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Above: Sentinel Butte residents listen.to the discussion on Sept. 13, regarding the possible
Closing of the Sentinel Butte Post Office At left: Golva residents ask questions during a Sept. 13
discussion in Golva about the possibility that the Golva Post Office will be closed. (Photos by
Richard Volesky)
By Richard Volesky
Editor/Reporter
Sentinel Butte and Golva resi-
dents - in separate meetings on
Sept. 13 - voiced concerns about a
U.S. Postal Service proposal to
close the local post offices.
About 18 people attended the
Sentinel Butte meeting, and about
50 attended the Golva meeting.
]3oth meetings were conducted by
'Wanda Cleveland, the area's man-
arguing for the post office there to
remain open.
Nationwide, about 3,700 post
offices are being studied for closure;
several dozen of those are in North
Dakota. The U.S. Postal Service
announced its list of potential clo-
sures on July 26.
At the Golva meeting, Cleveland
said factors in determining whether
a post office may or may not close
include the amount of walk-in traf-
"Who is trying to destroy our communi-
ty?"
Ray Clouse
fill out your questionnaires. That is
your voice," said Cleveland.
Information from each post
office's patrons is to be assembled
together to create a "docket" of con-
cerns for each, Cleveland indicated.
closure, the revelme those offices
generated in the past three years and
their workload was evaluated at the
Postal Service's headquarters.
Cleveland often used the term
"they" in referring to how others
ager of post office operations, tic and the declining workload.For residents who didn't turn in a were making the closure decisions.
The Sentinel Butte meefin,g., Reside~nts pressed Cleveland for letter or a questionnaire last week, Resident Ray Clouse said he
~- seemed tO focus i:nore on the detads. " " th@'ca/i~s~nd theirs tO the U.S. ,~anted to knowwho "~they" were.
options for mail delivery in the But she said her purpose at the Postal Service, to the attention of "Who is trying to destroy our com-
event that the post office closed, meeting was only to explain the Mary Anderson, P.O. Box 7500; munity?" he asked.
while at the Golva meeting, resi- process and what residents can do. Sioux Falls. S.D. 57117. by Oct. 7. Another resident said that there's
dents were more vocal and were"The biggest thing you can do is Cleveland said that in puttinga chance the area could boom with
post offices on the list for possible oil development, and said ~t may
cost more in the future to re-create a
new post office.
Cleveland said she knew of other
communities where that was an
issue, and she indicated that in at
least one case, plats are being drawn
up for new development, and those
were being made a part of that
town's docket against closure.
In the event the post offices
close, an option would be "village
post offices," where a local business
would offer postage stamps and flat-
rate packaging, said Cleveland•
Customers" post office box numbers
would remain the same.
In the event a post office closes,
the people who are receiving mail on
a mail route will continue to receive
mail on a route, said Cleveland. A
mail carrier who anives at the group
of boxes at a village post office
would be sorting the mail there.
If a town doesn't have a village
post office, then a cluster box unit -
a group of mailboxes would be
used instead. The reason for that is
because the mail carrier would need
a location in town where mail for
the multiple boxes can be delivered,
if the streets aren't cleared of snow
everyday, said Cleveland.
At the Golva meeting, residents
were also circulating-petitions
opposing the closing of the Golva
Post Office. The petitions were
addressed to members of the state's
congressional delegation.
Quilts draw a warm reception
Above: Women from the Lebanon Lutheran
Church in Amidon make lefse at the Badlands
Ministries fund-raiser on Sept. 18, in Medora.
Left: Quilts are auctioned as a part of the
fund-raiser for Badlands Ministries at the
Medora Community Center on Sept. 18. The
quilt in the background, depicting various ranch
brands, was made by Carol Thompson, former-
ly of Medora, with the design help of Marilyn
Oyhus of Medora, was purchased by a group of
area donors for $5,500 and was given back to
Badlands Ministries for use in its new retreat
house. (Courtesy Photos by the Rev. Roger
Dieterle)
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Free admission will be offered
on Saturday, Sept. 24. to encourage
visitors to enjoy Theodore
Roosevelt National Park. The
National Park Service is waiving
entrance tees at all parks for
National Public Lands Day.
In addition, the Friends of
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
and park staff will work together
that day to mark some of the back-
country trails in the South Unit.
Interested members of the public
should meet at the Theodore
Roosevelt National Park Visitor
Center in Medora at 9 a.m.
h~terested persons are encouraged
to RSVP by calling the park at (70l)
623-4730. ext. 3401.
Volunteers should come dressed
for the weather, bring a lunch.
water, sun screen, hat. work gloves
and comfortable boots or walking
shoes. The work requires walking
OnT., Day
1789: Congress authorized the
office of Postmaster-General.
1792: The French Republic was
proclaimed.
1862: President Abraham Lincoln
issued the preliminaO, Emancipation
Proclamation, proposing ~o free all
slaves of rebel states as of Jan. 1,
1863.
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several miles on park trails carrying
trail posts and tools. Volunteers
will cover as many trails as possi-
ble. in groups of four or five. The
Friends group will supply snacks
for trail workers and will host a bar-
becue after the event.
"We are pleased to offer another
fee free day for everyone this
year." said Superintendent Valerie
J. Naylor. "We also encourage
interested persons to join the
Friends Group in volunteering for
the park on National Public Lands
Day."
The mission of Friends of
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
is to support the natural, cultural.
and scenic resources, and the spirit
and sense of place of the three units
of Theodore Roosevelt National
Park and the Little Missouri River
that unites them in the Badlands of
North Dakota.
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