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By Richard Volesky
Editor/Reporter
Beach will be among the North
Dakota communities in which train
horns will not ordinarily be blaring
through town.
The Beach City Council at a re-
cent meeting reviewed bids for
making its Central Avenue and Sec-
ond Avenue railroad crossings into
a quiet zone. The crossing at Hwy.
16 at the far east side of Beach isn't
a part of the plans. Discussion of a
creating a quiet zone in Beach
started in earnest in early 2011.
Creating a quiet zone involves
installing concrete barriers at the
railroad crossings so that vehicles
are unable to drive around the rail-
road crossing arms. Warning signs
for drivers and pedestrians are also
installed.
Once the work is completed and
approved by the Federal Railroad
Administration, a restriction on the
sounding of train horns would be in
place 24 hours a day. However,
train horns could still be sounded if
a train engineer sees danger ahead,
sees someone On the tracks or dur-
ing times of construction near the
tracks.
Three bids for the project were
opened: Ainsworth-Benning Con-
struction, Spearfish, S.D.,
$117,907.30; Northern Improve-
ment Company, Dickinson,
$140,582.20; and Southwest Im-
provement, Beach, $104,524.04.
The council decided to accept the
lowest bid, contingent upon the city
engineer's review of the quantities
of materials involved. It was later
determined the contract amount for
Southwest Improvement should be
This is one of the two train quiet zone crossings in Medora,
which includes signage and a raised dividing curb intended to
prevent vehicles from weaving through the crossing arms. The
city of Beach recently accepted a bid to create two quiet zone
crossings. (Photo by Richard Volesky)
aycare
.$102,677.50, according to Kimsidering what would be involved.
Nunberg, city auditor. Lautenschlager wanted the vote de-
A North Dakota Department of layed until the city engineer actu-
Transportation grant program is to ally completed his review.
pay up to $75,000 of the cost for "So, we're spending a $100,000
each crossing, so in Beach's case, on a couple sticks in the middle of
the city would not be paying any of the road?" Lautenschlager said. The
the construction costs, concrete median at other quiet zone
The bid award decision didn't crossings is marked by poles at the
receive unanimous support from the ends of the median.
council, with members Paul Laut- "That's highway robbery," sai~,
enschlager and Tim Marman voting Lautenschlager. "That's absurd."
"no." Mark Benes Said the project
Marman didn't state his reasons, should move forward because resi-
while Lautenschlager spoke about dents want it done.
the project's cost, saying the cost Work on the Beach crossings
seemed to be excessive when con- may begin sometime this spring.
hortag persistent in area
Golden Valley and Billings
counties are no exception in the
issue of the shortage of daycares in
North Dakota, says Maurice Hardy,
the director of social services for
the two counties.
Billings County doesn't have
any licensed daycares, and Golden
Valley County has three and all are
at full capacity. There is a need for
more, said Hardy.
At a recent provider meeting
held in Beach, the providers were
asked about the needs and de-
mands. The three said it was not
unusual to receive three or four in-
quiries each week for possible
openings for full-time or even for a
day or two. Parents looking for a
daycare for two children find it all
but impossible to find an opening.
When asked why they started
their daycare, all three stated it was
because of the children, their own'
and their friends'. It was a way to
Lin
generate some income and be able three said it isn't that bad or diffi-
to stay home with their own chil- cult. As a registered daycare
dren, which was a huge benefit to provider they can receive assis-
them, according to Hardy. tance with the nutrition for the chil-
Golden Valley/Billings Multi- dren and financial support for
County Social Services conducts meals from organizations that op-
the licensing for daycares in the crate throughout the state. Collect-
two counties, but there are few ing fees isn't as difficult as they
calls. In the last year, two people thought. Parents appreciate the
have inquired about being daycare, and know that there is a
providers, but that didn't material- shortage and are fortunate to have a
ize. daycare available, said Hardy.
Daycare providers were asked As a registered provider, low-in-
what suggestions they would have come parents can request assis-
for someone looking at starting a tance through the Child Care
daycare. The consensus was to Assistance Program. This is a pro-
start small, be registered/licensed gram that can reimburse a portion
and only care for about four or five of daycare costs to parents, allow-
children. That will give the person ing them to work outside the home.
the opportunity to get a feel for the Anyone interested in learning
demands of caring for children, more about being a daycare
allow them to develop a plan to provider can contact Golden Val-
grow if they want. ley/Billings Multi-County Social
When asked about the reporting Services at (701) 872-4121 or stop
and paperwork requirements, all by 67 1st St. SE, Beach.
rily disru
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Dr. Julie Bryant and Charlene Magstadt, both of Bismarck, along with dog Dash, check out the!
view of Painted Canyon of Theodore Roosevelt National Park on Saturday, March 30. (Photo by
Richard Volesky)
By Richard Volesky Visitors Bureau, city of Medora, is a federal facility, it couldn't sim-
Editor/Reporter Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foun- ply be turned over to another party.
MEDORA- While it may sound dation, North Dakota Tourism Divi- The federal ownership makes such a
easy to round up volunteers to staff sion, North Dakota Department of transfer unlikely, she said.
the Painted Canyon Overlook, actu- Parks and Recreation, North Dakota While it may be possible for Con-
ally getting to the point of opening Highway Patrol, and others with re- gress to take action that would re-
the gates may not be. sources or ideas on how to keep the store funding, Andes said she
The office of Sen. John Hoeven, overlook open. Hoeven also said couldn't speculate on if or when that
R-N.D., on March 28 issued a state- U.S. Park Service Director Jonathan might occur.
ment announcing that an effort is Jarvis has agreed to work with him Overall, the traffic count at the
under way to ensure that the over- to come up with options, park last year was 647,135, which
look will open to the public this Hoeven said the Park Service was the highest since 1982.
spring. The overlook, which includes needs to be creative and work wi~" For the Painted Canyon Overlook,
restrooms, picnic tables, a visitors communities to find solutions. For a traffic counter determined the num-
center and a parking lot, was sched- example, volunteers for part of the ber of vehicles to be 289,959 in
uled to open on April 19. day could manage the facility, or 2012. A total of 71,075 people went
However, due to National Park arrangements could be made to man- into the visitor center building, ac-
Service spending decreases of 5 per- age the overlook jointly with one or cording to Andes. Some of the vehi-
cent nationwide, the opening of the more partners, according to the state- cle count includes trucks or other
overlook was removed from the Park ment from Hoeven's office, vehicles that were driven into the
Service's plans. Eileen Andes, chief of interpreta- overlook's parking lot before or after
Hoeven said he has asked Jontion for Theodore Roosevelt National the visitor center's daytime hours.
Cameron, his western North Dakota Park, was asked during a Billings For Theodore Roosevelt National
field representative, to organize a County Pioneer interview on March Park, the 5 percent budget decrease
Painted Canyon Overlook working 20 if having another entity operate
group, including representatives the overlook was a possibility. Canyon
from the Dickinson Convention and Andes said because the overlook (Continued on Page 8)
: Congress adopted a U.S~flag
with one star for each state.
1841: President William Henry
Harrison died from pneumonia, one
month after his inauguration.
1968: Martin Luther King, Jr., was
assassinated.
1973: The ribbon was cut to open
the World Trade Center in New York
City.
1979: Pakistan prime minister Zul-
fikar Ali Bhutto was executed by the
military.
1981: Henry Cisneros became the
By Richard Volesky counties, customers also couldn't
Editor/Reporter use the Midstate 911 service. The
Many telephone customers in AccuWeather message for cus-
Stark, Billings and Golden Valley tomers in Billings and Golden Val-
counties were without the ability to ley counties included alternative
call 911 from about 3 p.m., Satur- phone numbers that could be called.
day, March 30, until early the next Brenda Frieze, Golden Valley
day. County emergency manager, said a
One of the methods used to no- reverse 911 call was made to cus-
tify residents of the problem was tomers in the county, telling them
through AccuWeather's Internet no- about the problem. The National
tification 'alert system. An alert for Weather Service also scrolled a no-
Stark County said the problem af- tice about the problem on TV, she
fected all CenturyLink and AT&T said.
cell phone customers. Those cus- The disruption in service was re-
tomers were advised'to instead use portedly caused by someone who
Consolidated or other cell phone was digging and cut a fiber-optic
providers, line, said Pat Rummel, Billings
For Billings and Golden Valley County emergency manager. In the
case of Billings County, officials mayor of San Antonio, Texas: thefirst
could page the ambulance service / Hispanic mayor of a major U.S. city.
locally, if needed.
The line cut reportedly occurred
in Dickinson, but the specifics 1983: Sally Ride became the first
weren t confirmed in the media. Ill U.S. woman in space aboard the space
The service disruption was also Said II shuttle Challenger.
to involve some AT&T Internet cus- II
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lines can vary because the ground's Medora on Saturday, March 30. Dozens of people participated C uifle_di. . i j,. •
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