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February 3, 2011
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Time to celebrate City Government Week
To the editor:
During the week of Feb. 7-11,
2011, the City of Beach will join
other cities across North Dakota in
celebrating City Government Week.
This week has been set aside to rec-
ognize the city's contribution to a
better quality of life in North
Dakota and also the many services
local governments provide citizens.
City government is truly govern-
lnent of, by and for the people.
Individuals who make the deci-
sions about our communities are
your neighbors, business owners
and community leaders. City gov-
ernment is administered for and by
its citizens and is dependent upon
public commitment to carry out its
responsibilities. We want to recog-
nize the role city government plays
in our lives; from trash collection to
public safety to water quality to pro-
moting the area's culture and recre-
ation.
During this week, a number of
activities have been planned, which
will allow residents an opportunity
to interact with city officials. On
Monday, Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m., at City
Hall a public comment period will
be held regarding the Beach "'RR
Quiet Zone" Preliminary Plans.
Preliminary Plans are available at
City Hall for review. Please join the
mayor and City Council members
for "Coffee, Cookies and Concerns"
on Wednesday, Feb. 9.9-11 a.m., at
City Hall. A free pet licensing day
will be offered on Thursday, Feb.
10, 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. at City Hall. Be
sure to stop in City Hall daily to
sign up for doorprizes. We hope
you will join us in this celebration
to learn more about your city and
how it operates.
Kimberly Nunberg
Beach City Auditor
Texting bill an issue before committee
As the legislative session com-
pletes the first quarter of allotted
time, there are some priorities that
are coming out of the proposed
bills.
Some of those themes are to
return tax dollars, leave a reserve
and limit the size of government.
There seems to be momentum to
take over some of the cost of pro-
grams that have been a burden on
local property taxpayers.
One of these is the foster care and
subsidized adoption program that is
funded in part by local property
taxes. If the state takes on the
responsibility for the remaining cost
of these programs it would reduce
property taxes across the state by
over $15 million a biennium. The
House Finance and Tax Committee
is also listening to a bill that would
increase property tax relief funding
by $48 million per biennium. There
are also several bills that would
reduce personal and corporation
income taxes. These and other bills
are an attempt to use oil tax dollars to
reduce the cost of government for all
taxpayers. That's not to say there're
many bills that want to use those dol-
lars for new programs, which will
have to be paid for by new taxes if
the oil tax dollars start to decrease.
The House Transportation
Committee hearing that would ban
driving when using electronic mes-
saging (texting) had some interest-
ing testimony. There was testimony
that indicated students knew it was
distracting, but they did it anyway
and if it was banned they would
probably just continue. In states
that currently have that law on the
books, we discovered that accidents
have actually increased among
these drivers because instead of
holding their phones up to look at
the text message they would have
them located on their laps. Many of
these users are efficient enough to
send texts without looking but
would look down to read the incom-
ing messages. The end result was
that more accidents were caused by
texting after the ban than before.
You would think that if they know
it's dangerous, you wouldn't do it,
but I guess the old saying that acci-
dents only happen to ot.hers is still
widely believed by some.
The oil and gas impact bills that
effect oil counties are slowly taking
shape. The governor's budget had
additional dollars for oil producing
areas, and several bills have differ-
em programs to distribute the dol-
lars. The bills are being heard in
two different committees and after
many more amendments, one of
them will be passed to the Senate
after crossover. The Senate will
redo the bill and then a conference
committee will make the final deci-
sion combining the two proposals
together. The bills are changing so
fast I hate to even try to describe
how they send the dollars out but
they both contain from $150 to
$242 million in additional aid. In
addition to these bills, the regular
distribution dollars that are in place
will increase by about $75 million.
It's a lot of money but will only
cover some of tle impact caused by
oil and gas development.
Week y SUDOKU
Refinery would
This past week the first hearing
was held on House Bill 1446,'the oil
refinery bill.
After two years of study looking
at increasing refining capacity in the
state, we have concluded that in
order for a refinery to be built there
was a need for a public/private part-
nership. The toughest part of con-
structing a new refinery is getting
through the permitting process. HB
1446 will provide tbr a match of up
to $5 million for help and comple-
tion of a permit, along with a provi-
sion for a Bank of North Dakota
matching grant up to $50 million.
Of course during the hearing a few
little glitches appeared as they
always do, and we are working on a
set of amendments that should
make this a great piece of legisla-
tion.
My argument for building a
refinery has always been to
increase the value of our crude oil
that is being produced in North
Dakota. Oil prices are hovering
help garner premium
Capitol Report
By Shirley Meyer
State
Representative,
District 36
right around $90 a bah'el and our
crude oil production continues to
climb to record levels each month.
In December alone we collected
$52.1 million in oil and gas taxes.
We currently are producing
355,040 barrels per day, and that
number could grow to 1 million
barrels a day by 2020.
Since August 2009 we have
realized a loss of close to $70 mil-
lion to the state coffers, because of
crude oil being discounted. The
Tesoro Refinery can refine 58,000
barrels of crude per day, so we
have 300,000 barrels that have to
be shipped out of state by pipeline,
rail, or truck to refineries, mostly
on N.D. oil
on the Gulf Coast. At the rapid rate
we are drilling we just don't have
the infrastructure in place to move
all of our crude so subsequently
our independent oil producers
either have to store the excess oil '
on the site, or they have to take a
pretty healthy discount to move
their oil. For every dollar that oil
is discounted it costs the state of
N.D. $30 million per biennium.
The Bakken crude is light, sweet
crude that should be garnering a
premium price on every barrel.
Maybe a new refinery could make
that happen.
I have been frequently asked,
"How many years would it take to
build a refinery?" Our experts tell
us the permitting process would
take from 18 months to two years,
and after that another two years for
construction. Just think if we get
our bill passed, we could have a
new refinery built just in time to add
value to a million barrels of oil per
day.
HOCUS-FOCUS
DIFFICULTY THIS WEEK: *
If you need to peel peaches quick-
ly- say, for a pie or cobbler boil a
pot of water and immerse them for 30
seconds, then drop them immediately
into an ice-water bath. The peels will
just slip off.
Use a laundry bleach pen on stub-
born mildew spots when cleaning
your bathroom grout. This also works
on food stains on laminate kitchen
counters.
"lt's really hard to tell if your kid
needs new shoes when he is a toddler.
Some shoes fit perfectly well but are
hard to put on little feet. From time
to time, I trace my little one's feet on
a sheet of foam paper and cut it out.
When I put that in the sgoe, I can feel
how much room is left, and it's more
rigid than a paper cutout. I also can
take it with me and use it to be sure
whether he'd fit into a pair of new
shoes or not." --O.F. in New York
An old dish rack can be used to
hold pot and pan lids in an organized
way.
No need for fancy, expensive
moisturizers for lips and nails You
probably have a great one right in
your kitchen cabinet: olive oil. You
can rub it on your lips and nail beds at
night for a great overnight moisture
treannent.
"We took the stuffing out of our
bean-bag chair and filled it with
stuffed animals. The kids get to keep
all those soft toys; they still make a
pr&ty good bean bag chair; and they
aren't strewn all over the playroom
anvmore." -- B.L. in Florida
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play "Timon of Athens"?
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It was legendary American crime
novelist Rex Stout who made the fol-
lowing sage observation: "Nothing
is more admirable than the fortitude
with which millionaires tolerate the
disadvantages of their wealth."
If you have an aversion to bugs,
you might not want to take a vacation
in Borneo anytime soon. The world's
third largest island is home to a par-
ticular stick insect that, measuring in
at 14 inches, is the longest insect in
the world.
You might be surprised to learn
that the earliest recorded reference
to a vending machine dates back to
the first century. It seems that a math-
ematician and engineer named Hero
of Alexandria invented a mechanism
that dispensed a fixed amount of
holy water when a patron deposited
a coin.
In the African nation of Somalia, a
man is permitted to have as many as
four wives -- but only if he can sup-
port them all.
Between 70 percent and 80 percent
of the world's fresh water is stored in
glaciers, and all but 1 percent of the
world's glaciers are found in the Arc-
tic or Antarctic.
You've probably heard of solar-
powered cars (even if they're not in
common use), but you may not real-
ize that there have also been examples
of solar-powered airplanes, motor
scooters and boats.
Those who study Such things say
that of the 785 million adults in the
world who are unable to read, two-
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