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Golva Science Fair winners are, from left, Samuel Stoveland, third place; Lucas Nistler, first
place; and Kirby Maus, second place. (Courtesy Photos)
Science fair
winners
named
Roc Doc
By Dr. E. Kirsten Peters
Golva School held its annual
science fair on Thursday, March
3.
Fifth and sixth graders compet-
ed in the Elementary Division,
and seventh and eighth graders
competed in the Junior High
Division.
First place in the Elementary
Division went to Cayden Sarsland
for his project, "Time to Cool
Down." In the Junior High
Division, Lucas Nistler won first
place for "Melting Matters."
Kirby Maus won second place for
"Rustin' Away," and Samuel
Stoveland won third place for
"The Gum War."
Lucas Nistler, Kirby Maus and
Samuel Stoveland qualified for
the regional science fair in
Mandan on March 16.
Cayden Sarsland, first place, Elementary Division.
Courthouse
News
The following are cases closed in Southwest
District Court in Golden Valley County in
February:
Speeding violations: Ivy A. Maus, 30, Golva; David
C. Abbott, 56, Billings, Mont.; Christopher L. Keeton,
48, Dickinson; Tammy L. Pust, 52, Roseville, Minn.;
Jared B. Lewton, 39, Hettinger; Michael P. Legg, 22,
Rifle, Colo.; Ray W. Kordonowy Jr., Sidney, Mont.:
Shawn D. Ellis, 48, Wright, Wyo.
Failed to yield right of way: Buddy W. O'Neal, 5 I,
New England.
Violation of 49 CFR 395.8K2 (log book not cur-
rent): Neal R. Halsey, 52, Billings, Mont.
Open receptacle: Crystal D. Rott. 42, Virginia
Beach. Va.
Possession of alcohol in C.M.V. not manifested:
Randy P. Rott, 55, Virginia Beach, Va.
Operating a vehicle in violation of size and weight
limitations: Charles E. Schroeter, 35, Missoula, Mont.
Issuing check of draft without sufficient funds or
credit: Traci Cunningham, Beach
Police report,,
The following is the city of
Medora's police report for
February:
800-265-4728
- Traffic: warnings, 9; motorist
assists, 1 ; vehicle unlocks, 2.
- General police calls, 3; arrests,
2. Medical assists, 2.
Bighorn license
sells for $41,000
North Dakota's bighorn sheep
license garnered the highest bid -to
among states offering an auction
license at the March 5 Midwest -to
Chapter of the Wild Sheep -I
Foundation annual meeting in
Bloomington, Minn.
North Dakota's 2011 bighorn -t
sheep auction license, which allows
the winning bidder the rare privi-
lege of pursuing a North Dakota -Ic
bighorn on a self-guided hunt, sold -
for $41,000. An additional $15,000
was dedicated to sheep manage-
ment in North Dakota.
One hundred percent of the auc-
tion license proceeds are used to
enhance bighorn sheep manage-
ment in North Dakota.
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Vehicle rollover
A car that had been driven by David Feldmann, 34, Beach, • rests on its top on March 2,
south of the Interstate 94 exit to Home On The Range. The crash occurred at about 1:50 a.m.
that day, when Feldmann lost control of the vehicle on an icy patch on a county road.
Feldmann received minor injuries. Vehicle damages were estimated at $7,000, and there were
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low fragile th solid earth beneath our feet
Geology has surely been in the
news lately, with the price of petrole-
um moving relentlessly upward, a
threat to global economic recovery
because oil is so central to industrial
society the world around.
But now matters are suddenly
worse.
Even geologists like myself, used
to the ferociously destructive power
of earthquakes, have been taken
aback by the tragic news from Japan.
The largest seismic event since
earthquakes were first measured in
that nation, near an 8.9 on the
Richter scale, has clearly devastated
sections of the northeast coast, and
major aftershocks will rock the
region for at least days to come.
The epicenter of the massive
quake was under the sea, and a
tsunami was immediately triggered
by the event. The word "tsunami"
has replaced what older readers may
remember as a tidal wave, a name
that was highly misleading because
tsunami have nothing to do with the
tides. The name tsunami is Japanese,
a fact that shows Japan has been
plagued by earthquakes and tsunami
for as long as Japanese civilization
has existed.
Tsunami are usually caused by
movement of the solid sea floor, a
lurch either up or down, that sends an
enormous body of vater on the move.
The water packs a great deal of ener-
gy, like an enormous sledgehammer.
As a tsunami flows into more
shallow conditions near the coast,
the height of the wave increases
more and more. That's why ships far
out to sea are not tossed by massive
waves, but people in a harbor can see
a truly enormous surge of water
coming toward them. The water can
As a tsunami
flows into more
shallow conditions
near the coast, the
height of the wave
increases more and
more
spill far inland, as it clearly has done
in northeast Japan.
Tsunami travel fast - at literally
hundreds of miles an hour. Because of
that :fact, there was little time between
the quake itself and the tsunami hit-
ting the coast of Japan. Much of the
evident destruction of the quake is
from the effects of seawater inundat-
ing the land, sweeping whole build-
ings off their foundations, undermin-
ing roads and most urttbrtunately of
all, quickly sweeping many local res-
idents to their deaths.
Because tsunami travel across the
entire Pacific Ocean, damaging
coasts thousands of miles away from
the original earthquake, scientists
have a tsunami warning system in
place 24-7. Nothing is perfect, but
it's a good system, and warnings in
Hawaii preceded the arrival of the
tsunami there. So far. Maul has had
the highest wave, one recorded at
about 7 feet.
As usual with massive earthquake
damage, fires have broken out and
are burning out of control in some
cities. Fires often tbllow major seis-
mic events because natural gas
pipelines are cracked and start to
leak, and because electric lines fall
and create sparks. To make matters
worse, fire fighters can be hampered
in their work because water mains
are broken.
We ,must all wish the Japanese
people well as they start to cope with
what has happened, and the U.S. has
already pledged support for whatev-
er the government of Japan thinks it
needs to respond to the massive
damage along its northeast coast.
But we Americans should also
find some time to reflect on the fact
that two regions of the Lower 48
stand at risk of similar events - and
we are generally less prepared than
the Japanese to deal with major
quakes.
The first part of the country
known to face earthquake dangers is,
of course, the west coast. California
most famously, but Oregon,
Washington and inland states like
Nevada are all slated for massive
quake s in the future. But it's also true
that the central part of the country, in
the region centered around where
Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee
all come together, is another place
where we geologists are sure there
will be massive quakes.
We've got to learn from what we
now see in news reports coming out
of Japan. We can do better on every-
thing from protecting our infrastruc-
ture to having family plans in place
for emergencies.
Let's let the tragic event in north-
east Japan be a wake up call right
here at home.
(Dr. E. Kirsten Peters, a native of
the rural Northwest, was trained as
a geologist at Princeton and
Harvard.)
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