Nov 10, 2007 - 07:13:33 CST
"I want to continue having the honor system so we have it open 24 hours a day. It's not a money-making business. This is a community gathering space. It's not about the money."- Albert "Buzz"Olson, of Sentinel Butte, owner of the town's service station. Olson is ready to retire, turning over the business to son Rick. During the hours the station is not open, locals get gasoline on the honor system, using one of the approximately 80 keys to the pumps held by people in the community. Folks write down the dollar amount of how much gas they've pumped and can make payment through a slot by the station door.
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"Instead of holding a press conference to pat himself on the back, Sheriff Laney should be apologizing to me for using my name in connection with these arrests. Sheriff Laney went out of his way to tarnish my reputation by implying that I somehow attract a criminal element, which is certainly not true."
- From a statement issued by rocker Ozzy Osbourne in reaction to a sting operation pulled off by Cass County Sheriff Paul Laney and his department. About 30 people responded to letters inviting them to a party at a bar before the Osbourne-Rob Zombie concert Oct. 29 at the Fargodome and were arrested on charges due to outstanding warrants against them. Osbourne's name was used in the letter sent out to 500 people having outstanding warrants.
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"No question, I enjoy my work, it's extremely fulfilling to me. But it's time. My wife wants me to be a bartender down in Deadwood. It's a joke. I'm going to take it easy."
- Tim Little, Mandan city engineer, who will retire Jan. 2. He started with the city in 1978.
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"I would love to go out hunting every day, but I can't. I can only hope that I get a job that will let me still hunt. I know that it will always be something that my dad and I do, until he can't go any more, but I don't think that will happen anytime soon. ... I like to do other things besides hunting as well. I play guitar and I'm in a group at my school called the Simle Singers, and even though I get up at 5 a.m. almost every other day to do it, I enjoy it almost as much as hunting."
- Rebecca Raatz, 14, of Bismarck. She harvested a deer during the youth season, her first.
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"Oh, no. I was out playing ball. I wasn't thinking about the record at all."
- Minnesota Vikings rookie tailback Adrian Peterson reacted in surprise Sunday upon learning that he'd set a National Football League single-game rushing record in the Vikings' 35-17 win over the San Diego Chargers. Peterson ran for 296 yards, besting the record set in 2003 by Jamal Lewis, who went 295 yards. In the process, Peterson ran for three touchdowns. He already has rushed for more than 1,000 yards this season.
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