities.!!FM4Spotlight!interviewed!CoJChair,!Dick!
Fargo!AirSho.
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30. FMS IN THE SPOTLIGHT Fargo%Air%Sho
QA &
Dick!is!responsiJ
Dick Walstad
ble!for!organizing! Does7weather7affect7the7 How7do7you7pull7in7a7 check!out!the!displays!and!
and!assigning! Fargo7AirSho? big7name7like7the7Blue7 maybe!grab!a!snack!at!the!
If!the!weather!is!safe!for! Angels? concession!stands.!!FargoJ
duties!to!a!comJ The!Blue!Angels!get!over! Moorhead!has!a!unique!
mittee!of!over! will!go!on.!!We!always! 400!requests!throughout! situation!because!the!
70!people.!!Dick! hope!for!nice!weather!and! the!year!to!perform!air!
started!on!the! there!seems!to!be!a!direct! shows!around!the!nation,! but!we!do!have!a!military!
AirSho!commitJ relationship!between!the! but!they!only!grant!35!of!
weather!and!the!turnout! them.!!We!have!built!such!
tee!in!the!1970’s! for!the!event.!!Typically,! a!good!reputation!with! the!region.
and!at!the!time! most!air!shows!are!done! the!Blue!Angels!that!they!
knew!very!little! in!June!and!July,!but!since! picked!Fargo!as!their!best! Has7there7been7any7caE
about!running!an! we!have!a!late!spring,! tastrophes7at7the7Fargo7
air!show.!!He!was! our!committee!shoots!for! AirSho?
August,!which!is!our!driest! Do7commercial7planes7 No,!thankfully,!nothing!has!
attracted!to!the! month.!!The!different!acts! still7come7and7go7during7 happened,!but!we!always!
event!because!he! may!change!a!bit!dependJ the7AirSho? prepare!for!the!worst.!!
was!intrigued!by! ing!on!the!cloud!conditions! Yes!they!do.!!We!have! We!work!closely!with!the!
planes. for!spectator!purposes.!! to!stop!our!show!while!
For!example,!the!Blue! the!commercial!airlines! teams!and!other!trained!
Angels!will!perform!a! land!and!takeJoff.!!Mark! professionals!to!ensure!we!
The! “lowJshow”!if!it!is!cloudy! Ringham,!who!holds!the! have!personnel!on!staff!
Fargo!AirSho!
and!a!“highJshow”!if!the! title!of!“air!boss,”!serves! to!handle!an!emergency.!!
committee!is!a!
nonJ conditions!are!clear. Actually,!in!North!American!
of!our!event!and!speaks! air!shows,!pilots!are!to!
helped!build!th directly!with!the!pilots.!! be!1,500!feet!away!from!
e!Fargo!
Air!Museum— The!short!breaks!in!the! crowds!and!will!never!do!
a!million!
dollar!facility. event!gives!people!the!opJ aerobatic!manoeuvres!
portunity!to!go!around!and! directly!over!spectators.
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31. Hector%International%Airport%/%August%13th%/%14th
TOP 2011 Performers
C5 monster plane
along!with!the!Air!Force!
and!!twinJblade!
helicopter
The Horseman Mark Kirsch,
Flying!vintage!World! World’s Strongest The Super Hornet
War!II!planes Man The!Navy’s!latest!and!
Pulling!a!4Jwheel!drive! greatest!plane!
Case!Tractor
WHEN WHERE TICKETS online!!!!!!!gate
Adults7 77777$18.007777$25.00
HECTOR! 18!and!older
13THJ14TH
! AIRPORT Children7 77777$10.007777$15.00
ages!11!to!17
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32. FMS IN THE SPOTLIGHT
AIR
BY THE
NUMBERS
12 SHOWS
OVER
THE
LAST 22
BIANNUAL
EVENT
YEARS
RATED TOP AIR COST OF
SHOW BY THE AVIATION FUEL:
BLUE ANGELS IN
$6:$7/ EXPECTED
ATTENDANCE:
2009 GALLON
20,000-
EXPECTED COST
30,000
OF THE AIRSHO: SPECTATORS
300-400 $485,000 PER DAY
VOLUNTEERS
FOR A TWO DAY
EVENT
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“ I%use%Taxman
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for%all%my%tax
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needs.%It’s%eas
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and%saves%me
money!”
Three Convenient Locations
Mike Dragosavich
Former NDSU Football Player
Founder of FM Spotlight LLC
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38. FMS DINING 2nd%Annual%Lobster%and%Lefse%Festival
2ND ANNUAL
Lobster
& Lefse
FESTIVAL
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39. Fargo%Dome%Parking%Lot%/%August%18,%19,%&%20
T
The Details
he!Fargo!Moorhead!AM! membership!spans!!the!!loJ
Rotary!Club!is!a!loJ cal!!business!!and!!profesJ
cal!service!club!of!over! sional!!community.!The!club!
60!members!who!are! supports!projects!!locally!!!and!!! When
dedicated!to!Rotary!International’s! internationally!with!!!emphasis!!!
Motto!of!“Service!Above!Self”.! on!!!helping!!!threatened!!!and!!! August!18,!19,!&!20
The!!!club!!!has!!!been!!!raisJ disadvantaged!!!populations,!!!
ing!!!funds!!!for!!!local!!!charities!!! advancing!!education,!!and!!proJ Where
in!!!the!!!FargoJ! oorhead!!!area!!!
M moting!!!the!!rights!!of!!womJ
for!!!nearly!!!twenty!!!years!and! en!!and!!children. FargoDome!
Parking!lot
Cost
Menu
$3!for!adults
17!and!under!free.
This! festival! provides! a!
fun! atmosphere! of! food!
Lobster and Lefse Meal and! entertainment! with!
includes!lobster,!corn!on!the!cob,!lefse the!added!appeal!of!the!
uniquely! creative! comJ
bination! of! fresh! Maine!
Beer Battered Shrimp Meal lobster! and! Norwegian!
includes!shrimp,!corn!on!the!cob,!lefse style! lefse.! Where! else!
but! in! the! Red! River!
A La Carte Valley!could!you!experiJ
ence! this! wacky! combiJ
Beer!Battered!Shrimp
Clam!Strips nation?
Lefse
Lobster!and!Lefse!Roll Rape!and!Abuse!Crisis!Center
Popcorn!Shrimp YWCA!Class!Clay
Sweet!Potato!Puffs
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40. FMS DINING 2nd%Annual%Lobster%and%Lefse%Festival
QA &
Randy Long
What7is7the7“Lobster7 seafood!items!to!be!sold! together!to!enjoy!a!meal!
and7Lefse7Festival”? to!the!general!public.!This! a!perfect!coupling. and!raise!money!for!the!
The!Lobster!and!Lefse! means!that!the!bulk!of!the! The!FM!Redhawks!will! community.!Eventually,!
Festival!started!off!as!a! money!raised!will!go!right! have!other!stadium!food! this!can!be!a!$1!million!
novel!idea!between!RotarJ back!to!Rotary!projects. available!for!purchase!for! fund!raiser!as!our!Rotary!
ians!Randy!Long!and!Tom! those!people!who!do!not! Club!cooks!all!the!lobsters!
Why7Lobster?7Why7 like!seafood!or!lefse. rather!than!having!outside!
vendors!come!in!and!take!
Since!then,!Fargo!MoorJ Lefse?
head!AM!Rotary!Club!has! What7organizations,7 the!money!away.
As!exotic!as!lobster!is!to!
sent!Randy!Long!to!the! North!Dakotans,!lefse!is! causes7or7projects7
Maine!Lobster!Festival!to! How7can7I7participate7
discover!how!the!largest! SO PERHAPS does7this7festival7
this7year?7
Lobster!Festival!operates! THE BETTER A!portion!
“You!can!sign!up!to!
and!has!been!diligently! volunteer!at!www.lobsterJ
putting!all!the!pieces!into! QUESTION TO ASK of!the!
proceeds!
andlefse.com!or!simply!
place.
The!festival!itself!is!unique!
IS “WHY NOT?” will!go!to!
by!attending.!PreJsales!of!
seafood!sand!dollars!will!
Rotary!projects,!primarily!
not!only!in!the!name!and! exotic!to!the!rest!of!the! help!us!gauge!how!many!
the!food!combination,!but! world.!So!perhaps!the! lobsters!to!bring!in.”
Abuse!Crisis!Center!and!
also!in!how!it!operates.! better!question!to!ask!
the!YWCA!Cass!Clay.
While!most!festivals! is!“why!not?”!Together,! “Bottom4line4is...4if4we4can4
bring!in!food!vendors,!the! the!combination!is!so! get410,0004people4to4this4
Lobster!and!Lefse!Festival! What7do7you7see7 event4this4year,4we4can4
will!feature!Rotarians!and! for7the7future7of7the7 raise4a4ton4of4money4for4
community!volunteers! remember. festival? our4community4simply4by4
cooking!lobsters,!preparing! The!attention!that!this! having4a4$22.004meal4and4
lefse!and!deep!frying!other! unique!food!pairing!has! hosts!50,000!plus!people! fun4with4your4neighbors.”
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41. Fargo%Dome%Parking%Lot%/%August%18,%19,%&%20
Last!
year!over!
4300!
RedJlicious
Lobsters!were!
cooked.
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48. FMS EVENT Pioneer%Day%/%Bonanzaville
PIONEER DAYS
Historic Bonanzaville Will Take A Step Back In Time On
August 20th & 21st For the Annual Pioneer Days.
is!more!than!just!a!historic!site!that!houses!centuryJ
Bonanzaville! old!buildings.!!In!fact,!this!museum!represents!the!
Pioneer!Days!is!an!annual!event!that!is!held!at!Bonanzaville,!which!replicates!
what! life! would! be! like! in! the! valley! over! one! hundred! years! ago.! ! This! is! a!
great!opportunity!to!get!in!touch!with!your!heritage!and!discover!your!true!roots.!
It!takes! Fargo’s! Bonanzaville!is!
over!300 a!historic!museum!
!volunteers!to!put! built!in!1869,!is! that!covers!13!
on!the!event. preserved!at! acres!of!land.
Bonanzaville.
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49. August%20th%&%21st
What are Pioneer Days?
Pioneer!Days!is!a!reproduction!of!what!life!would!have!
been!like!over!one!hundred!years!ago!on!the!prairie.!!!We!
have!!many!!different!!demonstrators!!doing!!embroidery,!!woodJ
carving!!and!!threshing!along!with!a!wide!variety!of!live!perJ
J
age!!of!!our!!area!!and!!get!!a!!glimpse!!of!!what!!life!!would!!be!like!
How many people come out to Pioneer Days?
Last!year!was!a!huge!year!for!the!number!of!people!who!turned!out.!We!
estimated!between!3,000J4,000!people!attended!the!event!last!year!and!we!
would!like!to!bring!in!the!same,!if!not!more,!this!year.!On!top!of!that!was!the!
300!volunteers!who!made!this!event!possible.
What is it like coordinating an event like Bonanzaville?
It!has!been!challenging!because!it!is!hard!to!juggle!all!of!the!different!details!
that!go!into!it!and!all!of!the!people!who!have!to!be!contacted!for!the!event.!!
parade!that!goes!through!the!streets!of!Bonanzaville!and!that!is!a!huge!task!
by!itself.
What is your target audience?
Mostly!we!are!trying!to!target!families.!!We!want!
them!to!come!out!and!discover!all!the!unique!hisJ
tory!and!heritage!that!is!out!at!Bonanzaville.
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50. FMS HE SAID SHE SAID
QUESTION
“Hey guys! I’ve been reading your column for some
time now and I have what some may call a dilemma. Seri-
ously, I think my boyfriend of 3 years might be gay. Help!?”
Signed,
Meatless in Seattle
at!www.1079thefox.com!and!www.froggyweb.co
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51. HE SAID Dave from 107.9 The Fox
Mayberry,!he’d!be!hanging!with!Bea,!Clara,!and!the!boys!down!at!the!quilting!circle,!and!since!I’m!
guessing!your’re!NOT!a!quilter,!lets!see!what!the!Magic!8!Ball!says...Hmm...no!help!there.!Perhaps!
! Look,!like!my!granny!always!said!”Is!you!is!
hand!is!worth!two!in!the!ol’!bush”!Okay...maybe!not!the!
last!one,!but!you!get!my!drift.!If!your!not!cool!with!being!
the!beard!in!your!relationship,!simply!move!on.!Your!guy!
has!some!‘splainin’!to!do!to!himself!and!until!THAT!nut!
gets!cracked..ahem...you!should!get!busy!living.
SHE SAID AMANDA FROM FROGGY 99.9
! Um…well!I!would!like!to!think!you!would!know?!Are!you!sure!he!isn’t!just!metro!sexual?!
Meaning!likes!to!dress!nice,!enjoys!feminine!things,!but!ultimately!wants!to!be!with!a!woman.!Only!
you!can!answer!these!questions.!!When!the!obvious!is!gone!in!the!relationship,!then!perhaps!it’s!
time!to!move!on.!!If!you!catch!him!enjoying!Eat!Pray!Love,!pedicures!and!tight!jeans!more!than!
my!best!of!friends!are!gay!and!they!are!fabulous.!!You!
will!forever!have!a!shopping!buddy!who!tells!you!the!
actually!into!you!will!be!the!hard!part.
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