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Golden Valley News
January 11, 2018
I
Jane M. Cook
By Mary Barthel
A North Dakota National Guard ensemble from Fargo performs for the students and staff of
Beach High School, and the fourth- through sixth-graders of Lincoln Elementary, Friday, Jan. 5, in
the Beach High School gymnasium. (Photo by Jane Cook)
National Guard brass ensemble play for students
By Jane Cook time, and play their concerts prima- knew the words. During that med-
Reporter rily on weekends. After leaving ley, one young National Guard
On Friday, Jan. 5, students and Beach, the ensemble was heading to woman handed out water bottles,
Staff at Beach High School, and the Bismarck to play at a "welcome shirts, and other Guard memorabilia
fourth- through sixth- graders from home" event for the troops who re- to some of the students who were
Lincoln Elementary were treated to turned from time spent in guessing what songs they were
a concert by the North Dakota Na- Afghanistan. playing.
tional Guard brass ensemble from They also spoke to the students This is not the first time the
Fargo. Members of the Guard played about their jobs in the service, and Guard has come to Beach to per-
instruments which included a tuba, love for their country. During the form. Sgt. First Class Tucker, or-
slide trombone, a French horn and performance, as one of the Guard ganizer of the concerts, said,"There
trumpets, members was explaining his role, may be students in the higher grades
The Army National Guard has and how much serving for his coun- today that heard us play when they
three different musical ensembles try meant to him, the gymnasium were in the elementary grades."
which consist of a blues/rock band, a was totally silent as the audience lis- They also had members of the
Dixieland band, as well as the brass tened. Beach High School girls choir join
ensemble. Members of the GuardSix of the National Guard mem- them in starting the performance by
reach out to schools in the state with bers performed while other mem- singing the national anthem while
offers to play for the students and bers remained in the background to the soldiers played their instru-
staff, concentrating on one area at a help where and when needed, such ments. After the anthem was fin-
time, such as schools in the eastern as moving equipment and instru- ished, a coin was given to Jill
part of the state one year, and the ments, taking photos for their Tescher, music teacher, as a thank
western section the next. records, and near the end, the stu- you for allowing the girls choir sing
National Guard members serve dents were encouraged to guess with them. Each of the girls will
part-time, 2-4 days a month, while some familiar children's songs, and also receive a special coin in the
working civilian jobs the rest of the to sing along with the music if they mail from the National Guard.
AIw
Jake looked up at me with his
dark brown eyes. He appeared kind
of sad.
He was standing by his blue
sweater, which one of my daughters
had removed. She thought he was too
warm in his wooly sweater because
me
rupture. Be sure you have a supply of
any prescription medication you
take.
3. Limit caffeinated and alcoholic
beverages. Warm, sweet beverages,
such as cocoa, and broth-based soup
are considered more warming.
he already has a fur coat. body to lose heat more quickly.) 4. Most of us know the answer to
Yes, Jake is a dog. Our bitterly 4. What type of hand covering this one from experience: mittens are
cold January weather has made him keeps your hands warmer: mittens or better than gloves for maintaining
want to wear clothes. His brothers try gloves? warm hands.
to wiggle out of their striped and ar- 5. In dressing for cold tempera- 5. Wool, silk or polypropylene
gyle sweaters, even though they look tures, we all know that layering is the clothing holds in body heat better
quite handsome. Next, Jake will be best option. Name at least two types than cotton as inner layers. Top your
looking for snow boots before he of material best for the inner layers layers with a tightly woven, wind-re-
ventures outside very briefly a few of clothing, sistant coat.
times a day. We all need to minimize 6. What is the name given to an 6. Hypothermia is a dangerous
the time our pets spend outdoors in abnormally low body temperature? condition because it also affects your
the cold weather. What should you do if you come brain and ability to think about what
I'm with Jake. I don't want to go upon a person with this condition and to do. Hypothermia can occur at cool
outside very often in these frigid medical help is not immediately temperatures (40 F)if a person gets
temperatures, and I want to be swad- available? wet from falling into water. If a per-
died in warm clothing. Cold weather 7. Besides keeping your gas tank son is shivering, confused, has
can be deadly. "topped up" (full), can you name at slurred speech and is very tired, take
Let's review a few things to stay least 10 things you should keep in the person's temperature.
nourished, safe and warm this win- your winter survival kit in your vehi- According to the CDC, a body
ter. The answers, which are based on cle? temperature below 95 F is a medical
!'Extreme Cold: A Prevention Guide Answers: emergency. Get the person in a warm
to Promote Your Personal Health and 1. Infants and older adults are area, remove wet clothing and warm
Safety" from the Centers for Disease most vulnerable to cold conditions, the person with blankets and dry,
Control and Prevention (CDC), fol- but anyone can be affected. Infants warm clothing. Give warm bever-
low. lose body heat quickly and are un- ages if the person is conscious. Get
1. Which two age groups are par- able to shiver, so be sure their rooms medical attention immediately.
ticularly vulnerable to cold weather? are warm and they are dressed ap- 7. Be sure you have a phone,
2. Imagine you are snowboundpropriately. Older adults also pro- blankets, a first-aid kit, waterproof
and the furnace goes out. You are duce less body heat due to a slower matches and a can (to melt snow for
staying warm with a fireplace. What metabolism, water), windshield scraper, booster
are three categories of items you 2. Keep foods on hand that re- cables, tow rope, shovel, flashlight
Should have on hand? quire no cooking or refrigeration, and batteries, high'calorie canned or
3. What types of beverages should such as bread, crackers,canned food, dried food, a can opener, water
you limit when you are trying to stay and trail mix with dried fruits, nuts source and several other items. See
warm? and chocolate. Be sure you have a www.cdc.gov/disasters/winter/guide.
(These beverages cause your safe supply of water in jugs or bot- html for more information.
ties in case the water pipes freeze or
Wi
r in 1928 'b
ht' snowbird
By Jayme Job
Dakota Datebook
This week in 1928, the winter
proved to be one of the worst on
record for North Dakota in terms of
snowfall and blizzard-like condi-
tions. Many people around the state,
notably doctors and mail carriers,
found it impossible to drive their au-
tomobiles, or even horses, through
the large snowdrifts that blocked the
rural roads.
To solve this problem North
Dakotans devised a new way of
traveling through drifts and ice. Re-
moving the front wheels and fender
from their automobiles, and replac-
ing these with skis, and then reat-
taching these front tires right in
front of the back ones, and wrapping
a "caterpillar"- like track around the
sets of tires, these innovators cre-
ated what came to be known as a
"snowbird." The snowbird was ca-
pable of breaking through drifts up
to five feet, And although strange to
look at, they reached speeds up to
30 miles per hour.
O. H. Woodridge, rural mail car-
rier for southwest Fargo, reported to
the Fargo Forum that his snowbird
allowed him to complete his 29
mile mail route in "little more than It is ironic that the vehicle ere-
two hours." He claimed that on ated to help rural North Dakota
many days he would not even have make it through the tough winter of
been able to complete the route with 1928 was named the snowbird, con-
traditional means of transportation, sidering that today the word is used
Woodridge was the first of to describe residents of the northern
Fargo's mail carriers to employ a Midwest and Canada who choose to
snowbird, and he built the vehicle flee south before the first flakes of
himself using his old Ford automo- winter even begin to fall!
bile. The mail carrier spent a total of
$165 on the alteration, purchasing ("Dakota Datebook" is a radio
an additional axle for the adjustment series from Prairie Public in part-
of the front tires, the two front skis, nership with the State Historical So-
and the wheel track around the four ciety of North Dakota and with
back tires. Woodridge reported that funding from the North Dakota Hu-
the snowbird was " the best outfit manities Council. See all the Dakota
he [had] ever seen for 'bucking' Datebooksatprairiepublic.org.
snow."
Dec. 28 - Mass was celebrated in
the Chapel at 9 a.m. At 10 a.m e
xercises were held with Loretta,
and in-town shopping took place
for those residents who needed to
venture out. Due to the weather,
most were happy just to be bundled
up in their rooms and enjoyed not
having to brave the cold tempera-
tures outdoors. Cards were played
in the Activity Room.
Dec. 29 - At 8 a:m. hair was
washed and fixed in the salon. This
week's hair volunteers were Lezlie
Paul and Judy Ridenhower. Chuck
and Lois Miske were visitors of
Florence Miske.
Dec. 30 - The afternoon was
filled with holiday cheer as mem-
bers of St. Paul's Lutheran Church
in Beach came and did some
Christmas caroling and shared
homemade cookies and treats with
us. The residents enjoyed the af-
ternoon and really appreciated all
those who took part in this wonder-
ful afternoon. Events like these
sure help to get us all into the
Christmas spirit and make the days
go by so fast.
Dec. 31 - Adoration was held in
the Chapel at 8:30 a.m. Word and
Communion followed at 9:30 a.m.
Tom Muckle from Spearfish, S.D
visited his parents Jim and. Mae
Muckle.
Jan. 1 - Happy New Year. The
Kitchen served a delicious roast
beef dinner for the residents to
enjoy. Christine Finneman was
joined by her daughter Mary Lee
Schmitz and her husband Paul. Fa-
ther Berg also joined the trio for the
noon meal. Jan Kuchera spread her
New Year's Day Cheer by visiting
some of her lady friends.
Jan. 2 - Exercises were held at
10 a.m. In the afternoon around 2,
members of St. Paul's Church en-
tertained us with bingo. Devotions
were held in the Chapel at 7 p.m.
Jan. 3 - Mary and the Manor
Makers spent the afternoon making
wreaths for our January season.
Residents made hats, mittens and
snowboots to glue on the wreath
with the saying "Baby, its cold out-
side." Everyone thought these were
very fitting, due to the frigid temps
we have been having.
Donation
(Continued from Page 1)
elude: President Brian R. Bjella
(Bismarck), Vice President Bill
Daniel (Bismarck),
Secretary/Treasurer Todd Stein-
wand (Bismarck), Chairman,
Frank J. Bavendick (Bismarck),
Don Clement (Bismarck), John
Roswick (Bismarck), and Paul
Schliesman (Minnetonka, Minn.).
Grant recipients in the area in-
clude:
- Home on the Range, $20,000
- Theodore Roosevelt Medora
Foundation, $50,000.
Known as the "Father of North
Dakota oil," Thomas Witt Leach
became one of the nation's leading
oil geologists and did more than
any one individual to persuade
major oil companies to look for oil
in North Dakota. Frances Van
Valkenburgh (Land) Leach was
Tom's closest partner, not only as
his wife, but as a director in all
four of their business ventures.
After Tom's death in 1966, she
was elected president of North
American Royalties Inc the fam-
ily's major enterprise which was
listed on the American Stock Ex-
change.
Tom Leach first visited North
Dakota in 1928 while working for
Trans-Continental. He was in-
trigued by the countryside and
rock formations, convinced that oil
was trapped somewhere below the
surface.
Jan. 11, 1968, 50 years ago:
Babies, an even three dozen ofth
em, or 36, bowed into the world at
Beach during this past year, com-
pared to 41 brand-new arrivals in
the year before.
What's
Happening?
Listings for high school sporting
events, plus public events that are
free to anyone and aren't fund-rais-
ers or aren't family or business invi-
tations, can be published free of
charge in this column.
Beach girls varsity basketball, 7
p.m Jan. 11, vs. Bowman County, at
Bowman
Heart River boys basketball, 7
p.m Jan. 11, vs. Dickinson Trinity,
at Dickinson
Beach boys varsity basketball, 7
p.m Jan. 12, vs. Trenton, at Trenton
Belfield American Legion Aux-
iliary monthly meeting, 1:30
p.m Jan. 16, American Legion Hall
in Belfield
al copies
aws are
Beach Food Center
Golva Grocery
Gql0en Valley. New Office,
22 Central Ave Beach
Doing business without
advertising is like Winking at
someone in the dark- only
you know what you're doing,
and it's not very effective.
PLANNING
& ZONING
FREQUENTLY
ASKED QUESTIONS
FOR CONSTRUCTION IN
GOLVA, SENTINEL BUTTE,
AND RURAl. AREAS ONLY
Q: When does the County Zoning
Commission meet?
Q: When is a zoning hearing required?
Q: What type of construction needs a
permit?
Q: Do I need a zoning permit for a
mobile home?
Q: What is a variance?
Q: What is a conditional use permit?
Q: How close to the road can I build?
Q: How close to my property line can I
build?
Q: How much does a permit cost?
Q; Where do I get an application?
Prepared by the
Q:
A:
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A~
How close to the road can I build?
All rural buildings or structures shall
not be less than one hundred fifty
(150) feet from the edge of the right-of-
way of state and county highways.
secondary county and township roads
and major arterial streets.
Typical right-of-
way for county
roads is 66 feet.
The setback is 150
feet from the edge
of the right-of-way
or 183 feet from
the road
centerline.
Sheiterbelts shall not be less than one
hundred fifty ( 1501 feet from the road
centerline.
How close to my property line can I
build?
In rural Agricultural Districts the Front,
Side, and Rear Setback is one hundred
(100) feet for land not adjacent to a
roadway.
In Residential Districts the Setbacks are:
Front 25 feet
Side I 0 feet
Rear 30 feet
For setback requirements in other
districts, see Zoning Director.
Q: How much does a permit cost?
A: The following list is the fee schedule for
zoning certificates:
Residential:
Single-Family Residential $75.00
Multi-Family Residential $ 100.00
Singlewide Mobile Home 550.00
Doublewide Mobile Home $ 75.00
Garages, Shol~, Storage Buildings:
Addition to existing structure $25.00
Bldgs, 2,000 Sq.Ft. or Less $50.00
Greater than 2,000 Sq. Ft $75.00
Commercial & Miscellaneous:
Commercial Building $ 100.00
Industrial Building $150.00
Conditional Use Permit $50.00
Temporary Use Permit $ 50.00
Road Approach Permit $250.00
Where do I get an application?
Applications are available in the Tax/
Zoning Office at the courthouse:
Henry Gerving, Tax & Zoning Director
Golden Valley County
150 I st Ave SE
PO Box 67
Beach, ND 58621
Phone: (70 I) 8724673
Fax: (701) 872-4383
e
Q: When does theCountyZoning
Commission meet?
A; The Zoning Commission is scheduled
to meet on the last Monday of every
month at 3:00 pm in the
Commissioner's Room at the Golden
Valley County Courthouse.
The scheduled meetings will be on the
following dates in 2017:
APPUt~ATION DUE: MEETING DATE:
January 12 January 29, 2018
February 9 February 26, 2018
March 9 Harch 26, 2018
April 13 April 30, 2018
Hay 4 May 21, 2018
June 8 June 25, 2018
]uly 13 July 30, 2018
August 10 August 27, 2018
September 7 September 24, 2018
October 12 October 29, 2018
November 9 November 26, 2018
November 30 December 17, 2018
O1,
Due to our advertising requirements,
the deadline for your application will
be 3 weeks prior to the meeting date.
O:
A:
When is a zoning hearing requirx'd?
A hearing is scheduled when an
application does not meet all
requirements of the zoning ordinance
and will need a variance or a
conditional use permit granted by the
Board before construction may begin.
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If the application follows all elements of
the zoning ordinance, the permit may
be granted by the Zoning Director
without a hearing,
What type of construction needs a
permit?
A:
A permit is required for the
construction or moving in of any
structure or whenever ~ outside
dimensions of an existing building are
altered.
The permitting process was set up to
promote the health, safety, and well-
being of the citizens and to promote
the sound and desirable use of lands of
Golden Valley, County.
Do I need a zoning permit for a mobile
home?
Q:
A:
Q:
A:
Vdhat is a variance?
A variance is needed if the bui
proposal does not meet ordin~
requirements and cannot reas
be changed to meet standard."
EXAMPLE:
Constructing a building withir
county right-of-way setbacks.
What is a conditional use pern
Use of lands or structures whi(
not considered a desired use c
or structures within a describe
district but deemed allowable
Golden Valley County Board c
Commissioners and appropria:
council shall be known as con,
uses, and shall require a permi
acquired through the procedk
described in Section 5.5.2. ann
hearing with proper notice.
If the deadline for advertising for the Q:
month has passed, the application will
be presented at the following month's A: Before a mobile home may be moved .t~
meeting, into the county, a zoning permit is
required just like in new construction.
If no applications or other items are
presented to the Zoning Director by Mobile homes also require Moving
the due date, the meeting will be Permits when moved within and
canceled, outside of the county as well as Mobile
Home Registrations when first brought
into the county.
EXAMPLE:
Constructing a Residential or
Commercial building within ar
Agricultural District
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For further details, contact the County
Tax Director.