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January 30, 2014 Golden Valley News Page 3 Tod00 edec00 Clear plan for money called for on amendment Other Views BM Sen. Mac Schneider & Rep. Kenton Onstad To the editor: I am all for investing in preserv- ing the outdoor heritage of our state, but the Clean Water, Wildlife and Parks Amendment is not an invest- ment; it's a special interest payout. The proposed constitutional measure would allocate five percent of the oil extraction taxes - conserv- atively estimated at $200 million per biennium - to a new fund. But there is no clear plan for this money. What is clear is the money will have to be spent, and much of it will buy land. The Measure requires 75 percent of the fund to be spent each year, with a maximum of 90 percent spent and 10 percent moved into a trust. This equates to spending more than $2 million per week or more than $200,000 each business day. The amount of money that could be spent by this measure is equiva- lent to building 26 Fargo Domes, 25 Alerus Centers or 10,000 average homes in North Dakota over the next decade. Even more shocking, this money could build one new home every day in the state over the same time period. We can all appreciate and support responsible conservation of our land and wildlife. But this is too much money for a single-vision special in- terest group. It is important we really know how much five percent of the oil extraction taxes amounts to and know what we are really signing when approached by petition gathers. I cannot support a flawed consti- tutional measure that spends a large amount of money with no clear plan and I will not support the Clean Water, Wildlife and Parks Amend- ment. Sincerely yours. Curtis Brown Montpelier, North Dakota Proposed transloading facility raises concerns To the editor: At a time when cities all across North America are jittery at having even a singletrain-load of Bakken crude pass within their borders, the City of Beach is facing the grim prospect of having massive quantities of this chemically volatile oil on its very doorstep, all day every day, long into the future. This is what would happen if the zoning board and then city council approve a proposed 270 acre transloading facility to be built just west of the fairgrounds. The pro- posed construction site is only 3- tenths of a mile from the nearest residential neighborhood and would be in full view of homes along 1st Street SW. The facility will be noisy, brightly-lit, and operated on a 24-7 basis. The din of rumbling trucks, straining locomotives, and clanking oil rail cars will be ceaseless. It would not only transfer Bakken crude from truck to rail, but would store it on-site in massive 200-thou- sand-barrel above ground tanks. Just how many of these storage tanks will be built is unknown, as is the name of the company who would actually operate the facility. Most frightfully, the entire popu- lation of Beach would be downwind from this industrial complex and vul- nerable not only to accidental re- leases of harmful chemicals, but catastrophic explosions of the type that occurred in Lac-Megantic, Que. and Casselton, ND. This project is ill-conceived, and dangerous. A facility like this be- longs no where near a population center. The zoning application now before the City must be denied and the full-throated voice of an outraged community must be heard loud and clear. Jerry DeMartin Beach, North Dakota Information and sources q)r vitamin D Please support your local merchants! Am I getting enough vitamin D? As many as half of all adults and children are said to have less than op- timum levels of vitamin D. People living in northern latitudes are more likely to be deficient in vitamin D be- cause sunlight is the best source of Vitamin D. People age 65 and older are at highest risk for vitamin D defi- ciency. Vitamin D helps us absorb cal- cium and is important in the devel- opment and maintenance of strong bone structure and good teeth. It is also important for blood clotting and optimal function of the thyroid gland. Some research suggests that adequate vitamin D may help to prevent other chronic health problems. : How can I makesure to get enough vitamin D? Your body makes vitamin D when you are exposed to sunlight's ultravi- olet B (UVB) rays. A general recom- mendation is to expose your face, arms, back and/or legs without sun- screen to 10-15 minutes of sunlight two to three times a week. However, weather conditions and less intense UVB rays make it unlikely that Healthy Advice Tamala Anderson, FNP you'll get sufficient sunlight during a North Dakota winter. Additionally, when you do expose your skin lto sunlight you should apply sunscreen after 15 minutes because sunlight ex- posure also increases the risk of skin cancer. Vitamin D is also found in foods, including egg yolks, oily fish like tuna and salmon, and fortified foods like milk and breakfast cereals. You can also increase your vitamin D by taking a daily supplement. The rec- ommended dosage for adults in good health is 400 IU (international units) daily, but your primary health care provider may recommend a higher dosage. When should I see my primary health care provider.'? It's always a good idea to talk to your primary health care provider about any vitamin supplements you take. Your primary health care provider can determine if you have sufficient levels of vitamin D and may recommend higher doses for a short time to treat an underlying medical problem. Therapeutic doses should always be taken 'under the care of a primary health care provider. Tamala Anderson, FNP, family medicine, sees patients at Sanford Health Dickinson Clinic. She com- pleted her undergraduate and gradu- ate degrees from the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks. Rent this space for only a few dollars a week. Call 872-3755 for more details today/ HOW TO SHARE YOUR VIEWS We welcome letters to the editor concerning issues of area interest or regarding stories and editorials that have been published. Letters should be limited to 400 words. Guest columns or opinion-editorials longer in length are also welcome. A writer can have only one letter or column regarding the same subject published in a 30-day time period, unless the writer is responding to a new aspect of an issue that has been raised. Letters and columns are a way to encourage public discussion. Thank-you letters and invitations cannot be published as letters to the editor, but can be formatted as advertisements. Please include your name, address and phone number on your letter or column so that we can contact you. Your address and phone number will not be published. Golden Valley News/Billings County Pioneer, P.O. Box 156, Beach, N.D. 58621; goldenandbillings@gmail.com Agri Insurance Inc. • Term Life Insurance • Universal Life Insurance Fixed Annuities • Index Annuities IRAs • Long-Term Care Ins. Bruce Ross 110 Central Ave. South, Beach, ND (701) 872-4461 (office) (Across from Bank of the West) (701) 872-3075 (home) 281 E. Main Beach, ND 701-872-4362 Pull Tabs Bingo Black Jack Tom Wellard $50, 1-17 New Happy Hour: 5:30 - 6:30 p.m., Mondays thru Thursdays. Karaoke: 9 p.m. to closing, first Saturday of every month Bingo: the social event of the week! Friday at 6 p.m.! Join us! Hours: Mon. - Fri. 3 p.m. - 1 p.m.; Sat. 1 p.m. - 1 a.m. Separation of duties needed haps Director Helms stayed unchar- acteristically silent because he was fearful that doing so would detract from his statutory duty to promote oil development. On the other hand, Director Helms was not silent on the issue of existing rail cars to ship the vast majority of North Dakota oil by train. On December 16, Director Helms promised to write a state government report that would, in his words, "dispel this myth that (Bakken crude) is somehow an ex- , plosive, really dangerous thing to be traveling up and down rail lines." Just two weeks later, an oil train derailed outside of Casselton and set off a series of horrific explo- sions, forcing the evacuation of up to 3,000 North Dakotans and spilling more than 400,000 gallons of oil. Since the Casselton incident, the work on the promised report has been discontinued. The siting of an oil drilling waste pit on top of the city of Ross' water supply by Director Helms, under the authority of the Industrial Com- mission, is also troubling. While Director Helms pled human error in the siting of the Ross waste pit, the chances for such human error would be meaningfully diminished if the role of promoting oil devel- opment were separated from the regulation of oil development. This is why North Dakota De- mocrats will be proposing legisla- This year North Dakotans will celebrate our state's 125th anniver- sary. Throughout our history, we have shown time and again that economic and good stewardship are not mutually exclusive. The State Industrial Commission - made up of the Governor, the At- torney General, and the Agriculture Commissioner - was created based on this tradition. Amongst its most important duties is oversight of oil and gas development. However, for all practical pur- poses, the current membership of the Industrial Commission has del- egated a substantial share of its powers to the Director of Mineral Resources, a position presently held by Lynn Helms. Under this delega- tion of authority and pursuant to current law, Director Helms has the dual responsibility of acting as both a promoter and regulator of our state's oil industry. Recent high- profile incidents across the state confirm that the public is ill-:erved by these conflicting duties. Take last fall's spill of over 20,000 barrels of oil from a pipeline near Tioga, which was one of the largest overland spills in U. S. his- tory. Legislators and the public were initially kept in the dark about the existence of the spill. An open- records request by the media later revealed that while the public scrambled for answers, Director Helms shared detailed opinions on the spill in a private email message with a relative. Even taking into account the De- partment of Mineral Resources' lack of jurisdiction over pipelines, our state's oil regulator should have first shared that information with the legislators and the public. Per- Area students on NDSU dean's list Area North Dakota students were among 3,166 North Dakota State University (NDSU) students to be placed on the fall 2013 dean's list. A student must earn a 3.50 grade point average or higher and be en- rolled in at least 12 class credits to Area students on The Dickinson State University iDSU) Fall 2013 President's List has been released and includes 100 stu- dents. In order to be academically el- igible to be placed on the President's List, a student must have a minimum semester grade-point average of 3.9 or higher (on a 4.0 scale) and have completed at least 12 credits during the semester. Seventy-five percent of these stu- dents are from North Dakota, twenty- Ice Cream now! ta Playa Restaurant i BEACH St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Rev. Dan Berg Mass: Saturday 4 p.m. Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Golden Valley Manor Chapel Pastor non Hudson of Calvary Chapel Sundays: 6:30, Communion, first Sunday in each month St. Paul's Lutheran Church, LCMS Rev. Scott Hojnacki Sunday Worship: 10:15 a.m. Sunday School: 11:15 a.m. First Lutheran Church - ELCA Pastor J.T. Burk Sunday School: 8:10 a.m. Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m. Beach Evangelical Church Pastor Ben Baker Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m. United Community Church Pastor Warren Maxted Sunday Worship: 9 a.m. qualify. Those students from our area in- cludes: Jasmine R. Stockert, Man- agement; Hannah M. Wegner, Mathematics; and Boston A. Zach- mann, Computer Engineering, all from Beach. 221 N, Meade Ave. Glendive, MT 59330 406-377-2622 or 1-800-368-2690 These schedules are brought to you by." DSU president's list one are from other states, and four percent from foreifi'rhnnfi-ie4.' " "' The student on the President's List in our area is Gabrielle Bachler of Belfield. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION Van or Bus Service Billings County Golden Valley County Distance of 160 Miles CALL 701-872-3836 month Belfield Baptist Church Rev. Robert Hlibichuk Sunday Worship: 9 a.m. Sunday Bible Study: 10 a.m. FAIRFIELD St. Demetrius Ukrainian Catholic Church Rev. Taras Miles Sunday Divine Liturgy: 8 a.m. on second and fourth Sundays, 10 a.m. on first, third and fifth Sundays GOLVA St. Mary's Catholic Church Rev. Dan Berg Mass: 8 a.m., Sunday MEDORA Medora Lutheran - ELCA Rev. Roger Dierterle Sunday Worship: 8:30 a.m. Sunday School: 3:30 p.m., Wed. Union Congregational Church June, July and August only Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m. St. Mary's Catholic Church No mass during winter season BELFIELD St. Peter's Lutheran - LCMS Rev. Scott Hojnacki Worship Service: Sunday - 8 a.m. St. Bernard's Catholic Church Rev. Bill Reulle Saturday: Confessions 6-6:45p.m. Mass: 7 p.m. Sunday: Confessions 7:30-8:15 a.m. Mass: 8:30 a.m. St. John Ukrainian Catholic Church Rev. Taras Miles Divine Liturgy{8 a.m. on first, third and fifth Sundays, 10 a.m. on second and fourth Sun- days Belfield Lutheran - ELCA Rev. Roger Dietetic Sunday School (all ages): 11 a.m. Sunday Worship: 10 a.m, Daglum Lutheran Church - ELCA Rev. Roger Dierterle (Located 25 miles southeast of Belfield) Sunday Worship: 11:45 a.m. on first and third Sunday of each Silvernale-Silha Funeral Home tion in the2015 iegislative session that would once and for all separate the incompatible duties of regulator and promoter. In the mean time, we have called on the Governor, Attor- ney General, and the Agriculture Commissioner to use the broad au- thority of the Industrial Commis- sion to establish a firewall between these two functions. Doing so would help restore public trust that our resources can be developed safely and ensure continued support for oil development. We value the oil industry's im- pact on North Dakota's economy. In fact, it is because of the importance of the industry to our state that we must take common sense steps to restore citizens' faith that we need not trade public health and safety for the sake of development. North Dakotans are familiar with the debate between promoting eco- nomic growth and protecting our land and people. We decided long ago that we will do both. Separating the regulation of oil development from its promotion will ensure we continue to live up to this North Dakota as we enter an exciting new chapter in our state's history. www.silvernale-silhafunemlhome.com 201SouthWibaux St. 53 lstAvenue S.E. Wibaux, MT 59353 Beach, ND 58621 406-796-2421 701-872-3232 or 1-800-892-6424 Put Your bloney I Where Your House Is! i'oca  !, depe#deqt '3"P 5t Onth OL:r Ogesses r£  ommuqty yOi,'r t)eS v3rie a113 Of eCOo21y Did you know? The Billings County Pioneer and Golden Valley " :News Rave shared advertising, and have 'been sharing the news for some of their inside pages for about 40 years. This means the coverage of your ad isn't limited to just either county/Ourprimary coverage area is western Stark County and west to the Montana border. It pays to advertise/ SENTINEL BUTTE Trinity Lutheran Church Pastor J.T. Burk Sunday Worship: 8 a.m. SOUTH HEAR T St. Mary's Catholic Church Rev. Bill Reulle Confessions before Mass Saturday Mass: 4 p.m. TROTTERS Trotters Church 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month WIBAUX United Methodist Church Pastor Ruth McKenzie Sunday Worship: 9 a.m. Calvary Temple, Assembly of God Pastor Reese Stephans Sunday Worship: 10:45 a.m. Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. Trinity Lutheran Church - ELCA Pastor J.T. Burk Sunday Worship: I 1 : 15 a.m. Christian FundamentalChurch Pastor Jeremy Stradley Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. JAMES J. WOSEPKA, P.C. CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Licensed In North Dakota and Montana 41 Central Ave. South I0. Box 970 Beach, North Dakota 58621 701-872-4321