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1927: U.S. secretary of commerce
Herbert Hoover's Washington speech
was seen and heard in New York in
the first long-distance television
transmission.
1948: The World Health
Organization. a UN agency, was
founded.
April 13, 1961:
Shorthorn group re:elects
officers
The N.D. Shorthorn
Association held its annual meet-
ing March 8 during the N.D.
Winter Show at Valley City. All
officers were re-elected for the
coming year. Serving on the board
of directors is Edward Kouba of
G01va.
Hotel under same manage-
ment
Mrs. Marie Lechler is continu-
ing as manager of the Golden
Valley Hotel in Beach. at the
request of heirs, the Higlins and
Stones. Lechler has worked there
many years, and had been manag-
ing the hotel for the last few years,
before Mrs. Ina Stone. the owner.
succumbed on March 25.
Sentinel Butte jockey training
in California
Jerry Cook, a son of Mr. and
Mrs Eddie Cook. long-time resi-
dents of Sentinel Butte. recently of
Glendive. Mont.. is now serving
an apprenticeship as a jockey in
California. where he is now riding
in many of the major races at the
News
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Friday fish fry
J.P. Barthel, left, and Jason Schmitz visit while frying fish on April 1 at St. Mary's Catholic
Church in Golva. The fish fry was a Knights of Columbus fund-raiser. (Photo by Richard
Volesky)
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WIBAUX, Mont. - With the
theme of "Tough Enough To Wear
Pink?" the 23rd Annual Wibaux
Health Fair will be held on
Thursday, April 14, at the Wibaux
County High School Gym.
As in the past, the Health Fair
will be open to the public from 7
a.m. to 2 p.m.
About two dozen health care,
insurance and law enforcement
rdlated organizations and others
will have booths at the event:
Local businesses and individuals
are sponsoring a continental break-
fast of juice, coffee and snacks for
those attending the Health Fair.
Local businesses, as well as organi-
zations exhibiting at the Health
Fair, have donated items for draw-
ibgs to be held through the event.
The Comer Market is sponsoring a
poster contest for grades K-6 with
the theme of "Safety Is No
Accident." The posters will be
exhibited at the Health Fair, and
prizes are to be given for first, sec-
ond and third-place entries in each
of the grades from kindergarten
il
Sen John Hoeven. RLN.D.,
will host a meeting on April 28 in
Bismarck to meet with leaders of
the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) to urge the agency to
launch a new study updating esti-
mates of recoverable oil reserves
in the Williston Basin.
The meeting is the result of a
hearing of the U.S. Senate Energy
and Natural Resources
Committee. at which Hoeven
enlisted the support of U.S.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to
launch a new study. The USGS is
an agency of the Interior
Department.
Hoeven asked Salazar to "lend
your weight and your support" to
the effort. "I think it's a real
air
through sixth.
No appointments are necessary
and there is no charge for admis-
sion;
For more information contact the
Wibaux County Extension Office at
(406) 796-2486.
Glendive Medical Center will be
providing the blood profiles, which
will be available from 7 a.m. to 1
p.m. (No appointments are neces-
sary). The blood profiles will
include a CBC (complete blood
count - without WBC differential),
lipid profiles with "good" and
"bad" cholesterol, a TSH thyroid
test, and the chemistry profile. The
cost of the blood profile will be
$29. For accurate results, blood
profiles do require a 12-hour fast-
ing period. A person should not eat
or drink anything except water 12
hours prior to testing - with the
exception of people on prescribed
medications who will need to take
,their medication. Males may
choose an optional PSA (a screen-
ing test to detect prostate disease)
for an additional $25.
opportunity," Hoeven said.
Salazar said he agreed and he
would follow up on the study.
The meeting will begin at 9
a.m. at the Bismarck State College
Energy Center with a general ses-
sion to set the stage for this initia-
tive. The remainder of the day will
be devoted to technical discus-
sions between USGS scientists
and the geologists and engineers
from various producers.
Brenda Pierce, coordinator for
the Energy Resources Program at
the USGS, and her team of engi-
neers and geologists will be on
hand to hear evidence from oil
Study
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BLM to hold forums on
Bureau of Land Management
Director Bob Abbey says the BLM
will hold a series of regional public
forums in late April to further discuss
the use of hydraulic fracturing tech-
niques to stimulate natural gas pro-
duction on federal lands.
The sessions will be held in
Bismarck; Little Rock, Ark.; and
Denver. These locations will help to
highlight increased regional interest in
natural gas development on federal
lands and other areas where the BLM
has responsibility for mineral leasing,
according to the BLM.
Details regarding the exact date,
time and location of the Bismarck
meeting haven't yet been set.
Environmentalists have been rais-
ing concerns that the fracturing
process can be detrimental to ground-
water.
"These forums will help inform
BLM as we Work closely with indus-
try, the states, other federal agencies
and the public to develop a way for-
ward on natural gas so that the United
States can s/ffely and fully realize the
benefits of this important energy
resource," Abbey said. "The Interior
Department has a responsibility to
study the potential impacts and to
identify commonsense, best manage-
ment practices that should be used in
fracturing operations on public lands
to ensure that this development is car-
fled out in the right way and in the
fight places."
The regional forums will build
upon a forum the Department of the
Interior hosted in November 2010 in
Washington D.C. on practices for
hydraulic fracturing and will provide a
more in-depth, technical review of
natural gas development practices on
public lands.
Topics to be discussed will include
best management practices, disclosure
of the chemicals used in hydraulic
fracturing fluids, well construction
and integrity, production wastewater
management and other techniques for
protecting drinking water resources.
Panelists will include experts from
federal and state governments, indus-
try, and environmental organizations
that have been engaged in natural gas
development issues.
The BLM says s~ffely hamessing
the nation's abundant natural gas
resources is a vital component of
tin
America's energy portfolio and has
the potential to power the U.S. econo-
my for decades to come and reduce
dependence on foreign oil.
Natural gas development on feder-
al lands has more than. doubled over
the last 20 years, from 1.2 trillion
cubic feet in fiscal year 1991 to near-
ly 3 trillion cubic feet in 2010, In
2010, about 14 percent of domestical-
ly produced natural gas came from
onshore public lands, according to the
,BLM.
The BLM issues leases for natu-
ral gas development on lands man-
aged by the BLM as well as lands
managed by other federal agencies,
such as the U.S. Forest Service. The
BLM also manages the subsurface
mineral interests in a number of areas
where the surface is privately owned.
The use of hydraulic fracturing in
these areas has similarly increased in
recent years.
Prom candidates
The Beach High School Prom will be held on April 9. Shown are the prom candidates, back
row: Briar Sime, Patrick Abraham, Trevor Sime, Brady Zachmann and Justin Weinreis, and
front row: Ashlee Cook, Kiffin Howard, LaCee Vollum, Dani Weinreis an¢l Katie Schmeling.
Not shown are the punch servers who were selected by the junior class: Anthony Weinreis,
Paige Rising and Carl Muckle. (Courtesy Photo)
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