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Page 6 Golden Valley News January 26, 20t7 Department of Health reminds residents to test for radon BISMARCK - During National health.gov/AQ/IAQ/RADON/. Radon Action Month in January, Once in place, a properly installed the North Dakota Department of mitigation system will reduce Health (NDDoH)reminds residents radon gas and safely vent it out- that January and other cooler side. weather months are a great time to Radon-related illness claims test their home for radon, aleading more than 21,000 lives in the cause of lung cancer among non- United States annually. "In North smokers. Dakota, 63 percent of homes have "Radon is a cancer-causing, nat- an elevated level of radon above urally-occurring radioactive gas the U.S. Environmental Protection that you can't see, smell or taste, Agency's (EPA) 'Action Level' of and it is found throughout the soil 4.0 picocuries per liter (pCi/L)," in North Dakota," said Justin Otto, said Otto. "In fact, the EPA lists Indoor Air Quality and Radon Pro- North Dakota as Zone 1, meaning gram coordinator for NDDoH. "Its the entire state has the highest po- presence in the home can pose a tential for elevated radon levels." danger to a family's health." The EPA and the NDDoH are Radon is harmlessly dispersed encouraging people to test their in outdoor air at low levels, but homes for radon and remedy any when trapped in buildings, it can be problems. During January, events harmful,especially at high concen- nationwide will focus on testing trations. "The good news is that and fixing problems in homes with radon is a problem that can be a radon level of 4.0 pCi/L or managed," said Otto. "By in- higher. stalling a radon mitigation system, Radon test kits are available by homeowners can effectively lower emailing Justin Otto at the level of radon in their homes, jotto@nd.gov and including a mail- These systems use many conven- ing address. The radon test kits are tional building materials and re- available at no cost to the general quire few specialized tools to public, and they include all mailing install." and laboratory analysis fees. The Systems may be installed by a test kits are very easy to use and homeowner or a radon mitigation come with easy-to-follow direc- contractor. A list of contractors is tions, says Otto. Test kits also may available on the North Dakota De- be available for purchase at local partment of Health, Division of Air hardware stores, building supply Quality's website at www.nd- stores or local public health units. DIFFICULTY THIS WEEK: @@ Courthouse The following are cases closed in Southwest District Court in Billings County in December: Speeding: Albert J. Amerin, 73, Dillon, Colo.; Joanne G. Bailey, 57, Dickinson; Jacob F. Brown, 28, Cul- bertson, Mont.; Marla R. Colburn, 33, Valentine, Nebr.; Dana M. Dav- enport, 58, Great Falls, Mont.; Mc- Cade J. Evanson, 26, Fargo; Joe C. Gawith, 28, Goodman, Mo.; Jeffrey J. Haney, 58, Dickinson; Joseph A. Hostetler, 21, Golva; Lyle L. Kroczaleski, 25, Sterling, Mich.; is suspended: Harry S. Ward Jr., 44, Centennial, Colo. Criminal trespass: Larry D. Dockter, 53, Mandan Front seat occupants not belted: Albert J. Amerin, 73, Dillon, Colo.; Jacob F. Brown, 28, Culbert- son, Mont.; Joe C. Gawith, 28, Goodman, Mo.; Michael P. Haskins, 38, Dickinson; David P. Hodges, 45, Dickinson; Cody E. Wing, 23, Mot- ley, Minn. Rodriguez 1. MOVIES: What was the last mov- ie that Nancy Davis Reagan appeared in? 2. GEOGRAPHY: What desert exists in parts of California, Arizona and Mexico? 3. PROVERBS: Where should you "never look a gift horse"? 4. U.S. STATES: Which state is an anagram of the word "anime"? 5. LITERATURE: What was author Thomas Mann's native country? 6. ANATOMY: How much of blood's volume is made up of plasma? 7. RELIGION: Which religion's places of worship are called "King- dom Halls"? 8. MEASUREMENTS: What is the base unit of mass in the metric system? 9. PSYCHOLOGY: What fear is rep- resented in the condition called "neo- phobia"? 10. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which president began appearing on the half dollar coin in 1964? Answers 1."Crash Landing" (1958 ) 2. Sonoran desert 3. "In the mouth" 4. Maine 5. Germany 6.55 percent 7. Jehovah's Witnesses 8. The gram 9. The fear of anything new 10. John F. Kennedy ©2017King Features Synd.,Inc. by Chris Richcreek 1. Name the last pitchers before the Los Angeles Dodgers' Clayton Ker- shaw in 2015 to record at least 300 strikeouts in a season. 2. Who was the last St. Louis Car- dinal to lead the National League in RBIs for a season? 3. How many consecutive seasons have the Clemson Tigers football team won at least 10 games? 4. Dwane Casey is the Toronto Rap- tors' all-time leader in regular-season coaching victories (210 entering the 2016-17 season). Who is No. 2 on the team's list? 5. In 2016, Connor McDavid tallied by Linda Thistle 4 1 7 4 6 7 4 Solution on page 5 7 1 Place a number in the empty boxes in such a way that each row across, each column down and each small 9-box square contains all of the numbers from one to nine. @ Moderate 00 Challenging ,0, @ @ HOO BOYt This weekly puzzle is brought to you by: T&A Seeds Beach, ND (701) 872-3248 THEY'LL DO IT EVERY TIME • If you have a linoleum floor and get scuff marks a lot, try this trick from the pros: Take a regular tennis ball and cut a small "X" into one side. Push the top of your broom through the "X." Now, when you are sweeping, you can turn your broom over and just lightly rub the scuff mark away with the ten- nis ball. It's simple. • Experts say the best way to get your dose of daily exercise is to roll right out of bed to it. Leave a pair of sneak- ers at your bedside instead of slippers, and wake up to a 30-minute session of walking. • "I love to cook, but it's just me most nights. Did you know that you can separate items in a large casserole dish by creating a thin "log" of wadded up aluminum foil, then covering the whole dish with foil. It basically cre- ates two (or more) sections in a glass baking dish. This way I can bake a nice piece of fish and roast veggies or whatever, all in the same dish."--J.K. in Pennsylvania tl 9 £ 6 L 9 L S S L 9 g 8 L 6 £ 1/ L £ 6 S 9 9 [ 9 llZ 8 k g £ S 6 L 9 g 6 £ S L 179 6 S £ Z 9 L 9 £ 9 tz I. g 9 S 6 L 8 L S 9 6 g I, £ 6 L L S £ tz 9 8 JeMsuv NHOQNS plOOM BY AL SCADUTO Cameron T. Moe, 34, Dickinson; Operator failed to wear seat five points in an NHL game, becom- Robert C. Morton, 34, Dickinson; belt: Manuel Gomez, 33, Worland, ing the third rookie player in Edmon- Ely~'~/~l, twp'E~lTO~¢O~¢~, ~ rl'pg.cAl~n~/ z.,,~.~J~ IMAM'ILI()Ig?I~ Jessica M. P. Seed, 31, Glendale, Wyo.;KCVaughnLahoe, 26, Ther- ton Oilers history to do such. Name 71 ,700Z,dT"t " \ Ig/#6 II ~"~'~7~,7¥~_~ I Ariz.;~ Tracy A. Reis, 43, Belfield;mopolis, Wyo. either of the other two. I Lgi or[ I I K/trEK I [ I 6. Who was the last NASCAR Cup l~"'''~~~~e ~Nk.~. I l ~r~',. ~ ~ ,l~t~., 1 Michael B. Shy, 47, Sidney, Mont.; driver before Carl Edwards (2015) Marcin Mikos, 43, Franklin PK, Ill.; Operating without permit: and Martin Tmex Jr. (2016) to win h ,1-l Donna L. Peterson, 68, Belfield; Larry A. Koistinen, 56, Hayti, S.D.; the Charlotte 600 race and Darlington Rodney A. Thornburg, 37, Watford Scan W. Robinson, 45, Killdeer 500 race in the same year? 7. In 2016, Serena Williams set the City; Reuben R. Weston, 42, record for most Grand Slam singles Phoenix, Ariz.; Kolby W. Wood, 29, No log book Cfr 395.8a: Larry victories in the Open Era. Who had Lipan, Texas A. Koistinen, 56, Hayti, S.D. held the mark? Answers Failed to register motor vehi- Careless driving in violation of 1. Randy Johnson (334 strikeouts) cle: Scott E. Roberts, 40, Beach basic rule: Kevin W. Hill, 54, King- and Curt Schilling (316), teammates in Arizona in 2002. Cell phone usage while driving wood, Texas 2. Albert Pujols, with 118 RBIs in [Y~"'q'~"~s,~' ----~w('~/H~L ~U6OLI :, Franklin PK, Ill. Stopped, standing, parking in 3. Six seasons. ~ -- ¢~0,~ ..... s~,~,o..=.wo~,~, ...... ~. places where prohibited: Kevin W. lar4"seasonSam coachmgMitchell v,ctorleshad !56 (2004regu- ,~uN'raae,~gf/c,#l ~~4~ ~1~~i1~ Crossing the median" .... Wilson G Hill 54, Kingwood Texas 08).- - ,dZ4f'A S/./IZ7£ ' Venhaus, 23 Ekalaka, Mont v R an , 5. Da e Lumley (1980) and y /~'~ A~, ~W~" /~--~ ~~ I//~=~,, I Reckless driving: Kenneth A. Nugent-Hopkins (2011). ~,4/#~/-.t'?'~,~ " Driving while license privilege Guhy, 56, Dickinson 6. Jimmie Johnson, in 2004. /./#Z~,(.A ff11~'01/¢~,,4 ~ ~_z~d~ 7. Martina Navratilova, with 306 ,~'/.#'~'~/,4~.~!~/' ~~" ,~ III1 k~'f~ [}I~! ] ] Grand Slam singles wins. Ill I I' J, ill 7/ r N'Otl/:¥ • © 2017 King Feat .... Synd., Inc. //J~/~/~-~',~'~ ~~_ _ _ 1_. (~/~-'~1 I I / WINTER FUN IN _...{ • I 7 I: l.ill IIII THE NORTHI I ' ~ ~.= " , , , , . ~ Are yOU ready for q " i 7~.~_~ t~ some fun in the l"f, il~X / ~ = I " I ~..~,~'~(~ .'~i~ snow?, in our puzzle ~@ a[ I I I I'~/'~-,~g/. ~ grid there is room to • WHEELER DEALER! Can you deal the num- , , z I I, ,[( ~. ~ list nine wintertime bers11,12,13,14,15,16 and17 into the seven i ] I ~v/ ~.-~/l~zt -~'X._.'~. words. The following circles above so that the totals of the numbers =" x..~~ hints should thaw out I SHOULD REMIND YOU FIRST THAT THIS Out on a Limb by Gary Kopervas along any of the three lines will be 42. the answers. ,,~ eq; ul se~O tl. ,mqu~ "gL pta~ 9L '/.t '£~ 'g~' H. :e~l.~lOOlo punoJe ~ 'elo~ dot et6 ~ ~S ~ Iflustrated by David Coulson THE WISE SHOPPER! Mr. Johnson went to the hardware kw.~,,~_',~:~ store and bought something for his house. Now, one cost 20 cents and 12 cost 40 cents. He asked for 110 and paid the men 60 cents. What did Mr. Johnson buy?. • =Jequmu esnoq lq0noq ell ~)~suv FIND THE SEVEN WORDS PU221.E! In the word square ~ A R at the right, we've removed six of the letters to spell out the I. word "GLIDER." Can you roplace these letters in the I A squares so that you will have four 3-letter words across and D L E three 4-letter words down? 'time limit: 60 seconds. A • peeJ '~ue 'llmO :(u~oo) "P~I 'e~l 'e~ '.~'j :(~oJov) :sJe~sW 1. A winter breakfast treat. 2. Found in many front yards. 3. Loves a strong wind. 4. This activity has checks and balances. 5. Off to a fast downhill start. 6. Great fun in the evening. 7. Easily holds three or four. 8. You can't stay out long without them. 9. A warm place at the end of the day. There's a dark frame around one of the columns. If you correctly find all the words, the letters in this frame, top to bottom, will spell out the name of a winter visitor. Jol!.s.~ JelU!~ Jno 1o etueu etU. "tWeeH '6 "~uO~.l/I "8 "uel~0oqo.L "Z "epp. qO!eIS "9 "doll &leg "g "Xml~OH "~ • leo~eol '£ -uetu~ous ~ s'4ol~.del-I "L :sJet~iuv i ( .