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PUBLIC NOTICES NEWS ‘
Billings County
Commission
BILLINGS COUNTY BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
REGULAR MEETING APRIL 6, 2021
The meeting was called to order at
the Medora Community Center Gym by
Chairman Michael Kasian at 9:00 AM. ,
with Commissioners Dean Rodne and
Lester Iverson in attendance.
Others were present during portions
of the meeting: Road Superintendent
Jeff lverson, .EMS Directors Mitch
Gilseth and Kyle Michels, Fire Chief
Kyle Shockley, Maintenance Supervisor
Travis Bertelsen, Major Dean Wycoff,
Captain Frank Lukowski, Deputy AI
Muckle, Deputy Clint Wohler, Auditor.
Marcia Lamb, State’s Attorney Patrick
Weir, Vogel Law firm Attorney Tami Nor-
gard, Recorder Julianna Hammerstrom,
Tax Director Stacey Swanson, Deputy
Auditor Jonna Bertelsen, Jeremy Wood,
Eric Urness, Curt Glassoe, Jordan
Kessel, Shelon Cockeram, Megan
Quade, Tyler O’Brien, Naomi Rossow,
Julie Reis, Scott Hutzenbiler, Ben Si-
mons, John Kessel, Gordon Krance,
Jud Mork, Kim Colbert, Orest Baranko,
Allan Richard, Jonathan Klym, Nellie
Klym, Kevin Kessel, Jim Lowman, An—
thony Kessel, Joseph Kessel, Ted
Tescher, Sarah Short, Dave Short, Don
Short, Sandy Short, Derrick Braaten,
Jim Fugle, Connie Fulton, Don Fulton,
Maggie Fulton, Katie Fulton, Nick
Emch, Don Heiser, Wes~0brigewitch,
Mike Heiser, Ernie Buckman, Cole
Buckman, Elizabeth Loos, Tom Schaf,
Sandy Baertsch, Perry Tesher, Robin
O’Brien, Dennis Joyce, Doug Ellison,
Lynn Arthaud, Jim Arthaud, Kurt Kor-
don, Grant Kessel, Garett Kessel, Amy
McCann, Donovan O’Brien, Andrew
Klym, Lorraine Schant, Frank Schant,
Joey Kessel, Diane Weir, Suzy
Williams, Richard Volesky.
Iverson moved to approve the min-
utes from the March 2, 2021 regular
meeting. Rodne Seconded. All voted
aye.
Auditor Lamb requested an addition
to the agenda of the Fire Emergency
Declaration. Kasian moved to approve
the addition and the agenda. Rodne
seconded. All voted aye. .
Chairman Kasian explained the
o process of the Little Missouri River
Crossing discussion. Each person will
be allotted 5 minutes to address the
commission regarding their opinions for
or against the bridge, there will be not
repeating topics discussed, and re-
qusted that the public in attendance be
considerate of the speakers. Tami Nor-
gard, Vogel Law firm attorney for
Billings County first presented an up-
date of where the process is currently
and how the county arrived at this point.
She explained the litigation from 2004
until present. Norgard reminded the
public that this is not a hearing, and
questionsmay not be asked to the com-
' mission as they are currently in active
litigation. Appraisals of the land were
discussed, and the board needs to de-
cide a fair offer for right of way. Norgard
also updated the public on the three
lawsuits that the county is engaged in,
all brought on by the Short family. Two
have been referred to a federal magis-
trate and the third was brought last year
seeking to overturn the 2021 budget.
Chairman Kasian requested that
'those in favor of the bridge speak first.
Topics that were discussed included:
environmental impact studies con-
cluded there is a purpose and a need
for the bridge. These studies were done
and determined that the bridge could
not be put on federal land. The fire de-
partments, emergency services and law
enforcement need the bridge as a pas-
sage to the other side of the river for
emergency purposes, if there is a fire or
a medical emergency and they are on
the wrong side of the river, they would
have to reroute back to Medora and it
would cost valuable time. The fire trucks
and water tenders cannot pass through
the crossings that are there right now.
A resident stated that they would like to
see growth in the community for the fu-
ture of our children, we do not want to
lose our voice or watch the community
and economy die. Road crew would like
to see this project go through and the
commission has support from them.
Farmers and ranchers need the protec-
tion for their business and without the
access they could lose that to a fire in a
matter of minutes. Putting the bridge in
would give the ranchers on the east
side a quicker route to access markets.
An oil company representative spoke
regarding the importance of the bridge
due to accidents that happen on job
sites and needing the quick response
from emergency services.
After a 5-minute break, those op-
posed were asked to come up and
speak. Topics that were discussed in-
cluded: The location of the bridge is not
in an ideal spot for the land owners.
Asked why weren’t the residents in the
area asked if they would like a bridge.
The two families of the land that the
bridge will go on do not want it and feel
they have property rights to say no. Tax
payers potentially have to pay for the
bridge if a loan is taken out. The family
still has a personal connection’to the
land by sharing family memories even
though they live out of state. They have
asked that the county not take their land
by eminent domain and to look for a dif—
ferent area to place the bridge using the
county’s own money. Statement that the
Environmental Study required by NEPA
and KLJ, the engineering firm gave
false information and that the county
should be able to put a bridge where
ever they want without federal or gov— .
ernment support. Felt that involuntary
eminent domain should not be used.
Putting in a road for public use- should
be on public land not private.
Chairman Kasian asked for a motion
to go into executive session to discuss
negotiation strategy and to determine a
fair offer of compensation to the
landowners at 10:23 am. This is allowed
under NDCC §44-04—19.1 Iverson
made the motion to move into executive
session. Rodne Seconded. All voted
aye. The board adjourned to the R00—
sevelt Room in the Medora Community
Center as opposed to asking the atten-
dees to leave the gym area. The indi-
't
l
viduals present during the executive
session were Commissioners Kasian,
lverson and Rodne, Auditor Marcia
Lamb, States Attorney H. Patrick Weir,
Attorney Tami Norgard, and Deputy Au-
ditor Jonna Bertelsen.The board exited
executive session at 10:56 am and
moved back into the Medora Commu-
nity Center Gym. Rodne moved to
make an offer of $2,500/acre for per-
manent easement and $500/acre/year
during construction for temporary ease-
ment to all landowners. Iverson sec-
onded. All voted aye. ,
'The board adjourned to the Billings
County Commissioner room for the re-
mainder of the agenda at 11:00am as
noticed in the agenda.
The bid opening for the 121st road
project as advertised at 11:00 am was
held with Auditor Lamb opening the
bids. Six bids were received: Hlebechuk
Construction Inc $423,733.81,
Baranko Brothers Inc. $683,582.36,
Wilson Construction Inc. $445,200.00,
Edward H. Schwartz Construction Inc
$448,983.90, Martin Construction Inc
$448,383.45, Dakota Dirtworks LLC
$434,166.53. Rodne made the motion
to accept Hlebechuk Construction bid at
$423,733.81 contingent on KLJ review-
ing and approving the mathematics on
the bid. Iverson seconded. All voted
aye.
'Road Superintendent Jeff lverson
gave his monthly report. They are cur-
rently reviewing spring frost restrictions.
They are setting four frac tanks to re-
place the fiberglass tanks that were de-
stroyed during 'the wind storm. There
was a gas plant fire yesterday in Fair-
field that got put out quickly. Road crew
is in the process of getting the trucks
back to the shops from the fire in
Medora. Noticed that the ETA road has
a bad culvert that needs replacing. Iver-
son got an estimate for the replacement
pipe for $15,000.00. Due to the severity
of how bad it really is, he feels it should
be done this year and the commission
agreed to get it done. There is more
gravel that could be crushed in the
Krehlik pit. Jeff Schmidt was given an
offer of $15,000.00 last fall to buy the
remaining gravel from from the stock-
pile on his land, it it is ok with the State's
Attorney, they will write up an agree-
ment.
Fire Chief Kyle Shockley gave his
monthly report. The commission re-
quested that he send a letter of thanks
to all departments and surrounding
communities that helped with the fire.
They have not been assisting with the
fire up in the north yet due to the
drought severity, they need to stay
around the local areas. Shockley asked
the commission to put out a resolution
for a total burn ban. This will ban all per-
sonal fires that produce any sort of ash
and also no off-road travel. Kasian
moved to put out the resolution for a
total burn ban. lverson Seconded. All
voted aye. Asked that Shockley get the
information out to as. many sources as
possible. All agencies during/the fire
came together amazingly. Jeff lverson
stated that NlMS is great and need to
work toward succession training. Burn-
ing coal seam on foundation property
needs to be taken care of. Three spots
of coal seam are still burning. Iverson
and Shockley, will get together to come
up with a plan to dig the coal seams out.
Lamb requested that we continue fire
emergency declaration to end of the
year. Rodne made the motion to con-
tinue the Fire Emergency Declaration to
the end of 2021. Iverson seconded. All
voted aye.
Jay Brovold’s abstract files are cur-
rently in the courthouse basement in a
storage room. As they are personal files
and the county cannot have the liability
for them and that the room will be
needed for the HVAC project to com-
mence this summer, it was decided that
the files will need to be removed by Jay
by May 4th. Kasian moved to send Jay
Brovold a letter stating this. lverson sec-
onded. All voted aye.
The EMS monthly report was sub-
mitted in writing. Commissioner lverson
informed the board that a financial re—
quest will be made of Stark County at
their next meeting and he has been
working with EMS to give a presenta-
tion since a majority of the calls are
from there. EMS will update the board
at the next meeting.
lverson will not be present for the
May 4th meeting, so the board agreed
to move the May meeting to the 6th at
9am. Since the dates for the regular
commission meetings are already
posted, this will have to be a special
meeting with a set agenda.
Commissioners recessed for lunch
at 12:10 pm.
Meeting reconvened at 1:05 pm.
Tax and Zoning Director Stacey
Swanson stated there were no ARW’s
or zoning applications this month.
Swanson brought forward the domestic
fowl amendment that needs commis-
sion approval. This gives residential
areas the ability to keep domestic fowl
under the specific guidelines laid out in
the amendment. The public hearing
was held at the last zoning meeting and
no one showed up for or against the
amendment. Rodne made the motion to
accept the domestic fowl amendment
as presented. lverson Seconded. All
voted aye.
Swanson then gave an update re-
garding the Chimney Butte Environ-
mental Waste permit. The 'amended
permit changes the slope of the waste
site. Chimney Butte has a 7-year permit
through the Department of Health.
Curt Glassoe, representing the
Maah Daah Hey Trail Association was
present to explain the the maps that he
brought for the sheriff’s department a
few weeks ago. The sheriff’s depart—
ment asked for 20 maps strictly of the
Maah Daah Hey Trail for emergency
purposes and the wrong ones were
brought down, Major Dean Wycoff re-
turned them to Curt and asked that he
check with the Forest Service to provide
us with those maps, biking season is
starting now and we need them as soon
as possible for emergency services.
Engineer Ken Schwartz,-represent-
ing GT Architecture, presented the bid
opening for the HVAC mechanical over-
haul. There was one bid for the project,
Central Mechanical - $583,800.00. This
bid came out roughly $20,000.00 higher
than the engineer’s estimate but there
is enough money in the building re-
model budget to pay for this. Kasian
made the motion to accept the bid from
Central Mechanical for $583,800.00.
Rodne Seconded. All voted aye. Ken
will send them the notice of award letter.
Schwartz discussed that there'are two
issues that may come up during the
project that may need some contin-
gency money set aside for. The air
ducts will need to be cleaned, and while
.the project is being done, there will
need to be NO units throughout the
building to keep it cool in here during
the August/September heatwaves. Ken
brought some examples to look at for
temporary A/C units. There will be a
prebid meeting on April 20th at 1:00pm
for the window project that will also be
taking place this summer. Bids will be
accepted until April 29that 2:00pm.
Maintenance Supervisor Travis Ber-
telsen gave his monthly report. The
courthouse museum project is ongoing,
hoping to have the inside done by
tourist season. The roll off dumpster
used to clean up the southside was
completely filled in two hours. The
transportation of the roll off cost
$312.00 and waiting on the bill from the
land fill. They were not informed that
you could not dump metal, so the land-
fill had to sort through the dumpster. It
was requested that we get another
dumpster in there right away since there
is a lot more that needs to be cleaned
up. It was approved to get another roll
off. Travis could talk to Continental Iron,
Robinson Recycling or Blue Sky to re-
cycle the metal. Ecolab came a few
weeks ago and sprayed the interior of
the courthouse for bugs and will be
coming back to spray the exterior.
There are 22 or so canned lights on the
exterior of the building that need to be
replaced because they are burning the
bulbs out after a few days. Would look
nice to have the exterior lit up at night,
so Travis will get a quote from an elec-
trician for that project and bring it back
to the next meeting.
Major Dean Wyckoff with the Sher-
iff’s Office gave his report. Reverse 911
information was discussed. They went
in and found out that Dickinson dis-
patch, in order to have them provide
that function for us, Billings County will
need to purchase 6 units. The total price
for the purchase would be $40,446.86.
$1 ,500.00/radio.
Auditor Lamb presented the quar-
terly pledge report. lverson moved to
approve it as presented. Rodne sec-
onded. All voted aye.
The following claims were approved
for payment:
Blue Cross Blue Shield of ND 19423
$3,860.60
ND Public Employee Retire System
19424 $881.61
3D Specialties 19425 $184.42
Advanced Business Methods Inc
19426 $1,133.16
American Welding Gas
“119427. . ., . $580.08
Aramark 19428 , . $162.70
Belfield Automotive Supply Inc
19429 $365.10
Billings County Historical Society
19430 $4,710.17
Billings County Pioneer 19431 $45.82
Billings County Rural Fire District
19432 $54,339.75
Billings County School District
19433 $721,376.76
Boespflug Trailers Feed
1 9434 ' $200.75
Boss Office Products 19435$1,023.41
Bound Tree Medical LLC
19436 $704.63
Brooks & Associates, CE
19437 $1 ,904.30
Butler Machinery Co 19438$4,695.67
Certified Power Inc 19439 $1,161.83
Chimney Butte Land LLP
19440 $1,423.80
Corneil Todd 19441 $50.00
Creative Energy 19442 $142.37
Crowell Moring LLP 19443$5,177.50
Dakota Sports 19444 $210.65
Deans Distributing 19445 $1,796.00
Dickinson Public Library
19446 $3,365.90
Directv 19447 $122.99
East End Auto Trucking
19448 ' $535.00
Electro Watchman Inc 19449 $377.20
Fastenal Company 19450 $582.96
Four Corners Cafe 19451 $500.00
Gallagher Benefit Services Inc
1 9452 $580.00
George‘s Tire LTD 19453 $9,586.00
Gooseneck Implement
19454 $1,859.57
Hlebechuk Construction Inc
1 9455 $487.50
IAAO 19456 $220.00
J and J Operating LLC
19457 ‘ $3,630.20
Jeff‘s Towing VOID $426.08
Kasian Connie‘ 19459 $83.60
Kasian Michael 19460 $81.76
Kevin's Auto & Truck Repair
19461 $100.24
KLJ Engineering LLC
19462 , $93,205.37
Klym Steve 19463 $66.80
Kohler Communications Inc
19464 $200.00
Krebs Machine & Repair
19465 $2,282.82
Kuntz Sandblasting Painting LLC
19466 $4,199.91
Kutzler Marilyn 19467 $71 .12
Ladbury Jim 19468 $600.00
Little Missouri Restaurant Saloon
19469 $635.00
Mac's Inc 19470 $803.05
Malkowski Trucking 19471 $700.00
Medora, City of 19472 $43,415.33
Menards Dickinson 19473 $535.10
MGM Rural Sanitation 19474 $268.50
Midstate Communications
19475 $2,297.21
ND Association of Counties
1 9476 $97.39
ND Association of Counties
Engineering 19477
ND Attorney General's Office
$100.00
19478 $310.00
ND County Commissioners Assoc.
19479 $1,280.00
ND Cowboy Hall of Fame
19480 $200.00
ND Dept of Transportation
VOID $11.50
ND Planning Association
19482 $305.00
ND Recorders Association
19483 $200.00
ND State Treasurer 19484$13,097.59
NDACo Resources Group INC
19485, $391.48
Nelson International 19486 $650.77
Newby's Ace Hardware 19487$363.53
Northwest Tire Inc 19488 $1,668.63
PB Electric 19489 $616.25
Praxair Distribution Inc 19490$124.29
Premier Specialty Vehicles Inc
1 9491 $278.90
Pump Systems Inc 19492 $773.38
Putnam Karen 19493 $51.12
Pyramid Communications
19494 $66.42
Quality Quick Print 19495 $30.00
FIDO Equipment Co 19496 $1,652.66
Red Rock Ford 19497 $188.88
Rodne, Dean 19498 $466.80
RELX 19499 $57.84
Roughrider RV's 19500 $146.41
Runnings Supply Inc 19501$1,278.39
Sanford Health Occupational
Medicine 19502 $11.50
Sanford lnpt Pharmacy 19503 $45.00
Sax Motor Co 19504 $2,583.12
Share Corporation 19505 $302.85
Southwest Business Machines
1 9506 $1 55.60
Southwest Water Authority
1 9507 $423.30
Southwest Water Authority
19508 $12,609.99
Southwestern Dist Health Unit
19509 $49,677.94
St Alexius Medical Center
1 951 0 $472.88
Theordore Roosevelt Expressway
19511 $8,000.00
Thyssen Krupp Elevator
1 951 2 $564.99
Tltcomb, Olivia 19513 $283.00
Tom's Heating Service
19514 $2,100.00
Total Safety US Inc 19515 $443.96
Uniform Center 19516 $1,129.98
Verizon Networkfleet Inc 19517$64.76
Verizon Wireless 19518 $2,282.61
Vision We'st ND 19519 $750.00
Wal-Mart Community 19520 $227.83
West Dakota Oil Inc 19521 $3,334.43
Westlie Crossroads Truck Ctr
19522 $7,214.83
Jeff's Towing 19523 $177.35
Verizon Wireless 19524 $50.10
Verizon Wireless 19525 $2,258.41
Charbonneau Car Center
19526 $18,339.00
CenturyLink 19527 $955.75
Directv 19528 $129.24
Information Technology Dept
19529 $1,000.45
Kasian, Michael 19530 $76.16
Medora, City of 19531 $426.75
Reservation Telephone 19532 $40.23
Rodne, Dean 19533 $101.92
Roughrider Electric Coop
19534 ' $5,073.82
Verizon Wireless 19535 $43.20
Visa 19536 $2,072.32
Visa 19537 $290.96
Wex Health Inc 19538 $63.00
ND Public Employee Retire
System 19539 $11,114.00
ND Public Employee Retire
System 19540 $42,933.89
ND Public Employee Retire '
System 19541 ‘ ~_ 1 $650.0
Discovery Benefits 19542 $2,579.61
NDFOP State Lodge Treasurer
19543 $25.00
Prudential Service Center
' 19544 $14.29
State Dispersement Unit
1 9545 $71 7.00
ND Public Health Ins Trust
19549 $72,565.12
The board approved the revenue
vouchers for the month of March:
Recorder $19,541.20; Zoning $100.00;
Court $80.00; EMS $2,436.29.
Revenues for materials and/or serv-
ices rendered in March: NDIRF
$40,391.67 road crew time to remove
damaged tanks and replacements;
RobertSOn Metal Recycling $737.20
metal; Denver Tessier $2,700.00 cattle-
guard replacement; Stark County
$38,812.33 Belfield Paramedic Share.
WEED SPRAYING: Cory Smith $27.56,
Kevin Kirsch $245.09, Curtis Schaff
$272.99, Curtis Talkington $70.81, Bob
Chruszch $20.87, Dave Adams $36.35.
Revenues for the month of March:
Sheriff $13,190.03 permits, Highway
Distribution $11,842.14 ; Oil Gas Pro-
duction Tax $341,447.04; Royalties
$21,745.56; Unorganized Oil Gas
Production Tax $22,763.14; Interest
$9,325.59; Sheriff 24/7 $500.00; ITD
$10,500 SIRN; Telecommunications
Tax $24,310.85; BLM Mineral Royalty
$48,122.03; State PILT $5,869.68.
Payroll in the following amounts was
approved for March: General Fund
$173,614.21; Road and Bridge Fund
$129,070.70; Weed Fund $9,901.43.
With there being no further busi-
ness, the meeting ended at 4:00 prn.
. Michael Kasian, Chairman
Attest: i
Marcia Lamb, Auditor/Treasurer
(May 27)
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Golva School Honor Roll
Fourth Quarter Honor Roll:
Fifth and sixth grade:
Sophia Gunkel
Isabelle Zook
*Andrea Bosserman
Alyson Callaway
Isaiah Dobbs
Miley McGuire
Sawyer Noll
Seventh and eighth grade:
Slater Gunkel
Jasmine Booth
Emery Noll
An asterisk signifies the “A”
Honor Roll.
Two from area graduate MSU
MINOT Minot State University
awarded 656 degrees including
576 undergraduate and 80 graduate
to 648 students as its class of
2021..
MSU honored its 2021 and 2020
graduating class at a ceremony as
2020’s.live event was cancelled due
to COVID-l9.
Area students included: Jenae L.
Orluck, bachelor of science in nurs-
ing, Beach; and Brett N. Hlebechuk,
bachelor of science, international
business/marketing, Belfield.
Remembering the town of Ross
Dakota
Datebook
A few miles west of Stanley, N .D.,
is Ross, which technically existed as
a town site as far back as 1887. It was
really just a Great Northern stopping
point back then, consisting of a sid—
ing and a water tank.
Then, around the turn of the cen-
tury, deVelopment began, and on
June 3, 1902, a post office was estab-
lished.
Ross has a couple claims» to fame;
it was the home town of Ruth Olson
Meiers, who was the state’s first fe-
male Lieutenant Governor. Historians
state the Ross community also had
the oldest known Muslim group for
organized prayer in America.
The primary ethnic group in that
area came from Syria, starting with a
pioneer named Hassen Juma, who
settled on 160 acres in 1899. Nearby
was Sam Omar, and by 1902, 20
other families had followed their path
from Bire (Bertie) and Rafid, Syria.
These families ran into problems,
because the US. objected to their nat-
uralization, but in 1909, the govem-
ment withdrew the ban, and Syrians
were able to apply for citizenship.
As the Ottoman Empire blurred
territorial boundaries in the Middle
East, Arab settlers were variously
called Turks, Syrians or Lebanese,
depending on what country presently
claimed their homeland; While as
many as 90% 0ftfic-Srfim-whoem—
igrated to thi's‘i‘COuntry were Chris—
tians, the group at Ross were Islamic;
their North Dakota neighbors called
them Muhammadans.
To give a little background, Mus-
lims believe in a chain of prophets
starting with Adam and leading up
through Noah, Abraham, Ishmael,
Issac, Jacob, Joseph, Job, Moses,
Aaron, David, Solomon, Elias, Jonah,
John the Baptist, and Jesus. Muslims
diverge from Christians at this point,
believing God reconfirmed his mes-
sage through one more prophet
Muhammad — who began receiving
revelations from the angel Gabriel in
the (Christian)-year 610.
The Muslims in Ross prayed five
times a day and gathered in each
other’s homes for Jumah — a prayer
service held on Fridays. The leaders
for these meetings were educated lay-
men, as there was no iman — or Mus-
lim prayer leader — in the community.
In 1929, the residents built a
Jumah mosque which is said to be the
nation’s first. Accounts differ, but it’s
generally agreed that other Muslims
around the country organized their
mosques in rented spaces. The
mosque at Ross is said to be the first
By Merry Helm
built specifically as a house of wor-
ship.
The building itself was not an at-
tractive one. It was long and low,
sunk into the ground. There’s a rea-
son for this; it was intended to be the
basement of a structure yet to come.
Unfortunately, the depression hit soon
after it was built, and the transforma—
tion never happened. The building
was used as late as the 1960s — by
then, intermarriage had led many to
join Christian churches.
In 1983, author Francie Berg
wrote: “The potential significance (of
the building) went unknown for many
years. However, a few years ago, the
North Dakota Historical Society
began some research into the mosque,
intending to submit it for inclusion on
the National Register of Historic
Places, in order to preserve it. Re-
searchers soon were disappointed to
find out the building had been'tom
down a year or two earlier}?
While the mosque is gone, the
Arabic cemetery remains. You can
spot it by its arched gate adorned with
a crescent and star.
“Dakota Datebook” is a radio se—
‘ inipartnership
with the State Historical Society of
North Dakota and with funding from
the North Dakota Humanities Coun-
cil. See all the Dakota Datebooks at
prairiepublicorg, subscribe to the
“Dakota Datebook” podcast, or buy
the Dakota Datebook book at shop-
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CALL: 701 -872-3836
Our board meets at 9:30 am,
first Tuesday of each month at
22 S. Central Ave., Beach.
The public is invited!
Celebrate with us!
Darrel &Mary
Lou Marlia
Retirement & ‘
50th Wedding Anniversary
Duane & Essie Martian
50th Anniversary
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, Saturday,]une 12, 2021
Golden Valley County Fairgrounds
' Bar open 5 pm
Supper 6 pm
Live Music 8:30-12:30
provided by Pistol Grip featuring Lisa G