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High waters
Above: Floodwater from the Little Missouri River encroaches into part of Chimney Park in Medora on Sunday, April 19. Pic-
nic tables in the park were moved to higher ground in the event the water rose high enough to carry them away. (Photo by Jane
Cook) At left: Floodwater enters a part of Sully Creek State Park on Sunday, April 19.
At right: A worker crosses a footbridge north of Medora over the Little Missouri River. He was helping repair the bridge on
Saturday, April 18. The bridge had been damaged during a March ice jam. (Photos by Richard Volesky)
in
The recently approved American Recovery and through May i 8, 2009 producer with crop insurance or NAP for the 2008
Reinvestment Act of 2009 allows producers to be- "This provision allows producers an additional crop year,
come eligible for 2008 disaster assistance by the opportunity who suffered 2008 crop losses as a re- It merely permits the producer to become eli-
2008 Farm Bill, even if they did not previously suit of natural disaster to obtain linkage with the gible for the 2008-crop disaster assistance pro-
obtain otherwise statutorily required crop insur- permanent disaster programs/said Kyle DuFault, grams, if payments are authorized.
ance from the Federal Crop Insurance Corpora- acting state executive director of the North Dakota Information regarding FSA igrograms Can be
tion or Non-insured Crop Disaster Assistance Farm Service Agency. found on FSA's Web site at www.fas usda.gov, or
Program for 2008 by now paying a buy-in fee Paying such a buy-in fee does not provide the by calling the FSA office for your county.
I
North Dakota spring wheat pro:760,000 acres, down 16 percent
ducers intend to plant 6.60 million from 2008. Flaxseed planted acreage
acres, down 200,000 acres fromis expected to total 360,000 acres, up
2008, according to the USDA Na- 7 percent from the previous year.
tional Agricultural Statistics Service, Dry edible pea planted acreage is
North Dakota Field Office. expected to total 570,000 acres, up 10
Area planted to durum wheat ispercent from last year. Lentil planted
expected to total 1.60 million acres, acreage is expected to total 140,000
down 11 percent from last year. The acres, up 47 percent from 2008.
2009 winter wheat plantings totaled . Oil sunflower planting intentions
530,000 acres, down 16 percentare 850,000 acres, down 11 percent
from a year earlier, from last year. Non-oil sunflower is
Oat intentions are estimated at expected to total 125,000 acres,
360,000 acres, up 13 percent from down 19 percent from last year.
last year's record low. Barley pro- Farmers and ranchers intend to
ducers intend tO plant 1,55 million harvest 2.8-million acres of all hay.
acres, down 6 percent from last year. This :is down 13 percent from last
Corngrowers in North Dakota in- year's crop.
tend to plant 2.30 million acres, Estimates in this report are based
down 10 percent from last year. Soy- on a survey conducted during the
bean growers intend to plant 3.90 first two weeks of March with more
million acres, up 3 percent from last than 3,000 North Dakota producers
yearand equal to 2006's record high. of a nationwide sample of approxi-
Canola planting intentions aremately 86,000.
EPA pproves ph nt
repellent for corn growers
BISMARCK - The U.S. Envi- birds learn to avoid treated seeds and
ronmental Protection Agency has to seek other food.
approved a Section 18 exemption The exemption allows users to
for Avipel liquid corn seed treatment apply the liquid seed treatment at a
and Avipel dry powder corn seed rate of one-gallon product per 980
treatment, allowing North Dakota pounds of seed. The dry product
corn producers to use the products to may be applied at a rate of 3.5
repel ring-necked pheasants from ounces of product per 42 pounds of
their fields, seed.
Agriculture Commissioner Doug Users must follow all applicable
Goehring said the exemption is directions, restrictions and precau-
needed to reduce significant eco- tions on the Section 18 labeling.
nomic 10ss caused by pheasants, and Treated seed nlust be dyed to pre-
that the situation meets EPA's crite- vent use as food, feed or oil process-
ria of being an urgent and non-rou- ing.
tine situation. The complete EPA-approved use
"Thanks to a series of mild win- instructions areavailable on
ters and increasing habitat from the NDDA's Web site.
Conservation Reserve Program, The exemption, which allows
pheasant populations have grown treatment for seed needed to plant
dramatically in North Dakota over 1.25 million acres, expires April 7,
the past 10 years," Goehring said. 2010. All unused seed treatment
"According to survey data from the must be returned to tile distributor or
2008 growing season, some,growers manufacturer or disposed of in ac-
experienced total losses of corn cordance with federal regulations.
stands." Avipel is manufactured by
Anthraquinone, the active ingre- Arkion Life Sciences LLC, New
dient in Avipel, is a naturally occur- Castle, DE, which supported the ex-
ring, organic chemical that causes an emption request.
unpleasant, but harmless reaction in In 2008, North Dakota ranked
birds that eat treated seeds, accord- 12th in the U.S. in production of
ing to the state ag department. The corn for grain.
Notice
ATMOSPHERIC RESOURCE
NOTICE OF INTENTION
TO MODIFY
NATURAL PRECIPITATION
Notice is given, that Weather Modi-
fication, Inc. of 3802 20th Street North,
Fargo, ND, a licensee (License No.
2009-1) of the State of North Dakota, is
to engage in operations to modify pre-
cipitation by the addition of ice nucleat-
ing agents in Bowman County and
seven townships in Slope County. Ex-
isting clouds will be selected for seed-
ing according to the current operational
procedures for enhancing rainfall and
decreasing hail damagel Nuclei wilt be
generated by silver iodide produced in
the combustion of flares or acetone so-
lutions, and the dropping of dry ice pel-
lets. All seeding will be accomplished
by twin engine aircraft equipped for in-
strument flight operating under FAA air-
worthiness certificates and licensed by
the North Dakota Aeronautics Com-
mission. The operations area will be
the target area and a ten mile exten-
sion of the border for operations ease-
ment for systems that will affect the
target area with no affect intended in
the areas bordering the target areas.
The target area will be Bowman County
and the following townships in Slope
County: Conner, Hume, Carrol, Cash,
Sheets, Mineral Springs, and Cedar
Creek The operations will be con-
ducted June 1, 2009 through August
31, 2009, with the possibility of exten-
sion through October 2, 2009.
All persons who think they may re-
ceive harm from activities of this proj-
ect should write the Director, North
Dakota Atmospheric Resource Board,
900 East Boulevard Avenue Depart-
ment 410, Bismarck, ND 58505-0850.
The Atm6spheric Resource Board
does not discriminate on the basis of
race, color, national origin, sex, religion,
age, or disability in employment or the
provision of services, and complies
with the provisions of the North Dakota
Human Rights Act.
(April 16, 23)
Notice
ATMOSPHERIC RESOURCE
NOTICE OF INTENTION
TO MODIFY
NATURAL PRECIPITATION
Notice is given, that Weather Modi-
fication, Inc. of 3802 20th Street North,
Fargo, ND, a licensee (License No.
2009-1) of the State of North Dakota, is
to engage in operations to modify pre-
cipitation by the addition of ice nucleat-
ing agents in McKenzie, Mountrait,
Ward and Williams Counties. Existing
clouds will be selected for seeding ac-
cording to the current operational pro-
cedures for enhancing rainfall and
decreasing hail damage. Nuclei will be
generated by silver iodide produced in
the combustion of flares or acetone so-
lutions, and the dropping of dry ice pel-
lets. All seeding will be accomplished
by twin engine aircraft equipped for in-
strument flight operating under FAA air-
worthiness certificates and licensed by
the North Dakota Aeronautics Com-
mission. The operations area will be
the target area and a ten mile exten-
sion of the border for operations ease-
ment for systems that will affect the
target area with no affect intended in
the areas bordering the target areas.
The target area will be McKenzie,
Mountrail, Ward and Williams Counties.
The operations will be conducted June
1, 2009 through August 3t, 2009, with
the possibility of extension through Oc-
tober 2, 2009.
All persons who think they may re-
ceive harm from activities of this proj-
ect should write the Director, North
Dakota Atmospheric Resource Board,
900 East Boulevard Avenue Depart-
ment 410, Bismarck, ND 58505-0850.
The Atmospheric Resource Board
does not discriminate on the basis of
race, color, national origin, sex, religion,
age, or disability in employment or the
provision of services, and complies
with the provisions of the North Dakota
Human Rights Act.
(April 16, 23)
Beach City Council
BEACH CITY
COUNCILPROCEEDINGS
PUBLISHED SUBJECT TO THE
GOVERNING BODY'S REVIEW AND
REVISION
A regular meeting of the Beach City
Council was called to order by Vice
President Mark Benes on April 6, 2009
at 7:00 p.m. Present when the meet-
ing was called to order was Council
Perry Stockwell, Jeanne Larson, Josh
Wirtzfeld, Tim Marman, PWS Dell
Beach, PW Kent Shaw, City Auditor
Kimberly Nunberg, Deputy Sheriff Arlen
Swanson, guests Gene Hamilton and
Emanuel Culman.
Minutes of the previous month
meetings were read. Marman moved
to approve the minutes, second by
Wirtzfeld. Motion carried unanimously.
Vouchers were reviewed for payment.
Wirtzfeld moved to approve the follow-
ing vouchers, second by Marman. Mo-
tion carried unanimously.
Beach Food Center-
mini mall supplies -140.91
BOSS-office supplies- 737.38
Dakota Dust Tex
-office supplies- 29.85
Fallon County-tipping fees- 2377.97
Farm Plan-parts- 76.48 '
Farmers Union-fuel/salt- 1954.99
Floyd Braden-insurance- 227.40
G&G Garbage-hauling fee- 1200.00
GV County-contracts-6100.00
GV News-publishing-259.87
GV Soil Cons-trees-113.75
Industrial Towel-shop supplies-26.70
Midstate Communication-telephone
services- 302.36
NAPA-parts-3 91.78
ND Dept of Health-
water samples- 64.00
ND DOT-salt- 338.63
NDLC-registration fee- 25.00
Office of State Tax-
employee tax- 197.08
One Call Concept-locates- 4.96
Prairie Lumber Company-
supplies- 71.55
SW Water-2,925,200
gals water- 9126.62
Steve's Service-fuel- 224.99
Stockwell Cleaning Service-
cleaning mini malt- 200.00
West Plains Implement-parts- 17.20
Waste Not Recycling-tires- 4090.50
City Employees-
wages for March- 13246.55
First State Bank of Golva-
withholdings- 2484.92
NDPERS-retirement- 959.78
Deputy Sheriff Swanson reviewed
the monthly Sheriff Report consisting of
19 calls, 4 written warnings and 1 cita-
tion. PWS Beach reported on water
main, sewer main and storm drain re-
pairs. Nunberg reviewed the financial
statement for the month of March.
Wirtzfeld moved to approve the finan-
cial statement, secOnd by Larson. Mo-
tion carried unanimously.
Marman moved to approve the Sec-
ond and Final Reading of Ordinance
No. 366 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING
THE REVISED ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF BEACH OF 2009, AND
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES PRE-
VIOUSLY ADOPTED, WITH CERTAIN
EXCEPTIONS, second by Stockwell.
Motion carried unanimously.
Renaissance Zone Project BEA-13
was reviewed. Wirtzfeld moved to ap-
prove Project BEA-13, second by Lar-
son. Motion carried unanimously.
Special Events Permit submitted by
The Backyard for the Stal's & Gal's
Softball Tournament was reviewed.
Marman moved to approve, second by
Wirtzfeld. Motion carried unanimously.
There was discussion on painting and
carpeting the hallways at the mini mall.
Wirtzfeld moved to adjourn, second by
Stockwetl. Motion carried unanimously.
Meeting adjourned at 7:45 p.m.
Walter Losinski, Mayor
ATTEST: Kimberly Nunberg, City
Auditor
(April 23)
Belfield Public School
REGULAR MEETING, BOARD OF
EDUCATION,
BELFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL
DISTRICT #13
MARCH 12, 2009
ELEMENTARY LIBRARY
The meeting was called to order by
board president Ed Procive at 7:00 p.m
Present: Ernie Buckman, Tim
Ebert, Delbert Kadrmas, Tony Krebs,
Ed Procive, Supt. Remington, HS Prin.
Lamprecht, Elem. Prin. Lorge, Bus.
Mgr. Berger. Also present was Jesse
Olson, SH Rep. and Darren Baranko;
Billings County Rep.
M/S Kadrmas/Ebert to approve the
minutes of the February 12, 2009,
school board meeting. Motion carried
unanimously.
M/S Ebert/Kadrmas to approve the
agenda with an addition of program on
bullying. Motion carried unanimously.
Supt. Remington reported on flag
poles. It is the consensus on the board
to purchase a 30', white, fiberglass pole
for the front of the school.
HS Prin. Lamprecht presented stu-
dent activities.
Elem Prin. Lorge listed upcoming
school activities.
Bus. Mgr. Befger gave the board fi-
nancial reports for February 2009.
Supt. Report:
-Gave an update on legislative is-
sues.
-Noted that school the make-up
days for missed school will be Easter
Monday and April 24th.
-Presented the kitchen health in-
spection, which received an excellent
score.
-Discussed the use of the small
school bus by non-school groups. It is
the consensus of the board to allow the
superintendent to deal with these re-
quests on a one-by-one basis.
-Discussed possible use of ITV
classroom by the RACTC. M/S
Krebs/Kadrmas to make the room
available to RACTC if needed. Motion
carried unanimously.
Procive gave a report on the RESP
and RACTC meetings.
M/S Buckman/Ebert to pay the bills.
Motion carried unanimously.
M/S Krebs/Kadrmas to approve
open enrollment applications for Rosie,
Seth and Julia Anderson to enter
Belfield Public School from Billings
County Schools: Motion carried
unanimously.
M/S Kadrmas/Krebs: The Belfield
Public School Board, affer investigation
of the petition filed by the Belfield Edu-
cation Association requesting that said
organization be recognized as the rep-
resentative organization for the previ-
ous recognized appropriate negotiation
unit, has determined that the Belfield
Education Association does represent
a majority of the persons within that unit
and hereby recognizes the Belfield Ed-
ucation Association as the exclusive
representative organization for mini-
mum of one year. Motion carried unan-
imously.
Discussion was held on the negoti-
ating process.
Procive-noted that all superinten-
dent's evaluations had been turned in. 22736,
He had reviewed them with the super- OBRIGEWITCH, TAMMY, 2550.17
intendent and noted all comments were 22737,QWEST, 210.47
positive. 22738,ROLLER, LEEROY,50
Supt. Remington noted that FCCLA 22739,CAPITAL ONE, 78.81
had presented a program on bullying 22744,QWEST, 72.29
by R5 Presentations. This program 22747,WAL-MART
was for grades 7 - 12 and was very STORE #1567, 30.24
positive. It is the consensus of the STUDENT ACTIVITY
board for the district to pay for 50% of 5495,R5 PRODUCTIONS,1300
the cost of this program. 5496,AMERICAN PROM, 252.5
The next school board meeting is 5497,BRAUN DISTRIBUTING,389.52
set for April 9, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. 5498,CLEAR CHANNEL -
The following bills were approved DICKINSON, 111.25
for payment: 5499,COCA-COLA
22630,VANDERESCH, IVAN,350 BOTTLING, 540.04
22631 ,POSTMASTER, 76.04 5500,DAN'S
22638,ACTIVITY FUND BHS, 56.42 ,, SUPERMARKET, 107.53
22639,ALTERNATIVE 5501 ,DEL-LUX LIMOUSINE
SANITATION, 250 SERVICE, 275
22640,AT & T, 145.88 5502,DICKINSON
22641 ,BELFIELD AUTOMOTIVE NEWSPAPERS INC., 24
SUPPLY, 26.95 5503,FOUR SEASONS
22642,BELFIELD PLUMBING TROPHIES, 153.05
& HTG, 1184.75 5504,GERRELLS AND
22643,BUCKMAN, KARLA, 5.07 COMPANY, 222.94
22644,CASS CLAY 5505,JOHNSON, FRANCES,5.05
CREAMERY, INC ,947.13 5506,LAMPRECHT, JEFFREY, 63
22645,CITYOF BELFIELD, 655.65 5507,LORGE, LOUISE, 5
22646,DAN'S 5508,ND FCCLA, 1124
SUPERMARKET, 15.48 5509,ORIENTAL TRADING
22647,EAST SIDE CO INC, 14.99
ENTREES, INC, 108.66 5510,PEPSI COLA
22648,ESP COMPUTERS BOTTLING, 169.08
& SOFTWARE ,2667.9 5511,PIONEER DRAMA
22649,FARMERS UNION OIL,276.12 SERVICE, 181
22650,GEIGER, ALAN, 234.7.5512,QSP, INC, 1752.44
22651 ,GOLDEN 5513,ST BERNARD'S, 395
VALLEY NEWS ,129.93 5514,WlNGATE BY WYNDHAM, 560
22652,HOBART SALES & 5515,AKA FELLAS, 350
SERVICE, 225.49 5516,CAPITAL ONE, 148.31
22653,INFORMATION 5517,HOSELTON,
TECHNOLOGY DEPT ,791.67 CATHERINE, 246.83
22654, INTERSTATE 5518,SPRATTA, ALYSSA, 120
BRANDS, 284.65 5519,WAL-MART
22655,JOSTENS, 115.21 STORE #1567, 130.27
22656,JOURNEYED, 1314.8 5520,REGION X MUSIC, 94
22657,JW PEPPER Meeting adjourned at 8:20 p.m.
& SON INC, 204.68 Ed Procive, School Board President
22658,KESSEL, KELLI, 45.26 Alice Berger, Business Manager
22659,LAMPRECHT, (April 23)
JEFFREY, 175.52
22660,MARC, 118.07. Bids
22661 ,MENARDS, 192.27
22662,MIDAMERICA BOOKS, 82.75
22663,MONTANA-DAKOTA Call for Bids
UTILITIES, 8789.41
22664,NEWBY'SACE Notice is hereby given that the
HARDWARE, 133.79 Board of County Commissioners of
22665,QUILL Golden Valley County, N.D., will on
CORPORATION, 1077.63 Tuesday, May 5, 2009, at 2 p.m. in their
22666,RELIABLE OFFICE office at the county courthouse, open
SUPPLIES, 155.17 sealed bids for the purchase of a new
22667,REMINGTON, DARREL, 324 2009 or newer, heavy duty class 8 -
6x4 truck and a new or used hopper
22668,ROUGHRIDER AREA
CAREER & TECH CENTER, 450 • bottom dump semi-trailer.
22669,SCHAIBLE, TIMOTHY, 57918 A detailed list of specifications may
22670,SOUTHWEST be obtained by contacting the Golden
BUSINESS MACHINES, 3866.6 Valley County Auditor's Office at the
22671 ,US courthouse in Beach.
FOODSERVICE, inc, 3725.85 Send bids to Golden Valley County,
22672,VANDERESCH, IVAN, 350 P.O. Box 67, Beach, N.D., 58621, or
22673,WESTERN drop them off at the auditor's office.
OUTDOORS, 14.95 Bids must be received no later than 2
22674,UKEsTAD, RICHARD, 231.5 p.m. Tuesday, May 5, 2009. Envelope
22735,HUTzENBILER,, containing bid must be marked "Truck
KENNETH, 3150.54 and/or Trailer Bid."
(April 16, 23, 30)