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Beach and (;olden Valley Count), North Dakota, 58621 USI'S 221-281) ₯ol. 81, No. 3 75 cents ()ctober 6, 2011
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1979." President Jimmy Carter
received Pope John Paul 1I, the first
pope to visit the White House.
1927: "The Jazz Singer." the first
full-length talking picture, starrin~ ,4/
Jolson. debuted.
Sentinel Butte City Council
regular meeting. Monday, Oct.
10, 8 p.m., Sentinel Butte Fire
Hall.
Beach American Legion
AuxiliaW meeting, Oct. 13. 7
p.m.. American Legion Club.
Free City Clean-up Week:
Residents of Beach who pay a
garbage tee can haul their materi-
als to the landfill for free. with the
exception of tires, the week of
Monday, Oct. 10, to Saturday,
Oct. 15; lbr Monday-Friday, 3
p.m.-dark; and Saturday, 8 a.m.- 5
p.m.
Medora Cemetery
Association meeting. Oct. 10.5
p.m., at Medora Community
Center.
Volleyball: Heart River vs.
Killdeer, at South Heart, A, B and
C squads, 4:30 p.m.. Oct. 6
Varsity volleyball: Beach
Tournament. times to be
announced, Oct. 8
Varsity football: Heart River
vs. Richardton-Taylor, at
Belfield, I~gmecoming game, 6
p.m,. Oct. 7
Varsity football: Beach vs.
Shiloh Christian, at Beach. 6
p.m., Oct. 7
Volleyball: Beach vs.
Hettinger/Scranton, A, B and C
squads, at Beach, 4:30 p.m., Oct.
11.
Billings County Commission
special meeting, 9 a.m..
Thursday, Oct. 13, Billings
County Courthouse. Purpose of
the meeting is Great Northern
Midstream L.L.C.'s proposed
railroad crude oil facility east of
Fryburg.
By Richard Volesky
Editor/Reporter
MEDORA - The weather of 2011
added more of a story to the Eaton
Lodge, which is being restored at
Badlands Ministries.
Volunteers in January 2010 began
dismantling the log-cabin style former
dining hall. Eventually they pulled
apart the huge cottonwood logs that
make up the structure, and stored sec-
tions of the building at the Bible
camp's new location down the road
along the Little Missouri River. The
Theodore Roosevelt Medora
Foundation owns the land on which
the building was located, but an agree-
ment with TRMF allowed Badlands
Ministries to move the buildine
The log sections were stored at the
new site during the winter of 2010-11.
but during the flood in May. the water
carried six sections, representing the
west side the building away.
One of the sections was carried as
far as the area southwest of the Bully
Pulpit Golf Course, said Mary Griffin-
Abrahamson of the committee that has
been pursuing the effort to move and
save the building. But all the logs were
eventually retrieved.
The only noticeable difference
among the logs that went down river
All counties
economic gains
By Richard Volesky
Editor/Reporter
Economic activity as measured by taxable sales and
purchases increased in all of the region's counties in April,
May and June as compared to the same time period last
year.
Statewide, retail sales grew to $4.5 billion, driving a
combined growth of over $1 billion for all 15 industry sec-
tors for a 32 percent growth in total taxable sales and pur-
chases compared to the same months in 2010, according to
a report from the State Tax Department.
Total taxable sales and purchases for area counties,
along with a comparison between the second quarter of
2010 and the second quarter of 2011 include:
Adams, $5.41 million, an increase of 17.68 percent
Billings, $7.19 million, an increase of 42.84 percent
Bowman, $14.36 million, an increase of 13.98 percent
Golden Valley, $5.76 million, an increase of 10.12 per-
cent
Hettinger. $2.61 million, an increase of 4.94 percent
McKenzie. $31.65 million, an increase of 64.28 per-
cent
Stark, 5;185.09
million, an increase "Even with the
of 42.93 percent
Slope,$212,493, onset of statewide
an increase of 3 62 historic flooding
percent
The department's during the second
I
previous report, quarter, North
which compared tax-
Pumpkin Festival 2011 able sales and pur- Dakota's economy
Above: Morgan Nunberg paints a face during one of chases of the first
three months of 2010 continued to grow
the activities during the Pumpkin Festival in Beach's
Gazebo Park on Oct. 2. with the first three and consumer con-
months of 2011. also fidence remained
At left: Jen Steiner works on a car made from a zucchi- showed growth in
ni for her son, Ray, who is looking on during the Pumpkin most counties except strong, bucking the
Festival. for Golden Valley
Below: Spectators watch plastic numbered pumpkins County, which post- national trend of
float along Central Avenue. Winners were: first place, ed a decrease of lackluster con-
cory McCaskey, $200; second place, Wade Walworth, 19.56 percent. But
$125; and third place, Tom Heckaman, $75. (Photos by activity in Goldensumer spending."
Richard Volesky) Valley COunty Gory Fong
' " _ moved to the positive , ,,
direction during the
second quarter.
"North Dakota experienced a remarkable second quar-
ter for taxable sales and purchases." State Tax
Commission Cory Fong said in a prepared statement.
"Even with the onset of statewide historic flooding during
the second quarter, North Dakota's economy continued to
'grow and consumer confidence remained strong, bucking
the national trend of lackluster consumer spending.'"
Statewide, 12 of the 15 major sectors reported gains
when compared to the same time one year ago. The
wholesale trade sector grew by 5 I. 1 percent, representing
the largest dollar increase of $410 million; while the finan-
cial, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing sector report-
ed the largest percentage of growth of the major sectors.
rising by 116.4 percent when compared to the second
quarter of 2010.
The counties with the biggest percentage decreases
were Steele, down 10.7 percent; and Pembina, down 2 per-
cent.
' In u il In Motivational speaker
roof, saidGriffin-Abrahamson, scheduled for next week
The previous roof didn't meet
building codes, said Duane Beach School District has scheduled world renowned
Thorsteinson. Thorsteinson & Sons is basketball handler and motivational speaker Tanya Crevier
a contractor working on the building, for sever' presentations.
Thorsteinson said his company has Crevier will be working with the youth at Home On The
donated about $67,000 in labor and Range on Monday, Oct. 10. School assemblies are also
materials to the project, scheduled for 8:45 a.m. at Lincoln Elementary on Oct. 10.
Griffin-Abrahamson said the and 10:10 a.m. at
expected uses of the building include Beach High School
conferences, retreats, weddings and on Oct. 11. The
family reunions, public is invited to
Badlands Ministries first used the these assemblies.
log building when it started operations Crevier is a
in 1945. and it became a focal point of graduate of South
the Bible camp. Dakota State
Although known as the Eaton University and is a
Lodge, research has shown it isn t retired professional
actually connected with the Eaton basketball player.
brothers who ranched in that area in She now travels the
the late 1800s. The Eatons left the area world showing her
Marlene Thorsteinson waves from on top of scaffolding for the for Wyoming in 1904. and the name skills with basket-
reconstruction of the Eaton Lodge south of Medora on Sept. 30. (Photo Eaton Lodge resulted apparently balls and shares a
by Richard Volesky) because someone at sometime placed a message of hope
sign on the building that gave it that and inspiration.
are that they lack some of the chinking The plan is to work on the building name. She uses her basket-
- the packing material that was through the winter, said Griffin- R.S. "Dick" Johnson became the ball handling skills TanyaCrevier
between them. Abrahamson. The hope is that the owner of the ranch in 1931. and the as a platform to
The building's new foundation is building will be ready for use in the log building was built in the 1937 to share with youthand
on a raised area that's expected to be spring. 1938 time period. Previously that site adults the message of making the right choices where it
above the level of most floods, includ- Fund-raising is ongoing. About was what is believed to be the first real!y counts - in the game oflife.
ing that of the nearly historic level of 5;40,000 is needed to cover the cost of dude ranch in the United States. Funding for these events is provided through Beach
2011. the log rafters for the building's new © 201 l GVN-BCP School District's Neglected & Delinquent Program Grant.
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