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1964: Martin Luther King, Jr.,
was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
for his work in civil rights.
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Oct. 13, 1960:
Short to speak in Beach
Congressman Don Short will
report to his home friends and
neighbors at a meeting to be held in
Beach on Tuesday, Oct. 18.
Although under a very tight sched-
ule to appear in as many places as
possible before the election on Nov.
8, Short has insisted upon meeting
in Beach so he may talk with the
folks in his home community.
Nistler injured in fall
Bernard Nistler, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Nistler of Beach, was
admitted to the Bismarck Hospital
on Wednesday, Oct. 5, after suffer-
ing a 14-foot fall from a dairy barn
2 ½ miles south of Mandan. He was
listed in good condition after treat-
ment for the dislocation of his right
shoulder and bruised eye.
The metal barn, which is under
constru,,,i.s,l]ag, same one .that ,
William Johnson of Sentinel Butte
fell from on Sept. 19, leaving him
with a fractured vertebrae. Nistler
was also injured on Sept. 21 when a
nail struck him in the left eye,
requiring minor surgery.
Some 'inside'
learning
In this month's accelerat-
ed reader activity at Golva
School, the students learned
about" the interior of geode
rocks and had the opportu-
nity to break open their own
geode. To end the fun, each
student made their own
geode using clay donated by
Prairie Fire Pottery.
Above: Sam Stoveland,
left, watches as Madison
Schantz forms clay.
(Courtesy Photo)
Left: Cassie Bosserman
studies the fragment of a
geode. (Courtesy Photos)
Beach to have
new eatery
By Richard Volesky
Editor/Reporter '
The eatery at the Flying J Travel
Plaza in Beach will soon take on the
ddcor and menu of the Denny's
restaurant chain.
The changeover is expected to
occur in January 2011, said Ellen
Robinson, a spokesperson for Pilot
Travel Centers. Pilot and the Flying
J travel centers completed a merger
this past summer.
The merger of the two compa-
nies creates a network of more
than 550 interstate travel centers
and travel plazas focused on serv-
ice for professional drivers and
traveling motorists. The new com-
pany is called Pilot Flying J and
operates in 43 states and six
Canadian provinces and employs
more than 20,000 people. It is one
of the top 10 privately held compa-
nies in the United States, accord-
ing to a prepared statement from
the company.
Customers are to see the Pilot
and Flying J brands on signage at
the interstate facilities, according to
the company.
Other than Denny's, other
Flying J locations are to have brand
additions such as Subway and Pizza
Hut.
,t lency allowed to mediate
in oil country disputes
BISMARCK - Agriculture
Commissioner Doug Goehring has
authorized the North Dakota
Agricultural Mediation Service
(AMS) to help farmers and ranchers
in oil country to resolve disputes with
oil exploration companies.
'Fhe oil boom has been great for
North Dakota's economy, but the
actual business of producing the oil -
the surveying, the drilling, the storage
and the transportation - has resulted
in some conflicts with local landown-
ers," Goehring said. "AMS negotia-
tors are trained in helping people set-
tie their disputes without resorting to
costly fitigation."
Goehring said AMS would han-
dle disputes involving oil production
in the same manner they use in other
agriculture-related disputes.
"Either party can contact AMS
and ask for mediation or negotiation
services" he said. "AMS will then
contact the other party, and if the
other side approves, meetings will be
arranged between all parties?'
Goehring said it is important to
begin the process early. "The longer a
dispute simmers, the greater the like-
lihood it will end up in court," he
said.
The state's leading oil and gas
industry organization is encouraging
its members to utilize the service.
"We see this as a proactive tool to
help us build and maintain partner-
ships with surface owners," said Ron
Ness, president of the North Dakota
Petroleum Council.
Goehring encouraged any North
Dakota agricultural producer who is
involved in a dispute with a petrole-
um company to contact the AMS.
A division of the North Dakota
Department of Agriculture, AMS
offers a range of low-cost mediation
and dispute resolution services to
farmers and ranchers, their creditors
and others. The agency also provides
financial and credit counseling, assis-
tance with financial and government
program paperwork and other assis-
tance.
Long rider Bernice Ende visits with residents of the Golden Valley Manor in Beach.
Woman sees country on horseback
By Richard Volesky
Editor/Reporter
Not many people are able to
draw the attention of youngsters,
senior citizens and many people in
between.
But Bernice Ende of Trego,
Mont., was able to do just that.
Ende shared her adventure as a long
rider with students in Medora and
Beach recently, and made an
evening presentation to the general
public at the Bijou, Show House in
Beach. She also visited with resi-
dents at Beach's Golden Valley
Manor.
One of her first rides was to visit
her sister in New Mexico. The first
1,000 miles were miserable, she
recalled, but now says she enjoys
the treks she makes with her two
horses and her dog Claire. The dog
rides in a basket on top of one of the
horses.
Ende, who described herself as
"old as dirt," began her current
6,000-mile journey from Trego in
March 2009, and is on her way back
home.
At the Golden Valley Manor,
Ende said she's been taking the long
trips for 6 years and hopes to do so
for a few more years yet, according
to Nancy Schafer, who works in the
activities department at the Manor.
Ende, at the Manor, described
small towns as the "true heartbeat"
of America, according to Schafer.
"Horses are her passion (and
she) admits it takes a lot of faith and
trust to travel like this - never
knows where she will stay, where
she will get water or food ... but she
gets by," said Schafer.
Ende told schoolchildren that
food sometimes is what she finds
along the way, such as rosehips and
buffalo berries.
She showed the children how
everything she needs is packed
away onto the horses, include a col-
lapsible bucket that she can throw
into a lake or stream for water. If the
weather gets particularly dangerous,
she said she tries to find shelter in
what's available nearby, such as an
'old barn. She covers about 20 miles
per day.
The most frightening moment,
she said, was in Texas when a black
stallion came into her campsite at
night and appeared to want to attack
her and one of her horses. The
greatest enemy, actually, is fatigue,
said Ende, so she rides using cau-
tion and skill mixed in with atten-
tiveness, according to Schafer.
Her other talents include being a
pianist. She played several songs
for the Manor residents.
She ends each of her visits with
at least two words: "Happy trails."
Niece settles in as Minnesota dentist
SPRING VALLEY, Minn. -
Chalsey Niece is a caver.
Sh£s thrilled to go spelunking,
shadowing others into tiny cavities
and drilling.
"I decided in high school that
this is what I really wanted to do.
We took these personality and apti-
tude tests, and whatever mine was
was not what I wanted. My teacher
said, 'Go online and find something
you like,' so I did that, and kind of
picked dentistry then," said Spring
Valley Dental Clinic's new dentist, a
native of Beach, N.D., population
1,000.
"I found it kind of interesting.
When I went to undergrad school, I
just stuck with it. I did a zoology
major there and then I shadowed a
bunch of dentists and did extern-
ships, things like that. Once I real-
ly got into it, I loved it. It wasn't
like my dad or my mom or any
family members were dentists. My
great-grandpa was, and his dental
equipment is in the museum in my
hometown - that's how old that is -
but there have been no real influ-
ences."
She did her undergraduate work
in Fargo at North Dakota State
University and then went to dental
school at Creighton University in
Omaha.
She and her fianc6 relocated to
the Rochester area at the same time
so that they could remain close to
one another.
"My fianc6 is working in
Rochester at Mayo as a resident,
and when he found out that he did-
n't really have a choice where he
was goifig after he got matched with
Chalsey Niece
his program, we figured our mar-
riage would have a better start if we
were in the same town. We both
graduated in May, and moved after
that. It worked out great, because
Spring Valley Dental was looking
for another dentist. I don't know if
this will be permanent, but we'll be
here for probably six years, at least.
Hopefully, a long time."
Niece added, "I like all the
aspects of it, from little kids in pedi-
atric dentistry all the way up to sen-
ior citizens and working with the
elderly. I like doing root canals, fill-
ings, all that. It's nice to be able to
get the experience and do a little bit
of everything. I'm very into doing
all aspects of dentistry. I like it all so
far. I'm new and learning, and I love
that."
"I'm looking forward to getting
to meet and know all the patients
here, taking care of their oral health,
because there's a bond between doc-
tor and patient. I miss my patients
and teachers at dental school
already, so I'm excited to have new
patients to'build relationships with.
Every day is different, and I like
that."
Not all of her patients will be at
Spring Valley Dental Center, how-
ever, as she's in the office on
Mondays and Tuesdays and spends
the rest of her week as a dentist with
a mobile clinic in Rochester.
Perhaps the reason Niece enjoys
dentistry so much comes from her
affection for the art of human sta-
lactites and stalagmites, pictures
and hair.
"I like art - not in the typical
sense, but because there's so much
artistry in dentistry. I like things to
look nice, like teeth, hair, paintings,
things that can be improved on and
made to look the way you want
them to look."
She spends her spare time paint-
ing and taking in the outdoors. "I'm
very much into outdoorsy stuff - not
camping - but I like going for bike
rides, skiing, going on lakes - which
I can do now that I'm in Minnesota.
My mom's a beautician, so ever
since I was little, she would have
me help her in her salon. I love fix-
ing hair ... I do hair and cut hair
whenever I can."
(Niece is the daughter of Nona
and Bob Niece of Beach. This story
and related photo were reprinted
with permission of the Spring Valley
Tribune.)
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