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a law
it settled
By Neal Shipman - ed lor ,f McKenzie County
Farmer
(reprinted a:ith pertni!,'sio:z /?ore ;Veal Shipma,z,
Although, tk is zrticle 5; ,:,n KF, zi,County
(Watford C ty}, ,hiev Co mtv anal F, iI/ings
County u ili be ec#m[ y )tupelo, ted by this deci: ion.J
Five .}
of l:i,gal wn!,l glmg over whether or
not the U.S. [)op u'tment of Agriculture and the
U.S. Forest Servk:e had the .mthority to classii
nearly 265,000 acres of National Grasslands in
North Dakota as "I;,',oadless M'eas" appears to
be heading aa out-o court settlement. /M d
according to Roger Chinn, M{ Kenzie County com-
missioner, the out;-of-court s :ttlement paves the
way for McKenzie County to request that 73,o6o
acres of the Missouri National Grasslands
in MeKenzie (',oqqt): be rem,ved from "Road]ess
Area" classificatzoll p !u't oi the Dakota Prairi,v
Grasslands land use management plan. In addi-
tion, other at:fect;ed :.cantles withir the state can
also request that the USDA r, lnove an additional
19L940 acres of qat; .:.mtl g;r: sslands from being
c] ass)fled as roadIess teas.
"All of the original Farties o! the lawsuit, includ-
ing the State ofN,:rt]: Da.kc,ta. have agreed to this
settlement," state Chilm. A[i we waiting for
is Federal District Judge Hey] and sigm the joint
motion of dismis, ;a], which we are anticipating will
happen within lhe week."
The lawsuit wh:c]l was filed by McKenzie.
Billings, Slope, a n,4 G fid.vn Vail.-:y c ur:ties as wee
as a coalition of gTazJng ass(>
clarions, St determine roadless areas."
According to Keith Winter of the McKenzie
Counly Grazing Association, who alor .g with
Chinn was appointed by the McKenzie County
Commissioners to monitor the lawsuit, the settle-
ment al c, provides a process by which the Dak(,t:,
Prairie Grasslands management plan can be c,m.
n ct:ed.
'The plan was hastily put together" states
Winter. % is our hope that the USDA Forest
Service wi![ recIassfly al[ the affected acreage as
not roadless areas and then eh mge the m age-
ment -dan accordJngly;"
Under the terms of the setdement the counties
have 90 days fi'onl the date that the federal judge
s[gms the dismissal order to submk to the USDA a
listing of the acreages that they believe should be
removed from road]ess classification.
"Op. the inventoried roadless areas where
research has been completed, we have found sig-
nificant tracks of land where roads and royalties
were recognized when purchased by the federal
govermnent," states Winter and Chinn.
The USDA will then remove or modify the
inventory roadless area classification where they
acMxowledge the section line easements.
"What we hope to be able to show through the
hwentory process is that the county will have to
prove that there are roads scattered throughout
dxe impa, cted areas of the National Grasslands
that makes it unsuitable for the Forest Service to
mungo hem as roadless areas," states Chinn.
:hinn believes that the settlement is a big win
for { counties involved with the lawsuit, however
mere are still some issues of the lawsuit that have
q,& been resolved.
"To me this is art economic issue for McKenzie
County," states Chinn. "The ability to explore and
develop minerals under the National Grasslands is
critical to our economy. We've always maintained
that the county had rights to the minerals and
this settlement will allow those minerals to be
developed."
Additionalb; aceording to Chinn, what the road-
less rule did was say that the state's section line
law stopped the Forest Service boundary line.
"The settlement recognizes the state's section
line law and keeps these section lines on the
grass)ands open to public access," states Chinn.
"It is not a road building issue, but a public access
lSStle."
Her cakes
An historic day for
ork of art"
!
~qobirl JohPsr t]
By Cindy Makdky
One does:r't usually think of
cake and frosting as art media,
however, Robin Johrls,;n takes
her media very seriously. ,U' er
27 years of baking cakes, she
considers some of ',Jerks
of art." "The more challenging,
the better," states Johnson. And
challenging they are. Every t l;.{ng
from bouquets of flowers to
Father Casse,d:e', Hill a swim-
ruing pool lull <;f' swimmers to
lovdy wedding cakes, Johnson
has put together and impre asive
scrapbook of exam pies.
Robin and her husband Jay:
who is the director at HOTR.
moved to the' area last winter
from Ohio where she was an
Aquatic Instructor for 12 years.
Johnson has faced several
challenges in her lite. Her first
kusband was swept from her life,
because of death, after only 11
m(,nths of marriage. Her mother-
in-law, who baked and decorated
cakes, taught Johnson how to
make wedding cakes and she has
been making cakes ever since.
Starting with birthday cakes for
her children, Johnson's work has
evo]ved into her current artistic
'X oice.'
Shortly after moving to
Sentinel Butte, she broke her
back in a horse riding accident.
After spending months healing,
Johnson says she is ready to get
back to work.
Baking cakes on a profession-
al basis is her goal, starting at
home to get a feel for the needs
of the area, and then moving into
a business away from her home.
When asked how she likes
North Dakota she said, "2 love
it! I really enjoy the openness of
the counto:"
In her spare time, Johnson
likes to quilt, scrapbook, and
make crafts. The Johnson's
also have two grown children,
a daughter who is a student
at Ohio State and a son who is
a student at Dickinson State
University.
Several cakes made by Robin Johnson include Cassedy Hill at Home on
the Range and a swimming poo! complete with swimmers, c:,~,nesy phctcs
T venty five girls make up
the 2006 Buccaneer "Volleyball
team, up from last year's num-
bers. First year coach, Kayla
Siren)on)w, a Junior at DSU
majoring in Elementary, Ed is
looking forward to an exciting
season and says, "these girls
have good potential for finishing
in the top three in the district.
We have good hitters and tough
defense."
The Buts have five returning
seniors whom coach Simnioniw
says are "fully capable of being
on the floor at all times." As well
as strong senior leadership, the
Bucs have "lots of younger girls
who are showing strong poten-
tial," states Simnioniw.
The Lady Bucs have seven
home games and eleven away
games this season. The first
home game will be August 31
against the Bowman Bulldogs,
starting at 4:30pm at BHS.
Homecoming for the Lady Bucs
is slated for September 28
against Belfield/SH.
s out
uccaneer vol
Beach High student body
gathered at Buccaneer
Stadium Friday, August 25,
2006 for an assembly and
an historic first lap around
the track. The new stadium,
which saw its first event
Saturday, took two years to
plan. Construction of the sta-
dium began in June 2005.
odagt in,{antiin9.
Labor Day
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President Grover Ch:veland signed :t i,~;v ?~atking Labor Day
a national holid~ry in 1894. Every ycaL ,;m ~i~' fits~ X,|onday in
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