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July 25, 2019
Margot Eckes
BEACH - Margot Eckes, 77,
passed away on June 18, 2019, at
Banner Dell Web Hospital in Sur-
prise, Ariz.
Rite of Committal will be held at
10 a.m. on Saturday, July 27, 2019,
at St. John's Catholic Cemetery in
Beach, with Deacon Don Nistler of-
ficiating. Silha Funeral Home of
Beach has been entrusted with the
arrangements.
Margot was born Oct. 22, 1942,
in Dickinson, the daughter of
William L. Eckes and Donna H.
(Knudson) Eckes. Margot was the
second oldest of seven children She
grew up in Beach and graduated
from Beach High School with the
class of 1959. Margot attended the
Rapid City School of Business and
received a bachelor's degree from
Dickinson State University
Margot held a master's degree in
special education from the Univer-
sity of Northern Colorado with a spe-
cialty in the areas of learning
disabilities and emotionally dis-
turbed. She taught elementary edu-
cation throughout the USA including
Tillamook, Ore (1963-1965);
Grants Pass, Ore (1965-1966);
Bullhead, S.D (1966); was the prin-
cipal of Oglala Sioux Elementary in
Glendive, Mont,(1967-1968); and
Modesto, Calif,(1968-1969) Mar-
got also taught for the Department of
Defense Dependents Schools, edu-
cating students across the world in-
cluding elementary education in
Goppingen, Germany, (1969-1971);
elementary education in Naha and
Kadena, Okinawa, (1971-1973); el-
ementary and special education in
Aviano, Italy, (1974-1981); elemen-
tary and special education in Ke-
flavlk, Iceland, (1981.-1985); and
middle school special education in
Lakenheath, England, (1985-1999)
In 1998, Margot began building her
home in Surprise and retired in 1999.
In 2000, she returned to Beach to
care for her mother until her death in
2006.
Margot continued her travels vis-
iting India, Afghanistan, Nepal,
Hong Kong, Saur Insula (near Boy-: tery and/or Ma~es i:nBeach. Cards
nee), Malaysia, Singapore, Peru and may be mailed to:Bridget Schmidt,
China She learned to scuba dive in 1510 S. Campbell Trail, Sioux Falls,
Okinawa and skied in Japan and the SD 57106. Margot will be greatly
Swiss Alps. She loved to fish and missed by her family and friends
was an avid bridge and pinochle Everyone is welcome to attend the
player. Her passions were teaching luncheon at the American Legion
and spending time with her family following services.
and friends Remembrances and condolences
Margot was preceded in death by may be shared with the family at:
her parents William L. Eckes and www.silhafuneralhomes.com.
Drug prices still rising, relief unlikely
oil
Consumers hoping a couple of re-
cent policy proposals might lower
prices for their prescription drugs
may be out of luck, at least for now.
Earlier this year the Trump ad-
ministration had proposed a rule that
would have required prescription:
drug manufacturers to disclose list
prices for drugs advertised on TV.
Drug makers would have had to tell
the public the list price of a 30-day
Drug companies, it seems,
weren't keen on price transparency.
The judge ruled the government
supply of any drugs covered under did not have the authority to compel
the Medicare and Medicaid programs dru. g companies to disclose their
that cost at least $35 a month, prices.
Some experts argued the rule' ~ A few days after the judge's rul-
would not have been very effective ing came another blow to lower phar-
because consumers often don't pay maceutical prices This time the
the list price anyway Discounts and Trump administration killed its own
rebates negotiated by pharmacy ben- proposal released earlier this year.
efit managers reduce the price, al- That proposal had aimed at the phar-
though some insurers may require macy benefit managers, commonly
people with high deductible plans to
pay the list price until they meet their
Donna H. Eckes; her sister Karlin deductible
(Tiny) Reetz; her brothers William Almost half of all Americans with drug benefits the), sell.
C. Eckes and John "Jack" K. Eckes; a health insurance plan that offers The Trump administration's pro-
her sister-in-law Kathleen (Maus) drug coverage must pay a minimum posed rule wotrld have made it ille-
Eckes; her nieces Lisa A. and Laura of $1,300 out of pocket for an indi- gal for drug makers to offer rebates
vidual and $2,600 for a family before to the PBMs and insurers unless the
M. Tiber and her nephew Andrew W. they reach their deductible and bene- middlemen passed any savings on to
Tiber.
Margot is survived by her sisters fits kick in. The administration had patients in the form of lower Co-pa),
Bridget Schmidt (Leland) and Jean- argued that showing what the drugs and coinsurance. It would have ap-
nie Leenhouts (Bert); her brother would cost people before their drug plied only to Medicare drug plans,
Robert L. Eckes (Patty); her brother- benefits took effect was important, not coverage from private insurers
in-law, Lorado Reetz; her sister-in- This modest move to transparency Proponents hoped it would wipe
law, Pat Eckes; her nieces and in a very opaque industry was a start, out incentives the PBMs have for
nephews, Diane Wood, Lana Sobril- But right after the July 4 weekend, steering patients toward more expen-
sky (Chris), Lori Reetz, Robin a U.S. District Court judge in Wash- sive drugs when cheaper generics are
Mosley, Bobby Reetz (Sharon), ington, D.C blocked the Trump ad- available.
Marty Hanten (Ty), Kristi Eckes, Bill ministration from implementing the But the Trump administration
Eckes (Mel), Greg Eckes (Natalie), rule. He sided with a coalition of later had second thoughts, saying that
John Eckes and Nichole Eckes. She drug companies including Eli Lilly, '"based on careful analysis and thor-
is also survived by 17 great-nieces Merck, and Amgen and the Associa- ough consideration, the President has
and nephews, who were all special to tion of National Advertisers, which decided to withdraw the rebate rule."
her and many lifelong friends had joined the suit. Washington insiders believed that
Margot was a woman of integrity,
kindness and generosity who do- Walleye ,g"n- ,g-"n-
nated to many causes. She was a
founding member of the Colonnade
Scholarship Fund. In lieu of flowers, North Dakota Game and Fish De- is the water source for the Valley
the family of Margot Eckes requests partment fisheries personnel recently City Hatchery," Weigel said.
that tax-deductible donations be finished stocking mole than 140 Walleyes were already in produc-
given in her name to the Colonnade lakes across the state witfi walleye tion at Valley City when it was de-
Scholarship Fund. These forms may fingerlings, completing one of the cided to only use those for stocking
be picked up at Silha Funeral Home: largest stocking efforts in the history Lake Ashtabula. Some Valley City
125 4th Avenue SW. Please refer of the agency. This includes more walleye fingerlings were also sent to
any other donations for Margot to the than 11.3 million fingerlings from other states for use in lakes where
upkeep of St. John'sCatholic Ceme- Garrison Dam National 'Fish Hatch~ zebra mussels already exist.
ery, besting the pre~'iousi;ecord wall~r~ This was ~done out of caution
eye production bynearty,l~ million .~ untilmore is known about the zebra
Baker Hughes on July 19 re- a byproduct of oil and gas develop-
ported: ment.
- North Dakota rig count is 55, The spill occurred approximately
which is the same as the previous 3 miles southwest of Epping on July
week. 18, and it was reported the same day.
- U.S. rig count is down four rigs Initial estimates indicate approxi-
from last week to 954, with oil rigs mately 300 barrels of produced water
down five to 779 and gas rigs up two were released, impacting pasture
to 174. land near a well pad. An undeter-
Spill: mined amount flowed onto and was
The North Dakota Department of contained on the well pad.
Environmental Quality Inspectors from the North Dakota
(NDDEQ) was notified of a pro- Industrial Commission - Oil and Gas
duced water spill resulting from a Division and the NDDEQ visited the
pipeline break in Williams County site. NDDEQ personnel will con-
The pipeline is operated by Polar tinue to monitor the investigation
Midstream L.L.C. Produced water is and remediation.
North D; kota State Library
new languag resource
drug makerS would pocket the
money they saved if they no longer
offered rebates. That, in turn, might
prompt insurers to raise premiums
for Medicare's drug coverage.
The finger points once again at
drug companies that are fighting hard
to make sure another proposal - one
that would tie Medicare payments for
some drugs to prices people in other
countries pay - goes nowhere. A sur-
The North Dakota State Library is thinking skills and empower users to
offering the Mango Languages online break down words and sentences to
language-learning system to the state build new phrases on their own.
of North Dakota. "We are excited to provide this re-
Learning a new language with source to North Dakota," said State
Mango Languages is made available Librarian Mary Soucie. "It will be an
at no charge to all North Dakota pub- excellent tool for students as well as
lic library patrons. Mango provides anyone interested in learning a new
an opportunity to learn over 60 lan- language. It dovetails nicely with the
guages, including Spanish, German, Seal of Biliteracy that will be avail-
and Norwegian, along with courses able to students as announced re-
for non-English speakers to learn cently by State Superintendent
English Each course immerses users Kirsten Baesler."
in real-world situations using taative Mango Languages and other on-
speaker audio and includes a voice line library resources can be accessed
comparison feature to help users nail through a local public library's web-
the pitch perfect accent Memory- site or through the State Library's
building exercises strengthen critical website at www.library.nd.gov.
vey by the consulting firm PwC
noted that drug company executives
found this proposal the "most con-
cerning" idea on the table because it
really has potential for lowering
prices.
What about reimporting cheaper
drugs from Canada? That idea is pop-
ular with the public but not with the
FDA or the drug companies
~nown as PBMs, the controversial In the meantime, drug prices keep
middlemen in thedrug pricing chain, rising.
hired by insurers to help manage the Analysts at Wells Fargo & Co.
say drug makers are getting "aggres-
sive" in their price hikes again and
have raised the price of medicines by
27 percent on average in June. An
analysis by Rx Savings Solutions, an
industry consultant, reports that so
tar this year some 3,400 drugs have
experience4 a price hike averaging
10.5 percent, about five times the rate
of inflation.
It boils down to patients versus
the moneyed interests, and so far pa-
tients are losing Patients will con-
tinue to struggle paying for their
medicines while profits for all the
pharmaceutical system's players con-
tinue to stack up.
(What strategies do you use to
lower the cost of your medicines?
Write to
trudy.lieberman @ gmail.com.)
fish.
Fisheries production and develop-
ment section leader Jerry Weigel said
a big yea(. was needed from the Gar-
rison Dam Hatchery.
"They had to make up for the pro, i
duction that couldn't be used out of
the Valley City National Fish Hatch-
ery due to the recent,zebra mussel
discovery in Lake Ashtabula,~which
stocked around state
makes for excellent survival condi-
tions for the one-and-a-quarter inch
fingerlings," Weigel said. "The com-
bination of an amazing walleye pro-
duction effort and lots of water
across the state bodes well for con-
tinued great walleye fishing in the fu-
ture."
The number of acres of produc-
tion ponds at both hatcheries has re-
mained unchanged in more th~ 30
mussels in Ashtabula," Weigel said. years, yet Weigel said hatchery staff
Getting fish back into lakes that continue to find ways to produce
suffered winterkill was a priority this more each year when requested
year, along.with keeping up with the "This is a testament to the dedi-
growing number of walleye fishing cated and experienced staff at both
lakes in North Dakota. hatcheries in the state," he said.
"The condition of the receiving For a complete list of all fish
waters .could not have been better, stockings, visit the fishing link at the
with cool temperatures and a lot of Game and Fish Department's web-
newly flooded vegetation, which site, gf.nd.gov/fishing.
H
-on crash results in th
deaths
By News/Pioneer Staff
MINOT - A head-on crash on July
15 resulted in the deaths of three
adults near Minot.
The N.D. Highway Patrol said
that at approximately 12"36 p.m:, a
2018 Chevrolet Silverado driven by
Marvin Ness, 78, from Douglas was
traveling westbound On Hwy. 23. A
sengers, Cara Zacher, 27, and a juve-
nile female, all of Parshall, was trav-
eling eastbound on Hwy. 23. The
Silverado crossed into the eastbound
lane of Hwy. 23 and struck the Sub-
urban head-on. The Silverado left the
roadway to the south, coming to a
rest upright, facing south The Sub-
urban left the roadway to the south,
2017 Chevrolet Suburban, drivenbYI coming to a rest on the passenger
Jonathan Zacher, 28, along With pas- side, facing east in the south ditch of
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