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Obituaries ............ Page 2
Classifieds ............ Page 4
Social News .......... Page 5
Happy couple, page 5
Fatalities
down
There were 104 traffic
fatalities on North Dakota
roadways in 2008. a decrease
of seven traffic fatalities from
2007. The 104 traffic fatali-
ties occurred in 97 crashes.
Alcohol use and a lack of
seat belts continue to be con-
tributing factors in crashes.
This year. alcohol was a con-
tributing factor in 50 of the
104 deaths (48 percent), com-
pared to last year's rate of 57
percent. There were nine
fewer lives lost as a result of
alcohol use this year.
Full story on page 2
Fast facts
January in North Dakota
History: From the ND
Centennial Calendar
January 26, 1855 -The
first post office in North
Dakota opened at St.
Joseph, now Walhalla.
January 22, 1859 - The
St. Paul Chamber of
Commerce offered $1.000
to the first person putting a
steamboat on the Red River.
Full story on page 2.
with grant
The North Dakota Department
of Commerce. in conjunction with
the Roosevelt-Custer Regional
Council for Development. has pro-
vided a $16.000 grant to the city of
Sentinel Butte.
The grant will be used for the
purchase of a new fire truck for the
Sentinel Butte Rural Fire District
and will be matched by $10.000
from the Sentinel Butte Rural Fire
District and $5.000 from the city of
Sentinel Butte.
"The current fire truck is under-
sized and couldn't support the exist-
ing fire-fighting equipment." said
Ken Davis. community develop-
ment coordinator for the Roosevelt-
Custer Regional Development
Council. "Purchasing a reliable
truck is critical in addressing the
fire protection district's safety
Bsues tor the city of Sentinel Butte
and the adjacent rural area."
Funds for this project came from
the Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG) program
managed by the North Dakota
Department of Commerce. The
program provides financial assis-
tance to eligible cities and counties
in North Dakota. The eight region-
al planning councils receive an allo-
cation from the state to fund proj-
ects in their region.
Funds are awarded in the form of
grants and loans in tour categories:
"Purchasing a
reliable truck is
critical in address-
ing the fire protec-
tion district's safe-
ty issues for the
city of Sentinel
Butte and the adja-
cent rural area."
Ken Davis
community
development
coordinator
economic development projects,
public facilities, planning and hous-
ing. Primary beneficiaries of the
CDBG funds are low- and moder-
ate-income individuals. To apply,
applicants must contact the regional
council in their area.
The North Dakota Department
of Commerce works to improve the
quality of life for North Dakota cit-
izens by leading efforts to attract,
retain and expand wealth.
Commerce serves businesses and
communities statewide through
people and partners who otter pro-
grams and services.
Company encourages
involvement in market
By Richard Volesky
Editor/Reporter
MEDORA - A representative of
an Iowa company on Dec. 30 out-
lined the possibility of a new rev-
enue source for ranchers and farm-
ers, all based on what is under their
feet every day.
Lowell Mesman, a range spe-
cialist with AgraGate of West Des
Moines, Iowa, reviewed how car-
bon credits are traded on the
W Chicago Climate Exchange
(CCX). The exchange was
launched as a pilot program in
,, A-P¢! !1 2003 to allow companies to pur-
chase credits to offset greenhouse
gas emissions.
AgraGate works to purchase
carbon credits from individual
agricultural producers and to pool
them to be sold together on the
CCX.
"This whole thing came about
because of global warming -
greenhouse gases," said Mesman.
Greenhouse gases include car-
bon dioxide and methane. Any
green plant uses carbon dioxide,
and plant matter has the ability to
capture and secure carbon. The
carbon stored in the soil creates an
offset - or a credit - that can be sold
on the CCX.
A carbon credit is equivalent to
one metric, ton of carbon dioxide.
Tests have determined how much
carbon different types of land can
hold, and Natural Resources
Conservation Service definitions
and a CCX map are used to deter-
mine the possible carbon credit
rates that would be available per
acre per year. AgraGate sells car-
bon in 100-ton increments on the
CCX.
Non-degraded rangeland
acreage in Billings, Slope and
Bowman counties has a carbon
credit rate of .27 tons per acre per
year, while most of the rest of
• Beach girls basketball vs.
New England, A & B teams, at
Beach, 5:30 p.m., Jan. 15.
• Heart River girls basketball
vs. Hazen at South Heart, A, B
& C teams, 4 p.ilt., Jan. 15.
• Heart River boys basketball
vs. Ray at Williston, A team,
Jan. 17, TBA.
• Beach wrestling - Miles
City "Multiple" - TBA, Jan. 17.
• Beach boys basketball vs.
Burke County, A team, at
Williston State College, t1:30
a.m., Jan. 17.
• Potluck at Belfietd Senior
Citizen's Activity Club with M-
Z serving, 12:30 p.m., Jan. 18.
• Health screening at Belfield
Senior Citizen's Activity Club,
9-noon, 1-2:30 p.m.: business
meeting, 1 p.m., Jan. 21.
• Billings County Historical
Society meeting, Jan. 2t, at 5:15
p.m. in the Commissioners'
Meeting Room, first floor of
Billings County Courthouse.
Everyone welcome.
• Bingo and pool, Belfield
Senior Citizen's Activity Club,
1-3 p.m., birthday party follow-
ing, Jan. 26.
North Dakota. including Stark and
Golden Valley counties, has a rate
of .12 tons per acre per year. A
possible rate used for cropland in
the area is .4 tons per acre per year.
Among the qualifications for
cropland would be if a farmer used
no-till or strip-till methods.
Rangeland management would
have to include light or moderate
stocking rates, sustainable live-
stock distribution, ways to miti-
gate drought and allowances for
wildlife management.
Generally speaking, the goal is
to avoid a situation where the
enrolled land or the soil is kept
black, which would be the case
with conventional tilling. Black
soil would mean that carbon is not
being stored.
The sale of carbon at the CCX
would be subject to CCX exchange
fees. Producers with enrolled land
would be subject to verification or
random checks to determine that
proper land management practices
are being used, said Mesman.
AgraGate deducts 10 percent of
the value of the credits it sells as a
commission.
Last July, AgraGate disbursed
$4.2 million to ag producers who
met the requirements of their con-
tracts, according to the company.
The payments to 1,800 producers
averaged $2.375 each.
Current prices for carbon cred-
its are at $1.65 per ton and are con-
sidered to be poor, said Mesman.
The company doesn't plan sales
until the price hits $3 per ton. A
record high last June was $7.50 per
ton.
"You're not going to get filthy
rich, but you"re recovering money
for a commodity you didn't know
you were raising," said Mesman.
More information can be found
ly
at www.agra,ate.com.
© 2009 BCP
Family Fun in the Snow Day
The afternoon of Sunday, Jan. 11, was a designated Family Fun in the Snow Day at the
Chateau de Mores State Historic Site. Kyle Anderson creates a snow angel on top of snow-
covered ice.
Below: Other youngsters make their way up a hill while sledding. (Photos by Jane Cook.)
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2008
A year of news in review
- Kim Nunberg, Beach city audi-
tor, received the Innovator Award at
a Municipal Government Academy
awards ceremony during the North
Dakota League of Cities' fifth annu-
al auditor's workshop held recently
in Bismarck.
- The bells of St. John the Baptist
Church in Beach will ring at 8 a.m.
on Thursday, May 1, marking the
Community National Day of Prayer.
May
- Joe and Teresa Dobrowski on
April 25 celebrated an anniversary
that few couples reach. "I think
we're making history," Joe
Dobrowski, 102, said. "I haven't
This week's review of 2008
includes a look back at some of the
news that made headlines during
the year's second quarter:
April
- Area schools, including Beach,
Belfield, South Heart and
Dickinson, are laying the ground-
work for a virtual center that would
begin offering new learning oppor-
tunities in the region.
- A busy construction season is
expected as the Southwest Water
Pipeline is extended into the Trotter,
Fairfield, Grassy Butte and Killdeer
Mountain areas over the next sever-
al months.
heard of many (marriages) close to
75 ."
- The ity of Beach is seeking to
be known as a Tree City, USA, with
the celebration of its first Annual
Arbor Day event.
- Damages resulting from a May •
9 fire at Beach Co-op Grain Co. are
estimated to be at least $200,000,
says Paul Lautenschlager, the man-
ager of the facility.
St. Joseph's Hospital and
Health Center officials held a town
hall meeting in Beach, with the
intent to dispel rumors and to
Review
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