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N. D. Matters
By Lloyd Omdahl
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The Republican gubernatorial
race has North Dakota's political
pundits scratching their heads,
searching for an explanation for the
upset of a popular Attorney General
Wayne Stenehjem by political novice
Doug Burgum.
Was it the Burgum conservative
message that resonated with North
Dakotan Republicans?
Burgum pitched a super-conserv-
ative fiscal policy, implying that
Stenehjem was guilty of conspiring
with the governor and the Legislature
of playing fast and loose with the
taxpayers" money.
Legislative Majority Leaders Sen-
ator Rich Wardner and Representa-
tive A1 Carlson. after years of
penny-pinching, were appropriately
offended by the allegation.
The Legislature had reduced in-
come taxes and property taxes while
hiding all extra money in dedicated
funds safely under the state mattress•
In fact. North Dakota's tax burden
ranks the 39th lowest in the country,
hardly a ranking for spendthrifts.
But in the public mind taxes are
always too high and Burgum fanned
this latent taxphobia. However, the
state's fiscal track record indicates
that this was not a cutting issue.
For a majority of taxpayers, tax-
cutting in the present •fiscal environ-
ment could hardly be a high priority.
Even so, taxphobia is always good
for a few votes so let's concede that
Burgum eked out a few thousand of
his 23,000-vote margin with this
issue.
Is the mystery solved by claiming
that Democrats did it in the polling
place? On the surface, the election
returns give cause to suspect the De-
mocrats because their primary
turnout was a dismal 17,000, about
one-third to one-half of their histori-
cal norm.
In the 2014 primary, around
30,000 Democrats voted; in 2012,
57,000 Democrats appeared for their
primary. So, if Democratic raiding
did occur, would all Democrats have
voted tor Burgum or would some
have voted for Stenehjem?
In view of the virtual certainty of
a Republican victory in the fall,
smart Democrats would have voted
for Stenehjem. After all, Burgum
was promising an even tougher fiscal
conservatism than the Legislature,
meaning even less spending on the
social programs that Democrats have
always supported.
Another thing, Burgum promised
to be a business governor. If he de-
livers on that promise, he will shift
state budgeting from a broad spec-
trum of programs to a more narrow
pro-business tax-cutting strategy.
But maybe some Democrats just
wanted to lash out against the Re-
publican establishment that has been
beating them for years and this was
their opportunity to strike. It's a safe
guess that this happened. So let's say
Democrats gave Burgum several
thousand of his 23,000-vote margin.
This meddling in the Republican
primary will bring payback to De-
mocrats. It provides justification for
Republicans to require voter regis-
tration, something that would sup-
press more Democratic than
Republican votes.
There is no mystery to the fact
that Burgum was the first candidate
in the media and on the road. In Feb-
mary, a poll gave Stenejhem 59 per-
cent to Burgum's I0 percent- an
insurmountable lead by all standards.
This led to apathy in the Stenejhem
camp.
With Stenehjem the top vote get-
ter in every election, he looked so
solid that early spending of big bucks
by Burgum couldn't beat him. The
Stenehjem strategists probably
thought the same thing because their
campaign didn't really crank up until
later in the spring. So we must give
Burgum a few thousand votes for a
strong early start.
Then there was Former Governor
Ed Schafer's endorsement, probably
the most impactful message in the
whole campaign. Not only was
Schafer's presentation crisp and au-
thoritative but it also gave credibility
to Burgum's candidacy. For Schafer,
Burgum gets another couple thou-
sand votes.
So if Burgum picks up a few thou-
sand votes here, another few thou-
sand there, the next thing you know
he has a 23,000-vote margin. There
isn't much mystery to that.
Free summer programs scheduled at Chateau
MEDORA -The Marquise de A.T. Packard, the editor of the
Mores (Medora) will appear at the Bad Lands Cow Boy, will be fea-
Chateau de Moles State Historic Site tured the weekend of July 23-24.
theweekendsofJuly2-3andJuly 16-17 Portrayed by Donald Ehli, Packard
in the popular History Alive! program, will discuss his life as the editor of
Portrayed by Karen Nelson, this the newspaper from 1884-86.
program will center on Madame de Friedrich Felix Gollnick, an ad-
Mores's return to Medora in 1903. venturous 19th century immigrant
Visitors lneet Madame in a brief ret- from Germany to Dakota Territory,
rospective on her time in western will make an appearance the week-
Dakota as well as her life following end of July 30-31. Portrayed by Don-
her return to France. aid Ehli, Gollnick will describe his
The French aristocrat and cattle colorful life, including stints as a buf-
baron the Marquis de Mores will falo hunter, homesteader, and em-
take center stage the weekendJa£luly, ployee of the Marquis de Mores, ~ •
9-10. Portrayed by Lance Rustand, All History Alive! performances
the Marquis will share his dreams of will be on the veranda of the Chateau
a beef empire in the frontier town of at 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:30
Medora in the 1880s. p.m. The free History Alive! pro-
He
Ith clinics
Billings/Golden Valley County
health, flu vaccination and health
maintenance clinics for July will be
held:
Olson's Station, Sentinel Butte.
July 8, Friday, July 8.10:30 - noon
Fairfield Fire Hall, Fairfield,
Tuesday, July 12, 9 a.m. - noon
Beach Senior Citizens Center,
Beach, Tuesday, July 19, 11 a.m.-
12:30 p.m.
Golden Valley Manor, Beach,
Tuesday, July 19, 8:45-10:45 a.m.
Golden Valley Manor foot care:
Please contact Golden Valley Manor
staff for exact dates and times.
Medora courthouse, Medora, vac-
cinations and health maintenance,
please call for appointment: (701)
872-4533 or 623-4133.
Beach: vaccinations and health
dule
maintenance at Public Health Office.
Please call for appointment: (701)
872-4533.
Offered screenings at these clin-
ics may include blood pressure,
weight, pulse, immunizations, fast-
ing blood sugar, hemoglobin, etc.
For a complete list of services pro-
vided please call (701) 872-4533.
Suggested costs for services are do-
nations only.
grams explore the lives and times of
decades gone by, combining theater
arts with history. The 20-minute
monologues are based on original
letters, diaries and other documents,
many from the archives of the State
Historical Society of North Dakota.
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There is nothing like fresh picked
produce. Come and visit the Rolling
Hills Farm Farmers Market. We will be
at the Gazebo park on the corner of
Central and Main in Beach on
Thursdays from 4:00-7:00pm. Please
visit our website for the start date.
See you there!
We are also offering art/craft activity
classes this summer. Classes include
giant bubbles, a bird feeder, terrarium,
unconventional paint brushes and
i more. www.MyRollingHillsFarm.com
HELP WANTED
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looking for a mill operator & driveway attendant
to join our staff at our seed processing plant
located on Hwy 23 just south of Plaza.
Full time position with benefits.
Coil 701-497-3082for more detoils/
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make
management decisions
After listening to the Beef Im-
provement Federation (BIF) annual
meeting presentations through media
services provided by Angus Media,
many thoughts come to mind.
Unfortunately, I was unable to at-
tend the annual gathering, which fin-
ished recently in Manhattan, Kan.
The focus of the federation and the
meeting, as always, was the improve-
ment of beef cattle. Many ideas were
presented, some of which were quite
data-specific and some totally specu-
lative. Either way, the meeting always
generates good discussion and reflec-
tion.
Perhaps a point that underlies
much of the discussion is the need for
continued encouragement to keep
records. That seems so simple, but in
reality, many beef producers struggle
with the implementation of effective
recordkeeping systems. In response
years ago, the North Dakota Beef
Cattle Improvement Association
(NDBCIA), established in 1963, be-
came a member of the Beef Improve-
ment Federation.
Subsequently, beef cattle records
have been the mainstay of the NDB-
CIA, which annually processes thou-
sands of calf records for producers
throughout North Dakota, the north-
central region and across North
America. These data records have
been the basis for much discussion
for producers through the years.
Evolving from this effort was the
CHAPS (Cow Herd Appraisal Per-
formance Software). CHAPS is the
computer program used to record, an-
alyze and store the data. It was intro-
duced in 1985. An update for CHAPS
should be done this year because pro-
gramming is intense right now.
While the data and numbers are
important, the update is driven by
changes in the electronic media•
Computer programs always must be
compatible with mainstream comput-
ing demands. CHAPS can be de-
scribed as a beef industry tool for ac-
quiring data and converting it to a
usable form to expand a producerfs
knowledge.
Interestingly, at this yearis BIF
conference, the need to continue to
gather records that guide producers in
the management of their operation
appeared to be discussed with more
vigor. Although the improvement of
the genetic component of beef cattle
is the objective of the numerous beef
cattle breed associations, genetic im-
provement is of no avail if manage-
rial programs cannot facilitate or
implement the desired genetics in the
cow-calf operation.
CHAPS is a computer program
that can track beef cattle production
from conception to carcass, recording
performance, genetics and meat qual-
ity along the way. The data then be-
come management knowledge, which
is the power to effect change within
an individual beef producer's herd.
CHAPS was developed by the
North Dakota State University Ex-
tension Service through the North
Dakota Beef Cattle Improvement As-
sociation and has been time tested in
many individual beef producer herds.
The more documented records a pro-
ducer has available through time in
the herd, the better equipped the pro-
ducer is to make bold, decisive deci-
sions about culling, selection and
mating systems.
Those managerial decisions made
today can have a huge impact on the
future of the herd for many years to
come. A change in management is
only speculative unless documented
and verified by data. Aggressive cat-
tie producers competing in today's
complex beef market need to utilize
all the tools available to reduce guess-
work and add predictability to their
herd performance. CHAPS is one of
those tools, providing multiple mana-
gerial reports and assisting producers
with total herd evaluations.
A common problem with record-
keeping systems is the accumulation
of mounds of data with little effective
utilization of the data. The ultimate
purpose of the CHAPS program is to
assure that each production trait is
balanced in the operation, and evalu-
ated and reported in a usable manner.
For more effective utilization of
individual herd data through time,
production benchmark values utiliz-
ing standardized calculations based
on total cows exposed have been used
in CHAPS herds for more than 30
years. During this period, CHAPS
producers have been able to compare
their individual operationfs perform-
ance against the benchmarks that are
calculated from the entire database.
As a comprehensive analysis sys-
tem, CHAPS provides an analysis of
all the standard performance data as
suggested by the Beef Improvement
Federation and additional benchmark
comparisons. Producers continue to
use the program as an effective tool,
and that complements the current dis-
cussion in BIF to better tie genetics to
management for more predicable beef
managerial planning. As complicated
as current production environments
are, CHAPS helps.
May you find all your ear tags.
For more information, contact
your local NDSU Extension Service
agent (https ://www.ag.ndsu.edu/ex-
tension~directory) or Ringwall at the
Dickinson Research Extension Cen-
ter, 1041 State Ave., Dickinson, ND
58601; 701-456-1103; or kris.ring-
wall@ndsu.edu.
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