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1775: The "shot heard around the
world" was fired. Colonial Minute
Men took on British Army regulars at
Lexington and Concord. Mass.. start-
mg the American Revolution.
1882: Naturalist Charles Darwin.
developer of the theory of evolution.
died.
1897: The first Boston Marathon
was run.
1993: The siege at Waco. Texas.
ended when FBI moved into the
Branch Davidian compound with tear
gas and cult members ~et fire to the
compound killing over 80 people.
1995:The Alfred P. Murrah
Federal Building in Oklahoma City,
Okla., was destroyed by a car bomb.
168 people, including 19 children
were killed in the worst terrorist
attack in U.S. history up to that time.
Listings for high school sport-
ing events, plus public events that
are free to anyone and aren't
fund-raisers or aren't family or
business invitations, can be pub-
lished free of charge in this col-
umn
• Billings County School
Board work session at DeMores
School, 5 p.m., Monday, April 23.
The purpose of the session is to
discuss policy changes, open
enrollment and tuition waiver
guidelines, staff housing con-
cerns, bus routes and other issues.
No decisions will be made or
action taken at this session.
• Billings County School
Board special meeting, 5 p.m.,
Friday, April 27, at DeMores
School. The board is to act on the
first reading of new and amended
policies.
• Billings County School
Board and teaching staff meeting,
5:30 p.m.. Friday, April 27. at
DeMotes School: a supper is
planned, followed by contract
negotiations.
• Belfield Zoning Board meet-
ing, 7 p.m., April 23, council
room at City Hall, proposed
amendments to the Belfield
Zoning Ordinance will be dis-
cussed.
• High school track meet,
Bowman County Booster,
Bowman, 3 p.m., April 26.
• High school track meet,
Badlands Conference, location to
be announced, 1:30 p.m., May 3.
Matt Gerving and Lucas Buchholz act in another haunted
house scene, (Courtesy Photo)
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By Richard Volesky
Editor/Reporter
The senior class of Beach High
School will be performing the
comedy, "Scariest Play - Ever!" on
Sunday, April 22. and Monday,
April 23. beginning at 7 p.m. The
play will be held at Lincoln
Elementary School. Beach.
"The kids have been working
hard. which is particularly difficult
as most of them are in track, golf.
drama or FBLA, which keeps them
busy," said Diane Szud ra. the
play's director.
The play tells of movie produc-
er, C.C. Bellows. who is looking
for a new horror film. and five
directors are waiting to pitch their
ideas. Bellows knows that audi-
ences only really like what they've
seen before, so each of the direc-
tors has tweaked a famous horror
film for him.
"The Calamityville Horror"
tells the story of a family that
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By Richard Volesky
Editor/Reporter
The Beach City Council earlier
this month decided to increase the
fine for trucks operating off the truck
route to $100.
The council has been discussing
making changes to the route. But
meanwhile it's known that some
trucks that are too heavy for city
streets have been found off of the
route, said City Auditor Kim
Nunberg.
The result can be street damage,
and it's a safety issue if trucks are
being driven off of the route, said
Nunberg. A part of the problem may
be that truckers are driving their
trucks to the places where they are
living in town.
Other issues the city has been
dealing with:
Cagle to perform in August
By Jane M. Cook
Reporter
The Spirit of the West
Committee has announced its
headline performer for this sum-
mer's celebration will be Chris
Cagle.
Cagle will be performing
Saturday, Aug. 4, at 8 p.m. at the
Golden Valley County
Fairgrounds. with the gates sched-
uled to open at 7 p.m.
Cagle was born in Louisiana,
and after moving to Texas with his
family while in grade school, had
taken piano lessons in high school
before switching to guitar. He
later began performing in nearby
nightclubs in Texas, according to
his biography.
Cagle moved to Nashville in
1994, and for the next five years
worked odd jobs while working
on his music career. While work-
ing at a restaurant, he was discov-
ered by an agent of the newly-
formed Nashville division of
Virgin Records, and was signed to
a recording deal with the label in
2000.
Cagle made his debut on the
Billboard Hot Country Singles &
Tracks (now Hot Country Songs)
with the single "My Love Goes
On and On," the first single from
Chris Cagle
his debut album "Play It Loud."
The album also produced the top
10 hit "Laredo," and "I Breathe
In, I Breathe Out," his number one
hit.
"Play It Loud" followed in
2002 and was released on Capitol
Records. Also a gold album, it
produced the hits "What a
Beautiful Day" and "Chicks Dig
It." His third album followed in
2005, and a fourth album, titled
"My Life's Been a Country Song"
was released in 2008, with its
leadoff single, "What Kinda
Gone," peaking at three on the
country music charts in early
2008. After exiting Capitol in
2008, he signed with Bigger
Picture Music Group in 2011.
By Richard Volesky
Editor/Reporter
An oil drilling company was
recently penalized $3,500 for its
role in a July 24, 2011, oil and gas
well explosion north of Sentinel
Butte.
The proposed penalty for
Cyclone Drilling Inc. of Gillette,
Wyo., was $7,000, but it was
changed to the lesser amount after
the matter was re-evaluated, accord-
ing to a settlement agreement
reached earlier this year involving
Cyclone and the Occupational
Safety and Health Review
Commission.
Three workers received burns in
the explosion. Jeff Morton had sec-
ond- and third-degree bums cover-
ing his arms. Andrew Rohr had sec-
ond- and third-degree bums over 80
percent of his body, and Timothy
Bergee had second- and third-
degree burns covering nearly 70-
percent of his body, according to a
statement that a Texas attorney,
Robert Hilliard, released in August
2011.
Cyclone "did not adequately
monitor and control underground
well activity during the drilling
process that could release potential-
ly high levels of explosive gases
and liquids following the unexpect-
ed failure of swell packers during
the process of laying the drill
string," the settlement agreement
~id. A feasible and acceptable
means would be to revise and
extend well control and monitoring
procedures through the process of
laying drill string.
A drill string is a column, or
string, of drill pipe that carries
drilling fluid.
Several factors are taken into
consideration when a penalty is pro-
posed, said Tom Deutscher,
OSHA's area director for North
Dakota and South Dakota.
OSHA rules describe four types
of violations: serious, with $7,000
maximum per violation; willful,
with $70,000 maximum per viola-
tion; repeat, up to $70,000 maxi-
mum per violation, depending on
how many times they repeated; and
other, $7,000 maximum per viola-
tion, which is usually associated
with paperwork or lesser type con-
ditions, said Deutscher. Penalties
can also be adjusted according to
factors such as the number of
employees a company has and its
history.
Patrick Hladky, president of
Cyclone, who signed the settlement
agreement for the July 2011 explo-
sion, couldn't be reached for imme-
diate comment on Monday.
Jeff Moron, Andrew Rohr and
Winnie Rohr have a lawsuit pend-
ing against eight oil companies,
excluding Cyclone Drilling, in
Northwest District Court in
Williams County in connection with
the 2011 incident in Goldeti Valley
County. Reportedly, Cyclone
Drilling was already part of a
Workforce Safety & Insurance
claim, and therefore is not a part of
the District Court case. The Golden
Valley News and Billings County
L icn were unable to determine
the connection between Andrew
Rohr and Winnie Rohr as of press
time.
Last week, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration
announced in a prepared statement
that it has cited Cyclone Drilling
with two repeat, five serious, and
one other than serious violation of
safety and health standards for
exposing workers on an oil drilling
rig to electrical, fire and fall haz-
ards, among others, in an oil field
near Ray. Proposed penalties total
$65,600.
Cyclone Drilling was inspected
under the OSHA Bismarck Area
Office's Problem Solving Initiative.
which aims to prevent injuries and
fatalities while also raising the safe-
ty and health awareness of employ-
ers in the oil drilling and construc-
tion activities of North Dakota's
western region, according to
OSHA.
The repeat violations allegedly
include exposing employees to a
potential 26-foot fall hazard as they
worked on the drilling floor next to
an open V-door, the area where drill
pipe sections are brought onto the
drilling floor, and a nonfunctional
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- Single family homes being used
as residences for multiple people.
"That's something we're trying to
get a grasp on," said Nunberg. "They
have no place to go." Nunberg said it
would be possible to issue a citation
for violations of the zoning code, but
on the other hand the city wants to
work with new residents.
- There has been an increase in
the weight of garbage that the city
has been handling. It's believed that
people are bringing in garbage from
outside of the city and placing it
dumpsters. The result is increased
disposal costs for the city. Trash
from outside of the city can be dis-
posed of by the city, but those bring-
mg in the garbage are asked to pay
for the disposal.
- There are more stray animals in
the city. A city ordinance requires
people to have their pets licensed.
They should have their pets vacci-
nated for rabies first, and bring a
copy of the rabies vaccination paper-
work to City Hall so that a license
can be issued. The license cost is $6
if the animal is spayed or neutered.
and $10 if it is not. When pets are not
licensed it's difficult to locate their
owners, and having animals put
down comes with a cost to the city.
Awelcome sight :
A thundershower on April 12 brings some welcome rain tothe area. Above, a vehicle drives
by on Central Avenue in Beach. (Photo by Richard Volesky)
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It's never too early to start teaching children good
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child open a savings account. Teach your children how to
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