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Retail Trade: $1,540~87M
$40.48M
Miscellaneous:
Utilities: $55,70M
Other Services: $105.36M
Information Industries: S! 33.69M
Wholtmnl Trade: $1,071.75M
Financial, lrnmrance, Read E.m~f~
Rental & LeasinR: $188.04M
~: $163.63M ,
Mlatuf~mring: $276.901V
Accommodation & Food Sel'v~s: $460,30M
Mining & Oil Exu'action: $555A8M
Sal taxes d
in fiw area counties
By News/Pioneer Staff of 10.26 percent prices continue to rise, we could feel
BISMARCK - Tax Commissioner Dunn, $12.1 million, increase of the impact in other areas as well."
Ryan Rauschenberger on Jan. 4 said 47.1 percent Of the 50 largest cities in North
North Dakota's taxable sales and pur- Golden Valley, $2.9 million, de- Dakota, the highest percent increases
chases for the third quarter of 2017 crease of 26.65 percent for the third quarter of 2017 - com-
had a slight increase. Hettinger, $2.7 million, decrease pared to the third quarter of 2016 -
Taxable sales and purchases for of 3.69 percent were :
July, August and September 2017 McKenzie, $57 million, increase Tioga, increase of 31.51 percent
were nearly $4.73 billion, a 2.3 per- of 20.88 percent Williston, increase of 29.55 per-
cent increase over those months in Slope, $283,000, decrease of .04 cent
2016. percent New Town, increase of 27.25
"We are happy to report positive Stark, $242.5 million, increase of percent
taxable sales and purchases growth 12.31 percent Casselton, increase of 24.53 per-
for the second quarter in a row," Statewide, five of the 15 major cent
Rauschenberger said in a prepared sectors reported taxable sales and Langdon, increase of 23.91 per-
statement."Especially when you fac- purchases gains when compared to cent
tor in that this report w~s during a the third quarter a year ago. Counties with the highest percent
timeframe our.state-was dealingwith: ~ ( Tha~t~tining and oil extraction sec- increases for the third quarter of 2017
a severe drought." tor increased by $247.7 million (an as compared to the third quarter of
Five of the nine counties in south- 80.5 percent increase), the wholesale 2016 were:
western North Dakota had decreases, trade sector increased by $125 mil- Dunn County, increase of 47.1
Figures for the nine counties of the lion (a 13.2 percent increase), and the percent
region, comparing taxable sales and other services sector increased by Burke County, increase of 29.46
purchases of the third quarter of 2016 $5.6 million (a 5.64 percent in- percent
with the third quarter of 2017, were : crease). Williams County, increase of
Adams, $4.6 million, decrease of "Although the retail trade sector 29.15 percent
6.67 percent was down during the third quarter, we LaMoure County, increase of
Billings, $16.31 million, increase see a large increase in some of the in- 28.34 percent
of 2.96 percent dustries related to oil activity," Renville County, increase of
Bowman, $9.6 million, decrease Rauschenberger added. "If energy 25.89 percent
Foundations
gifts largest
donations in
history
By News/Pioneer Staff
BISMARCK - The Tom and
Frances Leach Foundation of Bis-
marck gifted $1 million in 2017,
the largest annual total in the foun-
dation's 62-year history. ~-
A total of 59 grants were
awarded, ranging from $1,500 to
the Central Dakota Children's
Choir to $120,000 to the State His-
torical Society of North Dakota, Buc high scorer Sam Oech brings the ball up the court flanked
according to a Jan. 8 announce- by Julie Flying Horse. (Photo by Renee Orluck)
ment.
ran esBeach girls defeat Mandaree
Foundation Inc. is a private foun-
dation created in 1955 by Thomas By Renee Orluck berg gave his starters a much de-
Witt and Frances Van Valkenburgh Correspondent served rest and sent in the reserves.
(Land).Leach, whose mission is to Thursday evening, Jan. 4, the Molly Farstveet led the younger girls
promote the public welfare with Mandaree girls were in town to chap with four points. The game ended
private means. The foundation lenge the Beach Bucs. with Beach on top, 86 to Mandaree's
supports endeavors in the arts and The Bucs came out strong in the 64.
humanities, education, and human first quarter with 24 points, doubling The Lady Bucs' next three games
services. Since its creation, a total up the Lady Warriors 12 points, will be away at Bowman the llth,
of $17.33 million has been given Mandaree improved to 18 points in Trenton the 12th, and New England
to local charities and community the second quarter with Beach once the 15th. Their next home game is
projects, again shooting 24. The Lady Bucs against Killdeer on Thursday the
The foundation's board is re- headed into the locker room with a 18th.
sponsible for determining all comfortable 18-point lead at half- Points: SamOech, 21;AbbyWil-
grants in accordance with its by- time. helmi, 17; Megan Rising, 11; Rachel
laws. Current board members in- Sam Oech made all five of her Bosserman, 10; Madi Wilhelmi, 10;
free throws in the third quarter and Jenna Hildebrant, 6; Molly Farstveet,
Donation led the Buc's in points with nine. In4; Mikayla Paul, 4; and Andrea
(Continued on Page 8) the fourth quarter, coach Mark Gol- Lund, 3.
By Richard Volesky
Editor/Reporter
MEDORA - Another one of the
criminal charges levied against
James G. Watson, 52, LaMoure's for-
mer police chief, has been dismissed.
In Billings County, Watson was
charged with gross sexual imposi-
tion, a class A felony. That charge
was dismissed last month by District
Judge William Herauf. Billings
County State's Attorney Jay Brovold
said in his dismissal request that
based on "very recently received in-
vestigation reports" the state will not
be able to prove the charge.
Watson also had faced two counts
of gross sexual imposition - sexual
act by force in Billings County,
which were class AA felonies, also
for alleged crimes in 2012. However,
District Judge Rhonda Ehlis dis-
missed those two counts at an Oct. 2
preliminary hearing.
There no longer are any charges
pending against Watson in Billings
County.
Watson was arrested on June 30,
2017, and has been in jail since.
Also at the Oct. 2 hearing, Ehlis
dismissed one class AA felony sex
charge, and one class A felony sex
charge from Hettinger County. The
judge determined there wasn't
enough probable cause to prove the
alleged victim was forced to perform
the acts. Watson pleaded not guilty to
all charges on Oct. 2.
Charges that remain include: one
class AA felony count of continuous
sexual abuse of a child in Stark
County, one class A felony count of
continuous sexual abuse of a child in
Golden Valley County, and one class
AA gross sexual imposition charge in
Hettinger County.
The alleged victim in all of the
cases was the same person. The
charges range from the fall of 2011
to the spring of 2013. The alleged
crimes were in different counties be-
cause Watson had moved from place
to place for employment, according
to prior court testimony.
A trial for the Hettinger County
charge is scheduled to start on Jan.
31 in Mott.
Court dockets also list the Stark
and Golden Valley trials for the same
day, but Judge Herauf indicated in an
order related to Hettinger County
charge that other counties requested
separate trials. Additional informa-
tion about the schedule wasn't avail-
able at press time.
2018 GVN/BCP
Boys teams start
By Renee Orluck
Correspondent
: Tuesday, Jan. 2, the Beach Bucs
boys basketball team ushered in the
New Year with a 64-57 win over the
New England Tigers.
For those in attendance they were
entertained with two great halves of
basketball with Beach edging out
New England 14-12 at the end of the
first quarter and then giving up 22
second-quarter points and putting up
only 13 of their own to go into the
half down by seven, 34-27. The Bucs
battled back in the second half tak-
.~ing the third quarter 14-10 and cut-
ting into that seven-point half-time
deficit to trail only by three at the end
of the third quarter, 44-41. The Bucs
outscored the Tigers 23-13 to domi-
nate the fourth quarter and to hang on
for the win. Last second free throws
by Blake Van Horn sealed the vic-
tory.
Buccaneer scoring: Gage Swan-
son, 34; Josiah Orluck, 14; John
Summers, 6; Cole Erickson, 5; Jhett
Farstveet, 3. Three-pointers: Sum-
mers, 2; Erickson, 1. Free throws:
23-30.
Friday, Jan. 5, the Bucs traveled
to Elgin to take on the Coyotes. After
a 17-point tie to end the first quarter,
the Bucs outscored the Coyotes 16-
11 in the second quarter to go into
halftime with 33-28 lead.
The Bucs showed up on defense
to limit the Coyotes to four third-
quarter points while putting up 15 of
their own and taking a 48-32 lead to
,begin the fourth quarter. The Bucs
played just well enough to hang on
for a 58-51 win after getting
i outscored 19-10 in the final quarter.
Buccaneer s coring: Gage Swan-
son, 20; Gunnar Farstveet, 12; Cole
Erickson, 12; Josiah Orluck, 9; Tevin
: Dietz, 3; Jhett Farstveet, 2. Three- p
ointers: Erickson, 2; Dietz, 1. Free t
hrows: 7-13.
Saturday, Jan. 6, concluded a busy
three- game schedule for the week
with playing host to the Williston
Trinity Christian Crusaders. All nine
year with th
!
Buccaneers on the roster made it into ::: ::+
the scoring column and came away
with an easy 88-28 victory. The Bucs '
came out with a strong 28 point first
- quarter while holding their oppo-
nent to only four. The Bucs
outscored the Crusaders 20-0 in the
second quarter to take a 48-4 lead
into halftime. Beach outscored the
Crusaders 40-24 in the second half.
Buccaneer scoring: Gage Swan-
son, 35; Josiah Orluck, 18; Gunnar
Farstveet, 14; Tevin Dietz, 10; Cole
Erickson, 3; Jhett Farstveet, 2; Blake
Van Horn, 2; Brandon Schulte, 2.weekofJan. 8 the Bucs will be host-
Three- p ointers: Erickson, 1; Dietz, ing Region 7 opponent Richardton
1; Free Throws: 6-11. on Jan. 9 and traveling for a non-Re-
The B ucs are now 7-1 on the sea- gion game to Trenton on Jan. 12. The
son and 1-0 in Region play. The week of Jan. 15 will find the Bucs
wins
Beach's Josiah Orluck looks to score against Williston Trinity
Christian, (Photo by Renee Orluck)
facing some stiffer competition as
they take on three Region 7 oppo-
nents traveling to Heart River on Jan.
16, Killdeer on the 19th, and hosting
Dickinson Trinity on the 20th.
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