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Golden Valley News
JanuaryJ, 2014
Students take part in food drive
The Beach Lincoln Elementary School's Character Counts word for December is "caring,"
so with that in mind, the Student Council sponsored a food pantry drive. The students and
staff donated 26 bags of food. (Courtesy Photo)
She says even the industry experts
can't predict a boom until it comes.
There's always exploration and exper-
imentation, only part of which actually
produce any oil. Add to that the volatil-
ity of the market, and it can be hard to
know what tomorrow will bring. And
if the people in the loop can't predict
the next boom - or the next bust - it's
next to impossible for the towns and
communities around which the indus-
try operates to prepare for changes.
"I don't see that there's any way
around it," says Hinton. "You're prac-
tically always going to play catch-up
ball." Hinton recalls the boom of the
1980s. She says in Midland it was like
"mushrooms after the rain."
Downtown sprung up with a moun-
tain of new office buildings that soon
became monuments to bankruptcy
when the oil fizzled out'in 1986. "Lit-
erally, there was grass growing in the
middle of the street," she says.
Since the latest boom started, 13
hotels have gone up on the east side of
Midland• It's not like Texans forget
how the busts come on as quickly as
the booms anymore than North
Dakotans do.
She says part of the problem oil
companies faced filling positions was
many veteran roughnecks were disin-
clined to return to the oilfields.
Since 1986, they've gotten service
jobs at Walmart or in other industries.
Why give up a retirement and benefits
to chase a fleeting industry that's tied
to prices and other things no one can
control?
, Dealing with change
Slowly, the iciness toward the in-
dustry has started to thaw and more
Texans are embracing the boom as
having a permanency worth taking se-
riously, Hinton says. One indicator is
people spending money "in a silly
way," such as constructing mansions.
Like the rural communities of
North Dakota, the Texas boom has
fallen for better and worse on sleepy
little towns. They were also quite poor,
with populations leaking away and
high unemployment rates.
They have come to accept the oil is
here to stay, and so they're looking for
solutions to the problems now, with an
eye to the future when the oil is gone.
"We're coping with it, but we like
our small town community. And we're
losing our grip on it," says Mario
Chavez, assistant city manager for
Boom
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Carizzo Springs, which lies on the
western side of the Eagle Ford Shale
play.
In Cuero, which is 200 miles east
of Carizzo Springs, the small town
qualities of the people come through.
"Thank you for your interest in our
community," Cuero Mayor Sara Post
Meyer humbly says after discussing all
the challenges the town faces.
According to Pat Kennedy, director
of the Cuero Development Corpora-
tion, the town isn't looking to attract
big companies. At least not until they
have the infrastructure and capacity to
make a good home for such larger de-
velopments. "You don't invite people
over for dinner and not have any
food," Kennedy says.
Instead, they're looking to improve
existing businesses. So, for example,
the town would help a local business
with facade improvements. "You have
to take care of your 'homies'," he says.
Meyer says the town is also work-
ing with community colleges in the
area to give younger residents the
skills they need to find jobs in the area.
This way, they don't graduate high
school and go off to college, never to
return.
"When kids graduate, they're pre-
pared to work in the oil field," she says.
In some ways, communities of the
Eagle Ford are working together to
find ways to make the most of the oil
money and implement smart planning
for the future.
The Eagle Ford Community Devel-
opment Corporation was established in
2012 with a grant from the federal Eco-
nomic Development Administration.
The organization provides capacity
building and strategic action planning.
Their focus is the immediate future,
and they avoid longer-term projects
looking decades into the future.
They provide workshops and tech-
nical advice on how to create, imple-
ment, and identify funding for projects
to address needs. And they share best
practices between communities in the
region facing the oil boom challenges.
For example, they helped one com-
munity develop a transit system for
seniors to get access to main towns for
shopping and other errands. With the
traffic, many seniors who can drive
can't deal with trucks.
"A lot of elderly were afraid to
drive on their own," says EFCDC di-
rector, Robert Velasquez.
In another community, they helped
a library develop a better online sys-
tem. It was cost prohibitive to create it
on their own. The EFCDC showed the
town how. to solicit help from oil com-
panies using established networks and
relationships the organization has with
area companies.
After the plans are developed, the
EFCDC follows up with communities
to provide
technical assistance to get those
plans in place and keep them going.
"Implementation and continuation are
the hardest part," Velasquez says.
The mayor of Cuero says the same
thing many people in the Bakken have
said. "I think we deal with it all the
best we can," Meyer says.
Texans may have an easier time ac-
cepting oil development because the
oil industry has been a part of their cul-
ture for twice as long as in North
Dakota. Hinton, who says she's fol-
lowed the events in North Dakota,
says Texas has an agricultural industry
but it's made up of more large farming
conglomerates and big ranches. And
with so much land out in the Lone Star
State, industry has more room to grow.
Add to that a deep history of industry,
and you have a population more accli-
mated to oil production.
"If you suddenly see six flares out-
side your window one day, you may
notice the change a lot more in the
landscape," she says. "This is not the
first time they've (Texans) seen an oil
rig."
Hinton says there is a group of rural
residents who vacated the population
centers of Fort
Worth into the rural suburbs, which
now sit on top of the developing Bar-
nett shale around the city.
But people there tend to own their
minerals, she says. So, they tend to
have an income from the production.
"If you get mailbox money, you're
a lot more tolerant of that rig down the
road," she says.
As North Dakota addresses some
of the problems and oil production
continues decades down the road, this
may very well be the future of North
Dakota.
Texas and North Dakota are sepa-
rated by thousands of miles of prairie.
They have very different climates,
very divergent histories, and different
cultures in many respects. Who knew
oil could bring them so close?
On Sunday, the Carl Granat fam-
ily held their Christmas gathering in
Dickinson at the home of their
daughter, Julie and Randy Binstock
and
family. Those present besides the
Binstock family were Carl and Donna
from Golva; and Scott and Saman-
tha Granat and family from Gillette,
Wyo. Scott helped his parents
with a few tasks in their home while
in the area, The family rettimed to
Gillette on Monday, but the{r
daughter, Allison, spent a few days
longer visiting. On Tuesday, Carl
and Donna had lunch at the Golva
Bar with their granddaughter Allison
before she returned to Gillette with
her other grandparents on
Wednesday.
On Christmas Day, Jerry and
Susan Erlenbusch from Circle, Mont.,
and
Darrel and Heidi, Ted, Wyatt, and
Kyle Schulte from Hebron brought a
bountiful meal and lots of Christ-
mas "goodies" to their parents' home
near Golva. Shirley is recuperating
from her recent surgery, and
unable to do her usual baking and
cooking, so it was much appreciated.
After spending Christmas Day at
the home of Susan's parents, Jerry
and
Susan Erlenbusch stopped to visit
her brother, Jim and Lori in Golva
before retuming to Circle.
The community was saddened to
hear the news that Gayle Harpster,
who
was a longtime teacher in the
Golva School, had passed away.
Lexi Nistler, who has spent the
past six months in Texas training in
the National Guard to become an
EMT, arrived home on Tuesday, Dec.
16,
just in time to spend Christmas at
home. I can only echo what the
signs posted all over Golva read,
"Welcome hQme Lexi."
Don and Patsy Maus entertained
family members at their home on
Christmas Day. Those attending
were: Perry, Tammy, Levi, Lexi and
Lucas Nistler, Don and Marie
Nistler, Tyler and Shawna Maus, and
Justin Maus from Golva; Josh,
Amanda, Cade and McKenna Heine-
meyer from
Worlan d, Wyo.; and Randy Nistler
from Beach.
Several people in the Golva area
are sporting casts, boots or splints,
or walking with walkers. Pam
Knopp had surgery on her foot and
cannot
put any weight on it yet. Elaine
Noll is sporting a boot on her foot.
Mattie Schantz has a sorained
ankle, and is walking with crutches,
she
also had her tonsils out. Bunky
Nistler had a knee replaced before
Thanksgiving. She is healing, but
is using a walker when sh goe%
out, since there are icyotsjscat-
tered around that she could easily
slip on.
The Maus families gathered at the
home of David and Barb Maus south
of
Wibaux to share Christmas dinner.
Among those present were: Duane
and
Bobbie, Darin, Laura, Kirby and
Caitlin, Brad and Ivy and family, and
Darla Maus from Golva; and Josh
and Sara Ross and family from
Bismarck. Barb's two sisters, Sue
and Joe Finneman and family, and
Bob
and Alice Padgen were also pres-
ent to enjoy the day together.
Gary and Brenda Maus enter-
tained the members of their family
and Paul
and Mary Lee Schmitz for Christ-
mas dinner. Emily Hardy cooked
supper
for her family at the home of her
parents, Gary and Michelle Hardy,
and invited her grandma, Christine
Finneman, to come and share it with
them.
Hope everyone had a very Merry
Christmas filled with peace, love, and
joy. Now it's time to say Happy
New Year to 2015 and maybe think of
a
resolution or two that will help make
our lives even better than they
already are. Some people don't like
the word resolution, if you are
one of them, think then of a promise
or a commitment to yourself. We
can all be better in some way even if
it's just to smile more often or
to be a little bit kinder.
Mass in the Chapel of Angels at 9
a.m. started off our Thursday
morning activities. Deb Lauf led ex-
ercises at 9:45. In town shopping
began at 10:30 for those needing
supplies. The Golva students came to
visit and sing at t:30 p.m. Bingo at
2 p.m. was enjoyed by most of the
Manor residents in the Activity
Room. Lataea Linwood and Ardyn
Mattson
visited with many friends at the
Manor. Bobbie Hildebrant from Golva,
and Bonnie Spratt from Rapid City
came and had a great visit with
their second cousin, Christine
Finneman.
Friday morning was hair day with
our hair ladies Marguerite Parker
and Judy Ridenhower. They pam-
pered and freshened us up for the week-
end
activities and visits.
Loretta Wyckoff led our Saturday
morning exercises in the Activity
Room at 10 a.m. Jessica Savini
went to a Christmas Party at her
church.
Sunday morning Adoration began at
9 a.m. in the Chapel. Word &
Communion followed at 9:50.
Many were playing cards and games in
the
Dining Room at 2 p.m. until St.
Paul's Church members came caroling
at
2:30. Frances Kress's grandson,
Marc Kress, came to visit. Jowayne
Nunberg went to visit Ted with Deb-
bie and Dave Satea. Roland Raisler
returned to the Manor and is very
happy to be back home. Jessica
Savini enjoyed her church's Christ-
mas Pageant and potluck. Tina Reiss
visited with Fern Austby. Julianna
Thoemke visited with Florence and
Christine Finneman. Cory and Ann
Efta came to see Richard Efta. Missy,
Gus, Delaney and Jack Tvedt visited
with Juanita Baird. Laura and
Jason Schmitz brought Christine
Finneman a gift of fancy cookies and
homemade pickles from their own
garden when they came to visit her.
Michelle, Gary, and Jake Hardy
came to visit Christine Finneman. They
arrived just in time to put a new belt
on her vacuum cleaner!
Reading With Sharon Dietz began at
2 p.m. in the front lobby on
Monday afternoon. Amanda Mar-
man Bieber, Emma and Tristan Bieber,
Kara
Marman Finneman, Kamryn, Brynn
and Aeryn Finneman all came to visit
the Manor.
Tuesday morning Exercising With
Deb Lauf began at 9:45 a.m. At 2
p.m. we had a wonderful Christmas
Party put on by Deb Lauf and Marlene
Muruato in the Activity Room.
Gwen Lorenz and Mary Lee Schmitz
played
the piano while we had a sing-along.
Tom Marman's grandchildren: Aeryn
Finneman, Kamryn Finneman,
Brynn Finneman, Emma Bieber and
Tristan
Bieber handed out candy canes and
sang with us. Everyone received a
2015 calendar. We had a wonderful
table set with a meat and cheese
platter, a fresh fruit platter, and
desserts of decorated Christmas
cookies and pecan tarts. What a fab-
ulous party we enjoyed.
Devotions led by Pastor Ben Baker
began at 6 p.m. in the Chapel. Ron
Frasch came to visit mom, Carole
Frasch, and brought her some
Christmas goodies. Carole planned
to spend Christmas at her daughter
Barb's home. They were to attend a
Christmas Eve service in Wibaux
with Diane, Barb and Patty. Katie
Zinsli and Julianna Thoemke_visited
with Florence Finneman and
brought her goodies. Jeanne Larson
came and ..
brought Florence a present. Katie
planned to be with her mom,
Florence, for Christmas Eve and
Christmas Day. F_die Abraham's and
Christine Finneman's grandchil-
dren: Brian and Alison Black and their
girls, Bergen, Kennedy and Demerie
all came to visit them:Tbey were
on their way to take a skiing trip to
Wyoming. The girls played_piano
and sang Christmas carols to their
great-grandmas. They also brought
them lots of Christmas goodies.
Wednesday, Christmas Eve, began
with our hair ladies, Judy
Ridenhower and Marlene Muruato,
washing, setting and combing out our
hair for the Christmas holiday. Cof-
fee and Christmas goodies were
served at 9 a.m. in the Dining Room.
Shopping in town began at 10:30
a.m. We played bingo at 2 p.m. with
Bethine Sperry and Gary Riederer
in the Activity Room with afternoon
coffee time following at 3 p.m.
Tonight, Donna Sygull a planned to
go to her brother's home then to her
sister's home in Golva on Christmas
Day. Jessica Savini went to her
family's home to celebrate Christ-
mas.
Inspirational qotes of the week:
"Hope smiles from t threshold
of the year to.ome, whispering 'it
will be happier•' , Alfred Lord
Tennyson.
"Tomorrow is the first blank page of
a 365 page bookWrite a good
one." - Brad Paisley "Write it on
your heart that every day is the
best day in the year." - Ralph Waldo
Emerson
ride from the top of the bos.
A tour guide, dressed in a top hat
and vest, gave the passengers a bit of
history regarding the vehicle. The
bus, named the Queen Elizabus, is an
authentic double-decker bus from
England. It's a 1961 Bristol Lodekka
(FLF), built through a contract with
the English government aod was first
Tradition
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run as part of an English double-
decker fleet. FLF stands for flat bot-
tom floor, long body and front
entrance.
Only 1,867 FLF models were
built between 1961 and 1968, and it's
unknown how many are still in oper-
ation.
The steering wheel of the bus is
on the right side, with no power
steering and the gear shift is on the
left side of the driver. It was brought
to the U.S. in 1980 by a Denver,
Colo., company then sold to a com-
pany in Georgia, then to a company
in Iowa, where it was found and Rur-
chased by the Dickens Village Festi-
val Committee for $5,000 in 2005,
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